5 reasons why Finn Balor defeated Tommaso Ciampa and attacked Adam Cole
NXT was poised to deliver one of its biggest and most impactful episodes on television this week after a successful TakeOver: WarGames and Survivor Series event.
With the threat of any invasion now eliminated, Creative was back to focusing purely on the Superstars that built up the most supreme roster in WWE.
To make sure that the episode packs a punch, Creative booked their top three available male Superstars perfectly this week to deliver two great segments. The night started with a battle of words between Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa, and Finn Balor, and ended with only Finn Balor standing tall with Ciampa and Cole laid out around him.
In this article, we will look at the 5 reasons why Finn Balor defeated Tommaso Ciampa with the help of Adam Cole, and then attacked the NXT Champion to close out the show.
#5 To cover up his absence from Survivor Series
At NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Finn Balor, Adam Cole, and Tommaso Ciampa were all involved in top matches that were under the spotlight of the NXT Universe.
Finn Balor squared off against Matt Riddle at the event, and after a hard-fought match, ended the Superstar with a 1916 DDT to pick up a huge return win on the brand and send a message to the entire locker room.
Ciampa and Cole were on opposite teams during the main event of WarGames where Team Ciampa managed to come out as the victors after Ciampa dropped Cole from the top of the cage to win the match for his team.
The two men then went into Survivor Series where Cole successfully defended his NXT Championship, while Ciampa’s Team NXT came close to winning the men’s elimination tag team match.
However, Balor was missing from Survivor Series, and the brand would have been looking to bring the spotlight back on the former NXT Champion this week.
Therefore, they brought him out early in the night to make his presence felt and then had him compete against Ciampa later in the night to pick up a victory.