Overview

• Saints sealed the title by chaining multiple DDTs, including spike and tornado variations, countering Femi’s pop-up powerbomb for the pin.
• Oba Femi’s reign concluded at 264 days, closing a lengthy stretch as NXT’s top men’s champion.
• WWE posted footage of Shawn Michaels congratulating the new titleholder as Saints declared, “The Absolute Era truly begins.”
• A former AEW performer known previously as Ricky Starks, Saints added the NXT Championship to a resume that already includes this year’s North American title.
• The NXT–TNA crossover advances on Oct. 7 at the NXT–TNA Invasion special, where Femi is advertised to challenge Trick Williams for the TNA World Championship.