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NXT West Palm Beach, FL, live results: Ciampa vs. Black

Posted on by JJ Williams

Thursday night’s estimated attendance: 750 people.

– War Raiders defeated Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi

– Matt Riddle defeated Luke Menzies

– Bianca Belair defeated Taynara Conti

– Velveteen Dream defeated Kona Reeves

– NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era defeated The Street Profits to retain their titles

– NXT North American Champion Ricochet defeated Adam Cole to retain his title

– Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke defeated Dakota Kai & Kairi Sane

– NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa defeated Aleister Black to retain his title

WWE acknowledges Aleister Black injury with attack angle

Posted on by Bryan Rose

WWE has seemingly acknowledged Aleister Black’s injury by running an angle after NXT went off the air tonight.

In the video posted on WWE’s YouTube page, Regal was talking about the triple threat match that had just been confirmed for TakeOver. At that moment, an assistant came up to Regal and said something had happened in the parking lot. As he passed by Johnny Gargano entering the building, then saw Undisputed Era driving away in a car, Regal found Black laying on the ground unconscious. Officials tended to Black as the video ended.

It was reported this weekend that Black suffered a groin injury during a match against Tomasso Ciampa at a NXT house show in Las Vegas. It wasn’t known if it would be an injury that he could heal from before the triple threat match at TakeOver. The angle would give him an out if he wouldn’t be able to get cleared before then.

Tonight’s NXT established a triple threat match for TakeOver pitting former champion Aleister Black against Johnny Gargano and new champion Tommaso Ciampa. The three have been feuding with one another over the last several weeks, with Gargano inadvertently costing Black the title after striking him with the NXT title, allowing Ciampa to pick up the victory and the title.