WWE NXT Results: Highlights, Grades, and Analysis for January 18

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NXT Championship Match Contract Signing

In what I can only assume is a first, this contract signing ended with the challenger having a stroke because the champion said a specific word. That’s amazing.

The battle lines are pretty clearly drawn for this match. Roode is doing everything in his power to be the bad guy. “Nakamura looks stupid!” “Thriller!” “I am the top money draw!” “What’s the deal with your dance?”

Meanwhile, Nakamura is just laughing himself stupid, and calling Roode “Bobby-San.” He’s cooler than a cucumber on the other side of the pillow. Nothing phases him. At. All. Thriller jacket or not, don’t tell the King of Strong Style he’s got no style. Otherwise, he’ll call you a shiba inu.

So after Roode talks about how he’s inspiring all this change in NXT – better dressed wrestlers, better lives for the fans – he gets cut off before he can complete his glorious catchphrase. Nakamura says it himself, and Roode nearly strokes out.

At TakeOver: San Antonio, when these two finally get their hands on each other, it will be glorious. It’s a main event with two legitimate main eventers, and the style contrast from Joe-Nakamura will be a pleasant change of pace.

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