This week’s episode of NXT saw the General Manager William Regal officially announcing the Triple Threat main event for NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV, among Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, and Aleister Black.
However, as we noted before, the former Champion Black is suffering from an injury and due to his condition, he is not expected to compete at the upcoming special event.
The company was expected to play out a pre-taped segment to remove him from the bout but for the surprise of many, the angle took place after the show was over.
After the episode went off air, WWE posted a video from their official Twitter account where General Manager William Regal is talking about his decision to announce a triple threat match for the upcoming show.
Though before he can finish, an employee comes in and informs Regal about an incident in the parking lot area and the General Manager rushes to the spot.
Upon his arrival, William finds an unconscious Black lying on the floor of the parking lot, implying that the former NXT Champion has been attacked by someone:
EXCLUSIVE: @RealKingRegal is alerted to an incident in the @FullSail parking lot, where he finds an unconscious @WWEAleister. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/GvMNzevogB
— WWE (@WWE) August 9, 2018
What’s interesting to note here is that this one and a half minute video also sets up an interesting future angle as the same tape establishes multiple suspects as well.
In the start, we see Johnny Gargano walking into the building as Regal goes out. The Undisputed Era is then seen driving away from the area and even the Heavy Machinery slides in to take photos of Aleister while he is down.
Now it’d be interesting to see if any of these three are revealed as the mystery attacker or if the company is planning something completely different.
There is no word yet on how long Black will stay out of action but we’ll keep you posted. You can check out the full results from this week’s NXT episode here.
