Samoa Joe got his rematch against new NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura at today’s house show in Melbourne, Australia but lost. The steel cage match will air next Wednesday night on the WWE Network.
Nakamura will now defend at TakeOver: San Antonio against the winner of a Fatal 4 Way. Participants for that Fatal 4 Way will be decided with qualifying matches set to begin next week – No Way Jose vs. Andrade Almas, Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger, Bobby Roode vs. Oney Lorcan and Roderick Strong vs. Elias Samson.
@SamoaJoe and @ShinsukeN are in a WAR inside a STEEL CAGE for the #NXTChampionship at #NXTMelbourne! pic.twitter.com/AV02ZvcEC8
— WWE (@WWE) December 8, 2016
Prior to the match, there were some technical difficulties getting the cage lowered.
Oops! Not the smoothest lowering of the cage we've seen… #NXTMelbourne #WWE #NXT pic.twitter.com/zGseeE9pvb
— Luke Ryan (@luke2177) December 8, 2016
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