5 Surprising Moments from NXT Takeover: Phoenix

#2 Tommaso Ciampa retains clean

Black was still unable to hit the move when he needed it most. Ciampa made sure he cheated as well.

The NXT Championship match was quite an interesting chance of pace. After the fast-paced matches of earlier in the show, it was interesting to see Ciampa spend a majority of the match working on Black’s leg.

It was an interesting choice for the NXT Championship match and lead to it taking a while for the crowd to get involved in the match. It was a long match with a slow start.

It set up the finish nicely where Black hit his finisher but he couldn’t get the win. When he tried it again he failed.

This allowed Ciampa to win the match and retain. It seems like we might be getting near the end of Aleister Black’s run in NXT. I mean what else does he need to do or prove in NXT?