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#3 Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano (WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto)
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Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano had arguably the best feud of all in WWE in 2019. The two men put on an all-time classic at NXT TakeOver: New York during WWE WrestleMania 35 weekend, where Gargano defeated Cole in a two-out-of-three falls match to finally win the NXT Championship.
Cole and Gargano followed that with another amazing bout at TakeOver: XXV where Cole defeated Gargano to win the NXT Championship. This set the stage for one final encounter for the gold at TakeOver: Toronto over the WWE Summerslam 2019 weekend.
To finally end their feud, the two men were set to battle in the 3 Stages of Hell Match for the first time in WWE since 2013.
In the first fall, Adam Cole defeated Johnny Gargano in a straight-up wrestling match to continue the theme of Cole being the better wrestler. The second fall was a Street Fight, in which Johnny Wrestling made Cole tap out to the Gargano Escape to even the contest at one fall a piece. The third and final fall was a Barbwire Steel Cage Match.
This was insane because of the amount of big moves both men survived. Cole hit Gargano with two Panama Sunrises, one of which was off a ladder for two nearfalls. Johnny hit an Avalanche Front Flip Piledriver on Cole for a nearfall.
Both men fought on top of the cage and fell through a table below where Cole landed on Gargano and got the pin to retain the NXT Championship.
This met the standard of past 3 Stages of Hell in WWE's past. The two competitors went to extreme lengths to live up to the expectations set by the first two tremendous encounters. While the battle wasn't quite at the level of their two previous meetings, this was a very good main event for TakeOver: Toronto.
