Coming off her win at “WWE NXT” Halloween Havoc, newly-crowned NXT North American Ladies’s Champion Fallon Henley confronted the primary check of her reign within the type of the previous champ herself, Kelani Jordan. This title rematch passed off in the principle occasion of this week’s “NXT,” with Henley expectantly having her Deadly Affect stablemates Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx at ringside.
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In nailing Henley with a split-legged moonsault, Jordan seemed to be inching near a victory towards the tip. Sadly for her, Jayne positioned Henley’s foot on the underside rope, inflicting the referee to interrupt her subsequent pinfall try. Seeing Jayne’s sabotage, Jordan despatched her flying to the ground with a dropkick earlier than leveling Nyx with a superkick on one other aspect of the ring. Jordan’s momentum continued with a roll-up on Henley. Upon Henley’s kickout, nonetheless, Jordan met a giant proper hand from Jayne, paving the way in which for Henley to comply with up with a Famouser for the win.
With this win, Henley marks the primary profitable singles title protection of her WWE profession. Final yr, she held the NXT Ladies’s Tag Group Championships alongside Kiana James for 56 days earlier than shedding them to Isla Daybreak and Alba Fyre. These titles have since been retired, as they later merged with the WWE Ladies’s Tag Group Championships. By subsequent week, Henley will surpass 20 days as NXT Ladies’s North American Champion.
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For Jordan, a loss to Henley will doubtless sign the tip of their feud, which means she could quickly discover herself in a authentic non-title program for the primary time in months.
