The factor about firsts is that there all the time have to be a second. Kelani Jordan realized that lesson the onerous manner this previous Sunday at NXT Halloween Havoc, the place the primary ever NXT Girls’s North American Champion put her title on the road in a gauntlet match in opposition to all three members of Deadly Affect. Regardless of defeating Jaszmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne, Jordan could not overcome Fallon Henley, who defeated Jordan to turn out to be the second ever Girls’s North American Champion.
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Shortly after the PPV ended, Jordan took to X to mirror on her title reign. The 26 12 months previous said that she tried to offer all the things she had throughout all her title defenses, in an try to stay as much as the expectations that got here along with her being the primary ever wrestler to carry the title. Jordan thanked followers for the love and assist she was receiving, even in defeat, and vowed that the top of her title reign wasn’t the top of her, however was, in truth, “solely the start.”
Each title protection I made positive to offer it my all. At all times needed to stay as much as the excessive expectations of being the primary ladies’s NA Champion. Tonight was no totally different. Thanks for all of the love. Not the top, solely the start. #TheStandout#WWENXT #HalloweenHavoc
— Kelani Jordan (@kelani_wwe) October 28, 2024
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Successful the title again at NXT Battleground in June, Jordan efficiently defended the championship 5 instances, defeating the likes of Wren Sinclair, WWE principal roster star Michin, and most notably Sol Ruca, in a match that earned loads of consideration as a result of athletic potential proven by each Jordan and Ruca. Jordan’s title reign was maybe made much more spectacular by her relative inexperience, because the “NXT” star remains to be solely three years into her profession, with lower than 80 matches below her belt.
