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3. Samoa Joe Vs. Finn Bálor - NXT Live Event 21/4/16

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So just six days after the inaugural NXT match between Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura, The Submission Machine won the NXT Championship when absolutely nobody was expecting it.

April 2016 was quite a month for WWE's developmental brand...

Joe took the title from Finn Bálor at a seemingly innocuous house show in Lowell, Massachusetts, pinning The Demon King clean in the middle of the ring and ending a record-breaking reign of 292 days.

I don't want to say we're used to seeing the lower card championships change hands when the cameras aren't rolling because we're not, but seeing a top tier title switch was an unprecedented move for WWE as the last time it happened was Diesel/Backlund 22 years prior. It hasn't happened since, showing just what a rarity it is.

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