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5. Drake Wuertz - Here To Count The Fall

A short-but-perfectly-formed moment - rather fittingly - in the spotlight for referee Drake Wuertz, who noted he was only there to count the fall (and note a rope break, evidently) in Adam Cole and Velveteen Dream's rather flawed Backlot Brawl.

It wasn't a match big on good detail, but Drake at least dressed for the weird job he'd been given. Donning the NXT black polo instead of the familiar stripes, this was the uniform choice for prior unsanctioned matches on the black-and-gold brand - the all important aesthetic for the man in the middle that helps set the contest apart from the norm.

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