6 Ups & 2 Downs From Last Night's NXT (July 22)

Kross vs. Dijakovic, Keith Lee's big announcement, and more.

Karrion Kross
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William Regal, you little tease.

After a bank-busting 5 hours of rampant internet speculation that was announcing his departure from NXT (and, trust me, every single wresting website you read pumping some man-hours into getting a big post about it read), he was actually just building to some news that wasn't even his.

Keith Lee, after telling us all he wanted both championships, and then beating Finn Balor and Johnny Gargano for the right to compete for both championships, and then beating Adam Cole to win both championships, no longer wants both championships. Cool? Cool.

With a raft of Opportunities™ about to open up for the North American Championship we're about to get our 18th NXT tournament of the year. Please infer no snark from this, wrestling tournaments are universally great and we don't get enough of them, but there's an entire card to build for TakeOver XXX now and here's hoping it doesn't derail other angles.

How could it though! This is NXT, still the most talented roster on the face of the planet, never mind just Wednesday nights, so let's so what other grappling delights it had in store for us.

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