NXT Cruiserweight Championship Changes Hands At WWE Worlds Collide

Belt heads to NXT UK for first time.

by Benjamin Richardson
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The NXT Cruiserweight Championship is heading to NXT UK for the first time, after Jordan Devlin prevailed in a Fatal 4-Way for the strap at last night's Worlds Collide.

Irishman Devlin bested incumbent champ Angel Garza as well as Travis Banks and Isaiah 'Swerve' Scott, to take home his first title in the company. The match ended when Devlin thwarted Garza's attempts to hit Scott with the Wing Clipper, taking him out with a headbutt before landing the Devil Inside Suplex on Scott for the victory.

Following the contest, the new champion cut a promo from atop the announce table in which he said "you don't bet against an ace."

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Beaten champion Garza had held the belt for 45 days, having ended Lio Rush's reigns on the 11 December episode of NXT.

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