Johnny Gargano’s opponent for the North American Championship on Night Two of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver revealed

Archie Blade | 08/04/2021
Johnny Gargano’s opponent for the North American Championship on Night Two of NXT TakeOver Stand & Deliver revealed

Johnny Gargano’s opponent for the NXT North American Championship on Night Two of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver revealed after Gauntlet Eliminator match.

Johnny Gargano will enter Night Two of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver as the North American Champion. But who will he face? Six men faced each other tonight in the Gauntlet Eliminator match at NXT TakeoVer: Stand and Deliver Night One to earn that opportunity.

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Leon Ruff and Isaiah “Swerve” Scott were the first two participants in the match. Ruff was the first to be eliminated. Bronson Reed walked in at number 3. Dexter Lumis seemed to be the obvious choice to win the match but his elimination at the hands of LA Knight threw the match wide open. LA Knight was the next to go followed by Cameron Grimes leaving Reed and Scott as the final two particpants in the match.

Johnny Gargano’s opponent for the NXT North American Championship on Night Two of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver revealed

Reed and Scott put on an amazing display in the final minutes adding a lot of tension. Scott landed three consecutive House Calls on Reed but the Collosal One kicked out of all of them. He then landed a massive powerbomb on Scott and followed it up with an Alabama Driver.


He finished the match with his Alabama Driversignature Tsunami Splash to pin Scott and win the Gauntlet Eliminator.

He will now face Johnny Gargano tomorrow for the NXT North American Championship.


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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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