Kyle O’Reilly wins Gauntlet Eliminator to become #1 contender to Finn Balor's NXT Championship

Kyle O’Reilly wins Gauntlet Eliminator to become #1 contender to Finn Balor’s NXT Championship. The two will face each other at NXT TakeOver.

Kyle O’Reilly won the first ever Gauntlet Eliminator to book a title match against Finn Balor at NXT TakeOver. He will look to do what his Undisputed Era leader, Adam Cole failed to do a couple of weeks back and become NXT Champion for the first time.

KOOL KYLE DID IT!!!! @KORcombat pins @CGrimesWWE to win the #GauntletEliminator and challenge @FinnBalor for the #NXTTitle! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/QmJwkQm7ln

— WWE (@WWE) September 24, 2020

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O’Reilly and Kushida became the first entrants in the first ever Gauntlet Eliminator match.

.@KUSHIDA_0904 & @KORcombat are the first to step into the #GauntletEliminator NEXT on #WWENXT‘s Take Off to TakeOver! pic.twitter.com/kckE8U9Hlx

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 24, 2020

The two had a fun little showing before Bronson Reed joined them and eliminated Kushida.

The #GauntletEliminator just became !@bronsonreedwwe has stepped into the fray on #WWENXT! @KORcombat @KUSHIDA_0904 pic.twitter.com/cgzjL3HvDq

— WWE (@WWE) September 24, 2020

And just like that… @DreamWWE helped destroy @KUSHIDA_0904‘s #NXTTitle dreams.

Kushida has been eliminated in the #GauntletEliminator. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/CA7GGg8Ave

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 24, 2020

Timothy Thatcher and then Cameron Grimes joined the remaining participants.

O’Reilly eliminated Reed and Thatcher via pinfall before taking Grimes down in the kneebar and forcing him to submit.

Undisputed Friendship. #WWENXT @roderickstrong @AdamColePro @KORcombat pic.twitter.com/xvwil2nwYk

— WWE (@WWE) September 24, 2020

After the match, the Undisputed Era’s music hit. Adam Cole and Roderick Strong congratulated their stablemate for earning his title shot while the champion Balor walked out and aimed his guns at number one contender.

Till #NXTTakeOver.

Don’t miss it. #WWENXT @KORcombat @FinnBalor pic.twitter.com/CrzDVCK49o

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 24, 2020

The two will go head to head at NXT TakeOver on October 4.

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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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