Johnny Gargano becomes first ever 2-time NXT North American Champion

Archie Blade | 29/10/2020
Johnny Gargano becomes first ever 2-time NXT North American Champion

Johnny Gargano becomes first ever 2-time NXT North American Champion following a little help from a mysterious masked person.

Tonight’s NXT was a special that featured one of WCW’s most famous Pay per View theme. Halloween Havoc and the show kicked off with a bang right off the hook with Johnny Gargano beating Damien Priest in a Devil’s Playground” match.


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The result of the opening night of the match means, Gargano is now the first person to win the North American Championship more than once. However, he didn’t do it all on his own. He received some help from a masked person dressed as Ghostface from the Scream movies!

Johnny Gargano becomes first ever 2-time NXT North American Champion

Gargano wrestled Priest in a “Devil’s Playground” match. The match type was chosen as part of the “Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal” gimmick. The match was a no disqualifications, no count-outs, anything goes falls count anywhere match.

Priest and Gargano fought all over the arena using the various weapons at their disposal. Near the end of the match when they wrestled near the elevated stage with the spinning wheel, a masked person appeared out of nowhere to knock Priest out.


The masked person then handed Gargano a tombstone which he used to crash it on his opponent’s head. Priest went down straight to the concrete floor allowing Gargano to pin him and reunite with the 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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