Santos Escobar beats Jordan Devlin to become undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion

Archie Blade | 09/04/2021
Santos Escobar beats Jordan Devlin to become undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion

Santos Escobar beats Jordan Devlin to become undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion in the opening bout of TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Night two.

NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Night two opened with an exciting encounter between  both the cruiserweight champions, Santos Escobar and Jordan Devlin. It was a high octane fight that saw both men pull of offenses with high intensity.

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The battle to become the unchallenged king of the cruiserweights was not easy for either men but it was espescially tougher for Devlin who also had to contend with Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza in the sidelines. In the end, it proved to be too much for the Irish Ace, who went down to his opponent after a hard fought battle.

Santos Escobar beats Jordan Devlin to become undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion

Devlin was originally the NXT Cruiserweight Champion. However, travel restrictions due to the pandemic kept him away from the show. Escobar won the Interim Championship last year in June and has held on to it since. With Devlin allowed to return last month, the pair have been feuding over who is the real champion.

The argument was scheduled to be settled in a ladder match and what a match it was. Just when Devlin seemed to be on top both Wilde and Mendoza ran an interference to regain momentum for their leader. Devlin managed to overcome the odds and almost won the match. However, a headbutt by Escobar sent him tumbling down from the top. The interim champion then grabbed both the titles to become the undisputed champion of the cruiserweights,


Despite being a heel, Escobar celebrated the win by having his son next to him. Both father and son held a title each. Despite his alignment as the bad guy in the story, it was hard not to feel happy for the performer.


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Archie Blade

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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