In his precedent-setting reign as TNA World Champion, Trick Williams has thus far efficiently defended his title in opposition to TNA’s Elijah and Mike Santana. Subsequent week, he carries the duty of elevating it up in opposition to a fellow star of the “WWE NXT” model, specifically Josh Briggs.
On Tuesday’s version of “NXT,” Williams teamed with Wes Lee and TNA’s AJ Francis to tackle Briggs, Elijah, and Professional-Wrestling NOAH’s Yoshiki Inamura. Towards the tip of the match, Elijah fired off stomps on Williams within the nook of the ring. Then, in a shock transfer, Inamura pinned Williams to earn the win for his crew after delivering a splash off the highest rope.
Shortly after that, Inamura and Briggs met in a backstage section, with Briggs asserting that his tag companion deserved a shot on the TNA World Championship. Inamura, nevertheless, had a distinct imaginative and prescient for them. As such, he urged that Briggs take his spot in a possible title match in opposition to Williams, whereas Inamura pursues the NXT Championship, at present held by Oba Femi.
WWE later confirmed that Briggs will problem Williams for the TNA World Championship on subsequent week’s episode of “NXT.” There isn’t a phrase on if Inamura will face Femi for the NXT Championship on tv.
Inamura got here onto the “NXT” scene final 12 months as a part of WWE’s working relationship with NOAH. Since then, he and Briggs have primarily been concerned within the “NXT” tag crew division, although their efforts to assert the NXT Tag Staff Championships have yielded no success to date.
