If one word was fitting for the first-ever Ladder Match in NXT UK history, it would be anarchy. But two words were even more important: “And still.”
That’s exactly what we heard at the conclusion of Sunday’s NXT UK Tag Team Championship 4-Way Ladder Match, with Gallus reigning supreme over Imperium, The Grizzled Young Veterans and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster in a heart-stopping frenzy.
Though Mark Coffey & Wolfgang stood tall with the gold in the end, no team avoided punishment — whether it was James Drake’s 450 splash off a ladder, Gallus repeatedly bashing Imperium’s Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel between a pair of ladders or Webster & Andrews delivering a double senton from atop a gigantic ladder onto Wolfgang through a table.
The violence reached yet another level when Andrews introduced a kendo stick, blasting James Drake & Zack Gibson with it repeatedly until it splintered.
Able to subdue Andrews from there, Imperium seemed primed for victory — that was until Wolfgang came out of nowhere to spear Aichner through a ladder. With his teammate no longer able to protect him, Gallus launched Barthel from the top of the ladder to the outside of the ring, clearing the way to grab the titles.