As Dakota Kai stood in the ring awaiting her scheduled opponent, the NXT announce team got word of an altercation in the parking lot between Aleister Black and the man who dared him to appear this week, NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas.
El Idolo had ambushed The Dutch Destroyer, his challenger at TakeOver: New Orleans, from behind. With Zelina Vega cheering him on, a furious Almas tore into Black with a vengeance, ramming the NXT Title contender head-first into a door and screaming that he would not be disrespected. The assault spilled into the arena and eventually the squared circle, where Almas slammed a steel chair into his rival for good measure. The NXT Champion then held the title aloft and stood over Black’s supine body in a scary display of supremacy.