After being sidelined for an entire month, EC3 wasted no time bringing Top One Percent-level pain to The Freak from the opening bell. With vicious beatdowns in their rear-view mirror, the two outsized NXT Superstars engaged in a larger-than-life slugfest that saw EC3 search for payback as Sullivan attempted, at all costs, to stop his opponent.
The Top One Percent accelerated off pure adrenaline in the first half of the match, ramming The Freak three times into the rigid steel steps, thus exposing signs of wear on the human bulldozer. From there, he continued with his brand of retribution, lifting the massive Sullivan with a thunderous body slam and a ring-rattling suplex to set off the Richter scale. But as EC3’s adrenaline began to wear off, the mighty Sullivan cut down his opponent’s momentum with a vicious Freak Accident onto the ring apron. As chaos opens opportunity, Sullivan went on to defy gravity, drilling a laid-out EC3 with a flying headbutt to earn the three-count.
Although The Freak stood tall in this battle, EC3 turned “Lars Sullivan territory” into total bedlam.