ORLANDO, Fla. – Appearing in the ring for the first time since pushing NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa to his limits at TakeOver: WarGames II, Velveteen Dream entered Full Sail Live oozing the confidence of a champion. Showing no signs of chagrin following his loss in last year’s heart-pounding thriller, a reinvigorated Dream revealed a new “sparkle” in his eye: the NXT North American Championship.
But before The Dream could declare how he planned to match this newfound “sparkle” with “championship gold,” Undisputed ERA’s Adam Cole and Bobby Fish interjected, arguing that Dream’s plans interfered with their own all-gold-everything agenda for 2019. Cole, who was the inaugural NXT North American Champion, went on about how the year would see the entire Undisputed ERA draped with “gold around our waists,” as Fish deemed it as “undisputed.” Dream, on the other hand, disputed those plans and tension quickly spilled out into the ring, setting the stage for a one-on-one battle between Dream and Fish later in the night.