What a way to keep the ball rolling during the show.
During the NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool pre-show, footage was shown of former PROGRESS World Champion Travis Banks entering the Empress Ballroom and being blindsided by his TakeOver opponent Jordan Devlin. It was made clear that Banks would still be competing but when it was time for the match between Jordan Devlin and Banks to begin, Devlin attacked Travis from behind once more. NXT UK GM Johnny Saint and his assistant Sid Scala were disappointed in Devlin but they were aware he would pull the move that he did so they had a back up plan in store in the form of former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor who also trained Jordan Devlin in their home-country of Ireland.
.@Jordan_Devlin1 needs a new opponent. Let's see who's stepping up, shall we? @FinnBalor #NXTUK #NXTUKTakeOver pic.twitter.com/K5zIzRJ44B
— WWE (@WWE) January 12, 2019
FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN FINN #NXTUKTakeOver #NXTUK @FinnBalor pic.twitter.com/1esB6Vh0U4
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 12, 2019
Finn Balor showed Jordan Devlin that the teacher is always ahead of the student and defeated Devlin with the "Coup de Grace" to pick up the victory at TakeOver: Blackpool.
With a #CoupDeGrace so powerful you can hear it from across the pond, @FinnBalor DEFEATS @Jordan_Devlin1 at #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool! #NXTUK pic.twitter.com/0KbAjpcRqL
— WWE (@WWE) January 12, 2019
Welcome home, @FinnBalor. #NXTUKTakeOver #NXTUK pic.twitter.com/n3PkNnmHbX
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) January 12, 2019
...now that’s a plan b. @FinnBalor#NXTUKTakeOver #TooSweet pic.twitter.com/HZg6v9xadq
— Triple H (@TripleH) January 12, 2019
Following the show, there will be a post-TakeOver review with Mr. Warren Hayes and Kristen Ashly and to watch that, head over to Fightful's "podcasts" section.
