For the first time since June 2019, NXT has a new men’s champion.
Keith Lee defeated Adam Cole in the main event of Wednesday’s Great American Bash special, adding the NXT Championship to a collection that already includes his North American title. And as Lee hoisted Cole atop his broad shoulders before hitting the Big Bang Catastrophe for the finish, one thought was racing through his mind.
“In that moment, I was on another level,” said Lee. “Everything in my body hurt, but that was when I was hit with the realization that it was set in stone, that I did it.