Friday, April 5th, 2019 – Brooklyn, New York
The arena was set. NXT TakeOver: New York. Arguably the biggest TakeOver of the year. The NXT Universe was ready for their main event. The first ever Triple Threat main event of NXT TakeOver and Ced's very first main event. The NXT Champion and Johnny Wrestling both stood in the ring waiting for Ced.
"Notorious B.I.G." by Notorious B.I.G. Hits
The Brooklyn fans cheered as they heard the music of Brooklyn Hip Hop Legend Biggie Smalls AKA Notorious B.I.G. The lights in the arena went Ced's full array of different colors while Ced walked out onto the stage in a yellow Bad Boy Jersey with the number 72 and BIG on the back. He had black elbow pads on both elbows with black wrist tape on both wrists. He had black boys and black knee pads with black ring trunks with Notorious on the front and 72 on the back. He spit out his water in a mist like form before he started to walk down the ramp with a frown taking in all of the boos and cheers he was getting.
Once he reached the ringside area, he looked around before he walked around to the steel steps. He walked up the steps and got onto the ring apron and then entered the ring. He walked towards the turnbuckle and jumped up and planted his feet on the middle rope. He did his pose on top of the turnbuckle before he jumped off.
"Notorious B.I.G." Plays
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The lights then turned into a spotlight solely focused on the ring.
"The following contest is a triple threat match and is scheduled for one fall and is for the NXT Championship." Kayla Braxton announced as the fans cheered while Ced took off his jersey and pointed a finger up into the sky before he handed it to one of the crew members.
"Introducing the first challenger, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Weighing in at 252 Pounds. Ced!" Kayla announced as the fans somewhat cheered and somewhat booed him. Ced looked around the arena and raised his arms in pre-match victory.
"And Introducing the second challenger, from Cleveland, Ohio. Weighing in at 199 Pounds. Johnny Gargano!" Kayla announced as it seems like all the fans in the arena rose up to cheer whiie Johnny looked around the arena with a smile.
"And introducing the Champion, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weighing in at 203 pounds. He is the NXT Champion, Tommaso Ciampa!" Kayla announced while all the fans who were cheering started to boo. Tommaso simply raised the title up in the air making their boos amplify. He then handed the title to the referee who raised it up in the air while the Championship graphic went up on the Titantron. The referee then handed the title to the ring crew while all 3 men were staring holes off into each other.
The referee then called for the bell.
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All 3 competitors circled around the ring looking for an opportunity to pounce looking between each other. Johnny and Tommaso nodded towards each other and both in the spur of the moment hit Ced with an Enziguri to the back of the head that sent him crashing down to the mat before rolling out of the ring. The teamwork between both men would be short-lived as Tommaso hit Johnny with a kick to the gut before he locked on a side headlock wrenching down on the head. Johnny backed Tommaso up into the ropes before he him off into the ropes. As Tommaso came off from the ropes, he collided with Johnny with a shoulder block sending Johnny onto the mat. Tommaso smiled as he then ran to the ropes looking for some more offense but as he was prepared to run as he bounced off the ropes. The former NXT North American Champion, grabbed him by the foot and pulled him down to the mat before he pulled him out on the outside hard allowing his body to crash on the outside floor. Ced ran into the ring and looked at Johnny Gargano. He ran towards Johnny looking to hit him with a clothesline but Johnny ducked it and ran to the other side of the ropes. As Ced rebounded off the ropes, he was cut off guard with a springboard Dropkick from the Cleveland Native. First cover of the match.
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2, Kickout at 2 by Ced. Johnny got up to his feet and stomped down on Ced showing his much more aggressive side. Johnny Wrestling wanted to be Johnny Champion and he was prepared at any cost to do so. Ced sat up while Johnny had got up to his feet. Johnny backed up into the ropes and then caught Ced caught with Ced with a Somersault like hold with a knee strike to the head. Ced rolled out of the ring with a hand on his head. Johnny exited the ring and walked toward Ced. Tommaso then came running towards Johnny and hit him with a Forearm smash jumping off the steel steps. The fans booed Tommaso while he looked around the crowd with a smile. Tommaso then got up to his feet and grabbed Johnny by the head and neck and threw him off into the led ring post. Tommaso started to taunt down at Johnny while Ced had finally got up to his feet. He walked towards Tommaso and grabbed him by the head and threw him off into the ring post this time. The fans cheered Ced as he let out a battle cry.
Ced looked around at the carnage in the ring with a smile on his face. He waited for Johnny to get up to his feet before he ran towards him and kicked him in the side of the head with a boot. Ced dropped down to his knees and mounted over Gargano hitting him with shots to the head until he got back up to his feet. He stomped on Johnny's gut before he started to walk away from Johnny. Ced reached out from under the ring and grabbed a Steel Chair. He lifted it up into the air getting a mixed reaction from the fans. He walked around the ring and watched as Tommaso was getting back up onto his feet. He tried to strike Ciampa over the head with the chair but Tommaso had ducked it and caught him with German Suplex instead. Ced landed on his shoulder and neck. Tommaso quickly grabbed him by the head and neck and threw him into the ring. Ciampa quickly followed and hooked the leg.
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2, Kickout at 2 by Ced. Ciampa sat up looking around the arena panting for his breath. Ciampa got up to his feet and exited the ring while Ced had crawled towards the ropes. Ciampa walked towards Johnny who had finally gotten up to his feet. Ciampa walked towards Johnny and kneed him in the gut. Ciampa then grabbed Johnny by his hair and walked towards the barricade and smashed him face-first into the barricade wall. Ciampa then tried to whip Johnny into the Steel Steps but Johnny reverse it and whipped Ciampa out into the steps knee first. Ciampa screamed out in pain as his previously injured knee had collides with the steel steps on the outside of the ring. Ced had got out onto the apron and waited for Johnny to turn around. Ced jumped off the apron and collided with Johnny hitting him with a Flying Clothesline off the apron.
Ced popped back up to his feet while the fans still had a mixed reaction towards Ced.
"I'm the King of New York!" Ced shouted out at the crowd getting a mixed reaction. He walked over to Tommaso, he grabbed him and threw him over the barricade. He then walked over to Johnny and tried to pick him up from the ground, but Johnny had managed to break his hold and hit him with an forearm to the face. Johnny hit him with another forearm to the face Johnny kept hitting Ced with repeated shots to the face unti Ced had backed up against the barricade. Johnny backed up and clothesline Ced over the barricade. As Ced started to try to crawl away from Johnny, Johnny had jumped onto the barricade anticipated for the man that was currently absorbing his punishment to turn around and face him. Johnny came off the barricade grabbing Ced in the process and taking him down with a Diving Complete Shot. Both men laid there in pain as Ced had rolled over onto his back at stared up at the ceiling dazed. Johnny was the first to move after a few seconds of lying there. Johnny got up to his feet and raised his arm while the fans cheered. The NXT Champion then came running in with a crutch in his hands had struck Johnny Gargano over the back with it much like their previous matches. Johnny had dropped down to his knees in pain.
"You will never be the Champion, Johnny!" Tommaso said as he struck Johnny once again over the back with the crutch. Tommaso raised the crutch up into the air while the fans had booed him loudly. Ced finally had started to move again and rolled over and started to crawl. Tommaso saw this and started to hit Ced over the back with the crutch repeatedly until the crutch broke. Tommaso stood tall and walked over to the special effects table with a smile on his face.
"Move!" Tommaso yelled Johnny had got up to his feet struggling to stand as he then walked over to Tommaso and hit him with an elbow over the back. Ced with welts growing on his back got up to his feet and walked towards the two men. Johnny and Tommaso noticed Ced walking breaking up their brawl to kick Ced in the gut. Johnny and Tommaso looked at each other and then grabbed Ced and put him into a suplex like hold and lifted him up to try to suplex Ced into the special effects table but Ced was able keep his feet planted and somehow lifted both Johnny and Tommaso up while the fans cheered at this man's amazing strength. Ced yelling had dropped sending both men as well as himself into the table making the electronics on the table damn near explode. Sparks flew between the 3 as they all laid there feeling the pain of their long battle.
"Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit!" The fans cheered as Ced had rolled away from the carnage on to his gut while both members over DIY had yet to move. Ced rolled onto his back and looked up at the ceiling while the fans had cheered as Ced was finally started to get recovered enough to get up to his feet. Ced watched as Johnny was the first to move. The Big Man in the match-up smiled and shook his head while he walked to Johnny and grabbed him and put him onto his shoulder.
"Extreme!" Ced yelled as he walked around in the crowd. Johnny had luckily elbowed his way out of the hold and had leaned up against the barricade. Ced had shook his head and ran towards Johnny looking to Spear him through the barricade but Johnny had moved out of the way and allowed Ced to go through the barricade shoulder-first. Johnny seeing his window of time had grabbed Ced quickly and threw him into the ring. Ced had surprisingly got up to his feet clutching his shoulder while Johnny had rolled into the ring. Johnny trried to clothesline Ced but Ced ducked it and ran off into the ropes. When Ced came back off the ropes he caught Johnny with his patented Spear.
Ced quickly into the cover while the fans were both cheering and booing at the same-time.
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Thr-No, Kickout right before 3 count from Johnny Gargano while the fans rose up out of their seats and cheered Johnny while Ced had rolled off of Johnny and cursed in frustration as he then crawled over the corner and used it to pull himself up. Ced shook his head while he slapped some feeling in his shoulder. Ced looked around the arena panting for his breath while the fans had given him the mixed reaction. He ripped both of the elbow pads off of his elbows and threw them off into the crowd. While he walked towards the man known as Johnny Wrestling and had watched as Johnny started to crawl towards the ropes. Johnny had used the ropes to get up onto his feet. Johnny had quickly kicked Ced in the knee causing him to drop down to a knee. The fans booed as Tommaso Ciampa came running jumping over the barricade and slid into the ring. The fans cheered as Johnny hit Ced with the superkick which Tomasso had smashed him in the back of the head with a knee. The fans cheered at the offense while Johnny had stood over Ced looking at him with a frown. Tommaso took the chance to put him into a hold to hit his signature, Psycho Kutter (Hangman's Rolling Cutter).
Tommaso with the cover while the fans booed.
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Thr-No, Kickout right before the 3 count by Johnny while the fans had cheered at Johnny's heart. These 3 men were throwing nearly everything they had to win and take home the title. These 3 had been brawling for nearly 20 minutes and they had all taken abuse. Tommaso slapped the mat repeatedly in frustration. Tommaso had grabbed Johnny by his hair and tried to mount some offense but Johnny had pushed him off and got up to his feet and superkicked Tommaso sending him down flat on his back. Ced then came running into the ring. Johnny caught him by surprise when he spun around and caught Ced in a Full Nelson Hold. Johnny hit the Hurts Donuts (Full Nelson Lifted and spun into a reverse STO). Tommaso then came back running into the ring only to be locked into the Gargano Escape.
Tommaso had screamed out in pain as his hand had searched around the ring looking for any trace of escape. Johnny had pulled back on the hold causing Tommaso to tap in pain and agony. The fans had rose up all in happiness as there cheers could be heard blocks away from the arena as the bell rung.
Ding...Ding...Ding...
"Rebel Heart" Hits
"Here is your winner and the NEW NXT Champion: Johnny Gargano!" Kayla announced as Johnny had let go of the hold and crawled over to the corner and covered his face in happiness. The referee then handed Johnny the title while the fans were going bananas. Johnny got up to his feet and raised it up in the air while Ced was leaning up against the barricade looking on in disappoint while Johnny had raised the title up in the air.
A/N: So, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know the match was probably terrible but I hope it's sufficient. I'm not really familiar with Gargano or Ciampa so I kinda made them OOC with their in-ring styles. And this closes the NXT Chapter in Ced's career. And I hope you guys enjoy that.
