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00:24Well, it might be the energy of an NXT Universe to make this man
00:29find his way.
00:31Someone I've known for a very long time, and I can admit to the world right now,
00:35throughout the week, he doesn't text as often.
00:37We don't talk as often, because this man has been in a rut.
00:41He's trying to get out of it, and I'll come to you, Book.
00:45Why has he been in a rut on SmackDown?
00:47I mean, there's no secret that Johnny Gargano has had a few personal issues,
00:53and I'm not here to speak on that or anything like that,
00:56but I'm going to tell you right now, when this guy,
00:57when this guy is at his best, he's damn near unbeatable.
01:03He really is.
01:05Well, he is trying to find it once more, and maybe tonight is the night.
01:11Big night.
01:17Big night.
01:25But it's also a big night for this man, because what does a victory do for Miles Bourne
01:30outside of retaining the title if he's able to beat someone the caliber of superstar
01:35that is Johnny Gargano?
01:36Johnny takeover, right?
01:38That's right.
01:38Johnny takeover.
01:39Takeover, a guy who embodied the black and gold era.
01:44A guy who is the first NXT Triple Crown winner.
01:49No, it would be a hell of a notch on his belt if he could do it.
01:52And I'm going to tell you, it's prime time, boy.
01:55Prime time.
01:56He's ready.
01:57Are you reading my notes, or did you do some research?
02:00I mean, I've got a bug in my ear.
02:03Oh, okay.
02:03I figured it was the biggest night.
02:05You're pulling on all the stops.
02:06Statistician.
02:07Statisticians in my ear, man.
02:08Well, let's go up to our ring announcer, Mike Rome.
02:16The following contest scheduled for one fall is for the NXT North American Championship.
02:31Introducing the challenger from Cleveland, Ohio, weighing in at 199 pounds,
02:40Shawnee Gargano!
02:50And his opponents from Wilmington, North Carolina, weighing in at 220 pounds.
02:57He is the NXT North American Champion, Miles Bourne!
03:06Oh, I got it.
03:13Says, never break.
03:15Johnny Gargano!
03:17Johnny Gargano!
03:20Johnny Gargano!
03:21Johnny Gargano!
04:01Johnny, of course, came in there and said, I need to win this championship.
04:04I need this moment.
04:06I need this match.
04:08And right now, it's Miles Bourne controlling a little bit.
04:10Is there a bit of Miles Bourne that's even a bit nervous in this match?
04:14I'm going to tell you right now, if you're not nervous going into a situation like this match of this
04:20magnitude,
04:21you don't have red blood flowing through your veins.
04:24I'm going to tell you right now, when Miles Bourne lose that nervousness, it's all over.
04:28His championship reign is all over.
04:30Trust me.
04:31Well, Miles has been through so much in his life.
04:33To be honest, there's no better education like adversity, and he's had plenty of it.
04:37Not only in life, but also in his professional life, leaving the NQCC Championship disappointments.
04:43But right now, Miles has been able to out-wrestle Johnny Wrestling.
04:48I don't know if he's one step ahead of Johnny Wrestling, or is Johnny Wrestling trying to lure this young
04:53man into a trap?
04:54That might be more than a situation right there, Vic.
04:59Candice LeRae on the outside as Johnny creates some separation right back down to the mat.
05:02Miles Bourne has the obvious size advantage in this championship matchup.
05:08Awesome.
05:10Well, this is what we've seen.
05:12Look at Candice screaming no, because this is what we've seen Johnny do.
05:15It's almost like he just gives up, and he's back to that position.
05:19Candice beside herself.
05:23Oh, it's Johnny.
05:25Didn't I tell you?
05:25Didn't I tell you he's playing possum?
05:27I don't know why I question you.
05:27You're a two-time WWE Hall of Famer.
05:29Hurricane Ron, a takedown.
05:30Big dropkick by Gargano.
05:32Gargano's starting to feel it, and maybe that is just the moment that Johnny needed to break that shell.
05:37Because, Miles, you're starting to find out who you're in the ring with.
05:40And he started using some of the old tricks in the bag, and I'm going to tell you right now.
05:46Johnny Wrestling!
05:49Johnny Wrestling!
05:53And it's been a long time, Booker, since we've seen Johnny with this sort of confidence in the center of
05:59the ring.
05:59And now it's Gargano going right at Bourne.
06:00Bourne answering right back.
06:02And now will Miles regret telling Johnny he wants Johnny takeover?
06:06And Johnny takes Miles back to the outside.
06:08I don't know, man.
06:08I mean, you want to compete with the best.
06:10You want to see exactly how good you really are.
06:12This is, like I said, a prime position for this kid, Miles Bourne.
06:16Here we get Johnny takeover.
06:17Beautiful, beautiful.
06:18And Johnny now with his eyes set on a championship.
06:21He's held more times than anyone else.
06:24That North American title.
06:26And maybe Candice has reawoken Johnny Gargano.
06:29Think that's what it is?
06:32You think that's what it is, Vic?
06:34Could just be.
06:35You think that's what it is, Ozzy?
06:36We have not seen the look in this man's eyes like this.
06:38Kitting his hand on that championship goal around his waist just one more time.
06:42Could that be it?
06:45You are the one who has told me putting championship goal around your waist.
06:51Whether it's one time or ten times, it changes a man.
06:55And right into the back went Gargano.
06:57And Gargano now, oh!
07:00It was as if Miles had Johnny up at an angle slam.
07:03And Johnny's spine just bent off that steel post.
07:06As our official right now is at seven, Adrian Butler.
07:09Bourne hears it.
07:10And Bourne gets Johnny back into the ring.
07:13Miles wants to show the world what he's made of in this match.
07:16And he now has a bullseye on the body of Gargano.
07:19I'm looking at the mindset of Miles Morin right here tonight, man.
07:22Taking advantage of the outside right there.
07:25Using the furniture to his advantage.
07:27And that right there.
07:28That's what's going to take this guy all the way to the next level.
07:32No playing, no diving, just business, man.
07:36Well, Booker, then what has impressed you with Miles over the last year?
07:40As Bourne with that snap, slam, cover, and a kickout.
07:44I mean, Miles Morin, he was willing to step out of his comfort zone.
07:48And step up and become the North American champion.
07:52That's what I like about this kid.
07:54Well, look, you also called him the weak link.
07:56He was.
07:57Team NXT at Showdown.
07:59But I also said he was going to learn from that.
08:01Into another cover, into another hook of the leg, into another kickout.
08:04And he, since then, has stepped out of other shadows.
08:07He's been driven by not being here last year.
08:10I said he stepped out.
08:11He stepped out of the shadow of trying to follow somebody.
08:14And he went out and became a leader.
08:16He became the champion, the North American champion, man.
08:19That right there, that ain't no small little kibbles with bits, man.
08:23That's big time, Vic.
08:24We're talking about who he defeated for the championship.
08:26Oh, what a backbreaker.
08:29And now Miles is punishing Gargano.
08:32And Candice LeRae is looking on right here.
08:35Talk about the guy.
08:36Talk about the guy.
08:37The guy.
08:38The guy who I call the head man.
08:41The guy who I say anybody can get it.
08:45He defeated Ethan Page for the title.
08:47But when my sit down with him in New York City, he thanked Page for waking him up.
08:52That also had to be something that is done with a little bit of a change in attitude,
08:56change in perception in the ring for the North American champion.
08:59You've got to have that attitude, man.
09:00You've got to have that killer here, Steven.
09:02I mean, you've got a guy lined up in the target.
09:04You've got to take the shot.
09:06And I just saw that in Miles Bourne here on the outside of the ring.
09:09This kid.
09:10Oh, yes.
09:11Oh, yes.
09:12And shoulder first goes Bourne.
09:13And this could be that moment for Johnny Gargano.
09:16And this was said about the man who's behind the curtain right now who is out here with
09:20Sexy Red.
09:21No one has ever outperformed Johnny Gargano in a big match on this brand.
09:25He's a prolific NXT premium live event main eventer.
09:29And he's starting to show you one more time why.
09:31This is what he needed to get out of whatever funk he's been in.
09:34And you talk about credentials, Booker.
09:36Two-time WWE Tag Team Champion.
09:38Yes.
09:38As you said, the first ever Triple Crown Champion in NXT history.
09:41Most Reigns is the North American Champion.
09:44And if he wins tonight, he'd become an unprecedented four-time champion.
09:49Has a big spear center of the ring.
09:51Titles on the line.
09:52Into the cover.
09:53And Bourne getting that right shoulder.
09:55All those stats you just gave.
09:57Hold on a second.
09:59All those stats you just gave right there was great.
10:02But the one step that you didn't mention is Johnny Gargano.
10:07I'm talking about red, the black and gold.
10:09It was 2015.
10:10It's 2026.
10:12Come on.
10:12Come on, man.
10:13You got to give it to this young man, Miles Bourne.
10:15And give him the advantage.
10:17As far as who the odds are going to go on.
10:19Who do you got, Vic?
10:20Well, I would never turn my back and would never go against someone who I've known for since the first
10:25day I entered into this business.
10:26That means Johnny Gargano looking for the angle slam.
10:28It was countered into a nice arm drag.
10:30Johnny Gargano back up on his feet.
10:31And if the pace quickens, that's got to favor Gargano.
10:34But maybe not.
10:34Because now into the power comes Miles Bourne with the big rights.
10:38I think if the pace change is going to favor this young guy, Miles Bourne.
10:41This guy got an endless take, man.
10:44I mean, he's young.
10:45He's fresh.
10:46He's waiting for this moment for many years.
10:48Yeah, but he's caught.
10:50Oh, right to the face.
10:53Bourne could be out.
10:54Right on the mush.
10:56On the snout.
10:57And Gargano up, over, into the cover for the championship.
11:04Bourne able to kick out one more time and take another look at this field.
11:09The impact.
11:10First was the kick.
11:11Filing it up.
11:12Bam!
11:13From the top to the floor.
11:15Not enough to get the three for Johnny Gargano.
11:19Gargano now looking to fly.
11:21And right in.
11:22It's almost the lap of the front row.
11:25I'll tell you right now, Vic.
11:26That experience factor.
11:28You cannot look past the experience factor of what Johnny Gargano did.
11:33You can't do that.
11:33You want to talk about 2015.
11:35That was when Johnny Gargano, as the NXT Universe rallying, Gargano was just after that.
11:40Gargano was called the heart and soul of this brand.
11:43Well, right now he's trying to take the heart and soul out of Miles Bourne.
11:47As Bourne somehow back to his feet.
11:49All the way to the top.
11:50Hooking up Gargano.
11:51Oh, a power slam from the top.
11:54Oh, wait a minute.
11:55No way.
11:57Oh, there wasn't a lot there.
11:59Right there on the lower lumbar.
12:01That was a hard power slam right there, Vic.
12:04And remember the lower back of Gargano that went into the post.
12:08You're 100% right.
12:10You can see the grimace on the face of Johnny when they landed.
12:14And Johnny was confused if he wanted to reach to the rope or kick out.
12:17He almost got caught.
12:18As Candice LeRae once again has done her best to get Johnny out of the run trying to rally
12:24the NXT Universe.
12:26That lower back is where the sciatica starts to have a little bit of a problem.
12:30I'm hoping that's not the case here with Johnny Gargano because that was gnarly, man.
12:39It's starting to break down.
12:41I really just looked up from the monitor for the first time and realized Gargano's wearing
12:45the same gear he wore in his last stand and deliver matchup, which was against Grayson
12:50Waller several years back.
12:53Johnny trying to turn back the clock.
12:54Couple of lefts, swing and a miss on an uppercut.
12:57Step up in Seguri.
12:58Gargano back into the advantage.
13:00Big drop kick from Miles Bourne.
13:02Gargano bouncing right back.
13:04Swing and a miss.
13:05Got caught in a German suplex.
13:06One man too quick.
13:07Back up.
13:08Big kick.
13:08Oh, yes.
13:10Bourne's up.
13:11Bourne's not rocked.
13:12Big jump and punch right underneath the jaw.
13:14Charging back in.
13:15Oh, hoisting up.
13:17And down across the neck goes Gargano.
13:20Both men laying it on the line for the North American Championship.
13:29What a series of strikes ending in BAM!
13:33Some devastation from Miles Bourne.
13:37And just a reminder for Johnny Gargano.
13:39Earned this opportunity by winning a number one contender's gauntlet match two weeks ago.
13:44As, again, Candice doing her best on the outside.
13:48What a match.
13:49What a night this has been, Booker.
13:50Staying and delivering.
13:51We still have two more championship matches to come.
13:54It's been a hell of a night.
13:55Let me tell you right now, Johnny Gargano has woke it up.
13:57But right now, he might just got put back to sleep.
14:01Wow.
14:02We've seen Bourne do that time and time again.
14:06As, take another look.
14:08Miles proving he was born to fly.
14:11Clearing the top.
14:12Wiping out Gargano on that steel ramp.
14:21And this is for the North American Championship.
14:25As, in control, this matchup is the champion, Miles Bourne.
14:29Gargano, though.
14:30Oh, just caught.
14:31Oh, Willow's Bell.
14:33Just rocked Bourne.
14:36Look, look, look.
14:37Johnny's up.
14:38Johnny looking for one final.
14:39He got it.
14:41That's how he's won championships in the past.
14:43And one more time.
14:44Gargano, right.
14:48Oh.
14:50I don't know how Miles was able to kick out.
14:54Tells you a lot about the young man, though, Vic.
14:56Because that should have been it.
14:58Johnny looking out into St. Louis.
15:00Headstand and deliver.
15:05Looking to drop Bourne.
15:07Another big strike.
15:09Going.
15:09Whoa, whoa, whoa.
15:10Going up.
15:11Going down.
15:12Looking for the Gargano escape.
15:13Remember the shoulder that went into the steel post.
15:15Countered.
15:16Bourne again.
15:17Miles hit Bourne again with his bad arm.
15:20And Johnny.
15:21Oh, wow.
15:22Gargano was able to kick out.
15:24And I want to point out.
15:25I'm surprised.
15:27Bourne take a look.
15:28Bourne hit it.
15:29And didn't get all of it.
15:31You didn't see him fully grab, did you?
15:33Remember the arm's been damaged from the steel post.
15:36Yeah, but Johnny Gargano's hair still bounced off the bad fit.
15:39That was so close to a victory for this young man.
15:41Miles Bourne.
15:42So close.
15:43Oh, there's Gargano now.
15:44He realized it.
15:45Someone who's, as you mentioned, been around a long time.
15:48Johnny Gargano knows there's a weak spot on the body.
15:50A couple of kicks.
15:51But Bourne fighting through the pain.
15:53Turning over into a Boston Crab.
15:55And Candice is out here telling Johnny the bottom rope is right there.
15:59Reach out and get it.
16:00But it's Miles Bourne who's dragging Gargano back.
16:03Look at Johnny Gargano's eyes, Vic.
16:05Look like he's...
16:06Trying to turn.
16:08Trying to turn.
16:09And he certainly did.
16:10Into the cover.
16:12Bourne kicks out.
16:13What a back and forth matchup.
16:15As trying to...
16:16Oh, right.
16:16Johnny couldn't do it.
16:18Into the cover.
16:18And a kick out.
16:20Oh!
16:22Candice with the right hand.
16:23The official didn't see it.
16:24Adrian Butler didn't see it.
16:26Handful of tights.
16:27And Bourne still able to kick out.
16:28But Gargano transitioning right into that Gargano escape.
16:32And the damage has been done to the shoulder.
16:34Look at the shoulder.
16:35Look at the left shoulder of Miles Bourne.
16:37He's screaming in pain.
16:38His face is turning red.
16:40Gargano's going to get the tap.
16:41His board.
16:42Board shifting weight.
16:43Gargano staying right on top.
16:44Oh, right there, Johnny Gargano.
16:46About to walk out of here.
16:47The new champion, Vic.
16:49He's so close.
16:50Long way away from that bottom rope.
16:52Miles trying to get back to his knees.
16:54Trying to create a little bit of separation.
16:56Can't do it.
16:57Bourne is fighting.
16:58Bourne right now looking out.
16:59So close.
17:00Desperation.
17:01Is he going to tap?
17:03Johnny trying to hold on.
17:04Miles.
17:05Just gets there to bring him.
17:06Do the job, Ralph.
17:07And he did.
17:10Wow.
17:12What a match.
17:17Both these men laying it out there for where we're at.
17:22Biggest night of the year.
17:23Stand and deliver.
17:26What a night it has been.
17:27But, Book, we've argued a few times.
17:30I can't argue with you right now.
17:31What a match indeed.
17:34And we know Johnny does have a dark side.
17:37Bourne has never been in waters like this before.
17:40Well, I mean, he hasn't.
17:42But I'm going to tell you right now.
17:42He's got a hell of a side kick.
17:45And Candice, who's willing to do anything for her, man.
17:49I love that.
17:50Super kick for a moment.
17:51Gargano looking around.
17:52Looking for maybe one final beat onto the steal.
17:55Got caught.
17:56Miles.
17:57Oh, a little assist with another Bourne again.
18:01That's two.
18:02Make it three.
18:03And Miles got all of it that time.
18:05Center of the ring.
18:06And that is a monumental moment for Miles.
18:10Yes.
18:12Here it's for a little right.
18:14Stand.
18:15Now, the NXT North American Champion, Miles Bourne.
18:24Candice LeRae beside herself.
18:27Johnny Gargano brought back Johnny Takeover.
18:30He found everything he was looking for in this match.
18:37Candice LeRae official didn't see it.
18:39Right here, he wore the handful of tights.
18:41Miles would not be denied throughout this matchup.
18:44Banged up shoulder.
18:45Gargano escape was locked in.
18:47And locked in, Booker, for quite some time.
18:49Miles, though, was able to persevere and find his way to that bottom rope as this matchup would continue.
18:57Looking for one final beat.
18:58For again onto the steal.
19:00It'd be Miles Bourne, who would come up and over, get a little bit.
19:04And then for good measure, bam!
19:06A third Bourne again to solidify himself as the North American Champion.
19:17Looking up and you know there's a respect factor between these two for what they just put themselves through.
19:24But what is next for Johnny Gargano?
19:27What is next?
19:28Hey!
19:30You want to know what's next?
19:32Deion Lennox!
19:34Yes!
19:35Right after this match?
19:36Right after everything Miles Bourne's been through?
19:39This is when Deion Lennox of Dark State wants to show up?
19:43Submit it to the madness, Vic.
19:44Submit it to this man's madness.
19:46He wants to be there.
19:48This is pitiful.
19:49This is sickening.
19:54But Deion Lennox also knows that on the biggest stage is when you said the biggest message.
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