Another Match Confirmed For NXT TakeOver XXX, Updated Card
August 6, 2020The third official match has been confirmed for NXT TakeOver XXX.
Over the past week, WWE has been building up a match between the former NXT Champion Adam Cole and pat McAfee. The two had an altercation on McAfee’s show and then once again last night on NXT. Then this morning Triple H was on ESPN’s Get Up and put out the challenge for McAfee to face Cole at TakeOver.
Thursday afternoon Pat McAfee posted a video on Twitter accepting the challenge laid out by Triple H.
I kicked @AdamColePro’s head off of his body last night on #WWENXT.
I didn’t want to do it, I HAD to do it. He ASSAULTED me with a bottle.
Then I got physically kicked out of the building by @TripleH.
Never thought this is how a honeymoon was supposed to go but
BREAKING NEWS pic.twitter.com/KYAiV9LLHJ
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 6, 2020
The WWE on FOX Twitter account confirmed that McAfee has accepted Triple H’s challenge and the WWE NXT Twitter account also confirmed that the match between Adam Cole and Pat McAfee will take place at NXT TakeOver XXX on August 22nd.
Cole and McAfee have long traded barbs, though only verbally — until recently as their hostility reached an entirely new level. The two were initially cordial when the former NXT Champion appeared on McAfee’s eponymous show last month. But McAfee’s repeated needling eventually drove Cole to fly off the handle and get in the former All-Pro punter’s face before storming out.
They appeared ready to bury the hatchet when McAfee came to NXT on Aug. 7. The ex-Indianapolis Colt clearly had other intentions, though, repeatedly disparaging Cole on commentary within earshot while his Undisputed ERA allies challenged Imperium for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Eventually, Cole heard enough, confronting McAfee until they were separated by officials. But with Cole restrained, McAfee savagely seized his opportunity and left him lying unconscious after a massive punt.
While McAfee opportunistically got the better of Cole once, stepping into the ring for his first match against the longest-reigning NXT Champion in history is a much taller order. Has the brash broadcaster written a check he can’t cash, or can he shock the world?
BREAKING NEWS:
Former @Colts Punter @PatMcAfeeShow has accepted @TripleH's challenge for a match with @AdamColePro at #NXTTakeOver: XXX. @NFLonFOX pic.twitter.com/wA3ITPDW9L— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) August 6, 2020
It's on.@AdamColePro will battle @PatMcAfeeShow on August 22 at #NXTTakeOver: XXX!
Full details: https://t.co/VgJccrI81v pic.twitter.com/9yHP5KlJll
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 6, 2020
This is the third match that has been officially announced for TakeOver coming to us on August 22nd live on the WWE Network.
Current NXT TakeOver XXX Card
NXT North American Title Ladder Match
Bronson Reed vs Damien Priest vs TBA vs TBA vs TBANXT Women’s Title
Io Shirai(c) vs Dakota KaiAdam Cole vs Pat McAfee
