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#4 Leon Ruff retains the NXT North American Championship at TakeOver: WarGames
Leon Ruff has become an overnight mega star in WWE NXT. The Superstar who first emerged as an enhancement talent on the main roster earlier this year to take quick losses at the hands of Aleister Black and Sheamus has quickly become the NXT North American Champion. He will now be defending his title against two top men from NXT, Damian Priest and Johnny Gargano, at TakeOver: WarGames.
Ruff has already gained some momentum by defeating Gargano twice and then teaming up with Preist to defeat Legado del Fantasma. While Priest and Gargano are both former NXT North American Champions and are more established as compared to Ruff, WWE must stick to their decision of crowning the new Superstar as the Champion.
At TakeOver: WarGames, Ruff must defeat Priest and Gargano to retain his title, and effectively end his rivalry against the two men in the process. NXT can then continue with the rivalry between Gargano and Priest while allowing Ruff to get into a new rivalry for the title soon after.
Superstars such as Timothy Thatcher, Cameron Grimes, Pete Dunne, or a returning Austin Theory could end Ruff’s reign with the NXT North American Championship.
