2: Samoa Joe showed his true colors again and it was awesome
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Samoa Joe had been behaving strange ever since his loss to Shinsuke Nakamura at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II. One might even say that he was showing babyface tendencies. Corey Graves kept saying how Joe wasn’t behaving like himself through last week’s episode, and even at the start of today's show. In the explosive opening segment, Joe invited Nakamura to the middle of the ring. Samoa Joe also challenged Shinsuke Nakamura to a rematch and when Nakamura accepted, Joe offered to shake his hand.
All seemed well till Joe attacked Nakamura as he was leaving and completely obliterated him. This is the Samoa Joe we know and love to hate. Everyone’s beloved babyface Shinsuke Nakamura was wheeled out by medical personnel. William Regal seemed visibly disturbed and would go to the backstage area to confront Joe, only to see him drive away.
This is compelling storytelling and more engaging that anything we've seen on NXT television in a while. Full marks to announcers Corey Graves and Tom Phillips for dialing down their commentary and pretending that they were shocked at what happened, through the course of the remaining matches as well.
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