Posted on 5/26/125 by Colin Vassallo
The TNA World title is now in possession of an NXT star as
Trick Williams, he himself a former NXT champion, dethroned
the popular Joe Hendry at last night’s Battleground.
The match headlined the show, which was the first time ever
that a TNA title match main evented an NXT show.
The ending of the match came after Hendry tried the Standing
O finisher but Williams put his thumb in Hendry’s eye to
break it. He then face-planted Hendry on the TNA World
title, which was left in the ring after Williams tried
multiple times to use it. Williams followed with a Trick
Shot and pinned Hendry to win the title.
“Whoop that trick” chants filled the arena as history was
made, with Williams becoming the first-ever WWE-contracted
star to win the TNA title.
This ends Hendry’s 126-day reign as champion. He won it from
Nic Nemeth at the Genesis pay-per-view this past January.