It may have been July 4 in the United States, but in Tokyo, Japan, it was a day of reckoning for NXT champion Kevin Owens.
After months spent dominating NXT as the biggest and baddest bully on the block, injuring Sami Zayn, Neville and Alex Riley with devastating powerbombs to the ring apron, he was forced to enter hostile territory on Saturday, as he defended his title against Finn Balor, the Ireland-born Superstar who cut his teeth in the Orient.
A classic match between the two unfolded in front of the passionate Japanese fans, and when the referee's hand slapped the mat for the third time, Owens' reign atop WWE's developmental brand come to an end at the hands of the Demon.
It was a changing of the guard that was ...
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