As we noted before, Samoa Joe won the NXT Championship from Finn Balor at the NXT Lowell live event. This proved to NXT fans that live events are MUST attend as anything can happen! This also leads us to speculate that Finn Balor could be heading up to the main roster to join his buddies (Bullet Club) at WWE Payback. Triple H and NXT stars congratulated new NXT champion Samoa Joe on twitter:
Here were some of the tweets:
Anything can happen @WWENXT…anywhere…anytime.
Congratulations @SamoaJoe.#AndNew#WeAreNXT https://t.co/yS1NIv7Omf— Triple H (@TripleH) April 22, 2016
Without a doubt @wwebalor is and always will be the man. But a strong congratulations to new @WWENXT champ @SamoaJoe
— Aiden English (@WWEDramaKing) April 22, 2016
Massive congrats to the BRAND NEW @WWENXT Champion, @SamoaJoe!#NXTLowell
— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) April 22, 2016
Wow!! You never know what to expect with @WWENXT live events! #NXTLowell found that out tonight!
Congrats to the NEW NXT Champ, Samoa Joe!!— Jason Jordan (@JasonJordanJJ) April 22, 2016
Congratulations @SamoaJoe! My heart exploded along with every fan at #NXTLowell tonight!What a cool moment to be a part of. #NXT ?
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) April 22, 2016
Holy Moly! New #WWENXT Champion at #NXTLowell tonight!! Congratulations @SamoaJoe & thank you to @wwebalor!!
— Carmella (@CarmellaWWE) April 22, 2016
Congratulations to the new @WWENXT champion @SamoaJoe.@wwebalor is a true warrior of the canvas wars and was an excellent champion.
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) April 22, 2016
Kudos to @WWENXT on adding stakes to the house show sizzle!
— Mauro Ranallo (@mauroranallo) April 22, 2016
Shocking that a title changed hands at a live event! I wish more things like this happened on the main roster. The shock value from this has been great so far. Finn was an amazing champion and I can’t wait to see him on the main roster! Congratulations to New NXT Champion Samoa Joe, you deserve it!
Let us know your thoughts on the title changing hands!