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WHAT HAPPENED ON WWE NXT WITH THE UNPLANNED FINISH AND TITLE CHANGE

Thea Hail winning the WWE NXT North American Women's Championship was not the originally planned finish against Blake Monroe on last night's WWE NXT, PWInsider.com can confirm.

Based on those we have spoken with, Monroe had the wind knocked out of her when Hail came off the ropes and tried to recover to get her shoulder up, but wasn't able to do it in time.   Since Hail is so young, we are told she likely didn't realize she needed to give Blake a moment to catch her wind and went right for the pin.  Since referees are instructed to call pinfalls as if they are legitimate, the referee had no choice but to count the three count.     

Monroe did try to get her shoulder up, which WWE later used as a storyline point.

The plan going in was for Monroe to retain.  WWE played Monroe's music at the finish, since she was planned to win, then stopped it and played Hail's music.  

WWE will be taping two episodes of NXT tomorrow at the WWE Performance Center, so we'll see if they maneuver the championship back to Monroe at that taping.  

While unusual, it's not the first time such a thing has happened in WWE.  There was an April 2007 house show in France where Mickie James won the WWE Women's Championship pinning Victoria during a Triple Threat match when Victoria was late kicking out, changing the planned finish, which was Melina retaining the title.  In that instance, WWE booked a rematch where Melina regained the belt the same evening from James.

 

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