NXT recap & reactions (June 1, 2021): Adam Cole returns! – Cageside Seats
NXT returned last night (June 1) from the Capitol Wrestling Center (CWC) in Orlando, Florida. You can find the results at the live blog here.
Triple threat No. 1 contender’s match
By order of General Manager William Regal on last week’s show, former North American champion Johnny Gargano would face former United Kingdom champion “Bruiserweight” Pete Dunne and former three time NXT tag team champion Kyle O’Reilly in a triple threat match to open the show. The winner would emerge the No. 1 contender to face Karrion Kross at Takeover: In Your House on June 13th.
This is pure armchair quarterbacking at its finest, but I would have put a match this important at the end of the show rather than the beginning, out of fear that viewers would tune out and watch something else the momen...