{"id":73095,"date":"2020-07-22T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T00:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73095"},"modified":"2020-07-22T20:27:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T00:27:51","slug":"keith-lee-relinquishes-nxt-north-american-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/22\/keith-lee-relinquishes-nxt-north-american-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Lee Relinquishes NXT North American Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode of <strong>NXT<\/strong> began with an announcement from General Manager <strong>William Regal<\/strong>. Prior to the show, Regal took to Twitter to share a message. He called his role as NXT General Manager \u201can incredible honor\u201d and believed the news would be a step forward for the brand. After ample anticipation from the NXT Universe, it was announced that the North American Championship would be relinquished by <strong>Keith Lee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a video, Regal praised the NXT and North American Championship win of Keith Lee. He then cut to Lee, who spoke about his own journey to the top of the brand. He said that opportunity struck when he defeated <strong>Roderick Strong<\/strong> for the latter championship and then <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> for the former. Lee expressed the desire to be a defending champion. However, to do so, he had to make the uneasy decision of relinquishing the North American Championship. To Lee, it was paramount that others had the opportunity to compete as well.<\/p>\n<p>Regal then announced a series of triple threat matches that would declare future contenders for the North American Championship. The new North American Champion would then be declared at <strong><em>NXT TakeOver<\/em><\/strong> on August 22nd in a Ladder Match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 In the spirit of opportunity, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKeithLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealKeithLee<\/a> RELINQUISHES the NXT North American Title&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKingRegal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealKingRegal<\/a> announces a series of Triple Threat Matches all leading to a LADDER MATCH at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTTakeOver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTTakeOver<\/a> 30 to crown a NEW NXT North American Champion!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JtIGImOl5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JtIGImOl5I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1286089754010886145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Keith Lee started 2020 on a strong note. On the January 22nd episode of NXT, he bested Roderick Strong to become the North American Champion. Since then, he held the championship for over 180 days. Lee sccessfully defended it against the likes of <strong>Cameron Grimes<\/strong> and <strong>Dominik Dijakovic<\/strong>. He would then go on to face Adam Cole in a history-making title-for-title match on Night 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/08\/andnew-keith-lee-becomes-nxts-first-ever-double-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>NXT: The Great American Bash<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. It was here that Lee bested Cole, becoming the first double titleholder in NXT history.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE and NXT content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode of NXT began with an announcement from General Manager William Regal. Prior to the show, Regal took to Twitter to share a message. He called his role as NXT General Manager \u201can incredible honor\u201d and believed the news would be a step forward for the brand. 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