Trick Williams defeated Ethan Page on the premiere episode of WWE NXT on The CW on Tuesday to win the NXT Championship for a second time.
Page was unable to put Williams down with the Go To Sleep in front of special referee CM Punk, and the champion never seemed to mentally recover.
Williams countered out of an attempted Ego's Edge and wound up in the corner thanks to a small assist from Punk. As Page was running toward the turnbuckle, Williams ducked out of the way and came off the ropes to land the Trick Shot for the victory.
Page made a surprise NXT debut back in May, immediately targeting Williams and the NXT title. While he lost a championship match against Williams in his first NXT match, Page made good on his second opportunity, winning a Fatal 4-Way match against Williams, Je'Von Evans and Shawn Spears at Heatwave in July to become champion.
Williams made his desire to win back the NXT Championship known, but he got sidetracked on his path to redemption by Pete Dunne, who returned to NXT amid his run on the WWE main roster.
Trick initially sought advice from Dunne since he enjoyed success in NXT in past years, but the former WWE United Kingdom and NXT tag team champion had no interest in helping him out.
Williams served as the special guest referee for the NXT Championship match between Page and TNA star Joe Hendry at No Mercy last month, which All Ego won to retain the title.
Afterward, Dunne appeared, pulled Williams out of the ring and attacked him as No Mercy went off the air.
In retaliation, Williams created a diss track focused on Dunne that went viral. It got under the skin of The Bruiserweight since Williams referred to him by the name "Butch," which Dunne went by during his time in the Brawling Brutes.
Williams and Dunne looked to settle the score in a grudge match on the Sept. 3 episode of NXT, but they put each through the announce table, resulting in a double count-out.
In hopes of allowing them to settle the score, NXT general manager Ava booked a rematch for the following week, and she added some major stipulations.
In addition to making it a Last Man Standing match, Ava noted that the winner would go on to challenge Page for the NXT Championship on the first episode of NXT on The CW.
Williams beat Dunne and earned the right to get another crack at the title, which an opportunity he took full advantage of by beating Page on Tuesday night.
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