Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship is now official for TakeOver: XXX, and the Duke of Doom managed to send a dangerous and destructive message to his opponent without getting his hands dirty.
Kross had just defeated Danny Burch in short order after applying his Kross Jacket choke when Lee made his way to the ring. Karrion and Scarlett retreated up the ramp as the Limitless One informed them that he'd gone to William Regal and begged him to make their TakeOver match official. He'd signed the contract, so all it needed was Kross' "punk ass name" on the dotted line.
Scarlett brought the contract to Kross, and after he signed it, she sealed it with a kiss and slid it back into the ring. When Lee opened it, a fireball went off in his face.
Keith sold the hell out of it as towels were held to his eyes. He was then taken to a local "medical facility."
This was very well done and genuinely surprising - two things that are becoming pretty rare in modern pro-wrestling. We can't see Lee losing the title so soon, but it's hard to imagine Kross losing at this point. Bring it on!