Overview
- Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. NXT Champion Oba Femi opened the Washington, D.C., card and ended by disqualification when Drew McIntyre attacked Rhodes.
- Rhodes and Femi laid out McIntyre after the interference and posed together with their championships, protecting both titleholders coming out of the match.
- The showcase followed Femi’s NXT Deadline victory to regain the title and his SmackDown confrontation with Rhodes where he declared that the future is now.
- WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque lauded Femi as a bona fide star on the post-show, with Lesnar-level comparisons already being discussed.
- McIntyre later mocked both men in a video while Femi said the run-in robbed fans of a finish, and Femi’s next NXT title defense is slated for New Year’s Evil on January 6 against the winner of a four-way qualifier.