The implosion of The Undisputed ERA had a ripple effect on the entire NXT, but Roderick Strong probably felt the most.
Back at TakeOver: Vengance Day, Adam Cole threw Kyle O’Reilly a superkick and threw everything into chaos. Strong tried to keep the peace, but O’Reilly would hear nothing of it, and Cole, after teasing reconciliation, went on and turned on Strong just as hard as he turned on O’Reilly.
It effectively ended the undisputed era, or whatever.
Strong got away from there and got into trouble with Cameron Grimes shortly afterwards, but he quickly lost a game against him before saying he was ‘done’. But what did that mean?
We found out this week:
On comment, Wade Barrett mentioned that he knows what it is like to want to take time away and everyone wants strong strength with everything that is next.
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