LOWELL, Mass. — Samoa Joe defeated Finn Bálor to capture the NXT Championship at a Live Event Thursday night in Lowell, Massachusetts, WWE.com has confirmed.

Joe’s victory put an end to Bálor’s record-breaking reign as NXT Champion. The Demon won the title on July 4, 2015, and held it for 292 days, surpassing the mark set by Neville in 2014.

Now that Samoa Joe has finally snared NXT’s top prize, what will the destroyer have in store for anyone who dares to step up and challenge him? How will Finn Bálor handle this setback? Find out by tuning into NXT, Wednesdays at 8/7 C, only on WWE Network, and stick with WWE.com for complete coverage of this developing story, including photos and video.

Credit: WWE.com

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That can only mean that Balor is about to jump to the main roster.

I'm happy Joe finally became champ, but I don't know how I feel about this. I kinda lowkey predicted it when I was watching NXT this week and they announced Joe would face Balor for the title and they said some shit like "Anything can happen at our live shows."

That means they wont be doing Nakamura vs Finn for the title. :o

Aw man. I figured they were trying to be totally unpredictable but they hinted at it