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WWE NXT: Bobby Roode becomes No 1 contender to Shinsuke Nakamura

Roode pins Dillinger to seal title showdown

WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto - Bobby Roode
Image: Bobby Roode has earned an NXT Title shot

Bobby Roode has become No 1 contender to NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura following victory in an elimination Fatal Four-Way.

Roode pinned fellow Canadian Tye Dillinger - the man he beat at TakeOver: Toronto in November - to win the bout following the earlier exits of Andrade "Cien" Almas and Roderick Strong.

WWE NXT - Tye Dillinger
Image: Tye Dillinger was edged out in the Fatal Four-Way

Almas was the first man to depart, pinned by Strong following a Sick Kick, with Strong then banished after Dillinger administered a Tye-Breaker.

Roode, though, nailed Dillinger with a match-sealing DDT to secure a showdown with Nakamura, who won the belt from Samoa Joe in Japan in early December.

WWE NXT - Shinsuke Nakamura
Image: Shinsuke Nakamura is the reigning NXT Champion

Plus, Billie Kay conquered Daria Berenato in singles action, after her fellow Australian, Peyton Royce, interfered behind the referee's back.

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