Triple H kicked off this week’s episode of WWE NXT to officially announce that, unfortunately, the NXT Championship has officially vacated following Tommaso Ciampa’s recent neck surgery.

The original plan was for Ciampa to defend his prized possession against Johnny Gargano in an epic finale to their program TWO YEARS in the making. Obviously that will not be happening, but Triple H did confirm that Gargano would still get his opportunity to compete for the title in the main event of NXT Takeover: New York in less than three weeks time.

A blockbuster Fatal 5-Way match has been set for tonight’s show that will see NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream, Adam Cole, Ricochet, Aleister Black and the undefeated Matt Riddle battle it out with the winner also advancing to the upcoming Takeover main event.

What’s more, in order to truly determine who deserves to become the brand new NXT Champion, Johnny Gargano will face tonight’s winner in a Two Out of Three Falls match!