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In arguably the most heated WarGames match in NXT history, Undisputed Era defeated The Kings of NXT at NXT TakeOver: WarGames on Sunday.

The cohesion of Undisputed Era was ultimately the difference.

Roderick Strong dodged a chair shot by Oney Lorcan and bounced off the ropes to deliver a Sick Kick to him as Bobby Fish swept out his leg. Kyle O'Reilly followed up with a knee strike from the top rope onto the chair, which was still draped over Lorcan's face.

The match more than lived up to the billing.

WarGames has been an NXT pay-per-view since 2017, and Undisputed Era have now competed in the same-titled match at each of those four events, meaning they had a significant experience advantage entering the bout.

The faction of Adam Cole, Strong, O'Reilly and Fish also had no shortage of motivation given what Pat McAfee and his group did to them in the weeks and months leading up to the match.

Specifically, the rivalry between Cole and McAfee dates back a few years, but it truly heated up prior to NXT TakeOver XXX in August. With Cole taking exception to some of McAfee's comments and McAfee punting Cole into unconsciousness, a match between them was booked for TakeOver XXX.

McAfee impressed in a big way in his first pro wrestling match, but Cole managed to pull out the victory. McAfee clearly still had some hard feelings, though, especially after Cole refused to shake his hand.

In retaliation, McAfee hired Ridge Holland to attack Cole after O'Reilly's loss to Finn Balor in an NXT Championship match at NXT TakeOver 31.

When Holland got injured, McAfee reversed course and enlisted the services of Danny Burch and Lorcan. On the night Fish and Strong were supposed to challenge Breezango for the NXT Tag Team Championships, they were attacked by Burch and Lorcan, who took their spot and won the titles themselves.

With all of Undisputed Era on the shelf with injuries, McAfee got even more brazen and introduced a new member to his group in the form of the returning Pete Dunne.

The foursome of McAfee, Burch, Lorcan and Dunne then set their sights on Balor a few weeks ago, but the Irishman had a trick up his sleeve in the form of an enraged Undisputed Era resurfacing to take out their frustrations on McAfee and Co.

Following that brawl, NXT general manager William Regal declared that Undisputed Era and The Kings of NXT would square off in a WarGames match.

Given all they went through at the hands of McAfee and his goons, it came as little surprise that Undisputed Era got their revenge in victory and further cemented themselves as the premier faction in NXT history.

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McAfee Admits to Orchestrating Attack of Cole

Former NFL All-Pro punter Pat McAfee admitted Monday that he was the brains behind the attack of Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver 31 earlier this month.

McAfee explained how and why he orchestrated the attack in a video he posted on Twitter:

After Kyle O'Reilly fell short in his NXT Championship match against Finn Balor, Ridge Holland showed up and dumped a beaten Cole over the guardrail. Holland later suggested that someone paid him to do the deed.

Holland suffered a significant injury that required surgery, but WWE decided to move ahead with McAfee's involvement regardless by having him show up on NXT TV last week.

After Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish were taken out by mystery attackers, Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch replaced Undisputed Era in an NXT Tag Team Championship match against Breezango. During the match, a masked mystery man interfered, leading to Lorcan and Burch winning the titles.

The masked man revealed himself to be McAfee, which made it fairly clear that he was the one behind what happened to Cole at NXT TakeOver 31.

McAfee said that with Holland out, he contacted Lorcan and Burch to see if they would do his bidding. They initially refused, but after losing a No. 1 contender's match to Undisputed Era, they changed their minds and aligned themselves with McAfee.

McAfee made his in-ring debut at NXT TakeOver XXX in a losing effort against Cole. Although McAfee fell short, he was highly impressive and proved that he has a future in the business.

Now that he is working alongside Lorcan and Burch, it looks like McAfee's rivalry with Cole and Undisputed Era is far from over.

The Usos Reportedly Staying Together as Team

While Jey Uso has recently been receiving a huge singles push on SmackDown, his future is reportedly still as a tag team wrestler.

According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Felix Upton of Ringside News), there are no plans for Jey and Jimmy Uso to break up, and they will continue to be a tag team moving forward once Jimmy returns from injury.

With Jimmy on the shelf, WWE decided to do something unique by thrusting Jey into the Universal Championship scene and having him feud with his cousin, Roman Reigns.

Reigns beat Jey at Clash of Champions when Jimmy threw in the towel, which led to a Hell in a Cell I Quit match at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view on Sunday.

Jey refused to quit until he saw Reigns put Jimmy in a guillotine choke. Reigns said before the match that if Jey quit, then he and Jimmy would either have to fall in line and listen to him or leave the family.

That situation will likely be addressed on Friday night's episode of SmackDown.

Assuming The Usos agree to fall in line and be at the mercy of Reigns, perhaps they will join forces with Reigns and Paul Heyman to form a stable moving forward.

A Reigns-led stable with him holding the Universal Championship and The Usos potentially winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championships would make for a formidable unit and add even more intrigue to arguably the most compelling storyline in wrestling.

Lana in Line for Big Babyface Push?

Lana's recent run of success on Raw is reportedly due to a plan that is in place to push her as a major babyface.

According to Meltzer (h/t Upton), the running gag of Nia Jax putting Lana through the announce table is WWE's way of getting Lana over as a face as well.

Although Lana has been on the receiving end of many Samoan Drops from Jax, she has also been winning some big matches in recent weeks on Raw.

Lana won a battle royal to become No. 1 contender for the Raw Women's Championship, and although she lost her title match against Asuka, she put up a good fight and wasn't the victim of a squash.

Then, on Monday night's episode of Raw, Lana competed in a Fatal 4-Way match against Lacey Evans, Peyton Royce and Nikki Cross for a spot on the Raw women's Survivor Series team for the Five-on-Five Elimination Match.

Lana has a long way to go as an in-ring worker, but she has shown in the past that she can excel on the mic, so there may be hope for her to become the babyface star WWE wants her to be.

It remains to be seen if Jax destroying her regularly will lead to that, but a strong performance at Survivor Series could go a long way toward Lana getting some detractors on her side.

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