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I can't remember which show it was, but I remember seeing Karl Anderson backstage at one of the NXT events. It wouldn't be a stretch to imagine him taking out Hideo Itami to help out his former buddy. Keep in mind that Itami was meant to face Finn Balor and Tyler Breeze on the night he got injured.
You start off with Itami vs. Anderson, and then you have Styles and Gallows come out, revealing that AJ was the one behind the attack. Like the mafia don behind the scenes. Itami then goes after Styles, but gets cut off by Gallows as Styles just laughs. Itami asks Balor if he knows anything about it, and Balor states that he didn't and he doesn't approve of what Karl Anderson did, but he's not going to get involved. Itami points at Balor's NXT Championship and tells him "A black cloud hangs over this. Gold has changed you." Balor looks all intense and upset as Itami walks away.
They do a big beat-down segment on NXT TV one week. Balor comes out, and looks all heelish. Styles passes him a steel chair to take out Itami as Anderson and Gallows hold him. Balor instead takes out Styles with the chair, as Anderson and Gallows retreat. The next week Balor says that Itami is right -- he may not have deserved to have become #1 Contender at Unstoppable, but he'll prove he deserves to be champion with every subsequent decision he makes.
Just one possible way to kick-off a Balor vs. Styles feud, or continue an Itami vs. Styles one.
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