Cameron Grimes Defeats LA Knight For The Million Dollar Championship At TakeOver 36
Cameron Grimes is heading TO THE MOON! And he's taking the Million Dollar Championship with him.
It all went down at NXT TakeOver 36 which emanaeted from the Capitol Wrestling Center on the evening of Sunday, August 22. In the openeing match, Cameron Grimes went one-on-one with LA Knight -- the man for whom he has been serving as a butler since The Great American Bash on July 6th.
Knight's Million Dollar Chamionship was on the line, but so was the dignity of Cameron Grimes and the retirment of Ted DiBiase, who would have been forced to become Knight's new butler if Grimes had lost the match. Thankfully that didn't come to fruition, and Grimes won the diamond encrusted belt thanks to the veteran wily tactics of DeBiase, who locked his Million Dollar Dream chokehold on Knight while the referee was distracted.
The finish came shortly after when Grimes hit Knight with his Cave-In stomp finisher and covered the now-former champ for the 1-2-3. After the match, Grimes announced that there would be a party on this coming Tuesday's edition of NXT on USA Network to celebrate his momentous victory.
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As you might recall, Knight became the first Million Dollar Champion since in 11 years when he defeated Grimes in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: In Your House back in June. The title had been revived by DiBiase a few weeks prior.
DiBiase commissioned the Million Dollar Championship in 1989 after several failed attempts to capture the WWF Championship. Since he was unable to win the company's top prize, DiBiase decided to use his cash to create a custom-made championship belt of his very own: The Million Dollar Championship. Ted's custom belt was gold plated, made with cubic zirconia, with three small diamonds on the back. The kayfabe cost of the belt was a whopping but fitting $1,000,000 (although according to WWE executive Bruce Prichard, it actually cost around $50,000).
The Million Dollar Championship was deactivated in 1992 and then reactivated in 1995 when it was awarded to The Ringmaster who would soon evolve into "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. The title was deactivated again in 1996 and wouldn't be seen again in 2010 when DiBiase awarded it to his son Ted DiBiase Jr. Ted DiBiase Jr. returned the championship to his father in November of that year and it subsequently deactivated for the third time.
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