Trick Williams’ First TNA World Title Defence Made

Trick Williams knows what it means to be a fighting champion and now he knows the first challenger for his TNA World Championship.

After bad blood spilt over between Trick Williams and Joe Hendry in recent weeks, Williams and Hendry went to war at Battleground, but in the end, it was a title belt to the head of Hendry in front of the referee that proved decisive.

Trick Williams tried to use the TNA World Title belt to attack Hendry, but was stopped by the WWE official calling the bout. The referee left the belt lying in the ring as he went to count the pinfall when Hendry rolled Williams up. The challenger kicked out and avoided a Standing Ovation with a thumb to Hendry’s eye. Williams then dropped Hendry face-first into the title belt. A Trick Shot proved to be decisive as Williams captured the TNA World Title to make history.

However, there was little time for Williams to celebrate as his first challenger came to light on the May 27th edition of NXT.

Trick Williams Wanted By Mike Santana

Former AEW star Mike Santana competed in his first WWE match on that show when he defeated Tavion Heights. Santana also appeared later in the night to confront Williams and vowed to be the man to fly the flag for TNA once again.

TNA’s Director of Authority Santino Marella then appeared via video and made a title match official between Trick Williams and Mike Santana, however, that match won’t take place in a TNA ring. Instead, the title match will take place on the June 3rd edition of NXT.