Falling into Bliss [OC x Alexa Bliss]

First Title Win In NXT, Part 1

To say that the following 2 months after Alexa had first met Jack on his debut night on the last NXT Takeover event had not been eventually would be completely incorrect. In the short time since he had debuted for NXT: he had quickly gained popularity among the NXT roster and the fans as well that were either not as much in the know about him from his days on the indie scene or who didn't know about him at all. 

And throughout this, he continued to astound his fans who had known about him more with how he was able to evolve into the NXT scene with relative ease whilst still maintaining how he did things in the ring, his level of violence, and his level of unpredictability as well. It did help that he had Caitlin as his manager too, since he rarely if ever spoke on screen.

Things only went upwards for him on the NXT roster as weeks went by, in part due to his continuously rising popularity among fans and also because of the great matches he put on with anyone he faced in the ring: be it in singles matches, handicap matches or tag matches, even if the latter was a rare thing; and there were rumors that he was going to be originally pushed for a shot at Tommaso Ciampa's NXT Championship at the following Takeover event.

However, after Ciampa had to vacate the title due to his surgery: Triple H, Garganno and even Adam Cole were surprised and humbled, in a good way, to learn that Jack turned down a chance to win the NXT Championship against Garganno and Cole in a Triple Threat due in no small part because he felt they deserved the main event spot light over him at the next Takeover Event.

Word spread throughout the locker room after others heard about this, and needless to say Jack gained a lot of new fans and a few new friends backstage, even if the latter took him time to adjust to, and Triple H promised him that he would find a way to repay Jack back for his selflessness.

But it wasn't just things in NXT that were going well in his life as well: his friendship with Alexa Bliss was something that also seemed to grow and evolve as time went on too. Although she wasn't able to see the Ryan's as often as she wanted to, mostly due to them being on separate brands, whenever she was able to make time for them: they always had the best of times wherever they were able to meet up. 

People began to take a notice of how close Alexa was getting with Jack and his daughter Angel though, including Jack's sisters and their friends like Finn, Rollins and the Undisputed Era, and more specifically how Angel was like a kid at Christmas whenever Alexa was around and tried to even portray her at times, something that the little ones family found cute, and in terms of Jack alone: Jack and Alexa was slowly starting to overcome Jack's initial nervousness and shyness around her, and whenever he needed someone to talk to that wasn't his sisters, he would give her a call and they would just talk it through.

It was certainly progress needless to say, albeit slow progress but progress nevertheless. 

What Jack was not aware of though was that, back in the land that was NXT, Triple H and William Regal had thought of something for him already for the next Takeover paperview. As the paperview, NXT Takeover: New York, came closer: it was announced that there was to be a triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship between the champion, Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, and Jack Ryan.

When Jack had heard about this, he was initially confused as to why he was in the title picture, but later on thought that it was to help push either Dream or Riddle to winning the match whilst making himself seem strong than anything...but boy, if only he knew the truth...

Jack's Personal Observation:

Presently: I was getting ready to head to a nearby gym I'd seen not too far from where we'd parked to get some much needed training in for the title match at Takeover: New York on Friday, which was only a day away. Cait and Barb had taken Angel out for the day for some sight seeing whilst I trained...and to treat her to McDonald's as well...