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>> SINCE ITS ARRIVAL, NXT HAS BEEN DESTINED TO TAKE OVER. >> IT IS HERE THAT DREAMS CAN BECOME POSSIBILITIES. >> THE GOLD STANDARD IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT RETURNING TO BARCLAYS CENTER. >> NXT HISTORY IS BEING MADE. >> A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MEGA MAIN EVENT. >> JOHNNY GARGANO AGAINST– >> ADAM COLE, BAY BAY. >> THE WINNER WILL WALK INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS AS THE NEW– >> NXT. >> CHAMPION. >> [MUSIC] >> AND AS WE PAY HOMAGE TO THE PAST. >> RICOCHET AND ALEISTER BLACK WIN THE DUSTY CUP. AND THEY WILL CHALLENGE WAR RAIDERS FOR THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES. >> IT’S THE DIVERSITY OF COMPETITION. >> THE ROSTER WILL NO LONGER STAND FOR THE TYRANNY OF SHAYNA BASZLER. >> I DON’T CARE IF IT’S KAIRI, BIANCA, OR IO. I’M READY. >> THAT CREATES A WORLDWIDE APPEAL. >> NXT UK BELONGS TO ME. >> PETER. >> IT’S WALTER. >> YOUR TIME IS UP. >> AND WITH OPPORTUNITY AROUND EVERY CORNER. >> THERE’S ONLY ONE MAN WHO DESERVES TO RULE THE WORLD. AND THAT MAN IS ADAM COLE, BAY BAY. >> A NEW ROAD TO DESTINY CAN BE FORGED. >> I FIGHT FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER BEEN TOLD THEIR DREAM WILL NOT COME TRUE BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS MY LIFE. >> WITH EVERY CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. >> BRO. >> THE DREAM IS NOT YOUR BRO. >> I WANNA GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. >> WHO WILL FULFILL THEIR DESTINY? >> AT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, I WILL BECOME NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION. >> AND LEAVE NXT. >> THAT DREAM BEGINS TONIGHT. >> INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER. >> ON THE BIGGEST STAGE OF THEM ALL, TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. >> [MUSIC] >> AND NOW WWE NETWORK PRESENTS NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> MARCH MADNESS IS FUN BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO THE APRIL AWESOMENESS THAT IS WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. AND TONIGHT IN FRONT OF AN NXT RECORD CROWD OF 15,697, WE BRING YOU THE HISTORIC NIGHT KNOWN AS NXT: TAKEOVER NEW YORK. AND TONIGHT MARKS THE 24TH TAKEOVER. AND THERE IS 24 KARAT MAGIC IN THE AIR. IT’S A GOTHAM GOLD RUSH WITH FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES GUARANTEED TO HAVE YOU PUTTING ON A HAPPY FACE. HE’S PERCY WATSON. HE’S NIGEL MCGUINNESS. I’M MAURO RANALLO. WE’RE ALL SPORTING HAPPY FACES BECAUSE IT IS A HISTORIC NIGHT FOR NXT. >> CERTAINLY IS. LET’S TAKE YOU NOW TO OUR SPANISH ANNOUNCE TEAM, CARLOS CABRERA AND MARCELO RODRIGUEZ. >> AND DON’T FORGET JERRY SOTO. >> [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> [MUSIC] >> [BELL RINGING] >> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE RING, THEY ARE THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, HANSON, ROWE, WAR RAIDERS. >> NOTORIOUS NORSEMEN ERIK THE RED AND LEIF ERIKSON WOULD APPROVE OF NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, THE MODERN DAY VIKINGS, THE WAR RAIDERS. ROWE AND HANSON BRING THE PLUNDER AND LIGHTNING. >> YOU JUST HEARD THE DRUM BEATS OF VIKING DESTRUCTION. WILL THE WAR RAIDERS LEAVE WITH THE NXT TAG TITLES TONIGHT AS ONE OF THE HOTTEST TANDEMS IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT TODAY COME FOR THOSE TITLES. >> IT WAS AT NXT TAKEOVER: PHOENIX IN JANUARY THAT THE WAR RAIDERS DEFEATED THE UNDISPUTED ERA TO BECOME NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. AND TONIGHT COULD BE A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM WITH POTENTIALLY FIVE MASTERPIECES BEING PAINTED ON THE [INDISTINCT] NXT CANVAS. >> [MUSIC] >> ONE AND ONLY. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND THEIR CHALLENGERS, FIRST, WEIGHING IN AT 190 POUNDS, HE’S THE ONE AND ONLY, RICOCHET. >> THE ONE AND ONLY, RICOCHET, FORMER NXT CHAMPION AND NOW ONE HALF OF THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC, THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO VIE FOR THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES. >> RICOCHET IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING SUPERSTARS YOU WILL EVER SEE. AND TONIGHT, HE’S GONNA PUT ON AN ABSOLUTE CLINIC IN SEARCH OF THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES. >> THE PREEMINENT HIGH FLYER, NIGEL, ALWAYS ENERGIZED LIKE A [INDISTINCT] BOLT. >> ABSOLUTELY. NXT’S RESIDENT SKYWALKER, HE’S TEAMED WITH ALEISTER BLACK HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF ASTRONOMIC IN THEIR SUCCESS BOTH ON RAW AND SMACKDOWN LIVE. >> IN FACT, THIS FAST AND FURIOUS TANDEM, THE FIRST TEAM IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY TO VIE FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM TITLES. TONIGHT, THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES, SUNDAY AT WRESTLEMANIA, THEY GET A CHANCE TO CHALLENGE FOR THE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLES. HISTORY AND CERTAINLY NOT IN A SPAN OF LESS THAN A WEEK. INCREDIBLE STATISTICS. BUT THEY ARE AN INCREDIBLE POWER TANDEM. >> THE QUESTION THOUGH, DOES THAT PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON BLACK AND RICOCHET? THAT MAKES DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FOCUS ON ANY ONE SPECIFIC MATCH. THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON THEIR OPPONENTS TONIGHT AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAR RAIDERS. >> NON [INDISTINCT] >> THEY READY FOR A WAR. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, BOY. >> [MUSIC] >> WELL, BENEATH THAT STOIC, UNFLINCHING VENEER LIES THE HEART OF A KICKBOXING MASTER. >> AND HIS TAG TEAM PARTNER FROM AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND WEIGHING IN AT 215 POUNDS, ALEISTER BLACK. >> SIR KICKS A LOT KNOWN FOR HIS PATENTED BLACK MASS BUT ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING, WELL, RATHER HE IS–HE DOESN’T SHOW MUCH EMOTION AND THAT’S A GOOD THING WHEN YOU’RE IN THE RING DURING THE PROS OF A TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH, PERCY. >> COMPLETELY AGREE. AND YOU’RE NOT GONNA GET MUCH EMOTION FROM A MAN LIKE ALEISTER BLACK. ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS STRIKERS IN THE GAME AS YOU SAID. MATTER OF FACT, IT’S ALMOST LEGENDARY STATUS HERE IN NXT, BUT WHEN YOU COMBINE ALEISTER BLACK AND RICOCHET, YOU GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL. YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT THE NEW NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS IF THEY CAN OVERCOME THE WAR RAIDERS. >> FANTASTIC, INTERESTING CLASH OF STYLES IN THIS MATCHUP. HIGH FLYING AND STRIKING ON ONE SIDE. POWER AND BRUTAL ATTACK ON THE OTHER. >> AND IT’S ALL FOR THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES. WILL RICOCHET AND BLACK BE TAKING THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TO WRESTLEMANIA DESPITE THEIR SHORT TIME AS A TEAM? BLACK AND RICOCHET HAVE DISPLAYED MORE CHEMISTRY THAN BRADLEY COOPER AND LADY GAGA. BUT THIS DUO’S DEFINITELY NOT IN THE SHADOW TONIGHT, GUYS. IT DOESN’T GET ANY DEEPER IN THE TALENT POOL THAN WAR RAIDERS. AND ALREADY NUMBER ONE WORLDWIDE. ARE YOU SURPRISED? NXT TAKEOVER, WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING. MATCHUP. >> I THINK THERE’S MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. >> THERE HAD BETTER BE. IF YOU DON’T RESPECT THE DANGER OF ALEISTER BLACK, YOU’LL BE KNOCKED ON YOUR BACK PRETTY QUICKLY. >> SAME CAN BE SAID– >> ON THE FLIPSIDE OF THAT–ON THE FLIPSIDE, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO RESPECT THE NXT CHAMPIONS, THE WAR RAIDERS. THEY CAN SHUT YOU DOWN IN A HEARTBEAT. >> OH. >> QUICK MOVE BY ALEISTER BLACK. >> NICE COUNTER BY ROWE, QUICK ESCAPE BY BLACK BUT NOW ROWE AND SOME GREAT CHAIN WRESTLING GOING ON HERE. COUNTERS LEADS TO COUNTERS AND BLACK ON HIS BACK AND LOOK AT THIS. >> OH, BOY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> R-E-S-P-E-C-T, NIGEL. >> DEFINITELY A SHOW OF RESPECT. ROWE THINKING TWICE ABOUT THROWING THE RIGHT HAND. HE KNEW WHO HE WAS IN THERE WITH. >> ROWE WANTS HIM MORE ON HIS FEET. HE WANTS THE VERY BEST OF ALEISTER BLACK RIGHT NOW. >> WAIST LOCK, STANDING SWITCH, HIGH THROW AND A WAIST LOCK TAKEDOWN BUT BLACK QUICKLY TRYING TO SCRAMBLE TO HIS FEET, EXPENDING ENERGY HERE, LOOKING TO ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF ROWE. SOME GOOD–OH. >> OH, MAN. THAT COULD’VE BEEN IT. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THERE IT IS, THE FIST BUMP. WE CAN’T STATE IT ENOUGH. IT’S ALL ABOUT RESPECT AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, ALEISTER BLACK, RICOCHET IS WAITING TO SHOWCASE HIS CRAFT AND SO DOES HANSON. >> SHOWTIME, BABY. >> AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LOOKING IN THE RING, THESE TWO REPRESENT THE HIGH FLYERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS. >> HANSON UNABLE TO MAKE HIS OPPONENT FLY THERE. >> OH. BEAUTIFUL HEAD SCISSORS TAKE OVER [INDISTINCT] AND A DROPKICK BY THE ONE AND ONLY. TAG’S MADE. BUT COME BLACK AND ROWE, REVERSAL ON THE IRISH WHIP. ROWE TELEGRAPHING THE BACK BODY DROP AND IT’S BLACK THROWING ROWE TO THE OUTSIDE. >> PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON. OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THIS MOMENT OF ZEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALEISTER BLACK AND RICOCHET. >> LISTEN TO THAT REACTION. NXT UNIVERSE KNOW WHAT THEY’RE IN STORE. >> WAIT A SECOND. MEDITATING. IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. >> THE BIG GUYS GOT SOME MOVES TOO. >> OH, AND ALEISTER BLACK WIPING OUT HANSON. AND NOW ROWE WITH A BACK ELBOW TO RICOCHET. THE AGILITY OF RICOCHET, THE HARD HITTING OFFENSE OF BOTH RICOCHET AND BLACK. THINGS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN IN THIS NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. OH. SEATED SENTON BY HANSON. POWER BODY SLAM. AND THERE, A TAG IS MADE AND ROWE NOW THE LEGAL MAN. AND WOW. ROWE SHOWCASING HIS STRENGTH. UNORTHODOX TANDEM OFFENSE ON DISPLAY COURTESY OF WAR RAIDERS. >> WAR RAIDERS SHOWING OFF THE POWER ADVANTAGE EARLY ON HERE IN THIS MATCHUP. >> BUT IT’S INTERESTING THOUGH, MAURO, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RELATIVELY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT BLACK AND RICOCHET HAVE SPENT TOGETHER AS A TEAM, THEY’VE HAD SUCH SUCCESS IN THAT LIMITED TIME. ACCELERATED. >> YOU COULD ALMOST MAKE AN ARGUMENT THERE, ALMOST FAVORITES IN THIS MATCH. >> THEY HAVE SO MUCH MOMENTUM COMING OFF VICTORY IN THE 2019 DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC. AND YOU DON’T THINK THAT THEY WANT TO BRING–THEY–THESE TWO SUPERSTARS LEAD BLACK AND GOLD. THEY WOULD LOVE TO ENTER WRESTLEMANIA NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPS. >> OH, FOR SURE. BUT LET’S THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY’VE DONE ON RAW AND SMACKDOWN, DEFEATING THE REVIVAL, DEFEATING FORMER CHAMPIONS, THE BAR. YOU’RE RIGHT. THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE THE FAVORITES HERE TONIGHT. >> BUT THEY’RE IN TOUGH RIGHT NOW AND THERE’S HANSON GRINDING AWAY ON THE SHOULDER OF ALEISTER BLACK. >> I’LL DEFINITELY SAY THOUGH THAT BLACK AND RICOCHET ARE GONNA LOSE ANY KIND OF FAVORITE STATUS IF THE WAR RAIDERS CAN KEEP THEM GROUNDED. >> A BIG WEEKEND FOR TAG TEAMS. HARLEM HEAT AND THE HART FOUNDATION INDUCTED INTO THE WWE HALL OF FAME, AS ALEISTER BLACK WIPES OUT BOTH WAR RAIDERS. HALL OF FAME CEREMONY GOING DOWN TOMORROW NIGHT BUT NOW IT’S RICOCHET, HIGH FLYING OFFENSE ON ROWE. >> SEAMLESS OFFENSE FROM RICOCHET. >> RICOCHET UTILIZING THE ROPES. SPRINGBOARD LARIAT ACROSS THE JAW OF ROWE. STANDING SHOOTING STAR PRESS. DO WE HAVE NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS? WOW. >> RICOCHET DESPERATELY TRYING TO CLEARANCE THE LEFT ARM OF ROWE. >> LIKE YOU SAID, HE NEEDS TO KEEP THAT FAST PACED OFFENSE. IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE WAR RAIDERS ARE USED TO. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOR OF TEAM RICOCHET AND BLACK. >> STANDING CHIN BAR. NOW TRYING ALMOST FOR AN ABDOMINAL STRETCH OF SORTS BUT ROWE SO STRONG, SO POWERFUL. RICOCHET IS HAVING NO LUCK GETTING THAT SUBMISSION ATTEMPT. >> 2018 NXT BREAKOUT STAR OF THE YEAR. RICOCHET MAKING THE TAG TO HIS PARTNER, FORMER NXT CHAMPION ALEISTER BLACK WHO EATS A FOREARM SMASH ACROSS THE JAW BUT STILL ABLE TO DROP ROWE. GOES FOR THE COVER. HARD HITTING OFFENSE FROM THE DUTCH DESTROYER. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> NICE STRETCH ACROSS THE SHOULDERS OF ROWE. >> NOT A POSITION THAT THE WAR RAIDERS ARE USED TO. HE’S USED TO BEING THE DOMINANT ONE IN THE MATCH. >> TRYING TO EXTEND THE DELTOIDS. HAVE A LOOK ON THE FACE OF ROWE, CLEARLY IN A TON OF PAIN. ANKLE OF ROWE AS WELL, TRYING TO TURN HIS OPPONENT UP COMPLETELY. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BLACK STICKING TO ROWE LIKE A SPRAY TAN AND JUST WORKING ON THE TORQUE, THE LEVERAGE. >> YOU’RE GETTING AN EXAMPLE HERE. ALEISTER BLACK, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, KNOWN FOR HIS STRIKING ABILITY, BUT CERTAINLY THAT IS NOT HIS ONLY STRENGTH HERE. AS WELL. >> [INDISTINCT] BY BLACK, HE CAN–KEEPING ROWE IMMOBILE, NOT LETTING HIM UTILIZE ANY TYPE OF SPEED, ANY TYPE OF POWER BUT– >> OH, AND THERE’S THE KICKING PEDIGREE OF BLACK ON DISPLAY AS– >> OH. >> CERTAINLY IS AN INTERESTING STRATEGY FROM BLACK. IF I’M BLACK, I’D GO WITH WHAT GOT ME TO THE GAME WHICH HE GOT BACK TO. >> THE SWEEP. OKLAHOMA ROLL. SHOULDERS ARE DOWN. >> HOLD ON. >> AND ALEISTER BLACK ALMOST PUT AWAY ROWE RIGHT THERE. >> DEEP KICK. GOT CAUGHT. >> OH. OH. THE [INDISTINCT] THAT JUDO BACK THROW KNEE STRIKE NAMED AS AN HOMAGE TO ROWE’S MARTIAL ARTS SENSEI. SO ROWE SHOWING BLACK HE’S ALSO A MARTIAL ARTIST. TOWERING BACK BODY DROP. HANSON ON RICOCHET. SIDEWALK SLAM, HANSON COMES OFF THE ROPES. CROSSBODY. MAN, HANSON POSSESSING DECEPTIVE AGILITY FOR A MAN HIS SIZE. AND HE IS SIZING UP THE SITUATION. >> PICK YOUR POISON. >> THIS COULD BE BAD. THIS COULD BE PAINFUL RIGHT HERE. >> SEND IN THE SAINT BERNARDS. RICOCHET AND BLACK BEING BURIED UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF AGGRESSION COURTESY OF HANSON. >> HANSON PILLAGING FROM CORNER TO CORNER. >> WHEN IS THIS GONNA END? >> WHEN HANSON SAID SO. WOW. THE PINK BATTERING RABID HAS NOTHING ON THE WAR RAIDERS’ HANSON. AND NOW HANSON FIRING BLACK. OH. BLACK–WOW. AND BLACK HITS HIS JAW ON THE APRON. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS. >> OH, MY GOD. WOW. >> OH, MY GOD. >> TALK ABOUT INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE. YOU TALK ABOUT DECEPTIVE AGILITY ON HANSON. WHO KNEW RICOCHET HAD THAT KIND OF STRENGTH? >> THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNREAL. THE POWER ON DISPLAY BY RICOCHET BUT THAT TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF HIM. >> AN INCREDIBLE FEAT OF STRENGTH BUT PERCY, YOU MENTIONED IT AND RICOCHET COGNIZANT TO THE FACT HAS MADE THE TAG. ALEISTER BLACK AND ROWE READY TO RENEW HOSTILITIES ONE MORE TIME. >> ALL FOUR SUPERSTARS NOW STARTING TO SHOW THE SIGNS OF FATIGUE. OH, STRONG FOREARM LANDS. >> AND WHILE THEY SHOWED RESPECT EARLY IN THE MATCH, THEY ARE NOW EARNING EACH OTHER’S RESPECT. AND A SMORGASBORD OF STRIKES. >> OH. >> OH. LIGHTNING QUICK OFFENSE. GREAT EVASION BY ROWE. AND WHAT A BLOCK BY BLACK. >> OH. >> ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE HEAD. BLACK COMES OFF THE ROPES. OH, RIGHT INTO A KNEE. >> BLACK IS OUT ON HIS FEET. >> HOW IS BLACK– >> MERCY. STEP UP KNEE STRIKE BY BLACK. >> I STAND CORRECTED. >> OH, WOW. TALK ABOUT A HIGH ALTITUDE GERMAN SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE. BLACK CAME WITHIN ONE COUNT. ONE COUNT OF WINNING THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE APPLAUSE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, PERCY. AND BY THE WAY, DID I MENTION, THIS IS THE OPENING MATCH TONIGHT AT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, ALL FIVE MATCHES WORTHY OF MAIN EVENT STATUS. TAG WAS MADE. >> THIS IS A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. >> WHOA. >> THEY GOT TO KEEP THE PEDAL TO THE METAL. CAN’T LET UP NOW. >> CARTWHEEL ESCAPE AGAIN BY HANSON. BOOT TO THE FACE BY RICOCHET. ROUNDHOUSE KICK BY RICOCHET. HANDSPRING–OH. HANSON AVOIDED THAT KICK. >> OH. >> TALK ABOUT [INDISTINCT] >> LOOK AT THIS. >> HANSON HANDSPRING BACK ELBOW. THE COVER. >> WHOA. YOU TALK ABOUT A BIG MAN WITH ATHLETIC ABILITY. LOOK NO FARTHER THAN ANY MEMBER OF THE WAR RAIDERS. >> NIGEL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CLASH OF STYLES AND YET HOW ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES WE ARE SEEING HERE TONIGHT? >> WE’RE SEEING IT RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT THIS, HANDSPRING FROM A MAN NEARLY 300 POUNDS INTO THE BACK ELBOW. EARLIER, WE SAW THE STRENGTH OF RICOCHET. YOU’RE RIGHT, MAURO. >> AND SO IS THE NXT UNIVERSE. HANSON ON THE SECOND ROPE. THE WAR RAIDERS ENJOY SLIGHTING THEIR FOES ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. WHAT’S HANSON THINKING? OH. >> OH, A MISTAKE. >> DOESN’T MATTER. RICOCHET ABLE TO BRING THE WAR RAIDERS’ HANSON BACK TO THE MAT. ROLLING– >> OH, NO. >> RICOCHET CAUGHT BY HANSON. TAG IS MADE. ROWE IS NOW THE LEGAL MAN FOR THE WAR RAIDERS. OH, AND WHAT A KNEE TO THE MOUTH OF RICOCHET. >> YOU SEE THAT, JUST RICOCHET JUST WENT FLYING INTO THE [INDISTINCT] >> UH-OH. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. >> OR FLATTEN YOUR OPPONENT JUST LIKE THAT. >> WOW. OH, MY GOD. >> THAT IS IT. >> GOODNIGHT. >> WAR RAIDERS LOOKING TO RETAIN THE TAG TEAM TITLES. DOUBLE PIN. >> WHOA. >> AND THE DOUBLE STOMP FROM ALEISTER BLACK TO PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON WHAT IS ALREADY AN INSTANT CLASSIC. >> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, BUT THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT WITH THE NXT TITLES ON THE LINE. >> AND AGAIN, INCREDIBLE AGILITY FROM HANSON, DRIVING OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE INTO THE CHEST BUT LOOK HERE, THE ABILITY OF ALEISTER BLACK AND THE POWER OF THAT DOUBLE STOMP DRIVING THROUGH BOTH OF HIS OPPONENTS TO BREAK UP THE PINFALL ATTEMPT. >> WE TALK ABOUT HARLEM HEAT AND THE HART FOUNDATION GOING INTO THE HALL OF FAME. WE ARE SEEING HALL OF FAME WORTHY PERFORMANCES IN THIS NXT TAG TEAM TITLE TILT. >> AND AGAIN, WAR RAIDERS WITH THE OFFENSE. >> OH, POP UP–OH. >> GOOD COUNTER BY BLACK. >> METEORA SAVE BY BLACK. GREAT COUNTER. OH, WE HAVE A MOONSAULT. BLACK TO HANSON ON THE OUTSIDE FIRING UP THE SOLD-OUT CROWD IN BROOKLYN. TOPE SUICIDA. >> WAIT A SECOND. >> HOW CAN YOU TOP THAT? SPACE FLYING CORKSCREW TIGER DROP. THAT’S HOW. >> OH MY GOD. >> WHAT IS THIS? >> WHAT IS LIFE? HANSON ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE. >> INCOMING. >> CANNONBALL. MAMA MIA. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU TALK ABOUT TEAMS LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE, LEAVING IT ALL OUT THERE. CHECK OUT HANSON RIGHT HERE THROWING CAUTION TO THE WIND, TAKING OUT EVERYBODY. >> ANOTHER LOOK FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE. LOOK HOW FAR THE BIG HANSON THROUGH THE AIR. OF SOFTBALLS. WE JUST SAW HAIL THE SIZE OF HANSON WIPING OUT EVERY OTHER COMPETITOR. AND WHOA, OH MY–THEY GOT TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE RING. >> HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WE’RE AT NINE. >> SHADES OF WHAT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT ON RAW BUT NO, NOT THIS TIME. RICOCHET AND ROWE ABLE TO BREAK THE REFEREE’S COUNT. >> I MEAN, THEY BOTH BEAT THE COUNT BY LIKE HALF A SECOND. >> AND REMEMBER, RICOCHET AND BLACK CHALLENGING FOR THE RAW TAG TEAM TITLES. THAT ENDED UP IN A COUNT OUT, NIGEL. REVIVAL HOLDING ONTO THE GOLD. >> CERTAINLY, RICOCHET AND BLACK WILL NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN HERE AGAIN TONIGHT. >> REVIVAL, OF COURSE, TWO-TIME NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. WHAT A FOREARM. >> SPAGHETTI LEGS FROM RICOCHET. >> I DON’T KNOW HOW–I DON’T KNOW HOW EITHER COMPETITOR IS STILL STANDING AT THIS POINT. >> WELL, THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN DOING SO AND IT’S INCREDIBLE, A TESTAMENT TO WHAT THEY’RE MADE OF. AND AGAIN, OH, SUPERKICK BY RICOCHET. BLACK NOW MAKING THE TAG, BOOT TO THE FACE. STEP UP KNEE, WIPING OUT HANSON. >> STRIKES JUST SO QUICK. >> BUT IT’S ROWE THAT BLACK HAS TO FOCUS ON. >> OH. THOSE EYES OF ALEISTER BLACK. >> BLACK MASS. BLACK MASS. OH MY–OH, WOW, WE’RE GONNA– >> THIS IS IT. >> WE’RE GONNA SEND NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS TO WRESTLEMANIA. >> HERE WE GO. >> SEAL THE DEAL. >> SHOOTING STAR PRESS. THE COVER, RICOCHET THE LEGAL MAN. THE COUNT TO NEW TAG–OH, NO. OH, SO CLOSE. OH, WOW. >> THAT WAS SMART MOVE BY HANSON, JUST TACKLING BLACK JUST RIGHT THROUGH THE COVER. >> BLACK AND RICOCHET GIVING THE WAR RAIDERS THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST. >> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THERE’S NO KICKING OUT OF A BLACK MASS FOLLOWED BY A SHOOTING STAR PRESS AND RICOCHET GOING BACK TO THE TOP, GOING BACK TO HIS OFFICE IN THE PENTHOUSE OF NXT. OH, LOOKING FOR THE 630 BUT HE HIT HARD WATER. AND NOW IT’S ALEISTER BLACK WITH A MOONSAULT BUT NARROWLY ESCAPED BY HANSON. OH. AND HANSON JUST WIPING OUT BLACK WITH A CLOTHESLINE. AND WAR RAIDERS HAVE TAKEN OVER. >> HANSON, THE FRESHER OF THE TWO CHAMPIONS. >> TAG MADE. HANSON IN. THIS COULD BE IT. >> OH, BUT RICOCHET KNOWING WHAT’S AT STAKE, ABLE TO SUMMON UP AN EXTRA KICK. AVOIDS THAT SPINNING KICK BUT A POP UP THOR’S HAMMER. THOR’S HAMMER DELIVERED BY THE WAR RAIDERS AND A TOPE SUICIDA TO ALEISTER BLACK. >> RICOCHET. >> INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY ROWE AND HANSON. >> RAIDERS LOOKING TO SEAL THE DEAL. >> FALLOUT. FALLOUT. WAR RAIDERS FOLDED UP RICOCHET LIKE AN ENVELOPE, SEALING THE DEAL, RETAINING THE TITLES. >> YOUR WINNERS AND STILL NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, WAR RAIDERS. >> [MUSIC] >> YOU TALK ABOUT A HARDCORE MATCH. EVEN AS TALENTED AS RICOCHET AND ALEISTER BLACK, STILL YET WASN’T ENOUGH TO DEFEAT THE WAR RAIDERS. >> A TAG TEAM THRILLER TO KICK OFF THE BIGGEST EVENT IN NXT HISTORY IN FRONT OF A RECORD CROWD AT BARCLAYS CENTER OF OVER 15,600 AND CHANGE AND THEY ARE SITTING AGOG AT WHAT THEY JUST DISPLAYED HERE TONIGHT. WAR RAIDERS ARE A FORCE. >> A CACOPHONY OF WAR CHANTS THROUGHOUT THE NXT UNIVERSE AS HANSON AND ROWE RECLAIM THEIR TITLES. TAKE A LOOK AT THE LOOK ON ALEISTER BLACK THERE. WHAM. HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. ROWE DID NOT. AND HERE A THING OF BEAUTY, PRECISE ACTION. LOOK AT THE WAY BLACK STOOD GUARD TO BLOCK THE DEFENSE BUT IT WAS HANSON WHO DROVE BLACK IN TO BREAK UP THE PINFALL ATTEMPT. >> AND THE WAR RAIDERS, WELL, RICOCHET ON THE VERGE HERE. >> RICOCHET LOOKING FOR THE 630 BUT NO ONE WAS HOME AND THIS WAS THE HUGE TURNING POINT FOR THE WAR RAIDERS RIGHT HERE, LOOKING TO SEAL THE DEAL. RICOCHET LEFT DEFENSELESS. THE DOUBLE COVER BY THE NXT TAG CHAMPIONS AND THEY RETAIN RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. >> WAR RAIDERS CONTINUING TO REMOVE ALL OBSTACLES LIKE SNOW CLOUD PARENTS BUT LET’S NOT FORGET, RICOCHET AND ALEISTER BLACK CAME SO CLOSE AND THEY’VE EARNED THE RESPECT OF THE WAR RAIDERS AND ON SUNDAY AT WRESTLEMANIA, BLACK AND RICOCHET HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPS. >> AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TWO DAYS AWAY BUT TONIGHT, AS YOU SAID, MAURO, A MOMENT OF RESPECT BETWEEN FOUR GLADIATORS. >> THIS IS WHAT MAKES NXT SO SPECIAL. THE ULTIMATE PROVING GROUND. >> THAT’S DEFINITELY WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE. SPORTSMEN GOING AT IT. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE COMPETITION BUT TONIGHT WAS WAR RAIDERS’ NIGHT. >> [MUSIC] >> WOW. THE ULTIMATE SHOW OF RESPECT BY THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE SWAN SONG FOR TWO OF THE MOST SUPERLATIVELY TALENTED SUPERSTARS TO EVER REPRESENT THE BLACK AND GOLD. >> ONE MORE LOOK AT THIS. OH. THE IMPACT AND THE POWER OFF THE TOP ROPE. >> ONE MORE TIME, ANOTHER ANGLE. LOOK AT THE IMPACT RIGHT HERE ON THE BACK OF THE NECK OF THE ONE AND ONLY RICOCHET WHICH LED TO HIS DEMISE AND THE VICTORY BY THE WAR RAIDERS. >> [MUSIC] >> A FANTASTIC TITLE DEFENSE FOR ROWE AND HANSON, SOLIDIFYING THEIR STATUS AS THE TOP TEAM IN NXT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> THERE’S NOTHING THAT THIS MAN HASN’T DONE IN THIS BUSINESS EXCEPT BEAT ME. HEY, HUNTER. DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW? HUH? >> YOU ATTACKED A 70-YEAR OLD MAN AND I’M SUPPOSED TO HAND YOU STUFF? I AM NOT GIVING YOU A DAMN THING EXCEPT THE BEATING YOU DESERVE. >> PAY ATTENTION. I’M GONNA END HIS IN-RING CAREER. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT. >> I WANT YOU AT WRESTLEMANIA. WE’RE GONNA DO THIS ON MY TERMS. >> IT MIGHT BE ON YOUR TERMS BUT THE MATCH WILL BE ON MINE. THERE WILL NO HOLDS BARRED. >> [MUSIC] >> WE WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO DISTURBED FOR ARE YOU READY, ONE OF THE OFFICIAL THEME SONGS OF NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES AND SPOTIFY. >> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CULMINATION OF THE MOST INTENSE RIVALRY IN NXT HISTORY. JOHNNY GARGANO AND TOMMASO CIAMPA FOR THE NXT TITLE. CIAMPA UNDERWENT NECK SURGERY. GARGANO PREPARING FOR THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE. >> JOHNNY GARGANO HOPES TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD TONIGHT. WE SEE THERE, ANOTHER CHAMPION. NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION TONI STORM OVER AT NXT UK. NEWCOMER PIPER RIVEN WILL BE WATCHING THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH LATER TONIGHT. >> AND FOR A SUPERSTAR WHO DOESN’T LIKE TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT, VELVETEEN DREAM HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH MATT RIDDLE OPENLY COURTING THE DREAM’S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. CAN DREAM BE THE MAN TO END THE ORIGINAL BRO’S UNBEATEN RECORD? OR WILL IT BE DREAM OVER FOR THE SARTORIAL SUPERSTAR VELVETEEN DREAM? >> [MUSIC] >> THE VELVETEEN DREAM, NXT’S PRINCE WITHOUT THE CROWN. >> WHOEVER WINS THIS TOURNAMENT, YOU GET TO CHALLENGE A CHAMPION OF YOUR CHOICE. >> NOTHING COULD STOP VELVETEEN DREAM AND HIS NEXT EXPERIENCE COULD BE ONE THAT PUTS GOLD AROUND HIS WAIST. >> THE DREAM WANTS YOU. >> FEBRUARY 20TH, NXT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY. IT WAS ALL BUT A DREAM. >> PURPLE RAINMAKER. ANOTHER REIGN BEGINS. >> THE VELVETEEN DREAM IS YOUR NEW NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. >> BRO. BRO. I WANNA GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. >> THE DREAM IS NOT YOUR BRO. HERE’S A REMINDER, THE SPOTLIGHT BELONGS TO ME. >> THE WAY HE WON THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP, I SAW MY OPPORTUNITY. >> WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO GET THE DREAM’S ATTENTION? >> BECAUSE I KNEW HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO RESIST BECAUSE HE LOVES TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND HE KNOWS IF HE’S IN THE RING WITH ME, HE’S IN THE BIGGEST SPOTLIGHT OF THEM ALL. >> THE DREAM JUST HAD TO KNOW WHAT’S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT? THE DREAM CAME, FRONT ROW AND CENTER. A MATCH HE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT THE DREAM. NO, YOU DID NOT. THAT’S WHY THE DREAM GAVE YOU THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR NXT CAREER. THE DREAM SAID YOUR NAME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR WINNER AND THE MAN WHO GETS TO JOURNEY TO TAKEOVER: NEW YORK TO FACE YOUR VELVETEEN DREAM, MATTHEW RIDDLE. >> WELL, HE MIGHT BE A DREAM BUT I THINK THE BRO IS HIS NIGHTMARE. I WANNA BEAT THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND DREAM IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. BUT HE’S NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD. I THINK HE CAN BE BETTER AND HE’S FOCUSED TOO MUCH ON THE EXPERIENCE. >> MATT RIDDLE, YOU ARE A POSER BECAUSE YOU WANNA POSE WITH THE VELVETEEN DREAM’S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. AT BEST, PHOTO SHOP. TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, THE ORIGINAL BRO FINDS HIMSELF LOOKING UP, NO, NOT AT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF NEW YORK CITY BUT THE SPOTLIGHT THAT IS THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. >> I’M GONNA BE THE ONE WITH MY HAND RAISED WEARING THE CROWN AS THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. >> DREAM OVER. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WEIGHING IN AT 216 POUNDS, “THE ORIGINAL BRO” MATT RIDDLE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND JUST LIKE BASKETBALL WHIZ KID, ZION WILLIAMSON IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THE NBA, THE SAME WAS EXPECTED WHEN MATT RIDDLE SIGNED WITH NXT. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, TO NEW YORK’S PUBLIC ENEMY, GUYS, BELIEVE THE HYPE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORIGINAL BRO RIDDLE. AND THUS FAR HAS BEEN AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED AND THUS FAR HE’S BEEN UNBEATABLE. >> AND THIS MAN IS ALSO BEEN TALKING ON TWITTER. HE’S BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS HE IS TO LOCK HORNS WITH THE VELVETEEN DREAM. HE JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE WOULD LOOK LIKE AROUND HIS WAIST. NOW, HE’S GOT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE OUT OF NEW YORK WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE. >> [MUSIC] >> NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY DAZN. STREAM OVER 100 FIGHTS A YEAR, SIGNUP NOW AT DAZN.COM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND BY ORANGE VANILLA COKE. YEAH. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. >> AND HERE IN THE BIG APPLE, THE “ORIGINAL BRO” MATT RIDDLE SPORTING THE YANKEE PINSTRIPES AND, WELL, HE’LL BE DEFINITELY TRYING TO EMULATE HIS FAVORITE BRONX BOMBERS BY DROPPING SOME BOMBS ON VELVETEEN DREAM TONIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> AND HIS OPPONENT FROM CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON DC, WEIGHING IN AT 217 POUNDS. HE IS THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, THE VELVETEEN DREAM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND KICKING OFF WITH NXT’S VERSION OF GAME OF THRONES AND NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION VELVETEEN DREAM, A PROUD AMERICAN, IS SITTING ON HIS, NIGEL. >> FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, A STATUESQUE PHYSIQUE OF VELVETEEN DREAM, THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT’S THE STATUE OF VELVETEEN DREAM. THIS MAN IS A SYMBOL OF HOPE. HE’S A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM. HE IS THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. CHECK HIM OUT. >> ONE OF THE NXT LOUD THEMES SINCE BILLIE EILISH SAID, “YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN.” WELL, WE ARE SEEING VELVETEEN DREAM IN HIS. THE AMERICAN MEME. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WOW. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS DUDE. I MEAN, THIS DUDE, “LOVES ME SOME ME.” >> A SILHOUETTE OF PATRIOTISM EXHIBITED BY THE FUTURISTIC PROVOCATEUR. THERE IS ONLY ONE VELVETEEN DREAM. AND TONIGHT HE SETS SAILS IN HIS MAIDEN VOYAGE DEFENDING THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE AGAINST MATT RIDDLE. >> HE DOES NOT SEEM TOO IMPRESSED WITH THE SARTORIAL SUPERSTAR. >> THAT’S BECAUSE MATT RIDDLE EXPECTS JUST THIS FROM THE VELVETEEN DREAM. HE KNOWS HE’S GOING TO GET HIS SHOW. VELVETEEN DREAM WANTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON HIM. HE WANTS ALL THE WORLD TO SEE. >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR NXT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> VELVETEEN DREAM IN HIS EARLY 20S, MATT RIDDLE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY PRIZED FREE AGENT SIGNINGS, UNDEFEATED AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN HIS FIRST TITLE HERE TONIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU’D HAVE TO THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF MATT RIDDLE’S CAREER. >> INDEED. BIGGEST NIGHT. >> NEVER COMPETED IN FRONT OF A CROWD THIS SIZE. >> YES, HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST, BUT THIS IS NEXT LEVEL FOR MATT RIDDLE WHO TOOK TO SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LIKE A FISH TO WATER. AND HERE HE IS– >> [BELL RINGING] >> –IN BROOKLYN, IN FRONT OF AN NXT RECORD-CROWD WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. VELVETEEN DREAM DEFENDING THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE AGAINST THE ORIGINAL BRO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, NXT UNIVERSE SOMEWHAT SPLIT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> VELVETEEN DREAM’S GONNA BE ON POINT HERE TONIGHT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> KEEP IN MIND, GUYS, MATT RIDDLE’S GOT ONE OF THE FASTEST WINS IN NXT HISTORY. >> KNOCK-OUT KNEE STRIKE AGAINST KASSIUS OHNO. >> BRO BUMP? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> VELVETEEN DREAM A PREENING COCK OF THE WALK WHO POSSESSES INTOXICATING CHARISMA, MOCKING MATT RIDDLE, PREEN KICK POSE, AND RIDDLE WELL VERSED IN MANY MARTIAL ARTS DISCIPLINES. AND HE COULD USE THAT TO HIS ADVANTAGE, AS HE IMMEDIATELY DOES AGAINST THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMP. >> INSIDE LEG KICK FOR MATT RIDDLE, ELECTING TO DRIVE STRIKES FROM THE BEGINNING. WHOA. LANDED HARD. OF COURSE, RIDDLE FIGHTING BAREFOOT. >> WHATEVER GAME PLAN VELVETEEN DREAM HAD HE MAY WANNA BE THINKING AND CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. >> TALK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES THAT BEING A BAREFOOTED COMPETITOR GIVES MATT RIDDLE, NIGEL. >> VERY LITTLE PROTECTION ON THE BONES OF YOUR FEET AND SHIN AS WELL. OH. >> AND THE TRACTION ON THAT MAT, A WAIST-LOCK TAKEDOWN. AND IMMEDIATELY MATT RIDDLE LOOKING FOR THE DOUBLE WRISTLOCK HERE, LOOKING FOR THE KIMURA ON VELVETEEN DREAM. >> BUT IT DRIVES THROUGH, KEEP HIS BODY TIGHT. >> OH, WOW. >> THIS IS WHERE RIDDLE THRIVES RIGHT HERE ON THE MAT. THIS IS WHERE HE’S COMFORTABLE. >> OH, MY. >> IF HE CAN GET THE EXTENSION HERE, WE COULD SEE A NEW CHAMPION. NO. >> AN ALMOST RECORD-TIME, PERCY, LIKE HE DID AGAINST KASSIUS OHNO, BUT THIS FOR MUCH HIGHER STAKES. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> AND YOU WONDER VELVETEEN DREAM USED TO GETTING INTO THE MIND OF HIS OPPONENTS, USED TO USING THAT INTOXICATING CHARISMA. BUT ONCE THAT BELL GOES, HE’S AS PROFICIENT, AS RUTHLESS, AND AS CRAFTY AS THEY COME. >> CERTAINLY IS. BECAUSE YOU SEE THE LOOK ON MATT RIDDLE’S FACE? HE IS FAIRLY NONPLUSSED WITH VELVETEEN DREAM. IT SORT OF THAT GETS INTO THE HEAD OF YOUR OPPONENT, MUCH LIKE A NATE DIAZ. >> GRECO-ROMAN KNUCKLE LOCK EMPLOYED HERE BY VELVETEEN DREAM AND MATT RIDDLE. THE TEST OF STRENGTH AND A STALEMATE THUS FAR. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LET’S SEE WHICH SUPERSTAR GETS THE BETTER OF THIS EXCHANGE. OH, THERE WE GO. >> WHOA. BUT RIDDLE LANDS ON HIS FEET, LOOKING FOR THAT [INDISTINCT] >> OH. >> RIGHT INTO THE ARMBAR, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TRANSITION BY MATT RIDDLE, LOOKING FOR THE ARMBAR SUBMISSION. >> SEEING EVIDENCE OF JUST HOW DANGEROUS MATT RIDDLE IS. YOU SEE THERE? >> HE WAS LOOKING– >> REF WAS DOING A FIVE-COUNT, RIDDLE MADE IT TIGHT, A SLIGHT EXTENSION ON THE ARMBAR. >> HE WAS LOOKING FOR THAT RUSSIAN-STYLE ARMBAR, THE BELLY DOWN VERSION, AND VELVETEEN DREAM FINDS HIMSELF RETREATING AND FORCED TO REGROUP EARLY IN THIS MATCH, AND YET GOES BACK TO THE WELL. OH. AND THERE’S THE ONE DISADVANTAGE OF PERFORMING BAREFOOT. >> EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY, MAURO. >> MARCO RUAS STRIKE TO THE FOOT, OLD SCHOOL. >> SMART MOVE BY VELVETEEN DREAM, TAKING ADVANTAGE. IT WAS OPEN, IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM. >> AND VELVETEEN DREAM TAKING IT INTO THE STREETS AND ALMOST RETAINING THE TITLE. UP ON THE ROLL, SHOULDERS ARE DOWN FOR A TWO COUNT. >> OF COURSE, THE OTHER DISADVANTAGE, AND WE SEE ANOTHER [INDISTINCT] ATTEMPT. >> ANOTHER ROLLUP, SHOULDERS DOWN, MATT RIDDLE ESCAPES. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> ANOTHER DISADVANTAGE OF NOTHING ON YOUR FEET IS AN ANKLE LOCK MUCH MORE EASIER TO COMPLETE. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHOA. AND THERE’S A LITTLE HOMAGE TO “RAVISHING” RICK RUDE, AND RIDDLE’S FOUND IT VERY RUDE AND NOW GOES TOWARDS SHOWCASING HIS STRENGTH AND TECHNIQUE. >> VELVETEEN TOOK TOO MUCH TIME TO GLOAT. >> AND A TESTAMENT, MAYBE UNORTHODOX TRIBUTE TO THE LATE EDDIE GUERRERO, MAYBE A–THE THREE BRO-MIGOS COMING UP. OH, NO, QUICK ROLLUP THERE, WOW, WHAT A DROPKICK BY THE VELVETEEN DREAM. >> MATT RIDDLE ABLE TO GET HIS HANDS UP TO BLOCK SOME OF IT. DIDN’T GET ANYTHING ON THAT. >> COUNTER-ELBOW, WOW, AND DREAM ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP WITH THE DOUBLE AXE-HANDLE. >> DREAM GOING BACK UP. >> AND YOU KNOW THE DREAM IS A STUDENT OF THE GAME. PATTERNING HIMSELF TO SO MANY LEGENDS AND YET BRINGING HIS OWN UNIQUE FLAVOR TO THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. SPRINGBOARD, AXE-HANDLE ACROSS THE ARM OF MATT RIDDLE WHO’S ON THE OUTSIDE, WHAT’S DREAM GONNA DO HERE? >> OH, BOY. >> OH. RIDDLE SNATCHED DREAM. >> OH. OUTSIDE OF THE RING. VELVETEEN DREAM CRASHING AND BURNING. >> WELL, MATT RIDDLE HAS GOT TO GET VELVETEEN DREAM BACK IN THE WAY–BACK INSIDE THE RING. >> YEAH, CHAMPION’S ADVANTAGE, THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION VIA PIN FALL OR SUBMISSION. PERCY? >> VELVETEEN DREAM LOOKING FOR A HOMERUN, BUT MATT RIDDLE ABLE TO TURN THINGS AROUND BACK INTO HIS FAVOR. THE MOMENTUM NOW BACK ON THE SIDE OF THE OG BRO. >> AND OF COURSE, THE MATS ON THE OUTSIDE, IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL TO THE RING. WHEN YOU’VE COMPETED IN THE RING FOR SO MANY YEARS YOU GET USED TO DO THAT, YOU GET USE TO LANDING ON THE MAT. BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, IT COULD COMPLETELY THROW YOU OFF. >> I WAS TALKING–OH. >> WOW. >> SENTON SPLASH BY MATT RIDDLE. I WAS TALKING TO HIM EARLIER TODAY ABOUT BUTTERFLIES, ABOUT NERVES, ABOUT THE PRESSURE, ALL HE SAID–HE LOOKED TO ME AND SAID, “BRO.” SO I TOOK THAT AS BEING–HE WASN’T– >> HE’S READY, MAN. >> HE WASN’T WORRIED AT ALL. >> OH. >> AND A LIGHTNING QUICK OFFENSE HERE BY RIDDLE. >> NICE TEEP KICK, LOOKED FOR ANOTHER STRIKE. >> OH. >> OH, THAT ONE LANDED. >> UNORTHODOX KICK EMPLOYED BY THE ORIGINAL BRO. PICKING UP A HEAD OF STEAM, FLYING FOREARM. >> ONE MORE TIME. >> TO THE JAW OF THE VELVETEEN DREAM, AND ANOTHER ONE. KEEPING DREAM IN THE CORNER, EXPLODER SUPLEX BY RIDDLE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE CHAMPION IS DONE. >> WOW. THE ATHLETICISM AND AGILITY, AND THAT TIMING CATCHES HIM WITH THE BROTON. OH, WHAT A KICK, PENALTY KICK BY RIDDLE, AND DREAM IS DOWN. WE CAN HAVE A NEW NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. VELVETEEN DREAM JUST BARELY, BARELY ESCAPED. >> I COULD HEAR THAT SLAP ON THE TOP OF RIDDLE’S FOOT. HOLD ON A SECOND. >> OH. >> COULD BE LOOKING FOR THE BRO-MISSION. >> HE’S TRYING TO GET IT IN. VELVETEEN’S GOING FOR THE BLOCK BUT– >> VELVETEEN DREAM HAS SCOUTED THIS MANEUVER, KNOWS THAT IT’S MATT RIDDLE’S PIECE DE RESISTANCE. >> TRYING FOR DOUBLE WRISTLOCK. AND YES. >> AND NOW LOOKING FOR THE ARMBAR. >> GABLE GRIP EMPLOYED HERE BY VELVETEEN DREAM. AND LET’S HOPE VELVETEEN’S DREAM GRIPS LIKE A PISTACHIO, OTHERWISE HE COULD BE IN TROUBLE. >> LOOK HOW AGGRESSIVE MATT RIDDLE IS. >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THAT THE BOTTOM ROPE HAS SAVED VELVETEEN DREAM IN THIS MATCH, IT’S BEEN ABOUT THREE TIMES ALREADY. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> VELVETEEN DREAM HAS HAD TO RESORT TO PLANS B, C, AND D ALREADY, UNABLE TO GET ON TRACK. >> ISN’T IT– >> THE WILDEST STRENGTH OF THE ORIGINAL BRO. OH. >> AGAIN, THE ROPES COMING TO SAVE THE CHAMPION. THAT’S AN INTERESTING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT AND MMA, MATT RIDDLE NEVER WOULD’VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT IN MMA. IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, ANY TIME HIS OPPONENT GETS TO THE RING, HE’S FORCED TO BREAK THE HOLD. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> UNLESS HE COMPETED IN AN OLD SCHOOL CONTEST, GERMAN SUPLEX WITH RIFE– >> ARE WE LOOKING FOR THE [INDISTINCT] >> –BY THE VELVETEEN DREAM. RIDDLE WITH THE JUMPING KNEE STRIKE. REMEMBER THAT’S WHAT PUT AWAY KASSIUS OHNO. HE COULD BE ON THE CUSP OF FALLING AWAY. VELVETEEN DREAM– >> HERE WE GO. >> WE COULD HAVE A NEW CHAMPION. OH. >> FISHERMAN BUSTER ALMOST LED TO A NEW NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION BEING CROWNED AS MATT RIDDLE CONTINUES TO CROWN VELVETEEN DREAM. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> WELL AS THIS MATCH HAS DEVELOPED, MATT RIDDLE HAS JUST GONE FROM CONFIDENCE TO CONFIDENCE. >> YEAH, SPEAKING OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY–IT’S FUNNY WATCHING MATT RIDDLE. HE’S SUCH A LAID BACK, CHARISMATIC, EASY-GOING GUY, UNTIL THAT BELL RINGS. >> GUYS, VELVETEEN DREAM WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS, AS HE GETS ANOTHER BRO-TON DELIVERED ACROSS HIS MIDSECTION. AND VELVETEEN DREAM IS BAMBOOZLED, HE’S BEFUDDLED, HE’S BEEN BEDEVILED BY MATT RIDDLE. >> AND GREAT STRATEGY FROM THE ORIGINAL BRO FROM THE OUTSET. >> BUT HE IS LITERALLY MANHANDLING THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, NOW WANTING TO STRETCH HIM LIKE SILLY BUDDY, GOOD ESCAPE THOUGH BY VELVETEEN DREAM THAT GETS TO THE ROPES AGAIN. >> YET AGAIN. >> SHOWCASING THE CHAMPION’S RING IQ. >> WHOA. >> GROUND AND POUND FOR MATT RIDDLE. >> RIDDLE’S GOT TO BE CAREFUL HERE, DOES NOT WANNA LET FRUSTRATIONS GET THE BETTER OF HIM AND LOSE THIS MATCH BY DISQUALIFICATION. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU BRING A SALIENT POINT, NIGEL. IT SEEMS THAT THERE MAY BE A CRACK IN THE STOIC TENURE OF MATT RIDDLE. >> DO YOU GUYS THINK THAT VELVETEEN DREAM MIGHT HAVE TAKEN MATT RIDDLE LIGHTLY COMING INTO THIS MATCH? >> I THINK DREAM HAS JUST GOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD. >> OH. >> OH, A SLEEPER HOLD ATTEMPT. >> HIS OWN VERSION OF THE MILLION DOLLAR DREAM, AS VELVETEEN DREAM–WELL, THAT BRO–WOW. WHAT A COUNTER BY RIDDLE. BUT– >> OH, BEAUTIFUL, RIDDLE DRIVING WITH HIS HIP. >> A PRAWN HOLD. >> TO KEEP HIS OWN SHOULDERS OFF THE MAT IN THAT PIN FALL ATTEMPT. TRIANGLE. >> OH, LOOKING FOR THE HANGING ARMBAR NOW. AND THE TRIANGLE ARMBAR HERE. >> DOESN’T HAVE FULL– >> HE’S LOOKING FOR A FULL EXTENSION. >> SO, MATT RIDDLE RESORTING TO HIS MMA BAG OF TRICKS TO TRY TO BECOME NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. >> DREAM IS IN TROUBLE HERE. STARTING TO FADE. >> HE HAS TO FIND A WAY TO ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE. >> SEE, THERE REALLY HE’S TRYING TO DRIVE THE RIGHT ARM OF VELVETEEN DREAM ACROSS HIS ABDOMINAL SECTION TO APPLY PRESSURE. >> SHOULDERS ARE DOWN. >> COVER. >> DREAM ON A STEEP. >> OH. RIDDLE. >> AND A KNEE STRIKE. >> A CORD KNEE STRIKE. >> I THINK IT’S ALL OVER FOR HIM. >> OH, GO TO SLEEP. AND A GERMAN SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE. >> THIS IS IT. >> MATT RIDDLE. WOW. >> OH, MAN. BIGGEST WIN OF HIS MASSIVE NXT CAREER. >> HE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING. >> AND HE’S FROTHING. >> HE’S GOT DREAM REELING. >> AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, RIDDLE CANNOT GET FRUSTRATED. HE HAS THE CHAMPION ON THE ROPES. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> BUT THE BIG PROBLEM FOR THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION VELVETEEN DREAM IS HE’S BEEN NOT ABLE TO AVOID THIS OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT. HE’S BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE TO TRY TO REGROUP, TO TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT STRATEGY. AND HE IS EATING NASTY KNEES FROM RIDDLE. >> DREAM ALMOST UNABLE TO GET HIS ARMS UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF AT THIS JUNCTURE. >> A TRIFECTA TERROR. >> BAD DECISION DREAM. I’M THE BRO THAT RUNS THE SHOW. >> NOT THE HEAD. >> RIDDLE SAYING HE’S THE BRO THAT RUNS THE SHOW. VELVETEEN DREAM BEAT JOHNNY GARGANO TO BECOME THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. GARGANO WENT COLD TO CLOSE THE SHOW, BUT RIDDLE WOULD LIKE TO STEAL IT HERE AND BECOMING THE [INDISTINCT] >> OH, HOLD ON. >> DREAM IS HULKING UP. >> COME ON. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE DREAM IS HULKING UP IN NEW YORK. >> HERE COMES DREAM. >> WHEN IT COMES CRASHING DOWN, AND IT HURTS INSIDE, VELVETEEN DREAM– >> WOW. BIG BOOT TO THE FACE. VELVETEEN DREAM TURNING THE TABLES IN A HURRY. >> VELVETEEN DREAM HAS HAD ENOUGH. >> WE KNOW THAT HULK HOGAN WILL BE INDUCTING BRUTUS “THE BARBER” BEEFCAKE IN THE HALL OF FAME. WELL, VELVETEEN DREAM WOULD LIKE TO INDUCT MATT RIDDLE IN HIS OWN PERSONAL HALL OF SHAME. >> AND GOING UP TOP ONCE AGAIN. HERE WE GO. >> DOUBLE AXE-HANDLE FROM THE DREAM. >> [CROWD CHEERING] LANDING PERFECTLY. >> AND VELVETEEN DREAM FINDING THAT PROVERBIAL SECOND WIND, FAMOUSER. FOR BILLY GUNN INDUCTED TOMORROW. WHAT? MATT RIDDLE JUST BARELY ESCAPED. DX WILL BE GOING INTO THE HALL OF FAME ON SATURDAY. >> AND HE’S GOING FOR THE WIN. >> A LONG WAY DOWN, A LOT OF IMPACT WITH THE DOUBLE AXE-HANDLE. >> WOW. >> THE DREAM NOW SLOW TO GET TO THE TOP ROPE. IS THIS A MISTAKE THIS LATE IN THE MATCH? >> A DECANTING TURN OF EVENTS, THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES FOR BOTH SUPERSTARS. AND RIGHT NOW IT’S VELVETEEN DREAM WITH VICTORY IN HIS SIGHTS. >> OH. >> OH, WHAT A COUNTER BY RIDDLE. >> IT’S RIDDLE NOW BACK IN OFFENSE. SURELY NOW THE CHAMPION READY TO BE BEAT. NO. >> NO. CODEBREAKER BY VELVETEEN DREAM. >> RIDDLE’S OUT. RIDDLE’S OUT. >> RIDDLE COULD BE OUT FOR THE COUNT. >> OH. >> OH. >> AN EXPLOSIVE KICK OUT BY MATT RIDDLE TO SHOW THE NXT UNIVERSE THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF FIGHT LEFT IN THE ORIGINAL BRO. >> DREAM HAD EXPENDED SO MUCH ENERGY. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET ENOUGH BODY WEIGHT ACROSS THE SHOULDERS OF MATT RIDDLE WHICH ALLOWED RIDDLE TO KICK OUT. >> WOW. >> OH, HE’S GOT CAUGHT. >> COVER. >> SMART MOVE BY RIDDLE. >> ANKLE LOCK. >> OH, YES. >> ANKLE LOCK. >> DRAGS DREAM BACK INTO THE CENTER. >> BOTTOM ROPE CAN’T SAVE DREAM NOW. >> IS THE DREAM OVER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION? >> HE MAY TAP. >> IS MATT RIDDLE ABOUT TO BECOME THE KING OF NEW YORK? ANOTHER GRAB THOUGH. >> AND THE OTHER LEG. BEAUTIFUL CREATIVITY. >> SEAMLESS. >> AN AWARENESS FROM RIDDLE. >> FLUIDITY TO HIS OFFENSE THAT BELIES HIS USE OF EXPERIENCE. OH, THE ROLLUP. OH, VELVETEEN DREAM LANDS ON HIS FEET, DELIVERS A STUNNING SUPERKICK. DREAM DDT. >> OH, THAT’S IT. >> THIS COULD BE IT. MATT RIDDLE COULD BE TASTING DEFEAT FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> WAIT A SECOND. >> WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A PURPLE RAIN. OH. AND WE COULD BE SEEING VELVETEEN DREAM DELIVERING THE DEVASTATING DREAM VALLEY DRIVER. >> AND THE MOMENTUM PROPELS. VELVETEEN DREAM TO THE TOP ROPE. >> WE KNOW WHAT HE’S GOT IN MIND NOW. >> PURPLE RAINMAKER. NO. >> OH. >> COUNTERED BY–COUNTERED BY RIDDLE, THE BROMISSION. RIDDLE HAS THE BROMISSION EMPLOYED. IS DREAM GOING TO TAP? DREAM IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF FIGHTING IT OFF, AND BREAKS THE HOLD. >> RIDDLE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE FOOT EXTENSION, AND AGAIN, DREAM SAVED BY THE ROPES. >> OH. >> INTO THE ROPES AS RIDDLE LOOKING TO BREAKS DREAM’S HOLD ON THE GOLD. INSTEAD, IT WAS VELVETEEN DREAM BREAKING THE GRIP OF RIDDLE. RIDDLE ON THE SECOND ROPE. >> IS RIDDLE– >> NO, NO, NO. >> WAIT A SECOND. SURELY NOT. >> OH, MY GOD. WHOA. >> MAMA MIA. UNBELIEVABLE SHOW OF STRENGTH. >> HOLD ON. >> AND WILL THIS PROPEL MATT RIDDLE? THE FLOATING BRO. THE FLOATING BRO. >> WE HAVE A NEW CHAMP. >> DREAM IS DOWN BUT NOT OUT. DOWN BUT NOT OUT. >> HOW ON EARTH IS VELVETEEN DREAM STILL IN THIS? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THE POWER OF MATT RIDDLE. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS OVER. THE ENTIRE ARENA THOUGHT IT WAS OVER. AND MATT RIDDLE GOING FOR THE PROVERBIAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN, HITS THIS, X MARKS THE SPOT, BUT THE VELVETEEN DREAM STILL NOT DONE. >> WHAT IS DREAM DOING? >> THE FLOATING BRO– >> HE WANTS MORE. >> OH. >> BECKONED RIDDLE IN. >> SLAP. SUPERKICK BY VELVETEEN DREAM. RIDDLE LANDS ON HIS FEET. >> OH. >> POWERBOMB BY MATT RIDDLE. AND A FLASH KNEE. >> THAT’S GOT TO BE IT. >> RIDDLE WITH A [INDISTINCT] FLASH KNEE. THAT’S GOT TO BE IT. >> OH. >> BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PUT AWAY THE VELVETEEN DREAM. >> LOOK AT RIDDLE. >> BROMISSION. BROMISSION. >> AND THAT’S IT. HE’S GONNA TAP. >> HE’S GONNA TAP. >> WELL, THERE–RIDDLE. >> WHAT? >> UNCEREMONIOUSLY TAPPING THE CHEST OF THE VELVETEEN DREAM. >> OH. HOLD ON. >> OH, A REVERSAL. >> WHAT? >> OH, HIS SHOULDERS ARE DOWN. >> [BELL RINGING] >> [INDISTINCT] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> YOUR WINNER AND STILL NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, THE VELVETEEN DREAM. FACE SAYS IT ALL. VELVETEEN DREAM WITH THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE, AND HE MAINTAINS THE PRIZE KNOWN AS THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT VELVETEEN DREAM HAD TO OVERCOME MORE ADVERSITY THAN EVER BEFORE IN HIS CAREER. >> HE CERTAINLY DID. AND THAT EXPLAINS THE LOOK OF DISBELIEF ON THE FACE OF MATT RIDDLE. FRUSTRATION NOW. HE KNOWS THAT HE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE OFFENSE IN THE MATCH. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE CHAMPION HAS TO GET TO THE ROPES. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, RIDDLE WITHIN A FACTION OF A SECOND FOR PRYING THAT NORTH AMERICAN TITLE FROM AROUND THE WAIST OF VELVETEEN DREAM. BUT ULTIMATELY, RIDDLE GOT OVERZEALOUS WHEN HE HAD THE BROMISSION ON, AND THAT GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR VELVETEEN DREAM TO SLIP OUT THE PROVERBIAL BACK DOOR. >> HEY PERCY, MATT RIDDLE HAS DEFINITELY ARRIVED, BUT THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN TITLE STILL BELONGS TO THE VELVETEEN DREAM. AND NOW WITH RIDDLE’S UNDEFEATED STREAK BROKEN, WHILE IT MAY NOT BE THE CASE RIGHT NOW, HE COULD TAKE THIS AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THERE IS SOME WEIGHT NOW OFF HIS BACK THAT HE DOESN’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PROTECTING THAT UNDEFEATED STREAK. >> I’M SURE–I’M SURE MATT RIDDLE IS [INDISTINCT] THIS MATCH WITH VELVETEEN DREAM FOR NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT I GUARANTEE IT WON’T BE THE LAST TIME THAT VELVETEEN DREAM SEES MATT RIDDLE. I MEAN, GOING DOWN THE STRETCH, ANYBODY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS MATT RIDDLE’S MATCH, THAT HE WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN TITLE. BUT THE CRAFTINESS, THE INTELLIGENCE, WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS, VELVETEEN DREAM FOUND A WAY TO WALK OUT OF NEW YORK HOLDING HIS TITLE, THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. >> VELVETEEN DREAM WON THE FIRST WORLDS COLLIDE, THE TOURNAMENT FEATURING STARS OF NXT, NXT UK, AND 205 LIVE. WITH THAT CAME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE TITLE OF HIS CHOOSING. HE CHOSE JOHNNY GARGANO’S NORTH AMERICAN TITLE. AND VELVETEEN DREAM ON THIS NIGHT SHOWING EVERYONE WHY HE IS THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, DREAM ON. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WOW. IN LIGHT OF THE RESPECT HERE ON NXT’S BIGGEST STAGE. BUT NIGEL, HOW DO YOU SPELL NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION? D-R-E-A-M. >> WELL, IT WAS ALMOST A NIGHTMARE, THOUGH, FOR THE VELVETEEN DREAM FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE MATCHES. WE SAW THERE THE HIGH-ANGLE GERMAN SUPLEX AND THEN, WHAT DID YOU CALL THIS MOVE? THE FLOATING BRO. >> THE FLOATING BRO, A MOONSAULT TWISTING INTO THE SENTON, THAT CAME FROM THE MAN HIMSELF. >> A DEEP HOOK ON THE LEG AS WELL WITH THE PINFALL THAT SENT–A LOT OF [INDISTINCT] BEHIND THE KICK-OUT. >> I WASN’T TALKING ABOUT BECKY LYNCH, ALTHOUGH I’M IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY’RE DOING ON SUNDAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT BOTH RIDDLE AND DREAM HERE TONIGHT, PERCY. >> OH, MAN. THEY PUT ON AN ABSOLUTE SHOW FOR THE AGES RIGHT HERE. AND RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE ALL THOUGHT MATT RIDDLE THAT–WE THOUGHT THE TITLE WAS GOING TO EXCHANGE HANDS, BUT AGAIN, THE VELVETEEN DREAM IS SO SLIPPERY, SO CRAFTY. >> HE SURE IS. >> HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THIS THING AROUND AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. AND LOOK AT THE LOOK OF SURPRISE FROM THE FACE OF MATT RIDDLE, THAT SAYS IT ALL. >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULD SEE MATT RIDDLE THERE MADE THE ONE MISTAKE, HE RELEASED THE BODY SCISSORS, AND THAT ALLOWED VELVETEEN DREAM TO BACK-ROLL INTO THE PINFALL ATTEMPT. >> AND VELVETEEN DREAM ALWAYS PROVIDES MAJOR STAR WATTAGE IN ANY NXT COTTAGE. HE IS THE VELVETEEN DREAM, NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. >> [MUSIC] >> SETH ROLLINS HAS WON THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH. WHO WILL ROLLINS CHOOSE? >> THE LAST THING SETH ROLLINS WANTS TO DO IS TO GET INTO A FIGHT WITH THE BEAST. >> [MUSIC] >> NEW YORK CITY WHERE SO MANY CROWNS ARE ON THE LINE. WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND INCLUDING FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES HERE AT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. >> AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, ADAM COLE’S ASSERTION THAT THE UNDISPUTED ERA WILL BE [INDISTINCT] GOLD IN 2019. BUT [INDISTINCT] AFTER THEY LOST THE TAG TEAM TITLES, BUT WINNING THE FATAL FIVE-WAY TO GET TONIGHT’S OPPORTUNITY. COLE HAS THE CHANCE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND GRACE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS TITLE ON NXT OVER HIS SHOULDER. >> AND THE GOLD STANDARD IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT NXT, WELL, HAS JUST SIGNED ANOTHER RENOWNED JAPANESE SENSATION, KUSHIDA, MAKING IT OFFICIAL WITH TRIPLE H AND WILLIAM REGAL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND THERE HE IS, THE SIX-TIME IWGP JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CALLING KUSHIDA’S MATCHES IN THE PAST, AND NONE OTHER THAN TRIPLE H TOLD ME THAT HE COVETED KUSHIDA FOR A LONG TIME. AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO WELCOME TO THE BLACK AND GOLD FAMILY. >> WELL, TALKING OF WELCOMING TO THE BLACK AND GOLD FAMILY, TWO NXT UK SUPERSTARS TONIGHT COMPETE FOR THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP. HISTORICALLY PETE DUNNE HAS STRUGGLED WITH LARGER OPPONENTS. TONIGHT, HE FACES HIS LARGEST. WILL THE GARGANTUAN AUSTRIAN RING GENERAL BE THE MAN WHO GAINS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE TITLE REIGN OF THE MODERN ERA? >> [MUSIC] >> SINCE MAY OF 2017 AT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO, ONE THING HAS REMAINED THE SAME. >> [BELL RINGING] >> AND NEW WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> [MUSIC] >> PETE DUNNE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> BITTER END. >> OH. >> DANNY BURCH HAS TO TAP. >> PETE DUNNE [INDISTINCT] >> THE FINGERS BEING BENT BACK, JOE COFFEY TAPS OUT. >> THE LEGEND OF BRUISERWEIGHT CONTINUES TO GROW. >> CLOSING IN AT NEARLY 700 DAYS. >> I AM STILL THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> STILL YOUR CHAMPION IS “THE BRUISERWEIGHT” PETE DUNNE. >> [MUSIC] >> IT’S HIM. IT’S WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PETE DUNNE AND HIS HOLD ON THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM TITLE? >> [MUSIC] >> THIS MAN PUNISHES YOU. HE’S SO PRECISE AND SO VIOLENT. >> OH. >> OH, OH, GOOD LORD. >> [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> SUPERSTARS HAVE TITLES IN GERMANY, ENGLAND, AND IRELAND. HE HAS BROUGHT THAT DOMINANCE INTO NXT UK. >> THERE’S A NEW MAN IN TOWN. AND HIS NAME IS WALTER. >> [MUSIC] >> GIVE ME WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHAT A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. >> ONE MAN CLEARLY HAS HIS SIGHT ON THAT TITLE. >> [MUSIC] >> I AM THE BRUISERWEIGHT AND NXT UK BELONGS TO ME. AND THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE MINE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> PETER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] YOUR TIME IS UP. AND IN NEW YORK CITY, THE REIGN OF THE BRUISERWEIGHT WILL END BECAUSE THIS TITLE IS MINE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> EUROPEAN WRESTLING HAS BEEN WAITING. THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING. WALTER VERSUS DUNNE. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE OPENING LINES OF THE FOURTH MOVEMENT OF DVORAK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY THAT INSPIRED THE THEMES OF JAWS, ONLY FITTING FOR THIS MEGALODON OF A MAN FROM AUSTRIA WHO HAS TAKEN HUGE POINTS OUT OF THE NXT UK ROSTER. AND NOW FACES THE MAN ON TOP OF THE PILE, “THE BRUISERWEIGHT” PETE DUNNE. >> WALTER PROVING TO BE A CONDUCTOR OF A SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION DURING HIS SHORT TENURE IN NXT UK. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> SPEAKING OF NXT UK, PROUD TO WELCOME THE VOICE OF NXT UK, VIC JOSEPH. AND VIC, IT COULDN’T BE A BIGGER NIGHT FOR THE NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP. WHY IS THE WALKING DOOMSDAY CLOCK WALTER BEING HAILED AS PETE DUNNE’S BIGGEST THREAT. >> WELL, HE ABSOLUTELY IS PETE DUNNE’S BIGGEST THREAT. AND I’M AMAZED THAT WE’RE HERE TONIGHT. I’M EXCITED TO BE HERE. THE PEER PRESENCE OF WALTER IS WHAT MAKES HIM A THREAT. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, NIGEL, IN A VERY SHORT TIME IS UTTER DOMINANCE BY THE RING GENERAL. >> IT’S BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, A MAN OF VERY FEW WORDS BUT ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING ACTIONS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DAYS, THAT IS HOW LONG “THE BRUISERWEIGHT” PETE DUNNE HAS BEEN UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND YOU CAN SEE THE EYES OF THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. AND, NIGEL, WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY ON NXT UK EVERY WEDNESDAY STREAMING RIGHT HERE ON THE WWE NETWORK TO WITNESS PETE DUNNE CONTINUE HIS REIGN THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT. THINK ABOUT THIS NOW, GUYS. HE HAS HELD ON TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP LONGER THAN BROCK LESNAR’S UNIVERSAL REIGN, LONGER THAN AJ STYLES’ HISTORIC REIGN AS WWE CHAMPION, EVEN ASUKA HERE ON NXT. PETE DUNNE HAS SURPASSED THEM ALL. AND DOING IT IN HIS EARLY 20S, LIVING UP TO THE PRODIGY STATUS AND HE IS MORE FOCUSED THAN A LASER, NIGEL, HAVING TO RETAIN THAT TITLE NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. AND AGAIN, ENTERING TONIGHT, IT HAS BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE STATASTIC–STATISTIC, EXCUSE ME. PETE DUNNE HAS RAISED THE PRESTIGE AND THE VISIBILITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER, FROM VIENNA, AUSTRIA WEIGHING IN AT 297 POUNDS, WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND HIS OPPONENT, FROM BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND WEIGHING IN AT 205 POUNDS, HE IS THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, “THE BRUISERWEIGHT” PETE DUNNE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY IN HERE, GUYS. WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND KICKING OFF, WWE UNITED KINGDOM TITLE ON THE LINE. I PROPOSE THIS QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU. IS PETE DUNNE THE UNDERDOG IN THIS MATCHUP? >> I THINK WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT PETE DUNNE HAS OVER ALL OF THESE DAYS, WEEKS, AND MONTHS AS CHAMPION, THERE’S NO WAY HE’S AN UNDERDOG TO ANYONE. BUT I WOULD SAY IT 50/50 BECAUSE THIS MAN, I THINK IS GONNA BE A BIG TROUBLE TO THE BRUISERWEIGHT. >> YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, #NXTUKTITLE. WALTER ALREADY PROVEN TO BE SCARIER THAN THE SHADOW MONSTER CASTING SINISTER SHADOW IN THE RING. AND WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR EARLY IN THIS MATCHUP, NIGEL? >> FOR ME, I THINK WE’RE GONNA SEE WALTER TRY TO EXERT HIS SIZE AND STRENGTH ADVANTAGE AGAINST PETE DUNNE. >> WELL, DUNNE GIVING UP NEARLY A HUNDRED POUNDS TO WALTER IN THIS MATCHUP. AND AGAIN, GUYS, LET’S REMEMBER. IT WAS PETE DUNNE WHO WANTED THIS MATCHUP. >> “GIVE ME WALTER.” AFTER OF COURSE, WALTER MAKING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AT NXT UK: BLACKPOOL, THE TAKEOVER EVENT. >> AND NIGEL, YOU AND I WERE SITTING THERE, CALLING THAT MATCHUP. PETE DUNNE VICTORIOUS AGAIN AND THEN WALTER COMING OUT, DO YOU THINK THAT KIND OF UPSET THE CHAMPION? >> I THINK TO SOME EXTENT. I MEAN, PETE DUNNE IS A MAN WHO’S–IT’S TOUGH TO CATCH HIM OFF-GUARD. >> INSTEAD OF GOING FOR A TEST OF STRENGTH AGAINST THE MUCH BIGGER WALTER, PETE DUNNE SHOWING OFF HIS CRAFTINESS. BUT LOOK AT WALTER, NO NONSENSE. >> AND A SUBMISSION RIGHT– >> CATCH WRESTLER. >> –RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, DUNNE DOING HIS BEST. OH. >> ONCE WALTER HAS A HOLD OF YOU, HE’S NOT LETTING GO FOR SURE, RIGHT HERE. DUNNE ESCAPED THAT TO A TOE-AND-ANKLE. >> AND DUNNE NOW CRANKING THE LEFT ANKLE OF WALTER, SMART STRATEGY, NIGEL, TO TRY TO CHOP DOWN THE BIGGER COMPETITOR. >> ABSOLUTELY, TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE LEGS UNDER THIS BIG MAN. >> OF COURSE, DUNNE, A MASTER OF JOINT MANIPULATION, BUT– >> LOOK AT THIS FACEOFF. >> –WALTER HOPING TO BE THE MASTER HERE TONIGHT. >> WELL, WALTER AT SIX FOOT FOUR INCHES, 297. BUT IT LOOKS PERHAPS HE’S TRAINED A LITTLE BIT LIGHT FOR THIS MATCH. PERHAPS, HE REALIZED THIS COULD GO LONG AND HE WANTED TO HAVE THE CARDIO. >> WELL, YEAH. YOU MENTIONED THAT IN THE PAST, NIGEL, THE CARDIO OF WALTER IF HE WAS TO GO IN THE RING WITH PETE DUNNE HEADING INTO THIS MATCHUP AS NOW THERE’S DUNNE WITH THAT JOINT MANIPULATION, MAURO, THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE LEFT HAND AND BENDING BACK. >> AS A VEGAN, IT’S SURPRISING THAT PETE DUNNE HAS A PROPENSITY FOR FINGER FOOD, LOVES TO JUST WORK THE HANDS AND NOW, WALTER TRYING TO STAVE OFF THAT ATTEMPT. >> OH. OH. WHOA. AND WALTER WAS LOOKING FOR ONE OF THE BIG CHOPS AND STRIKES EARLY, NIGEL. >> ONE OF THE TRADEMARKS OF THE RING GENERAL. >> STUDYING– >> HE LEARNED FIRSTHAND FROM KENTA KOBASHI IN JAPAN. >> YES, THE JAPANESE LEGEND. >> WE’VE SEEN WALTER PUNISH OPPONENTS, UNDEFEATED IN NXT UK COMPETITION, NOW TOSSING AROUND DUNNE. >> LOOK AT THE LOOK ON THE FACE ON PETE DUNNE, FEELING FIRSTHAND THAT STRENGTH FROM THAT POWER DISADVANTAGE AGAIN. >> MY GOODNESS. >> BUT GIVE CREDIT–GIVE CREDIT TO THE CHAMPION. HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN FROM WALTER AND–OH. >> HE AVOIDS THAT LIGHTNING CHOP BY WALTER, WALTER LOOKING TO LIGHT DUNNE UP LIKE TIMES SQUARE HERE IN NEW YORK. AND DUNNE SAYS NONE OF THAT. YOU WOULD THINK A MATCH OF THIS MAGNITUDE, VIC, BOTH OF THEM HAVE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, STUDIED HOURS UPON HOURS OF TAPE KNOWING WHAT TONIGHT MEANS TO NXT UK. >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS ALLOWING NXT UK, THE BRAND ITSELF, TO BE PUT ON A WHOLE NEW PLATFORM HERE AT TAKEOVER AS WE MENTIONED, WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. AND NIGEL, GOING BACK TO THE START OF THIS MATCHUP, WHO DOES THIS SLOW START HELP? DOES IT HELP WALTER MORE OR DOES IT HELP PETE DUNNE? >> WELL, THE WAY THAT THIS SLOW WOULD BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF WALTER BECAUSE HE’S MAINTAINED THAT ADVANTAGE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE BRUISERWEIGHT TO BREATHE, BUT HERE, THROWING A [INDISTINCT] >> A CHOP CONNECTS. >> [INDISTINCT] BANG. >> DOWN GOES DUNNE. AND LOOK AT DUNNE’S FACE, AND NOW WALTER TURNING UP THE AGGRESSION FOR A MOMENT. >> WHAT WILL BE INTERESTING IN THIS MATCH HERE AS YOU MENTIONED THERE, VIC, THE AGGRESSION OF WALTER. >> OH. >> OH. >> AND AGAIN, THE CHOP. >> EVERY CHOP IS KNOCKING PETE DUNNE DOWN. LET’S MAKE NOTE OF THAT. >> WE MENTIONED HOW PETE DUNNE EARLIER LIKES TO ATTACK THE FINGERS AND THE JOINTS. HE ALSO LIKES TO HIT THE BITTER END TO BEAT OPPONENTS. CAN HE GET 300 POUNDS UP TO DO IT? >> WALTER INTO THE COVER FOR A MOMENT AND DUNNE DOING THE WISE THING, ABLE TO ROLL THROUGH FOR JUST A MOMENT. >> OH, BEAUTIFUL. >> BUT NOW WEARING DOWN DUNNE CENTER OF THE RING. AND YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE GRUELING MATCHES PETE DUNNE HAS HAD. >> WALTER SIMPLY OVERPOWERING PETE DUNNE HERE, MODIFIED SCARF HOLD. AND AGAIN, THE NUMBER ONE TREND WORLDWIDE, #NXTTAKEOVER WHERE WE ARE SHOWCASING THE MOST DOMINANT CHAMPION RIGHT NOW IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, THAT BEING THE UK CHAMP, PETE DUNNE. >> DUNNE GOING UP AND OVER, PETE DUNNE NOW TRYING TO USE HIS QUICKNESS HERE AND CHARGES IN AND WHAT A CLOTHESLINE. >> WHAT? >> AGAINST A MERE MORTAL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEVASTATING CLOTHESLINE. WHAT AN ASSAULT AND THE AGILITY OF WALTER. WOW. >> AND WALTER NOW TRYING TO FOLLOW UP, GRABBING ON TO THE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION AND PLACING– >> OH. >> AND NOW–WHERE IS WALTER GOING? >> IT’S LIKE A THUNDERCLAP, THOSE CHOPS. WOW. >> ONE. COME ON. GET HIM OUT OF THERE. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE THE AUSTRIAN ANOMALY, WALTER. ONE NAME SAYS IT ALL. AND HE WANTS TO BE THE ONE REPRESENTING NXT UK MOVING FORWARD. >> AND SPINE-FIRST GOES DUNNE. WALTER SAYING HE WAS GONNA END THE BRUISERWEIGHT TONIGHT. >> AND HE TOLD PETE DUNNE, “YOUR TIME IS UP.” THE CLOCK IS TICKING. >> AND WALTER METHODICAL. AND LOOK AT THE FACE ON PETE DUNNE. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN PETE DUNNE IN PLENTY OF WARS IN NXT UK, BUT HE HAS NEVER FACED ANYONE THE LIKES OF THE RING GENERAL. >> PLENTY OF WARS IN NXT, PERIOD. HE HAS FACED THE MURDERERS’ ROW INCLUDING ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNDISPUTED ERA. AND HE HAS RETAINED THE TITLE AGAINST SOME OF THE TOUGHEST COMPETITION ANYWHERE, BUT HE MAY BE IN SUPER TOUGH TONIGHT AGAINST WALTER. >> AND NOW IT’S WALTER CRANKING ON THE LEFT ANKLE OF PETE DUNNE. AND IF YOU GO BACK, IT WASN’T LONG AGO, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, FOOT INJURIES, ANKLE INJURIES FOR PETE DUNNE. HE HAS FOUGHT THROUGH A LOT. SHOULDER IS DOWN FOR A MOMENT. SHOULDER COMES UP AT ONE. AND NOW LOOK AT DUNNE TRANSITIONING. >> OH, ESCAPED, TRYING PERHAPS TO A KNEE [INDISTINCT] >> HE’S GOT HEEL HOOK. HEEL HOOK EMPLOYED BY PETE DUNNE. >> AND WALTER CENTER OF THE RING. AND LOOK AT WALTER, JUST THE SIGNS OF WALTER. DUNNE NOT LETTING GO, CONTINUING TO CRANK ON THE LEFT ANKLE AND NOW FEET TO THE FACE. DUNNE– >> NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE MATCH– >> OH, MAN. >> –PETE DUNNE HAS HIS OPPONENT DOWN TO HIS SIZE OF THE MATCH. >> BUT AFTER THAT LAST CHOP–AFTER THAT LAST CHOP, THE HOLD BROKEN. AND NOW IT’S WALTER TRYING TO TURN OVER PETE DUNNE. AND HE DOES, INTO THE BOSTON CRAB. >> OH, LOOK AT HOW DEEP–HOW DEEP THE RING GENERAL HAS SAT. >> IS PETE DUNNE– >> OH, MY GOD. >> –GOING TO TAP OUT? LOOK AT THE FACE, THE VEIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREHEAD, AND DUNNE CONTINUING TO FIGHT, NOW CRAWLING TO THE BOTTOM ROPE. AND DUNNE GETS THERE. WALTER BREAKS THE HOLD. >> RING PRESENCE OF PETE DUNNE, SHOWING HIS RESILIENCY AND ALREADY REALIZING THAT WALTER HITS WITH THE FORCE OF A NATURAL CATASTROPHE, AS PETE DUNNE HAS DEFINITELY TASTED THE UNGODLY POWER OF WALTER AND HE’S ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN. >> OH. >> GET HIM INSIDE IN THE RING. >> THE OFFICIAL TELLING WALTER, “GET PETE DUNNE BACK INSIDE OF THE RING.” CAN’T WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE OUT– >> OH, WAIT A MINUTE. DUNNE, DUNNE CATCHES WALTER. AND NOW, PETE DUNNE TRYING TO BEND BACK THE FINGERS AGAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE RIGHT HAND THIS TIME BEING BENT AND WALTER WITH A RIGHT FOOT. CRASHING TO THE OUTSIDE. >> BUT WALTER NOW HAS TO REMEMBER, HE’S GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET PETE DUNNE BACK INTO THE RING. TITLE CANNOT CHANGE HANDS ON A COUNTOUT. LISTEN TO THIS, BAM. >> PETE DUNNE CANNOT GET GOING. HE IS UNABLE TO GET ON TRACK IN THIS NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE DEFENSE. >> WELL, I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, DIDN’T I, HOW PETE DUNNE HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH BIGGER, MORE POWERFUL OPPONENTS. YOU THINK OF THE BIG SCOT, JOE COFFEY, THAT MATCH AT TAKEOVER: BLACKPOOL. >> WALTER WITH RING GENERAL WRITTEN ACROSS HIS TRUNKS. VIC, HE IS LIVING UP TO THE MONIKER AND THEN SOME. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND RIGHT NOW AGAIN, JUST BEATING DOWN THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, THAT BEING PETE DUNNE, BUT LOOK AT THE EYES. LOOK AT THE GRIT, THE DETERMINATION ON THE CHAMPION WHO HAS HELD THE TITLE FOR 685 DAYS. >> THE DETERMINATION OF THE BRUISERWEIGHT WHO GREW UP IN A TOUGH– >> THERE WE GO, DUNNE UNLEASHING NOW, UNLEASHING A FLURRY ON WALTER. >> OH, BUT WALTER STOPPING DUNNE IN HIS TRACKS AND THERE’S THE AGILITY OF PETE DUNNE ON DISPLAY. >> ENZUIGIRI CONNECTS. WALTER IS ROCKED. CAN DUNNE GET THE BIG MAN UP AND OVER? WALTER STANDING SWITCH. DUNNE LANDS ON HIS FEET. AND DUNNE CONNECTS. >> AND THERE’S A SHOW OF PETE DUNNE’S POWER. AND IT SENDS WALTER ROLLING TO THE OUTSIDE. >> THE EX– >> WE HAVE NEVER– >> THE EXPERIENCE OF WALTER, ROLLING IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE KNOWING HE WAS IN TROUBLE. >> WE HAVE NEVER SEEN WALTER IN THIS POSITION, AS DUNNE CONTINUING TO USE HIS MOMENTUM. >> OH, A MOONSAULT. >> A MOONSAULT TO THE FLOOR. >> AND PETE DUNNE WIPES OUT WALTER. GOING TO TAKE FOR PETE DUNNE TO PREVAIL. HE HAS TO UTILIZE THE ROPES. HE HAS TO UTILIZE HIS SPEED. >> HE’S GOT TO USE EVERYTHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE, THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND HIM TO TAKE OUT WALTER, AS THE REFEREE IS UP TO FIVE. AGAIN– >> CHAMPION’S ADVANTAGE. >> CHAMPIONSHIP CANNOT CHANGE HANDS ON A COUNTOUT. WALTER IS IN AT SEVEN. PETE DUNNE’S A FIGHTING CHAMPION. AND LOOK AT DUNNE WALKING RIGHT BACK INTO THE RING. >> LOOK WHERE HE’S GOING. HE’S GOING TO THE TOP ROPE. THAT’S AN INTERESTING STRATEGY AT THIS JUNCTURE IN THE MATCH. AND IT’S NOT PAYING OFF BECAUSE BIG WALTER CAUGHT HIM. >> CHOP BY WALTER. AND NOW IT’S WALTER GOING TO MEET DUNNE ON THE TOP. >> THIS COULD BE PERHAPS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT DUNNE MADE IN THE MATCH BY GOING TO THE TOP ROPE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ROLL UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPES. >> OH, LOOK AT DUNNE AGAIN TO THE FINGERS, TO THE HAND, BENDING BACK THE DIGITS OF WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND NOW DUNNE UP AND OVER. >> WOW. >> CAN HE GET WALTER? >> WALTER HOLDING ON. >> WE’VE TALKED ABOUT DUNNE’S STRENGTH. >> YES, HE DOES. >> THE BRUISERWEIGHT PLANTS WALTER. COVER TO RETAIN AND WALTER JUST KICKS OUT. >> SITTING POWERBOMB ON THE MUCH BIGGER WALTER BY PETE DUNNE. >> AND AGAIN, WALTER ROLLING TO THE OUTSIDE. WE’VE NEVER SEEN WALTER IN THIS CONDITION, NIGEL. >> A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW, WALTER ROLLING TO THE OUTSIDE. BUT LOOK AT THE IMPACT, BRUISER-BOMB, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF POWER FROM PETE DUNNE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 300 POUNDS HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING AND DRIVE IT INTO THE MAT WITH SUCH IMPACT. >> AND TO YOUR POINT, VIC, I DON’T KNOW IF I’VE SEEN PETE DUNNE THIS VULNERABLE IN AN NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BEFORE. >> THESE TWO SUPERSTARS LAYING IT ON THE LINE NOW. BIGGEST STAGE FOR PETE DUNNE AND WALTER, AND DUNNE ALL THE WAY DOWN, DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO THE MASSIVE CHEST OF WALTER. >> SKY-HIGH DOUBLE FOOT STOMP. AND THAT WILL DRIVE THE WIND OUT OF THE SAILS OF WALTER. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH CONDITIONING IS CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE THE BIGGER MAN. >> TAKE A LOOK, NIGEL, AT THIS. >> THAT’S GOT TO BE 10, 15 FEET THROUGH THE AIR. YOU HEARD THE IMPACT OF THE DOUBLE BOOT INTO THE CHEST, DRIVING THE WIND OUT AND JUST MAY HAVE BROKEN OR CRACKED A RIB. >> AND AGAIN, THE REFEREE COUNTING UP TO FOUR AND DUNNE GONNA GET WALTER RIGHT BACK INTO THE RING. DUNNE DOESN’T WANNA RETAIN HIS CHAMPIONSHIP ON A COUNTOUT. HE WANTS TO BEAT WALTER AND PROVE THAT HE IS THE MOST DOMINANT IN NXT UK. >> AND WANTING TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY IN THE RING, WANTING TO WIN BY PINFALL OR SUBMISSION. MALFUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION THERE. >> OH, WALTER JUST HIT A DROPKICK. >> WOW, SHOTGUN DROPKICK BY WALTER. >> THAT’S 300 POUNDS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. AND NOW WALTER HAS THE SLEEPER POSSIBLY LOCKED IN, HAS DUNNE TO THE TOP ROPE. AND WALTER’S GONNA HAVE TO BREAK THE HOLD. WHOA. >> OH, MAN. >> WALTER HAS DUNNE. >> WOW. >> OH, TURNED DUNNE INSIDE OUT. >> THE NO-NONSENSE WALTER. >> WALTER LOOKING FOR THE POWERBOMB. >> THAT’S IT, NEW CHAMPION. >> [INDISTINCT] COVER. >> AND DUNNE KICKS OUT. WALTER PUT ALL 300 POUNDS ACROSS THE SHOULDERS? HE ACTUALLY CAME OFF THE MAT. >> WE HAVE SEEN WALTER DEFEAT EVERYONE HE’S FACED WITH THE POWERBOMB, IT COULDN’T GET THE JOB DONE YET HERE AGAINST PETE DUNNE. WHAT A MATCH. >> FORCING THE BRUISERWEIGHT TO EXPEND EVEN MORE ENERGY. AND NOW CONDITIONING BECOMES A BIG FACTOR IN THIS MATCH. >> AND GUYS, WHAT ABOUT THE TOLL, THE TRAVEL, THE PRESSURE OF BEING A CHAMPION FOR 685 DAYS? IT HAS TO BE TAXING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY AND AGAIN, FACING A THREAT THE SIZE OF WALTER, AGAIN, DUNNE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE HERE TONIGHT. >> WELL, WALTER NOW TRYING TO HOIST UP DUNNE. BACK OF THE CHAMPION. WALTER NOW. DUNNE ALMOST LOOKS OUT ON HIS FEET. WHAT A CHOP. >> OH. >> WOW. >> REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT THE CONFINES OF THE RECORD CROWD HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN. >> OH. >> WOW. OH. >> DUNNE’S KNEES BUCKLED. WALTER STOMPS ON THE CHAMPION. >> THIS DISPLAY OF BRUTALITY IS ALMOST UNGODLY. >> [INDISTINCT] THE BLOOD VESSELS IN THE CHEST OF PETE DUNNE. HELLBOY-ESQUE RIGHT HAND COULD BE IN THE FUTURE OF PETE DUNNE. >> OH, AND DUNNE CONTINUING TO FIGHT BACK. AND LOOK AT DUNNE AGAIN UNLEASHING FLURRIES BUT A CHOP FROM WALTER. >> AND ALL IT TAKES IS ONE, VIC, TO EQUALIZE. >> IT’S THE UNBELIEVABLE STRENGTH IN THE CHALLENGER. BUT WALTER HAS NOT LET GO OF THE LEFT WRIST OF PETE DUNNE. >> TAKE A LOOK AT PETE DUNNE’S BODY. IT IS BRUISES AND WELTS ALL OVER IT. >> OH. >> OH, HOLD ON. >> WAIT A MINUTE, DUNNE TRYING TO BEND THE HANDS, TRYING TO SNAP THE FINGERS OF WALTER. AND NOW A TEST OF STRENGTH AND WALTER OF THE RING. >> SURELY ONLY ONE MAN’S GONNA WIN THIS. >> AND ANOTHER STOMP RIGHT TO THE FACE OF THE CHAMPION. >> WHAT? >> OH, A SPINNING HEAD SNAP RIGHT TO THE THROAT OF PETE DUNNE. >> WALTER GOING FOR THE POWERBOMB, TRIED TO CONNECT IT THE SECOND TIME. STEP-UP ENZUIGIRI BY DUNNE. WALTER’S DOWN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NXT UNIVERSE SHOWCASING ITS APPROBATION FOR THIS WRESTLING CLINIC. >> YEAH, BUT BIG WALTER WENT DOWN HARD WITH THAT ENZUIGIRI. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WELL, WHAT A NIGHT IT IS FOR THE NXT UK BRAND HERE. >> AND LOOK AT PETE DUNNE, THE CHAMPION WHO HAS BEEN THE LEADER OF THE BRAND, THE CORNERSTONE OF NXT UK TAKING ON HIS BIGGEST TEST TO DATE, THAT BEING WALTER. >> HAND IS TRAPPED. >> OH. >> OH. >> FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER KICK. AND NOW IT’S DUNNE AGAIN SCALING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. >> SPEAKING OF SCALES, WALTER WON’T BE PLAYING ANY CONCERTOS WITH THAT KIND OF OFFENSE FROM DUNNE. >> HE WON’T BE CHOPPING ANYMORE MUCH IF HE’D BREAK THOSE FINGERS, TOO. >> WELL, NOW WALTER WHO CAUGHT THE BRUISERWEIGHT, THE MASSIVE HANDS NOW LOCKING AROUND THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, DUNNE HANGING OUT FOR EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. >> THE VISE-LIKE GRIP WITH BOTH HANDS NOW ON THE TURNBUCKLE. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS. >> OH, WOW. >> NIGEL– >> TRYING TO GET THAT SLEEPER HOLD, HE HAS SUPLEXED OPPONENTS OUT OF THE SLEEPER HOLD. >> OH, DUNNE JUST SMASHED WALTER’S HAND AGAINST THE POST. >> THE GRIT AND DETERMINATION FROM THE AUSTRIAN, REFUSING TO GIVE UP ON THIS SUPLEX ATTEMPT. >> WALTER AGAIN. AND UP AND OVER GOES DUNNE. WALTER, CAN HE GET IT TO THE COVER? ARE WE ABOUT TO WITNESS A NEW WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION? AND DUNNE KICKS OUT AGAIN. >> DUNNE ABLE TO KICK OUT FROM THAT AVALANCHE SLEEPER SUPLEX, INCREDIBLE. >> JUST LOOK AT THIS VICIOUS MANEUVER AND THE WAY DUNNE LANDED, LIKE YOU’D GET OUT OF A CAR IN A CAR WRECK. GOOD LORD. [SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> YOU SEE WALTER THOUGH, GUYS. HE’S GOING–HE’S HOLDING HIS HANDS. HE’S CLUTCHING AT HIS FISTS. HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE MASSIVE HANDS OF WALTER? >> AND AS IMPRESSIVE AS WALTER HAS LOOKED, HE IS YET TO VANQUISH THE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, PETE DUNNE. >> BUT HE IS GETTING CLOSER. OH. AGAIN, IT’S THE [INDISTINCT] >> WAIT A MINUTE, IT’S DUNNE. DUNNE JUST CAUGHT THE–CAUGHT THE HAND OF WALTER. AND AGAIN [INDISTINCT] >> MAKE A WISH. MAKE A WISH. >> AND AGAIN, DUNNE TO THE FINGERS. >> NOW BOTH HANDS DAMAGED. >> WAIT A MINUTE. GERMAN SUPLEX CONNECTS. >> SNAP GERMAN. >> DUNNE TRYING TO FOLLOW UP AND–OH, CRUCIFIX PIN. SHOULDERS DOWN TO RETAIN, WALTER– >> OH, WOW [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] HAS PUT HIM AWAY WITH THAT ROLLING CRUCIFIX AFTER WALTER DOING HIS BEST TO CRUCIFY THE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION HERE TONIGHT. >> WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS AND TAKE THE WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP HOME? >> A WAR OF ATTRITION HERE IN BROOKLYN TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM’S–HEY, THIS MATCH ALREADY AS CONTENTIOUS AS BREXIT, GUYS. >> ALMOST A STUNNED SILENCE NOW TURNS INTO A CACOPHONY OF RESPECT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. AND LOOK AT THE BRUISERWEIGHT. >> STOMPED, UNPROTECTED TO THE SIDE OF THE JAW. >> JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER, ONE AFTER ANOTHER BY DUNNE. WALTER IS ROCKED AND NOW IT’S WALTER ANSWERING BACK, MAYBE WITH ONE LAST-DITCH EFFORT FROM BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS. PETE DUNNE ANSWERS RIGHT BACK, REPEATEDLY BY DUNNE. >> AND DUNNE HAS THE ADVANTAGE– >> WAIT A MINUTE. DUNNE GOT CAUGHT. IS DUNNE GONNA TAP OUT? THROUGH AND AGAIN, RIGHT BACK TO THE FACE. >> TAKING ME BACK TO THE PRIDE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP DAYS IN JAPAN WITH THOSE HEAD STOMPS. >> AND WALTER–OH, THE FINGER’S BENT. IS WALTER GONNA TAP OUT? >> [INDISTINCT] >> IS THIS IT? IS WALTER GONNA GIVE UP ON THE BIGGEST STAGE HERE AT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK? THE FINGER BEING BENT, NO WAY FOR WALTER TO LET GO. IS WALTER GONNA QUIT? WILL THE REIGN CONTINUE FOR PETE DUNNE? >> HOW TOUGH IS WALTER? >> OH, DUNNE CONTINUING RELENTLESSLY AND AGAIN, THAT LENGTH OF WALTER COMING INTO PLAY. >> YUP. HIS PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES SERVING HIM WELL THERE, BUT PETE DUNNE’S RESILIENCE, PETE DUNNE’S TENACITY HAS GIVEN HIM AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO CHOP WALTER DOWN TO SIZE. >> AND IT HAS PULLED THE BRUISERWEIGHT BACK INTO THIS CONTEST. I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF THE MATCH GOES LONG, HOW THAT COULD AFFECT THE BIGGER OPPONENT LIKE WALTER. STARTING TO BREATHE VERY HEAVILY. >> PETE DUNNE WON THE NXT WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 2017 MATCH OF THE YEAR AT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO AGAINST TYLER BATE, WOULD LOVE TO RETAIN HERE ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN NXT HISTORY. >> OH. >> OH, WALTER, ALMOST THAT OPEN PALM STRIKE, JUST A BARE SLAP TO DUNNE. AND NOW DUNNE AND AGAIN–OH, THE CHAMPION– >> OH, MY GOD. >> –DROPPED FROM THE TOP ROPE. AND NOW WHERE IS WALTER GOING? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> NO WAY. WALTER ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP ROPE. >> WELL, IF HE HITS THIS, IT’S [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] AND HE GETS CAUGHT. HE GETS CAUGHT. DUNNE AGAIN HAS WALTER CAUGHT. >> DUNNE LOOKING FOR THE TRIANGLE. GOT TO BE CAREFUL IF HIS SHOULDERS ARE DOWN. >> AND LOOK AT THE FINGERS, AGAIN ARE BENT. >> CLOSED IT DOWN. >> WALTER MAY BE OUT. >> OH [INDISTINCT] NOW, REVERSAL BY DUNNE. >> DUNNE TRYING TO SNAP THE FINGERS ONE MORE TIME. >> BUT THE STRENGTH, THE STRENGTH OF WALTER. >> SNAP, CRACKLE, POP. >> SHOULDERS– >> LOOK AT THAT. >> WALTER ABLE TO FIGHT HIS WAY FREE. OH. >> WALTER JUST BEATING THE HELL OUT OF PETE DUNNE. >> AT THIS POINT, WALTER ALMOST ON A PURE DESPERATION, WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SUBMISSION ATTEMPT BY DUNNE. >> WALTER PROVING TO BE A THROWBACK TO THE ERAS LED BY WWE HALL OF FAMER– >> HAMMERING AWAY AGAIN. >> –BRUNO SAMMARTINO. >> ONCE AGAIN, IT’S DUNNE WITH THE LEFT HAND. DUNNE, WHOSE OFFENSE IS FOCUSED AROUND THE FINGERS OF WALTER AND– >> OH, AND THAT FOCUS MAY BE HURTING PETE DUNNE, NIGEL. >> AGAIN, GOING TO–OH. >> AND NOW– >> TRYING TO GET BACK TO WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO THE RACE IN THE FIRST TIME. >> AND NOW IT’S WALTER STOMPING AWAY, BUT DUNNE HAS NOT LET GO OF THE LEFT HAND. >> DUNNE IS UP. >> AND I WONDER IF HE SHOULDN’T LET GO–SHOULD LET GO OF THE LEFT HAND. TRY TO CREATE THAT SEPARATION. >> [INDISTINCT] >> THIS IS IT. >> WHOA. >> OH, MY GOD. >> BURNING LARIAT BY WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> CHALLENGER FOLLOWING UP, CHARGES IN INTO A FOREARM. THE CHAMPION BLOCKS WALTER, CLOTHESLINE TAKES DOWN THE RING GENERAL AND NOW DUNNE, SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM. OH, BITTER END CONNECTS, PETE DUNNE TO RETAIN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WHAT? >> WALTER KICKS OUT AT TWO. >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WALTER JUST KICKED OUT OF THE BITTER END. THAT’S HOW DUNNE HAS RETAINED THE TITLE ON MYRIAD OCCASIONS. >> OH, WOW. I WONDER WHAT THAT DOES TO THE PSYCHE OF PETE DUNNE. >> IF YOU’RE PETE DUNNE, WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? >> WELL, YOU SAW FOR A MOMENT THE EYES OF DUNNE HAVING THAT LOOK THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP, NIGEL. WHAT’S NEXT? WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? WAS THAT DUNNE’S BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PUT WALTER AWAY TONIGHT? >> YOU SEE IT IN HIS BODY LANGUAGE. DUNNE IS DEMORALIZED. DUNNE THOUGHT HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE NEW YORK WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE NXT UNIVERSE STUNNED AS WELL. I THINK THEY KNOW, WE ARE PERHAPS ON THE VERGE OF LOSING, OF SEEING THE END OF THE MOST HISTORIC TITLE REIGN OF THE MODERN ERA. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> HE’S DONE IT BEFORE, HE CAN DO IT AGAIN, AND IS PETE DUNNE THE BRUISERWEIGHT? CAN HE RISE TO THE OCCASION AGAIN TONIGHT, AGAINST THE RING GENERAL? >> HAS DUNNE MET HIS DAY? >> AND DUNNE WITH A FOREARM. OH. >> OH, WOW, WHAT A COUNTER BY WALTER. >> MAN, DUNNE FORCED TO DIG DOWN DEEP AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE CHOPS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WALTER WANTING MORE, BECKONING DUNNE ON. >> WELL DUNNE SAID, “GIVE ME WALTER,” WALTER’S SAYING, “I’M RIGHT HERE, COME ON.” >> COME ON. COME ON. >> OH, AND AGAIN, WALTER RETURNING FIRE. >> AND NOW DUNNE ANSWERING BACK. >> OH, WALTER AND DUNNE, CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER. >> WHAT A BATTLE. >> OKAY. THE DYNAMITE EXPLODING HERE AT TAKEOVER NEW YORK. >> THIS IS WHAT NXT UK IS ALL ABOUT. >> OH. >> OH, MY GOD. >> HE JUST GOT LAID OUT. >> HE’S OUT. HE’S OUT. COME ON. >> HE IS [INDISTINCT] >> COVER HIM NOW. >> WALTER TO THE OUTSIDE. >> OH, WOW. >> AGAIN, IT’S WALTER LOOKING TO CLIMB, DUNNE IS OUT. DUNNE IS OUT. >> THE CROWD HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER ON ITS FEET IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD WITNESS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. >> WALTER– >> DUNNE WITH THE FINGERS AGAIN AND HE SNAPPED THEM BACK. IT’S DUNNE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE. >> PETE DUNNE HAD TO BE PLAYING POSSUM, HAD TO BE LYING IN WAIT. >> AND DUNNE NOW GOING TO THE TOP, MEETING WALTER. ONE LAST HUGE MOVE FROM THE BRUISERWEIGHT. >> OH, WOW. >> TRYING TO GET UP THERE PERHAPS FOR A HURRICANRANA. >> PRECARIOUS POSITION. >> WELL, THE POSITION OF THAT ARM COULD BE LOOKING AT–YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> TRYING FOR A TRIANGLE. >> TRIANGLE UP THE TOP. >> HE’S NOT GONNA GET A SUBMISSION ON THE ROPES. >> OH. >> HE’S GONNA RECEIVE MORE BLISTERING CHOPS COURTESY OF WALTER. >> WAIT A MINUTE. >> OH, NO. >> OH, MY. >> NO, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? >> POWERBOMB FROM THE TOP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BUT LOOK [INDISTINCT] HE’S BACK TO THE TOP. THE CHAMPION IS PRONE. >> WATCH IT. >> WATCH IT. >> [INDISTINCT] >> THE COVER. HOOKS THE LEG. >> WALTER IS THE NEW WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> YOUR WINNER AND NEW WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, WALTER. >> WALTER HAS DETHRONED DUNNE IN NEW YORK. >> STUNNING DISPLAY OF POWER BY WALTER WHO BECOMES THE NEW UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION, BUT LET’S ALSO NOT FORGET JUST HOW DOMINANT THE BRUISERWEIGHT PETE DUNNE WAS HOLDING THE TITLE, AN ASTRONOMICAL 685 DAYS. >> SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DAYS INDEED, AND, NIGEL, THIS WAS THE MATCH WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR MONTHS, IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE. LET’S GO BACK TO SO MANY ACTION IN THIS AMAZING CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AND, GUYS, JUST ABSOLUTELY BRUTALITY. >> YEAH, BRUTAL CHANGING OF THE CARD, IS WHAT WE JUST WITNESSED. >> THE INCREDIBLE BRUTALITY. OH, THE SOUNDS OF THOSE IMPACTS, A WAR OF ATTRITION BETWEEN TWO GLADIATORS. >> A TURNING POINT IN THE MATCHUP, RIGHT–BAM, THAT RIGHT FOOT LAID PETE DUNNE OUT. DUNNE WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOW THE HEART OF A CHAMPION AND IN THE END, WALTER WITH THIS HUGE POWERBOMB, BOOM, PLANTING DUNNE THE CENTER OF THE RING AND THEN MOMENTS LATER, 685 DAYS ERASED BY, BAM, THAT MASSIVE SPLASH FROM WALTER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> WALTER DELIVERING A BITTER END TO PETE DUNNE’S LEGENDARY UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN. >> WELL, NO DOUBT, THERE HAS BEEN A SEISMIC SHIFT, NIGEL, IN NXT UK. THE WALTER ERA HAS BEGUN. >> YOU ARE NOT KIDDING. GOOD LUCK STOPPING THIS MOUNTAIN OF A MAN. WHAT A HISTORIC MOMENT WE HAVE JUST BEEN WITNESS TO. >> AND YOU CAN HEAR, VIC JOSEPH AND NIGEL MCGUINNESS, CHRONICLE, THE EXPLOITS OF WALTER AND THE REST OF THE NXT UK BRAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON THE WWE NETWORK. BUT THERE’S THE FORMER CHAMPION, PETE DUNNE. >> AND LET’S GO BACK AGAIN, NIGEL, WE’VE NEVER SEEN WALTER GO TO THE TOP ROPE BEFORE. >> NOT THAT HE HAD [INDISTINCT] STOPS IN THE MATCH. HE TRIED IT EARLIER IN THE MATCH, HE GOT CAUGHT BY PETE DUNNE, BUT WHEN HE HAD EXHAUSTED THE CHAMPION ENOUGH FOR THAT POWERBOMB OFF THE TOP, HE WAS ABLE TO BEAT HIM. >> WALTER, YOUR NEW WWE UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPION. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> I DON’T CARE WHO I HAVE TO BEAT, I AM RECLAIMING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE FROM ME. >> I’M DESERVING. I’M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HOW DESERVING I AM. >> I’M GOING TO EMBARRASS AND HUMILIATE CHARLOTTE AND BECKY ON THE GRANDEST STAGE OF THEM ALL. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS, OUR WOMEN WILL BE THE MAIN EVENT OF WRESTLEMANIA. IT’S WINNER TAKE ALL. >> WRESTLEMANIA, STREAMING ON WWE NETWORK, WATCH ANYTIME ON DEMAND. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] EILISH FOR “YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN,” ONE OF THE OFFICIAL THEME SONGS OF NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK. IT’S AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES AND SPOTIFY. AND TALK ABOUT KINGS AND QUEENS, MISTER MCGUINNESS. >> OH, ABSOLUTELY HUSBAND AND WIFE, WWE HALL OF FAMERS, BOTH [INDISTINCT] AND BETH PHOENIX OF COURSE, THEY WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. [INDISTINCT] >> AND OF COURSE BETH PHOENIX COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TEAMING WITH NATALYA AND SHE WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM TITLES. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND, OF COURSE, NATALYA’S [INDISTINCT] ARE GOING IN THE HALL OF FAME TOMORROW AS PART OF THE HART FOUNDATION. >> WELL, ABSOLUTELY, BUT WE HAVE THREE VERY CREDIBLE CHALLENGERS ALL GUNNING FOR A TITLE TONIGHT, SHAYNA BASZLER IS IN A TOUGH NIGHT BECAUSE IO SHIRAI, KAIRI SANE, BOTH HOLD VICTORIES OVER HER, WHILE BELAIR HAS SURVIVED BASZLER’S KIRIFUDA CLUTCH LONGER THAN ANYONE. CAN THE QUEEN OF SPADES MAINTAIN HER THRONE OR WE’LL NOW TONIGHT SEE THE END OF HER REIGN? >> I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHAMPIONSHIP, REALLY LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT IT, GET IT ON THIS, ZOOM IT ON THIS, LOOK AT THIS TITLE. THIS IS THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD BY THE MOST DOMINANT FORCE THIS BUSINESS HAS EVER SEEN. >> SHAYNA BASZLER’S A SCARY GOOD CHAMPION. >> I’M SO DOMINANT THEY HAD TO STOP GIVING ME ONE-ON-ONE MATCHES TO DEFEND THIS AND THEY’RE THROWING THREE AT ME NOW. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> I DON’T CARE IF IT’S KAIRI, BIANCA, OR IO, I’M READY TO TAKEOVER NEW YORK. >> GIRL, UH-UH. >> KIRIFUDA CLUTCH. >> [BELL RINGING] >> I’M NOT GONNA FOCUS ON THE PAST. >> BIANCA BELAIR NO LONGER UNDEFEATED. >> I’M FOCUSING ON THE PRESENT. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> BEING UNDEFEATED IS A MINDSET. YOU GUYS JUST [INDISTINCT] WHO HAVE SHEAMUS’ BACK, IO AND KAIRI ARE BEST FRIENDS, AND ALL I HAVE IS ME, MYSELF, AND I, BUT THAT’S ALL ON ME TO GET THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE I’M UNDEFEATED. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> IO AND I BOTH WANT THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> IS THE GENIUS OF THE SKY, IO SHIRAI, GOING TO BE THE NEW NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION? >> I WILL FLY HIGHER THAN EVER AS CHAMPION. >> IF WE NEED TO, WE WILL FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> THE NXT WOMEN’S TITLE IS THE ULTIMATE TREASURE. >> WILL KAIRI SANE BECOME A TWO-TIME NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION? >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> I’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE, EVERY WORD, EVERY THREAT, EVERY BROKEN PROMISE FROM EVERYBODY IN THAT LOCKER ROOM. >> BASZLER DOING HER BEST TO SILENCE EVERYONE IN THE NXT WOMEN’S DIVISION. >> THE PROBLEM IS THEY PICKED THREE WILD ANIMALS AND THIS? >> BIANCA BELAIR IS GOING TO WALK OUT THE NEXT NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION. >> THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF THE RED MEAT I NEED TO HANG IN FRONT OF THEM. >> I HAVE BEEN CHAMPION BEFORE. >> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HANG A PIECE OF RED MEAT IN FRONT OF A PACK OF WILD ANIMALS? >> BUT THEY’VE SEEN NOTHING YET. >> I’M GONNA SIT BACK AND WATCH THEM TEAR EACH OTHER APART FOR THIS. >> I AM READY TO TAKE OVER. >> WHILE YOU HEAR “AND STILL NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION.” >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> NXT SUPERSTAR WHO HAS GOTTEN THE BEST OF SHAYNA BASZLER FIRST IN THE FINALS OF THE INAUGURAL MAE YOUNG CLASSIC AND THEN TO BECOME NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION. THIS IS KAIRI SANE, THE PIRATE PRINCESS. >> [BELL RINGING] >> THE FOLLOWING FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGERS, FIRST FROM YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN, KAIRI SANE. >> AND PERCY, THE PIRATE PRINCESS IS ENJOYING SMOOTH-SAILING HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER. IT WAS AT NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN FOUR LAST AUGUST WHERE SHE SUPPLANTED BASZLER AS NXT WOMEN’S CHAMP. >> AS YOU’VE SAID BEFORE, SHE’S HAD A GREAT CAREER SO FAR. SHE’S IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH LAST YEAR, THE FIRST EVER WOMEN’S BATTLE ROYAL AT MANIA LAST YEAR, WON THE MAE YOU CLASSIC, AND HAS ALSO HELD THE TITLE, MATTER OF FACT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE WILL STILL BE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION IF IT WASN’T FOR MARINA SHAFIR AND JESSAMYN DUKE INTERFERING AT EVOLUTION. >> YES. >> TO YOUR POINT, PERCY, AND TO YOUR POINT, MAURO, KAIRI SANE [INDISTINCT] FEEL A CERTAIN SENSE OF CONFIDENCE TO COME BACK TO THE SAME VENUE THAT SHE WON THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> AMEN. SHE IS ALWAYS SUPREMELY CONFIDENT, A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY, HAS REALLY ENDEARED HERSELF TO THE NXT UNIVERSE, AND SHE HAS SAID THAT SHE IS HERE IN BROOKLYN TO RECLAIM HER TREASURE. >> [MUSIC PLAYING] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> MEANWHILE, THE EST OF NXT, BIANCA BELAIR, THE LAST TO CHALLENGE THE QUEEN OF SPADES, SHAYNA BASZLER, BUT SHE FELL SHORT. >> NEXT, FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, BIANCA BELAIR. >> WELL, YES, MAURO, SHE DID FALL SHORT IN TERMS OF NOT WINNING THE TITLE, BUT SHE PROVED HER LUCK TO HERSELF, TO THE NXT UNIVERSE, TO ME AS WELL, SHE’S BATTLES THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH LONGER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK THERE AT THE TIGHTS OF BIANCA BELAIR. >> SHE DESIGNS HER OWN TIGHTS. SHE’S VERY GOOD WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD, SHE SAID. >> IMAGES OF ALL THE OFFENSE AGAINST EVERY ONE OF HER OPPONENTS HERE TONIGHT. >> [MUSIC] >> THEY WILL BE HOPING TO REENACT SOME OF THAT OFFENSE HERE. >> AND AS ALWAYS, YOU NEED TO BEWARE THE HAIR. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> MAKING HER WAY TO THE RING FROM TOKYO, JAPAN, IO SHIRAI. >> AND, PERCY, THE GENIUS OF THE SKY, IO SHIRAI, THE LONE PARTICIPANT IN THIS FATAL FOUR-WAY WHO HAS YET TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT SHE, ALONG WITH HER SKY PIRATE PARTNER, KAIRI SANE, ONLY SUPERSTARS TO PIN BASZLER IN NXT. >> THAT’S RIGHT. SPECIFICALLY IN A SIX-WOMAN TAG TEAM MATCH [INDISTINCT] SHAYNA BASZLER BEFORE WITH THE HORSEWOMEN AND IT WAS BIANCA, KAIRI, AND IO. AND IO WAS THE ONE WITH THE PIN, BIANCA IS THE LONE SOLDIER IN THERE WITHOUT A VICTORY OR HAS GOT A PIN OVER BASZLER. >> WELL, IT’D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SANE AND SHIRAI GOES OUT THE WINDOW IN THIS MATCH. >> [MUSIC] >> NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK IS DELIVERED TO YOU BY PAPA JOHN’S. ANY LARGE HANDCRAFTED SPECIALTY PIZZA, JUST 12 BUCKS. >> [MUSIC] >> SHIRAI, A MEMBER OF THE INFAMOUS TRIPLE TAILS TEAM, THE FORMER FREE AGENTS IN JAPAN WITH HER SISTER AND THE FORMER SMACKDOWN LIVE CHAMPION, ASUKA. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> LED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HORSEWOMEN, THE ONLY TWO-TIME NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION, THE ALPHA FEMALE, SHAYNA BASZLER. AND TALK ABOUT REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY, SHE THINKS SHE’S BEEN MISTREATED? SHE’S BEEN TREATING THE REST OF THE DIVISION LIKE A BABY TREATS A DIAPER, PERCY. >> I COMPLETELY AGREE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE BROUGHT ALL THIS UPON HERSELF. ALL SHE’S BEEN TRYING TO DO IS BULLY AND INTIMIDATE THE WOMEN’S DIVISION. THIS COST HER. IF SHE WERE TO LAST LONG ENOUGH ALONE [INDISTINCT] THIS MATCH, SHE WILL BE FACING EITHER IO OR BIANCA IN SINGLES COMPETITION. >> [MUSIC] >> AND THEIR OPPONENTS FROM SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, SHE IS THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION SHAYNA BASZLER. >> AND WHILE WE ARE ABOUT TO MARVEL THE CAPTAINS OF THEIR CRAFT, TONIGHT NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK HAS SIX OF THE TOP TEN TRENDS WORLDWIDE. NOTHING CAN STOP US. WE’RE ALL THE WAY UP, NIGEL. >> CERTAINLY NXT IS WHAT THE WORLD IS NOT ONLY WATCHING, BUT IT’S WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, AND RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS FATAL FOUR-WAY WITH THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [MUSIC] >> THE QUEEN OF SPADES THERE. >> [MUSIC] >> BASZLER SEAMINGLESS–SEAMLESSLY MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM MMA TO NXT, AND LOOK AT THIS, THREE-ON-ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN HERE, PERCY. AND THERE IT IS, THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE NXT WOMEN’S DIVISION WHERE SHAYNA BASZLER ALREADY MAKING HISTORY, BUT TONIGHT, FACING THREE OTHER FORMIDABLE FOES IN THE FORM OF BIANCA BELAIR, KAIRI SANE, AND IO SHIRAI FATAL FOUR-WAY RULES, >> NO COUNT OUTS, NO DISQUALIFICATIONS. >> OH, THERE WE GO. >> AS THIS ONE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN, THE ODDS ARE CERTAINLY AGAINST THE CHAMPION. >> AND IMMEDIATELY THE SKY PIRATES GET THROWN OUT OF THE RING AND HERE’S– >> SIMILAR SITUATION AT TAKEOVER PHOENIX. >> THE LAST TAKEOVER EVENT WHERE BELAIR CAME SO CLOSE TO SUPPLANTING THE CHAMPION, AND BELAIR POUND-FOR-POUND MAYBE THE BEST ATHLETE IN NXT, ALREADY TOSSING SHAYNA BASZLER AROUND. >> WELL, LOOK HOW CALM SHAYNA BASZLER STAYS. OH, LOOK AT THIS. >> BASZLER ALREADY LOOK WELL-SCOUTED BY BELAIR. OH, THE POWER. WOW. QUICK COVER HERE BY BIANCA BELAIR. >> OH, WOW. >> THOSE KNEES [INDISTINCT] SHIRAI, BELAIR WITH THE COVER AGAIN, THE CHAMPION DOESN’T NEED TO BE PINNED OR SUBMITTED TO LOSE THE TITLE. >> SO SHAYNA BASZLER HAS GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL, COVER AGAIN. >> OH, AND THIS TIME IT’S KAIRI SANE. >> SANE HITTING A NECKBREAKER RATHER JUST TRYING TO BREAK OUT THE PIN IN A CONVENTIONAL MANNER. >> YEAH. RUNNING BLOCKBUSTER THERE BY KAIRI SANE, OH, DOUBLE THRUST BY BELAIR. >> WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUH? >> WOW. SANE’S NOT GONNA TAKE ANY CUT FROM BELAIR. OH. BUT BELAIR’S GONNA DELIVER THAT [INDISTINCT] >> JUST MOWED DOWN KAIRI SANE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, IT’S OUT OF HERE. >> UH-OH, SOME [INDISTINCT] POWER ON DISPLAY HERE BY IO SHIRAI. IT WAS MAYBE ICHIRO SUZUKI, THE LEGENDARY JAPANESE PLAYER, JUST ENDED HIS LEGENDARY CAREER, DOUBLE DROPKICK THERE BY THE SKY PIRATES ON BELAIR. >> WAIT A SECOND, NOW WE’RE BETWEEN SANE AND SHIRAI. >> YEAH. BELAIR TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, SHE’S ALONE IN THIS THING KAIRI AND IO HAVE EACH OTHER. >> SHIRAI AND SANE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS GOING BACK TO THEIR DAYS IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN. AND THEY’RE ONE STEP AHEAD HERE OF THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION, OR IS IT TWO STEPS AHEAD? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND NOW WHAT DO YOU DO? THE SKY PIRATES, TO YOUR POINT, NIGEL, IT’S EVERY WOMAN FOR THEMSELVES. >> TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, MAURO [INDISTINCT] IT COMES TO BEATING THE CHAMPION. >> WELL, LOOK AT THIS. THEY GET IT, IT’S ALL ABOUT COMPETITION, THEY KNOW THAT SOONER OR LATER THAT AT ONE POINT IN THIS MATCH, IT MIGHT BE THEMSELVES FIGHTING EACH OTHER. >> THIS ISN’T THE POINT NOW, >> THEY’VE HAD PITCH BATTLES IN JAPAN. >> OH, THIS IS A MISTAKE. >> A FRIEND BASED ON RESPECT AND THEY WANNA SHOWCASE THAT THEY ARE WORTHY TO BE THE NEXT NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION. >> WHY EXPEND ENERGY? >> JOSHI PURORESU AT ITS BEST HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER. OH, WELL, LEAVE IT TO SHAYNA TO THE CHAGRIN OF THE NXT UNIVERSE, OH WHOA. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT BEWARE THE HAIR, I THINK THAT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT IT ACTUALLY HURT BIANCA BELAIR. >> [INDISTINCT] >> OH, NO, WE’VE SEEN–THIS IS HOW BASZLER MADE A STATEMENT AGAINST DAKOTA KAI WHEN BASZLER MADE HER NXT DEBUT, OH MY GOD. >> AND OF COURSE THE FATAL FOUR-WAY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, NO DISQUALIFICATION. SHAYNA BASZLER HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE SADISTIC AT TIMES, CAN DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS. >> OH, AND YET WITH THAT INJURED ARM, BIANCA BELAIR KNOWING THE STAKES, SHOWING OFF HER ATHLETICISM, DROPKICK ON BASZLER. AND BIANCA BELAIR, HOMEGROWN SUCCESS STORY FROM THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER, ELEVATING HERSELF TO CHALLENGER STATUS, HAS HAD ONE OPPORTUNITY. >> OH, WHOA, LOOK AT THIS. >> OH, NO. >> BASZLER LYING IN WAIT. OH, WOW. >> BRING BACK ANY MEMORIES, NIGEL, MY GOD. WOW. BASZLER FACE FIRST INTO THE POST. >> INCREDIBLE. AS WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, LISTEN TO THIS. FIRST TO BLOCK, OH, MY GOD. >> OH, QUICK COVER, AND BELAIR WAITING FOR THE COVER. >> AND BIANCA BELAIR ALMOST FINISHED HER CLIMB RIGHT THERE. >> THAT’S A MEMORY I WISH I DIDN’T REMEMBER. >> AND I’M SURE SHAYNA BASZLER FEELS THE SAME WAY, KAIRI SANE USED–OH, WOW. AND THE COVER HERE BY KAIRI SANE. >> AND AGAIN EVIDENCE THERE– >> FLYING KABUKI ELBOW. >> –OF THE PROBLEM THAT SHAYNA BASZLER IS GONNA FACE AS CHAMPION. RIGHT NOW SHE HAS TO GET BACK IN THE RING BECAUSE IT’S EITHER SANE OR BELAIR BEATS THE OTHER AT TAKING THE TITLE. >> AND KAIRI SANE TRYING TO DO JUST THAT, BUT BIANCA BELAIR LANDING ON HER FEET. OH, AVOIDING THE DROPKICK WAS SANE WITH THE AXE KICK TO THE BACK. MEANWHILE, SHAYNA BASZLER STILL ON THE OUTSIDE, REVERSAL ON THE IRISH WHIP. SWEET SPRINGBOARD DROPKICK BY THE GENIUS OF THE SKY, IO SHIRAI. >> IO SHIRAI JOINING THE PARTY. >> ALMOST TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO JAPANESE SUPERSTARS. >> OH, RUNNING DOUBLE KNEE STRIKES INTO THE CORNER BY SHIRAI ON BASZLER, OR EXCUSE ME BIANCA BELAIR, BASZLER STILL ON THE OUTSIDE AS IS KAIRI SANE. >> IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE FOR IO SHIRAI ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION. NO ONE ELSE IN THERE TO INTERFERE. >> DIVING CROSSBODY, LOOK AT THE POWER OF BIANCA BELAIR, OH. FALLAWAY SLAM WITH AUTHORITY BY BIANCA BELAIR. >> HERE WE GO. >> GOES FOR THE COVER, BUT IT’S BASZLER TO SAVE HER TITLE REIGN. FOR THE TIME BEING, THAT IS. >> AND THE DOMINANT CHAMPION NOW CONTROLLING THIS MATCHUP. FATAL FOUR-WAY DOESN’T REALLY FAVOR BASZLER IN TERMS OF HER METHODICAL STYLE, BUT NOW THIS MATCH HAS GONE ON AND HER OPPONENTS ARE STARTING TO SHOW THE SIGNS OF FATIGUE, SHE CAN SETTLE INTO THAT NORMAL METHODICAL STYLE THAT SHE’S USED TO EMPLOYING. >> EMBER MOON WON A FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH TO BECOME THE NEW NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION AT TAKEOVER WARGAMES, AND LOOK AT THE WAR GAMES HERE BETWEEN BASZLER AND BELAIR. >> TRYING FOR THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH PERHAPS IN THE TOP ROPE. >> I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO SAY REGARDLESS SHAYNA BASZLER GONNA HAVE TO HAVE EYES IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE THE COMPETITORS DOWN DOES NOT MEAN THEY’RE OUT. >> OH, MY, FROM THE SECOND ROPE AND THERE KAIRI SANE NOW. >> UH-OH, TRYING FOR THE POWERBOMB BUT COULDN’T GET IT, NOT ENOUGH STRENGTH OR LEVERAGE >> HERE WE GO, SHE’S GOT SOME HELP. >> WHOA. >> WOW, DOUBLE POWERBOMB, SUPERPLEX. >> COVER, COVER, THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE. >> FOR WHO? >> FOR EITHER, SHAYNA OR SHIRAI, BUT HERE’S THE INTERESTING POINT. >> BODIES HIT THE FLOOR, BRO. >> ONE MORE TIME, KAIRI SANE GOT SOME ASSISTANCE FROM IO SHIRAI AND DOWN WITH BIANCA BELAIR, THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION, SHAYNA BASZLER. >> SANE AND SHIRAI CAN TEAM UP AS MUCH AS THEY WANT, BUT WHEN THEY GET THE OFFENSE, WHEN THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT AN OPPONENT, THEY’RE GONNA FIGHT EACH OTHER TO TAKE IT. >> AND THEY MAY GET THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW AS THE SKY PIRATES, THE TWO STANDING IN THE RING, SHIRAI AND SANE, READY TO DO SOMETHING, AND SANE INSANE ELBOW OVER THE TOP ROPE, AND SANE WIPES OUT [INDISTINCT] BELAIR AND BASZLER. >> THE PIRATE PRINCESS MAINSAIL [INDISTINCT] THE GENIUS OF THE SKY. >> HERE WE GO. >> [INDISTINCT] FLYING. >> LIGHTNING QUICK MOONSAULT OUT >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND, YES, THE SKY PIRATES, THEY’RE USING THEIR FRIENDSHIP, THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. OH, BELAIR INTERCEPTS WITH THE SPEAR. >> OUT OF NOWHERE. >> BELAIR GOES FOR THE COVER ON SHIRAI, AND SANE SHORT CIRCUITS THAT PINFALL ATTEMPT. >> SPINNING BACK FIST MISSES. >> OH, AND THEN THE DOUBLE CHICKENWING FACEBUSTER BY BELAIR. >> OH, MAN. >> STEP UP KNEE STRIKE BY BASZLER. >> BASZLER’S GOT CAUGHT. >> WOW, WHAT A GERMAN SUPLEX WITH A BRIDGE BY IO SHIRAI. >> SHIRAI LANDING AWKWARDLY ON THAT GERMAN SUPLEX TO WHERE SHE COULDN’T BRIDGE INTO THE PINFALL ATTEMPT, PERHAPS DAMAGE DONE. >> WOW. THE EFFECTS OF– >> ALL FOUR SUPERSTARS NOW, YEAH. >> A FRENETIC FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH FOR THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AND THIS SCENE SAYS IT ALL. >> SOMEONE CAN JUST DO THE COVER RIGHT HERE. >> AND THERE IT IS, SHIRAI FOR THE COVER, BUT BELAIR ROLLS SHIRAI OFF. >> KAIRI WITH THE COVER OF– >> SANE NOW GOING FOR THE PIN ON BASZLER. AND, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT CHAOS OR SUN TZU SAID, “IN CHAOS, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY,” ON ALL FOUR, ESPECIALLY SHIRAI, SHAYNA, AND BELAIR WOULD LOVE TO USURP THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMP. >> BELAIR OUTNUMBERED YET AGAIN. >> OH, BELAIR WAS TALKING TRASH TO BOTH SANE AND SHIRAI BEFORE. NOW SHE’S PAYING FOR IT. >> OH, AND SHE’S PAYING FOR IT IN A BRUTAL GAME OF PINBALL. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH. >> WAIT A SECOND, BASZLER PULLS SANE OUT OF THE RING. >> COVER. >> BELAIR. SHOULDERS DOWN. BELAIR, NEW CHAMPION NO. OH, WOW, WHAT A FOREARM BY BIANCA BELAIR ON IO SHIRAI AND BELAIR WANTS TO FINISH WHAT SHE STARTED AT THE LAST TAKEOVER EVENT. SHE WANTS TO BECOME THE NEW NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION. MILITARY PRESS SLAM. SUPER STRENGTH ON DISPLAY FROM THE EST OF NXT. >> 7-10 SPLIT FROM BELAIR. >> THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE GAME, THE EST OF NXT. >> AN INCREDIBLE ATHLETE, BIANCA BELAIR. >> LOOK ONE MORE TIME, LOOK AT THE STRENGTH. >> LOOK AT THE–LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE BY BIANCA BELAIR. >> OH, WOW, AND FORGET THE FRESH PRINCE, DOUBLE B COULD BECOME QUEEN BELAIR AND I’M SURE IF THAT HAPPENS, NIGEL WILL BUST OUT THE CARLTON DANCE AND SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AGAINST BASZLER. >> THE THING ABOUT THIS, GUYS, OF ALL THE OPPONENTS OUT THERE, SHE BROUGHT BACK IN SHAYNA BASZLER INTO THE RING. SHE WANTS TO BEAT THE CHAMP. >> THERE IT IS. >> ONE-ON-ONE. >> ELEVATED DOUBLE CHICKENWING. >> VERY LITTLE BASZLER CAN DO, EXCEPT THAT. >> WHAT AN ESCAPE RIGHT INTO THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH. >> KIRIFUDA CLUTCH. >> UNBELIEVABLE [INDISTINCT] BY BASZLER. >> [INDISTINCT] >> OF COURSE, IF BELAIR GETS TO THE ROPES, THERE WILL BE NO BREAK OF THIS HOLD. >> IT’S NOT LOOKING LIKELY. SHE’S STUCK RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING. EVEN THOUGH SHE DID, FATAL FOUR-WAY, IT WOULDN’T MATTER. >> WE SAW IN THE LAST MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO SUPERSTARS, BELAIR SPENT A LONG TIME IN THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH, THAT CAN [INDISTINCT] THE CAROTID ARTERY ALMOST LIKE A GLASS JEWEL OF THE [INDISTINCT] MAKING HER MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HOLD AGAIN. >> WILL BELAIR BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH? WILL BASZLER’S DOMINANT REIGN CONTINUE WITH NXT WOMEN’S CHAMP? >> THAT IS DEEP UNDERNEATH THE JAW RIGHT ACROSS THE CAROTID ARTERY. >> LOOK AT THE DETERMINATION OF BIANCA BELAIR TRYING TO GET TO HER FEET. >> WOW. THE STRENGTH SHE SHOWS IN ELEVATING HERSELF BACK UP TO A VERTICAL BASE. >> UNBELIEVABLE GRIT AND DETERMINATION BY BIANCA BELAIR, AS BASZLER [INDISTINCT] KOD. KOD. >> HERE WE GO. >> IS IT GONNA LEAD TO THE ONE, TWO, THREE? THE BIGGEST WIN OF BELAIR’S CAREER. >> NO. >> OH. SAVED BY IO SHIRAI. >> LIKE A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE BREAKING UP THE PIN. >> AND NOW BELAIR UNLEASHING A FURY ON SHIRAI. >> A VOLLEY OF CLUBBING FOREARMS TO THE BACK OF SHIRAI. >> OH, WHAT A COUNTER. X-FACTOR THERE BY SHIRAI. AND X-PAC, A PART OF D-X, GOING INTO THE HALL OF FAME AND THERE’S A HALF OF FAME MOONSAULT BY SHIRAI. >> IO’S GOING FOR ONE MORE. >> DOUBLE SPRING–OH, WOW. THE GENIUS OF THE SKY SHOWING SHE HAS A MID-TOWN LEVEL MOONSAULT. DO WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION? >> OH. >> YOU CAN SEE THERE, SHAYNA BASZLER ALMOST HALF OUT OF IT. SHE KNEW WHERE SHIRAI WAS GOING. >> HEY, GUYS, KAIRI SANE JUST COST IO SHIRAI THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> HEY, TOO BAD. IT’S EVERY WOMAN FOR HERSELF RIGHT NOW, FRIENDS OR NOT. >> AND SHIRAI–WOW, SANE NOW. OH, SLAM ON BASZLER. FRIENDSHIP BE — ON TAKEOVER NEW YORK. >> LOOK WHERE [INDISTINCT] GOES NOW. >> IT’S ABOUT TO GET CRAZY UP IN HERE. >> SANE READY TO DELIVER THE INSANE ELBOW ON SHAYNA BASZLER. KAIRI SANE IS GONNA BECOME A TWO-TIME CHAMPION. OH. TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY. TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY. SHIRAI GIVES SANE A RECEIPT IN THE FORM OF COSTING HER A CHANCE AT BECOMING A TWO-TIME CHAMP. >> THERE’S NO ILL WILL BETWEEN THESE TWO SUPERSTARS. >> OH, YES, THERE IS. >> THEY KNOW WHAT IS ON THE LINE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH. I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET AT, NIGEL, BUT THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE. AND SHIRAI SAYS, “I CAN PUT THE FRIENDSHIP ON THE BACK BURNER. I CAME TO NXT TO BE THE BEST.” >> OH, WOW. >> FOREARMS A FLURRY INTO THE NECK. >> MY GOD. LIKE A CRASH TEST DUMMY HERE IN THIS FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH. AND IO SHIRAI, GOOD COUNTER INTO A [INDISTINCT] DDT BY SANE. >> ALL THE WAY, SANE NOW KICKED HER LEGS FRANTICALLY TO DISTURB THE BALANCE OF IO SHIRAI. >> OH, AND YOU COULD SEE THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL ON THE FACE OF KAIRI SANE. KAIRI SANE DOESN’T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS. >> I GET THAT. SHE GOT TO STAB HER FRIENDS IN THE BACK, BUT IT’S ABOUT THE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> OH, WOW. >> BEWARE THE HAIR. BELAIR WHIPPING IN AND WHIPPING IT GOOD AND SHE NOW INTERJECTS HERSELF BACK INTO THIS FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH. LOOKING FOR ANOTHER KOD. >> OH, INSTEAD–OH, MY. OH, LOOK AT THIS. >> WOW. >> BELAIR GOING FOR A TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL RIGHT HERE. >> WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. AND IT’S BIANCA BELAIR WITH THE TITANIC TAKEOVER [INDISTINCT] >> HERE WE GO. >> KOD [INDISTINCT] >> PICK ONE. BIANCA BELAIR IS ABOUT TO DO IT. >> BIANCA BELAIR ON THE COVER. AND INSTEAD, SHE GETS A VICIOUS KICK FROM SHAYNA BASZLER. BACK TO THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH. >> BELAIR FRANTICALLY STRUGGLING. THAT IS DEEP. THAT IS DEEP. >> THIS COULD BE LIGHTS OUT FOR BELAIR RIGHT HERE IF SHE CAN’T FIND A WAY OUT. >> [INDISTINCT] BELAIR IS FADING. >> BELAIR LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER– >> NO. >> –CLAWING, SCRATCHING, DESPERATELY TRYING TO GO FOR THE EYES. >> [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] THE SQUEEZE ON BELAIR. BASZLER KNOWS THAT VICTORY IS NIGH. >> IT’S A TAP. IT’S A TAP. >> IT’S A TAP. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> YOUR WINNER, AND STILL NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION, SHAYNA BASZLER. >> WITH NO HELP FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HORSEWOMEN, SHAYNA BASZLER JUST SOLIDIFIED THE REASON WHY IS THE ALPHA FEMALE, THE REASON WHY SHE IS GIVING ASUKA A RUN FOR HER MONEY AT THE MOST DOMINANT NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION EVER. BROOKLYN, SHAYNA BASZLER CONQUERS THREE OTHER SUPERSTARS TO CONTINUE BEING THE ONLY TWO-TIME CHAMPION IN NXT WOMEN’S HISTORY. >> ASIDE FROM BASZLER’S DOMINATING ABILITY IN THE RING, WHAT MAKES HER SO SPECIAL IS HER TIMING. SHE WAITED FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT, THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY. WHEN SHE SEES–WHEN SHE FOUND A MOMENT AGAINST BIANCA BELAIR AND TOOK IT, AND RETAINS THE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> [MUSIC] >> THIS IS HOW–THIS IS HOW THE MATCH WENT DOWN EARLY ON HERE, SOME OF THE COLLUSION THAT WE SAW BETWEEN THE SKY PIRATES, SHIRAI PROPELLING SANE OVER THE TOP ROPE. >> AND IO SHIRAI RIGHT HERE THOUGHT SHE HAD IT, WAS GOING FOR, HIT IT RIGHT HERE ON BIANCA BELAIR, BUT HER BEST FRIEND, KAIRI, SANE WAS SAYING, “NOT TODAY. I WANT THE TITLE FOR MYSELF.” AND THE POWER OF BIANCA BELAIR CARRYING NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO, IO AND KAIRI, RIGHT HERE, PLANTING THEM FACE FIRST. SHE’S GONNA TAKE HER PICK, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE TIMING OF A SHAYNA BASZLER OUT OF NOWHERE. >> AND IT TOOK SO LONG FOR BELAIR TO TRY TO TURN OVER SHAYNA AND IT GAVE BELAIR–IT GAVE BASZLER THE OPPORTUNITY TO KICK AND HOOK IN THE KIRIFUDA CLUTCH. >> [MUSIC] >> I KNOW LONG TIME, SHAYNA BASZLER, TRAINER, FORMER UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION NOW [INDISTINCT] YOU CAN SEE ON THE [INDISTINCT] BY THE WAY, JOSH BARNETT IS IN ATTENDANCE AND I KNOW BILLY ROBINSON IS SOMEWHERE SMILING, KNOWING THAT THE QUEEN OF SPADES, KNOWING THAT THE QUEEN OF NXT, SHAYNA BASZLER, IS AS DOMINANT AS EVER AND HERE COMES THE REST OF THE HORSEWOMEN CAVALRY HERE. AND THIS IS A SCENE–A TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME WHEN THE WOMEN MAKE HISTORY WRESTLEMANIA SUNDAY WITH RONDA ROUSEY REPRESENTING THE HORSEWOMEN AGAINST CHARLOTTE FLAIR AND BECKY LYNCH IN THE MAIN EVENT ON MANIA. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO END WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND THAT WOULD BE. >> BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, SHAYNA BASZLER CONTINUES TO RUN THE NXT WOMEN’S DIVISION AND SHE IS RUNNING THIS TOWN TONIGHT. >> [MUSIC] >> I’M THE BEST IN THE WORLD BECAUSE I WAS BORN THAT WAY. FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, I’M GONNA START DOING THINGS FOR ME. AND THAT’S WHY IT FELT SO GOOD BEATING THE HOLY HELL OUT OF THE MIZ. >> I PROVED EVERYONE WRONG. I BECAME THE MOST MUST-SEE WWE SUPERSTAR OF ALL TIME. >> ON THE GRANDEST STAGE OF THEM ALL, GET READY FOR ANOTHER “BEST IN THE WORLD” BEATING. >> I AM GOING TO DESTROY SHANE MCMAHON IN A FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH. >> WRESTLEMANIA, STREAMING LIVE ON WWE NETWORK, THIS SUNDAY, 7:00 EASTERN, 4:00 PACIFIC. >> [MUSIC] >> IN A HOUSE OF LEGENDS, THERE’S ONLY ONE HALL OF IMMORTALITY. THE ATTITUDE. >> WHAT COULDN’T YOU KNOCK DOWN WITH THAT? >> THE MUSIC MAN. >> BIGGER THAN THE ROLLING STONES. EVEN BIGGER THAN A BEATLES REUNION. >> THE TAG TEAM. >> MANY CONSIDER THEM THE DOMINANT TAG TEAM OF THE 90S. >> THE ALL-AMERICAN GIRL. >> TORRIE WILSON, A TRUE TRAILBLAZER. >> THE BARBER. >> THE BARBER IS A CUT ABOVE THE REST. >> AND THE FAMILY LEGACY. >> YOU’RE GONNA FIND OUT WE ARE THE BEST THERE IS, THE BEST THERE WAS, AND THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE. >> IN OUR HOUSE, GREATNESS LIVES IN THE WWE HALL OF FAME, STREAMING LIVE ON WWE NETWORK, TOMORROW NIGHT, 7:00 EASTERN, 4:00 PACIFIC. >> [MUSIC] >> WHOA. A MOMENT TO CATCH OUR BREATH AS WE KICK OFF WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND WITH A BANG. THE BLACK AND GOLD BRAND CONTINUING TO RAISE THE BAR HIGHER THAN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. THIS IS NXT, MY FRIEND. >> IT ABSOLUTELY IS. SO MUCH IS GOING ON TONIGHT. EVERYBODY GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT–TALKING ABOUT–TALKING ABOUT IT FOLLOWING TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. TONIGHT, WWE COO, THE FOUNDER OF NXT, TRIPLE H WILL BE GIVING YOU HIS OPINION ON THE WINNERS, THE LOSERS, THE TRIUMPHS, AND THE CONTROVERSY. DIRECTLY FOLLOWING TAKEOVER: NEW YORK TONIGHT ONLY ON FACEBOOK LIVE. >> [MUSIC] >> HERE WE GO. THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. FOLLOWING TOMMASO CIAMPA RELINQUISHING THE NXT TITLE, THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOW UP FOR GRABS. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHO WILL CLAIM THE MOST COVETED PRIZE IN THE RING? WE’LL FIND OUT WHEN JOHNNY GARGANO FACES ADAM COLE IN A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH, NEXT. >> [MUSIC] >> I WAS GONNA STAND OUT HERE TONIGHT AND ANNOUNCE THE MAIN EVENT OF NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, JOHNNY GARGANO AND THE NXT CHAMPION, TOMMASO CIAMPA. REALITY HAS MADE THAT MATCH AN IMPOSSIBILITY. FOR TOMMASO CIAMPA, REALITY HAS DICTATED THAT HE NEED NECK SURGERY AND HAS HAD TO RELINQUISH THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF NXT IS THAT WHEN ONE DREAM ENDS, ANOTHER DREAM BEGINS. THE DREAM CONTINUES ON FOR JOHNNY GARGANO AS HE GOES TO NEW YORK CITY TO COMPETE FOR NXT CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT AGAINST WHO? >> THERE’S ONLY ONE MAN WHO SHOULD HEADLINE NXT TAKEOVER. WHO HAS EARNED HIS RIGHT TO BECOME NXT CHAMPION. >> IT IS A FATAL FIVE-WAY MATCH TO DETERMINE WHO WILL CHALLENGE JOHNNY GARGANO FOR THE NOW VACANT NXT CHAMPIONSHIP IN NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. >> THERE’S ONLY ONE MAN WHO DESERVES TO RULE THE WORLD. AND THAT MAN IS ADAM COLE, BABY. >> RICOCHET ON THE CUSP OF GOING TO THE BIG APPLE. LAST SHOT BY ADAM COLE. HE GETS THE LAST SHOT AND THE NXT TITLE, IN THE MAIN EVENT OF TAKEOVER: NEW YORK IN A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MEGA MAIN EVENT. >> I JUST SHOWED, NOT JUST NXT, BUT OF ALL WWE, THAT ADAM COLE IS ONCE AGAIN DESERVING OF THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> THE NAME ADAM COLE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND HIM IS HE’S HUNGRY BUT I’M STARVING. I’VE SAID MY PATH ENDS WITH ME BECOMING NXT CHAMPION. AND NOW WITH TOMMASO OUT, MY PATH TO THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP GOES THROUGH YOU. I LET A MONSTER BECOME NXT CHAMPION ONCE. CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. SO ADAM COLE, I’M GONNA SHOW YOU WHY THEY CALL ME JOHNNY TAKEOVER, BABY. JOHNNY TAKEOVER? YOU HAVEN’T NECESSARILY BEEN IN COMES TO TAKEOVER. JOHNNY HAS NOT EARNED THE RIGHT OF THE NAME JOHNNY TAKEOVER. NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> MY DEBUT IN THE BARKLEY CENTER, THE FIRST EVER NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION. THE FIRST EVER WAR GAMES MATCH, AND I DID IT AT TAKEOVER. >> JOHNNY PARTICIPATION CANNOT BEAT ADAM COLE, TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS. >> IF I HAD HIS ROAD, IF I HAD HIS PATH HERE, I’D BE A DIFFERENT PERSON. I DON’T WANT THAT. I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM. I’M PROUD OF WHAT I’VE DONE TO GET HERE. >> I’M GONNA PREPARE FOR THIS TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH THE EXACT THE SAME WAY I PREPARE FOR EVERY OTHER MATCH THAT I HAVE. THAT’S TO WIN. PREPARE. I’M GONNA DO WHAT I ALWAYS DO, AND THAT’S BE THE BEST. >> TO PREPARE FOR THIS MATCH, WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT, THE BIGGEST MATCH OF MY LIFE, I NEED TO GO BACK TO MY ROOTS. SO I’M GONNA GO HOME. I’M GONNA GO TO CLEVELAND. I’M GONNA REMEMBER WHY I LOVE THIS. I WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING ABOUT THESE PAST FOUR YEARS ‘CAUSE IT’S MADE APPRECIATE WHERE I’M GOING. AND WHERE I’M GOING IS THE MAIN EVENT OF TAKEOVER: NEW YORK. JOHNNY GARGANO, ADAM COLE, THE BIG MONEY MATCH. >> JOHNNY GARGANO, YOU’RE IN FOR A WAR. AS LONG AS MY HEART’S STILL BEATING, I WILL NOT STOP. YOU EVER HEARD OF THE TERM STRENGTH IN NUMBERS BEFORE? YOU WILL NEVER BECOME THE NXT CHAMPION. THAT TITLE BELONGS TO ME. I WILL FIGHT TO MAKE MY DREAM COME TRUE. ADAM COLE– >> JOHNNY WRESTLING. >> –WILL BE THE NXT CHAMPION. AND THAT, THAT’S UNDISPUTED. >> I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FINALLY HAVE MY MOMENT. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> FROM STEPPING INTO A WRESTLING RING FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A CHUBBY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CLEVELAND KID IN THE PARKING LOT OF A FAMILY-OWNED CATERING BUSINESS TO GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE BECOMING THE FIFTEENTH NXT CHAMPION ON THE BLACK AND GOLD BRAND’S BIGGEST STAGE AT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK, JOHNNY GARGANO IS, AS HIS FATHER FRANK SAID, “ACTUALLY LIVING THE DREAM.” AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO TONY STARK, PERCY, JOHNNY GARGANO IS NXT’S IRON MAN, AND HE’LL HAVE TO BE TONIGHT IN THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. >> OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT. THIS MAN HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM MAKING PIZZA AT HIS DAD’S SHOP. AND THIS MAN SAID–YOU THINK AFTER FOUR YEARS, TWO TITLES, AND TWELVE TAKEOVERS, HE’D BE SATISFIED, BUT THIS MAN IS CLEARLY NOT. HE WANTS THE NXT TITLE. >> WHILE WE’RE ON THE ROAD OF QUOTING PEOPLE, TRIPLE H SAID, “TWO DIFFERENT PATHS, ONE GOAL.” TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I, I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY, AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. WILL IT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR JOHNNY GARGANO TONIGHT? >> JOHNNY GARGANO, HIS RECORD 12 TAKEOVER MATCH, AND HE IS BELOW THE MENDOZA LINE. HE’S ONLY HAS ONE TAKEOVER VICTORY IN THE LAST YEAR. AND TONIGHT, HE’S GOT TO WIN TWO TIMES IN ONE NIGHT TO BECOME NXT CHAMPION. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND WHILE THE BETTING ODDS PROBABLY A [INDISTINCT] IN THIS FIRST-EVER MATCHUP ON NXT WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE. NOT ONLY THE VACANT NXT TITLE VACATED BY THE INJURED TOMMASO CIAMPA, BUT TONIGHT WILL CROWN NXT’S FIRST TRIPLE CROWN WINNER. ADAM COLE, RIDING A WAVE OF MOMENTUM, WINNING THAT FATAL FIVE-WAY MATCH TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE TONIGHT. >> NOW, COLE BELIEVES THAT HE WILL WIN THIS MATCH TONIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, HE WAS THE FIRST WINNER OF NXT WARGAMES, HE WAS THE ONE THAT BEAT DOWN NEWLY-CROWNED NXT CHAMPION, DREW MCINTYRE, RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY CORNER. THE PAST. IT’S ABOUT WHAT YOU DO RIGHT NOW. WHAT YOU DO TONIGHT. >> WAS IT A HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME, AT ADAM COLE’S DEBUT IN BROOKLYN AT TAKEOVER WHEN HE ATTACKED THE THEN NEWLY CROWNED DREW MCINTYRE, THE CHAMPION HOLDING THE TITLE UP IN THE AIR. AND HERE WE ARE, FULL CIRCLE, TOMORROW MARKS THE 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF ADAM COLE’S STERLING CAREER. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> [BELL RINGING] >> THE FOLLOWING IS A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH FOR THE VACANT NXT CHAMPIONSHIP. INTRODUCING FIRST, FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO, WEIGHING IN AT 199 POUNDS, JOHNNY GARGANO. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND HIS OPPONENT, REPRESENTING THE UNDISPUTED ERA, ADAM COLE. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> A SOLD-OUT BARCLAYS CENTER, A NXT RECORD CROWD OF NEARLY 16,000 ON HAND FOR THIS EPIC ENCOUNTER. THE VACANT NXT CHAMPIONSHIP HANGS IN THE BALANCE. TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS TO DETERMINE THE NEW NXT CHAMP. AND, GUYS, BOTH SUPERSTARS KNOW THAT THIS MATCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MARATHON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS STIPULATIONS. BUT BOTH COLE AND GARGANO HAVING THE WORDS OF THE DEARLY DEPARTED NIPSEY HUSSLE, “MORE GAME THAN ESPN.” AND WHOMEVER BECOMES THE NEW NXT CHAMP AND FIRST NXT TRIPLE CROWN WINNER IS DESERVING OF THE KEY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. AND IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW YOU WILL, #NXTCHAMPIONSHIP. >> SO TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH. YOU MENTIONED, MAURO, A DIFFERENT STRATEGY TO THIS MATCH. LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DANGER. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THE FIRST FALL. BUT, TO ME, YOU NEED TO SAVE ENERGY. IF YOU EXPEND TOO MUCH IN YOUR FIRST FALL, IT’S GONNA COST YOU IN THE SECOND. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AND AS WE CROWN A NEW NXT CHAMPION HERE TONIGHT, 11 FORMER NXT CHAMPIONS WILL BE COMPETING AT WRESTLEMANIA ON SUNDAY. AND, AGAIN, THE 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF ADAM COLE’S CAREER. AND FOR JOHNNY GARGANO, 15 YEARS OF HARD WORK, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS TO GET THIS POINT. AND LET’S NOT FORGET, WINLESS IN THREE MATCHES HERE AT BARCLAYS. >> GARGANO NOT LETTING THAT STATISTIC GET TO HIS HEAD. >> HOW IMPORTANT–YOU TALKED ABOUT CONSERVING ENERGY. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET THAT FIRST FALL HERE TONIGHT, NIGEL, KNOWING WHAT IS AT STAKE, KNOWING WHAT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO GET HERE? >> IT IS AN IMPORTANT STATISTIC. YOU CERTAINLY DON’T WANNA GO AND FALL DOWN. BUT, MAURO, IF YOU EXPEND ALL OF YOUR ENERGY GETTING THAT FIRST FALL, I GUARANTEE YOU, YOUR OPPONENT IS GONNA GET TWO PRETTY QUICKLY AFTERWARDS. ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT OR BUY INTO THAT, NIGEL. YOU DO WANNA GET THAT FIRST PINFALL AS FAST AS YOU CAN. NOT SAYING YOU GOT TO EXPEND ALL YOUR ENERGY [INDISTINCT] >> WELL, THAT’S WHAT GARGANO’S TRYING TO DO RIGHT HERE. >> THAT IS THE POINT. I MEAN, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT PERHAPS THE ROPE-A-DOPE THEORY MUHAMMAD ALI USED AGAINST GEORGE FOREMAN, GEORGE FOREMAN HAD HIM ON THE ROPES, AND ONCE HE WAS EXHAUSTED, ALI TOOK HIM APART. >> ARGUABLY, THE TWO MOST CONDITIONED ATHLETES IN NXT. GREAT JOB BY THE WWE CREW TO CHRONICLE THEIR PREPARATION FOR THIS INCREDIBLE MATCHUP. ADAM COLE AND JOHNNY GARGANO ARE IN TIPTOP SHAPE. >> AND– >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE BIGGEST CITY IN AMERICA, NXT’S BIGGEST STAGE, AND THE BIGGEST MATCH IN THE RESPECTIVE CAREERS OF COLE AND GARGANO. >> ADAM COLE WITH A SIMPLE SIDE HEADLOCK. [INDISTINCT] IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN IN A SIDE HEADLOCK, IT’S A SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT VERSION OF THE KESA-GATAME, WHICH OF COURSE JOSH BARNETT USED TO TAP OUT DEAN LISTER. >> KNOWING COLE, THIS IS HIS WAY OF TRYING TO DICTATE THE SPEED, THE TEMPO OF THIS MATCH. HE WANTS TO CONTROL IT, EVEN IF IT’S AT A–AT A SMALL, MINUTE LEVEL. >> REVERSAL, BUT COLE WITH THE SHOULDER TACKLE ON GARGANO. COLE UTILIZING SOME SPEED. LEAPFROG BY GARGANO. STANDING SWITCH BY GARGANO ON COLE. AND, BOY, TRYING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE OTHER. SHOULDERS ARE DOWN. FLOAT OVER BY GARGANO. LOOKING FOR THAT GARGANO ESCAPE. AVOIDS A KNEE STRIKE. SNAPMARE. >> JUST LOOK AT THIS. THESE TWO KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL. >> DEEP ARM DRAG BY JOHNNY GARGANO SLOWING THE PACE DOWN MOMENTARILY MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THIS RECORD NXT CROWD. AND, GUYS, COLE PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF WATER EXERCISES AS PART OF HIS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PREPARATION, AND I THINK THAT WILL BEHOOVE HIM THE LONGER THIS MATCH GOES. >> YOU KNOW, THIS MATCH CAN DEFINITELY BE A MARATHON IN A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH. BUT WE KNOW BOTH THESE COMPETITORS CAN GO THE DISTANCE. >> WELL, YOU CAN TELL FROM THEIR PHYSIQUES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEAN PHYSIQUES OF BOTH SUPERSTARS, THEY HAVE TRAINED HARD FOR A LONG MATCH. >> IT WAS NELSON MANDELA WHO SAID, “IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL IT’S DONE.” JOHNNY GARGANO NEVER DREAMED HE’D BE HERE. FOR ADAM COLE, HE BELIEVES THIS IS HIS DESTINY. >> NOT JUST ADAM COLE. A LOT OF OTHER GREAT SUPERSTARS HAVE TALKED WELL OF ADAM COLE. TRIPLE H, FOR EXAMPLE, CALLED HIM A COMPLETE PACKAGE. SAID HE CAN DO ALL OF IT. A KEY PLAYER WHO HAS HAD A LOT OF BIG MOMENTS AND STOLEN SHOWS CEMENTING HIMSELF. >> AND BOTH GARGANO AND COLE IDOLIZED “HEARTBREAK KID” SHAWN MICHAELS, WHO’S ALSO ANOTHER INSTRUMENTAL FORCE– >> WOW. LOOK AT THESE SHOTS. >> [INDISTINCT] BACK AND FORTH WE GO. >> MAN. >> SHAWN MICHAELS, OF COURSE, MISTER WRESTLEMANIA, AS WE CULMINATE NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK’S CONTRIBUTION TO WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND WITH THIS EPIC ENCOUNTER. KIP-UP BY GARGANO >> GIVING GARGANO A LOT OF SPACE TO GET OUT OF THAT. AGAIN, COLE BEING VERY CAUTIOUS IN THE EARLY GOING. >> BOTH OF THEM SO CRISP IN THEIR OFFENSE. BOTH OF THEM BEEN SHOWCASING HERMETICALLY SEALED DEFENSE AS WELL. OH, BUT COLE FINDS HIMSELF ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. >> GARGANO’S GONNA MAKE ADAM COLE RETHINK THEIR WHOLE JOHNNY PARTICIPATION THING IF HE GETS THIS WIN HERE TONIGHT. >> WHOA. >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT GOING THROUGH–OH, WHAT A DROPKICK BETWEEN THE ROPES. GARGANO ON COLE. GARGANO WAS LOOKING FOR A DYNAMIC [INDISTINCT] TO HIS INTENSE RIVALRY WITH TOMMASO CIAMPA. YET HERE HE IS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON NXT, SQUARING OFF WITH A MAN WHO HE MET MANY TIMES ON THE [INDISTINCT] >> BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THEMSELVES. >> OH. >> SEE, COLE THERE, WILY, VETERAN EXPERIENCE, ROLLING TO THE OUTSIDE, LURING GARGANO IN, AND AN ENZUIGIRI TO THE SIDE OF THE JAW. >> SETH ROLLINS WHO HAVE BATTLED BROCK LESNAR FOR THE UNIVERSAL TITLE, WRESTLEMANIA, SUNDAY, THE INAUGURAL NXT CHAMPION WINNING THE GOLD RUSH TOURNAMENT. AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A GOTHAM GOLD RUSH TONIGHT. ALL MATCHES CHAMPIONSHIP AFFAIRS. NON BIGGER THAN THIS TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS CONTEST. >> AND TALKING OF FORMER NXT CHAMPIONS, HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO TOMMASO CIAMPA. I ASKED HIM FOR A PREDICTION IN THIS MATCH. HE SAID, “NO COMMENT.” >> AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF TOMMASO CIAMPA, THE FORMER NXT CHAMPION, THE FACT THAT HE HAS NOW FACED TWO SERIOUS INJURIES, THE ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES HIM IS PERSEVERANCE. AND BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS WANNA PERSEVERE HERE TONIGHT. AGAIN, NIGEL, TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS. YET TO RECORD A FIRST FALL HERE, AS COLE AND GARGANO GIVE EACH OTHER AS GOOD AS THEY’RE GETTING. >> CLEARLY GONNA BE A MARATHON. THAT’S FOR SURE. ADAM COLE IS TRYING TO–DOING HIS BEST TO WEAR DOWN JOHNNY GARGANO. HE BELIEVES ONLY ONE MAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO RULE THE WORLD. AND WITH THE NXT TITLE AROUND HIS WAIST, HE BELIEVES HE’S THAT MAN. >> COLE WITH THE REAR CHIN LOCK, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER WAY THAT ADAM COLE WAS DRIVING WITH HIS HIPS. HE’S PUTTING ALL OF HIS BODY WEIGHT–THERE, AGAIN DRIVING ALL THE BODY WEIGHT INTO THE NECK. IT BECOMES ALMOST A NECK CRANK. >> AND IT’S TEXTBOOK FUNDAMENTAL WRESTLING BY ADAM COLE. >> VERY SIMPLE, TRYING TO DRAIN THE ENERGY OUT OF JOHNNY GARGANO’S BODY. >> BUT HE’S FACING JOHNNY WRESTLING, AND JOHNNY WRESTLING JUST GOT WIPED OUT BY THE PANAMA CITY PLAYBOY. COVER BY COLE. LOOKING FOR THE FIRST FALL. >> WHOA. BARELY A ONE-COUNT. >> YEAH. >> BARELY A ONE-COUNT. >> AND THAT SHOULD BODE WELL FOR JOHNNY GARGANO’S FANS HERE KNOWING THAT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT COLE IS WEARING HIM DOWN, GARGANO VERY AWARE OF WHEN HIS SHOULDERS ARE ON THE MAT. >> AGAIN, COLE– >> OH, DRAGON SLEEPER. >> –TRYING TO WORK ON THE NECK. OF COURSE, THE LAST SHOT, WE SAW HIM HIT THAT ON RICOCHET IN THE FATAL FIVE-WAY TO CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE MATCH IS A GREAT STRATEGY FROM THE PANAMA CITY PLAYBOY. >> OF COURSE, IT WAS–IT WAS RICOCHET WHO DETHRONED ADAM COLE FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ADAM COLE, OF COURSE, AND THE UNDISPUTED ERA, SAYING THEY ARE GONNA BE DRAPED IN GOLD THIS YEAR. AND IT’S BEEN SOME ROUGH SEAS FOR COLE. BUT AGAIN, ONE WIN, PERCY, A FATAL FIVE-WAY MATCH, AND HERE HE IS HEADLINING TAKEOVER: NEW YORK FOR THE NXT TITLE. >> YOU GOT TO IMAGINE THAT’S ALL THAT’S ON ADAM COLE’S MIND. I MEAN, UNDISPUTED ERA HAS NOTHING. THEY HAD THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP, THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, NOW, THEY GET TO FIGHT FOR THE GREATEST PRIZE IN NXT. >> BOTH MEN HAD THE SAME IDEA. >> YEAH. >> THE CROSSBODY LANDING AWKWARDLY. >> THEY’RE ON THE SAME PAGE OF A GRAPHIC NOVEL. AND THE GRAPHIC DISPLAY OF WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY A BARN BURNER HERE TONIGHT. >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, YOU GO UP FOR A CROSSBODY, YOU DON’T EXPECT TO MEET THAT TYPE OF RESISTANCE, AND IT KNOCKS THE WIND OUT OF YOU, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BREATHE. I SAW IT EARLIER IN THE MATCH, GARGANO’S RIBCAGE MOVING UP AND DOWN QUICKLY. >> GARGANO AND CIAMPA, THE 2018 NXT RIVALRY OF THE YEAR. BUT HERE WE GO. OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY RELEASE SUPLEX BY JOHNNY WRESTLING, WHO LOOKS TO LIGHT UP COLE LIKE HIS BELOVED CLEVELAND BROWN’S NEW-LOOK OFFENSE WILL LIGHT UP THE SCOREBOARDS IN THE NFL. >> GARGANO– >> AND IS LOOKING TO SCORE FIRST. NO. COUNTER. ROLL UP BY COLE. >> ROLL THROUGH. THAT LANDED. TEXTBOOK JOHNNY GARGANO. THE RECORD ISN’T BROKEN. >> AND THERE’S THE VETERAN, COLE, ROLLING OUT OF THE RING. LOOKING FOR A RESPITE. GOES BACK INTO THE RING. >> WHOA. >> OH, SLINGSHOT SPEAR BY GARGANO. >> THERE IT IS. >> HE CAN DRAW FIRST BLOOD HERE. NO. COLE KICKS OUT. >> SEE THE– >> SO, NIGEL, WHEN YOU’RE THAT CLOSE, YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY RECOVER. YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY GET BACK INTO THE MATCH. BUT WHAT ABOUT FRUSTRATION? YOUR–AS YOU LOOK AT THIS NEAR-FALL. >> YOU GOT TO CONTROL THAT FRUSTRATION, MAURO. THERE, AS I SAID, ANOTHER ONE FROM THE PLAYBOOK OF JOHNNY GARGANO, THAT SLINGSHOT SPEAR OFF THE MIDDLE. YOU SEE HERE–TAKE A LOOK AT THE FACE OF BOTH SUPERSTARS WHEN THEY PIN THEIR OPPONENT. THEY REALIZE IF THEY GET HIS PINFALL HERE, THE MATCH WILL CONTINUE. THEY KNOW–BOTH KNOW THEY’RE IN FOR A LONG NIGHT. >> OH, FOR SURE. BUT IT TAKES THAT– >> OH, DELAYING THAT BY GARGANO. >> HERE WE GO. >> IS GARGANO GONNA RECORD THE FIRST FALL VICTORY? NO. >> BUT IT TAKES THAT INITIAL PRESSURE OFF. NOT SAYING TO TAKE IT EASY FROM THERE ON OUT, BUT YOU CAN NOW FOCUS AND START TO SLOW THINGS DOWN IN YOUR MIND, AND REALLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR OPPONENT. >> AT NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA IN JANUARY 2018, GARGANO FELL SHORT IN TRYING TO CONQUER THEN NXT CHAMPION, ANDRADE, AS WE REVISIT THE ACTION, THE IMPACT. BUT THAT– >> OH. WHIPLASH. >> –NIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA, GARGANO’S FATHER WAS ILL. FRANK WASN’T HERE–THERE. BUT HE’S HERE TONIGHT. AND YOU KNOW THAT’S GOING TO BOOST GARGANO’S CONFIDENCE. >> EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, A BIG FACTOR IN THIS MATCH FOR JOHNNY GARGANO. >> AND OF COURSE COLE HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE UNDISPUTED ERA. WHOA. BACK CRACKER. >> MAN. >> THE LUNG BLOW THERE BY ADAM COLE. AND BACKSTABBER GETS A TWO AND ALMOST A THREE-COUNT. >> THIS IS– >> I MEAN, THAT’S GONNA JACK YOUR BACK IN A HURRY. >> OH, FOR SURE. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OUT-AND-OUT, ALL-OUT WAR. >> AND, REMEMBER, IT’S A TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH. >> AND NOBODY HAS A PINFALL YET. UNBELIEVABLE. >> HERE WE SEE BACK AND FORTH ACTION. AND, WHAM, BACK CRACKER. YOU CAN HEAR THE SNAP. >> REMEMBER, WE TALKED– >> TOUGH KNEES INTO THE BACK. >> –WE TALKED ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF SHAWN MICHAELS ON BOTH COLE AND GARGANO, AND OF COURSE MICHAELS’ BOYHOOD DREAM CAME TRUE AT WRESTLEMANIA IN AN IRON MAN MATCH AGAINST BRET HART, A MATCH THAT WENT TO OVERTIME BECAUSE THERE WERE NO FALLS IN 60 MINUTES. >> WE CERTAINLY SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THAT AND THIS MATCHUP HERE TONIGHT. OH, HOLD ON. >> OH, SMALL PACKAGE. >> SMALL PACKAGE. >> SHOULDERS DOWN. REVERSAL BY COLE. GARGANO NOW HAS COLE’S SHOULDERS DOWN. BACK AND FORTH WE GO. >> WHOA. >> OH, MAN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, COLE HAS GARGANO IN A FIREMAN’S CARRY–OH, WHAT A BACK ELBOW CRASHING INTO THE NOSE OF GARGANO. EVASIVE TACTICS BY GARGANO. MISSES WITH THE KICK. BACKDOOR ESCAPE BY GARGANO, BUT HE EATS A JUMPING ENZUIGIRI BY COLE. >> THE TOE OF THE BOOT LANDING RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE JAW OF JOHNNY GARGANO. >> UH-OH. COLE– >> [INDISTINCT] THE KNEE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT USUALLY IS THE PRELUDE TO–BUT NOT THIS TIME. GARGANO ROLLS UP COLE FOR TWO. COLE HAS GARGANO DOWN FOR TWO. WOW. THESE TWO KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL. AND HIT THAT EXPOSED KNEE AND WIPING OUT COLE. BUT NOW COLE DROPS DOWN GARGANO. I MEAN, GARGANO AND COLE ARE PLAYING CHESS IN A WORLD THAT PLAYS CHECKERS, GUYS. >> I MEAN, THEY’RE GONNA HAVE TO GO UNCONVENTIONAL. THEY’RE STOPPING EACH OTHER AT EVERY TURN. THERE’S NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW. >> SUNSET FLIP. ROLL THROUGH. COLE COMES OFF THE ROPE–OH, LAST SHOT. LAST SHOT BY ADAM COLE. >> THAT’S GOT TO BE IT RIGHT HERE. >> LAST SHOT [INDISTINCT] IT’S OVER. WOW. ADAM COLE WINS THE FIRST FALL. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, MY. JUST LIKE THAT. >> THE WINNER OF THE FIRST FALL, ADAM COLE. >> AND IT’S NOW SUDDEN DEATH FOR JOHNNY GARGANO, WHO MUST WIN TWO STRAIGHT FALLS TO REALIZE HIS BOYHOOD DREAM. AND NOW THAT’S HIS FOURTH LOSS HERE AT BARCLAYS, A HOUSE OF HORRORS FOR JOHNNY GARGANO. >> THAT’S JUST IT. JOHNNY GARGANO, HE HAS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT HE’S STILL IN THIS FIGHT. HE CAN’T GO THROUGH HARD AND GET EMOTIONAL. >> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, PERCY. YOU CAN’T GO TOO HEARD BECAUSE THE PACE OF THIS MATCH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE UP TO THIS FIRST PIN. >> YES. BOTH OF THEM TAXED WITH EXPENDING EXPONENTIAL JEWELS OF ENERGY. >> I MENTIONED, DIDN’T I, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MATCH, ALL RIGHT? YOU DON’T WANNA LOSE THE FIRST ONE. YOU DON’T WANNA EXPEND A LOT OF ENERGY ‘CAUSE WHEN YOU DO– >> AND COLE WANTS–COLE WANTS TO MAKE A TWO STRAIGHT QUICK. COLE WANTS TO LEAVE BARCLAYS NXT CHAMPION IN A HURRY. >> NOW THE PRESSURE’S OFF, BUT HE CAN’T GET COCKY. >> HE’S ADAM COLE. >> ENOUGH SAID. >> OH, GOOD COUNTER BY SOUTHPAW THROWING–WELL, NOW GARGANO THROWING WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT. >> OH. >> GERMAN SUPLEX BY ADAM COLE. OH, THE ANOTHER– >> OH, MAN. >> –LAST SHOT. OH, MY GOD. >> THIS COULD BE IT. >> WE GOT A NEW NXT CHAMPION, UNLESS GARGANO KICKS OUT. JOHNNY GARGANO SAW HIS CAREER FLASH BEFORE HIS EYES, AND HE WAS SOMEHOW ABLE TO KICK OUT. AND, GUYS, THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAS KICKED OUT OF THE LAST SHOT. >> AND TO THAT POINT, ADAM COLE CANNOT BELIEVE IT. BUT LOOK HOW HE CONTINUES. HE’S NOT LETTING THAT FLUSTER HIM. HE’S NOT LOSING FOCUS. >> OH, GARGANO, DESPERATELY FIGHTING. COLE KICKED [INDISTINCT] GARGANO UNABLE TO BLOCK THAT FOREARM SMASH. OH, WOW. ON THE APRON– >> OH. >> WOW. JOHNNY GARGANO EXPLODES WITH A SPEAR SENDING COLE FLYING OFF THE APRON. >> HE’S GOT SOMETHING ELSE IN MIND. >> OH. >> OH. GARGANO HIT THE TIDAL WAVE SENTON, BUT LANDED AWKWARDLY OFF IT. HE DIDN’T GET–TAKE A LOOK. DIDN’T GET FULL CONTACT HERE. FIRST OF ALL, TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE SPEAR ON THE APRON. >> AND GARGANO QUICKLY FOLLOWED UP WITH SOMETHING, BUT NEEDS TO SEE IF HE CAN GET A COVER. >> AND GARGANO MAKING LIKE RAPPER J COLE, SLAPPING THE HATE OUT OF THE VOICE AND THE BODY OF ADAM COLE HERE. GARGANO WANTING TO LOOK FOR THE EQUALIZER, BUT COLE CATCHES HIM INTO THE FIREMAN’S CARRY. USHIGOROSHI. USHIGOROSHI BY COLE. WE HAVE A NXT CHAMPION. OH, MY GOODNESS. JOHNNY GARGANO HAS MORE HEART THAN VALENTINE’S DAY, PERCY. IT’S INCREDIBLE. >> ADAM– >> THAT SAYS–THAT’S SOMETHING JOHNNY GARGANO DOES NOT LACK, AND THAT’S HEART. BUT HE’S GOT TO FIND SOME MORE. HE’S GOT TO FIND SOME MORE DRIVE. HE’S GOT TO GET TO HIS FEET AND FIND SOME OFFENSE QUICK. >> EXACTLY. JOHNNY MIGHT–COLE MAKE A MISTAKE BECAUSE THUS FAR ADAM COLE HAS HAD AN ANSWER TO EVERYONE OF JOHNNY GARGANO’S QUESTIONS. >> THE PRESSURE HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER FOR JOHNNY GARGANO. >> GARGANO SAID THAT COLE WAS HUNGRY, BUT GARGANO IS STARVING. RIGHT NOW HE’S SUFFOCATING. >> COME ON. LET’S GO. GET IT DOWN. >> LOOK AT COLE SLOWLY DRAGGING GARGANO TO THE TOP ROPE. >> OH, WOW. >> [INDISTINCT] THAT HE’S TRYING FOR A POWERBOMB OFF THE TOP ROPE PERHAPS. >> GARGANO IS BLOCKING, AND RIGHTLY SO. >> AND WHAT KIND OF–WHAT KIND OF–OH, MY GOODNESS. >> OH, NO. >> OH, AN AVALANCHE AIR RAID CRASH. >> GARGANO WITH THE COVER. >> ONE, TWO–OH, MAN. >> JOHNNY GARGANO TAKING A PAGE OUT OF HIS TAG–FORMER TAG TEAM PARTNER TOMMASO CIAMPA’S PLAYBOOK. AVALANCHE AIR RAID CRASH AND YET COLE WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. >> THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. BOTH COMPETITORS NEED TO GO UNCONVENTIONAL. JOHNNY GARGANO WAS THE FIRST TO STRIKE, SHOWING ADAM COLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, FROM HIS FORMER TAG TEAM PARTNER, TOMMASO CIAMPA. >> AND IT WAS A MISTAKE FROM ADAM COLE TO DRAG GARGANO UP TO THE TOP ROPE AND GARGANO MADE COLE PAY. >> AND IT’S ALL ABOUT DESPERATION AT THIS POINT. IT’S ALL ABOUT A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR GARGANO, ALL READY DOWN TO FALL. NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE EQUALIZER AND THEN DO IT AGAIN. >> GARGANO WAS LOOKING FOR THAT SLINGSHOT DDT, VERY SERENDIPITOUS PERHAPS OF COLE COULD TO JUST FALL TO HIS KNEES, OH NOW AGAIN. >> OH, WOW, COLE HAS HIM UP AGAIN. GARGANO DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIGHT OFF ADAM COLE. STEP UP ENZIGURI RATTLES COLE ON THE APRON. OH MY GOODNESS. SLINGSHOT DDT ON THE UNFORGIVING RING APRON. THE CRANIUM CRUSHER COURTESY OF JOHNNY GARGANO. >> AND GARGANO WAS LOOKING FOR THAT INSIDE THE RING AND– >> HEY, HE COULD EVEN THE SERIES WITH A COUNT OUT WIN HERE. IF THEY BOTH GET–ALTHOUGH, YES, HE’LL MAKE IT INTO THE RING, HE COULD WIN VIA COUNT OUT BUT HE HAS TO GET IN THE RING. >> HE HAS TO GET UP. >> GARGANO IS BACK TO HIS KNEES, WHAT DOES GARGANO DO HERE? >> COME ON. >> FOUR. >> THE REFEREE’S [INDISTINCT] >> FIVE. >> OH MAN. >> OH, WAIT A SECOND, IT’S A DOUBLE COUNT OUT. >> SIX. >> COUNT OUT, YEAH. THAT’S TWO, ONE [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] GET UP. >> SEVEN. >> OH, MAN, THE REFEREE’S UP TO SEVEN. OH, WAIT A MINUTE, JOHNNY GARGANO NOT WANTING TO WIN DEFAULT AND THIS AGAIN, THE EMBODIMENT WITH THE HEART AND SOUL BUT HE HAS PAID DEARLY FOR HIS HUMANITY. HE IS PAYING DEARLY FOR SHOWING HIS CHARACTER. ADAM COLE, DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN. >> HE IS PAYING FOR HIS PRIDE AND HIS HUBRIS. HE COULD’VE TAKEN THE COUNT OUT VICTORY BUT INSTEAD HE ELECTED TO TRY TO GET COLE BACK IN THE RING. >> AND NOW ADAM COLE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING THE 15TH NXT CHAMPION. OH, BUT HE’S LOOKING TO EXPOSE THE KNEE AGAIN BUT GARGANO NOW LOOKING TO GET HIM INTO THE GARGANO ESCAPE. COLE FIRING OFF A SERIES OF RIGHT HANDS, NICE REVERSAL BY GARGANO. >> WHOA. >> TRYING FOR THE ARM BAR–BREACHING ARM BAR [INDISTINCT] FUJIWARA. >> AND REMEMBER, IT WAS TOMMASO CIAMPA WHEN THE WON THE TAG TITLES [INDISTINCT] >> HOLD ON, HERE WE GO. >> THAT’S A TAP. >> AND COLE TAPPED. >> A QUICK TAP BY ADAM COLE. A QUICK TAP BY ADAM COLE, AND IT’S ONE-ONE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? GIVE THE DEVIL HIS– >> THE WINNER OF THE SECOND FALL BY SUBMISSION, JOHNNY GARGANO. >> GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE. ADAM COLE TAPPED OUT IMMEDIATELY, KNOWING THAT THERE WAS YET ANOTHER FALL, NOT RISKING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. >> AND JUST LIKE THAT, JOHNNY GARGANO IS BACK IN THIS FIGHT. >> WOW. BUT YOU SEE JOHNNY GARGANO TAKING PAGES OF THE PLAYBOOK OF HIS FORMER DIY PARTNER, FORMER NXT CHAMPION, TOMMASO CIAMPA. >> THIS IS NOW THE THIRD AND DECIDING FALL AND THE WINNER WILL BE CROWNED THE NEW NXT CHAMPION. >> WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME AT NXT TAKEOVER NEW YORK. WINNER TAKES ALL. >> A MOMENT OF BREATH–FRESH AIR, EXCUSE ME FOR JOHNNY GARGANO, DISAPPOINTMENT FOR COLE. >> IT HAS ALL COME DOWN TO THIS ONE FALL, LET’S LISTEN TO THE NXT UNIVERSE. >> OH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> ALL RIGHT AND PULLING OUT ON ALL OF THE STOPS. A HOCKEY FIGHT BREAKING OUT HERE IN BROOKLYN. OH, BICYCLE KICK AND ANOTHER KICK TO THE FACE BY COLE. OH, WOW. >> COLE GOT TURNED INSIDE OUT. >> OH, DIY, FLASHBACK–NO, WAIST LOCK–MY GOODNESS, JOHNNY GARGANO–OH, ADAM COLE. >> OH, MAN. >> ADAM COLE, HERE HE GOES. LOOKING FOR THE TITLE, HE ONLY GETS A TWO-COUNT AND A–THE FRUSTRATION, THE PAIN, ETCHED ON THE FACE OF ADAM COLE. IT DOESN’T GET MORE INTENSE THAN THIS. OH, WOW. >> AND NOW AS THE TIME STARTS TO TICK ON IN THE MATCH, BOTH SUPERSTARS WILL START TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE, THAT LACTIC ACID BUILDING UP IN THEIR BODIES. >> I HAVE OFTEN ASKED THAT JOHNNY GARGANO’S DNA SHOULD BE TESTED BECAUSE HIS HEART CANNOT BELONG TO A MERE MORTAL, BUT ADAM COLE SHOWING WHY HE IS CONSIDERED THE CREAM OF THE CROP AS WELL. IT’S ALL ABOUT THIS. IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING HISTORY AT TAKEOVER NEW YORK. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OH, GARGANO STEP UP ENZIGURI. >> OH, LIKE A LAWN DART. >> RIGHT INTO THE TURNBUCKLE, OH. AND– >> OH, THIS COULD BE IT. COME ONE. >> GARGANO ONE COUNT AWAY, ONE COUNT AWAY FROM REALIZING THE DREAM THAT BEGAN AS AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN CLEVELAND. GARGANO FOLLOWED UP FIRST THE HUMAN DART IN THE CORNER AND THEN HOOKING UP FROM A FULL NELSON TO FLATLINER FACEBOMB. >> HE CALLS IT HURTS DONUTS AND HE USED IT TO GREAT SUCCESS ON THE–HIS RISE AS A SPORTS ENTERTAINER BEFORE COMING TO NXT. AND THAT SHOWED YOU, HE HAS TO GO WAY BACK, HE HAS TO DIG DOWN DEEPER THAN HE EVER HAS IN ORDER TO TRY TO VANQUISH COLE. AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE PANAMA CITY PLAYBOY. >> WELL, YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR NOW THE BREATHS DEEP IN AND OUT OF BOTH SUPERSTARS. OH. >> IN PREPARING FOR THE MATCH, COLE SAID HE WAS #MOREREADY, WELL, GARGANO WAS READY FOR THAT ATTACK BUT COLE WASN’T READY FOR THAT–YES, HE WAS. WOW. GOING AT IT TOOTH AND NAIL ON THE WAY THEY ARE NAILING EACH OTHER– >> LOOK AT THIS. >> –HAVE RESULTED THE LOSS OF MANY TEETH. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> IT DOES NOT GET ANY CLOSER THAN THIS. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> OUR SUPERSTARS HERE WITH THE SAME IDEA DRAWING AT THE SAME MOMENT, WHOA, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE SUPERKICK, MIGHT WANT TO PROTECT YOURSELF, BOTH THOSE SUPERKICKS LANDED HARD UNDERNEATH THE JAW, INTO THE NECK OF EACH OPPONENT. >> NO BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND IN FRONT OF AN NXT RECORD CROWD ENTHRALLED BY THIS 2-OUT-OF-3 FALLS MATCHUP TO DETERMINE A NEW NXT CHAMPION. OH. >> WHOA. >> OH, SUPERKICK TO THE BACK OF GARGANO’S NECK. >> GARGANO’S, A STRAIGHT JACKET. >> A STRAIGHT JACKET. >> WHOA. >> GERMAN SUPLEX. >> OH, MAN. >> OH, GOD, AND IT WAS ADAM COLE GOING BACK TO HIS TOOLBOX WITH STRAIGHT JACKET GERMAN SUPLEX, IT’S INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT PLAY OUT THIS WAY AT BARCLAYS WHERE WE’RE SEEING GLIMPSES INTO HOW THESE TWO SUPERSTARS GOT TO THIS POINT AND THE DEPTHS THEY ARE WILLING TO GO. IT WAS MUHAMMAD ALI WHO SAID, “YOU NEED WILL MORE THAN YOU NEED SKILL.” AND THESE TWO POSSESS PLENTY OF BOTH. >> BUT LOOK AT THE FACE OF ADAM COLE, THAT TELLS THE TALE RIGHT THERE. HE’S GETTING CONFUSED, HE CAN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT AWAY JOHNNY GARGANO. >> I THINK CONFUSION ON THE FACE OF COLE, IT’S ABSOLUTE EXHAUSTION NOW, I’M SURE ON THE FACE OF GARGANO. >> OH, WOW. >> NO, WAIT A SECOND, TRYING TO GET COLE DOWN. OH, BACK DROP DRIVER, HIGH ANGLE. >> WOW. >> GARGANO IS OUT STAGGERING. >> COLE, THAT WOULDN’T BE ENOUGH. HE’S GOING HIGH-RISK NOW, ONE MORE BIG SHOT TO GARGANO MIGHT DO IT. >> SUPERKICK BY GARGANO FROM THE CORNER, SECOND ROPE. NOW [INDISTINCT] REVERSE SPIKE RUNNER BY JOHNNY GARGANO STAGGERING COLE. >> BAM. GARGANO BUT ADAM COLE ROLLS OUT OF THE RING. >> ADAM COLE ROLLS OUT OF THE RING. JOHNNY GARGANO CAN’T BUY A BREAK. >> I COULDN’T TELL YOU IF HE INTENTIONALLY ROLLED OUT, OR THE MOMENTUM FROM THE–FROM THE SHOT KNOCKED HIM OUT OF THE RING. >> WELL, EITHER WAY– >> FOR TWO IT IS FOR COLE. BEEN JOHNNY GARGANO’S LAST OPPORTUNITY, REVERSE RUNNER, HIT THE SUPERKICK. >> YES. THERE’VE BEEN MANY TIMES WE THOUGHT THAT JOHNNY GARGANO HAD MADE HIS LAST STAND AND YET HE CONTINUES TO SHOWCASE CHARACTER, GUILE, PRIDE, TECHNIQUE AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, HEART. BUT THE OPPORTUNISTIC COLE, WHEELBARROW SUPLEX INTO THE EDGE OF THE APRON. >> WHAT IN THE WORLD. >> THAT’S HARD TO WATCH. WHEELBARROW SUPLEX, AND ABSOLUTELY NO GIVE THERE. >> INTO THE APRON, HARD TO THE MAT. >> AND THAT MAY HAVE–WELL BEEN THE NOT SO FAIRY TALE ENDING OF GARGANO’S QUEST TO BECOME NXT CHAMPION, GUYS. I MEAN, WHAT IMPACT. >> YOU SEE THE WAY GARGANO’S NECK SNAPPED. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> JOHNNY GARGANO– >> WHOA [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] DDT–SPIKED DDT BY GARGANO. GARGANO WITH A FEW TRICKS UP HIS PRIMORDIAL SLEEVE. SLINGSHOT DDT. >> OH, NO. >> SO CLOSE. >> BUT AGAIN, COLE ROLLS OUTSIDE OF THE RING. >> TOPE SUICIDA. >> COLE IS HURT, GARGANO KNOWS IT. >> GARGANO’S GOING–THOUGHT HE GOT HIM, BUT NOT ANYMORE. ADAM COLE. ADAM COLE. >> WHAT? >> WOW, SPRINGBOARD CANADIAN DESTROYER. >> OH. OH, MY GOD. WHERE IS GARGANO GETTING THIS FROM? AND THE PANAMA SUNRISE FROM ADAM COLE, WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HIM DO THAT? >> FORGET ABOUT THAT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW SOMEONE KICK OUT AFTERWARDS? >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, NIGEL, WE WILL NOT FORGET A SINGLE SCINTILLATING SECOND OF THIS MATCH FOR THE AGES. >> BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS, THE NXT TITLE, JUST KICKING IN A [INDISTINCT] BUT YET STILL NO ONE CAN OUTDO THE OTHER. JOHNNY GARGANO KICKING OUT BEFORE THE THREE COUNT. >> THE PANAMA SUNRISE MEANT TO A SUNSET ON THAT PINNING ATTEMPT BY COLE. AND THERE’S STILL JUST A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT IN JOHNNY GARGANO’S EYES. >> THAT LIGHT IS FLICKERING AND READY TO BE EXTINGUISHED. >> ADAM COLE, BORN DESTINED TO BE A CHAMPION. >> LOOKS LIKE COLE’S GOT ONE MORE TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE. >> YOU’RE A FAILURE, JOHNNY. >> COLE CALLING JOHNNY GARGANO A FAILURE. >> YOU’RE A PIECE OF FAILURE. >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> [INDISTINCT] YOU HEAR ME? WHAT YOU DO IS FAIL. >> OH. >> YOU SAW THE ANGER IN THE FACE OF JOHNNY GARGANO? >> AND THAT ACTION BY GARGANO SPOKE MUCH LOUDER THAN WORDS. AND GARGANO WIPES OUT ADAM COLE. MAMA MIA. THE BARCLAY CENTER IS EN FUEGO. AND JOHNNY GARGANO LOOKING TO PROVE TO COLE HE IS NOT A FAILURE. HE IS LOOKING TO PROVE TO COLE THAT JOHNNY GARGANO IS WORTHY OF CALLING HIMSELF NXT CHAMPION. >> ADAM COLE TRIED TO DRIVE THE WILL OUT OF GARGANO’S BODY. >> FAIRYTALE ENDING. >> OH, NO. >> OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. THE FAIRYTALE ENDING, BUT IT’S A NIGHTMARE FOR GARGANO. TOMMASO CIAMPA NOT THAT FAR REMOVED FROM THIS NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, A MATCH HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DEFEND THE TITLE IN. >> OH, THAT TABLE DID NOT GIVE. >> NOT AN INCH. >> AND JOHNNY GARGANO, I’M LOOKING AT HIM RIGHT NOW AND GUYS, I–YOU TALK ABOUT THE LIGHT FLICKERING, HIS EYES ARE GLAZED. I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF JOHNNY GARGANO’S GONNA ABLE TO BEAT THE COUNT. >> THIS IS IT. >> OH, COLE WANTS–HE WANTS–COLE WANTS TO WIN BY COUNT OUT. UNLIKE JOHNNY GARGANO, COLE WANTS TO WIN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. >> LIKE YOU [INDISTINCT] >> OH, NOT LIKE THIS, ADAM COLE. >> COME ON, GET UP. >> NOT LIKE THIS. >> GARGANO IS A LOT WAY FROM THE RING. >> COME ON, JOHNNY, GET UP. COME ON. COME ON. >> THE NXT UNIVERSE, WILLING JOHNNY GARGANO TO HIS FATE. >> RUN. >> GARGANO– >> HE MADE IT. >> GARGANO BEAT THE COUNT. OH, WOW. BUT WILL HE BE ABLE TO BEAT ADAM COLE. OH, GOODNIGHT, ADAM COLE [INDISTINCT] >> OH, NO. WHAT? >> COME ON, JOHNNY GARGANO, YOU ARE NOT HUMAN. >> I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE AMOUNT OF PUNISHMENT THAT JOHNNY GARGANO HAS TAKEN, THE AVERAGE WOULD’VE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO. >> AND NIGEL, ADAM COLE IS THROWING EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE PROVERBIAL KITCHEN SINK THAT’S GARGANO. HOW EMOTIONALLY TAXING THIS IS FOR [INDISTINCT] HE SHOULD’VE WON THE TITLE BY NOW. >> IT’S GONNA BE ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTING, UNTIL THAT POINT, COLE CANNOT GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE HAS GARGANO A FRACTION OF A SECOND FROM BEING BEATEN. >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> AN ATMOSPHERE WORTHY OF WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. OH, SUPERKICK. >> WHOA. >> JOHNNY GARGANO–OH, MY GOD, COLE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDS WITH ONE OF HIS OWN. COLE LOOKING FOR THAT CANADIAN DESTROYER AGAIN, THIS TIME GARGANO ESCAPED. >> HE JUST DID IT ON–THERE IT IS. >> GARGANO’S GOT COLE IN THE GARGANO ESCAPE. >> WHAT? >> OH, COME ON. >> COME ON. >> BRIAN STRONG. OH, NO. OH, RODERICK STRONG OF THE UNDISPUTED ERA [INDISTINCT] GARGANO’S GOING FOR THE GARGANO ESCAPE AGAIN. >> OH, LOOK AT THIS. WELL, HE’S TAPPING. COLE IS TAPPING. GARGANO SHOULD’VE WON THIS MATCH. >> UNDISPUTED ERA. THE REFEREE NEVER SAW IT. UNDISPUTED ERA [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] >> COLE SAID–COLE SAID THERE’S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. >> WHAT? >> OH, MY. IT IS–IT IS BEDLAM. JOHNNY GARGANO. O’REILLY, SINCE THERE’S NO REFEREE, YOU SNAKES. YOU SNAKES. >> GET THE REF IN. GET THE REF IN. >> REFEREE HAS BEEN [INDISTINCT] THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. COLE [INDISTINCT] >> OH. >> GARGANO KICKS OUT. >> THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. >> WHERE IN THE HELL DID JOHNNY GARGANO FIND THE OUNCE OF ENERGY TO KICK OUT? >> THROW YOUR BEST SHOTS, BRING ALL OF UNDISPUTED ERA, IT DOES NOT MATTER TO JOHNNY GARGANO, THAT’S THE TRUE SIGN OF A CHAMPION. >> GARGANO KNEW THE ODDS WOULD BE AGAINST HIM. GARGANO HAS ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE ODDS HAVE BEEN AGAINST HIM IN HIS PURSUIT OF GLORY. >> WHAT THE HELL DOES ADAM COLE HAVE TO DO? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH, WHAT– >> [INDISTINCT] >> COLE ENDS UP WIPING OUT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UNDISPUTED ERA. CAN GARGANO CAPITALIZE? >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH. >> GARGANO DOWN. TALK ABOUT SEIZING THE MOMENT. >> WOW. >> GARGANO CLEANING HOUSE. >> OH, WOW. >> HOW IS HE DOING THIS? >> BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YES, HE’S GONNA GET BACK [INDISTINCT] >> OH. >> RIGHT IN THE MOUTH. OH, NO. ADAM COLE, ADAM COLE, LAST SHOT. >> LAST SHOT. >> [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] TO WIN THE TITLE. >> YES. >> [INDISTINCT] I’VE DONE COMBAT SPORTS FOR OVER THREE DECADES, THIS MAY BE THE MOST DAMNEDEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE BARCLAYS CENTER ENGLOBE A RECORD NXT CROWD LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT AND ESPECIALLY TRYING TO WILL GARGANO BACK INTO THIS MATCH. >> ADAM COLE IS STARTING TO FEEL THIS MATCH SLIP THROUGH HIS FINGERS. HE HAS THROWN HIS BEST SHOT, THE REST OF HIS TEAM, THE UNDISPUTED ERA HAS THROWN THEIR BEST SHOT. >> IT’S MY TIME. MINE. >> COLE IS SAYING, “IT’S MY TIME.” OH, GARGANO AVOIDS THE LAST SHOT. GARGANO ESCAPE. >> [INDISTINCT] >> TAP. >> OH, COLE TRYING TO [INDISTINCT] >> [INDISTINCT] >> GARGANO HAS HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING. >> COLE’S IN TROUBLE. HE’S GOT TO TAP. >> OH, WOW. >> [BELL RINGING] >> FROM ULTIMATE UNDERDOG TO NXT’S TOP DOG. >> THE WINNER BY SUBMISSION AND THE NEW NXT CHAMPION, JOHNNY GARGANO. >> CLEVELAND, OHIO STAND UP AND CHEER JOHNNY GARGANO IS COMING HOME THE NEW NXT CHAMPION AND THE FIRST EVER NXT TRIPLE CROWN WINNER. >> THIS IS THE MAN WHO FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO IS TOLD THAT THEIR DREAMS WOULD NOT COME TRUE. THERE WAS RED CARPET. THERE WAS NO DEBUT FOR THE 15,000. THIS MAN HAS EARNED IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. BRAVO, JOHNNY GARGANO. YOU ARE THE NEW NXT CHAMPION. >> NIGEL, LIKE OXYGEN THROUGH A FIRE OBSTACLES AND ADVERSITY BECOME FUEL FOR YOUR POTENTIAL AFTER 15 LONG HARD YEARS, JOHNNY WRESTLING FULFILLED HIS POTENTIAL TONIGHT AT TAKEOVER NEW YORK. >> A DREAM OF A BOY BECOMES A REALITY FOR THE MAN. >> AND HERE COMES HIS WIFE CANDICE LERAE. SHE’S BEEN IN THE MIDST OF THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL THAT WAS AN EPIC RIVALRY WITH TOMMASO CIAMPA, BUT TONIGHT, IT’S ALL ABOUT FAMILY. TONIGHT, IT’S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING, THE GOOD GUY DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO FINISH LAST AND JOHNNY GARGANO HAS PROVED THAT HERE TONIGHT. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> BUT WHAT AN EFFORT BY ADAM COLE AS HE PROVED MORE THAN WORTHY OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AN NXT CHAMP. >> ADAM COLE, THE ENTIRE UNDISPUTED ERA DID ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO GET THE NXT TITLE AROUND ADAM COLE’S WAIST, BUT JOHNNY GARGANO WOULD NOT BE DENIED. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MATCHUP. A WAR OF ATTRITION HERE, THE FINAL MOMENTS ALMOST, COLE WAS TAPPING, BUT THE UNDISPUTED ERA CAME TO THE AID OF THEIR LEADER AS THE MATCH WOULD CONTINUE, THE ERA AGAIN WERE TRYING TO PROVE A FACTOR IN THIS MATCHUP WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE. >> UNDISPUTED ERA– >> IN COMES KYLE O’REILLY UNFINISHED. >> UNDISPUTED ERA DOING WHAT THEY DO, TWO-ON-ONE COMPLETELY UNFAIR. THIS SHOULD’VE BEEN IT FOR JOHNNY GARGANO, BUT AS I STATED BEFORE, JOHNNY GARGANO HAS THE TRUE HEART OF A CHAMPION STILL ABLE TO KICK OUT WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST HIM. >> THE LOOK ON THE FACE OF GARGANO, CLEAR EXHAUSTION, WHAM, RIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE NECK, LAST SHOT FROM ADAM COLE BUT IT WAS NOT THE LAST SHOT FOR JOHNNY GARGANO. >> IT WAS AT THAT POINT RIGHT THERE ADAM COLE KNEW HE WAS IN TROUBLE AND WHEN THE GARGANO ESCAPE WAS APPLIED AND GARGANO ROLLED THROUGH TO THE CENTER OF THE RING, THIS IS WHERE JOHNNY GARGANO, HIS DREAMS HAVE NOW CAME TRUE. >> A NIGHT OF MIRACLE BATTLES ENDS WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINTS OF ALL THE EXCLAMATION POINTS. JOHNNY GARGANO, JOHNNY WRESTLING IS INDEED THE WHOLE SHEBANG. >> AND REMEMBER, HIS FATHER BEING UNABLE TO BE IN PHILADELPHIA, WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT THIS IS. GARGANO CELEBRATING WITH HIS MOTHER, AND FATHER, HIS WIFE, CANDICE LERAE’S PARENTS [INDISTINCT] AND IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT FAMILY FOR JOHNNY GARGANO. A CHUBBY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO HAD A DREAM WHOSE PARENTS ALLOWED HIM TO CHASE THE DREAM, AND THERE IS GOOSEBUMPS ON TOP OF GOOSEBUMPS HERE TONIGHT. >> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE JOHNNY GARGANO RIGHT NOW, TO GO TO HELL AND BACK, TO LOSE YOURSELF, TO FIND YOURSELF, THIS BIG MOMENT OF REDEMPTION HERE IN NEW YORK STANDING TALL, HOLDING HIGH THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> A ONE LAST LOOK, COLE TALKING TRASH, TRYING TO DRIVE THE WILL OUT OF HIS OPPONENT AND HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, GARGANO LYING IN WAIT, DUCKING UNDERNEATH THE LAST SHOT ATTEMPT AND THERE RIGHT IN THE CENTER DOGGEDLY HOLDING ON TO THE GARGANO ESCAPE, THERE WOULD BE NO ESCAPE FOR THE PANAMA CITY PLAYBOY. GARGANO WOULD HAVE HIS DAY AND HIS MOMENT AS NXT CHAMPION. >> AND GARGANO IS ALL FOR NO MORE IN BROOKLYN BARCLAYS CENTER PICKING UP HIS FIRST VICTORY HERE IN BK THE MOST SATISFYING AND BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER. GUYS, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT IT TOOK FOR JOHNNY GARGANO TO GET TO THIS POINT, MAN, YOU CAN MAKE MOVIES AND SEQUELS, NXT’S IRON MAN, JOHNNY GARGANO THE ENDGAME, IT’S THE NX– >> OH, OH, OH, OH. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHATTER] >> OH, WOW. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS MOMENT. TALK ABOUT THINGS COMING FULL CIRCLE. >> [MUSIC] >> [CROWD CHEERING] >> THE MOST EMOTIONAL NIGHT IN NXT HISTORY. IT’S ALL ABOUT DIY, DOING IT YOURSELF. JOHNNY GARGANO, YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF PROUD. WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND. WHAT A WAY TO SAY GOOD NIGHT. >> [MUSIC] >> [MUSIC]
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There was just something special about the 2017 – 2019 wrestling vibe back then. This was the absolute pinnacle.
Back when Kairi used to be in her prime now she’s always botching and looks confused 🙁
IMPERIUM (WALTER🇦🇹, Marcel Barthel🇩🇪, Fabian Aichner🇮🇹) debut before Alexander Wolfe🇩🇪 in the group. I miss IMPERIUM old version on NXT UK and NXT.
Ricochet and Aleister Black 🔥🔥🔥
Nxt golden 💔
Miss this NXT
It's really a shame that Velveteen Dream threw his career in the trash, whatever, life goes on..
Kairi Sane vs EST vs Io Shirai vs Shayna Baszler 🔥🔥🔥
The power of Bianca Belair 💪💪💪
Adam Cole Bay Bay 4life ❤❤❤
Johnny Gargano vs Adam Cole 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ match
3:07:37
This is awesome 🔥🔥🔥
Bring back Takeovers!
The downfall of Adam Cole bay bay needs to be studied
2:27:47❤
I miss The Velveteen Dream ❤
2:20:09 NXT Championship Math 2:24:33 Entrances
Thank goodness Vince never touched NXT cuz 2018-2019 NXT was better then the main roster
What happened to NXT TAKEOVER. It was precisely the reason why NXT is NXT. TAKEOVER was the wrestlermania of NXT. WWE should bring NXT TAKEOVER back
Wow super se bhi uper wata mache.Joni 💖💖💖🎉🎉🎉….
1:59:09 shayna got fumbled heavy by WWE😭😭😭😭😭
My favorite, main event even my favorite wrestlers in main event
Something i don't understand is why did they call the previous Takeovers in Brooklyn, Brooklyn 1, 2, 3, & 4, but for this one, they called it Takeover New York? What makes it any different when it's in the same place as the others? Had they called their next NXT Takeover in there Brooklyn V I'd call BS
I want pretty iyo she is the best I love you iyo💖🤠👍
3:01: Mauro Ranallo making a “Bye-Bye Birdie” reference!
1:14:28: Mauro Ranallo introducing his eventual replacement who would go on to become the current voice of NXT for years to come!
1:36:52: Mauro Ranallo making a Pride FC reference! Ironically, Ranallo was the voice of Pride FC in the late 90s/early-to-mid 2000s!
They waste this talents after nxt.. 😢
the diy reunion at the end of garganos world championship win was just awesome best moment of that ppv
Please upload the TakeOver events of NXT UK!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I really want to see one more time TakeOver: Cardiff, in my opinion the 2nd best TakeOver of 2019 after this one.
One of the most perfect PPVS I have ever seen..Legendary Openinig ..Legendary Matches ..INSANE LEGENDARY Main Event..Legendary Ending Scene.
still my favorite NXT Takeover event all these years later
NXT Takeover of 2019! Without a doubt, this was IT. everyone on this ppv on Wrestlemania weekend put on bangers! Hats off to all that made this 👏🏾