NXT TakeOver

NXT TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming shows by WWE produced for their NXT brand. Wrestlers who have not made it to one of WWE's two main weekly TV shows, Raw or SmackDown, wrestle on NXT.

NXT TakeOver
The set and logo for NXT TakeOver: New Orleans (2018)
Information
Created by	Triple H
Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	NXT
First event	TakeOver (May 2014)
Last event	TakeOver 36 (August 2021)

NXT TakeOver shows were the biggest shows for wrestlers on NXT. They aired live on the WWE Network, with later events airing on Peacock and traditional pay-per-view channels in the U.S. Some events took place on the weekends of WWE's big main roster shows like WrestleMania or SummerSlam. For the NXT UK brand, WWE held the NXT UK TakeOver series.

When NXT was renamed to NXT 2.0 in September 2021, the TakeOver name was no longer used, starting with NXT WarGames that November. The last TakeOver event was NXT TakeOver 36 on August 22.^[1]

Events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Main event	Ref.
1	TakeOver	May 29, 2014	Full Sail University	Winter Park, Florida	Adrian Neville (c) vs. Tyson Kidd for the NXT Championship	[2]
2	Fatal 4-Way	September 11, 2014			Adrian Neville (c) vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd for the NXT Championship	[3]
3	R Evolution	December 11, 2014			Adrian Neville (c) vs. Sami Zayn in a Title vs. Career match for the NXT Championship	[4]
4	Rival	February 11, 2015			Sami Zayn (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship	[5]
5	Unstoppable	May 20, 2015			Kevin Owens (c) vs. Sami Zayn for the NXT Championship	[6]
6	Brooklyn	August 22, 2015	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Finn Bálor (c) vs. Kevin Owens in a Ladder match for the NXT Championship	[7]
7	Respect	October 7, 2015	Full Sail University	Winter Park, Florida	Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks in a 30-minute Iron Woman match for the NXT Women's Championship	[8]
8	London	December 16, 2015	SSE Arena	London, England	Finn Bálor (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship	[9]
9	Dallas	April 1, 2016	Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center	Dallas, Texas		[10]
10	The End	June 8, 2016	Full Sail University	Winter Park, Florida	Samoa Joe (c) vs. Finn Bálor in a Steel Cage match for the NXT Championship	[11]
11	Brooklyn II	August 20, 2016	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Samoa Joe (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship	[12]
12	Toronto	November 19, 2016	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship	[13]
13	San Antonio	January 28, 2017	Freeman Coliseum	San Antonio, Texas	Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship	[14]
14	Orlando	April 1, 2017	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida	Bobby Roode (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship	[15][16]
15	Chicago	May 20, 2017	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, Illinois	The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (c) vs. DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a Ladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championship	[17]
16	Brooklyn III	August 19, 2017	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Bobby Roode (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the NXT Championship	[12][18]
17	WarGames	November 18, 2017	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Killian Dain) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Roderick Strong vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly) in a WarGames match	[19]
18	Philadelphia	January 27, 2018	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship	[20][21][22]
19	New Orleans	April 7, 2018	Smoothie King Center	New Orleans, Louisiana	Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in an unsanctioned match	[23][24]
20	Chicago II	June 16, 2018	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, Illinois	Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa in a Chicago Street Fight	[25][26]
21	Brooklyn 4	August 18, 2018	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match for the NXT Championship	[27][28]
22	WarGames	November 17, 2018	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Pete Dunne, Ricochet, and War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in a WarGames match	[29][30][31]
23	Phoenix	January 26, 2019	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix, Arizona	Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Aleister Black for the NXT Championship	[32][33]
24	New York	April 5, 2019	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York	Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole in a two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship	[34][35][36]
25	XXV	June 1, 2019	Webster Bank Arena	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Johnny Gargano (c) vs. Adam Cole for the NXT Championship	[37][38]
26	Toronto	August 10, 2019	Scotiabank Arena	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Adam Cole (c) vs. Johnny Gargano in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Championship	[39][40]
27	WarGames	November 23, 2019	Allstate Arena	Rosemont, Illinois	Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, and Kevin Owens vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in a WarGames match	[41][42]
28	Portland	February 16, 2020	Moda Center	Portland	Adam Cole (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship	[43]
29	In Your House	June 7, 2020	Full Sail University	Winter Park, Florida	Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship	[44]
30	XXX	August 22, 2020			Keith Lee (c) vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship	[45][46]
31	31	October 4, 2020	Capitol Wrestling Center at WWE Performance Center	Orlando, Florida	Finn Bálor (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Championship	[47][48]
32	WarGames	December 6, 2020			The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Bobby Fish) vs. Team McAfee (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Danny Burch, and Oney Lorcan) in a WarGames match	[49][50]
33	Vengeance Day	February 14, 2021			Finn Bálor (c) vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship	[51][52]
34	Stand & Deliver	April 7, 2021			Io Shirai (c) vs. Raquel González for the NXT Women's Championship	[53][54][55]
		April 8, 2021			Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in an unsanctioned match
35	In Your House	June 13, 2021			Karrion Kross (c) vs. Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship	[56]
36	36	August 22, 2021			Karrion Kross (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship	[57][58]
(c) – is the champion(s) gping into the match