NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way

NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
Promotional poster featuring Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn, and Tyson Kidd
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) NXT
Date September 11, 2014
City Winter Park, Florida
Venue Full Sail University
Attendance 400+
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NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way was a professional wrestling and WWE Network event produced by WWE under their NXT brand. It was broadcast live on the WWE Network, available to subscribers. It took place on September 11, 2014 at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. The show was the second show in the NXT TakeOver series and consisted of six matches. In the main event, Adrian Neville defended the NXT Championship against Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd in the eponymous Fatal 4-Way match. Also on the show, Charlotte defended the NXT Women's Championship against Bayley, The Lucha Dragons won the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Ascension. Japanese wrestler Hideo Itami also made his debut at the show.

Production

Background

The NXT TakeOver series of professional wrestling shows started on May 29, 2014 as the WWE developmental league NXT held their second ever WWE Network exclusive live broadcast billed as NXT TakeOver.[1] With the announcement of NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, NXT used the "NXT TakeOver" name as the brand used by NXT and WWE for all of their NXT live specials held on the WWE Network.[2]

Storylines

NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way consisted of professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from scripted feuds and storylines that played out on the NXT television program. Wrestlers portrayed faces (heroes) or heels (villains) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a match or a series of matches.[3][4]

On February 27, 2014, Adrian Neville defeated Bo Dallas to win the NXT Championship at NXT Arrival.[5] On the May 8 episode of NXT a 20-man battle royal with the winner facing Neville for the NXT Championship ended in a 3-way tie between Sami Zayn, Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze.[6] The next week, Kidd won a Triple Threat match between the three to earn a title match[7] at NXT TakeOver, which he lost. That same night, Tyler Breeze cheated his way to victory over Sami Zayn to earn a title match.[8] After this, Neville, Zayn, Breeze and Kidd became involved in a 4-way feud, leading to a Fatal 4-Way match for the title at the event.[9]

In August 2013 Bayley started to team with Charlotte on a regular basis, but they were almost immediately targeted by the BFFs ("Beautiful Fierce Females", Summer Rae and Sasha Banks) as they attempted to convince Bayley to join their side.[10] This storyline culminated with Charlotte turning on Bayley during a match, promptly joining the BFFs instead.[11] On May 1, 2014, Bayley failed to advance in a tournament for the vacant NXT Women's Championship after losing to Sasha in the first round.[12] On June 12, Bayley earned a pinfall over Charlotte, the new NXT Women's Champion, in a six-woman tag team match.[13] In August, 2014 Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to become the #1 contender for the Women's championship held by Charlotte.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event opened with The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) defending the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara). The match ended when Kalisto executed a Salida Del Sol on Viktor to win the title.

In the second match, Baron Corbin fought CJ Parker. Corbin executed the End of Days on Parker, scoring a pin after only 29 seconds.

After this, Sylvester Lefort and Enzo Amore faced each other in a hair vs. hair match. Amore pinned Lefort with a roll-up for the win. As Lefort quickly left after the match, his partner Marcus Louis had his hair cut instead.

NXT General manager William Regal introduced Kenta, who was making his debut. During his introduction, Kenta announced that he would be known as "Hideo Itami" (meaning "Hero of Pain") from that point on.[14] Moments later, they were interrupted by The Ascension, who were still angry over losing their NXT Tag Team Championship, and they attacked Itami. Konnor demanded a rematch, but Itami attacked The Ascension and chased them away.[15]

The fourth match saw Bull Dempsey wrestle Mojo Rawley. Dempsey executed a diving headbutt on Rawley for the win.

Next, Charlotte defended the NXT Women's Championship against Bayley. The match ended when Charlotte executed Natural Selection on Bayley to retain the title.

Main event

In the main event, Adrian Neville defended the NXT Championship against Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd in a fatal-four way match. During the match, Kidd executed a swinging fisherman's neckbreaker on Zayn for a near-fall. Breeze executed a Beauty Shot on Zayn, a Supermodel Kick to Kidd and a dropkick in mid-air on Neville. After Neville executed a shooting star press on Zayn, Breeze threw Neville out of the ring and pinned Zayn for a near-fall. Zayn executed a Helluva Kick on Kidd, but Neville broke up the pinfall attempt by pulling the referee out of the ring. Neville then performed a Red Arrow on Kidd to retain the title.

Results

No. Results[2] Stipulations Times[16]
1 The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) (c) Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship 07:48
2 Baron Corbin defeated CJ Parker Singles match 00:29
3 Enzo Amore (with Colin Cassady) defeated Sylvester Lefort (with Marcus Louis) Hair vs. Hair match[Note 1] 05:38
4 Bull Dempsey defeated Mojo Rawley Singles match 01:10
5 Charlotte (c) defeated Bayley Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship 10:40
6 Adrian Neville (c) defeated Tyson Kidd, Tyler Breeze, and Sami Zayn Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Championship 24:12
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Sylvester Lefort ran away after losing his match, leaving his tag team partner Marcus Louis to lose his hair instead.

References

  1. ↑ Howell, Nolan. "Neville tops Kidd at NXT Takeover". canoe.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Howell, Nolan. "Neville shocks, defies odds at NXT Takeover: Fatal 4 Way". Canoe.ca. SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ Howell, Nolan. "NXT ArRival: Zayn reaches for the gold". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ↑ James, Justin. "James's WWE NXT report 5/8 - Week 97: Battle Royal for NXT Title shot, Women's Title tournament continues, Triple H appearance, Exotic Express; Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  7. ↑ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 5/15 - Week 98: NXT Title #1 contender match, Women's Title tourney continues; Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "James's WWE NXT TakeOver report 5/29: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live special on WWE Network". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Namako, Jason. "Preview for tonight's live NXT Takeover on the WWE Network". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  10. ↑ James, Justin. "James WWE NXT results 11/6 – Week 71: Luke Harper Week continues with Harper vs. Ohno/Hero, NXT tag champs in action, Summer Rae, more, Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ James, Justin. "James WWE NXT results 11/13 – Week 72: Must-see 2/3 Falls main event, Flair's daughter turns, Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ James, Justin (May 1, 2014). "James' WWE NXT Report 5/1". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ James, Justin (June 12, 2014). "James' WWE NXT Report 6/12". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ Saxton, Byron (2014-10-09). "From gratitude to the griddle: Hideo Itami on NXT, IHOP and adjusting to life in America". WWE. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  15. ↑ Caldwell, James. "NXT news: NXT Title match result, Kenta gets new ring name, new Tag Champs, main roster champ wrestles, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "WWE NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way - Results". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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