NXT TakeOver: New York

NXT TakeOver: New York was a professional wrestling show and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT brand. The event took place on April 5, 2019, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[2]

NXT TakeOver: New York
Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateApril 5, 2019
CityBrooklyn, New York
VenueBarclays Center
Attendance15,697[1]
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Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Johnny Gargano defeated Adam Cole in a Two-out-of-three falls match to win the vacant NXT Championship. Other matches on the undercard saw Walter defeat Pete Dunne to win the WWE United Kingdom Championship (also ending Dunne's historic reign at 685 days), Shayna Baszler retaining the NXT Women's Championship in a Fatal 4-Way match, Velveteen Dream ending Matt Riddle's undefeated streak and retaining the NXT North American Championship, and the War Raiders retaining the NXT Tag Team Championship against Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners Aleister Black and Ricochet.

Production
Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English commentators Mauro Ranallo
Nigel McGuinness
Percy Watson
Vic Joseph (UK Championship match)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Marcelo Rodríguez
Jerry Soto
Ring announcer Kayla Braxton
Referees Drake Wuertz
Eddie Orengo
Darryl Sharma
D.A. Brewer
Interviewer Sarah Schreiber
Pre-show panel Charly Caruso
Sam Roberts
Pat McAfee

Background

TakeOver is a series of professional wrestling shows that began on May 29, 2014, as WWE's then developmental territory NXT held their second WWE Network exclusive live broadcast billed as TakeOver.[3] In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live WWE Network specials. In March 2018, it was announced that WrestleMania 35 would be held at the MetLife Stadium, with the event's associated TakeOver event being held in Brooklyn's Barclays Center. New York was the 24th NXT TakeOver event.[4]

Storylines

The card comprised five matches. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on their weekly television program, NXT.[5][6]

In the fourth annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Aleister Black and Ricochet advanced to the finals and defeated The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) to win the tournament. This also earned them an NXT Tag Team Championship match against the War Raiders at TakeOver.

In the Classic, Johnny Gargano decided to team up once again with former friend and bitter rival, NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa, reforming #DIY. After losing to Black and Ricochet in the semifinals, Ciampa was about to turn on Gargano again, but Gargano was prepared and turned the attack around. On the March 20 episode of NXT, Triple H revealed that Gargano was supposed to face Ciampa at TakeOver for the NXT title, but those plans halted due to the real life situation of Ciampa needing neck surgery, thus forcing him to vacate the title. Triple H then stated Gargano would still be in the match, and The Undisputed Era's Adam Cole won a fatal five-way against Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, Aleister Black, and Ricochet to fight for the vacant title. Triple H also announced that, in order to get a definitive winner, the match would be a two-out-of-three falls match.

After winning the Worlds Collide tournament during Royal Rumble Axxess for a championship match of his choosing, Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship. Over the next few weeks, Dream had runs ins with Matt Riddle, who fantasized about what the championship would look like around his waist. After weeks of head games, it was eventually announced that Dream would defend the title against Riddle at TakeOver.

At TakeOver: Phoenix, Shayna Baszler retained the NXT Women's Championship against Bianca Belair by technical submission. During the match, Belair also had to deal with outside interference from Baszler's friends, former UFC Horsewomen Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. This led to a match with Belair teaming with Io Shirai and Kairi Sane against the three women, and resulted in Shirai pinning Baszler. Belair, however, was not pleased as she wanted the pin and another shot at Baszler's title. During a match for a title shot at TakeOver, both Shirai and Belair were attacked by Baszler, who also choked out an assisting Sane. As she was leaving the building, Baszler was informed that, due to her actions, she would be defending her title against Belair, Shirai, and Sane in a fatal four-way.

Event

In the opening match, The War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) defended the NXT Tag Team Championship against Aleister Black and Ricochet. Hanson and Rowe performed Fallout on Ricochet to retain the title.

Next, The Velveteen Dream defended the NXT North American Championship against Matt Riddle. Dream pinned Riddle with a roll up to retain the title.

After that, Pete Dunne defended the WWE United Kingdom Championship against Walter. Walter performed a Diving Splash on Dunne to win the title; this ended Dunne's record title reign at 685 days.

In the penultimate match, Shayna Baszler defended the NXT Women's Championship against Kairi Sane, Bianca Belair and Io Shirai. Baszler forced Belair to submit to the Kirifuda Clutch to retain the title.

Main event

In the main event, Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole competed in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the vacant NXT Championship. Cole performed a Last Shot on Gargano to win the first fall. Cole performed a second Last Shot on Gargano for a near-fall. Gargano forced Cole to submit to the Garga-No-Escape to win the second fall. Gargano performed a Slingshot DDT on Cole for a near-fall. Cole performed a Panama Sunrise on Gargano for a near-fall. Cole performed a Fairytale Ending on an announce table on Gargano. Gargano applied the Garga-No-Escape but The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) appeared. O'Reilly attacked Gargano with an eye rake and Cole pushed Gargano into the referee. Fish and O'Reilly performed Total Elimination on Gargano and Cole scored a near-fall. Gargano performed a Back Body Drop onto Fish, O'Reilly and Strong on Cole and threw Strong into the ring post. Gargano performed a Superkick on Fish and a Tornado DDT off the ring apron on O'Reilly. Cole performed a third Last Shot on Gargano for a near-fall. Gargano forced Cole to submit to the Garga-No-Escape to win the third fall and the title.

After the match, Candice LeRae, Gargano's wife, appeared to celebrate with Gargano. Tommaso Ciampa, the former NXT Champion, appeared and congratulated Gargano. Gargano celebrated with LeRae and Ciampa as the event ended.

Reception

The event received widespread acclaim. Jake St-Pierre of 411Mania rated the event a perfect 10/10 rating. He described it by saying, "It's getting to the point where I don't know which TakeOver event stands out the most, but I'll be damned if New York didn't throw its hat in the ring with authority."[7]

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awarded, out of five stars, 4.5 stars for both the NXT Tag Team Championship and the North American Championship matches, 4.75 stars to the Walter-Dunne match, 3.75 stars to the Women's Championship match (the only match of the event below four stars), and 5.5 stars to the Gargano-Cole match, which is the first time a WWE match broke the five-star rating system.[8]

The Gargano-Cole match would later win the NXT Year-End Award for Match of the Year.

Results
No. Results Stipulations Times[9]
1N Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) defeated Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel Tag team match N/A
2N Jaxson Ryker defeated Danny Burch Singles match N/A
3N Candice LeRae defeated Aliyah (with Vanessa Borne) Singles match N/A
4 War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) (c) defeated Aleister Black and Ricochet Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship[10] 18:50
5 Velveteen Dream (c) defeated Matt Riddle Singles match for the NXT North American Championship[11] 17:35
6 Walter defeated Pete Dunne (c) Singles match for the WWE United Kingdom Championship[12] 25:40
7 Shayna Baszler (c) defeated Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kairi Sane by submission Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Women's Championship[13] 15:45
8 Johnny Gargano defeated Adam Cole 2–1 Two-out-of-three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship[14] 38:25
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • N – indicates the match was taped for broadcast on a future episode of NXT

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic bracket
First Round
NXT
(Taped February 20, aired March 6)[15] 		Semifinals
NXT
(Taped February 20, aired March 13)[15] 		Final
NXT
(Taped March 13, aired March 27)[16]
         
Moustache Mountain
(Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) 		Pin
Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
Moustache Mountain
The Forgotten Sons Pin
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch
The Forgotten Sons
(Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) 		Pin
The Forgotten Sons
Aleister Black and Ricochet Pin
DIY
(Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano) 		Pin
The Undisputed Era
(Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish)
DIY
Aleister Black and Ricochet Pin
Aleister Black and Ricochet Pin
Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel

References
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  8. Dangoor, Louis (12 April 2019). "NXT Title Match Given Highest Ever WWE Star Rating". WrestleTalk. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. Powell, Jason. "4/5 Powell's NXT Takeover: New York live review – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole in a best of three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship, Pete Dunne vs. Walter for the WWE UK Championship, Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle for the NXT North American Title, NXT Women's Title four-way, NXT Tag Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
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  13. Bristout, Ralph (April 5, 2019). "NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler def. Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kairi Sane (Fatal 4-Way Match)". WWE. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
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