[crowd cheering]
[introduction music playing]
[male announcer] We told you
we are the future
until you told us, the future
is now.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Tom] Guys, if I'm dreaming,
don't wake me up.
[Corey] Can you feel it? Can you feel this moment?
[Tom] Welcome to NXT Takeover Brooklyn.
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[sighs]
One year ago in Brooklyn…
[sighs]
Let's see. One year ago, where was I?
A year ago, No Way Jose was
still trying to find his spot.
I was in some random city
in some random town.
I was on Mexico.
I'd be lying to you if I knew
exactly where I was.
Last year,
I, I didn't have this.
One year ago, who would've thought
I would be here right now?
[music fades]
One year ago…
I was a part of an historic event.
-[crowd cheering] -[Corey] This is surreal.
What started as a vision
has now become a revolution.
I mean, it's one year later
and I still get choke up.
One year ago,
I went to watch TakeOver Brooklyn.
[Gargano] Tonight
to be in Brooklyn
on that stage
with the whole world watching,
it's a night I know I'll never forget.
[Tom] This year
the next generation of NXT stars
wants to make their Mark in Brooklyn.
♪ Everything is shaking ♪
♪ Through the wall ♪
-This… -This…
This is NXT.
This is Brooklyn.
[speaking Japanese]
[Samoa] I will leave Brooklyn…
-The new… -New
[Nakamura] NXT Champion.
[male 1] Tag Team…
-[male 2] Tag Team Champions. -[Asuka] Women's Champion.
[Samoa] NXT Champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[music]
-[male 3] I am ready. -[male 4 ] I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Tonight…
The revival takes over,
-[male] Brooklyn. -[Nakamura] Shinsuke Nakamura
takes over.
[Samoa] I take over
I take over Brooklyn…
Brooklyn.
…again.
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[male announcer] An now,
WWE Network presents
NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.
[music]
[crowd cheering]
♪ I'll stop at nothing ♪
♪ I will play this game ♪
[Tom] Last year w as a spectacle.
Tonight, we write a new chapter,
a record-breaking NXT crowd.
Sold out, 15,671
on hand at the Barclays Center.
Welcome everybody
to NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.
[music continues]
What a night we have in store for you
here tonight in the heart
of New York City.
Tom Phillips here,
with Monday Night Raw's but always NXT,
Corey Graves.
Graves, you were a part of this event
last year, how special is this night?
Last year when NXT
came to Brooklyn, we revolutionized
sports entertainment.
Let's do it again tonight, shall we?
Pedal to the metal
never false metal.
Beastie Boys.
Tonight promises to be glorious
with the in ring debut of Bobby Roode.
Plus, all three NXT
Championships will be defended.
Welcome everyone to NXT
TakeOver Brooklyn.
["Now way" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ No way Jose, No way Jose ♪
♪ No way Jose ♪
♪ No way Jose, No way Jose ♪
[crowd] ♪ No way Jose ♪
Ah!
[bell ringing]
[Tom] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way into the ring,
from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
weighing in at 245 pounds,
No Way Jose.
[Corey] We had a conga line in Brooklyn, Phillips.
Why don't you go down there and join them?
[Tom] I learned my lesson and you should
have too. We're never dancing again.
But look at the NXT universe diving in
with No Way Jose here
to kick off TakeOver.
Look at the size of this conga line,
it's all the way across the ring.
[Corey] That's more friends than you have
in the entire planet.
[Tom] Funny, funny.
Can you imagine how excited
No Way Jose is to perform
in front of over 15,000 NXT fans here?
He's got a conga line right off the bat
[Corey] He's got a conga line,
but he's got a gigantic task
lying in front of him.
Jose better not concentrate
too much on dancing.
He's got a big fight.
[Tom] That's the one thing we've learned
about No Way Jose
over the last few weeks and months.
As much as this man
likes to have fun, don't let his kindness
mistake you for weakness.
This is the man, when the bell rings
he is all go.
[Corey] You can see it in his eyes
when No Way Jose gets fired up
he's like a wrecking machine.
He's no dancing,
all fury, all fists.
[Tom] A 245-pounder who looks to bring it
every time he gets in the ring.
But right now, the Barclays Center
is a fiesta.
["Now way" playing]
[crowd cheering]
What up?
[crowd cheering]
["Ambition and Vision" plays]
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[Tom] And his opponent
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
weighing in at 202 pounds,
Austin Aries.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] The greatest man
that ever lived looking very,
very confident heading into this match
against No Way Jose.
[Tom] Remember, Austin Aries
credited Jose for, sort of
awakening the devil inside,
reminding Austin Aries exactly who he is.
[Corey] Yeah, we've learned who Austin Aries is,
what his true colors are.
It all stemmed from the moment
where Aries and Jose seemed
to be sharing a friendly appreciation
of positivity and good vibes.
[music]
[male announcer] This hard hitting moment is brought
to you by Jolly Rancher hard candy.
["Now way" playing]
[Corey] It's a fiesta, Tom.
[Tom] We're having a lot of fun.
[Corey] I'm having fun,
-it's a-- oh, geez. -[Tom] Oh, my God.
Austin Aries.
[Corey] Austin Aries
with a relentless attack on Jose.
[Tom] He thanked Jose for reminding him
who he is.
Obviously, this is who
Austin Aries really is.
Oh, yeah.
[rock music playing]
[Corey] Well, Austin-- oh, my God.
No Way Jose.
[Tom] Jose hasn't forgotten
what Aries did to him.
[Corey] No Way Jose is beating
the heck of Austin Aries.
[Tom] And Aries hightailing out of here.
[Corey] Take a look at the face
of No Way Jose and tell me he doesn't mean
serious business.
[rock music playing]
[Tom] That's what we were
talking about earlier, No Way Jose
flipped the switch
and it's all thanks to a man who looks
extremely confident coming into this,
Austin Aries.
-[bell ringing] -[Corey] Does Aries look worried to you
about this match?
[Tom] Not at all.
[Corey] He should be.
[Tom] That's your opinion.
Jose looks confident as well
but Austin Aries,
this could be part of a plan.
Austin Aries has been around the world,
he's a veteran.
He's a world-traveled superstar.
He may-- this may all be
part of his master plan.
[male announcer] And trying to take down
No Way Jose to the mat.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] And No Way Jose,
does not wanna get in a wrestling match with Austin Aries.
[Tom] No, but he does wanna get
into a fight and that is what no
way Jose's tailor-built for.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering for Austin Aries]
[Tom] Oh, oh, oh.
And look at Aries going
right after No Way Jose.
No Way Jose not willing to play
into the games of Austin Aries.
Yeah!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Oh, he's gonna stomp your head
and have some fun doing it.
[Corey] The crowd here at Barclays Center
sounded very pro
Austin Aries there for a moment.
Yet, you got to wonder, is that gonna play
into the psyche of No Way Jose?
Thus far, it hasn't.
[Tom] The rope-- oh, and Austin Aries
avoided disaster
there as No Way Jose was taking back deep
for a right hand.
Aries is on the run.
[Jose Grunts]
[Tom] Oh wow, what a kick.
Oh, right across the jaw.
[Jose] Come on!
[Tom] And out-- outside of the ring
goes Austin Aries and look
at Jose giving pursuit.
-[Corey] Look at this. -[Tom] Oh, into the sky.
[Corey] No Way Jose giving no quarter.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] This is what Jose knew he had to do
coming into this match.
He had to bring the fight
to the veteran, Austin Aries.
[grunts]
[Corey] Oh!
Oh, yeah!
[Corey] I like this side of No Way Jose.
[crowd cheering]
[Austin grunts]
[crowd cheering in Spanish]
[Aries] Oh!
[crowd cheering in Spanish]
[Austin grunts]
[Tom] And Jose caught with the back elbow,
chants of "sí se puede" here
at the Barclays Center in support
of No Way Jose.
Now going up to the top rope here.
This could be bad news for Austin Aries.
[Tom] Aries doing his best to fight out.
[Corey] Oh, my goodness.
[Tom] The neck of Jose dropped
right across that top rope.
That'll change the game in a hurry.
[Corey] Right across the throat
and No Way Jose's just trying
to find his win and…
meanwhile, here comes
Austin Aries on the assault.
[Jose grunts]
[referee] Hey, back it up!
[Tom] We've learned about
Austin Aries over the last few months,
is that he said he's an opportunistic
type of competitor.
[Corey] Austin Aries is like a jackal.
He can tear you apart.
[Tom] Absolutely ruthless. Look at this.
Top rope, the throat of No Way Jose
into the top rope.
And then watch this-- oh,
right to the back of the neck.
[Corey] [unintelligible] No Way Jose
right out cold there.
[Tom] Austin Aries was able
to weather that early emotional storm
by No Way Jose.
[Corey] Ooh.
[Tom] It's all Aries right now.
[Corey] Boots right across the face of Jose
now going to the second turnbuckle.
Aries measuring Jose
and this one to the back of the neck.
Looking for the early cover here on Jose
and out at two.
[Tom] Laser-like precision
with that elbow to the back.
[Corey] Ooh.
[Jose grunts]
[Corey] Now, take another look at this.
Boom, right there, back of the neck.
[Tom] The point of the elbow of Aries
right to the spine.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tom] And give credit to No Way Jose
sticking around here with this matchup.
[Corey] Yeah, but give credit
to Austin Aries too.
No Way Jose has a decisive size advantage
for Aries, he's just pretty much
taking that way from the-- at the moment.
[Tom] And Austin spent his whole career
fighting against superstars
that are much larger than him
and he's won titles all over the world.
It's never been a factor
for this superstar and now
-the cover and a kick-out. -Come on!
Hey, he got the shoulder up.
Come on, it's two.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Hey, you've known
Austin Aires a long time.
As you could see, #NXTTakeOver
is already trending on social media.
[crowd cheering]
Where did that mentality come from,
that-- you've said it, that
Jackal-like mentality?
[Corey] It's a necessity.
If you're undersized,
you have to be twice as mean
as the next guy.
[Tom] And a straight right hands there
-by Jose. -[Corey] Oh, my goodness.
Oh, and over the top rope
there goes Austin Aries.
Yeah!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] NXT universe sensing
the anticipation here.
Oh, and into the top turnbuckle,
Austin Aries is now in a world
of trouble here against
No Way Jose.
-Oh! -[Corey] Wow.
Massive double chop.
[Tom] And looking for it again Oh, man.
[Corey] I don't know if No Way Jose
had good luck there or Aries had
bad luck that he fell back into the ring.
-[Jose grunts] -[Tom] Uh-oh.
[Corey] Oh!
Right down on the tailbone.
[Tom] Now Aries is trying to find
some safe haven here against
No Way Jose, going to the bottom
rope here, the official breaking things up
for the moment.
[Corey] That sort of landing
is one of the most painful things
I've ever experienced inside of a ring,
coming down from that height
on the tailbone,
your legs stop working,
your back locks up.
[Tom] Aries is holding on for dear life
there for a moment.
Oh, and-- oh.
Turned him inside out.
[Corey] He's got it hooked in.
He's got the last chancery.
[Tom] Last chancery center of the ring.
No Way Jose has got nowhere to go.
Can he out muscle Austin Aries
to get to the bottom rope?
And No Way Jose able to break
the submission.
[Aries grunts]
[Tom] It's just the instinct survival
on behalf of No Way Jose
getting to those ropes,
the only way to break that hold.
But how much damage
was inflicted in those few moments?
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Austin Aries!
[Tom] Wow, Jose beating Aries
to the pump right there.
[crowd] Austin Aries!
[Tom] Now Aries-- whoa, whoa, whoa!
He was looking for that rolling elbow
caught with a TKO.
Cover here on Aries.
What a win this would be
for Jose-- kick out.
[Corey] You were applauding the tenacity
of No Way Jose.
You got to give it to Austin Aries
here as well.
A huge TKO by Jose and Aries
still had enough in the tank to kick out.
[Corey] Hold on, wait a minute.
Looking for that spinning full Nelson slam
that has helped No Way Jose
win so many matches here on NXT.
Austin Aries-- whoa,
sending Jose through the ropes.
[Tom] Fantastic ring awareness by Aries.
The best superstars are
are always aware of their surroundings
surroundings and No Way Jose
better get away real quick.
[Corey] Oh, into the barricade.
Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Austin Aries propelling
himself like a bullet between
that middle and bottom rope.
[Tom] Oh, and now Aries using
the second rope again.
No Way Jose trying
to collect himself here and Austin Aries
giving a no reprieve.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] What is Aries thinking here?
Aries-- whoa.
-Oh, what a counter. -[Corey] Wow.
[Tom] Turned inside out by No Way Jose.
Oh, kick-out.
[Corey] The power advantage of No Way Jose
coming into play in a big way
right there, reversing Aries--
whatever Aries had in mind to do this,
just take a look at this.
Aries had bad intentions,
but Jose into-- turned the modified
falcon arrow.
Got the long two-count but Aries
still hanging in there.
[Tom] That was about two and a half.
Austin Aries-- what an embarrassment
Austin Aries would feel
here to lose here in Brooklyn.
What a win it would be for Jose
to knock off the veteran.
[Corey] Rolling elbow.
-Goodnight, Jose-- oh. -[Tom] Oh, oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Jose] Oh!
[Corey] Jose keeps coming back.
That rolling elbow has taken out
many an opponent.
It seemed to wake Jose up.
[Tom] Now, looking for that full Nelson slam,
backed into the corner by Aries.
[Corey] Jose going for it again.
[Austin grunts]
[Tom] Oh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Austin Aries-- oh.
[Corey] Trying to crucifix bomb.
I don't know that Aries got the impact
he was looking for but it was enough.
[Tom] Didn't have enough to hook the cover
there and now, Austin Aries loaded up
here in the corner.
-[Corey] Bam. -[crowd] Oh.
[Tom] Right on the jaw of No Way Jose.
Austin Aries crawling into a cover.
No Way Jose is still in this match.
[Corey] What a way to kick the night
off here in Brooklyn.
These two warriors leaving it
all out there.
[Tom] Look at the eyes of No Way Jose.
He's been rocked by Austin Aries
but he's hanging around.
Austin Aries now going to the top rope,
thinking about closing this thing out. Oh.
[referee] Let's go.
[Tom] It was a flat-out uppercut from No Way Jose.
[Corey] And we know Aries is comfortable
on the top rope, because this is
where Jose wants to be with him.
Maybe that's where he's gotta be.
[Jose Grunts]
[Corey] Nasty right hands
right on the jaw.
[Corey] Aries answering with that short elbow.
[Tom] Sunset flip.
-Oh. Last chancery. -[crowd cheering]
[Corey] He's got it locked in,
No Way Jose taps out.
-[bell ringing] -No choice.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[male announcer] Here is your winner
by submission, Austin Aries.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Austin Aries on the biggest stage
NXT has to offer,
came through but he got a heck of a fight
from No Way Jose.
[Corey] Yeah, you got to give credit
to No Way Jose but that's the man
right there, Austin Aries.
Look at this take in between the bottom
and the middle rope, bam
Risking his body.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh!
[Tom] Then this was later on here
on the matchup, desperation
by No Way Jose.
Austin Aries caught
and nearly taken out here
by No Way Jose.
This was nearly the end of Austin Aries.
[Corey] And we see Jose taking it up top
but that elbow, that short elbow
right to the jaw
disorients Jose, sunset bomb by Aries
right into the last chancery.
And thanks for coming, No Way Jose.
[bell ringing]
[Corey] Give No Way Jose a lot of credit.
[Tom] We've got to give him credit
absolutely but-- oh.
Aries isn't finished.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Aries, after the bell
and once again locking in last chancery.
[Tom] No Way Jose awakened
this part of Austin Aries,
the devil inside,
and Jose is paying for it.
[Corey] This is enough.
This is enough from Aries.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Hideo Itami is here
in Brooklyn.
The man was on the shelf
for over a year,
missed out on Brooklyn last year.
He's recently returned to action.
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Oh, and Austin Aries.
Aries is going after Itami.
[Tom] Aries has lost it.
That's what you get for getting
into the greatest man that ever lived ring
without his permission.
[grunts]
[Tom] Oh!
[Corey] Oh, my goodness.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[Tom] He hit it.
Go to sleep.
[crowd cheering]
GTS.
[crowd cheering]
["Tokiwakita" plays]
[Tom] Welcome back, Hideo Itami.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] I know for a fact how badly
it bothered Hideo.
He couldn't compete last year
here at Brooklyn.
But this year, he arrived at an
at an empathic fashion,
takes out Austin Aries.
[crowd cheering]
That's how you make a statement.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Let's take another look at this.
Watch this kick to the side
-of the face of Austin. -[Tom] Almost decapitated Austin Aries.
I can't believe we just saw, but we did.
Hideo Itami, bam, GTS, go to sleep.
[Corey] You know he invented that move, Tom
[Tom] He did and it's back.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] I mean, this is incredible.
We are just getting started here
inside the sold-out Barclays Center.
[Corey] Oh. Look who it is, Tom,
what's causing all of this.
The two-time Hall of Famer,
"the nature boy" Ric flair
in Barclays Center to see
what's causing all of this.
What awesome is this?
[Tom] I mean, we have Hall of Famers
checking out the future.
As people are saying, the future is now.
You could be looking to the future
Hall of Famers compete here tonight.
Absolutely. Every time we're here
it feels special and bigger than ever.
Oh, my God.
We are just beginning and I think
Hideo Itami probably
just broke the Internet.
Still to come here tonight,
our main event,
the NXT Championship,
Shinsuke Nakamura
challenges the champion, Samoa Joe.
[rock music playing]
[Corey] There you see the champ
getting ready for battle.
The title's on the line tonight.
[Tom] He's gonna have his hands full
with arguably the most
dangerous striker in the game.
And Shinsuke Nakamura.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Kota Ibushi and Funaki,
a little support there
in the locker room.
[rock music playing]
[Tom] We wanna send special thank you to
of Mice & Men for Relentless.
It's one of the official themes
of NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.
You can hear the brand-new song
exclusively on NXT
before their new album, "Cold World",
drops September 9th.
["Seduction" plays]
[bell ringing]
[male announcer] The following contest
is a women's division match
scheduled for one fall.
Making her way into the ring,
from Sydney, Australia,
Billie Kay.
[Corey] Earlier tonight
on the TakeOver pre-show,
it was Billie Kay who was talking
a lot of trash about her opponent
tonight, the debuting
Ember Moon.
And ladies and gentlemen,
a quick reminder tonight here
on the WWE Network.
If you chose this weekend
sign up for your free month,
great decision, immediately
following NXT TakeOver Brooklyn,
you'll get to see WWE 24
Women's Evolution.
[Corey] A lot of people would argue
that the crowning Jewel
of the women's evolution
happened right here, last year
Barclays Center.
I get to check this thing out.
It was unbelievable.
It's worth the watch.
[Tom] And again, that is immediately
following TakeOver Brooklyn tonight
here only on the WWE Network.
Billie Kay has referred to herself
as the femme fatale of NXT
which she delivered
on that moniker tonight.
["Free the Flame" plays]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Seek the truth ♪
♪ And let the wildfire ♪
♪ Set you free ♪
♪ Don't you remember ♪
♪ One ember sparks a fire ♪
♪ One ember feeds the flames ♪
♪ Now burn, burn, yeah! ♪
[male announcer] And her opponent,
from Dallas, Texas,
Ember Moon!
[Corey] We're talking about
the women's evolution here at WWE,
in NXT.
Ember Moon has got to be after
this conversation.
This woman is a game-changer, Tom.
[Tom] The debuting Ember Moon,
there's a lot of mystery
that surrounds this superstar.
We heard on the pre-show Mauro Ranallo
was saying that the women's division is,
well guaranteed to be dynamite,
talking about the tremendous
history Ember Moon has,
the training she's had
thanks to Skandor Akbar
and WWE hall of famer,
your buddy, Booker T.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Booker T speaks very,
very highly of Ember Moon.
You know, she's not gonna wanna disappoint.
-[bell ringing] -But you know that Billie Kay
is looking to make just as big
of a name for herself.
Billie Kay doesn't feel she got
the hype she deserved.
[Tom] Now, Billie Kay, around
the WWE performance center,
continuing to rest on her laurels
to some extent at one point
a few months ago.
Yes, she did compete
on Smackdown and it has been
the-- proclaiming that to anybody
that's willing to listen down in Orlando.
[Corey] One thing you can't do in NXT
is rest on your laurels.
[Tom] She asked for an opportunity
from our general manager,
Mr. William Regal,
and she certainly got one.
Here tonight against Ember Moon.
-[Groaning] -[Tom] Wow.
[Corey] Whoa.
A shot up off the mat.
[grunts]
[Tom] Oh.
[Corey] Look at the agility of Ember Moon.
[crowd cheering]
We don't know much about her, but-- oh,
look at her eyes.
[Tom] Those red eyes we saw that blood moon
when she made her entrance.
The sign of the lunar eclipse,
the sign of change,
the sign of the apocalypse perhaps, and…
perhaps looking to care of Billie Kay here in this situation.
[Tom] Maybe it's a sign
for the women's division,
-that they're all in for a fight. -[Corey] Yeah.
[Ember] What? Oh!
[Corey] Oh. Wow, man.
Billie Kay looking to spoil it early.
[Tom] Cover, stature up, kick out at two.
[Ember groaning]
[Corey] Maybe Billie Kay's right,
maybe she hasn't received
the hype she deserves.
[Tom] And Billie Kay talked about on
the-- oh, on the pre-show saying,
"TakeOver is the place where
new comers make their arrival.
Ember Moon will not have that opportunity."
Billie Kay claims she's gonna be the next
NXT women's champion.
-Wow. -[Corey] Oh.
Crossbody here from Ember Moon,
kick out.
Ember Moon is a-- oh,
extremely active,
trying to display some of her-- oh.
-Some of her skills here in… -[Tom] Long legs coming into play.
[Corey] There's a cover here from Billie
-and Ember is still in this match. -[Ember groaning]
It'll definitely be an important win here for Billie Kay
to knock off the debuting
Ember Moon.
[Tom] I think a lot of people
might've had their doubts
about Billie Kay, myself included,
but I'm starting to believe.
[Corey] Very impressive.
[crowd cheering]
-[grunts] -[Tom] Oh, wait a minute.
[Corey] Oh.
Right to the lower back of Ember Moon.
Ember Moon trying to counter.
Ember able to shift her way
just enough that Billie Kay
couldn't finish the maneuver.
Billie Kay didn't get frustrated,
just going back to the well.
-[unintelligible] -[Ember grunts]
-[Tom] Oh, look at Billie Kay. -[Corey] What a unique submission.
[Corey] Comes to mind
the Widow's Peak, Victoria.
[Tom] Billie Kay showing awesome,
impressive strength here.
Ember Moon
in a real bad position here in the middle
of the ring, nowhere to go.
[Tom] I don't care how flexible you are.
The human spine is not meant
to bend like that.
[Ember grunts]
[Corey] Ember Moon almost able
to free that left foot.
It takes some of the pressure off.
If you're upside down, you're disoriented.
It's hard to breath.
Not to mention the fact
your back is bending
in the wrong direction.
[Tom] Imagine if Billie Kay
makes Ember Moon tap out-- oh!
In her debut.
Now, it shoots the half here on Moon.
Cover here from Billie Kay.
Oh, out of two.
And now again, out of frustration perhaps
but Ember Moon
gets her shoulder off the mat.
Come on!
[referee] Got her shoulder up, Billie.
Two-count, two-count.
[Tom] Billie starting to get frustrated.
Something you can't do,
not on a stage like this.
[referee] Off the hair, Billie.
[Corey] Oh, wait a minute.
Look at Ember Moon cover here.
Oh, With a one-count there on Billie.
-[Amber grunts] -[Corey] Oh.
[Amber grunts]
What's Billie Kay got in mind here?
[Amber grunts]
[Corey] Now, shots to the jaw there
from Ember Moon trying to create
a little bit of space.
And the back elbow flooring
-Billie Kay. -[Billie screams]
And now, Ember Moon's got an opportunity.
-[Amber grunts] -[Corey] Oh.
-[crowd cheering] -[Billie] Oh.
[Corey] Oh, and a Suplex there from Ember Moon
off the neck breaker.
[Tom] You hear that howl?
That girl howl?
-[Corey] Yeah. -[referee talks indistinctly]
[Corey] Whoa, oh.
Unbelievable athleticism.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Now going up to the top rope here,
Ember Moon.
What does she have in store here
against Billie Kay?
Wow.
[crowd cheering]
Billie Kay is out.
-Ember Moon, welcome to NXT. -[bell ringing]
["Free the Flame" plays]
[male announcer] Here is your winner,
Ember Moon.
[Corey] How can you not be impressed
with a debut like that?
You said it, Tom, Ember Moon,
welcome to NXT.
That was supernatural
athleticism right there.
That was mind-blowing.
[Tom] That is how you make a debut.
Let's take a look back at this.
Watch this, Graves.
[Corey] Look at this, a twisting
stunner of sorts-- I don't know
what to even call that.
I've never seen it before.
[Tom] Watch this one more time. Bam.
In midair, she changes direction
and hits the stunner.
Billie Kay out cold,
thanks to Ember Moon.
♪ Don't you remember ♪
♪ One ember sparks a fire ♪
♪ One ember feeds the flames ♪
[Corey] Ember Moon, the NXT universe
is shifting on her assets.
Look into those eyes,
Ember Moon
arriving in a big way here
tonight in Brooklyn.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[male voice] The beast!
[male narrator] The most decorated
combat athlete of all time.
The apex predator
is on the hunt.
Oh, my lord!
This is gonna be one hell of a fight.
Here we go.
Tomorrow night,
right here on this building,
that's gonna be fun.
It's gonna be big.
Can't wait.
We've already had
a really big night here on NXT TakeOver
Brooklyn and still more come. -But Tom-- but Tom,
it's been big
but it's about to get glorious.
It did a little bit earlier today.
[crowd cheering]
Bobby, what are your thoughts
as tonight is your first NXT TakeOver
here in Brooklyn.
New York City is my kind of town,
you know what I mean?
But not Brooklyn.
I mean, Brooklyn
is like the armpit of New York.
It stinks, it's a dump.
Look at me, look at me.
I mean, I'm definitely,
definitely more Manhattan.
But tonight, NXT TakeOver
here in Brooklyn, they get to experience
a night where Bobby Roode
takes NXT to that next level
and he makes it glorious.
Goodbye.
[music]
[Corey] I don't know if Bobby Roode's
gonna make a whole lot of friends
here in Brooklyn.
He already hasn't made too many friends
on NXT because
coming up next, the unbeaten
Andrade Cien Almas,
has a major opportunity
against the man who has vowed to bring
unprecedented star power to the NXT,
Bobby Roode.
[Bobby] I've been in this business
a long time, I mean, almost 18 years.
I've been waiting for this opportunity.
There's no hotter brand
right now than NXT.
So it's time for me
to make that move.
[Corey] Oh, my God.
He's here.
[Tom] He has won titles
all over the world.
He has referred to himself
as the "it-factor."
[Corey] Top to bottom, Bobby Roode in NXT
changes the game.
["Glorious domination" plays]
[Bobby] The wait is finally over.
Bobby Roode
is NXT.
I am going to take this company
to the next level.
NXT needs Bobby Roode.
I wear custom-made suits,
I wear expensive shoes,
I am a superstar.
Those 15,000 people,
they're not paying to see you.
They are paying…
to see…
me.
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in ♪
♪ I won't give in 'til I'm victorious ♪
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
♪ Glorious ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] This is gonna be something special.
[Corey] I believe "glorious"
is the word you're looking for, Tom.
["Glorious domination" plays]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in ♪
♪ I won't give in 'til I'm victorious ♪
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
-[music playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in ♪
♪ I won't give in 'til I'm victorious ♪
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
♪ And I'll do what I must ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
♪ Oh, so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end Until the end ♪
[music continues]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in ♪
♪ I won't give in 'til I'm victorious ♪
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
♪ And I'll do what I must ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
♪ Oh, so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end, until the end ♪
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[male presenter] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Toronto,
Ontario, Canada,
weighing in at 235 pounds,
Bobby Roode!
[Corey] Now that is how
you make an entrance, Tom.
Over 15,000 people singing your song.
[Tom] They're still singing it.
The man practically descended
from the heavens here.
[Corey] Shut up, Tom.
[Tom] What?
-[crowd chanting] ♪ And I'll do what I must ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
♪ Oh, so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end Until the end ♪
[music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Bobby Roode!
[male presenter] El ídolo.
[crowd cheering]
["Making a difference" plays]
[male presenter] And his opponent
from Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
weighing in at 215 pounds,
Andrade "Cien" Almas.
[Tom] Think about how big
of an opportunity this is
for Andrade's debuted in June
knocking off "the perfect 10"
Tye Dillinger.
And tonight, he performs on NXT's
biggest stage here in Brooklyn,
against Bobby Roode.
["Making a difference" plays]
NXT TakeOver Brooklyn
is presented by long-lasting
Jolly Rancher hard candy.
[Corey] Keep on sucking.
[music continues]
[Corey] Now, think about
where Andrade Cien Almas's mind is
coming into this match
when Bobby Roode came to him,
telling him about the contest
here tonight in Brooklyn.
He's called Andrade
Cien Almas's performance
"minor league" stuff.
He said Andrade was "okay."
[Tom] Listen, listen, Andrade Cien Almas
obviously doesn't realize
who he's in the ring with.
He's in there with Bobby Roode,
the man who's single-handedly… -[bell ringing]
…going to take NXT to the next level.
[Corey] I think you're missing the point
is that Andrade,
obviously, respects Bobby Roode,
and everything he's accomplished.
It's the other side.
Bobby Roode has no respect for Andrade.
[Tom] Well, why should he?
[crowd chanting]
[Corey] This is glorious, Tom.
[Tom] Bobby Roode,
a world-accomplished competitor.
[Corey] Hey Tom, Triple H
just tweeted, "well, that's one way
to make an entrance.
#glorious."
-Glorious. -[crowd cheering]
Yes! Ha ha.
Hallelujah.
[Tom] Right on cue.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Bobby Roode
[Tom] Oh, look at how confident
Bobby Roode looks.
[Corey] What's the-- why
wouldn't he be confident?
[Tom] Just saying…
[Corey] The man is here to take NXT
to the next level.
There are gonna be CEOs and COOs
in the crowd sooner than later.
This is-- think of this as like
-a gentrification project for NXT. -[Tom] Oh, great.
-That's just great. -[Corey] It's big in Brooklyn.
[Tom] You tweeted that
you don't like people wearing
t-shirts or cargo shorts?
Let's be honest, the NXT universe
is fine the way it is.
I'm with Lita who said on the pre-show
that it's not Bobby Roode
taking NXT to new levels,
it's NXT and Bobby Roode
going to new levels together.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] It's like one of those baseball players who says,
"oh, it was team effort
after he struck out four times."
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Now Bobby Roode
continues to impress himself
here in this matchup.
And you could see the frustration
building with Andrade.
[crowd chanting]
[Andrade] Come on!
[referee talking indistinctly]
Come on, let's go. One, two…
[Bobby] Bam!
[Tom] Oh, right to the gut.
Bobby Roode back on the attack.
Bobby Roode, a man who's won
championships all over the world
for the better part of 20 years. Whoa.
[Corey] The same could be said
for Cien Almas.
Not quite as long,
but just as impressive as his résumé.
[Tom] Haha, I think Bobby Roode
thought he dispose of Almas.
Not that easy.
[Corey] Think of what a win for Almas
tonight would mean.
Oh, my goodness.
Almas would go to the next level.
He could be-- he fancies himself
"el idolo".
I'm terrible at Spanish, but the idol.
He wants to be some sort of-- oh, man…
…male superstar.
He could be-- he could be the next
David Beckham or Ronaldo.
[Tom] Off the bottom rope here.
Now, trying to change position.
Catches Bobby Roode.
Bobby outside of the ring.
[referee talks indistinctly]
[Tom] What is Almas thinking here?
Ooh, and right on the jaw of Bobby Roode.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Look at Cien, up here
on the rope, side of the apron.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Did that look minor league to you?
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Oh, right to the midsection
and Bobby Roode gets floored.
[Bobby grunts]
[Tom] Oh, a caught up there by Bobby.
[Corey] That was major league
ring awareness right there, Tom.
[referee talks indistinctly]
[Bobby grunts]
[Corey] Look at this.
One, two, three…
-[Corey] Andrade… -[referee] four…
[Corey] …just made Bobby Roode very,
very unhappy.
And Cien's gonna pay for it.
[Tom] And what you see
is what you get with Bobby Roode.
The tailored suits, the handmade
Bruno Magli shoes
is what this man's all about.
-[Corey] Yeah. -[crowd cheering]
[Corey] But don't let the exterior fool you, Tom.
This is Bobby Roode.
He's one of the most talented in-ring competitors.
He's one of the toughest guys
on the roster, period.
[Tom] Guy's got such an ego.
He took a blade helicopter
from Manhattan to Brooklyn just so he
wouldn't have to be here nearly as long.
-[Bobby grunts] -[Corey] Oh!
[Tom] If you work hard enough
to attain a certain lifestyle,
you deserve everything that comes with it.
-[Corey] Right now, in control of Cien. -[Bobby grunts]
Wow, straight up in the air and
Bobby Roode showing off some of his power.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Look at the power, so impressive.
[Tom] Oh!
[Corey] Vertical suplex by Bobby Roode.
[Tom] Stalls and connects,
now the cover here, hook to the leg
and Almas still alive.
[crowd cheering]
[Roode grunts]
[Corey] You know how the WWE Universe,
the NXT Universe, they like to send out
those inspirational tweets and those memes
on Instagram that are inspirational
about how someday they're gonna be a star.
Someday, they're gonna be great.
Bobby Roode is actually into those memes.
He lives the life.
[Almas] Argh!
[Tom] I think there's a difference
between inspiring and gloating
and that seems to be what Bobby Roode's all about.
[Corey] Spoken like a true-- never mind.
I'm not gonna insult you
for the next five minutes.
[Tom laughs]
[Tom] It's been all Bobby Roode so far
here in this matchup. Andrade Cien Almas
undefeated here in NXT.
Can he rally?
Can he find a way to knock off Bobby Roode
in a primetime matchup
here in Brooklyn?
[Corey] Roode with a brilliant strategy.
We know Almas's in his--
is at his most dangerous
when he gets moving.
[competitors] Oh!
Bobby Roode puts a sudden stop to that.
[Roode] Yes!
[Tom] Now, Almas-- ooh.
Right to the jaw there of Bobby Roode.
[Roode grunts]
[man yells]
[Tom] Oh! The second rope dropkick
and Bobby Roode outside the ring.
[Corey] Great agility
by Andrade Cien Almas.
He's got something in mind.
I think we're about to find out.
[crowd] Oh!
[Tom] Whoa!
Pulling out all the stops.
[Corey] He landed on his feet.
That springboard corkscrew plancha.
[Tom] That was there glorious.
[Corey] Let's not get carried away Tom.
It was good. It was impressive.
It was not glorious.
[Tom] Top rope.
[crowd] Oh!
Almas with the crossbody
connected here on Roode
and Roode is still in it.
[Corey] Take another look at this.
Cien with that springboard.
Launching himself.
The corkscrew for a little bit
of extra impact
and he still lands on his feet.
Very impressive.
[Tom] Oh!
Face first goes Bobby Roode.
Into the cover here.
Almas might have the victory
to knock off Roode. No!
What a loss this will be for Bobby Roode
in his first NXT match.
[Corey] Why would you wish that upon him, Tommy?
He's trying to take NXT to the next level.
[competitors grunt]
[referee] Come on break it up, come on.
One! Two!
Three! Come on.
[crowd cheering]
[loud slapping sound]
-[crowd clapping] -[Tom] We've seen this from Almas before.
This man can get up
to a hundred miles per hour, watch this.
Oh!
[Corey] Hundred miles an hour
into a glorious clothesline.
[Tom] Now, Bobby Roode to take out Almas.
Oh, almost had him.
Here's what Bobby Roode is gonna come
to learn about the competition
here on NXT.
Very resilient, but Bobby Roode gives all
a little flavor here in this match.
[crowd] Bobby Roode! Bobby Roode!
[Roode groans]
[crowd] Bobby Roode! Bobby Roode!
[referee] Come on, come on.
[indistinct]
[Corey] You gotta wonder
what Bobby Roode's got in mind here.
Looking for that-- looking for that
German suplex from the top rope.
[Tom] Almost able to block.
Stays up here on the top turnbuckle.
This could be a bad spot here
for Bobby Roode.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Corey] Oh, my goodness!
What agility by Almas.
[Tom] Landed on his feet
as-- Bobby Roode for a second. Oh!
[Corey] Straight jacket suplex.
[Tom] Cover, cover on Roode
and, oh! and Roode got out.
Wow!
[Corey] I don't think it could have been
any closer without the bell ringing.
[Tom] About two or three quarters.
[Corey] That could have been it.
That was Andrade's chance
right there.
[Tom] Now, Andrade
once again, using the ropes.
Oh! That one connected.
[Corey] Roode got the knees up.
[Tom] You're right.
Bobby Roode, great counter.
[Corey] Looking for maybe
a fisherman's suplex.
[Tom] Whoa! Caught here by Cien.
Shoulders down
and Roode is still in this match.
So many close opportunities
here for Andrade.
[crowd] Yeah!
[crowd] Ooh!
[crowd] Yeah!
[crowd] Ooh!
[Corey] Lefts and rights
of sharp elbows to both sides
of the-- oh! Wow.
[Tom] It connects with the kick
and dropping Roode
there on the corner.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Now, thinking about the knees
the second time.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Oh, he got him.
[Tom] Oh, wow.
Jumping right off your screen.
Now, look at Andrade.
[Corey] For that hammerlock DDT.
Oh! What an uppercut. My goodness.
[Almas grunts]
[referee] Hands up. Protect yourself.
[Tom] Exchanging elbows, center of the--
Oh! oh, man.
Big boot.
[Almas yells]
[Tom] Oh, and Bobby with a spine buster.
[Roode yells]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] He just planted Cien like
the grass on top of Barclays Center.
[Tom] Bobby is thinking about victory.
He is thinking about glory.
Looking to tie up Andrade Cien Almas.
Oh!
-Crazy calls at the glorious bomb. -[referee] One, two, three
And it just closed out
-Andrade Cien Almas. -[bell ringing]
["Glorious domination" plays]
[male announcer] Here is your winner,
Bobby Roode!
[music continues]
[Corey] Do you feel it, Tom?
Can you feel it? I'm asking you.
[Tom] I can feel it.
[Corey] We are going to the next level.
It has begun here
in Brooklyn, thanks to that man.
[rock music playing]
♪ Glorious, no I won't give in… ♪
[Tom] The highly anticipated debut here
from Bobby Roode,
but he had his hands full
with Andrade Cien Almas.
The boot right there on the jaw.
[Corey] Almas wasn't going down
without a fight,
but Bobby Roode just brought a little bit
more fight to Brooklyn tonight.
[Tom] And Bobby Roode tying up,
Andrade here with the glorious bomb.
How aptly named after the stir
-this man has made on social media. -One, two, three!
[bell ringing]
[music]
[rock music playing]
[Tom] Graves, I have to admit it.
Bobby Roode,
now a part of NXT,
will change things forever
here on this brand.
[Corey] I'm glad you finally see
the light, Tom.
Say it with me.
Hallelujah,
it's glorious.
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
♪ And I'll do what I must ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
[blip sounds]
[rewind sound]
-[explosion sound] -[screams and chaotic sounds]
[glass breaking]
[people screaming]
[glass breaking]
[honking]
[police siren]
[explosion]
[high-pitched ringing]
[distorted radio sound]
[electronic hum fades]
[rock metal music playing]
[Corey] [Indistinct]
[Tom] That looked like
your type of anarchy.
That looked like chaos.
[Corey] [Indistinct]
[Tom] Now, let's compose ourselves
here tonight in Brooklyn.
Still so much more to come
and we wanna thank you for joining us
here on the WWE Network.
And one of the sensations
of this summer has been
the Cruiserweight Classic.
Every Wednesday night
on the WWE Network.
I wanna take you back.
This was earlier today,
a meeting with Triple H
and the group of Orange County Choppers,
And Paul Senior, a big surprise
for the Cruiserweight Classic.
[heavy metal music playing]
On September 14th,
as you guys know, um, the champion
of that Cruiserweight Classic
is gonna be determined,
and they will be presented
with a trophy that night.
A trophy that you guys
at Orange County Choppers
were nice enough to create for us and, um,
it's unbelievable.
And right now, we're gonna take a moment
to display that for the world.
The trophy for the Cruiserweight Classic
made by Paul Teutul
and the guys at Orange County Choppers.
Go ahead and show the world.
Drum roll, please.
Wow. Check that out.
Pretty cool, huh?
There's a lot of hours, a lot of time in that.
Um, and we're really honored
to be a part of it.
Um, it's not a motorcycle,
but it's uh, it's right up there.
Well, you guys put your heart
and soul in everything you do
-and that's why we wanted you make this. -Thank you.
We wanted something
that would stand the test of time.
And that wasn't just your standard trophy.
We wanted something,
something badass and this is it.
Uh, man, you guys did
-a phenomenal job. -Thank you.
And thank you very much.
Not a problem.
Again, see this
presented live to the winner
of the Cruiserweight Classic.
Only in the WWE Network,
September 14th, live.
-Thank you, guys. -Thanks, man.
-Thank you very much. -Thank you.
This is awesome.
Appreciate it, man. Thank you.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Corey] There you see some of the Cruiserweight competitors.
There's Mauro Ranallo.
There's Noam Dar,
the Brian Kendrick,
Rich Swann, and Kota Ibushi.
To the victor goes the spoils
and that beautiful piece of hardware.
[Tom] A big thank you
to Orange County Choppers.
[Corey] They are right here.
[Tom] The whole crew, Paul Teutul Senior.
Thank you so much.
I can't wait to see that trophy
unveiled at the live finale,
September 14th,
two-hour finale.
Live only on the WWE Network.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Giant ♪
♪ Everything is shaking ♪
♪ Through the walls… ♪
[Tom] Special thanks to Banks & Steelz
for "Giant", one of the official themes
of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.
It's on the album,
"Anything but words"
Available now on iTunes and Spotify.
♪ It takes just one ♪
♪ And it's the… ♪
♪ Fuck CNN, this is ghetto editorial ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] And we are just moments away here
for the NXT Tag Team titles being defended.
What's this?
You're always going on and on
about how we've done things our own way.
DIY.
Yeah, DIY.
[heavy metal music playing]
[Tom] DIY, gotta do it yourself.
Gargano and Ciampa showing unity tonight.
In the wake of their Cruiserweight Classic bout.
But tonight, that unity,
that friendship will be tested.
Can Johnny and Tommaso
claim the Tag Team titles
for the NXT's most prolific Tag Team,
The Revival.
[music]
[Gargano] Tonight, we reclaim what's ours
and become the first ever
two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
[inspirational music playing]
[Tom] Shatter machine!
[male presenter] Here are you winners
and the new NXT
Tag Team Champions,
The Revival.
[Tom] The revival are two-time champions.
[Wilder] We proved we are
the greatest Tag Team on the planet.
We said it before,
we're gonna say it right now, we talk heavy,
we hit hard,
and we are your brand new
NXT Tag Team Champions.
[rock music playing]
[Corey] Top guys out.
[music fades out]
[Tom] Ciampa and Gargano have been
one of the hotter teams
in the NXT Tag Team division.
[male presenter] Last September,
they were announced as part of the NXT
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Tonight,
they're opponents
in the Cruiserweight Classic.
[man] Gentleman, the fight that you two had
in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament
last week was incredible.
[Corey] Are you kidding me?
Johnny Gargano beats Tommaso Ciampa!
[man] But I hope you two competing
against each other isn't gonna affect you
as a team because
at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
you both will be facing
The Revival for the NXT
Tag Team Championships.
-[music] -Families don't get to choose,
but we do,
and I continue today
to choose Johnny Gargano
as my Tag Team partner.
[Corey] The Revival better have their eyes open
Because Gargano
and Ciampa are firing on all cylinders.
[intense drums fade out]
[narrator] Several months ago,
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
defeated The Revival
in a non-title match.
And now, at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn
they will square off again.
This time for the NXT Tag Team titles.
[rock music playing]
[Dawson] How about the two of you
go back to your bingo halls
and let the top guys handle top guy…
-[male voice] Bye-bye. -[Dawson] …business.
[Ciampa] Your time and the talk
has come and gone.
[Dawson] This is the big leagues.
[Gargano] The one team
you haven't dropped.
[Dawson] We are the big leagues
and most importantly,
we're the top guys here.
[male presenter] It's Tommaso Ciampa
and Johnny Gargano.
[music fades out]
[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clapping]
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Ciampa and Gargano, DIY.
Nobody will do it for you.
And they want to get the job done
here tonight.
Will they walk away
as NXT Tag Team Champions?
[Corey] I hate to be the bearer
of bad news for Gargano and Ciampa,
but a hashtag and a t-shirt
don't make you a better Tag Team, okay?
They are stepping into the ring tonight
with possibly the greatest Tag Team
on the planet Earth.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] A great reaction here
from the NXT Universe
here tonight in Brooklyn.
But Graves, one reaction
that I want to hear
is from the COO, Triple H.
We heard from him a little bit earlier on
about the Cruiserweight Classic
but in audio immediately following
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on Facebook live.
You can hear the exclusive interview.
with Triple H.
All you have to do is go to
facebook.com/tripleh.
[Corey] I can't wait to hear Triple H sing
the praises of The Revival.
[Tom] He could be singing the praises
of the new Tag Team Champions,
Johnny and Tommaso.
[Corey] I could win an Olympic gold medal
someday, Tom, but that's not gonna happen.
[Tom] [indistinct]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] I've been dying to make that reference all day.
-[Corey] Wasted it. -[Tom laughs]
♪ Say yeah ♪
["Southern Proud (The Revival)" plays]
♪ We go hard, all day, all night ♪
♪ All my proud southern people ♪
♪ Who be ready to fight, say yeah… ♪
[Tom] We mentioned it before,
Dash and Dawson became two-time
NXT Tag Team Champions this past June.
They are the winningest Tag Team
in NXT history.
[Corey] Let's not discount who they won
those Tag Team titles from, Tom.
American Alpha,
one of the most impressive Tag Teams
on SmackDown live.
The Revival beat them.
[Tom] And already, these two teams
jockeying here, center of the ring
having some issues already.
There's some bad blood that runs with
these two the night-- the week before.
Dash and Dawson were challenged
for the Tag Team titles [indistinct].
It was Ciampa and Gargano who would steal
a victory against these two.
They would earn themselves
this championship match.
[music continues]
[Corey] They came out here
disrespected a couple of top guys.
And Dash and Dawson
sent a little message in return.
♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Corey announcing] The following contest
scheduled for one fall is for
the NXT Tag Team Championship!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Introducing the challengers,
at a combined weight of 400 pounds,
Johnny Gargano
and Tommaso Ciampa!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] And their opponents,
at a combined weight
of 446 pounds,
they are the NXT
Tag Team Champions!
Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder,
The Revival!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] You know, we've mentioned
this record breaking crowd here
in Brooklyn for NXT several times tonight.
But it's got to come in to a factor here.
We're talking about Tommaso Ciampa
and Johnny Gargano.
I mean, absolutely no disrespect,
they're not used to crowds like this.
This is a different level,
this is probably the biggest crowd
that they have ever seen, and
and they're in there with the supreme Tag Team.
This has got to be
weighing on their minds.
[bell ringing]
[Tom] Use the #NXTtagtitles
on social media.
We're talking about this match
and it was on Twitter that
Johnny Gargano addressed that
very issues, saying
"I've had some of my best matches
in front of 50 people in a VFW hall,
imagine what I'll do
in the Barclays Center".
Take a look at what's trending
world wide right now.
[referee] Hey!
[Corey] #NXTtakeover…
One, two…
…number one in the world.
You get him off!
[referee speaks indistinctly]
[Corey] Things are getting chippy
right off the bat.
Talked to Scott Dawson earlier.
He said he's not looking
for a match of the year contender,
he wants a quick fight.
He wants to come in here and dispose
of Gargano and Ciampa and head out
to celebrate with those Tag Team titles.
[Tom] And right after the left arm here,
early, the M.O. of Dash and Dawson,
isolate the body part
early on in the match
and wear it down until it's broken.
[Dash] Watch him, watch him!
[Ciampa grunts]
-[Dash] Come on. -[Dawson] Tag me.
[Corey] Dash and Dawson like to
mark their territory, if you will,
get after their opponents early,
make their opponents wrestle,
the revival's pace.
[Ciampa] There you go, nice!
[Tom] I thought we saw the Cruiserweight
Classic, but can The Revival
keep up with Gargano and Ciampa?
[Gargano] Got him!
[Corey] Of course they can,
that's a ridiculous question.
-[Corey] Wow. -[Tom] Oh!
[Corey] This is Tag Team action.
This isn't a Cruiserweight
Classic match, Tom.
[grunts]
[Tom] Oh, and Dawson doing a smart thing
getting out of the ring here.
[Corey] Say what you just said again,
Dawson doing the smart thing,
say it over and over again.
You can say that about Dash too.
Two of the smartest competitors
in the entire roster.
[Tom] Oh, I give you credit,
there's nothing that's not intelligent
about these two in the ring.
Same time, they pick a fight
when they're good and ready
to pick a fight.
[crowd] Let's go Ciampa!
[Corey] Listen, can you hear
the crowd chanting, "let's go Ciampa."
Gargano and Ciampa are like the islanders.
They play right here in this very building.
They get the fans excited,
but they can never actually get it done
when the big one comes.
[Tom] Now Dawson back into the ring here,
toe-to-toe with Tommaso Ciampa.
-There you go. -[grunts]
Yeah, you keep that right…
[Tom] I've had the chance to catch up
with both Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder.
They say, "we want the world
to acknowledge that The Revival
made Tag Team wrestling intriguing again.
We want recognition
for being the best team
and having the best matches
every single night."
[Corey] I recognize that,
I say it every time we see The Revival.
[Tom] But what do these guys…
[Corey] I say it when we don't even see The Revival.
[Tom] What do these guys expect?
Every time we come on the air,
we go they're the greatest Tag Team ever,
these guys wanna go onto stone cold podcast ,
Ooh! and be recognized.
-[Tom] Doesn't work that way -[Corey] Hey, listen we…
[Corey] …maybe if you didn't spend so much time
talking about hashtags,
you can talk about The Revival.
[indistinct]
[Tom] Gargano taking a shot
there on Dawson.
Get back, come on. One!
[Corey] Dawson on the wrong…
wrong side of the ring right now.
[crowd cheering]
No, no, no.
[Tom] Johnny legal into the matchup,
Dawson-- oh, double knees
into the chest
and Ciampa [indistinct]
[indistinct]
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Now Gargano, early cover here
for the titles and a kick out on one.
[Corey] Personal feelings aside,
you have to give credit,
I have to give credit to Gargano and Ciampa.
These two, they could be very dangerous
especially on the same page.
[crowd chanting]
Scott! Scott, come on.
-Tag! -[Tom] Johnny wrestling chants
all throughout the Barclays Center,
with 15,671 NXT fans--
look at Dash Wilder
helping out Scott Dawson.
[Corey] You act like you're surprised,
that's what Tag Team partners do, Tom.
That's a tag right there.
[Tom] Oh, and face first
into the mat goes Dash
and here comes Gargano.
[unintelligible]
those kind of kicks,
the quickness of Gargano.
[Corey] You stay away from him
or you'll break his leg.
Argh!
[Tom] Straight to the point.
Dash, tag me!
No, no, no, no.
[grunting]
Dash, Dash, Dash!
Gotcha.
[Tom] Oh!
[Corey] Wow, what a kick.
[Tom] Got you, indeed, here from Gargano
and powering out at one.
Argh!
[Corey] A smart strategy by Gargano,
he's positioning his body in between
Dash and Dawson.
Dash has to go through or pass Gargano.
Well, like that.
Tag.
[Tom] Now Dash Wilder tagging
back in Scott Dawson.
He's been part of NXT for a long time,
has been through all the battles.
[Corey] Everyone seems to like
Gargano and Ciampa for that very reason
because they-- they've traveled
the independency and
they built their names that way.
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder
did the same thing.
They might not have had
all the Internet hype that Gargano and Ciampa did,
but they came up in the VFWs,
in the bingo halls, and the high school gyms,
they worked their way to the top,
and now they're celebrating
where they deserve to be.
[Tom] Like Bobby Roode was earlier gloating.
They're gloating, but from the top.
-[Tom] Oh, man. -[Corey] Because someone's
better than you Tom,
doesn't mean they're bragging about it.
[unintelligible]
-Argh! -Ooh!
[Tom] Straight elbow there
on the jaw of Gargano,
and just like that, Dawson has got
this match in the favor of The Revival,
back in comes Wilder.
[Corey] Oh my goodness, did you hear that?
[Tom] Right on the ribs there of Gargano.
Get up, get up Scott, get up.
Hey, hey! Back to your corner.
Come on!
[Tom] Slides right through,
Gargano saw it coming, well scouted.
Hey, no!
[Tom] Dives back into the ring,
Dash and Dawson give a chase.
Woah, woah!
Hey! Woah!
[unintelligible]
[Corey] Someone needs to get Ciampa
out of the ring, he's illegal.
[Tom] And you get Dawson out of the ring.
He's illegal, but all four of these men are going at it.
Ah!
[Tom] There goes Dawson over the top rope.
Oh oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] And now Scott Dawson
dragging Dash Wilder to safety.
[Corey] That's why they're the best
Tag Team in the land.
[Tom] Uh-oh, look at Gargano
right all the way to the barricade.
Oh, and there's Ciampa!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Having a hard time
keeping track of these two.
[Corey] A demolition derby here
in Barclays Center.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] The Tag Team Champions
are in trouble, watch this.
Gargano, launching himself,
no concern to his body.
Opposite side, there's Ciampa.
[Corey] That knee might have knocked
Dawson out cold.
I don't think he's moved.
[Tom] That is the symmetry
between these two friends,
long time friends in Ciampa and Gargano,
they know each other so well,
working that-- in that kind of capacity.
No, no, no, no, no.
[Tom] Now Dash Wilder, once again,
rolling back outside the ring.
[unintelligible]
-Tag! -[Corey] Smart move, smart--
[Tom and Corey] Oh!
[Tom] Big forearms here by Ciampa.
Oh! And that last one cost him
into the top-- oh, my goodness.
Caught by Dawson.
There's the cover, shoulders down and a kick out.
[Corey] Dash and Dawson executed
some classic Tag Team
chicanery right there.
And you could tell
Ciampa did his homework.
He countered at the beginning,
but the book is so deep on what
Dash and Dawson could do.
And right here,
they call that clobbering, Tom.
[Tom] Look at these two teeing off
on Ciampa here on the near corner.
Dash Wilder-- oh, now [indistinct]
for The Revival.
-[referee] Tag! -[Tom] Another tag, frequent tags
here at this stage
for here matchup here from Dawson.
Oh, and that we've seen many times
from The Revival.
Now shoots the half
with some force, with some authority
and Dawson can't close out Tommaso.
[Corey] You can almost feel the door
of opportunity closing
on Gargano and Ciampa, this is
where The Revival is most dangerous
they've cut the ring in half,
Gargano might as well
be in Manhattan right now.
[crowd cheering]
-[grunts] -[Dash] There you go, put him down!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Now wrenching at the neck and
head here of Tommaso Ciampa.
How does that feel, Ciampa?
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder,
they're in control here for the last
few minutes here in this match.
-[crowd cheering] -[Ciampa grunts]
[unintelligible]
[Dash] Keep him down, keep him down.
[Tom] And trying to get back up
to a vertical base, this all
for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
[Corey] Now backed into the corner,
Dawson-- well, look at Ciampa
trying to fight his way out,
trying to find his way
to his partner and Dawson's loopy.
Oh!
[grunts]
[Corey] Uh-oh, went for another,
caught here by Dawson,
reaching out for the tag.
Shoulders down to win the titles,
Dawson managed to kick out.
Hey, out of the way. Come on, Dash!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Oh, down goes Dawson.
And Dash Wilder propelled
away here from Tommaso Ciampa.
[Corey] You got to give it to Ciampa,
he brought his A game tonight.
[Tom] Oh, and Gargano taken
off the apron and a straight right.
[Corey] But the champs brought
their A plus game.
[Tom] There's a reason
they are the champs.
There's the tag, Dash Wilder
back into this matchup and Ciampa.
[Dash] One…
-[Dawson] Two. -[Tom] Oh!
Great Tag Teamwork.
Cover here.
Hook to the inside leg and Ciampa
still in it.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Watch this again, Dawson
outside the ring, preventing
the tag here and then, boom!
And right there to Johnny Gargano,
then meanwhile, back in the ring.
[Corey] Take a look at this,
an assisted, like an elevated cord buster.
That about put Ciampa away for good.
He's got a little more fight
left in the tank.
I got to take my hat off to Ciampa.
He's got-- he is bringing everything he has tonight.
[Tom] Got a ton of mettle here
in this match and now Wilder once again--
oh, caught him with a jawbreaker.
Thought he had Ciampa for a moment.
[Dawson] Dash!
[Corey] Ciampa doesn't know
where he's at right now.
[Tom] Trying to reach out, trying
to reach out here to Johnny Gargano,
just fingertips away.
Dash!
[Tom] Reaching out, yet again,
right out muscle Dash Wilder.
Fingertips away, oh and again,
back into The Revivals' corner.
[Corey] Dash Wilder, deceptively strong,
country strong.
[grunting]
[Tom] Now cover,
here's a cover to retain the titles,
and a kickout by Ciampa.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Take a look at this, bang!
Snap dropkick right on the temple.
-[crowd cheering] -[grunting]
[Tom] Oh, look at this, look at
this nastiness here out of Scott Dawson.
[Corey] I love it, I love
that mean streak.
You're not gonna win the match
with that forearm, but, man, it hurts.
[crowd cheering]
[Dash] Look at him!
Look at him.
[Corey] Trying to break-- Ciampa' spirit,
just driving that forearm
across the bridge of the nose and chin.
Give up!
[Tom] Sold out crowd there,
for a moment, they're trying
to help Tommaso Ciampa rally here
at this matchup, needs a window
of opportunity, needs to make a tag
to Johnny Gargano.
-[crowd cheering] -[Johnny] No!
-[grunts] -Back, back!
[Tom] And look at Ciampa, look at him
gaining ground here into
into his own corner on Dawson trying to…
[Corey] Oh look, Dash fell in the ring.
[Tom] Dash fell in the ring,
are you kidding me?
There goes Dawson, there's a tag
to Gargano, Gargano into this match.
[Corey] The referee didn't see the tag!
[Tom] Oh, you got to be kidding me.
[Corey] Look at this double team,
back breaker elbow.
Oh, beautiful.
[Tom] Scott was in trouble,
the referee is now in position,
cover here to retain the title, Ciampa.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] That is exactly why
they are the NXT Tag Team champs,
it worked like a charm.
[Tom] Give credit to Tommaso Ciampa,
he took The Revivals,
perhaps one of their best shots
and he's still in this match.
[Corey] And give credit to Johnny Gargano
because he took the bait.
[Corey] Dash Wilder fell in--
you didn't think I actually thought
he fell in, Tom.
It was a well-laid trap.
[Tom] You've got to be kidding me.
[wrestlers yell]
[Corey] He's falling with style.
[crowd cheering]
Give him another.
[yells]
[thud] [yells]
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Look at the eyes of Tommaso Ciampa.
[Tom and Corey] Oh!
[Tom] Wow!
[Corey] His eyes are in the back of his head now.
[Tom] I mean, how much more of this
could Ciampa take, seriously?
[Corey] He's running on instinct right now.
[Tom] Gargano off the apron again.
You got it, you got it, you got it .
[wrestlers yell] [Tom] Oh, oh, oh, and I think--
I think Dawson went face first
off of the top of steal post.
Hey, hey, hey, hey! No!
[Corey] But there's no Gargano make the--
oh, there he comes back.
[Tom] Oh and Dash Wilder, crashed
and burned on the second rope.
There's a tag to Gargano,
this one's legal, here comes Johnny.
[Tom] Johnny sending-- oh, wow!
Argh!
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Johnny Wrestling starting to feel it.
[Tom] Oh.
[Corey] He also felt that elbow.
[Tom] A strong back elbow
from Scott Dawson,
give a chase here into the corner.
Oh! He roller kicks out to the face.
Gargano off the neck breaker
-to win the tiles… -[crowd] One, Two
[Tom] …to knock off The Revival.
So close for Gargano.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Johnny Wrestling.
[crowd clapping]
[crowd] Johnny Wrestling.
[crowd clapping]
[crowd] Johnny Wrestling [clapping]
[loud kick]
[Tom] Oh, I think they connected with--
Dash Wilder and there's a spear,
cover, cover,
-sitting down on him on Dawson, -[crowd] One, two
Gargano nearly had him.
[Corey] I think my heart
just skipped a beat.
-[Tom] Everybody in the… -[Corey] How did Scott Dawson
just kick out of that?
[Tom] Everybody in the building
thought we had new champs
right there, watch this.
Boom, right on the jaw of Dash
and then the spear
onto the [unintelligible]
[Corey] Gargano, somehow taking out
both members of The Revival
that probably nobody had ever seen before.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome.
[Tom] Gargano has got to refocus here,
got to settle in, there's a tag
I don't think Gargano saw it.
Here comes Dash Wilder.
Scott caught him with a DDT!
Now the cover with Dash Wilder, legal.
He'll retain the titles, kick out.
[crowd cheering]
Come on!
[Corey] Tag Team mastery
by Dash and Dawson, the Tag.
Both guys firing on all cylinders
on the same page,
Gargano just enough
to kick out.
[Tom] Dash Wilder trying to figure out
what The Revival's got to do
to close out this team.
Now Gargano finds some new life here.
-[Tom] Ciampa helping out on the outside,
shoulders down here,
and Dawson powered out.
There's a tag, here comes Ciampa.
Oh, looking for another DDT,
and now he takes down Dawson!
[Corey] Ciampa's got the arm bar
locked in.
[Tom] Right in the middle of the ring.
I don't know how Dawson gets out
of this one.
Dash Wilder got clamped down by Johnny.
Oh, and Dash Wilder bowling over Ciampa.
[Corey] Dash Wilder may have just saved
the match and the titles for his team.
Gargano did everything he could,
but he couldn't stop Scott Dawson
and Dash Wilder.
[Tom] Dash trying to help his teammate
back up to his feet.
Now Ciampa, Ciampa at the hands
of a two-on-one attack here.
Oh, and Gargano took down
the whole thing, cover!
-[Tom] Kick out. -[crowd] Oh!
[Tom] I don't know who had
the better cover on that one,
if it was--
if it was Ciampa with the shoulders down
on Dawson, but that was close.
[crowd chanting] NXT! NXT! NXT!
[referee] One…
[Corey] It's absolutely electric in here.
[Tom] 15,671 NXT fans,
sold out here tonight.
They're getting a heck
of a Tag Team match.
Look at this, forehead to forehead.
[crowd] Hey!
Ooh!
Hey!
Ooh!
[crowd continues chanting] Hey! Ooh! Hey! Ooh!
[Corey] Look at this thing,
just breaking down,
just a slugfest.
-[loud slap] -[Tom] Oh, that was a slap fest.
[Tom] Oh!
Connecting with the knee.
[Corey] Dawson's reeling--
[Tom and Corey] Oh!
[Corey] Was reeling.
[Tom] Dawson reeled back
and grabbed that one. Now, look…
[Corey] Shatter machine! No!
[Tom] Oh, superkick.
Cover, cover from Tommaso--
No, he kicked out.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Ciampa somehow able to--
[Tom] Oh, and it's the knee.
[Corey] Countered the shatter machine.
This doesn't look good
for Dash and Dawson.
[Tom] This could be the prelude
to the end here.
Gargano and Ciampa,
Oh!
They meet in the middle on Dash.
We have new Tag Team Champions,
here's the cover.
Gargano and Ciampa, the--
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] No, no!
[Tom] whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
No, two.
[Corey] The referee saw the foot.
[Tom] Do we have new champs?
[Corey] No!
The referee waived off-- I think his hand hit three,
but the referee saw the foot
on the bottom rope.
The referee saw it.
[Tom] Oh, the match continues.
Oh! Dawson takes more punishment.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Smart strategy by Gargano
and Ciampa to try and keep rolling.
[Tom] They're trying to close out Dash Wilder.
And now with, uh, Scott Dawson, oh,
sending Tommaso into the post.
Tommaso's down and out. This is bad news.
Now Gargano takes care of Dawson.
[Corey] Oh, man!
That chop block.
Gargano's knee
may have just exploded.
[crowd booing]
[Tom] Now Dawson legal once again,
right back into the--
oh, wait a minute, I know this, they're trying to-- Oh!
That's the same move
that put Big Cass on the shelf
once upon a time.
[Corey] If Gargano's knee
wasn't destroyed before, it is now.
[Tom] They're trying to blow out his knee
here in this match.
[Corey] They're trying to retain their titles Tom.
[Tom] Oh, and now, look at this,
middle of the ring.
[Corey] The reverse figure-four is on.
Gargano,
is he gonna get to the ropes?
[Tom] Gargano can reach out
to the bottom rope here.
[crowd cheering]
The Barclays Center,
trying to will on Johnny Gargano,
-and Johnny tapping out. -[bell ringing]
The Revival are still champions.
["Southern Proud (The Revival)" playing]
[male announcer] Here are your winners
by submission, and still
and still the NXT
Tag Team Champions,
The Revival!
["Southern Proud (The Revival)" playing]
[Corey] What was that that you said,
Dash and Dawson wanted to be referred to
at the beginning of the night, Tom?
What was that quote you gave me?
[Tom] They wanted to be referred to
as the greatest Tag Team on this planet.
[Corey] I'm not arguing.
[Tom] This was an incredible match
here at Brooklyn,
and the Revival are lucky, lucky.
They had an opportunity
to retain their titles
here in this match.
[Corey] Don't give me the lucky thing.
These guys are good.
Dash and Dawson are awesome.
They were able to withstand this.
Everyone in the house, myself included,
thought this might've been it
for The Revivals' title reign.
-[Corey] Gargano and Ciampa. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] And when that-- that's the moment.
That was it.
That was Dawson
who put the foot on the bottom rope.
[Corey] There was no controversy.
The referee saw the foot on the rope,
the count was discontinued.
[Tom] And then the match would wear on,
the match would continue.
Tommaso into the steal post,
courtesy of Dawson.
Gargano left all in his lonesome here,
in a basically, a two-on-one situation.
And that chop block from behind by Dash.
[Corey] Absolutely filthy,
but genius at the same time,
destroying that leg of Johnny Gargano.
Bang!
[Tom] And then this was the end
of the road here for DIY.
Gargano and Ciampa,
a valiant effort here in this match,
but Gargano too much damage
done to the knee at this point.
-[bell ringing] -[Corey] This speaks to the amount
of pain that Gargano was in,
unable to reach for the ropes,
had to tap out.
The greatest Tag Team of all time!
Ever!
[Corey] Best Tag Team on the planet, Tom?
[Tom] They very well might be.
[Corey] I'm not gonna quit asking,
so you just admit it already.
["Southern Proud (The Revival)" playing]
-Two! -[Tom] And look at the heartbreak
-Two! -[Tom] in the eyes of Gargano and Ciampa.
[Tom] They've put everything
into this matchup.
The biggest stage these two
have ever performed on.
They came this close.
[music]
[Corey] Almost only counts in horseshoes
and hand grenades.
The fact is the--
The Revival are the greatest Tag Team
on the planet Earth.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clapping]
[clapping and cheering continues]
[crowd settles down]
[man shouting indistinctly]
[crowd applauding]
[man in crowd] Yeah!
[clapping fades out]
[Lynch] This revolution started,
it was almost like guerrilla warfare,
you know, as opposed to a revolution.
[Paige] He was like, okay, well,
if you think you can go as good
as the guys, here's your opportunity.
[Fuentes] It was only eight months ago,
I stood in the middle of the ring,
announcing the divas revolution,
and that has sparked an evolution.
You will no longer
be referred to as divas,
you will simply be superstars.
[shrieks]
Back then, they all wanted pillow fights.
[male commentator] Feathers are flying.
-[bell ringing] -That was like
a really deep hole to dig out off.
[Banks] Me, Charlotte and Becky,
being part of WrestleMania,
we did this together and we grew together.
[Nikki] And literally, when we walked
out of there, that's when the hashtags
started trending.
[Corey] This kind of match is why
our women are co-main-eventing tonight.
-[crowd chanting] -[shouts]
[Bayley] You have no idea how much better
the division is going to get.
[narrator] WWE 24 hour, women's evolution.
Special encore presentation,
tonight, immediately following
NXT TakeOver Brooklyn.
Only on WWE Network.
[Nikki] Women taking over.
-[man] That's right. -Watch out boys.
[crowd chanting]
[hard rock music playing]
[Tom] Oh, you talk about
the women's evolution,
there is the current WWE Women's Champion,
and one of the two women that
actually tore the house down
here last year at Brooklyn.
Becky Lynch from SmackDown Live,
one of the leaders of the evolution
as well.
[Corey] You can't have that conversation
without her,
Charlotte from Raw.
Match of her life tomorrow
at SummerSlam
for the Women's Championship.
She's as responsible
for the evolution as anybody.
[Tom] Sasha and Charlotte,
two former NXT women's champions.
["Serpents" playing]
♪ But left me with a lethargy… ♪
[Tom] Now don't forget to tune in
to WWE 24hour, immediately following
TakeOver here tonight.
[Corey] And we want to give a special thanks
to Neck Deep for Serpents.
One of the official themes
of NXT TakeOver Brooklyn from the album,
"Life's not out to get you."
You can get now on iTunes and Spotify.
[Tom] Oh, coming up here
in a matter of moments,
it is time, the women's evolution
will have a new chapter.
Last year, Bayley stole our hearts
with a title victory here in Brooklyn.
Can she rekindle that magic
in the face of an undefeated
and dauntless champion in Asuka?
[suspense melody]
[Corey] That's it. She's got it fully locked in.
We're gonna have new Women's Champion.
[inspiring music playing]
[Tom] Is Bayley perhaps gonna tap out
here in NXT TakeOver Dallas?
-No, no, no. -[Corey] She's-- she's done.
[bell ringing]
[Corey] The feeling in this building
right now is shock.
[jungle drums play and fade]
[melancholy piano plays]
[Bayley] I really feel like
I had let everybody down.
I let all the little kids down.
I let my family down.
Ugh.
Everything that I tried to do,
Asuka had a counter for.
Everything that I tried to throw at her,
she overcame.
She's on a whole other level.
[Mr. Regal] I had planned on having
Bayley challenge Asuka
for the NXT Women's Championship
at TakeOver.
Unfortunately, our medical staff
has advised me that Bayley's not fit
to compete at this time.
[Bayley] Trust me, I've fought
to have this rematch,
but Mr. Regal's probably right
and made the right decision,
because I'm not at 100%
and I-- I'm not able to compete,
especially against somebody like Asuka.
[melancholic music fades out]
[Asuka] Now that I am
NXT Women's Champion,
I will fight anyone.
[Corey] You've got to be impressed.
She has been unstoppable
since arriving at NXT.
[Tom] And remains undefeated.
[Asuka] I will beat anyone.
-[Tom] Oh! -[Corey] No.
-[yells] -[Tom] A third strike
to the side of the face and a four.
[Asuka] I will destroy everyone.
[Corey] That is one of the most
terrifying smiles
you will ever see in your life.
[Corey] It's a precursor
to a throw down.
[Asuka] I am the champion.
Asuka came in here on a roll.
[Asuka speaking Japanese]
[Tom] She's been ripping through
the NXT women's division,
but hopefully someday,
we'll see a rematch against Bayley.
[Bayley] I just got the news that I've
been waiting for, for a very long time.
I return to the ring tonight.
Yes.
[Tom] Bayley is medically cleared.
[Corey] Arguably the heart
and soul of NXT.
[Tom] No doubt that Bayley
looking to get right back
into a championship form.
[Bayley] I feel a hundred percent
and I feel ready
for my rematch against Asuka.
I am ready to get back
my NXT Women's Championship.
[Asuka] Bayley,
you don't have
what it takes.
[crowd cheering]
[Bayley] I've been fighting
for this since the day that I stepped
through the NXT doors.
I've competed against Charlotte,
Becky Lynch, Sasha
and I was seen as the underdog.
That was until at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn
when the underdog became the champion.
But I can tell you,
I'm going back to Brooklyn
and I'm doing something
that no one has ever been able to do,
and that is beat you and become
the first ever two-time
NXT Women's Champion.
[shouting]
[male announcer] It's official, at NXT TakeOver,
Bayley will face Asuka
for the NXT Women's Championship.
[dramatic music fades out]
["Bayley - Turn it up" plays]
[crowd cheering]
♪ There ain't no stopping us now ♪
♪ We celebrate on the floor ♪
♪ Top down, we're ready to go ♪
♪ To all the people ♪
♪ Across every nation ♪
♪ Turn it up, and give me some more ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ There ain't no stopping us now ♪
♪ We celebrate on the floor ♪
♪ Top down, we're ready to go ♪
♪ To all the people ♪
♪ Across every nation ♪
♪ Turn it up, and give me some more ♪
It's my time!
♪ There ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ There ain't no way ♪
♪ There ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ Turn it up, no stopping us ♪
♪ There ain't no way, there ain't now ♪
[crowd cheering]
[man chanting] Bailey! Bailey! Bailey!
♪ There ain't no stopping us now ♪
♪ We celebrate on the floor ♪
♪ Top down, we're ready to go ♪
♪ To all the people ♪
♪ Across every nation ♪
♪ Turn it up, and give me some more ♪
♪ There ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ There ain't no way ♪
♪ Turn it up, no stopping us ♪
♪ There ain't no way, there ain't now ♪
♪ There ain't no stoppin' ♪
♪ There ain't no way ♪
♪ Turn it up, no stopping us ♪
♪ There ain't no way, there ain't now ♪
♪ There ain't no stopping us now ♪
["Bayley-Turn it up" fades out]
[man shouting]
[man chanting] I love you! I love you!
I love you!
["Asuka-The Future" starts playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ For far and wide ♪
♪ And light years away ♪
♪ Cast from the shadows ♪
♪ Now light my way ♪
♪ Fallen idols scream yesterday ♪
♪ Your kings and your queens ♪
♪ Hit the ground like rain ♪
♪ For far and wide ♪
♪ And light years away ♪
♪ The one force of nature, ♪
♪ They call by name ♪
♪ I came from tomorrow ♪
♪ To take back today ♪
♪ I am the future… ♪
[music continues]
♪ From far and wide ♪
♪ And light years away ♪
♪ The one force of nature ♪
♪ They call by name ♪
♪ Fallen idols scream yesterday ♪
♪ Cast from the shadows ♪
♪ Now light my way ♪
♪ From far and wide ♪
♪ And light years away ♪
♪ The one force of nature ♪
♪ They call by name ♪
♪ I came from tomorrow ♪
♪ To take back today ♪
♪ I am the future… ♪
[music continues]
♪ From far and wide, light years away ♪
♪ Cast from the shadows ♪
♪ Now light my way ♪
♪ Fallen idols scream yesterday ♪
♪ Your kings and your queens ♪
♪ Hit the ground like rain ♪
♪ From far and wide ♪
["Asuka-The Future" fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[male announcer] The following contest
scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT
Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Introducing the challenger
from San Jose, California,
it's Bayley!
[crowd cheering]
[unintelligible]
[male announcer] And her opponent
from Osaka, Japan,
she's the NXT Women's Champion,
Asuka!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[bell ringing]
[Tom] So here we go,
#AsukaversusBayley2.
[Corey] Pay close attention
to the looks on both of these women faces,
Bayley in particular.
We know she's always light-hearted.
She's happy, she's smiling,
but Bayley knows exactly
what she's up against tonight.
The last time these two faced off
Bayley, by her own admittance,
wasn't ready.
On the other hand you've got Asuka
who has almost an extra swagger to her.
You saw the way she walked to the ring?
Supremely confident.
[Tom] What is it gonna take for Bayley to win tonight
to become a two-time NXT Women's Champion?
[Corey] I don't know.
I've thought about this long and hard
and I honestly do not have
an answer to solve Asuka.
No one in the women's division has.
[Tom] Those people in the NXT Universe,
and Bayley especially,
believe there's magic in this building,
especially what happened last year
at this event.
Bayley, even part of her headband
is from part of Sasha Banks's gear
from last year's show.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Bayley!
Let's go, Asuka!
Let's go, Bayley!
Let's go, Asuka!
[crowd still chanting]
[Tom] Oh, right in the middle of the ring
trying to test out each other's strength
early on here.
Now Bayley creates a little separation,
cover here on the champion,
kick out at one.
Once again another cover,
shoulders down, Asuka able to pop free.
Now Asuka-- ooh, caught again,
bridging into the cover here.
Bayley all over Asuka here
in the early going.
Ooh.
Maybe this is what it's gonna take here
for Bayley in this kind of match,
she just has to stay on Asuka perhaps.
[Corey] Bayley's gonna have no choice,
but to take the fight to Asuka,
but Bayley also needs to be very careful
because at a moment's notice
Asuka could turn the lights out.
[crowd] Bailey! Bailey!
-Argh! -[Tom] Ooh.
Now Bayley trying to battle
out of the corner using that second--
-[Corey] Oh! -[Tom] Oh, my God.
[Corey] That's what I'm talking about.
Bayley might be finished right now.
[Tom] Bayley's hurt. Bayley is hurt
after that knee right across
the bridge of the nose.
[referee] Talk to me.
[Corey] We always talk about
what a lethal striker Asuka is.
[Tom] Asuka is laughing.
[Corey] Bayley got a little overzealous,
oh! and paid for it with that knee.
Bayley might've lost a couple teeth
or something.
[Tom] Bayley crumpled right up there after that knee.
Now back right into the fray here.
Right back after Asuka
catches the hip attack.
[Corey] It's like rushing into the lion's den,
you don't wanna do it.
[Tom] There is a sense of urgency
however about Bayley here in this match.
And we didn't see that necessarily
in Dallas.
[Corey] Asuka's smiling, Tom.
-Ah! -[Tom] Oh! Another hip attack
-into the corner. -[Corey] There's no urgency
on the part of Asuka.
She is enjoying this
systematic destruction.
[referee] No, no, no, come on.
Asuka, no. Knock it off. Come on.
[Tom] Tied up here on the ropes.
[Corey] Look at this.
-[Corey] Gonna mind the referee's count. -One, two…
-[Corey] But you can do a lot of damage -…three.
in five seconds to a shoulder.
[Tom] And broke it at three there.
Now Bayley hung up here
on the second rope.
And Asuka seems right at home
here in this match.
Now in an early cover here
to put away Bayley
and retain the title, at a two.
[Corey] And I have no doubt
that Bayley trained harder than ever.
That Bayley studied tape.
That Bayley did everything
she could possibly think of
to prepare for this,
but like I said before,
no one has been able to solve Asuka
thus far, and it doesn't look
like tonight's Bayley's night.
[Tom] There's a little frustration now
on the face here of Bayley.
Knows what she has to do,
it seems, in this match
to get ahead of Asuka,
but again Asuka is one step ahead
of the former NXT Women's Champion.
[Corey] A lot easier said than done.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Right on the apron, here's Asuka.
Ooh, caught in the forearm there
by Bayley.
Bayley again, dodged there
by Asuka just too quick.
And there are those strikes.
-[Tom ] Oh! -[Corey] My goodness.
[Corey] Like Bayley's-- or Asuka's toying
with Bayley.
[Tom] Oh! my--
[Tom] Asuka taking her time
into the cover here, sits down
on the midsection and a kickout
here from Bayley.
[Corey] We could be looking
at a rout tonight, Tom.
[Tom] I don't think-- look at this.
Take a look at this kick.
-[Corey] Bang! -[Tom] Oh!
[Tom] Meanwhile on the other side
of the ring here, Asuka flying back there.
Every one of these kicks is landing
right on point.
[Corey] Asuka is so focused,
so precise with her strikes.
[referee] Knock it off, watch the hair.
Asuka, off the hair. Come on. One!
[Corey] She's some sort of cyborg out there tonight.
[Asuka yells]
[Corey] Right on point.
[Tom] Now Bayley trying to fire up here.
Face first into the top turnbuckle
goes the undefeated champion, Asuka.
Bayley! Once again
taking control here against Asuka.
[yells]
[Tom] Oh, and sends Asuka flying with a suplex.
[Corey] This is what Bayley needs.
She needs to build a little bit of confidence.
Argh!
[Corey] Elbow right to the spine of Asuka.
[Tom] Oh, and a clothesline
takes down Asuka,
flattening the champion.
Oh! And dropping the knee.
[crowd cheering]
-[Tom] Now Bayley to win the title here, -One! Two!
[Tom] cover on Asuka and a kickout at two.
[Corey] Bayley needs to keep doing what she's doing.
She needs to stay the course,
break through that, that aura
that Asuka possess, that air
of in--invincibility.
[Tom] We heard in the contract signing,
Bayley doesn't give a damn about that aura.
[Corey] That's what she says,
but when you're in the ring,
when Asuka's got her gaze locked on you
and she's throwing those hands and feet,
it's a whole different story.
Argh!
[unintelligible]
[Tom] Bayley trying to collect herself
here out on the apron, oh!
And just caught again by Asuka.
[Asuka yelling]
[female] Yeah!
No.
[Tom] Asuka-- oh, went for the hip attack
and Bayley read it perfectly
using the ropes.
[Corey] Great counter by Bayley.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Using the second rope there
against Asuka.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Great strategy,
use your environment to your advantage.
[Tom] Bayley is measuring Asuka.
Back into the ring and onto the crossbody,
cover here on Asuka.
Hook to the outside leg, kickout.
Asuka knows she's gonna get the best shots
that Bayley has in this match.
We saw what Asuka's capable of
against Nia Jax back in June.
But Bayley's gonna bring it here
tonight in Brooklyn.
[crowd chanting]
[Corey] I don't think anybody doubted
that Bayley was gonna bring everything
she had tonight, Asuka included.
Everyone's focused-- so focused
on what Bayley's done different.
How do you know Asuka
didn't step up her training regimen?
You know she wants
to remain champion as much as anybody.
[Tom] Onto the top rope here
Bayley another crossbody and missed.
-Argh! -[Corey] Uh-oh.
[Tom] Asuka!
Asuka with a shining wizard
it looked like. Here's the cover,
hook to the leg here,
and Bayley out at two.
Early on in this match
Asuka cannot close out Bayley.
[yells]
[Tom] Asuka, look at that scream
and the connection
on the other side of the ring.
-One! Two! -[Tom] Give credit to Bayley.
[Corey] You hear Asuka screaming
it's like being tied to the train tracks
when the train's coming through.
You hear the whistle but there's nothing
you can do about it.
[unintelligible] Come on.
Break it down.
Listen up. Come on.
[Tom] What does Asuka have in mind here
going up to the top rope,
Bayley in a bad way right now.
Asuka has been in control.
[Corey] Asuka's gonna be looking
to finish this one now.
[Tom] Going to the top rope,
thinking about a superplex perhaps
and trying to outmuscle Bayley
off the top rope,
can't seem to dislodge Bayley.
Oh, Bayley slips through.
Argh!
[Corey] Uh-Oh,
Bayley needs to attack right now.
[Tom] Oh!
Big elbow drop, Bayley with some momentum,
-[Tom] some fire here into this cover -One! Two!
[Tom] shoulders down and Asuka out
at two and a half.
[Corey] Bayley needs to be more aggressive
tonight than she has
ever been before, period.
Point blank. No other way is gonna work
for her tonight.
Knock it off.
You're on the ground. Hands up.
[grunts]
[Tom] Both women exchanging blows
here on this match.
[Corey] That's not a good idea.
You don't wanna stand
and strike with Asuka.
-Argh! -[Tom and Corey] Oh!
[Tom] Bayley, just threw herself at Asuka.
-[Corey] Like a car wreck. -[scream]
[Tom] Oh! and again taken down.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Tom] Bayley with a running knee.
Full head of steam
for both these women
on these attacks.
Oh!
[painful scream]
[Tom] Oh no, no, look at Asuka.
[Corey] Asuka looking for that
stretch muffler submission.
[Tom] And Bayley--
Bayley's stuck a long way from the ropes,
long way from the ropes here.
Can she wriggle free here from Asuka?
[Corey] Asuka needs to get the rest
of Bayley's body weight up.
[Tom] And is it the roll out
with shoulders down here on Bayley?
Bayley able to counter, looking for a cover here early.
Look at this bridge, cover here,
and Asuka, no.
Argh! Argh! [painful scream]
[Corey] Asuka with an ankle lock.
[Tom] Ankle lock right here.
[Corey] We know there's no quit in Bayley.
In Dallas, Bayley's body quit.
Bayley the person didn't.
There's no quit in her
but Asuka's gonna try.
[Tom] Bayley is never gonna quit.
Never gonna say
die in this kind of match.
And now look at Asuka again
rolling through
continuing with the ankle lock.
[Corey] I don't care how much heart
you have, how tough you are,
if you've only got one good leg,
you are not gonna defeat Asuka at anything.
Argh! Argh!
[Tom] Just trying to fend off Asuka
here in the interim.
[Corey] You need to be more
than a hundred percent to knock
Asuka off.
Oh, that wicked overhand right.
Just like that, one strike
Asuka can change the pace of the match.
[crowd] Let's go, Asuka!
[crowd] Let's go, Bayley!
[crowd] Let's go, Asuka!
[Tom] Oh, my God.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] That's where Asuka's
at her most dangerous.
She's throwing around those kicks.
[Corey] Asuka is just teeing her off.
[Tom] And how much more…
Oh, I was gonna say how much more
can Bayley take?
Hit me! Hit me on the face! Hit me!
[Tom] Bayley just yelled "hit me in the face."
Asuka happy to oblige.
Oh, went-- oh, went for another attack
there and there's a cover, shoulders down
on the back slide, nearly got a new champion.
Argh!
[Corey] Bayley throwing body shots…
-[Tom] Bayley-- -[Corey] …elbow strikes.
[Tom] Bayley standing and striking
with Asuka.
[Corey] Maybe that's the key.
Overcome the fear of Asuka's strikes.
[Tom] A lot of strength.
[Corey] Oh, God.
How do you overcome that?
[Tom] The spinning backhand
right there connected.
Argh!
[Tom] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Asuka caught up…
[Corey] Bayley, and that bad ankle,
Bayley just didn't have enough in her to get Asuka up.
[Tom] Bayley was thinking about a cover there for a moment.
Now looking to dish out
some more punishment here on Asuka.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Asuka's in a bad situation right now.
[Tom] Oh! Face first.
Get the cover, get the cover,
get the cover here on Asuka!
Hook to the leg here on the champion.
And we got a new-- oh, kick out.
[Corey] Look at Asuka, she's going for that Asuka lock.
Does she have her--
she doesn't have the hands locked yet.
[Tom] I don't think she got all this
here on Bayley just for the moment.
And Bayley's feet are very close
to the bottom rope here.
Referee's got to pay close attention
to that.
[crowd clapping]
[Corey] But Asuka's still trying to lock those fingers.
[Tom] Oh, no, no, no.
[Corey] She's got-- she's got
the fingers locked.
This is what ended Bayley's title reign.
[Tom] Asuka lock is cinched in here,
here at Brooklyn.
Could Bayley be fading out again?
[crowd cheering]
-Bayley in an all too familiar situation. -[Bayley screams]
Listen to Bayley.
[Corey] Asuka with that vise-like grip
on that Asuka lock.
Bayley still fighting.
The NXT Women's Championship
means too much to her to give up.
[Tom] Bayley-to-belly. It connected.
-[Tom] Cover, cover on Asuka. -[crowd] One! Two!
[Tom] Asuka kick out.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] That brought everybody
in Barclays including Sasha
and Becky in the front row
out of their seats.
[Tom] Take a look at this.
Great counter.
She gets that arm and bam.
Bayley-to-belly.
[Corey] Sasha and Becky standing up
'cause they thought that was it.
They thought we were gonna see
a repeat of last year's miracle.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Tom] Oh, Bayley again…
Thinking about it, no, no, no.
[Corey] Oh, she's got it.
[Tom] Asuka lock again.
[Corey] Center of the ring.
Center of the ring,
the Asuka lock is in.
[Tom] Bayley, Bayley,
what's she gonna do here?
Now the legs are not locked around apparently.
Bayley's got an opportunity now.
[Tom] Bayley trying to reach out for the ropes.
Asuka trying to wrangle Bayley
and once again--no.
-[Corey] Cover. -[Tom] Shoulders down on Asuka,
no, kick out by the champ.
-[Tom and Corey] Oh! -[crowd] Oh!
-[Tom] Look at… -[Corey] What?
[Corey] Asuka must not--
oh the kick, good God.
[Corey] Oh! She got her on that one.
[Asuka screams]
-[Tom] Oh! -[Corey] Lights out.
[Tom] Asuka the cover,
hook to the leg here on Bayley.
-Three! -[Tom] Asuka…
-has beaten Bayley. -[bell ringing]
["Asuka-The Future" plays]
[male announcer] Here is your winner
and still the NXT
women's champion, Asuka!
["The Future-Asuka" playing]
[Corey] We knew tonight we were going
to see an incredible
NXT Women's Championship match
and we did.
Unfortunately for Bayley,
and Becky and Sasha if you saw,
not every story has a feel-good ending.
[music continues]
[Tom] Your heart goes out to Bayley.
She gave every last ounce
of herself in this match,
but Asuka proving why
she is an unbeaten champion.
[Corey] There you see the champ
looking through the Asuka lock.
She has it locked in.
Bayley with every bit of her
being somehow able to withstand that,
fight her way out
and here everyone in Barclays,
everyone on WWE Network had to think
this was it.
Bam! Out of nowhere.
[Tom] Not many have ever
kicked out of that.
[crowd] Two!
[Corey] You can see the back of the shots,
Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch
thought that was it.
Thought we had a new champion,
but the empress of tomorrow had other plans.
[Tom] This could've been the best opportunity
for Bayley to secure a pinfall.
Once again, Asuka free
and that shot
went on the side of the face
and not even deter Bayley somehow,
fairly showing tremendous fire,
but Asuka whose striking
would pay dividends.
[Corey] Here's the-- bang!
That's the end, a wicked kick.
One! Two!
[Corey] Tom I got to be
-perfectly honest with you. -[bell ringing]
You asked me before, how you beat Asuka,
I still don't know.
I don't know that anybody beats Asuka.
She might be NXT Women's Champion forever.
♪ Light years away ♪
♪ The one force of nature ♪
♪ They call by name… ♪
[Tom] Just… an incredible match.
♪ I am the future… ♪
["Asuka-The Future" song fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[louder cheering]
["Asuka-The Future" starts playing again]
♪ From far and wide ♪
♪ Light years away ♪
♪ Cast from the shadows ♪
♪ Now light my way ♪
♪ Fallen idols scream yesterday ♪
♪ Your kings and your queens ♪
♪ Hit the ground like rain ♪
♪ From far and wide light years away ♪
♪ The one force of nature ♪
♪ They call by name ♪
♪ I came from tomorrow ♪
♪ To take back today ♪
♪ I am the future… ♪
["Asuka-The Future" fades out]
[crowd gets louder]
[crowd chanting] Thank you, Bayley!
Thank you, Bayley! [crowd clapping]
[crowd continues cheering, chanting]
[crowd cheers]
[unintelligible]
[crowd cheers]
[unintelligible]
[crowd cheers]
[crowd cheering]
[continued cheering]
[cheering fades out]
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But guys, coming up tonight here,
our main event, the NXT Championship.
[thud]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] There you see the man,
Samoa Joe, the NXT champion.
And there are the eyes of the challenger,
"The King of Strong Style",
Shinsuke Nakamura.
We are moments away from a battle,
the likes of which you've never seen.
[Tom] These are the final moments
of champion and challenger
before their collision.
This type of moment is exactly
what Shinsuke Nakamura
is all about tonight.
Samoa Joe defends the NXT championship
against the new sensation,
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[rock music playing]
[crowd chanting] Nakamura! [clapping]
[chanting continues]
[Corey] Everything about Shinsuke Nakamura
is different.
But he gets inside his opponents' heads.
Not to mention, the most dangerous
striker of the game.
[Nakamura] If I wanna be the champion,
I have to be the best.
[inspiring music playing]
Shinsuke, congratulations
on another impressive victory.
I am incredibly pleased to announce
that the main event at NXT TakeOver
will be Samoa Joe
defending his NXT Championship
against Shinsuke Nakamura.
[victorious music playing]
[music stops]
Regal!
Shinsuke Nakamura
is an undeserving contender.
When I wanted my opportunity
at the NXT Championship,
you made me jump through every hoop
that you had.
I had to battle and lay waste
to everybody on this roster,
to get an opportunity
to win this championship.
And at TakeOver Brooklyn,
I'm going to do the very same
to Shinsuke Nakamura.
That is of course, unless I see Shinsuke
before then because
he might not make it to Brooklyn at all.
I'm not hard to find,
but Samoa Joe shouldn't worry.
I will find him when I want to.
["Relentless" plays]
[Tom] Nakamura is here.
[Corey] The volatile situation.
[Tom] And security getting in between
Nakamura and Samoa Joe.
[music continues]
[unintelligible] Argh!
♪ See how long you last ♪
♪ Once you met you've met your match ♪
[Corey] Blatant disrespect
for the champ by the king.
Oh, was this a game, man? What?
You wanna play?
I'm gonna beat the respect into you.
You don't know what respect is.
-Shinsuke. -[Samoa] You don't know.
♪ If you want it ♪
♪ We gotta take it ♪
[grunts]
["Relentless" still playing]
[Samoa] There are no mind games
when I'm choking you unconscious
in the middle of that ring.
I am the NXT Champion.
I will destroy Shinsuke Nakamura!
I know he's scared of me.
I will be NXT Champion.
[echoing] Champion, champion.
♪ I am relentless ♪
♪ Relentless ♪
["Relentless" fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Hey take a look who it is,
Mick Foley and his daughter, Noelle,
the stars of Holy Foley ,
world premiere tomorrow night
after SummerSlam.
[Tom] Oh, and don't forget coming up
tomorrow night at SummerSlam,
the former NXT Champion,
Finn Balor.
The man who defended the NXT title
in this building in a ladder match
last year, tomorrow night
he challenges Seth Rollins
for the WWE Universal Championship.
Good luck, Finn Balor.
[crowd quiets]
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[playing "The Rising Sun"]
[intensifying violin music]
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[violin build up quickens and softens]
[playing last notes of "Relentless"]
[single violin note struck]
[crowd cheering]
["The Rising Sun"
plays over speakers and violin]
[intensifying drums and violin]
[melody continues]
[crowd chanting the melody]
["The Rising Sun" continues playing]
[violin buildup to a pause]
[beat drop back into song]
[crowd chanting the melody]
[drums stop and violin softens]
[drums and violin intensifying]
[violin intensifying]
[drums and violin buildup to beat drop]
[crowd chanting to melody]
[music continues]
[crowd cheering]
["The Rising Sun" continues]
[drum and violin buildup to pause]
[beat drop back into song]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting to melody]
[crowd continues chanting]
[crowd cheers]
[drums quiet and violin softens]
[drums build up slowly]
[violin and bass buildup to a pause]
[drums and violin start on beat drop]
[crowd chanting to "The Rising Sun"]
[continued chanting]
["The Rising Sun" fades out]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
["Destroyer" plays]
[unintelligible]
[crowd] Joe! Joe! Joe!
[continued music and cheering]
[crowd] Oh!
[unintelligible]
[referee] Let's go.
[unintelligible]
[crowd cheering]
[unintelligible]
[bell ringing]
[male announcer] The following contest
scheduled for one fall is for
the NXT Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing the challenger,
from Kyoto, Japan,
weighing in at 220 pounds,
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[crowd cheering]
And his opponent,
from Huntington Beach, California,
weighing in at 282 pounds,
He is the NXT champion,
Samoa Joe.
[quieter crowd]
[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] It is all about
the NXT championship.
And ladies and gentlemen,
this is the first time ever
these two have fought.
[crowd cheering, chanting]
[crowd continues chanting]
[Corey] This is a big money fight
anywhere on the globe.
The prize is the NXT championship,
the richest in NXT.
And the fact that these two
just plain can't stand each other
makes it all the more interesting.
[Tom] Samoa Joe, a man who is the master
of mind games in his quest
to claw the NXT championship
away from Finn Balor, the former champion.
Joe showed his mettle,
defended the title in a steel cage,
first ever of its kind in NXT's history
back in June.
The question between these two,
does Shinsuke Nakamura respect Samoa Joe?
[Corey] Absolutely, Shinsuke is-- Oh!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] All the strikes early
from both superstars.
Trying to take Joe down to the mat.
Here's Shinsuke.
Shinsuke trying to outwrestle
Samoa Joe here.
[Corey] Samoa Joe with an extremely strong
Brazilian jiu-jitsu background.
[Tom] Early cover there,
looking forward for a second,
no one count from the official.
[official talking indistinctly]
[Corey] Nakamura.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Corey] To answer your earlier question,
absolutely Nakamura respects Samoa Joe.
Shinsuke Nakamura is as much an artist
as he is an assassin.
Shinsuke knows exactly
how to get into his opponent's brain
to do maximum damage
before he ever even get in the ring.
[Tom] Off that interview, we saw
that Byron Saxton recently on NXT
to Samoa Joe consequently
respects Shinsuke Nakamura.
-[referee] Three! -[Corey] Yes, without a doubt
Samoa Joe respects Shinsuke
because of what Shinsuke is capable of.
Joe doesn't like him.
Joe feels disrespected and angered,
but Joe does not--
You don't get to the top of the game
without having respect
for all you opponents, specially
someone as dangerous as Nakamura.
[official speaks indistinctly]
[grunts]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Tom] Now Joe in control of the left arm here,
against Shinsuke Nakamura,
Joe in the two-tone,
Shinsuke Nakamura in the red.
Samoa Joe winning the title
back in April in a very dramatic fashion.
Shinsuke Nakamura, since his day one
here in NXT, his goal is the NXT title.
[Nakamura grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Shinsuke trying to navigate
his way out of this one and, oh!
He takes down Samoa Joe.
[Corey] Fantastic agility by Nakamura.
[Tom] Once again, Samoa Joe
right back on top of Shinsuke.
[Tom] He's trying to go for a cover there
there but Joe's just too quick.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Corey] These opening few minutes
are all you need to know
about how much these two competitors
respect each other.
They can't stand each other,
but they have the utmost respect
for what each other is capable of.
[both grunt]
[Tom] Shinsuke won the war
in the psychological warfare department
in the build up to this match
here in Brooklyn.
I wonder how deep he is
into the mind of the champion.
[crowd cheering]
-[Shinsuke grunts] -[Tom] Again, Samoa Joe's just
too big and strong.
Not many competitors like Samoa Joe
on [laughs] you know--
in the game right now.
-[Tom] I don't know… -[Corey] In the planet earth,
-that's what you're looking for. -[Tom] I don't know if Shinsuke
has experienced a talent like this.
[Corey] Do you think he cares?
Samoa Joe's the champion.
[Joe Samoa screams] Hey, hey, hey!
[referee] Let's go. One, two, three!
[Corey] Unorthodox way
to get the hold broken?
[referee talking indistinctly]
[Tom] Unorthodox
and Shinsuke go hand in hand
and now look at Samoa Joe
out of the corner.
[Corey] Quickness on display by Samoa Joe.
Come on!
-[crowd cheering] -[Samoa Joe grunts]
[Tom] And knees to the mid-section here
from Shinsuke Nakamura,
"the king of strong style"
on display here.
[referee] One, two, three, let's go.
Back it up, out of the corner, Shin.
Let's go.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[referee talking indistinctly]
[Tom] Good vibrations
to the champion.
…two, three!
[referee talks indistinctly]
[Tom] Samoa Joe gonna take a moment
here outside the ring.
[referee] Let's go, Joe.
Get back in here, listen up.
Get back.
One!
[Tom] Oh and look at Joe.
Joe is trying to bait Shinsuke Nakamura.
-[Corey] Oh, my goodness. -[Tom] Wow.
-[Nakamura] Ah! -[crowd cheering]
[Corey] I don't care how strong
your mind games are,
right hand to the chin
will change everybody's plan.
Two!
[Tom] Oh! Right into the apron.
Three!
[crowd cheering, chanting]
Four!
Five!
-[Shinsuke grunts] -[referee] Six!
[Tom] A thud echoing in the chest
of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Eight!
[Tom] A count of eight here,
both superstars have to get back
into the ring, count at nine
and Joe takes his time.
[Corey] Remember, Samoa Joe
has champion's advantage.
If Samoa Joe gets counted out,
he doesn't lose the NXT title.
[Tom] Absolutely right.
I don't think he'd mind much if that was the situation.
[Corey] This just speaks to the personal vendetta
between the two of them. Samoa Joe wants to prove
to the NXT universe and everybody else
that he is superior to Nakamura.
[grunts]
[Tom] Joe with the enzuigiri!
That crumpled Shinsuke Nakamura,
Joe not even attempting a cover here.
[Nakamura complaints]
So you're in the ring with the champ.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] You heard the supremely confident Joe,
"so you're in the ring with the champ".
[Tom] This is NXT takeover Brooklyn,
and this, our main event
-for the NXT championship. -[Corey] Oh!
[Tom] Shinsuke connects with the right
and here comes Shinsuke.
[referee] One!
-[both broadcasters] Oh! -[referee] Two.
[Tom] Running knee right across the bridge of the nose.
15,671 sold-out
here at the Barclays Center.
[Corey] Samoa Joe out of the way just in time.
Nakamura came down
very hard on that left knee.
-Six! -[Corey] All the way from the apron,
Nakamura looking to drop the knee
across the back of Joe's neck,
instead it just found the outside.
Here comes the champ, wow!
[Tom] Nearly 300 pounds
through the air.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[referee] One…
two… three!
[Tom] A count of three here,
both men have until the count of ten
to get back into the ring.
Watch this.
Joe just threw himself at Nakamura.
That's that vendetta you've talked about.
Purely personal.
Seven.
[Corey] Samoa Joe takes offense
to the fact that here, in the United States…
[Tom] Hold on a second here, into the cover,
hook to the leg and Nakamura still in it.
[Corey] Everybody's enamored with the king of strong style.
Joe takes a lot of the credit
for popularizing strong style
here in the United States and he's got a good claim to the point.
[Tom] And at the same time Samoa Joe
believes he was forced to, quote,
"jump through hoops"
to get to the NXT championship…
-[grunts] -…by the general manager.
-[Corey] Oh, wow! -[Tom] And look at Joe.
Ah!
[Tom] Oh, Joe, once again to the chest.
Oh.
[Tom] Right there with the elbow drop,
now into the cover, Joe thinks
he's got Nakamura here
and Shinsuke is still alive.
[Corey] Samoa Joe just pummeling
the king of strong style.
[Nakamura grunts]
[Tom] This match has been exactly
at the pace that Samoa Joe
has wanted it at, nice and slow
as he continues his attack on Nakamura.
[crowd cheering]
Oh. [grunts]
[crowd cheering]
[referee talks indistinctly]
Oh! [Nakamura complaints]
-[Nakamura grunts] -[Corey] Kicks that hard,
I mean I can't believe…
Ah, wait a minute, wait…
-[Nakamura] Ah! -[Corey] Looking there to tie up Shinsuke.
Put all the pressure on the shoulder,
Joe separating the right arm in the head
and neck of Nakamura, all the tension
right on that right shoulder of Shinsuke.
[Nakamura complaints]
[referee talks indistinctly]
[crowd applauding]
[Tom] Look at that, trying to just
bend the right arm out of the socket.
[Corey] Not trying to bend it, he's trying
to tear it right out of the socket.
[Tom] And now look at Nakamura,
using the long legs, gets to the bottom rope.
Joe's got to break the hold.
[Corey] But a lot of damage was done
in that hold.
[crowd cheering] Nakamura!
[Corey] This is a methodical dissection
by the NXT champion, Samoa Joe.
[crowd cheering]
[Nakamura yells]
[Tom] Right to the small of the back.
Samoa Joe almost defiant here
at the Barclays Center.
[Nakamura yells]
[Tom] Joe said that coming into this matchup,
"I'm coming for Shinsuke's soul."
He'd said he wanted to make an example
out of Nakamura here tonight.
[Corey] He said he was gonna beat the respect
into Shinsuke and he's done
a pretty good job so far doing that.
[Samoa grunts]
[Corey] Oh, those knee strikes are wicked.
[both grunt]
[Tom] Oh, he just takes out Nakamura
once again to the knee.
[Corey] Lightning-like speed
for a 282-pound-man
to be able to sweep the legs like that.
-[Tom] Uh-oh, uh-oh, powerbomb! -[Corey] Power…
[Tom] Looking for a-- whoa, whoa, cover here, Nakamura,
and it was-- it was Joe
that put him on the corner.
[Corey] Look at this Boston crab,
Samoa Joe's got the grip around the--
the thighs,
even more tension on the back of Nakamura.
-And… -[Tom] And now transitions
into the cross face.
[Corey] Got that STF.
-[Nakamura grunts] -[referee speaks indistinctly]
[Tom] Shinsuke in a bad way here, trying
to reach out to the bottom rope here.
He was able to moments ago
but can he do it her now,
against Samoa Joe?
-[Tom] And now… wow! -[Corey] There's the crossface.
Look at this.
So smooth, these transitions.
Each one of them more painful
than the last.
[Tom] Joe locking up the arm
nearest the bottom ropes here, Nakamura.
What is he gonna do here?
[grunts]
[Tom] Rolls over into the cover
and the champion kick out.
Oh, side of the face.
Joe staggered for a moment.
[Corey] But the champ is still on both feet.
That enzuigiri bought Nakamura
a few moments if nothing else.
Oh!
[Corey] These kicks are unbelievable.
[both fighters grunt]
[Tom] And Nakamura, returning
with a set of his own.
[crowd applauding]
[Tom] Came back at Joe with the left,
now both men are down here.
[Corey] This is a critical moment for Nakamura,
can he beat the count
and use it to his advantage?
Can he capitalize
on downing the champ?
Three!
-Four! -[Tom] Both have until the count of ten
to get back up to a vertical base here.
This is how much
the NXT championship means
to these two men.
Oh, down goes Joe.
[grunts]
-[Nakamura] Ah! -[Joe grunts]
[Tom] Oh, right now connecting in the throat.
[Nakamura yells]
[referee talking indistinctly]
[Corey] Shinsuke.
Great display of strength
by the challenger.
[Tom] Joe hung up in the corner-- oh!
Right to the mid-section.
[Corey] All the wind just sent
rushing out of the champion,
can Nakamura capitalize?
[Tom] Oh, Nakamura's thinking about
the inverted exploder.
I don't know if he's gonna be able
to pull it off here on Joe
and again with the knee.
Nakamu-- oh, caught
with the inverted atomic drop.
[crowd] Oh!
[Tom] Oh, and Joe missed!
Joe missed big time.
[Tom] And Nakamura right back on top
of the NXT champion.
-[Nakamura] Ah! -[Corey] Nakamura,
looking for a guillotine perhaps.
He does not-- he can't see
because of the arm trapped in there.
[Tom] Now Joe wisely getting back
up through his feet here.
Whoa, whoa, takes down Samoa Joe. Nice float over.
[Corey] Oh, man! Oh.
That knee right to the crown.
[bot broadcasters] Oh!
[Tom] Oh, Joe's trying to cover up,
there's no-- there's no protecting yourself
in that situation.
[Corey] Those knees will fracture a skull.
[referee talking indistinctly]
[Nakamura yells]
[Tom] Oh and-- oh and Joe planting
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[Corey] I don't know that Joe got as much power
behind that as he was looking for, but
it's definitely effective enough.
Don't mention the few moments of time
that Nakamura has bought.
Samoa Joe just got them back.
[Tom] Look at the eyes of the champion.
[Nakamura complaints]
-[Corey] Uh-oh. -[Tom] Whoa, whoa, whoa,
thinking about the muscle buster,
thinking about the muscle buster
here on Nakamura up at the top rope.
Nakamura able to create
a little separation.
[Tom] Oh, second rope, there's a kick.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] This is about as even as the plain field has been
since this match started.
Look at this kick,
right to the-- oh man.
It looks like he's got him in the throat.
[Tom] Both these men just trying
to gather themselves here.
This is for the NXT championship
here in Brooklyn.
[yelling, grunting]
[crowd chanting to the beat of the blows]
[grunting]
[Corey] Joe like a Kodiak bear
with those paws.
-[Corey] Oh, my God! -[Tom] Nakamura got laid out.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Nakamura might be out cold,
he may have the referee check on him.
Take a look at this left. Bang!
He got [unintelligible] right on the chin,
turned Shinsuke inside out.
[Tom] Now Joe-- oh, Joe got caught!
Joe caught into an arm breaker!
[Corey] Now Joe's got his hands locked,
Nakamura looking for that arm breaker
but Joe has the hands locked.
[Tom] Trying to free up those hands,
looking for the cross arm breaker
here on Samoa Joe.
[Corey] Nakamura can't hyper extend the elbow
as long as Samoa Joe keeps his grip.
[Tom] Joe's just too strong.
[Corey] Nakamura just hammering
on the fingers, smart strategy.
[Tom] Whoa, whoa, Joe lost his control there for a moment.
[Corey] Shinsuke's got the-- got the triangle
but… he can't pass the arm.
-[Nakamura complaints] -[referee speaks indistinctly]
[Corey] Shinsuke Nakamura, looking for that triangle
but he doesn't have it locked in fully.
[Tom] Well, now shoulders are down here
and the cover from the champion.
The power of Samoa Joe!
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Sitting down on the back
here on Shinsuke.
[Corey] Got that clover leaf locked in.
That's a lot of weight,
282 pounds
on Nakamura's lower back.
[Tom] Another submission here for the big Samoan,
now gets to the bottom rope, Shinsuke.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Round two.
Does he have the…
[Tom] I think the coquina clutch here
but Shinsuke saw it coming,
backed up into the corner.
Once again right back
into the clutch is Joe.
-[Nakamura complaints] -[referee] Come on!
[Corey] Looks like Joe's got it locked in,
he's got the…
[Tom] Shinsuke again able to counter.
Oh! Good night.
Cover this could do it
to put away Nakamura
and he kicked out.
[Corey] Joe just raining down the elbows.
-[Tom] That's it. Here it is! -[Corey] Joe…
[Corey] That's it, coquina clutch is in.
[Tom] Coquina clutch here
on Shinsuke Nakamura,
another submission-- wait a minute.
Nakamura starting to break free here,
look at the leg.
Trying to get the leg to the bottom rope here
and Joe cannot control him.
[Corey] Those long legs of Nakamura
coming into play,
saving the match for Shinsuke
because it was all but over.
[Tom] We, we have never seen a superstar
slip away like this.
[Corey] Watch this-- oh, my!
One, two!
[Tom] Shinsuke Nakamura stayed alive
but Joe right back on the attack.
We have never seen a superstar
escape submissions from Joe
like we've seen here tonight.
Now once again back up top,
thinking about the muscle buster.
[Nakamura grunts]
Ah!
[complaints]
[referee] [unintelligible] Listen up!
[grunting]
[Tom] His head goes back and forward there
for a moment, thinking about
the inverted exploder there.
Oh, into a German!
Oh, right on the back of the neck.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] This is a huge moment for Nakamura.
Could he be looking for it?
-[both broadcasters] Oh! -[Tom] Oh, a power slam!
Power slam from the champion!
Counter-- oh, he nearly had it.
[Corey] Look at Joe.
Joe just threw his hands up.
Joe is in absolute disbelief
as for many of us here.
I don't know how Shinsuke
kicked out of that one.
I don't know how Samoa Joe
survived that German suplex.
[Tom] The champion, this is awesome
this is wild, the German suplex
right on the back of the head and neck.
And then this, Joe,
a great counter into the power slam.
But for a moment Shinsuke
was setting up for the Kinshasa
and now Joe just laying into Shinsuke.
[Corey] Oh, now Joe's looking to end it
all again with the muscle buster.
[Tom] Oh! Enzuigiri.
Somehow Nakamura
is still up on that post.
Now for the third time,
looking for the muscle buster!
[Corey] Here it is.
[Tom] Muscle buster connects.
Joe's gonna retain the title here.
Cover on Nakamura, Shinsuke kicked out.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Disbelief on the face
of Samoa Joe with good reason.
[Tom] Everybody here
in the Barclays Center is on their feet.
They cannot believe
the move that won Joe the title
just got kicked out on by Shinsuke.
[Corey] Yeah, but does Shinsuke
even know where he's at, at this point?
It looks like he's been in a car accident.
And the champ doesn't seem
to be even close to finish.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tom] Now Joe thinking about
a second muscle buster.
[crowd cheering]
Once again setting up Shinsuke.
[Tom] There we go, Kinshasa!
Cover, cover on the champion.
Oh, so close.
[Corey] Samoa Joe just kicked out
of the Kinshasa.
[Tom] No man has done that on NXT.
[Corey] The champ might have a broken jaw.
I mean, look at him,
but he is still the champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Shinsuke's just got to stay on him.
Joe's in trouble here.
Onto the back and the neck!
[Corey] That's usually the prelude.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Does Shinsuke have one more in him?
Kinshasa!
Cover, cover.
[crowd counting with referee] One, two, three…
[Tom] Shinsuke has done it.
Nakamura is champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[music]
[presenter] Here is your winner
and the new NXT champion,
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[crowd cheering and chanting]
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[music continues]
[Tom] We got to look back in this matchup,
look at this.
The muscle buster to Shinsuke Nakamura.
The champion thought this was it,
right here after multiple attempts
to get this move to connect.
Nakamura kicked out.
[Corey] There you see one more attempt,
Nakamura able to get
the champ off balance.
Kinshasa from nowhere.
He just-- I think he broke the jaw
of Samoa Joe right there
but Joe still kicked out.
That's what this NXT title means.
But Nakamura goes up top,
knee to the spine.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] And then one more Kinshasa
would level the NXT champion.
Shinsuke Nakamura is champion.
[music]
[Tom] To call yourself the king
you must have fought many battles.
But after this battle,
Shinsuke Nakamura
can call himself champion.
[music]
[Tom] One more look at the Kinshasa
that secured Shinsuke
the NXT championship,
just running over Samoa Joe.
Look at the elation
of the NXT universe.
Shinsuke stepped to the throne.
He poked the champ in the chest
and stole his crown.
[music]
[crowd chanting, cheering]
[music continues]
[Tom] Graves, last year was magical.
This year just as much fun
here in Brooklyn, New York.
We promised you the new generation of NXT
was gonna write a brand new chapter.
What a night here in Brooklyn.
Stay tuned here on the WWE Network,
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WWE 24: Women's evolution.
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