[fireworks]
[opening music]
[heart beats]
[murmur]
[tension music]
[heart beats]
[cars honking]
[music intensifies]
[narrator] Toronto…
[heart beats]
The birthplace and proving ground
for some of the greatest superstars
from the great white north.
[heart beats]
[Trish] You know what, Toronto?
There's no place like home.
[heart beats]
[host 1] It feels so good
to be back in my hometown.
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] And for over three decades,
a host to some of the greatest moments in WWE history.
[host 2] There's electricity in the air.
A capacity crowd at the CNE Stadium.
[host 3] Welcome to Toronto SkyDome.
Toronto, you guys give us all your passion, all your energy.
[host 3] Welcome to a global phenomenon.
♪ Oh, Canada ♪
[narrator] And now, it's NXT's turn to take over…Toronto.
♪ Who knew you'd be hated for being who you are ♪
♪ And be a big target for all the insecure? ♪
[music intensifies]
Teamwork is what this country is founded on.
And now, we look for tag teams of the future.
[narrator] And the finals of that tourney
will be held at NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
♪ All alone in a wall-less prison ♪
Tye Dillinger is a loser.
♪ Didn't forget and you're not forgiven ♪
It doesn't matter how glorious Bobby thinks he is.
He's getting his ass kicked in Toronto.
TakeOver: Toronto is our last chance to be the faces of NXT.
Reality check: you cannot compete with machines.
[Asuka] Nobody…
is ready for… Asuka.
[Mickie] It's been a long time since I've set foot in a WWE ring.
And now… I'm back.
[Mickie] You wanted a real competition? Well, honey, you got it.
Okay!
Bring me Nakamura, or hand me my championship.
[Nakamura] You want my NXT championship?
Come and get it.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And now, WWE Network presents…
NXT TakeOver: Toronto
[drum beats]
[euphoric music]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer 1] It is a standout destination in sports entertainment.
Tonight, we establish our own legacy in the north.
12,649 strong live from the Air Canada center.
[announcer 2] We're in the home of Toronto raptors and maple leafs.
Tonight, NXT calls it home.
[announcer 1] Welcome to NXT TakeOver: Toronto
[music ceases]
[crowd starts cheering]
♪ Glorious, glorious, glorious ♪
♪ Glorious, glorious ♪
♪ Glorious, glory nation ♪
♪ Glorious, glorious, glorious, glory nation ♪
♪ Glorious, glorious, glory nation ♪
♪ Glorious, glorious ♪
[epic music starts playing]
[applause]
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
♪ 'til I'm victorious ♪
♪ And I will defend, I will defend ♪
[epic music continues]
♪ 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 ♪
♪ I'm so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end, until the end ♪
[crowd cheering]
[epic music continues]
♪ 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 ♪
♪ I´m so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end, until the end ♪
[crowd applauding and cheering]
[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 ♪
♪ I'm so glorious ♪
♪ Until the end, until the end ♪
[crowd applauding]
[bell ringing]
[Tom] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, at 235 pounds,
the Glorious… Bobby Roode.
[epic music]
♪ Glorious ♪
♪ No, I won't give in, I won't give in ♪
♪ 'til I'm victorious ♪
[Tom] Talk about an incredible way to kick off NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
We want to welcome you inside the air Canada center.
I'm Tom Phillips.
That was not incredible, that was glorious.
That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my entire life.
Calm down, we got a long show to go still.
We're getting started.
I'm coming out of my skin right now. That was fantastic, that was glorious.
I know you're excited, I know it.
There's a lot coming up tonight at NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
Bobby Roode is ready to go.
Remember, tonight the return of Mickie James.
The first time back in a WWE ring in six years.
The rematch: Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe.
And the dream, the finals of the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic.
But right now, two native sons of Canada get ready to tear each other apart.
Enjoy this, Phillips.
[electronic music]
♪ Ten ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] And his opponent from Niagara Falls, Canada,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
He is the perfect ten…
Tye Dillinger.
[electronic music continues]
[Tom] A very emotional night for Tye Dillinger.
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario,
about 70 miles south from right here in Toronto.
Well, this is personal,
dating back to the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic.
It was Bobby Roode, who went to Tye Dillinger,
and said, quote, "I need the perfect partner."
And Bobby Roode left Dillinger high and dry to sanity.
[Corey] Part of being a smart business man
is knowing when to cut your losses.
Bobby Roode simply realized that Dillinger is not a perfect ten.
He wasn't a glorious partner.
So, Bobby took a hike.
Perfectly understandable.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[whistling]
[crowd chanting] Bobby and Tye!
[Bell ringing]
[crowd chanting] Bobby and Tye!
[crowd cheering and chatting continuously]
[crowd cheering vigorously]
[crowd chanting]
[Bobby screams]
[Bobby] Oh.
[Corey] And we are just getting started.
[Tom] Here we go, back and forth, Tye Dillinger,
and Bobby Roode, center of the ring.
Very, very personal situation between these two.
As Bobby Roode trying to turn the tables on Dillinger early.
[crowd screaming]
Bobby Roode driven down by Dillinger.
And Tye sending Roode outside of the ring
into the barricade early.
[crowd cheering and screaming]
Sends Roode back into the ring,
and Roode, once again, outside the ring on the other side.
Friends, earlier today,
Tye Dillinger went on Facebook live, and said,
"Bobby Roode tried to embarrass me.
Now, I'm going to embarrass Bobby Roode here in Toronto."
[crowd] Woo-Hoo!
[Corey] Tye coming out of the gates strong.
He's passionate.
You can tell he feels personal about this situation.
But Tye Dillinger can't let this get inside of his head.
[Tom] We talk about it a lot,
the early emotional storm in these types of fights.
It's always what superstar comes out with a lot of aggression,
a lot of passion, a lot of built up frustration,
trying to get that out all at once.
Bobby Roode, the near veteran of two decades,
has experience.
[crowd chanting]
[Corey] Goodness.
[Tom] Oh, on the floor.
I think we've never seen Tye like this before.
[crowd] Tye, Tye!
Tye Dillinger has admitted it,
he was skeptical about teaming with Bobby Roode in the first place,
but wanted to get involved in the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic,
pay homage to the late dream.
[crowd chanting and screaming]
You are a ten…?
You are a ten for this?
[crowd] Ten, Ten!
[crowd] Ten!
[Tom] There's the Tye we know,
and now, Bobby Roode, takes a chop right to the mat.
[Corey] Seems like Dillinger got his emotions back in check,
and be having a little fun right now.
[crowd] One, two, three…
four, five…
[Corey] Check this out, the number one trend worldwide,
Hashtag "NXTTakeOverToronto."
[crowd] Ten!
[Tom] A perfect ten in the corner from Tye Dillinger.
[Tom] Tye said, "I'm not going to be rated by anybody else.
I'm going to rate myself. It's not arrogance,
it's confidence that I haven't had in a while."
We saw earlier on the TakeOver pre-show that the journey Tye's been on.
He's out to prove himself here tonight.
[crowd] Bobby Roode, Bobby Roode!
[Corey] This could be a turning point for Bobby Roode,
if Roode can capitalize on that long fall that Dillinger just took.
[Corey] Roode slides up back outside the ring
on an opposite side from our viewing point.
Here now Bobby Roode.
[Tom] Bobby Roode from behind, into the barricade!
[Corey] Got cross checked from behind,
make Tie Domi jealous.
[Tom] This crowd in Canada, would see that in a Maple Leafs game.
And right now,
Bobby Roode has turned things around in his favor in a big way.
[Corey] He got a full head of steam,
all of his body weight crashing into the neck of Tye Dillinger.
And the tide has completely turned.
[crowd] Oh!
[man in crowd] Come on, champion!
[Tom] Bobby Roode was able to grab that early emotional storm from Dillinger,
and completely turn things around.
[crowd screaming]
[Official and crowd] Six!
[Tom] A count of six here by the official.
Tye Dillinger has to get back into the ring,
and Bobby Roode does it the hard way.
[Corey] How do you think Tye rates himself right now, Phillips?
[Tom] Tye in a bad position here.
Bobby Roode…
He has been extraordinarily hypocritical, and flat out lied to Tye Dillinger.
Quote, "I didn't even want to be a part of the Dusty Classic".
-Even though when he-- -[Corey] Don't be calling Bobby a liar.
That's how you took it.
Maybe you misunderstood it, Phillips.
[Tye groans]
[Tom] Right to the chest, there. Bobby Roode right on top of Tye.
[Corey] I thought you were an unbiased journalist, Phillips.
[Tom] You can read the quotes for yourself.
Quote, "there is no better showcase than this tournament,
and I need to be a part of it."
Quote, "Tye begged me to be his partner in this stupid tournament."
Quote, "I needed the perfect partner."
What part of that doesn't sound like a lie?
What part of that doesn't sound like Bobby Roode
just went and hid in a matchup against sanity
because it wasn't going in his favor? -[Corey] Listen,
I'm sure wwe.com put those quotes in different orders.
The fact is Bobby Roode is not a liar.
He's glorious, and he's in control right now.
[crowd] Oh!
[referee] Come on, in the center of the ring.
[Tom] Oh, and Tye…
spine first into the turnbuckle.
Big shot there by Bobby Roode.
[applause]
[crowd acclaiming]
[Corey] Hallelujah, Philipps.
[Tom] From the second rope--
Right again to the back of the neck that Roode attacked earlier.
[Corey] Such precision with every offensive maneuver from Roode,
picking apart Tye Dillinger piece by piece.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[Corey] The NXT universe here at the air.
Canada Center was serenaded by that choir for Bobby Roode,
and he's soaking up all the limelight right now.
[crowd cheering and chanting]
[Corey] It's fantastic how Roode
has effectively isolated Dillinger from the crowd--
[Tom] Hold on! Backslide, backslide,
A cover, and Roode kicked out at two.
[crowd] Oh!
[Tom] For a moment, it did seem Roode had taken the crowd out of it,
but the crowd is clearly trying to help Tye Dillinger here in this match.
Back to the neck with the neckbreaker!
[Corey] Fantastic sequence of maneuvers by Bobby Roode.
That's it.
[Tom] Look to the cover to take out Tye here in Toronto,
and a kick out.
[Corey] If you're done with your attempted character assassination of Bobby Roode,
Philips, why don't you just admit it?
He's been spectacular this far.
[Tom] Bobby Roode is spectacular.
The man has done fantastic things,
as I mentioned, for nearly two decades in sports entertainment.
Won championships all over the world.
At the same time, I think he´s assassinated his own character
by some of the quotes we saw in the pre-show.
[crowd chanting and applauding]
Boot right on the side of the face of Tye Dillinger.
[Corey] A nasty streak of Roode.
The laces of your boots just raking across the eyes,
it's incredibly painful.
[Tom] If you're Roode, you've got to be enjoying and soaking this up.
[referee] Come on, man, come on.
[Corey] Why wouldn't you enjoy this if you were Roode?
I think a lot of people is enjoying this, Tom.
Bobby Roode is a global superstar.
[crowd whistling and applauding]
He's in his home land tonight, think about that.
This is a true Canadian hero.
[crowd] Yeah!
[Corey] Look at the pantheon of great Canadians:
Gretzsky, Gordie Howe, Bobby Roode.
[Tom] Oh my god, you're not doing that.
Was that Tye Dillinger? Oh!
Every time the NXT universe would get in Bobby Roode's head.
For a moment, he lost focus there in the corner,
and now look at Tye.
[crowd cheering]
The eyes of Dillinger.
[crowd] Oh!
[Roode groans]
[Tom] Now Dillinger off the ropes and takes out Bobby Roode.
[man in crowd] Come on, Bobby, come on!
Dillinger starting to fire up here.
There's a big knee, and Tye dropping Roode once again,
and there's a stop.
[Corey] Tye Dillinger, rapid fire right now.
I don't know where this energy came from,
but Dillinger's using it to the max.
[Tom] This is a night that Tye believes was tailor made for him,
that he was destined to win tonight, here in Canada.
[crowd] Ten, ten!
[crowd] Ten!
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[Tom] Now, exposing the knee.
Tye Dillinger is thinking about the Tye-breaker on Bobby Roode.
And Roode, doing the smart thing, gets out of the ring.
[Corey] That was brilliant, dare I say that was glorious, Phillips.
[Tom] Tye Dillinger is not going to let him escape here.
Tye slides back into the ring, caught in a spinebuster.
[Corey] What a spinebuster it was!
[Tom] All the momentum shut down, cover here by Roode, and a kickout by Tye.
Take another look at this, Tye Dillinger full head of steam, and bam!
Right into that beautiful spinebuster.
[crowd chanting] Bobby is back, Bobby is back!
[Roode] Yeah!
[Tom] Tye's in a tough predicament here,
trying to get himself off of the top turnbuckle.
Bobby Roode right back on the attack.
[crowd chanting]
Tye holding on for dear life. If Roode lands this, it's game over.
The neck he's attacked throughout this match--
a superplex, big time superplex!
[Corey] That was better than super, that was a glorious-plex.
[Tom] Roode trying to collect himself and roll into the cover.
Tye is still alive.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Now, Roode is trying to figure out what is it going to take
to close out Tye Dillinger.
Take another look at this, all the way from the top, crashing down.
I can't believe he was able to escape.
[crowd chanting while clapping]
[crowd yells cheerily]
Whoa, whoa…Roode mocking Dillinger.
[crowd] Seven, six…
Roode exposing his knee, here now. Is he thinking about the Tye-breaker?
He's thinking about the Tye-breaker. Here, the perfect ten.
Dillinger able to evade him, get him with a superkick for a moment.
[Tom] Now look over the cover,
Bobby Roode's feet on the middle ropes, and the official saw it.
[crowd cheering]
-[Corey] Good call by the official. -[Tom] Bobby Roode thinks he's won this.
[referee] No! two shouts, two--
[Tom] Dillinger with this opportunity, and Bobby kicked out.
Superkick connects!
Tye into the cover.
[crowd counting backwards]
[Tom] Oh, so close.
[crowd clapping]
It doesn't get any closer than that without the bell ringing.
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[crowd shouting] NXT, NXT!
[Tom] Graves, what would this win mean for Tye Dillinger here tonight?
[Corey] It would completely change the course
of Tye Dillinger's career.
[crowd whistling]
A victory on this stage would be massive for his career.
I think Bobby Roode might have lost a tooth.
[Tom] Yes, I think you're right. [laughs]
Bobby Roode is trying to get back up to a vertical base,
as is Tye Dillinger, who's taken
a lot of abuse here in this match.
Oh, and Roode right back on him.
[crowd cheering]
Come on, Bobby.
[crowd cheering]
Come on.
Tye Dillinger
asking for more from Bobby Roode
thinking about the Tye breaker there.
And Bobby was going for the DDT once again,
now looking for a cover.
And Tye right back on top, but look at this.
[Corey] Dillinger's got the Sharpshooter locked in.
[Tom] Sharpshooter right here in the heart of Canada.
[Corey] Paying homage to "The Hitman," Bret Hart, another Canadian hero.
[Tom] Imagine if Roode tapped out right here
in Toronto.
[Corey] Destroy Roode's confidence forever.
[Tom] Bobby Roode inches away from the bottom rope.
Is he going to tap out, however, to Tye Dillinger?
No, gets to the rope in time.
[Corey] A little ironic there was a Sharpshooter used
on Survivor Series weekend, wouldn't you say?
[Tom] That's a whole lot of sense.
[crowd cheering]
Wait a minute, Bobby Roode trying to catch Tye Dillinger here.
Shoulders down now on Roode it looked like, and a kickout.
Ohh!
-Oh, right in the steep post. -[crowd] Oh!
All that abuse to the shoulders
and neck of Tye Dillinger taken over the course of this match.
And now Roode with a DDT.
[crowd] One, two… three!
-[Tom] Bobby Roode puts an end
-to Tye's moment here tonight. -["Glorious Domination" playing]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
the glorious Bobby Roode.
[Corey] What a glorious victory
for Bobby Roode,
but you got to give credit to Tye Dillinger.
In his hometown,
Dillinger left it all in the ring,
threw everything he had at Bobby Roode.
[Tom] This was a moment
that Dillinger believed was meant for him,
an opportunity that he had
to make the most of
as he faced off against Bobby Roode
here to kick off NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
Let's take a look back here.
[Corey] Dillinger was looking for the Superkick,
Roode able to reverse.
Thought we were going to see some trickery,
but the referee was wide aware.
[Tom] Roode was under the impression
he'd won the match at that point, but things would continue here.
Watch this, boom, a Superkick would connect.
I think you're right about that tooth.
The cover, Bobby Roode would endure.
["Glorious Domination" playing]
[Corey] You see Dillinger has locked in the Sharpshooter.
How embarrassing it would have been
for Bobby Roode to lose
in Toronto to that maneuver.
But alas, Roode had a little more left.
[Tom] All the damage that had been done to the shoulder and neck area
of Tye Dillinger throughout this match just too much,
too much in this scenario, in this point in the match.
And Bobby Roode, bam, with the DDT.
That was all for Tye Dillinger.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[Corey] I just want to say I would not be at all surprised
if sometime in the near future,
Bobby Roode replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada.
["Glorious Domination" continues playing]
♪ 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… ♪
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Ten, 10, 10!
[crowd applauding]
[crowd] Ten, 10, 10!
[announcer] It will be a night forever etched in history.
Welcome to WrestleMania.
["How High" playing]
[heavy metal music]
[Corey] Later tonight, the NXT Women's Championship
will be on the line as "The Empress of Tomorrow"
does battle with the pioneer of the women's division,
Mickie James.
Asuka looks ready.
[Tom] Asuka gets the "real competition"
she's been asking for later tonight.
But up next, a tournament
built on the spirit of competition
and opportunity.
The Authors of Pain,
captained by Paul Ellering, take on Shane Thorne
and Nick Miller of TM61
in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
[soft music]
A year ago, our industry lost a legend,
an NXT founding father
and a true friend,
the American dream, Dusty Rhodes.
And in honor of the dream,
we created the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament,
something that I know Dusty would have been very proud of.
And it was so successful,
we've decided to do it again this year.
Sixteen teams,
a single elimination tournament.
And the finals of that tournament
will be held at NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
[Tom] Tonight, we pay homage
to the American dream.
Tonight, we kick off the first round
of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
TM61, knocking off some athletes here
in the first round.
[Corey] Shatter Machine.
[Tom] Revival is moving on.
No Way Jose.
And Rick Swann, #DIY.
Aries and Strong are moving on.
-Oh. -[Corey] Oh my God.
[Tom] Wolfe and Fulton.
[Corey] The knee bar is in.
[Tom] Perkins and Ibushi advance.
The Authors of Pain
moving onto the next round
of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
[sound fades]
[soft music]
[commentator] We saw an incredible
second round of action.
The field narrowed down
to the remaining four teams,
all in the running to take home the Dusty Cup.
It is all about which teams
are going to advance to the finals.
[Tom] TM61 won it.
The Authors of Pain march to the finals.
[man] And now, we look for tag teams
of the future.
[commentator] At NXT TakeOver, TM61 will face off
with the undefeated Authors of Pain.
Which team will etch their names in history
as the winners of the coveted Dusty Cup?
[Paul] And now, the picture is clear.
[Corey] I don't see anybody beating these guys.
[Paul] The puzzle is complete.
It is the Authors of Pain.
[Tom] Oh my God.
Wait a minute, what is Ellering doing?
[Corey] Not only is Ellering
a genius, he's his own team's insurance policy.
I will not have this tag team tournament tarnished in any way.
I'm going to suspend you
in a shark cage above the ring.
[man] The shark cage, remember the last time in Atlanta?
[man 2] And you were there in the cage.
[Corey] Nobody knows how to guide monsters like Ellering.
[Nick] They may be the Authors of Pain. Shane and I, we write the ending.
[Paul] They will not advance
at the expense of the Authors of Pain.
We are the team to win this Dusty Rhodes Classic
because we are the mighty, and the mighty…
[Shane] Don't kneel.
♪ And shoot for the sky. ♪
[music fades]
[crowd applauding]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is the final match in the Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic Tournament.
[crowd cheering]
[ominous sound]
["Pain" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] Introducing first,
entering the ring accompanied by Paul Ellering,
at a combined weight of 615 pounds,
Akam and Rezar, the Authors of Pain.
[Tom] The Authors of Pain
have stormed their way through this tournament
defeating the Bollywood Boyz,
the team of No Way Jose, Rick Swann,
and even DIY to get to this point.
But you can see the ominous crash cage
hanging above the ring, Corey.
[Corey] Let's not worry about the crash cage at the moment.
Let's talk about how I was right.
I said from the get-go
that no one was going to beat
the Authors of Pain
and here we are in the finals.
[Tom] And what it's all about
is the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Cup at ringside.
That is what Paul Ellering
has had his two monsters,
Akam and Rezar, focused on.
However, Sir Ellering will have to spend
the duration of this match 13 feet above the ring.
[heavy metal music fades]
-["Stand Tall" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[announcer] And their opponents,
at a combined weight of 450 pounds,
Shane Thorne, Nick Miller, TM61.
[Tom] TM61 getting through the teams of Tino Sabbatelli
and Riddick Moss, Austin Aries
and Roderick Strong
and especially a surprise upset against Sanity.
These two have made some history during this second annual tournament,
but what is this matchup going to play out like
against the Authors of Pain?
[Corey] I predict it's short
and the Authors of Pain destroy TM61 in record time.
[Tom] There is the X-factor of Ellering
not being able to have his hand in this match.
We have seen over the last few weeks
during those matches in San Jose and Los Angeles
that Ellering getting involved.
And Mr. Regal, for the integrity of this tournament
the integrity of this cup,
not allowing Mr. Ellering to tarnish the tournament.
[Corey] It's all semantics.
If you don't think
that Paul Ellering has his two behemoths
so well indoctrinated with the game plan
Ellering couldn't even come to Canada and it would be the same result.
-[rapid heartbeat sound] -[crowd cheering]
Come on, man. Get in the [indistinct].
[Corey] If you ask me,
this is a little disrespectful to Paul Ellering.
[Tom] This is what Mr. William Regal wanted.
The general manager wanted the finals
to be inclusive.
[Corey] This is as old school as it gets,
but Paul Ellering is a genius.
His genius should be celebrated.
He shouldn't be locked up like an animal.
[bell ringing]
[Tom] Don't forget about 35 years ago in Atlanta.
Here we go, this is the finals
of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament.
This is Akam, who's starting things off
against Nick Miller.
[grunts]
Big forearms there by Nick Miller early on here.
And you got to think back,
this is the second annual tournament here.
What do you think the American dream would think of these two teams?
[Corey] I think Dusty would be very proud of both teams.
I'd have to say Dusty would probably be an Authors of Pain fan,
only because Dusty has worked
very closely with Ellering in the past.
They have a long history,
and Dusty knows what Ellering is capable of with these two monsters.
[Tom] Now both the Authors of Pain sent outside the ring here.
-Nick Miller flattening Akam. -[crowd] Ohh!
[grunts]
This is Rezar all alone here with Shane Thorne.
At the same time, I think Dusty
would be proud of TM61 earning this opportunity in this match,
coming all the way from Australia.
[Corey] Dusty always admired people that were slightly insane.
[Tom] Shane Thorne is insane.
[Corey] What is happening right now? Are you kidding me?
[Tom] This is plain insane.
This is some King Kong stuff right now.
Look at Rezar with Shane Thorne
on his shoulders.
-[Corey] Rezar is climbing that-- -[Tom] Whoa!
Shane, come on down.
[Tom] That thing is supporting the cage, by the way.
-Oh my God. -[crowd cheering]
The Air Canada Center bearing witness to TM61.
[Corey] Let's take another look at this.
Thorne and Miller have a reputation
for being a bit of a couple daredevils, but my God,
thrill-seeking Australians
taking advantage by any means necessary.
[Tom] And meanwhile, back inside the ring…
hold on a second.
Now Rezar, oh man, Thorne on his head.
[Corey] Rezar grabbed Thorne's ankle and almost completely
flipped him upside down.
That is terrifying power.
Those are two dangerous men.
[Tom] Dangerous thing here for TM61
is that Thorne is the legal member
of their team as now.
I believe that's Rezar
who's got the opportunity here to win the finals,
to win the cup and a kickout by Thorne.
Ah!
Thorne and Miller have been through
everything here in this tournament.
Sanity…
jumping them during one of their matches a couple of weeks ago.
They had to deal with that brutal attack
from all four of those members.
At one point, they had a one on one match
against team Aries.
Nothing compares to the Authors of Pain.
[Corey] I got to be honest with you I don't know that there's anything
in NXT, sports entertainment as a whole,
anywhere in the globe that compares to the Authors of Pain.
[Tom] Do you think there's anything to Paul Ellering
being in this crash cage that is messing psychologically
with the Authors of Pain?
[Corey] I told you before absolutely not.
-[Tom] Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
[Tom] Stomp here out of the corner.
Now Akam into the cover
and Thorne is still alive.
[Corey] Rezar and Akam have been so heavily indoctrinated
by the wisdom of Paul Ellering.
Everything is going--
Paul, they keep looking up to him, though.
-You gotta be kidding me. -[Corey] He's giving instructions.
[Tom] He's shouting instructions
from 13 feet in the air,
inside 360 pounds of steel.
[Corey] Would you prefer he whisper?
[Tom laughs]
Cover and a kickout.
The idea of Mr. Regal
was that Mr. Ellering would have nothing to do with this match.
Get him off!
Incredible, Akam continues to look up at Paul Ellering
for direction.
Hey!
Sixteen teams beginning this tournament.
Here tonight live in Toronto,
the final two doing battle
for the prestigious Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Cup.
Of course, the first winners last year,
Finn Balor and Samoa Joe.
Finn Balor went on to become the first WWE universal champion.
We know what Samoa Joe has done,
former NXT champion,
challenges Shinsuke Nakamura later on here tonight.
-Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
Shane Thorne just launched across the ring by Akam.
Another cover here to win the tournament
and a kickout.
[Corey] I don't care how much you've traveled around the world,
how many years you've spent inside the ring.
How do you combat power like that?
-[screams] -[Corey] Do not know.
Akam, 280 pounds,
misses in the corner,
right into the top turnbuckle.
And Shane Thorne has got an opportunity, tag made there to Rezar.
Rezar is fresh for AOP.
Creates a little bit of separation here,
and now Rezar on the wrong side of town.
Shane Thorne makes the tag here to Nick Miller.
Nick Miller is dropping…
Dropping these monsters, oh my Gosh.
[Corey] Miller just body slammed Akam.
[Tom] Oh God!
Tossing around the Authors of Pain, 330 pounds dropped just like that.
[Corey] Respect where it's due,
incredible power on display by Nick Miller.
[Tom] What is Miller thinking here?
Flying in with a forearm.
One more there for Rezar, right on the jaw.
Paul Ellering helpless,
all he can do is watch.
-Oh, Moonsault! -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] Picture perfect.
-[Tom] Right into the chest of Rezar. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] Cover, oh, and Rezar powered out.
Without Paul Ellering, things starting to break down.
How are the Authors of Pain
going to respond?
TM61 all over Akam and Rezar.
-[Corey] Not for long. Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
Fantastic counter by Thorne and Miller.
I thought they were-- the Authors
were going for the powerbomb sandwich
or I don't know what you want to call it.
[Tom] Clink TM61 in the middle.
[indistinct] Come on.
Thinking about thunder valley here,
-330 pounds driven into the mat. -[crowd] Ohh!
-[Tom] Cover broken up by Akam. -[crowd] One, two…
[Corey] I am so impressed by the power
that TM61 have displayed.
[Tom] Oh, Nick Miller takes down Akam outside the ring.
-Oh, it's Shane Thorne. -[crowd] Ohh!
There's no limit for this man.
[Corey] Ellering just dropped a chain.
Was that the lock from the cage?
[Tom] I know Ellering's not going to jump, but--
[Corey] Referee is busy with the combatants outside of the ring.
Rezar has the chain wrapped around his massive fist.
[Tom] Shane Thorne, throws the chain into the NXT [indistinct].
-Thorne looking for the cover here… -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] …shoulders down and a kickout.
Authors of Pain still alive here
despite Paul Ellering.
-Oh. -[crowd] Ohh!
A bone rattling shot there from Rezar,
and now Akam [indistinct] boot there
in the corner takes out Nick Miller.
Shane Thorne all by his lonesome
and there's the last chapter.
-Cover by Akam, and the… -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Tom] …Authors of Pain… -[bell ringing]
have won the Dusty Tag Team Classic.
[announcer] Here are your winners of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team
Classic Tournament, the Authors of Pain.
[Corey] Somebody get that cage down right now.
Ellering deserves to be celebrating with the Authors of Pain.
[Tom] Ellering doesn't really care that he's all the way up above the ring.
Now it starts to come down.
Ellering is already celebrating,
demanding he be brought down to the mat
as Akam and Rezar have achieved his goal.
[Corey] The prophecy has been fulfilled, Tom.
Rezar and Akam,
with Paul Ellering at the helm,
have just captured the Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic Cup.
[Tom] All according to the book of pain
by Paul Ellering.
Let's take you back here.
This was early on here in this finals matchup.
Shane Thorne, well, okay,
this is a little unconventional
from the top of those support beams,
wiping out everybody.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Insane display.
Here's some more agility from Nick Miller, a beautiful Moonsault.
There you see Ellering staring on.
[Tom] The feet weren't too far from the bottom of the crash cage.
And the cover, Authors of Pain
would stick around,
but this power is impressive.
[Corey] TM61 dug down deep
to deliver Thunder Valley,
but the teamwork,
the presence of mind of Rezar and Akam
was just too much for the Australian duo.
[Tom] Towards the end of this match,
after some involvement from Paul Ellering,
allowed the Authors of Pain to get the advantage.
The last chapter would secure the cup for the Authors of Pain.
["Pain" playing]
You can see joining Paul Ellering
and the Authors of Pain in the ring now, Triple H, the COO of WWE.
Our general manager, Mr. William Regal.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, once again, your winners of the 2016
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament
the Authors of Pain.
[Tom] A victorious night for the Authors of Pain.
Dustin Rhodes, aka Goldust,
here representing the Rhodes family.
[Corey] I told the NXT universe
in the first round
put your money on the Authors of Pain
because you always bet on Ellering.
["Pain" continues playing]
[soft music]
[heavy metal music]
[Corey] I can't wait for 205 live.
But later tonight, DIY have the opportunity
of their careers as they step into the ring
with the top guys, The Revival.
Two out of three falls
for the NXT Tag Championships.
[Tom] Another opportunity here tonight for DIY.
Ciampa and Gargano take part
in one of the signature matches of NXT,
two out of three falls
with one more opportunity against The Revival.
Can DIY make good on a mission
that began in Brooklyn?
[melodic music]
[Tom] Ciampa and Gargano,
DIY, will they walk away as NXT Tag Team champions?
[Corey] I hate to be the bearer of bad news,
but Gargano and Ciampa,
they're stepping into the ring tonight
with possibly the greatest tag team on the planet earth.
[Tom] This could be the prelude to the end here.
[Corey] This doesn't look good for Dash and Dawson.
[Tom] Do we have new champs?
[Corey] No, the referee saw the foot on the bottom rope.
[soft heavy metal music]
Oh man, that chop block.
[Tom] The Barclay Center trying to will on Johnny Gargano
and Johnny tapping out.
The Revival are still champions.
There were a lot of DIY fans that night,
a lot of people hoping,
wishing, praying…
That we'd finally get our moment
and I cost us that.
When we came here,
our goal was to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic,
and that's exactly what we are going to do.
[Tom] And DIY is moving on.
[Corey] Guess what we're going to have in the second round?
What's going on?
I've suffered a severe knee injury.
We're saving you two
the embarrassment of once again
losing to The Revival,
so you're welcome.
[Tom] DIY advance due to a forfeit.
Ciampa and Gargano should have advanced to the finals right there.
[Corey] Ellering is on the apron.
[Tom] Whoa, wait a minute.
[Corey] Oh, top guys.
[Tom] Revival just took out Johnny Gargano.
DIY is eliminated,
all thanks to Dash and Dawson.
The Revival want to avoid the inevitable.
We are going to get our hands on The Revival one way or another.
[Tom] This just announced.
NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
DIY, The Revival,
the NXT Tag Team Championship,
two out of three falls.
They came this close to beating us.
So does everyone else.
We are the absolute best tag team on this planet.
I just know how we felt after Brooklyn.
That's a feeling that doesn't go away.
["Hated" playing]
When we become the NXT Tag Team champions,
no one can ever take that away from us.
We lose again,
who are we?
What was this for?
You're human beings.
We're machines.
Reality check,
you cannot compete with machines.
TakeOver Toronto is our last chance
to be the faces of NXT.
[wrestler] We are The Revival.
We are tag team wrestling.
When we step in the ring at Toronto TakeOver,
same exact thing.
[wrestler] Top guys.
Top guys.
-[wrestler 1] Out. -[wrestler 2] Out.
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
["Chrome Hearts" playing]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest
is a two out of three falls
for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring
at a combined weight of 400 pounds,
Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa,
DIY!
["Chrome Hearts" playing]
[Tom] Johnny Gargano on your left,
Tommaso Ciampa on your right.
By their own admission,
they've called tonight,
"Our last chance at the NXT Tag Team titles."
["Chrome Hearts" continues playing]
[Tom] NXT TakeOver is presented
by Mattel's Crash Cage,
in stores now.
[Corey] What an incredible way to start Survivor Series weekend,
by watching the top guys
do top guy things, Tom.
["Southern Proud" playing]
[announcer] And their opponents,
at a combined weight of 446 pounds,
they are the NXT
Tag Team champions,
Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder, The Revival.
[Tom] Revival the first two-time champions
in NXT history.
They defend their titles
here tonight in a two out of three falls match up.
And as we saw before this match,
the superstars came down to the ring
with the injury to Scott Dawson's knee
that forced them to forfeit
in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
In a two out of three falls match,
how does that come into play?
[Corey] It doesn't, you know why?
Because Dash and Dawson are machines.
Gargano and Ciampa,
they're people, they're human beings.
Dash and Dawson are top guys.
They're the best tag team on the planet.
And even at 80%,
Dawson is one of the best competitors in the world.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Twelve thousand six-hundred and forty-nine on hand
here live inside the Air Canada Center.
This is all about the NXT Tag Team titles.
[bell ringing]
Corey, you saw the official holding up
the NXT Tag Team titles.
You were once champion,
alongside Neville,
NXT Tag Team champion.
You actually faced Neville
in a two out of three falls match.
What was that like?
[Corey] The whole trick with two out of three falls matches,
in my opinion, is you try to score the first fall early.
The longer the match goes,
-the trickier it can get. -[crowd] DIY, DIY!
It can go either way.
It comes down to an endurance game,
but you have to get the first fall.
[Tom] DIY all fired up for the #NXTTagTitles.
It so is the NXT universe.
This is Johnny Gargano
to start things off against Scott Dawson,
and fast pace early on here.
[Corey] If you were on the losing end of the first fall,
there is zero margin for error.
[Tom] It's an eight-ball in a bad way.
Now, Johnny lead cover here,
-shoulders down, and Dawson-- -[crowd] One, two…
A two count very early.
[Corey] It's a smart strategy by Gargano.
That was close.
[Tom] I understand what you said
about Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder being "machines"
but honestly, whatever injury it is,
whether 100% or 50% to Scott Dawson,
the longer this match goes, it cannot benefit The Revival.
[Corey] Why, are you implying
that The Revival aren't in phenomenal cardiovascular shape?
Are you implying that they can't change
their game plan the longer the match goes?
[Tom] Did you hear what I said?
There was a knee injury.
Come on.
Johnny Gargano here and Scott Dawson
early on here staring each other down.
[Corey] They're harping on the knee injury.
Why don't we just talk about the truth?
Let's celebrate The Revival,
the fact that they single-handedly
built the tag team renaissance here in NXT.
[indistinct] Let's go.
[Tom] Three hundred and five days total between their two reigns.
Actually defeated the NXT Tag Team titles
against American Alpha this past summer.
Familiar with this type of situation
when the championships are on the line.
Dawson just runs through Gargano.
Come on, come on.
Gargano great tag there made,
and Ciampa is now legal.
Big forearm there,
and Dash Wilder catches one.
Dropkicks from DIY.
Now Gargano another--
-Rather Ciampa, looking for a cover here-- -[crowd] One, two…
and a kickout.
Very early on looking for a fall here in this match.
And again, the way to gain a fall,
pinfall, submission, count out, disqualification or knockout.
[Corey] There's tag team work at its finest.
Dash running the interference,
distracting the referee, and Dawson taking advantage.
One, two, come on, three.
[indistinct]
[Corey] Ingenious by Scott Dawson,
using the five count,
not getting himself disqualified.
But you can do a world of damage
to a human being's eyes in a few seconds.
[Tom] Dash Wilder now legal into this match,
refers to himself
as the powder keg of this tag team.
Definitely some good history
for The Revival
in this city of Toronto.
This year at WWE Roadblock,
they defended these titles
against Enzo and Cass successfully.
Tag made, Scott Dawson
back into this match.
And so far, The Revival
competing at their pace
there against Ciampa and Gargano.
Big slam by Scott Dawson,
another tag made
and Dash Wilder back in,
a hallmark of The Revival.
Oh, and a leg drop.
Out of the cover to retain.
We get the first fall here early
and a kickout.
[Corey] Dash and Dawson
are so enjoyable to watch,
putting on a beautiful clinic
in how to do tag team wrestling better than
anybody on the planet.
[Tom] The NXT TakeOver pre-show here
compared them to the hart foundation.
The Revival, compared them to the Hart foundation,
the Minnesota Wrecking crew.
They're sporting the black and pink.
[Corey] Dash and Dawson will take those compliments very proudly.
-[Tom] Oh. -[crowd] Ohh.
[Tom] Johnny Gargano legal into this match here.
Overhead belly to belly.
Gargano starting to wind up here.
Oh. Takes down both members of The Revival.
Oh, and leaps into the neckbreaker
-for the first fall here-- -[crowd] One, two…
…in this two out of three falls match and a kickout.
Gargano and Ciampa,
they understand what it's like to come so close.
They did this summer in Brooklyn
against The Revival,
trying to make the necessary adjustments.
Out on the apron and Dash Wilder
makes the tag.
Gargano got caught.
Uh oh.
-Thinking about-- -[Corey] Shatter machine.
[crowd] One, two…
-Three! -[Tom] Early on, The Revival
get their first fall.
-[Corey] That was unbelievable-- -[announcer] The winners
of the first fall are The Revival.
[Corey] I'm going to give you a chance to change your answer.
Who is the best tag team
on the planet Earth right now?
[Tom] Never an argument.
[Corey] The Revival.
That was fantastic,
the ability to adapt.
They learn every time they're in the ring.
Dash and Dawson, that was unreal.
Johnny Wrestling is completely incapacitated right now.
I'm beside myself, I'm so excited.
[Tom] Now, let's see how DIY recuperates here.
One more look at this.
You're absolutely right,
this happened just so darn quick.
[Corey] Gargano loves to use
the Slingshot Spear,
but Dash and Dawson had it too well scouted,
and not only countered it,
countered it into the shatter machine.
[Tom] Gargano is trying to get back up to his feet,
the official trying to make sure Gargano is ready to compete.
There's the bell. Or the bell should have come here
for the second fall.
Oh, hold on a second.
-Now shoulders down, Gargano right here. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] Oh, almost had him,
almost had a second fall.
Could have been one-one right there.
[wrestler] Watch out, Dash.
[official] Knock it off, come on, in the ring. Let's go.
DIY!
[Tom] Dash Wilder, with the official turning his back,
sends Gargano into the ring.
-Top rope into the Suplex. -[crowd] Ohh!
Now the cover
for a clean sweep and a kickout.
[Corey] I think at this point, Gargano and Ciampa
have to be considering just heading back to the locker room.
[Tom] One thing about Gargano and Ciampa,
there's no quit in these two.
[Corey] Maybe they should find some quit
because this is a clinic for Dash and Dawson right now.
[Tom] Their motto, "Do it yourself."
Nobody is going to do it for you.
There is a ton of fight
in Gargano and Ciampa.
[Corey] Gargano and Ciampa paying you to be their cheerleader.
[Tom] Watch Revival,
look at The Revival, two on one situation
here for a moment.
[Corey] That, my friends, is what we call Clubber.
[indistinct]
[Tom] Big head club by Dash Wilder.
Two-time champs.
[crowd booing]
[Tom] We talked about the two out of three falls match--
[Corey] Look at this, look.
[Tom] …history here in NXT.
And the elbow right into the back of the neck.
Gargano could be in trouble here
once again, looking for that second fall,
and Revival couldn't get it.
[Corey] How could you spend all this time
talking about history and the past?
You should be enjoying the moment.
This is like one of those occasions
you hear people talk about the time they saw Elvis live,
or the time they saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan.
It's transcendent every time
The Revival steps in the ring.
[Tom] Dawson right out--
Oh, look at this, the forearm right in the face of Gargano.
[Corey] [indistinct] face grinding across the bridge of the nose
and the cheekbone of Gargano.
Notice how well The Revival have just cut the ring in half.
Gargano has been nowhere near Ciampa
since The Revival have begun to institute their game plan.
[Tom] It's Scott Dawson here. Oh man.
Got gargano all tied up.
-[Corey] Gory special. -[indistinct] Johnny!
Dawson just tearing the shoulders
-and the pectoral muscles of Gargano. -Come on, Johnny!
Ask him!
[Tom] All the damage that Gargano's already taken
at the hands of the Shatter Machine.
Dash Wilder is barking at him in the corner.
[crowd cheering]
Gargano able to get out of there
for a moment, takes a shot there at Dash Wilder.
And Scott Dawson
right back on the attack.
Right through the legs there Gargano with a situation
here, had [indistinct]--
[Corey] Oh, that was a thing of beauty.
[Tom] Oh, that was a thing of beauty.
[Corey] The tag team work of The Revival,
fantastic, Dawson running interference,
preventing Gargano from making the tag.
But Gargano, that was impressive.
[Tom] Yeah, having the moxie of Gargano to fight off both members
of The Revival.
[Corey] Ahh, Dawson from underneath the ring.
[Tom] That's Dash Wilder from underneath the ring.
And Ciampa saw it coming.
They tried the same stuff at Brooklyn.
A tag is made, and now Ciampa is legal.
[Corey] But the referee didn't see it.
[Tom] Come on.
-And now again. -[Corey] And it's [indistinct].
Ciampa's incensed,
trying to help out Gargano.
Not a legal tag, Gargano is still illegal.
[Corey] Hart Attack!
[Tom] Looking for the second fall,
-Hart Attack could equal the second fall. -[crowd] One, two…
-[Tom] No, a kickout by Gargano. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] The Revival literally have Gargano and Ciampa
running in circles.
The Hart Attack an homage to The Hit Man,
Scott Dawson's personal hero.
Let's look at this again.
This is a thing of beauty.
[Tom] Off the ropes, oh!
Right there into the Hart Attack,
Ciampa forced to get outside the ring.
But Johnny Gargano refusing to quit
here in this match.
Remember, The Revival up 1-0
in this two out of three falls match.
The pace that this thing is going,
it could be a clean sweep.
[official] Come on, come on.
Oh, great counter by Gargano
-into a closed body of sorts. -[crowd] One, two…
-[Tom] Cover, he nearly had him. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] Dash looking for the tag.
Here comes Dawson.
[Tom] There's the tag, Gargano trying to reach out to Ciampa.
Ciampa inches away.
-[crowd cheering] -[Tom] And there's the tag.
Tommaso Ciampa going up to the top rope.
-Oh, dropkick right to the chest. -[crowd] Ohh!
Oh, and a running knee.
Now Ciampa fresh here in this match,
could be just what DIY needs to get back
into this two out of three falls match.
Down 1-0, gets the boot up in time.
-Ciampa from behind. -[crowd] Ohh!
-Could this be for their first… -[crowd] One, two…
…fall of this match?
Dawson kicked out.
[Corey] Ciampa took that tag
and stepped through the ropes 100 miles an hour.
Hasn't been able to capitalize.
Too much fight left in Dawson.
[Tom] Connected with that leg to the back of the neck.
And now… Dash Wilder introduces
himself into this situation.
Oh, and catches the knee.
Now Dawson got a chance here
for a pinfall attempt
and Ciampa just too quick.
Ohh!
To a German.
And a third German.
Right to the side of the face.
Ciampa might have the first fall
for DIY right here.
Dawson, no.
[Corey] Ciampa connected with all of the knee
right to the temple of Scott Dawson
but Dawson… just too much fight left in him.
[crowd cheering]
Ciampa spent too much time
trying to cheer on Gargano
and Dawson made him pay.
[Tom] Ciampa needs Gargano, needs him to get back up in this match.
And Dawson taking advantage, setting him up.
Dash Wilder tossed off the top turnbuckle,
nasty fall there.
Oh, a crossbody drop on Dawson.
-The cover for that first fall for DIY. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] No.
Wilder right back into this thing.
Oh, another knee.
[Corey] Ciampa and Gargano gotta be doubting themselves right now.
They've done everything.
[Tom] Uh oh, look who's in the middle.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Corey] Ohh no!
[Tom] Dawson in the wrong place at the wrong time.
-Cover here by Ciampa. -[crowd] One, two…
-Three! -[Tom] It is 1-1, brand-new ballgame.
[announcer] The winners of the second fall are DIY.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] All of a sudden,
the NXT Tag Team Championship match
becomes sudden death.
[crowd] DIY, DIY!
Next fall wins.
[crowd] DIY, DIY!
[Tom] One more look at this.
Scott Dawson right in the middle
and boom, the Superkick
in the knee.
There is no getting up from that.
Now, the official taking a moment to allow
both teams to collect themselves,
and get back and ready for now the third fall.
[crowd applauding]
And now Wilder and Gargano initiating the contact here.
At this point,
who does the third fall favor?
[Corey] I'm gonna go with The Revival, just knowing how much they plan things
and how well they can adapt.
The Revival have a contingency in effect.
Let's say, hypothetically,
we do get a fall put on us.
How do we stop them
from getting a second?
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] A good old-fashioned fight here.
Oh man.
Ciampa showing some disrespect
to the face of the champions.
Now, Scott Dawson…
[yells]
Thinking about that DDT again
that cost DIY in the Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic.
-Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
Thinking about the--
-[Corey] Right reversal. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] Cover… No, kickout.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Tom] Ohh!
Down to the last fall.
Next fall and we got the NXT Tag Team champions.
[Corey] Gargano made the tag to Ciampa.
[Tom] The top rope. Face first into the mat.
Ciampa caught by an uppercut from Wilder.
[Corey] Remember, Gargano is the legal man.
[Tom] There's the DDT from outside,
-from the apron, sitting down on it. -[crowd] One, two…
-[Tom] Cover, no, so close. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] People relate to Gargano and Ciampa here in Toronto.
Let's take another look at this fantastic DDT…
[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] From Johnny Wrestling.
But it was not quite enough,
almost, like the Blue Jays,
like the Raptors, almost,
but they can't get the job done.
Let's go.
[Tom] Look at Wilder helping out his teammate.
[Corey] Great assist.
Grabs the tag, now legal.
Dash Wilder, the legal man,
and Gargano has to fight off
both members of The Revival.
Thinking about that DDT--
-[Corey] Oh! -[Tom] Oh!
Great double teamwork.
-Wilder into the cover. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] And broken up by Ciampa.
[crowd] DIY, DIY!
[Tom] Oh, driven into the steel post.
And just like that, the chance
of DIY go right down the tubes.
[Corey] What a fantastic sequence of offense.
Amazing tandem work
by Dash and Dawson.
[Tom] Dawson now legal.
[Corey] Credit for the great save by Ciampa.
[indistinct]
[Corey] Oh my God.
[Tom] Thud.
Gargano again stuck in the corner
of The Revival.
Champions laying into Gargano.
This is the heart of the challengers here.
And now, once again,
Dawson looking like he's going for a backside there,
kicked away Wilder.
-Got the cover here, cover. -[crowd] One, two…
[Corey] Whoa, my heart just skipped about three beats.
[Tom] A split second away.
Wilder has grabbed one of the NXT Tag Team Championships.
[Corey] There's always a plan, Tom.
[Tom] And Ciampa sending Wilder over the top rope.
[Corey] Dawson's got the Championship. Oh!
Gargano was looking for the kick.
Dawson clocked him with the title.
[Tom] Hit the [indistinct].
The right leg of Johnny Gargano
right into the title, the referee didn't see it.
[Corey] Gargano's shin might be shattered right now,
and Dawson with a grin on his face.
Here we go.
[Tom] And how smart is this of Dawson?
Same submission maneuver
that got them the win in Brooklyn.
[Corey] Inverted figure four.
This is incredible.
The Revival are about to retain,
[Tom] Johnny Gargano has to be
in an immense amount of pain.
Can he reach out to the bottom rope
and break this hold?
-This is the last chance for DIY. -[Corey] He's gonna tap.
Gargano's gonna tap.
-[Tom] Gargano with some real guts. -[crowd cheering loudly]
[Corey] How much damage
was done to Gargano's leg between kicking
the title and that submission?
Gargano's down to one good leg.
[Tom] He's got to make a tag
at this point, desperation moment for DIY.
[Corey] Scott Dawson has been busted open.
Can't tell if the cut is above or below his eye.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] And Wilder legal again.
[indistinct]
[Corey laughs]
What a way to finish this.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Tom] Ohh!
Going for DIY's finishing maneuver
and instead it backfired.
Shatter Machine!
[Corey] Not like this, not like this.
[Tom] Gargano rolling Wilder
-into the cover. -[crowd] One, two…
-Ohh! -[Tom] Ohh!
[Corey chuckles]
What an unbelievable match.
[Tom] Ciampa is stunned.
[Corey] Gargano's right leg might be ruined.
I doubt Johnny can even walk at this point.
[crowd] Holy shit, holy shit!
[Tom] Ciampa coming back in,
now the official gotta get Ciampa out of the ring,
not the legal competitor.
Back it up, let's go.
One, two…
Dawson looking for the cover,
is holding the tights here.
The official saying Dash Wilder…
Ohh!
Face first Superkick to Dawson.
The official was getting Dash--
-[Corey] Ohh! -[Tom] Back in the ring
and he does it with force.
[Corey] Game over.
[Tom] Right to the bad leg.
Both legs.
-[Corey] Both legs. -[Tom] [indistinct].
Both legs of Gargano have been rendered useless.
-[Tom] Oh no. Gargano, Gargano. -[crowd] One, two…
Out of the cover, jackknife cover here.
And again another cover
on Gargano for the third fall.
One of these teams is trying to get
that all important second fall.
Gargano.
[Corey] Gargano tearing away
at the shoulder of Dash Wilder.
Ciampa has got Dawson down into the arm bar.
[Tom] Double submission,
The Revival holding onto each other for dear life.
And The Revival going to tap out
here to DIY.
-[Corey] No! -[bell ringing]
-[Tom] Ciampa and Gargano are champions. -[crowd cheering]
["Chrome Hearts" playing]
[announcer] Here are your winners
by submission,
and new NXT
Tag Team champions…
DIY!
[Tom] This is incredible.
[Corey] What a battle.
[Tom] So many thought they'd never see
Ciampa and Gargano
not only in a WWE ring, but as champions.
And tonight, they make good
on their last chance.
[Corey] As heartbroken as I am
to see The Revival lose
the NXT Tag Team Championships.
Tonight Ciampa and Gargano were the better tag team.
What a performance.
What a match.
Hats off to Johnny Wrestling and Tommaso.
[Tom] We've got to take a look back at this.
This two out of three falls match.
Let's take you back to the very first fall.
Watch this, just hold on,
quick throw, Shatter Machine would put The Revival up
one to nothing very early on.
[Corey] It was an important lead.
But here, Johnny and Tommaso…
Oh! Would even the score
at one a piece with the combination head strike.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[Tom] Looked like a completely different match tied at one-one.
It went to sudden death.
And then this down the stretch,
DDT there nearly closed out
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder,
but The Revival stuck around here in this match.
[Corey] Gargano looking for another DDT,
but bang, watch this combination into the German Suplex.
But this wasn't enough.
Ciampa with the save of the evening.
[Tom] And then this, some miscommunication,
The Revival trying to execute the finishing maneuver,
DIY, didn't work out,
but hello Shatter Machine from Ciampa and Gargano.
And to the credit of the then
two time NXT Tag Team champions,
they would find a way to stay in this match.
[Corey] And here at the end,
Dawson and Wilder find themselves
in an inescapable situation, dueling submission holds.
The pain was just too great
and the Championship slipped out of the grasp
of the top guys.
[Tom] Did you ever think we would see Ciampa and Gargano
become champions here at NXT?
[Corey] I never in a million years thought we'd see it,
but after that match,
I can't say I'm mad at it tonight.
[Tom] And the most important match
of their lives.
Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano
defeat the most prolific tag team
in our brand's history.
["Chrome Hearts" continues playing]
[Tom] What a moment for Tommaso and Johnny.
So much hard work put into this.
So many years
to get to this moment here tonight in Toronto.
[Corey] Celebrate tonight, Tommaso and Johnny,
you absolutely earned it.
But be ready
because Tommaso and Johnny just became the target
in the NXT Tag Team division.
[Tom] Congratulations to DIY.
[music fades]
[heavy metal music]
[Tom] Twelve thousand six-hundred and forty-nine NXT fans
on hand here at the Air Canada Center,
live here on the WWE Network
for NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
Graves, it's been an incredible night already.
And the entirety of the NXT universe
taking in this night.
[Corey] It's good 'ol Jr. Jim Ross.
He knows what all the buzz is about
in Toronto tonight.
Jim Ross wanted the best seat in the house.
Hey Tom, sauce it.
[Tom laughs]
[Tom] I know Jr. is ready for some intense competition.
That's exactly what we're gonna get.
One of the all-time greats in Mickie James
returns to the ring
to challenge Asuka.
Asuka, the undefeated and undisputed face
of the future.
["Hated" playing]
[soft piano playing]
[Asuka speaking in Japanese]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new NXT Women's champion, Asuka.
[Asuka speaking in Japanese]
[Asuka] Now that I am NXT Women's champ
I will destroy everyone.
Asuka is very unpredictable.
She moves so quickly in the ring, so fast.
And those kicks are so stiff.
Those hits to the face are just knockouts.
[Asuka] I will beat anyone.
She's somebody who I believe
could knock down Goliath.
[Tom] This is what the women's division
has had to deal with, this nastiness of Asuka.
[Corey] It's just like every time we see
Asuka, understandably so,
she becomes more and more confident.
It's gotten to the point where she's almost toying with opponents.
Nobody is ready for Asuka.
[crowd cheering]
I'm back.
[Tom] Mickie James.
[Corey] One of the greatest female competitors of all time.
That ring has been her home
for a long time now.
And if there is somewhere
that Mickie feels confident,
it is right there in the middle of the WWE ring.
[announcer] Mickie James is the new
WWE Women's champion.
I have faced and defeated
some of the greatest women's champions of all time.
[Tom] For the fifth time, ladies and gentlemen, Mickie James
is a women's champion.
I know you're good,
you're real good.
I've watched you for the past year
destroy everyone who's come
in your path.
But there's a difference between
good and great, honey,
and you are looking at her.
Nobody can beat me.
I'm the best.
I'm the champion.
[ominous sound]
-["Obsession" playing] -[crowd cheering]
I'm back, baby!
[Tom] For the first time in six years,
Mickie James is back
in a WWE ring.
And if you've been following along on Twitter,
this is a surreal moment
for Mickie James.
[Corey] It's great to see Mickie James back,
one of the pioneer of the women's division,
where she belongs, inside of a ring.
The NXT women's division,
best in the world.
[Tom] Five-time WWE Women's champion,
former divas champion,
but I'm also excited about this.
Immediately following NXT TakeOver: Toronto,
head to Facebook.com/tripleh
for a Facebook live session with the game.
I can't wait to hear what Triple H
has to say about Mickie James,
the Authors of Pain, so many exciting matches.
We got new tag team champions, Graves.
[Corey] Okay, don't remind me anymore.
I gave them their props, I don't want to relive it again.
[crowd cheering]
["The Future" playing]
[Tom] Air Canada Center,
a sea of Asuka masks.
[Corey] The faces of tomorrow.
Asuka, the NXT Women's champion,
debuted in October of last year.
She is undefeated.
Winning the NXT Women's Championship
against Bayley back in Dallas.
Asuka's been unstoppable.
But what kind of test
will Mickie James provide tonight?
[Corey] I guarantee you Mickie James is prepared
to have the match of her life.
That said, Mickie James has never been in the ring
with anybody like Asuka.
["The Future" playing]
[Tom] Mickie is the veteran,
however has been through the battles here in WWE,
and those even to her own admission,
she's been watching tapes on Asuka for over a year.
But to the point you made many times, there's a difference
between watching a tape and actually being in between those ropes.
[Corey] The stare across that 20-foot ring,
staring into the eyes of the NXT Women's champion,
it's a whole different ballgame for Mickie James.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Tom] The following contest is scheduled
for one fall.
[crowd cheering]
It is for the NXT Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing first the challenger
from Richmond, Virginia,
Mickie James.
[crowd cheering]
And her opponent from Osaka, Japan,
she is the NXT Women's champion,
Asuka.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Tom] Here we go,
Asuka and Mickie James
for the NXT Women's Championship.
And already both these superstars
are trying to test the waters here,
putting out some strikes.
Mickie James here,
very early on in this match,
what are you looking for against Asuka?
[Corey] Mickie has got to be looking for any sort of error
in the game of Asuka,
any mistake that Mickie
-can capitalize on-- -[Tom] Shoulders down.
[Corey] That said, you don't have an undefeated streak
like Asuka by making mistakes.
[Tom] Shoulders down there on Mickie and a two-count.
[Corey] The scariest thing about Asuka is with every victory,
every time she dominates another superstar,
she grows more confident.
Asuka was dangerous when she arrived.
She's downright unstoppable now.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] Some intense sportsmanship here
in this match,
and the NXT universe here
in Toronto a little bit split.
Mickie trying to pull some head games?
[Corey] You're not going to beat Mickie James
when it comes to mind games.
[Tom] This is superstar Mickie James,
who won the women's Championship
from WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus
at WrestleMania.
She knows what it's like to be
on the grandest stage of them all.
[Corey] And Mickie played mind games
with Trish for months
leading up to that very match.
I'm sure Mickie's going to dig into her bag of tricks to do
what she can against Asuka.
[Tom] Mickie going right back
to the feet there of Asuka, trying to isolate Asuka
here for a moment.
Asuka, just so darn quick
with the submissions.
Asuka's defended against the likes of Bayley,
of course the former champion.
Nia Jax knows what all that power's about,
but is cleaned out
with a vision, claims she sent Bayley running to raw.
And James, oh.
[Corey] Sliding dropkick.
And Asuka retreating for a moment.
I don't know the last time I've seen that.
I don't know if I've ever seen that.
[Tom] There's not too many women who could step in the ring
and throw Asuka off her game.
[crowd cheering]
[Tom] The chants of [indistinct] Mickie James is saying, "Come on in."
[Tom] I'm a little surprised
at Asuka.
[Corey] Mickie's doing her best to play mind games,
but Asuka just answering, saying, "I'm not fearless.
You can't get inside my mind."
[Tom] I think Asuka is fearless.
Mickie James has said, "There's a difference
between good and great.
I'm beyond ready for Asuka."
[Corey] Look at Asuka hanging on
to the Hammerlock, vise-like grip,
despite Mickie's best efforts to reverse.
Look at this.
Arm carry takedown by Mickie.
Doing an armbar of her own.
[Tom] Hold on a second there,
brings Mickie James down to the mat.
It's been a steadier pace
than we're used to with Asuka.
Asuka comes out-- Oh!
Out of the gates pretty hard, but--
[Corey] that'll change the pace real quick.
[Tom] It was a matter of time, I guess.
Both women off the rope and there's a hip attack.
[Corey] Mickie James sent spilling to the outside.
Now, the empress lays claim to her ring.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Corey laughs]
[Tom] A little turnabout is fair play.
Oh, Asuka…
Asuka, oh, the nasty hip attack there,
sending Mickie James to the floor.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] What's Asuka looking for here?
[Tom] Oh, Asuka missed there,
now Mickie James-- Oh, gets a boot up in time.
[Corey] Mickie was looking for the Mick kick.
[crowd] Ohh!
[Tom] Must say Mickie James
has done a good job of weathering
the offense of Asuka.
Kind of fight
you know you're going to go in, you know you're going to get hit.
It's a matter if you can keep going.
[Corey] Mickie was looking for the Mick Kick again.
Asuka got the ankle lock.
[Tom] Ankle lock outside the ring here.
[Corey] No, no, no, no.
-Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
[Tom] The official stopped his count entirely,
now going to check on Mickie James.
[Corey] Asuka captured the ankle
of Mickie James and then planted
Mickie with a German Suplex on the outside
of the ring.
Thanks for coming, Mickie.
[Tom] And the count is now restarted
and Asuka is basking in the count.
[crowd counting]
Mickie James has 'til the count
of ten to get back into the ring.
[crowd counting]
Count of five here on Mickie James,
count of six.
Mickie trying to muscle her way back in,
and she does.
[Corey] But how much damage was done?
Asuka just right back on the attack.
[Tom] Oh, just tossing Mickie James.
[Corey] Asuka's just enjoying herself now.
Look at the smile
on the NXT Women's champion.
[Tom] Oh, Asuka, that one
a glancing blow there to the midsection.
[crowd] Let's go, Mickie!
[crowd] Let's go, Asuka!
[Tom] Onto a cover to retain the NXT Women's Championship
and a kickout.
[crowd] Let's go, Mickie!
[crowd] Let's go, Asuka!
[crowd] Let's go, Mickie!
[crowd] Let's go, Asuka!
One, two…
-Three! -[Corey] Asuka with the measured strikes,
Mickie doing her best to block them,
and Asuka punching through the arm.
[indistinct]
[man in crowd] Precious lover!
[Tom] Again, right to the back.
The German Suplex outside the ring
paying dividends now here for Asuka.
Come on! Off the rope!
-One, two-- -[Tom] Just tied up here in the ropes
have 'til the count of five to break the hold
and Asuka is counting along with the official.
[indistinct]
-[Tom] Oh, and Asuka missed. -[crowd] Ohh!
Caught up there in the ropes
and that's the veteran know how of Mickie James.
[Corey] That was human instinct just to escape.
And being brutalized like Mickie is by Asuka,
you need to get out of the way.
[crowd] Ohh!
[crowd cheering]
-Come on! -[Corey] You can feel those kicks up here,
but Mickie's asking for more.
[Tom] Oh, now Mickie,
Mickie trying to turn things around here,
single crab, single leg crab
here in the middle of the ring.
Asuka in a lot of trouble here,
the NXT Women's Championship
on the line and Mickie James
trying to corral Asuka.
But is Asuka gonna be able to climb to the bottom rope in time?
[Corey] Mickie's managed to make up with…
Mickie has got the Muta Lock.
[Tom] Right underneath the chin of Asuka.
This could be unprecedented, Asuka could suffer her first--
[Corey] They're in the center of the ring.
[Tom] Her first loss by submission.
[Corey] Mickie has Asuka completely tied up.
Asuka is trying to drag all of Mickie's weight
to the ropes.
[Tom] Asuka trying to drag Mickie James
and now gets to the bottom rope,
breaks up the submission.
[Corey] I don't know if we've ever seen Asuka in this much trouble, Tom.
[Tom] This could be Mickie's moment.
What a moment it would be
to return here.
[Corey] Capture the NXT Women's Championship
would completely change the game.
[Tom] Knock off the undefeated champion
in the process.
Face-first into the top turnbuckle
and Mickie James has the champion
on the defensive.
[screams]
[Corey] Asuka so quick to turn the tides
and the pace of the match in an instant.
Asuka also has some serious damage done
to her knee.
[Tom] Oh.
[Corey] Mickie firing off brutal forearms.
But Asuka's answering.
-[Tom] Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] Asuka swung for the fences
with the spinning back fist
and Mickie answered.
[Tom] Mickie feels like this is her moment
-but Asuka… -[Corey] Oh no.
[Tom] Look at the eyes of Asuka.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Tom] Ohh!
This could be it for Mickie James.
Taking down Asuka,
this is for the NXT Women's champion.
Mickie James is dropping Asuka right now.
[Corey] Mickie James could dethrone the NXT women's champion right here
in Toronto.
[Tom] Never seen anything like this in Asuka's history,
in NXT's history.
Mickie's countering everything Asuka's thrown.
[Tom] Oh, face-first into a flapjack.
And Mickie James--
[Corey] Mickie James could be moments away
from adding to her legacy
as one of the greatest female superstars
of all time.
[Tom] Six-time champion.
She wants to make it lucky number seven
here tonight in Toronto.
[Corey] Mickie perched on the top rope.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Tom] Oh!
Taking down Asuka,
-this could be it for the Championship… -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] Asuka kicked out.
[Corey] So close.
Asuka could almost feel that Championship slipping away
as this match progresses.
Take a look at this.
Mickie James from the top rope,
Seated Senton, got all of it,
but it wasn't quite enough.
[Tom] Oh, wait a minute. Whoa, arm bar.
[Corey] Cross armbreaker by Asuka,
but Mickie able to get a foot
under the bottom rope.
The referee had to break the hold.
You could hear that scream of frustration
from the champion.
[Tom] The damage
was minimal there to Mickie James.
[Corey] Mickie connected with a big kick.
-[Tom] Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
-[Tom] Right on the side of the face. -[Corey] Mick kick.
Mickie James landed it.
[Tom] This is it for Mickie.
-Hook to the inside leg. -[crowd] One, two…
We're going to have a new champion right here.
Oh, foot on the bottom rope.
[Corey] Fantastic ring awareness.
-[crowd] One, two… -[Tom] Cover again,
and Asuka out at two and a half.
[Corey] Frustration starting to build by Mickie.
Mickie landed the Mick Kick
right to the side of the head of the champion,
but Asuka just a little bit of luck.
[Tom] Incredible performance so far by Mickie James
has Asuka reeling,
something we never thought we'd see.
[Corey] Went for the Mickie-dt.
Asuka.
[Tom] Whoa, whoa.
[Corey] Asuka can't lock the hands.
Asuka trying for the Asuka Lock,
but Mickie able to fend it off, at least temporarily.
[Tom] Cover on Asuka
and Mickie James flipped over there,
now Asuka right on top.
[Corey] Asuka's got the Cross-Face Chickenwing
and now she's got it.
-[bell ringing] -[Tom] Tap out.
Asuka retains the Championship.
[announcer] Here is your winner
by submission
and still NXT Women's champion,
Asuka!
[Corey] The sign of a great champion
is the ability to defend
in high pressure situations.
And that is exactly what Asuka
just did.
[Tom] The returning of Mickie James,
put up a fight
against Asuka like we've never seen
here before against our champion.
[Corey] Mickie James for sure
knew what was at stake here
with the consequences of tonight's match.
But Asuka was just too much.
[Tom] Mickie had a good opportunity here.
Watch this, the Mick Kick
right to the side of the face.
This was perhaps her best opportunity.
A couple of seconds there, we could have had a new champion.
[Corey] Asuka was able to fight through and endure,
lock in the Asuka lock just enough
that Mickie simply couldn't hold on any longer.
Once again, the familiar sight,
Asuka is your NXT Women's champion.
["The Future" playing]
[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] That is confidence at its highest level,
Mickie offering a show of respect,
and Asuka letting Mickie know
nothing else matters but my NXT Women's Championship.
[Tom] Give credit to Mickie James
returning to a WWE ring
for the first time in six years.
An incredible effort,
bringing real competition
to the NXT women's champion.
But the story remains the same
here in Toronto.
Asuka is still the NXT Women's champion.
["The Future" continues playing]
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[epic drums]
["Hated" playing]
This has been an incredible night
here at NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
Mickie James putting forward
a tremendous effort, but defending
the NXT Women's Championship was Asuka.
I'm exhausted already
and there's still more to come.
That tag-team match,
the Women's Championship match,
and the NXT Championship is still
to be defended.
It's been an unbelievable night.
And we want to thank you for joining us all here
live on the WWE Network.
-["Hated" playing] -[Tom] And we want to take a moment
to send a special thank you out.
[Corey] My guys Beartooth with the song "Hated."
It's the official theme of NXT TakeOver: Toronto
from the album "Aggressive."
Check it out now on iTunes and Spotify.
["Hated" playing]
[Tom] We saw the WWE Hall of Famer,
good ol' Jr. Jim Ross here tonight
but it wouldn't be
a night in Canada without Pat Patterson.
[Corey] The first ever intercontinental champion,
Pat Patterson, wants to find out
what all the noise is about here
in Toronto.
[Tom] I know Pat Patterson is excited
for our main event, Graves.
This should be a hard hitting affair.
[Corey] And the seconds are ticking away
to the monumental rematch.
There you see two warriors
prepared for battle.
At stake, the NXT Championship.
[Tom] In just moments,
Toronto will play host
to Shinsuke Nakamura's
very first defense as NXT champion.
It is the rematch
that the inevitable Samoa Joe
has been consumed by
for three long months.
["Hated" playing]
[soft guitar playing]
[Samoa] I was disgraced.
Shinsuke was the better man in Brooklyn.
[Corey] Kinshasa!
[Samoa] When you experience a loss,
it makes you look in the mirror
and it makes you see
what you've turned into.
It's a man I don't recognize.
I'm a man who understands
when maybe he just went a bit too far.
Right now, I realize that you are a deserving champion.
Shinsuke Nakamura, I want my rematch.
[soft guitar playing]
[crowd applauding and cheering]
You are on.
[Corey] There you have it.
Samoa Joe face to face
asking Nakamura for a rematch
for that NXT Championship.
And the King of Strong Style graciously accepting.
[Tom] I, for one,
can't wait to see these two
go at it one more time.
Oh my, oh my God.
["Battle for Immortality" playing]
[Corey] Just pummeling the King of Strong Style.
[Tom] Look at the look in the eye of Samoa Joe.
[Tom] Shinsuke in a bad way here.
He's getting more and more angry,
and more vicious, more dangerous.
-[Tom] Ohh! -[Corey] Ohh!
I've been in pain before
and the pain on Shinsuke's face
was something I've never seen before
and that man's hurt bad.
[ominous music]
[Regal] Joe.
-["Devil's Calling" playing] -[Samoa] Regal.
Bring me Nakamura
or hand me my Championship.
[Corey] He's going to lay waste to the entire roster
until he gets what he wants.
Time is up.
Bring me Nakamura
or bring me my Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Shinsuke] You want my NXT Championship?
Come get it.
[Tom] Nakamura going after Samoa Joe.
["Devil's Calling" playing]
[Corey] The King has returned in a big way.
["Devil's Calling" playing]
[Corey] It is breaking down.
[Tom] Oh my God,
Nakamura has been unleashed.
Joe wanted this.
Joe asked for this.
Joe got it.
[Corey] Kinshasa.
["Devil's Calling" playing]
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
["Destroyer" playing]
[crowd] Joe, Joe, Joe!
["Destroyer" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] You will know him by the trail of carnage
left in his wake.
Stare into the eyes of the challenger, Samoa Joe.
There aren't many more human beings
on the planet as dangerous.
["Destroyer" playing]
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
-["The Rising Sun" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-["The Rising Sun" playing] -[crowd chanting instrumental]
["The Rising Sun" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[crowd cheering]
[music fades]
[crowd chanting]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing the challenger
from Huntington Beach, California,
weighing in at 282 pounds,
Samoa Joe.
From Kyoto, Japan,
weighing in at 220 pounds,
he is the NXT champion,
Shinsuke Nakamura.
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[Tom] And early on, this is for the NXT Championship.
But Shinsuke Nakamura unloading
with some strikes here on Samoa Joe.
[Corey] Joe answering.
[Tom] Right there once again--
[Corey] Oh, landed one to the inside of the thigh of Nakamura.
[Tom] That could be crucial here
for Shinsuke Nakamura's offense,
predicated on those knees, those strikes.
[Corey] Look at this, Samoa Joe is dominating
Nakamura right now with these strikes.
[Tom] We talked about not many men
could stand to throw punches
with Nakamura, nor kicks.
Joe one of the few men who can.
[Corey] Tight clench like this,
Samoa Joe just needs to use his size advantage and overpower Nakamura.
[Tom] Nakamura trying to keep this thing close here for a moment,
any sort of opening to be in Nakamura's favor.
Again, the mind games.
Shinsuke Nakamura not getting in the head
of Samoa Joe.
[screams]
[Tom] Oh, drops the knee right across
the bridge of the nose.
Champion's advantage here,
the only way for Shinsuke Nakamura
to lose the title, by pinfall or submission.
Good vibrations sends Samoa Joe
out of the ring to collect himself.
[Corey] Smart maneuver by Joe.
Both of these superstars
coming out of the gate strong, throwing strikes,
looking to land a bomb to end this match early.
-Ohh! -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] Muay Thai knees from Samoa Joe
can turn your lights out in a heartbeat.
[Tom] Shinsuke able to stop himself there on the barricade.
The NXT universe here in Toronto
all into this match
and Samoa Joe is now in the NXT universe,
the champion to the chase.
We're just trying to keep up with the action here.
Joe and Shinsuke not backing down
from each other one iota.
[man in crowd] Shinsuke!
-[man in crowd 2] Shinsuke! -[man in crowd 3] Come on!
[screams]
And Joe sent over the barricade.
[man in crowd 4] Come on Shinsuke!
[man in crowd 5] Get him Shinsuke!
[Tom] Samoa Joe said it himself,
Shinsuke has become, "A rabid animal,"
all because of what Joe did, tried to put Shinsuke in the hospital.
[Corey] Referee showing a little bit of leniency,
understanding what's at stake.
This grand stage of NXT TakeOver,
the NXT Championship on the line
with two of these top gladiators.
[Tom] Went to the turnbuckle here, and Samoa Joe counters with the Enziguri
perfect precision strike.
[Corey] Why they call him Joey Head Rocker.
[Tom] And Joe in complete control of this,
scraping the bottom of his boot
across the face of the NXT champion.
[Corey] Joe with a head of steam.
[screams]
[Tom] In the corner and a knee right to the gut.
[Corey] Incredible quickness by Nakamura,
able to counter with a knee.
[Tom] Knee right on the crown of the skull,
it's why they call him the King of Strong Style.
[Corey] A very different pace to their last match in Brooklyn.
Both superstars coming out of the gate strong,
keeping the high intensity-- Oh, wham!
[Tom] Caught by Joe.
I was just going to say, who's this pace favoring?
Right now, looks like it's Samoa Joe's match.
[Corey] Samoa Joe spiking Nakamura.
That same maneuver
is what injured Shinsuke,
albeit it was done on steel stairs
several months back.
[Tom] Check this out, number one trend worldwide,
#NXTTakeOverToronto.
This one's all about the NXT Championship.
Samoa Joe running through the champion.
And Joe right into the elbow drop,
now looking for the cover
to become a two-time NXT champion
and a kickout.
[Corey] This match could come down to the mentalities, to the minds.
And you saw the intensity from Samoa Joe.
Every step he took on his way to the ring,
Nakamura was relaxed.
That's sort of his MO.
If you could stay relaxed in battle,
you're unstoppable.
Seems like the opposite may be true thus far.
Oh!
Fantastic maneuver by Samoa Joe,
driving the knees of Nakamura into the canvas.
[Tom] That is brilliant from Samoa Joe.
You take away arguably the best weapon
in Shinsuke Nakamura's arsenal.
[Corey] And Samoa Joe now
has acquired a target
and he's going to torture the King of Strong Style.
Wow, what agility, into a knee bar.
[Tom] Right on top of Shinsuke Nakamura.
[Corey] Joe might end this right now.
[Tom] Very early on here in this match, already Shinsuke Nakamura
moments away from a submission perhaps
and now Shinsuke--
[Corey] This is it, Nakamura is in the center of the ring
and Samoa Joe has a knee bar locked in deep.
[Tom] Shinsuke trying to withstand the pain.
Can he get to the bottom rope to break up the submission?
Samoa Joe's got it locked on very, very tight.
The official right on top of Shinsuke,
now Shinsuke trying to battle it out.
[Corey] It's been incredibly one-sided so far.
Samoa Joe just dominating Nakamura.
Samoa Joe's plan
had to withstand the early flurry from Nakamura.
Joe has done just that
and it's working out very well for the Samoan.
[Tom] Again back to the knee.
[Corey] Just cranking away.
[screams]
[Tom] Twisting and bending at that knee of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Nakamura once again in a dire predicament here.
[Corey] There has been a lot of damage done
to the left knee of Shinsuke Nakamura.
Samoa Joe knows that and is cranking away.
Samoa Joe using all that
280 pounds of muscle
to go into the knee
and closing in perhaps on his second NXT Championship.
Now Shinsuke trying to get out the hard way,
but listen to Nakamura.
[Corey] Samoa Joe is absolutely dominating
the NXT champion right now.
[Tom] Through the ropes goes Shinsuke.
[Corey] Joe with a head of steam.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Corey] Bam!
That's it.
That's like getting hit
by a runaway freight train.
[Tom] The champion is laid out
outside the ring.
[Corey] Let's take another look at this, Samoa Joe…
300 pounds plus
straight into the skull of Nakamura.
[Tom] Meanwhile, Joe's got bad intentions in mind.
You mentioned it earlier in this match that slam into the mat,
he's done that on the steel stairs
to Shinsuke Nakamura in the past.
That's what put Shinsuke in the hospital.
Joe can be looking for the exact same result
right here on Nakamura.
Nakamura sees it coming,
trying to battle his way free.
[Corey] Oh, Nakamura able to escape
only momentarily.
Everything Nakamura has attempted,
Samoa Joe has thwarted.
[crowd chanting]
[Tom] The count of two.
He has till a count of ten here to get back into the ring.
Remember champion's advantage, the only way the title changes hands
is on a pinfall or submission.
Joe knows that,
gets Shinsuke back into the ring.
Thinking about a cover here, this for the Championship,
Shinsuke kicking out.
[Corey] Once again, you see the referee giving a little leeway
to these two competitors.
Just the magnitude of the situation.
You have to think about it.
Every single time Samoa Joe
covers Nakamura, just the effort
Nakamura needs to exert to kick out,
a near 300-pound man,
that wears you down, that will exhaust you.
[Tom] Not to mention that one leg out there.
We don't know how bad it's hurt.
And coming at Joe
with the injured leg, using it anyway and connects.
[Corey] This is massive.
Nakamura just bought himself some time.
Don't know how effective it was,
but Joe looks like he's rocked slightly for the first time in quite some time.
[Tom] Now, both men opposite sides of the ring,
this is our main event
for the NXT Championship,
-here live inside the Air Canada Center. -[crowd] Ohh!
And the dropkick connects.
[Corey] And right on the chin.
[Tom] Twelve thousand six-hundred and forty nine
crammed here inside the Air Canada Center,
the NXT universe.
This is the champion at his best.
[Corey] It's amazing what adrenaline
can do to the anatomy.
Nakamura apparently not feeling as much pain
as he normally would, as a normal man would.
[Tom] Right across the side of the face.
And Nakamura.
and all that muscle, 280 pounder
onto the top rope here.
[Corey] Nakamura may be looking for the running knee.
-[crowd] Ohh! -[Corey] Oh, he got all of it.
right to the abdomen of Joe.
[Tom] Will the champion retain his title?
-[crowd] One, two… -[Tom] Cover here on Samoa Joe
and an easy kickout there.
[Corey] Samoa Joe took a brutal knee
to the ribcage
and now Nakamura
-slowly seizing control of this match. -[Tom] Oh man.
Those knees right into the midsection.
[Corey] That'll break a rib in a hurry.
[Tom] Talk about Strong Style, that is Strong Style.
[official] Joe, Joe.
[Corey] This is a smart strategy by Nakamura.
He's got a foot face lock applied tightly.
That'll put Samoa Joe right to sleep.
You can see Joe's tongue hanging out
kind of hard to breathe.
[crowd] Nakamura!
There's the power advantage.
I mentioned from the outset that's what Joe's gonna need to do.
Atomic drop.
[Tom] And the big boot connects.
Now, Samoa Joe with the Senton
right into the chest, this has got to be it.
-For NXT Championship… -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] And Shinsuke, he did kick out.
[Corey] The heart of a champion
on display from Shinsuke Nakamura.
You can almost see the wheels spinning
in Joe's head, "What's my next plan?"
[Tom] Watch this impact right here,
280 pounds into the midsection.
Meanwhile, Samoa Joe, shoulders down
Shinsuke Nakamura with the shoulder.
[Corey] Samoa Joe planted Nakamura
with a powerbomb and look at the Boston Crab.
Joe's got the grip applied
above the knees of Nakamura,
extra torque on the spine.
[Tom] Now transitions.
[Corey] Fluidly transitions.
[Tom] Seen this before from Samoa Joe,
another submission attempt here
from the Samoan submission specialist.
Middle of the ring,
Shinsuke Nakamura and the arm is dragged back.
[Corey] The crossface,
locked in deep
and you can see the look on Joe's face
growing more and more confident
as the moments pass.
[Tom] This is for the NXT Championship.
If Shinsuke Nakamura taps out here,
it's all over.
Samoa Joe could be champion here
in a matter of seconds.
-Now a cover here. -[crowd] One, two…
[Tom] Great change up there by Shinsuke.
[Corey] Looking for the armbar,
but Joe keeping the grip.
[Tom] Broke the glass there for a minute,
now another cover here
by Shinsuke-- Or by Joe, rather.
Nakamura able to counter.
[Corey] Blocked by Joe
-and what a powerslam. -[crowd] One, two.
[Tom] Nakamura got out in time.
[Corey] He got a lot of people in this building, myself included,
thought Joe just captured the Championship.
That referee's count was incredibly close.
Samoa Joe needs to stay the course.
Joe realizes he is in control.
This is Samoa Joe's match right now.
[Tom] Right to the chest, creating a little bit of separation here.
Nakamura caught, top rope.
[Corey] Fantastic agility,
leaping ability by Samoa Joe.
And a desperation kick
to the side of Joe's head
by the King of Strong Style.
[crowd cheering]
-[Tom] Shinsuke with the knee. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] But can Shinsuke capitalize?
There has been a lot of damage done.
Everything Nakamura has tried,
Joe has countered
or been able to recover from.
[Tom] Nakamura with the opportunity here from the middle rope.
[Corey] The knee right to the chin.
Samoa Joe is down,
but Nakamura might not have enough left in the tank to capitalize.
[Tom] Nakamura cannot take advantage of that shot.
[Corey] And Nakamura landed hard on his head.
[Tom] Take a listen to this.
[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] [indistinct] impact, but you saw the thud…
of Nakamura's skull bouncing against the canvas.
If Nakamura could have covered Joe,
that very well may have ended the match.
[Tom] A count of five here, both men have till the count of ten
to go back up to their feet.
[Corey] But Joe has got up to one foot already.
Samoa Joe has a lot more left in the tank
than the champion.
[Tom] But Samoa Joe has to pin
or get Shinsuke Nakamura to submit here
to win the Championship.
[Corey] Look at these open-hand strikes by Joe,
like a Kodiak bear.
[Tom] Misses there, now Shinsuke
right back on the attack with a combination
of his own, going after the midsection of Samoa Joe.
Oh, down goes Joe.
[Corey] This could be the first time. The most decided advantage
Nakamura's had to this point in the match.
Nakamura is vertical and Joe is down.
We have not seen this yet in this match.
You could see the welts
on the thighs of Samoa Joe from the kicks.
[Tom] Nakamura, I think Nakamura's
thinking about the inverted exploder there.
[Corey] Whatever he was thinking about, Samoa Joe just elbowed it
out of his brain.
-[Tom] Oh, Nakamura with a German. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] Wow.
Shinsuke Nakamura able to dig down deep
somewhere inside to muster up the power
for this monstrous German Suplex.
Watch the back of Joe's head.
[Tom] Where did this come from?
[Corey] Uh-oh.
[Tom] Nakamura missed in the corner
there on the knee, right into the second turnbuckle.
Samoa Joe's got an opportunity
here for a cover.
Oh, takes out the knees.
[Corey] Unbelievable speed by Joe,
able to sweep out the knees,
the already damaged leg of Nakamura.
[Tom] Uh-oh.
Samoa Joe's gotta be thinking muscle buster.
[Tom] This is what helped Joe win
-his first NXT Championship. -[Corey] This is it.
[Tom] It could close this thing out.
Now Nakamura.
-[Corey] Kinshasa. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Tom] This could be it here for the champion.
-[crowd] One, two… -[Tom] Shoulders down and Samoa Joe
kicked out.
[Corey] Nakamura's gotta be asking himself
"What do I have left? What have I got to do?"
Samoa Joe just enduring a Kinshasa
right in the face.
Somehow kicked out.
[Tom] Samoa Joe's eyes rolled
in the back of his head.
[Corey] I don't think Samoa Joe even realizes
where he's at at this point.
Here we go, one more time.
No, Joe got out of the way,
Coquina Clutch.
[Tom] Nakamura was trying to seal it there with another Kinshasa,
now caught here.
[Corey] Samoa Joe was able to evade
the second Kinshasa and apply the Coquina Clutch.
And the champ is fading.
[Tom] You can see the right arm there.
If Shinsuke fades here,
the official will call this for Samoa Joe.
[Corey] Nakamura's body is going limp, you can see it.
[Tom] Now, Nakamura trying to get back up.
NXT universe behind the champion.
[Corey] Joe's got it locked in.
He's got the bicep.
Samoa Joe is choking out the champion
right before our very eyes.
[Tom] Trying to bring Nakamura down
to the mat, has yet been able to do that.
-Ohh! -[Corey] German Suplex, no.
German Suplex.
Joe, look at the Dragon Suplex.
Are we going to see the third?
Yes?
Straight jacket Suplex,
-Joe calls that the Chimera. -[crowd] One.
-Two. -[Tom] Right into the cover,
Nakamura kicked out of it.
[Corey] The Chimera-plex by Samoa Joe.
And somehow, some way
Nakamura was able to kick out.
[Tom] Joe can't believe it.
One of his best shots
and Nakamura still in this match.
[Corey] Samoa Joe digging deep into his arsenal,
three vicious Suplexes, a German, a Dragon.
And Samoa Joe has been cut
somewhere in the region of his eye.
[Tom] Right around the left eye,
feeling the effects of this match
and Joe is wondering what it's going to take.
[Corey] You can see Nakamura
clutching his neck.
And that primal scream by the challenger
can't mean good things for the King.
[Tom] Joe missed. Oh!
[Corey] Kinshasa in the back of the head.
[Tom] Joe rolling outside the ring.
This is dangerous territory for Samoa Joe.
The match could end in a count out
and Shinsuke would still be the champion.
[Corey] And then Nakamura just needs
to lay in the ring and let the referee count.
Samoa Joe's out cold on the outside of the ring.
Nakamura is on the inside,
but the referee concerned with the well-being of the challenger.
[Tom] Trying to make sure Samoa Joe can continue.
Look at the far side there,
Shinsuke Nakamura has rolled outside the ring.
Nakamura said he would show
no mercy here in this match to Joe.
-Ahh! -Oh.
[Corey] That was a low kick by Samoa Joe.
[Tom] The official had his back turned.
-Oh, back-first into the steel. -[crowd] Ohh!
[Corey] The official was trying to stay out of the way,
allowing Joe to deliver the low kick
and then planting Nakamura
on the steel stairs.
Here we go.
[Tom] Oh my God.
[Corey] Yes.
Muscle buster.
-[Tom] Joe into the cover on Nakamura. -[crowd] One, two,
-Three. -[Tom] Samoa Joe--
-[bell ringing] -…has taken back what was his.
-["Destroyer" playing] -[announcer] Here is your winner
and new NXT champion.
Samoa Joe.
[Corey] What a battle.
[crowd cheering]
What a match between both superstars.
What we just witnessed,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NXT TakeOver,
Samoa Joe just toppled
the King of Strong Style.
[Tom] There are looks of complete, stunned disbelief
here inside the Air Canada Centre
Twelve thousand plus.
["Destroyer" continues playing]
[Corey] Samoa Joe begged,
he pleaded.
Joe laid waste
to the entire NXT roster
until Nakamura accepted this match.
And Samoa Joe's plan worked to perfection.
["Destroyer" continues playing]
[Corey] Joe's obsession pays off
in the form of another
NXT Championship reign.
Congratulations to the new
NXT champion, Samoa Joe.
[Tom] The first ever two-time NXT champion
in our brand's history.
Take a look back here at this matchup, an incredible main event.
This, right underneath the jaw there,
Samoa Joe caught with the Kinshasa,
-but still Samoa Joe… -[crowd] One, two, three.
…would not go away.
[Corey] Here we see Nakamura looking
once again for a Kinshasa,
but the challenger had it well-scouted,
locking in the Coquina Clutch.
And I thought this might have been it.
Joe digging deep into his arsenal,
German Suplex and there's the Straight jacket,
the third of the Chimera-plex.
Been a long time since we've seen that.
[Tom] Some of the best shots of Samoa Joe.
Now this outside the ring.
[Corey] This is simply a case of Nakamura wanting to finish the battle.
Nakamura could have taken a victory by count out,
but it meant too much to finish Samoa Joe.
But Joe made the champion pay.
[Tom] The same move that put Shinsuke in the hospital…
gave way to the Muscle Buster.
Samoa Joe's obsession,
-consumed by the NXT champion. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Tom] Leads him to a title victory
here in the great white north.
["Destroyer" continues playing]
[Tom] Shinsuke Nakamura,
an incredible effort in defense
of the NXT Championship,
but Samoa Joe is gonna walk out of Toronto victorious.
[Corey] Samoa Joe said,
"Bring me Nakamura,
or hand me my Championship."
Well, Samoa Joe just won the NXT title
and dethroned the King of Strong Style.
[Tom] This is just the beginning
of a historic Survivor Series weekend.
We want to thank you all
for joining us here tonight.
for NXT TakeOver: Toronto.
["Destroyer" continues playing]
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