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Match Number One: Timothy Thatcher versus Finn Balor
Balor goes after Thatcher as the bell rings and Thatcher with a take down. Thatcher slaps Balor and Balor goes for a cross arm breaker and Thatcher blocks it. Balor with a wrist lock and Thatcher takes Balor to the mat and works on the knee. Balor with a front face lock and Thatcher escapes and applies a front face lock. Balor gets to his feet and he connects with a forearm across the chest and returns to the front face lock. Thatcher with a forearm and he stays with the front face lock. Balor sends Thatcher over the top rope to the floor with a back body drop. Balor kicks Thatcher when Tim returns to the ring. Thatcher goes for the leg and he works on the ankle.
Balor gets to the ropes to force Thatcher to release the hold. Thatcher with a knee to the ribs. Thatcher sets for a bow and arrow but Balor counters with a lateral press for a near fall. Thatcher with kicks to the leg. Thatcher with a heel hook and he stands on the other thigh. Thatcher with a knee to the ribs and a kick to the back. Balor with forearms. Balor kicks Thatcher away and Thatcher rolls through into a Kimura. Thatcher works on the other arm and has the left arm in a hammer lock using the leg. Thatcher with a knee to the back. Thatcher with a knee to the head and a forearm to the back. Thatcher with more knees to the ribs.
Thatcher with a double underhook and he locks his hands. Balor with a back drop into a jackknife cover and a near fall. Thatcher holds on and Balor with a back drop but Thatcher rolls through into a sunset flip. Balor rolls through and hits a drop kick. Balor and Thatcher exchange forearms. Balor with forearms and Thatcher slaps Balor. Balor with a Pele Kick and both men are down. Thatcher blocks a Slingblade and Balor with a double leg take down and double stomp.
Balor with a dragon sleeper but Thatcher gets Balor on his shoulders. Thatcher with forearms and a German suplex attempt but Balor blocks it. Balor with an abodminal stretch. Balor with a reverse DDT for a near fall. Balor sets for a running drop kick and hits it. Thatcher hits the turnbuckles and falls to the mat. Balor goes up top for the Coup de Grace but misses when Thatcher moves out of the way. Thatcher goes for the knee and Balor kicks Thatcher but Thatcher applies the single leg crab. Balor is able to get out of the hold but Thatcher kicks Balor in the back.
Thatcher goes for the arm but Balor blocks it and Balor with a kick to the ribs. Thatcher with a kick and German suplex. Both men go for adbominal stretches and Balor applies it. Balor with a rollup for a near fall. Balor with a seated abdominal stretch. Thatcher escapes and applies an ankle lock. Balor rolls Thatcher up and hits a double stomp. Thatcher misses a slap and Balor takes Thatcher down. Balor goes up top again and hits the Coup de Grace. Balor sets for 1916 and hits it for the three count.
Winner: Finn Balor
We see Keith Lee and Mia Yim arriving at the building earlier today.
We see Bayley and Sasha Banks in the crowd watching Takeover.
Match Number Two: NXT North American Championship Ladder Match: Cameron Grimes versus Velveteen Dream versus Bronson Reed versus Johnny Gargano versus Damian Priest
Priest hits Dream during his entrance and the match starts. Priest and Reed surround Grimes and they exchange punches on Grimes. We are down to Reed and Priest in the ring and Dream pushes Reed into Priest. Gargano misses a rolling kick on Dream and Dream with a Fameasser on Gargano. Dream with the swinging reverse DDT on Priest and then he takes care of Reed. Grimes is sent to the floor. Dream goes for a ladder but Grimes sends Dream into the ring steps. Grimes gets a ladder but it is barely big enough for him to go into the ring from the floor. Priest gets a ladder and Grimes kicks Priest in the face. Gargano keeps Grimes from bringing the ladder into the ring.
Gargano with a slingshot spear to Grimes. Priest punches Gargano and he follows with a bicycle kick. Priest kicks Reed and Gargano escapes the crucifix bomb. Reed with a rolling slam to Priest. Reed pulls Dream into the ring using the ladder. Priest and Dream climb ladders but Grimes pushes them off. Grimes climbs goth ladders and then Priest and Dream pull them apart and Grimes tries his best Rob Van Dam impression. Reed is hit by the ladders and then he moves when Dream and Priest throw the ladders at each other. Gargano and Dream hit Grimes with a ladder. Reed knocks Dream and Gargano down and the ladder lands on them. Reed with a back senton onto the ladder.
Priest punches Reed and Reed fires back and hits a rolling elbow. Grimes iwth a forearm but Reed with a clothesline to Grimes. Gargano climbs a ladder held by Reed but Reed pushes Gargano away. Gargano gets onto the ladder when he escapes a power bomb attempt. Priest tries to pull Gargano off the ladder but fails. Priest sets for a choke slam on Gargano while Reed sets for a power bomb but Grimes with a German suplex on Priest and Dream clips Reed. Gargano tries to double cross Grimes and Dream but they stop Gargano.
Dream runs a ladder into Reed while Gargano does the same to Priest. Dream goes up top and Gargano hits Dream with the ladder. Priest hits Gargano with a ladder in the corner and then Priest with a back elbow onto the ladder against Gargano. Reed sends Grimes into a ladder after an atomic drop. Reed with a splash into a ladder and wrestler sandwich in the corner. Reed punches Dream on the turnbuckles and Reed punches Dream. Priest with a forearm to Reed and he wants a piece of Dream. Priest kicks Reed away. Reed catches Grimes and Grimes with a Geman suplex on Priest to start a Tower of Doom. Gargano has a ladder and Reed stops Gargano. Gargano kicks Reed through the ladder.
Grimes climbs the ladder but Reed uses Gargano to knock him off. Reed with a fallaway slam. Priest climbs the ladder but Dream stops him. Dream punches Priest and climbs the ladder but Priest kicks Dream in the leg and Dream falls off the ladder and goes to the floor. Grimes with forearms to Priest and Priest kicks Grimes and Gargano. Priest goes for a springboard kick but Gargano with a super kick. Reed puts the ladder on his head and goes Funk on Dream and Priest. Gargano with a slingshot DDT using the ladder. Gargano knocks the ladder onto Dream using the ropes. Dream throws the ladder at Gargano but moves and it almost hits Priest on the floor. Gargano sends Dream to the floor. Gargano takes care of Reed. Grimes with a standing Spanish Fly. Dream with a dive off the turnbuckles and Reed with a suicide dive.
Grimes gets a chairand brings it into the ting. Priest climbs the ladder and hits a senton to the floor onto Reed, Gargano, and Dream Grimes climbs the ladder and Candice LeRae turns her attention from her husband to stopping someone but her husband from winning. Candice pulls Grimes down and Grimes yells at Candice. Candice punches Grimes and Gargano hits Grimes in the head with the ladder to protect his wife. Candice with a head scissors of Grimes off the apron into Reed, Dream, and Priest.
Gargano sets up the ladder in the ring. Reed climbs the other side and Reed punches Gargano off. Gargano pulls Reed down for a moment but Reed with a head butt. Candice stops Reed from getting the belt and then Reed with a splash off the top of the ladder with Candice on his back. Candice and Johnny are down on the floor. Reed climbs the ladder and so does Priest. Grimes sets up another ladder. Reed chops Grimes while Priest knocks Reed off the ladder. Grimes with a forearm to knock Priest off. Dream pulls Grimes off the ladder but Dream gets his leg caught in the ladder and it is knocked over. Grimes tries to hit Dream with a ladder but Dream avois it.
Dream punches Grimes and then Dream puts a ladder on the ropes and hangs it on the ladder. Dream puts Grimes on that ladder and Dream with a chop. Dream climbs the ladder and is next to the belt and hits it so he goes for the belt. Priest stops Dream and Reed pulls Prist off the ladder. Priest choke slams Reed onto a ladder hanging in the corner. Grimes catches Priest with Cave In but doesn't hit it fully. Grimes climbs the ladder but Gargano is back in the ring and Grimes misses a kick. Gargano sends Grimes onto the ladder with a sunset flip power bomb. Priest misses a kick and Gargano kicks Priest. Dream with a super kick to Priest. Gargano kicks Dream and Dream blocks the slingshot DDT on the apron. Dream with a Dream Valley Driver onto Priest on a ladder.
Dream and Reed are in the ring and Dream climbs the ladder. Dream has the belt but Reed pushes the ladder over and Dream falls over the guardrails through a table. Reed climbs the ladder But Grimes throws the WWELC ladder at Reed. Grimes climbs the ladder but Gargano stops him. Gargano swings the belt and it hits Grimes to knock him off the ladder. Priest grabs Gargano and Gargano hits Priest with the belt. The belt is unhooked and Priest knocks Gargano off the ladder and grabs the title belt.
Winner: Damian Priest (new champion)
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