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NXT Takeover: R. Evolution Results

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Kevin Owens vs. CJ Parker

Kevin Owens(Steen) gets a huge reaction from the crowd.

Kevin Owens starts his WWE career off with a huge statement. After hitting two huge clotheslines in the corner and a somersault senton on Parker. Owens the flips over the top rope with a huge senton onto Parker to the outside.

Parker with a cheap shot and a huge palm strike that almost beats Owens. Owens is up but severely bloody. Parker hits double knees in the corner but Owens counters with a clothesline. Owens hits the Steenbreaker and tosses Parker in the air before pop up powerbombing him for the win.

Winner: Kevin Owens

NXT Tag Team Championship

Lucha Dragons (c) vs. The Vaudevillains

Sin Cara starts sloppily and lands an ugly headscissors on both opponents before tagging and tossing Kalisto on Gotch for an assisted senton.

Sin Cara is tagged back in, but pulled out of the ring by English. Gotch applies a chinlock, then switches to a head vice before tagging out.

Sin Cara is tossed outside. A baseball slide follows from English, and then he pulls Kalisto off the apron. The Vaudevillais start taking control working over Sin Cara.

Sin Cara flips all the way across the ring and makes a tag to Kalisto, who comes in with a kick, a springboard spinning body press, and an impressive no handed handspring elbow…Yes, you read that correctly, highly impressive move.

The Lucha Dragons go for a flip over the top, but English sacrifices himself pushing Gotch out of the way and takes both big sentons. Back inside, Kalisto hits the Salida del Sol for the win.

Winners: Lucha Dragons

Baron Corbin vs. Tye Dillinger

This match starts off and the crowd starts counting to see how long this squash is going to take…Not long is the answer as Corbin hit snake eyes and then End of Days for the win.

Winner: Baron Corbin

Bull Dempsey looks on after the match and the two stare each other down.

Hideo Itami & Finn Balor vs. The Ascension

Balor comes out in his Devitt paint gimmick, the crowd loves it and the entrance is SICK!!! One of the best in the entire company.

Balor and Itami beat The Ascension into the corner and land dropkicks that send the big men regrouping. Back in the ring, Itami hits a big single leg dropkick for a one count. Balor comes back in with a slingshot stomp to Viktor.

Itami works over Konnor until he gets caught with a monster flapjack and tags in Viktor. The Ascension continues to slow the pace and they hit a big double shoulder block.

Itami hits a spin kick to the body and looks for a tag but Viktor quickly tags back in and knocks Balor off the apron. Konnor and Viktor work over Itami.

Itami moves out of the way of a charging Viktor and tosses Konnor out of the ring. He almost makes the tag, but Konnor pulls Balor from the apron. Finally the tag is made and the crowd pops huge.

Balor with two clotheslines and hits the Shout Out to Viktor. Balor takes out the Ascension with a flip to the floor. Balor hits Saving Grace for a 2 count. Viktor comes back in and hits a huge STO, Itami breaks up the pin.

The crowd goes nuts as Itami sets up for a GTS(I even marked out during this), but it’s stopped. Ascension takes control and sets up for Fall of Man, but Itami pulls Konnor from the ring and Balor hits a Pele kick on Viktor. The two land diving double foot stomps for the win.

Winners: Hideo Itami & Finn Balor


NXT Women’s Championship
Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks

Banks starts off by running Charlotte’s head into the buckle and chopping Charlotte, mocking her being Flair’s daughter and all. Charlotte ends up with chops of her own.

Banks tosses Charlotte into the stairs. Back in the ring, Sasha kicks Charlotte in the corner and works her over.

Banks mocks Charlotte and gets rolled up for 2. Banks with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and the Bankrupt submission. Charlotte finally gets out. Banks quickly regains control and locks on Charlotte’s own figure 4 headlock.

Charlotte reverses into the electric chair drop in a pretty dangerous but cool spot. Charlotte comes back with clotheslines followed by a neckbreaker for a 2 count. Banks tosses Charlotte from the ring again and hits a huge suicide dive! Never saw that coming from her.

Charlotte comes back with a monster spear that flattens Banks. Charlotte charges Banks but gets a boot. Banks goes for the Bank Statement but Charlotte hits a counter back body drop. Banks cradles Charlotte after an attempted figure four leglock but only gets a two count. Banks hits a neckbreaker for another near fall.

Charlotte hits a suplex. Charlotte goes up for a moonsault, misses, lands on her feet and does a somersault senton! Insane agility showed right here. Charlotte puts Banks up in a crucifix bomb but Banks reverses it. The two are on the top rope and Charlotte hits a front suplex on Banks, Charlotte then hits Natural Selection from the top rope for the win. Amazing match. Absolutely a must see match.

Winner: Charlotte

NXT Championship Match

Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn

This match had a big time feel to it from the get go and these two brought the damn house down.

The two trade reversals in a classic chain that ends with Neville flipping back to his feet and staring down Zayn.

Zayn locks on a double wristlock and switches to an arm wringer before Neville reverses into a chinlock of his own. Neville goes to work Zayn’s arm and counters his counter with an overhead suplex and an arm scissors.

Neville flips out of another arm wringer, locks on an armbar, then flips out of Zayn’s way twice before Zayn catches him with a monster tilt-a-whirl backbreaker that sends the champion to the outside. Zayn hits a rebound moonsault to the outside.

Zayn with a crucifix for a 2 count. Neville dropkicks Zayn in the back of the head and leg drop him for a 2 count. He tosses Zayn into the corner and gets another 2 count off of a huge European uppercut.

Zayn comes back and hits a pair of clotheslines and a dropkick. Zayn is sent outside with a rana, then Neville is sent outside and Zayn hits a big flip over the top rope. Zayn hits a cross body from the top for two.

Zayn catches Neville in mid-air in the electric chair and turns it into the a massive Blue Thunder Bomb. Neville kicks out and hits a running uppercut, then a boot and his patented Bridging German gets a two count. Neville hits a Liger Bomb for 2.

Zayn and Neville go back and forth. Zayn then goes up high off the ropes but Neville counters him with a kick. Neville goes up for Red Arrow but Zayn blocks with his knees and locks in the Koji Clutch. Neville reaches the ropes after a lengthy struggle in the hold and the crowd sinks.

Zayn goes for an Exploder but Neville rolls him up, as Zayn kicks out of the pin Neville lands on the ref. Zayn checks on the ref and gets superkicked and gets caught with a Poisonrana but somehow kicks out!

Zayn runs into a forearm but catches Neville with two German suplexes followed by a half nelson suplex. Neville is outside and Zayn hits the diving turnbuckle tornado DDT through the ropes(one of the coolest moves in all of wrestling).

Zayn sets up for the Helluva Kick but Neville pulls the ref in between them. The crowd chants “this ref sucks.” Hahaha Neville grabs the title but Zayn kicks him. Zayn thinks about using the title to hit Neville, but doesn’t and gets rolled up for a close fall. Zayn hits the Exploder and Helluva Kick and FINALLY BECOMES NXT CHAMPION!!!!!

Winner and New NXT Champion: Sami Zayn

Everyone in the back comes to congratulate Zayne. Kevin Owens comes out and embraces his former partner. Zayn reaches out to shake Neville’s hand but Neville knocks it away and embraces Zayn.

Owens and Zayn walk up the ramp together and slams Zayn into the ramp! The Apron powerbomb follows and Zayn is out! Owens turned on his friend.

This event was absolutely incredible and makes the WWE Network worth $9.99 for NXT alone. I don’t believe the main roster’s TLC pay-per-view will top this event. NXT is taking over…and they’re 3-3 with 3 home runs with NXT: Takeover.

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