

This was brutal and violent, a huge change of pace from the opening match. Ciampa chopped the hell out of Thatcher while stuck between the ropes and caught him with Willow's Bell after locking in a guillotine for the win. Ciampa went on a run with a superplex and nearly took Thatcher out with a chokehold, but Thatcher escaped with a German suplex. Timothy Thatcher: Much slower and more methodical than the first match, Ciampa and Thatcher focused on mat wrestling and strikes. Balor has been unable to defend the title due to facial injuries suffered in his last match against Kyle O'Reilly at the previous TakeOver. Team Shotzi Blackheart - Grade: A-įinn Balor cut a pre-taped promo saying the time for team sports is over and all eyes will return to him and the NXT championship beginning on Wednesday's NXT television show. If the men top this, it will be an all-time show. This match was absolutely insane and proved it likely should have been in the main event. After some more back and forth, Gonzalez caught Shirai between the rings and hit her finisher one-handed slam through a ladder propped between the ring ropes for the final 1-2-3. Blackheart placed LaRae between two chairs and flew off a ladder went a senton but could not recover for the fall. Moon hit a ridiculous Eclipse on Kai atop two standing chairs, and Storm followed with Storm Zero on Moon through a trash can. She hit a moonsault on Gonzalez, but the heels broke the fall and then Kai put a trash can around Shirai and double-stomped her from the top rope, getting the can stuck on the champion's body. Indi Hartwell attacked Shirai from behind outside and then locked the cage door, but Shirai soon appeared atop the cage, put a garbage can over her body and flew off onto everyone else below. Shirai slid two ladders in but kept being forcibly denied entry. Storm entered with kendo sticks and evened things out. Ripley brutalized Kai with weapons and then brawled with Gonzalez. Blackheart brought an entire toolbox into the ring, Gonzalez gave the heels the momentum with her size, and then Ripley came in to reverse it. Candice LaRae, Toni Storm, Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez: Blackheart debuted her new and improved tank, but Moon and Kai started the match. Women's WarGames – Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley & Io Shirai vs. NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020 results, grades
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What went down Sunday night from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida? Keep on reading for full results, analysis and grades from NXT TakeOver: WarGames. However, there was a greater focus on the wrestling aspect of the match, and the eight men absolutely delivered. The main event men's match saw a less surprising finish, and the action was toned down from a brutality standpoint. The finish was a surprise for some viewers as it defied expectations. The women's match that opened the event was filled with brutality, including endless weapon usage and spots unlike we have seen before from them in this stipulation bout. That was indeed the case Sunday night as the WarGames matches that bookended the show both delivered in vastly different ways. But as is commonplace with NXT's signature events, even TakeOvers without the strongest builds somehow exceed expectations.

After retaining the title, Baszler said that no one can take the title from her now.With only one title match on the card and its primary champion sidelined due to injury, there was not much momentum entering the 2020 edition of NXT TakeOver: WarGames. all hail queen Kairi for keeping everyone safe during fucking mental spotsīaszler, who was helped at the ringside by her former MMA friends Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke, eventually picked up the final pinfall after a controversial pinfall. That DDT on the apron though, c, I thought she’d broken her neck. Red hot from beginning to end, and the finish really put it over the top. Sane wins the second fall with an Insane Elbow. That look when your friend might have taken her last DDT on the apron. HOLY SHIT! KAIRI WITH A DDT ON THE APRON TO SHAYNA! YOU DON’T SEE THAT EVERYDAY #NXTTakeOver My first ‘holy shit’ goes to an inSANE DDT on the apron from Kairi! #NXTTakeOver #NXTTakeOverWarGamesįUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU /3ZpgPGY37F #NXTTakeover Kairi Sane reversed a suplex attempt on the apron and drilled Shayna Baszler’s head with a DDT on the edge of the apron. Luckily, for the former MMA fighter, Baszler was quick to roll over and fell down on the ground, and avoided a severe non-kayfabe injury to herself. The crowd was left stunned with the move, and starting making “Holy S***!” chants as Baszler tried to get up from the move.
