Top 5 performers from NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021

#1 Karrion Kross (NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021)

𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲. It's time. ⌛️ #NXTTakeOver @Lady_Scarlett13 @WWEKarrionKross pic.twitter.com/UWLhMWxhwy

— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2021

Coming into NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021, Karrion Kross wanted to prove himself as NXT Champion against the top superstars of the brand. He challenged his four opponents to this Fatal Five Way in a reversal of the norm. With the best pound-for-pound performers gunning for him, this would be a huge opportunity for Kross to show how dominant he could be.

At every turn of this NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021, Karrion Kross got the better of each and every man in this Fatal Five Way. Using a surplus of suplexes and hard-hitting strikes, it looked as if no one could touch Kross on this night. It took all the competitors working together to take the champion out of this contest.

He said you would all pay the toll, and the #NXTChampion is a man of his word.@WWEKarrionKross defeats @KORcombat @AdamColePro @JohnnyGargano & @PeteDunneYxB at #NXTTakeOver: In Your House. #AndStill #NXTChampionship @Lady_Scarlett13 pic.twitter.com/IIgJ9BQmWw

— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2021

Every time it looked like Kross was down for the count, he would return to once again dominate this NXT TakeOver: In Your House main event. There were occasions when Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly and Pete Dunne got some offense on the champ, but it always seemed to be short lived.

When it looked like Karrion would not even be involved in the finish with O'Reilly locking Cole in a double knee bar, Kross rose from the dead and put Kyle in his Kross Jacket choke for the referee stoppage win. This was a performance that Kross needed here. Although the CWC crowd did not seem to be too fond of the champ, there's no denying NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021 was his night.