WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago May 20th 2017, Results and video highlights

Authors of Pain (C) vs #DIY (for the NXT Tag-Team Championships)

DIY attacked the Authors as soon as the match began. They looked to bring out ladders early but Akum and Rayzar soon showed their superiority in strength as they tossed Gargano and Ciampa into the barricades.

DIY fought back against their larger opponents as they looked to bring the ladder from the entrance ramp into the ring. As one of the Authors tried to intervene, Gargano hit him with a suicide dive through the ladder.

With the ladder finally set up in the ring, Rayzar looked to climb the ladder only for Ciampa to get another ladder and smash him with it. As the Authors got back to their feet, Gargano and Ciampa launched anther ladder into their backs. The Authors rallied and went for a Super Collider only for Gargano and Ciampa to try to use the chance to climb the ladder. The Authors realised what was happening and they stopped it in time.

The Authors pinned Ciampa into the corner with a ladder. They then thought of climbing the ladder again when they saw Gargano and Ciampa stirring again. And instead ran through them with a ladder.

The Authors then set up ladders using the apron and the barricade. As Akum and Rayzar tried to powerbomb Gargano and Ciampa through it, they hit back and set up their opponents on it. Then they climbed a third ladder and leapt off it, sacrificing their bodies to take out the Authors.

Ciampa and one of the Authors looked to climb the ladder in the middle of the ring as Gargano set up another ladder. Ciampa took down one of the ladders as Gargano was left the last man standing in the ring. The belts were at his mercy when Paul Ellering interfered. Gargano hit him with a superkick for his troubles but Ellering had done enough.

The Authors fought their way back and they had Ciampa at their mercy. They looked to smash him in the face with a ladder but Gargano sacrificed himself for his partner as the Authors smashed him in the face. As Akum climbed the ladder, Ciampa German Suplexed him into another ladder.

Ciampa and Gargano then hit Rayzar with the running knee/superkick combo. Gargano and Ciampa climbed the ladder once again and as they looked like it was finally their time, The Authors knocked the ladders out from under them and hit them with the Super Collider.

Akum and Rayzar finally climbed the ladder and got the titles. An amazing main-event to cap off another excellent TakeOver.

Authors of Pain def. DIY

After the match, as DIY were on the ramp and about to leave the arena, Ciampa turned on Gargano and viciously attacked him. He slammed Gargano against the LED board on the entrance ramp before hitting him with a running knee. Gargano looked like he was in a state of disbelief as he tried to make sense of his best friend attacking him. The crowd hurled abuse at Ciampa as he hit Gargano with a White Noise off the announcer’s table and onto two tables set up near the entrance ramp.

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