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It's 25 years in the making! In Your House has returned! NXT TakeOver: In Your House, to be specific, and just like all the other events that the Black & Yellow Brand has brought back, this was a nonstop barn burner.
Before the opening match, we were treated to a performance by Code Orange.
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Following that, the card kicked off with the six-woman tag team match. Candice LeRae, oddly enough, has aligned with the woman who betrayed her team at NXT TakeOver: WarGames last year. Alongside Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez, she hoped to shut the mouth of Mia Yim. Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox, two consistent targets of Kai, would join Yim.
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NXT TakeOver: In Your House Opener - Shotzi Blackheart, Tegan Nox, & Mia Yim vs Dakota Kai, Raquel Gonzalez, & Candice LeRae
Mia Yim and Candice LeRae started the match, but LeRae tagged out to Raquel Gonzalez before Yim could get a hand on her. Gonzalez tossed Yim around the ring, sending her into her corner.
Tegan Nox stepped up and was immediately ran through with a shoulder tackle. Dakota Kai was in next and was nearly rolled up by Nox. Kai avoided the chokeslam and baited her former best friend in for a roll-up.
The old members of Team Kick traded pinfalls before Nox sent Kai into the corner for a running uppercut. The cannonball senton earned her a near fall. Shotzi Blackheart tagged in and dropped Kai with a bulldog.
Kai caught Blackheart in the ropes with a scorpion kick, giving her time to tag out and get some air. LeRae was back in but was immediately dropped with a roundhouse kick. She moved to the floor to avoid any more punishment.
Blackheart's team attempted to chase her down, leading to a standoff between the six competitors. Blackheart dove, but was tossed away by Gonzalez. Yim followed up with a suicide dive that connected.
LeRae and Nox both hit dives as well, leading to Blackheart sending LeRae inside for a diving Meteora and hip attack in the ropes. Cattle Mutilation was locked in, but Gonzalez broke it up, giving her team the advantage again.
Once again, Kai was back in the ring, choking out NXT's Tank Girl before swapping out with Gonzalez. The trio tagged in and out, tearing apart Blackheart. However, a missed face wash in the corner set up Blackheart for two jawbreakers and a step-up enziguri, sending Kai to her corner.
LeRae came in, but couldn't prevent the tag to Yim, who dropped the Poison Pixie with a neckbreaker and bridging dragon suplex. A distraction from Gonzalez, though, allowed LeRae to counter Sole Food with a pumphandle suplex.
It was Nox and Gonzalez next, and Lady Kane lit up Gonzalez with a series of strikes. Gonzalez would counter a hurricanrana with a powerbomb, but couldn't get the pin. Yim and LeRae brawled to the back, leaving it as a two-on-two tag team match.
Kai was dropped with a chokeslam while Gonzalez was taken out with an assisted Sliced Bread #2. Nox finished up the match with the Shiniest Wizard and picked up the win for her team at TakeOver: In Your House.
Results: Tegan Nox defeated Dakota Kai via pinfall to kick off NXT TakeOver: In Your House.
Grade: B-
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NXT TakeOver: Finn Balor vs Damian Priest
Finn Balor ran in with a shotgun dropkick, taking the first shot before the bell even rang for their match at TakeOver: In Your House. Damian Priest responded with a running elbow in the corner but missed. Balor sent him to the floor, where he, unfortunately, was launched into the steel steps.
Priest pulled the steps out, using them to deliver an elevated backbreaker onto the apron. Back inside the ring, Priest pelted Balor with shots to the jaw. Balor fought out of the corner but was sent up for a leaping flatliner.
Clubbing blows rained down on Balor, but he fought back to his feet again with a jawbreaker. Priest tried to put a stop to his momentum again with a bell clap to the ears, but Balor responded with a dropkick. Balor managed to take the big man over with a nice vertical suplex, sending his opponent to the apron.
Balor followed up with a dropkick through the ropes, launching priest into the barricade. Back in the ring, Priest cut off another dive with a clothesline, but couldn't hit the Razor's Edge. He was able to catch the Prince, though, dropping him with the Broken Arrow.
Priest was taken to the mat with a surprise takedown, with Balor following up with a double stomp. Back to their feet, both men traded heavy kicks, with Balor getting the better of the Archer of Infamy.
Balor countered a chokeslam with a victory roll and nearly got the win. Priest quickly turned it around, rocking Balor with a kick and launching him spine first onto the apron with the Razor's Edge. Balor kicked out, miraculously.
In the corner, two leaping elbows nailed Balor in the jaw. A third was reversed with a Sling Blade. However, his shotgun dropkick was stopped with the Hurricane Kick. Balor escaped the Reckoning, spiking Priest with a spinning headlock elbow drop.
The shotgun dropkick connected. However, the Coup De Grace was stopped, and Priest took Balor down with a diving chokeslam. Balor, again, kicked out in the nick of time. Priest looked to end things with a Razor's Edge to the steps on the floor. Balor escaped, sending Priest careening onto the steps spine first.
Priest managed to get back inside in time for a Coup De Grace to his back. The second Coup De Grace landed right on Priest's ribs.
Results: Finn Balor defeated Damian Priest via pinfall.
Grade: A-
With that, Finn Balor has broken a record, becoming the only competitor to have eleven wins at NXT TakeOver events.
NXT North American Championship Match: Johnny Gargano vs Keith Lee (c)
Johnny Gargano ran in with a headlock but was easily shot off into the corner. The Face of NXT avoided a spinning back fist and was nearly decapitated with a leaping back kick as the match got off to a rocking start at TakeOver: In Your House.
He rushed in again, only to get taken to the mat with a shoulder tackle. Gargano baited Keith Lee to the floor, but a suicide dive was easily caught. Lee's Spirit Bomb was countered twice, leading to Gargano scratching the eye again.
Lee responded by driving Gargano into the steps and apron. A massive haymaker rocked Gargano on the floor, forcing him to run to the stage to try to escape. Lee followed, bashing his head against the door before landing Grizzly Magnum.
Back in the ring, Gargano caught Lee sliding through the ropes, going after his injured eye and hand again. Lee shook him off and caught him with another big left hand. However, that seemingly re-injured it. That gave Gargano ample time to recover and chop the big man down.
Gargano continued to dig into the eye of Lee, all the while keeping the ref's vision obscured. Lee's hand was wrapped around the ring post as Gargano attempted to break it. The NXT North American Champion struggled to get to his feet at this point, with Gargano tearing at his eye socket as he had him trapped in an anaconda vice.
Lee fought out of pinfall after taking some knees and elbow drop to the face. Eventually, Lee grabbed a hold of Gargano's wrist, battering him with hefty forearms and right hands (the healthy hand). A backbreaker earned Lee a near fall and brought him back into this title bout.
Gargano was rocked with more heavy strikes but continued to target the left hand, countering a Spirit Bomb with an armbar, tearing at his fingers all the while. Lee, with pure strength alone, tossed Gargano out of the hold and leveled him with a clothesline.
Again, Gargano countered a Spirit Bomb by tearing at Lee's hand before rolling him over for a sunset flip. Lee kicked out. Gargano also managed to counter the Big Bang Catastrophe with a roll-up, but it was broken up as well. Lee managed to get a big maneuver off, spiking Gargano with a pop-up spinebuster that sent Johnny TakeOver to the floor.
Gargano was able to stun Lee with another kick to the hand and dropped him headfirst with a tornado DDT through the ropes. Gargano had to stop the count, as Lee was nearly counted out. However, thanks to that, the champ stood up and delivered an devastating Pounce to Gargano, shooting him right through the plexiglass.
Candice LeRae attempted to interfere, leading to Mia Yim chasing her down to prevent any foul play. However, this allowed Gargano to tear into Lee's eye with the key as the ref was distracted.
One Final Beat connected, but Lee kicked out. The DIY superkick landed. Lee kicked out again. And again. And again. Three superkicks couldn't put the Limitless One down. Lee popped up Gargano one-handed for the Spirit Bomb, nearly bouncing Gargano through the ropes.
Another Spirit Bomb and the Big Bang Catastrophe put Johnny Gargano away.
Results: Keith Lee defeated Johnny Gargano via pinfall to retain the NXT North American Championship.
Grade: A
The former favorite of the NXT Universe tried every trick in the book but simply could not put away Keith Lee. The NXT North American Champion picked up, arguably, the biggest win in his career tonight. The question is, who's next?
The Backlot Brawl was next on TakeOver: In Your House. We saw Adam Cole drive up in a custom Undisputed Era-styled truck, while Velveteen Dream pulled up in a Lamborghini. However, Dream had another message to send, as he appeared dressed as The Walking Dead's Negan. Lucille included.
NXT Championship Match: Velveteen Dream vs Adam Cole (c)
Cole demanded Dream drop the bat before he entered the ring. Dream obliged and rolled up Cole as he ran in with a cheap shot with the belt. A backslide earned Dream another near fall. The O'Connor almost put the NXT Champion away as well.
Dream chased Cole around ringside and was met with a Mafia Kick as he went back inside. Cole then stated "I'm leaving" before getting in a different vehicle. Dream followed him, battering the car with Lucille. With nowhere to go, Cole had to get back out.
An Uber driver did pull up, and Cole attempted to escape again. The former NXT North American Champion yanked him out, forcing the driver to leave. Cole couldn't escape the Vainglorious One. Dream sent the NXT Champion into a trash bin, but Cole sent him into a meter, cracking his face.
As Cole continued to look for an exit, Dream grabbed another trash can and a lid. Cole managed to find a door that was open and caught Dream coming in with a fire extinguisher. With that, Cole was on the attack.
Cole bounced Dream around the vehicles surrounding the ring while berating him. The second Dream got the upper hand, Cole again looked to leave. Dream dove off the top with a flying elbow drop and was caught in mid-air with a superkick.
Dream managed to recover and slammed the NXT Champion on top of the hood of a car. After grabbing a ladder, Dream set up for the Purple Rainmaker. Just as he made it to the top, Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish pulled up, distracting him and allowing Cole to cut him off.
The longest reigning NXT Champion still managed to fall from heaven, however, as he was dropped from the ladder right through the windshield below. Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong jumped Dream before tossing dozens of chairs into the ring.
Strong went for another chair under the ring, but it was dragged away by none other than Dexter Lumis, who was waiting for this exact moment. Lumis took care of both Strong and Fish, tossing them in the trunk of their car and driving them off, evening the playing field in this NXT Championship match.
With that, Cole was all by himself. He slowly made it off the car and crawled into the ring where Dream was waiting. Cole set up for the Panama Sunrise on the chairs but was countered into the Dream Valley Driver. Cole kicked out but was placed in a chair for the Purple Rainmaker.
Somehow, someway, Cole kicked out. Dream picked up Cole, who caught Dream with a low blow. This time, the Panama Sunrise connected, spiking Dream on the pile of chairs. 1-2-3.
Results: Adam Cole defeated Velveteen Dream via pinfall.
Grade: A
Velveteen Dream is no longer allowed to challenge for the NXT Championship as long as Adam Cole is NXT Champion. It's a sad day for the Vainglorious One, but his Dream is indeed over.
Todd Pettengill was trying to sell some merch to the WWE Universe, though he wasn't told ahead of time that 1-800 numbers were pretty much obsolete at this point.
We also cut to DX attempting to get onto a computer, though they uh...their advanced age made it difficult.
NXT TakeOver: In Your House - Karrion Kross w/Scarlett vs Tommaso Ciampa
Tommaso Ciampa slowly moved into the newest NXT Superstar before laying in some strong right hands and boots to start the match at TakeOver: In Your House. Karrion Kross shrugged them off, hitting a big boot in the corner. An exploder suplex sent Ciampa to the floor.
Ciampa nearly caught Kross with Willow's Bell as he re-entered the ring, and took down the big man with a boot. Kross responded with a choke that shoved Ciampa over the ropes. A two-handed choke bomb into the apron seemingly damaged the spine of the Psycho Killer.
The former NXT Champion struggled to get out of the gate, and Kross continued to slowly tear him to pieces. A sambo suplex dumped Ciampa on his head. Another one sent him across the ring.
Kross battered Ciampa with several knees to the head in the corner. He demanded Ciampa hit him before ducking a right for a northern lights suplex. Kross rolled on through, picking Ciampa up for a nasty lariat.
Ciampa, back to his feet, pelted Kross with a series of open palm strikes and a step-up enziguri. A running knee laid out Kross, sending him to the floor. As he rolled back inside, Willow's Bell caught him, taking Kross down for the first time in his NXT career.
He kicked out and was met with two more running knees to the dome. Ciampa set up for the Fairy Tale Ending. Kross countered, lifting him for a spinning release fireman's carry slam. Kross then locked in the Kross Jacket, choking out one of NXT's greatest Superstars.
Results: Karion Kross defeated Tommaso Ciampa via submission.
Grade: A
Ciampa put up a great fight against the new beast of NXT, but ultimately got put to sleep by the newcomer. Kross and Scarlett stared on at the broken body of the former NXT Champion as the crowd chanted "Fall and Pray."
NXT Women's Championship: Rhea Ripley vs Io Shirai vs Charlotte Flair (c)
Rhea Ripley and Io Shirai squared off with Charlotte Flair, forcing the NXT Women's Champion to bow out and let her challengers wear each other out at TakeOver: In Your House. The second Ripley turned around, Flair came in for a cheap shot.
Flair battered Ripley in the corner and was able to catch Shirai for a fallaway slam. The challengers teamed up to work over the champion, but the partnership was short-lived as Ripley headbutted Shirai.
Flair was dropped face-first on the apron by Ripley, who missed a rolling senton, crashing to the floor. Flair launched her into the barricade and plexiglass before setting her sights back on Shirai. Shirai caught her off guard with a running hurricanrana off the apron, but Flair easily recovered, driving Shirai's head into the ring post.
Shirai was launched into Ripley before getting rolled into the ring. Flair was caught off-guard by Shirai's handspring back elbow attempt, narrowly escaping it. She countered a dropkick, turning Shirai over for a Boston crab.
Ripley ran in and bowled over Flair with a series of clotheslines and cravate knee strikes. A boot dropped Flair, and a basement dropkick sent her to the corner. Shirai took out Ripley with a dropkick and hit a 619 on Flair for the follow up.
A double foot stomp and running dropkick to the top of Flair's head earned Shirai a near fall. Ripley and Shirai knocked each other out with stereo right hands. When they managed to get to their feet, a double spear cut them in half. Both women kicked out at two.
Flair set up Ripley and Shirai for her moonsault. Shirai rolled away and Ripley lifted her knees. Ripley went for the Riptide on Shirai, but Shirai turned it into a crossbody. Ripley broke up Shirai's crossface on Flair, allowing the NXT Women's Champion to rock Ripley with a boot.
Ripley avoided the Natural Selection and slammed Flair with a wheelbarrow facebuster. As she turned around the Joshi Judas landed a picture perfect springboard missile dropkick. The double knees followed up in the corner, sending Ripley to the floor.
Flair, though, caught Shirai firing up with the Natural Selection. Shirai kicked out just in time and rolled Flair up with a crucifix pin. Flair broke out and immediately locked in the Figure-8. Ripley yanked Flair to the floor, leading to a brawl on the outside.
Shirai caught Ripley with a suicide dive, but was launched through the NXT TakeOver" In Your House window by Flair. Ripley hit Flair with a house plant as they continued their brawl. After enough time had passed, Shirai made it to the top of the house and dove onto both Flair and Ripley.
Shirai took Flair inside for the moonsault. Sadly for her, Ripley cut her off just in time. Flair ran in for a spear, but Ripley side-stepped, launching the NXT Women's Champion face first into the second turnbuckle.
Ripley and Shirai fought at the top for a superplex. Shirai managed to turn Ripley around and set up the top rope hurricanrana. Ripley caught her, and a boot from Flair took out Shirai.
Flair followed Ripley up, leading to the second rope Riptide much like her NXT Title bout with Shayna Baszler. That would've been it, but Shirai broke up the pin.
Ripley caught Shirai in the Prism Trap. However, before she could tap, Flair pelted both of them with a kendo stick. A spear cut through Ripley, and Flair trapped her in the Figure-8.
Just as Ripley was going to tap, Io Shirai dropped on her with the moonsault, giving her the win and her first NXT Women's Championship.
Results: Io Shirai defeated Rhea Ripley via pinfall.
Grade: A+
The Queen has been dethroned by one of the most exciting NXT Superstars in NXT history. The Genius of the Sky now sits at the top of the ladder as NXT Women's Champion.
PPV Rating: A
NXT TakeOver: In Your House truly lived up to its hype and the Women's division took centre stage tonight. Kross destroyed Ciampa in what was similar to Cena's mauling at the hands of Lesnar a few years ago.
