NXT’s Takeover: WarGames II takes place tonight from Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center and will air on the WWE Network.
One of the featured bouts sees Johnny Gargano take on Aleister Black in a long anticipated bout. Johnny ‘Wrestling’ turned heel when it was revealed that he attacked Black ending speculation on the long built storyline. The reveal took place back in October. Gargano has been spiralling more and more into the ‘delusional heel’ character with him writing in a recent tweet “The humble hard working kid who fights for what’s right vs The self-entitled guy who sits alone in a dark room filled with Birthday candles. You KNOW who the real hero of this story is and you KNOW what to do, Staples Center.”
You can check out our live discussion and results on the main page tonight.
Gargano sent out a tweet with a short video outlining the feud and hyping the bout, check it out below.
Today's the day.
Gargano vs Black.
The humble hard working kid who fights for what's right vs The self-entitled guy who sits alone in a dark room filled with Birthday candles.
You KNOW who the real hero of this story is and you KNOW what to do, Staples Center. pic.twitter.com/K7VOYHbgea
The crew at WrestlingDVDNetwork.com continued their week of match reveals for the upcoming NXT’s Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set today by announcing that these three will be included:
NXT Championship Finals: Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal (NXT August 29, 2012)
Ladder Match for the NXT Championship: Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville (NXT ArRival February 27, 2014)
NXT Championship Match: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)
Triple H has been teasing a big announcement regarding NXT during SummerSlam weekend and boy did he deliver.
WWE’s COO revealed on Friday afternoon that NXT will not only be holding a live event in Brooklyn, New York during SummerSlam weekend, but that the event will take place from the Barclay’s Center and will be a special TakeOver event that will likely air live on the WWE Network.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn takes place on Saturday, August 22nd, the night before SummerSlam.
The Barclay’s Center is the largest venue to host an NXT show to date, by a long shot. It remains to be seen how many tickets are made available and how much of the venue they can fill up. This is a bold move by WWE and a wise strategic move in their quest to make NXT a viable touring brand.
As noted earlier, WWE announced a ton of new programming coming to the WWE Network soon.
In addition to the Divas Search returning and new shows like Jerry Springer’s WWE Too Hot For TV, the quarterly NXT TakeOver live specials will now be taking place every month.
With the NXT TakeOver shows getting unanimously rave reviews, this is awesome news for fans and another sign that NXT really is shedding it’s image as a developmental brand.
– It was announced on this week’s episode of NXT that Sami Zayn’s NXT Championship will be on the line when he battles Kevin Owens at the next live NXT TakeOver special on February 11th. After Kevin Owens refused to sign his contract to fight Zayn because the title was not going to be up for grabs, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that it will be a championship match.
– The NXT #1 Contender’s tournament continued this week, with Baron Corbin defeating Bull Dempsey and Adrian Neville defeating Tyson Kidd to advance. Next week’s episode will feature Neville vs. Corbin and Finn Balor vs. Hideo Itami in the semi-finals. The finals will take place at NXT TakeOver.
– Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake are the new NXT Tag Team Championship after defeating The Lucha Dragons on this week’s show. Murphy and Blake were interviewed after the win:
It was announced by William Regal on this week’s episode of NXT that the next TakeOver event will take place on Wednesday, February 11th live on the WWE Network.
As of this writing, the main event will feature NXT Champion Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens in a non-title match. Of course, that non-title stipulation could change in the weeks leading up to TakeOver. Zayn and Owens will have a contract signing on next week’s show.
Also announced for TakeOver, NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte will defend against Bayley, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch in a Fatal 4-Way Match.
A tournament to determine the next #1 Contender to the NXT Championship kicked off this week, with Finn Balor defeating Curtis Axel and Hideo Itami defeating Tyler Breeze to advance.
Next week will see Tyson Kidd vs. Adrian Neville and Bull Dempsey vs.Baron Corbin in first round matches.
– The name of the third NXT live special scheduled to air on the WWE Network on September 11th is “NXT Takeover 2.” The show was confirmed by Triple H during the NXT television tapings in Winter Park, Florida on Thursday evening.
– The following is the NXT preview for tonight’s show on the WWE Network, which comes courtesy of the official WWE YouTube channel.
During the WWE NXT television tapings on Thursday in Winter Park, Florida, WWE COO Triple H announced that the next live NXT special on the WWE Network will take place on September 11th.
Much like the previous NXT specials, “Arrival” and “Takeover,” the upcoming NXT special on 9/11 will be a two-hour live show.
It was also noted that all of the NXT titles will be on the line at the next NXT special and the new NXT General Manager will be revealed.
WWE NXT Takeover to air LIVE on WWE Network on Thursday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET
STAMFORD, Conn. — WWE announced today that NXT Takeover, a live, two-hour action-packed special, will air exclusively on WWE Network on Thursday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET. Following the success of NXT ArRIVAL, the special will once again showcase the best and brightest from the WWE Performance Center and include appearances by WWE Superstars and Legends.
30 minutes prior to the event, the NXT Takeover pre-show will air at 7:30 p.m. ET and include exclusive interviews and appearances by NXT Superstars, WWE Superstars and Legends.
“As NXT continues to grow in popularity and our fans demand to see more of the next generation of WWE Superstars, we are going to deliver live, in-ring programs featuring up-and-coming talent on WWE Network,” said Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. “Our live NXT specials on WWE Network bring out the very best in our performers and make for must-see TV for the WWE Universe.”
On February 27, NXT ArRIVAL on WWE Network had 21 worldwide Twitter trends and was No. 3 in overall social mentions for primetime programs on both cable and broadcast. The event had more social mentions than American Idol, the Vikings premiere on History Channel, college basketball on ESPN and Vampire Diaries on CW.
For a detailed spoiler report of the next four weeks of WWE NXT television, which contain the storylines leading up to three matches being announced for NXT Takeover, check out the following SESCOOPS.COM article: (Spoilers) WWE NXT Taping Results For May 1st Through May 22nd