NXT TakeOver: WarGames II Live Results

NXT TakeOver: WarGames II Live Results

Full Results

Here are the full results from the show:

  • Matt Riddle def. Kassius Ohno
  • Shayna Baszler (c) def. Kairi Sane – 2-out-of-3 Falls – NXT Women’s Championship
  • Aleister Black def. Johnny Gargano
  • Tommaso Ciampa (c) def. Velveteen Dream – NXT Championship
  • Pete Dunne, Ricochet & War Raiders def. Undisputed ERA – WarGames

Pete Dunne, Ricochet & War Raiders def. Undisputed ERA – WarGames

I think you can guess what I’m going to open this with…

That was mental.

Cole started the bout against Ricochet, until O’Reilly entered next by virtue of his win on TV, just as Ricochet is just beginning to build momentum. He and Cole batter the ‘One and Only,’ with the highlight being an assisted Ushigoroshi.

Dunne wants to enter next, but is cut off by Hanson, who is looking for retribution on Kyle for Wednesday.

Strong comes in next, and after a great flurry once again gives UE the advantage. This is until Rowe enters, again fighting off Dunne, teasing a bit of dissension among the team. The War Raiders take things over.

Fish is in next, but goes for Dunne, locking him in the cage with the padlock from his own cage, and chucking the key away. He grabs a bunch of chairs with UE logos on, which O’Reilly uses to play the air guitar. We do not deserve him.

Dunne can’t get in because the key was thrown away by Fish. Refs find bolt cutters and Dunne hobbles to the ring, brings a kendo stick, a couple of trash cans, a couple of tables, and a chain into the ring, and the assault that follows sparks “E-C-Dub” chants.

ERA soon turn the tables once more, and Pete Dunne is left to try to fight off all four opponents, which he does. He locks Fish’s surgically repaired leg into a kneebar, but O’Reilly breaks the submission up with a chain, which he then wraps around Dunne’s own injured leg. The pair then end up all tied up as the ‘Bruiserweight’ locks in a Kimura of sorts, but it’s broken up by Fish.

O’Reilly and Strong have Dunne locked in an ankle lock and chair-assisted crossface. A flying Ricochet breaks it up, and the babyface team have the initiative once more.

Fish spears Rowe through a table that was propped up against the cage in the center of the two rings.

O’Reilly has Ricochet locked in a Triangle on another table, but Hanson springboards off of the ropes from the other ring to propel himself and splash onto Kyle, with the pinfall attempt being broken up by Strong and a trash can.

Cole and Ricochet both climb to the top of the cage and are perched on there. They exchange blows, and are soon joined by Roderick Strong. They try to push Ricochet off the top to the outside so they win. Pete Dunne joins them though, and tries to do the same to Cole.

Soon enough, all participants bar Ricochet are caught up and we bear witness to what I can only describe as the doomiest tower of doom of all time. Ricochet is left at the top of the cage though, and decides to do about 432 reverse flips off the top onto all the bodies in the ring. Because he’s Ricochet and he can.

The eight men face off 4 vs. 4, separated by the rings, and after a tense stare-down, they all meet in the middle and hell breaks loose again. Eventually things break down, and Cole hits Dunne with the Last Shot, but the ‘Bruiserweight’ kicks out.

Dunne then hits the Bitter End, Ricochet lands a 630, and Dunne gets the pinfall to end an absolutely insane match!

Tommaso Ciampa (c) def. Velveteen Dream – NXT Championship

That was bloody unbelievable.

Dream was clad in Hollywood Hogan gear, but early on, Ciampa takes the headband, so in turn, Dream grabs the NXT title. He uses the distraction to get the upper hand and, of course, put his headband back on.

There was a pretty yuck-looking spot, wherein Ciampa rubbed spit all over Dream’s face with him locked in a Crossface.

Velveteen’s offense throughout the match included some call-backs to legends of the past. He hit a Hogan Leg Drop, and targeted the ‘Blackheart’s knee with a Figure Four Leglock, which Ciampa managed to escape.

The ref caught Ciampa with a handful of tights when it looked like he had the win in the bag, and shortly after, Dream kicked out of a Project Ciampa.

The champ brought ‘Goldie’ (the title) into the ring, but the ref took it off him, leaving it dropped in the ring. The Dream then nails Ciampa with a Twisting DDT onto the belt, but Ciampa gets out. The nearfalls continue with Dream kicking out of a draping DDT that put away Gargano in the past.

Ciampa tears away the concrete pads, but Dream manages to counter a DDT onto them. They both go flying over the commentary desk, and Ciampa attacks Mauro Ranallo. However, the distraction allows Velveteen to hit a Rolling Death Valley Driver on the outside outside, and a Purple Rainmaker on the inside, but Ciampa miraculously kicks out. I genuinely thought we were getting a title change at that point.

Dream misses a second Purple Rainmaker, crashing and burning on the outside, and Ciampa gets him back into the ring, nails a DDT onto the steel joining the two rings, and picking up the victory.

That was up there with the greatest TakeOver matches of all time.

Aleister Black def. Johnny Gargano

Next time I feel like being kicked really hard right in the face, I’ll make sure to ask one of these guys. They’re dead good at it, it seems.

The match opened with loads of quick strikes from both men, an exchange so good it was hard to keep up with at times.

Black had control for quite a while, but a really nice Tope DDT looked to get things back in Gargano’s favor.

Johnny got cocky a couple of times though, and Aleister was always just a split second and a strike away from gaining control.

Towards the end of the contest, the mentally unstable Gargano asks Black for a Black Mass and actually gets himself in position for it. Aleister goes for it, but Johnny rolls it through into a Garga-No Escape.

Shortly after Black gets out of it, he strikes with a knee, setting up nicely for a Black Mass, leaving Gargano out on his feet leaning on the Dutchman.

A second Black Mass spells the end for Johnny, and brutal retribution is very much achieved for Aleister Black.

That was truly marvelous.

Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane – NXT Women’s Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls Match

Duke and Shafir once again try to get involved in Baszler’s favor, but cavalry comes in the form of Dakota Kai and Io Shirai, who even the odds and take out the Horsewomwen.

Sane looks to have the match and title in the bag with a second In-Sane Elbow, but Shayna manages to turn it into a pinfall, and she retains the NXT Women’s Championship.

That match was certainly shorter than I expected.

Shayna Baszler (c) 1-1 Kairi Sane – NXT Women’s Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls Match

Despite Baszler absolutely dominating after the first fall, Sane manages to turn the odds and launch a comeback.

She hits a spike DDT to the outside before taking out Duke and Shafir with a dive.

The fall is sealed with an In-Sane Elbow and the scores are tied, next fall wins!

Shayna Baszler (c) 1-0 Kairi Sane – NXT Women’s Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls Match

After an opening flurry from Sane, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir once again interfere, like they did at Evolution.

After they attack Kairi with the ref distracted, Baszler locks in the Kirifuda Clutch to score the first fall.

The ‘Queen of Spades’ is now in complete control.

Matt Riddle def. Kassius Ohno

Things are underway and we are welcomed by Watson, McGuiness and a returning Mauro Ranallo, but Matt Riddle has made his way into the ring to open the show.

He’s not scheduled for a match though…

Because Ohno interrupted him on the pre-show earlier, Riddle actually calls out the veteran for a match tonight, as opposed to their scheduled bout for TV next week.

Kassius tells the ref to ring the bell, and we’re underway with a surprise opening bout!

And within seconds, Riddle gets the win with a knee right to Ohno’s skull. I’m pretty sure that’s the fastest match in TakeOver history.

Bro.

WarGames Rules

Here’s a roundup of the rules for tonight’s WarGames match between Undisputed ERA and Dunne, Ricochet & War Raiders:

Bro, Bro!

Matt Riddle is here, and he’s saying “Bro!” a lot, as he tends to do.

And now Kassius Ohno has turned up, and says the word “Bro” makes him sick.

The ‘King of Bros.’ reels off this brilliant line:

“Instead of being bitter, you should try being better… bro.”

And the pair will have a match on NXT TV next week, yet another bout I am very much looking forward to.

Pre-Show Kicks Off

We join Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts and Pat McAfee for the pre-show of TakeOver: WarGames II.

It’s at this point I begin to get very excited. And so does McAfee, which often leads to him saying some… odd things.

I may or may not do the same.

Happy Survivor Series weekend everyone! And, as is tradition on the night prior to a ‘big four’ WWE pay-per-view, we’ve got a pretty mouthwatering NXT TakeOver coming our way tonight.

And WrestleTalk will be with you every step of the way, as we will be providing live match-by-match updates throughout the show, starting from the beginning of the pre-show at 6:30pm ET/11:30pm GMT, all the way through to the end on the night.

When I said mouthwatering, I wasn’t lying. Just look at the lineup for tonight:

  • Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Kairi Sane – 2-out-of-3 Falls – NXT Women’s Championship
  • Aleister Black vs. Johnny Gargano
  • Tommaso Ciampa (c) vs. Velveteen Dream – NXT Championship
  • Ricochet, Pete Dunne & The War Raiders vs. The Undisputed ERA – WarGames

See, told you.

If you want to wet your appetite even more, you can check out the betting odds for tonight’s bouts here, and don’t forget to bookmark this page and come back here at the start of the night.

I, for one, am rather excited.

What are your predictions for NXT TakeOver: WarGames II? Let us know in the comments, on Twitter, or on Discord.

5 years ago by Liam Winnard

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