Monday, August 23, 2021

NXT TakeOver 36 | Review-ish

TakeOver 36 was LIVE from the Capitol Wrestling Center, this event closed out a newsworthy weekend of wrestling, below are the results if you did not watch, followed by the Review-ish.

Pre Show Match Result 
Ridge Holland defeated Trey Baxter.

Main Show Results
Cameron Grimes defeated LA Knight to become the NEW Million Dollar Championship.

Raquel Gonzalez successfully defended the NXT Women's Championship against Dakota Kai.

Ilja Dragunov defeated WALTER to become the NEW NXT UK Champion.

Kyle O'Reilly defeated Adam Cole in a Two out of Three Falls Match.

Samoa Joe defeated Karrion Kross to become the NEW NXT Champion.

NXT TakeOver Review-ish
Congratulations to one of the best talents in NXT right now, Cameron Grimes, on winning the Million Dollar Championship from LA Knight, the segments between these two have been very entertaining, well worth watching if you have the time, in terms of the long term plan for the championship, it will not be around for much longer as this story has run its course. 

Raquel and Dakota put on a great match, no surprises because they know each others game so well, the feud looks to be over already because while Raquel was celebrating her title defence victory, NXT UK's Kay Lee Ray made an appearance and suggest to us she may be the next opponent for the champion.

We saw history being made at TakeOver, as Ilja Dragunov overcame the odds and WALTER's chops to his chest, to become the new NXT UK champion, not sure whether it was better than their first match from BT Sport Studios in the past, as the match has not been seen as you will know. 

Whilst predicting the outcome for the Two out of Three Falls, it was difficult to think about who was going to win which stipulation, the picks turned out to be completely correct, loved this match, however, Cole tapping out right away from O'Reilly's heel hook submission was very surprising.

Tick Tock ladies and gentlemen! Karrion Kross's reign is over, he couldn't overcome the obstacle of Samoa Joe, who is now the NEW NXT Champion for the record third time, after he hit the Muscle Buster on Kross from the top rope, in terms of the next challengers? Pete Dunne is one name, due to past confrontations, the other name is WALTER, should he the the one to answer Joe's call and win? a title run, similar to his U.K version would be one to watch for sure.