NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day was certainly an historic event, one that will change the future of the black and gold brand.
Match Results
Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon to win the first ever Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Johnny Gargano defeated Kushida to remain the NXT North American Champion.
MSK defeated the Grizzled Young Veterans to win the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Io Shirai defeated Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez to remain NXT Women's Champion.
Finn Balor defeated Pete Dunne to remain NXT Champion.
Vengeance Day Review-ish
The Women's Dusty Classic finals kicked off Vengeance Day and what a match it was, all four competitors were really on their A-Game. It was an evenly contested bout until Raquel proved to be the difference in regards to strength and power, history was made as she and Dakota won the first ever tournament and a future opportunity for the Women's Tag Team Championships. In regards to what is next for Shotzi and Ember? sign me up for a feud between them. The matches will no doubt be TakeOver quality, if not, then a tag team feud against opposition to be named later in this review-ish.
Johnny Gargano was on his way to the ring with Candice LaRae, Indi Hartwell & Austin Theory to face Kushida, but then Theory was taken out by a mystery person, which will probably revealed to be Dexter Lumis, that situation evened things out for this North American Championship match. Kushida was moments from winning but Gargano found "The Way" and hit the slingshot DDT for the 1,2,3 and remain your NXT North American Champion.
Congratulations are in order for MSK as they won the Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They now have an opportunity for the NXT Tag Team Championships. The Grizzled Young Veterans have now lost two Classic finals in a row. Whats next for GYV? time will tell.
Io Shirai is still the NXT Women's Champion after defeating Toni and Mercedes, who were great challengers for the champion here, the finish to the the match reminded me of "In Your House" which is where Io won the belt, staying with Toni and Mercedes for a second here, they would make a interesting team and go on to face, yes, you guessed correctly, Shotzi and Ember.
And here we are, at the main event. Finn Balor vs. Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship. It was physical match. There were some great nearly moments where I thought the title was going to change hands, eventually "The Prince" hit the 1916 to remain champion. Business really picked up after the match when Burch and Lorcan ran down to attack Balor and sent him back to the ring where Dunne was, the three guys were assaulting Balor and that is when the Undisputed Era ran down to make the save.
Kyle O'Reilly of the Undisputed Era helped his longtime rival Finn Balor, to his feet and said that Balor was a real champion. The U.E and the NXT Champion posed in the ring and when the show was about to go off air, Adam Cole kicked the champion in the face and down to the mat, and then, there was a shock to the system. Adam Cole then proceeded to kick O'Reilly and then walk away. What a way for TakeOver to end. I guarantee you saw never that happening. I definitely didn't.
And that's undisputed.