3 featured a triple threat match for Velveteen Dream’s NXT North American Championship, with Pete Dunne and The Undisputed Era’s Roderick Strong as challengers. What could have been a squash instead proved to be one of the night’s best matches. The second match of the evening served to settle the grudge between Candice LeRae and Io Shirai, after Shirai ditched their burgeoning friendship and attacked LaRae after Shirai’s most recent failure to capture the NXT Women’s Championship. The Era’s dreams to control NXT’s title picture were dashed, however, with The Street Profits retaining via Montez Ford’s frog splash. The goal for The Era was to claim all of NXT’s gold Adam Cole was already NXT Champion headed into the night, and alongside the faction vying for the tag titles, Roderick Strong also challenged for Velveteen Dream’s NXT North American Championship in a triple threat match later in the night.
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Plus, with all titles on the line, the stakes were high.Īs is typically the case, tag team action opened the night, with NXT Tag Team Champions The Street Profits facing The Undisputed Era’s Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish.
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Though there were only five matches on the card, it made it easier for each to stand out also, the night’s main event went nearly an hour, making for a satisfying night of professional wrestling. NXT TakeOvers are typically steal the weekend during major WWE event weekends, and Saturday’s iteration in Toronto was no different. No titles changed hands, but that didn’t matter as NXT TakeOver: Toronto delivered in its five matches on Saturday night. By Andrea Hangst 2 years ago Follow Tweet