NXT Takeover Chicago 2018

A rundown of the last few months of TV airs. It has been some TV. Over one year ago at last year's Chicago show, Johnny was destroyed by Ciampa. Burch and Lorcan get a Takeover payday - good for them. Kyle is sent outside early, but he recovers and knees Burch in the corner. Lorcan tags in to run wild and lands a double running blockbuster. Doomsday European uppercut hits! Strong and Lorcan have a stiff knee and uppercut exchange before a hocket fight breaks out between the teams. High/low sweep ends it - good, but not amazing.

Hogan getup on Dream!? Well, that's...interesting...Dream overpowers him and poses! INDIE STANDOFF! Dream hits a run-up somersault senton! Ricochet hits a tope, then a fosbury flop! DREAM HITS A SUPER DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! This insanity only gets 2.9! Dream suplexes him off the apron to get a near double countout. Dream hits a rolling DVD for 2.9! Running suplex from Ricochet leads to a superkick from Dream. Dream talks shit and eats a DVD of his own! Purple Rainmaker on Dream gets 2.9! Ricochet wants the 630, but Dream moves - so he does an SSP and eats knees for 2.9! A COAST TO COAST PURPLE RAINAMKER MISSES! 630 to the back ends it!

Shayna vs. Nikki is hyped up with the word "championship" said about 900 times. Nikki wants to be taken down and is, and does wacky things. Cross gets a sleepr and then Shayna does, but Nikki avoids it. Nikki goes for a sleeper on the floor, but gets Vader dropped into the ramp! Nikki hits a draping fisherwoman's suplex for 2.9 when Shayna puts her foot on the rope. Shayna gets the sleeper and chokes her out while Nikki has a look of bliss on her face. EC3 is in the crowd alongside KEITH LEE!

Black vs. Lars begins with clubbering! Lars avalanches him in the corner. Lars world's strongest slams him for 2. Lars goes for an inside-out chokeslam, but he eats a spinning back elbow. APRON POWERSLAM BY LARS! Okay, Braun needs that ASAP. Diving headbutts hits for 2.5. Black Mass hits sorta! He gets a "you fucked up" chant and eats a lariat. Jumping knee and a second Black Mass hits! Third one knocks him out to win it!

Candice gives Johnny a half-crutch and tells him to kick Ciampa's ass. Johnny sends him out with a lariat over the top. They fight in the crowd and Johnny does Dreamer's 20+ year old bit of taking a stop sign out of a fan sign. Johnny hits a big dive. Ciampa takes him to suplex city. Johnny topes him and Ciampa tosses a trash can at his head on the steps, as ya do. Air Raid Siren on the steps gets 2.9! Ciampa gets bolt clippers and cuts the apron away. WWE saw Bully destroy the ring on the TNA show they put clips of on the Prichard show and thought "hey, let's do that!" Super celtic cross is countered into a sunset bomb that is countered, but leads to a buckle superkick. Johnny's pescado is met with a crutch. Johnny chairshots the bad knee to death! Ciampa kicks him into a corner can and locks on the Gargano escape!

Ciampa slugs the neck and works on his brace. Crutch to the neck gets 2.9! Ciampa picks him up and walks alongside him and tosses him into the LED board. They go to the crowd and climb onto a wacky area. Ciampa takes off Johnny's wedding ring, spits on it, and throwd it in the crowd. This fires up Johnny to send him through the table with a celtic cross!

They tease taking Ciampa out, but Johnny takes him back to the bsuted up ring and beats him up on the stretcher. Gargano Escape gets the tap, but there's no ref for it and he beats up goons. He handcuffs him for a superkick party! GARGANO ESCAPE! More goons come down and Ciampa hits the DDT on the exposed wood to end it!