NXT Takeover 25

Ciampa cuts an intense promo about being 12 post-op surgery and already being cleared for non-physical activity. He's so crazy over right now and it leads to a huge ADAM COLE BAYBAY and JOHNNY WRESTLING chant. A Takeover history video package shows how much Takeover has grown over the last 5 years. Io saying she'll kick Shayna's ass is fantastic. Roderick Strong being a dickhead jock gets funnier and funnier as he ages. They've got Wrestle and Flow under contract and DON'T USE HIM FOR TAKEOVER!? Riddle wrestles him down in an overly-bright event. They fight on the floor and Riddle lands a step-run up superman punch. APRON BACKBREAKER BY STRONG!

SOS by Riddle gets 2, but an Olympic Slam gets 2 for Roddy. Stinger splash and a t-bone hit for Riddle. Brotn and PK hit for 2. Superplex by Roddy gets 2! Non-stop roaring elbows and an inverted uranage hit for Strong, but only get 2.5! Strong hits every big move in his arsenal followed by a Tiger driver for 2.9! Strong hold and then the Liontamer variant! Strong eats up kicks and then goes for a knockout forearm, but Riddle avoids it and lands back elbows to the head. Strong avoids a Bromission and then more elbows before the cradle tombstone slam ends it! This was Riddle's best NXT match yet!

Grandpa Road Dogg is so odd to see.War Raiders surrendering the titles is shown. Street Profits come out in slick blue and gold gear looking like stars, finally. Nice stiff exchange between UE and Lorcan and Birch. Crazy wheelbarrow German onto Dawkin onto a ladder. Why the fuck are the Forgotten Sons wrestling in a blend of tights and PJs? Crazy powerbomb of Kyle into the ladder causing Fish to splash onto him. Crazy, but goofy spot.

Doomsday blockbuster to Blake from the Profits. Ryker powerbombs KOR off the ladder and he's now just the Henchman. They do an Okada camera pull and even that can't hide his bald spot. Ford lands a giant flip dive on Ryker, barely, as he almost doesn't get caught. Dawkins runs through the ladder with a spear and Montez grabs the belts! Great stuff overall - the Profits felt like they were elevated by their overall presentation here.

The Breeze-Dream video is great in the sense that it not only buries Breeze for being a jobber since hitting the main roster Very odd to have a video package highlight how a guy went from being a star in NXT to a nothing comedy act on the main roster to now being such a failure that he's back on NXT in the secondary title mix. "YOU ARE THE GREAT VALUE VERSION OF THE VELVETEEN DREAM!" is a shockingly great goofy line.We get a pose off and then a goof-off in the corner. Tyler gets a Lance Storm-esque rolling half crab. Dream works heel and forces Breeze into a selfie on the announce table.

Supermodel kick gets 2 and man is Breeze over in the correct context. In the correct context, IN SIX WEEKS, Tyler Breeze of all people was able to be rehabbed into an over act. It's incredible. Unprettier by Dream gets 2! Purple rainmaker meets knees! Buckle trap superkick into the driving Unprettier for 2.9! Tyler breaks the count on the floor to prevent a non-title win and a blind belt attack is counted with a driver and the purple rainmaker to end it. Hot damn - THEY SAVED TYLER BREEZE'S CAREER WITH THIS MATCH.

Awesome Shayna-Io video airs. Great fakeout to start with Io snapmaring her and teasing a kick, but slapping her instead. Nasty snap German to Shayna! Shayna gets the clutch on and Io passes out. Io beats the shit out of her with the kendo stick and lands her gorgeous moonsault. Candice gives Io a chair while Beth rattles off terrible verbiage. Shayna's back is shown all welted up and she gets a "you deserve it" chant.

A masturbator HHH video airs after the prior masturbatory HHH-Orton video. NXT UK Takeover will be on the same day as All Out. By sheer coincidence! Adam Cole comes out with Wrestle and Flow and a tornado flatliner gets 2 for Cole. Johnny blind jumps into a backstabber for 2. Burning hammer facebuster for 2. Cole leaps into a superkick, leading to a double-down with Cole on the floor and then a double superkick lands for a near countout on both. Slingshot DDT gets 2 for Johnny!

Brainbuster to the knee on the floor and then against mid-ring for 2.9! Cole turns an Escape into the figure four! Beth yells for a while. PANAMA SUNRISE ON THE FLOOR! Johnny gets locked in the escape, but gets out and lands the last shot for 2.9! Superkicks aplenty and Johnny gets a reverse rana! LAST SHOT HITS AND GETS 2.9! Adam grabs a chair and the ref argues, leading to Johnny bumping Drake off a tope. Johnny avoids a chairshot and superkicks Cole with the chair and gets a phantom pinfall.

Cole waves the goons down and he gets the chair, but he then eats an outside-in driver for 2.9! Cole talks shit and gets LOCKED IN THE ESCAPE! Cole attacks the bad knee to escape! SUPERKICK TO THE KNEE! Panama Sunrise is countered, hits, and then the Last Shot ends it! This was fantastic and even better than their first match. A big ADAM COLE BAYBAY ends it!