Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free NXT TakeOver: Chicago results. The show was headlined by a Chicago Street Fight between Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano, as well as three championship matches. Be back here tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of NXT TakeOver: Chicago column.
NXT TakeOver: Chicago Results:
1. Undisputed Era defeats Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch via pinfall after an double-team running clothesline/leg sweep on Lorcan to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships. Adam Cole saved Kyle O’Reilly from being pinned by pulling him out of the ring at the two-count, getting ejected from ringside. O’Reilly later saved Roderick Strong from a half-crab from Lorcan by kicking Lorcan in the face from the ground while Burch had him in a crossface.
2. Ricochet defeats Velveteen Dream via pinfall after a 630 onto Dream. Ricochet kicked out at two after a sequence that saw Dream hit a Death Valley Bomb off the top rope, a Superplex from the apron to the floor, and another Death Valley Bomb — and then kicked out of a DDT. Ricochet then hit Dream with a Death Valley Bomb and a Purple Rainmaker Elbow, followed by a kickout at 2. A failed Shooting Star Press by Ricochet was followed by a missed Purple Rainmaker Elbow from Dream which set up the 630.
3. Shayna Baszler defeats Nikki Cross after locking Cross in a Kirifuda Clutch and having her go unconscious to retain the NXT Women’s Championship. Baszler rolled through a roll-up attempt by Cross to lock in the Kirifuda Clutch in the center of the ring, which Cross refused to tap out of before smiling and eventually passing out.
4. Aleister Black defeats Lars Sullivan via pinfall after connecting on a third Black Mass to retain the NXT Championship. Black twice kicked out at two to avoid losing the championship, the second time after taking a powerslam on the apron and then a diving headbutt from Sullivan. Sullivan then kicked out after a Black Mass from Black (that appeared to miss), but Black then connected with two more to earn the pin.
5. Tomasso Ciampa defeats Johnny Gargano by pinfall after a DDT through the ropes onto exposed wood while handcuffed. Ciampa recreated the moment from last year throwing Gargano into the Titantron before dragging him up on top of some boxes with tables below where he took Gargano’s wedding ring off and threw it. Gargano surprised Ciampa and through two tables with a running back drop, which led to Ciampa being placed on a stretcher and into a neckbrace.
Gargano knocked out the referee and WWE security so he could pull Ciampa off the stretcher, put him in a Gargano Lock in the ring. He then handcuffed Ciampa and hit him with multiple Superkicks before locking in a Gargano Lock again. WWE security pulled Gargano off, the ref returned and after Gargano got loose again, he was caught by Ciampa and DDT’d into the exposed wood of the ring (that Ciampa had exposed earlier in the match).
