WWE NXT Preview For Tonight: Takeover Go-Home Show
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Tonight’s WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will be the go-home show for Sunday’s “Takeover: Vengeance Day” event.
The semifinals of the Men’s and Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classics will take place tonight with the winners advancing to the finals at Takeover. Tonight’s show will also feature the return of Cameron Grimes.
Austin Theory vs. Kushida may take place tonight but it has not been confirmed by WWE. As noted, Theory took to Twitter last night and said Kushida vs. NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano had been pulled from Takeover, and that he would be wrestling Kushida on tonight’s show.
NXT s Valentine s Day TakeOver special now has its name.
WWE has announced that NXT s next TakeOver event will be NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day. The show is taking place on Sunday, February 14 and will air on the WWE Network starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
WWE used Vengeance as a pay-per-view name from 2001-2007. Vengeance then returned as a PPV for one year in 2011.
A Women s Championship match has already been confirmed for TakeOver: Vengeance Day, with NXT Women s Champion Io Shirai defending her title against Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez in a triple threat match.
Pete Dunne challenging for Finn Balor s NXT Championship appears to be the direction for TakeOver: Vengeance Day, but that match has yet to be announced. The men s and women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classics are also currently taking place. The quarterfinals of the men s Dusty Classic will conclude on NXT tonight. Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter are also facing Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez in the first semifinal
WWE NXT “Takeover: Vengeance Day” is the new name for the next Takeover special scheduled for Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 14.
WWE just confirmed the name this afternoon. “Takeover: Vengeance Day” will air at 7pm ET on the WWE Network that night, live from the Capitol Wrestling Center at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Only one match has been announced for Takeover as of this writing – a Triple Threat for the NXT Women’s Title with Io Shirai defending against Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez. It’s believed that the finals of the Men’s and Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classics will also take place at Takeover.
Triple H Praises WWE NXT Teams, WALTER Returning To Main NXT Brand?, Ben Carter In Action Today
– There’s some speculation on WWE NXT UK Champion WALTER possibly returning to the main NXT brand soon. We noted earlier this month how Alexander Wolfe returned to the Wednesday night NXT show after Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner lost a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic first round match to Lucha House Party. Last night’s NXT show featured a new video package on Imperium, which you can see above.
Wolfe, Aichner and Barthel talked about how the group stood together on American soil one year ago, but then they were isolated to different parts of the world. They then noted that while WALTER has dominated NXT UK as champion, along with Wolfe, Barthel and Aichner held the NXT Tag Team Titles at one point. It was then said that this domination is not enough because Imperium’s power has been its unity, and its unity will restore its global domination. Wolfe ended the promo by declaring t