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The event was held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.. TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling shows that began in May 2014, as WWE's then-developmental league NXT held their second WWE Network-exclusive event, billed as TakeOver. [2]
Now known as "King Nakamura", he defeated Corbin on the July 9 episode of SmackDown to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular event on July 18, [186] which was won by Big E. [187] On the August 13 episode of SmackDown, Nakamura defeated Apollo Crews to win his second Intercontinental Championship. [188]
On the December 14, 2016, episode of NXT, Bobby Roode defeated Oney Lorcan to qualify for a #1 contender's fatal four-way match along with Tye Dillinger, Andrade Cien Almas, and Roderick Strong. [5] The following week, Roode defeated Dillinger, Almas, and Strong to earn a match for the NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura at TakeOver: San ...
Qualifying matches for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the May 29 episode of Raw. Ricochet and Shinsuke Nakamura became the first and second qualified entrants by defeating The Miz and Bronson Reed, respectively. [13] LA Knight then qualified by defeating Montez Ford on the June 2 episode of SmackDown. [14]
In the main event, Bobby Roode defended the NXT Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. During the match, Roode targeted Nakamura's leg. Roode performed a "Glorious DDT" on Nakamura for a near-fall. Roode then retrieved the ring bell but the referee prevented Roode from using it, allowing Nakamura to perform an inverted exploder suplex on Roode.
On the April 17 episode of SmackDown, Big Cass returned from injury, aiding Shinsuke Nakamura in attacking AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan during a match in which the two were teaming together. [13] The following week, a "Miz TV" segment with Daniel Bryan was advertised, but instead Cass came out (it was later revealed that Cass had attacked him ...
On the July 27 episode of NXT, NXT General Manager William Regal named Shinsuke Nakamura the number one contender to face Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn II. Joe, unhappy with his opponent, first refused to face Nakamura and requested a different opponent but obliged after Regal threatened to strip him of the title. [8]
WrestleMania 34 stage. WrestleMania is WWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985.It was the company's first pay-per-view produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in 2014.