NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO PARTICIPANTS’ TAKEOVER HISTORY

Since I do the blogs looking at every Pay-Per-View every month, I thought I would do one looking at NXT Takeover: Toronto. Also, as I have done for the 3 previous PPVs, I have also added facts & stats pertaining to this year and not just for the History of Takeover. To see the entire history of Takeover, visit the Takeover History HERE. And for any feedback or comments about this, comment below or tweet me (@hbkid718). Thanks.

 

 

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP: JOHNNY GARGANO VS NXT CHAMPION ADAM COLE [ONE FALL IS A STRAIGHT WRESTLING MATCH, ANOTHER FALL IS A STREET FIGHT, & 3^RD & FINAL FALL WILL BE DECIDED BY GENERAL MANAGER WILLIAM REGAL]

This will be the 25^th NXT Championship Match in Takeover History & 18^th in a row. It will be the 4^th NXT Championship Match of 2019 & 1^st since Takeover: XXV on June 1, 2019. The NXT Championship has changed hands 10 times in Takeover History, with the title changing hands the last 2 Takeovers in a row. It has changed hands twice in 2019, with those being the previous 2 Takeovers. This will be the 4^th 2 Out of 3 Falls Match in Takeover History & 1^st since Gargano VS Cole at New York on April 6, 2019 and will be the 10^th 2 Out of 3 Falls Match of 2019 & 1^st since Raw on July 15, 2019. Titles have changed hands 2 out of the 3 times it was defended in 2 Out of 3 Falls Matches in Takeover History, with the last title change taking place at New York when Gargano defeated Cole to win the vacant title. This will be the 1^st NXT Championship Match to take place at 3 straight Takeovers since Finn Balor VS Samoa Joe at London on December 15, 2015, Dallas on April 1, 2016, & The End on June 8, 2016. It will be the 3^rd match to take place at 3 straight Takeovers & the 1^st since Johnny Gargano VS Tommaso Ciampa at New Orleans on April 7, 2018, Chicago II on June 16, 2018, & Brooklyn 4 on August 18, 2018. It will be the 2^nd match to be re-matched from Takeover XXV in 2019 & the 1^st match to take place at 3 Takeovers in 2019. This will be the 20^th NXT Title Match to main event a Takeover & 4^th in a row & the 1^st match since Johnny Gargano VS Tommaso Ciampa to be the main event at 3 straight Takeovers. This will be Johnny Gargano’s 15^th Takeover, keeping him as the wrestler with the most Takeover matches in History & 9^th in a row, which is the longest consecutive match streak for a male wrestler in Takeover History, his 5^th NXT Championship Match & 3^rd in a row. This will be Adam Cole’s 9^th Takeover & 3^rd in a row, & his 3^rd NXT Title Match in a row. If Adam Cole retains the NXT Title, he will be the 1^st NXT Champion since Aleister Black at New Orleans on April 7 & Chicago on June 16, 2018 to win the title & then retain the title at back-to-back Takeovers. If he loses, he will be the 2^nd NXT Champion in a row after Johnny Gargano to win the title & then lose it at back-to-back Takeovers. This will be Gargano’s 8^th Takeover main event, which is the most in History & will be Adam Cole’s 5^th Takeover main event, tying him with Tommaso Ciampa & Samoa Joe for the 2^nd most Takeover main events. Gargano is the only wrestler to compete at both Takeover: Toronto events.

 

Johnny Gargano (4-10-0)

1. With Tommaso Ciampa lost to NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) (8/20/16 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN II)
2. With Tommaso Ciampa as #DIY defeated NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match to win the titles (11/19/16 NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO)
3. With Tommaso Ciampa as #DIY lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) (1/28/17 NXT TAKEOVER: SAN ANTONIO)
4. With Tommaso Ciampa as #DIY lost to NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) along with The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match (4/1/17 NXT TAKEOVER: ORLANDO)
5. With Tommaso Ciampa as #DIY lost to NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) in a Ladder Match (5/20/17 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO)
6. Lost to Andrade Almas (8/19/17 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN III)
7. Lost to NXT Champion Andrade Almas (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
8. Defeated Tommaso Ciampa in an Unsanctioned Match to reinstate his NXT Contract (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
9. Lost to Tommaso Ciampa in a Chicago Street Fight (6/16/18 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO II)
10. Lost to NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa in a Last Man Standing Match (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
11. Lost to Aleister Black (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
12. Defeated NXT North American Champion Ricochet to win the title (1/26/19 NXT TAKEOVER: PHOENIX)
13. Defeated Adam Cole in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match to win the Vacant NXT Championship (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)
14. Lost the NXT Championship to Adam Cole (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

Adam Cole (4-4-0)

1. With Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly as The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong & NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe, & Eric Young) in a 6-Man Triple Threat War Games Match (11/18/17 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES)
2. Lost to Aleister Black in an Extreme Rules Match (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
3. Defeated Killian Dain, EC3, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, & The Velveteen Dream in a 6-Way Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT North American Championship (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
4. With Kyle O’Reilly as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong in a Triple Threat Match to retain the titles & win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
5. Lost the NXT North American Championship to Ricochet (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
6. With Bobby Fish & NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong as The Undisputed ERA lost to WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne, NXT North American Champion Ricochet, & War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) in a 8-Man War Games Match (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
7. Lost to Johnny Gargano in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match for the Vacant NXT Championship (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)
8. Defeated NXT Champion Johnny Gargano to win the title (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: MIA YIM VS NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION SHAYNA BASZLER

This will be the 26^th Women’s Championship Match in Takeover History, keeping it as the only title to be defended at every Takeover. This will be the 6^th NXT Women’s Championship Match of 2019 & 1^st since NXT on June 26, 2019. The NXT Women’s Championship has changed hands 7 times with the last title change taking place at Brooklyn 4 on August 18, 2018, when Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler. The NXT Women’s Title has not changed hands in 2019. This will be Mia Yim’s Takeover debut. She will be the 1^st wrestler since Io Shirai at New York on April 5, 2019 to make their Takeover debut in a NXT Women’s Championship Match. This will be Shayna Baszler’s 9^th Takeover in a row & 9^th Women’s Championship Match in a row, giving her the record for most Women’s Championship Matches in Takeover History & most consecutive Women’s Championship Matches in History. This will be the 1^st time since she wrestled Kairi Sane at Brooklyn 4 on August 18, 2018 that Baszler didn’t wrestle someone back-to-back.

 

Mia Yim (0-0-0)

This will be Mia Yim’s Takeover debut

 

Shayna Baszler (6-2-0)

1. Lost to NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
2. Defeated NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon to win the title (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
3. Defeated Nikki Cross to retain the NXT Women’s Championship 6/16/18 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO II)
4. Lost the NXT Women’s Championship to Kairi Sane (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
5. Defeated Kairi Sane in a 2 Out of 3 Falls Match to retain the NXT Women’s Championship (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
6. Defeated Bianca Belair to retain the NXT Women’s Championship (1/26/19 NXT TAKEOVER: PHOENIX)
7. Defeated Bianca Belair, Kairi Sane, & Io Shirai in a Fatal 4-Way Match to retain the NXT Women’s Championship (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)
8. Defeated Io Shirai to retain the NXT Women’s Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE STREET PROFITS (ANGELO DAWKINS & MONTEZ FORD) VS THE UNDISPUTED ERA (BOBBY FISH & KYLE O’REILLY)

This will be the 23^rd NXT Tag Team Championship Match in Takeover History & 4^th in a row. This will be the 6^th NXT Tag Team Championship Match of 2019 & the 1^st since NXT on July 10, 2019. The NXT Tag Team Championship has changed hands 8 times in Takeover History with the last title change taking place at Takeover XXV when The Street Profits won a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match for the vacant Titles. The NXT Tag Team Titles have changed hands 2 times in 2019, with the last title change taking place at the aforementioned Takeover XXV. This will be The Street Profit’s 2^nd Takeover in a row & 2^nd Tag Team Championship Match in a row. If they win, they will be the 2^nd Tag Team Champions in a row after The War Raiders to win the Tag Titles & retain them at back-to-back Takeovers. If they lose, they will be the 1^st ever Tag Team Champions to win the titles & then lose them at the next Takeover. This will be Bobby Fish’s 5^th Takeover & 2^nd in a row & his 3^rd Tag Team Championship Match & 2^nd in a row. This will be Kyle O’Reilly’s 9^th Takeover & 2^nd in a row, his 7^th Tag Team Championship Match in Takeover History, giving him the most Tag Team Title Matches in Takeover History.

 

Angelo Dawkins (1-0-0)

1. With Montez Ford as The Street Profits defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan, The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler), & The Undisputed ERA (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match to win the Vacant NXT Tag Team Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

Montez Ford (1-0-0)

1. With Angelo Dawkins as The Street Profits defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan, The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler), & The Undisputed ERA (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match to win the Vacant NXT Tag Team Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

Bobby Fish (2-2-0)

1. With Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly as The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong & NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe, & Eric Young) in a 6-Man Triple Threat War Games Match (11/18/17 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES)
2. With Kyle O’Reilly as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) to retain the titles (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
3. With Adam Cole & NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong as The Undisputed ERA lost to WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne, NXT North American Champion Ricochet, & War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) in an 8-Man War Games Match (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
4. With Kyle O’Reilly as The Undisputed ERA lost to The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) along with Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan & The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler) in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT Tag Team Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

Kyle O’Reilly (5-3-0)

1. With Adam Cole & Bobby Fish as The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong & NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe, & Eric Young) in a 6-Man Triple Threat War Games Match (11/18/17 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES)
2. With Bobby Fish as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) to retain the titles (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
3. With Adam Cole as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong in a Triple Threat Match to retain the titles & win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
4. With Roderick Strong as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan to retain the titles (6/16/18 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO II)
5. With Roderick Strong as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) to retain the titles (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
6. With Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & NXT Tag Team Champion Roderick Strong as The Undisputed ERA lost to WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne, NXT North American Champion Ricochet, & War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) in a 8-Man War Games Match (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
7. With Roderick Strong as The Undisputed ERA lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) (1/26/19 NXT TAKEOVER: PHOENIX)
8. With Bobby Fish as The Undisputed ERA lost to The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) along with Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan & The Forgotten Sons (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) in a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT Tag Team Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP: PETE DUNNE VS RODERICK STRONG VS NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION THE VELVETEEN DREAM

This will be the 6^th North American Championship Match & 4^th in a row. This will be the 6^th North American Championship Match of 2019 & the 1^st since Takeover XXV on June 1, 2019. This will be the 5^th Triple Threat Match in Takeover History & the 1^st since New Orleans on April 7, 2018, but this will be the 1^st ever Men’s Triple Threat Match as the others have been Tag Team or Women’s Matches. This will be the 22^nd Triple Threat Match in 2019 & the 1^st since Raw on July 29, 2019, & 1^st in NXT in 2019. The North American Title has changed hands 3 times in Takeover History, with the last Title Change taking place at Phoenix when Johnny Gargano defeated Ricochet. It has changed hands 3 times in 2019, with the last title change taking place when Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano on NXT on February 20, 2019. No Titles have ever changed hands in a Triple Threat Match in Takeover History. This will be Pete Dunne’s 4^th Takeover & 1^st since New York on April 5, 2019, 1^st ever North American Title Match at Takeover, & 2^nd Triple Threat Match at Takeover & 1^st since New Orleans on April 7, 2018. This will be Roderick Strong’s 11^th Takeover, which is the 2^nd most in Takeover History after Johnny Gargano, who’s competing in his 15^th match, & 2^nd in a row, his 1^st North American Title Match, & 3^rd Triple Threat Match & 1^st since New Orleans on April 7, 2018. This will be The Velveteen Dream’s 9^th Takeover & 3^rd in a row & 4^th North American Championship Match & 3^rd in a row, which is the most North American Title Matches in Takeover History, & his 1^st Triple Threat Match.

 

Pete Dunne (2-1-0)

1. Defeated WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate to win the title (5/20/17 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO)
2. With Roderick Strong lost to NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA (NXT North American Champion Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly) along with The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) in a Triple Threat Final Match of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
3. With NXT North American Champion Ricochet & War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) defeated The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, & NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) in an 8-Man War Games Match (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
4. Lost the WWE United Kingdom Championship to WALTER (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)

 

Roderick Strong (4-6-0)

1. Defeated Andrade Almas (1/28/17 NXT TAKEOVER: SAN ANTONIO)
2. With Tye Dillinger, Kassius Ohno, & Ruby Riot lost to SAnitY (Nikki Cross, Killain Dain, Alexander Wolfe, & Eric Young) in an 8-Person Mixed Tag Team Match (4/1/17 NXT TAKEOVER: ORLANDO)
3. Defeated Eric Young (5/20/17 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO)
4. With The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) lost to The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, & Kyle O’Reilly) along with NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe, & Eric Young) in a 6-Man Triple Threat War Games Match (11/18/17 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES)
5. With WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne lost to NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA (NXT North American Champion Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly) along with The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) in a Triple Threat Final Match of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
6. With Kyle O’Reilly as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan to retain the titles (6/16/18 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO II)
7. With Kyle O’Reilly as NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) to retain the titles (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
8. With Kyle O’Reilly as NXT Tag Team Champions, Adam Cole & Bobby Fish as The Undisputed ERA lost to WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne, NXT North American Champion Ricochet, & War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) in an 8-Man War Games Match (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
9. With Kyle O’Reilly as The Undisputed ERA lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) (1/26/19 NXT TAKEOVER: PHOENIX)
10. Lost to Matt Riddle (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

The Velveteen Dream (4-4-0)

1. Lost to Aleister Black (11/18/17 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES)
2. Defeated Kassius Ohno (1/27/18 NXT TAKEOVER: PHILADELPHIA)
3. Lost to Adam Cole along with Killian Dain, EC3, Ricochet, & Lars Sullivan in a 6-Way Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT North American Championship (4/7/18 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW ORLEANS)
4. Lost to Ricochet (6/16/18 NXT TAKEOVER: CHICAGO II)
5. Defeated EC3 (8/18/18 NXT TAKEOVER: BROOKLYN 4)
6. Lost to NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa (11/17/18 NXT TAKEOVER: WAR GAMES II)
7. Defeated Matt Riddle to retain the NXT North American Championship (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)
8. Defeated Tyler Breeze to retain the NXT North American Championship (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)

 

CANDICE LERAE VS IO SHIRAI

This will be the 1^st time since Orlando on April 1, 2017 that there will be 2 Women’s Matches on a Takeover, but since that event included a Mixed Tag Team Match, it will be the 1^st Takeover since Brooklyn II on August 20, 2016 to have 2 Women’s Singles Matches on a Takeover & one of them was not a Title Match. This will be Candice LeRae’s Takeover debut, making her & Johnny Gargano the 1^st married couple to both compete on the same Takeover, as other couples have competed, but not on the same show. This will be Io Shirai’s 3^rd Takeover in a row & 1^st Non-Title Match at a Takeover.

 

Candice LeRae (0-0-0)

This will be Candice LeRae’s Takeover debut

 

Io Shirai (0-2-0)

1. Lost to NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler along with Bianca Belair & Kairi Sane in a Fatal 4-Way Match (4/5/19 NXT TAKEOVER: NEW YORK)
2. Lost to NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler (6/1/19 NXT TAKEOVER XXV)