NXT TakeOver: Respect
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Promotion WWE | | ||
Brand(s) | NXT | ||
Date | October 7, 2015 | ||
City | Winter Park, Florida | ||
Venue | Full Sail University | ||
Attendance | 400+ | ||
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NXT TakeOver: Respect was the seventh
Six matches were contested at the event. In the
Production
Background
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.[1] In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live specials. Respect was scheduled as the seventh NXT TakeOver event and took place on October 7, 2015, at NXT's home base of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.[2][3]
Storylines
The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
At
At TakeOver: Brooklyn, Regal also revealed that NXT would hold a tag team tournament billed as the
winning their respective matches to advance in the tournament.Event
Preliminary matches
The event opened with the semi-finals in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. In the first semi-final, NXT Champion Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe faced The Mechanics (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson). In the end, Joe executed a muscle buster on Wilder and Bálor executed a "Coup de Grâce" on Wilder to advance to the final.[11]
Next, Baron Corbin and Rhyno and American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) competed in the second semi-final. The end came when Rhyno executed a
After that, Asuka faced Dana Brooke (accompanied by Emma) in Asuka's debut. Asuka forced Dana to submit to the "Asuka Lock" to win the match.[11]
In the fourth match, Apollo Crews faced Tyler Breeze. Crews executed a delayed spin-out powerbomb on Breeze to win the match.[11]
In the penultimate match, Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe faced Baron Corbin and Rhyno in the final of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament involving. During the match, Rhyno executed a "Gore" on Joe, but Bálor broke up the pinfall. In the end, Joe executed a muscle buster on Rhyno and Bálor executed a "Coup de Grâce" on Rhyno to win the tournament.[11]
Main event
In the main event, Bayley defended the NXT Women's Championship against Sasha Banks in the first-ever Iron Woman match. At around eight minutes in, Banks tried to pin Bayley while using the ropes for leverage, but the referee caught her. Banks then blocked the referee's vision in the corner to poke Bayley in the eyes. Banks then
Reception
NXT TakeOver: Respect received critical acclaim. LaToya Ferguson of The A.V. Club praised the event, saying that the show shows examples of what the general audience does not get in traditional WWE pay-per-view events. There was also much praise to the main event for the NXT Women's Championship.[12] The main event received the Meltzer rating of 4 and a quarter out of 5 stars.[13] The match was named Match of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Aftermath
After the event, Apollo Crews won a battle royal to face Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship by last eliminating Baron Corbin.[14] On the November 4 episode of NXT, Crews won the match via disqualification when he was attacked by Corbin, thus Bálor retained.[15]
Tyler Breeze moved to the main roster; he debuted on the October 22 episode of SmackDown, affiliating with Summer Rae and attacking Dolph Ziggler.[16]
Meanwhile, Bayley began feuding with Alexa Bliss,[14] while Emma and Dana Brooke continued their feud with Asuka,[17][18] leading to a match at NXT TakeOver: London.[19]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Iron Man match for the NXT Women's Championship[20] | 30:00 | |
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Iron Man match
Score | Winner | Decision | Notes | Time[11] |
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0–1 | Sasha Banks | Pinfall | Sasha Banks pinned Bayley with a schoolgirl | 8:35 |
1–1 | Bayley | Pinfall | Bayley pinned Sasha Banks after a Bayley-to-Belly | 10:52 |
1–2 | Sasha Banks | Countout | Bayley was counted out | 14:07 |
2–2 | Bayley | Pinfall | Bayley pinned Sasha Banks with a rana | 17:20 |
3–2 | Bayley | Submission | Sasha Banks was forced to submit to a scissored armbar | 29:57 |
Tournament bracket
First Round NXT/Live events | Quarterfinals NXT/Live events | Semifinals NXT TakeOver: Respect | Final NXT TakeOver: Respect | ||||||||||||
Enzo Amore and Big Cass | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton | [21] | ||||||||||||||
Enzo Amore and Big Cass | 09:13 | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | [22] | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
The Revival | 09:05 | ||||||||||||||
Blake and Murphy | [23] | ||||||||||||||
The Aiden English and Simon Gotch )
| Pin | ||||||||||||||
The Vaudevillains | 12:25 | ||||||||||||||
The Revival | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Elias Samson and Tucker Knight | [24] | ||||||||||||||
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | 11:10 | ||||||||||||||
The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Alexander Wolfe and Noah Kekoa | [25] | ||||||||||||||
The Hype Bros | 22:03 | ||||||||||||||
American Alpha | Pin | ||||||||||||||
American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Neville and Solomon Crowe | [26] | ||||||||||||||
American Alpha | 10:28 | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | Pin | ||||||||||||||
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | [26] | ||||||||||||||
Baron Corbin and Rhyno | Pin | ||||||||||||||
DIY | [28] | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey | [27] | ||||||||||||||
DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | Pin |
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