NXT TakeOver: Toronto (2016)

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The 2016 NXT TakeOver: Toronto was the 12th

Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of that year's Survivor Series weekend. It was the second NXT TakeOver held outside of the United States, after TakeOver: London
in December 2015.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Samoa Joe defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NXT Championship and became the first man to hold the title twice. It was also Mickie James's return to WWE for one night only in NXT.

Production

Background

Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
.

Air Canada Centre and was named after the venue's city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was in turn the second NXT TakeOver held outside of the United States, after TakeOver: London in 2015. Tickets went on sale on September 23 through Ticketmaster.[2]

Storylines

The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT.[3][4]

On the September 28 episode of NXT, William Regal scheduled the second annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, culminating with the finals at TakeOver: Toronto. The tournament started on the October 5 episode.[5]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role Name
Commentators
Tom Phillips
Corey Graves
Ring announcer Mike Rome
Pre-show panel Charly Caruso
Lita
Mauro Ranallo
Referees
Drake Wuertz
Eddie Orengo
Danilo Anfibio

Preliminary matches

In the first match,

Tye Dillinger. The match ended when Roode executed a "Glorious DDT" on Dillinger to win the match.[6]

Next, The Authors of Pain (

Shane Thorne) in the final of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, with Paul Ellering suspended above the ring inside a cage. In the end, The Authors of Pain performed "The Last Chapter" on Thorne to win the tournament.[6]

In the third match,

submitted to the "Garga-No Escape" by Gargano and Dawson submitted to an armbar by Ciampa simultaneously, thus DIY won the titles.[6]

After that,

pinfall. Asuka forced Mickie to submit to the "Asuka Lock" to win the match.[6]

Main event

In the

low blow and performed a side slam onto the steel steps on Nakamura. Joe performed a muscle buster on Nakamura to win the title for a second time.[6]

Aftermath

Two weeks after the event, on December 3, Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Samoa Joe to win back the NXT Championship in Osaka, Japan.[7][8]

NXT Post show was in Toronto on November 23 and in Ottawa on November 30.

On December 29, WWE.com named The Revival vs. DIY the "WWE Match Of The Year".[9]

Following her appearance at the event, Mickie James turned heel on the January 17, 2017, episode of

Steel Cage match, while revealing herself as the villainess under the "La Luchadora" mask. The appearance marked James' return to the main roster for the first time since 2010.[10]

The 2016 TakeOver: Toronto would be the first of two in a TakeOver: Toronto chronology, a subseries of TakeOvers that were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Air Canada Centre, which was renamed to the Scotiabank Arena in 2018. The second Toronto event was held in 2019.[11]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
Singles match for the NXT Championship[17]
20:12
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
N – the match was taped for a future broadcast of NXT

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic bracket

This section is transcluded from Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. (edit | history)
First Round
NXT (October 5) 		Quarterfinals
NXT/Live event (November 2) 		Semifinals
Live event (November 7) 		Final
NXT TakeOver: Toronto (November 19)
        
Shane Thorne
) 		Pin
Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli 9:00[19]
TM-61 Pin2
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong 8:07[23]
Austin Aries and Roderick Strong Pin
Tucker Knight
) 		5:15[20]
TM-61 Pin
SAnitY 5:42[24]
Kota Ibushi and T. J. Perkins1 Sub
Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali 9:03[21]
Kota Ibushi and T. J. Perkins 9:45[23]
SAnitY Pin
Tye Dillinger
2:00[19]
Sawyer Fulton
) 		Pin
TM-61 8:20[6]
The Authors of Pain Pin
Rezar
) 		Pin
The Bollywood Boyz

(Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) 		2:00[22]
The Authors of Pain Pin
No Way Jose and Rich Swann 7:15[23]
No Way Jose and Rich Swann Pin
Drew Gulak and Tony Nese 7:12[20]
The Authors of Pain Pin
DIY 10:27[24]
The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) 		Pin
Andrade Almas and Cedric Alexander 9:00[22]
The Revival [23]
DIY Forfeit3
DIY
(Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) 		Pin
Ho Ho Lun and Tian Bing 4:11[21]

1 ^ Ibushi's original partner, Hideo Itami, was injured before the tournament began, and was replaced by T. J. Perkins.
2 ^ Aries could not compete due to injury. William Regal decided that the winners would be determined by a singles match pitting Thorne against Strong.
3 ^ The Revival withdrew from the tournament, asserting that Dawson was injured.

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