Welcome to Ringside News’ coverage of NXT TakeOver: Toronto. We will kick everything off at 7:00 PM once the show gets underway.

The NXT roster usually brings it at TakeOver specials so tonight should be no exception. It will also be incredibly interesting to see if anyone new shows up in the crowd to announce that they’ve signed with WWE.

The main event is Cole vs Gargano in a 2 out of 3 falls match. This one is already going to be a five-star match according to the betting odds. So hopefully they deliver.

We’ll also have to see whether The Street Profits retain their titles after being called up to Raw. Or, maybe they’ll just do those awesome backstage vignettes for the rest of their careers?

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A lot of people have their eyes all over this card as every match is likely to deliver. You can check them out below and come back at 7:00 PM EST as everything kicks off live from Toronto.

  • Adam Cole (c) vs. Johnny Gargano – Two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Championship
  • Street Profits(c) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish) – NXT Tag Team Championships
  • Velveteen Dream (c) vs. Pete Dunne vs. Roderick Strong – North American Championship
  • Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Mia Yim – NXT Women’s Championship
  • Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai

Street Profits vs Undisputed Era

Dawkins and O’Reilly started out the match. Dawkins had some fun pointing out how much shorter Kyle is than he is. Fish took the tag and then Angelo barreled over Bobby with his size before Ford took the tag.

The Street Profits were tagging in and out often while working on Fish. Then Bobby kicked Ford a few times to take him down. Ford returned fire with a few armdrags and a nice dropkick to pop the crowd before tagging Angelo back in.

The Undisputed Era soon gained control and Dawkins felt the brunt of that force from O’Reilly and Fish. Kyle laid in some knees and wore Angelo down before tagging his partner again.

The Street Profits were wearing Toronto Raptors colors too, so they were obviously the babyfaces as Kyle mounted Angelo and laid in some closed hand punches.

Ford took a hot tag and he jumped over Fish and got him with a spinebuster for a two count. Then Montez went for the People’s Elbow, but Kyle stopped him by grabbing his leg. Then Ford nailed Fish with a Rock bottom for a two count.

Undisputed Era knocked Dawkins off the apron and nailed Ford with a double team German suplex for a two count. Ford then went up top and fought Fish off before Bobby kicked him off again. Then O’Reilly took the tag, but Fish hit a Super Exploder suplex before O’Reilly hit a top rope knee drop and then Kyle locked on the Achilles Heel.

He wouldn’t let go and then Dawkins slammed Fish onto O’Reilly.

Dawkins got the tag and he came in hot by smashing everyone and then he hit a capture belly to belly suplex. Ford tagged in and hit a super blockbuster for a two count.

Everyone was down and then they got up around the same time to trade punches. Kyle and Ford continued to fight on and Montez kicked him out of the ring before doing a flipping dive on both opponents.

Dawkins speared Fish and then Ford nailed a top rope splash on Kyle for the win.

Winners: The Street Profits

Candice LeRae vs Io Shirai

Candice attacked Io before the bell and Jessika Carr had to pull her off. Then Candice’s assault kept up in a big way once the bell rang.

Io soon suplexed Candice onto the announce table and it didn’t break. She was selling that big time and almost got counted out.

Io kept up her assault on LeRae and she didn’t seem to care much about being a heel. She hit a slapjack and a kick to the head for a two count after a lazy cover.

Candice tried a head scissors takedown, but Io landed on her feet easily. Io continued hitting LeRae with everything she had at a methodical pace. Then Candice moved out of the way when Io went for a top rope dropkick and she got a small second wind.

Io fought out of an octopus lock and then LeRae avoided a 6-1-9 to hit a neckbreaker for a two count. Candice was dropkicked off the top rope, but she held on to get hit with a 6-1-9 to the back of the head. Then Candice hit a suicide dive into a DDT before Candice threw her in and hit a double stomp to the back from the top rope for a two count.

Then they traded German suplexes and Io hit a bridging German for a two count. Io hit a double knee strike in the corner and then she landed on her feet after Candice tried to hit her with another German from the top rope.

Candice hit a reverse pinning rana for a two count and hit a swinging neck breaker from the second rope for another two count. Then Io hit a top rope Spanish fly for another two count.

Then Io hit a backbreaker and hit a moonsault for another two count and this popped the crowd big time. Io was shocked. Then Io got the Coji Clutch and Candice couldn’t get out until she passed out.

Winner: Io Shirai via KO

Suddenly, Matt Riddle took the ring out of the crowd saying that things shouldn’t be like this. So he called Killian Dain out.

Matt Riddle vs Killian Dain

They brawled around the ring. This was never an official match. Referees broke them up and then Riddle jumped on Dain up the ramp. This ended with Dain gouging Riddle’s eyes and then Riddle landed two knees to the head of Dain before laying in some elbows before referees pulled Riddle away.

Dain hit a crossbody and then referees pulled him off. Riddle locked on a sleeper, but Dain knocked Riddle off before Matt jumped back on and then then all took a bump off a big piece of the set as through two tables on the ground as Killian grabbed a security guard too.

Velveteen Dream vs Pete Dunne vs Roderick Strong – NXT North American Title match

Dream got sent out early so Dunne and Strong could start things out. Then Dream got in and backed into Dunne. Strong dragged Dunne out and drove his back into the apron before getting back in.

Then Dream hit a top rope double ax handle, but it didn’t seem to do much damage. Dunne got back in the ring and he brought Strong into a dropkick from Dream.

Dream was taken out on the outside by Dunne so Pete jumped back in so he and Roddy could work a little bit more.

Dream made his way back in eventually and he got Roddy in a sharpshooter, but Dunne hit a top rope double stomp on Dream to break it up.

They moved outside where Roddy hit a dropkick through the ropes on Dream and Dunne nailed a moonsault off the top to the outside. They moved into the ring and Dream took a German Suplex from Dunne and then Pete Dunne suplexed Roddy on Dream for a two count.

They all threw fists at each other and then they suplexed each other. Then they all hit each other’s finishers, but nobody could make a cover. Dream climbed to the top rope and Dunne joined him. Roddy stopped them both and climbed off too. So they all took a bump to the mat.

Dream was taken out of the ring and Dunne tried to get another triangle on Strong. They fell in the corner and then dream hit a post-to-post elbow drop on Pete Dunne’s sternum.

Strong gave everyone a forearm to the face and slammed them both down too. Then he locked both opponents in a Strong Hold, but Strong couldn’t hold it for long.

Then Strong took Dream out with a knee before Dunne broke both of their fingers. Pete hit Strong with a Bitter End before Dream stopped the referee from counting. Then Dunne beat Dream down and stomped Dream’s head into the mat.

Strong dodged a kick and then Dunne landed on his feet off a German, but Strong reversed into another Boston Crab.

Dream threw Strong out and hit a Dream Valley Driver on Dunne. Strong threw Dream out and he hit his finisher on Dunne, but then Dream jumped in right in time to hit an elbow drop and pin Dunne for the win.

Winner: Velveteen Dream

Shayna Baszler vs Mia Yim – NXT Women’s Championship

This match started out with some Shayna Baszler holds as Mia reversed out of them and then Mia hit a rana and landed a kick to the head and a cannonball in the corner.

Then Shayna caught Mia Yim with a forearm when she went for a suicide dive. They stayed outside where Mia gained control and pinned Shayna’s arm in the ring steps before hitting a dropkick to the steps.

Baszler hit a snap mare takedown and landed a dropkick for a two count. She was selling her right arm a bit, but it didn’t stop her from stomping on Mia Yim’s arm.

Baszler then got a Key Lock in and then was hit off the ropes before landing a devastating kick for a two count.

Baszler kept stretching Mia’s arm with a standing armbar, but Mia pulled her hair and brought Baszler down. Yim sent Baszler down, but Shayna hit a dropkick right away giving her little time to be in control.

Mia hit a suplex and then a lariat followed by a roundhouse kick for a two count, and then they seemed to botch a move before Yim hit a belly to belly release suplex. The crowd was rather dead during this match by the time Yim hit a suicide dive and a tornado DDT for a two count.

They fought back and forth and then Yim climbed up top. Baszler stopped her and climbed up too. Then Yim a top rope Code Blue for a two count.

Then Shayna locked Yim in her finisher, but Mia fought out and stomped on her arm too. Yim then went for an armbar, but Baszler stopped her and got out and right back into her own submission as Mia Yim fought on. Suddenly, Baszler locked on a triangle with her legs and got the tap out.

Winner: Shayna Baszler

Adam Cole vs Johnny Gargano – NXT Title Match – 2 out of 3 falls match

Gargano got some boos during his introduction, but Cole was way more over.

These two were very evenly matched early on and they played to the fact that they knew each other well. They moved outside and then Gargano drove Cole’s knee into the steps and the ring apron.

They continued on in the ring and Gargano got an Indian Death Lock on until Cole got to the ropes. Then Johnny stomped on his knee for good measure. Cole fought back, but Johnny landed a kick to the head.

Cole then dragged Johnny outside and sent his back into the corner of the apron. They moved back inside and Cole hit a neckbreaker for a two count. Then he locked in a leg scissors submission, but Gargano wasn’t tapping.

Then Gargano took a turnbuckle to the face, but he moved to avoid Cole’s dive before sending him into the corner with an exploder suplex.

They continued and Johnny landed some stiff moves before Cole caught him off a slingshot spear, but Gargano reversed out of that and got a two count. Cole went for a kick, but Johnny stomped on his leg instead. Then Gargano locked on a figure 4.

Gargano missed an ensuguri and then Cole turned it into a pinning German Suplex for a two count. Cole landed a kick to Gargano followed by one in return. Then Cole went for a Panama Sunrise, but it was blocked into a Sunset Driver for a two count from Gargano.

They battled on top and then Cole failed to hit a powerbomb and then he nailed a Codebreaker on Gargano off a dive and into a pinning driver for a two count.

They continued fighting and Cole reversed a dive from Gargano and then Johnny sent Cole into the barricade. Gargano hit his DDT for a two count and then Cole landed a kick off a slingshot spear from Gargano for yet another two count.

Then Adam Cole went to get a steel chair during the first fall. The referee fought with him and then he kicked Gargano in the crotch for a two count.

Cole teased using the chair and then the referee got him to stop, but Gargano whacked him with the chair anyway. He shrugged off losing the first fall and just continued whacking away at Cole with a chair.

Cole went outside and Gargano threw a chair right at his head before they went outside to fight in the crowd. This was rather brutal and Cole took a lot of abuse from Gargano. Then they finally made it back to ringside and Gargano hit a crossbody on Cole that sent him through the timekeeper’s barricade.

Johnny cleaned off the announcers’ table and they climbed on top of it. Then Cole got free, but Gargano hit him with a backdrop through the table behind them.

Gargano was about to get back in the ring, but then he stopped and grabbed a table before asking the crowd what they want so he got another one. He also threw in some chair.

Cole hit a shining wizard for a two count as soon as Gargano was back in the ring. Gargano wedged a chair in the corner and then he launched Cole into the chair before slapping on a Gargano Escape for the submission.

We’re all tied up and now William Regal will pick his third stipulation as the cage starts to cage. The top of the cage was wrapped in barbed wire and weapons were tied all around it.

There is no escape from the cage either so the only way to win is with a pinfall or submission. Gargano and Cole started firing off at each other and then they hit clotheslines. Gargano got a Kendo Stick, but Cole nailed a kick and then they started trading kendo stick shots until they hit a double superkick.

They continued and Gargano hit a reverse rana that landed Cole sitting in a chair which was followed by a Superkick for a two count.

“Fight forever” chants started as Gargano set up a table in the ring. Then Cole leveled him with two chair shots. Cole sent Gargano into a chair that was hanging off the cage before hitting a backstabber with the help of a Kendo stick.

Cole set up two chair and brought Johnny to the top rope. Gargano fought Cole off, and then he sprayed Cole with a fire extinguisher for a bad bump through the chairs for a two count.

Gargano started firing off with Kendo Stick shots and then Gargano looked up to the top where he saw a sledgehammer. Then Cole climbed up to stop him, but Gargano hit a powerbomb off the cage for a two count.

Then Johnny Gargano continued to climb up and he got the sledgehammer. Cole landed two Superkicks on Gargano instead of taking a sledgehammer to the face and then he climbed up and launched a ladder on Johnny to hit a Panama Sunrise for another two count.

Then Cole climbed up on top of a ladder and hit another Panama Sunrise on Gargano for yet another two count.

Cole set Gargano on a chair and went for a running knee, but Cole missed and his knee went through the chair. Gargano tried his best to make Cole tap, but it didn’t work at all.

After another exchange, Gargano nailed Cole in the ribs with a sledgehammer and then he set up the ladder in front of the table set up in the ring. The Gargano set up another table.

Johnny placed Cole on the table and he climbed to the top of the ladder. Cole rolled off the table and then Johnny climbed back down. Johnny hit Adam with another kendo stick shot and they climbed up where Gargano hit a top rope Canadian Destroyer for a two count.

Suddenly Gargano took out a sack and had brass knuckles and pliers. He climbed up and snipped some barbed wire and went back down with some barbed wire in his hand. Then Cole climbed up and he got on a platform on the top of the cage. Johnny climbed up with the barbed wire as “please don’t die” chants started.

Suddenly, Cole blocked a shot with the barbed wire and they all went through the table. Cole pinned Gargano and that’s how he retained the title.

Winner: Adam Cole

That was an amazing TakeOver event and no title changes took place.

Adam Cole’s back was cut up during that last bump.

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