The lights go down and the cage starts to lower as we hear air-raid sirens throughout the stadium. We see a video package that chronicles the arrival of The Undisputed Era and how things have led to the WarGames match.
We see Dustin Rhodes and Arn Anderson sitting at ringside. Arn Anderson competed in 18 of the 30 WarGames matches! The rules of the match are explained but here’s a quick graphic:
Triple Threat WarGames Match
The Undisputed Era Vs. Sanity Vs. The Authors of Pain & Roderick Strong
We start the match with Young, Cole and Strong, with their respective teammates locked inside the shark cages on the stage. The 5 minute countdown clock begins.
Strong drops Cole with a right hand. Young with a shot to Cole. Strong with a kick to Cole. Cole with rights to Strong. Strong with chops to Cole. Young, Cole and Strong are scaling the top rope against the cage. Cole drops down and hits the ropes crotching Young and Strong over the top rope. Cole stomps away over Young and Strong. Cole with a fireman’s carry into a neckbreaker on Young. Cole works over Strong in the other ring. Strong with chops to Cole and connects with a running lariat. Strong with high knees to Cole and Young in separate corners in the final 10 seconds.
The Undisputed Era (Fish and O’Reilly) are in first as the shark cage opens. They hit the ring and go after Strong right away. Once he’s down, The Undisputed Era turns their attention to Eric Young, attacking him against the cage one by one. Mauro Ranallo reminds us that this match hasn’t officially started, because the bell only rings when all three teams are in the ring. Cole is pressing the face of Young against the side of the steel cage. Wheel barrel suplex by Fish on Strong from the corner. O’Reilly has Strong down in a submission. Undisputed Era goes after Strong again, bouncing off Strong who is back first against the cage. Time expires.
The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) are in second as the shark cage opens. Akam and Rezar clean up on Cole, Young and O’Reilly. Cole is launched from one ring over the top rope to the next by the Authors of Pain. Young is then tossed in a high back body drop by the Authors of Pain from one ring to the next. Strong is launched by the Authors of Pain over the top rope into the Undisputed Era and Young in the other ring. The timer appears and it’s time for the match to properly begin.
Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain) are released from the cage. The match will now officially begin. Wolfe has a police baton as he enters the ring, and he goes to work on the Authors of Pain. Dain is on the outside looking under the ring and brings a few steel chairs, trash cans, chains and kendo sticks inside the ring for WarGames. Young has a chair and swings away on the Authors of Pain and the Undisputed Era. Houston asks Dain for some tables, which he hears the chant and pulls two tables out from under the ring to a big reaction. Dain throws the tables into the ring and comes in himself.
Dain shuts the cage doors and wraps a chain around it. Dain appears to swallow the key as he goes after the Authors of Pain. Dain with a senton dropkick to the Authors of Pain! Dain with a diving cross body taking out a ton of people. Fish kicks away at the legs of Dain. Fish attempts a sunset flip. He hangs on, catches Cole and dumps Cole over the top of Fish! Dain with a fallaway slam/samoan drop combo. Dain is quickly becoming the highlight of this match tonight. Dain and Rezer exchange boots. Akam with a powerslam on Dain. O’Reilly uses chains to break up the pin. O’Reilly with a tornado DDT off the cage. Cole with a big kick to the head of Young. The Undisputed Era with a double superkicks on Strong.
Fish and O’Reilly with kicks to Dain. O’Reilly chokes Wolfe with a chain. Young with an elbow drop to break it up. Fish moonsaults over Young. Authors of Pain with double powerbombs and also hitting Dain before executing. Dain has blood on his face. Young takes out the Authors of Pain near the corner. Young drops Akam over Rezer with a Death Valley Driver! Strong with backbreakers and high knees. Strong with an Angle Slam on Dain. Cole superkicks Strong. Cole and Young exchange shots near the middle. Strong gets involved with Cole and Young. Cole is left alone after two Towers of Doom go down with help from the Authors of Pain. Akam and Rezer are setting up the tables side by side. Cole is trying to get away and goes up to the top of the cage. Mauro reminds us if Cole’s feet touch the ground it forfeits the match for his team. Meanwhile, Wolfe and one of the AOP are still on the ropes, and Wolfe hits a Super German Suplex through both tables!
Cole is snaking across the top of the cage, it’s pretty funny looking. Dain levels O’Reilly with a clothesline, after taking a series of great kicks. Dain then places a trash can in front of O’Reilly, who sits in the corner. Dain climbs to the top rope, near where Cole is sitting, and tells him to watch, then Dain leaps across the ring and hits a Coast To Coast on O’Reilly! Cole is still up top when Roderick Strong climbs up with him. They are both standing at the top of the cage in the corner. Strong with a superplex on Cole from the top of the cage crashing down to everyone below!
Cole gets a shoulder up when Strong covers him. O’Reilly has a sleeper on Akam. Fish finishes it off with a high knee. Young and Wolfe double team O’Reilly with a neckbreaker into a back suplex. Cole uses a kendo stick on Young. Young grabs a steel chair. He’s trying to get to his feet. Cole is backed up in the corner. Cole hits a runing shining wizard to Young with the chair to his face, and Cole gets the pinfall!
Winners: The Undisputed Era
After the match we see the carnage as all 9 men are down in the ring. Eventually Adam Cole and his brethren get to their feet and pose for the fans.
That’s it for NXT TakeOver: WarGames. What a show. Let us know what you thought in the comments and I will see you back here tomorrow night for WWE Survivor Series!
