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NXT TakeOver: In Your House lived up to the TakeOver name even with a less-than stellar line-up. By now, we should know not to underestimate the black and gold brand, and last night proved why.
Aside from the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, every title was on the line, including a returning Million Dollar Championship. On the five-match pay-per-view, we witnessed fantastic feats of athleticism, dominance, and carnage that's expected when you've got WWE Superstars like Bronson Reed, Karrion Kross, Ember Moon, and more.
Barricades were broken, bodies were crushed, and a momentary Undisputed Era reunion surprised viewers. While not the best NXT TakeOver of all time, the event was definitely worth the price of admission.
Today we'll be looking at five of the most jaw-dropping moments from the event.
#5 Cameron Grimes falls from the moon in an NXT ladder match
Cameron Grimes aimed to take himself and the Million Dollar Legacy "to the moon" at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. He succeeded in doing so with a fantastic ladder match against LA Knight. Between this and the ladder match with Jordan Devlin and Santos Escobar at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, NXT is two-for-two with this stipulation this year.
Grimes has captured the heart of NXT's loyal fans ever since he struck it rich and became the HillBillionaire (Technically millionaire but HillMillionaire doesn't roll off the tongue as well). LA Knight has been the perfect foil for him, and both have worked well with Ted Dibiase's Million Dollar Championship in theory.
Unfortunately for Grimes last night, Knight captured the title at NXT TakeOver after sending Grimes off the top of the ladder, crashing onto another one that was set up on the ramp. It was a terrifying fall, but Grimes came out okay on the other side.
#4 Tian Sha dominates at NXT TakeOver: In Your House
In her NXT TakeOver debut, Xia Li demolished the brutal and powerful Mercedes Martinez. This was four years in the making, as Li reminded the WWE Universe of her embarrassing three-minute loss to Martinez at the first Mae Young Classic.
It wasn't just Xia Li who caught the eyes of NXT fans, though. Her leader, Mei Ying, destroyed Martinez in one fell swoop.
Xia Li and Boa attempted to batter Martinez with a steel chair, but she was able to fend them off and even get some revenge on the duo. But when she turned to the ramp, Mei Ying stood up, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Martinez cautiously approached her with a chair, but it was knocked off before Ying grabbed her by the throat. Ying then, with sheer brute strength, launched her off the ramp high into the plexiglass barricade, where Martinez crumbled to the floor like yesterday's trash.
With that, Tian Sha walked away from NXT TakeOver: In Your House as a dominant force to be feared.
#3 Cameron Grimes takes a leap of faith
Cameron Grimes and LA Knight stole the show at NXT TakeOver: In Your House, didn't they? There were a lot of great moments in this one, including the terrifying ending where Knight sent Grimes careening to his doom before claiming the Million Dollar Championship for himself.
However, Grimes had another fall "from the moon" that saw him take out his rival in spectacular fashion. Knight launched Grimes into a ladder that was set up on the floor, but Grimes jumped up and began to climb the rungs.
Knight thought he got rid of Grimes when he sent the ladder down to the floor, but failed to notice Grimes leaping from it to the structure beside him. Grimes then caught Knight off-guard with a spectacular dive, firing up and making his way in the ring to try and claim the Million Dollar Legacy.
#2 A brief Undisputed Era reunion in the Championship match
The NXT Champion Karrion Kross demanded a five-way match at NXT TakeOver: In Your House. General Manager William Regal begrudgingly accepted, and after weeks of brawls between all five competitors, we were given one of the most brutal main events TakeOver has ever produced.
Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, Kyle O'Reilly, and Adam Cole were trying to steal the championship by beating one another. However, the main story of this match was their united attempts to bring down a seemingly unstoppable Karrion Kross. In a post-match interview, Kross stated that he "punched a hole" through the Mount Rushmore of NXT, and he was right.
Several times, all four challengers ganged up on Kross to try and put him away, but he always managed to withstand the punishment, delivering hellacious clotheslines, boots, and Doomsday Saitos to anyone who stepped up to him.
Adam Cole baited the champion to the In Your House entrance way, where Johnny Gargano and Pete Dunne launched him through the door. In no time, Kross recovered and launched several bodies over the barricade.
Even Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly were forced to put their differences aside to take out the Bringer of Doomsday, working together to drive him into the announcer's desk with a vicious powerbomb. As Kross loves to point out, though, in the end everybody pays the toll.
At the end of the match, Cole was left in O'Reilly's heel hook, a moment that the NXT Champion predicted and claimed could be his downfall. However, he managed to wrap his meaty arms around O'Reilly and synch in the Kross Jacket to walk away still NXT Champion.
#1 NXT TakeOver opens with a barricade breaking match
What was it that Big E said on the New Day Podcast last year? He wanted big meaty men slapping meat? If that's the kind of match he's wanting, he better call out NXT's resident Thiccboi himself, Bronson Reed.
The NXT fans have really gotten behind this monster, following him from Breakout all the way to his rise to NXT North American Champion.
At TakeOver, Reed flattened the leader of Legado Del Fantasma, Santos Escobar, against the barricade, as you can see in the above clip. On the go-home show of NXT, Reed and his tag partners MSK showed the footage over and over again, reminding Santos what was coming to him in their six-man match at TakeOver.
Bronson Reed proved that he was no liar, as the Colossal One not only repeated the spot, but crashed through the barricade, completely demolishing Santos in the process.
He wasn't getting up from that. He probably had to be peeled off the floor with a spatula or something.
What were your most memorable moments from NXT TakeOver: In Your House? Do you think the show lived up to the hype?
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