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The 26th TakeOver event took place last night for the second time live from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada and it definitely gave the main roster something to live up to tonight.
With just five matches on the card, it's easy to imagine that Triple H's brand has stolen the entire weekend once again this year, as NXT has so many times from Brooklyn. This Takeover event has always been one that has lived long in the memories of fans and last night was another huge reason why.
Whilst there were stand out moments throughout the night, there were also a number of botches that eagle-eyed fans may have picked up on. Despite this, it was still one of the most entertaining nights of professional wrestling in a long time.
#4 Who invited Pat McAfee?
Pat McAfee and Sam Roberts obviously do not like one another, but WWE assumes that they are the best panel for these TakeOver events and keep on inviting Pat McAfee back when it's becoming more and more obvious that he doesn't watch the product.
Last night was another example of how much WWE needs someone much better on the kickoff panel for Charley Caruso to then bounce off since he botched a number of his lines and a number of names.
The most embarrassing part of the entire thing was when he didn't even know where TakeOver was being held last night, since he referred to his location as Canadia a number of times, much to the annoyance of many Canadians who were tuning in to watch the show last night.
The kickoff show went smoothly aside from Pat's input, but this isn't the first time he's created controversy online and it's likely that WWE won't change the line up because of it.
#3 Montez, did you forget something?
The Street Profits kicked off NXT TakeOver: Toronto last night as they defended their Tag Team Championships against Undisputed Era members Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly. The Era thought that last night was their night as all members had the opportunity to walk out draped in gold, but things didn't exactly go to plan.
Montez Ford was the man who was able to pick up the win for his team with a fantastic frog splash, but it was on the illegal man. This was later confirmed to be a storyline backstage when Fish and O'Reilly went in search of General Manager William Regal to inform him that the victory shouldn't count.
One thing that was consistent throughout the match was the fact that Montez Ford had his knee and leg worked by Kyle O'Reilly, he had to make it to the ropes at one point before Angelo Dawkins saved him a second time. O'Reilly even pulled out The Achilles Heel at one point, which is why it's so confusing that Montez Ford was able to dance his way backstage without selling the fact that his entire leg had been worked all match.
#2 Women's botch
Mia Yim challenged Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women's Championship last night in Toronto, knowing full well that Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir wouldn't be able to play a role in the match, but despite this she was unsuccessful. The Queen of Spades was able to walk out of Canada with her Championship, but she was aware that she had been in a fight as the HBIC threw everything she had at Baszler.
Yim was another star who had her arm worked throughout the match before forgetting that she had to sell it. Baszler even performed the move that put Dakota Kai on the sidelines for months when she stamped on her elevated elbow, but Yim just shook it off and continued her match plan.
This wasn't the only botch in the match either, since the two women later had a planned spot to get through and Baszler seemingly forgot what the move was and they decided to make it obvious that it was a botch by completely redoing the entire spot.
Unsurprisingly, the women's match was considered to be the only low point of the show and given these botches, its easy to see why.
#1 Adam Cole will feel that in the morning
Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano definitely left the Canadian crowd wanting more last night in Toronto since the two men left it all in the ring when they competed in a stepped-up version of a two out of three falls match.
Cole picked up the victory from the first fall after Gargano willingly got himself disqualified before he was able to level things up when he forced Cole to tap from The Gargano Escape to end their Street Fight. The final match stipulation saw William Regal reveal a steel cage full of weapons for the two men to face off inside, which lead to a new level of brutality.
It was as part of this fall that Gargano went for a tornado DDT in the corner onto the steel chairs that were set up in a precarious position. Cole had no way of blocking the move, so he ended up taking the top of the chairs to the face. It was obviously an accident and the referee checked that Cole was alright afterward, but it was one of the most brutal spots of the match aside from the ending and it was obviously something that wasn't supposed to happen.
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