WWE NXT video highlights: Final build to TakeOver In Your House

By Joseph Currier
Published: 9 Jun 2021, 06:30

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Last night’s NXT ended with Adam Cole standing tall heading into TakeOver: In Your House.

A face-off segment with NXT Champion Karrion Kross and his TakeOver challengers headlined last night’s go-home show. It broke down into a brawl that Kross at first got the better of, but Cole — who had only appeared via video for the segment up until this point — blindsided Kross with a superkick. Cole then laid out Kross with the Last Shot and posed with Kross’ NXT Championship to close the show.

Kross is defending his title against Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Pete Dunne, and Johnny Gargano in a fatal five-way match at TakeOver.

Ember Moon also got the better of NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez leading into their title match at Sunday’s TakeOver event. Gonzalez had attacked Moon and caused her match against Dakota Kai to end in a disqualification, but Moon was able to reverse out of Gonzalez’s one-armed powerbomb and lay her out with the Eclipse.

Two announcements regarding TakeOver: In Your House were made last night. Ted DiBiase revealed that the Million Dollar Championship is returning and will be on the line when Cameron Grimes and LA Knight face off in a ladder match on Sunday. A winner-take-all six-man tag match with NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed & NXT Tag Team Champions MSK defending against Legado del Fantasma was also added to the TakeOver card.

Plus, Xia Li tried to attack Mercedes Martinez ahead of their match on Sunday. Martinez was able to fight off the attack and then quickly defeat an unidentified opponent.