It's TakeOver hangover time, but NXT laid on a veritable Bloody Mary of a show in an attempt to combat the standard dip in momentum. New challengers emerged for both the Women's Championship and the NXT Championship, as well as rumblings from Dawson and Wilder about the NXT Tag belts, and the last third of the show was dedicated to a reasonably thrilling Battle Royal. Add to that the usual hot Full Sail crowd and the unnerving debut of Nia Jax and you've got the recipe for a solid comedown episode of WWE's third brand. The entire episode was structured around the battle royal, with talking heads from various superstars punctuating the hour. It gave the episode as whole a sense of identity and narrative, the sort of simple, focused storytelling that is so often absent from Raw's bloated three-hour monster. Full card (w/ finishes:) The Vaudevillains vs Angelo Dawkins & Sawyer Fulton Aides English pins Dawkins after a Whirling Dervish. Nia Jax vs Evie Jax crushes Evie with some sort of T-Bone powerslam for the pin. Battle Royale to determine the #1 Contender to the NXT Championship Apollo Crews wins by last eliminating Baron Corbin.
