NXT TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II was a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on August 20, 2016. The NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II event was produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and streaming live on the WWE Network and is the 350th episode of NXT. The event took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Six matches took place at the event. In the main event, Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Samoa Joe to become the new NXT Champion. The event also saw the in-ring debuts of Bobby Roode and Ember Moon.
==Production==
===Storylines===
NXT TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines that play out on the NXT television program prior to the TakeOver show itself. Wrestlers portray faces or heels as they follow a series of events that built tension and culminated in a match or a series of matches.
At NXT TakeOver: Dallas, Asuka defeated Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship by submission when Bayley passed out. On the May 18 episode of NXT, Nia Jax defeated Bayley and kayfabe injured the former. At NXT TakeOver: The End, Jax, who was replacing Bayley, was defeated by Asuka. Bayley returned on the June 22 episode of NXT, where she defeated Deonna Purrazzo. In the following weeks, tensions between Asuka and Bayley escalated before a match was scheduled between the two at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn II. On the August 3 episode of NXT, after Asuka defeated Aliyah, Bayley, who was sitting at ringside after being offered a chair by Asuka, got in the ring after Asuka kept Aliyah in her signature Asuka Lock.
On the August 3 episode of NXT, a vignette aired of Ember Moon's upcoming debut at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II.
On the August 3 episode of NXT, Bobby Roode made his NXT TV debut. The following week, after Andrade Almas defeated Angelo Dawkins, Roode informed Almas that General Manager William Regal scheduled a match between the two at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II.
==Match Preview==
No Way Jose vs. Austin Aries 	Preview
Ember Moon vs. Billie Kay 	Preview
Andrade Almas vs. Bobby Roode 	Preview
The Revival vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa	Preview
Asuka vs. Bayley 	Preview
Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 	Preview
==Results==
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*Austin Aries defeated No Way Jose by submission (10:40)
*Ember Moon defeated Billie Kay (4:33)
*Bobby Roode defeated Andrade Almas (10:23)
*The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) (c) defeated Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship (19:10)
*Asuka (c) defeated Bayley to retain the NXT Women's Championship (14:05)
*Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Samoa Joe (c) to win the NXT Championship (21:14)
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Corey Graves
*Tom Phillips
;Pre-show Panel
*Renee Young
*Lita
*Mauro Ranallo	
;Ring announcer
*Greg Hamilton
;Referees
*Drake Wuertz
*Eddie Orengo
*Danilo Anfibio
==See also ==
*List of NXT pay-per-view events
==External links==
* TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn results at WWE.com
* TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn results at CAGEMATCH.net
* TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn Pre-Show on WWE Network
* TakeOver: Back to Brooklyn on WWE Network
Category:NXT Takeover
Category:NXT Wrestling pay-per-view events