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NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

**NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn** was a WWE Network event in the TakeOver series that took place on August 22, 2015. It was produced by WWE, showcasing its *NXT* developmental brand. The event took place in Brooklyn, New York.

## Results

* Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Tyler Breeze.
* The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) (with Blue Pants) defeated Blake and Murphy (with Alexa Bliss) to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Apollo Crews defeated Tye Dillinger.
* Samoa Joe defeated Baron Corbin.
* Bayley defeated Sasha Banks to win the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Finn Bálor defeated Kevin Owens in a ladder match to retain the NXT Championship.
Matt Morgan

Morgan was first introduced to the World Wrestling Federation when he entered as part of its *Tough Enough II* program, but left the show early due to an injury.

Morgan made his WWE debut on the October 30, 2003 episode of *SmackDown!* and was chosen with the returning Nathan Jones by then-General Manager of *SmackDown!*, Paul Heyman, to join Team Lesnar, which consisted of Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones, Brock Lesnar, Big Show and A-Train. It was hinted that Matt Morgan and Nathan Jones would be a tag team, but their only tag team match was at the 2003 Survivor Series pay-per-view, when they took on Team Angle (not the stable introduced one year earlier, but a one-off combination of five wrestlers). They lost to Team Angle in a ten-person elimination tag team match at 2003 Survivor Series; Morgan was eliminated from the match by Kurt Angle after Angle gave Morgan an *Angle Slam*. Morgan was then used to make run-ins along with the other members of Team Lesnar, helping Brock Lesnar against his opponents.

Soon thereafter, Nathan Jones quit WWE, so Matt Morgan occasionally teamed with Lesnar. He teamed up with Lesnar, Big Show, and Rhyno in a four-on-two handicap match against Chris Benoit and John Cena on the January 22, 2004 episode of *SmackDown!*, in a losing effort. On January 25, he competed in the 2004 Royal Rumble match, in which the winner would get a title shot against their brand's champion at WrestleMania XX; he got rid of The Hurricane but was eliminated by Chris Benoit.

Morgan returned to WWE on the April 21, 2005 episode of *SmackDown!*, with a new gimmick as a stuttering big-man who was defensive over his speech disorder, and quickly defeated a then-unknown jobber, Brett Matthews. On the May 19 episode of *SmackDown!*, he allied himself with Carlito Caribbean Cool and became his "backup". Morgan helped Carlito defeat Big Show at Judgment Day, using Lesnar's former finisher, the *F-5*. The partnership ended when Carlito was drafted to *Raw*, and Morgan was subsequently released by WWE on July 5, 2005. His last match in WWE was on the July 7 episode of *SmackDown!* against William Regal, although technically the match never took place as Morgan was attacked by The Mexicools before Regal ever got to the ring.
Michael Buffer

Buffer began as the exclusive ring announcer for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) main events featuring Hulk Hogan or other top WCW talent until 2001, when the organization folded.

On *Saturday Night's Main Event XXXV*, for the first time in more than six years, Buffer returned to pro-wrestling ring announcing duties at Madison Square Garden in a boxing match between pro boxer Evander Holyfield (who was substituting for Montel Vontavious Porter) and pro wrestler Matt Hardy. Buffer appeared in the Royal Rumble 2008 commercial, in which he begins to say "Let's get ready to rumble!" only to be superkicked by Shawn Michaels, causing him to fall over. As well as being in the commercial for the event, he was the guest ring announcer during the Royal Rumble match itself.
NXT TakeOver: Toronto II

**NXT TakeOver: Toronto II** was a WWE Network event produced by WWE for their *NXT* brand. It took place on August 10, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Results

* Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) defeated The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Io Shirai defeated Candice LeRae.
* Velveteen Dream defeated Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong in a triple threat match to retain the NXT North American Championship.
* Shayna Baszler defeated Mia Yim to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Adam Cole defeated Johnny Gargano 2-1 in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the NXT Championship.
Lenny Lane

Lane first appeared in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as **Lane Carlson**, a jobber. He made his WCW debut on the April 14, 1997 episode of *Monday Nitro* by losing to the World Television Champion Ultimo Dragon. He later changed his ring name to **Lenny Lane** on the May 24 episode of *Saturday Night* during a match against Buff Bagwell, which Lane lost. He made his pay-per-view debut at the 1998 Slamboree event as a participant in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the Cruiserweight Championship; he was eliminated by Juventud Guerrera. His first storyline saw him as Chris Jericho's lackey. He later began advertising a product known as "Ab Solution Plus." Lane picked up his first victory in WCW on the October 3 episode of *Saturday Night* against Lash LeRoux. He appeared in the World War 3 battle royal at the eponymous pay-per-view on November 22 for a future shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, but Kevin Nash won the match.

In June 1999, he approached Lodi and proposed forming a tag team. Lane and Lodi were renamed The West Hollywood Blondes. The Blondes were an effective villainous tag team, though they rarely won matches.

In an upset victory, Lane defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr. on the August 19 episode of *WCW Thunder* in Lubbock, Texas to win the Cruiserweight Championship. With the assistance of Lodi, he defended the title successfully, including notably against Shaggy 2 Dope of the Insane Clown Posse over the next six weeks. On the October 3 episode of *WCW Monday Nitro*, Psychosis was announced as having defeated Lane for the Cruiserweight Championship at an unspecified live event.

Lane and Lodi returned as "Standards and Practices", a censorious duo who opposed the "adult themes" present in WCW. In a drastic departure from their previous appearance, they wore designer suits, carried briefcases and were accompanied by a secretary, Miss Hancock. Miss Hancock eventually abandoned the team. Soon the gimmick of Standards and Practices were dropped on an edition of *WCW Nitro* when both Lane and Lodi stripped off their suit and tie. In the following weeks, they competed under the tag team name 2XS, a gimmick more resembling two hard rock party-goers who wore just jeans to the ring. This gimmick too was short lived as they failed to get over, even in a WCW Tag Team Championship match and were soon pulled off television a few weeks later. Both Lane and Lodi were released from WCW in August 2000. Lane briefly reappeared for a short feud with The Wall in 2001, but was released once more.

Lane appeared on the October 31, 2004 edition of *WWE Heat*, teaming with Ken Anderson against Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier, and on the September 30, 2008 edition of WWE's *ECW on Sci Fi*, losing a squash match to Jack Swagger.
Mama Benjamin

Benjamin made her début in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in January 2006. She appeared as the mother to wrestler Shelton Benjamin, who had been going through difficulties in the preceding weeks. Her first appearance was on the January 2 episode of *Raw*, where she surprised Benjamin by showing up and yelled at him that he wasn't acting the way Benjamins act. Over the next several weeks, "Momma Benjamin", as she came to be known, was involved in several backstage skits resulting in her challenging wrestlers to matches in Shelton's behalf. Unlike in his streak before her arrival, however, Shelton won the majority of these matches.

On the February 6, episode of *Raw*, Momma Benjamin attempted to interfere in Shelton's match with the Big Show, only to have the Big Show turn to her and scream in her face. After he turned back to finish the match (which he won), Momma Benjamin fainted to the ground, prompting EMT's to rush to her side and wheel her backstage. The official WWE website later announced that she was resting at home after suffering from a heart arrhythmia, which was what caused her to pass out. Momma Benjamin returned to *Raw* the next week, but with an oxygen tank attached to her wheelchair that started being used as a weapon, especially on the February 20 episode, when she led Shelton to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship in the process, turning them both heel. Momma Benjamin was mentioned for the final time on WWE television on March 13, with Shelton announcing to the crowd that she was having heart surgery, and had no plans to return to WWE.
Mark Andrews

On January 5, 2017, Andrews was announced as part of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Andrews defeated Dan Moloney in the first round, advancing to the quarter finals. On the second night of the tournament, Andrews defeated Joseph Conners, advancing to the semi-finals where he was defeated by Pete Dunne. On the February 22 episode of *NXT*, Andrews lost his *NXT* debut to Dunne. On November 7, Andrews teamed with Cedric Alexander, defeating Joseph Conners and James Drake on *205 Live*. On the February 6, 2018 edition of *205 Live*, Andrews announced his participation in the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, where he defeated Akira Tozawa in the first round, but lost to Drew Gulak in the second round on March 6, which eliminated him from the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament.

On the March 27 edition of *205 Live*, Andrews defeated Tony Nese, confirming his rematch against Gulak for the *205 Live* episode after WrestleMania weekend. Andrews would lose the rematch and was attacked after the match by Gulak until Tony Nese made the save. On the November 7 episode of *205 Live*, Andrews was defeated by the Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy. On October 17, on the first episode of *NXT UK*, Andrews was defeated by Joe Coffey and was attacked after the match by both Joe and Mark Coffey until Flash Morgan Webster made the save. On October 29, Andrews defeated Wolfgang; after the match Andrews was again attacked by the Coffey Brothers with Webster making the save, however Wolfgang turn on them and joined the Coffeys in the attack.

In a triple threat tag team match at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Andrews along with Flash Morgan Webster captured the NXT UK Tag Team Championship after defeating James Drake and Zack Gibson to win the titles. After successfully defending the titles against Drake and Gibson, they lost the titles against Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) on the October 17 episode of *NXT UK*.

In June 2021, vignettes started appearing on *NXT UK* programming featuring Andrews, Webster, and Dani Luna. In the following weeks, the group would be given a new entrance and theme music and start working together under the name Subculture.

Andrews was released from his WWE contract on August 18, 2022.
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day

**NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day** was a pay-per-view and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their *NXT* brand division. It took place on February 14, 2021 from the Capitol Wrestling Center, hosted at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It was the thirty-third event in the NXT TakeOver chronology and the ninth in the Vengeance chronology—the first since 2011 as well as the first Vengeance to air on the WWE Network.

## Results:

* Dakota Kai and Raquel González defeated Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon to win the 2021 women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
* Johnny Gargano defeated Kushida to retain the NXT North American Championship.
* MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) to win the 2021 men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
* Io Shirai defeated Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez in a triple threat match to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Finn Bálor defeated Pete Dunne to retain the NXT Championship.
Kimberly Page

The Diamond Doll

The Booty Babe

Page's first WCW television appearance was in 1994, shortly after she became Diamond Dallas Page's regular valet, she was known as **The Diamond Doll**.

Page was engaged in a feud with Dave Sullivan, who objected to how Page treated her. Page won that feud but ended up losing Kimberly in a match to Johnny B. Badd at the WCW World War 3 pay-per-view event in 1995. Badd promptly freed her and she became his valet, simply going by the name of **Kimberly**. After Badd departed, she became **The Booty Babe** for The Booty Man, who had recently shed his "Zodiac" gimmick and left the Dungeon of Doom. The gimmick lasted until late 1996.

Kimberly did not appear on WCW programming again until March 1997's Uncensored, when she rejoined Page (now a face after having refused to join the New World Order) as part of his feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who had interrupted a Gene Okerlund interview with Page. Miss Elizabeth then flashed an NWO-defaced centerfold of Kimberly*,* after which Kimberly herself appeared from backstage having been spray-painted off-screen by the NWO.

After the Page/Savage feud ended, Kimberly formed The Nitro Girls in July. They danced during breaks on *WCW Monday Nitro* to entertain the fans. In February 1999, Kimberly became involved in an angle in which she was being stalked by Scott Steiner, which culminated in Page attacking Steiner in the arena parking garage on the February 8 episode of *WCW Monday Nitro* as Steiner followed her to her car; Steiner then stole the car with Kim inside, and attempted to run over Page in the garage. He then threw Kimberly from the car, and she was later taken away in an ambulance.

In October 1999, Kimberly again accompanied Page to the ring as his valet. On the November 1, 1999 episode of *WCW Monday Nitro*, she departed the Nitro Girls and later took part in a match against David Flair at Mayhem on November 21. In 2000, she turned heel on Page to join Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff's New Blood stable. In the storyline, she decided it was *"all about me"* instead of Page, and it was hinted she was romantically involved with Bischoff. She had brief feuds with Miss Elizabeth and Miss Hancock, and was also briefly paired with Mike Awesome, before her departure from WCW in June 2000.
Money in the Bank

**Money in the Bank** is a multi-person ladder match held by WWE. First contested at WWE's annual WrestleMania event beginning in 2005, a separate Money in the Bank pay-per-view was established in 2010. The prize in the match is a briefcase containing a contract for a championship match, which can be "cashed in" by the holder of the briefcase at any point in the year following their victory. If the contract is not used within a year of winning it, it will be invalid. From its inception until 2017, ladder matches only involved male wrestlers, with the contract being for a world championship match. Beginning with the 2017 event, women also had the opportunity to compete in such a match, with their prize being a contract for a women's championship match.

## Winners:

* Edge (WrestleMania 21 - 2005)
* Rob Van Dam (WrestleMania 22 - 2006)
* Mr. Kennedy (WrestleMania 23 - 2007) (Edge would win the contract from Kennedy in a match on the May 7, 2007 *Raw*)
* CM Punk (WrestleMania XXIV - 2008)
* CM Punk (WrestleMania XXV - 2009)
* Jack Swagger (WrestleMania XXVI - 2010)
* Kane (Money in the Bank - 2010)
* The Miz (Money in the Bank - 2010)
* Daniel Bryan (Money in the Bank - 2011)
* Alberto Del Rio (Money in the Bank - 2011)
* Dolph Ziggler (Money in the Bank - 2012)
* John Cena (Money in the Bank - 2012)
* Damien Sandow (Money in the Bank - 2013)
* Randy Orton (Money in the Bank - 2013)
* Seth Rollins (Money in the Bank - 2014)
* Sheamus (Money in the Bank - 2015)
* Dean Ambrose (Money in the Bank - 2016)
* Baron Corbin (Money in the Bank - 2017)
* Carmella (Money in the Bank - 2017)
* Braun Strowman (Money in the Bank - 2018)
* Alexa Bliss (Money in the Bank - 2018)
* Brock Lesnar (Money in the Bank - 2019)
* Bayley (Money in the Bank - 2019)
* Otis (Money in the Bank - 2020) (The Miz would win the contract from Otis in a match at Hell in a Cell 2020)
* Asuka (Money in the Bank - 2020)
* Nikki A.S.H. (Money in the Bank - 2021)
* Big E (Money in the Bank - 2021)
* Liv Morgan (Money in the Bank - 2022)
* Theory (Money in the Bank - 2022)
* Damian Priest (Money in the Bank - 2023)
* Iyo Sky (Money in the Bank - 2023)
NXT No Mercy 2023

**NXT No Mercy 2023** was the fourteenth No Mercy livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for superstars from the promotion's *NXT* brand division. It took place on September 30, 2023 in Bakersfield, California. This was the first No Mercy held since 2017.

## Kickoff Show:

* Blair Davenport defeated Kelani Jordan.

## Results:

* Baron Corbin defeated Bron Breakker.
* Trick Williams defeated Dominik Mysterio with Dragon Lee as the special guest referee to win the NXT North American Championship.
* The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing Lorenzo) defeated The Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius) (with Ivy Nile), Los Lotharios (Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo), and Out the Mud (Bronco Nima and Lucien Price) (with Scrypts) in a fatal four-way tag team match to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Noam Dar (with Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson) defeated Butch (with Tyler Bate) 2-1 in a British Rounds Rules match to retain the NXT Heritage Cup.
* Ilja Dragunov defeated Carmelo Hayes to win the NXT Championship.

## Main Event

* Becky Lynch defeated Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
NXT The Great American Bash 2021

**The Great American Bash 2021** was a television event hosted by WWE's *NXT* brand on July 6, 2021, and was held at the Capitol Wrestling Center, hosted at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

## Results:

* MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) defeated Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* LA Knight defeated Cameron Grimes to retain the Million Dollar Championship.
* Io Shirai and Zoey Stark defeated The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable

**NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable** was a WWE Network event produced by WWE, under their *NXT* brand. It took place on May 20, 2015 at *NXT*'s "home" arena, Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. It was the fifth show in the TakeOver series of Network exclusive shows.

## Results

* Finn Bálor defeated Tyler Breeze to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.
* Bayley and Charlotte defeated Dana Brooke and Emma.
* Baron Corbin defeated Rhyno.
* Blake and Murphy defeated Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore (with Carmella) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Sasha Banks defeated Becky Lynch to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Kevin Owens versus Sami Zayn for Owens' NXT Championship ended in a no contest.
Mark Coffey

Coffey would regularly appear on the *NXT UK* brand, being accompanied by his brother Joe Coffey in a winning effort on the first ever televised match on NXT UK. They would both go on to form the stable Gallus alongside Wolfgang and feud with British Strong Style. At NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Coffey and Wolfgang were unsuccessful in their plight to win the NXT UK Tag Team Championships from James Drake and Zack Gibson in a triple threat tag match, with the team of Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster winning the match and the titles. Gallus would lose the titles to Pretty Deadly (Sam Stoker and Lewis Howley) on the February 25, 2021 edition of *NXT UK*, ending their reign at 497 days, the longest reign in the brand's history.

On the July 14, 2022 episode of *NXT UK*, Mark Coffey defeated Noam Dar to become the new NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion, but would soon lose it back to Noam Dar on the July 7 tapings.

At NXT Heatwave, Gallus made their *NXT 2.0* debut, attacking Diamond Mine. On August 23, Gallus made their tag team debut on *NXT*, facing NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, which they would go on to win via countout. At Worlds Collide, Gallus became the second team eliminated from the fatal four-way tag team elimination match for the NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Championship. Gallus would go on to have a rivalry with Briggs and Jensen, with the latter winning a no disqualification tag team match between the teams. Gallus were later suspended in September for attacking multiple *NXT* officials.

At New Year’s Evil on January 10, 2023, Gallus returned from their suspension and won a gauntlet match to become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship, which they won at NXT Vengeance Day the following month.
NXT Roadblock 2022

**NXT Roadblock 2022** was the third Roadblock event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the *NXT* brand division. Unlike the previous two Roadblock events, NXT Roadblock aired as a special episode of *NXT 2.0*. The television special took place on March 8, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

## Results:

* Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo defeated Cora Jade and Raquel González in a semifinals match for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
* Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton.
* Grayson Waller (with Sanga) defeated LA Knight in a Last Man Standing match.
* Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray defeated Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter in a semifinals match for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
* Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) versus MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) for the NXT Tag Team Championships ended in a no contest.

## Main Event

* Dolph Ziggler (with Robert Roode) defeated Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker in a triple threat match to win the NXT Championship.
Mark Curtis

Curtis debuted as a referee in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1995. After leaving ECW, he went on to work in World Championship Wrestling. During his time in WCW, he earned the nickname "The Shooter" after a fan attempted to interfere in a match between Psychosis and Dean Malenko on the September 8, 1997 edition of *Nitro*. As the invading fan slid under the bottom rope to enter the ring, Curtis, who happened to have glanced over just as the man jumped the guard rail, kneed the fan in the face and placed the man in a guillotine choke, and held him there until WCW security could take him into custody.

On September 8, 1999, Curtis passed away. Curtis' death was briefly acknowledged on the following edition of *WCW Thunder*, but the first WCW event to have taken place after his death was a house show on September 11 at the Baltimore Arena, which was held in his honor with a ten bell salute. Late in the show, Shane Douglas, Chris Benoit, and Dean Malenko shared heartfelt words about Curtis and dedicated the show to him.
Marianna

Marianna made her World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debut in 1999, where she performed in vignettes as **Mrs. Cleavage,** the mother of Beaver Cleavage. She would continue performing with him throughout most of the year, often scolding him for his behavior in his matches. She would also try to get her son arrested many times throughout this angle because she claimed that he had been "beating her". Finally, this culminated on the October 10, 1999 episode of *Sunday Night Heat*, where she was arrested because of a *GTV* segment played by Glen Ruth that showed the police she had been faking everything.

She passed away on September 26, 2004.
NXT TakeOver

**NXT TakeOver** was a WWE Network event produced by WWE, under their *NXT* brand. It was the first event bearing the NXT TakeOver series name. It took place on May 29, 2014 at *NXT*'s "home" arena, Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

## Results

* Adam Rose defeated Camacho.
* The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) defeated El Local and Kalisto to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Tyler Breeze defeated Sami Zayn to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.
* Charlotte (with Ric Flair) defeated Natalya (with Bret Hart) to win the vacant NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Adrian Neville defeated Tyson Kidd to retain the NXT Championship.
NXT New Year's Evil 2021

**NXT New Year's Evil 2021** was a special episode of WWE's weekly television series *NXT*. It took place on January 6, 2021 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and featured WWE's virtual fan viewing experience for their *NXT* brand division called the Capitol Wrestling Center. The special was hosted by Dexter Lumis.

## Results

* Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) defeated Damian Priest.
* Santos Escobar (with Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) defeated Gran Metalik (with Lince Dorado) to retain the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
* Xia Li (with Boa) defeated Katrina Cortez.
* Raquel González defeated Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match.
* Kushida and Shotzi Blackheart defeated Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae (with Austin Theory and Indi Hartwell) in a mixed tag team match.

## Main Event

* Finn Bálor defeated Kyle O'Reilly to retain the NXT Championship.
NXT TakeOver: XXX

**NXT TakeOver XXX** (originally **NXT TakeOver: Boston**) was a WWE Network event produced by WWE for their *NXT* brand division. It took place on August 22, 2020 at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida and was the thirtieth TakeOver event.

## Kick-off Show

* Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) defeated Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch and Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) in a triple threat tag team match to become the number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championships.

## Results

* Finn Bálor defeated Timothy Thatcher.
* Damian Priest defeated Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano, and Velveteen Dream in a ladder match to win the vacant NXT North American Championship.
* Adam Cole defeated Pat McAfee.
* Io Shirai defeated Dakota Kai (with Raquel González) to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) defeated Keith Lee to win the NXT Championship.
Masato Tanaka

Tanaka debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) on March 1, 1998 at Living Dangerously, defeating Doug Furnas. In July 1998, he began a feud with Mike Awesome, who he defeated at Heat Wave 1998.

Tanaka formed a short-lived tag team with Balls Mahoney, and at November to Remember on November 1, 1998 they defeated The Dudley Boyz to win the ECW World Tag Team Championships. In doing so, he became the first person to ever kick out of the Dudleys' *3D* finisher. The Dudley Boyz would regain the titles five days later.

Tanaka returned to ECW in the summer of 1999, this time vying for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. On September 19 at Anarchy Rulz, Taz, about to leave ECW, defended the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against the returning Mike Awesome and Tanaka in a three-way dance. After just two minutes, Taz was eliminated by a combined assault at the hands of his opponents. After a further eleven minutes of brawling, Awesome pinned Tanaka with a *Kamikaze Awesome Bomb* to become the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

Tanaka faced Awesome for the title at November to Remember on November 7, but was defeated once more. He finally overcame Awesome on December 17, 1999 at an *ECW on TNN* television taping in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the first ECW World Heavyweight Champion not to be an American citizen. After the match, Awesome shook Tanaka's hand and fastened the belt around his waist in a show of respect, then attacked him as he left the ring and powerbombed him through a table. Awesome would regain the title at the next week's television taping in White Plains, New York on December 23.

Continuing his rivalry with Awesome, Tanaka joined forces with Tommy Dreamer to face Raven and Awesome. Dreamer and Tanaka defeated the Impact Players for the ECW World Tag Team Championship on February 26, 2000 in Cincinnati, but lost them to Mike Awesome and Raven on March 4, 2000 at The ECW Arena. This led to a tag team three-way dance at Living Dangerously on March 12, with Tanaka and Dreamer facing ECW World Tag Team Champions Mike Awesome and Raven and the Impact Players. Tanaka pinned Awesome, who had already defended his ECW World Heavyweight Title earlier that night, beating Kid Kash, costing Awesome and Raven the tag team titles, but lost the match after Dreamer was pinned by the Impact Players.

Tanaka's feud with Awesome was brought to an abrupt end when Awesome left ECW in April 2000. He faced Balls Mahoney on an episode of *ECW on TNN* and at Hardcore Heaven 2000. He remained with ECW until mid-2000.

On June 12, 2005, Tanaka revived his feud with Mike Awesome at the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)-produced ECW One Night Stand 2005 reunion pay-per-view. He was defeated after Awesome delivered a running *Awesome Bomb* through a table outside the ring and followed up with an *Awesome Splash*. He returned to WWE one year later at ECW One Night Stand 2006, losing to Balls Mahoney.
Mike Tenay

Mike Tenay made his WCW announcing debut in November 1994. Tenay would appear as a guest announcer during their pay-per-view matches due to his extensive knowledge of holds and maneuvers as well as lucha libre ring psychology. Tenay would later serve as a full-time play-by-play announcer for secondary television shows such as *WCW WorldWide* and *WCW Saturday Night*, where he was known as "Iron" Mike Tenay. He was also a backstage interviewer for Uncensored 1995.

On September 2, 1996, he was moved up to the main show, *WCW Monday Nitro*, where he served as a third commentator to the team originally consisting of play-by-play announcer Tony Schiavone and color commentator Bobby Heenan. It was there that Schiavone gave him the nickname "The Professor" for his vast and impressive knowledge of the wrestling business, wrestling history, and wrestling maneuvers.

In light of WCW adding *Thunder* as another major weekly show in its lineup, the announce team was pulling double duty during the week. Tenay was named the lead announcer for *WCW Thunder*, with Schiavone and Heenan serving as the on-screen auxiliaries. He remained an announcer with WCW until its purchase by the WWF in 2001.
Max Muscle

Big Bad John

In 1993, Muscle signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling. Later in the year, he debuted on WCW television under the name **Big Bad John**, making appearances on the promotion's secondary television shows *Saturday Night*, *Main Event*, and *Pro*. In 1995, he was repackaged as a heel under the ring name **Max Muscle** and became Diamond Dallas Page's bodyguard, where he consistently helped Page cheat in arm wrestling contests. However, Muscle's alliance with Page ended by 1996, as Muscle broke away from Page and briefly turned face. However, this was short-lived, as Muscle joined the Dungeon of Doom later on in the year under the ring name **Maxx**, reverting into a heel in the process. While a member of the Dungeon, Maxx wrestled and lost to Page on the March 17, 1997 episode of *Saturday Night* and then again on the March 19 episode of *Nitro*. On the April 1, 1997 episode of *Saturday Night*, Maxx wrestled his final match for WCW as he defeated Roger Boone.

On June 27, 2019, Muscle passed away.
NXT TakeOver: San Antonio

**NXT TakeOver: San Antonio** was a WWE Network event in the TakeOver series that took place on January 28, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. The event was produced by WWE for its *NXT* brand.

## Results

* Eric Young (with Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain) defeated Tye Dillinger.
* Roderick Strong defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas.
* The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (with Paul Ellering) defeated DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Asuka defeated Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, and Nikki Cross in a fatal four-way match to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Bobby Roode defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NXT Championship.
Mantaur

Bruiser Mastino

Mantaur wrestled his first two matches in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as **Bruiser Mastino**,defeating Nikolai Volkoff on August 25 and 26, 1994, at house shows. A few months later on the January 7, 1995 episode of *Superstars of Wrestling* (taped on December 10, 1994), Mastino debuted as **Mantaur**, defeating Walter Slow. The Mantaur character was that of a Minotaur who charged, trampled and mooed at opponents. Soon after debuting, he acquired Jim Cornette as his manager.

Mantaur then began a small winning streak, defeating a series of jobbers. He came close to beating then-Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon, but lost the match by disqualification due to interference by Jeff Jarrett, who was involved in a feud with Ramon at that time. Mantaur made his first and only pay-per-view appearance at the 1995 Royal Rumble, where he competed in the Royal Rumble match and lasted nine minutes before being eliminated by Lex Luger.

Mantaur was defeated by WWF World Champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart during a taping of *Wrestling Challenge* in Moline, Illinois on April 26, 1995.

Mantaur entered the 1995 King of the Ring tournament, but was pinned by Bob "Spark Plug" Holly in a qualifying match. In his final televised WWF match, he lost to Bam Bam Bigelow as part of a push to enhance the popularity of Bigelow as a babyface. Mantaur made his last WWF appearance as a lumberjack in a lumberjack match between Sycho Sid and Diesel at In Your House 2.

After leaving the WWF, Mantaur returned to his **Bruiser Mastino** ring name and joined Extreme Championship Wrestling. He debuted there on December 1, 1995, with a victory over The Dark Ninja. Eight days later, he lost to Hack Meyers at December to Dismember. A few weeks after that, he lost to 911. At Holiday Hell, Mastino defeated El Puerto Ricano in his final match for the promotion, in which he was jeered with "Mantaur" chants from the always-vocal ECW audience.

In April 1996, he returned to the WWF playing the role of Goldust's unnamed bodyguard. He appeared with Goldust at In Your House 7 in his corner for his match against the Ultimate Warrior. After Goldust lost, the bodyguard attacked Warrior but was overpowered and body slammed.

He returned to the WWF in June 1997 with the Truth Commission, under the ring name **Tank**. He wrestled on two *Shotgun Saturday Night* episodes until his release later that summer.

He wrestled one dark match for World Championship Wrestling's *Monday Nitro*, defeating Damián on September 22, 1997, in his only appearance for the company.

Mantaur passed away on July 11, 2023.
NXT In Your House 2022

**NXT In Your House 2022** was the thirtieth In Your House and third annual *NXT* In Your House event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for superstars from the promotion's *NXT* brand division. It took place on June 4, 2022 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

## Results:

* Tony D'Angelo, Channing Lorenzo, and Troy Donovan defeated Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, and Joaquin Wilde) (with Elektra Lopez) in a six-man tag team match.
* Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) defeated Katana Chance and Kayden Carter to retain the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
* Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defeated Cameron Grimes to win the NXT North American Championship.
* Mandy Rose defeated Wendy Choo to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
* The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus) defeated Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.

## Main Event

* Bron Breakker defeated Joe Gacy to retain the NXT Championship.
Monique Jenkins

On July 17, 2018, it was announced that Jenkins had signed a WWE contract. Jenkins debuted during the August 8 tapings of the 2018 Mae Young Classic, where she was eliminated in the first round by Rhea Ripley. During the August 9 tapings of the Mae Young Classic, Jenkins teamed with Jessie Elaban and Xia Brookside in defeating Allysin Kay, Reina Gonzalez and Vanessa Kraven in a six-woman match.
NXT New Year's Evil 2024

**NXT New Year's Evil 2024** was the fourth annual New Year's Evil television special produced by WWE. It was held primarily for superstars from the promotion's *NXT* brand division. The event took place on January 2, 2024, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired live as a special episode of WWE's weekly television series *NXT*. The broadcast was part of WWE's week-long programming of New Year's-themed shows called New Year's Knockout Week.

## Results:

* Lyra Valkyria defeated Blair Davenport to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
* Latino World Order (Carlito, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) defeated the No Quarter Catch Crew (Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp and Myles Borne) in a six-man tag team match.
* Arianna Grace defeated Roxanne Perez.
* Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton.
* Oba Femi defeated Riley Osborne to become the 2024 men's *NXT* Breakout Tournament winner.

## Main Event

* Trick Williams defeated Grayson Waller to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.
Mansoor

Mansoor was one of eight participants WWE scouted during a tryout in Jeddah ahead of 2018's WWE Greatest Royal Rumble, and was offered additional training at the WWE Performance Center. He was featured in a segment during the Greatest Royal Rumble where he and fellow recruits got physical with Iranian WWE Superstars Shawn Daivari and Ariya Daivari. He made his debut in *WWE NXT* under the name **Mansoor** on September 6, 2018, in a losing effort against Luke Menzies. He picked his first win on January 10, 2019 by defeating Rik Bugez. He won the 51-Man Battle Royal at the 2019 Super Showdown by last eliminating Elias. His next television appearance came on the 1 May episode of *NXT UK*, losing to Travis Banks.

At Crown Jewel, he defeated Cesaro in his hometown. On November 9, 2019, he made his debut on *205 Live* where he defeated The Brian Kendrick. At Super ShowDown, Mansoor defeated Dolph Ziggler. Following this, Mansoor became a regular on *205 Live*, developing a winning streak on the show by defeating the likes of Ashante "Thee" Adonis, Brian Kendrick and Jake Atlas. On the February 25, 2021 episode of *WWE Main Event*, Mansoor made his debut on the show defeating Drew Gulak. On the May 3 episode of *Raw*, Mansoor was assigned to the *Raw* brand. He made his in-ring debut the same night, losing to Sheamus by disqualification due to interference from Humberto Carrillo. In June, Mansoor began a storyline with Mustafa Ali, leading to a match on the July 5 episode of *Raw*, where Mansoor suffered his first pinfall loss, as Ali outsmarted him by faking a knee injury. On the July 26 episode of *Raw*, Mansoor teamed with Ali, where they defeated T-Bar and Mace.

As part of the 2021 Draft, Mansoor was drafted to the *SmackDown* brand. On the October 11 episode of *Raw*, Mansoor was attacked by Ali backstage after they lost to The Hurt Business, ending their alliance between the two. Ali would challenge him to a match at Crown Jewel later that night. At the event, Mansoor defeated Ali.

On April 22, 2022 in a dark segment before *SmackDown*, Mansoor was announced as the newest member of LA Knight's stable, Knight Model Management, alongside Mace, thus turning heel for the first time in his career. On the July 1 episode of *SmackDown*, Mansoor officially appeared alongside Mace as part of Knight's (now known as Max Dupri) stable, Maximum Male Models, under the tweaked name, **mån.sôör**. Maximum Male Models later welcomed Maxxine Dupri, Max's sister, to manage the team. Maximum Male Models joined the *Raw* brand on February 6, 2023 and remained on *Raw* following the 2023 WWE Draft. After weeks of spending time with Otis of Alpha Academy, Maxxine left Maximum Male Models to join Otis and Chad Gable on the May 15 episode of *Raw* when she cheered them on after eliminating ma.çé and mån.sôör in an Intercontinental Championship number one contender's battle royal. On September 21, both ma.çé and mån.sôör were released from their WWE contracts.
Mickie Henson

Henson began refereeing in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1992. Henson refereed the main event at Starrcade in 1998 between WCW Champion Goldberg and Kevin Nash, which Nash won. He also refereed the Bret Hart-Chris Benoit match in honor of the late Owen Hart.

After he was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005, he was placed on the *Raw* brand officiating matches, such as the John Cena versus Kurt Angle WWE Championship match at Survivor Series in 2005 and the Hardcore match between Edge and Mick Foley at WrestleMania 22.

He continued to officiate matches on *Raw* for nine months until 2006, when he was moved over to the newly-established *ECW* brand. He made his debut for the brand on July 18 edition, officiating a match between Mike Knox and The Sandman, as well as the main event ECW World Championship match between The Big Show and The Undertaker. He was named the *ECW* brand head official shortly after. Despite moving to *SmackDown* in February 2007, he was featured as the only *ECW* brand referee in *WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008*.

In February 2007, Mickie Henson was moved to the *SmackDown* brand and later became its head official. In late 2008, WWE made the decision to have universal referees, in which referees were to appear on every brand, which included Henson. He was then pulled off the road in 2008 due to health issues. On January 14, 2009, Henson was released from his contract with WWE.

Henson passed away on February 14, 2022.
Mike Adamle

On January 27, 2008, at the Royal Rumble, Adamle began working as an interviewer for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He then worked on *WWE Raw* as an interviewer, often making mistakes with each onscreen appearance. During his debut, he mistakenly referred to Jeff Hardy as "Jeff Harvey". He later became *ECW*'s play-by-play announcer on April 15, replacing Joey Styles. On April 29, Adamle left a broadcast of *ECW* before the main event match, and his partner Tazz was asked to do the same. This was worked into a storyline as WWE reported that Adamle and Tazz may have left due to fan criticism of Adamle's commentary. The following week, he cut a promo apologizing for his actions.

On the July 28 episode of *Raw*, Executive Vice President Shane McMahon announced that Adamle was the new General Manager for the *Raw* brand. During his tenure as General Manager, he promoted a variety of high-profile matches that he dubbed as "Adamle Originals." On the October 27 episode of *Raw*, as part of his storyline, he slapped Randy Orton after Orton insulted him personally. The following week on *Raw*, during an in-ring segment with Shane McMahon and Orton, Adamle resigned from his position as General Manager.
Mike Von Erich

Mike made his debut for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) on November 24, 1983, winning a match against Skandor Akbar during "WCCW Wrestling Star Wars" at the Reunion Arena. He was then involved in several encounters with The Freebirds. Von Erich and Michael Hayes brawled on October 17, 1983, in Ft. Worth, after Hayes ripped a jacket given to Mike by his brother Kerry. Mike teamed up with his brother Kevin against Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts on December 25, 1983. The only time Mike ever teamed up with his brother David was in January 1984 when, along with Kerry, they battled the Freebirds. Mike took David's place teaming with Kerry after David's death in February 1984.

WCCW tried to give Mike a feud of his own against Brian Adias in October 1986, since Kerry was out of wrestling with an ankle injury. Mike and Adias were to battle in a match at Parade of Champions on May 3, 1987, but Mike died on April 12 of that year. His final match took place at the Sportatorium on April 3, 1987, against Mike Williams.

In 2009, Mike was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame alongside his brothers and father, Fritz.
Michael Q. Laurie

Laurie made his *NXT* debut (though not signed to a contract) on September 18, 2013, losing to Aiden English. On January 30, 2014, he returned, teaming with John Icarino and losing to The Ascension. Laurie made another *NXT* appearance in 2016, losing to Baron Corbin in just over a minute. His last appearance came on March 29, 2017, going under the name **Mike Marshall** and teaming with Jonathan Ortagun to lose against the team of Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight.
Mike Davis

In the late 1980's, Davis competed in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) alongside Tommy Lane, where they became the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs. Teaming with Cactus Jack, the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs lost a match against Hector, Chavo, and Mando Guerrero at the only AWA pay-per-view, SuperClash III.

Davis and Lane soon moved on to World Championship Wrestling, where they were used as jobbers.

In 1995, Davis returned to WCW to work once again as a 'jobber to the stars', featuring on the *WCW Saturday Night* program.

On December 25, 2001, Davis passed away.
Muhammad Ali

On June 1, 1976, Ali confronted Gorilla Monsoon in the ring after his match at a World Wide Wrestling Federation show in Philadelphia. After dodging a few punches, Monsoon put Ali in an airplane spin and dumped him to the mat. Ali stumbled to the corner, where his associate Butch Lewis convinced him to walk away.

On June 26, 1976, Ali participated in an exhibition bout in Tokyo against Antonio Inoki.

At the WWF's first ever WrestleMania, Ali was a special guest referee during the main event.

Ali passed away on June 3, 2016.
Kensuke Sasaki

In October 1992, Sasaki started wrestling periodically for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and would wrestle there on and off until December 1996.

Sasaki began climbing the ranks in singles competition. He won his first major title, the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship on November 13, 1995, defeating Sting. This was the title's first change outside of the United States. He soon lost the title to dubious circumstances however, losing to One Man Gang, which was later claimed to be an official title match.
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4

**NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4**[ was a WWE Network event that took place on August 18, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. The event was produced by WWE for the *NXT* brand.

## Results

* The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
* Velveteen Dream defeated EC3.
* Ricochet defeated Adam Cole to win the NXT North American Championship.
* Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship.

## Main Event

* Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match to retain the NXT Championship.
Mark Starr

In 1993, Starr joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In WCW, he competed in the battle royal main events at the company's 1995 and 1996 World War 3 pay-per-views, but was not victorious in either. Although these were his only televised appearances at WCW pay-per-views, he also competed in dark matches at Uncensored 1995, Slamboree 1995, and Bash at the Beach 1995, losing to Alex Wright, Sgt. Craig Pittman, and Road Warrior Hawk, respectively.

In his later career, Starr formed a tag team known as Men at Work with Chris Kanyon. The team faced many of WCW's top tag teams but lost the majority of their matches. One notable victory came on the January 10, 1996 episode of *WCW Saturday Night*, when they defeated former WCW World Tag Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater.

Starr also competed as a singles wrestler, once again playing the role of a jobber. In one match, he teamed with Cobra, Prince Iaukea, and Rex King to face The Giant in a handicap match, which The Giant won in 38 seconds. He was also one of the many opponents defeated by Bill Goldberg during Goldberg's 173-match winning streak.

He would go on to challenge Dean Malenko and Ultimo Dragon for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship in 1997. One of Mark's most important final matches on *WCW Monday Nitro* was the infamous loss in New Orleans to Diamond Dallas Page in 54 seconds. Starr's final match of his career took place against Sick Boy on *Nitro* on February 16, 1998.

Starr passed away on June 7, 2013.