| 1 | 06.11.2025 | sombrizo | 7.0 | Overall, this was a very good show, carried by two excellent matches: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks and, of course, the outstanding Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville main event. The tag match featuring Finn Bálor and Hideo Itami also delivered nicely, fast-paced and well executed. The rest of the card was more average -- not bad, but noticeably weaker -- showing once again that NXT TakeOver events of that era sometimes struggled with overall balance. Still, the show stands out as a success, elevated by the emotional intensity of the main event and the memorable debut of Kevin Owens, which clearly marked the beginning of a new chapter for NXT. |
| 2 | 26.10.2025 | Drew115 | 8.0 | |
| 3 | 06.10.2025 | AhmedHosssam23 | 9.0 | |
| 4 | 26.09.2025 | Aquila Heliaca | 8.0 | |
| 5 | 23.09.2025 | Chosen One | 4.0 | Das einzige Match, das mich halbwegs abgeholt hat, war Charlotte/Sasha, aber das war auch nicht mega toll oder so. Ich verstehe ja, dass Owens ein großes Signing war, aber sein Match hätte auch ein normales NXT Main Event sein können. Ich verstehe nicht, warum man ihn nicht einfach hat Promos cutten lassen und einen richtigen Feud aufbauen, sodass sein erstes Match beim TakeOver mehr Hype hat. Lucha Dragons und Vaudevillains sind beides langweilige Tag Teams, sorry. Hier hätte ich lieber Enzo und Cass gesehen, die locker das heißeste Tag Team zu der Zeit waren. So hätte auch Carmella dabei sein können. Boring Corbin wieder mit einem uninteressanten Squash Match. Balor & Hitami vs Ascension hatte einen langen Build, aber mich dennoch kaltgelassen. Der Feud war von Anfang an ziemlich fadenscheinig und substanzlos. Wirklich keiner wurde hier aufgewertet. Das Main Event fand ich auch nicht so interessant irgendwie. Klar, beides gute Performer, aber der Feud hat nicht so gehittet wie er sollte. Zu lasch irgendwie. Dass alle rauskamen, um Sami zu feiern, war ziemlich corny. Klar, das hat zum Angle geführt, wo Owens Sami attackiert, aber allein dafür sind die 4 Punkte meiner Meinung nach eigentlich schon gerechtfertigt, weil hier die endlose Freund-zu-Feind-zu-Freund-Spirale zwischen den beiden beginnt, die Stand heute, zehn Jahre später, noch ungebrochen ist. |
| 6 | 16.09.2025 | R9 | 10.0 | |
| 7 | 15.09.2025 | UltraMark1 | 8.0 | |
| 8 | 12.09.2025 | AugustBurnsRed | 8.0 | |
| 9 | 05.09.2025 | Cdawg987 | 8.0 | |
| 10 | 20.08.2025 | jaletta | 10.0 | |
| 11 | 20.07.2025 | TheSoultaker40 | 8.0 | |
| 12 | 22.06.2025 | Fight Malo Fight | 7.0 | Je pense que c'est le takeover qui marque un tournant, il est un poil mieux que les autres mais je pense qu'il est noté comme ça seulement grâce au superbe Main Event, on est encore loin de la qualité des ppv de 2018-2019. En vrai le match féminin est bon, L'entrée de Balor est cool, Owens en sang pour ses débuts c'est sympa et c'est à peu près tout ce que je retiens |
| 13 | 29.05.2025 | JRMac | 8.0 | |
| 14 | 23.05.2025 | Shainy | 9.0 | |
| 15 | 06.05.2025 | LRMania | 9.0 | |
| 16 | 08.04.2025 | MEDamine | 8.0 | |
| 17 | 31.03.2025 | Sky Master | 8.0 | The best takeover up to the point of its airing. Had solid matches even if only the main event reached great levels. It was so great any of the lesser early matches are made up for by its phenomenal conclusion and post match angle. |
| 18 | 13.03.2025 | bennythegeneral | 8.0 | |
| 19 | 17.02.2025 | Gilensky | 8.0 | |
| 20 | 14.02.2025 | TheVeganBunny | 7.0 | [7, 5] Die bis dahin beste NXT Show. Abseits vom Owens Debut und Balors Entrance ist der Großteil der Show solide, aber nichts was über Mittelmaß hinausgeht. Banks vs Flair und Neville vs Zayn tragen die Show und bleiben doch beide ob verschwendeten Pozenzials in den Schlussphasen hinter ihren Möglichkeiten zurück. |
| 21 | 24.01.2025 | ilyas | 8.0 | |
| 22 | 21.01.2025 | Danny11 | 9.0 | |
| 23 | 13.01.2025 | bmundie72 | 9.0 | |
| 24 | 06.01.2025 | AceHagann | 7.0 | This show was pretty average all the way through excluding the end of it. All the matches were fine if a bit bland. But the end was so good that it makes up for it a lot. And not only the Sami vs Neville match, but the post-match too. It was great seeing the big celebration, but KO's turn on Sami, and all it led to, really gives quite a bit of charm to this watch. ***1/2 |
| 25 | 30.12.2024 | CMgab | 8.0 | |
| 26 | 28.12.2024 | lukerocker9 | 7.0 | A more consistent event than the previous NXT special, but not peak performance yet. Kevin Owens debuts by destroying CJ Parker, who manages to break Owens nose with a palm strike to make for a menacing image of KO after the victory. As good as a 3 minute squash could be (8/10) Lucha Dragons retain the tag titles against Vaudevillains. Serviceable match with a lot of high flying moves, its over pretty quickly (6/10) Corbin squashes Dillinger in seconds and has a fee off with Bull Dempsey, the crowd counting the seconds was fun, but its a nothing match (4/10) Balor & Itami vs the Ascension is a solid tag match. A bit too slow on the heat section but pretty fun when Finn is in. The first demon entrance in WWE was a cool moment (6/10) Charlotte vs Sasha shows the potential the NXT women's division had and it was a good glimpse at future main roster title matches. Natural selection from the top was a good finish. They would have better matches than this one though (7/10) The Main Event is the best match of the night with Sami Zayn's underdog story culminating in him finally winning the belt off Neville. A lot of really good Wrestling but it wasn't as gripping as some other highlight matches from this era (like the Fatal Four Way title match or Zayn/Cesaro) still was miles ahead from a lot of the main roster at that point so it makes sense it got so much love (8/10) Post match we get a celebration with the whole locker room coming to congratulate Sami (forgot Sam iCallihan was in NXT at this time) and its all leading to the really nice KO heel turn by surprise at the end. Good way to close a fairly good show with an electric crowd |
| 27 | 12.12.2024 | crippleddonut | 8.0 | |
| 28 | 10.12.2024 | sampalmer95 | 9.0 | |
| 29 | 29.10.2024 | Obird122 | 10.0 | |
| 30 | 05.10.2024 | artisticxavier | 10.0 | |
| 31 | 24.09.2024 | WolfCola | 8.0 | |
| 32 | 22.09.2024 | nothingleftinside | 7.0 | This really is a two match show, the rest of it isn't really worth checking out. Kevin Owen's debut on the night Sami wins the NXT title is kind of cool however. The Ascension match was too long and boring for me, but the tag title match is compact and full of fun lucha spots. Charlotte v Sasha is as good as you'd think it is, and Sami and Pac put on a real show with a true classic. |
| 33 | 28.08.2024 | yanis17 | 8.0 | |
| 34 | 17.08.2024 | Dougbrn | 9.0 | |
| 35 | 17.08.2024 | Voolio | 9.0 | This is one of, if not my favorite NXT PPVs ever. Truly the start of the Black & Gold Era and how I got into NXT. |
| 36 | 08.08.2024 | YB2 | 8.0 | |
| 37 | 31.07.2024 | Aspion | 7.0 | (Sorry english is not my firtst language) There was to many squashes on this show like: Kevin Owens vs CJ Parker, Baron Corbin vs Tye Dillinger and The Lucha Dragons vs The Vaudevillains. And this random lose of The Asscension was for nothing but Womens and Mens title was a really good matches |
| 38 | 30.07.2024 | brooksavage2004 | 10.0 | The undercard is nothing to write home about really but the fantastic NXT Women's Title match, the NXT debut and phenomenal heel turn of Kevin Owens and the perfect main event revolving around Sami Zayn helps make NXT TakeOver: R Evolution a phenomenal show and the first classic NXT takeover. |
| 39 | 24.07.2024 | Lukeathon | 8.0 | As I finally have access to rate shows, I thought it would only be right to come back to the very first NXT Takeover I watched live. I didnt come into this blind mind you, I had been paying attention to NXT since around Summerslam and one man had more than caught my eye, that being Sami Zayn, who I will stand by saying is in my top 5 favourite wrestlers ever. I fondly remember this show but lets see if nearly 10! Whole years on it still stands the test of time. I remember this was the era of NXT before the true black and gold era where every match would be crazy good so Im intrigued to see how some of these matches are actually booked. We started out with Kevin Owens against CJ Parker, who would later go on to have a great career in NJPW and AEW as Juice Robinson. WWE didnt see him in this same light it seems because Kevin was pretty dominant, he got busted open in this but was built to look really strong, nothing wrong with this match, it fulfilled its purpose! (2/5). The Lucha Dragons then defended their tag gold against the fresh team of Simon Gotch (best known for burying Enzo Amore) and Aiden English (always criminally underutilised) this match was fine, no real heat to it but it was paced well for 6 minutes. (2.5/5). We had Baron Corbin squash Tye Dillinger, fun fact - both of these men were still on NXT as recently as April 2024. The gimmick Corbin had around this time of short matches with the fans counting along was actually really fun! (0.5/5). We followed that up with the Takeover Debut of Finn Balor and Hideo Itami going up against The Ascension. The story of Itami in WWE is a sad one but glad to see him back to his best as KENTA in Japan. This match was fine but there was never any doubt over who was winning this, the debut of the Demon here was truly awesome and Im beyond glad I got to see it in real life before WWE started to bury the gimmick. (3/5). Charlotte vs Sasha was next in a great showcase of what the Womens title scene in 2016 would constantly be. Thank god for these women from NXT for in-part saving the main roster women from Vinces awful awful treatment of them, a really good match which I remember liking 10 years ago and had me thinking Why dont they usually get to do that? (4/5). We finish up here with the meat and bones, Sami Zayn against Adrian Neville in a last chance match for the NXT Title. There was rumours swirling about Zayn heading to the main roster but surely he had to win this? Well in the best NXT match up until this point and an absolutely incredibly tense match, Zayn finally won the big one, really amazing match, I miss when Sami used to dive through the turnbuckle and land a DDT from it, thats such a good move. The after match celebrations and heel turn from best friend Kevin Owens just added to this and I would love for them to do this again if Sami wins a world title (maybe with Kevin as Mr. money In the Bank? ) I think it was a perfectly booked end to the show. (5/5). Overall I give this an 8, it showed the direction NXT was going in with some very promising performances from very promising talent but 2 squashes isnt exactly what you want to see on a Takeover show. |
| 40 | 20.07.2024 | beardystan | 8.0 | |
| 41 | 18.07.2024 | jacktheog | 8.0 | This show is easily the best takeover at the time it happened. Kevin Owens debut was sick and he was put over as a beast. A alright tag match and a short Baron Corbin squash match hurt this show, but after that it picks up with demon finn balor and kenta (not calling him Hideo Itami) in a tag match with The Ascension. Charlotte and Sasha Banks have a good match and then Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn have a tremendous main event where Sami Zayn finally wins the NXT title after months of bad luck. A nice celebration happens for Sami, but out of nowhere Kevin Owens turns heel and throws his longtime friend against the ramp. The shock ending was magnificent and showed why Triple H deserved the fruit basket for this great show. |
| 42 | 17.07.2024 | RealGrapsThomsen | 8.0 | This was absolutely awesome. There were two rather short matches, a mediocre tag title match, the debut of Finn Balor a demon persona, a pretty good horsewoman title match, and the main event was a really good wrestling match with an emotional title win and an even better heel turn. |
| 43 | 03.07.2024 | xGongShowJ03 | 7.0 | Half of these matches are rather short, but the last three matches keep getting better. It's a well structured Pay Per View in the second half. Charlotte and Sasha both have better matches, but even early on here they still have great chemistry. Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville is one of the best matches NXT ever put on to this day. |
| 44 | 24.06.2024 | sprint171 | 9.0 | |
| 45 | 22.06.2024 | watts | 10.0 | |
| 46 | 27.04.2024 | RyanKras16 | 9.0 | |
| 47 | 11.04.2024 | diamondtaker324 | 8.0 | |
| 48 | 11.04.2024 | qaywsxed | 9.0 | |
| 49 | 31.03.2024 | Den003 | 8.0 | |
| 50 | 15.03.2024 | Wrasslinfan619 | 10.0 | |
| 51 | 14.03.2024 | YannisPapiss | 8.0 | |
| 52 | 13.02.2024 | NABON | 8.0 | |
| 53 | 12.02.2024 | mxkami | 6.0 | Two squashes, two clunky tags, an underwhelming (but not bad) Horsewomen match, and one certified banger in the main. I went back and watched this recently (going through all of the old Takeovers, and you really see which ones stand up, and which fall over upon re-watching). I gave myself one rule: "don't let an environment dictate the rating; a s*** match that's full of botches but a hot crowd, is still a s*** match." Thus, a lot of these Takeovers that I thought I loved don't stand the test of time. Hot crowd, and WWE's take on an "indy style", but most of these Takeover matches even back then are plagued with rest holds and typical WWE peacocking. I feel people should go back and re-watch some of these... Especially considering the true resurgence of the Indy scene across the world. |
| 54 | 11.02.2024 | Cal1641 | 6.0 | A wildly overrated show, the main event was very good and shows how good nxt can get, but nothing else was truly amazing. Credit to Charlotte and Sasha for a having a better match than most women in american wrestling at the time (especially in wwe). The 2 tag matches and 2 squash matches don't belong on a network special like this imo and would fit in more on nxt tv. Kevin owens attacking Sami right at the end was a cool moment that really cemented Kevin Owens as a heel. |
| 55 | 16.01.2024 | Miglanista | 9.0 | |
| 56 | 16.01.2024 | SpookySuzuki2 | 8.0 | |
| 57 | 21.12.2023 | DaveCoop731 | 9.0 | By far the best takeover at the time of it happening. Not perfect because oh my gosh why are we still getting multiple squash matches in a Takeover card. Feel like the only purpose of CJ Parker (who I just figured out was Juice Robinson) is to get squashed on PPV. But there isn't a bad actual match. The tag division still isn't at its strongest like I know it is going to get, but the match is very average. Cool seeing the first appearance of The Demon and the match was pretty good with Kenta and Balor. The women's title match is great and shows off two of the women who made women's wrestling a big deal in North America. And the main event segment is perfect, including the match itself and the Owens heel turn. Great Takeover that still has stuff to improve on but is the first truly great card they put together. |
| 58 | 09.12.2023 | JediSaiyanMaster1203 | 10.0 | |
| 59 | 06.12.2023 | birds123 | 10.0 | |
| 60 | 05.12.2023 | arminamin | 8.0 | |
| 61 | 04.12.2023 | 704eb | 8.0 | |
| 62 | 28.11.2023 | Burner | 10.0 | |
| 63 | 16.11.2023 | psychostar | 8.0 | |
| 64 | 30.10.2023 | AidanArcher | 10.0 | |
| 65 | 22.10.2023 | Shadow Explosion | 9.0 | |
| 66 | 15.09.2023 | Hirsch777 | 8.0 | |
| 67 | 13.09.2023 | Garmonbozia | 8.0 | |
| 68 | 26.08.2023 | marexcel | 8.0 | |
| 69 | 20.08.2023 | KingsCrossing | 9.0 | |
| 70 | 12.07.2023 | JGM | 8.0 | |
| 71 | 06.07.2023 | TEBO47 | 7.0 | Pretty Good Event for sure but I do think the 9+ Rating is Overrating a bit too much. It was the Best NXT Event of the Year & better then most of the Main Roster PPV's in 2014 but I wasn't amazed by the Quality. I thought all matches we're solid except for Hideo + Balor vs The Ascension but Nothing really stood out to me, yes even the Main Event which I also thought was Good not Great. |
| 72 | 28.04.2023 | arkhamoutlaw10 | 9.0 | |
| 73 | 24.04.2023 | Kamilahclan | 4.0 | This honestly is really just a one match show. That's it. The main event which is fantastic and one of the best matches in the history of NXT brand, but the rest of the show is just downright skippable. |
| 74 | 19.04.2023 | Hugo CatchnFight | 8.0 | |
| 75 | 06.04.2023 | Jeaver | 8.0 | |
| 76 | 27.03.2023 | Ofir | 8.0 | |
| 77 | 19.03.2023 | maxster1604 | 8.0 | |
| 78 | 09.03.2023 | GulakBusick | 9.0 | |
| 79 | 19.01.2023 | SimonMatveev | 8.0 | |
| 80 | 16.01.2023 | JumpinJerry | 10.0 | |
| 81 | 04.12.2022 | MMGoose | 10.0 | |
| 82 | 19.11.2022 | akelly99 | 8.0 | |
| 83 | 28.10.2022 | PLRadek | 8.0 | |
| 84 | 07.10.2022 | puroraisedme | 8.0 | |
| 85 | 16.08.2022 | Iceq | 10.0 | Hat vielleicht nicht die von vorne bis hinten mit guten Matches gefüllte Card wie viele der später folgenden NXT Takeovers, dafür ist sie historisch signifikanter als alle anderen. Im Opener sehen wir einen debütierenden Kevin Owens, der einem unfassbaren Aufstieg bevorstand, welchen er damals wahrscheinlich selber sich nur hätte erträumen können. Das Match war kurz, aber Owens zeigt ein paar geile Aktionen, blutet aus der Nase und sieht wie der größte Badass aus. Außerdem steht ihm ein Typ gegenüber, der mittlerweile selber eine gute Karriere außerhalb der WWE hatte, in CJ Parker aka. Juice Robinson. Lucha Dragon gegen Vaudvillans war lange noch nicht die Tag Division, die man mal haben würde, Match war aber okay(**1/2). Corbin fegt Dillinger in unter einer Minute weg und die Crowd zählt das runter. Balor/Itami gegen Acension war sehr solide und Itami mit Balor im Team war eine nette Phase(***1/4). Charlotte/Banks zeigten mir damals, dass die Frauen auch richtig gut können und die Zukunft für die Main Roster Division sah gut aus(****). Neville/Zayn war von vorne bis hinten perfekt, da gibt es nichts von mir zu meckern. Eines der besten NXT und WWE Matches(*****). |
| 86 | 09.07.2022 | DarkPrince | 10.0 | Vom ersten bis zum letzten Match Unterhaltung Pur. Auch wenn die Matches vor dem Main Event nicht das Gelbe vom Ei waren, konnte mich alles (Aber auch schon Damals) hier komplett überzeugen. Opener ist das Debut von Kevin Owens, der für mich in der Zukunft ein absolutes aushänge Schild der WWE geworden ist. Auch trotz mancher lächerlicher Auftritte in der Zukunft hat Kevin Owens die WWE nie den Rücken zu gewandt, auch wenn man es öfters mal gedacht hat. Hier kann er auch bei seinem Debut überzeugen und geht komplett Over! Das NXT Tag Team Championship Match war Gut, konnte aber ruhig was länger gehen. 15 Minuten und das Match mit Corbin vs. Tye Dillinger Streichen wäre die bessere Lösung gewesen. Finn Balor + Hideo Itami vs. The Ascension war gut. Schöne Story + Schönes Kurzweiliges Match = Itami & Balor gehen Over (****). Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks war Gut, sie hatten aber auch hier in der Zukunft deutlich bessere Matches als das hier (***1/4). Main Event GRANDIOS! Wirklich Grandios. Dieser Aufbau und dieser Abschluss sind einfach der Hauptgrund warum man damals NXT geguckt hat, und es nie wieder fallen gelassen hat (Bis es zu NXT 2.0 kam). Sami Zayn holt sich den verdienten Sieg, wird Champion und schließt somit seine Fehde mit Neville ab, nur um die nächste Fehde, direkt darauf zu Starten. Und zwar gegen Kevin Owens! Das war damals so stark, dass man die Fehde zwischen Kevin Steen und El Generico wieder aufleben lassen hat. Das gab NXT damals so einen Heftigen Impact, dass einfach jeder Wrestler zu NXT wollte. Dieses Match ist absolut ein Instant Classic von NXT und der WWE und der Grund warum NXT niemals zu dem hätte werden dürfen was es heute ist. Sondern eine Talentschmiede für untalentierte. Denn meiner Meinung nach laufen die richtigen Talente nämlich in den Indy Ligen rum. Ein sehr sehr starkes Match (*****). Insgesamt einer der Takeover Event's, die NXT bis heute Geprägt haben und ein Grund, warum NXT erst so Erfolgreich gewesen ist. Wer wirklich den Anfang von NXT sehen möchte, sollte hier beginnen, denn hier hat wirklich alles begonnen. |
| 87 | 09.05.2022 | Reinhard Lohengramm | 9.0 | |
| 88 | 07.04.2022 | Tagir | 10.0 | |
| 89 | 15.02.2022 | ParkwayDriver | 7.0 | The main event is fantastic. Charlotte/Sasha had a good match. Owens had a memorable debut and a memorable close to the show. The rest of the show is fine but I feel this show has such high marks based on the main event as opposed to the overall show. It was among the better portion of earlier Takeovers but it is hard to compare this one to some of the ones that would eventually follow. |
| 90 | 11.01.2022 | MilkDDT | 10.0 | |
| 91 | 25.08.2021 | MrIslamy | 6.0 | The Sami Zayn match was great and I loved the story telling but the show cannot be carried by that one match. |
| 92 | 30.07.2021 | BK7Neunzig | 10.0 | |
| 93 | 30.06.2021 | HudE | 9.0 | |
| 94 | 13.06.2021 | Hawksrule996 | 10.0 | |
| 95 | 26.02.2021 | becky2belts | 10.0 | |
| 96 | 10.02.2021 | Aldair316 | 8.0 | |
| 97 | 08.01.2021 | Ovaldinho | 8.0 | |
| 98 | 28.12.2020 | Uweuwesen | 9.0 | Ein absolut klasse Event! Es gab kein schlechtes Match, die Squash-Matches waren passend und entsprechend kurz. Der Main Event ist hier klares Match of the Night und generell eines der besten des Jahres! |
| 99 | 26.12.2020 | KBanned | 8.0 | |
| 100 | 13.12.2020 | Strider | 7.0 | Really enjoyable show, while the undercard in ring action wasn't up to takeover standards, even the earlier ones, it compensated with good moments, great atmosfere, and for my money, one of the best NXT main events ever |
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