[8.0] "Dunne/Bate and the tag ladder match were fantastic, the rest was good to great. It was definitely an easy watch (nice to see a Roode match that was 10 minutes shorter than usual, too), but the overall rating here seems a bit high."

[7.0] "Decent show i suppose but for Black and Gold standards this was below par - I personally find the Bate/Dunne match to be quite overrated and not to the suggested rating - The Main event is the match of the evening capped off by a brilliant ciampa heel turn"

[8.0] "Opener and the women's match were solid, Bate/Dunne was good and the last two matches were pretty good."

[8.0] "A very solid event. Not outstandingly bad matches, and two very good matches. It was an entertaining watch through and through. Bonus points for the last minute swerve. ****"

[10.0] "Strong Vs Young and the NXT Women's Title triple threat are both pretty good, Roode Vs Itami is fantastic, AOP Vs #DIY ladder match is really incredible, Bate Vs Dunne and the closing angle with the #DIY are both masterclass and the Chicago crowd helped carry this show to huge heights. Overall NXT TakeOver: Chicago 1 (2017) is such a really phenomenal show and another one of the best NXT shows ever."

[7.0] "A good show with a great match between Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne. There were some other good matches on the card, but the in ring was overshadowed by the despicable heel turn of Tommaso Ciampa, one of the better heel turns I've ever seen. The women's triple threat was fine."

[10.0] "One of the best takeovers of all time, great matches to showcase the great talent that to this day keep giving WWE great moments. NXT kept coming back to that last segment for the next 3 years, to me this is the beginning of the Golden Era of NXT."

[7.0] "A good event but one I was not as high on as others. Three very good matches in the main event, world title match, and Bate/Dunne. The other two were fine-solid. Still a good show but not one that I saw quite at the level that others seemed to overall."

[9.0] "Great show. First match was between Eric Young vs Roderick Strong that was ok - ***. Dunne vs Bate for the UK Championship stole the show, it was an amazing technical match that I pity for not being longer. I bet these two one day given the right time will put on a 5 or 5. 75 match. - ****3/4. Asuka vs Ember Moon vs Ruby Riot was solid - ***. Roode vs Itami for the NXT Championship was really good to watch - ****. The main event for the Tag Titles was awesome, DIY vs AOP was a great match as expected and Ciampa's heel turn in the end was amazing, he got real heel heat. - ****1/2 Overall a great show. 8. 7/10"

[6.0] "I rate by averaging out my overall match ratings to give an overall rating (few points may be added for anything extra special! ) Roderick Strong match – 7. 5/10 – Solid match with a great ending but nothing really special throughout match Pete Dunn match – 8/10 – Well worked match which picked up towards the end, a good blend of technical and highflying matchup. Asuka match – 2. 5/10 – Not a fan of womens wrestling, but was an ok match. Asuka winning was predictable and is getting boring now. Bobby Roode match – 3/10 – Quite a boring match (not a fan of Roode), but the ending was ok. The outcome was expected by quite annoying to see Hideo be passed over again. Authors of Pain match – 9. 5/10 – Excellent match from start to finish – MOTN – Once again the tag teams steal the show 1. 5 added extra for Ciampa heel turn"

[8.0] "Great show. Opener was quite good, but unspectacular. Dunne/bate was crazy spotfest, MOTN for sure and US MOTY. Women title was a huge disappointment. Sloppy, boring, forgettable. Nxt title was surprising good. I didn't expect much, roode's work was good here unlike his usual borefest. Main event was excellent, told great story here, post match was off the chart."

[9.0] "As always, Takeover delivered and them some. Strong vs Young got things off to a nice start. Really fun bout which built more sympathy for Roddy which NXT has done a good job with. Crowd was generally excited to see him pull off the win. (***1/2) Dunne vs Bate is arguably WWE/NXT MOTY, don't have to explain much but it was that good. Simply put its a MUST WATCH. (****3/4) The Women's triple threat was solid but I feel people slightly overrate it. It was a nice little sprint but at no time did I feel Cross nor Riot would win which hurt it for me. (***) Roode vs Itami was great. Didn't feel as big time as other NXT Title matches but it delivered and Itami looked strong in defeat atleast. (****) Ladder match was crazy and was a hell of a conclusion to this feud with some great storytelling. DIY nearly killed themselves trying to outsmart AOP and AOP impressed once more in a match thats out of their element. (****1/4) Extra points for that shocking but well executed heel turn by Ciampa. Can't wait till he returns to start that feud."

[8.0] "Really good show with nothing I would say was less than very good . The show did suffer from having a legitimate show stealer in the UK title match . No matter what they did no one was going to follow that . It was one of the better matches I have seen this year and both athletes where extremely impressive . Asuka remains in NXT for some unknown reason . It might be for the better because she is being used properly here and definitely will not be used properly on the A or B rosters . Itami looked good but was still a shell of his former greatness . Matches worth watching : all of them and my top match was Tyler Bate (c) vs. Pete Dunne ."

[7.0] "*** 1/4 stars for Young vs. Strong. **** 1/4 stars for Dunne vs. Bate. *** 1/2 stars for Asuka vs. Cross vs. Riot. *** 1/4 stars for Roode vs. Itami. *** stars for AOP vs. DIY."

[10.0] "There wasn't one bad match in this one. The UK Title match was MoTN though the Tag title one came a close second. An emotional turn to end the show."

[9.0] "Par for the course for NXT TakeOver events, the Chicago edition provided another great night of wrestling action. While there were no bad matches, two especially stood out - the Bate vs Dunne UK Title match was easily a Match of the Year candidate, while the main event ladder match for the Tag Title provided some great action along with a well-executed and surprising turn angle for Ciampa afterward. The rest was very good as well. Another must-see in the NXT canon."

[10.0] "Best WWE show in 2017, maybe same level NXT Takeover San Antonio. Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young: ***1/4, Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate: ****1/2, Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Ruby Riot: **3/4, Bobby Roode vs. Hideo Itami: ****, The Authors of Pain vs. DIY: ****1/4""

[9.0] "This was one of the best WWE shows of 2017 so far. The Roderick Strong / Eric Young match was a ton of fun and great way to kick off the show. Pete Dunne / Tyler Bate is a five star match, and the best WWE match of the year, hands down. The NXT Women's match was great but suffered due to following up the UK Championship match. Itami/Roode was a solid performance and probably the most exciting match Itami has had in NXT. The ladder match was fantastic and the aftermath was heartbreaking. Such a great show."

[8.0] "Yet again the NXT brand put-on the best professional wrestling product of all within the WWE universe. I'm not sure if the UK Championship is under the NXT umbrella but those guys were incredible partly because they didn't compete within the rhythm of the far majority of WWE matches. Unlike someone like Gargano who has easily adopted WWE patterned behaviorisms, like pausing between dramatic moments to facially convey an idea prior to its execution, Dunne/Bate went out and competed w/out really acknowledging the crowd and instead crammed all they had, physically/spiritually, to impress upon us that their new show on the WWE network is must-see TV. If only the guys on 205 live were allowed to compete at that level. With regards to the other matches, ever so hard-charging Roddy was awesome tonight as he believably took apart all three Sanity goofs in a 3 1/4 contest. I thought all three ladies' timing was a bit off so that and the fact that their match returned us, the audience, back to the rhythm of most WWE matches made the show take a slight dip in the middle. 2 1/2 Percy, Percy... wherefor art thou Percy? At least the dude is modest in that he's not trying to overwhelm the booth as we all know he's there for 'quota. ' A 4 star, 3 1/2 star, 3 1/3, 3 1/4 and 2 1/2 should probably equal an 8."

[10.0] "Awesome show. Young vs Strong was a great opener. Crowd was really for Roddy and they wrestled a fun match ***3/4. Bate vs Dunne was absolutely epic and the crowd was insane for it. My favorite WWE match of the year thus far ****3/4. Asuka vs Riot vs Cross was a fine match to follow that classic ***1/4. Itami vs Roode was really great. The ending minutes to this match were great ****. DIY vs AoP was an awesome main event and ladder match. DIY can work great matches with anyone ****1/4. Damn that ending was incredible but heartbreaking. Came out of nowhere. Ciampa/Gargano will be great. Fantastic Takeover and an overall very easy watch"

[10.0] "Just an all-around great wrestling show. Possibly the best total package TakeOver since I started watching NXT back in Dallas."

[9.0] "Roddy vs EY - *** 1/2 , Dunne vs Bate - *****, Asuka vs Nikki vs Ruby - ***, Roode vs Itami - ****1/2, AoP vs DIY - ****1/2. Amazing show. The worst match was the women's title match which suffered from an abrupt end and that was not even a bad match. Loved the selling during the Roode vs Itami match. The tag match was great although AoP as usual forgot to sell before the finish. The ending angle was phenomenal and highly emotional. Worth your 9. 99 subscription 10 times fold this show."

[10.0] "Roddy vs Eric young *** , Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne ***** the definitely stole the show what a match , women triple threat was very bad ** 1/2 , Roode vs Hiedo good match but no more *** 3/4 , and the main event #DIY vs AOP **** , the post match with the ciampa's turn was perfect."

[9.0] "Strong Vs EY ***1/2. Dunne Vs Bate *****. Asuka Vs Cross Vs Ruby **1/2. Roode Vs Itami ****. AoP Vs DIY ****1/4. Very nice opener with good work by Strong. Good heel work by EY and Wolfe/Dain. Dunne Vs Bate was fantastic. Second best NXT match ever. Women's match was pretty disappointing. A lot of sloppy work. Roode Vs Itami was a nice brawling match and ending was nice. Tag match was awesome and the after segment was one of the greatest turns in NXT. Very good show."

[8.0] "EY/Strong: ***1/4. Felt long. Sanity is all the bad parts of Suzukigun or LIJ, with none of the good parts. Match was good. UK Title Match: ****1/4. Super hot crowd. Jim Ross was terrible calling this match. Terrible. Match was fantastic nonetheless. Women's title match: ***1/4. About what I expected. Good, but nothing special. NXT title match: ***3/4. The fact that this didn't end the show speaks volumes. They didn't trust Itami, a weak challenger and Roode, a champion who isn't clicking like they thought he would. Match was pretty good, but not at the level of Takeover title match. Tag Title Ladder Match: ****. Great storytelling in this match. Post match was great too. Great show."

[10.0] "IMO this is the best show WWE had produced all year and it had 2 legit MOTY contenders on it. There was not one bad match the entire night. Dunne/Bates just put the UK Division and title on the map. This is the best match of the year so far, slightly better than Cena/Styles. Holy cow what a great wrestling show, its a shame the main roster cant learn from NXT and put together amazing shows like this"

[10.0] "Amazing PPV ! Strong vs Young : *** Dunne vs Bate ***** Asuka vs Cross vs Riot *** Roode vs Itami ***3/4 DIY vs AOP ****1/2"

[9.0] "The best TakeOver this year so far, and every match was good to excellent. The opener was a nice showing for both men with Roddy really coming off as a great babyface in the making, ***1/2. The UK Championship match did more than steal the show, but also stealing the year as the WWE MOTY , ****3/4. The womens triple threat was surprisingly really fun with each woman getting their time to shine, ***1/2. The NXT Championship match was actually better than expected as while there wasn't much style, there was a lot of great substance, ****. The main event for the NXT Tag Championships was a great swan song for DIY to go out on, but that after match beat down was heartbreaking, ****1/4."

[10.0] "Strong vs. Young: ***1/4; Bate vs. Dunne: ****3/4, maybe *****, I need to rewatch it, MOTY for me; Asuka vs. Cross vs. Riot: ***1/4; Roode vs. Itami: ****; AOP vs. #DIY: ****1/2. What a Takeover!"

[10.0] "Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young: 4/5 (****) - A very solid opening match, Roddy was insanely over, opened the match smart by taking out Dain and Wolfe, and was just awesome. Eric Young played the perfect heel, and seeing Strong use the End of Heartache was a mark out moment. Tyler Bate © vs. Pete Dunne: 5/5 (*****) - Simply put, one of the greatest matches I’ve ever watched live. Bate & Dunne are the goddamn future of wrestling. The story of the dominant babyface champion vs. the heel who beat everyone expect him was amazing, and they just put on a jaw droppingly great match. Bate hitting a spiral tap was one of the biggest shocks of the night. Asuka © vs. Nikki Cross vs. Ruby Riot: 3. 75/5 (*** Ÿ) - Another solid womens match, and I loved the finish, but it’s hard to get invested when Asuka always wins. Bobby Roode © vs. Hideo Itam: 4. 25/5 (**** Œ) - Bobby Roode is the best NXT Champ since Neville, and Itami was the perfect babyface challenger. Was an excellent match, and yet again showcased Bobby Roode as the smartest heel in wrestling. #DIY vs. The Authors Of Pain: 4. 5/5 (**** œ) - About damn time the tag titles main evented a Takeover. If it wasn’t for Bate/Dunne, this would have stolen the show. Just an absolutely brutal and intense ladder match, full of heart stopping spots. Oh, and Tomasso Ciampa is fucking dead to me."

[10.0] "Honestly, one of my favorite Takeover's top to bottom. EY/Strong was an excellent opener, carried by Strong's good offense and EY's awesome bumping. Dunne/Bate was a great action packed match, not my favorite of the night but I can see why people like it on that level. The women's match was also quite great and I think people are sleeping on the way the match worked on a deeper level than just being action, being chock full of great character work and telling a good story. Roode/Itami blew away my expectations, I kind of thought Kenta would never give a great WWE performance at this point but he pulled it out, and Roode, WOW, Roode was absolutely on fire here, the way he told the story of the match from start to finish, from his GTS dodges to his truly beautiful arm selling to that sweet, sweet rolling DDT finish, he was the man of the night in my opinion. This is definitely one to go out of your way to watch, awesome stuff. The finishing ladder match was a little clunky in execution but told a great emotional story, and the finish to the event is some 10/10 stuff. Just great, great Takeover."

[7.0] "Roddy/EY was a very solid opener - always good to see one of my favorites in Roderick Strong shine; I did think the match went a tad too long though (**3/4), Bate/Dunne was certainly very memorable - lots of big spots, I think the build to the big spotfest section of the match could've been better, but it still was a very good match overall (***1/2), the women's triple threat disappointed me greatly - Ruby Riot looked sloppy & the match had your usual triple threat tropes (**), Roode/Itami was phenomenal, a top tier MOTYC for WWE in 2017 - one of the best matches in NXT history (****3/4), the main event wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be, but it was still good (***) & the post-match angle w/ Ciampa turning on Gargano was excellent. Overall a good show - loved Roode/Itami, Bate/Dunne was very good & the ME was good."

[9.0] "Incredible Takeover, Pete Dunne vs Tyler Bate Was Freaking Awesome. Match Of the Night and MOTY Contender. Opener Was Great. 3Way WomenŽs Match was Good, The end was Bad, Anticlimatic. Itami vs Roode was Great. Brutal Psycology. Tag Team Ladder Match was Great Too. I think DIY had a lot more to give, but the heel turn was super effective, Ciampa has the hatred of the crowd and Gargano is a natural Babyface."

[9.0] "Absolutely awesome takeover show. Roddy vs Young was very good and the crowd was hot for Roddy, the finish with End of Heartache was a mark out moment for me and Roddy deserved his win(***3/4). Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne was absolutely amazing, match of the year for WWE(****3/4). The Women's title match was just a filler, Asuka is so overrated, i'm sick of her reign now, hope Ember Moon take that title off her at Takeover Brooklyn III. The match was alright(***1/4). Roode vs Itami was a solid title match and the first time i have enjoyed any Roode's match and Itami's strong style was awesome, don't know why the hell the crowd didn't showed much appreciation, that match was amazing(****1/4). The Tag Ladder match was average with a hot crowd but the there were very low high spots that ladder matches are famous for, but the storytelling and ending was great(****)"

[9.0] "Another Takeover that delivered; NXT's one constant. Roddy vs EY was a really nice opener for something that was barely built; Strong overcoming the odds of Young and two big men while the crowd was into him was really cool, although EY didn't really add a lot (***1/4 to ***1/2). Bate vs Dunne didn't excite me on paper, but they proved me wrong and had a really awesome match; the story that the UK Tourney told wasn't there, and besides their battle for the title nothing replaced it, and that wasn't great, but the actual in-ring was SO exciting, fluid, and generally improved that it's pretty close regardless; I still feel in the minority for not calling it a MOTYC, but it was really, REALLY great (****1/4 to ****1/2) Asuka vs Ruby vs Cross was a satisfactory 3-Way that had some neat spots and had a story between Ruby & Cross built into the title reign of Asuka's story; this was hurt by Ember being hurt, since she's the one being built for the title, but it was still very good stuff (***1/2). Roode/Itami was the best performance out of Roode I've seen in a while, and had Hideo put in a damn good return performance to Takeover (although his #1 Contendership match was much better); the beginning minutes for a while weren't much and dragged, but the second half surpassed anything in either of those previous two Takeover main events with some great selling from both guys into a smart finishing sequence; G2S protected and Roode wounded in victory (***3/4). The main event was a great ladder match, but a FANTASTIC storytelling piece, and for that it's my MOTN: DIY vs AoP is already a tough matchup for the smaller faces, but the ways they told the big vs small story with the ladders, the way they set up the big moments, the incredible friendship showed by Gargano, and all the small details from the beginning through the post-match turn were INSANE; a stupendously well-executed story inside an above-average ladder match (****1/2)."

[9.0] "Best TakeOver since Toronto, and one of the best ever. Pete vs Dunne was a freaking masterpiece, tag team match was great, with a shocker after the match. Opener and Roode vs Itami, also really good. Only the women's match felt a bit slow, but was decent overall. 9/10"

[10.0] "This Takeover totally delivered for me and is one there for one of the best Takeover's ever as well. Strong/Young was a GREAT opener (****), Bate/Dunne delivered as expected (****1/2), Women's 3 way was decent (**1/2), Roode/Itami was borderline great (***3/4), and the main event was a great way to end the show in my estimation (****). Overall a very strong Takeover and the ending to this show with the DIY split just left me speechless as well."

[8.0] "Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young * - This match dissapointed so much , I think an NXT opener shouldn't be as boring as that... the crowd was dead too and they had reasons to do that. I really didn't like it. Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate ***** - Absoluteley amazing match , it had it all , great to see two young superstars having such a great chemistry. Match of the Year candidate for sure. Asuka vs. Ruby Riot vs. Nikki Storm ** 3/4 - Pretty good women triple threat... but please stop pushing Asuka , she is really overrated , Nikki Cross and Ruby Riot did all the hard work, and the ending kinda sucks Bobby Roode vs. Hideo Itami *** 3/4 - Good match at least close to the end... the bad part is that was removed from Main Event and we all knew almost for sure that Bobby will retain. Anyway it was nice.. but below the one from Takeover Orlando Authors of Pain vs. DIY *** 1/4 Nice one but honestly i expected much more , probably if it wasn't a ladder match it would've been something better but I'm pleased anyway. It sucked that Tonny turned on Gargano I thought they will debut as a team in Main Roster.. but I won't include that in my rating. In conclusion , Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate was the greatest match of the night followed by Bobby Roode vs. Hideo Itami"

[8.0] "Sanity vs. Strong was a great opening match. It's good to see and obviously hear Jim Ross. What a fantastic match Tyler vs. Pete was, I strongly recommend to watch it. Women's Championship Match was fine, having to follow-up Bate vs. Dunne didn't help but the match was decent. NXT Championship Match was a great match of a different style to all the other matches this night. The main event had very dangerous moments but as a match was decent at best. The whole show was changing from good to very good to great, so overall I enjoyed the show! Except for the ending, that was absolutely disgusting. But man that foreshadowing, like everything was pointing out to this happening: theme, who was singing it, people in attendance, that's just top-notch stuff. Huge props for everyone involved."