Gargano was disqualified for striking Cole with a chair, meaning Cole won the first fall. In the main event, Adam Cole defended the NXT Championship against Johnny Gargano in a 2 out of 3 Falls match. Baszler forced Yim to submit to a Figure Four Headscissors to retain the title. In the penultimate bout, Shayna Baszler defended the NXT Women's Championship against Mia Yim. Strong performed the End of Heartache on Dunne but Dream performed a Purple Rainmaker on Strong and Dunne. Shirai forced LeRae to pass out to a Grounded Koji Clutch to win the match.Īfter that, The Velveteen Dream defended the NXT North American Championship against Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne. Ford performed a Frog Splash on O'Reilly to retain the title. The event opened with The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) defending the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly). Gargano chose a street fight, while Cole chose a singles match. On the July 24 episode of NXT, Gargano and Cole chose their stipulations. NXT General Manager William Regal then scheduled the two in a two-out-of-three falls match for the title at TakeOver: Toronto with Cole and Gargano respectively choosing the stipulations for the first two falls however, Regal will decide the final stipulation if there is a tie. On the July 17 episode of NXT, Cole and Gargano confronted each other and a brawl ensued. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on their weekly television program, NXT.Īt TakeOver: XXV, Adam Cole defeated Johnny Gargano to win the NXT Championship.
The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The 2019 Toronto event was the 26th NXT TakeOver event and the second in the TakeOver: Toronto chronology. In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live specials.
TakeOver is a series of professional wrestling shows that began on May 29, 2014, as the WWE developmental territory NXT held their second WWE Network exclusive live broadcast billed as TakeOver. The event was produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and streamed live on the WWE Network. SummerSlam NXT TakeOver: Toronto II was a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series which took place on Augat the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.