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WWE NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN IV REPORT: FOUR TITLE MATCHES, LAST MAN STANDING, WHO WAS THE 'NEW GUY IN THE CROWD' THIS TIME?

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-08-18 17:47:00

Matt Riddle is in the crowd.

We see Tommaso Ciampa spending some quality time with the NXT Men's Championship belt.

Match Number Three:  NXT North American Championship Match:  Adam Cole versus Ricochet

Ricochet and Cole have some words before locking up.  They lock up and Ricochet with a wrist lock into a hammer lock.  Cole with a reversal.  Ricochet with a wrist lock.  Cole with a reversal.  Ricochet with a back flip and he reverses the hold.  Cole backs Ricochet into the ropes and Ricochet flips over the back and avoids a super kick.  Cole tells Ricochet he is not special.  Cole with a waist lock into a side head lock.  Cole holds on when Ricochet tries to send him off the ropes.

Cole returns to the side head lock when Ricochet tries to escape.  Cole with an Irish whip and Ricochet tries to float over but Cole does not charge into the corner.  Cole with a side head lock and shoulder tackle.  Cole goes for a leap frog but Ricochet with a drop kick to send Cole to the floor.  Ricochet teases a dive to the floor but does a handspring into a Superhero Landing.  Cole goes back into the ring as Ricochet goes to the apron.  Ricochet goes to the turnbuckles but Cole sends Ricochet over the top rope to the floor.  

Cole sends Ricochet into the ringside barrier.  Cole with punches to Ricochet.  Cole with a kick to the back of the head and he gets a near fall.  Ricochet with a head butt to the midsection but Cole with a knee to the midsection.  Cole gets Ricochet on his feet and he hits an Ushigoroshi for a near fall.  Cole with a reverse chin lock.  Ricochet with an elbow and Ricochet kicks Cole away and follows with a rolling drop kick to send Cole to the floor.  Ricochet with a twisting plancha onto Cole.  Ricochet with a forearm and then he sends Cole into the turnbuckles and hits a Tiger Feint Kick.  Ricochet gets a near fall.

Cole gets back to his feet but Ricochet with an elbow.  Ricochet with a shoulder into the corner followed by a kick and he goes for a double jump moonsault but Cole moves.  Ricochet with a shooting star press followed by a Phoenix splash for a near fall.  Cole with elbows to stop him but Ricochet with chops.  Cole with a lungblower to counter a handspring move by Ricochet.  Ricochet with a forearm and Cole sends Ricochet to the apron.  Ricochet with a forearm.  Cole goes for a super kick to counter a springboard move but Ricochet blocks it and hits a rolling elbow.  Ricochet goes for a quebrada and Cole with a super kick.  Cole with an Ushigoroshi for a near fall.

Cole sets for the Shining Wizard but Ricochet moves and gets a near fall with a rollup.  Cole with a forearm and Ricochet with forearms of his own.  Cole misses a super kick and Ricochet with an uppercut and kick.  Cole with an enzuigiri.  Ricochet with a jumping knee.  Cole and Ricochet with more kicks and Cole gets a near fall when he falls on top of Ricochet.   Cole pulls down the knee pad and he misses the Last Shot.  Ricochet with a reverse rana and Ricochet goes up top.  Cole rolls to the other side of the ring.  

Cole goes to the apron and Ricochet with a rana off the apron to the floor.  Ricochet sends Cole back into the ring and he goes up top for the 630 splash and he hits it.  Ricochet gets the three count.

Winner:  Ricochet (new champion)

We see Kevin Owens and Mark Henry in the crowd.

Match Number Four:  NXT Women's Championship Match:  Shayna Baszler versus Kairi Sane

We see Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyne Duke in the crowd to watch Shayna's match.

Baszler with a hammer lock and Sane with a single leg take down and she goes for the leg but both women get to the ropes.  Sane goes for a double leg take down but Baszler blocks it and goes for a gutwrench but Sane lands on her feet.  Sane gets a few near falls and then she applies the Stretch Muffler.  They go face to face and Baszler pushes Sane.  Sane pushes back.  They go back and forth with forearms.  Sane with a head scissors take down and drop kick to send Baszler to the floor.

Sane with a clothesline off the apron and then she sends the champion back into the ring.  Baszler wtih a drop kick to the knees.  Baszler stomps on the lower leg while having it at an unusual angle.  Baszler with kicks to the ribs and leg.  Sane moves and Baszler goes to the apron.  Sane with forearms but misses with a shoulder.  Baszler with a kick and she drops the leg on the middle rope.

Baszler with punches to Sane and then she returns to the injured leg.  Baszler twists the ankle and Sane writhes in pain.  Baszler stomps on the ankle.  Baszler puts Sane's leg in the ropes and mocks Sane before kicking Sane in the leg.  Sane tells Baszler to give her more.  Baszler with forearms and Sane slaps Baszler.  Sane with more slaps to Baszler.  Baszler backs up as Sane continues the attack.  Sane with a spinning back fist followed by two running snap neck breakers.  Sane kicks Baszler in the corner.  Sane sets for the Sliding D and hits it but cannot get everything behind it because of the damage to the leg.

Sane gets a near fall and then she goes up top for the InSane Elbow but Baszler stops Sane on the turnbuckles.  Baszler with a gutwrench superplex and both women are down.  Baszler and Sane exchange forearms.  Baszler with a kick to the leg and a knee to the head for a near fall.  Baszler goes for a Kirifuda Driver but Sane lands on her feet and she hits the Interceptor Spear.  Sane goes to the turnbuckles for an elbow drop to the back.  Sane goes up top but Baszler rolls to the floor.

Sane with a cross body onto Baszler on the floor.  They return to the ring and Sane goes up top for the InSane Elbow and hits it but gets a near fall.  Sane sets for the Anchor but Baszler counters into the Kirifuda Clutch.  Sane tries to get to the ropes but Baszler adds a body scissors.  Sane is able to get enough strength to get to the ropes.  Baszler releases the hold.  Baszler kicks Sane in the hamstring and then she goes for the heel hook.  Sane escapes and counters into a submission but Baszler gets to the ropes.

Sane applies the Anchor in the ropes on the apron.  The referee makes her count and Sane releases the hold before being disqualified.  Sane with an Alabama Slam and she goes up top and Baszler gets her feet up on the InSane Elbow.  Baszler goes for the Kirifuda Clutch but Sane bridges back and gets the three count.

Winner:  Kairi Sane (New Champion)

Match Number Five:  NXT Men's Championship Match:  Tommaso Ciampa versus Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing Match

Gargano attacks Ciampa during the introduction and he punches and kicks Ciampa.  Ciampa goes to the floor and Gargano wtith punches when he returns.  Gargano with a Thesz Press and punches.  Gargano with punches in the corner.  Ciampa sends Gargano to the apron but Gargano gets back into the ring.  Gargano sends Ciampa to the floor and goes for a baseball slide but Ciampa sends Gargano back first into the ring steps.

Ciampa with forearms to the back and then Ciampa is sent into the ringside barrier by Gargano and then he does it a second time.  Gargano with punches to Ciampa and the referee starts his count when Gargano stops with the punches.  Gargano with more punches.  Gargano sends Ciampa into the ringside barrier.  Gargano pulls apart the mats at ringside to expose the floor.  Ciampa with a thumb to the eye.  Ciampa hangs Gargano over the ringside barrier and connects with forearms.  Ciampa is backed into the ring post and then Gargano wtih a cannonball off the apron.  

Gargano sends Ciampa over the announce table and he barely misses Percy.  Ciampa falls into one of the announcer's chairs.  Gargano sets for a move onto the announce table but Ciampa with a running Air Raid Crash through the Spanish Announce table.  The referee starts his count.  Both men get up and they return to the ring.  Ciampa gets a chair from under the ring.  Gargano with punches and Ciampa kicks Gargano when Gargano goes for the chair.  Ciampa with kicks in the corner.  Ciampa with a running knee to the head.  

Ciampa puts the chair against Gargano's head and Gargano gets up and throws the chair at Ciampa's injured knee.  Gargano hits Ciampa in the midsection with the chair and then he hits him in the back.  Gargano drives the edge of the chair into Ciampa's midsection.  The chair is lodged into the turnbuckles and he sets for the lawn dart.  Ciampa escapes and applies a sleeper.  Ciampa releases the hold and the referee starts his count.

Ciampa reapplies the sleeper when Gargano gets back to his feet.  Gargano backs Ciampa into the turnbuckles to release the hold.  Ciampa tries to choke Gargano in the corner but Gargano gets Ciampa on his shoulders and Gargano lawn darts Ciampa into the chair in the turnbuckles.  Ciampa is able to get back to his feet but Gargano gets a table and sets it up on the floor.  Gargano is not done with the furniture set up and he pulls out a second table.  Gargano leaves the table upside down on the first table.  Gargano sets for a suplex onto the tables.  Ciampa blocks it and then he punches Gargano in the ribs.  Ciampa with a German suplex and he holds on.  Ciampa with a second German suplex.  Gargano grabs the chair for a moment but Ciampa hits a third German suplex.

Ciampa with a running knee to the head and Ciampa picks up the chair and hits Gargano in the ribs and back with the chair.  Ciampa continues to hit Gargano with the chair and the referee starts his count.  Ciampa sets for an hits Project Ciampa.  Ciampa goes for a second one and hits it.  Ciampa goes for a third Project Ciampa and Gargano is down.  Ciampa takes a seat while the referee counts out Gargano.  Ciampa joins with the referee to make the count but Gargano gets up and super kicks Ciampa out of the chair.

Ciampa with a punch and Gargano punches back.  The continue the exchange of punches.  Gargno blocks a kick and hits a series of clotheslines.  Ciampa with a kick but Gargano with a rollup into a round kick.  Gargano goes for the slingshot spear but Ciampa with a knee.  Gargano with an enzuigiri after a rana.  Ciampa with a German suplex but Gargano gets up and hits a super kick.  Both men with clotheslines and both men are down.  They both get up and then they throw a flurry of punches.  Gargano with a super kick and Ciampa with a knee.  Both men are down again.

Ciampa goes to the floor to get onto his feet.  Gargano goes to the apron and he hits a kick to the head.  Gargano goes for a cannonball off the apron but Ciampa side steps him and Gargano lands hard.  Ciampa sends Gargano into the corner of the ringside barrier and then they go onto the ring steps.  Ciampa hits the butterfly gourdbuster onto the ring steps and the referee makes his count.

Gargano gets up at nine.  Ciampa kicks Gargano in the head and then Ciampa goes under the ring for bolt cutters to allow the boards to be exposed.  Gargano is sent face first into the ring steps.  Gargano sprays the contents of the fire extinguisher into Ciampa's face. Gargano has a crutch and he hits Ciampa with it.  They go to the floor and Gargano hits Ciampa in the back another time. Ciampa sets for a DDT onto the exposed boards.  Ciampa with punches and then he waves goodbye to Gargano but Gargano with a desperation enzuigiri.  Gargano with a DDT onto the boards.  

Ciampa rolls to the floor to beat the count.  Gargano with a suicide dive onto Ciampa and they return to the ring.  Ciampa goes back to the floor and Gargano with another suicide dive.  Gargano with punches to Ciampa.  Gargano misses a super kick and MDKs a member of the ring crew.  Ciampa hits Gargano wtih a monitor.  Ciampa gets a chair and charges at Gargano and connects with the chair and goes through the ringside barrier.  Ciampa gets anything and anyone he can find to put on top of Gargano to keep him down for a ten count.

Gargano is able to get up before the ten count.  Ciampa gets handcuffs and he tries to put them on Gargano around the ring post.  Ciampa is pulled into the ring post by Gargano.  Gargano tries to put the handcuffs on Ciampa but Ciampa with a back elbow.  Ciampa goes to the apron and sets for an Air Raid Crash through the tables.  Gargano gets free and tries to do the same to Ciampa.  Ciampa with a punch.  Gargano punches Ciampa as Ciampa hangs from the ropes.  Gargano super kicks Ciampa off the apron through the tables.

Ciampa gets up at nine with help from the crutch.   Gargano goes to the floor and Ciampa goes up the ramp to back away.  Ciampa kicks the crutch away and it goes into the crowd.  Gargano with punches to Ciampa and then he sends Gargano into the matrix board.  Gargano applies the GargaNo Escape.  Ciampa taps but it does not matter.  Gargano locks the handcuffs into the speakers by the stage.  Gargano sends Ciampa into the gate and connects with a super kick.  

Ciampa says he is sorry but Gargano with a super kick.  The referee makes his count.  Gargano with another super kick to the head.  Gargano does not believe that Ciampa is sorry and he stands over Ciampa while the referee counts.  Gargano pulls down his knee pad and he hits a running knee and goes off the stage.  Both men are down and the refeee makes his count.  Ciampa gets to the floor while Gargano does not beat the ten count.

Winner:  Tommaso Ciampa (retains championship)

Mauro Ranallo mentions that Gargano might have dislocated his knee.  

The medical staff checks on Gargano.

Before we go to credits, Tommaso Ciampa comes back out and taunts Gargano by showing him the NXT Men's Championship Belt.

We go to credits.


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