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Women’s title match set for NXT TakeOver: New York

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Io Shirai, Bianca Belair, and Kairi Sane will all be challenging for the NXT Women’s Championship at next month’s TakeOver special.

Shayna Baszler defending her NXT Women’s title against Shirai, Belair, and Sane in a fatal four-way match has been announced for TakeOver: New York. The event is taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 5, which is the Friday of WrestleMania week.

The match was announced after an angle on this week’s episode of NXT TV. Baszler interrupted Shirai and Belair’s number one contender’s match and caused it to end in a no contest.

Baszler was on commentary for the match and then left the announce table to attack both Shirai and Belair. Sane tried to make the save, but the angle ended with Baszler having choked out all three with the Kirifuda Clutch. 

Baszler is a two-time NXT Women’s Champion. Her current reign began when she defeated Sane for the title at Evolution in October 2018. At TakeOver: Phoenix this January, Baszler retained her title by defeating Belair.

NXT’s final television tapings before TakeOver: New York took place on Wednesday night.

UK title match added to NXT TakeOver: New York

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Editor’s note: This article references spoilers from NXT UK episodes that have yet to air.

The WWE United Kingdom Championship will be on the line at NXT’s WrestleMania weekend TakeOver special.

At Saturday’s NXT UK television tapings in Coventry, England, Johnny Saint announced that Pete Dunne will defend his UK title at TakeOver: New York. Dunne told Saint and Sid Scala to give him WALTER.

A contract signing for Dunne vs. WALTER was held later in the tapings.

WALTER debuted at UK TakeOver: Blackpool last month, confronting Dunne after Dunne had defended his title against Joe Coffey. A matchup between Dunne and WALTER has been building since then. They teamed together at yesterday’s NXT UK tapings, with Dunne and WALTER having a staredown after the match and WALTER stepping on Dunne’s title belt.

This will be the first time the UK title has been defended on the main card of an NXT United States TakeOver event since Dunne defeated Tyler Bate to become champion at TakeOver: Chicago in May 2017.

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is hosting TakeOver: New York on Friday, April 5.