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                    TakeOver Portland Results

                    Summary:

                    • Finn Balor defeated Gargano in convincing fashion and the crowd loved them both.
                    • Charlotte confirmed that she’ll battle Ripley at WrestleMania
                    • Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne are the new Tag Team Champions
                    • Adam Cole retained the title with help from . . . .Johnny Gargano

                    Live Results Begin at 7:00 PM

                    The Moda Center is pretty much sold out, and you can tell from the pre-show that the crowd is going to be hot. The show opens with a musical performance by Poppy.

                    Keith Lee defeated Dominic Dijakovic to retain the North American Championship

                    Keith Lee hit the first ridiculous move when he connected with a hurricanrana. Dijakovic went for a sasuke special, but Lee caught him.Moments later, Dijakovic used a release suplexe on Lee on the apron. Keith Lee has 100% of the crowd support.

                    Back in the ring, Dijakovic laid in a number of strikes. After Dominic kicked Lee straight in the face, he hit a tornillo moonsault from the top rope. As both men made it back to their feet, they just exchanged strikes until they knocked each other down.

                    Keith Lee climbed the ropes next, but Dijakovic blocked him and pulled him into a fireman’s carry and hit an avalanche Death Valley driver. After Lee kicked out, Dijakovic lifted Lee into he corner. When Dominic went to splash in the corner, Lee ran out and pounced.

                    Dijakovic set Lee up in a chair on the floor, climbed back in the ring, and hit a springboard Tope Con Hilo to a chorus of Mauro Ranallo screaming MAMA MIA. Back in the ring, Keith Lee hit a sit-down Death Valley driver and Dijakovic stood right up, so Keith Lee hit him with another one for a near fall.

                    With Lee perched on the top rope, Dijakovic hit an avalanche Spanish Fly. When Dijakovic couldn’t capitalize, Lee grabbed him and tossed him into the jackhammer for the pinfall victory.

                    Both men celebrated the match afterward.

                    Dakota Kai defeated Tegan Nox

                    Nox barely made it out of the curtain before Kai attacked. As Kai tossed Nox in the ring, the referee called for the bell.  The match immediately went back to the outside where Kai wedged Nox’s leg between the stairs and the post. Dakota grabbed a cricket bat and swung hard at Nox, but Tegan ducked and Kai hit the post.

                    Nox put a garbage can over Kai’s head and hit an inverted senton against the stairs. Back in the ring, Nox hit a German Suplex on a garbage can for a near fall. A few moments later, Nox hit a top rope Molly go round. Kai managed to evade a kick and then kicked a chair right into Nox’s face.

                    Nox then went after Kai’s injured knee with a chain first and then a chair. When Nox hit a shining wizard, she decided not to go for the cover. Instead she went to the outside and grabbed a table. Nox put Kai on the table, but Raquel Gonzales came down and tossed Tegan Nox onto the table. The table didn’t break, but that was enough for Dakota to pick up the victory.

                    NXT UK TakeOver Dublin Announced for April 26

                    Finn Balor defeated Johnny Gargano

                    Balor held Gargano on the mat with a head scissors and did some push ups. Mat wrestling would continue for the next few minutes with Gargano controlling until Balor could work in some strikes.

                    Gargano speared Balor on the apron and then rammed him into the barricade. Gargano went to do a running dropkick through the barricade, but Balor saw it coming and hit a sling blade on the floor.

                    Balor focused on Gargano’s knee for the next portion of the match. When Gargano made his comeback, Balor caught him attempting a suicide dive. Balor went for the 1916 on the floor, but Gargano shoved him into the steps and hit a rolling senton from the apron to the floor.

                    Johnny sent Finn into he corner with a lawn dart, but Finn answered with a pele kick. With Gargano draped over the second rope, Finn went for a coup de grace, but Gargano moved and hit Balor with a swinging DDT. Gargano and Balor traded blows and Balor nearly hit coup de grace, but Johnny evaded and moments later had Finn in the Gargano escape. Finn made it out of the Gargano escape once and Johnny went right back to it until Balor rolled to the ropes and then to the outside.

                    When Gargano went to use the announce table, Balor countered and tossed Gargano on the table instead. Finn then climbed up on the English announce table ran at Gargano and drop kicked him off the Spanish table. After Finn tossed Gargano back in the ring, he hit the coup de grace and then the 1916 DDT for the pinfall victor

                    Backstage Segment with Undisputed Era

                    Roderick Strong is fired up about Velveteen Dream’s comments regarding his wife and son. Adam Cole let Cathy Kelly know she could leave.

                    Rhea Ripley defeated Bianca Belair to Retain the NXT Championship

                    Ripley and Belair wrestled a basic match during the early minutes. Eventually Ripley managed to put Belair in the elevated cloverleaf, but Belair kicked out of it and drove Ripley into the post. Belair followed up with a spine buster for a near fall.

                    With Ripley sitting on the top turnbuckle, Belair whipped Ripley with her hair and then pulled her into a Gorilla Press for a slam. Both women would then counter each other’s finishing moves, and Bianca followed with a spear. Neither woman could keep a sustained advantage.

                    With Ripley on the outside, Belair connected with a Tope Con Hilo. With both women on the outside, Ripley slammed Belair into the stairs. Belair countered a sunset bomb, but Ripley turned it into the Riptide for the pinfall victory.

                    Charlotte attacked Ripley after the match, and she grabbed a microphone to tell Ripley she’ll see her at WrestleMania. Charlotte also tossed Bianca Belair into the steps before leaving.

                    BroserWeights defeated Undisputed Era to win the NXT Tag Team Championships

                    Dunne and Riddle came out on the golf cart with Riddle singing “How much fish could Bobby Fish fry if Bobby Fish could fry fish.” The Undisputed Era rushed out to greet them.

                    The Undisputed Era isolated Pete Dunne, but managed to escape and get a tag into Matt Riddle who went crazy. When Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle both went for moonsaults, Pete connected on his moonsault to the floor, but Matt Riddle hit O’Reilly’s knees with his moonsault.

                    The Undisputed Era hit Chasing the Dragon at the 15 minute mark, but Pete Dunne kicked out. Riddle and Dunne would hit combination strikes on O’Reilly sending him to the outside. They then hit Bobby Fish with a combined kick and knee to win the NXT Tag Team Championships.

                    Adam Cole defeated Tommaso Ciampa to retain the NXT Championship

                    The first several minutes had Adam Cole rolling tot he outside a bunch. Ciampa set Cole up in a chair and connected with a running knee. Adam Cole slammed Ciampa into the announcers table causing the announcers to express concern over Ciampa’s surgically repaired neck.

                    Ciampa hit a big dropkick as Cole went for the Panama Sunrise. He would follow with four clotheslines, a German Suplex, a running knee, and a spinning power bomb. He then hit the air raid crash from the second rope, but only got a two count.

                    On the outside, Ciampa hit two power bombs on the Spanish announce table before tossing him back in the ring. When he hit Project Ciampa, Adam Cole again kicked out.

                    With Ciampa on the outside, Cole went for a suicide dive, but Ciampa hit him with a high knee. Back in the ring, Cole hit the last shot, but Ciampa rolled to the ropes. Cole next went for the Panama Sunrise on the apron, but Ciampa evaded and hit a project Ciampa on the apron instead. Cole managed to get to his feet first, and he hit the Panama Sunrise on the floor.

                    As Cole went to get in the ring, he hit a draping DDT and then a fairytale ending for a near fall.

                    The Undisputed Era came out to distract and attack Ciampa, but that still didn’t earn Cole the victory. After Ciampa took out the entire Undisputed Era, Cole hit the last shot and Ciampa still kicked out.

                    Ciampa hit the fairytale ending, but the referee was taken out. Gargano came out and hit Ciampa with the title belt allowing Cole to get the pinfall victory.

                    Preview

                    NXT TakeOver takes place at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon tonight. The show begins at 7:00 PM Eastern time with a 30 minute pre-show on the WWE Network. Announced for the show:

                    Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Balor

                    The angle for this match goes all the way back to the October 23 episode of NXT on USA where Finn Balor attacked Gargano by giving him the 1916 DDT on the ramp. This led to “Johnny Takeover” missing his first TakeOver back in November.

                    The Unidisputed Era vs. The “BroserWeights”

                    Pete Dunne and Matt Riddle, two singles wrestlers, were tossed together as competitors in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On way to winning the Tag Team tournament, the BroserWeights defeated three NXT UK teams including Imperium and two former NXT UK Tag Team Championship teams (Grizzled Young Veterans and Flash Morgan Webster / Mark Andrews). Tonight the Broserweights challenge Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Tag Team Championships.

                    Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai in a Street Fight

                    Former best friends became bitter enemies when Dakota Kai viciously attacked Nox at the NXT TakeOver War Games match in November. Kai became a last minute replacement for injured Mia Yim on the Rhea Ripley War Games team. Angered by her status as an afterthought, Kai attacked Nox and put her out of action for two months. The two squared off in a short match on the January 29th episode of NXT Television, but the personal issue continued after the match and led us to NXT TakeOver Portland.

                    Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijakovic for the NXT North American Championship

                    These two have wrestled a series of matches on NXT Television and across the Independent Wrestling  scene (including PWG) before arriving at NXT. After Lee recently won the NXT Championship from Roderick Strong, Dijakovic defeated Damien Priest for an opportunity to battle the new champion for his title.

                    Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair for the NXT Championship

                    Bianca Belair won the right to challenge for Rhea Ripley’s NXT Championship when she won a battle royal on the January 15th edition of NXT Television. Since that time, Charlotte Flair won the Royal Rumble match and Ripley has lobbied for Charlotte to choose her as Charlotte’s WrestleMania opponent. This led to Charlotte and Ripley segments on both Raw and NXT while Belair feels as though Ripley has completely overlooked Belair as a challenger. Will Charlotte get involved in this match and will Ripley make it past Belair?

                    Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship.

                    Tommaso Ciampa never lost his NXT Championship as he relinquished it due to injury in March of 2019. Now, close to a year later, Ciampa has vowed to reclaim the title.

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