NXT TakeOver 36 was the 36th and final
NXT TakeOver
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professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) and
livestreaming
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event produced by
WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's
NXT brand division. The event took place on August 22, 2021, from the
Capitol Wrestling Center, hosted at the
WWE Performance Center
WWE Performance Center (WWE PC) is a group of professional wrestling schools owned by American company WWE. They serve as tryout and training facilities for WWE, and also contain sports science and medical facilities as well as live events and ...
in
Orlando, Florida
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.
The event was held during that year's
SummerSlam
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...
weekend, but was held the night after SummerSlam, which was held on Saturday while TakeOver 36 was held on Sunday. It was NXT's final major event in which the Performance Center's arena was called the Capitol Wrestling Center, as following NXT's restructuring as NXT 2.0 in September, the name was discontinued, with future events simply billed as being held at the Performance Center. The TakeOver series itself was discontinued in late 2021 after the rebranding to NXT 2.0. It would in turn be NXT's last major event in which the brand was considered WWE's third main brand, as with the restructuring to NXT 2.0, the brand reverted to being WWE's
developmental territory.
Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event,
Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
defeated
Karrion Kross to win the
NXT Championship
The NXT Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE, defended as the top men's championship of NXT (WWE brand), NXT, the promotion's Farm team, de ...
for a record-breaking third time; this was Joe's final WWE match. In the penultimate match,
Kyle O'Reilly defeated
Adam Cole
Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon (professional wrestling), ...
2–1 in a
two-out-of-three-falls match; this was also Cole's final WWE appearance. In other prominent matches,
Ilja Dragunov defeated
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...
by
submission
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to win the
NXT United Kingdom Championship ending Walter's record-setting reign at 870 days, and in the opening bout,
Cameron Grimes defeated
LA Knight to win the
Million Dollar Championship with the added stipulation that if Grimes lost,
Ted DiBiase
Theodore Marvin DiBiase Sr. (; born January 18, 1954) is an American retired professional wrestler, manager, and color commentator. He is signed to WWE as of 2024, where he works in their Legends program. DiBiase achieved championship succ ...
would have become Knights' butler.
Production

Background
NXT TakeOver
NXT TakeOver was a series of periodic professional wrestling events produced by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE for its NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand division. The first TakeOver was simply titled NX ...
was a series of
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...
events that began in May 2014, as
WWE's
NXT brand
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held its second
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, a division of TKO Group Holdings.
The service relied on technology develo ...
-exclusive event, billed as
TakeOver
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. In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of its major NXT events. While originally exclusive to the WWE Network, NXT TakeOver events also became available on traditional
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...
(PPV) beginning with
TakeOver 31 in October 2020, and then also on
Peacock
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after the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March 2021.
Titled for being the 36th NXT TakeOver event and announced during the July 20, 2021, episode of ''
NXT'', TakeOver 36 was scheduled to be held on Sunday, August 22, 2021, the night after WWE's
SummerSlam
SummerSlam is a professional wrestling event, produced annually since 1988 by the world's largest professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind th ...
PPV for
Raw and
SmackDown. This in turn made TakeOver 36 the first TakeOver to air the night after one of WWE's main PPVs instead of the night before. Additionally, while Raw and SmackDown resumed live touring during the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
in mid-July, NXT continued to run its shows from the
Capitol Wrestling Center, hosted at the
WWE Performance Center
WWE Performance Center (WWE PC) is a group of professional wrestling schools owned by American company WWE. They serve as tryout and training facilities for WWE, and also contain sports science and medical facilities as well as live events and ...
in
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...
. The Capitol Wrestling Center was initially NXT's version of the
WWE ThunderDome bio-secure bubble that had been used for Raw and SmackDown during the pandemic; however, the arena became the brand's home base, with nearly all COVID-19 restrictions having been lifted with the previous TakeOver event,
TakeOver: In Your House.
Storylines
The event comprised six matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, ''NXT''.
On the October 29, 2020, episode of ''
NXT UK
''NXT UK'' was a professional wrestling television programme that was produced exclusively in the United Kingdom by the American promotion WWE. It aired on BT Sport and 5Action (previously known as Paramount Network). In the United States, the ...
'',
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...
defeated
Ilja Dragunov to retain the
NXT United Kingdom Championship.
On the June 24, 2021, episode, Dragunov earned another opportunity to challenge Walter for the championship by defeating
Rampage Brown and
Joe Coffey in a
triple threat match.
The title match was then scheduled for the July 22 episode of ''NXT UK''. A contract signing for the match was held during the July 15 episode, but later that same episode, Walter injured his hand in a backstage altercation. It was then announced that the championship match had been postponed. During the July 22 episode, NXT executive
Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer.
Levesque began his wres ...
, NXT UK producer
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
, and NXT General Manager
William Regal
Darren Kenneth Matthews (born 10 May 1968), better known by the ring name William Regal, is an English retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as the vice-president of Global Talent Development. He is also known for ...
announced that the NXT United Kingdom Championship match would take place at TakeOver 36.
After being released from his WWE contract in April 2021,
Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
re-signed with NXT that June. Joe made his formal return to the brand during the June 15 episode of ''NXT'' under the agreement that he would be the enforcer for NXT General Manager William Regal, as Regal had essentially lost control of the wrestlers. Additionally, Joe would not be an active wrestler and could not attack any member of the active roster unless provoked. That same episode, Joe came face-to-face with
NXT Champion Karrion Kross.
Over the following month, Kross would attempt to provoke Joe. During the July 13 episode, Joe served as the
special guest referee for Kross' championship defense. After Kross retained the title, he attacked Joe.
The following week, Joe called out Kross, who appeared backstage, showing that he had attacked Regal; Joe headed backstage but Kross retreated in a car when Joe got to Regal.
On the July 27 episode, Regal had intended to fire Kross for his actions, but Joe had a different plan that Regal accepted. Joe resigned as Regal's enforcer, was reinstated as a member of the active roster, and was scheduled to face Kross for the NXT Championship at TakeOver 36, marking Joe's first match since February 2020.
At
TakeOver: Portland in February 2020,
Raquel González made her NXT debut, helping
Dakota Kai defeat
Tegan Nox.
Over the following months, González would accompany Kai to her matches, forging an alliance and becoming Kai's "bodyguard". During the women's
WarGames match
WarGames is a specialized steel cage match in professional wrestling. The match usually involves two teams of four or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompasses two rings placed side by side. The cage may or may not have a roof, de ...
at
TakeOver: WarGames in December 2020, González picked up momentum after pinning reigning
NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai.
She then continued racking up victories with Kai by her side. Kai and González then won the inaugural women's
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the American promotion WWE, and is featured on its NXT brand, having first been established in 2015. In subsequent years, wrestlers from the NXT U ...
tournament,
becoming the first-ever
NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, although they lost the titles the same night they were awarded them.
González then entered into a feud with Shirai and defeated her at Night 1 of
TakeOver: Stand & Deliver to win the NXT Women's Championship.
On the July 27 episode of ''NXT'', González, with Kai by her side, issued an open challenge for the championship but no one answered. Kai then praised González but then attacked her from behind, subsequently turning González face in the process. Kai then said she would challenge González for the title, which was scheduled for TakeOver 36.
At TakeOver: In Your House,
LA Knight defeated
Cameron Grimes in a
ladder match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself become ...
to win the vacant
Million Dollar Championship that had been reintroduced by
WWE Hall of Fame
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r and "The Million Dollar Man",
Ted DiBiase
Theodore Marvin DiBiase Sr. (; born January 18, 1954) is an American retired professional wrestler, manager, and color commentator. He is signed to WWE as of 2024, where he works in their Legends program. DiBiase achieved championship succ ...
.
On the following episode of ''NXT'', DiBiase formally presented the Million Dollar Championship to Knight. After an emotional promo, Knight turned on and attacked DiBiase, who was saved by Grimes;
in a video uploaded to WWE's
YouTube
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channel, it was shown that Grimes had apologized to DiBiase following the match at In Your House. Knight then defeated Grimes in a rematch at
''NXT'': The Great American Bash; as per the stipulation of the rematch, Grimes became Knight's personal butler.
Grimes, however, would annoy Knight during this time. DiBiase then returned, encouraging Grimes to go after the Million Dollar Championship. During the August 10 episode of ''NXT'', Knight agreed to defend the championship against Grimes at TakeOver 36 under the condition that if Knight won, DiBiase would replace Grimes as Knight's personal butler. Although Grimes was against it, DiBiase agreed to the terms.
Another notable feud heading into TakeOver 36 was the conflict between former
Undisputed Era members
Adam Cole
Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon (professional wrestling), ...
and
Kyle O'Reilly. It began at
TakeOver: Vengeance Day, where Cole attacked O'Reilly at the end of the event.
They faced each other in an
unsanctioned match at Night 2 of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver,
where O'Reilly won.
At TakeOver: In Your House, O'Reilly and Cole failed to win the NXT Championship in a
fatal five-way match.
On the following episode of ''NXT'', the two brawled backstage, and NXT General Manager William Regal announced a rematch between the two for ''NXT'': The Great American Bash,
where Cole won.
On the July 27 episode, after Cole's match, O'Reilly attacked Cole, suplexing him onto the steel ring steps.
Two weeks later, O'Reilly and Cole had a face-to-face confrontation where they agreed to a
two out of three falls match
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for TakeOver 36. O'Reilly picked a singles match for the first fall, Cole picked a
Street Fight for the second, and Regal picked a
Steel Cage match
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for the final.
Event
Pre-show
During the Kickoff pre-show,
Ridge Holland (accompanied by
Pete Dunne) took on
Trey Baxter. Holland quickly won the match after performing a
headbutt
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and a brainbuster on Baxter. After the match, Holland challenged
Timothy Thatcher to a match on the upcoming episode of ''NXT''.
Preliminary matches
In the opening match, LA Knight defended the Million Dollar Championship against his butler Cameron Grimes with a stipulation that Ted DiBiase would become Knight's butler if he won. Grimes tried to win with the Dream Street, but Knight escaped. Knight tried to leave with the title, but DiBiase stopped him and threw the title into the ring. While the referee was trying to take the title away from Grimes, DiBiase applied the Dream Street on Knight and threw him back into the ring. Grimes performed a Cave In on Knight to win the title, becoming free from being Knight's butler, and keeping DiBiase from becoming the butler.
Next, Raquel González defended the NXT Women's Championship against Dakota Kai. Kai performed a Codebreaker on González for a nearfall. In the end, Kai went for a Yakuza Kick, but González caught the foot and dragged Kai to the top rope with her and performed a Chingona Bomb off the top rope to retain the title. Afterwards, NXT UK's
Kay Lee Ray returned and confronted González from the stage.
Then, Walter defended the NXT United Kingdom Championship against Ilja Dragunov. Dragunov exerted control with a headlock and later a
keylock, but Walter placed Dragunov on the top rope, chopped him to the floor, and powerbombed him onto the ring apron. Both men exchanged chops, forearms, lariats, knees, kicks and suplexes. Walter countered Dragunov's Torpedo Moscow and performed a sleeper suplex, but Dragunov continued with a Torpedo Moscow to the back of Walter's head, and then a regular Torpedo Moscow for a nearfall. Walter performed a shotgun dropkick and a powerbomb for a nearfall, then another powerbomb and a diving splash for another nearfall. Dragunov escaped Walter's sleeper hold and performed a diving headbutt. Dragunov overwhelmed Walter with strikes and sleeper holds, with Walter submitting on the third sleeper hold application, ending Walter's 870-day reign as champion.
In the penultimate match, Adam Cole took on Kyle O'Reilly in a Three Stages of Hell match - a type of a two-out-of-three falls match where each fall is contested under different rules - in what was called "The Undisputed Finale". The first fall was a Singles match. O'Reilly quickly won the first fall after countering a Panama Sunrise into a roll-up. The second fall was a Street Fight. O'Reilly sat Cole in a steel chair, placed a trash can over his head, and performed a running dropkick off the apron. As O'Reilly went to the top rope, Cole kicked him off and Kyle hit his ribs on the apron. The two fought to the stage where Cole applied a guillotine choke, but O'Reilly escaped and threw Cole off the stage into the plexiglass. As O'Reilly went for the top rope knee drop, Cole threw O'Reilly onto two standing chairs and performed a Last Shot to win the second fall. The final fall was a Steel Cage match. Cole threw O'Reilly into the cage multiple times and Kyle would catapult Cole into the cage as well. Cole had a pair of handcuffs and attached O'Reilly to the top rope. Cole performed a
superkick, but O'Reilly grabbed the foot on a second attempt and applied a heel hook, forcing Cole to submit to win the match. Afterwards, Cole was helped to the back by officials.
This was Cole's final WWE appearance, as his WWE contract expired shortly after the event. Cole made his
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...
(AEW) debut at
All Out.
Main event
In the main event, Karrion Kross defended the NXT Championship against Samoa Joe. Joe performed a Suicide Dive on Kross on the outside. Joe performed a Senton off the top rope for a nearfall. Joe applied the Coquina Clutch, but Kross escaped. Kross applied the Kross Jacket, but Joe escaped as well. Joe performed a Uranage and placed Kross on the top rope. Joe performed a Muscle Buster on Kross to win the title for a record-setting third time.
Reception
The event was met with critical acclaim. Kevin Pantoja of ''
411Mania'' gave the entire event a 8.5 out of 10 ratings and gave the Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov match a perfect 5 star out of 5 ratings, with the reviewer declaring Walter as "the best wrestler on the planet". Kevin Berge of ''
Bleacher Report
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'' praised all the matches except the Ridge Holland vs. Trey Baxter which was graded C, their lowest graded match from the event. Raquel González vs. Dakota Kai, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov, and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Cole were particularly praised, with Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov being awarded the highest grading of A+ and being called the potential match of the year. Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov became the highest-rated WWE match of all times according to Cagematch.net, with a rating of 9.69 out of 10, surpassing the previous record held by
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...
vs.
The Undertaker
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at
WrestleMania 25. Fans all over the world took to Twitter and praised the Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov match.
Dave Meltzer
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of the ''
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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Founded in print in 1982 by Dave Meltzer, the ''Wrestling Observer'' website merged with Bryan Alvarez's ''Figure Four Wee ...
'' praised the event and gave the Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter a rating of 5.25 stars, making it only the fourth match in WWE history to exceed the
5 star ratings system.
Aftermath
This would be Karrion Kross' final NXT match. Prior to TakeOver 36, Kross debuted on ''
Raw'' on July 19, where he lost to
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and also appears on partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand.
He is re ...
in under two minutes.
On the ''Raw'' after TakeOver 36, Kross was moved to the Raw brand, where he performed without
Scarlett and wore a gladiator helmet and suspenders during his entrance. This attire and character direction was criticized, with many deeming those changes unnecessary and poorly thought out. On November 4, Kross and Scarlett were released from their WWE contracts, although they did return on the August 5, 2022, episode of ''
SmackDown''.
This would be Samoa Joe's final WWE match. On September 12, Joe relinquished the NXT Championship due to what WWE reported as an unspecified injury, and was released from his WWE contract on January 6, 2022. In March 2022, Joe stated that the real reason he relinquished the title was because he tested positive for COVID-19, as well as
Vince McMahon
Vincent Kennedy McMahon ( ; born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda McMahon, Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest ...
wanting to change the overall direction of NXT with the rebranding to NXT 2.0 and the reverting to being WWE's developmental territory (see below). After the NXT Championship was vacated, a
fatal four-way match for the vacant title was announced for the September 14 episode of ''NXT''. The match was won by
Tommaso Ciampa
Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa () and ...
, making him a two-time NXT Champion.
Ridge Holland and Timothy Thatcher had their match on the following episode of ''NXT'', where Holland was victorious. After the match, Holland attacked Thatcher, but Tommaso Ciampa made the save. However,
Oney Lorcan,
Danny Burch, and Pete Dunne overpowered Thatcher and Ciampa, ending the attack with Dunne striking Thatcher in the throat.
This ended up being Thatcher's final WWE appearance, as he was released from his WWE contract on January 5, 2022.
TakeOver 36 would be the final NXT event held under the TakeOver series. In September, the NXT brand went through a restructuring, being rebranded as "NXT 2.0", reverting, in part, to a developmental territory for WWE. The Capitol Wrestling Center name was also phased out, with events just being billed as held from the Performance Center. Those changes went into effect beginning with the September 14 episode of ''NXT''. In October, it was speculated that the company may end the TakeOver series as another TakeOver event was not scheduled for 2021 after TakeOver 36. On November 9, 2021, NXT's next PPV and livestreaming event was announced as
NXT WarGames to be held on December 5. WarGames was previously held under the TakeOver series from 2017 to 2020, however, the announcement confirmed that the event would not be a TakeOver event, thus ending the TakeOver series.
Results
References
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