WWE NXT continued the builds for TakeOver 36, this week where Ilja Dragunov made his maiden appearance on the main event match. A couple of huge TakeOver announcements were made on the night where the NXT BreakOut Tournament semi-final was scheduled. Also, the likes Dakota Kai, Boa Priestly were in action on the show that went down from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida.
– In the opening match, Dakota Kai replaced Ember Moon in an earlier scheduled bout against Sarray. Kai hit a Scorpion Kick on Sarray to end his undefeated run on NXT. After the match, WWE NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez appeared out of nowhere and chased off Dakota. After Dakota escaped, Raquel claimed that she will tear her apart at NXT TakeOver 36
– Dexter Lumis went on his first date with Indi Hartwell with Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae following them. At a point, Gargano showed up as the bartender in a restaurant and spread a cake on Lumis’ face. Indi licked those from his face and went on to kiss him.
– Ilja Dragunov appeared for the first time on Tuesday Nights stating that he will make history and end WALTER’s WWE NXT UK Title reign at TakeOver 36. Pete Dunne interrupted and said that Dragunov should thank him for putting NXT UK on the map. Dragunov reminded Dunne that he couldn’t defeat WALTER while claiming that he will successfully do so at TakeOver. Dragunov then challenged Dunne to a match which was accepted. Dunne warned that after the match, Dragunov won’t be able to make it to TakeOver.
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– Million Dollar Champion LA Knight defeated Andre Chase in a short match after hitting his BFT finisher. WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase came out and told Cameron Grimes that he should be a Champion rather than just becoming a butler to LA. LA said he will give Grimes another chance at TakeOver 36 to win the Million Dollar Title, but if Grimes loses to DiBiase then he must serve as his Butler, as well. DiBiase agreed to the stipulation.
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– Gigi Dolin defeated Amari Miller in the next match of WWE NXT with Jacy Jayne by her side. Dolin put her opponent into an abdominal stretch and then planted her to the mat with a modified powerbomb for the victory.
– WWE NXT General Manager William Regal moderated a face-off session between Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly and announced a match NXT TakeOver 36 under 2 Out of 3 Falls Match. Kyle picked his stipulation to be a Normal Match while Cole picked his stipulation to be a Street Fight. Regal picked the final and last stipulation to be a Steel Cage Match.
– Odyssey Jones defeated Trey Baxter to advance to the Finals of the WWE NXT Breakout Tournament 2021. After Baxter missed a second rope move, Jones connected with a big splash in the corner and then with a powerbomb slam for the win.
– Boa Priestley defeated Drake Maverick with some help from Mei Yung of Tian Sha faction by blowing smoke in Drake’s face. Boa connected with a roundhouse kick to Drake to secure the win.
– Pete Dunne defeated Ilja Dragonuv in the main event match after WWE NXT UK Champion WALTER provided him a distraction. Dunne hit his finishing maneuver The Bitter End on Ilja for the win. After the match, WALTER and Ilja got into a brawl where Ilja stood tall after hitting the Torpedo Moscow on WALTER to end the show.