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NXT TakeOver: Chicago Results:

- Roderick Strong defeated Eric Young

- Pete Dunne defeated Tyler Bate to win the WWE United Kingdom Championship

- Asuka defeated Ruby Riot and Nikki Cross to retain the NXT Women's Championship

- Bobby Roode defeated Hideo Itami to retain the NXT Championship

- The Authors of Pain defeated #DIY in a Ladder match to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship

Tommaso Ciampa turned on Johnny Gargano after the match.
 

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Not a single bad match, the Ladder Match and the UK Championship match were especially good, with the NXT Championship, Women's Championship Match, and opener being still enjoyable and solid, and a heart-wrenching ending, made it another amazing Takeover event.

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I stated this in the live discussion but this PPV was one of, if not the best, pay-per-views I've ever seen. That show is the exact reason why I love WWE and pro-wrestling.
Like @Beavporeon said there wasn't a single bad match, and all of the matches did what they had to do. Roderick vs Eric was a great opener, and the match was better than what I expected. The MOTN though was the U.K Championship match between Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne. When a viewer like myself and a crowd that was only introduced to this style of wrestling in WWE only back in January, and having the reaction be possibly one of the best of the night, that's just something special. The match itself was glorious, and I'm freaking glad I got to see it. I was legitimately not a fan of Dunne during it because Tyler is so damn-likeable as a champion and a wrestler. I'm completely fine Pete got the win though, as it;s something new and it can bring new things to their new semi-division by the looks.

The N.X.T Women's Championship match was awesome. I have to admit though, I wasn't that interested until I saw what great matches these women can put on. Splendid showing, and I can't wait till Ember takes that title. Roode vs Itami was really good, and I'm glad they're still keeping the title on Bobby. It looks like they're going in the direction of a Drew McIntyre vs Bobby Roode feud which will be, fucking amazing. I'm unsure what to think about the backstage segment though, does that mean a Hideo heel turn? If so, I'd be 100% fine with a Hideo vs Kassius Ohno feud.

Now onto the M.E. #DIY vs. The Authors of Pain in a ladder match for the N.X.T Tag team Championships. Let me just say now, that match was fucking amazing. It lacked nothing, and the chemistry these teams hold is truly wonderful. I was interested and hyped throughout the whole match, and seeing DIY lose like that legitimately made me sad and unprepared for what was to come. When the match ended I immediately thought that this was DIY's last run in NXT, and that they were heading up to the main roster. I was sad and happy at the same time because of the loss and the thought of them coming up to the main roster. Seeing them at the ramp and Tommaso slamming Johnny into the LED light-stand (thing) made me stop all thoughts in shock. I was completely unsuspecting of a heel turn, and that rarely happens with me nowadays. The crowd reaction was perfect, the execution was perfect, the whole match itself was perfect. Perfect PPV if I've seen one. Now I can't wait until Johhny Wrestling gets his revenge on the Psycho Killer.
 
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The show was amazing, I loved it! 10/10

Every match on the card was good at the very least, the crowd was good, as were the commentators.

Dunne vs Bate was easily MOTN and MOTYC, it was excellent! Also loved the ME and Ciampa turning on Gargano post-match.

All in all, an amazing and thoroughly enjoyable show.
 
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Tyler Bate is 20. He should not be this good.

Anyways NXT Takeover Chicago was an excellent well rounded show with two fantastic matches and 3 good ones, just goes to show the superiority of the writing team in the developmental brand over that of the main roster. The day Triple H takes over WWE will be the start of the golden age.

9/10

Dunne vs Bate was about as good as Okada vs Shibata imo and if it was able to go at that pace for another 10 minutes then it'd be a serious challenger of Okada vs Omega, no filler, just delicious substance.
 

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I only saw the Women's title match...and I loved it...

Asuka is the Empress and is she amazing...but there
is something about Ruby Riot that I really, really like.

She has energy...she has fire...kind of like Becky Lynch...
but she is gothpunk rather than steampunk.

I'm not sure when I'll get to watch the rest of it...but I'm
hoping sooner rather than later.
 

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I wish I had never heard the rumors about Adam Cole, because if I didn't expect him to show up, this would've been a 10/10 show for me, but I was a bit disappointed and gonna give it a 9/10.

Great opening match, looks like they are starting to push Roddy, which is great, hopefully he keeps getting reaction like this in Chicago.

Dunne and Bate putting on the best match of 2017 so far in WWE.

Women's title Triple Threat was enjoyable, but once again they mess up the finish. That last kick that Asuka did was probably the weakest looking one she did the whole match. And whats up with Nikki laughing after getting pinned?

The finish of Roode Vs Itami on the other hand - GLORIOUS!

Main event was great, I'm happy they put the Tag-Team title match as the main event. Ciampa turning on Gargano was expected, but they did it perfectly. I think it's too early, but I'm interested to see what comes of it.
 
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Ya know, there's a line I heard long ago about those of us who comment on wrestling... or any form of entertainment. "If you even analyze it, that's a problem. If it was really that good you'd just react.".

Often times I love writing paragraphs and paragraphs about Wrestlemania and how they did the little things well and I liked the finishes and it set this and that up and...

A great show doesn't need that. A great show needs three simple words to review it.

WATCH. THIS. SHOW.

10/10
 
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I gave it a 9/10, one of the pest PPV events I have seen. Not a single bad match they were all good with 2 great ones. I loved the ladder match.

If I could I would rate it a 9.5, it lacked something for a perfect 10. Best event of the year, hell best I have seen since August when I got the network and I include a few AE events there as well.
 
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Well goes without saying that it was head and shoulder above Backlash but the honest truth is that most of the Takeover shows always outshine the main roster shows it comes up against.

9/10 for me as the show was great but i felt myself wanting a bit more out of the womans match. In fairness it had a hard time trying to top the UK Championship match which for me was match of the night.

The NXT stuff you feel you can go back and watch over and over again, i havnt had that with the main roster stuff in so long.
 
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