Ripley slammed Flair face-first to the mat. Each superstar got her licks in as momentum swung in every direction.įlair hit a double spear onto both challengers.

Ripley had seen enough and charged the ring, getting the better of the champ, which opened the door for Shirai to recover. With the spotlight on the NXT women's championship tonight, these three tore the house down.īack inside the ring, she continued to get the better of Shirai and locked her in a lion tamer version of the Boston crab. Flair dominated on the outside of the ring as well, sending both of her challengers into the barricade. She caught Ripley with a neckbreaker and Shirai with a fallaway slam and proceeded to chop them both.

Flair returned to the ring within seconds and began to dominate. Nothing is set in stone, but whatever Flair does from here on out won't be as NXT women's champion, as Io Shirai won the title by outlasting both Flair and Rhea Ripley in the main event of NXT TakeOver: In Your House.Īfter the bell rang, Flair rolled to the outside of the ring and allowed Ripley and Shirai to start things off, but it was a facade. Was she back for a long run to help elevate the next generation of women, or was it a matter of sharpening herself against only the best of what that brand has to offer? When Charlotte Flair returned to NXT and won the NXT women's championship for the second time, her trajectory was unclear. ☁️ #NXTTakeOver /SzFgPE1wU9- WWE June 8, 2020 (c) - Indicates defending champion NXT women's championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs.

Sean Coyle covered it all in real time, with a rating that breaks down each match on a 0-to-5 scale. It was the only title change of the night, as Adam Cole and Keith Lee successfully defended their titles against Velveteen Dream and Johnny Gargano, respectively, but in an equally surprising moment, Karrion Kross continued his monumental leap forward by quickly dispatching Tommaso Ciampa. Just two months after Charlotte Flair walked into WrestleMania 36 and dethroned Rhea Ripley as champion, Shirai beat both women in the main event of TakeOver and reshaped the landscape at the top of the NXT women's division. NXT TakeOver: In Your House was a night with a couple of surprising outcomes - none more so than Io Shirai's walking out Sunday night as the new NXT women's champion.

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