TakeOver: In Your House showcased why NXT is such a dynamic brand as Io Shirai pinned Rhea Ripley to become the new NXT Women’s Champion.

In Your House provided a different spin on the rugged, rebellious TakeOver shows, but ended in the same cutting-edge fashion as Io Shirai pinned Rhea Ripley to become the new NXT Women’s Champion.

Placing modern spin on an antiquated concept, the show playfully paid tribute to ICOPRO, Dok Hendrix, WWE’s Good Humor ice cream bars, the iconic “Promotional consideration paid for by the following” phrase, and even included some slapstick comedy from Todd Pettengill.

Called by the mellifluous Mauro Ranallo, the show captured the long-term vision of Paul “Triple H” Levesque. TakeOver delivered a brilliant match pitting Finn Balor against Damian Priest, established a new paramount heel in Karrion Kross, continued the record-setting reign of Adam Cole and crowned Shirai as the new women’s champ.

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