NXT + Main Event

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Rich Brennan, Byron Saxton, & Corey Graves.
-With General Manager S. William Regal recovering from recent neck surgery, Michael Cole presided over the contract signing for the upcoming Takeover main event between NXT Champion Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe.  Cole said that Regal would not have approved the Bayley-Eva Marie NXT Women's Title match, but "WWE Corporate" made a phone call and the match will happen(hmm...).  Joe simply walked into the ring, signed the contract, and left without looking the champion in the eye...ouch.  Bálor signed the contract as well, but Joe attacked Bálor from behind as he left the ringside area.  Referees tried to restore order, but Bálor fought back and they had to be separated by the officials...but not before Joe took Bálor down in the Kokita Clutch.
-Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder d. The Vaudevillains("The Artiste" Aiden English & Simon Gotch) to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles when Wilder pinned English after the Shatter Machine(Flapjack-into-Codebreaker) (4:50 aired).  After the match, Enzo Amore & "Big Cass" Colin Cassady made their return and were all business as they brawled with the champions.
-Backstage:  Tom Phillips interviewed Eva Marie in Regal's office...she said she needed a bigger place to prepare for her title match.  Tom asked why the match was "inevitable" in her mind...she said it was time for a "real woman" to hold the title.  After showing off the gifts she got from her Total Divas castmates, she introduced Tom to her good friend Nia Jax and said that "nothing beats friendship"...
-Coming soon:  "The Drifter" Elias Samson.
-Asuka Urai vs. "The Total Diva" Dana Brooke never officially started as Emma Tayla attacked Asuka from behind.  Emma caught Asuka in the Emma Lock(inverted STF) as Dana trash-talked from the arena floor.
-Backstage:  Tom Phillips interviewed NXT Women's Champion Bayley Rose about tonight's title defense...Bayley said that the difference between her and Eva Marie is that she's a wrestler, unlike Eva Marie.
-Returning soon:  Sami Zayn.
-Apollo Crews d. Jesse Sorensen with the delayed Blue Thunder Bomb (2:06).  After the match, Crews accepted Baron Corbin's challenge for Takeover: London.
-Backstage:  Corbin said that the Apollo Nation would fall at Takeover.
-WWE senior official Charles Robinson was appointed by "WWE Corporate" as the second referee to ensure that there would be "no controversy" in the main event...double hmm...
-Next week:  Tommaso Ciampa vs. Samoa Joe.
-Bayley Rose d. Eva Marie(w/ Nia Jax) to retain the NXT Women's Title.  The main referee was pulled out by Jax in the early going, so Robinson entered the match and was "conveniently" distracted at other times when Jax interfered.  Robinson's intervention led to Eva hitting the Sliced Red #2 for a close near-fall.  Bayley blocked a second attempt at Eva's finisher and pushed Bayley into Robinson, knocking him to the floor.  Bayley momentarily fought off Jax and delivered a top-rope Belly-To-Bayley Hugplex for the win as the original referee re-entered to count three (6:40).  Jax laid out Bayley after the match, hitting several Legdrops O' Doom before dropping the belt on Bayley and leaving the ring.

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Tom Phillips & Byron Saxton.
-Titus O'Neil(w/ Darren Young doing commentary) d. Stardust by countout when Stardust walked away from the match (3:42).
-Ryback d. Heath Slater via Shellshock (2:59).
-Alexander Rusev d. Zack Ryder with the Accolade(camel clutch) (4:18).
-Brie Bella(w/ Alicia Fox) d. Women's Champion Charlotte Flair(non-title) when Paige distracted Charlotte, allowing Brie to get the rollup pin (9:34 aired).