Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool.
- The embedded video at the top of the article is Triple H's post-TakeOver interview.
- WWE Chairman Vince McMahon commented on the event and noted that it was amazing.
Yes, I watched #NXTUKTakeOver.
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) January 12, 2019
Yes, it was awesome. pic.twitter.com/bk9uQ2ObGh
— Pete Dunne (@PeteDunneYxB) January 12, 2019
- Video courtesy of the @WWEGP Twitter account -- once TakeOver went off the air, Triple H came out and gave a round of applause to the live crowd.
.@TripleH surprises the fans. He looks like a very happy man. What a atmosphere. #NXTUKTakeOver pic.twitter.com/PlX4hkmLNl
— Gorilla Position (@WWEGP) January 12, 2019
- The first-ever NXT UK Tag Team Champions James Drake and Zack Gibson commented on their title win during a backstage interview:
No longer “soon” to be.
— Triple H (@TripleH) January 12, 2019
Now...the FIRST EVER @NXTUK Tag Team Champions... @JamesDrake_GYT @ZackGibson01#NXTUKTagTitles #WeAreNXTUK pic.twitter.com/3hVPlsJL0u
- WWE posted the video of Finn Balor coming out as Travis Banks' replacement and Triple H took to Twitter to comment on the "Plan B".
...now that’s a plan b. @FinnBalor#NXTUKTakeOver #TooSweet pic.twitter.com/HZg6v9xadq
— Triple H (@TripleH) January 12, 2019
Finn Bálor will wrestle ANYWHERE! #NXTUKTakeOverBlackpool #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/SNBdM2EngC
— Finn Bálor forEVERYone (@FinnBalor) January 12, 2019
- Charlotte Flair was in attendance.
#NXTUKTakeOver pic.twitter.com/IALCAdQkQc
— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) January 12, 2019
- Tyler Bate and Trent Seven paid tribute to the late former WWF World Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid with their ring gear.
— Tyler Bate (@Tyler_Bate) January 12, 2019
- PROGRESS World Champion WALTER reacted to his surprise debut.
Arrival! https://t.co/DUHGQILvXP
— WALTER (@WalterAUT) January 12, 2019
- Pete Dunne and Joe Coffey's main event match went for 34 minutes.
- Jordan Devlin got to face his trainer and had the following to say on social media afterwards:
I've been chasing you across this planet for 16 years now. Tonight I finally caught you up, in a @WWE ring. Thanks for the scrap. Now you better start running again, I WILL get you next time. #NXTUKTakeOver #NXTUK pic.twitter.com/8qxKyDOIEa
— Jordan Devlin (@Jordan_Devlin1) January 12, 2019
- Here are a few GIFS and photos from Toni Storm's NXT UK Women's Championship win:
IT'S TONI TIME!!!!!!!
— WWE (@WWE) January 12, 2019
Congratulations to your NEW #NXTUK #WomensChampion #ToniStorm! #NXTUKTakeOver #UKWomensTitle pic.twitter.com/YOHu0T79r3
YOU deserve it, #ToniStorm! #NXTUK #NXTUKTakeOver #UKWomensTitle pic.twitter.com/j3BD1PnZpt
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 12, 2019
Toni Storm is a warrior both in and out of the ring.
— Flash Morgan Webster (@Flash_Morgan) January 12, 2019
Fight, rise, overcome.
Incredible performance
Toni’s time starts now!#NXTUKTakeOver
Once a rockstar, ALWAYS a rockstar! #ToniTime #NXTUKTakeOver #UKWomensTitle #NXTUK #AndNew pic.twitter.com/CnLUwm6jnP
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) January 12, 2019
Congratulations #ToniStorm
— Nina Samuels (@NinaSamuels123) January 12, 2019
I know you'll embrace the new target on your back --#NXTUKTakeOver https://t.co/foJXR1mOUk
- WWE pushed articles out about the TakeOver appearances of WALTER, WOS Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray and 'Alpha Female' Jazzy Gabert.
Who was the gargantuan Austrian who stepped up to @WWEUK Champion @PeteDunneYxB at the end of #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool? Meet @WalterAUT! https://t.co/5pfj68WRCq
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) January 12, 2019
#WWEMYC competitors @Jazzy_Gabert & @Kay_Lee_Ray were spotted at #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool! What could this mean for the #NXTUK Women's Division? -- https://t.co/ii2SmJnZiR
— WWE (@WWE) January 12, 2019
- The dark matches before TakeOver went live on the WWE Network featured Jinny defeating Isla Dawn, Ligero defeating Saxon Huxley and 'European Union' besting Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster.
