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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand | NXT | ||
| Date | June 7, 2020 | ||
| City | Winter Park,Florida | ||
| Venue | Full Sail University | ||
| Attendance | 0 (behind closed doors)[Note 1] | ||
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The 2020NXT TakeOver: In Your House was the 29thNXT TakeOver and 28thIn Your Houseprofessional wrestlingevent produced byWWE, and the inaugural In Your House held for the promotion'sNXTbrand division. The event wasstreamed exclusively on theWWE Network on June 7, 2020. While the majority of the eventaired live fromFull Sail University inWinter Park, Florida, theBacklot Brawl match waspre-recorded on May 28 in the parking lot of Full Sail.
The event marked the 25th anniversary of thefirst In Your Housepay-per-view event. It was also the first In Your House branded event sinceFebruary 1999, thus being the first In Your House to air on the WWE Network. It was also the first TakeOver event to be held at Full Sail University sinceTakeOver: The End in June 2016. That event had been promoted as the final TakeOver to be held at Full Sail; however, theCOVID-19 pandemic necessitated all of NXT's events to be held herebehind closed doors until NXT's events were relocated to theWWE Performance Center inOrlando in October. As a result, it was the first TakeOver to be held during the pandemic.
Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event,Io Shirai defeated defending championCharlotte Flair andRhea Ripley in atriple threat match to win theNXT Women's Championship. On the undercard,Karrion Kross defeatedTommaso Ciampa by technical submission,Keith Lee defeatedJohnny Gargano to retain theNXT North American Championship, andAdam Cole defeatedVelveteen Dream in aLast Chance Backlot Brawl to retain theNXT Championship, which was acinematic match.
NXT TakeOver was a series ofprofessional wrestlingevents that began in May 2014, asWWE'sNXTbrand held its secondWWE Network-exclusive event, billed asTakeOver.[1] In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of its major NXT events. On May 13, 2020, for the 25th anniversary of thefirst In Your Housepay-per-view (PPV) event, WWE announced that it had revived theIn Your House name for the 29th NXT TakeOver event to be held on June 7, 2020.[2][3]
In Your House was a series of monthly professional wrestling PPV events that were held by WWE from May 1995 to February 1999. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its then-five major PPVs at the time (WrestleMania,King of the Ring,SummerSlam,Survivor Series, andRoyal Rumble), and were sold at a lower cost. The branding was retired following February 1999'sSt. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House event, as the company moved to install permanent names for each of its monthly PPVs.[4] TakeOver: In Your House marked the first In Your House-branded event in 21 years and subsequently the 28th event to carry the name. It was in turn the first In Your House to air on the WWE Network.[2]
As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March, WWE had to present the majority of its programming from abehind closed doors set. Broadcasts ofNXT were subsequently held at NXT's home base ofFull Sail University inWinter Park, Florida. The pandemic also forced the cancelation of the previously scheduled TakeOver event,TakeOver: Tampa Bay.[5] In Your House was subsequently scheduled to be held at Full Sail University, marking the first TakeOver event to take place during the pandemic, as well as the first TakeOver event to be hosted at Full Sail sinceTakeOver: The End in June 2016.[2][6] While the majority of the eventaired live on June 7, 2020, theBacklot Brawl match waspre-recorded on May 28 as acinematic match.[7]
The event comprised six matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program,NXT.[8][9]
On the April 15 episode ofNXT, afterTommaso Ciampa admitted thatJohnny Gargano was the better man following their One Final Beat match the previous week, he was attacked backstage by the debutingKarrion Kross.[10] After Kross' match on the May 20 episode, Ciampa challenged Kross to a match at TakeOver: In Your House.[11]
DuringWrestleMania 36 Part 2,Charlotte Flair defeatedRhea Ripley by submission to win theNXT Women's Championship.[12] On the following episode ofNXT,Io Shirai won a six-womanladder match to earn a championship match against Flair,[13] which Shirai won by disqualification on the May 6 episode after which, Ripley returned and saved Shirai.[14] On the May 20 episode, the match between Shirai and Ripley ended in a no-contest when Flair attacked both.[11] Atriple threat match between the three women was then scheduled for TakeOver: In Your House.[15]
On the April 22 episode ofNXT,Finn Bálor was scheduled for a match withVelveteen Dream, but Bálor was knocked out by an unknown attacker before he could leave his dressing room.[16] Two weeks later, Bálor concluded that there was a "snake hiding in the long grass back there" and that whoever attacked him wanted a push. Bálor assured the audience that it would not be a push, but rather a squash. AfterCameron Grimes won his match later that night, he was confronted by Bálor, setting up a match between the two for the May 13 episode,[14] where Grimes won afterDamian Priest attacked Bálor with a nightstick. Priest then revealed that he was the one who knocked out Bálor on the April 22 episode, turning Bálorface.[17] On the May 20 episode, Priest stated that he would be coming for Bálor at TakeOver: In Your House,[11] and on May 26, the match was made official.[18]
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Mauro Ranallo |
| Beth Phoenix | |
| Tom Phillips | |
| Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
| Marcelo Rodriguez | |
| Ring announcer | Alicia Taylor |
| Referees | Drake Wuertz |
| Darryl Sharma | |
| Danilo Anfibio | |
| D.A. Brewer | |
| Tom Castor | |
| Pre-show panel | Scott Stanford |
| Sam Roberts | |
| Pat McAfee |
The event opened withMia Yim,Tegan Nox, andShotzi Blackheart facing the team ofCandice LeRae,Dakota Kai, andRaquel González. In the climax, Nox performed the Shiniest Wizard on both Gonzalez and Kai, followed by Nox pinning Kai to win the match.[19]
Next, Finn Bálor faced Damian Priest. During Bálor's entrance, Priest threw Bálor out of the ring. In the climax, Bálor knocked Priest, who was poised atop a turnbuckle, onto the steel steps. As Priest came back in the ring, Bálor performed two Coup de Grâces on Priest to win the match.[19]
After that,Keith Lee defended theNXT North American Championship against Johnny Gargano. Late in the match, Gargano's wife Candice LeRae emerged to distract Lee; however, Mia Yim came out and brawled with LeRae. This distracted the referee and Gargano took advantage of the situation and gouged Lee's eyes with a key. Gargano performed One Final Beat and a superkick on Lee for a near-fall. In the closing moments, Lee performed a Spirit Bomb and a Big Bang Catastrophe on Gargano to retain the title.[19]
Next was theLast Chance Backlot Brawl in whichAdam Cole defended theNXT Championship againstVelveteen Dream. The match occurred in the parking lot of Full Sail University with a wrestling ring set up surrounded by cars; the match could only be won by a pinfall or submission in the ring. Dream got three roll-ups to start the match, but then Cole came back with a boot to the face followed by punches. Stating that Dream did not deserve the title, Cole got in a car and attempted to leave, but Dream went after him with a baseball bat and smashed in a window. Later, Dream slammed Cole onto the hood of a car. Dream brought a ladder around the ringside area. Dream set up the ladder by the hood of the car that Cole was lying on. As Dream climbed the ladder, another car drove up and began honking. Cole'sUndisputed Era teammatesRoderick Strong andBobby Fish then emerged from the car. Cole also ascended the ladder but was knocked off by Dream and landed onto the windshield, causing Cole's right arm to bleed. Strong and Fish then attacked Dream. Strong and Fish then threw several chairs into the ring.Dexter Lumis would then show up from under the ring and beat up Strong and Fish with a steel chair and threw Strong and Fish in the trunk of a car and drove off. In the ring, Cole attempted a Panama Sunrise, but Dream caught him and hit the Dream Valley Driver for a two count. Dream then hit a diving elbow from the top rope for another nearfall. Cole then hit a low blow on Dream and followed with a Panama Sunrise onto the steel chairs to win and retain the title. Due to the stipulation of the match, Dream could no longer challenge for the NXT Championship as long as Cole was champion.[19]
In the penultimate match, Tommaso Ciampa faced Karrion Kross, who was accompanied to the ring byScarlett. Ciampa struck with hard strikes to the head, Kross sold it a bit and Kross hit a full extension kick to the head. Kross delivered an overhead suplex across the ring. Ciampa struck with another hard kick, then a clothesline over the top to the floor and Kross followed him out of the ring. Kross picked up Ciampa and sent him back first into the edge of the ring apron. Back in the ring, Kross delivered another belly-to-belly suplex across the ring. Kross continued the attack with another belly-to-belly suplex across the ring as he smiled at the violence he was causing. Kross delivered repeated knees to the face against the turnbuckle. Kross dared Ciampa to hit him, then Kross hit a Northern Lights Suplex into a clothesline. Ciampa responded with hard chops and strikes to the face, then a kick that sent Kross out of the ring. Kross was on the apron and Ciampa hit Widow's Bell for a two count. Ciampa struck with a running knee to the face, then another running knee to the face, but Kross blocked a move from Ciampa. Kross would put Ciampa on his shoulders and hit a Doomsday Saito. Kross would then apply the Kross Jacket. Ciampa passed out, giving the win to Kross by technical submission.[19]
In the main event, Charlotte Flair defended the NXT Women's Championship against Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match. In the climax, Flair performed a Spear on Ripley and then applied the Figure Eight submission on her. During this, Shirai performed a moonsault on Ripley from the top rope and pinned Ripley to win the title while Flair was tied up with the submission. The show ended with Shirai embracing with her newly won title belt as streamers and confetti filled the arena.[19]
The 2020 TakeOver: In Your House would be the first in a subseries of TakeOvers titled TakeOver: In Your House. Thesecond event was also held in June.[20] The TakeOver series was discontinued in late 2021,[21] but In Your Housecontinued on as NXT's annual June event[22] before it was discontinued in 2023.
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[19] | ||
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| 1 | Mia Yim,Shotzi Blackheart, andTegan Nox defeatedCandice LeRae,Dakota Kai, andRaquel González bypinfall | Six-woman tag team match[23] | 9:50 | ||
| 2 | Finn Bálor defeatedDamian Priest bypinfall | Singles match[24] | 13:07 | ||
| 3 | Keith Lee (c) defeatedJohnny Gargano bypinfall | Singles match for theNXT North American Championship[25] | 20:35 | ||
| 4 | Adam Cole (c) defeatedVelveteen Dream bypinfall | Last ChanceBacklot Brawl for theNXT Championship[26] | 14:57 | ||
| 5 | Karrion Kross (withScarlett) defeatedTommaso Ciampa bytechnical submission | Singles match[27] | 6:13 | ||
| 6 | Io Shirai defeatedCharlotte Flair (c) andRhea Ripley bypinfall | Triple threat match for theNXT Women's Championship[28] | 17:36 | ||
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