New WWE NXT "Takeover: WarGames 2020" Match, Team Shotzi Finalized, WarGames Advantage
Team Shotzi Blackheart has won the advantage for the women's WarGames match at Sunday's WWE NXT "Takeover: WarGames 2020" event.
Tonight's Takeover go-home edition of NXT saw Shotzi earn the advantage by defeating Raquel Gonzalez in the Ladder Match main event.
The main event featured interference from both WarGames teams. This saw the reveal of the fourth and final member of Team Shotzi – NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai. Shirai will join Shotzi, Ember Moon and Rhea Ripley for the big War Games battle against Team Candice LeRae – Gonzalez, Dakota Kai, Toni Storm, and LeRae.
In other news for Sunday's Takeover event, Timothy Thatcher looks to take on Tommaso Ciampa.
Ciampa has had his eye on Thatcher for a few weeks now, for the way Thatcher bullies his students in his "Thatch-as-Thatch-Can" training sessions. Tonight's show saw the two grapplers come to blows after Ciampa interrupted Thatcher's latest training session. Thatcher declared that he has no problem with Ciampa and wants no trouble with him, but then attacked him. This led to Thatcher and one of his students double teaming Ciampa. Thatcher later told McKenzie Mitchell that Ciampa will learn about respect on Sunday.
"Takeover: WarGames 2020" will air live this Sunday, December 6, from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, FL. Below is the updated card, along with a few related shots from tonight's go-home episode:
Men's WarGames Match
The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish) vs. The Kings of NXT (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch)
WarGames Advantage: The Kings
Women's WarGames Match
Team Blackheart (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai) vs. Team LeRae (Candice LeRae, Toni Storm, Dakota Kai, Raquel Gonzalez)
WarGames Advantage: Team Blackheart
Triple Threat for the NXT North American Title
Johnny Gargano vs. Damian Priest vs. Leon Ruff (c)
Strap Match
Dexter Lumis vs. Cameron Grimes
Timothy Thatcher vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Distraction, you say? #WWENXT @NXTCiampa pic.twitter.com/ppUhsjd2jJ
— WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2020
THATCH-AS-THATCH-CAN with special guest instructor @NXTCiampa?!?#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/XSodevmHWE
— WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2020
Tonight was about distraction.
This Sunday at #NXTTakeOver: WarGames, it will be about RESPECT.
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 3, 2020
It's ALL about the #WarGames advantage in this high-stakes LADDER MATCH on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/HC4Mm7bWRc
— WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2020
HOWL WITH HER! ??
Team Blackheart has the #WarGames ADVANTAGE! at #NXTTakeOver! #WWENXT @ShotziWWE pic.twitter.com/6spstz40S6
— WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2020
Sheer GENIUS. #WWENXT #WeAreNXT #WarGames @shirai_io pic.twitter.com/9SDisQ89yE
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 3, 2020
Welcome to #TeamShotzi, @shirai_io!#NXTTakeOver: #WarGames THIS SUNDAY!!!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/Z1BpIWkL3f
— WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2020
Now THAT's a #WarGames team! ?? ?? ?? ??#WWENXT #NXTTakeOver @RheaRipley_WWE @WWEEmberMoon @ShotziWWE @shirai_io pic.twitter.com/byeDfASCF6
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 3, 2020