WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago May 20th 2017, Results and video highlights
NXT TakeOver: Chicago came to us from the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL. 4 titles were defended tonight including every NXT title plus the WWE UK Championship as we got one of the best NXT TakeOvers of all time.
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Eric Young vs Roderick Strong
Eric Young came out first accompanied by SanitY. He was followed out by Roderick Strong who came out from backstage and ambushed Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe before taking the fight to a surprised Eric Young who looked taken aback.
Strong was all over Young in the opening stages as he swept Young off his feet while the latter was on the apron. As the referee turned away, Killian Dain hit Roderick Strong with a running crossbody to help Young take back control. EY then headed to the middle rope and lifted Strong by the neck in a guillotine position as he looked to make Roddy pay.
Young continued to dissect Roddy as he used the middle rope as a weapon, choking Strong against it. He followed it up with a claw hold to Strong's finger but Roddy made his way back to his feet only to be taken back down with a clothesline. EY headed to the middle rope and went for a double-axehandle as Roddy met him with a dropkick to change the momentum.
Roddy followed up the dropkick with a trademark backbreaker followed by a running knee strike in the corner. He followed it up with an inverted exploder suplex as Young rolled out to ringside. As Strong followed him out, Young hit him with the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker. He then rolled Strong back in and covered him for a nearfall.
As Young headed to the top rope, Strong tried to meet him on the top turnbuckle only for Young to knock him off and hit the elbow drop. Young then tried to finish Roddy with a Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker but Roddy escaped. He then took out Killian Dain and Wolfe who tried to intervene before looking for an Angle Slam only for Young to rake the eyes.
Young then headed to the top rope but Roddy caught him with a jumping knee strike which sent him crashing into Wolfe and Dain at ringside. Roddy then rolled Young back into the ring and hit a release vertical suplex into a backstabber to pick up the win.
Roderick Strong def. Eric Young