Huge Angle Sets Up NXT Takeover 36 Main Event

There’s your main event. While Summerslam is getting all of the attention, NXT has their own major show coming up next month. On August 22, NXT is presenting Takeover 36, which takes place the day after Summerslam. This show has a tendency to be NXT’s biggest of the year and it needs a major card to make that happen. We might have the main event set up.

This week on NXT, Samoa Joe presented General Manager William Regal with a three step plan to deal with NXT Champion Karrion Kross. Samoa Joe then tenured his resignation from NXT management, which Regal accepted. Immediately after, Samoa Joe was re-signed as a member of the active roster and was placed in an NXT Title match with Kross at Takeover 36.

Samoa Joe is a record tying two time NXT Champion and the first person to reach the milestone. He has not wrestled since January 2020 due to a series of concussions. Following his injuries, he became a Monday Night Raw commentator before being released from the company earlier this year. NXT brought him back in as an enforcer in June to deal with the chaos caused by Kross.

It was a big night. Check out the segment plus how we got here:

Samoa Joe strikes TakeOver bargain to face Karrion Kross: WWE NXT, July 27, 2021

Samoa Joe returns to confront Karrion Kross: WWE NXT, June 15, 2021

Karrion Kross lays waste to Mr. Regal: WWE NXT, July 20, 2021

Opinion: This is the kind of match where you knew it was coming and everything just had to be made official. There was nothing left to do but make the match take place and that is just what they did this week. I’m not sure if Samoa Joe is going to win the title, but it is going to be the type of fight that the show is going to need. It makes sense, and now we could be in for the big fight feel.

What do you think of the match? Who leaves with the title? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 60,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 6,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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