NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4
2018 WWE Network event
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 was a 2018 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the 21st NXT TakeOver event and the fourth annual and final TakeOver: Brooklyn. It took place on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and aired exclusively on the WWE Network. The event was held as part of that year's SummerSlam weekend, and was the fourth and final consecutive TakeOver: Brooklyn event to take place at the arena.
Seven matches were contested at the event, including two taped for the August 22 episode of NXT. In the main event, Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match to retain the NXT Championship. In other prominent matches, Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship, and Ricochet defeated Adam Cole to win the NXT North American Championship.
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Background
TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling events that began in May 2014, as WWE's developmental brand, NXT, held its second WWE Network-exclusive livestreaming event, billed as TakeOver. The "TakeOver" moniker subsequently became the branding for all of NXT's major events held periodically throughout the year. TakeOver: Brooklyn was an annual subseries of TakeOver events that began in 2015 and were held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as a support show for WWE's annual SummerSlam for the main roster at the same venue. Announced on August 14, 2017, Brooklyn 4 was scheduled as the 21st TakeOver event and was held on Saturday, August 18, 2018, as a support show for that year's SummerSlam.
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