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NXT TakeOver: Toronto (2016)

2016 WWE Network event

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ27102753 ↗
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The 2016 NXT TakeOver: Toronto was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the 12th NXT TakeOver event and the inaugural TakeOver: Toronto. It took place on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and aired exclusively on the WWE Network. It was held as part of that year's Survivor Series weekend, and was the second TakeOver held outside of the United States, after TakeOver: London in December 2015.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Samoa Joe defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NXT Championship and became the first man to hold the title twice. It was also Mickie James's return to WWE for one night only in NXT.

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Background

TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling events that began in May 2014, as the American promotion 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. Announced on September 2, 2016, TakeOver: Toronto was scheduled as the 12th TakeOver event and took place on Saturday, November 19, 2016, as a support show for that year's Survivor Series for the main roster. It was held at the Air Canada Centre, the same venue as Survivor Series, and was named after the venue's city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was in turn the second TakeOver held outside of the United States, after TakeOver: London in December 2015.

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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as 2016 WWE Network event. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27102753. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016, 2015 and 2014.

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