NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way
2014 WWE Network event
NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way was a 2014 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental territory, NXT. It was the second NXT TakeOver event and took place on Saturday, September 11, 2014, at NXT's home venue at the time, Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and was also the promotion's second event to carry the Fatal 4-Way name, after WWE's eponymous pay-per-view event in June 2010. The event centered on its main event, which was a fatal four-way match, a four-person free-for-all where the first wrestler to score a pinfall or submission wins.
The event consisted of six matches. In the main event, Adrian Neville defeated Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, and Tyson Kidd in the titular fatal four-way match to retain the NXT Championship. Also on the show, Charlotte defeated Bayley to retain the NXT Women's Championship, and The Lucha Dragons (Kailsto and Sin Cara) won the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). Japanese wrestler Hideo Itami also made his NXT debut at the show.
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In May 2014, WWE held a professional wrestling livestreaming event titled TakeOver for its developmental territory, NXT, and it aired exclusively on the WWE Network. NXT's next WWE Network livestreaming event was titled as TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way. With the announcement of this second TakeOver event, the "TakeOver" name was established as the branding used by WWE for all of NXT's major events held periodically throughout the year.
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