NXT Championship (Ladder Match)
– Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor (c)

After the big women’s post-match celebration, we switch gears and prepare for our main event of the evening. The video packages airs to tell the story behind tonight’s ladder match for the NXT Championship between Finn Balor and Kevin Owens.

From there, we see Kevin Owens headed to the ring from the backstage area as the ominos main event music plays. Finally, Owens’ theme hits and out he comes. Out next for tonight’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn main event is the NXT Champion — Finn Balor.

Our ladder match main event of the evening for the NXT title is officially underway. After Balor finishes his entrance, the fans, as usual, chant “This is Awesome” and “That was Awesome.” Meanwhile, we see Kevin Owens sitting in a chair outside the ring simply waiting for Balor to finish his thing.

The ring announcer does the formal introductions for this one since it is a title match main event. The fans boo Owens and cheer Balor as expected.

Owens dominates Balor early on. Balor hits Sling Blade to slow him down. We get our first glimpse of a ladder heading to the ring as Balor drags one behind him. Owens stops him and smashes the ladder into his mid-section over and over again.

The announcers point out that it’s 11pm EST., noting that if they were on pay-per-view, they’d be forced to end the show, but because they’re on the WWE Network and there’s business still at hand, they’re going to go long tonight.

Owens takes the top half of the announce table and slams it into Balor’s skull. Then, he does Balor’s pose to mock him. The fans chant we want tables as Owens pulls another ladder out from under the ring. Balor jumps off the announce table and dropkicks Owens down.

Balor gets up and throws the ladder into the ring. The fans join up and now pretty much everyone in the ring is chanting “We Want Tables.” Balor hits a big dive onto Owens on the floor. The “NXT! NXT! NXT!” chants break out again.

“Let’s go Balor” and “Fight Owens Fight!” dueling chants break out as Owens beats down Balor with a ladder in the ring. He slams Balor onto the ladder now and hits a senton splash on top of him for good measure.

Balor reverses a powerbomb attempt from Owens, essentially back-body dropping Owens on a ladder that was not laying flat, but on its’ side, in the ring. Ouch. Owens follows that up by cannon-balling himself into a ladder in the corner of the ring.

Balor goes to the top rope and hits his double foot stomp finisher on Owens. Balor sets the ladder up in the ring under the belt as Owens is laid out next to him. As Balor climbs to the top, Owens gets back to his feet and yanks him off with a big powerbomb. Both guys are down now.

“This is Awesome!” chants break out now as both guys start to show signs of life. Owens slowly climbs up the ladder but Balor lifts the ladder up and pushes it over, knocking Owens off and smashing him into the corner with the back of his head slamming into the turnbuckle, whiplash style.

Owens wedges a ladder like a bridge on the bottom of a ladder standing up under the belt in the center of the ring. Owens tries suplexing Balor off the one ladder and onto the bridge ladder, instead, Balor shoves Owens backwards and Owens lands on the bridge ladder. Owens momentum takes him off the bridge, so Balor hits his double foot stomp off the top of the regular ladder. He climbs back up and takes the title down. Balor wins and retains.

Winner and STILL NXT Champion: Finn Balor

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