Flair tries Natural Selection but Ripley moves out of the way. Shirai floors Ripley with a springboard dropkick. Shirai crushes Ripley with a running double knee strike. As Shirai is distracted, Flair drops her with Natural Selection. Shirai kicks out. Flair puts Shirai in the Figure Eight. Ripley pulls Flair out of the ring by her hair. Flair and Ripley fight outside the ring. Shirai dives through the ropes and crossbody blocks Ripley. Flair tosses Shirai through the In Your House set’s window. Ripley hits Flair with a potted plant. Flair slams Ripley’s head into the plexiglass attached to the barricade. Shirai climbed to the top of the set. Flair and Ripley turn around as Shirai dives off and lands on them both. Everyone is down.
Shirai sends Flair back into the ring. Shirai sets up her finishing moonsault. Ripley cuts Shirai off. Flair charges in but Ripley sees her coming. Ripley side steps and Flair goes headfirst into the turnbuckle. Shirai tries a ranna off the top but Ripley puts on the breaks. Flair appears out of nowhere and hits a running boot to Shirai’s chest. Ripley hits Riptide off the second rope on Flair. Shirai breaks up the pin. Shirai tries a wheelbarrow but Ripley counters into her standing cloverleaf. Flair grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and hits Ripley with it. Ripley releases the hold. Flair beats down Ripley and Shirai with the kendo stick. Flair spears Ripley. Flair puts Ripley in the Figure Eight. Shirai hits a her moonsault finish on Ripley as she is trapped in the Figure Eight. Flair is legs are trapped. She can’t break up the pin. Shirai gets the three count for the win.
Winner and NEW NXT Women’s Champion, Io Shirai!
She ???? the sky. ☁️#NXTTakeOver @shirai_io @RheaRipley_WWE @MsCharlotteWWE pic.twitter.com/SzFgPE1wU9
— WWE (@WWE) June 8, 2020
Dirtiest player in the game. ?#NXTTakeOver @MsCharlotteWWE @shirai_io @RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/yWL82oRFnQ
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) June 8, 2020
KEEP YOUR EYES ON IO SHIRAI.
Sorry, keep your eyes on our NEW #WWENXT #WomensChampion @shirai_io!!!!! #NXTTakeOver #AndNew @MsCharlotteWWE @RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/f0dMDLrnBq
— WWE (@WWE) June 8, 2020
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