NXT Takeover: London - Defending Jack the Ripper

About this episode

The episode revisits NXT's first visit to London, discussing key matches and the cultural context of the time.

In this, our potentially penultinate episode, three Brits revisit NXT's first visit to London town. It's NXT Takeover: London, featuring Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor, Bayley vs Nia Jax and Enzo + Cass's shot at the NXT Tag Team Championships. Did this show reach the heights on Big Ben? Or did it stink like the Thames? Welcome to TEN-XT, an officially unofficial WWE:NXT history podcast. Three lifelong friends discuss the episode of NXT that came out ten years ago today. And along the way, the wider world of the time - Including sports, news and of course... wrestling. We are not affiliated with WWE in any way, nor are we pro wrestlers. But we are fans of NXT, that IS true. Just North-East English lads talking wrestling, it's a stereotype at this point, so you know the drill. Music: Hall of the Metal King by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Three Brits

Topics covered

• NXT history
• wrestling events
• London wrestling
• NXT Takeover
• sports discussion

Keywords

• NXT
• Takeover London
• Samoa Joe
• Finn Balor
• Bayley
• Nia Jax
• Enzo and Cass
• wrestling history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE

Places: London

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