# NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
**NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable** was a professional wrestling live special produced by WWE's NXT brand, held on May 20, 2015 at [Full Sail University](https://www.edgepedia.org/full-sail-university) in [Winter Park, Florida](https://www.edgepedia.org/winter-park-florida), and broadcast live on [WWE Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/wwe-network)[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/events-results/ppv-special/nxt-takeover-unstoppable) • [2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-pre-show-wwe-network). The sold-out show is remembered for two developments that outgrew the card around them: an acclaimed NXT Women's Championship match between Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch, and the surprise debut of Samoa Joe, who confronted NXT Champion Kevin Owens to close the event[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/) • [4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | May 20, 2015, Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida[1](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/events-results/ppv-special/nxt-takeover-unstoppable) |
| Attendance | 450, a sold-out crowd[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/) |
| Broadcast | Pre-show at 7:30 p.m. ET, main card live at 8 p.m. ET on WWE Network[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-pre-show-wwe-network) |
| Main event | NXT Champion Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn ended in a No Contest; Samoa Joe debuted and confronted Owens[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015) |
| Women's title | Sasha Banks retained the NXT Women's Championship against Becky Lynch by submission to the Bank Statement[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015) |
| Title change | None; all three championship matches ended with the champions retaining[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015) |
| Theme song | "Unstoppable" by Motionless in White[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015) |
## Card and build
The announced card carried three championship matches and a number-one contender's bout. [Kevin Owens](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-owens) defended the [NXT Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-championship) against [Sami Zayn](https://www.edgepedia.org/sami-zayn), a rematch between former best friends; Sasha Banks defended the NXT Women's Championship against Becky Lynch; and tag champions Blake & Murphy faced Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-pre-show-wwe-network). A Triple Threat Match among Finn Bálor, Hideo Itami, and Tyler Breeze was set to crown a new No. 1 contender to the NXT Title, and Baron Corbin was booked against Rhyno[2](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-pre-show-wwe-network).
**Storylines on weekly TV.** On the May 6, 2015 episode of NXT, Banks and Lynch signed the contract for their title match, a segment that ended with Lynch catching Banks's attempted slap and applying an armbar that made the champion tap out on the floor of the arena[5](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2015-05-06/wwe-nxt-results-2015-05-06). Lynch had earned the shot by defeating Bayley and Charlotte in a number-one-contender match, while Banks had won the Women's Championship at the previous special, TakeOver: Rival[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/). The same episode saw Rhyno call out [Baron Corbin](https://www.edgepedia.org/baron-corbin) for a showdown at TakeOver, and the tag champions Blake & Murphy attack Enzo & Cass backstage, leaving their No. 1 contenders unable to compete[5](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2015-05-06/wwe-nxt-results-2015-05-06).
## Results
**Opener reshaped by injury.** Hours before the event, Hideo Itami was attacked in the parking lot of the NXT Arena and was found to have suffered a torn rotator cuff, removing him from the opening bout[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). The scheduled Triple Threat became a one-on-one match between [Finn Bálor](https://www.edgepedia.org/finn-balor), in an especially elaborate Demon persona, and [Tyler Breeze](https://www.edgepedia.org/tyler-breeze). Bálor leaped onto Breeze from high on the arena entrance way and finished him with the Coup de Grace, becoming the No. 1 contender; Owens watched from a backstage monitor[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015).
In the tag match that followed, Charlotte & Bayley defeated Emma & [Dana Brooke](https://www.edgepedia.org/dana-brooke) when Charlotte pinned Emma after Natural Selection, with Bayley having cleared Dana Brooke from the ring[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). Baron Corbin then answered Rhyno's week-old challenge and won an all-out fight with End of Days[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015).
**Tag title finish.** Blake & Murphy retained the [NXT Tag Team Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/nxt-tag-team-championship) over [Enzo Amore](https://www.edgepedia.org/enzo-amore) & Colin Cassady through outside interference. [Alexa Bliss](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexa-bliss) unexpectedly appeared and attacked Carmella, then pushed Enzo Amore from the top rope, leaving him pinned as the champions retained[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015).
**Banks vs. Lynch.** The NXT Women's Championship match was a physical, limb-focused contest in which Lynch attacked the arm to set up her Dis-arm-her submission while Banks targeted Lynch's arm and shoulder to weaken her offense and create openings for the Bank Statement[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/). Banks knocked Lynch off the ropes and forced her to tap out to the Bank Statement to retain[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). Reviews treated the match as a breakthrough performance for Lynch, who entered as a villain and won over the audience by the end[6](https://www.wrestlerant.com/columnist-corner/wwe-nxt-takeover-unstoppable-review-may-20-2015), and it has since been repeatedly cited as one of the strongest technical women's matches in WWE history[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/).
**Main event and Samoa Joe's debut.** The NXT Championship match between Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn dissolved into a brawl inside and outside the ring. When the action moved to the floor, Owens delivered a Pop-up Powerbomb to Zayn onto the ring apron, aggravating a shoulder injury Zayn had suffered weeks earlier on Monday Night Raw against [John Cena](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-cena)[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). Owens refused to let officials check on Zayn, and even multiple referees could not restrain him; General Manager William Regal physically intervened and Owens headbutted him before reaching for a chair[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). At that point [Samoa Joe](https://www.edgepedia.org/samoa-joe) stepped through the ropes into an NXT ring for the first time, climbed in without hesitation, and stood face-to-face with Owens, who backed away from the confrontation[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015). The match was ruled a No Contest[4](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015).
## Reception and significance
Critical scores placed the event in a middle-high tier among 2015 TakeOvers. A 411Mania year-end review scored it 8.8 out of 10, Cageside Seats graded it an A and called it a game changer, and a CAGEMATCH user review rated it 7.0, calling it arguably the weakest NXT show of 2015 with one truly great match in Banks/Lynch[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/) • [7](https://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/12/23/10636136/every-wwe-nxt-takeover-event-in-2015-graded) • [8](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=128229). IMDb records a 7.9/10 rating from 247 votes for the 1-hour-58-minute broadcast[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4695988).
The show's lasting significance rests on two outcomes. Samoa Joe's arrival made him the first of several established non-WWE veterans to appear in NXT under their original ring names, reversing WWE's practice of assigning new signees trademarkable names[10](https://www.enuffa.com/2016/03/the-history-of-nxt-takeover-unstoppable.html). And the Banks-Lynch match, staged about two months before both wrestlers were called up to the main roster, became a reference point for NXT's women's division at the height of its influence on WWE's presentation of women's wrestling[3](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/).
## References
1. [NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable Full Results & Match Card, The SmackDown Hotel](https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/events-results/ppv-special/nxt-takeover-unstoppable)
2. [Tune into WWE Network tonight for full NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable coverage, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-pre-show-wwe-network)
3. [NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable (2015) Review & Final Grade, WrestleFile](https://wrestlefile.com/events/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015/)
4. [NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable Results, May 20, 2015, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-takeover-unstoppable-2015-05-20/nxt-takeover-results-may-20-2015)
5. [WWE NXT results - May 6, 2015, WWE.com](https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2015-05-06/wwe-nxt-results-2015-05-06)
6. [WWE NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable Review - May 20, 2015, WrestleRant](https://www.wrestlerant.com/columnist-corner/wwe-nxt-takeover-unstoppable-review-may-20-2015)
7. [Every WWE NXT TakeOver event in 2015 graded, Cageside Seats](https://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/12/23/10636136/every-wwe-nxt-takeover-event-in-2015-graded)
8. [WWE NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, CAGEMATCH Events Database](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=128229)
9. [NXT Takeover: Unstoppable (TV Special 2015), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4695988)
10. [The History of NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Enuffa.com](https://www.enuffa.com/2016/03/the-history-of-nxt-takeover-unstoppable.html)
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