WEDF NXT Takeover: Inception

WEDF NXT Takeover: Inception is the first Takeover of Season 2 and the third major event overall for WEDF NXT

Background
'''In 2015, WEDF invested in a project known as WEDF NXT. After a failed first iteration by Duke Ammons, Autumn Penn and Joshua Bishop launched the second iteration and the first to make it onto screens. Bishop would ssemble an elite group of wrestlers including Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, the Lucha Dragons, Finn Balor, Malik Brown, and the Bladerunners. This era of NXT is retroactively dubbed "NXT Season 1"  and culminated with WEDF NXT: Arrival. However Season 1 ended shortly after and NXT went on hiatus until 2018 when one of the newest members of the WEDF commentary team, Connor Witte, offered his services in producing NXT. After approval from Frankie "Frank Dawg" Payne and Season 1 runner Joshua Bishop, Connor launched NXT Season 2 with a complete reboot, bringing in a new crop of stars while keeping almost none of the old talent although some ended up returning throughout Season 2. A transitional show called WEDF NXT Takeover: The End was held just before the launch of Season 2 which served to cap off the original WEDF NXT and most importantly, led to some call-ups for the older stars such as Neville, Zayn, Balor, Owens, Kiddd, Breeze Malik and the Lucha Dragons while talents such as Vin Taylor, Tyler King, Gage Grayson and Terry Atkins were let go entirely.'''

'''At the start of Season 2, An NXT Championship Gold Rush was held where Aleister Black won by defeating Adam Cole in the finals. After which, Bobby Roode, who made his debut at Takeover The End, attacked Black and marked his shot for the NXT Title. Black would defend it at CAWllision 2018 against Kassius Ohno, EC3 and Ling Kai then again at main roster show WEDF Night of Champions: Extreme Rules 2 against Lemarcus Carter. Black and Roode's rivalry picked up when a tag team match was organized between the pairings of Black alongside Lio Rush againist Bobby Roode and Lemarcus Carter. Roode had an ace in the hole, luring Black for Eric Young to ambush him. It was then revealed Roode hired all 3 male members of Sanity to target the champion and that's exactly what they did however Nick Miller and Shane Thorne of T M61 alongside Andrade Cien Almas helped Aleister in his batltes with Roode and Sanity. On NXT Episode 19 though, Black handled each member on his own which took them out of comission heading into Takeover.'''

'''Around the same time, WEDF started a women's division after popular demand and NXT quickly followed suit. NXT's women's division grew until 2 fatal four ways were held between Kairi Sane, Candice LeRae, Toni Storm and Ruby Riott as well as Ember Moon, Sarah Logan, Dakota Kai and Piper Niven. Moon and Kairi won and after a series ofo matches with Sonya Deville and Bianca Belair, the time for talk was over and it was time for history to be made.'''

'''Mid-way through Season 2, it was agreed by many differente parties that NXT would be a more suitable home for the WEDF Cruiserweights and so the likes of Rey Mysterio, Lucha Dragons, Neville and many others were brought to NXT. This reportedly infuriated Neville who had just gotten onto the main roster and as he tried to juggle NXT duties with his main roster success, he was become more and more disenchanted with NXT, rarely making appearances on the show which upset the rest of the Cruiserweight Locker Room. Pete Dunne won a #1 Contender's match also featuring Mustafa Ali and Roderick Strong as Cole laid out Ali to try and help Strong but it was Dunne who took advantage.'''

'''Early into Season 2, CAW Legend Lemarcus Carter made his WEDF NXT debut which was spoiled by Lio Rush bumping into him as he also got signed. This enraged the arroogant Carter who saw Rush as disrespecting him and so brutalized him. On NXT Episode 3, Carter got his first win over Rush.. but Carter didn't stop there. He felt there was still more respect to beat into Rush and so, Carter continued this rivalry but Rush was more than willing to fight back, Rush pinning Carter during the previously mentioned tag team match and later challenging Carter to 2 out of 3 falls which Carter accepted, perhaps of hubris.'''

Card
7* - Asuka made her WEDF Debut after the Women's Title match and laid out Ember Moon.

We also saw the return of Tyler King and the debut of Biff Andreas, revealed as William Regal's secret weapon hired to take out Jay White.