Asuka says she doesn’t have what it takes, but she respects Bayley and offers a handshake. Bayley refuses and says if Asuka doesn’t want to end up laid out like her last contract signing, she’ll put her hand down and sign the contract. Asuka signs and tries a handshake again, but Bayley slaps her hand out of the way and bumps past her on the way out of the ring. Bayley runs back in for a stare down with Asuka
* The Authors of Pain defeated Adrian Nails and Rob Ryzin in a quick, brutal squash. They tried to continue the assault after the match but TM-61 ran down. They were also laid out. The Authors celebrate but American Alpha runs down and clears the ring with big suplexes
* Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Angelo Dawkins in a quick squash with a new finisher following the double knees in the corner, a facebuster while he sweeps the leg. Andrade celebrates but is interrupted by Bobby Roode. Roode claps and congratulates Andrade, not on the win, but on being Roode’s debut opponent at Takeover. Roode says he knows his “amigo” has a hard time understanding English, so he’ll tell him slowly that Takeover will be glorious
* CWC competitors Rich Swann, Noam Dar and Jack Gallagher were at ringside for this episode
* Billie Kay defeated Liv Morgan in a really sloppy match
* Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tucker Knight and Patrick Clark in a quick match
* Samoa Joe vs. Mojo Rawley may air
