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Promotion | WWE | |||
Brand(s) | NXT | |||
Date | May 20, 2017 | |||
Venue | Allstate Arena | |||
City | Rosemont, Illinois | |||
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NXT TakeOver: Chicago is an upcoming professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that will take place on May 20, 2017, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will be produced by WWE for its NXT brand and will be streamed live on the WWE Network.
The NXT TakeOver series of professional wrestling shows started on May 29, 2014, as the WWE developmental league NXT held their second WWE Network exclusive live broadcast billed as NXT TakeOver. In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by NXT and WWE for all of their NXT live specials including NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, NXT TakeOver: R Evolution, NXT TakeOver: Rival, NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, and NXT TakeOver: Respect.NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn was the first TakeOver show held outside of Full Sail University.NXT TakeOver: London was the first TakeOver show held outside of the United States. NXT TakeOver: Chicago is the sixteenth overall show held under the NXT TakeOver banner, the third held in 2017.
The card includes several matches that result from scripted storylines with results predetermined by WWE. Storylines are produced on the WWE NXT television program.