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Promotional poster featuring various NXT Wrestlers
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"Devil Inside Me" by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes "Mayhem" by Halestorm "Fiddle Me This" by Yelawolf |
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Promotion | WWE | |||
Brand(s) | NXT | |||
Sponsor(s) | DiGiorno | |||
Date | April 1, 2016 | |||
Attendance | 9,000 (sold out) | |||
Venue | Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center | |||
City | Dallas, Texas | |||
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NXT TakeOver: Dallas was a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on April 1, 2016, produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT division, and was streamed live on the WWE Network. It took place in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, as part of the WrestleMania 32 weekend festivities. It was the first show in the NXT TakeOver series to be broadcast live on the WWE Network during WrestleMania weekend and first of 2016. It was also notable for Shinsuke Nakamura's and Austin Aries' WWE debut matches.
The NXT TakeOver series of professional wrestling shows started on May 29, 2014, as the WWE developmental league NXT held their second ever 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 as they held NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, NXT TakeOver: R Evolution, NXT TakeOver: Rival, and NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable prior to 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: Dallas was the ninth overall show held under the NXT TakeOver banner and the first held in 2016.