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NXT TakeOver: Dallas
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<p>NXT TakeOver: Dallas was the ninth <a href="/facts/NXT_TakeOver/5mR53yS8">NXT TakeOver</a> <a href="/facts/Professional_wrestling/wtYLlT50">professional wrestling</a> <a href="/facts/Livestreaming/rsFwFXrD">livestreaming</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_WWE_pay-per-view_and_WWE_Network_events/HD5Q3h3r">event</a> produced by <a href="/facts/WWE/XwgXLWRT">WWE</a>. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's <a href="/facts/WWE_brand_extension/XE4L5WAt">developmental territory</a>, <a href="/facts/NXT_(WWE_brand)/9Gp7wsj6">NXT</a>. The event aired exclusively on the <a href="/facts/WWE_Network/ho83uTlX">WWE Network</a> and took place on April 1, 2016, at the <a href="/facts/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison_Convention_Center/xT17Ywd8">Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center</a> in <a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas</a>, <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a>. The event was held as part of the <a href="/facts/WrestleMania_32/xEnQtBaS">WrestleMania 32</a> weekend festivities, in turn being the first TakeOver to take place during a <a href="/facts/WrestleMania/MDh0MUwa">WrestleMania</a> weekend. </p><p>Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, <a href="/facts/Finn_B%25C3%25A1lor/bmmWrwNc">Finn Bálor</a> defeated <a href="/facts/Samoa_Joe/bQywoENL">Samoa Joe</a> to retain the <a href="/facts/NXT_Championship/m1dhUUWQ">NXT Championship</a>. Another prominent match included <a href="/facts/Asuka_(wrestler)/veh9fB5l">Asuka</a> defeating <a href="/facts/Bayley_(wrestler)/8a9yj9yj">Bayley</a> to win the <a href="/facts/NXT_Women%2527s_Championship/zBnCGc4R">NXT Women's Championship</a>: the match was also notable as the start of <a href="/facts/Asuka_(wrestler)/veh9fB5l">Asuka</a>'s record-breaking reign as champion. Additionally, <a href="/facts/Shinsuke_Nakamura/PuDaLzh3">Shinsuke Nakamura</a>, in his WWE debut, defeated <a href="/facts/Sami_Zayn/yatYmt5k">Sami Zayn</a>, and <a href="/facts/Austin_Aries/TUpF9MqL">Austin Aries</a>, also in his WWE debut, defeated <a href="/facts/Baron_Corbin/otzNht0W">Baron Corbin</a>. The event also saw the final match of Zayn in NXT and Corbin's final match in NXT for seven years. </p>