{"id":125478,"date":"2021-08-22T21:52:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T02:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=125478"},"modified":"2021-08-22T21:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T02:52:49","slug":"samoa-joe-crowned-new-nxt-champion-at-nxt-takeover-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/22\/samoa-joe-crowned-new-nxt-champion-at-nxt-takeover-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Samoa Joe crowned new NXT Champion at NXT TakeOver 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1649298582\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Samoa Joe pinned Karrion Kross in the main event of NXT TakeOver 36 to win the NXT Championship for a record third time. Joe hit the Muscle Buster finisher and made the cover for the win in front of an elated audience inside the Capital Wrestling Center.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamoaJoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamoaJoe<\/a> is the first ever THREE-TIME <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTChampion<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTTakeOver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTTakeOver<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7qe5CK4Yzv\">pic.twitter.com\/7qe5CK4Yzv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1429632028581023752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamoaJoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamoaJoe<\/a> has dethroned @WWEKarrionKross to become the NEW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTChampion<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTTakeOver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTTakeOver<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9vC0UKbqw\">pic.twitter.com\/S9vC0UKbqw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1429631355579686923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joe was recently released from his WWE contract, but was brought back to NXT to serve as an enforcer for General Manager William Regal. Joe&#8217;s rivalry with Kross built from there.<\/p>\n<p>Joe has been out of competitive action for over a year due to injury. In April of 2020, Joe was featured as an announcer for Monday Night Raw, a spot he lost when he was let go earlier this year. He has been with the WWE since 2015.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/22\/nxt-takeover-in-your-house-2021-report-6-13-wellss-live-results-and-match-analysis-for-five-way-nxt-championship-match-raquel-gonzalez-vs-ember-moon-ladder-match-for-the-million-dollar-c-2\/\">NXT TAKEOVER: IN YOUR HOUSE 2021 REPORT 6\/13: Wells\u2019s live results and match analysis for five-way NXT Championship match, Raquel Gonzalez vs. Ember Moon, Ladder Match for the Million Dollar Championship, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3900447913\"><div id=\"pwtor-704944760\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Samoa Joe pinned Karrion Kross in the main event of NXT TakeOver 36 to win the NXT Championship for a record third time. Joe hit the Muscle Buster finisher and made the cover for the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/08\/22\/samoa-joe-crowned-new-nxt-champion-at-nxt-takeover-36\/\" title=\"Samoa Joe crowned new NXT Champion at NXT TakeOver 36\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":123852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13],"tags":[124,209,71],"class_list":["post-125478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-takeover","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/07\/Samoa-Joe.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125482,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125478\/revisions\/125482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}