Brooklyn 4 was scheduled as the 21st NXT TakeOver event and was held on August 18, 2018, as a support show for that year's SummerSlam pay-per-view. In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live specials.
TakeOver was a series of professional wrestling shows that began in May 2014, as WWE's then- developmental league NXT held their second WWE Network-exclusive event, billed as TakeOver. In the penultimate match, Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship and Ricochet defeated Adam Cole to win the NXT North American Championship. In the main event, Tommaso Ciampa defeated Johnny Gargano in a Last Man Standing match to retain the NXT Championship. The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on August 18, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as part of that year's SummerSlam weekend.įive matches were contested at the event. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division, which at the time was a developmental territory for WWE. NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 was the 21st NXT TakeOver and the fourth and final TakeOver: Brooklyn professional wrestling event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Shayna Baszler and Kairi Sane