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On the November 23 episode of NXT 2.0, Malcolm Bivens and the Diamond Mine confronted Joe Gacy in the ring for stealing the spotlight away from them last week, and want to take it back by asking him to leave the ring so that Ivy Nile can have her match. hair match at NXT WarGames, which he accepted.

The following week, a short-haired Grimes challenged Hudson to a hair vs. On the November 16 episode of NXT 2.0, Hudson challenged Grimes to a poker showdown where he lost again due to his bluff, and power bombed him through the poker table before trimming his beard and ponytail.

NXT TAKEOVER: IN YOUR HOUSE FULL

ДЄt NXT: Halloween Havoc on October 26, Cameron Grimes was invited to Duke Hudson's Poker Room on the following week's episode, where he beat him with a full house of 2's against his Aces. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on their weekly television program, NXT 2.0.

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The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On the day of the event's announcement, WWE had originally made a post on Twitter that had the event titled as 'TakeOver: WarGames' however, the Tweet was quickly deleted and WWE reposted the announcement with the 'TakeOver' title removed. It was also the first WarGames to air on Peacock after the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March. The announcement confirmed that the event would not be a TakeOver event, thus marking NXT's first event to air on pay-per-view (PPV) and Peacock/ WWE Network following TakeOver's discontinuation, as well as the first non-TakeOver to air on any of these broadcast outlets since Halftime Heat in February 2019, as well as the brand's first PPV event held following its rebranding as NXT 2.0. On November 9, 2021, NXT's fifth WarGames event was announced to be held on December 5, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In October, it was speculated that the company may end the TakeOver series as another TakeOver event was not scheduled for 2021 after August's TakeOver 36. In September 2021, the NXT brand went through a restructuring, being rebranded as 'NXT 2.0', reverting to a developmental territory for WWE.

In the main event, Team 2.0 ( Bron Breakker, NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo) defeated Team Black & Gold ( Johnny Gargano, LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa) in a WarGames match while in the opening bout, Cora Jade, Io Shirai, Kay Lee Ray, and Raquel Gonzalez defeated Dakota Kai and Toxic Attraction ( NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose and NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) in another WarGames match.ДЇrom 2017 to 2020, WWE's NXT brand held an annual subseries of events under the TakeOver series titled WarGames, based around the WarGames match. Two WarGames matches were featured at the event. It was the brand's first PPV event held following its restructuring as NXT 2.0 in September.ДЇive matches were contested at the event.

It was NXT's first PPV event following the discontinuation of the TakeOver series, and subsequently NXT's first event to not be promoted under the TakeOver name since Halftime Heat in February 2019. This was NXT's first WarGames event to not carry the NXT TakeOver name, as the events from 2017 to 2020 were held as a subseries of TakeOvers titled 'TakeOver: WarGames'. It took place on December 5, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network elsewhere, which made it the first WarGames to air on Peacock. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division.

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The 2021 NXT WarGames was the fifth annual WarGames professional wrestling event produced by WWE.

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