The 2018 edition of NXT Takeover Chicago took place on June 16th. The show was headlined by the match between Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. We also saw the NXT Championship defended by Aleister Black and more.
Here are the match ratings for the show according to Dave Meltzer. Ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out].
Shayna Baszler vs Nikki Cross – NXT Women’s Championship
- Rating: 2.25 stars
Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong vs. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch – NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Rating: 4.5 stars
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Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan – NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
- Rating: 3.25 stars
Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream
- Rating: 4.25 stars
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Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa – STREET FIGHT
- Rating: 4.5 stars
More Takeover Ratings From Meltzer
- First-Ever NXT Takeover (2014) Ratings
- Fatal 4-Way (2014) Ratings
- R Evolution (2014) Ratings
- Rival (2015) Ratings
- Unstoppable (2015) Ratings
- Brooklyn 1 (2015) Ratings
- Respect (2015) Ratings
- London (2015) Ratings
- Dallas (2016) Ratings
- The End (2016) Ratings
- Brooklyn 2 (2016) Ratings
- Toronto (2016) Ratings
- San Antonio (2017) Ratings
- Orlando (2017) Ratings
- Chicago 1 (2017) Ratings
- Brooklyn 3 (2017) Ratings
- War Games (2017) Ratings
- Philadelphia (2018) Ratings
- New Orleans (2018) Ratings
- Brooklyn 4 (2018) Ratings
Johnny vs Ciampa should have been at least 5 stars, come on man.