Background in
Brooklyn, New York.
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 subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live specials. In 2015, NXT held an event titled
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, which took place at the
Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, New York and was a support show for that year's
SummerSlam pay-per-view. Announced on September 28, 2015, a second Brooklyn event, titled Brooklyn II, was scheduled to be held on August 20, 2016, at the same venue and also as a support show for that year's
SummerSlam. Brooklyn II was the 11th NXT TakeOver event and in turn established TakeOver: Brooklyn as an annual subseries of TakeOvers that were held at the Barclays Center as support shows for WWE's annual
SummerSlam. Tickets went on sale on June 11 through
Ticketmaster.
Storylines The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
heroes,
villains, or
less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program,
NXT. On the July 27 episode of
NXT, NXT
General Manager William Regal named
Shinsuke Nakamura the number one contender to face
Samoa Joe for the
NXT Championship at TakeOver: Brooklyn II. Joe, unhappy with his opponent, first refused to face Nakamura and requested a different opponent but obliged after Regal threatened to strip him of the title. At
TakeOver: Dallas,
Asuka defeated
Bayley for the
NXT Women's Championship by submission when Bayley passed out. On the May 18 episode of
NXT,
Nia Jax defeated Bayley and
kayfabe injured the former. At
TakeOver: The End, Jax, who was replacing Bayley, was defeated by Asuka. Bayley returned on the June 22 episode, where she defeated
Deonna Purrazzo. In the following weeks, tensions between Asuka and Bayley escalated before a match was scheduled between the two at TakeOver Brooklyn II. On the August 3 episode, after Asuka won her match, Bayley, who was sitting at ringside after being offered a chair by Asuka, got in the ring after Asuka kept Aliyah in her signature Asuka Lock. On the August 10 episode, Asuka and Bayley signed their match contract. On the August 3 episode of
NXT,
Bobby Roode made his NXT TV debut. ==Event==