Ilja Dragunov beats WALTER at WWE NXT TakeOver 36 to bring his historic 870-Day Reign to an end

Archie Blade | 23/08/2021
Ilja Dragunov beats WALTER at WWE NXT TakeOver 36 to bring his historic 870-Day Reign to an end

Ilja Dragunov beats WALTER at WWE NXT TakeOver 36 tonight to bring his historic 870-Day Reign as NXT UK Champion to an end.

WALTER has carried NXT UK on his broad shoulders as their champion for 870 days! His historic run at the top however, came to an end on tonight’s WWE NXT TakeOver 36. Ilja Dragunov went to the war with the former champion and finally displaced him from the top.

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This was a rematch from their bout back on the October 29, 2020 NXT UK TV episode. The two tore each other apart. There were several near falls between them. As you would expect from a WALTER match, the fight also featured several stiff shots from both competitors.

Ilja Dragunov beats WALTER at WWE NXT TakeOver 36 to bring his historic 870-Day Reign to an end

Dragunov locked on a sleeper hold as WALTER climbed the turnbuckle to throw him off. WALTER tried hard to break free time and time again but  Ilja kept fighting to keep his sleeper latched on. WALTER finally tapped out after a brutal back & forth bout that saw Dragunov win by submission.


This is Dragunov’s first reign with the title. WALTER won the title from Pete Dunne back on April 5, 2019 at “Takeover: New York”.

His time at the top comes to an end after a massive 870-day reign.

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Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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