TakeOver subsequently became the name for NXT's major events that were held several times a year.

In 2012, WWE restructured their NXT brand from being a reality-based competition television show to a developmental territory for their main roster.

[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, all NXT events returned to Full Sail University in mid-March 2020[6] until TakeOver 31 that October, when events were moved to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, presented as a virtual fan viewing experience with a small live crowd called the "Capitol Wrestling Center", an homage to the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the predecessor to WWE.

The Capitol Wrestling Center was similar to the WWE ThunderDome, which was a bio-secure bubble that the company utilized for Raw and SmackDown's programs.

Although the Raw and SmackDown brands resumed live touring in July 2021, NXT remained at the Capitol Wrestling Center.

[18][19] On November 9, 2021, NXT's next PPV and livestreaming event was announced as WarGames to be held on December 5, 2021.