In other prominent matches, Ilja Dragunov defeated Walter by submission to win the NXT United Kingdom Championship ending Walter's record-setting reign at 870 days, and in the opening bout, Cameron Grimes defeated LA Knight to win the Million Dollar Championship with the added stipulation that if Grimes lost, Ted DiBiase would have become Knights' butler.

[1] In subsequent months, the "TakeOver" moniker became the brand used by WWE for all of their NXT live specials.

While originally exclusive to the WWE Network, NXT TakeOver events also became available on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) beginning with TakeOver 31 in October 2020,[2] and then also on Peacock after the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March 2021.

[4] The Capitol Wrestling Center was initially NXT's version of the WWE ThunderDome bio-secure bubble that had been used for Raw and SmackDown during the pandemic; however, the arena became the brand's home base, with nearly all COVID-19 restrictions having been lifted with the previous TakeOver event, TakeOver: In Your House.

[8] On the June 24, 2021, episode, Dragunov earned another opportunity to challenge Walter for the championship by defeating Rampage Brown and Joe Coffey in a triple threat match.

[11] After being released from his WWE contract in April 2021, Samoa Joe re-signed with NXT that June.

During the July 13 episode, Joe served as the special guest referee for Kross' championship defense.

[18] At TakeOver: Portland in February 2020, Raquel González made her NXT debut, helping Dakota Kai defeat Tegan Nox.

[22] González then entered into a feud with Shirai and defeated her at Night 1 of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver to win the NXT Women's Championship.

[23] On the July 27 episode of NXT, González, with Kai by her side, issued an open challenge for the championship but no one answered.

[18] At TakeOver: In Your House, LA Knight defeated Cameron Grimes in a ladder match to win the vacant Million Dollar Championship that had been reintroduced by WWE Hall of Famer and "The Million Dollar Man", Ted DiBiase.

[24] On the following episode of NXT, DiBiase formally presented the Million Dollar Championship to Knight.

[26] Another notable feud heading into TakeOver 36 was the conflict between former Undisputed Era members Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly.

It began at TakeOver: Vengeance Day, where Cole attacked O'Reilly at the end of the event.

[21] They faced each other in an unsanctioned match at Night 2 of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver,[27] where O'Reilly won.

[28] At TakeOver: In Your House, O'Reilly and Cole failed to win the NXT Championship in a fatal five-way match.

While the referee was trying to take the title away from Grimes, DiBiase applied the Dream Street on Knight and threw him back into the ring.

Afterwards, NXT UK's Kay Lee Ray returned and confronted González from the stage.

O'Reilly sat Cole in a steel chair, placed a trash can over his head, and performed a running dropkick off the apron.

[34] In the main event, Karrion Kross defended the NXT Championship against Samoa Joe.

Raquel González vs. Dakota Kai, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov, and Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Cole were particularly praised, with Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov being awarded the highest grading of A+ and being called the potential match of the year.

[36] Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov became the highest-rated WWE match of all times according to Cagematch.net, with a rating of 9.69 out of 10, surpassing the previous record held by Shawn Michaels vs.

[38] Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter praised the event and gave the Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter a rating of 5.25 stars, making it only the fourth match in WWE history to exceed the 5 star ratings system.

Prior to TakeOver 36, Kross debuted on Raw on July 19, where he lost to Jeff Hardy in under two minutes.

This attire and character direction was criticized, with many deeming those changes unnecessary and poorly thought out.

[41] On November 4, Kross and Scarlett were released from their WWE contracts,[42] although they did return on the August 5, 2022 episode of SmackDown.