Amazing show once again from NXT. Each time you think they have reached the pinnacle and they won't be able to top themselves they do it. The best Takeover until the next one
A few things to call out. The announce team is the best in pro wrestling. Love how Nigel is always rooting for his ROH buddies. Mauro's calls at the end of matches are always awesome and even if he has more hits than misses with the pop culture refrences they are still fun. Percy has improved by leaps and bounds and actually now adds to the team rather than detracting.
Baszler is going to be a huge star and has a good chance of overshadowing Ronda. She is what Ronda hopes to be. A bad ass that gets it done in the ring with a bad ass mentality. If WWE plays its cards right Baszler vs Ronda could main even a Mania. The story is already there. IWC seems to crap on Moon. I don't get it. Fans love her, good in the rign, decent on the mic. Not saying she is the top lady in the division but she is a solid performer who the fans just seem to gravitate to.
New Orleans was Undisputed Era territory. They popped hard for Adam Cole BAY BAY and for the Strong "heel" turn, which was more of a face turn LOL. Makes sense with Fish out to team them up with Strong to keep the ROH stable going. Cole will be a fun NA chicken **** heel champ. Love UE theme, AC's boom and pointing to himself, and of course BAY BAY.
Lars is the next Braun. Call him up already he isn't really NXT material. Give him 2 years on the main roster and you will see. Athletic, strong, and can cut a good promo. Dain and Sanity need to be called up ASAP. Ricochet will be huge in NXT. EC3 is what the WWE wishes Tino would of been. But he is missing something... What did the C stand for again? Might need to go to Nashville to find him a manager... Dream has become a huge star, funny enough another guy who no one believed in when his vignettes started to first air.
Almas and Vega need to be called up ASAP. Almas had an amazing title run. Drew/Gargano/Black were all 5 star classics. I am prepared to say Almas is a top 5 worker in the world, and with Vega by his side a top 5 character too. Black is a future star. He won't be in NXT for too long, the main roster cannot resist. But this was really a great way to cap off Almas NXT run. Started out with a bang, then fizzled, and then he turned it around to become the top act in pro wrestling IMO.
And finally my boy Johnny Wrestling. To see Gargano go from essentially a jobber in NXT to the most beloved man in the entire company was an amazing journey but I saw it in him on day 1. Wherever he went Gargano has always been a work horse and heart and soul guy and he has done it again in NXT. Ciampa owes this man his career. Without Johnny DIY doesn't take off, and Ciampa doens't become the worlds biggest ahole. Not to take anything away from Ciampa who has embraced his role and plays it to perfection but without Gargano this feud wouldn't be what it was.
Time for Almas, Gargano, AOP, Moon to make their way to the main roster. These guys and gals have all given us a ton of great memories in NXT but they need to write the next chapters of their careers. The great thing about NXT is that even when amazing talent moves on, new talent comes in. For every Owens or Zayn or Balor or Nak lost they get an Almas or Black or Gargano. New stars are there to take their place and to make history.