NXT TakeOver: New Orleans - Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

Good luck, WrestleMania.

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On paper, NXT TakeOver: New Orleans had the potential to be the greatest NXT show of all time, and incredibly, it somehow managed to live up to that immense hype.

The mere five-match card served up more drama, suspense, intense action and emotion than any prior NXT event, while delivering one hell of a mic drop on WrestleMania weekend for the main roster to live up to (which they surely won't).

The opening and closing matches in particular delivered above and beyond the already stratospheric expectations, and are sure to endure as all-timer classics that'll be passionately discussed by fans for years (if not decades) to come.

Say what you will about Triple H, but the guy clearly knows what he's doing, and it's just a shame that more of NXT's successes aren't rubbing off on the main WWE product.

Picking a match of the night sure isn't easy, but here goes...

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