10 Biggest Holy Sh*t Moments From NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 2
Bumps off ladders, blood and Adam Cole gets maimed to close NXT TakeOver.
NXT critics need to watch TakeOver: Stand & Deliver.
WWE produced back-to-back shows rammed full of quality wrestling on Wednesday and Thursday. TakeOver's mid-week delights included major title switches, ladder matches, chain wrestling, tag-team excellence, psychology, history and oodles of storytelling.
Of course, that was all laced with a familiar brand of indy-meets-WWE style, and it was glorious. If you wanted to see big bumps, titles changing hands, high spots that'd make your eyes pop and drama aplenty, then the second night alone had you covered - this was a five match card (six if one includes the pre-show tag) full of moments designed to make fans say "holy sh*t".
As aforementioned, it's a winning formula.
Jordan Devlin and Santos Escobar put on a show, a previously-injured heavyweight roared back with a vengeance, and both Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly put one another through the wringer. Honestly, there were likely enough moments in that match to fill out a list like this solo. They didn't hog all the glory, but the ex-Undisputed Era teammates came damn close.
Here are all the most remarkable moments from another successful night...
10. Devlin’s Moonsault
There's a reason that pic above is side-to-side.
Jordan Devlin looked determined before his Cruiserweight Title decider against Santos Escobar kicked off on Thursday night. The Irishman knew he was going to go through some serious pain, but also knew that people would be talking about his performance afterwards.
The ladder bout wasn't even a quarter of the way through when Devlin soared through the air like Shawn Michaels in his prime. His moonsault off the top of a ladder onto Escobar looked like something from a video game (maybe not WWE 2K20 though - he didn't glitch!), not real life.
It was even more impressive that Santos was super-close to the base of the ladder when Jordan leapt backwards. Being honest, it's almost a slight surprise that he didn't clock his chin off one of those rungs on the way down.
Picture. Perfect.