7 Ups And 3 Downs From NXT TakeOver Brooklyn III
2. McIntyre Climbs The Mountain
When Drew McIntyre was released from WWE in 2014, he was little more than a joke and a cautionary tale: a former Intercontinental and tag team champion loaded with potential who had jobbed to El Torito.
McIntyre left WWE and toured the world, became a champion everywhere he went, and then returned to the company earlier this year in NXT, looking like and being treated like a big deal. He defeated all comers, became #1 contender for the NXT Championship, and on Saturday, a man who lost to a little person in a three-minute comedy match defeated Bobby Roode for the NXT title.
The match itself was a solid one, if somewhat overshadowed by some of the action earlier in the night, but overall a nice main event.
It remains to be seen if McIntyre can recapture some of his early potential on the main roster, but his TakeOver title win has to be a big redemption for him.