8 Ups And 2 Downs From NXT TakeOver: New Orleans

By Scott Carlson / April 8, 2018

2. Ladder Match Sets The Bar

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Ho. Lee. Crap.

Superkick parties. Purple Rainmakers galore. Vader Bombs on ladders. Multi-man car-crashes through them.

The North American Championship ladder match was a nonstop frenzy that highlighted all six men involved and still managed to look like organized chaos. As mentioned earlier, Ricochet shined in the match, as did Velveteen Dream, who hit a Purple Rainmaker off the top of a ladder onto Lars Sullivan.

In the end, it was Adam Cole capturing the title and becoming the first North American Champion. But everyone earned their pay in this match.

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 8th Apr 2018

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