8 WWE NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020 Impulse Reactions

8. We Are At War

An introduction for the ages kicked off NXT's final TakeOver of the year, and f*cking good too.

Thanks to the ongoing global b*stard and the angle around Shotzi Blackheart's tank, the black-and-gold brand steered into the campy aesthetic more than ever before. It benefitted the hype for the event right up to showtime, when the company produced one of the best video packages in TakeOver history.

Getting every last penny from the Black Sabbath deal ('War Pigs' has been a hugely memorable fixture in this year's build), the package paid tribute to a superb build with a gripping rundown of every major angle and the inherent danger of the titular stipulation.

NXT has taken its lumps regarding how it's embraced one too many main roster ills, but the video production will never not be one of the welcome upsides of that. WWE's become the company that can do epic wrestling presentation, even when it can't do half-decent wrestling.