9 Ups And 3 Downs From WWE NXT Takeover: Brooklyn
Good luck topping this, SummerSlam.
NXT effectively threw the gauntlet down at the WWE main rosters collective feet Saturday night, blowing away more than 15,500 in attendance and daring WWE to do better at SummerSlam. NXT Takeover: Brooklyn was the first NXT special event to take place outside of Full Sail University, effectively taking the developmental territorys show on the road. After performing and broadcasting in front of a crowd of several hundred, the NXT stars showed that multiplying the crowd several times over did not give anyone a case of the butterflies. Each of the six matches hit on all cylinders, providing fans with an incredible PPV that didnt just raise the bar for WWE at SummerSlam, it launched the bar into the stratosphere. Takeover saw two titles change hands and two NXT debuts: one a Japanese legend, another a young superstar of the future. Neither man disappointed. It was difficult to find anything bad or even really critical to say about the event itself. Everything was tightly packed into two hours-plus, but nothing felt rushed. The show was great fun for anyone who tuned in, and its completely worth it if you missed it to catch it ASAP. Smart booking, quality wrestling, a hot crowd youd almost forget this was still a WWE show. So what scaled the ladder and what came plummeting back to Earth? Lets get to it