NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool - Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

By Jack Pooley / January 13, 2019

4. NXT UK Women's Title: Rhea Ripley (c) Vs. Toni Storm

Result: Toni nails Ripley with the Storm Zero to win the title (14:50).

Rating: This was certainly the most divisive and heavily debated match of the night.

Undeniably physical and intense yet also a tad underwhelming from a storytelling and performance perspective, this felt like a bit of a missed opportunity to be the match that truly put this title on the map.

Sluggishly paced and arriving at an abrupt conclusion, it ultimately may have made more sense for Ripley to hold onto the strap and give Storm a longer hero chase build.

A good match on its own merits, but conceptually it just didn't quite come together as well as it could have. 6/10