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5. He Never Won An NXT TakeOver Match

Tye Dillinger Shinsuke Nakamura
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For a confident character that espoused perfection, Dillinger had a shockingly poor record when put to the test on NXT's biggest stage.

It's a testament to his likability as a character and believability as a performer that he remained over during an extended spell spent looking at the lights for several company newcomers.

Falling to Apollo Crews at 2015's TakeOver: Brooklyn event, he'd repeat the feat with losses against Andrade 'Cien' Almas and Bobby Roode and Eric Young on their respective supercard debuts in Orlando, Toronto and San Antonio.

The defeat to Young would carry over into a feud with the entire SAnitY unit, which lead to a match at the TakeOver: Orlando WrestleMania 33 curtain-raiser, again lost by Dillinger's team.

A loss to newcomer Baron Corbin on 2014's TakeOver: R Evolution rounds out his rotten record.

Though proving just how robust the character has been in the developmental league, the company must not fall into this trap when booking Dillinger on the main roster before the character has already gained traction.

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