10 Best Matches In NXT TakeOver History
6. Neville Vs. Sami Zayn Vs. Tyler Breeze Vs. Tyson Kidd (TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, 2014)
NXT’s main event scene has been littered with outrageously good wrestlers for a while now, and while it’s hard to take away from Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe, 2014 might’ve been a peak year in this regard. TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way, funnily enough, saw NXT’s top four stars collide in a breathless contest for the NXT Title, and it was one of the year’s very best matches.
Tyson Kidd was the main roster cast-off who’d finally been given an opportunity to utilise his fantastic range of abilities and surprising charisma in NXT. Tyler Breeze was probably the most basic worker of the four, but an outstanding heel, and one of the brand’s most marketable acts. Sami Zayn and Neville, meanwhile, had already become two of WWE’s most respected performers, with Neville playing the dominant champion, and Sami the loveable underdog.
Some still refer to this as NXT’s best ever match, but it has stern competition for that mantel. That’s not to take away from the clash, however: it was perfectly chaotic, and the four participants did a masterful job in not letting it descend to a sloppy mess. Laced with four distinct narratives (Kidd’s in-ring dominance, Breeze’s opportunism, Zayn’s “so close, but so far” tale, and Neville repeatedly getting knocked out of the ring), it told a great story, and goes down as one of WWE’s best ever four-way matches.