10 Moments That Literally Stopped WWE Wrestling Matches

Taking place in April 2016, NXT TakeOver: Dallas was a monumental show for several reasons.

Opening the event, we had a brilliant back-and-forth bout that saw American Alpha defeat the Revival to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. That was followed up by the NXT in-ring debut of Austin Aries, who bested Baron Corbin. Then, we had the phenomenal arrival of Shinsuke Nakamura in a five-star war against the departing Sami Zayn. Asuka began her reign of dominance, choking out Bayley to win the NXT Women's Champion. Oh, and Kota Ibushi was ringside, just for sh*ts and giggles.

With the rest of the card playing out so outright brilliantly - well, maybe not the Aries bit, but hey - the pressure was on Samoa Joe and NXT Champion Finn Bálor to deliver something special in TakeOver: Dallas' main event.

To the disappointment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center crowd, this main event match was stopped time and time again after Joe's right eye was busted open.

A pissed-off Samoa Joe stalked the medical staff who insisted on treating him, the Texas crowd threw out chants of "Let Joe Bleed!" and "F**k PG!", and the end result was a stop-start contest that had the legs taken out from under it.