10 WWE Matches Fans Couldn’t Give A Sh*t About After Watching A Classic
2. Finn Bálor Vs Kevin Owens (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn)
WWE documentary cameras picked even picked it up at the time - Kevin Owens knew he was in for a tough night.
The former NXT Champion was about to have his last shot at the title on his final night for the developmental brand. It had been a meteoric rise for the 'Prizefighter' through the Full Sail ranks, with a Brooklyn Ladder match positioned as the closing chapter of his rivalry with Finn Bálor just 24 hours before he competed at SummerSlam no longer doing double duty across the divide.
Unfortunately for the pair, their brutally bruising brawl wouldn't linger long in the memory thanks to the phenomenal fight it followed. Sasha Banks and Bayley had just had the greatest women's match in WWE history - perhaps even the best to ever take place in North America.
Owens and Bálor were capable of much, not least when armed with a steel ladder. But the Barclays Center in August 2015 was neither their place nor time. 'The Boss' and 'The Hugger' had shocked the world in a way even Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker couldn't compete with the next night. Owens defeated Cesaro in an even more forgettable effort at the 'Biggest Party Of The Summer' in the contest just before that one. It wasn't his weekend.