10 WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House Impulse Reactions

8. Mia Yim, Shotzi Blackheart & Tegan Nox Vs. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai & Raquel González

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Or get the Shotzi, more like, eh?

This six-woman sprint was clunky in places but never stopped long enough to linger on the little bits that went wrong. Rare for TakeOvers but increasingly common for NXT during the Empty Arena Era, there were moments that didn't really belong on camera as the performers went through a fairly heavily choreographed performance, but the all-action atmosphere and the excellent moments from Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae in particular never allowed it to falter.

LeRae has been a minor revelation as a heel despite her natural disposition, and played chickensh*t brilliantly here behind a fired up Dakota Kai and the uncoordinated but undeniable Raquel Gozález. Her ongoing rivalry with Mia Yim overtook most of the action towards the finish, but but six becoming for allowed the babyfaces to capitalise on what had otherwise been tighter cohesion on the heel side before then.

Far from the standard expected on a normal TakeOver (and lacking a proper crowd that also might have helped), this was as far from being a bad time.

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