4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE NXT WarGames 2021

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Pinning The Right Man

Bron Breakker Tommaso Ciampa NXT WarGames 2021
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No-one watching WarGames was left with any doubts about the future of NXT. WWE painted a clear enough picture here: 'Black & Gold' is dead, and 2.0 is where it's at heading into 2022. Being honest, the company had to put all their eggs in that particular basket - some sort of 50/50 old-meets-new wasn't going to work for longer than one major show.

Breakker pinned Ciampa to end the night, and that surely means he'll get another NXT Title match somewhere down the road. That's fine, not least 'cause everybody could see it coming a mile off. It's also not like Bron is terrible. He deserves this push, and he'll only improve the more faith WWE shows in him.

2.0 haters might turn their nose up at this brand's new style, but few could piece together a convincing-enough argument to suggest that 'Steiner The Younger' shouldn't be pushed to the f*cking moon and supplant Tommaso as NXT's main man.

It's inevitable, and this was proof of that inevitability.

What did you think of NXT WarGames 2021? For more like this, check out 5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Dec 3) and 5 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Rampage (Dec 3)!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.