6 Ups & 3 Downs From NXT TakeOver In Your House 2021

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Hard Work Saves The Day

Johnny Gargano Kyle O'Reilly Pete Dunne
WWE.com

This was the most throwaway TakeOver main event for a while.

There's no getting away from that fact. WWE didn't have one suitable opponent in mind for Karrion Kross, so they chucked everyone worthwhile from the upper card into the one pot, turned the hob on and hoped they'd bring things to a boil. The good news? They were talented enough to pull it off.

Everybody got some time to shine. Johnny Gargano did 'Johnny TakeOver' things, Pete Dunne got his finger-breaking cruelty out the way, and the old Undisputed Era duo of Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly briefly worked together. The enemy of my enemy (Kross) is my friend, and all that.

Will this go down in history as one of the best NXT headliners ever? Hardly, but it was well-paced, enjoyable enough, and all concerned did a nice job of trying to build doubt that Karrion might not escape with his title reign intact.

Hard work from top workers saved this one.

What did you think of NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021? For more wrestling, check out 4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (June 11) and 10 Annoying Traits That Are RUINING WWE Characters!

Advertisement
Contributor

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.