6 Ups And 2 Downs From NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool

3. Tag Title Match All Action

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It really wasn’t a hard choice when deciding on the right bout to open TakeOver. Mustache Mountain has been on a ridiculous roll when it comes to delivering in big match spots, and Saturday was no different against Zack Gibson & James Drake.

The four men started off slowly, with Gibson and Drake looking outmatched and outclassed. But things heated up nicely, with a crazy series of near-falls, submissions and double-teams that left fans jumping up and down throughout. Mustache Mountain even pulled off a British Bulldogs homage, with a running powerslam/diving headbutt combo.

While the smart money would have been on Mustache Mountain winning the inaugural tag titles, Gibson & Drake really stepped up in the second half of the match and delivered a hell of a performance.

Expect to see these four hook it up again, really soon.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.