7 Ups And 3 Downs From NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia

4. Dream Come True

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After his star-making performance at the last TakeOver PPV, could Velveteen Dream continue to raise the bar on Saturday night?

The answer was a polite “no,” but that didn’t make his match against Kassius Ohno a disappointment. Dream had another hard-hitting match against a strong veteran, winning this bout with a Purple Rainmaker elbow from the ringpost. He stood toe-to-toe with Ohno on punches/forearms and kept coming, even after a cyclone kick and a series of stiff forearms.

This was the kind of win Velveteen needs to up his profile. He clearly has a bright future, and wins like this will only help him. Hats off to Kassius for making him look like a million bucks while also looking solid himself. He has been great in that role for NXT since returning to the company.

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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.