7 Ups And 3 Downs From NXT TakeOver: The End

by Scott Carlson

1. Tag Team Instant Classic

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Lets put aside the result of the NXT Tag Team Championship match for a second and just appreciate the bout itself.

Holy hell, that was an incredible match. If you didnt like American Alpha vs. The Revival, you have no business calling yourself a wrestling fan. Period. All four men put in their work Wednesday night, running at 100 mph (160 kmh) through the entire match. Jason Jordan and Chad Gable got to hit some sweet tandem offense to dispatch of Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, while the Revival constantly used little tactics to gain the upper hand.

The reversals, near-falls and classic tag team tactics made this a must-watch, with fans losing their minds toward the end with the false finishes. Gable and Jordan should be tag champs in WWE soon enough, and hopefully the Revival will get a fair shot, because as great as American Alpha is, Dash and Dawson arent slouches by any means.

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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.