8 Reasons NXT Takeover Was Better Than WWE SummerSlam
4. Not Four Hours Long
For SummerSlam, WWE was able to pack in 10 matches which is good for the roster as a whole, but not so much for fans. Just at a basic level, four hours is a long time to watch anything, let along wrestling. NXT's show was about 2 hours and 20 minutes, with very little filler and much better pacing. Yeah, Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin wasn't the best match, but Samoa Joe getting the win made up for it in the end.
With SummerSlam easily 3 or 4 matches could have been removed and the show wouldn't have suffered one bit. Sometimes less is more and I found myself more engaged with TakeOver as it was much easier to walk away from SummerSlam.