8 Ups And 2 Downs From NXT TakeOver: New Orleans

2. Ladder Match Sets The Bar

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Ho. Lee. Crap.

Superkick parties. Purple Rainmakers galore. Vader Bombs on ladders. Multi-man car-crashes through them.

The North American Championship ladder match was a nonstop frenzy that highlighted all six men involved and still managed to look like organized chaos. As mentioned earlier, Ricochet shined in the match, as did Velveteen Dream, who hit a Purple Rainmaker off the top of a ladder onto Lars Sullivan.

In the end, it was Adam Cole capturing the title and becoming the first North American Champion. But everyone earned their pay in this match.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.