8 Ups And 2 Downs From NXT TakeOver: New Orleans

3. Roddy Shocks The System

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Being a white meat babyface is boring. It’s so much more fun to be a villain.

Roderick Strong figured that out Saturday, turning on tag partner Pete Dunne to help (and then join) the Undisputed Era retain the NXT Tag Team Championship and capture the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

There surely will be an opportunity for Strong to explain himself on a future episode of NXT, but the simple answer has got to be that he was tired of it being “Roddy versus the world.” Eventually, that wears on you, and if you want to be a champion, it helps to be with people who have your back.

Additionally, Strong fills the gap in the Undisputed Era created by Bobby Fish’s injury, so that helps as well. Plus, it could turn the heelish (but fan favorite) Pete Dunne into a bigger hero to fans.

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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.