8 Ups And 4 Downs From NXT TakeOver: Orlando

7. Opening Bout Gets Things Going

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The questionable use of the women aside, the opening match of TakeOver: Orlando was a solid, all-action affair that got the crowd going.

Sanity, Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong and Kassius Ohno barely took a breath during their match, with the Perfect 10 running wild on all three men in Sanity, Strong hitting a Sick Kick on Eric Young and Ohno KO-ing anything in sight (his knockout of Alexander Wolfe mid-dance was a nice touch).

Being a mid-card stable going against a ragtag group of opponents, it made a lot of sense for Sanity to manage to pull off the win, which they did. But they earned it Saturday night.

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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.