8 Ups And 4 Downs From WWE NXT Takeover: Unstoppable
4. A WrestleMania Feel
When NXT began doing the Takeover series of special events, it simply was a two-hour version of NXT, with several big feuds culminating in blowoff matches. Beyond that, it didnt really present itself as a big, special affair. All of that changed Wednesday at Unstoppable. It looked as though WWE was trying to make Takeover look like a major event and separate it from the regular show. In some ways, considering how over the top some of the entrances were, it felt like they were going for a signature PPV feel, kind of like how WWE does that with WrestleMania. First, the entrance was revamped, with the screen, lighting and ramp being redone. Then, you had an NXT promo, with WWE stars and fans raving about the promotion, really trying to sell that NXT is a big deal. Both Tyler Breeze and Finn Balor in the opener had new entrances, with Breeze enlisting four female models to walk the runway with him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ObEUl1trkM And of course, there was a huge surprise ending that gave fans something to talk about afterward.
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.
