8 WWE NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day Impulse Reactions

7. Wrestle & Flow

Rocking up on the official socials hours before the show, those within NXT were wise to include Josiah Williams' tremendous Vengeance Day rap to kick off the show.

Youthful, dynamic and imbued with a sense of fun, the piece was everything NXT is constantly accused of not being, and gave the event itself a fighting chance of racing out of the blocks.

It was, if nothing else, a reminder that "The Future Is Now" once meant something. Vince McMahon might have signed off on a start like this if the paper had been shoved under his nose without getting read, but Triple H at very least seems to know what still differentiates his presentation style from that of his Father-In-Law's.

Williams was last used for one of the brand's supershows at TakeOver:XXV during Adam Cole's entrance and could and should be trotted out more - his prodigious talent for this sort of thing got him signed for the first place.

 
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