8 WWE NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020 Impulse Reactions
7. Team Shotzi Vs. Team Candice
There was a great vibe about this match before the opening bell.
The first appearance of Shotzi Blackheart's new tank - and the babyface team unified atop it - was one of those glorious visuals only something as multifariously excellent as pro wrestling could provide. As with the introduction, this wasn't short of polish but it really didn't matter. It foreshadowed how they'd make an inherently flawed match make all the sense in the world too.
Heels typically need the advantage of the WarGames numerical stipulation, but this was a pleasing rule-proving exception. Every entrance into the match used logic to forward things for the heels without undermining the faces, right through to them working tirelessly to keep Io Shirai from getting in. But when she did...
The 'Genius Of The Sky' flying through it with a bin on her head instantly felt like one of the best wrestling moments from a miserable year, triggering a final act where the eight women beat the f*cking sh*t out of each other. An Eclipse from Ember Moon was one of the multiple violent highlights before Raquel Gonzalez got the biggest win of her career with a sickening one-arm powerbomb through an elevated ladder on the NXT Women's Champion.