NXT Takeover: Brooklyn took place in front of the largest crowd the developmental territory has performed before, nearly 16,000 people. That, and the fact it was his first NXT match made it doubly cool when Apollo Crews took a couple moments to take in the crowd at the Barclay Center Saturday night. Crews stopped on the ramp, put his hand over his eyes and scanned the crowd and said loud enough for the mics to pick up, Thats a lot of people! He then flipped a switch and stalked to the ring, and proceeded to deliver an impressive debut, defeating Tye Dillinger in a match in which the result was never in doubt. Crews certainly looks like he can be a major star for WWE in the future. He has a carved-out-of-granite physique, impressive strength and even more impressive agility. His gorilla press drop/standing moonsault combo finisher showed off both of those traits perfectly. Its exactly the kind of debut youd want from a highly touted performer.
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.
