NXT TakeOver: Chicago II - Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

by Jack Pooley

1. Chicago Street Fight: Johnny Gargano Vs. Tommaso Ciampa

Nxt TakeOver Chicago 2 Johnny Gargano Tommaso Ciampa
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Result: Ciampa drills Gargano with a DDT onto the ring's exposed wood for the win (35:29).

Rating: This was pretty much exactly what fans were expecting and hoping for, somehow fully living up to the enormousness of their New Orleans match while elevating the physicality with the added stipulation.

This match was savage, full of wince-inducing spots, and while it fell short of being a technical classic, was anyone really expecting that? The long run-time only added to the epic feel of the bout, and that murderous final stretch was absolutely fantastic.

The Ciampa win may have been predictable even as things got increasingly dicey for him at the very end, but his means of victory was great for his character, and it was the right story to tell regardless of it being fairly obvious.

Quite how this pair are going to manage to top this in the future is anyone's guess. Good luck, guys. 9/10

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