NXT TakeOver New York Results: 15 Best Internet Reactions To THAT Emotional Ending

13. The Opening Match Set The Bar High

Anyone who has watched War Raiders pre-WWE career with even have an eye will know that they are incredible to watch and putting them in a match with Ricochet and Aleister Black was a hell of a way to give the crowd both barrels for the card.

It's great to see the Raiders getting props for their entrance and their gimmick - which is all too rare a thing these days when new characters and factions turn up. It's like they're from the old school.

The match's full entrances were a thing of beauty, from the pageantry of their shield beating through to Ricochet's one man explosion and then to Black's delightfully gothic arrival (even if the live show spoils the impact slightly when you can see Black scrambling onto his little platform out of view of the cameras).

And the match itself was just as brilliant...

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