NXT TakeOver WarGames: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

2. Aleister Black Vs. Velveteen Dream

Aleister Black Velveteen Dream
WWE

Result: Black kills Dream with the Black Mass for the pin (14:37).

Rating: These two had demonstrated from the outset how fantastic their chemistry was, milking their respective mind games for everything they're worth and playing extremely well to the crowd, who totally lapped it up.

Overall this was just much better than expected, with some fantastic near-falls in the final stretch, and a runtime that truly let them go the distance.

Character-wise, storytelling-wise, and wrestling-wise, this is one of the most memorable lower-card NXT PPV matches in quite some time, and though Black came away victorious, Dream cemented himself as one of the most promising rising stars wrestling in any company today. 8/10

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