Ranking Every NXT TakeOver From Worst To Best

11. Toronto (2016)

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Always awesome, the Canadian crowd were clearly thrilled to have a TakeOver North of the Border for the first time, roaring full-throated approval for one of the greatest TakeOver matches of all time as well as a main event that gladly welcomed the heat.

Shinsuke Nakamura losing the NXT Championship back to Samoa Joe so they could trade it on an upcoming Japan tour was undone by its primary function, as was the the Authors Of Pain/TM-61 Dusty Cup final by the placement of Paul Ellering in a toy-flogging shark cage.

Luckily, Bobby Roode's battle with Tye Dillinger was a victory for NXT more than the wrestlers for how over both men were, whilst the two-out-of-three falls tag battle between #DIY and The Revival. This doubles masterpiece was as rich and rewarding as anything the legendarily brilliant league ever curated.

Dash and Dawson tried to stop each other from tapping before surrendering to challengers that hadn't previously able to get the job done. Their run wasn't destined to be long, but the reaction for the win was one of the loudest in NXT history.

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