Ranking Every NXT TakeOver From Worst To Best

9. London

Finn Bálor Samoa Joe
WWE.com

A blisteringly exciting show that again separated NXT from lots of stuff fans came to hate about WWE's main roster, the event's London locale was a gift to British fans that had waited for a major pay-per-view event since SummerSlam 1992.

They were rewarded with a genuinely magnificent over-delivery of an event.

A wrestling buffet at its best long before AEW poached the term, the London card was diverse in its direction and dynamism, with only Baron Corbin's passable match with Apollo Crews giving the audience reason to dare take a toilet break.

This was firing-on-all-cylindars for wrestlers and sports entertainers in blissful harmony. Nia Jax had her best ever singles match with peerless Women's Champion Bayley, The Revival's sh*thouse win over Enzo & Big Cass made gutsy babyfaces out of the mouthy East Coast connection, whilst Asuka's win over Emma remains probably the most underrated TakeOver opener ever.

Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe had better matches in them than their firecracker main event, but nobody was to know that then - this was big time headliner sh*t for what was by then the most coveted prize in North America.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett