Tuesday, February 18, 2020

NXT TakeOver Portland | Review-ish

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NXT North American Championship Match 
Keith Lee (c) vs. Dominik Dijakovic
A great match to kick off the show. These two always have nice matches. This was their best one yet. Keith Lee, as I mentioned in the predictions, just won the title so he wasn't losing here. Winner: And STILL NXT North American Champion. Keith Lee.

Dakota Kai vs. Tegan Nox (Street fight)
Dakota got her win back here thanks to interference from Raquel Gonzalez. Winner: Dakota Kai. It's 1-1 in regards to wins. Surely we are heading towards the decider at the next TakeOver. Should that be the case? I hope it's a steel cage match.

Finn Balor vs. Johnny Gargano
Fun match. With the correct outcome. This feud looks to be over for now. More on that shortly. Winner: Finn Balor.

NXT Women's Championship Match 
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Bianca Belair
Winner: And STILL NXT Women's Champion. Rhea Ripley.
After the match, Charlotte attacked Rhea and said she will see the Women's Champion at WrestleMania. Then proceeded to takeout Bianca as payback for recent events on NXT TV. I see Bianca vs. Charlotte on RAW in the near future. 100%.

NXT Tag Team Championship Match 
Undisputed Era (c) vs. The BroserWeights
As I and many people predicted. The Undisputed Era lost more gold here. A match of the night candidate? Sure! Winners: AND NEW NXT Tag Team Champions! The BroserWeights.

NXT Championship Match 
Adam Cole (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa
I gotta say that I didn't like that Ciampa sold his neck injury outside of the ring and then acted like nothing happened when he got in the ring during the closing moments of the match. This is where they lost my interest.
Speaking of closing moments of this match, Johnny Gargano was at ringside and turned heel by striking Ciampa with the title and Cole picked up the win. The U.E still has gold in the faction. And that's undisputed......BOOM! 
Winner:  And STILL NXT Champion. Adam Cole (Bay-Bay)

It'll be interesting to see how Gargano does in the heel role, with Ciampa obviously being the face in this continued rivalry. Can I be honest with you? I liked this storyline back to when Gargano was the face and Ciampa was heel. For me, he was the best heel in all of wrestling before he got injured.

Who will challenge Adam Cole next? I think it's either going to be Velveteen Dream or Finn Balor vs. the champion in one on one matches, or in a triple threat match at the next TakeOver. We will see.

Another NXT TakeOver is now in the books. It was probably the best one I've seen in recent memory. There weren't any dull moments at all. WWE SuperShowDown is on the horizon. I'll be predicting the match card closer to the time and bringing out more content on here, such as: talking about WrestleMania 36 matches, to name one example for you. In the meantime, I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts. Until next time, thanks for reading.