8/10.
Then I watched the "Fallout" show and it became 9/10.
Overall, terrific show.
Rose won, which fit, but Camacho looked like a legitimate threat throughout. What can I say? Camacho is my favorite Samoan masquerading as a Latino in the WWE.
The Ascension retained. I'm starting to wonder how they get the titles off of these guys to promote them to the main roster.
Breeze/Zayn was the match of the night. Breeze winning was not a big shock as I figure Zayn will be promoted to the main roster soon and him being the No. 1 Contender to Neville doesn't really make sense. Zayn really put Breeze over. They had some straight-up awesome spots in the match.
Rusev/Mojo was completely predictable. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as it continues to push the invincibility of Rusev. I almost expected Big E to come out after the match and chase Rusev off of a fallen Mojo.
Charlotte/Natalya was a solid bout. It was superior to the Divas matches we get on WWE television and PPV's. It wasn't as good as Paige/Emma at Arrival, but it was damn good.
Neville/Kidd was pretty good. It was entertaining and the end was expected, but Kidd left just enough doubt throughout the match to make you think he was going to win.
If you haven't seen the Fallout episode from Takeover, it actually pushed some of the NXT storylines. There was a neat segment between Nattie and Charlotte that teases they may face off again. We got to see Zayn and Rose interact and Zayn danced with the Rosebuds (which was cringey and funny at the same time); also Zayn was still selling damage from the Breeze match (including a bit of a shiner under his eye), which is remarkable in the current product. There was an interesting interaction between Tyson Kidd and Paul Heyman (with Natalya involved also) that was full of teasing a Tyson heel turn (and possible alliance with Heyman?). Finally, very short face-off between Breeze and Neville. Overall, they did some good stuff with the Fallout show.
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