To this day one of my favorite Takeover cards was from Takeover: New York in 2019. War Raiders vs Ricochet and Aleister Black is still one of my favorite NXT matches.
The Black and Gold era of NXT will always have a special place in my heart. They were regularly showing up the main roster. Takeovers became must-see television where the question wasn't if it was going to be good or not - it was how great was it going to be? Looking back I'm glad they made the transition to 2.0 so that this era has a bookend and we can now look back with fondness at something special that was loved and enjoyed by so many. But, don't sleep on NXT in 2023-24 because while there is a different vibe, it's still got a lot of great things going for it.
@@night6724because Raw and Smackdown has a 25+ year history that was primarily overseen by Vince McMahon. When you're given creative control, things aren't going to completely change that quickly.
@@Loverboy207 How? Vince McMahon directly ran and approved storylines and gimmicks for the main shows. Again I understand booking 5 hours is hard but it’s still a problem. Also the other problem is NXT catered to indy smarks like the dopes at WhatCulture. That’s why we got indy midgets like Adam Cole as NXT champion
A couple of the main roster Wargames matches have come close, but I agree: there's no topping those 5 absolute battles we got from 2017 through 2021 in NXT.
I was at that first NXT wargames here in Houston man It was insane to see it brought back as a kid growing up watching it on the prime in the NWA/WCW it brought back great memories
Honestly I think 2017-2020 era of NXT is really overrated. I know people love it, but that's when I pretty much tuned out of it. There was some good that was in it, but i think people really only look at that time with rose tinted glasses
One thing often overlooked was that the hard camera side was on the opposite side of what we are use to when it was filmed at Full Sail University. With the ramp being on the right side it gave the show a different look.
Unpopular opinion but I honestly preferred when NXTs title was more basic before, the big strap, simple plain gold NXT. I know NXT has evolved far from that time but still, i miss the simplicity overall. Also I wish they took more, idk it’s risk but like when Owen’s came out to Cena’s open challenge then went on to beat Cena(not for the belt) which nobody expected. Same with Paige coming out and beating AJ Lee.
@Bellasosa1 nope, HHH racked up so much expenses that it never made a profit. It took a tv deal and changes from Nick Khan for it to finally be profitable
We cannot talk about Black and Gold Era without mentioning about Asuka. She is one of the guys who define the Black and Gold Era. ❤❤💔 What about Andrade and Aleister Black. They were so freakin good with time they spent in NXT.
i feel like the reason NXT Black & Gold was better than the main roster was because the less weekly hours, titles and everybody felt important the main roster could have this if you bin the brand split, the pointless titles and maybe and maybe an hour or two of the main show.
I appreciate this video more than anything. I felt like i was the biggest believer in NXT and it showed that Triple H was excellent in being in charge of anything. I probably would have added the arrival of Seth Rollins & Neville (Pac) somewhere in the list.
Rhea Ripley finally defeating Shayna Baszler and the whole locker room coming out to hoist her up was for me the single best and most cathartic moment in NXT that I can remember. În retrospect that was actually the first real crowning of a downright superstar.
Discovering Adam Cole is what drew me to Black & Gold NXT when I was getting back into wrestling in 2017. I was absolutely blown away by the storytelling, the edge and the overall talent on display in conjunction to just how bland Raw and Smackdown were at the time. It was also what made me branch out more as a fan and made me seek out more from NJPW & ROH. I still go back and revisit 2013-2019 NXT from time to time.
I miss black and gold NXT 😢. Also one of my all time favourite matches that was a match of the year contender was Burch and Lorcan vs the Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag Titles at Takeover Chicago in 2017. Literally the greatest tag match of all time
NXT arena Takeover era(2015-20) was untouchable. The best stuff WWE produced during that time. AEW did best it, no question, but it showed a real alternative could not only survive but thrive.
For me Andrade v Gargano at NXT Takeover Philadelphia is probably my favourite match from NXT. The black and gold had such a wealth of talent. Was such a shame to see people called up to the main roster only to see them booked all wrong and fade into obscurity
nxt got me back into wrestling.....couldn't stand the main stuff. actually went to takeover brooklyn. then they changed the whole thing. Then I saw Aew and had the same feeling. The women in aew need a massive upgrade. that's what nxt had that aew has to work on
I'm happy to see Black and Gold NXT get love. I MISS THIS NXT!!! God it was a great time to watch WWE. For me the UE was the best fraction of all time and had my 2 favorite wrestlers "THE DEMON Finn Balor and Aleister Black.
Backlash 2017 was a good show, but it was topped by TakeOver Chicago with style. On a side note, TakeOver R: Evolution's Main Event and Zayn's NXT Championship are still among the best moments in NXT History. The unironically beloved heroic journey and victory, combined with the sheer adulation of the crowd created an instant classic that will stand the test of time.
It was so good it was better than Raw and Smackdown at that time. It was no developmental territory unless we understand it as the best talent being hired and adapted there for the main roster plus new stars being created in the Performance Center. Now it is developmental, but back then it was pro wrestling at its finest.
This us gonna piss people off, but i think NXT from 2017-2020 is very overrated. People may hate NXT from 2021 to now, but it does a way better job of building stars and establishing characters. Back then, most people were just work rate guys and didn't have much character, other than im happy to be here or im a good wrestler. There were things i liked about that era, but id take modern NXT over anything from 2017-2020
NXT Black and Gold was a terminally online sensation that never made a profit and need to leech off the main roster success to survive. The IWC is in the minority since Vince getting them on the USA Network did more than everything HHH did for it. There's a reason nearly all of them have flopped in AEW. NXT today is back to its developmental style instead of being a super indyfest and the roster since it became NXT 2.0 is one of the more promising since the early years.
@Bellasosa1 I did. I'm talking about profits and losses which is why Black and Gold literally ended. For years, developmental was singled out as an area where wwe was bleeding money. Tell me you forgot what a business is supposed to do without telling me.
@@Bellasosa1 I did watch NXT, I liked black and gold but it wasn't nearly as perfect as people make it out to be. You can literally say that about anything.
Everyone used to say that nxt black and gold was better than the main roster. Then AEW beat them and everyone started calling it “just the developmental brand”
NXT was better than the main roster when HHH was running NXT and Vince was running the main roster. By the time AEW Dynamite started going head to head with NXT, Vince had taken control of NXT himself and he ruined it. And it seemed like he ruined it on purpose to spite HHH because fans and wrestling journalists were begging for Vince to retire and let HHH run things. If HHH was still running NXT, we would've never got that stupid NXT 2.0 garbage. It would've stayed Black & Gold. And I bet they wouldn't have lost to Dynamite so many times. Vince really was so out of touch for years before he retired.
As a kid I heard about Liger but i didn't find him interesting... that match with Breeze was amazing.. made want more liger..wanted more for Breeze.. wanted more WRESTLING on the main shows...
Because NXT Black and Gold was mostly an online sensation which is why so many flopped in the main roster and Vince had flops (Tye Dellinger, Aliester Black) for every success (Alexa Bliss). NXT is more successful than ever since they made the NXT 2.0 changes and grew from there.
We're not gonna talk about TakeOver New Orleans?? Gargano vs Ciampa finale, 6 man ladder match for the inaugural NA Championship, Andrade vs Aleister Black, Ember Moon vs Shayna Baszler?? Come on now!
I say this as someone who loves AEW, but NXT Halloween Havoc was the absolute perfect show to be the one time NXT held the lead in the Wednesday Night War!
Man, those were some good times! Took the family to an NXT show at the Seattle Paramount theater, I think that's where it was, and holy crap talk about a show. That was when the street profits were doing their tour letting everybody know that they are getting ready to head up to SmackDown or raw.
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"NXT felt like the show that Vince McMahon forgot existed." Take it a step further: NXT was allowed to be as good as it was, BECAUSE Vince forgot it existed. When he did remember, that's when all the talents either left or got fired.
@urbaindelva7869 Adam Cole as NXT champion did absolutely nothing but kill the show. There's a reason why his feud with Kyle O'Reilly was a flop and AEW has only gone downhill as they keep trying to push him
@@BigMike_HD for creating new stars and establishing characters. That was always gonna be a problem to adjust to the main roster when all the focused on back then were just work rate matches
@@dwightyboy5324 if you think that’s all that was going on in NXT back then, you clearly didn’t watch NXT black n gold. It merged the great matches and interesting/simple characters. Yet on WWE main roster we got gems as max dupree, Bearcat Keith Lee and gimp Karrion Kross.
@@BigMike_HD look great matches are good and all, but they don't make you a star. They had some good characters back then, guys like Velveteen Dream and LA Knight for example, Karrion Kross was a beast back then, but other than them, most of them wouldn't have clicked on the main roster. Simple characters can work, but some of the black and gold characters just weren't gonna cut it on the main roster. Just being called a great wrestler who has great matches weren't gonna achieve long term success in an industry where characters, charisma, mic work, and star appeal matters.
My connection to the black and gold era of NXT IS why after the NXT 2.0 revamp I had to quit it because nothing was better than THAT NXT. And the main roster of WWE wasnt interesting me anymore.
Hear me out NXT black and Gold was truly something else but it was the same brand which loss to AEW, making Vince taking over NXT only😂. It's funny how fans turned their backs on them.
I used to look forward to Takeover tag openers more than most of the main roster matches on PPV / PLE. There was a long streak of all-action bangers that were just perfect.
The black and gold era had some of the best wrestling and storylines I've ever seen.
NXT 2015 - 2019😘 Chef's kiss.
More like NXT 2015-2020!
Yeah. The black and gold truly was a breathe of fresh air back in the day. Here's hoping that this new generation of NXT is just as good.
FACTS.
Miss that version of finn balor what's wrong with OGs they don't look like once they were
To this day one of my favorite Takeover cards was from Takeover: New York in 2019. War Raiders vs Ricochet and Aleister Black is still one of my favorite NXT matches.
I've never thought about it before, but that tag match is probably my favorite match of any brand ever.
FACTS.
That was such an amazing tag
Asuka's entire NXT run is probably my most favorite 21st century wrestling time to be alive. Loved NXT back then, what a great product it was!
Remember that last woman standing match with Nikki Cross
The Black and Gold era of NXT will always have a special place in my heart. They were regularly showing up the main roster. Takeovers became must-see television where the question wasn't if it was going to be good or not - it was how great was it going to be? Looking back I'm glad they made the transition to 2.0 so that this era has a bookend and we can now look back with fondness at something special that was loved and enjoyed by so many. But, don't sleep on NXT in 2023-24 because while there is a different vibe, it's still got a lot of great things going for it.
Why hasn’t triple H translated the success to the main show?
@@night6724because Raw and Smackdown has a 25+ year history that was primarily overseen by Vince McMahon. When you're given creative control, things aren't going to completely change that quickly.
@@Loverboy207 How? Vince McMahon directly ran and approved storylines and gimmicks for the main shows. Again I understand booking 5 hours is hard but it’s still a problem.
Also the other problem is NXT catered to indy smarks like the dopes at WhatCulture. That’s why we got indy midgets like Adam Cole as NXT champion
A couple of the main roster Wargames matches have come close, but I agree: there's no topping those 5 absolute battles we got from 2017 through 2021 in NXT.
I was at that first NXT wargames here in Houston man It was insane to see it brought back as a kid growing up watching it on the prime in the NWA/WCW it brought back great memories
2021 War Games was crap because of team 2.0 winning
@@ElDesperado-pr3kzthat was actually the best wargames match since black and gold finally got buried.
I know people loved NXT 2017 -2020. But for me, nothing will top 2013 - 2016 with Sami/Nakamura being that eras swan song. Those were great times.
to me 2016 - 2019 was peak NXT
2012 - 2015 & 2020 are ok times too
2013-2020 fo sho
Honestly I think 2017-2020 era of NXT is really overrated. I know people love it, but that's when I pretty much tuned out of it. There was some good that was in it, but i think people really only look at that time with rose tinted glasses
enzo and cass 😂
@@pottsie_era 2019 NXT is overhated, it was great and for me and it was way better than 2020 NXT which was a huge step down....
One thing often overlooked was that the hard camera side was on the opposite side of what we are use to when it was filmed at Full Sail University. With the ramp being on the right side it gave the show a different look.
I'm happy you said that, i thought i was the only one who cared about it and i kind of miss that camera angle nowadays....
It's funny how something like flipping the hard camera side can create such a difference.
One of my favorite matches was Velvatine Dream vs Alister Black. Just a great match
"Enjoy infamy, Velveteen Dream."
@@tomhyde1138Ironically, those words actually came true.
Sami Zayne vs Cesaro 2 of 3 falls is in my top 5. Defintely worth a watch!
Unpopular opinion but I honestly preferred when NXTs title was more basic before, the big strap, simple plain gold NXT. I know NXT has evolved far from that time but still, i miss the simplicity overall.
Also I wish they took more, idk it’s risk but like when Owen’s came out to Cena’s open challenge then went on to beat Cena(not for the belt) which nobody expected. Same with Paige coming out and beating AJ Lee.
I haven't watched NXT since Vince killed the black and gold era.
NXT Black and Gold killed itself. It never made a profit and wasted a lot of money until Nick Khan finally forced Vince to push for the changes.
@@dkmenace1990 never made a profit?
Lol this better be a joke
@Bellasosa1 nope, HHH racked up so much expenses that it never made a profit. It took a tv deal and changes from Nick Khan for it to finally be profitable
We cannot talk about Black and Gold Era without mentioning about Asuka.
She is one of the guys who define the Black and Gold Era. ❤❤💔
What about Andrade and Aleister Black.
They were so freakin good with time they spent in NXT.
Black and Gold NXT will always be my favorite promotion of all time. ❤
i feel like the reason NXT Black & Gold was better than the main roster
was because the less weekly hours, titles and everybody felt important
the main roster could have this if you bin the brand split, the pointless titles and maybe and maybe an hour or two of the main show.
just keep the
WWE Championship
Intercontinental Championship
WWE Tag Team Championship
WWE Women's Championship
then over time add more
Undisputed era was great i hope they make a come back someday on the main roster
Adam Cole vs Kyle O’Riley no DQ match was an absolute banger with amazing story telling and booking. One of my favorite NXT match
I appreciate this video more than anything. I felt like i was the biggest believer in NXT and it showed that Triple H was excellent in being in charge of anything. I probably would have added the arrival of Seth Rollins & Neville (Pac) somewhere in the list.
Gargano V Ciampa is my favorite rivalry in all of wrestling. NXT Black and Gold was a beast!
KENTA was from Pro Wrestling Noah not New Japan
NXT was/is so amazing that this list deserves a Part 2
The Nakamura/Zayn match made my son a wrestling fan a few weeks ago. Had to start from the beginning after that.
My favorite promotion ever next to AEW . The Black And Gold era was special
I was never bored watching black and gold NXT
Loved American Alpha
Rhea Ripley finally defeating Shayna Baszler and the whole locker room coming out to hoist her up was for me the single best and most cathartic moment in NXT that I can remember.
În retrospect that was actually the first real crowning of a downright superstar.
Yeah I remember that to crazy that was on tv as well
If the B&G era was taking place NOW then we can truly call this period the “renaissance era”
It never made a profit like NXT currently does. Stop being terminally online.
Gargano vs andrade is the match I show any non wrestling fan and they love it every time
And they fought like 3 times right? Man those were easily 4 and 5 star
God that match was amazing
I couldn’t imagine nxt back then being how it is today it was stacked with superstars from the start
Discovering Adam Cole is what drew me to Black & Gold NXT when I was getting back into wrestling in 2017. I was absolutely blown away by the storytelling, the edge and the overall talent on display in conjunction to just how bland Raw and Smackdown were at the time. It was also what made me branch out more as a fan and made me seek out more from NJPW & ROH. I still go back and revisit 2013-2019 NXT from time to time.
NXT Takeover: New York Gargano vs Cole 2 out of 3 falls,one of my fav. match
Same! I LOVED that match! 😁
I love it's Psy narrating this, knowing how much she loved the original NXT brand.
The UE was everything in wrestling ngl.
I miss black and gold NXT 😢. Also one of my all time favourite matches that was a match of the year contender was Burch and Lorcan vs the Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag Titles at Takeover Chicago in 2017. Literally the greatest tag match of all time
That's my favorite tag team match of NXT, it happened in 2018 though.
Those Takover PPVs was the must see for me back then. I loved NXT black&gold.
NXT arena Takeover era(2015-20) was untouchable.
The best stuff WWE produced during that time.
AEW did best it, no question, but it showed a real alternative could not only survive but thrive.
NxT Black and Gold looked like underground fight club.
Gargano vs Ciampa lives free in my head as one of the best feuds I've ever witnessed, ever.
every nxt takeover was better than WWE PLE that took place the next day
For me Andrade v Gargano at NXT Takeover Philadelphia is probably my favourite match from NXT. The black and gold had such a wealth of talent. Was such a shame to see people called up to the main roster only to see them booked all wrong and fade into obscurity
nxt got me back into wrestling.....couldn't stand the main stuff. actually went to takeover brooklyn. then they changed the whole thing. Then I saw Aew and had the same feeling. The women in aew need a massive upgrade. that's what nxt had that aew has to work on
Yeah way better booking,! Not way you’ll fix the aew women’s division is to change the booker
This was a great watch!
I'm happy to see Black and Gold NXT get love. I MISS THIS NXT!!! God it was a great time to watch WWE. For me the UE was the best fraction of all time and had my 2 favorite wrestlers "THE DEMON Finn Balor and Aleister Black.
Backlash 2017 was a good show, but it was topped by TakeOver Chicago with style.
On a side note, TakeOver R: Evolution's Main Event and Zayn's NXT Championship are still among the best moments in NXT History. The unironically beloved heroic journey and victory, combined with the sheer adulation of the crowd created an instant classic that will stand the test of time.
That's why Sami Zayn has the nickname "The Underdog From The Underground."
It was so good it was better than Raw and Smackdown at that time. It was no developmental territory unless we understand it as the best talent being hired and adapted there for the main roster plus new stars being created in the Performance Center. Now it is developmental, but back then it was pro wrestling at its finest.
This us gonna piss people off, but i think NXT from 2017-2020 is very overrated. People may hate NXT from 2021 to now, but it does a way better job of building stars and establishing characters. Back then, most people were just work rate guys and didn't have much character, other than im happy to be here or im a good wrestler. There were things i liked about that era, but id take modern NXT over anything from 2017-2020
NXT Black and Gold was a terminally online sensation that never made a profit and need to leech off the main roster success to survive. The IWC is in the minority since Vince getting them on the USA Network did more than everything HHH did for it. There's a reason nearly all of them have flopped in AEW.
NXT today is back to its developmental style instead of being a super indyfest and the roster since it became NXT 2.0 is one of the more promising since the early years.
@@dkmenace1990 bro has issues
Tell me you dont watch nxt without telling me you don't watch nxt
@Bellasosa1 I did. I'm talking about profits and losses which is why Black and Gold literally ended. For years, developmental was singled out as an area where wwe was bleeding money.
Tell me you forgot what a business is supposed to do without telling me.
@@Bellasosa1 I did watch NXT, I liked black and gold but it wasn't nearly as perfect as people make it out to be. You can literally say that about anything.
I don’t know how many 5 star matches there were between 2015-2019 man I just know there were many. Hell, even 2019 alone had so many.
Everyone used to say that nxt black and gold was better than the main roster. Then AEW beat them and everyone started calling it “just the developmental brand”
Naw nxt changed when it became the rainbow nxt brand. Aew had nothing to do with it. Pretty sure it was just Vince who ruined it.
Both things are true.
Black Gold matches 🔥 superstars and the crowd 🔥
NXT was better than the main roster when HHH was running NXT and Vince was running the main roster. By the time AEW Dynamite started going head to head with NXT, Vince had taken control of NXT himself and he ruined it. And it seemed like he ruined it on purpose to spite HHH because fans and wrestling journalists were begging for Vince to retire and let HHH run things.
If HHH was still running NXT, we would've never got that stupid NXT 2.0 garbage. It would've stayed Black & Gold. And I bet they wouldn't have lost to Dynamite so many times. Vince really was so out of touch for years before he retired.
@@miketsamasiros3960NXT 2.0 (the rainbow one) didn't happen until 2021. Dynamite started in 2019.
As a kid I heard about Liger but i didn't find him interesting... that match with Breeze was amazing.. made want more liger..wanted more for Breeze.. wanted more WRESTLING on the main shows...
Sort of like today, hardly anybody watched NXT back then. That's why these former NXT acts don't get the usual ex-WWE pop when they show up in AEW.
Because NXT Black and Gold was mostly an online sensation which is why so many flopped in the main roster and Vince had flops (Tye Dellinger, Aliester Black) for every success (Alexa Bliss).
NXT is more successful than ever since they made the NXT 2.0 changes and grew from there.
cooler and edgier only to iwc fans and not casuals like me back in the days
which is why NXT Black and Gold was an unprofitable failure and Nick Khan finally convinced Vince to get it back on track.
@@dkmenace1990 thanks to nick khan an hbk ,now wwe can have young homegrown wwe type stars going to the future because of nxt rebranding
No lies were told.
I know it's hard to put all the best NXT moments in one list, but I would have liked to see Alistair Black vs Andrade on this list.
I haven’t watched NXT since they got rid of black and gold
Black and gold was goated
take over new orleans should get a shoutout
Demon Balor
Aleistar Black (Black Mass)
DIY (Single Runs)
FTR
Ruby Riot was done so dirty by wwe
We're not gonna talk about TakeOver New Orleans?? Gargano vs Ciampa finale, 6 man ladder match for the inaugural NA Championship, Andrade vs Aleister Black, Ember Moon vs Shayna Baszler?? Come on now!
I say this as someone who loves AEW, but NXT Halloween Havoc was the absolute perfect show to be the one time NXT held the lead in the Wednesday Night War!
spotting a wild la knight at nxt r evolution
Man, those were some good times! Took the family to an NXT show at the Seattle Paramount theater, I think that's where it was, and holy crap talk about a show. That was when the street profits were doing their tour letting everybody know that they are getting ready to head up to SmackDown or raw.
It is kind of ironic that Vince didn't like Tag Team wrestling, because he sure loved to Tag Team woman with whoever he could find at the time.
Was that Takeover really named R Evolution? Or was it Revolution?
The attitude era of NXT
I’ve never considered NXT a third brand. I consider it what it is, a developmental brand.
Miss Black & Gold NXT it was awesome
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9:55 this the best and worse day for them
"NXT felt like the show that Vince McMahon forgot existed."
Take it a step further:
NXT was allowed to be as good as it was, BECAUSE Vince forgot it existed. When he did remember, that's when all the talents either left or got fired.
You miss The GLORIOUS Era 😮💨😮💨
hey remember when ciampa was nxt champ? and shayna bazsler was nxt womens champ? what a heel champs. both intimidating characters
Honestly, anything Adam Cole was doing was better than the main roster
I gotta strongly disagree, but I respect it
which is why NXT B&G died during his reign of terror.
@@dkmenace1990Reign of terror? Please. 😒
@urbaindelva7869 Adam Cole as NXT champion did absolutely nothing but kill the show. There's a reason why his feud with Kyle O'Reilly was a flop and AEW has only gone downhill as they keep trying to push him
Sami has had the long hair and beard for so long that it throws me for a loop sometimes when I see him in NXT and stuff.
Where in the hell is NXT Takeover Portland?
Honest answers please
I watched NXT from about 2016 through the pandemic. And then I fell off again. So I want to know.
Is NXT good anymore?
NXT black and gold ARE AMAZING.
If it wasn't for takeover London and seeing demon finn in the jak the ripper style gear I would've never got back in to wrestling
So much good from this time. But, Zayn vs Nakamura was my absolute favourite
Man, I miss NXT black and gold. The matches, the characters. And overall it was much watch. It’s so sad to see what it’s become
It's changed for the better bro. NXT black and gold was good, but at times it wasn't gonna do anyone on the main roster any favors.
@@dwightyboy5324 for the better for who? Especially under Vince who only had eyes for Roman? Was clear black and gold was superior
@@BigMike_HD for creating new stars and establishing characters. That was always gonna be a problem to adjust to the main roster when all the focused on back then were just work rate matches
@@dwightyboy5324 if you think that’s all that was going on in NXT back then, you clearly didn’t watch NXT black n gold. It merged the great matches and interesting/simple characters. Yet on WWE main roster we got gems as max dupree, Bearcat Keith Lee and gimp Karrion Kross.
@@BigMike_HD look great matches are good and all, but they don't make you a star. They had some good characters back then, guys like Velveteen Dream and LA Knight for example, Karrion Kross was a beast back then, but other than them, most of them wouldn't have clicked on the main roster. Simple characters can work, but some of the black and gold characters just weren't gonna cut it on the main roster. Just being called a great wrestler who has great matches weren't gonna achieve long term success in an industry where characters, charisma, mic work, and star appeal matters.
Take over Portland with bel air and Rhea Cole vs champa riddle and Pete dune winning the dust Rhodes classic.
WWE 2016 tho was hella awesome even though the 2010s era is complicated
And here's me thinking it was pronounced Revolution
UE was the best damn thing ever in NXT. just bring them all back.
So in other words NXT black and was just the best
My connection to the black and gold era of NXT IS why after the NXT 2.0 revamp I had to quit it because nothing was better than THAT NXT. And the main roster of WWE wasnt interesting me anymore.
"Literally"
And where is The Ascension now lol. They flopped so hard on the main roster & were released.
.... seeing chad with for the first time in years was weird...
I still want Keith Lee vs Roman Reigns
Tables Ladders Chairs and Stairs
For me Psy is up there with Jules and Simon on what culture 👍
Hear me out NXT black and Gold was truly something else but it was the same brand which loss to AEW, making Vince taking over NXT only😂.
It's funny how fans turned their backs on them.
This was never true. And Nakamura/Styles in 2016 was better than Zayn/Nakamura.
Garganno and champa was trash
I used to look forward to Takeover tag openers more than most of the main roster matches on PPV / PLE. There was a long streak of all-action bangers that were just perfect.
Her name is not "ASSKAH" It's Asuka
Brits can't pronounce Japanese names or words. Heh
Nxt
R+Evolution makes the word Revolution I swear whatculture has to do this $#¡t on purpose.
nxt black and gold was the best era....showed what the wrestlers could do and were made off...until they were departed onto the main roster...xd