NXT Tag Team Championship
The Authors of Pain (c) vs. #DIY vs. The Revival
There are brand new title belts. They’re quite shiny. AoP do what they do; dominate. Which means #DIY and Revival take one guy each and eliminate them. This gives us the Revival vs. #DIY match that everyone wanted. The last time they wrestled each other on a Takeover it was a ****3/4 classic. AoP’s presence changes things. They are capable of having fun filled short matches but they’re unproven over longer distances, where this three-way benefits them. It helps that the other two teams are both world-beaters. AoP are no slouches, throwing Gargano around and using him as a weapon to prevent a Ciampa tope. It’s clear, from their power, that AoP will need to take something huge to lose. It ends up being #DIY and Revival double teaming to put Rezar through a table. Akam gets locked in double submissions and still AoP stay alive. You’d think having two teams, the best other two teams in the company, team up on them would be enough! The #DIY/Revival alliance leads to them doubling up on their double teams, with Ciampa helping on a Shatter Machine, is excellent stuff. The match is unrelenting. It’s one ridiculously awesome moment after another.
The wheels come off proceedings with the only babyface team getting dumped with the Last Chapter, Ciampa eating the pin. The crowd go from loving the match to chanting “bullshit”. That’s quite the turnaround. It also turns the Revival face for the last section of the match and the crowd were wanting to jeer them, regardless of how good they are. “No one likes you” chant the crowd, presumably at the incumbent champions. Super Collider puts the Revival down and AoP retain. That doesn’t go over well but it at least explains why they didn’t lose after the table spot, which made logical sense. This was going fantastically well until the #DIY elimination and it went rapidly into the toilet. First fall was phenomenal though.
Final Rating: ****1/4
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