Another My Top 5 NXT Matches

Intro

After I finished the last NXT list. I dug out may Best of NXT Takeover 2018, and I felt so inspired, to the point, that another one was instantly on the cards, so here we go. Another Top 5 NXT Matches.

5 Adam Cole vs Alistair Black TakeOver Philidelphia

I love this match. It acted as a perfect reminder of the importance of time, both men now work in AEW, now this isn't a dig at Tony Khan, but I do feel there matches in AEW, have ranged from good to excellent, but, on this night, they managed to manipulate something from out of nothing, and it was magic. Black, may have gone over, as the viceral violence unfolded, but the impact of this classic in my eyes, remains one of my favourite NXT Matches.

4 Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Over the past year, these two have had some fairly tepid matches on Monday Night Raw, but they've had better exchanges, and this is arguably their best, a fantastic technical feast for the eyes, and a match of the year contender, from 2016. This. Was. The highlight of WrestleMania 32 weekend, as NXT delivered something that the main roster failed to do. Deliver a good wrestling show.

3 Johnny Gargano vs Andrade Cien Almas TakeOver Philidelphia

NXT TakeOver Philidelphia was a steller card, that delivered on many levels, from match of the contenders, to steller Pro Wrestling becoming the main theme of the show. I love this match, the physicality stole the show, and as the match unravelled, the story came to light, and the match bacame a classic, as every second was savoured, by me at home, and fans in attendence.

2 Johnny Gargano vs Tomasso Ciampa Chicago Street Fight TakeOver Chicago

This. Is. One of my favourite matches, to ever be given the stipulation of a Street Fight, to me this is up there with. Willow Knightingale vs Kris Statlander, and. HHH vs Cactus Jack. The level of hatred had been building for over a year, and it started from the last time NXT was in Chicago, from the previous year, when Ciampa turned on his partner, NXT tv had teased a turn from both men, and this elevated the drama, when the match finally took place. This. Was. A modern day blood feud, that has shown other companies, just how to inplant their own style, onto this stipulation.

Bayley vs Sasha Banks NXT TakeOver Brooklyn

What can I say about this match, other than. It is used as the blueprint for modern Womens Wrestling, to the point that this match is studied at wrestling schools. I don't think you can much higher praise than that.