WWE NXT TakeOver: Rival Review
By Mike Smith
WWE.com
Overall Impression
I just can’t rate this show as high as I’ve ranked the other ones, but that doesn’t make this a bad show, because it wasn’t, and it doesn’t make this show a disappointment, because it wasn’t.
Finn Balor and Adrian Neville tore the house down, then Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Bayley and Becky Lynch stole the show in the greatest women’s match I’ve ever seen.
Personally, having been a fan of Kevin Owens for such a long time, it was great to see him get this win. That win gets even sweeter when you look at the broader scope of NXT, because NXT is filled with some great babyfaces, like the top two contenders for Owens’ title, Balor and Sami Zayn, and now, for the first time in a long time, NXT can give them a true heel in Owens.
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