WWE: 15 Best Matches of 2016
By Tim Sherry
WWE.com
4. The Revival vs Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa – NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II
Have I mentioned before that I think that the The Revival is the best tag team in the entire WWE? Well let me reiterate. Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson are not only the best tag team in the company, but with the right booking have the potential to be the best team the WWE has ever had. And if you ever want a shining example of the superiority look no further than this match against DIY at TakeOver: Brooklyn.
Now as good as Dash and Dawson were in this match, this was also the night that Gargano and Ciampa stood out. Not to say that either one of them hadn’t shined before, quite the contrary. But as a tag team this was their breakout performance and in going toe to toe so evenly with The Revival it proved that they are two of the brightest young stars in the company. Even in defeat, DIY looked like future champions.
It was absolutely thrilling to watch a match with such a basic tag team formula turn out so good. The Revival used the run of the mill heel teamwork to wear down Ciampa while Gargano begged and pleaded with the referee in an attempt to get the hot tag. And when he did, the pop from the crowd was electrified. The baby faces came so close, so many times, only for Dash and Dawson to destroy Gargano’s left knee eventually forcing him to tap from a modified figure four. I was out of breath just watching. But as good as it was, believe it or not, they’d do it even better 3 months later.