WWE NXT Results: Highlights, Analysis, and Grades for January 11

NXT Tag Team Championship Match

The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) vs. DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) (c)

Result: DIY defeated The Revival via pinfall

Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars

When the conversation about greatest tag team in the world takes place, invariably there’s some debate. The Young Bucks are always brought up because of their athleticism, and then shot down because of their over-reliance on it.

But one thing I always hear about the Bucks is that there’s never any wasted motion in their matches. Part of what makes their athleticism seem so impressive is how quickly the Jackson brothers can transition from one spot to the next.

Watching The Revival, I see the exact same smoothness moving from spot to spot. There isn’t an ounce of wasted motion in anything they do. And I think the reason some people give them the nod as greatest tag team is that they don’t do the flippy stuff. The Bucks get knocked down for the excessive flips, but there’s none of that to distract from how good Dash and Dawson are.

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It would be asking a lot for tonight’s rematch to be another match of the year like in Toronto. There was so much going on in that contest, not to mention it being a two out of three falls match. But with The Revival being the greatest team in the world (sorry, Matt and Nick!), and Gargano and Ciampa on the hot streak of a lifetime, it had to be a great match regardless.

The psychology was on point – even down to ring attire. Corey Graves (speaking of greatest of all time, he’s the best commentator in WWE right now in a walk) pointed out that Dash and Dawson were wearing the same ring gear as they did at TakeOver: The End. You know, where they regained their titles.

Gargano does such a great job of playing Ricky Morton, and he even remembers to sell on offense! Ciampa lived up to the Psycho Killer moniker with the dive from the apron onto Wilder and the timekeeper’s station – that was nuts. The only thing I didn’t like was the post-match ambush by the Authors of Pain. It makes sense, I guess, but I could have done without it. That’s just me, though.

I can’t say enough positive things about this match. The entire trilogy – Brooklyn, Toronto, Full Sail – should be permanent examples for aspiring tag team wrestlers. It’s as close to perfect as wrestling can be, in my humble opinion.

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