10 Greatest NXT Matches of All Time

Ricochet nails a springboard shooting star plancha at Takeover: New Orleans
Ricochet nails a springboard shooting star plancha at Takeover: New Orleans

#3 The Revival vs. DIY (2/3 Falls Match) (Takeover: Toronto)

DIY take it to The Revival in unison
DIY take it to The Revival in unison

In the Summer of 2016, Dash and Dawson of The Revival, then NXT Tag Team Champions, concluded an excellent feud with the team of American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) which ended in a 2/3 falls main event match on weekly NXT TV where The Revival won and sent Gable and Jordan packing for the main roster. The team of ex-indie veterans Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa then became the logical choice to replace American Alpha as the top babyface team in NXT, and their feud with The Revival went on to intensify NXT's 2016 tag team renaissance, with the 22-minute showdown between the teams easily stealing the show at Takeover: Brooklyn II.

Therefore, it only made sense to extend the feud by having the babyfaces lose in the first round and get a second chance at the following big show where the 2/3 falls match concept could be redone on a bigger stage. Enter Takeover: Toronto. Gargano and Ciampa, now christened "DIY", mustered the courage to challenge The Revival to a rematch where they would create magic and perform one of the greatest tag team matches in WWE history. In the sold-out Air Canada Center, in front of 12,000 paying fans, the psychology and in-ring storytelling these two teams put on display was nothing short of phenomenal. T

he Revival's Hart Foundation allusions of pink and black tights and use of the Hart Attack tag team manoeuvre whilst in Canada was clever, the callback moment of Gargano being stuck in a submission but reaching the ropes at the last second and refusing to tap out (as he had in Brooklyn) was brilliant, the surprise move-stealing Shatter Machine from DIY for a 2.9 count near-fall was jaw-dropping, and the finish of Dash and Dawson holding each other's hands while in a mutual submission to avoid tapping out only to give up anyway seconds later when they couldn't escape was an absolutely fantastic touch that sent the raucous Canadian crowd and fans at home into a frenzy of excitement. DIY's hard work paid off. They were finally NXT Tag Team Champions.

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