Ranking every NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event from worst to best

#2 Takeover: Brooklyn 2017

Undisputed Era

This Takeover was monumental in so many ways, as we saw a stunning opener, a surprising title change, a live entrance theme performance, unseen dominance, and an Earth-shattering debut. Brooklyn was in for a treat when NXT returned for their third annual summertime slobberknocker.

The show started off with a bang as Johnny Gargano, post-DIY, squared off against Andrade 'Cien' Almas, with new manager Zelina Vega. It was an incredible match, one which set the tone for both, the evening and their 5-star classic five months later in Philadelphia. The finish came when Vega threw a DIY T-shirt in the ring to distract Johnny Wrestling and gift Almas the victory.

Elsewhere, we saw SaniTY topple the Authors Of Pain in surprising fashion to become the NXT Tag Team Champions before they were attacked by a debuting Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly. This set the tone for the biggest moment of the night, which came at the end. Then Aleister Black came out to a live rendition of his entrance theme by Code Orange and Incendiary, for his hard-hitting bout against Hideo Itami.

Asuka, who had defeated Bayley last summer, retained her NXT Women's title in an incredible battle against the resilient Ember Moon, who made her debut on the same show a year ago. This match made Asuka look like an unbeatable killer and was her last NXT title defence, as she relinquished the championship shortly afterwards. The contrast between her booking on this show and in the current Smackdown landscape is striking.

However, the biggest talking point of the entire show came at the end of it. Drew McIntyre had just completed his redemption story by defeating Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship, but he was confronted on the apron by the earlier debutants Fish and O'Reilly. Then, following a stunning ovation, Adam Cole raced through the crowd to attack the new champion. The reaction bottled the magnitude of the moment, as Cole instantly became the most over man in NXT.

Brooklyn is one of the prime locations for such massive occurrences in NXT, and WWE as a whole and this show proved it. After a few years, we will look back in time at some of the biggest moments in NXT history. And it will always be remembered, that it was at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 3 where the Undisputed Era was born. They well and truly Shocked the System