NXT Takeover Power Rankings: Neville Turning Heel?

Surprising newcomers and a trio of awesome title matches ounded out one of the best two-hour show’s in NXT history.

Check out this week’s NXT Takeover Power Rankings to see who left the two-hour special with the promotion’s three titles and who else managed to steal some of the spotlight for themselves.

Honorable Mention: Baron Corbin: Talk about a debut. No one likes CJ Parker, but Corbin just destroyed him in a matter of seconds with a crazy Modified Swinging Complete Shot. Although he needs some polish in terms of his upper body, he’s got a great look and plenty of potential.

5: Sin Cara and Kalisto: This was not the team anyone expected to beat The Ascension, but that’s exactly what happened. Solid luchadors that the fans appreciate, they look to take the NXT Tag Team division in a new direction, one fueled by quality matches and not squash matches.

4: Hideo Itami: The renamed Kenta made a big splash taking out former Tag Team Champions The Ascension all by his lonesome, with vicious kicks and some high-flying maneuvers. Make no mistake, this is a future NXT Champion.

3: Charlotte Flair: The queen of NXT, Flair was taken to the limit by Bailey, but managed to keep her belt. Now with Sasha Banks on her radar, the stakes just got raised even more. Downing everyone in her path, Flair is quickly carving a legacy for herself in NXT.

2: Sami Zayn: Although he came up short in his bid for the NXT title, Zayn once again proved he is bt far one of the best workers in the WWE. So close to winning the title, Zayn is going to be hungrier than ever moving forward.

1: Adrian Neville: “The Man That Gravity Forgot” spent most of the Fatal Four-Way Match at Takeover outside of the ring, but made the most of several opportunities, successfully defending his title, even if he used questionable tactics to do so. With Tyson Kidd, Sami Zayn and Tyler Breeze all ousted from title contention for now, who’s next for Neville?

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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