#7 Should you always send the fans home happy?
In an unprecedented move by WWE, the tag team championship match ended up filling the main event spot. After seeing three championship matches take place, it came as a little bit of a shock to see this, but it was ultimately the right decision.
What this says to me, is that NXT gives WWE the opportunity to think more outside of the box. Traditionally it's the main title that goes on last unless you’re having a one-time legend vs. legend match like John Cena Vs. Rock at Wrestlemania 28, or Goldberg and Lesnar at last year’s Survivor Series. This is how WWE like to do things, as they will always stick closely to that hierarchy of championship belts where the tag titles normally find themselves at the bottom.
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However, it was the conclusion to this match that provided the shock of the night. As soon as I realised this match was going to close out the show, I just assumed we would would see the second title change of the night. The old Vince McMahon adage that ‘you should always send the fans home happy’ was playing in my head throughout.
As much as fans would have liked to see Hideo Itami win his first NXT title, the real pop of the night was bound to come from seeing DIY win the belts in their ladder match. In fact, it was a very different kind of conclusion to the show than a lot of people were anticipating.
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In a sideways move, The Authors of Pain retained their titles, to a chorus of boos, and DIY was torn apart by a heel turn. The cynical side of me wants to say that this ruined the show overall. All of the matches leading up to it were fantastic, with the right results, and all that needed to happen was for new tag-team champions to be crowned. We would have all gone our separate ways, talking about how much we loved the show. Instead, the WWE seemed more interested in sending fans home with a big talking point, which didn’t feel quite as good.
