10 Reasons why 2018 was the best year in NXT history

7. ALL divisions shined at the same time

Despite lack of title contention, Street Profits got adequate match/promo time in the mid-card tag division

2015 was a wonderful time in NXT as the Four Horsewomen proved that women belonged in WWE and could put on high-level matches and feuds that were as good as the men's. Yet, the tag team division suffered at the time as below-average teams like Blake & Murphy and the Vaudevillians subsided as the top duos. Fast forward a year and the division were putting on some of the best tag team matches in all of WWE, whilst the women's division (aside from Asuka) was rapidly regressing and the main event scene was serviceable but underwhelming, as Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe's feud didn't quite ignite the passion in NXT fans.

In 2018, the main event, mid-card, tag team, and women's divisions all delivered at once for the first time. Main events at Takeover were at last not being outdone by special mid-card attraction matches, yet the mid-card was still on fire as the North American Championship title scene took shape and stars like Adam Cole, Pete Dunne and Ricochet tore the house down on weekly TV and Takeover alike. Undisputed Era dominated the tag team title picture for most of the year with top tier defenses against Moustache Mountain and Oney Lorkin & Danny Burch (with War Raiders floating in the midst), while a respectable mid-card tag team division featuring the Street Profits, Heavy Machinery, The Mighty and Forgotten Sons formed independently of the title picture. Additionally, while Shayna Baszler had the women's locker room in a stranglehold all year, Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, Lacey Evans, Candice LeRae, Zelina Vega, Bianca Belair and especially Nikki Cross all had their moments too. All of these ladies managed to work around Baszler's dominant booking to put on good matches and entertaining character work, while main eventers like Johnny Gargano, Tomasso Ciampa and Aleister Black floored fans with consistently great end-of-the-night performances.