5 Best Wrestling Matches Of 2014

#2 Sami Zayn vs. Neville - NXT TakeOver [R]Evolution

These two men would eventually make it to WWE's main roster...to become criminally underused

This is the match that set the bar for all future NXT TakeOver events. It was such a contrast to everything WWE’s main roster produced that it felt like it was pulled straight out of a smaller indy promotion.

The technical wrestling, amazing transitions and high-risk wrestling moves shows by both Neville and Zayn were simply mesmerizing.

They pulled out all the stops to make this match into something historic: Neville hitting a picture-perfect Ligerbomb, Zayn hitting his rope-drive DDT and a Neville busting out a poisoned Frankensteiner. All of these are high-risk moves, and their willingness to hit these moves shows the length to which both Zayn and Neville were willing to go to win the match.

Finally, another point needs to be said about this crowd; they were firmly in Zayn’s corner, cheering for him so wildly that some people were screaming in fear when Neville was closing in on a victory. They were firmly behind their superhero, and were desperate to see him win.

That emotional investment turned into one of the most thunderous fan reactions of all time when the match ended, turning this match into an instant classic.