Setting the Bar High: Ranking Every Match from the NXT TakeOvers before WrestleMania

Where will this year's NXT TakeOver matches rank on this list next year?
Where will this year's NXT TakeOver matches rank on this list next year?

#8 Aleister Black vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas (NXT TakeOver: Orlando)

The King of Strikers defends his hard-fought crown.
The King of Strikers defends his hard-fought crown

In the second match at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, Aleister Black made his NXT television debut (although he'd had house show matches with the developmental brand as well as a non-tournament match on the WWE UK Championship special under his previous ring name, Tommy End) against newly-heel Andrade "Cien" Almas.

It was a perfectly fine debut, showing why Black earned the nickname "The King of Strikers" on the global independent scene, and let fans get their first glimpse of one of the single greatest entrances in professional wrestling today.

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The only knock against this contest is its length; at just under ten minutes, Black and Almas didn't have enough time to really let their story breathe, but that's a problem that will likely be rectified in this weekend's NXT TakeOver: New Orleans NXT Championship match.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram
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