10 best matches at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn

#6 NXT Tag Team Championship: The Revival (c) vs. DIY (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II)

A first disappointment.

The name is apt, because the revival of tag team wrestling began in NXT, and the rivalry of DIY and The Revival was the next step in the renaissance. Though this match doesn't match their classic at the following TakeOver: Toronto, their Brooklyn showdown still stands among the great tag team matches in recent years.

More notably, this was right off the heels of their epic encounter in the Cruiserweight Classic, and the first true milestone on the epic journeys of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa that led up to this year's main event.

The action started with some fast-paced technical wrestling, then spilled outside the ring with Gargano and Ciampa being feted by the crowd.

Both teams showed savvy and cunning, with The Revival performing a great sequence of tags while the wily Ciampa fought them off, only for Gargano to be dragged out of his corner. The Revival controlled the action from there, with a hilarious spot where Dash went into the ring to distract the referee, causing him to not recognize Ciampa's tag to Gargano.

When Gargano finally got the tag after a few more minutes of suspense, the crowd went wild. A slingshot spear from Gargano on Dawson resulted in a near-fall, with the crowd gasping in disbelief. A DDT looked like it would halt Gargano's onslaught, but another near-fall in a rollup told another story.

It was at that point that Ciampa tagged in again and rolled into an armbar, with Gargano halting Dash from assisting his partner. The crowd went unglued as the lock was held for an agonizingly long time, but Dash eventually managed to break it up.

Gargano rushed back in to halt a double-team attempt, and Ciampa rolled Dawson up, only for another two count.

The action unfolded at a blistering pace from there. A slugfest. A failed Shatter Machine. A superkick. Another near-fall rollup. A running knee from Ciampa. Gargano and Ciampa met in the middle on Dash and actually got a three count, only for the referee to notice his leg had been on the bottom rope and overrule it.

Dash destroyed Gargano's knee with a chopblock while Dawson rammed Ciampa into the post. A drop from the turnbuckle onto the knee worsened the pain. Eventually, Gargano would submit in a heartbreaking loss - a preview of the epic journey still to come.