WWE's 10 best matches of January 2019

Temporary disappointment.
Temporary disappointment.

#6 Tommaso Ciampa vs. Aleister Black (NXT TakeOver: Phoenix)

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This was a bit of a disappointment, considering that it didn't rise to the level of their original NXT title match last July and wasn't quite a match of the year candidate that we could have ordinarily expected.

Nevertheless, it was still Tommaso Ciampa and Aleister Black, two of the best in the business today, so there was no way you weren't going to get something great out of it.

This was a psychological thriller instead of a hard-hitting shock spectacle that their match at Full Sail was. Tommaso Ciampa isolated Aleister Black's leg and kept attacking it for the entire match. Black sold the injury to perfection, as it was crucial to his defeat.

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It was also nice to see Ciampa's ghastly luck continue to hold, as he rolled over the wrong way after the Black Mass and so couldn't get pinned in quick enough time.

The finisher spam to end the match detracted from the finish, but it was still a fun match.

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