NXT is considered by many to be the absolute best standard in professional wrestling right now, with the black and yellow brand having produced some of the absolute best wrestling matches in recent memory.
Because of how stacked the NXT roster always is, regardless of how many talents the main roster takes, the Takeover shows have become beloved by wrestling fans due to the incredibly high quality of the shows.
However, not every single PPV event can be perfect, and that includes Takeover's, with some poor matches slipping through the cracks, and within this article, we will rank the 10 worst in Takeover history so far.
10 Adam Rose vs Camacho (TakeOver)
This is one match that many people will have forgotten about, and who can blame anyone that has as it really wasn't anything to write home about between two men who no longer even work for the company.
This match was a prime example of why the Adam Rose gimmick was never going to be one that would work on a long-term basis, as whilst people were into the entrance, once the match started all interest was lost.
Neither man was a strong in-ring worker and the crowd really had little interest in Rose's attempt at a babyface comeback, making this a very lackluster affair.
9 Authors Of Pain vs TM-61 (Toronto)
Not even adding a shark cage above the ring for Paul Ellering to stand in could save this from being a boring match that really failed to capture the audience throughout as they battled for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Invitational Trophy.
It was clear WWE just wanted to market this match in order to sell some merchandise on the shark cage, which was rendered pointless when the chain he dropped led to a totally missed punched as the weapon flew into the crowd.
TM-61 never managed to fully connect with the audience in NXT and because of that, there was no real push for the babyface victory that this match really needed.
8 Hideo Itami vs Bobby Roode (Chicago)
You would think that a match between two men as talented as Hideo Itami and Bobby Roode would produce a thrilling NXT encounter, but the reality of the matter is that this was one of the dullest Takeover main events in history.
Itami had only just returned from injury and NXT creative was clearly hoping, once again, to give him a major push by placing him in an NXT Championship match, but by this point, the WWE fans had already given up on him.
There was nothing overtly bad about the match itself, the quality of the in-ring work was good and they told a solid story with the pace building, but in the end, nobody seemed to care, which didn't help the match.
7 Kevin Owens vs CJ Parker (Revolution)
This was Kevin Owens' debut match with NXT and for all intents and purposes, it served its purpose in making KO look like a dominant threat who was going to be a major player for the black and yellow brand.
This was always meant to be a squash match, with CJ Parker (who later became a major star with New Japan as Juice Robinson), very much being used as someone who would put over other talents at that time.
The problem with this match was that Parker got in too much offense and actually ended up breaking Owens' nose, which didn't protect him as much as the match should have done.
6 Dana Brooke vs Asuka (Respect)
At this point in Dana Brooke's career, she was still incredibly green inside the ring, which is why she had mainly been used as a valet for the vastly more talented Emma, which she was certainly succeeding in.
However, WWE opted to give her a shot in the ring and even though she wasn't dreadful, it certainly wasn't a match that was up to the standards of an NXT Takeover event, which fans had become used to at this stage.
Brooke took the bumps and was guided through things by Asuka, but this was certainly a match that would have been better served on NXT television, rather than a Takeover.
5 Lars Sullivan vs Kassius Ohno (WarGames)
This match could have been something special if NXT had committed to it and given it the time needed to tell a brutal story between two of NXT's bigger man in what could have been all-out war.
Instead, NXT gave the two men just over five minutes to tell a story and somehow beat each other down enough to get a clean finish, whilst also ensuring that neither man looked too weak in the process.
Whilst it worked to make Lars look like a monster, defeating a credible opponent, it was so short that it should have been kept to NXT television and lengthened in order to make Ohno look better in the loss.
4 Apollo Crews vs Tye Dillinger (Brooklyn)
The real issue that has surrounded Apollo Crews throughout his entire WWE career so far is the fact that he hasn't had any real personality outside of being a wrestler who smiles a lot, which can only get you so far.
This match summed that problem up, with Crews bursting out of the gate with explosive power and pace, defeating Tye Dillinger in just a few minutes, without getting the desired response the fans.
If anything, the crowd were more interested in the Perfect 10 at this point, which isn't really what you want when Dillinger was supposed to be the heel in this situation.
3 Baron Corbin vs Bull Dempsey (Rival)
The first major issue heading into this match was that fans weren't really invested in the storyline, to begin with, which didn't help in terms of creating an atmosphere, which is one of the reasons WWE decided to add a No Disqualification stipulation to heat things up.
The brawl that followed from the added stipulation really added very little to the match, with lots of poor looking strikes being thrown and a botched Cactus clothesline not helping matters.
The match was sluggish and poor and didn't really do any favors for either man, unfortunately, especially for Dempsey.
2 Enzo Amore vs Slyvester Lefort (Fatal 4 Way)
There is a reason why Enzo Amore was almost released prior to being partnered up with Colin Cassady and this hair vs hair match showed that as Amore's in-ring work left a lot to be desired.
The fans weren't overly interested in this bout, with Slyvester Lefort never being a wrestler that the NXT Universe particularly cared about, which wasn't helped given by the fact the storyline was built around hair removing cream.
Both men's tag team partners, of course, got involved in the match, with a roll-up being enough to secure the victory, and Lefort left his partner to be the man who got his hair taken, making the entire thing even more pointless.
1 Samoa Joe vs Baron Corbin (Brooklyn)
Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin are two major heavy-hitters who are both capable of putting on brilliant matches (Joe especially), but this match from Takeover: Brooklyn was simply not one of those.
Joe's career in NXT didn't actually start off as well as most people like to think, with this being a perfect reminder as it was a total snooze fest from start to finish, with fans losing interest as quickly as it started.
In a match packed with submission holds, there was no real pace to the encounter that could have been so much more, with Corbin ending up passing out in the Coquina Clutch in a finish that helped protect the heel, which was another odd move.