Well-deserved credit: the data for this analysis come from profightdb.com!
I am a big fan of NXT and especially of the recently established NXT Takeover PPV-like big events of WWE's developmental promotion. And that's all the reason I need to look at some NXT data and show you some hopefully interesting stuff. :)
The following graph is based on Wrestling Observer Newsletter Star Ratings of NXT matches and shows for each Takeover event the rating for the best (yellow line), worst (red-ish line), and average (blue-ish line) match of the show. The events are obviously sorted by date - with the most recent Takeover: San Antonio at the right side of the graph and the first Takeover event ArRival at the left side of the graph.
Takeaways:
- NXT is constantly getting better: NXT started strong with NXT ArRival (average match rating of **1/2 with a ****1/4 showstealer by Sami Zayn and Antonio Cesaro) but has even gotten better and better since when it comes to the overall quality of the shows (based on the average match rating)!
- NXT TakeOver: Toronto is the best NXT TakeOver event to date: no match was worse than *** and the 2 out of 3 falls tag title match between The Revival and #DIY was the match of the night with an impressive ****1/2 rating
- NXT has always delivered at least one really strong match: This is really ridiculous and reminds me of 2004-2006 Ring of Honor. Every single Takeover Event has had at least one match cracking the ****-ceiling!
- In this regard, NXT Takeover have stayed on the same (very high) level over time
- NXT is becoming an even more well-rounded product: What you notice most from the graph is that the three lines move closer to each other over time - and thankfully this is not because the best match on a Takeover card is getting worse but because other matches are getting better!
- For the last eight Takeover events, the rating average has been above ***!
- Even the worst matches are now typically no worse than **!
That's it for this post. More NXT to come!
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