NXT Takeover R Evolution - The Duality of Man

About this episode

The episode revisits NXT Takeover: R Evolution, highlighting key moments and storylines from the event.

We've made it to Takeover: R Evolution, a night that sees an 18-month story come to an end, as an old friend emerges to start new problems for Sami Zayn. It's a night of demons, of exceeding expectations and of staying true to yourself. So many classic NXT moments in this one, join us as we revisit a classic. Email your thoughts about NXT in 2014 to tenxtpod@gmail.com! Welcome to TEN-XT, an officially unofficial WWE:NXT history podcast. Three lifelong friends discuss the episode of NXT that came out ten years ago today. And along the way, the wider world of the time - Including sports, news and of course... wrestling. We are not affiliated with WWE in any way, nor are we pro wrestlers. But we are fans of NXT, that IS true. Just British lads talking wrestling, it's a stereotype at this point, so you know the drill. Music: Hall of the Metal King by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Lilypad Productions

Topics covered

• NXT Takeover
• wrestling history
• Sami Zayn
• classic moments
• storytelling in wrestling

Keywords

• NXT
• Takeover R Evolution
• Sami Zayn
• wrestling
• 2014
• classic moments
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE

Books & works: Hall of the Metal King

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