[9.0] "Very good Nxt Takeover, first with the opener between Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic for the NXT North American Title, it was a great way to start a PPV like that, we some or the best wrestlers in the world, and even with their size they managed to move like they were some Cruserweight, it's tremendous. I'm disapointed by the street fight between Tegan Nox and Dakota Kai, the action was boring for me and the match never felt to be started, it was mid. Finn Balor vs Johnny Gargano was good, not as good as people said, but yes it's a good ppv match. Bianca Belair carried so much Ripley in this title match, she's awesome. BroserWeight vs Undisputed Era is my favorite match on the show, the action was so good, and the chemistry between the two teams is awesome, a great tag team match, and finally the Main Event between the Champion Adam Cole and the challenger Tommaso Ciampa waz great, with some nice in ring work, but a bit much of overbooking at the end, with the interventions of Undisputed Era and the heel turn of Johnny Gargano. Overall a great NXT TakeOver, with great matches and moments."

[7.0] "An excellent PPV that with the right amount of consistency in the interference (read Raquel Rodriguez and Johnny Gargano, unnecessary in the economy of their matches) and with a little more courage (Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair) could have drawn the 8."

[8.0] "This was a good event. All the matches were pretty solid. The women's matches were the best of them."

[10.0] "Ripley Vs Belair was great, Kai Vs Nox street fight was fantastic, Keith Vs Dijakovic, Balor Vs Gargano and Cole Vs Ciampa were all incredible, EU Vs BroserWeights was phenomenal, the crowd was red hot for everything and it's all an absolute vibe. Overall NXT TakeOver: Portland (2020) is a really phenomenal show and it truly felt like the last time NXT, particularly the Black and Gold era, was truly on top of the world in professional wrestling."

[9.0] "This is my highest rated show yet there truly are no bad matches on this show the one that left me the most eh it was good was rhea vs bianca, the last 2 matches were some of the best action ive seen from WWE so far on my watch list. Every match had a story and went with it i like the story of balor becoming the soul of nxt again to the point it breaks gargano into turning on ciampa, this show is fantastic!"

[8.0] "If I could give this like an 8. 5, I would. Thought Lee vs Dijakovic and Riddle/Dunne vs UE were awesome. Bianca/Rhea was pretty good too, as was Tegan/Dakota. I wasn't into Balor/Gargano at first but it picked up toward the end."

[7.0] "Yeah this is a good show but not a 9-10/10 type show. Almost all the matches were consistently good/very good, with the penultimate tag match being my favorite MOTN. belair/ripley, lee/dijak, and balor gargano were all good fun, and tegan/dakota wasnt too bad either. A strong main event couldve brought this to an 8, but i really didnt dig cole/ciampa. Still, good show, although theres a lack of GREAT matches to bring it any higher."

[7.0] "Not a bad match on this show, though three of the matches did seem too long. The crowd is red hot for it despite this, so maybe I just didn't like those three matches as much as everyone else does. Worth your time, but those matches (especially the main event) do seem to drag. Nothing really stands out as particularly great, I would call Dijak/Keith Lee the match of the night."

"The beginning of the end for NXT. A good show but the wrestling had started to feel homogenous and man was I tired of DIY by the time of the main event schtick. Positives include Poppy performing. The opener was great and the Nox/Dakota match made me a massive Dakota fan and still stands as one of my favourite matches."

"my 1 and only takeover that was in an arena that I saw on live TV (not including the other events of 2.0). it was so very fun and was lovely."

[9.0] "In my opinion one of the best Takeover of all time. Keith Lee vs Dominik Dijakovic is MOTN for me, 20 explosive and destructive minutes, I've had so much fun watching this match (****3/4). Balor vs Gargano isn't fantastic (as maybe people would expect) but it's still a very good match with an incredibile second part (****1/4). I know a lot of people didn't like it because of the unnecessary nearfalls, the lenght and the interferences, but I loved the main event. Adam Cole and Tommaso Ciampa gave us one of the best WWE matches of 2020, 30+ minutes of pure action"

[8.0] "Keith Lee (c) -vs- Dominik Dijakovic - (NXT North American Title) [** 1/2] I'm simply not feeling the chemistry between these two. It was the same with the PWG match they had a few years ago. They do some big stuff, some of it looking great, but the rest doesn't look right to me. Shame because some feel this was the best match on the show. I felt it was the worst. Dakota Kai -vs- Tegan Nox - (Street Fight) [** 3/4] This feud felt more real, and the match was surprisingly good considering these two's track-record. Pleasantly surprised. Finn Balor -vs- Johnny Gargano [*** 1/2] I was expecting miracles with Balor's NXT return, but what we got was quality enough, Built-up nicely and always had be engaged. Just wasn't anything legendary. Rhea Ripley (c) -vs- Bianca Belair - (WWE NXT Women's Title) [***] This had a good thing going. didn't get it to peak, but I was enjoying what I was seeing. Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly (c) -vs- Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne - (NXT Tag Title) [*** 1/4], Pretty awesome. Not sure they found a proper identity to the match, but it sure had a lot of cool stuff going on. Adam Cole (c) -vs- Tommaso Ciampa - (NXT Title) [*** 3/4] A little overbooked, but within the NXT "Universe" it worked nicely for a climax feel. Honestly, wasn't expecting anything else considering who these guys were and the time they were given. They closed the show in a big way!"

[7.0] "All in all a pretty consistant and entertaining show. It's a little too much at times, though, with every match trying to steal the show. There's an art to booking a well-paced card and I think this falls a little short, especially once the main event is done and dusted. It's probably best to watch each match individually to allow yourself some breathing room, otherwise everything starts to blend."

[9.0] "This was a phenomenal show with some great matches! Dominic Dijacovik vs Keith Lee was amazing and watching both men performing flips and springboards was fun to watch! (****1/2) Dakota Kai vs Tegan Nox was an average street fight with some good spots. The storytelling was good though. (***) Finn Balor vs Johnny Gargano was fun to watch and both men were excellent in the match! (****1/2) Bianca Belair vs Rhea Ripley was good but nothing too special. Charlotte Flair appearing at the end was a nice surprise. (***1/4) Broserweights vs Undisputed Era to me is MOTN. All four men put on an intense match and I love the chemistry with Matt and Pete. (****3/4) Adam Cole vs Tommaso Ciampa was another amazing match and again the storytelling was great! The ending was bitter cause Johnny Gargano turning heel made no sense to me. (****) A great NXT Takeover and its up there as one of the best NXT Takeovers of all time."

[7.0] "Really good show with every match being solid to great. Best matches of the night went to Finn Balor vs Johnny Gargano, Undisputed Era vs Broserweight and Adam Cole vs Tommaso Ciampa."

[7.0] "Great Takeover. Wasn't as consistently good as some prior Takeovers, but the highs were amazing. A serious MOTY contender on this show lifts it. [Keith Lee vs Dominik Dijakovic] - 4 3/4 stars (Match of the Night). [Dakota Kai vs Tegan Nox] - 3 3/4 stars. [Finn Balor vs Johnny Gargano] - 2 3/4 stars. [Rhea Ripley vs Bianca Belair] - 2 1/2 stars (Worst of the Night). [Undisputed Era vs Broserweights] - 4 1/4 stars. [Adam Cole vs Tommaso Ciampa] - 3 stars. Average match rating: 3. 5 of 5 (or 7 of 10)."

[7.0] "I think it's incredible how Keith Lee and Dijakovic keep stealing the show every single time they are together in a ring."

[9.0] "Great show everything rated between 3 1/2 and 4 1/4 for me. Lee & Dijakovic had a GREAT high impact opener. Nox & Kai were having a street fight that was building to be great, but the mystery woman interference halted that. Rhea and Bianca was a good hoss battle, it needed more time and a hotter ending though. The tag match was balls-to-the-wall fun. I feel like they were teasing the Brosers losing and Pete turning, so I was definitely surprised they pulled it out. Match of the night for me. Balor/Gargano was good, but not great, I felt like the goal in getting Balor a clean win over an established NXT name didnt warrant them going nearly half an hour and while all the work was good, you couldve chopped 8 or 9 minutes off and had a quality match. Cole & Ciampa had a great performance from Ciampa, but everything after the Canadian Destroyer was overkill to me. It was still a quality match and I appreciate the effort, but they just went overboard."

[9.0] "Great show in which every match, taken on its own, delivered. Broserweights vs. reDRagon was probably the best of the night, with Cole-Ciampa, Lee-Dijakovic and Balor-Gargano not far behind. The only major nitpicks I can make is that, with every match going for the "epic" format, there can be a bit of burnout if the entire event is watched at once, and Gargano's heel turn seems too soon after his last turn-and-turn-back (and I think he excels as a face and Ciampa as a heel), but overall another excellent entry in the TakeOver series."

[10.0] "Great Show , Cole vs Ciampa ****3/4 Tag Title match ****3/4 Dakota vs Tegan ***1/2 Womens title **** Balor vs Gargano ****1/2 NAW title match Lee vs Dijakovic ****1/2"

[10.0] "The PPV was exciting since the first match. The chemistry between Keith Lee and Dijakovic is incredible and every match that the Undisputed Era has is amazing. And the Gargano / Bálor match also of the best of the night."

[7.0] "A very consistent night, but I wouldn't consider any match here great. The opener and the tag match were the highlights of the show, although Keith and Dijakovic have had much better in the past. Both women's matches surpassed my expectations going in, with the street fight in particular being very entertaining. Elsewhere Cole Vs Ciampa started well, but became overly dramatic just like every other NXT main event has to be nowadays, whilst Gargano vs Balor started slowly, but became somewhat decent by its finish. Overall, this was a solid show, but I wouldn't mind a reshuffle within the men's singles roster, as a lot of the stuff involving Gargano, Ciampa and the UE, has grown stale with me."

[10.0] "Top 5 Takeover. Incredible from top to bottom. Lee/Dijakovic was an incredible spotfest ****3/4 Dakota/Tegan was a very fun brawl before a shocking finish ****1/4 Finn/Gargano was a fantastic wrestling match that got plenty of time to build ****1/2 Rhea/Belair was a solid match with a clean finish **** Broserweights/Era was a banger tag match ****1/2 Cole/Ciampa was heading towards being a classic before the final 5-7min of overbookiness ruined it ****1/2"

[7.0] "It is a show with a great match (Lee vs Djakovic), two good matches (Tag Team and Main Event), two nice matches (women's matches) and a decent but overrated match (Balor vs Gargano). The show doesn't have a great build up, but it delivers nice wrestling stuff."

[9.0] "Another great Takeover, though it had a few issues. Dijakovic and Lee took each other to the limit in an absolutely fantastic opening match. I never watched their first match, but this was the ultimate indy style big man match, and I loved it. Dijakovic was the real star in this one. Kai vs Nox was a fun street fight, although just shy from a classic. Action was solid and played to the rivalry well, but you would expect something more given the story. Balor and Gargano had a great match. Story, action and intensity. Balor targeting the leg of Gargano and brutalizing him on the outside, as well as Gargano with the back to back submissions to try and win the match were some of the minor highlights. However, this was marred by the length. Did get boring and tedious at times. Belair and Ripley has a really good match, with Belair really shining in this one. I found that these two have really good chemistry with one another. Needed less Charlotte afterwards though. No need for main roster folks invading NXT again. Tag titles match... well, MOTN. Match was high energy from the start and I have say, the crowd helped a lot with this one. Reactions were off the roof. Finish was great and all four gave us a fantastic tag match. Main event had plenty of action and told a wonderful story, but it did go longer than it needed to. A lot of times I felt the match should have been over. Still, really good match with a shocking finish. In all honesty, this was a great event but 30 minute matches are overrated and took a lot of my energy out."

[9.0] "Is it possible for there to be a BAD NXT TakeOver event! ? Well, from the way this show went down, we got our answer: it is impossible. Yet another show that delivered in SPADES, especially the opening bout and the tag team match. The street fight was enjoyable and satisfying, even with the botched finish. Balor vs Gargano was yet another instant classic from Johnny Wrestling. The women? s match had a nice sprint towards the end, which ended up being better than a lot of Shayna? s matches last year. And the main event was excellent with a shocking ending that opens many doors for NXT? s future. My ratings are as followed: Lee vs Dijakovic: 9/10 Kai vs Nox: 7/10 Balor vs Gargano: 9/10 Ripley vs Belair: 7. 5/10 Broserweights vs Undisputed Era: 9. 5/10 Cole vs Ciampa: 9/10 Seriously, when four matches out of six go above the 9/10 rating, you know that this show was incredible, and ranks among some of best NXT TakeOver events ever."

[10.0] "I love ABSOLUTELY EVERY TAKEOVER. NXT does an absolutely amazing job with their PPVs, Triple H knows how to put on great shows. Ripley vs Bianca was awesome, Gargano completely had me in shock at the end of the night"

[7.0] "NXT is starting to feel like late stage Dragonball Z, it isn't bad, but everything is made out and tries too hard to be more epic than it is. Way too many false finishes."

[8.0] "Lee and Dijak had a very good and fun to watch opening match, even though I've already seen them fight on NXT at least 5 times in the last several months. Dakota and Tegan followed with a street fight that was good until it was interrupted by some random girl nobody in the building knew or cared about, which ruined the finish. Balor and Gargano started slow but ended up having a decent match. They both had much better matches in the past with other people, which made this one a bit underwhelming considering the standard Gargano set for his TakeOver matches. Rhea vs Bianca felt like a TV match to me, not PPV caliber, but it wasn't bad. BroserWeights and Undisputed Era could have easily headlined the show, as it was arguably the best match on the card. In my opinion, changing the titles was a good decision, because if you exclude those couple of short reigns by other teams, the UE have been the champions since late 2017, and the team of Dunne and Riddle seems to be really getting over. The main event was Cole vs Ciampa, which wasn't at the level of matches Cole had with Gargano last year, but it was very good nonetheless."

[10.0] "This was top to bottom an incredible show. Even the worst match on the card was still good. //// The opening match was a battle of giants so it was a lot of attempts to gain power which was great. It wasn't an overly flashy match so when they did their big spots it really had a bigger impact. Both men did moves no men their sizes should be able to do. (****1/4) //// Kai vs Nox was high intensity right from the beginning. Surprisingly stiff match with good intensity by both. The ending did kill it a bit BUT that final table spot to Teagan was nasty. (****) //// Gargano vs Balor was fantastic but perhaps a little underwhelming from what I was expecting. It went on for 27 minutes and did not need to go nearly that long so it did drag. I am a big fan of heel Balor and the crowd was really into it. Both men wanted to tear each other apart. (****1/4) ////Ripley vs Belair started off a bit sloppy but quickly gained its footing. They honestly had me convinced at some parts that Bianca was going to win. Speaking of Bianca, she is insanely athletic and really showcased that here. (***1/2) //// Tag match was 100% MOTN. There are not enough characters to describe it. Just tag team wrestling at its best. (*****) //// I felt the main event suffered the same fate as the Gargano/Balor match in that it went far longer then it needed to. Overall it was a great match with Ciampatrying with everything in him to get back the title. The UE run-in is very tiresome by now but the Gargano twist was good. (****1/2)"

[9.0] "Amazing event! The matches were well-placed and pretty good, we had the predictable Charlotte Flair apparition, but it was cool anyway. NXT always delivers good shows with good matches, and this one is no exception, it's just f'n good, you spend three hours of your life and don't notice, because things happens just too fast. Congratulations, Triple H, this was awesome."

[8.0] "Lee VS Dijakovic: pretty average considering what I was expecting for, even if the crowd were chanting with every single move they did it didn't impress me, in fact, made it annoying. Very slow with some good stops in the middle that rise the quality of the fight. But even, I was expecting so much more of this [***]; Nox VS Kai: In fact this was very good, very high intensity since the beggining; Dakota's heel gimmick is impressive, I love her, and tegan giving perfectly well the underdog role. The final was a bit nosense, and by that reason this match doesn't get a higher score [****]; Balor VS Gargano: the best Finn balor's match in a long time, how much he needed to be here in NXT. I loved how the match was getting more and more intensity with each move from Balor, and how at the middle Gargano reincarnates and gets a hell of a fight. Very very good. The best i've seen in WWE for Balor. [*****]; Ripley VS Belair: Also very intense match, Belair is one of the best female wrestlers of all three brand of WWE. Since Ripley is champion, had put very good matches, including this one. The only bad thing was the tme, if the time they were given had been longer, it would be perfect. [****1/4]; Undisputed Era VS The Broserweights: Almost like all they fights in the tag team classic, good match. It's pretty interesting how it combines the Riddle's wrestlin style with the british strong style from Dunne. [****1/4]; Cole VS Ciampa: sadly i wasn't to much into this match, despite the fact they are two great wrestlers and their rivalry have been very impressive. They told a good story in the ring, but did not as much to get the MOTN. [****1/4] Began with an average match, and ended with a better fight. Was a good event, even not as good as another Takeovers"

[10.0] "NXT does it again. The standards of Takeovers New Orleans and New York seem impossible to reach, but this was another great card where every match delivered"

[10.0] "This was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Each and every match delivered and meant something."

[10.0] "IMO, the best Takeover of all time! Lee vs Dijakovic *****, Nox vs Kai (****1/2, 3/4 before the ending), Balor vs Gargano (****3/4), Ripley vs Belair (****1/4), Broserweights vs TUE (****3/4), Cole vs Ciampa (*****, LOVED THAT ENDING)"

[5.0] "Tag Title match was really great, Lee/Dijak good enough, and I was partial to women's street fight. The biggest takeaway for me, personally, is this bizarre bastardisation of NXT as a product. Bryan Alvarez, for as resistant as I was to his claims initially, is absolutely correct in his assertion of NXT being a big-budget indy; as crystalised by tonight's TakeOver event, with the Gargano and Cole matches serving as specific nails in the coffin, NXT has become s super-indy showcase with strong funding and public following. If that's what you're after, kudos. But after 20 years of watching the US indy style, and having grown complacent with it years ago, this is not what I want to see by any means. Decent show, to be fair, but emblematic of my growing concerns for the brand."