[VLOG] NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2018

I have waited 4 long years for NXT to have a TakeOver in Los Angeles. WWE's developmental brand NXT holds a special place in my heart because it got me back into pro wrestling after I stopped watching it. I got turned off from pro wrestling in 2008 because of how bad WWE was starting to become, but with the signing of famous Japanese wrestler Kenta Kobayashi/Hideo Itami to WWE's NXT brand in 2014, I tuned into NXT specifically to support Hideo because I wanted him to become WWE's next big east Asian wrestler following the half-Filipino Batista's departure. I came to NXT for Hideo, but I stayed for the quality wrestling. NXT is WWE's best weekly show by far to this date, and about 5 times a year, NXT has a TakeOver special, their equivalent to a big WWE pay-per-view event. For comparison, WWE holds 1 PPV per month, so TakeOvers are more rare/special and always better to watch. So ever since Hideo debuted for NXT in 2014, I have waited patiently for an NXT TakeOver: Los Angeles. In the span of those 4 years, Brooklyn got 4 TakeOvers, Chicago got 2, and Toronto is getting their second in 2019. But finally, on 17 November 2018, it was FINALLY Los Angeles' turn in the form of NXT TakeOver: WarGames, and I was not gonna miss it for the world. I waited 4 years and not a day longer. I had to go to this event and it was definitely worth the wait. Headlined by the eponymous WarGames match (NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed Era vs. NXT North American Champion Ricochet, WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne, and the War Raiders), I also witnessed Tommaso Ciampa defending the NXT Title against Velveteen Dream, Shayna Baszler defending the NXT Women's Title against Kairi Sane, Aleister Black seeking vengeance against Johnny Gargano, and Kassius Ohno trying to revitalize his career by challenging NXT's latest signee Matt Riddle. Join me as I cross an item off my geek bucket list: attend an NXT TakeOver!