I've loved NXT since it came back in Florida, when Seth Rollins was a big indie fish in a relatively small pond of homegrown WWE guys. Though I always considered it so, it probably became the best wrestling show for most around the introduction of Sami Zayn and full heel Bo Dallas leading up to NXT Arrival. Everything they created seemed to be gold and, on the rare occasions it wasn't, they listened to the crowd and spun it into something better.

Dallas is a great example of that change, and even before the rise of the indie guys you had Tyler Breeze, Bray Wyatt and Enzo Amore getting 'this is awesome' chants for their characters alone. Eventually each episode started getting a little more predictable, though. Granted, the introductions of the indie crew kept things exciting, alongside great storytelling and wrestling, but the TakeOver shows hurt a lot of what made NXT special.

Episodes began to have a lot more filler, as there were no longer random 'big' shows. Just build up to a TakeOver. At its worst, some episodes were just shortened Raws, complete with music-led distraction finishes and number 1 contenders cleanly beating the title holders in a non-title match for no reason at all. Unstoppable will be amazing and it'll make up for all of those issues and more, but it's a shame.

I point all this out to give context when I say that I think Lucha Underground as a weekly show is better than NXT has ever been at its best. I can say with confidence that there has never been a bad episode of Lucha Underground. In fact, I could probably count dud matches on one hand and would require less for poor storytelling. I believe Lucha Underground will be looked back on as the pinnacle of what a wrestling show can achieve when it's willing to take risks - and happens to have incredible talent that's written to their strengths every week.