Usually held exclusively for wrestlers from WWE’s developmental territory NXT, WarGames finally made its way to the main roster this year as the epic steel cage match headlined the 36th edition of WWE Survivor Series.
The inaugural NXT TakeOver: WarGames was held on November 18, 2017, and featured a main event WarGames match between The Undisputed Era, The Authors of Pain, and SAnitY. The team of Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Bobby Fish emerged victorious on that historic night.
In a recent interview on Fightful’s The Wrestling Perspective podcast, Fish recalled his previous experiences with the WarGames matches. The veteran wrestler also discussed the way talents have adapted to the WarGames concept over time. He said,
“We were the first coming back for this generation and with NXT, and none of us really knew what the fuck we were doing on that first one. But, I felt like we got something halfway decent and we got better with each one, and each one had a little bit more story to it.”
The Undisputed Era have headlined every NXT TakeOver: WarGames event from 2017-2020. Fish continued,
“I feel like we had an opportunity to learn from mistakes, get better at it, plan better things, be a little bit more strategic without losing the organic feel of classic pro wrestling.”
Fish also touched on the differences between the first WarGames match in 1987 and today’s improvised edition. It was the late Dusty Rhodes who created the WarGames concept 35 years ago. Fish said,
“There was a lot more organic feel to those matches, good and bad. So, I think that’s the biggest difference between the two, is you really see that the business is just handled in a different way now as opposed to what it was then. But, I think they all have their own pros and cons.”
With WarGames moving to the main roster as part of Survivor Series, NXT: WarGames has now been replaced by NXT Deadline.
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