WWE NXT Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from TakeOver: The End

Professional wrestling is an industry in which promotions and performers alike claim history-making feats on a weekly basis, but for The Revival's Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, no hyperbole was needed Wednesday night when they became the first Superstars to capture a championship for a second time in NXT.

Out of Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, staples of the brand, none had ever held one of the brand's prestigious titles more than once. The win etched the duo's names in the history books while simultaneously shaking up the tag team division in the process.

No one foresaw a scenario in which American Alpha, one of the hottest acts in the business, would drop the tag titles just two months after winning them in Dallas. It happened, though, clean in the center of the squared circle courtesy of a Shatter Machine to Jason Jordan.

The method of victory was even more surprising in a day and age in which heels simply do not win unassisted or by anything but an underhanded method. The nature of the win not only brought Jordan and Chad Gable's brief run to an instant stop, but it also cemented Dash and Dawson as the elite team in NXT and, perhaps, professional wrestling.

Old-school beatdown artists whose chemistry between the ropes is undeniable and whose confidence as overall performers is increasing with every passing show, The Revival were the biggest winners from Wednesday's live WWE Network presentation—but they were not the only ones.

Winner: Austin Aries

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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived entered TakeOver: The End lacking that one definitive performance thus far in his NXT stint. One of the most critically acclaimed wrestlers of his generation, his work for Ring of Honor and TNA speaks for itself, and he needed a signature showing as he took to the squared circle for a one-on-one war with Shinsuke Nakamura.

On Wednesday night, he was not only the better performer of the two, but he also may have been the best wrestler on the entire card.

There was something in the conviction with which Aries competed that made his performance stand out on a night full of stellar ones. He looked like a warrior in the ring, someone determined to win a sporting contest rather than an artist delivering a performance. The result was a compelling match that kept the fans in Full Sail University invested in the action from bell to bell.

More importantly, it elevated Aries in the eyes of an audience that, for whatever reason, had not truly accepted him with open arms the way it has Nakamura, Owens, Zayn and others in years past.

Even in defeat, Aries looked like the superior wrestler, a competitor whose one moment of bravado cost him, as an ill-fated suicide dive set up his demise, courtesy of Nakamura's Kinshasa.

Aries was the star of Wednesday's broadcast and figures to be one of the top stars for NXT as the company shifts from developmental territory to a legitimate brand on par with Raw and SmackDown under the WWE umbrella.

Loser: Andrade "Cien" Almas

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There was nothing wrong with Almas' performance whatsoever, so his status as loser is less a result of his own work and more an issue with who he was programmed to face Wednesday night.

Tye Dillinger is a gifted wrestler, a meat-and-potatoes worker whose in-ring game is underrated by his own employers. His "Perfect 10" gimmick is immensely over with audiences, too, as the fans inside the NXT Arena proved Wednesday night.

Almas may have been the hot new star, the newcomer making his grand debut, but it was Dillinger who stole the show right out from under him with an impressive reaction from fans. No matter how athletic Almas may have been or how much commentators may have talked him up, it was impossible to take one's eyes off Dillinger, thus making the young Almas' debut somewhat of an underwhelming one in comparison.

He will be just fine. He fits in on a roster full of some of the most dynamic and exciting stars in the industry. On this night, though, Almas probably should have been fed a star like Sawyer Fulton or Angelo Dawkins, a guy guaranteed not to steal the spotlight from him and ruin his arrival.

Winner: Nia Jax

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Like Aries, Nia Jax excelled in defeat. In only her second major match on a TakeOver special, she demonstrated tremendous growth as an in-ring performer, hanging with NXT women's champion Asuka in a physically intense match.

Jax dominated the action, tossing the champion around the ring and punishing her with her strength and size advantages. Once considered a star only because of her relation to The Rock, Jax silenced her critics with a performance that suggests she will be one of the faces of women's wrestling in NXT for quite some time.

Though she endured a serious of kicks to the face and a running knee that ended her night on a sour note, she was defiant in the face of the onslaught, hanging as long as she could until the one final shot rendered her physically unable to.

Instead of appearing superior to her opponent, Asuka looked like a champion lucky to have escaped with the title. That perception will do wonders for Jax going forward as she looks to score that elusive first TakeOver win and, more importantly, championship reign.