On Saturday, the latest NXT TakeOver live special was headlined by the eagerly-anticipated and long-awaited return of the WarGames match. The match itself underwent some significant changes from its last appearance in WCW 17 years ago, but the broad strokes were all in place. (Team warfare, two rings, a cage.) The end result had fans divided about the effectiveness of the changes to the match, but pretty much everyone agreed that the WarGames main event itself was brutal, entertaining, and good.
NXT paterfamilias Triple H had a lot of good reasons for making the changes he made to the format, and this also sets the precedent that said format is open to being tweaked and adjusted as time goes on.
As is the case with most things in WWE, when something new is a success, the company tries to find ways to replicate and repeat that success. WarGames was well-received both outside of and within WWE, and you better believe they already have plans to capitalize on that success.
During a post-TakeOver Facebook Live interview, Triple H not only said the match type would return, but that they are viewing it as a “franchise.” (Thanks to 411Mania for the transcript.)
“I think we’ve seen a franchise built here tonight. I think WarGames will be back. I think when the time is right we’ve got a lot of WarGames excitement yet to come. What I’m really proud of with the guys that were in that ring tonight is they took something from the past, they didn’t stand on anybody else’s shoulders, they didn’t stand on anybody else’s roof, they made it theirs. They brought it into something for today, they brought it into something new, they made it now, they made it the future.“
So there you go; whether you loved or hated it, WarGames is about to become a fixture in NXT and/or WWE. What changes would you like to see them make after having seen the first WWE version of the match, and which combatants would you love to see go at it in WarGames? Let us know in the comments below.
