Four matches down, one to go — it’s the main event, a rematch from the main event of NXT TakeOver: London in December 2015 as Finn Balor defends the NXT Championship against Samoa Joe. However, the fans were blissfully unaware that they were going to be treated to a special bonus match within the main event, one that completely ruined the flow of an otherwise good match, that being Joe taking on the WWE medical team in a Handicap Match.

In the opening exchange, Joe tries to bullrush Balor in the corner but misses, leading to the two guys just swinging for each other. In the midst of everything, both men clashed heads and as Joe throws Balor to the outside, you can see a little trail of blood coming down the right-hand side of Joe’s face, nothing major but enough for the referee to get his special gloves on in case. Balor gets back in and Joe throws him out again, the blood a little more prominent than before, then Balor gets back in and throws Joe to the outside, only to be thrown into the front row by the “Samoan Submission Machine.” Then it happens, then the towels come out.

In this era of WWE, blood was obviously a big no. Whether it was accidental or intentional, it’s a PG product, there must not be any blood, and to be honest, cleaning Joe up while Balor is laid out in the crowd was fine and a perfect time to do it. Sure, Joe wanted to continue because he probably knew he looked like an absolute beast with a face and chest full of blood, but it needed cleaning up regardless just like how cornermen do in a Boxing or MMA fight. 

But these guys just wouldn’t leave Joe alone!

Every momentary pause in the action and there they were with the Vaseline, and the towels, and the gloves, and it just takes you out of the match entirely. It got to a point where Joe probably went from being like “No it’s fine leave it, it’ll close by itself” to “Would you actually leave me alone I’m trying to wrestle a main event title match here.” Even the crowd were chanting “Let Joe bleed,” “PG Sucks” and “B*******” because it was genuinely ruining what would have likely been a classic TakeOver main event had the doctors not tried to stop the match about 18 times.

Yes, they were trying to do their jobs and God bless them for their efforts, but let the guys work. Wrestling is a violent art form, and sometimes that canvas needs a little bit of color.