NXT TakeOver Dallas |OT| The actual WrestleMania of WrestleMania Weekend is@ 4/1 10ET
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Jimmy King
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I haven't even been following NXT and I'm more hyped for TakeOver.
Nice hype vid for Balor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVt5eyxHvo
Confirms that he's gonna be painted up.
Not sure if I'll make it to 3am but by god I am going to try my damnedest to watch this live even if it kills my sleep schedule. How many EUbros gonna do the same here? iMax you still in for staying up?
I used to stay up til 5am to see Nakamura live. There's no way I'm missing this
funkystudent
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NXT have been better at creating that big fight feel then main WWE for a while now.
It's normal.
Aeternus Malum
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I have to work a 6pm-6am shift while this is on. I'm so tight right now
OniBarubary
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HazySaiyan
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I think most hardcore fans are TBH
This line up is MUCH BETTER than the whole of Wrestlemania baring AJ Style vs Chris Jericho (though I wish AJ was fighting someone else, but it's obvious that both AJ and Jericho has been training together to give a spectacular show, so let's see what they deliver in their final bout against each other).
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Ultra normal.
Sir_Crocodile
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NXT didn't even have a Takeover last WM, but San Jose went fucking nuts for their NXT house show, with consensus being it was the best show that weekend.
Posted this in the other thread but I'll put it here. It's a good primer for the stories going in!
Alright NXT go home show report
American Alpha kill some jobbers. See gif above. They look amazing. I want a series between them and Gulak/Riddle at some stage. Tags and singles matches. Gable is just super smooth and Jordan's power spots get better every week. Most exciting people to watch in NXT right now.
Balor promo. It's better than usual but still not amazing by any stretch. His framing of the match by saying he is obsessed with being the best in the business while Joe is just obsessed with beating him is interesting. It's good cause for a heel turn eventually - obsession with winning all the time is very easily parlayed into cheating. He also says "2 days" and holds up 2 fingers and Gallows and Anderson are 2 people and and we are through the looking glass people
Corbin kills a jobber. I'm on the Corbin train folks. He's finally putting it all together. He is emoting far more effectively (great gif material!), his strikes are among the best in the company and his in ring banter just gets better "Where'd they find you?". His post match beatdown was far more interesting than the standard heel wants to hurt jobber more, he plays it up as a reaction to something someone said to him in the crowd. Like the famous Orton/Bryan "You did this!" spot. Corbin should and will win tomorrow.
Nakamura video package. It's Nakamura. They aren't doing anything to him. He's keeping the YEAOH, he's keeping all his ring entrance stuff. Maybe the knee to head strikes will be toned down slightly but this is Shinsuke Nakamura in the flesh. I sure did pick an interesting time to become a wrestling fan. The video package music did sound very like a theme that would fit Nakamura very well.
Dash and Dawson kill some jobbers and a video package. I love how the story of this feud is "Our tag division has sucked up until now and these teams are fighting over who brought it back to the fore". The Revival, a name that seems to be unpopular enough, have gotten their characters over in the ring. They aren't the modern flashy technicians that Gable is, they don't have the explosive strength of Jordan, they don't have crazy flippy double teams. What they have is ring smarts. They might struggle initially but as soon as you mess up once against them, its all over. They are gonna rip a limb off and then kill you with one of the best tag finishers in the business right now. That's how this match ends. They pull out a gourdbuster and a slingshot suplex in case fans didn't know that they are a tribute act. Their video package at the start of the match was a perfect accompanying statement: short, violent and dirty.
Oh god it's a BULL DEMPSEY PROMO in 2016. Actually it was pretty decent, calling out Joe as a coward bully. He references his old "Last of a Dying Breed" character. It's all very sad. He then caps off the interview by saying "Fit happens". Bull you were too good for this world.
Apollo Crews kills a jobb- oh its Alex Riley. Apollo has been pretty underwhelming since he got to NXT and he has been stuck with a tough task of having a compelling, possibly career saving match with The Drifter. Sadly given the nature of WWE I'm sure he will be forced into a lot of headlocks, plenty of selling until he can do his flippy comeback instead of being allowed to just style on the guy. Why is a dude the size of Apollo playing the babyface in peril role? Again, I have to imagine the transition from Dragon Gate to WWE psychology has to be a rough one. A dueling "you still got it/never had it" chant for Riley, who still gets a decent pop from the girls in the audience. The match goes exactly how I described above. Eh.
He's got a guitar! Drifter sings a song. The audience wants him to fuck off. This is a bad angle. This is bad. Bad NXT! Well, at least they tried? I have no idea what they want from the Drifter but I ain't getting what they are laying down. He's got heat I guess.
Baron Corbin pops up again. He delivers the best promo on the whole damn show and easily feels on the level of Aries, someone who has been touted as a great performer on the mic. He says how Aries can talk tough but only when he is thousands of miles away. He plays up his indie killer gimmick. God its so good. Can't wait for him and Busick, who is doing a "I'm the hottest shit because I'm an indie star" gimmick, to face off.I highly encourage you to watch the interview here. Hey if Baron Corbin can improve this much maybe there is hope for the Drifter. In like, two years.
Bayley/Asuka video package. Compared to the shennanigans of the Nia/Eva saga and the emotive impact of Bayley's initial title win, this feud has had not much to it. Asuka wins all the time. Bayley is a very nice person and a great champion. Beyond the tease of Asuka going full psycho on Bayley on last weeks show, the psychology here is a straight ahead face vs face match. We'll see how it pans out. Lots of talking heads here, all the women weigh in on who they expect to win. Dana says since Asuka beat her, there is no way anyone else could possibly beat Asuka. The 4 Horsewomen all back Bayley. Another great touch that legitimizes the women's championship as something very important, something worthy of competition.
Sami promo! He talks about finally getting his hands on Owens but he's not losing sight of Nakamura. States how important it is for a performer to make a good first impression, like he did with Cesaro. Sami has felt a step off in ring and on mic since he came back but this was fine. Typical genuine, unscripted from the heart Sami promo. Hoping the match delivers because Zayn has not given me a lot of reasons to believe he's back up to speed since coming back.
Bull Dempsey is in the main event of the go home show for the biggest NXT event of all time. Wrestling is really weird. Joe just looks murderous. I have to go back and watch his ROH glory days stuff at some stage. Bull stiffs Joe on a body check! Then Joe just kills him. STO into rear naked choke. Jobbers run out, Joe kills them as well. Regal gives out to Joe. Joe goes back to murdering Bull with the choke. Finn chants break up. THE PEOPLE WANT STIN- FINN. Regal is the best performer in this segment and he doesn't really do anything except be pissed at Joe. A man dressed in black and white descends from the rafters comes down the ramp to a big pop. Soccer kick from the apron, dropkick through the barricade but lo'! Joe throws Balor over the announce desk, Graves gets taken out. More brawling. Joe bites Finn's forehead. If this was Crockett with Flair and Dusty, both would be bleeding by now. We go off the air with Joe and Finn being separated by the jobber army.
Strongest NXT episode in a long long time and boy did they need it to be. They definitely pulled it out of the bag on their last possible opportunity. Now to try and stay awake till 3am tomorrow just to get to the start of Takeover. Hope everyone enjoys!
Alright NXT go home show report
American Alpha kill some jobbers. See gif above. They look amazing. I want a series between them and Gulak/Riddle at some stage. Tags and singles matches. Gable is just super smooth and Jordan's power spots get better every week. Most exciting people to watch in NXT right now.
Balor promo. It's better than usual but still not amazing by any stretch. His framing of the match by saying he is obsessed with being the best in the business while Joe is just obsessed with beating him is interesting. It's good cause for a heel turn eventually - obsession with winning all the time is very easily parlayed into cheating. He also says "2 days" and holds up 2 fingers and Gallows and Anderson are 2 people and and we are through the looking glass people
Corbin kills a jobber. I'm on the Corbin train folks. He's finally putting it all together. He is emoting far more effectively (great gif material!), his strikes are among the best in the company and his in ring banter just gets better "Where'd they find you?". His post match beatdown was far more interesting than the standard heel wants to hurt jobber more, he plays it up as a reaction to something someone said to him in the crowd. Like the famous Orton/Bryan "You did this!" spot. Corbin should and will win tomorrow.
Nakamura video package. It's Nakamura. They aren't doing anything to him. He's keeping the YEAOH, he's keeping all his ring entrance stuff. Maybe the knee to head strikes will be toned down slightly but this is Shinsuke Nakamura in the flesh. I sure did pick an interesting time to become a wrestling fan. The video package music did sound very like a theme that would fit Nakamura very well.
Dash and Dawson kill some jobbers and a video package. I love how the story of this feud is "Our tag division has sucked up until now and these teams are fighting over who brought it back to the fore". The Revival, a name that seems to be unpopular enough, have gotten their characters over in the ring. They aren't the modern flashy technicians that Gable is, they don't have the explosive strength of Jordan, they don't have crazy flippy double teams. What they have is ring smarts. They might struggle initially but as soon as you mess up once against them, its all over. They are gonna rip a limb off and then kill you with one of the best tag finishers in the business right now. That's how this match ends. They pull out a gourdbuster and a slingshot suplex in case fans didn't know that they are a tribute act. Their video package at the start of the match was a perfect accompanying statement: short, violent and dirty.
Oh god it's a BULL DEMPSEY PROMO in 2016. Actually it was pretty decent, calling out Joe as a coward bully. He references his old "Last of a Dying Breed" character. It's all very sad. He then caps off the interview by saying "Fit happens". Bull you were too good for this world.
Apollo Crews kills a jobb- oh its Alex Riley. Apollo has been pretty underwhelming since he got to NXT and he has been stuck with a tough task of having a compelling, possibly career saving match with The Drifter. Sadly given the nature of WWE I'm sure he will be forced into a lot of headlocks, plenty of selling until he can do his flippy comeback instead of being allowed to just style on the guy. Why is a dude the size of Apollo playing the babyface in peril role? Again, I have to imagine the transition from Dragon Gate to WWE psychology has to be a rough one. A dueling "you still got it/never had it" chant for Riley, who still gets a decent pop from the girls in the audience. The match goes exactly how I described above. Eh.
He's got a guitar! Drifter sings a song. The audience wants him to fuck off. This is a bad angle. This is bad. Bad NXT! Well, at least they tried? I have no idea what they want from the Drifter but I ain't getting what they are laying down. He's got heat I guess.
Baron Corbin pops up again. He delivers the best promo on the whole damn show and easily feels on the level of Aries, someone who has been touted as a great performer on the mic. He says how Aries can talk tough but only when he is thousands of miles away. He plays up his indie killer gimmick. God its so good. Can't wait for him and Busick, who is doing a "I'm the hottest shit because I'm an indie star" gimmick, to face off.I highly encourage you to watch the interview here. Hey if Baron Corbin can improve this much maybe there is hope for the Drifter. In like, two years.
Bayley/Asuka video package. Compared to the shennanigans of the Nia/Eva saga and the emotive impact of Bayley's initial title win, this feud has had not much to it. Asuka wins all the time. Bayley is a very nice person and a great champion. Beyond the tease of Asuka going full psycho on Bayley on last weeks show, the psychology here is a straight ahead face vs face match. We'll see how it pans out. Lots of talking heads here, all the women weigh in on who they expect to win. Dana says since Asuka beat her, there is no way anyone else could possibly beat Asuka. The 4 Horsewomen all back Bayley. Another great touch that legitimizes the women's championship as something very important, something worthy of competition.
Sami promo! He talks about finally getting his hands on Owens but he's not losing sight of Nakamura. States how important it is for a performer to make a good first impression, like he did with Cesaro. Sami has felt a step off in ring and on mic since he came back but this was fine. Typical genuine, unscripted from the heart Sami promo. Hoping the match delivers because Zayn has not given me a lot of reasons to believe he's back up to speed since coming back.
Bull Dempsey is in the main event of the go home show for the biggest NXT event of all time. Wrestling is really weird. Joe just looks murderous. I have to go back and watch his ROH glory days stuff at some stage. Bull stiffs Joe on a body check! Then Joe just kills him. STO into rear naked choke. Jobbers run out, Joe kills them as well. Regal gives out to Joe. Joe goes back to murdering Bull with the choke. Finn chants break up. THE PEOPLE WANT STIN- FINN. Regal is the best performer in this segment and he doesn't really do anything except be pissed at Joe. A man dressed in black and white
Strongest NXT episode in a long long time and boy did they need it to be. They definitely pulled it out of the bag on their last possible opportunity. Now to try and stay awake till 3am tomorrow just to get to the start of Takeover. Hope everyone enjoys!
Corbin sucked when he debuted, but in typical NXT fashion they completely redeemed him by tweaking his character into the "indie darling killer" he is now and it's been great.
Which very clearly illustrates the big difference between the main product and the NXT product. They have a guy there too that has all the ingredients, but can't quite make it work in Roman Reigns. If only they tweaked his character a little he might just find something and hit his stride, but they refuse and keep trying to make the character they have in mind work, despite the crowd rejecting said character time and time again.
Which very clearly illustrates the big difference between the main product and the NXT product. They have a guy there too that has all the ingredients, but can't quite make it work in Roman Reigns. If only they tweaked his character a little he might just find something and hit his stride, but they refuse and keep trying to make the character they have in mind work, despite the crowd rejecting said character time and time again.
Completely agree. The best example of this has got to be Bo Dallas. At first, they were pushing him as the John Cena of NXT. The fans hated it, so they tweaked Bo's character into a delusional heel who thinks he's the biggest, most popular face in NXT.
Bo went from being one of the worst things in NXT, to one of the best.
Sir_Crocodile
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I think with Corbin they just told him to let free his inner douche, and it has done marvels.
That would work with reigns too, people already kinda see him that way
That would work with reigns too, people already kinda see him that way
Keyser Soze
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Corbin throwing the t-shirt in Regal's face and the crowd going "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh" will forever be his best moment,
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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This is the first time they've done it Mania weekend I think.
They only started doing their big events outside Florida in August.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Last year in San Jose the Friday before WM was their first touring show, I think. The crowd was INCREDIBLE.
Keyser Soze
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They should show Shane in the front row during Takeover tomorrow night. Really simple way to add a bit extra to the stipulation for the HitC at Mania
It's not my intention to pick you up on this but you just reminded me... why do so many people call it Hell in the Cell? Even Steph does. It's so weird.
Wouldn't it be kind of weird to do that, while also having the usual Triple H opening he does for every NXT Takeover?
spindashing
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fuck lol
Uno Venova
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Don't even care about Wrestlemania, so fucking excited for this.
Keyser Soze
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Doors open at 7:30, stuff starts at 9:00 with Takeover starting at 10:00. There is a 30 minute pre show in there too. There might be some dark matches, but no really big ones. There is some NXT tapings at Axess though. They have a ring and mini arena set up.
Weirdly, there is no regular NXT Full Sail tapings until Thursday, April 28th. That a big gap after Mania.
serenewarfare
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There's an NXT Taping Saturday that wil cover April.
Yes. This IS the true Wrestlemania for many fans out there.
mechashiva
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Gable was in our hotel lobby today, I think his family is staying here.
Also I'm here with Chinsuke Nakamura a parody guy who fought Kota Ibushi. People keep thinking he's the real deal.
Also I'm here with Chinsuke Nakamura a parody guy who fought Kota Ibushi. People keep thinking he's the real deal.
gray_fox224
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can't wait
ShadowOwl
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Rally looking forward to this and very hyped for Nakamura's debut. Wondering theme they going to give him, most NXT themes are pretty decent. But his NJPW theme is one of the greatest themes of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c9DfPKAy70
AmenTonight is the night!
Intheflorsh
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Absolutely, Finn is as boring a champ as NXT's ever had.
funkystudent
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How much longer till the show starts?
Last year's show? This is the first year they're doing a Mania weekend show.
Also it is WWE Network
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