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[Man God]

Ref was the best thing about this match.

 

[mreddie]

At this point, Takeover already topped Mania but they've been topping the Main stuff for 2 years.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Finn will be at Mania 😉

 

[Jimmy King]

Back to marathoning Mania main events :/

 

[Dark Ninja]

The stopping ruined that last match

 

[OniBarubary]

Naka/Zayn
Asuka/Bayley
Alpha/Revival
Joe/Balor
Aries/Corbin

Sounds about right

 

[def sim]

What a great show.

 

[KingBroly]

Great show, but man...bummer way to end it.

Joe's cut really fucked with the match. It became the story of the match, but it didn't play into the match or the ending, which took away from it.

Zayn/Nakamura should've gone on last as it destroyed the crowd until Asuka won.

 

[Aeternus Malum]

Finn winning doesn't mean shit about Raw.

Owens was NXT champ and on the main roster.

Same with Big E and Seth. I dunno why people think no one can do both

 

[serenewarfare]

I mean really if Balor Club is showing up Monday in as big of a spot as they are rumored to have, Finn winning this makes sense. He has to look super strong going into such a big debut.

 

[Tom Nook]

Joe better show up on Monday now. What else is there to do

Balor isn't working for me.

Anyway, great show. Zayn/Nakamura, all the stars.

The might do one final match: Finn vs Joe III

 

[Foffy]

Be mindful that as heel as the medical staff was, Roman will be the most hated man in the state come Sunday.

 

[A.E Suggs]

I'd rank this ppv a very good 9/10. NXT continues to show the main roster how it's done.

Well its not the actual wrestlers fault on the main roster.

 

[Hex]

What a god damn amazing night. Only one dud, and it was not THAT bad.
These Mania promos are just sad

 

[mreddie]

notice how the commentary team wasn't allowed to say blood.

WCW "The red liquid!"

 

[ThreePiMatt]

For everyone that thought this was a great show, let me posit this:

UR Fight 1: Had Riff Raff

NXT Takeover Dallas: Zero Riff Raff

 

[Aiii]

I still think Balor is getting called up, they'll just have him lose the title without the make-up pretty soon.

Of course, the guys would have debuted tonight if they weren't going straight to the main roster. They'll be there with Balor on Raw.

 

[Plywood]

 

[shaowebb]

Only low spot was the Corbin match. Does that dude do ANY wrestling moves? Pretty bad when it looks like the ref tells em to take it home because nobody could get into his ass tier pacing. Held that shoulder squeeze foreeeeeever and its a "who gives a shit" move.

 

[truly101]

Should've gone with my gut instead of my head lol. Refs FUCKED the psychology of the match. Made Joe look weak to keep stopping the fight from the start to baby a cut.

No it didn't. Every fan knows thats a corporate thing for no blood. Joe clobbered the shit out of Finn and Balor had to pull a counter our of his ass to win. Joe did not look weak at all.

 

[Jimmy King]

For everyone that thought this was a great show, let me posit this:

UR Fight 1: Had Riff Raff

NXT Takeover Dallas: Zero Riff Raff

This is a compelling argument. I'd like to hear some rebuttals.

 

[sora87]

NXT upstaging the main ppv once again no doubt.
Finn really needed to lose and get called up though, there's nothing for him in nxt any more

 

[GoldandBlue]

Guess it's a good thing Nakamura or Sami didn't go too busted up in their match, imagine medical staff running in to stop that match!

 

[ewouwo]

Great show, night all!

 

[Raw64life]

 

[justjim89]

If the NXT crowd is this edgy, can you imagine the chants going on for the ROH show tonight?

 

[Heel]

For everyone that thought this was a great show, let me posit this:

UR Fight 1: Had Riff Raff

NXT Takeover Dallas: Zero Riff Raff

No lies detected.

 

[serenewarfare]

Of course, the guys would have debuted tonight if they weren't going straight to the main roster. They'll be there with Balor on Raw.

Absolutely agree. The debut of Balor Club isn’t happening on a TV Taping. It’s a live moment.

 

[RBH]

Sting! :')

 

[Mchardy]

Great show.

 

[NastyBook]

Ref was the best thing about this match.

Refs and doctors worked the crowd into a FRENZY. The match itself was good, but I think the stoppage made Joe's attack THAT much better, IMO.

 

[Heroman]

Man, that Corbin match was truly terrible wasn't it?

 

[UberTag]

I mean really if Balor Club is showing up Monday in as big of a spot as they are rumored to have, Finn winning this makes sense. He has to look super strong going into such a big debut.

Super Samoan Death Squad seems like a better faction than the painted-up midget and his gaijin buddies from Japan.

Either way we all know the League of Nations, Social Outcasts and the Wyatts are all going to get buried to build these new guys until they get fed to Roman or Cena.

Spoiler

Hopefully not The New Day as well.

 

[Shadow780]

Time to rewatch Nakamura.

 

[RyudBoy]

Problem is Joe would probably get fired for that unlike Lesnar who pretty much has carte blanche with the WWE.

Lesnar is making fuck money and would leave the second WWE touched his money.

If it was 1997 joe would do that but not with the NXT pay structure

Yeah I know. I just said that because I was getting sick of them checking up on Joe every 2mins. Lost count of how many times they did.

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[The Silver]

From what i've seen of Finn matches, i tend to like his opponents a lot more than him, Finn feels too vanilla despite looking so crazy.

 

[GoldandBlue]

Man, that Corbin match was truly terrible wasn't it?

Forgettable, completely forgot it happened!

lmao this image is great.

 

[Sephzilla]

Not to brag, but I threw a perfect game

It's gonna be great!

Seriously though, this is probably the most loaded card we'll see all year

Match Predictions!
Austin Aries vs. Baron Corbin
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Apollo Crews vs Elias Samson
The Revival (c) vs. American Alpha
Bayley (c) vs. Asuka
Finn Bálor (c) vs. Samoa Joe

 

[BkMogul]

Wow. Amazing show. 5 matches and they were all great. Honestly, Mania has a tough act to follow.

 

[Toki767]

From what i've seen of Finn matches, i tend to like opponents a lot more than him, Finn feels too vanilla despite looking so crazy.

He's better as a heel. Cause then he will at least taunt people and show personality.

 

[Fat4all]

The match with Asuka and Bayley was great, so much good in one night, really.

 

[MassiveNights]

TakeOver: Tokyo - Balor vs Nakamura

 

[serenewarfare]

Super Samoan Death Squad seems like a better faction than the painted-up midget and his gaijin buddies from Japan.

Either way we all know the League of Nations, Social Outcasts and the Wyatts are all going to get buried to build these new guys until they get fed to Roman or Cena.

Spoiler

Hopefully not The New Day as well.

Any faction that has the Usos in it is already worse than any other faction on that basis alone.

 

[Trojan X]

Àmazing show! SAmi and Nakamura's match exhausted everyone to the point that we couldn't cheer for Asuka and Bayley to the same level. Everyone was frigging awesome. This was Wrestlemania for me. Gonna watch it all again. It was too much.

 

[Serpentine]

I hope Vince was watching that Austin Aries match.

 

[somedevil]

Also, the blood might not be a pg issue but a commission issue. Does anyone know the texas law?

Also, it didn't contract from the match.

 

[Jimmy King]

From what i've seen of Finn matches, i tend to like opponents a lot more than him, Finn feels too vanilla despite looking so crazy.

Most of his matches just feel like going through the motions and his gimmick is nerdy as fuck. On no planet should that demon gimmick beat a guy like Joe.

 

[Heroman]

Wow. Amazing show. 5 matches and they were all great. Honestly, Mania has a tough act to follow.

Dude, that Corbin match wasn't great.

 

[slightconfuse]

Also, the blood might not be a pg issue but a commission issue. Does anyone know the texas law?

Also, it didn't contract from the match.

Texas commission is as carny as wwe