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Where does "we are awesome!" rank?
Lightning Count
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Within the top 3.
The NXT crowd is way too into itself. Everything was a chant, and when they ran out of stuff to chant they hummed theme songs.
I'm glad Nia Jax got her spotlight. She did well, and it's good they got rid of those ridiculous plates she wore on her shoulders and hips.
Asuka is awesome even when she's paired with lesser talent.
I'm glad Nia Jax got her spotlight. She did well, and it's good they got rid of those ridiculous plates she wore on her shoulders and hips.
Asuka is awesome even when she's paired with lesser talent.
SallyIsNow
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I watched Takeover live too. This more on the software side. Crashes, shows Network error but audio keeps playing, skipping to beginning, skipping to end, skips back, etc.
SallyIsNow
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Damn Nia seems really close to Rock. Mega push on main roster pretty much confirmed.
BewareTheBatsie
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From what I've read, they're called (spoiler tagged just in case)
Sunny Dhinsa and Gzim Selmani, allegedly called the Authors of Pain.
SallyIsNow
Banned
Fuck. Almost cared about Ryder
SallyIsNow
Banned
How come we never get Joe or Balor on these?
They should be called the T-Poses
Yeah he is.
I am glad to because I can swear when he was put in the HOF he was a bit sickly
I thought this Nia match was way better than the Takeover with Bayley where Bayley basically just rode on her back for 10 minutes. Nia should be doing powerbombs galore and flinging girls like she did Asuka.
Bluekaveli
Member
Who better than Kanyon!
Lightning Count
Member
I can't wait until Monday when I see NXT in Belfast.
I enjoyed it. The Sombra and main events were sort of duds but I find Takeovers eminently watchable so I didn't really mind. Worth it to see AA vs Revival put on another thrilling match.
UberTag
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I blame Vince McMahon. That plus most wrestling circuits out there are either stale (like WWE) or in crippling transition periods because the WWE raided all of their choice talent.
My prescription... watch the Hardys feud on TNA. The locals seem to love Matt Hardy referring to Jeff as Brother Nero. You'll want to join in with them. Be part of the cool crowd.
I hope the "what" chant is still #1.
Its was a very good show. Who said it was a dud? A 8 out of 10 show is a dud now?
Discotheque
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i'm actually gonna watch slammiversary thanks to Matt Hardy transforming into Raising Arizona-era Nicolas Cage with the hair of modern Nicolas Cage.
that contract signing between him and Brother Nero worked.
that contract signing between him and Brother Nero worked.
SallyIsNow
Banned
TNA deserves to outlive WWE
I think I'm in the wrestling twitter bubble, here's what my impressions were from the feedback.
Nia/Asuka: Nia isn't good, Asuka has been a failed experiment as champion. Not good.
Tag: Good, as usual. People mad that at Full Sail not recognizing Paul Ellering.
Aries/Nakamerica: TV match at best. Aries is the worst indie wrestler of all time and should be let go.
Sombra/Dillinger: A Full Sail/PC gimmick overshadowed Sombra. Sombra didn't do so great. Sombra's gear is trash.
Finn/Joe: Finn is the most overpushed wrestler in the entire industry and is very bad. Joe salvaged the match to be somewhat of a slog with a nice finish.
NXT was never well liked by the absolute hardcore smarks so having the shine come off it with the recently very weak TV probably had them chomping on the bit to shit all over it. I can't say I was very excited about it either tbh!
Takeover was certainly not the best ever... but it was fine.
_I didn't care for la sombra, he showed nothing interesting.
_The tag match was great but those four have a way of rushing everything like it's some sort of non stop action that doesn't help the psychology to me
_Aries/Nakamura was the best match of the card. Incredibly tight in their exchanges and really different from the Zayn one. It was like an indy flip flop match but done by actual wrestlers who fight and not dancers on ice.
_I never cared for Asuka, and i really tried a lot. But i can't.. So when she has this type of opponent it's the worst.. And that monster detroyed finisher hahaha, come on, ask Umaga how it's done (well you can't :'( )
_Main event meh. I couldn't care, don't know if it was cause i was tired but i'm generally bored with Balor anyway.. And Joe works in long japanese like wrestling matches.
_I didn't care for la sombra, he showed nothing interesting.
_The tag match was great but those four have a way of rushing everything like it's some sort of non stop action that doesn't help the psychology to me
_Aries/Nakamura was the best match of the card. Incredibly tight in their exchanges and really different from the Zayn one. It was like an indy flip flop match but done by actual wrestlers who fight and not dancers on ice.
_I never cared for Asuka, and i really tried a lot. But i can't.. So when she has this type of opponent it's the worst.. And that monster detroyed finisher hahaha, come on, ask Umaga how it's done (well you can't :'( )
_Main event meh. I couldn't care, don't know if it was cause i was tired but i'm generally bored with Balor anyway.. And Joe works in long japanese like wrestling matches.
OH MY! 5 stars!
avengers23
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Bull Dempsey : Kevin Owens :: No Way Jose : Adrade Cien Almas
avengers23
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I'm as deep inside the wrestling bubble as anyone (you know it's bad when you watch a fucking HEAT UP match because Minoru Tanaka and a guy with a really great judo throw are on it), but I thought TakeOver: The End was entertaining.
PHOENIXZERO
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I hope that Nia/Asuka match continues Nia's evolution, she needs to be more of a "killer" and I hope that's what is gained from this one, too bad she isn't like 7-10 years younger, she started pretty late in the game regardless of who her family is. She still needs a lot of work and it's too bad WWE doesn't hire a full time acting/vocal coach to train talent in ways of speaking in a intimidating manner.
Lightning Count
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You guys are getting me pretty pumped for Impact, sucks that it's on tape delay here, so it'll be a week until I catch up fully and of course by then it'll be a week old lol.
British Monsoon
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Same here. Andrade looked pretty good for his debut, the tag match was a real fun sprint, Nakamura vs Aries was was fine (although Aries control segment really dragged, I definitely think he's lost a step over where he was a couple of years ago), I really liked Nia vs Asuka, Nia looked really nervous in the outset but became more comfortable as the match wore on, easily her best performance yet. The main event ended up good, but I hate escape rules cage matches and I hate that the demon shit has no real impact on Finn's in ring performance. Finish was good, right guy won.
Not the best TakeOver by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a solid show all-round.
slightconfuse
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People act like they never seen a B ppv before. Takeover was a B+ player.
Wrestling is great So much stuff old and new to watch
Wrestling is great So much stuff old and new to watch
I guess I just read stuff from people who had the knives out. The kind of people who think the current Evolve story with EC3 is a shoot, brother.
Speaking of Evolve, this little mini-doc on Thatcher has gotten way back on board with his whole run, despite being super down on it before. Whoever is doing these has some fantastic talent, the way this particular one finishes up is incredible. I just want to see Thatcher beat up all of Catch Point now. Except maybe Riddle. Riddle is the future, even if he is like, 30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMHxmYYoNA
Speaking of Evolve, this little mini-doc on Thatcher has gotten way back on board with his whole run, despite being super down on it before. Whoever is doing these has some fantastic talent, the way this particular one finishes up is incredible. I just want to see Thatcher beat up all of Catch Point now. Except maybe Riddle. Riddle is the future, even if he is like, 30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMHxmYYoNA
Ultimately, I probably do shockingly agree with Meltzer this time.
As much as Stupid Sexy Sombra is a looker, I ultimately think he lost a lot of the charisma he had as the masked mastodon, La Sombra. He's still got it, but it's diminished. Especially the mystery of it. And his mask was so cool that they could have made a ton of money off of it. But at the same time, WWE is so shitty at building up masked guys. Hell, wrestling as a hole lately has been pretty shitty about building up masked guys in the last decade or so.
But he also should totally be a heel.
As much as Stupid Sexy Sombra is a looker, I ultimately think he lost a lot of the charisma he had as the masked mastodon, La Sombra. He's still got it, but it's diminished. Especially the mystery of it. And his mask was so cool that they could have made a ton of money off of it. But at the same time, WWE is so shitty at building up masked guys. Hell, wrestling as a hole lately has been pretty shitty about building up masked guys in the last decade or so.
But he also should totally be a heel.
Jesus I kind of want to again too.
Oh fucking god that seals it.
Nero... Faro... Wherever you aaaaaro... I beleive that our hearts will go oooooooooooooooooooonoooo~
Who knew Matt had it in him.
Now, I'm wondering... do I like this one more or Mattitude V1?
That's the Power of June, brother
slightconfuse
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Meltz has a really good story on Ali this week