JonnyLaw Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I'll beat Gregg to the punch and say the Emma/Santino v Summer/Fandango NXT match is one of the best comedy matches ever and probably one of the best mixed tags ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I am way more stoked for this card than I am for WrestleMania. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Casey Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Apropos of nothing, I just realized the joke of the Authors of Pain's names: Akam and Razar, or rather, Occam's Razor. How did I not see that right away? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Kyle Casey said: Apropos of nothing, I just realized the joke of the Authors of Pain's names: Akam and Razar, or rather, Occam's Razor. How did I not see that right away? Hah, you're not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/28/2017 at 0:10 PM, J.T. said: I am way more stoked for this card than I am for WrestleMania. Same here, though really, I'm not that excited about either card. If my wife wants to see a movie or go visiting or something Saturday night, I won't see any wrestling this weekend. The Takeover card looks alright but my NXT interest is a fraction of what it was 1-2 years ago. Edit: I got the Occam's Razor joke a while ago, but it took me a couple weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Just now, Horton Hears a Wooo!!! said: The Takeover card looks alright but my NXT interest is a fraction of what it was 1-2 years ago. With you. NXT 2015 especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Predictions: Bobby Roode retains the NXT Championship against Swasuke Nakamura. Asuka retains NXT Women's Championship versus Ember Moon. DIY win the NXT Tag Team Titles from Authors of Pain and the Revival. Aleister Black defeats Andrade Almas. SAnitY beat Tye Dillinger/Roderick Strong/No Way Jose/Ruby Riot. --- What a difference on paper between the two WrestleMania TakeOver's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I am so not digging NXT but I feel like this card is being slept on. There may not be anything that stands out as an all time classic but I'll be surprised if each match doesn't deliver. Not even the shitty writing and character work they've done can override the talent of some of the people involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Why isn't Ohno on the card? Seems like a weird omission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, mattdangerously said: Why isn't Ohno on the card? Seems like a weird omission. Doesn't that fallow a pretty standard pattern...I mean Ohno will likely work a dark match that night or be heavy on any shows they tape on or around it. Didnt the same happen to Crews when he first came in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 BTW - the Tag Title match is an Elimination match I can't remember if that stip had been announced previously or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 1:46 PM, muhammedboehm said: Doesn't that fallow a pretty standard pattern...I mean Ohno will likely work a dark match that night or be heavy on any shows they tape on or around it. Didnt the same happen to Crews when he first came in Crews made his debut at a TakeOver (Brooklyn). He would work the following two (Respect and London). So no, not really. Seriously, how they could have Chris Hero locked in and not being doing anything with him is beyond me. His absence here should really be one of the bigger stories of Mania weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 NXT has a history of booking matches where neither person/team involved really should be losing at the moment and that's how I see the Almas/Black match shaping up. You don't want to re-debut Tommy End with ANOTHER loss after he dropped a fall against Neville in the UK. At the same time, Almas is coming off that fantastic match with ORNEY LORCAN and is just finding his in-ring groove in NXT, despite not having an established character and the crowd largely being disconnected with him. Additionally, he lost to a new face at the last Takeover in what I guess will be very similar to this one: great in-ring action with crickets for a soundtrack. I'm still thinking this overdelivers big time but I'm worried going off the shows from Friday that the crowd may be burnt out already if you have lots of carryover between shows and all of the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Moose Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 per the pre-show, Jose is out of the 8-person tag. Itami, Ohno, or a handicap match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Lorcan beat 'El Vagabundo'. I'm not sure if it will make TV by sound of things; another sign Samson debuts Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I like them on the pre-show selling Black as a dark transformation of Tommy End. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Two matches down, and I am loving this show so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I love the Revival (and by extension DIY) so much you guys..... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Whoever produced the Three Way needs several raises, that was fucking beautiful. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 the nxt show in two punctuation marks: /\ can't hate on the triple tag match, it was referential as hell but that's appropriate for the crowd they're playing to, and I'm increasingly into Da PG Hit Squad. also had a good laugh at the super smarky crowd chanting "bullshit" when the faces were eliminated first rest of the show was at best dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 God, that tag title match was incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bugg Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 NXT Takeover was....GLORIOUS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I enjoyed the Asuka/Ember match a good deal. Best Asuka has looked in a pretty damn long time. Almas looked great in his match. That tag match was perfectly constructed, and did everything it set out to accomplish in outstanding fashion. The Revival are the best act in wrestling now, and DIY is close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I loved DIY and The Revival working together to try to eliminate the AOP. I was hoping it would come down to The Revival and DIY. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Solid show top to bottom with some terrific matches. The crowd began to piss me off in the main event, though, because they couldn't handle the slow burn and not-indy-riffic pace that the rest of the matches had shown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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