StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 With Johnny, they fucked up his character arc and obviously the injury to Ciampa didn't help. He's a loser, and not a particularly loveable one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Only watched the two women's matches so far, but Shirai and Baszler impressed massively by managing to have good matches with middling opponents who were never likely to win. LeRae's selling manner of "getting to her feet and hitting crappy looking offence" was galling, but Io had some real oomph to her offence and that finishing submission was nasty. Baszler sold the arm beautifully, almost on the verge of tears as she couldn't quite lock in that top rope gut wrench suplex. Loved her switching to a leg-based submission, using her good arm to find added leverage to get the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Mia Yim sucks. No baby face fire, no intensity, no snap to anything she does. Shayna beating you down should bring you some sympathy. Her cheating to win seems like it could have had some legs but everything was just so half ass. Compare to Io and Candice. A whole lot of snap and oomph to everything. Even Candice brought some snap and intensity. I mean, she had to because Io looked like she was trying to kill her. Gargano / Cole was dull. Didn’t care. Worst feud ever. Everything else was fine. I kinda want both Cole and Shayna to lose in completely unexpected upsets before the next Takeover and have totally new feuds and new blood at the top before the next takeover. Cole can get squashed by Keith Lee. Have Kacy Catanzaro pull off a ridiculous rollup, then spend the next few months being pummeled by a pissed off Io and a pissed off Bianca. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: I know it will ruin the narrative that a few folks like ruining but I figure I will just mention that both Meltzer and Alvarez though Io/Candice was the best match on the show (and hinting at it being the best WWE women's match ever) That is crazy talk. I don't think it was as good as Asuka/Becky or Ronda/Sasha just from this year alone. 3 hours ago, Firebreaker Chip said: Way behind on this because of the abysmal network performance, but: shouldn't a "Tiger feint kick" that actually connects just be called a 619? It's not much of a feint if you clatter someone in the head with it That is just Mauro trying to show his smark/nerd cred. Its annoying, even moreso when you take into account Io is a big Rey Mysterio fan and probably does use it because of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 NXT needs something. They have a great roster but this show highlighted how stale everything is. This Shayna title reign, the Cole/Gargano forced classics, it's starting to feel more like WWE lite than NXT. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Dream's entrance was the most bizarre, pandering thing ever. Like, does he have any connection to Canada whatsoever outside of holding a title named after a continent that contains Canada? Not as far as I know. Being there live, I was staring at the Raptors thing and thinking "what am I watching?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Didn't understand the Raptors stuff, and I was disappointed he was not dressed as a mountie when he came out. Did appreciate the Street Profits in Raptor colours, without Mauro beating me over the head that they were wearing Raptor colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Was too tired to bother with the main event. Then I found out how long it was this morning. No thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said: NXT needs something. They have a great roster but this show highlighted how stale everything is. This Shayna title reign, the Cole/Gargano forced classics, it's starting to feel more like WWE lite than NXT. The Shayna reign is an issue with NXT getting way too obsessed with a particular woman. We saw the same problem with Asuka. With Cole/Gargano its a case of a feud having gone on too long and main eventing far too many Takeovers. This was an issue with Ciampa/Gargano as well. They need to realize they have too much talent to be repeating main events on big shows that only come around a handful of times a year. They also need to let the classic match stuff happen more naturally instead of trying to force long epics, especially with moves guys like Gargano and Cole. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevendaughters Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 thought Io-Candace was one of the best women's wrestling matches of this century. tapped out after 10 min of the main event. just Not For Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I do like Meltz musing about the main maybe being A Bit Much after his praise for their last two matches. Talk about being late to the party. The rest of the card was good. Dawkins became a pretty good hot tag while I wasn’t looking. I like Shayna’s work, so I was fine with the match and her retaining. But anyone saying they’re tired of her reign has a valid bone to pick. It’s time for some turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I really liked the show a lot, but holy fuck was Mauro awful. My favorite fuck up was him coming up with some "witty" line about Gargano showing a "Stark" something or other in his "Iron Man" gear that was Wolverine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I switched to another language after getting a headache a few minutes into Io-Candice. No regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Y'all are too hard on Mauro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, Craig H said: Y'all are too hard on Mauro He’s a fucking abysmal announcer. No, we are not too hard on him. In a company with Vince mouthpiece Michael Cole and Renee Young he is the worst announcer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) “She is The Joshi Judas, Io Shirai. She idolizes WWE Masked Icon Rey Mysterio, but these days she has more in common with Comic Book Villain Mysterio, who treated Spider-Man like Shirai has treated Candice LeRae.” Indefensible Edited August 11, 2019 by Sky Blue Sam 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, The Man Known as Dan said: He’s a fucking abysmal announcer. No, we are not too hard on him. In a company with Vince mouthpiece Michael Cole and Renee Young he is the worst announcer. Stop. You act like he's Byron or Otunga or Coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Craig H said: Stop. You act like he's Byron or Otunga or Coach. Otunga is just unremarkable opposed to being actively bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Mauro is the only commentator who has actively driven me to listen to the commentary in a different language before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Craig H said: Stop. You act like he's Byron or Otunga or Coach. Byron is basically one of WWEs best announcers at this point, which is more a statement against WWE announcers. But, outside of Coach, I see no argument for Mauro to better then Byron or Otunga. He is a Matt Striker level “go fucking away” announcer for me. “Right in the Nets” Fuck off with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 5 hours ago, ComingToAmerica said: With Johnny, they fucked up his character arc Yes. I thought Johnny as the delusional guy who was convinced he was the hero was compelling. But now... I have no idea why he's a face again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Anyway, Io is about the most special wrestler in the whole company. No one else comes close to coming off as big of a deal as her at this point. Her heel persona, the music, the entrance, just everything is so utterly unique and awesome. She was the highlight of the entire show for me. I'm so afraid for her to make the jump to the main roster, but she's too talented to keep in NXT for long. As much as I like Becky, I almost want for Becky on Monday to ask is there no one left to challenge her only for Io to come out and just starch Becky. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Anyone else have the problem on the network that I had that the sound and action were off? The action was probably 2 seconds ahead of the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) I don't watch regularly, but holy shit, are Mauro, Nigel, and Beth always that fucking awful? like, I've always loved Mauro, but last night he was horrible, all 3 of them were. Missed calls, bad references, Mauro never shutting the fuck up to let something breathe and needing to jam a million references in a sentence, Nigel going Graves-lite with the overloaded incredulousness on a face cheating, whatever the fuck it was Beth was doing, miscalling moves. it was just bad, and didn't help a middling show along. Edited August 11, 2019 by Raziel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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