Oh man, where do I find the time to watch this week's show before the utterly stacked weekend ahead!
Oh man, where do I find the time to watch this week's show before the utterly stacked weekend ahead!
Can't wait to see Cole with 2 titles around his fat gut. Bay-bay!Originally Posted by Ringo
The Gargano/Ciampa package.
Keith Lee just did the say goodbye to the indies gimmick on Evolve so thinking he is coming in.
Pat McAfee on the preshow is awesome. Really great fit for pro wrestling
This new dude on the pre show is cracking me up. Like the dude.
"I've showered with a lot of dudes Sam"
DUDE
I so sincerely hope that WWE can have the presence of mind to understand that McAffee would be a huge addition to the NXT brand. I'm laughing my ass off.
I'd be fine if he only did preshows. He's perfect
I'm so beaten down by wrestling that i'm just imagining Vince hating it.
Yeah he's pretty funny, loved the exchange between him and Cole.
Predictions:
EC3
Moon
Strong/Dunne
Gargano
Almas
I'll go:
Dream
Baszler
Undisputed Era
Gargano
Almas
Who is this blonde haired guy on the pre show?
Oh is that Pat McAfee? Barstool branching out.
Here we go...
Holy shit.
Super impressed with the band playing along with the video package. I'd expect the timing to end up fucked.
EC3's theme is the bollocks.
i like how each member of sanity has there on twist on there theme
To bad the band sounded like absolute trash.
lars sullivan in a ladder match is the best idea ever.
Really like Ricochet's theme too.
Ricochet starts this with a BANG!
dream ec3 tag team please
Ricochet is the shit
I thought he was gonna eat it. Fuck that was scary.
lets have all 6 men grab the belt at once
Best ladder match in ages.
This match can go all night as far as I'm concerned.
Congratulations Cole babaaay!
MOTY candidate for definite.
Ricochet.....hope they continue to let him be himself on May after tonight.
That Riccochet Moonsault was one of the best spots I've ever seen.
Amazing
Stellar opener. Just unreal action. Ricochet is about to take over all this shit.
Dreams elbow was fucking insane.
Very top of the ladder...and he jumped instead of just falling like a lot of (sane) guys do.
Crazy match
I cant remember the laat 6 man ladder match where I thought any of the competitors could win and was certain pretty much all of them were about to at one point or another. That was class.
I'd say Lars Sullivan and Killian dain were the mvps of that matcg
I've seen Ricochet perform live and he continues to amaze me.
lots of great, wild spots. fun match. i sort of wish they did less and went shorter to emphasis the really big spots. i did think it dragged at times.
If be all for Shayna dominating this match for some reason
They definitely deserve props. Sullivan catching Dain off the crossbody was just freakish strength.
I'm giving it to Dream.
That elbow...the rolling DVD...
Man has potential to be a fucking legend
They did a great job of not teasing people grabbing for the title (at least in an overboard nature) until the end.
Feel bad for the ladies following that ladder match this crowd needs to catch their breath
I'm wanting Cole to win in the tag match too now. He got the pin at War Games, North American champ and tag match. Send his ego over the top.
Yep this crowd is dead feel for the ladies
Shayna pulling a Martin Riggs with her shoulder.
the crowd mostly sitting on their hands and but reacting to say "SWEET" after every two count is grating on me badly.
Oooh that was a sweet Eclipse counter.
Shayna should run train on this division for a while.
And Ember should go ahead and move up. She doesn't have a character but it's unlikely developing in NXT.
She's the ideal dominant champion for Kairi Sane to overcome.
Cool story at the end with Shayna modifying the sleeper.
Pretty good match. Crowd came around.
Baysler, with her mouthguard in, saying "i'm the best wrestler you've seen in forever" has me keeled over laughing.
Ember's lack of personality is killing her. She has a cool move set and cool look. But the crowd doesn't feel her and it shows when she gets booed against a mean bully heel who has more attitude and character than she does.
You got to turn the Iconic duo face to give Shayna something to do while they build Sane up
First wrestling show I've watched top to bottom in years and so quite out of touch story wise, so can anyone give a quick cliff notes on why Adam Cole is doing double duty tonight with O'Reilly instead of Bobby Fish as Reddragon?
Bobby has a torn ACL.
Bobby Fish is injured
Well that certainly makes sense. Thanks, homies.
Happy for Shayna, but her yelling "I'm the best wrestler you've seen in forever!" was pretty dang funny. Like... yeah? Right on.
Ember's reign was ok, but not interesting at all. She needs something more to her than her attire. Still don't know who the hell she is or what she's about.
Pretty much. That said, she's skilled in the ring and can fit on the main roster. That said, she should be on the brand opposite of Asuka. Can go back down that well when the time is right.
AOP need to head to main roster....but I wonder if Ellering wants to be on road at all.
How's Roddy looked in his NXT run? Always rather liked his roh days, even if he never seemed to have that extra 'it' gear.
Clearly the best finish foe this match is Adam Cole gets the pin.
No real flaws in terms of working, but still struggling to create a compelling character in terms of charisma.
naaa gotta give roddy a victory..
he needs a lil kick
i hope the crowd wakes up for gargano/ciampa
That ladder match really took this crowd out of it tonight
You pretty much summed up his nxt run. He had a title match and during the build up for that they did some video packages on his childhood that actually made him fairly interesting for a second but for the most part he's still that same Roddy.
Great hand but seems to lack personality.
That Ring of Honor shows going on right now probably hasn't helped this crowd either
KOR is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
Anyone interested in him should find his match with Shibata
they weren't even THAT hot for the ladder match, just popped for the spots. big matches making the crowd quieter during the other matches is mostly a WWE myth anyway. seems the crowd just kinda sucks.
Do you think a large portion of the crowd is watching on their phones or something?
Crowd seems fine.
He's been made to look pretty good generally. Like he doesn't quite win the big one but one day he'll get there, maybe even tonight.
If you're interested, look up Strong/Dunne for the UK title a few weeks ago and Cedric/Strong from the 205 Live Cruiserweight Title tournament matches. Both great matches.
Is the building full? Can't tell with it being pitch black in there.
Somewhere Marty Scurll is smiling.
Or scowling
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Saw someone say it was a sell out.
Kylo Riley is pretty good. I'd like to see him face Rick O'Shea one dagy
Oooh heeeel turn!!!
just doesn't feel like your normal NXT takeover card and the fact this is Mania weekend crowd seems better than you would think
Cole gets the win.
That's the main thing.
Strong guarantees himself a title and gets to tag with O'Reilly now while Cole is North American champ. Stroke of genius!
That's some interesting story going forward.
Works on lots of levels.
He's an ROH guy, Dunne beat Strong a while back.
Great booking
don't think ive seen dunn get pinned yet
It certainly worked against the grain because the easy assumption was that Dunne would betray the team if someone was going to do it. Good callback to Undisputed Era trying to recruit Strong, too.
This is one of those times that WWE shocked me as a long time fan. It's great, well played WWE!
Tommaso and Johnny end the show huh I like that. Gives you that farewell for Johnny it seems like
It's smart because anything short of a truly epic title match was going to likely fall short of the anticipation of Gargano/Ciampa. Crowd won't be deflated and exhausted for the title match.
So...is it time to crown Black as champion?
you would have to think so
nope keep almas as champ
black doesn't need a belt
Vince isn’t big on black champions.
Chocolate champions.
Loser rolls the dice with Vince and creative.
I have a feeling Black loses, Almas and Drew run it back.
That woman is fine.
I'm all for Almas retaining.
Nothing tranquilo about Almas..
Aries will kick your ass.
Man Dave Navarro can wrestle his ass off.
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I crap bigger than him.
just steak a steak infront of aries
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