NXT TakeOver: R Evolution

Agent Coulson

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SPELLBINDING MATCH

Fantastic storytelling.

Moneymaker

Loved this show. Simple but effective storytelling and awesome in ring action. Piping hot crowd too.

deano546

So ridiculously happy.

Ageyev

Great main event. Guessing Neville to be revealed as the Bunny

Agent Coulson

Pat

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Wrestling not a big of ****e as Raw and Smackdown leads you to believe.

Agent Coulson

Had to happen!!

His best friend attacks him on his debut.

ciano316

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Had to happen!!

His best friend attacks him on his debut.

What do you mean "Had to happen" that was the best twist in years. Brilliant stuff. Great show all round.

Agent Coulson

ciano316 wrote: »

What do you mean "Had to happen" that was the best twist in years. Brilliant stuff. Great show all round.

I don't know when it announced he was debuting tonight I had a feeling he would have cost Sami his last chance at the title.


Agreed great show.

Finn Balor has IT that came across on screen tonight he looked like complete star.

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https://twitter.com/TomBlargh/status/543245041897316352

Ageyev

Diabhal Beag

Best sign since Ciano316

Palo Alto

ciano316 wrote: »

What do you mean "Had to happen" that was the best twist in years. Brilliant stuff. Great show all round.

Because Steen has turned on Sami about 1443983 times in professional wrestling :pac:

Garseys

It makes me sad WWE can put out such a high calibre show like tonight and then give us crap on Monday Night Raw.

Such a good show. Did not see the ending coming at all.

Mokuba

Damn that was so good.

Moneymaker

It just makes RAW etc all the more frustrating when you see how good a product WWE can produce when Vince McMahon, Michael Hayes and Kevin Dunn have no input.

grames_bond

Moneymaker wrote: »

It just makes RAW etc all the more frustrating when you see how good a product WWE can produce when Vince McMahon, Michael Hayes and Kevin Dunn have no input.

Mkes me really hopeful for the future when HHH is the main guy in charge!

Imagine saying THAT in 2002! :pac:

Moneymaker

I think the reason NXT is so good is it's a focused show with a clear idea.

It's written so simply, but as is often the case in wrestling, a simple framework and then actually TRUSTING(reading this Vince?) your talent to fill in the blanks and tell the story and deliver quality in ring action is all we want. RAW is so absurdly over produced and Vince wants to control every aspect of it. As Punk said, it's a creative strait jacket.

RAW is all over the place and they try to cater to all types of their fanbase. Something for everyone, but it doesn't work.

I think back to Nitro around 96-97 for the last time a formula like that really worked. Cruiserweight action, guys like Kevin Sullivan and Benoit brawling, tag team wrestling and then the major angles involving the top stars.

RAW has an identity crisis.

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Cianan2

Glad i started watching NXT recently. Great show, looking forward to seeing what comes next from almost everyone involved - no fast forward needed

cian68

As soon as Owens got in the ring I thought there was more space between the ropes and the end of the ring for a powerbomb on the apron. Thought CJ was hoing to get it. I enjoyed one guy saying 'we want Kenta' getting booed followed by hideo chants. Also enjoyed the crowds reaction to the gts tease. The speculation and anticipation surrounding the night after wrestlemania will be fun.

rossie1977

nxt makes pro-wrestling simple which is why it works.

vince/dunn/dixie/tna are still stuck in the 1999 method of booking where everything is one big soap opera. to keep people looking strong you have dq's and run-ins galore and gimmick matches are used to cover up for lack of storytelling.

nxt off the top of my head has had one gimmick match all year (tna seems to have 3-4 every week lol). in nxt every match matters, titles matter, talent feud because they want to prove they are better than the other guy or girl and 99% of the time matches end in a clean win or pinfall/submission in general.

the ecw/russo style of booking was very successful but that was 15-18 years ago and time have moved on.

Machismo Fan

The main event was a really special match on multiple levels. Brilliant stuff.

Agent Coulson

CJ Parker's hand after hitting Kevin's nose.

https://twitter.com/WWEMoonChild/status/543240149715267585/photo/1

rovert

Wonder if they will do mainly rematches at the NXT TV tapings tonight. Last time they did that the matches were much lesser than the ones than the night before. Came across an unsuccessful exercise and re-run programming.

Hope Becky vs Bayley is a main event match on the first episode with a decent amount time.

Machismo Fan wrote: »

The main event was a really special match on multiple levels. Brilliant stuff.

Long road from Balbriggin to Orlando for PAC:

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- Speaking of Balor, PWInsider reports that the body paint will be his new look going forward. There was a lot of speculation that it would be used for special events only but apparently that's not the case.

Not sure how I feel about this.

Agent Coulson

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Not sure how I feel about this.

House shows as well or just TV tapings.

He will get fed up of the paint pretty quickly if it is house shows as well.

Rjd2

rossie1977

funny thing is speaking of grandmothers, nxt is the only wrestling show where i consistently see older people in the audience. when i attended raw last month i didn't see a single person over 50 at the show

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