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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 29, 2020 10:08:33 GMT -5
I watched the Riddle/Thatcher match hoping it would be a bit more real than sports entertainment.... I was wrong. That spot with the fake blood and fake teeth was hokey too. If it was real, Thatcher would have kept bleeding profusely from his mouth the entire fight. It just wasn't needed.
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 29, 2020 10:18:12 GMT -5
I hope they actually do something with Kushida now. He's looked so dangerous and dominant throughout the tournament but he's barely done anything else in NXT. He should be the interim champion, but whatever. At this point, I'd be questioning why I ever left New Japan if this is how I'd be booked. It's pretty frustrating to see him in NXT like this.
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 29, 2020 10:21:38 GMT -5
I loved the finish for the CW match. Showed Drake won't give up, yet it kept Kushida looking strong. Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. It's silly that Maverick just rolled on top of Atlas and got the win. I wish they could at least give the underdog a definitive win instead of him banana peel slipping his way to the Final. That's just not the story they want to tell I guess.
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Post by McBlake on May 29, 2020 10:33:15 GMT -5
I hope they actually do something with Kushida now. He's looked so dangerous and dominant throughout the tournament but he's barely done anything else in NXT. He should be the interim champion, but whatever. At this point, I'd be questioning why I ever left New Japan if this is how I'd be booked. It's pretty frustrating to see him in NXT like this. Yeah good shout, a lot of these New Japan guys must question this. I agree to an extent about him being intern champ, and if Maverick was never released I have no doubt he would have run away with it. If Maverick does indeed go on to win it now though, Kushida will probably take it off him pretty quickly. I hope that "you can have the first shot" stuff is forgotten though and the friendly slap of the chest was a "go get 'em, but I'm done with this" kinda thing. The cruiserweight title is no junior heavyweight division, that's for sure. I'd honestly have Lee drop the North American title and build towards Gargano/Kushida
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 29, 2020 10:45:27 GMT -5
He should be the interim champion, but whatever. At this point, I'd be questioning why I ever left New Japan if this is how I'd be booked. It's pretty frustrating to see him in NXT like this. Yeah good shout, a lot of these New Japan guys must question this. I agree to an extent about him being intern champ, and if Maverick was never released I have no doubt he would have run away with it. If Maverick does indeed go on to win it now though, Kushida will probably take it off him pretty quickly. I hope that "you can have the first shot" stuff is forgotten though and the friendly slap of the chest was a "go get 'em, but I'm done with this" kinda thing. The cruiserweight title is no junior heavyweight division, that's for sure. I'd honestly have Lee drop the North American title and build towards Gargano/Kushida I mean NXT just did their version of Best of the Super Juniors and it was not impressive. I try not to put to much hope into any WWE product at this point.
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Post by hitmancmedge on May 29, 2020 12:41:19 GMT -5
In addition to Riddle and Dream going to Smackdown, it’s now being said online that Dijak is going to Raw
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2020 12:51:39 GMT -5
Dijak could turn out great on raw, or it could become drew McIntyre first WWE run.
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Post by McBlake on May 29, 2020 15:35:42 GMT -5
That's leaving NXT pretty bare :/ Losing 4 big names in quick succession. I love Dijakovic though, probably the most underrated guy in the company for me. Reckon Vince might like him as well and he could go far on the main roster.
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Post by marino13 on May 29, 2020 15:41:04 GMT -5
I loved the finish for the CW match. Showed Drake won't give up, yet it kept Kushida looking strong. Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. Yeah, I watched it. And I liked it.
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 29, 2020 17:49:21 GMT -5
Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. Yeah, I watched it. And I liked it. K
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Post by sonstuds on May 29, 2020 21:57:19 GMT -5
Apart from it being another TakeOver Kushida isn't on (seriously has he been on one yet?) I'm good with how it all went down. I don't want him stuck in the CW division and he still comes off looking dominant. Win win.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on May 31, 2020 1:54:36 GMT -5
I loved the finish for the CW match. Showed Drake won't give up, yet it kept Kushida looking strong. Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. It's silly that Maverick just rolled on top of Atlas and got the win. I wish they could at least give the underdog a definitive win instead of him banana peel slipping his way to the Final. That's just not the story they want to tell I guess. Atlas never tapped
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Post by Yambag Jones on May 31, 2020 9:51:38 GMT -5
Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. It's silly that Maverick just rolled on top of Atlas and got the win. I wish they could at least give the underdog a definitive win instead of him banana peel slipping his way to the Final. That's just not the story they want to tell I guess. Atlas never tapped I swear commentary was saying he did. Anyway, Kushida had him pinned in that submission. I’m probably just overthinking it, but small things like that erode the product for me.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2020 12:56:19 GMT -5
Overall I'm really enjoying having such a focus on cruiserweights. Was it BoSJ calibre? No, but it was the most prominence the cruiserweight division has been focused on in a very long time. Hopefully that continues to trend upward and they can achieve the same amount of respect as the jr. Heavyweights achieve in Japan. I gotta guess guys like Kushida would be fine to be 'cruiserweights' if they get the same time and prominence that they would have in Japan as Jr. Heavyweights.
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Post by Yambag Jones on Jun 3, 2020 15:47:32 GMT -5
It looks like the only matches announced for tonight are Fantasma vs Maverick and Yim vs LeRae
edit: Still nothing else announced on the go home show an hour before air. I'm interested to see if that affects NXT's rating.
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Post by Chip on Jun 3, 2020 19:52:46 GMT -5
BREEZANGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Jun 3, 2020 22:03:50 GMT -5
Pretty darn close. If I were booking this, I wouldn't even have Maverick win the thing. He makes it to the Finals, he has an amazing match but loses with a rollup. The new champ allows Drake his curtain call, then out comes Regal to reinstate him.
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Jun 4, 2020 5:17:08 GMT -5
Kushida tapped Atlas out AND had his shoulders down for a pin. It's silly that Maverick just rolled on top of Atlas and got the win. I wish they could at least give the underdog a definitive win instead of him banana peel slipping his way to the Final. That's just not the story they want to tell I guess. Atlas never tapped He did.
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Post by marino13 on Jun 4, 2020 9:52:25 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the tournament and especially liked how they booked the main event. Now let's see that Fantasma is really behind the group.
Glad to have Breezango back. I love their goofy stuff, but I can't help but to want to see them revamp their characters to a more serious style.
I loved all the stuff with Maverick. Well earned.
I'm not sure I'm buying into heel Johnny & Candice's heel turn.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jun 4, 2020 11:43:47 GMT -5
According to Wwe.com, the event poster, and the event Tee Charlotte vs Rhea Ripley vs Io is the Main event of the show? I didn’t know that I honestly thought the NXT Title or Kross vs Ciampa were the main event.
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