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I'm sure there's an alternate timeline where King Kong Brody is getting inducted in the AWA Hall of Fame,

I thought the show was fine enough, night one was far better of course. I think my issue with Balor-Kross was how so obvious it was that Finn's whole run was just a place holder since Kross got hurt and they had a big plan for him.

I was surprised the title match ended before 10pm, I legit forgot about the Cole/O'Reilly match lol

You and I may not get it, but Kross is basically everything WWE wants in one person so I get why they are so big on the guy. He just better hope he never falls out of favor and they end up booking Scarlett to have sex with Bobby Lashley.

Kross rocking the 80s Hercules Hernandez gladiator garb.

Guess it wouldn't be a Takeover if Shotzi didn't attempt to kill herself.

I popped for Candice sporting the female Thor entrance gear,

My man Santos sending that creep back to the garbage heap he belongs.

Well to be fair it wasn't by design since he was stuck in the UK for a year.

The best part of all this is how it was a completely unnecessary unforced error on WWE's part. All those years with Impact being the only other company to crack national TV left them overconfident to take on a company not run by a complete idiot and treat it the same way.

I was thinking how normally that would be a lame finish but I 100% believe a chop from WALTER would end a man. Plus loved how they established the left handed chops weren't as effective so he was forced to use the injured hand to finish it.

They got Warrior's first wife (not the one who does stuff for WWE now) to contribute, so that should be interesting to see.

The thing with WALTER is not so much he doesn't want to travel to the US, it's that he has regular bookings and his school (I think he's still involved with that) in Europe and doesn't want to leave those for extended periods of time. I get the impression he's only here now to get some work in due to *gestures at everything going on*. Plus I don't see him being one to put up with Vince's Vince-ness very much so I wouldn't expect him to be on the main roster other than maybe a one off appearance.

I can just imagine the unflattering outfits Vince would have WALTER wear on the main roster.

So anyway, NXT was pretty good. WALTER and Ciampa beat the piss out of each other, MSK got their big win, and Raquel got the rocket. I assume Io is going to be the "debut the day after Mania" pop this year.

That seems a bit harsh, he wants to be there since it helps him cope with the sudden loss of his dad to hang out with people who clearly loved him. If they were doing angles with him like some wrestler claiming to be his his real dad, I could see it being exploitative.

This is the same company that had to change the name of a main roster women's faction because it was the same as a porn site, so maybe not?

That would be a pretty big slap in the face to everyone in NXT UK to say a guy being held together with rubber bands and hope is a better option.

Time for Ciampa to die for our sins courtesy of WALTER.

Starting off solid with Dunne/Kushida

Zoey Stark beating Toni Storm on the Takeover pre show was unexpected, it looks like WWE sees something in her so that's promising at least.

Yeah there's no reason for AEW to do anything major this week, it would be like releasing a new movie when the next Marvel blockbuster is coming out.

Funny thing is this is the one week they're likely to lose the ratings no matter what since they are going up against a PPV quality NXT show.

She could be doing the Ding Dong Hello skits to keep her on TV so it would be easier to heat her up for whatever feud is next, but I suppose that's why I'm not making the big bucks booking WWE and they're keeping one of their best stars on ice.

It's more than not having anything to do at Mania, Bayley hasn't had a match at all since February. She said there's no injuries so they've had the person who was the star of the women's division on the bench for month since they apparently can only book so many women's programs at once.