Ricky Jackson Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 HUGE card tonight, perhaps the most stacked Takeover yet. Gargano vs Ciampa should be great, Almas vs Black should deliver, ladder match will have crazy heat and could be a ridiculous spotfest clustermess of a match, and tag and women's match should also be good. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 NXT is just the best. TV builds up the TakeOvers so well. This card is stacked and what is scary is that the TakeOver's always over deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Can't play along live as I'm heading out to diner and starting the show a bit late, but very much looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 More excited for TakeOver tonight than I am for Wrestlemania tomorrow. Tomorrow is more about the spectacle, the glitz & glam, the environment. Tonight is more about the matches, for me. It feels more old school... and Ciampa/Gargano is a big reason why I'm excited. Great build! Â Ladder match is going to be insane. Â Hope Ember Moon drops that title. I still think she's pretty bad. Â Black/Almas should be fun. Almas has been cash lately. Putting Vega with Almas was a great move. Â Tag match could go either way. Authors of Pain are so weird to me. It's like, I always think "eh, they're OK. Match won't be anything special." Then the match is really good and I act surprised. Eventually I gotta give them credit. They really bring it on big shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I keep hearing this from every podcast and Coffey just said it, why does everyone hate Ember Moon? Â She's a completely solid pro wrestler. She's never had a bad match on NXT. She's had many really good matches on Take Overs, including some awesome ones with Asuka. I really don't understand this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Ember Moon is super solid and has a cool look. Nothing to hate. And yeah, she had the best Asuka matches in NXT too. Love me some Ember Moon. Â I'll probably watch NXT tomorrow sometime before Mania, or wait until Monday to keep a fresh head for what should be a terrific card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I'm not seeing anything Ember's done that I would call good, including any of her NXT weekly stuff or Takeover stuff. She's very bland & awkward & her gimmick sucks. Her finish is too over the top & there's something about her movements that feels incredible phony. AJ Lee used to do the same thing, like she has to jump start herself before starting to do a move (especially running moves) and it's really weird to watch. Â Don't dig her at all. I think she's worse in the ring than Peyton Royce. Wasn't a fan of hers pre-NXT as Athena either. Never got the love for her and think she's a bad champ and a bad babyface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Moon was indeed half of Asuka's best match thus far. I don't see any reason to hate her, but outside of one phenomenal feature on her that bizarrely aired after a Takeover match with Asuka, TV has given anyone zero reason to think she's all special. Very oddly presented for much of her run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I don't hate her, but they did her no favors in the Asuka feud booking wise. She came off as someone who can't win the big one until her main foe was gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutenberger Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I'm really pumped for this. I'm even staying awake extra for this, which practically never happens. Â Gargano/Ciampa should be insanely amazing. Â The ladder match should be a really fun car crash. Â I've been a fan of Black when he still was Tommy End, so I'm dying to (hopefully) win the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I genuinely don't know who is winning Gargano/Ciampa either which makes the match more fun. Gargano has lost quite a bit lately, Ciampa is just back from injury. Could see Gargano going to the main roster... so I don't know. Going to be fun regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Like Gargano has to win right? I don't know how you can have his whole career so ruined by Ciampa and not have him get any revenge. Â He can win, then finally get the title by beating Amas, once he conquered Ciampa. It's really the only way to book it. Â Him losing would be the most depressing angle ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 He should win, from a wrestling story perspective. But he dies so well, I expect there to at the very least be some post-match stuff to give us a rematch. Â I just love how both are so good at what they're currently doing. Gargano as the sympathetic babyface & Ciampa as the dastardly sneak-attacking heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Ha, McAfee just said that as a resident of North America, he cant wait to see who the new champ will be. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Wow I feel dumb that it just now hit me they are introducing the North American title in the heart of Mid South territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Like Gargano has to win right? I don't know how you can have his whole career so ruined by Ciampa and not have him get any revenge. Â He can win, then finally get the title by beating Amas, once he conquered Ciampa. It's really the only way to book it. Â Him losing would be the most depressing angle ever. They were going to have Daniel Bryan face Sheamus in a midcard match after the authority angle that he needed to win to pay it off. They had a black wrestler get run down by the white heel champion and then...lost the match. Heck there is talk of Daniel Bryan getting backstabbed by his partner in his very first match out of retirement. Heels have to win sometimes. Gargano is more likely to jump to the main roster than he is to stay in NXT. Â Anyways if Gargano won, it's not like Ciampa would leave it alone. We'd have to see him in NXT for a few more months if you want him to win the belt too eventually. The WWE doesn't seem to have that time to wait for Gargano to do all that before getting called up. So it is better to just troll the fans and have Ciampa win this, then move Gargano up and have them revisit the feud later when Ciampa gets called up and maybe have Gargano finally win there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZThomas Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 What's the backstory of Cole and McAfee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 You all need to be watching this pre show. This Pat McAfee guy is hilariously bad. I love him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Nice of Vince to let Mauro wear one of his jackets tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 That Pat dude was embarrassingly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Pat McAfee is a retired NFL punter, he has no business doing this---but I agree with Johnny. He is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Pat McAfee is a retired NFL punter, he has no business doing this---but I agree with Johnny. He is awesome. Â The guy is trying to be a media personality and was/is doing some pro wrestling training. It's not like he's Art Donovan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Wow EC3's NXT music sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 With EC3 keeping his TNA name, I think this means Dixie Carter is tangentially a character in WWE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 As lame as Adam Cole may be, he's at least over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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