NXT Takeover Orlando: Feel the Roode Vibe

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

DREW

[GD]

Oh shit! Drew McIntyre is here.

[Dark One]

Oh shit.

WILL WE SEE THE RETURN OF ONE OF THE GREATEST THEMES OF ALL TIME?

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

3MB RETURN TOURRRRRRRRR COMING 20177777777

[Nicky Fives]

Love me some Drew McIntyre....highlight of my weekend so far

[GD]

Why is it so necessary for Shinsuke to speak in English?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Why is it so necessary for Shinsuke to speak in English?

America.

[Dark One]

Where's the go cart, fifteen people playing violins, and 5000 seizure inducing strobe lights?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Gotta end early for the people going to see Bruce and Conrad.

[Nicky Fives]

Why is it so necessary for Shinsuke to speak in English?

Not a huge fan of either him or Asuka speaking on TV. Let them practice at the performance center and on house shows and only show it on TV when they are perfectly fluent....

They both have plenty of personality to get away without speaking much....

[Emperor Smeat]

Why is it so necessary for Shinsuke to speak in English?

Mainly because WWE is very heavy promo-based for their style of wrestling.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Roode's music so classy with the piano intro.

[Emperor Smeat]

Doesn't beat the chrous but the piano setup of GLORIOUS is pretty cool.

[GD]

Mainly because WWE is very heavy promo-based for their style of wrestling.

They handled it quite well on the CWC.

[KIRA]

They ran out of creative ways to stick a violin in there

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Reby?

[Evil Vito]

I love how any scene of Bobby Roode in his private life contains a framed photo of himself somewhere.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

GLORIOUS!

[Dark One]

Not a huge fan of either him or Asuka speaking on TV. Let them practice at the performance center and on house shows and only show it on TV when they are perfectly fluent....

They both have plenty of personality to get away without speaking much....

Shinsuke is usually pretty fluent, from what I know. I'm not sure how much of the stilted nature in a lot of segments have been him trying to play up being wacky or whether it's rough to spit out lines with words he wouldn't normally use.

Asuka definitely is not.

[Droford]

This needs a Rick Rude jr run in

[KIRA]

I thought the pianist was gearing up to play Lenard Cohen's "Hallelujah" which still would've been appropriate.

[Dark One]

I don't have much investment in this match.

I just want Nakamura to move on, because it seems like he gets less and less interesting the longer he spends in NXT. This angle hasn't really had anything aded to it or any progress since the last match, which may have been fine if it wasn't Wrestlemania weekend.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Lethal Leap Year sign in the crowd.

[Emperor Smeat]

They handled it quite well on the CWC.

Yeah those hype videos were pretty good but not for when they started to wrestle on RAW and 205 Live because of promo reasons.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bobby Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Emperor Smeat]

New NXT title belt looks ... wait a minute Regal just pulled out the new Women's belt again.

[Triple A]

New title looks cool

I like how shiny everything is

[GD]

A bigger X Division title belt.

[slik]

Back to gay marriaging Shinsuke now

[KIRA]

I don't feel like Nakamura or Booby belong in NXT.

[GD]

I don't feel like Nakamura or Booby belong in NXT.

Ring of Honor for sure.

[Nicky Fives]

Shinsuke is usually pretty fluent, from what I know. I'm not sure how much of the stilted nature in a lot of segments have been him trying to play up being wacky or whether it's rough to spit out lines with words he wouldn't normally use.

Asuka definitely is not.

From what he has spoken on TV so far, I completely disagree that he is fluent....

[Triple A]

Have never really "loved" a Nakamura match tbh :-(

Everyone kept talking about how he is the greatest wrestler and stuff but... idk

[Droford]

Gimmick idea for an indy wrestler

Be hardcore and call yourself Goryous and bleed like Flair used to

[Triple A]

Seems like this match has been 80% rest holds so far

[Dark One]

From what he has spoken on TV so far, I completely disagree that he is fluent....

He was on Jericho's podcast several months ago and is way more fluent than comes across on TV

[Droford]

The only problem with this match is Id rather see Nakamura wrestling AJ Styles tomorrow night

but anyway

[Dark One]

Have never really "loved" a Nakamura match tbh :-(

Everyone kept talking about how he is the greatest wrestler and stuff but... idk

I think a lot of it is him probably only going like 50%, which I get. Dude's been doing this a long time, he's probably beat up, and doesn't want to go balls out for a few hundred people, which is probably why he seems to be becoming less and less interesting the longer he spends in NXT.

[Triple A]

Bobby Roode seems really boring in the ring to me

[Dark One]

Asuka should suplex the shit out of both of these jabrones.

[slik]

This match is good but I'm emotionally exhausted because there hasn't been a bad match

[Dark One]

This match is good but I'm emotionally exhausted because there hasn't been a bad match

This is a good Raw match.

This is not even an okay NXT Wrestlemania main event match.

[Emperor Smeat]

This match is good but I'm emotionally exhausted because there hasn't been a bad match
They probably should have put the 3 way tag title match as the main event tonight.

[Droford]

Bobby Roode always seems a step ahead

[Triple A]

Lots of kicks and rest holds

[KIRA]

This match is....okay but all my focus is on why Nakamura let Tim Burton design his gear.

[slik]

Have never really "loved" a Nakamura match tbh :-(

Everyone kept talking about how he is the greatest wrestler and stuff but... idk

His match against Sami Zayn at Takeover: Dallas is really good, you would like that one (i think)

[KIRA]

Lots of kicks and rest holds

This is probably why it feels "just ok"

[Emperor Smeat]

Dam, Roode planted Nakamura's head onto the mat with his finisher. Like RVD style whenever he'd get DDTed.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What the hell...use a bell!

[KIRA]

damn he got spiked

[GD]

That was a beautiful spinebuster.

[Evil Vito]

Cancel WrestleMania.

[Dark One]

This match has been promoted to average pay-per-view match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Great spinebuster by Roode

[KIRA]

Why would the ref even waste time arguing instead of being like "Put it down or I disqualify you."

[Nicky Fives]

Great match. Roode is amazing.

[Triple A]

Seems like he really injured his left shoulder or something... but might just be really good at selling

[#BROKEN Hasney]

GLORIOUS

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Spiked him again.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

We need Liv Morgan Vs. Aliyah right now to kill the momentum or they just stoled the show from WrestleMania.

[Emperor Smeat]

NXT title match was good. Slower pace than the other matches tonight but ending was good.

Think this might be the first time no belts changed hands on a Takeover event.

[KIRA]

Good NOW PLEASE LET Nakamura move on he's got nothing left to do in NXT.

His knee has a date with Miz's face

[Droford]

I dont think youre going to get a better 2 and a half hours of wrestling than tonight, not very often anyway

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT title match was good. Slower pace than the other matches tonight but ending was good.

Think this might be the first time no belts changed hands on a Takeover event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_London

[Frank Drebin]

Fantastic show!

[KIRA]

This Takeover felt like it was just obligatory and not that big a deal still a good show.

[EzekielKane]

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This guy is absolutely incredible in every sense of the word!

[slik]

Bobby Roode reminds me of HHH for some reason, I am not sure why

[RP]

Ya Mr. Judgement is one of the greats of all time. And look at the competition he's mowing down. Unreal.

[Simple Fan]

Main event was good. Started slow but built up the story the match was telling. Good for Roode but I really want to see him on Smackdown. I like the new titles except for the women's, previous one was better and more original. Think the tag titles and NXT title look more desirable and legit now.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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This guy is absolutely incredible in every sense of the word!

STD4mod. Just say no to:

-backtard wrestling
-excessive sock accounts.

[Frank Drebin]

I dont think youre going to get a better 2 and a half hours of wrestling than tonight, not very often anyway

+1

[#1-norm-fan]

Holy fuck.

[Emperor Smeat]

People at the event saying Nakamura held his farewell moment after the show. Didn't involve a speech but him doing a goodbye lap around the ring and pointing to the NXT logo before leaving.

[Triple A]

http://i.imgur.com/vtYi8ND.png
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http://i.imgur.com/5d63MRR.png

And the old titles:

http://i.imgur.com/bXBKnnR.png
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http://i.imgur.com/gqACQGo.png

[Frank Drebin]

Def felt like Nak's last night in nxt. Entrance felt like a longer version of the usual one.

[Poit]

Def felt like Nak's last night in nxt. Entrance felt like a longer version of the usual one.

Crowd gave him a standing ovation after the match, with "thank you Shinsuke" chants. Definitely felt like his end in NXT

[Evil Vito]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease bring Nakamura to SmackDown instead of Raw

[Dark One]

Entrance of the year:

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[Volare]

I can't fucking wait!!

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[Triple A]

Nakamura after the show went off the air.

(edit: better video)

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[Stickman]

What's the deal with submissions being held forever and not working or doing any damage?

[Dark One]

Well. He's back, time to see if his theme will be too.

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[Dark One]

NXTaker

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[Frank Drebin]

He's the one listening to smooth jazz in the car right next to you.

[Frank Drebin]

I think Dark One :heart: Aliester Black. Just a hunch.

[XL]

Love the new belts. The old Women's belt was a little like a toy.

[GD]

I like how they don't refer to the NXT Championship as a world title. There was a lot of controversy with the ECW Championship in the WWECW era.

[Jordan]

Bobby Roode reminds me of HHH for some reason, I am not sure why

Me too, always has.

Saw the main event, and it was okay.

Triple A I agree, Nak didn't do anything "amazing" for me in NXT, except his debut with Sami last year.

Hopefully he picks it up when he faces more interesting characters on the main roster. WWE seems to have dumbed him down. Good match, not on the Nak level we want from his NJPW days.

[XL]

Big concerns about Nak on the main roster. Roode is a more straight forward transition, as would McIntyre going straight back to SmackDown.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Unless he can start cutting good promos, it's gonna be hard for Nakamura to transition and get over. Styles of course is an amazing performer, but it's the character work via promos that's helped cement himself as a star. Can't see Nakamura getting that far without the ability to talk.

[#1-norm-fan]

I think there's a place for Nakamura on the main roster that doesn't require him to cut great promos. It's not in the main event. But as a staple in the upper-midcard fighting for the US or IC title, he can be fine as the guy who lets his ring work and presence do the talking.

I'm just worried about WWE's ability to book that kind of guy. Feel like after everything he's been built up as in Japan and on NXT he's gonna come in and start jobbing in 5 minute matches on Raw and looking like everyone else. If there was ever a guy they NEED to book carefully from an in-ring credibility standpoint and not fall into the retarded "match outcomes don't matter" mindset with, it's him.

[XL]

Yeah that's what I mean; he's got a lot of upside but I don't have much faith in WWE making the most of it. Also, the expectations of the "IWC" for the guy are sky high, would it be accepted that he's a perennial midcard star?

[Frank Drebin]

Have him elevate the IC title before we worry about him main eventing.

[Volare]

Could Heyman be Nak's voice?

[Tom Guycott]

Entrance of the year:

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I think it was okay, but needed more Gangrel fire circle.

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah that's what I mean; he's got a lot of upside but I don't have much faith in WWE making the most of it. Also, the expectations of the "IWC" for the guy are sky high, would it be accepted that he's a perennial midcard star?

It absolutely would be. I said it about Daniel Bryan. If they never teased him as a world title contender, the IWC would have been completely fine with him just dominating the midcard. No hi-jacking of shows or anything. Once they teased his world title run, they were committed whether they liked it or not. If they just keep Nakamura in his realm, there shouldn't be any problem. Once they start having him job to Reigns and unsuccessfully challenge for the World/Universal title, they're gonna set an expectation that they probably shouldn't set.

[Lock Jaw]

Watched this.....

Really enjoyed Aleister Black/Cien, the tag match, and the women's match.......

Aleister Black really cool entrance.....

Tag match was great, but I feel like Authors of Pain shouldn't have got both eliminations.... I like them winning, though......

I've been thinking that throughout her title run Asuka has been getting cockier and cockier.... her swagger levels exponentially rising..... even when she won the title she didn't shake Bayley's hand...... Now when faced with a "real challenge" for the first time, we see her true nature come out even more and she took a shortcut to victory......

I had wanted Asuka to win and debut on the main roster undefeated, but now after that match I am thinking that I want to see Ember Moon defeat her........