NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019

[GD]

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Women's WarGames Match
Team Ripley (Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox and Mia Yim) vs Team Baszler (NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray, Io Shirai and Bianca Belair)

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Men's WarGames Match
Team Ciampa (Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic and TBA) vs. The Undisputed ERA (NXT Champion Adam Cole, NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong & NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish)

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Matt Riddle vs Finn Bálor

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#1 Contender's Triple Threat Match for the NXT Championship
Damien Priest vs Pete Dunne vs Killian Dain

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Pre-Show
Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs Angel Garza

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[Simple Fan]

The OC with Balor vs Undisputed era would have been better.

[GD]

The OC with Balor vs Undisputed era would have been better.

It sounds good on paper. I'm glad we're getting Keith Lee and Dijakovic.

[Volare]

Tegan and Io.

[DaveWadding]

I'm excited for Io's moonsault from the top.

[#1-norm-fan]

What time? I may stream as I’ve been desperate for a good old fashioned rasslin’ show lately and I’m free tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

6:30PM EST for the pre-show and 7PM for the main card

[Emperor Smeat]

Unless its a swerve, seems Mia Yim got written out of the Women's WarGames match because of the lingering effects of her injuries from the ladder match last week on NXT.

If so, that just makes the decision to hold a ladder match that close to the event even more idiotic from NXT Creative.

[XL]

Can’t wait for Punk to be the 4th man!

[XL]

(Also, they should have put the Garza vs. Rush Cruiserweight Championship Match on this card as there are no championships on the line)

[Emperor Smeat]

Swerve vs Garza was decent overall. Could have been better if they had a few more minutes to work with.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Will watch this for Riddle and Balor and Keith Lee and Io and Io and Io

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Io

[Emperor Smeat]

First time watching a full pre-show in a long while and Sam Roberts already tops my list as the most annoying person to listen to in WWE.

[Triple A]

Good morning, every1

[Triple A]

Mauro seems annoying tonight, "going hard" with all of the rap and pop culture references and phrases...

[GD]

Dakota Kai replacing Mia Yim.

[Triple A]

Love Bianca Belair........

[GD]

Surprised that they're kicking off the show with this match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Surprised that they're kicking off the show with this match.

Yeah, it should have been tonight's main event considering it arguably had the most interesting and best build out of all the matches for WarGames.

[Triple A]

Surprised that they're kicking off the show with this match.

Makes sense to open the show with one WarGames match and close with another

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the crowd doing the Rumble buzzer sound for the count-down.

[Emperor Smeat]

Did classic WarGame matches used to have weapons involved or just something NXT decided to have for all of their own WarGames style matches?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Too soon for weapons.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did classic WarGame matches used to have weapons involved or just something NXT decided to have for all of their own WarGames matches?

No. The cage was weapon enough for them. Bloated gimmick match this is.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Holy shit.,

[GD]

Dakota Kai turning :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Bianca going face first onto the chairs from that 450 splash.

[Triple A]

Sweet @ heel turn

[Emperor Smeat]

:D at Dakota turning heel.

They teased it very well these past few weeks.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Called it. Dakota Turncoat.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kind of dumb to kick out Dakota from the match. Then again match itself quickly turned into a bit of a mess after the heel turn.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What she going to do after that tap out to Shayna on purpose? Disqualification out of the match is the only fair thing to do. Maybe a second alternate. She should have turned heel by quitting the match through the top of the cage to give them all a Big Kiwi fuck you.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Best Moonsault Ever. Daniels eat your heart out.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: at the Avalanche Poison Rana and Io's moonsault from the cage.

[GD]

Wow! Ripley goes over Shayna Baszler.

[Triple A]

Sick as h*ll match

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Baszler losing via being a moron.

Women's WarGames match was very good despite being way too overbooked as well.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Pump Handle slam sucks.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

This one is gonna be goooood!

[GD]

Goddamit pal, you're an archer.

[Triple A]

idk about this match...

[Emperor Smeat]

idk about this match...

Same. Not counting the pre-show match, this was the match I had the least interest for out of tonight's card.

NXT pulled a main roster creative with how they rushed this feud and lazily giving it title contender's status.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Same. Not counting the pre-show match, this was the match I had the least interest for out of tonight's card.

NXT pulled a main roster creative with how they rushed this feud and lazily giving it title contender's status.

NXT title match on PPV on the line. It's literally the only match tonight with actually something tangible on the line.

[Emperor Smeat]

NXT title match on PPV on the line. It's literally the only match tonight with actually something tangible on the line.

It does have something meaningful on the line but feel they could have done a better job so the stip didn't come off as something added in the last minute.

Also considering how abruptly the NXT title was added to tomorrow's show, everything about this also feels like its being done just for the sake of it.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

You shouldn't do the same move done in another match. Points off for Dunne doing that moonsault. They need to coordinate better with matches.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What an innovative finish. YAY!

[GD]

Exceeded my expectations. Decent matchup.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ending sucked but the Triple Threat was pretty good overall.

Back to back matches where the heel cost themselves a potential win via being dumb.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT TAKEOVER OREGON!

Odds of Mauro saying WHO WILL BLAZE THE TRAIL? OR WHO WILL DIE OF DYSENTERY!

[Triple A]

That match went on for too long... lost the crowd in the last 5 minutes

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

BRO VS. BALOR.

BROLOR EXPLODES TONIGHT

[Triple A]

sucks that Gargano got injured and now Riddle will probably have to job

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

King Vs. Prince.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

sucks that Gargano got injured and now Riddle will probably have to job

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe this was the feud they were going to have after Gargano jobbed to Balor.

[Emperor Smeat]

Those Masters of the WWE Universe action figures look pretty cool.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Balor looks like he lost weight.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Those Masters of the WWE Universe action figures look pretty cool.

Who is Skeletor?

[Emperor Smeat]

Not a good sign for this match if its already getting the "CM Punk" chant treatment although also doesn't help the pacing has been a bit too slow soo far.

[Emperor Smeat]

Who is Skeletor?

Triple H.

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

IT'S TIME TO GO TO WAR............






















Games.

[Emperor Smeat]

Riddle vs Balor was pretty good overall. Started off slow but got really great towards the end.

[Triple A]

whatever.........

[Emperor Smeat]

Hell in a Cell cage lowering theme > WarGames cage lowering theme

[Emperor Smeat]

Too bad they didn't bother to put all the titles on the line as a stip for this match since Ciampa's team breaks down nicely for who would get each belt if they won.

Ciampa would get the NXT title, mystery guy gets NA title, and Lee & Dijakovic get the tag belts since they became good buddies after their feud.

[Emperor Smeat]

Never knew Ciampa was a long lost brother of the War Raiders or long lost cousin of the Dark Order's Stu Grayson considering his face paint look.

[GD]

No fourth member for Team Ciampa?

[Triple A]

Feel like 2 WarGames matches is too many...

[Triple A]

Keith Lee <3

[Emperor Smeat]

Bet UE regrets taunting Keith Lee considering he just moped the floor with all three guys in the ring.

[Emperor Smeat]

One day NXT is going to swerve the crowd and have a WarGames match without weapons being involved.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Cole flying through the table.

Guess that is NXT's way of giving Cole some extra rest considering his big title match tomorrow.

Nevermind he got back into the cage.

[GD]

Fuck yeah! Kevin motherloving Owens!

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Kevin Owens being the mystery guy.

Why would a main roster guy help out NXT considering the on-going war between the brands?

[Emperor Smeat]

O'Reilly came awfully close to nailing Lee in the nuts with that knee drop from the top rope.

[GD]

Jesus Christ, what an ending.

[GD]

Mauro acknowledging Britt Baker.

[GD]

:eek: Kevin Owens being the mystery guy.

Why would a main roster guy help out NXT considering the on-going war between the brands?

Mauro explained that he was getting back at the Undisputed ERA for what they did to him on Monday Night RAW.

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy shit at that ending. Men's WarGames match was very good overall and arguably the Match of the Night.

Show itself was also very good overall but would rank it more towards the upper mid for TakeOvers. Feel last year or early this year was the peak of TakeOvers busting out constantly great to all-time great shows.

[Triple A]

Women's WarGames match was my favorite... Really great.

Middle two matches were "alright"

[Emperor Smeat]

Would explain why the Women's WarGames match was a lot shorter than usual for these matches in NXT.

Before tonight, the shortest WarGames match was the first one in 2017 at around 36 minutes according to Wikipedia.

[xrodmuc316]

NXT is simply magic. Vince McMahon doesn't deserve this brand belonging to his trash of a company.

[erickman]

Women's WarGames match was my favorite... Really great.

Middle two matches were "alright"

yeah that was an hell of a heel turn

[rez]

who the fuq cares

[slik]

catching up now


Women's WAR GAMES match was great, Rhea Ripley is a huge star IMO

[slik]

Damian Priest looks like Baron Corbin with a wig and abs

[slik]

not interested in this triple threat, going to skip it

[slik]

nxt commentary team is AWFUL

[slik]

Mauro acts like everything is the biggest thing of all time constantly so nothing has any effect at all....it's no different than a match with 500 flips and kicks just in verbal form.

Beth sounds like a soccer mom screeching from the bleachers and Nigel is so high-pitched

[GD]

I’d argue that they’re the best commentary combination in the WWE. Mauro, even with his forced pop culture references, he comes across as very passionate and likable.

[slik]

Smart this is very wrestling based since Balor never gets to wrestle this style often

[slik]

Glad Balor picked up a needed clean win at @ Takeover

[slik]

I'd argue WWE doesn't have a single good commentary team


#Justice4TomPhillips

[slik]

I wouldn't say anything tonight would make me want to watch this on Wed instead of AEW so far

[slik]

This main event is boring so far...Roderick Strong boring, Ciampa boring, Kyle O Reilly boring....

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

that was great. Survivor Series will also thanks to N....X....T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slik]

Keith Lee finally bringing some energy to this match

[slik]

Adam Cole vs Setting Up Tables

[slik]

KO and Adam Cole have good chemistry

[slik]

Ended up enjoying the main event but was bored the first half

Crazy bump Cole took

[slik]

Will he be "100% ok" tomorrow and that be no-sold tho? Hmmm

[slik]

IMO the best match on TakeOver was the Women's WAR GAMES match

[Droford]

Mens wargames match didnt feel like it went an hour, so thats something if it did.

[slik]

I 100000% agree

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That last Ciampa - Cole spot was a little much though, even though it was spectacular. On every <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Takeover?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Takeover</a> there's usually a couple of times where I worry that someone might get seriously injured. On that spot, it looked like someone could die if botched at all. <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WrestlingINC</a></p>&mdash; Raj Giri (@RajGiri_303) <a href="https://twitter.com/RajGiri_303/status/1198428716059131904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

Mens wargames match didnt feel like it went an hour, so thats something if it did.

Nevermind, that's what it said on Wikipedia but now it's been edited to 38:26

[Emperor Smeat]

That can't be right since just to get to the point of having everyone in the ring is about 30 minutes and the rest of the match afterwards was a lot longer than 8+ minutes.

The main reason why the 1st WarGames match went 36 minutes was due having fewer entrant intervals since it was tag based and starting with 3 guys instead of two.

[Droford]

I 100000% agree

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That last Ciampa - Cole spot was a little much though, even though it was spectacular. On every <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Takeover?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Takeover</a> there's usually a couple of times where I worry that someone might get seriously injured. On that spot, it looked like someone could die if botched at all. <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WrestlingINC</a></p>&mdash; Raj Giri (@RajGiri_303) <a href="https://twitter.com/RajGiri_303/status/1198428716059131904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I've seen scarier spots from the top of the cage. Seems like there's more room for their feet now plus two cables in the corner. Cole was pretty well protected but I was still kinda worried about his arm which was already in a cast. I still think Ciampa is crazy for doing it with his injury history.

[Emperor Smeat]

Oh wow, it actually was around 38 minutes long based on the timestamps in a video I searched.

I didn't pay attention to the intervals being 3 minutes and not 5 minutes each which explains things. Not sure why I keep thinking its 5 minutes since the original version didn't do that either based on a quick check.

[Droford]

That can't be right since just to get to the point of having everyone in the ring is about 30 minutes and the rest of the match afterwards was a lot longer than 8+ minutes.

The main reason why the 1st WarGames match went 36 minutes was due having fewer entrant intervals since it was tag based and starting with 3 guys instead of two.


Ciampa/Strong
+5
O'Reilly
+3
Dijakovic
+3
Fish
+3
Lee
+3
Cole
+3 (tad more)
KO

So 20 minutes..so 39 minutes sounds more right than an hour.

[Sting Fan]

I dont watch NXT but I saw some highlights... Whats the go with the announcer saying "What the bleep" when KOP came out. Felt ridiculous.

[Droford]

Mauro can only say Mama Mia so many times

[slik]

I dont watch NXT but I saw some highlights... Whats the go with the announcer saying "What the bleep" when KOP came out. Felt ridiculous.

Everything Mauro says is ridiculous

NXT's commentary team hurts the product IMO

[DaveWadding]

Praying for Adam Cole and Kay Lee Ray's necks rn. Damn.

[Droford]

I need to go back and watch the Cole/Ciampa spot, cause Twitter has a pic of Britt Baker looking concerned and apparently Mauro said "is there a doctor in the house?"

[slik]

Here ya go

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Casualties of war.<br><br>R.I.P Adam Cole and Tommaso Ciampa.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXTTakeOver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NXTTakeOver</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WarGames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WarGames</a> <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/VaR6VQXAaS">pic.twitter.com/VaR6VQXAaS</a></p>&mdash; Klondike Bill (@MrKlondikeBill) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrKlondikeBill/status/1198428758266527744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Triple H comments on Britt Baker being shown in the crowd at WarGames <a href="https://t.co/nt0Vugywyn">https://t.co/nt0Vugywyn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrittBaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BrittBaker</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q2KAwwZm6D">pic.twitter.com/Q2KAwwZm6D</a></p>&mdash; Diva Dirt (@divadirt) <a href="https://twitter.com/divadirt/status/1198501641843904518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Droford]

I saw the pic..I find it odd they'd acknowledge her though even if getting the shot of her was "by accident" which I doubt

[slik]

great free publicity for aew

[erickman]

lets see what trips says if wwe wrestlers are shown at aew shows. wwe would do what they did to the highlanders shown at a tna show.

[xrodmuc316]

This main event is boring so far...Roderick Strong boring, Ciampa boring, Kyle O Reilly boring....

Can anybody else imagine how pissed people would be with this much forced hate in an AEW thread?? :rofl:

[Splaya]

Owens was the perfect person to be the fourth member. And having him on NXT will do wonders

[slik]

Can anybody else imagine how pissed people would be with this much forced hate in an AEW thread?? :rofl:

The only interesting people in the entire main event were KO, Adam Cole and Keith Lee. First time really seeing Dikovavic (sp?) and was disappointed in him too. He reminded me of TEST where he is just a big dude who isn't bad in the ring at all but doesn't really have a personality/solid character.

[GD]

:nono:

[Frank Drebin]

If you dont like his wrestling, than feast your eyes on his thong showing through his trunks.

It's no Dale but you should be ok for now.