NXT Takeover: In Your House thread

[DaveWadding]

NXT TakeOver: In Your House Card

NXT Championship Backlot Brawl (if Dream loses, he will never be able to face Cole for the belt again)
Adam Cole (c) vs. The Velveteen Dream

NXT Women's Championship
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Io Shirai

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Karrion Kross with Scarlett

NXT North American Championship
Keith Lee (c) vs. Johnny Gargano

Finn Bálor vs. Damian Priest

Mia Yim, Tegan Nox & Shotzi Blackheart vs. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai & Raquel González

[DaveWadding]

Who's hype?

[Triple A]

I will watch it... wish there was a crowd...

[Emperor Smeat]

Card feels a bit weak for a TakeOver but should still be a really good to great show.

[DaveWadding]

Here's Todd Pettingzoo.........hellish.............

[DaveWadding]

Wtf was that Code Orange thing?

[Triple A]

Fuck @ Beth Phoenix... forgot that she is on commentary... going to ruin the show 4 me

[Emperor Smeat]

What's with Triple H's recent fascination with live bands for TakeOver shows?

Also remember signing up to WWE's contest back in the day when they were giving away a house and not even bothering ordering the PPV associated with it. Think my dad was still upset from the first time he ordered a WWF PPV and ended up being very bored from it.

[Triple A]

The set looks good

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the "This Is Awesome" chants despite the only thing to happen was the bell ringing.

[Emperor Smeat]

On one hand, at least Shotzi didn't do another Coffin Drop type dive.

On the other hand, Shotzi almost got bent in half from that dive counter spot by Raquel.

[DaveWadding]

Love the house set. Tbh, vrowd is much louder/more engaged than they have been in the past couple weeks.

[Emperor Smeat]

6-woman tag match was pretty good despite being a mess or sloppy at times. Probably should have been a pre-show match instead.

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Dio Maddin got relegated to commercial duties since disappearing from RAW commentary.

[DaveWadding]

Yeah, didn't understand the need for it to be on the show. Def a preshow or pretape level match.

[DaveWadding]

V confused by Damien Priest's pants.

[Emperor Smeat]

Priest's new pants look awful.

Not sure who gave him the idea for semi-see through pants but Priest probably should stop listening to that person for fashion advice.

[Triple A]

ouch

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Priest's back.

[Emperor Smeat]

Priest vs Balor was pretty good overall despite feeling a bit too long.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the Micheal Hayes portrait in Gargano's house.

[DaveWadding]

MAIN EVENT TIME

[Triple A]

Wasn't really interested in that Balor vs. Priest match...

Gargano vs. Lee should be cool... Main match I am interested in

[DaveWadding]

The doorbell cam angle :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

Crowd feels like its trying too hard with some of these chants and reactions. At least its still better than if no crowd was around.

[DaveWadding]

Gargano Sucks :lol:

[drave]

Crowd feels like its trying too hard with some of these chants and reactions. At least its still better than if no crowd was around.




Almost sounds like a "usual" full sail crowd. MIL is over and watching it.


Gargano is a horrible heel, at least from this evening's showing

[DaveWadding]

GARGANO IS DEAD

[drave]

There it is!


First man through the glass, Gargano!

[DaveWadding]

HOLY SHIT

[drave]

lol @ Gargano jumping before he got hit..... y tho.

[Emperor Smeat]

Was wondering how long until WWE had a plexiglass breaking spot happen with these wrestler crowd shows.

That's probably a 2 minute checking penalty for Lee if this was hockey rules.

[Emperor Smeat]

Did someone suddenly cut off Mauro's mic?

[DaveWadding]

BASK IN HIS GLORY.

[Emperor Smeat]

Lee vs. Gargano was very good despite it dragging a bit near the end.

[DaveWadding]

Cole vs. Dream next???

[Emperor Smeat]

Wait, the cinematic style match isn't going to be last?

Guess it must not be that special or amazing if its not getting main event treatment.

[Emperor Smeat]

When they first mentioned a backlot style brawl for this NXT title match, was thinking more of the Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero brawl they had in a parking lot and not an actual wrestling ring being used.

[slik]

just tuning in live

did I miss Finn Balor

[slik]

Is this a gimmick match?

r they on the Universal backlot?

[Triple A]

Seems like a bad idea to have a bunch of car headlights pointing directly at the cameras

[slik]

these camera cuts need to chill

[Emperor Smeat]

All the glare from the cars around the ring already making this match feel bad to watch.

[slik]

turning volume down....beth and mauro stressful

[Emperor Smeat]

just tuning in live

did I miss Finn Balor

Yeah, it was the 2nd match tonight.

6-woman tag match, Balor vs. Priest in some really awful looking pants, and Lee vs. Gargano already happened.

[slik]

TY smeaty baybay!

[slik]

camera cuts getting unbearable

[slik]

headlights from cars upsetting

[Emperor Smeat]

Sort of understand why WWE didn't bother having this match last.

Right now feels like another swing and miss by NXT for a cinematic style match.

[DaveWadding]

CINEMATIC BLOOD, BAY BAY

[slik]

This might be the most stressful match Triple A has ever seen

[Emperor Smeat]

This match has been all over the place in terms of quality.

NXT really has a serious kidnapping problem. First it was masked guys trying to kidnap a bunch of people and now Dexter Lumis just abducted the rest of Undisputed Era.

[Triple A]

Wish they would stop pounding on the plexiglass

[DaveWadding]

Weird match, but okay

[Triple A]

banging on the plexiglass and horn honking for like 6 mins straight was killing me,

65 bosnians yelling also........

[Emperor Smeat]

Match didn't completely suck but it was easily in the low end of all-time TakeOver matches in terms of quality.

Never thought I'd see the day when main roster Creative would do a way better job with a wrestling idea than NXT Creative since both of NXT's cinematic matches were big misses.

[DaveWadding]

These promos and commercials have added a bit to my enjoyment of this

[slik]

Hope Karrion demolishes Ciampa

[Triple A]

Crowd chanting out of sync with the theme, can't even hear the theme... completely ruined the entrance... horrible

[slik]

would have enjoyed entrance more w/o crowd chant

[Emperor Smeat]

Kross' entrance would be way more epic if they ditched Scarlett's lip syncing part. It worked for the debut but makes it feel a bit goofy when she now only does it mid-song.

[Triple A]

Interesting

[Sepholio]

Calling it now. Kross will be champ on the main roster. Can see Vince having a raging clue for him after that match. He has the look, the charisma and a very high powered offense. He is going places is WWE.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kross vs. Ciampa was decent to pretty good.

Outside of the Lee vs. Gargano match, this Takeover doesn't really feel that special so far.

[slik]

Karrion Kross came out of that looking very good. With him and Thatcher I think NXT has lots of potential for it's next phase.

Please move past UE/Gargano/Ciampa...it's time.

[slik]

will LMAO if Charlotte retains but since it's the main-event I bet she loses the belt

[slik]

wish nia jax would come out and make this a fatal fourway and win the nxt women's title

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if they gave the Women's title the main event spot solely to pad Charlotte's accolades even more.

Last time a women's match main evented a TakeOver was Bayley vs. Sasha in 2015.

[slik]

Rhea should be on the main roster

[Emperor Smeat]

Wow, no wonder people quickly grew tired of Charlotte's booking and her stranglehold in the title scene.

66 title matches so far counting tonight.

Alexa Bliss is probably #2 since NXT started if you include the women's tag title for title matches.

[slik]

Otis should cash in his MITB on the winner

[slik]

Wish Otis was in NXT rn

[Emperor Smeat]

Don't think anyone told Charlotte that this is actually Gargano's house considering the bit he had earlier.

[Triple A]

Pretty good match so far

[Emperor Smeat]

Put Charlotte on the list of people who do a spear just as bad as Edge.

[slik]

wish OTIS would defeat Adam Cole

[Emperor Smeat]

For as bad Charlotte is with the moonsault, she's great when it comes to giving a brutal looking big boot.

[slik]

Having hard time paying attention, thinking about if Ricky the dragon Steamboat was guest ref and why he isn't...seems like a 'given' feud to make him try to screw Charlotte as many times as possible

[Emperor Smeat]

That was a pretty lame looking window throw spot.

[slik]

that was cool

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Io's head smacking the ground from that dive.

Johnny Gargano is probably calling the cops right now to deal with the broken window and mess being made in front of his house.

[Triple A]

Nice @ Shirai winning

[Triple A]

Crowd seems silent

[Triple A]

Ouch @ her knee landing like right on Ripley's head with the moonsault

[Triple A]

Feel like that was the best match on the show

Not a bad show but probably the worst TakeOver

[Emperor Smeat]

:D IO

Why do a fluky finish though for the title change. Match was great up until that point.

They did a similar fluky finish for Drake Maverick a couple weeks ago.

TakeOver itself was pretty good overall. I'd put it more in the lower tier mainly due to only the Women's title match being great.

[Sepholio]

Yeah that moonsault was real close to murdering Rhea.

[slik]

I like the retro graphics, giving me saved by the bell vibes

[slik]

Still don't understand why NXT/WWE has never used Ricky Steamboat as a manager trying to find women to DESTROY Charlotte to avenge his losses to Ric Flair....seems 'a given' IMO

Lazy Booking Paul/Vince!!

[slik]

need to go back and watch balor match since I missed that....prob will skip Gargano match, not in the mood for 20 minutes of kickouts at 2 1/2

[DaveWadding]

Love Io. Glad they'rw done with the Charlotte experiment. Maybe they can move Asuka and Kairi to NXT for a spell and play "who will Kairi choose?"

[DaveWadding]

need to go back and watch balor match since I missed that....prob will skip Gargano match, not in the mood for 20 minutes of kickouts at 2 1/2

This one wasn't really like that.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if WWE gave up on the idea of Rhea being a future top women's star since that's two big title matches in a row she's lost.

After building her up for months as a big deal and potential future top star, her NXT title reign was pretty much nothing and got fed to Charlotte at Mania. Then tonight she eats the pin because WWE chickened out on having Charlotte eat the pin for the title change.

[Bad News Gertner]

Wow, blew away AEW's last ppv.

[Triple A]

Wonder if WWE gave up on the idea of Rhea being a future top women's star since that's two big title matches in a row she's lost.

After building her up for months as a big deal and potential future top star, her NXT title reign was pretty much nothing and got fed to Charlotte at Mania. Then tonight she eats the pin because WWE chickened out on having Charlotte eat the pin for the title change.

Maybe they are planning on calling her up soon

[slik]

Balor match was good

[Emperor Smeat]

Maybe they are planning on calling her up soon

If so, feels like they would have done a better job of handling her these past few months.

Then again Chelsea Green pretty much had a nothing run in NXT and she's planned to be getting called up soon.

NXT's call up system really needs some quality fixing done since its been in a mess for way too long.

[slik]

so confused

thought Priest was wearing a thong via mesh tights but then has a briefline on the ground...maybe just pulled up one side of briefs into a thong one side for his mesh tights...confusing


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[slik]

jealous of ring ropes...

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[Mr. Pierre]

Great show - enjoyed the entire thing

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NXT demographic discussing the show online <a href="https://t.co/R8ubfgV8oS">pic.twitter.com/R8ubfgV8oS</a></p>&mdash; Joe Gagne (@joegagne) <a href="https://twitter.com/joegagne/status/1269791682201104384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

Not a top 10 takeover, but that is a REALLY high bar.

Loved the story they told in the Ciampa Kross match.
Finn and Priest was the best bout of the night.
Triple threat match was decent, but having Io win makes it more exciting and memorable.

NXT doesn't do the cinematic matches anywhere near the level of the main roster.
I like Gargano as a heel in skits, but it didn't work well in the ring against a much larger babyface.

[xrodmuc316]

If so, feels like they would have done a better job of handling her these past few months.

Then again Chelsea Green pretty much had a nothing run in NXT and she's planned to be getting called up soon.

NXT's call up system really needs some quality fixing done since its been in a mess for way too long.

Doing nothing in NXT is almost the blueprint for who Vince will push to the moon on the main roster.
Alexa
Carmella
Otis
Elias

[drave]

I watched about half of this with family who was over and decided NXT is no longer for me, along with WWE.


Couldn't get behind anything :(

[screech]

Watching this now: intro was neat. Musical performance was not.

Who do you think told the trainees to chant this is awesome right after the bell rang?

[screech]

Haven't watched NXT in several months, btw. No idea what's going on with these matches.

6-woman tag is p good so far.

[screech]

Mauro's references always sound so forced. Terrible.

[screech]

Balor vs. Priest. I think this will be good via always enjoying Balor & kinda knowing who Damian Priest is.

[screech]

Good match. Priest landing on the steps looked rough.

[screech]

Ice cream sandwich and ICO PRO ads - nice touch.

[screech]

Oh snap Gargano vs. Lee should be sweet

[screech]

Oh snap Gargano vs. Lee should be sweet

I was right. Enjoyed this match.

Backlot brawl was neat. Some of the angles were rough with the headlights. Don't know who that guy from under the ring was. Is Dream getting moved to RAW or SD?

On the Ciampa match now. Don't know who this other guy is.

[Danny Electric]

I can’t get behind Dexter Lumis against the Undisputed Era, the guy is playing a stalker character same as he did in TNA and should definitely be a heel.

[XL]

What was Gargano’s attire referencing this time?

[screech]

Ciampa match was good. I liked what I saw from Karrion Kross.

Women's match was v good. I like that Io won. Does this mean we'll have Rhea chasing the title again or does she move on to someone else?

[screech]

What was Gargano’s attire referencing this time?

Apparently The Mandalorian.

[XL]

Oh.

[XL]

Well, it was a nice run Dream. :'(

[drave]

Well, it was a nice run Dream. :'(




New game. How will the roster call up ruin another NXT talent?

[Emperor Smeat]

Ciampa match was good. I liked what I saw from Karrion Kross.

Women's match was v good. I like that Io won. Does this mean we'll have Rhea chasing the title again or does she move on to someone else?

Probably on her chasing for the belt again since Charlotte posted a couple of tweets after the show that implied her time in NXT is done at least for now.

Then again, Triple H also mentioned that everyone complaining about her NXT booking should wait like another 3-4 months since that is when it will be finished.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Triple H says the culmination of Charlotte's NXT booking will make sense in 3-4 months, but right now it looks like she won the Rumble over Shayna and minimized her Mania match, halted Ripley's momentum and exhausted a bunch of Champion vs. Champion matches without being pinned</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1269828504339742722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[drave]

So when Io drops it to Rhea, and Charlotte has whatever show's title she's on at that point, and Io debuts as THE ONLY THREAT TO THE QUEEEEEEEENNNN!!!!






That one? Probably that one.

[James Steele]

Charlotte will defeat The Undertaker at Survivor Series in his 30th Anniversary/Retirement Match.