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NXT Title Match
Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Divas Title Match
Tamina Snuka vs. Paige vs. Nikki Bella

Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar

Kane and King Barrett vs. Dolph Ziggler and John Cena

Neville vs. Chris Jericho

The New Day vs. The Lucha Dragons

Cesaro vs. Diego

Appearances by Hideo Itami and WWE Hall of Famer Tatsumi Fujinami

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Initial reports are Naomi has been replaced in the title match by Tamina.

I have to be to work st 530 lol

I'll watch the replay

I'm actually looking forward to this. Live rasslin' at 2:30 in the morning. I'm interested in seeing how they handle Kofi vs Brock and the NXT Title match.

I'm weirdly pumped for this. Seems like it could be a unique show. Cesaro is my favorite wrestler at the moment and Diego is, in my opinion, one of the most under-used guys on the roster. I find him genuinely entertaining and the guy has never really had a chance to strut his stuff. I'm hopeful that he and Cesaro get time to wrestle a good match that helps both, and it's not just a swing and a Sharpshooter.

Chris Jericho being back will be great, and he's bound to have a blaster with Neville. I'm not too high on Neville's main roster run so far, but working with Chris Jericho could be a bit of a coming out party.

Ziggler/Cena vs. Kane/Barrett is so...random...but in a good main event level match way. A good chance for Ziggler and Barrett to seem like big deals and get some spotlight working with some old pros.

I've got no clue what they are going to do with Brock vs. Kofi. They obviously trust Kofi in this spot, and he's had some fun heat as part of New Day. This will probably end up just like that time Brock destroyed 3MB, but I'm hoping there's an extra dimension of...something. Look for Kofi to earn his paycheck here.

The Triple Threat is the most interesting Divas Title match they've put on in a while. I'd have rather seen Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch II to further promote NXT, but Becky is apparently a little banged up (or is that just angle?). Tamina hasn't really been a player on her own before, so it'll be good to see her work herself into things. Nikki Bella is the most inconsistent character on WWE television at the moment (and that's saying something), but there's potential there. I love Paige, but she's had pretty much nothing to work with. Something about the pieces here make me hopeful though. I'm actually thinking they might do a title change. It would seem to cut Nikki's "I'm the longest serving champion in WWE" story short, but that's not really buzzing at the moment. Switching the title to Paige could give Nikki a reason to really go after her.

Owens vs. Balor will be sick. They've worked together before, but it didn't really go into high-gear. You could tell they were holding back. Here they are going main event. I'm fully behind my prediction that Balor is going to win the NXT Title here clean. Owens is a main roster guy now -- it's time to switch the title and have him make the new cornerstone of NXT. I expect they'll do a big celebration with Hideo Itami, maybe Becky Lynch and whoever else. There might even be some post-match angle where Owens breaks it up, only for someone like Cena or Samoa Joe to make the save and give Balor his moment back.

Yeah, pretty sure they're just gonna somehow make it so that Big E and Xavier can legally get involved in the match in order to make the match lasting more than 30 seconds make sense.

When does this air?

Four hours.

In 4 hours.

5:30 EST/2:30 PST ('merica time)

Ok. Time enough for me to watch the past two episodes of NXT I haven't watched.

There's a Star Trek TNG marathon on BBC America as well.

Oh, shit. I thought this thread was about Bam Bam Bigelow. Totally ruined what I was going to post.

Doing that myself right now

Why is Brock Lesnar fighting Kofi?

That's silly.

Made it this far.... Dunno... Feel like it will be easier to just find it tomorrow.... especially because who knows if I can find a live stream....

I have the Network, even, and I'm facing the same dilemma. I mean, sure, I can stay up another hour, but then I'll be up for another three hours after that, which sounds pretty rough.

Probably just going to give up and watch after sleep.

i'm riding this out because i've already had a pot of coffee and i've got nothing better to do

Insomnia kicking in.... plus wicked lightning storm going on outside keeping me up....

How long is this show supposed to be anyways....

Two hours, according to the time block on the network. Seems short for a house show.

Picture of the setup:

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Probably a dark match or two I assume.

Went to bed at 11 and set my alarm for 2:15 to watch this. Thought it might be optimistic, but here I am. LET'S DO THIS.

Still awake.... found a stream... not the best....

JERICHO!

Frank Drebin, bro, I didn't even go to sleep.

What up homies? Fn muties waking up for wrestling. Who does that? Am I right?

A favorite of Canadians from Toronto to Regina, Saskatchewan.

Me, because teachers be on summer vacation.

and we have our first (brief) chant.

I strongly considered doing this, but decided to save fave with my wife and go to bed but sneak away. Got a 2 hour nap in. Feeling good. Excited for wrestling with the prospects of a future nap.

I was just about to text you to wake you up. Didn't know you'd be this hardcore.

Really pumped for this.

Live wrestling at 10.30am on a Saturday. A really unique show mixing in main roster and NXT guys, and a couple of a guys you don't see all that often, in a unique setting.

The pop for Jericho gave me goosebumps.

I know nothing about Japanese wrestling. V interested to see how the crowd reacts or if they change their wrestling style at all.

Byron Saxton infuriating: "I can fly just as good."


You fly WELL, Byron. WELL.

Definitely off to a good start

What are yall doing to while you watch? I'm eating raspberries and blueberries. Maybe I'll find some cake to make it a true red white and blue meal.

I'm really into this Balor/Owens thing.

Or maybe I'll just eat frosting out of the can. Already shamelessly woke up at 430 to watch wrestling. Why stop there?

This is going to be fn sweet. Also looking forward to the first snuff vid on wwe network when Brock kills Kofi.

Damn good plan.

Thinkin Brocks going to eat the New Day