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Wait what? Kairi hasn’t connected with audiences? Shows no personality? Huh? This alternate reality I live in sure is weird!
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Friendly reminder that Takeover will be at 7PM EST tomorrow, and the pre-show starts at 6.
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Aug 17, 2018 18:41
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Auritech posted:Wait what? Kairi hasn’t connected with audiences? Shows no personality? Huh? You know it. I know it. She's a flop.
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Aug 17, 2018 19:32
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I wasn't sold on Kairi until she did that murderface to Shayna. They went a little too hard on the cutesy pirate princess stuff but now I'm ready for her to cave Shayna's chest in and take the title.
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Aug 17, 2018 19:46
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If you didn't know already Kacy Catanzaro is tiny: https://twitter.com/LanceStorm/status/1030536351559561216
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Aug 17, 2018 20:32
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DarkstarIV posted:I'm actually curious how this weekend will shape out. Most of the title matches are pretty unpredictable. I'd say the only one that is really a lock is The Undisputed Era retaining the tag titles. With Mustache Mountain being NXT UK wrestlers, and Triple H saying he wants to keep the champions and brands separate, I don't see them regaining the title. Also not really a fan of the titles being hot potato-ed back and forth. I'm voting for 'Johnny is about to loving end Ciampa, Candace comes out to stop him, he accidentally pushes/hits his wife for the 'oh no, what have I become?!?' moment, and Ciampa takes advantage and wins.' Leading to the Johnny redemption arc to take us to the Rumble/Wrestlemania Takeovers, whichever one they want to pull the trigger on.
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rovert posted:If you didn't know already Kacy Catanzaro is tiny: That emoji is smiling more than Lance ever has in his life.
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Aug 17, 2018 23:54
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DarkstarIV posted:Yeah. Also (from the latest WON) WWE is looking at doing the 4HW vs 4HW match at either Evolution or Survivor Series this year, which means Shayna would have to drop the title fairly soon, because I doubt they want her working double duty at Evolution, or having a rough match at War Games, and then another tough match (where she'll be doing most of the carrying for the UFC 4HW) the following night. Spoilering just in case, I still think this is going to be kind of a dud, because one side is four women we have watched for years and are extremely familiar with (and who, for the moment, are all faces), while the other is a newly-arrived main roster part-timer face, an NXT mega-heel, and two women that 90% of the viewing audience (myself included) will have never seen before and probably can't even name. Like at some point Jessamyn Duke and the other one whose name I can never remember are going to have to get on the mic in the build, or else it really does come across as "two stars and their friends."
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SamuraiFoochs posted:That emoji is smiling more than Lance ever has in his life. what do you mean? he's smiling in the picture!
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Aug 18, 2018 04:00
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Yikes at tonight's house show results. Shayna beat Kairi, which shouldn't be shocking. However, the real shocking thing is that Shayna kicked out of the Elbow Drop apparently and then reversed the anchor into her own submission. If that happens tomorrow (Shayna kicking out of the Elbow Drop, at least), it'll likely kill Kairi's momentum dead. Not to mention it will put the Women's Division into a very bad spot from a booking perspective. Shayna has completely destroyed every single female babyface on NXT over the past 3 months. And NXT has done nothing to build up any sort of credibility for any babyface but Kairi.
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Aug 18, 2018 04:08
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That and Deonna owns.
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There's no way Shayna stays in NXT till they put Deonna in the main event picture.
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Aug 18, 2018 04:25
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DarkstarIV posted:Yikes at tonight's house show results. Shayna beat Kairi, which shouldn't be shocking. However, the real shocking thing is that Shayna kicked out of the Elbow Drop apparently and then reversed the anchor into her own submission. If that happens tomorrow (Shayna kicking out of the Elbow Drop, at least), it'll likely kill Kairi's momentum dead. Not to mention it will put the Women's Division into a very bad spot from a booking perspective. Shayna has completely destroyed every single female babyface on NXT over the past 3 months. And NXT has done nothing to build up any sort of credibility for any babyface but Kairi. Pfft, she needed 3 to beat Aliyah.
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doesn't kairi have a new finisher (the anchor?) because elbow drops are notoriously rough on the body reversing a submission is always fair game, even a deadly finisher one
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abraham linksys posted:doesn't kairi have a new finisher (the anchor?) because elbow drops are notoriously rough on the body The Elbow Drop is still her primary finisher.
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DarkstarIV posted:The Elbow Drop is still her primary finisher. ah, ok. i could still see them transitioning her to using the anchor as her primary finisher, or just giving shayna the rub of the big kickout before losing. kairi should just get a long run at the top if no one's ready for the chase, imo! just have her face random challengers and make em look good. nxt doesn't have enough fun title defenses on tv anymore. sometimes i feel like i'm the only person who remembers that apollo crews's best (by far) wwe match was a random tv title match against finn balor have they announced the preshow matches taping for tomorrow? feel free to post in spoiler tags if they leaked or something, i'm otherwise trying to avoid the spoiler thread for now. praying i get to see keith lee in his big arena debut
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ShakeZula posted:Spoilering just in case, I still think this is going to be kind of a dud, because one side is four women we have watched for years and are extremely familiar with (and who, for the moment, are all faces), while the other is a newly-arrived main roster part-timer face, an NXT mega-heel, and two women that 90% of the viewing audience (myself included) will have never seen before and probably can't even name. Like at some point Jessamyn Duke and the other one whose name I can never remember are going to have to get on the mic in the build, or else it really does come across as "two stars and their friends." On the ongoing maybe-spoiler: It's extra-baffling because the FOUR HORSEWOMEN OF MMA was barely even a real thing. It was a tag they used for social media posts and their own bullshit, but during that time the non-Rousey horsewomen went a combined 2-11 and no one outside of super-hardcore MMA fans knew who they were or gave a poo poo about them. Shayna Baszler is more notable now than her UFC tenure. Hell, Marina Shafir probably had more eyes on her from those few weeks of showing up in NXT promos with Roddy than her entire MMA career. It's not just striking when the iron is cold, it's beating the ground and swearing there's an anvil there.
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CarlCX posted:On the ongoing maybe-spoiler: It's extra-baffling because the FOUR HORSEWOMEN OF MMA was barely even a real thing. It was a tag they used for social media posts and their own bullshit, but during that time the non-Rousey horsewomen went a combined 2-11 and no one outside of super-hardcore MMA fans knew who they were or gave a poo poo about them. Shayna Baszler is more notable now than her UFC tenure. Hell, Marina Shafir probably had more eyes on her from those few weeks of showing up in NXT promos with Roddy than her entire MMA career. It's not just striking when the iron is cold, it's beating the ground and swearing there's an anvil there. So its peak WWE. They are really good at striking when the iron is cold.
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I remember when Marina was ringside for that Roddy/Roode title match and they kept cutting to her reactions, and boy did she have the opposite of charisma
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CarlCX posted:On the ongoing maybe-spoiler: It's extra-baffling because the FOUR HORSEWOMEN OF MMA was barely even a real thing. It was a tag they used for social media posts and their own bullshit, but during that time the non-Rousey horsewomen went a combined 2-11 and no one outside of super-hardcore MMA fans knew who they were or gave a poo poo about them. Shayna Baszler is more notable now than her UFC tenure. Hell, Marina Shafir probably had more eyes on her from those few weeks of showing up in NXT promos with Roddy than her entire MMA career. It's not just striking when the iron is cold, it's beating the ground and swearing there's an anvil there. well.. they were pretty important on the build up to Ronda vs Bethe Correia. the only reason she got the Ronda fight was because she beat the other horsewomen and called Ronda out on it. they were each highlighted on the hypevideos and mentioned multiple times on the broadcast it self..
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the exposure of a mediocre loser saying they hosed up 2/3 of your lovely jobber friends
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I'm working on writing up the Takeover: Brooklyn thread now. Thread is up: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3866284&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post487142667 DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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DarkstarIV posted:Yikes at tonight's house show results. Shayna beat Kairi, which shouldn't be shocking. However, the real shocking thing is that Shayna kicked out of the Elbow Drop apparently and then reversed the anchor into her own submission. If that happens tomorrow (Shayna kicking out of the Elbow Drop, at least), it'll likely kill Kairi's momentum dead. Not to mention it will put the Women's Division into a very bad spot from a booking perspective. Shayna has completely destroyed every single female babyface on NXT over the past 3 months. And NXT has done nothing to build up any sort of credibility for any babyface but Kairi. Isn't it common for house shows to rehearse everything BUT the actual finish? So that could be a key spot tonight, but like as a big 'get the crowd buzzing as the babyface fights to escape' spot before they go to whatever the real finish is?
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TheCool69 posted:well.. they were pretty important on the build up to Ronda vs Bethe Correia. I mean, yeah, they were background characters in the hype video for the Bethe fight and then never won a fight nor were ever mentioned again. Bethe telling Ronda she hoped she didn't kill herself got more attention than the horsewomen did.
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CarlCX posted:It's not just striking when the iron is cold, it's beating the ground and swearing there's an anvil there.
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CarlCX posted:On the ongoing maybe-spoiler: It's extra-baffling because the FOUR HORSEWOMEN OF MMA was barely even a real thing. It was a tag they used for social media posts and their own bullshit, but during that time the non-Rousey horsewomen went a combined 2-11 and no one outside of super-hardcore MMA fans knew who they were or gave a poo poo about them. Shayna Baszler is more notable now than her UFC tenure. Hell, Marina Shafir probably had more eyes on her from those few weeks of showing up in NXT promos with Roddy than her entire MMA career. It's not just striking when the iron is cold, it's beating the ground and swearing there's an anvil there. The NXT one wasn't much more than that either.
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Aphrodite posted:The NXT one wasn't much more than that either. True, but the NXT ones all at least had similar levels of success and prominence, so they come across more as equals.
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Yep, add that to the streak of good to great Takeovers that has been running since their very first one.
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https://twitter.com/therealec3/status/1030997955459919872 I wonder when he got the cut during his match.
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Testekill posted:https://twitter.com/therealec3/status/1030997955459919872 Looks like an early 1990s Jae Lee drawing
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Testekill posted:https://twitter.com/therealec3/status/1030997955459919872 It was... some superkick toward the end. Not long before they did the final apron spot, I think. I thought one of the kicks looked rough then noticed him bleeding and the ref putting on his gloves as they set up the DVD apron stuff.
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The Ohno vs Ricochet match will be some fun poo poo.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:The Ohno vs Ricochet match will be some fun poo poo. did they announce this?
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Shayna is a big ol sore loser. https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1031016706745884675
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man what are they gonna do for takeover war games II if it's another set of 3-man teams, i'd watch TUE vs british strong style vs war raiders + [???]
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Possibly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMYuuPpsBs I am very mad that The Undisputed Era's theme wasn't playing during this confrontation though, and then slowly fading away as Kyle and Roddy walked off. DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Aug 19, 2018 |
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good-rear end ec3 promo here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6L8cf5GoM
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"what are you guys??? best friends???? because we are" i love TUE so much
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