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Before we begin, please join me in rising for a ten-bell salute to a truly exceptional wrestler, model, and friend, buried far-too-soon. Thank you. ---  After a whirlwind 7-day tour of England, NXT comes to London for a TakeOver special in the sold-out, 12,500-capacity Wembley Arena! No, it's not the Stadium where Queen played, it's just next to the Stadium where Queen played. Confused me too. This is a hot card. While, on the surface, it may not seem as awesome as Brooklyn - there's no Sasha, or Jushin Liger, or Blue Pants (that we know of?!) - it does feature the payoffs to feuds that have been building for weeks, from Asuka getting bullied by Emma to Finn getting bullied by Joe to Bayley getting bullied by, uh, everyone. Seems to me like the Performance Center should have a class on how to Be A Star. NXT Championship Match Finn Bálor (c) vs Samoa Joe  After Finn & Joe's victory in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Joe requested a title match from Finn, and Finn seemed more than happy to accept. However, William Regal stopped the match from happening, as he had already planned a Battle Royal to determine the #1 Contender to the title. Joe was yanked out by the late Prince Pretty, and wasn't particularly happy about it. When Baron Corbin interrupted Finn's title match against Apollo Crews, Joe came out to run off Corbin and help Finn. However, he then started to beat down Finn, looking to earn his title match one way or another. Since then, Joe has knocked Finn out with the Coquina Clutch on like every single episode of NXT TV. Finn does this sorta gross/oddly sexy thing where he drools a bunch to sell it, so it's okay. We'll see if he avoids the same fate tonight. NXT Women's Championship Match It's Bayley (c) vs Nia Jax  Bayley's only held the title since August, but has already had multiple successful title defenses - including a *shockingly* watchable match with nuclear heat generator Eva Marie, who had apparently found a kindred spirit in Nia Jax. After Eva lost, Nia Jax announced her intentions with a brutal beatdown on the Assumed-to-Be PSP Champion of the Year And Also Our Hearts. Since then, Nia has, uh, continued her mind games. Let's go Bayley. NXT Tag Team Championship Match Dash & Dawson (c) vs Enzo & Cass  Dash & Dawson won their titles in a shocking TV match against The Vaudevillains just one month ago, but not before putting Big Cass in the hospital with leg and knee injuries. Now, Enzo & Cass are back with a shot at the championship - their first since losing to Blake & Murphy at TakeOver: Unstoppable in May. Apollo Crews vs Baron Corbin  Apollo Crews looks to take revenge on Baron Corbin for costing Crews his championship opportunity. Meanwhile, Baron Corbin wants to prove his dominance over all the "rookies" that seek to take the spotlight off of him. After watching Breaking Ground, I'm not sure how much of all this is a work. Corbin's made great strides as a wrestler over the last few months, and I have no doubt Crews will be able to carry him to a great match. Asuka vs Emma  Since Asuka debuted in September, Dana Brooke and Emma have tried to make her life hell, with, uh, mixed results. I have a feeling I'll need to make another memorial image before tonight is over.  Oh, and this dude is supposed to return tonight. It remains to be seen if he'll be wrestling, but they are one match short of the traditional six that these shows have had. --- The preshow starts at 7:30 GMT/2:30 EST/11:30 AM PST! Featuring Kyle Edwards (who is this), Renee Young, Lita, and Tom Phillips's Facial Hair. You can also watch a special one-hour recap show on the Network, if you've missed the last few weeks of NXT TV: http://network.wwe.com/video/v534737283 A reminder for people going to see this live today: (a) we're all jealous of you, and (b) please don't post preshow results in this thread without spoiler tags, since they're likely NXT TV spoilers.
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My predictions are Finn, Jax, Enzo & Cass, Corbin, and Asuka. It's time for Enzo & Cass. If they don't win here, I'm not sure they'll ever get the chance. It doesn't seem quite time to call them up yet, and a title run would inject a spark into a gimmick that has been getting slightly stale. I was honestly thinking Crews would win his match until I started thinking about it. Presumedly, whoever wins this match becomes the new #1 Contender. I could see Corbin getting it and either losing to Finn or even losing the shot to Sami Zayn somehow. Would be a decent way to get Zayn back in the title picture fast, though I figure he's got to get called up so soon they wouldn't bother putting the belt back on him. I could also see Crews winning and losing to Zayn, or even losing to Finn in a title match, but that doesn't seem as compelling as the faces feuding with #1 rear end in a top hat Baron Corbin.
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working from home and also kind of sick so I just woke up like an hour ago let's go wrassling!!!
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If Mojo Rawley ever headlines, or like, participates in any way in a TakeOver, it will be the best/worst GDT of all time
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Dec 16, 2015 20:45
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Wait what the gently caress is this set
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Dec 16, 2015 20:46
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Tom should have a matching sparkly suit also where is Kyle Edwards (whoever that is)
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Dec 16, 2015 20:48
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ohhhh maaaaaan this green screen
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Dec 16, 2015 20:52
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do they do two episodes of breaking ground a week, or was that ad just for a replay?
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Dec 16, 2015 20:53
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That dude had cool hair
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Dec 16, 2015 20:58
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Go RV! posted:wrong I have reconsidered and I was, in fact, wrong
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Dec 16, 2015 20:59
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Dr. rear end posted:I JUST GOT HOME WHAT DID I MISS Tom Phillips
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Dec 16, 2015 21:01
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RIP EMMA
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Dec 16, 2015 21:03
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Dec 16, 2015 21:05
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THOSE loving SUNGLASSES
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Dec 16, 2015 21:05
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Certified Cool Dude Xavier Woods is watching https://twitter.com/XavierWoodsPhD/status/677218470266826753
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Dec 16, 2015 21:09
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sportsgenius86 posted:This building has awful lighting They've been keeping the crowd lights super down on TakeOvers, but this is more intense than Brooklyn because everything past the floor is just straight up invisible
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Dec 16, 2015 21:09
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That clothesline loving owned
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Dec 16, 2015 21:13
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Dec 16, 2015 21:14
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Holy poo poo I just marked out so hard that I had a second of "how the gently caress did she kick out of that" so apparently I'm Byron Saxton now
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Dec 16, 2015 21:19
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Oh come on you can't have Drake, of all people, take a ref bump That dude is fine
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Dec 16, 2015 21:20
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THAT loving POP FOR THE ASUKA LOCK
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Dec 16, 2015 21:21
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YEAAAHHHHHH
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Dec 16, 2015 21:22
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Y'all I never realized how much I wanted to hear a crowd of British people yell HOW YOU DOIN until this very moment
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Dec 16, 2015 21:25
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lol dude in the aisle row just did a "call me" gesture during Carmella's entrance
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Dec 16, 2015 21:27
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St Evan Echoes posted:you mad you didn't think of this at brooklyn? I'm saving myself for Enzo thank you very much
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Dec 16, 2015 21:29
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Jerusalem posted:What'd I miss so far? best WWE women's match of the year not involving Sasha Banks
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Dec 16, 2015 21:33
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pathetic little tramp posted:Somewhere someone is thinking "man these tag team guys are good, let's move them to Raw and give them a gimmick of being space astronauts from Mars who don't speak English" I except for the part where they don't talk I'd be pretty into Space Enzo, not gonna lie
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Dec 16, 2015 21:35
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Oh god Enzo is so tiny please don't hurt him Big Cass (that owned)
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Dec 16, 2015 21:38
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Oh my god Enzo rolling out and the crowd standing up to tell him to go save Cass 
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Dec 16, 2015 21:45
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Cass nearly took out a crew dude lol
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Dec 16, 2015 21:46
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gently caress everything
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Dec 16, 2015 21:47
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Also if you're actually mad about the booking of that match and not just marking you're a loving idiot hth
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Dec 16, 2015 21:49
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Did Baron Corbin steal Solomon Crowe's old gear I don't remember his poo poo being this patchy
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NickRoweFillea posted:I'm mad because Enzo and Cass didn't win, but in a marking way. 
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Dec 16, 2015 21:57
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Corbin isn't attacking Crews, he's attacking a straw-man of all the NXT indie stars 
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Dec 16, 2015 21:59
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Are they chanting "gently caress you Corbin"???
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Dec 16, 2015 22:00
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Corbin had good matches with Joe and Rhyno but having him do most of the work while Crews sells injuries was... a bad idea
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Dec 16, 2015 22:02
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Lol this arena has like zero space between the barricade and the ring Also YEAAAAHHHHH
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Corbin no-selling that splash 
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