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Post by KeBen Owens on Aug 22, 2020 20:28:09 GMT -5
Triple H getting that post championship match point picture no matter what. Either that or he’s dick shaming him
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Post by tylerbreezee on Aug 22, 2020 20:29:34 GMT -5
Triple H getting that post championship match point picture no matter what. Either that or he’s dick shaming him He’s reminding him that whatever he does with the belt, make sure it’s not recorded
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Post by marino13 on Aug 22, 2020 20:30:18 GMT -5
Well I don't know how a feel about Kross yet, so I am disappointed Lee lost the title so soon.
The show itself was good. Not as good as previous TakeOvers, but still enjoyable.
Highlight was McAfee, believe it or not.
Would have liked a tag title match.
Balor & Thatcher felt old school. I dug it.
The women's division is so strong in NXT, none better. Io is always great.
Ladder match was good. Was pulling for Grimes, but I'm cool with Priest winning.
In before those that didn't watch jump in to subtly take shots at the show. Tick Tock...
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Post by FLUX '97 on Aug 22, 2020 20:37:34 GMT -5
Yeesh.
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Post by JL Styles on Aug 22, 2020 20:38:39 GMT -5
Takeover delivered again.
Balor-Thatcher was fantastic. Great clash of styles. Balor is so, so good. He just about matched Thatcher on the mat, which is almost impossible to do.
The ladder match was just awesome. All five guys put on a show. Priest winning was the right call. I have to admit I enjoyed watching Dream get launched out of the arena.
Cole-McAfee was outstanding. McAfee has a future if he wants it. He is a way better athlete than I thought he was. Cole winning with the Panama Sunrise was a nice touch. I’ve always liked that as his finisher better than the Last Shot.
Io-Dakota was awesome. Great showing by both women.
Kross-Lee was good. The women should have main evented, but can’t change that now. I’m fine with Kross winning. Lee might get the call up soon. Who knows, this could lead to the return of Demon Balor to stop Kross.
Fantastic show. We’ll see how tomorrow night goes.
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Post by Weemanv1 on Aug 22, 2020 20:44:24 GMT -5
Takeover delivered again. Balor-Thatcher was fantastic. Great clash of styles. Balor is so, so good. He just about matched Thatcher on the mat, which is almost impossible to do. The ladder match was just awesome. All five guys put on a show. Priest winning was the right call. I have to admit I enjoyed watching Dream get launched out of the arena. Cole-McAfee was outstanding. McAfee has a future if he wants it. He is a way better athlete than I thought he was. Cole winning with the Panama Sunrise was a nice touch. I’ve always liked that as his finisher better than the Last Shot. Io-Dakota was awesome. Great showing by both women. Kross-Lee was good. The women should have main evented, but can’t change that now. I’m fine with Kross winning. Lee might get the call up soon. Who knows, this could lead to the return of Demon Balor to stop Kross.Fantastic show. We’ll see how tomorrow night goes. I came in here to suggest exactly that. You beat me to it by 5 minutes lol.
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Post by walkingturtles on Aug 22, 2020 20:51:39 GMT -5
I followed the build up to Takeover but did not watch. I love Punishment Martinez and hope he does good stuff. The one thing I’m most thrilled about is Kross winning. We’ve seen so many times across companies where the big hot heel comes in destroying everyone only to come up short in the big match or title shot. Kross winning in my opinion establishes him. He is now legit.
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Aug 22, 2020 21:01:15 GMT -5
Well, look at that... turns out the 'Tik Tok Man' can go for more than five minutes... I'm happy they put the belt on him though - as I said before, he needed the win to totally legitimise him and his character. He would've looked weak and impotent if he'd lost - especially after the path of destruction, and broken bodies he left behind in the build up. I expect the feud with Ciampa will reignite on Wednesday. Triple H getting that post championship match point picture no matter what. Brandi Lauren gets around...
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Post by Nick Papagiorgio on Aug 22, 2020 21:29:12 GMT -5
Should’ve let the women main event this one The women main evented the last Takeover.
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Post by Scott! on Aug 22, 2020 21:29:21 GMT -5
Adam Cole/Pat Mcafee stole the show for me, that was a helluva effort for a first time match. Fair play to him.
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Post by J-MANN: Tag Team Champion on Aug 22, 2020 21:37:40 GMT -5
So glad Kross won. And damn, Pat is one hell of an athlete!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 21:40:47 GMT -5
No idea what anyone (especially Hunter) sees in Killer Kross.
Scarlet sucks too. Her gimmick was coming out practically naked... which isn’t happening in this company. Kross just flat out sucks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 21:46:15 GMT -5
This song sounds like St Anger wtf Metallica? It is off St. Anger It’s not. It’s off of ‘Hardwired... to Self Destruct’
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Post by Robz PippinRoad on Aug 22, 2020 21:49:40 GMT -5
Kross apparently separated his shoulder so Title may be on the move again
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Post by rkmo: Cheats & Geeks on Aug 22, 2020 21:56:15 GMT -5
It’s not. It’s off of ‘Hardwired... to Self Destruct’ Was it in reference to the event itself or the Lee/Kross vid package? They used "Frantic" for the package on Wed.
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Post by finnbalor1 on Aug 22, 2020 22:07:44 GMT -5
I liked the Finn-Thatcher match a lot more then I was expecting too.
I think Priest was the perfect winner and new champion helps build new guys and sets up for a lot of good matches for the title. I hope Grimes gets the shot first.
Women's match was great but seems like this division delivers every Takeover.
Pat and Cole over delivered for sure and I was one that thought it was gonna be decent from the start but I think Pat might've found his 8th million dollar profession if he wants it.
I'll start off with I don't mind Kross winning the title I've enjoyed him since he got here but the match wasn't great and tbh a little disappointing but like others have said I'm hoping this ends with Kross v Demon Balor.
Not the greatest Takeover but I enjoyed it.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 22, 2020 22:47:09 GMT -5
If Kross is injured and needs to drop the belt, I say let Ciampa be the one to take him out. It’d reestablish Ciampa as willing to do anything for Goldie. And it gives Kross an excuse to be written of tv for a few months without losing the title.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 23:03:56 GMT -5
Kross apparently separated his shoulder so Title may be on the move again Thankfully for Kross' sake, a bunch of his gimmick has nothing to do with his in ring work, so they can stall for a little while if need be. I'd say if it's anything less than 2 months without an actual match they could probably stall pretty safely.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2020 23:10:42 GMT -5
I thoroughly enjoyed that from start to finish. I love the suggestion above of demon balor being the one to dethrone Kross. Can we just start calling him Prince Balor and drop the Finn altogether and really solidify his return to his old self. Good call giving him the win tonight.
I popped hard for Priest winning. I was never a big punishment martinez guy but he totally won me over as Damien Priest.
Goddamn McAfee. That was really impressive. I mean you could tell he was green, but if I had no idea who he was, I totally would have bought he was just a guy who had promise that had been going for a few years. He's got a lot of the character stuff down already which is really the hard part. Athletes are athletes so I had no doubt he'd be able to do some athletic stuff in ring pretty comfortably.
Io vs. Kai was match of the night for me. Ladder match was really strong too but a very typical ladder match. I liked this one a lot. Ref spot was annoying, but those spots annoy me more because I watch a bunch of new japan and new japan is notorious for overusing the ref spot to death, so everytime I see it in any company it's like "oh god, not again". Hell of a match though.
Main event could probably have shaved about 5-7 minutes off in the middle, and then I read after that Kross seperated his shoulder, which probably explains exactly that section where it kinda fell dull. What a boss for working right through it. Full props to Lee for helping him hide it well too. Probably had to call a lot on the fly that match as a result.
So glad Kross won. Even if you're not a Kross person, they really, really needed to follow through on one of these debuts instead of the typical "Debut, push, just another guy". Most guys should be "just another guys" but if you're gonna do an intro like they did for Kross with that huge build, follow through and pull the trigger. Huge Kross fan so I was pretty stoked. I'll always giggle at 'tik-tok' man, but I'm very glad tik-tok man has the belt.
90% sure Lee is heading up though. Guessing they just gave him a quick reign so he "got to have it" before he moved up.
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Post by Evil Abed on Aug 22, 2020 23:11:46 GMT -5
As soon as I saw the misstep on Keith Lees clothesline I knew he F’ed up his shoulder on the landing.
I separated my shoulder once it only took about a month to heal, I don’t think they’re gonna strip Kross due to this unless there’s ligament/muscle damage as well. With the way the tapings are now and how much time they’ll have before the next Takeover they should be able to easily maneuver around this without having to make any bold moves.
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