NXT: Takeover

[ThomasTomasz]

Discussion thread for tonight. Paul Heyman will be on the pre-show, probably will have an announcement concerning his client conquering the streak or something to that effect.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

After watching the tag match, WWE is starting to let the tag division sink again.

At least I have some El Generico on my TV once more :yep:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Crowd is very weak, WWE needs to move NXT around to different venues, even if it's just the "special events"

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Great match :tiger1:

 

[SuperKevin]

I had a ticket but had to work

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I had a ticket but had to work

Very good matches, but the crowd is the drizzling shits. You missed a show from that perspective.

 

[Leftwich]

Tyler Breeze wrestles and looks like a poor man's nick jackson.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Crowd is very weak, WWE needs to move NXT around to different venues, even if it's just the "special events"

Maybe your volume is broken. I thought the crowd was red hot.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Larry & Fed review: http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2014/05/29/nxt-takeover-may-29-review/

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Maybe your volume is broken. I thought the crowd was red hot.

Could be. Crowd just seemed like it was CM Punk/Roman Reigns dead for most of the show, at least from my perspective.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Are you saying the crowd was shit because they cheer for everything or they were shit for other reasons?

The crowd was hot most of the night, from my seat, and added, not detracted, from the show.

The Full Sail crowd is like a weird hybrid of a TNA and Indy crowd. Its the same group of people every time. The same group of people travel to see the NXT House Shows. The same group of people stay after the shows to ride the jocks of the talent. So, its a bit of a different vibe for a "WWE" crowd. It makes this brand almost like their own personal Florida-based Indy, which, in a way, makes for a #fun product because the crowd will always at least be loud or engaged to the point where they'll entertain themselves. I'm trying to say, I don't think they ever detract from a match. I do think they give the guys in charge a false sense of what can get over, especially at the big show level. A lot of the lesser talented acts that got over in NXT, are small time gimmicks that won't work long term on the big shows. Adam Rose, Rusev, and Bo Dallas, to name a few. For example, Bo Dallas was sit-on-hands bad until the crowd decided to entertain themselves and shit all over him. He became a love-to-hate-him kind of character, especially because he rolled with it and altered his gimmick. But that gimmick ain't getting over on the big shows. It took a few years of Bo Dallas for the crowd to react in that way to him. He won't have all this time to do that on the main roster.

 

[EmpireWF]

Only saw the main event and post-show, both of which were loads of fun. Going to go back and watch the Zayn/Breeze and womens title matches, both looked awesome in highlight form.

Main event was quality

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Are you saying the crowd was shit because they cheer for everything or they were shit for other reasons?

The crowd was hot most of the night, from my seat, and added, not detracted, from the show.

The Full Sail crowd is like a weird hybrid of a TNA and Indy crowd. Its the same group of people every time. The same group of people travel to see the NXT House Shows. The same group of people stay after the shows to ride the jocks of the talent. So, its a bit of a different vibe for a "WWE" crowd. It makes this brand almost like their own personal Florida-based Indy, which, in a way, makes for a #fun product because the crowd will always at least be loud or engaged to the point where they'll entertain themselves. I'm trying to say, I don't think they ever detract from a match. I do think they give the guys in charge a false sense of what can get over, especially at the big show level. A lot of the lesser talented acts that got over in NXT, are small time gimmicks that won't work long term on the big shows. Adam Rose, Rusev, and Bo Dallas, to name a few. For example, Bo Dallas was sit-on-hands bad until the crowd decided to entertain themselves and shit all over him. He became a love-to-hate-him kind of character, especially because he rolled with it and altered his gimmick. But that gimmick ain't getting over on the big shows. It took a few years of Bo Dallas for the crowd to react in that way to him. He won't have all this time to do that on the main roster.

I get what you are saying, and I can see that. I just thought at many times, the crowd was just out of it, just didn't seem like they were into it, especially with El Generico's match. Again, just my perception on that one. Some of these NXT gimmicks are awful too.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

This may sound nuts, but i'd go all the way with Rusev. He's a tailor made Daniel Bryan opponent.

 

[EmpireWF]

This may sound nuts, but i'd go all the way with Rusev. He's a tailor made Daniel Bryan opponent.

Why not, its a fresh matchup, anything is better than Kane in the title feud, the match quality seems like it could be pretty damn good, too.

Have this Kane deal blow off before Summer slam and voila. OR you could use Rusev in that position the next night to set up something for the early fall through the end of the year. Tho it may depend on when all these original network subs are expiring.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

This may sound nuts, but i'd go all the way with Rusev. He's a tailor made Daniel Bryan opponent.

I've said since the beginning...he is good for one initial push, where he is fed to Cena or even Bryan...then its off the dancing with Santino.

 

[FedEx227]

This may sound nuts, but i'd go all the way with Rusev. He's a tailor made Daniel Bryan opponent.

Agreed. He's the classic, old school big brute that's built up for a few months, fed to the champ and moves to a different territory to do the same thing for the next 6 years.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Can't see Vince moving that quickly with him to be honest, though that isn't a bad idea at all.