NXT Takeover

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The biggest WWE show this week! This Thursday on the WWE Network



Hype videos:

The preshow:

As NXT Takeover rapidly approaches, make sure you’re ready for the live special event with the plethora of special programming airing on WWE Network next week.

On Wednesday, May 28 at 10 p.m. ET, tune into WWE Network for the one-hour NXT Takeover Preview. Join host Renee Young for an in-depth look into the rivalries that have been brewing between the next generation of WWE Superstars and Divas. The preview will also feature exclusive interviews with WWE Hall of Famers Bret “Hit Man” Hart and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, one night before they will be ringside for the NXT Women’s Championship Match between Natalya and Charlotte.

On Thursday night, be sure to have WWE Network on at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT for the LIVE NXT Takeover Pre-Show. Young will be joined by a panel of experts, including Christian, Paul Heyman and Cesaro, to break down the night of action ahead.

Then, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, NXT Takeover begins! Watch a night full of action, including Adrian Neville defending his NXT Championship against Tyson Kidd, Natalya battling Charlotte for the vacant NXT Women’s Title and NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension clashing with the masked duo of Kalisto & El Local!

It all takes place on WWE Network! Click here for more information on how you can watch NXT Takeover LIVE on Thursday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET.

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Triple H putting over Ric and Bret being in the corner in the Divas match, what happens with Tyson if he loses and Nattie wins:

BohsJohnny

Really Looking forward to it ifs half as fun as the first show was we are in for something really good.

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BohsJohnny wrote: »

Really Looking forward to it ifs half as fun as the first show was we are in for something really good.

Hope the stream will be better than the first show.

Obviously it will.

Ape Lincoln

I thought Bret had pulled out of the show?

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Ape Lincoln wrote: »

I thought Bret had pulled out of the show?

Yeah that's what Meltzer and I think Mike Johnson said. But I think he got that prior commitment cancelled.

BohsJohnny

rovert wrote: »

Hope the stream will be better than the first show.

Obviously it will.

Should be after both PPVs since passing off with no major problems.

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The opener:

Ape Lincoln

Just watching the preview thing on the network for this. There's interviews with Bret and Ric and gosh, Bret looks well. Maybe it was just the makeup.

Lol at them hyping a Flair family vs Hart family rivalry 'through the ages' type of thing.

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Sup Becky:
http://instagram.com/p/omTbnSIzSz/

Ape Lincoln

Pre-show is half 12 our time and 1am for Takeover aye?

Ape Lincoln

That interview Michael Cole did with Tysin Kidd and Natalya is awful, did the Total Divas writers script?

Is Kidd the only man wrestler on Total Divas who does not work the main roster?

Blue_Dabadee

Tyson Kidd is a great wrestler but he has zero charisma.

Ape Lincoln

Triple H tweeted this from the dark match:

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Well executed showcase for Adam Rose. Biased as heck I thought Becky Lynch stole the scene during the entrance.

Angron

That Tyler Breeze guy's face creeps me out.

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Best Ascension match ever

^ faint praise

Ape Lincoln

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Well executed showcase for Adam Rose. Biased as heck I thought Becky Lynch stole the scene during the entrance.

Thought you would mark out! She was all over that entrance on the pre-show, got a good half a minute of face-time to stand out. Would they debut her on the main roster with the hosepipe dreads gimmick I wonder? If Rose manages to get over of course...

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Ape Lincoln wrote: »

Thought you would mark out! She was all over that entrance on the pre-show, got a good half a minute of face-time to stand out. Would they debut her on the main roster with the hosepipe dreads gimmick I wonder? If Rose manages to get over of course...

Really don't know how they will interrogate her Rosebud act with her NXT live event act.

Blue_Dabadee

So he sings his own theme song now.

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HUUUUUUUUGGGGGGEE test for Tyler Breeze

Ape Lincoln

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Really don't know how they will interrogate her Rosebud act with her NXT live event act.

How important are them NXT house shows though? In theory the NXT tapings would be advertisements for them. I'd say it might be a bit uncomfortable wrestling with them yokes on your head.

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Well this is cooking now.

Angron

Ah bugger, Weirdface McEyebrows won.

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Fab match by Tyler Breeze.

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Poor Mojo:

Angron

Mother Russia, the real Red, White, and Blue.

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Mojo's face:

Angron

Ape Lincoln

Regal saying his liver shakes when he sees Ric Flair is a bit poor taste tbh.

Angron

Nothing woos like a Ric Flair Woo.

Charlotte takes after her father. She too misses moves from the top rope.

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Charlotte was pretty phenomenal here. Your new NXT Champ.

Angron

I'm glad she won really.

Jerichoholic

Flair crying again, surprised he didn't blade. Good match though.

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4/10

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Jerichoholic wrote: »

Flair crying again, surprised he didn't blade. Good match though.

Flair does have cause to cry. Charlottle asked Ric after her first NXT match if he thought Reid was watching from heaven.

Ape Lincoln

That sharpshooter was indeed very poor. Not as bad as Rock but.

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ciano316

This has been a great show!! Womens match was brilliant!

Angron

Such a cool finisher.

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Better show than Arrival but nothing on Takeover was as good as Zayn/Cesaro

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Angron wrote: »

Such a cool finisher.

Am not a fan of moves that look like they belong on an olympic diving board myself but it was a very good match. Really enjoyed the show. Thumbs up.

Jerichoholic

Good enough show, liked Sammi/Tyler and the Women's match, main wasn't so great. And WAY too much Adam Rose, can't stand the gimmick. Some good banter on the post show too.

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Jerichoholic wrote: »

Good enough show, liked Sammi/Tyler and the Women's match, main wasn't so great. And WAY too much Adam Rose, can't stand the gimmick. Some good banter on the post show too.

On the main event. The crowd seem to have exhausted themselves during the Divas match.

This is the second time Adrian Neville closed a NXT Special with an underwhleming match from a crowd reaction and match structure standpoint.There's concerns he can't put together a great singles match rather he is more suitied to tags and multi mans. It an issue among his detractors pre-WWE.

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Moneymaker

That was the best womens match i've seen in WWE in years.

Good show. Shame Neville sucks but overall a thumbs up show.

Machismo Fan

The Zayn/Breeze match was excellent.

Agent Coulson

Just watching this now and I really think the whole Tyler Breeze gimmick would work better if it was someone like a Bastion Booger preformer/character was doing it.

Agent Coulson

Rusev is dating Lana in real life :eek: Well done to the son of mother Russia.

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From the post-show:



Zayn dancing with Rosebuds

CastorTroy

I think this show demonstrated why the PPVs need to include a NXT match. There were quality matches that managed to last good lengths, including the women's match.

Did Paige look like she was tanned?