NXT TakeOver WarGames

Lithium93_

Taking place the night before Survivor Series..

*Singles match for the WWE United Kingdom Championship
Pete Dunne (c) vs. Johnny Gargano *Dark match

WarGames match
The Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong vs. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young and Killian Dain) vs. The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

Fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship
Ember Moon vs. Kairi Sane vs. Nikki Cross vs. Peyton Royce (with Billie Kay)

Singles Match
Aleister Black vs. The Velveteen Dream

Singles Match
Kassius Ohno vs. Lars Sullivan

Singles match for the NXT Championship
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas (with Zelina Vega)

jaykhunter

Shame that the UK title is a dark match. Probably shown on the NXT afterwards? Looking forward to War Games the Women's 4 Way.

What do you guys think of Drew leading NXT, and is anyone behind Almas getting a title shot?

Agent Coulson

I wonder will the two rings be out for the full show or will they put up the second ring and cage during an intermission/backstage promo's.

Lithium93_

At a guess, the 2nd ring will be added during break/backstage promos. I'd imagine it'd be awkward with both rings.

Pentecost

jaykhunter wrote: »

Shame that the UK title is a dark match. Probably shown on the NXT afterwards? Looking forward to War Games the Women's 4 Way.

What do you guys think of Drew leading NXT, and is anyone behind Almas getting a title shot?

Not totally sold on Drew as the top guy but I like him well enough. Almas has had some great matches lately so I’ve no objection to him getting a shot.

The women’s match seems set up for Peyton to win with Billie’s assistance. They’re overloaded with faces on the women’s side so they’ve more options if Peyton wins, especially if she’s cheating. Would like to see Ember or Nikki win otherwise.

Itssoeasy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I wonder will the two rings be out for the full show or will they put up the second ring and cage during an intermission/backstage promo's.

I'd assume the cage will be above the ring/rings before the war games match starts. I love the war games gimmick. Would they get the second ring up that quickly in a backstage promo ?

CastorTroy

Thought the Ohno match was on NXT next week. Must've misheard.

I thought they might have the second ring set up since it would mean just having a big empty space for the rest of the show. But if it was set up, some people would get a pretty crappy view the whole show.

And would think the Street Profits match would be on there as well since it's been getting more build than the random Ohno match

ERG89

Will Michael Buffer do the ring announcing for Wargames?

Ali Bomaye

jaykhunter wrote: »

Shame that the UK title is a dark match. Probably shown on the NXT afterwards? Looking forward to War Games the Women's 4 Way.

What do you guys think of Drew leading NXT, and is anyone behind Almas getting a title shot?

I'm not really a fan of Drew, but I've no problem with him being NXT champion. I'm glad Almas is getting a title shot, think he's super talented. He was unlucky at the start not having a big fan base in the NXT crowd from before he arrived, and also not getting theme music that the crowd could sing along with. I'd love if they put that Dunne vs Gargano on the takeover card and make it a 3 hour show, that match could be incredible. I'm really looking forward to the show, it's a good card. Not that interested in war games, but I trust with it being on a takeover that it will be good.

Insect Overlord

I can hardly believe I saw Pete Dunne, Aleister Black, and Killian Daine in Dolan's Warehouse in Limerick. Credit to OTT for bringing some great talent in for their shows and bringing more exposure to up-and-coming performers. It's still a weird feeling to see these guys on the Network.

DM_7

Drew is the right kind of guy to present as Champion. Might have won too quick, most get a rivalry to push them into challenging for the title.

Not sure Roode or Strong were the right opponents for him. Its not exactly Joe and Balor or Owens and Zayn, Zayn and Cesaro.

Needs that major opponent/hot rivalry though, even this Alamas bout seems off as Drew is also in a on off rivalry with Adam Cole.

PTH2009

looking forward to the ppv but part of me thinks the war games match is going to be a massive cluster****

sky88

Can see drew losing tonight and being on main roster quick enough.

Almas againist gargano at rumble takeover ciampa back then costing johnny the title thats my dream anyway

PTH2009

Drew might be that babyface SD needs but we see how Nakamura and Roode are being treated there atm

DM_7

PTH2009 wrote: »

looking forward to the ppv but part of me thinks the war games match is going to be a massive cluster****

NXT have a great tag/Tornado Tag rules record so I think it could be great.

Omackeral

johnnyryan89

Is this a 12am or 1am start time?

PTH2009

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Is this a 12am or 1am start time?

00.30- pre show
1am PPV start

CastorTroy

I see Adam Cole got 7 staples after his match with Drew last night. Wonder if it'll affect his match

Adiboo

Does it sound like someone is playing the bongos for anyone else?

sky88

Lars could be a star

Very good match there. Ohno perfect guy to get him ready

gerrybbadd

Adiboo wrote: »

Does it sound like someone is playing the bongos for anyone else?

Yup. Thought it was the pipes knocking here in the house!

gerrybbadd

How f'n cool is Aleistar Black?

I think he may have the most potential of all in NXT at the moment.

gerrybbadd

Velveteen stealing Rick Rude's gimmick

sky88

gerrybbadd wrote: »

How f'n cool is Aleistar Black?

I think he may have the most potential of all in NXT at the moment.

His whole aura is so cool but i havent got into his matches as of yet

PTH2009

Adiboo wrote: »

Does it sound like someone is playing the bongos for anyone else?

It's seems to be getting worse

Whatever it is

J. Marston

Aleister Black tries too hard to be cool.

The Velveteen Dream is effortless.

sky88

1st time seeing the dream but im loving it

gerrybbadd

Great match so far

sky88

Just seen on twitter dream is only 22 got so much potential

PTH2009

sky88 wrote: »

1st time seeing the dream but im loving it

Is he suppose to be a tough gay guy ???

What a cool move he just done, amazing that this guy didn't win tough enough and the guy who did got released

gerrybbadd

That was an awesome match.

PTH2009

These NXT events are so fast moving compared to the main roster ppvs. Triple H your time too take it all is now but owl Vince will do it til the day he dies

sky88

PTH2009 wrote: »

These NXT events are so fast moving compared to the main roster ppvs. Triple H your time too take it all is now but owl Vince will do it til the day he dies

There fast moving but you never get the feeling matches got there time cut or anything

PTH2009

The girl who sings ember moons theme song is Irish AFAIK. Her name is Lesley Roy and she is from Balbriggan

gerrybbadd

Peyton looks amazing tonight

PTH2009

Wow didn't expect that

Is drew legit injured, looked like something went wrong there ??

montyrebel

well as the show was originally created by the American Dream it was good to see Black and Dream have the match of the night

DM_7

Dream and Black was a great bout. Nice surprise as well as they could easily have given it half the time.

Drew and Cien was also very good but hard to follow up with false finishes after the Dream and Black bout.

CastorTroy

Another quality show. They make each Takeover seem more of an event than the main roster PPVs.

Think Dream and Black had one of the best matches of the night. Dream's really channeling Rick Rude. Was thinking that if Black didn't say his name then it could be continued in a "Say my name" match like an "I Quit" match.

For the men's title match, I think the finish was changed since it seems Drew's now got a suspected torn bicep. And think Andrade had genuine shock and surprise with the victory. But I think he did earn it in that match and lately, so not disappointed he got it.

For the War Games match, think it's safe to say that Shane's coast-to-coast will be far less impressive after seeing Dane do it. Messy match as expected but really enjoyed it. Looked like Wolfe cut himself badly somehow going by the amount of time he was down and the amount of blood on the table.


Couple other things:
1. I saw through Cena's disguise of becoming a referee by layering on fake tan
2. Once again, the director of the show was a letdown missing things like Black doing his impression of Dream or one of AoP mirroring Dane. There were other things as well which we didn't get to see properly until the replays.


When I hear AoP named as Rezar I always expect the other to be Tokka

CastorTroy

Post show interview between Paul and Cathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7GKmBnO8A

HandsomeBob

PTH2009 wrote: »

Wow didn't expect that

Is drew legit injured, looked like something went wrong there ??

MRI booked for tomorrow seemingly. Would wonder if Andrade winning was called on the fly then again it makes perfect sense story wise; from witless playboy doing jobs to champion in the space of a year with the right management.

I'm officially a believer in Dream after last night. Character intrigues me more than Black right now.

What can you say about the main event. The entrances alone had me pumped and it only got better from there. Can see the Undisputed Era getting fast tracked to the main roster. They looked a million bucks; reminded me of Owens run in that from the beginning you knew he was far too good to stay there for an extended period.

If Drew is legit injured let Roddy go for the title as he would work better opposed to Andrade than Cole. Just let that mother fcuker go up to the main roster with O'Reilly and Fish.

Sanity are ready to move up also.

Probably controversial to say but thought Nikki deserved to win last night. Character wise and story wise (barely losing a LWS match against Asuka) she deserved it.

PTH2009

I don't think AOP would make good singles stars and should always be considered a team, out of sanity I think only Eric Young and maybe Cillian Dane would make good singles stars. The undisputed era are awesome and I can see these being the new shield type team at some point

Love the war games match and the Dream vs Black match. Personally i thought NXT would go downhill when the big guys like Roode, Nakamura, Balor etc moved up but I've been proven wrong it's in awesome shape now

LeeJM

My thoughts on the show as a whole

Sullivan vs Ohno was exactly what I expected. Ohno to throw a tonne of strikes and Lars looking like a monster no selling them.

Black vs Dream was a perfect character match. Some really good action and the first 5 minutes or so with Black controlling Dream with his wrestling was very well done. Dream lost as expected but is the perfect example of getting over by losing. Black is a mega star in waiting and I hope WWE dont screw up with him.

The Womens 4 way was disappointing to me. I actually expected it to steal the show. Instead it was good but not close to great. Surprised at Ember winning but she got a great home state reaction so good for her.

Drew vs Almas was really really good and bordering on **** for me but the clunkiness detracted slightly from it for me. And Zelina was too physically involved for me but those are minor complaints. Almas deserves this after really getting over in the past few months and its refreshing to see NXT go with the hottest character as champ for a change. Hope Drew isnt hurt too badly but sometime off and a main roster return post Mania would be great for him.

War Games match was good. Have seen some insane people call it ***** but its nowhere close IMO. I enjoyed it and particularly Eric Young, Killian Dain and Roddy held the match together at points. Undisputed Era are weird one for me. Im happy they are in NXT and have no doubt Cole is getting a huge push as WWE had been trying to sign him for 3 years but they havnt been great so far. I am going to give them time and look forward to KOR and Fish tearing up the tag division while hopefully Cole steps up to be THE MAN on NXT

ceegee

PTH2009 wrote: »

Is he suppose to be a tough gay guy ???

What a cool move he just done, amazing that this guy didn't win tough enough and the guy who did got released

He stood out on tough enough as the only guy who gave a crap about wrestling, think it was the Japan network show that was on during it that he was the only one to bother getting up to watch. Genuine interest in the business was always going to outlast a big guy who did a Chewbacca impression he thought sounded like a yeti

HandsomeBob

Who the **** is calling the War games match ****? For real? Wouldn't even call such detractors smarks, more so just stupid and miserable *****.

Mr.Nice Guy

I thought it was a very good show.

I enjoyed the opener. I love Lars Sullivan. He reminds me of a 21st century version of Mad Dog Vachon. I could see him doing well on the main roster but I would worry their writers would start having him say really dumb verbiage. I think with this guy the less he says the better as his wildman persona doesn't require much talking. I liked the spot where he had Ohno up in mid-air and caught him for the powerslam.

The Black/Dream match was excellent. This went exactly how it should have and I thought Velveteen looked a star. Some guys have "it" and some don't. This guy has it down. I especially liked that twisting DDT he did at one point. That doesn't mean they couldn't kill him on the main roster but if he is allowed to flourish I think he can go far. Black has a fun character as well and he impressed me. The post-match moment was perfect.

I thought the women's match was quite good. Some fun combination spots. I didn't expect Ember to win as I thought Peyton might steal a pin somewhere.

The title match was very good. I really like the Almas/Vega double act. I thought beforehand it would be too soon for Drew to lose the title but given the injury news it turns out I was wrong.

The main event was a very good bout. I thought it was a bit dull in the early stages when we waited for all the teams to enter and I thought it went a little long by the end but overall it was fun. I was disappointed though that Undisputed Era won as I find them a very overrated act. I see them being exposed badly on the main roster when they go up against bigger men. Speaking of bigger men, for me Dain was the star of this match and I thought he stepped up considerably. I was so impressed that I wanted Sanity to win when I had been ambivalent about the result at the start.

All in all, a thumbs up show.

CastorTroy

PTH2009 wrote: »

Love the war games match and the Dream vs Black match. Personally i thought NXT would go downhill when the big guys like Roode, Nakamura, Balor etc moved up but I've been proven wrong it's in awesome shape now

Kinda thought that as well but I think they're most of the guys with baggage. The ones who came to NXT as indie darlings. Personally before they appeared in NXT i think the only guys i knew were Strong, EY and Drew. Now we're seeing more of the Performance Centre graduates such as AoP, Dream and Sullivan getting a chance to step up alongside indie guys.

J. Marston

Velveteen Dream is only 22. Serious talent and charisma to have at that age.

Lord TSC

Man, I always enjoy seeing all these guys who look amazing, and who will be utterly and instantly wrecked when they get to the main roster

ceegee

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Who the **** is calling the War games match ****? For real? Wouldn't even call such detractors smarks, more so just stupid and miserable *****.

Not sure if people are calling it 4 stars or sh*t