Posted August 22, 20205 yr comment_5926436 This starts in half hour and looks like it might be fun even if the last Takeover was probably weakest one yet. I'm curious to see what they are going to do with the Adam Cole versus Pat McAfee match. This is probably the most I've been intrigued by an Adam Cole match. Karrion Kross fights for the NXT title in the main event against Keith Lee. I have no idea who's winning this as Keith's just won the title, but they seem very high on Kross.
August 22, 20205 yr Author comment_5926448 8 minutes ago, hammerva said: Damn we have to deal with Corey Graves for two nights? Sadly that seems to be the case. Timothy Thatcher just gave Finn Balor his best match since Balor joined WWE.
August 22, 20205 yr comment_5926449 Why do they feel the need for 3 minute entrances in the Performance Center? It just looks ridiculous if they only have to take 5 steps until they are in the ring and then have to pose for 2.5 more minutes.
August 22, 20205 yr comment_5926451 As much as people don't like hearing it, I hope Thatcher never makes it to the main roster. He is just too good. I really liked Trevor Lee but man I hate Cameron Grimes character. I mean he is basically Heath Slater with a bad accent
August 22, 20205 yr Author comment_5926456 I'm mostly done with ladder matches, but that was a lot of fun even if it did go go on a tad too long. There was plenty of innovative spots to be found there.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926459 As much I don't like Graves, I love Graves shitting on incredibly stupid Dream was for going from a really high ladder to much smaller ladder in order to reach for the belt. But it does look like they have killed him off with that leap into the tables and whatever the hell was on that table. Plenty of brutal bumps in the match from everyone.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926462 I missed the first hour - I'll catch up after - but joined in just in time to catch the true main event. Pat McAfee vs. Adam Cole Not a great match, but a fun spectacle. Pat was much better than expected. He carried Cole well. The finish looked fake as shit though. I hate overly choreographed bullshit moves like that.
August 23, 20205 yr Author comment_5926464 I dug Cole vs McAffe. McAffe is a natural and I hope he comes back. He's got charisma for days and he's incredibly athletic. Cole working a non-wrestler forced him to slow right down and it seems like he's got a solid set of fundamentals. More of this Cole, and less of Crossfit indyriffic wrestling Cole please! I didn't pay much attention to the women's match, but it looked decent. Riley looked fantastic in post-match.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926469 I'd normally be sore at the result - I'm not sold on Kross yet - but Keith Lee should have been called up to the main roster a year ago (yes, I still and always will consider NXT developmental) and was obviously a placeholder champ after Dream fell through.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926470 Man, it was a good match but they could have really made Thatcher a star with a win
August 23, 20205 yr Author comment_5926471 Lee vs Cross was underwhelming. Never felt like it got going and it needed to be more explosive. The result felt genuinely shocking though. I was totally expecting Lee to kick out. Good Takeover overall. Most I enjoyed NXT since last year's pre-Mania Takeover.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926476 I just got home and thought I'd run through and write about the TakeOver. I could see this show being decent, and putting Lorcan in the pre-show at least means the show starts with a Lorcan match. https://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2020/08/nxt-takeover-xxx-better-late-than-never.html
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926477 Well the good news is the Kross won the title and maybe Keith Lee can move to the main roster The bad news is apparently Kross got injured in the match according to Triple H.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926482 I thought McAfee/Cole was really great, and I love non wrestler matches. McAfee kept looking more and more like a natural, and all of the stuff around him using his punting was fantastic.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926494 The worst thing Bret Hart has ever done in his career was introducing the ladder match to Vince McMahon. The worst thing the Hardys ever did was to introduce the clusterfuck ladder match to WWF. How many ladder matches does WWE run each year on TV / PPV? It has to be at least 10 on average the last couple of years. Looking at matches like this, it's amazing, that there have not been more Joey Mercurys, Edges and Christians, who got their careers seriously shortened by the insane spots. Just this match alone had a bunch of spots, that could have easily gone wrong and if they had gone wrong, it would have been really bad. For example, Damian Priest almost did not get the necessary length he needed to get in the Paul London ladder run dive spot (it looks like he stumbled at the end or got a bit scared and reduced speed). Also look how close Reed's and Candice's heads were together during the big splash. The impact could have gone seriously wrong.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926495 McAfee was and has been great. Give Big E a title run and let’s have Big E vs McAfee promo battles
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926496 5 hours ago, EricR said: I thought McAfee/Cole was really great, and I love non wrestler matches. McAfee kept looking more and more like a natural, and all of the stuff around him using his punting was fantastic. McAfee has been training with Rip Rogers for a few years now. That’s probably why he looked so good.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926501 I'm not a Balor fan, but that was the best Balor match I've seen. It was also the second Thatcher match I've seen and both were really good. It's really weird seeing Thatcher's style in the WWE, even if NXT is not really aligned with the main roster. It's also weird seeing Balor, the first Universal champion, curtain jerking NXT.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926503 McAfee is a natural, that might have been the most entertaining match I've seen with Adam Cole.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926504 I hope McAfee was not meant to be the heel in that match, cuz he was amazing and just lit up the screen. And I have a feeling he will face Hunter at WM next year
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926505 A former punter who trained with Rip Rogers being a more polished worker right out the gate than most wrestlers who've been at the Performance Center for years is yet more evidence that the PC is the worst wrestling school in history. I mean, even the Power Plant turned out Goldberg. You can chalk it up somewhat to McAfee's natural athletic ability, but there's no shortage of athleticism at the PC with all the NFL combine bullshit they make trainees do.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926509 Rip knows the stuff. His Twitter had some nice insights, and it makes sense that McAfee was so good now.
August 23, 20205 yr comment_5926510 Takeover was alright. I don't think I've ever seen an outright bad Takeover yet. MVPs were McAfee and Thatcher. Shirai bounced back pretty well after that early botch, looked like she hurt herself for a little bit. Match was fine, though the ending was flat. Main event was definitely not good.
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