April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842425 I skipped out on seeing the ladder match to watch Chris Hero vs WALTER live, and don't regret it. I still haven't seen the ladder match, highlights look awesome, but randomness of WWE/NXT having a competing show to TakeOver a couple of miles away headlined by Hero vs WALTER was just too interesting to me and it was pretty awesome and stiff. Did catch the rest of TakeOver live and it was pretty great and amazing.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842426 I'm not a star ratings guy but to me five stars basically is equivalent to perfection. I thought this match was a lot of fun despite the midmatch lull but certainly not perfect.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842428 I am not remotely surprised that he gave the ladder match 5. I mean it wasn't close for me, but I did think it was pretty good for what it was. I am not into the MOTB matches and what not, but this - for the most part - felt like it was well put together and worked off everyone's strengths. It also really got Ricochet and Dream over even though they didn't win. I rated it pretty highly, but I also thought Almas/Black was better. Gargano/Ciampa was hands down the best match of the night and I was very much expecting Meltzer to give that the full 5. It doesn't QUITE get there for me, but I have no problem with anyone being all in on that match.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842429 They let Hero work other promotions? Or did I miss something and he's gone from NXT?
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842430 I've been surprised over the course of the week to realize there's a significant segment of folks who rated the ladder match above the main event. As I said in the original Takeover thread, I no longer feel anything toward those WWE stunt fest matches. I don't even hate them. I'm just indifferent. But for a lot of people, that style is obviously the pinnacle of wrestling. I guess it's a testament to WWE that they satisfied such a wide range of tastes at a high level in the course of one, five-match show. Workrate über alles
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842433 I thought the ladder match was fun, but it was easily behind the title match, Gargano vs. Ciampa and the Moon vs. Bayzler match which I thought was great.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842448 They let Hero work other promotions? Or did I miss something and he's gone from NXT?WWE/NXT/205 had shows on AXXESS using all sorts of indie talent like Keith Lee, WALTER, and other folks from WWN and Progress. Hero challenged Keith Lee for the WWN title on Thursday, and also had a banger with WALTER on Saturday. They did let Hero do an ICW show a few months ago. His run has been so different from anyone else in NXT.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842455 They let Hero work other promotions? Or did I miss something and he's gone from NXT?WWE/NXT/205 had shows on AXXESS using all sorts of indie talent like Keith Lee, WALTER, and other folks from WWN and Progress. Hero challenged Keith Lee for the WWN title on Thursday, and also had a banger with WALTER on Saturday. They did let Hero do an ICW show a few months ago. His run has been so different from anyone else in NXT. They let Danny Burch and Lorcan do some indie stuff as well.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842456 What is Hero's deal in NXT anyway? Is he strictly talent, or is he helping to train/coach up the green guys also? I saw a shoot (RF, iirc) after he was released a few years back, and he was asked about the circumstances surrounding his release. At the time, Hero seemed to indicate it was a two-step process. First, they were riding him really hard about his weight. They kept suggesting that he wasn't taking his training at the performance center seriously. So he cut down and got crazy lean via juice cleanse for awhile there. Then they started to crack down on him for trying to coach some of the newer guys. Apparently, Hero was offering advice and words of wisdom to some of the new hires - and he was reprimanded for trying to be a coach instead of just a talent. So yeah. Just curious as to whether his deal is different this time around.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842457 I think it's part they wanted to have him in the fold because he was starting to get buzz on the indies and part have him be an experienced guy for the newbies to get ring time with.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842459 I believe he's there in an unofficial coaching or mentor capacity.
April 13, 20187 yr comment_5842486 They let Hero work other promotions? Or did I miss something and he's gone from NXT?WWE/NXT/205 had shows on AXXESS using all sorts of indie talent like Keith Lee, WALTER, and other folks from WWN and Progress. Hero challenged Keith Lee for the WWN title on Thursday, and also had a banger with WALTER on Saturday. They did let Hero do an ICW show a few months ago. His run has been so different from anyone else in NXT. They let Danny Burch and Lorcan do some indie stuff as well. Lorcan has never wrestled a match for an indie promotion. He made an untaped appearance at a single Beyond event. Hero, Noam Dar, Jack Gallagher, Cedric Alexander and Apollo Crews have all worked at least once for indie promotions since being signed to full time WWE deals
April 14, 20187 yr comment_5842544 They let Hero work other promotions? Or did I miss something and he's gone from NXT?WWE/NXT/205 had shows on AXXESS using all sorts of indie talent like Keith Lee, WALTER, and other folks from WWN and Progress. Hero challenged Keith Lee for the WWN title on Thursday, and also had a banger with WALTER on Saturday. They did let Hero do an ICW show a few months ago. His run has been so different from anyone else in NXT. They let Danny Burch and Lorcan do some indie stuff as well. Lorcan has never wrestled a match for an indie promotion. He made an untaped appearance at a single Beyond event. Hero, Noam Dar, Jack Gallagher, Cedric Alexander and Apollo Crews have all worked at least once for indie promotions since being signed to full time WWE deals And Danny Burch/Martin Stone is under some variation of the initial Gargano/Ciampa deal (and the planned Samoa Joe deal) where NXT has priority on his dates but otherwise he can just work wherever if it's not for TV.
April 14, 20187 yr comment_5842602 WWE/NXT/205 had shows on AXXESS using all sorts of indie talent like Keith Lee, WALTER, and other folks from WWN and Progress. Hero challenged Keith Lee for the WWN title on Thursday, and also had a banger with WALTER on Saturday.They did let Hero do an ICW show a few months ago. His run has been so different from anyone else in NXT. Are WWE gonna air those AXXESS tournaments on the network? I'd love to see them.
April 14, 20187 yr comment_5842647 No idea, but the quoting system on this board is a real pita. The post above mine has me quoting something I never said.
April 16, 20187 yr comment_5842898 Actually it's not that the quote system is broken. Since SPS quoted Eduardo, and he himself quoted you in his post, it's much more likely that he made a mistake formatting his post in order to avoid a quote pyramid.
April 16, 20187 yr comment_5842933 Yeah, everything works all right. No matter what anyone says, Asuka is over. …...
April 16, 20187 yr comment_5842969 Guys, I never said the quote system was "broken" or "didn't work" - I just said it was a pain in the ass, which it is. Thankfully, a kind forum member clued me in a long time ago on the secret double-probation text-only mode. P.S. Asuka isn't over, Joe is past his prime and overrated, Kassius Ohno is nothing special, and Sami Callahan can't work or draw!
April 18, 20187 yr comment_5843411 Dave's ever so touching tribute to Bruno: https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/986644764580724736 Wanker
April 18, 20187 yr comment_5843412 Actually, Dave is probably more touched about this than any "wanker" on the internet going "RIP RIP RIP" (make that a chant if you will) for a guy they never met and barely even seen when he was active, as Bruno was an actual friend of his. And Dave actually did report on Bruno earlier with this : https://mobile.twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/986631594122203136?p=p So yeah, I understand that this thread on all about "Metlz is a grouchy evil human being" but let's not be a Youtube comment section either...
April 18, 20187 yr comment_5843416 If history is an indication, cue three pages of people wondering if he's on the spectrum.
April 18, 20187 yr comment_5843420 If history is an indication, cue three pages of people wondering if he's on the spectrum. With comments like that, there's good reason to wonder.
April 18, 20187 yr comment_5843425 But seriously, people should fuck off with the Dave criticism on this one. He tweeted about his deep admiration for Bruno. But he's a reporter who's watching misinformation spread, and he spoke up about it in a respectful way. That's what he's supposed to do.
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