[4/7/18] NXT Presents Takeover: New Orleans
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MenacingMonk
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War Machine are now known as "War Raiders." 
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Quick thoughts on the show.
I don't get the Adam Cole love and tonight was a strong reminder of that. Him and EC3 did the least in that ladder match and outside of slapping his thigh a lot, I can't recall a single spot of offense he did. Then he wins and of course later he defends the tag titles and wins the Dusty Rhodes classic trophy by doing absolutely nothing. Absolutely terrible.
Back to the ladder match, I don't know why people here (or the NXT crowd) seem to dislike Lars Sullivan. Dude is a great monster and once he gets to the main roster doing Braun Strowman type fukkery he will be over as fukk. Velveteen Dream and Ricochet were the heroes of that match though. Their offense is sick but better, they both sell their asses off too.
Women's match was what it was. Ember isn't an interesting face and Shayna not an interesting heel, they were smart to have Ember stomp Shayna's arm and create a dynamic where the heel had to work with a handicap.
Tag match was good but nothing too spectacular. Ending didn't make a lot of sense outside of an excuse to give Cole and the UE more undeserved accolades. At least this looks like AOP will hit the main roster come Monday.
Title match was very good because both Almas and Black work well of others, ironically both miss something to make it to the top.
Gargano/Ciampa was a worthy pay-off to their feud even though I think it was a bit overhyped. They did some great storytelling in the beginning and end but in the middle it turned into an indie spot/kickout fest that went on a tad too long.
I think that's a typical Triple H issue where he believes that a longer match carries more weight (hence why he always books himself in long-ass matches) when sometimes a short match is just better to keep up the energy of the fight and the momentum of the story.
I don't get the Adam Cole love and tonight was a strong reminder of that. Him and EC3 did the least in that ladder match and outside of slapping his thigh a lot, I can't recall a single spot of offense he did. Then he wins and of course later he defends the tag titles and wins the Dusty Rhodes classic trophy by doing absolutely nothing. Absolutely terrible.
Back to the ladder match, I don't know why people here (or the NXT crowd) seem to dislike Lars Sullivan. Dude is a great monster and once he gets to the main roster doing Braun Strowman type fukkery he will be over as fukk. Velveteen Dream and Ricochet were the heroes of that match though. Their offense is sick but better, they both sell their asses off too.
Women's match was what it was. Ember isn't an interesting face and Shayna not an interesting heel, they were smart to have Ember stomp Shayna's arm and create a dynamic where the heel had to work with a handicap.
Tag match was good but nothing too spectacular. Ending didn't make a lot of sense outside of an excuse to give Cole and the UE more undeserved accolades. At least this looks like AOP will hit the main roster come Monday.
Title match was very good because both Almas and Black work well of others, ironically both miss something to make it to the top.
Gargano/Ciampa was a worthy pay-off to their feud even though I think it was a bit overhyped. They did some great storytelling in the beginning and end but in the middle it turned into an indie spot/kickout fest that went on a tad too long.
I think that's a typical Triple H issue where he believes that a longer match carries more weight (hence why he always books himself in long-ass matches) when sometimes a short match is just better to keep up the energy of the fight and the momentum of the story.
War Machine are now known as "War Raiders."
why tho
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
Couldnt co sign this more
Spot on how i felt about every match and Lars too
Dude is a legit monster
The Girl From Innsmouth
All Star
Just now started watching the pre-show. I am behind on wrestling watching this weekend. Whoever this Pat McAfee guy is, WWE should hire him and put him on TV whenever possible. He is entertaining AF.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Anyone else have problems trying to watch the Network while using your phone wifi? fukkin Network gets an error. Trying to save some cell data. 
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Cena gonna be blitzed by the time Taker shows
