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Tonight is NXT Takeover, and the law of averages says EVENTUALLY there must be a bad Takeover Show... but it won't be tonight, because the card is really loving good. It's on the WWE Network at 7pm EST, kickoff show (probably completely superfluous and missable) at 6:30. You can sign up (and immediately cancel) for a free month of the WWE Network if you don't want to give the monstrous parent company any money, in fact if you did that for the Royal Rumble at the end of last month then you probably still have a free month going.  Finn Balor vs. Johnny Gargano: Finn Balor returned from the main roster to NXT which technically is a demotion but has lead to him getting to be super cool Finn Balor kicking rear end in incredible matches again. He legitimately gave Johnny Gargano an (accidental) serious neck injury early in his return, and this has served as the basis for their feud. Gargano has mocked Balor returning to NXT after being so eager to get to the main roster where he "failed", while Gargano himself has insisted that NXT is what he considers his home and he has no desire to leave. The two are basically fighting over which one of them gets to be the "face" of NXT, all of which is secondary to the fact that they're incredible wrestlers and they're gonna have one hell of a match. Also between the two of them they have like 16 abs (a 0.7 on the PAC scale).  Dakota Kai vs. Tegan Nox: This SHOULD have been a big deal match, but it has been undercut somewhat by the two being simultaneously involved in the Royal Rumble but not actually interacting, and Nox winning a completely ordinary singles match against Dakota Kai that happened with zero fanfare instead of being the heated war that this match is finally promising to be. The basic story is that Dakota Kai felt snubbed by the rest of the women's division when Rhea Ripley was putting together a War Games team, and took out her aggression in a heel turn against best friend Tegan Nox, who herself has often been sidelined by horrific bad luck causing awful injuries. Now the two are facing off in a Street Fight, which seems appropriate, but this should have been their first singles match since the heel turn/Nox's return. Hopefully this match is good enough to make people forget about that.  Keith Lee (C) vs. Dominik Dijakovic for the NXT North American Championship: These two big beefy boys have beaten the poo poo out of each other in numerous matches before, with both getting wins but also No Contests and Double Countouts. Now Dijakovic sees a chance to finally beat Keith Lee once and for all AND become NXT North American Champion, while Lee sees a chance to finish Dominik off for good at last and move on to something else. You don't need any more than this, it's two great big dudes who are gonna go a-clubbering on each other.  The Undisputed Era (C) vs. The Brozerweights for the NXT Tag Team Titles: Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly are a fantastic tag team. Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne are an odd couple duo who won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and have parlayed that into a title match. Match is gonna loving rule.  Rhea Ripley (C) vs. Bianca Belair for the NXT Women's Championship: The story of this match is that Bianca is incensed that she is being overlooked as Rhea prepares for a Wrestlemania title match against Charlotte Flair. Rhea insists she's fully aware of Bianca but intends to go through her, but Bianca is pissed off, looking to prove she's not just another body to add to Rhea's count, AND wants a measure of revenge for Charlotte derailing her excellent performance in the Royal Rumble. The promos between these two haven't really set the world on fire, but both are good wrestlers and Bianca in particular has something to prove and has enormous potential. It might be too soon for Rhea to lose the belt and so it's easy to consider this a fait accompli, which may be partly why this match doesn't really feel like it has the heat behind it that others do, and it probably won't have the insane in-ring quality that other matches on the card will be using to make up for threadbare stories. But that also means this match can't really disappoint, and may end up over-delivering. Maybe.  Adam Cole (C) vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Men's Championship: Cole is looking to cement his legacy as he tries to become the longest-reigning NXT Champion of all time, needing only roughly a month more to pass Adrian Neville and Finn Balor's reigns. But standing in the way is Tommaso Ciampa, who despite being a face again is still insanely obsessed with "goldie". As he has mentioned many times, he was never beaten for the title, he had to hand it over when his neck injury was worsened by a completely pointless and actively storyline damaging temporary call-up to the main roster to do double-duty. Cole is sick of hearing that, and insists that not only will he retain the title tonight, but he will beat Ciampa decisively to put to bed forever the shadow always looming over his title reign that he never beat Ciampa for the belt. This match is probably going to be absolutely loving incredible. There's a pre-show at 6:30, nothing will happen on it, you probably won't get anything out of watching it.
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Normally they're on Saturday's so yeah this is a bit out of the ordinary, turns out my schedules got flipped and I would have been too busy to watch yesterday anyway, so it worked out okay for me. Show is gonna be good.
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Feb 17, 2020 00:17
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Is Poppy still a thing or has her career reached the point where she has no choice but do NXT shows now?
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Feb 17, 2020 01:02
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Aphrodite posted:Ciampa's was organic. It was an accident. Huh, so the freedom to improvise instead of micro-managing every single micro-second of every show can have.... GOOD results? This could change pro-wrestling as we know it!
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Feb 17, 2020 01:05
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BIG BOY BEEF TIME 
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Feb 17, 2020 01:06
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Huh, so turns out Keith Lee loving rules. Who knew?
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Feb 17, 2020 01:11
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Hirez posted:Give Keith Lee every belt on the planet If we don't give, he WILL take.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:18
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THE POUNCE! PERIOD!
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Feb 17, 2020 01:21
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What the gently caress match is gonna follow this? 
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Feb 17, 2020 01:29
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I love that the resolution of all this was that Dominik wasn't quite big boy beefy enough in the end, and the bigger, beefier boy got the job done 
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Feb 17, 2020 01:30
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Silly Burrito posted:Someone gonna die Ciampa: Seems reasonable  Cole:
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Feb 17, 2020 01:30
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loving hell, poor Dakota and Tegan have to follow Lee/Dijakovic.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:34
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Tegan how did you not see that coming? 
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Feb 17, 2020 01:36
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Those kicks from the apron loving ruled!
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Feb 17, 2020 01:41
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The_Rob posted:Holy poo poo this match legit rules. It's real good, it's a shame it followed Lee/Dijakovic because I feel like the (still hot) crowd would be going nuts for this right now otherwise.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:42
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dromal phrenia posted:I didn’t know there was a takeover tonight but a friend just messaged me to say Keith Lee vs Other Guy was incredible so congrats WWE, you sometimes still get praised via word of mouth The match absolutely ruled (no surprise, Keith Lee rules).
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Feb 17, 2020 01:43
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Hirez posted:already better than any Becky or Charlotte match I've ever seen If I remember right, Becky and Charlotte had a superb match on a, surprise surprise, NXT Takeover show. Weird how their matches aren't as good on the main roster 
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Feb 17, 2020 01:46
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THE CHAIN
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Feb 17, 2020 01:46
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God drat! Bianca/Rhea must be sweating backstage if they're watching this.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:47
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Feb 17, 2020 01:49
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"Hasn't Tegan Nox been through enough?" Well to be fair she DIDN'T go through the table.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:50
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Well I was really enjoying that till the ending, which is a shame.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:50
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Dango Bango posted:Legit thought that's who it was   
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Feb 17, 2020 01:52
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Dango Bango posted:I honestly would've considered a MOTYC nod for that up until the lovely, lovely ending Was gonna throw in an HM nod for sure until the end. It was still okay, just felt like the wrong ending at the wrong time for such a good match.
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Feb 17, 2020 01:52
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Takeover UK in Ireland. Sweet!
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Feb 17, 2020 01:53
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for an ab-off.
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Feb 17, 2020 02:01
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Oh God the stomp 
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Feb 17, 2020 02:28
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I did NOT expect that result! Ciampa vs. Balor for the title maybe?
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Feb 17, 2020 02:29
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Suffered a bit from following the previous two matches, but it was still really good and I absolutely love this crowd.SamuraiFoochs posted:That pin was rather horny Yeah 
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Feb 17, 2020 02:30
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Blaise330 posted:K so by Finn winning, the storyline that NXT sucks after he left has been proven right Not if Ciampa beats him!
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Feb 17, 2020 02:31
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Roddy being loving pissed and furious BUT still taking the time to talk up his boys in TUE
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Feb 17, 2020 02:32
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Bianca's costume 
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Feb 17, 2020 02:36
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CarlCX posted:Also, again speaking as someone who hasn't been watching NXT for a minute, has Mauro gotten worse or something because I was defending him in the discussion thread based on my memories of him from months ago and man he's laying it on extra thick tonight I still think he's fine, my bigger issue is that both Nigel and Beth often try (or are directed?) to match his energy/pace when they should really be doing their own thing so all three of them complement each other instead of competing/becoming a wall of noise.
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Feb 17, 2020 02:46
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Do the Hiromu/Ryu Lee slap sequence you cowards!
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Feb 17, 2020 02:48
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BIANCA STRONK!
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Feb 17, 2020 02:48
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OH GOD HER loving ANKLES OH GOD NO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?!?!
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Feb 17, 2020 02:50
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Rhea's ankles right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwM7ImX2qZY&t=30s
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Feb 17, 2020 02:52
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Good match but they need to poo poo or get off the pot with Bianca, there's only so long she can get title shots and lose clean before people stop buying her as anything other than an also-ran.
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Feb 17, 2020 02:53
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Oh Charlotte's here now. 
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Blaise330 posted:She should dye her hair, worked for Carmella Legit that actually happened to Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade. They spent weeks trying to sell ideas that all got shot down, finally Murdoch spotted Vince McMahon sitting alone one day and straight up asked him what the problem with them was, and Vince without blinking said,"You're too pale and I don't like his hair color". So Murdoch got a fake tan, Cade changed his hair color, and the next week they were getting booked on television again. This is how the largest wrestling promotion in the world does business.
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