NxT TakeOver Dallas

[Harthan]

This is absolutely brutal. Bayley's gonna pass out.

EDIT: DAMN. That was amazing. Shades of Hart/Austin. Asuka is now probably the most undisputed best in NXT, in kayfabe.

 

[Navi]

OMG

 

[Shadowmancer]

Bayley to Raw after Mania

 

[The_Reptile_]

Man, you could just see Bayley give up in her face at the end.

 

[BaconBits]

So Sasha's first challenger as champ is going to be Bayley. Fuck. Yes.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Phwoar. My heart dropped when that belt rang, I'll not lie.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Wow.

 

[Navi]

That was unexpected.

 

[Sean Valjean]

That was very good. Great mesh of styles and seeing Asuka actually get picked apart for a change.

 

[Tastycles]

The man's favorite wrestler is Ultimate Warrior. That's all that needs to be said. I'm sure if Nakamura shook the ropes and was blown up within five minutes that would have been more his style.

1) No it isn't.
2) Ultimate Warrior has had 60000 western fans going apeshit for him and 10 million tuning in to watch him, something that Nakamura will never, ever have.

Like I said, we all like different things, I'm in the minority on this.

I liked that match.

 

[Harthan]

I have to watch this match again after I'm not coming down from Zayn/Nakamura, but that was super, super good. Unexpectedly a battle of submission "experts", and it's not surprising who won, given that. Bayley just couldn't get enough of her massive power moves in on a woman who was too fast and too technically skilled for her tonight. I can't wait to see how they book the rematch. No way Bayley heads to the main roster in defeat, IMO.

 

[The Bearded One]

They are really giving this time to sink in.

 

[rbv13]

Heartbroken in a good way. Not often am I actually moved by a match outcome. Great performance.

 

[hatehabsforever]

That was unexpected.

Not really. Bayley moves up to the main roster immediately after Wrestlemania to contend for the WWE Women's Championship (and NOT the Divas Championship). And Asuka remains in NXT as a dominant champion. Win win really.

 

[Bagpipes]

What happened to Crews and the drifter match?

 

[Navi]

And the guys on the main roster be like - those bastards stealing the limelight again, putting on the show of the year. If Mania comes even close to tonight it will be a good weekend.

 

[X]

I said it when they signed her and I'll say it again--- Asuka is far and away the best female wrestler the WWE has ever signed. A total package, teach her English and she's perfect. Or just give her her own Heyman and book her like Lesnar.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Now that we've presumably got Apollo Crews to look forward to, I'll say it: I didn't particularly care for the Zayn/Nakamura match either. It was good, but it was basically the match you get whenever you get two big names at an indie show with no history - they do the greatest hits, do each other's taunts, trade forearms and send everyone home happy. The Cena Raw dark match in which he beats Bray Wyatt to send the kids home happy but for thirty-year-old Japanese wrestling fans. I don't know how you can expect it to win over non-converts, nor how you can compare it favourably to any of Zayn's previous Takeover matches, and I'm definitely including the one against Tyler Breeze.

 

[Navi]

What happened to Crews and the drifter match?

Main page is saying it was moved to the kickoff show. Which we didn't see I might add.

 

[Harthan]

What happened to Crews and the drifter match?

It got bumped to the TV taping. There's a report on the WZ main page with the result.

 

[BaconBits]

I said it when they signed her and I'll say it again--- Asuka is far and away the best female wrestler the WWE has ever signed. A total package, teach her English and she's perfect. Or just give her her own Heyman and book her like Lesnar.

What if her Heyman was Heyman?

 

[Bagpipes]

Ah, I gotcha.

 

[ABMorales787]

What happened to Crews and the drifter match?

The announcement was edited off TV apparently so I guess it was cut. Probably because of the negative response to the Drifter.

 

[rbv13]

What happened to Crews and the drifter match?

Bumped to the dark match. Crews went over.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Bobby Roo