NxT TakeOver Dallas

[The Bearded One]

HOLY SHIT

 

[Harthan]

Roode gonna help out an old TNA buddy? There's getting to be enough guys in NXT to make a TNA stable at this point.

 

[BaconBits]

Bobby Roode. I've generally shit on TNA, but he is a very bright spot for them.

 

[Navi]

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.

I think she can speak English.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Holy shit, Bobby Roode just showed up. NXTNA gets closer to reality every day.

 

[Sean Valjean]

BOBBY ROODE...

...with intellectual Eva Marie behind him!!

 

[Tastycles]

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.

I don't think she needs it - her body language when she shows up in promos is excellent, she says more by just standing next to, say, Emma than most do by talking.

I agree with you though, easily my favourite current wrestler.

 

[hatehabsforever]

Beyond psyched at the prospect of Bobby Roode in WWE. Whether it be NXT or the main roster matters not to me.

 

[ABMorales787]

I yelled in surprise when Bobby Roode was shown. Wow.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Now the question of whether Machine Gun and Gallows get involved is going to be an interesting one

 

[Poop Master Flex]

And here comes the Irish Chainsaw Massacre.

 

[Harthan]

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.

That feels like too broad of a description of what the match was about to me. You could describe probably 90% of matches ever using a similar description. There was so much detail work put in there by both guys, and, as X pointed out, there's a huge component of it that was them having the crowd in the palm of their hand the entire time.

 

[hatehabsforever]

Probably my favorite current entrance theme.

 

[The Bearded One]

He stole Dean Ambrose's chainsaw!

 

[Uncle Sam]

A silent Asuka is a much more terrifying prospect than one sputtering broken English. You'd think they'd learn that from Hideo Itami and Roman Reigns.

 

[Tastycles]

The chainsaw having the guard on makes it a lot less cool.

 

[TJ Matics]

Cool, him and Dean are friends.

 

[Sean Valjean]

Ambrose doesn't need the chainsaw until Sunday, so he let Balor borrow it.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

OH MY GOODNESS

 

[The Bearded One]

I like to imagine that Demon Balor is just fascinated by things that are in front of him.

"Ooooh a chainsaw! Lemme play with it! Wait, there's a shiny belt! I want it!"

 

[Shadowmancer]

He stole Dean Ambrose's chainsaw!

Dean's one is yellow

 

[Harthan]

Is it possible for Roode to cut it as a cruiserweight? I'm probably dreaming but if he slimmed his body down a little bit...have they announced an official weight limit? It's the longest of long shots, but I don't know. At any rate NXT is just showing off that they could have these guys in a second if they wanted to, if they don't already.

 

[BaconBits]

If Balor and Taker ever fight, they'd have to set aside an hour just for the entrances.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Asuka doesn't need to talk, she's great as it is. She is good in the ring, has charisma all coupled with that hot, I'm gonna break your dick off look.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Is it possible for Roode to cut it as a cruiserweight? I'm probably dreaming but if he slimmed his body down a little bit...have they announced an official weight limit? It's the longest of long shots, but I don't know. At any rate NXT is just showing off that they could have these guys in a second if they wanted to, if they don't already.

I think 205lbs was the limit