GDT: NXT Takeover Phoenix (26th January 2019)

[M.C.G. 31]

Johnny’s last stare at the NXT Title. I got chills.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

That visual at the end, just perfect.

 

[Kakko]

I am upset and angry in the all the right ways...

 

[SeidoN]

KO/Sami but good

 

[Clint Eastwood]

 

[SeidoN]

the payoff HAS to be Gargano turning face again right? right?

Candice need to slap some sense into Johnny

 

[sansabri]

That's it?

 

[DerekDevils30]

I know there are some that are probably sick of Ciampa/Gargano but I'm very interested in how they play this going forward

 

[Natey]

They both said "I Win" tonight

 

[SeidoN]

I know there are some that are probably sick of Ciampa/Gargano but I'm very interested in how they play this going forward

im still in but if it doesnt end with Gargano redemption then I dunno

 

[Natey]

I know there are some that are probably sick of Ciampa/Gargano but I'm very interested in how they play this going forward

Anyone who is sick of it is nuts. We rarely get good storytelling in wrestling anymore. This is beautiful.

 

[Natey]

im still in but if it doesnt end with Gargano redemption then I dunno

It will.

The crazy part is... I don't even know how they do it from here so I'm glued in

 

[DerekDevils30]

im still in but if it doesnt end with Gargano redemption then I dunno

It will all end with them being called up to the main roster out of the blue. Vince will make them a tag team called "Tom and John"

 

[DerekDevils30]

Anyone who is sick of it is nuts. We rarely get good storytelling in wrestling anymore. This is beautiful.

I completely agree. It's great to watch. They are playing the long game which is such a lost art in WWE

 

[Natey]

HHH is probably playing the long game so Vince retires to XFL and they don't get stuck on 205

 

[SeidoN]

HHH is probably playing the long game so Vince leaves and they don't get stuck on 205

when they billed Ciampa as 210 tonight I was like "shit boi go get one of those Rumble Burgers before Vince hears"

 

[Scandale du Jour]

@KIRK @ColePens

You guys gotta watch that Ricochet vs Johnny 5-star match ASAP.

 

[Chairman Mallard]

Inject dream into my veins

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Gargano/Ciampa is gonna go down as one of the all time great long-term storylines.

RATINGZZZZ

UE/Raiders - ****1/2
Riddle/Ohno - **1/2
Gargano/Ricochet - *****
Belair/Baszler - ***
Black/Ciampa - ****1/4

 

[SeidoN]

I'm really torn between giving the main event 4.75 or 5. But hey, you gotta know for sure. So 4.75. maybe my mind will change when I eventually rewatch

 

[ColePens]

Couldn't join y'all as I had to watch it on a bit of delay. But here are my thoughts without reading a single reaction.

NXT makes me so proud to be a wrestling fan. The stories, characters, in ring ability, everything. It makes me so proud. I loved the tag match, Ricochet/Gargano blew me away, and I would have been fine with just that. It's ridiculous. It makes the 10 year old in me come out and just fall in love with wrestling all over again.

Thank God for NXT. It's a brilliant watch and perfect wrestling for me.

 

[ColePens]

(reading through comments)

@Chytil said it best about the Ricochet. The dude doesn't make sense. He's not f***ing human. There is no way a human can move like that. He has so much control. It's unlike anything i've ever seen.

@Scandale du Jour - I see we are also UE marks together. I mark out any time I hear "SHOCK THE SYSTEM".

 

[GKJ]

It is my opinion that takeovers are good shows.

I was out tonight and watched most of this on my phone with the sound low and still marked for everything.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

(reading through comments)

@Chytil said it best about the Ricochet. The dude doesn't make sense. He's not ****ing human. There is no way a human can move like that. He has so much control. It's unlike anything i've ever seen.

@Scandale du Jour - I see we are also UE marks together. I mark out any time I hear "SHOCK THE SYSTEM".

All 4 dudes are awesome. They should stay together on the main roster and raise hell.

They are too small for Vince though...

 

[M.C.G. 31]

crazy thing is this was still a great show, yet one of the weaker Takeovers in recent memory, imo, and probably the only NXT Takeover that'll be topped by the following main roster show (I don't think last year's Rumble was top to bottom better than NXT Takeover: Philadelphia).