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I have no idea who the team who attacked American Alpha are.

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Balor wearing black and white. Even Demon Balor usually has red on him, but not this time. Another tease.

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Word on Twitter was that one of em is actually a retired Bellator MMA fighter.

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The Authors on Pain…it consists of Sunny Dhinsa and Gzim Selmani.

They’ve been running as a tag team in the NXT Florida house shows for a few months now.

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thoughts of takeover.

Spoiler

Tye vs. Cien

Right off the bat I’m loving Ty Dillinger. His Mr. Sinister collar and the 10 on his back. So good.
Lol Cien getting booed cause he’s not Ty Dillinger
Uh. Why is Cien a Hispanic Godfather? Please change your wardrobe sir. Just come out in those tights.
Ty is so stupid over. He needs a push. Badly. I remember Jericho talking to Xavier about him being in FCW and NXT and Dusty couldn’t figure out why they wouldn’t put Ty into the main roster.
Solid opener. I love that Ty can lose but never lose face with the crowd. He’s so over its dumb.
I also think the commentary team helps out a lot. They know how to put over talent.

**American Alpha vs. Revival **
Tag team title match was phenomenal. Kind of thought Alpha would drop due to the draft and Revival losing to Gargano and Ciampa but fuck. This match was better than they’re Dallas match honestly. Not as hype crowd (obviously) but shit. That match was wild. Just in their short stint together I have seen so much amazing tag teamwork and tag team oriented psychology. Fucking amazing match. Match of the night.

Big dudes after match beat down was great. Iunno who they are but man. If you need new heels. You got em. Paul Ellerig as their manager will help them go far.

I really wanted Asuka and Bayley to kiss. A boy can dream. ;-;

**Nakamura vs. Aries **
Nakamura has the hypest theme in NXT.

Aries…buddy. The cape needs to go. Seriously. What the fuck.
I really hate the NXT crowd trying so hard to be London. Not everything needs to be fucking sung. Stop. You’re off key and sound fucking dumb.

So far the only good part of this match has been the dvd onto the apron. Just something about this match I can’t get into it. Maybe it’s because I expect it to be on par with Sami which isn’t fair to them. but Aries and Nakamura just didn’t not mesh well to me. Everything felt very by the numbers. Match ended super out of no where too which was kinda lame since it was all Aries 90% of the match. The match just didn’t make sense to me. Oh well.

Nia vs. Asuka
Clearly the wardrobe department has a fetish for collars. I don’t get it.
Asuka is so ridiculously gorgeous. I love her so much. She single handedly resparked my love for asian women.
I love these intros they do to validate the women’s title. So good. And it gives them a big fight feel.

we want Eva chants. Off to a good start. Loved the buckle bomb to escape the triangle choke. I’m jealous of Nia being able to bend Asuka in all these different positions. It’s my dream. Nia vs Asuka was better than Aries Nakamura. I love the super Joshi style inspired finish. So good.

New backstage girl is cute.
As happy as I am with Bobby I don’t really care about him being in NXT. Pretty much Aries status for me. I don’t think he’s going to fit in. Just cause you’re too good for one company doesnt mean you’re good enough to be in another. It’s a shame too, NXT beer money would have been well…money. we’ll see.

Neville with a sweet beard.

** Balor vs. Joe **
I’ve already said gimmick matches like cage matches don’t work in pg era so I don’t like the stipulation but I get it and it fits.

Finns intro is leaps and bounds better than his horrendous Dallas entrance. I also appreciate the throw back to his costume when it was just the cyber dreads. I like the paint scheme too. The red and black gets boring. Though with that said, it reminds me of the Zodiac of the dungeon of doom back in WCW. XD

Ok, that kick that made Joe crotch Finn on the ropes was fucking insane. Outside of that I’m not seeing the point of the cage. This is been a really good match though.
Yeah. The cage wasn’t needed. I think it was just for shock value of booking it in NXT since it had never been done. That was probably the best match of their series. Finn went out like a champ. Oh wait no he didn’t. Haha.

See you at MitB, Finn.

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I just could not give 2 fucks about his paint up entrances, I wish Finn would quit doing them they put me to sleep.

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I loved the opener. Cien and Perfect 10 would be so money main roster

That tag match had me on the edge of my seat. American Alpha will be main roster bound. I would be hype if jack swagger teamed with them.

So yeah those two huge dudes have legit backgrounds. It is basically dr. Death and Terry Gordy reborn. I am down for another manager. Not to mention it being prescious paul ellering. They probably signed his daughter.

Heel aries so much better, nakamura better be main roster come draft time. Nakamura is too good to waste in florida.

Let nxt be about the young guys.

That womens match was hot fire. Nia has so much bull nakano in her. That presence and look. The moves.

I would rather have Bayley vs Asuka vs Nia for brooklyn.

Finn is so fucking lame. I hate the paint now. Like it is dumb. Really wish they brought back the blue bars.

Joe got so much swagger and fire now. If only he got signed 3 years ago. So much hashimoto vibes.

Liked that match, very definitive finish

Hoping for finn on monday

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American Alpha vs The Revival 2 was match of the night IMO, I thought it was even better than their match at Dallas and that match was fucking awesome.

Good news, he’s apparently planning on putting on size to move up to the heavyweight division according to enhuito.

Asuka deserves a ton of credit but it wasn’t a complete carry job, Nia did her part and she did it well, definitely her best performance so far.

It’s over, it’s merchandisable as hell, it’s a gimmick unique to him and he only does it during special matches. He ain’t stopping it anytime soon unless he turns heel and even then he may still use a variant

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Nia just deserves more credit than people give her. She’s the type that looks like if she had a belt, damn near nobody would look right beating her for it. You can give a win to Asuka cause she’s fucking Asuka. But anybody else? Nah.

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Man y’all blind cuck love isn’t letting you get behind the amazing match Aries had with Nakamura.

Motn easily, i loved the tag match but it was 90% hope spots.

Aries was able to take the full sail mark crowd from 100% Nakamura though the you suck chants, a this is awesome that was actually awesome, into a mutual 50/50 appreciation affair.

That match did a lot for Aries going forward, very similar to Joe on his initial arrival.

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Aries will blossom as a heel

Also so much more hype if we get Dirty Heels in the Dusty Cup

Ellering’s group needs to win the dusty cup

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Lol I’d like to see if they are any good in the ring before signing off on that.

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already mentioned this.

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I really liked the Aries/Nakamura match, but I think the AA & Revival match were the match of the night.

The Revival are just so awesome. They lack the flash of AA, but as old school heels who make the faces look like stars, they are amazing.

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They’re both super new so I have my doubts they’ll be ready for a big push right now. However there is potential as both are very big, have athletic backgrounds (Dhinsa was an amateur wrestler that was training for the 2016 Olympics prior to joining the WWE, Selmani is a heavyweight kickboxer with a 4-2 record) and are very young (Dhinsa is 23, Selmani is 21).

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Authors of Pain is an odd name. Doesn’t fit their military-ish gear and demeanor.

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The Revival are reincarnated Tully and Arn

I don’t get the hate on them

Jordan and Gable mix the best parts of the Steiners, Angle, and the Rockers

Dash & Dawson are basically horsemen. Like the old school tactics with new school offense

How are we not marking for that belly to belly reversal to that hart attack attempt?

The Authors of Pain if given time to really develop could be amazing. They have Paul Ellering there to cut promos. That is money. They have legit backgrounds in combat sports. They need to get better bodies for vince though.

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Hmm, guess I need to check out Takeover then.

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Why wouldn’t you in the first place, you crazy cracka.

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nia is good. leg drop finisher is not.