Bálor/Owens Ladder Match at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn confirmed

[Steveweiser]

[The Yes Man]

Shit yeah. Only thing I would've added was tables and chairs.

[Session Moth is over]

Oohhhh can't wait for this. Lets go Bálor!

[Abdullah]

Yeah, they needed the gimmick.

This is NXT, not the main roster - they weren't going to go another 20 minutes after two other long main events in under six months. Good call. The third Cena/Owens match could have used it.

[britstap]

Even more excited to see this live now. I'm glad the "rubber match" has some stipulation/gimmick attached to it. That's how it used to be done before all the finisher fests lately.

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Aug 6, 2015 12:53:40 GMT -5 Abdullah said:

Yeah, they needed the gimmick.

This is NXT, not the main roster - they weren't going to have go another 20 minutes after two other long main events in under six months. Good call. The third Cena/Owens match could have used that.

It already had a gimmick.


1..2..HE GOT HIM! wait, no he didn't

[Abdullah]

Aug 6, 2015 13:02:31 GMT -5 @lovehater said:

Aug 6, 2015 12:53:40 GMT -5 Abdullah said:

Yeah, they needed the gimmick.

This is NXT, not the main roster - they weren't going to have go another 20 minutes after two other long main events in under six months. Good call. The third Cena/Owens match could have used that.

It already had a gimmick.


1..2..HE GOT HIM! wait, no he didn't

Elimination Chamber was kind of like that and it was great.

Money in the Bank was totally like that and okay, still very good because there was suspense of Owens possibly winning a second time.

The third one was an average rehash all around, though.

[Nosnorb]

So, is Owens still going to face Cesaro at SummerSlam? If so, Cesaro will face Owens after Wrestlings Worst Nightmare after Owens goes through a likely brutal match that will be like many of the RoH matches that Kevin Steen took part in - Brutal, with a great deal of chairs, tables and ladders, and with many brutal spots. This will be a Kevin Steen match. Looking at this, Owens is being booked in NXT much like he was when he was champion - a guy that loves to fight and hurt people, that wants as many enemies as possible, and will do anything to feed his family - and cross any line.

But in WWE, he has a gimmick of walking out on matches and tapped out to a pretty weak looking STF in his match with Cena at Battleground. So if Owens stays in NXT (which there is a chance of happening), we will have "Kill Steen Kill" in full sail, and "Walk Owens Walk" on the main roster.

Its going to be pretty strange when a battered Owens, with or without title, reverts from the one on NXT to the one on the main roster to take on Cesaro. And a face should not be taking on a heel that has just been in a brutal ladder match, while the face is pretty fresh.

So Owens shouldn't really be on the card at summerslam, at least not taking on Cesaro, as its not going to do much for the Swiss superman to beat a battered Owens when he reverts to his character on the main roster from the one in NXT.

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I wasn't going to watch the show but now I will definitely will. Can't go wrong with a ladder match, especially with two great in ring workers.

[Bo Rida]

Owens keeps walking out on his matches. Time for a gimmick rubber match. They don't go with the cage match?

Oh well this should be better anyway.

[Nosnorb]

Aug 6, 2015 14:31:28 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Owens keeps walking out on his matches. Time for a gimmick rubber match. They don't go with the cage match?

Oh well this should be better anyway.

"Walk Owens Walk" is his gimmick on the main roster now, but in NXT, it was Kill Steen Kill, and Kevin Steen specialised in brutal matches with heavy uses of weapons. This match has a pretty good chance of being a Kevin Steen match, and it might be the most brutal match in the history of NXT.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Aug 6, 2015 14:46:36 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Aug 6, 2015 14:31:28 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Owens keeps walking out on his matches. Time for a gimmick rubber match. They don't go with the cage match?

Oh well this should be better anyway.

"Walk Owens Walk" is his gimmick on the main roster now, but in NXT, it was Kill Steen Kill, and Kevin Steen specialised in brutal matches with heavy uses of weapons. This match has a pretty good chance of being a Kevin Steen match, and it might be the most brutal match in the history of NXT.

See, I don't see it like that.

I think he has the same game, he talks a big game, but always backs off and picks his stuff. When it comes down to it, he'll fight and be brutal, but he'll make it on his terms, to his advantage.

His feud with Sami Zayn, how did it start? He sneak attacked him, got in his head, and picked the time of the match.

Samoa Joe? Kept talking about how he'd beat him any time, but never backed it up until he had a match he was happy with.

Alex Riley? He picked that as a feud because he knew he was a loser commentator whose ass he could kick.

Even now, his rematch with Finn Balor, he doesn't think he can beat him, so he's making the match and blaming it on Regal.

He's all about picking his spots.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Yes sir, make sure you are in the Barclays Center to see Owens/Balor in LADDER WAR VI!!!

...Hey, wait a second...

Joking aside, I'm all for this. Shit should be dope.