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Post by Steveweiser on May 20, 2020 12:10:46 GMT -5
NXT is back from an empty Full Sail, with just over two weeks to go until Takeover: In Your House on June 7th! Forum discussion rules for this show and AEW Dynamite are on the WWE section of the board.
Following her failed attempt at winning the NXT Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair, Io Shirai got into an altercation with the returning Rhea Ripley, who wants the title back for herself. Tonight, two of the most popular women in NXT go head to head, likely to determine the number one contender for Flair's title. Will Shirai score one of her biggest victories over the former champ, or will Ripley book a rematch from WrestleMania?
Adam Cole has sensed that Dexter Lumis may be a threat to the NXT Championship, and has appointed Roderick Strong to snuff him out before he even gets close. Lumis has had eyes on the Undisputed ERA and Cole's title for a few weeks now, and a win over Strong will get him one step closer. Can Lumis get the biggest win of his career, or will he fall at the first hurdle?
We are at the final stage of the groups in the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, and it's all on the line to determine who will hold the title while Jordan Devlin is unable to compete. In Group B, Akira Tozawa looks to run the table, but if El Hijo del Fantasma wins, he'll pip Tozawa on head to head to make the final. Meanwhile in Group A, we could possibly have the final ever WWE match for Drake Maverick. If he loses to Kushida, he's out and will have to leave the promotion following his release last month. But if Maverick wins, he will force a three way playoff with himself, Kushida and Jake Atlas. Can Maverick live to fight another day?
All this, plus more on the break-up of the Newly Bros, tonight from 8/7c on USA in the States and BT Sport in the UK and Ireland!
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Post by h盲拧ht氓.gd膩l臈每 on May 20, 2020 12:49:20 GMT -5
LETS GO!
#FallAndPray #TickTock
Or will it be the revenge of Leon Ruff? I鈥檒l bet Mr Kross has a Ruff night ahead of him. #lol
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on May 20, 2020 12:56:25 GMT -5
Santana Garrett's hinting she's gonna be on NXT tonight. Wonder who's gonna squash her.
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Post by h盲拧ht氓.gd膩l臈每 on May 20, 2020 13:01:25 GMT -5
Santana Garrett's hinting she's gonna be on NXT tonight. Wonder who's gonna squash her. A new weekly segment; The Charlotte Open Challenge.
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Post by mistery on May 20, 2020 13:05:08 GMT -5
Gonna just straight up say it:
If Io loses tonight, she may as well get called up to RAW or SD. There will be nothing left for her in NXT. She literally cannot afford to be pushed out of the title scene again. Unfortunately with all of the buzz Rhea is getting from various outlets today, I think she's going over clean, even if it is going to bite NXT in the ass. It bit them in the ass by tanking Rhea's popularity when she beat Bianca, and now it'll probably tank even further if she goes over Io, who is more popular than Rhea as well.
Also to correct the OP a bit, Charlotte got herself intentionally disqualified when Io was on the verge of victory.
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Post by ayumidah on May 20, 2020 13:45:29 GMT -5
tick tock
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 13:47:57 GMT -5
This feud's going to rule.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 14:09:31 GMT -5
Gonna just straight up say it: If Io loses tonight, she may as well get called up to RAW or SD. There will be nothing left for her in NXT. She literally cannot afford to be pushed out of the title scene again. Unfortunately with all of the buzz Rhea is getting from various outlets today, I think she's going over clean, even if it is going to bite NXT in the ass. It bit them in the ass by tanking Rhea's popularity when she beat Bianca, and now it'll probably tank even further if she goes over Io, who is more popular than Rhea as well. Also to correct the OP a bit, Charlotte got herself intentionally disqualified when Io was on the verge of victory. Charlotte and Rhea were the only 2 in this feud to get any screen time last week Charlotte and Rhea were the only two on the bump today They have quickly pushed Io into 3rd wheel territory and that is being generous because it is a a f***ing miracle of Io gets anything more than a passing mention just to fawn over Charlotte and Rhea over and over and over. If she loses tonight agreed just send her to the main roster because may as well waste the rest of her time in WWE atleast making more money before she leaves.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 20, 2020 14:19:04 GMT -5
Never underestimate the power of the idiot ball that is the champion attacking both their potential challengers during a top contender match under the impression that doing that would mean that there won鈥檛 be a title match as a result.
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Post by mistery on May 20, 2020 14:23:24 GMT -5
Gonna just straight up say it: If Io loses tonight, she may as well get called up to RAW or SD. There will be nothing left for her in NXT. She literally cannot afford to be pushed out of the title scene again. Unfortunately with all of the buzz Rhea is getting from various outlets today, I think she's going over clean, even if it is going to bite NXT in the ass. It bit them in the ass by tanking Rhea's popularity when she beat Bianca, and now it'll probably tank even further if she goes over Io, who is more popular than Rhea as well. Also to correct the OP a bit, Charlotte got herself intentionally disqualified when Io was on the verge of victory. Charlotte and Rhea were the only 2 in this feud to get any screen time last week Charlotte and Rhea were the only two on the bump today They have quickly pushed Io into 3rd wheel territory and that is being generous because it is a a f***ing miracle of Io gets anything more than a passing mention just to fawn over Charlotte and Rhea over and over and over. If she loses tonight agreed just send her to the main roster because may as well waste the rest of her time in WWE atleast making more money before she leaves. Agreed. It's painfully obvious WWE doesn't want people to get behind Io right now. They want everyone to get behind Rhea. To the point of where she did a massive media blitz over the past day or two. And it pisses me off. Because while Rhea is a fine worker, she's overpushed, and I'm sick of Io being treated like a third wheel or lesser performer just so WWE can push their "chosen ones" over the ones the viewing audience is massively behind. It's why I'm pretty much done with NXT tonight if Io loses. She deserves way more than to be constantly shoved to the side. Especially with the absolutely terrible narrative that WWE is pushing with Rhea. They keep trying to portray her as some valiant babyface but in reality she's just a whiny asshole heel, especially after those promos the past few weeks. There are already signs of main roster booking habits leaking into NXT, and if Io loses tonight despite her being the most popular woman in this feud right now, then I think its safe to say that Triple H has either lost it, or Vince has stepped in.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 14:34:18 GMT -5
Atleast Io got a new shirt which looks great love the screaming heads on each side. Whatever consolation prize that ammounts to in being the 3rd wheel. But does that say LAST or LOST in the sky? gonna assume Last...as in last of the sky pirates.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 14:35:18 GMT -5
Atleast Io got a new shirt which looks great love the screaming heads on each side. Whatever consolation prize that ammounts to in being the 3rd wheel. But does that say LAST or LOST in the sky? gonna assume Last...as in last of the sky pirates. I think it's Lost, which would make sense as well.
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Post by mistery on May 20, 2020 14:42:04 GMT -5
Rhea just got another shirt the other day as well. So its not much of a consolation prize. Also its "Lost in the Sky" according to the WWE Shop page.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 20, 2020 14:53:58 GMT -5
Gonna just straight up say it: If Io loses tonight, she may as well get called up to RAW or SD. There will be nothing left for her in NXT. She literally cannot afford to be pushed out of the title scene again. Unfortunately with all of the buzz Rhea is getting from various outlets today, I think she's going over clean, even if it is going to bite NXT in the ass. It bit them in the ass by tanking Rhea's popularity when she beat Bianca, and now it'll probably tank even further if she goes over Io, who is more popular than Rhea as well. Also to correct the OP a bit, Charlotte got herself intentionally disqualified when Io was on the verge of victory. Charlotte and Rhea were the only 2 in this feud to get any screen time last week Charlotte and Rhea were the only two on the bump today They have quickly pushed Io into 3rd wheel territory and that is being generous because it is a a f***ing miracle of Io gets anything more than a passing mention just to fawn over Charlotte and Rhea over and over and over. If she loses tonight agreed just send her to the main roster because may as well waste the rest of her time in WWE atleast making more money before she leaves. I don't know I think if they wanted Io out of the picture, they wouldn't have had her beat Charlotte by DQ. They would've just had Charlotte beat her. I think it's going to be the old champion runs in and attacks both challengers trope, thinking she has no challengers but instead has to face both in a triple threat.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 15:03:15 GMT -5
Charlotte and Rhea were the only 2 in this feud to get any screen time last week Charlotte and Rhea were the only two on the bump today They have quickly pushed Io into 3rd wheel territory and that is being generous because it is a a f***ing miracle of Io gets anything more than a passing mention just to fawn over Charlotte and Rhea over and over and over. If she loses tonight agreed just send her to the main roster because may as well waste the rest of her time in WWE atleast making more money before she leaves. I don't know I think if they wanted Io out of the picture, they wouldn't have had her beat Charlotte by DQ. They would've just had Charlotte beat her. I think it's going to be the old champion runs in and attacks both challengers trope, thinking she has no challengers but instead has to face both in a triple threat. That is the hope atleast But then comes the thought....oh they saved it because they want Io to take the pinfall in the triple threat It is just a domino of bad thoughts because they have been doing nothing but beating around the bush for months and months almost apporaching a year since her reinvention and really have given no idication that they are willing to go all in on Io while they have her in her prime no less. But I am trying to take this one show at a time...so we will see what tonight brings.
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Post by mistery on May 20, 2020 16:11:21 GMT -5
I don't know I think if they wanted Io out of the picture, they wouldn't have had her beat Charlotte by DQ. They would've just had Charlotte beat her. I think it's going to be the old champion runs in and attacks both challengers trope, thinking she has no challengers but instead has to face both in a triple threat. That is the hope atleast But then comes the thought....oh they saved it because they want Io to take the pinfall in the triple threat It is just a domino of bad thoughts because they have been doing nothing but beating around the bush for months and months almost apporaching a year since her reinvention and really have given no idication that they are willing to go all in on Io while they have her in her prime no less. But I am trying to take this one show at a time...so we will see what tonight brings. This is pretty much how I feel. As an Io fan, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop and finish her career off in NXT. They've beat around the bush for over a year at this point, and I'm tired of her not being champion yet despite being the most deserving woman to hold it right now.
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Post by theironyuppie on May 20, 2020 18:18:19 GMT -5
Santana Garrett's hinting she's gonna be on NXT tonight. Wonder who's gonna squash her. A new weekly segment; The Charlotte Open Challenge. Jokes aside, that would be fun continuity as one of Charlotte鈥檚 first NXT matches was a squash against Santana.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on May 20, 2020 19:01:16 GMT -5
LET'S f***ING GO
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Post by h盲拧ht氓.gd膩l臈每 on May 20, 2020 19:01:17 GMT -5
Shut up and let them enter, Mauro.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 19:01:56 GMT -5
*falls*
*prays*
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