Rate NXT Halloween Havoc: 10/28/20

[King Devitt]

I'll go with an 8.

If we're judging it on the "how adorable was Vic Joseph tonight?"scale...it's an easy 10.
When he first showed up on screen I audibly said "awwwww" out loud. Cutest Waldo ever.

Not the biggest fan of Shotzi but holy shit she fit the host of Halloween Havoc like a hand to a glove. She was perfect.
That should be her ring gear from now on. She looked badass.

Loved the freaking Takeover level entrance Priest received, the light shining down with his silhouette and the title was awesome.
So of course he loses the belt to Johnny Boring.

Poor KOR. Popped for Dunne, but then felt sad for Kyle. McAfee's a good promo but needs to trim it a bit, I got bored.

Glad Atlas lost the "D-list Vegas Magician" jacket, and I'm glad we have representation on a major brand, but he's just so meh.

Lumis vs. Grimes was silly, but it was supposed to be. We need to nickname Grimes the mailman, cuz no matter what you give him the man always delivers.

The main event was worthy of the spot, I always love when NXT puts the women on in the main events, and I hope Candice is okay.

But yeah points off for Johnny winning, Ciampa mentioned Patrick, and some of the filler wasn't my cup of tea, but overall it was an easy watch, and flew by.
Plus I spent 2 hours crushing on Waldo.

A sentence I never thought I would type.

[Ben Wyatt]

10, hands diwn. My favorite wrestling show in years.

[Duke Cameron]

Didn’t watch

[The Rick Jericho]

Best Halloween Havoc since 1998!

[Legion]

9.

Lost a point for strapping up Johnny, but then not Candice. The married couple power trip champs would have had mileage. Strap them both, or neither, given their current storyline.

[Push R Truth]

That was the sort of goofy shit that made me love wrestling decades ago.

Shotzi is something very special.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

I gave it a 9. This is the kind of NXT I want more of, when they're allowing the roster to be more eccentric and show more emotion. Blackheart's charisma is off the charts. She should be main eventing soon if they're smart with her and she works hard. The ladder match was ace.

Cameron Grimes is an awesome cowardly heel selling for Lumis. It was campy as hell, but I can buy into the idea that Grimes just doesn't like spooky things, and he doesn't want to deal with zombies OR people simply dressed as zombies. He doesn't want to be attacked by weird people period, with Marilyn Manson's new album playing mysteriously out of nowhere while he's running down the street. I died laughing.

[Hypnosis]

9/10.  A fun, wacky horrorfest.  Shotzi did great as the host.

Grimes wanting to go f*** in the shower before he saw the zombie woman was hilarious.

[kingoftheindies]

8. Fun show. Enjoyed a lot of the matches just wasn't overly excited for any of them. Gargano has lost so much steam IMO taking the belt of Priest made no sense

[XIII]

I’ll go 8. If I had watched it live probably would have gone 9.

Love the concept. Shotzi has just the right amount of hotness and over the top cheese to be a good host.

Not much of a fan of McAfee or those other dudes so I zoned out. Apparently Dunne joined him. Cool I guess.

Rhea/Racquel was a nice ladies hoss match.

Lumis/Grimes was the best kind of stupid fun.

Io/Candace was a good match, but I’m not really a fan of those type of matches where they just go from big spot to big spot. It’s like a movie with 75 explosions or a paragraph in which every sentence ends with an exclamation mark at a certain point it loses its impact. Not to take anything away from the ladies as that is an industry wide problem more than anything at this point.

I did laugh at Io using the severed arm to beat Candace with and the chair dragon screw was cool, but probably should have been saved for an injury angle or something.

Good show that I enjoyed and will probably revisit again.

[government mule]

9.

I deducted one point because there were no monster trucks.

[Push R Truth]

... I wonder how many people realized they now have a fetish after seeing Shotzi last night

[fw91]

Be far from it for me to defend someone giving a WWE show a hyperbolic 1, but come on really guys? Gus posted nothing a lot of you wouldn’t say yourself on a RAW or SD thread. No one’s opinion is the law.


Anyway for me? Easy 9

[Bang Bang Bart]

NXT is at its strongest when they let the wrestlers’ characters shine through. Last night was a good example of that.

[Deleted]

10 OUTTA MUTHA f***IN AND STILL YOUR NXT WOMENS CHAMPION THE UNDISPUTED BEST IN THE WORLD! 10!! ON THE EVERYTHING CONTINUES COMIN UP IO SCALE!

10

I can't say anymore than everyone else has said so ima keep this one simple...THIS is NXT at its strongest they had a ton of fun with everything they were doing , everyone got to shine in their own ways , we had a variety of different matches , great character moments , paying tribute in great ways and just really everyone was having a f***ing blast and when it comes through like it did lastnight the audience can feel it to and the live chat thread was on f***ing fire lastnight.

Shotzi is just amazing and why I vouche for her being the one to eventually dethrone Io and for as bias as I come across to alot of people in favor of Io you know when I am backing someone as the one to beat my favourite of all time that I legit believe in them , Shotzi is a megastar in the making and lastnight was played to her strength in every single way she is gonna be quite the champion when she wins it.

Oh and one other touch I wanna give compliments to...THE MUSIC *chefs kiss all f***ing round* That Manson song was so perfect everytime they played it and then there was NXT making both Priest and Io come out like literal gods with their entrances THAT is how you treat your champions they have to be bigger than everyone else and those two are the biggest , the literal rockstars of NXT.

[brettappedout (BLM)]

Oct 28, 2020 23:22:01 GMT -5 @uppitynerd said:

I don’t feel perfect shows exist.

But that’s as close as you can get to it.

NXT is probably one of my least favorite wrestling shows to be honest and this show really won me over.

Take out the least favorite part and this is my thinking aswell. I'll go the full 10 because it was a very fun 2 hours with good wrestling, good storytelling and actually good wrestling comedy. Also it felt like a big deal even with the cheesy Halloween Havoc gimmick. It stuck out in a great way.

[Von Wagner's Brownies]

I'm giving it an 8 because I was hoping the Haunted House of Terror match would take place inside a house and not a mobile home.

[Hurbster]

9, great show and FUN !

[Moppy]

Great to read so many people feeling so positive about NXT. Feels like it's been a while.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

It was one of the best shows they've done in a long time. They're still in a weird transition period but this show was good. Gargano finally seems to be hitting his stride as a heel.