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Post by Defrebel - White Pony on Mar 28, 2024 11:11:44 GMT -5
So this is the confirmed bit. What's not confirmed is whether or not the show is getting moved, and there's rumours floating that it's gonna be at UFC Apex in Vegas, which would be a pretty significant step in WWE/UFC crossover.
I super hope it's not true tho cause UFC Apex is ugly as shit and looks more like The Thunderdome than an actual venue
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Mar 28, 2024 15:21:28 GMT -5
It will be at Kowloon’s in Saugus, Massachusetts.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 28, 2024 15:45:29 GMT -5
Looking it up that really is an incredibly shitty-looking venue.
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Mar 28, 2024 16:07:05 GMT -5
Why can't it be at Taylor Town Trade Center in Taylor, MI? Damn!!!
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Post by Carefree Beach Life Gritizen on Mar 28, 2024 16:09:15 GMT -5
Why can't it be at Taylor Town Trade Center in Taylor, MI? Damn!!! Will Avery Taylor be there? or Taylor Grado? |
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Mar 28, 2024 18:15:23 GMT -5
Why can't it be at Taylor Town Trade Center in Taylor, MI? Damn!!! Will Avery Taylor be there? or Taylor Grado? Opener match: Avery Taylor and Thea Hail vs. Jazmine Nyx and Kiana James Closing match: Thea Hail vs. Jacy Jayne |
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Mar 28, 2024 18:19:46 GMT -5
wwe battleground at dave and busters
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Post by XIII on Mar 28, 2024 18:48:57 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Mar 28, 2024 18:52:21 GMT -5
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Post by Defrebel - White Pony on Mar 28, 2024 18:59:59 GMT -5
There can only be one place: I'll never shut up about when WWE used the Ultimate Surrender music on a Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens video package |
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Mar 28, 2024 21:40:06 GMT -5
To be fair, I wouldn't be surprised if TKO consolidates things there when NXT moves to the CW. But it'd be an end of an era with developmental being in Florida.
As far as the APEX, it's, uh, not good. As in the Fight Night events, no matter the quality, get less people than an NXT broadcast not counting fighters and cornermen and staff. I wish UFC would do what they did for Yan vs. Dvalashvili and do some shit at the Palms or something if they want a small venue because at least that felt like a nice throwback to when Fight Night events were there and at the Hard Rock. This just feels like ass.
But again, TKO probably is making this move with the intent of consolidating stuff. Sucks but such is business.
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Post by Defrebel - White Pony on Apr 22, 2024 11:26:29 GMT -5
It's official.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Apr 22, 2024 11:31:17 GMT -5
And there it unfortunately is.
In case anyone needs to get an idea of what NXT is in for in terms of sizing, sound, etc., there will be a UFC Fight Night card at the APEX on ESPN and ESPN2 this Saturday. So even if you're not an MMA fan, it's worth tuning in just to see what Battleground is gonna be stuck with.
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Post by mistery on Apr 22, 2024 11:37:08 GMT -5
It's painfully obvious that Battleground is probably going to end up being NXT's most filler PLE this year. It takes place in a little over a month, and then there is Heatwave only a few weeks after Battleground (and Heatwave is in an actual arena, the day after MITB). So I really don't expect much in the way of the card being must see, or any major shifts/title changes either.
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Post by XIII on Apr 22, 2024 12:38:14 GMT -5
The UFC Apex is shitty.
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Post by BRV on Apr 22, 2024 13:43:58 GMT -5
Even if ticket sales at a traditional arena aren't great for NXT Battleground, it's still a few thousand tickets more than you'll have at the UFC Apex.
This is like holding an episode of Raw or SmackDown back at the Performance Center even after fans were allowed in arenas in 2021.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Apr 22, 2024 14:01:40 GMT -5
So this is the confirmed bit. What's not confirmed is whether or not the show is getting moved, and there's rumours floating that it's gonna be at UFC Apex in Vegas, which would be a pretty significant step in WWE/UFC crossover. I super hope it's not true tho cause UFC Apex is ugly as shit and looks more like The Thunderdome than an actual venue ADDENDUM: I'm just now finding out Georgia gets robbed of an NXT PLE?  |
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Post by froggyfrog on Apr 22, 2024 14:41:09 GMT -5
Guessing they announce Mania 41 in Vegas there
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Post by Legion on Apr 22, 2024 14:45:41 GMT -5
What is even the point? It looks smaller and shitter than the PC.
Why bother spending out to take them somewhere like that?!
Were tickets selling that poorly? Or projected to?
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Apr 22, 2024 14:46:56 GMT -5
The UFC Apex looks only slightly better than a low budget movie setting up a cage inside a warehouse and then not having the extra budget to populate the ringside area.
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