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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 4, 2018 22:26:21 GMT -5
No TM61 either, which is odd given they were advertised on TV as being on one of the shows being taped.
Maybe they were just advertising like an interview segment or something and edit it in in post-production.
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Post by Dragonfly on Jan 4, 2018 22:27:11 GMT -5
I just came back from the tapings. Johnny and Dream tore the freaking house down. Go out of your way to see this one.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 4, 2018 22:55:31 GMT -5
So I'd guess Ciampa returns at Philly to cost Gargano, and at the Mania Takeover, Black will challenge and possibly defeat Cien. I'd have Johnny win it and then Ciampa attack him. Let Ciampa ruin Johnny's moment and set up those two at the Mania Takeover. Hell, make it loser leaves NXT since both could realistically be called up at that point.
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Post by Chiral on Jan 4, 2018 23:45:25 GMT -5
*Johnny Gargano out next for a promo. Presumably says some stuff, I’m lacking on detail here It'd be great if Gargano didn't say anything, like he comes out and just speaks gibberish.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 23:49:33 GMT -5
Um... I've been meaning to ask. Is Velveteen Dream the same asshole who was obnoxious on social media? Its just that he had a Prince gimmick at the time & I'm hoping somebody superior took it.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 4, 2018 23:56:46 GMT -5
*Johnny Gargano out next for a promo. Presumably says some stuff, I’m lacking on detail here It'd be great if Gargano didn't say anything, like he comes out and just speaks gibberish. Ah the ol "Ahmed Johnson" take eh?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 5, 2018 0:00:07 GMT -5
Um... I've been meaning to ask. Is Velveteen Dream the same asshole who was obnoxious on social media? Its just that he had a Prince gimmick at the time & I'm hoping somebody superior took it. Velveteen Dream is Patrick Clarke. I don't know how obnoxious he used to be but he IS still only a kid. Haven't really heard anything negative about him since this gimmick took off. So if it's the same guy he learned from his mistakes.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 5, 2018 0:01:11 GMT -5
I just came back from the tapings. Johnny and Dream tore the freaking house down. Go out of your way to see this one. Safe to say I'll be going out of my way all month. Ohno vs Almas, Strong vs Aichner, Dream vs Gargano, seeing Lio Rush get murdered. Good set...
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Post by lucas_lee on Jan 5, 2018 0:28:04 GMT -5
Um... I've been meaning to ask. Is Velveteen Dream the same asshole who was obnoxious on social media? Its just that he had a Prince gimmick at the time & I'm hoping somebody superior took it. You're thinking of Lio Rush and he got squashed by Lars Sullivan
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 0:35:34 GMT -5
All in all sounds like a pretty solid set of tapings. Very weak on paper Takeover card but at this point, whatever, that probably means it'll end up being an all-time classic show.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jan 5, 2018 0:58:18 GMT -5
Anyone else kinda hate how they use the same wrestlers 2 or 3 times per taping?
I feel with a roster of 50+ people, they should rotate the roster and have each person get one segment within the three episodes taped. That way guys like Blake, Murphy, Iconic Duo, Sane, TM61, Sanity, etc. get to be on at least one show.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 5, 2018 5:41:30 GMT -5
Good to see No Way Jose back.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 5, 2018 5:48:03 GMT -5
I just came back from the tapings. Johnny and Dream tore the freaking house down. Go out of your way to see this one. Gargano has been on an amazing run lately, and Dream looks to be coming into his own, so I have high expectations for this one. And Gargano/Cien at Takeover should be a MOTY candidate. Their Brooklyn match last year was one of my favorites.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 5, 2018 10:21:14 GMT -5
No TM61 either, which is odd given they were advertised on TV as being on one of the shows being taped. They did say they were going to take a look at TM-61 on their road back. Never said they were coming back at the tapings yet. Most likely they'll be back in the post-Takeover Philly tapings.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Jan 5, 2018 10:34:21 GMT -5
Anyone else kinda hate how they use the same wrestlers 2 or 3 times per taping? I feel with a roster of 50+ people, they should rotate the roster and have each person get one segment within the three episodes taped. That way guys like Blake, Murphy, Iconic Duo, Sane, TM61, Sanity, etc. get to be on at least one show. In the lead-up to a takeover the emphasis definitely shifts toward shooting the angles for the show, and with a very short taping like this of just three weeks that wouldn't leave much wiggle room. Some of the people mentioned aren't even really TV-ready right now due to going back to the drawing board on gimmicks, and the roster might be 50+ but a whole slew of those are green-ass trainees still working on things. Kairi would have been nice to see, but that would have really only been keeping her warm at this point, and it's not super necessary.
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Jan 5, 2018 10:47:25 GMT -5
Um... I've been meaning to ask. Is Velveteen Dream the same asshole who was obnoxious on social media? Its just that he had a Prince gimmick at the time & I'm hoping somebody superior took it. Velveteen Dream is Patrick Clarke. I don't know how obnoxious he used to be but he IS still only a kid. Haven't really heard anything negative about him since this gimmick took off. So if it's the same guy he learned from his mistakes. As somebody mentioned earlier you're probably thinking of Lio Rush as the obnoxious one on social media. Although it's been blown out of proportion. He made an ill-advised joke about released talent and got eviscerated by the locker room. But I think it's time to let bygones be bygones. 'Velveteen Dream' started off as a Prince knock-off but he has since made the character into his own and has improved by leaps and bounds in 2017. His match with Alastair Black is a top-ten contender for WWE in 2017. It's easy to confuse the two though. They're both the same age, same hometown, trained by the same people, and they both came up in the same indie feds. And they both got plucked out of the indies and into NXT at an extremely young age.
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Post by Moppy on Jan 5, 2018 10:53:15 GMT -5
Apologies if there's been a note and I've missed it, but - no official Takeover thread yet? It's at the end of this month right?
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Post by Dub H on Jan 5, 2018 12:20:01 GMT -5
I kinda wanna get bakc into NXT, but the only two I care about are Gargano and Kairi
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 5, 2018 12:30:20 GMT -5
I kinda wanna get bakc into NXT, but the only two I care about are Gargano and Kairi Gargano’s the #1 Contender for the next Takeover right now, so he’s on an upswing. And he’s almost certainly going to be a featured player coming out of it, either as the champion or through them possibly finally starting the Ciampa feud in earnest (if Ciampa costs him the win). Sane, on the other hand... I don’t know what the deal is there. There must be something not completely clicking for her to come in with so much buzz and not be used more regularly.
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Post by Dragonfly on Jan 5, 2018 12:50:06 GMT -5
Quick clarification on the tag title match: Undisputed Era put out an open challenge to anyone (except Niki Cross), which was answered by Roderick Strong. Alistair Black only came out after the champs pointed out that Roddy didn't have a partner.
And towards the end of the match, Adam Cole ran into the crowd and pretended to be a fan. Black followed him, allowing totally not Redragon to get the win.
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