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Post by agent817 on Mar 5, 2024 12:02:24 GMT -5
The reason I ask this is because it takes place on Wrestlemania weekend, the same day as Night 1, no less. I am not sure if it's treated as NXT's biggest event, but there are some thoughts that may suggest it.
Every couple of months, NXT has a PLE, but other times when they have an event coming up, it's usually a special show on a weekly episode of NXT. Some matches from last year's show felt like they could be about the spectacle, like the women's ladder match, as well as Carmelo Hayes vs. Bron Breakker.
Then you have the first "Stand and Deliver" show. Yes, it was done at the height of the pandemic, but with it being a two-night event, it was livestreamed on the WWE Network and Peacock. Yes, it was still when NXT had the Takeover shows, but it wasn't too long until they stopped using the Takeover name.
On top of that, so far, Stand and Deliver has been mainly a PLE, whereas other ones were a PLE or used as a special. For example, Vengeance Day started as a Takeover event, which meant it was a PLE, but there was one year when it was a free-TV special. The same could be said about Halloween Havoc and The Great American Bash.
What are your thoughts?
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 5, 2024 12:14:56 GMT -5
They're trying to make it that and have referred to this period as "Stand and Deliver season" so the effort is there. But I think it's an uphill battle now with a two night WrestleMania as it gets overshadowed so quickly as a morning/early afternoon show. I feel like their other weekend major shows serve more of that purpose. Even Halloween Havoc comes to mind as a bigger deal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2024 12:16:08 GMT -5
In short yes it is.
I would have considered the Brooklyn takeovers as their WM when that was a thing but now it is stand and deliver.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 5, 2024 12:18:26 GMT -5
Halloween Havoc is my NXT WrestleMania!
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Post by agent817 on Mar 5, 2024 15:40:15 GMT -5
Halloween Havoc is my NXT WrestleMania! I did like the 2022 show, as well as the two-night special from 2023.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 5, 2024 15:41:24 GMT -5
Halloween Havoc is my NXT WrestleMania! I did like the 2022 show, as well as the two-night special from 2023. S&D probably is their WM to them, but Halloween Havoc is always the most fun show of the year!
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 5, 2024 15:42:20 GMT -5
I thought "Stand and Deliver" was a pirate thing to go with Wrestlemania Pirate Ship, like "hand over your money". (Alternatively, that Edward James Olmos movie)
I think it is just a silly PPV name.
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Post by 4real on Mar 5, 2024 15:48:42 GMT -5
The question is is Wrestlemania WWE’s version of Stand and Deliver?
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Post by Legion on Mar 5, 2024 15:59:44 GMT -5
I feel like they book it that way, but I really think it's a dumb name.
It should be In Your House.
A classic name. A classic theme.
And Todd Pettengill.
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Post by 4real on Mar 5, 2024 16:02:39 GMT -5
Should just give the PPV a random 80’s song name every year:
NXT: Broken Wings
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Mar 5, 2024 16:06:29 GMT -5
Should just give the PPV a random 80’s song name every year: NXT: Broken Wings The PPV poster:
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 5, 2024 16:06:49 GMT -5
In short yes it is. I would have considered the Brooklyn takeovers as their WM when that was a thing but now it is stand and deliver. Yeah, NXT Takeover Brooklyn was NXT 1's Mania.
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Post by Hypnosis on Mar 5, 2024 19:55:53 GMT -5
Should just give the PPV a random 80’s song name every year: NXT: Broken Wings The PPV poster: I want Valkyria to cover "Bring Me to Life" now.
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