NXT TakeOver Stand & Deliver General Discussion Thread - Wed April 7th & Thu April 8th

[Poyser]

So night 1 was pretty sick

 

[Deezy]

I missed WALTER/Ciampa

 

[Marty McFourth]

Walter/Ciampa was everything I was hoping for and more, I even watched it again earlier today. I pretty much never do that anymore.

 

[Poyser]

Walter vs Ciampa was incredible

 

[Poyser]

walter’s hand selling was so fucking good. Don’t think I’ve ever seen someone stay so consistent with it lol they usually forgot about it for a sec whilst they do movez but he just kept favouring it through everything even when he was putting on that submission

 

[Poyser]

I quite like Raquel too even though she’s not the best wrestler. You can just see she’s gonna be a star, hopefully Io comes up soon

 

[Poyser]

thought the tag match was absolute shite but it was the only match of the night I didn’t really like. Gauntlet was ok

 

[Poyser]

how many people targeted hands on this show

 

[Poyser]

Shame I’m not gonna be able to watch live tonight but then tonight’s show doesn’t strike me as anywhere near as good a card as N1

 

[Poyser]

couldnt care less about Cole and O’reilly

 

[Dale]

walter’s hand selling was so fucking good. Don’t think I’ve ever seen someone stay so consistent with it lol they usually forgot about it for a sec whilst they do movez but he just kept favouring it through everything even when he was putting on that submission

Thoughts on him using that hand to chop Ciampa with tho and finish the match?

 

[Poyser]

Thoughts on him using that hand to chop Ciampa with tho and finish the match?

I think that was part of the story like he was in so much pain but nothing he was doing was working so he had to just knuckle down and use the hand to get it done and take the pain. Like he was selling it pretty much immediately so I don’t think it was a logic miss or anything

 

[Poyser]

Was a bit weird that it actually did finish Ciampa tho I suppose, theoretically should have been weaker but then again Ciampa took so much shit I don’t think it’s bad either

 

[Dale]

I didn't hate it but I didn't overly like it. Maybe the big fuck off lariat would have been better.

 

[Hoss]

Kinda feel like Pete Dunne should move on to the main roster now. Dude used to be one of my top 5 favorite wrestlers at the height of his UK Title reign. I'm finding it harder to care about him since he came back to NXT. The main roster is horrifically uninteresting at the moment but idk how Dunne fits into NXT without Pat McAfee around. Him beating Kushida was a surprise for me because I just figured there were bigger plans for Kushida and he's done nothing of note so far other than beating Dream. Maybe I need to adjust my expectations for things now though, since wrestlers no longer "graduate from" NXT the way they used to.

I like that they used The Triumph of King Freak by Rob Zombie for the theme of this show. I was considering using that as an entrance theme for an e-fed character I was thinking of.