Man oh man, Takeover was superb tonight. 5/5 show.
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Some thoughts after the fact, as I was in a hurry over to the Kings thread earlier.
Every single match delivered huge, except the Woman’s Title. Mercedes is fine, and I’ve only ever been disappointed by Toni. I’ve always heard such hype around her, but she never delivers. It’s a shame, because I want to like her. Looks like a star, and commands the screen... but just doesn’t do it for me in the ring.
Raquel Gonzalez is that girl. Her offense is deadly looking. She’s gonna be the one to dethrone Io.
MSK vs GYV was a flashback to old NXT Tag clinics with The Revival and American Alpha. Great match. Good tag team wrestling is so much fun.
Gargano/Kushida was classic Johnny Takeover. I wanted Kushida to get the W, but I love The Way so I’m not going to complain about Johnny keeping the title. Also looking like my man Dexter Lumis might be next in line. I approve.
The Cameron Grimes music video was the greatest thing on a great show. I love that goof.
The main event was a clinic. Dunne is one of my favorite wrestlers going, and Finn is blowing the rest of his WWE work out of the water with this run. He’s so good right now.
... AND DOWN GOES THE ERA! Excited to see heel Adam Cole on his own. Good time for the split, as they were just spinning their wheels so it’s going to be interesting how this goes for all of them. In a perfect world, Heel Cole beats Finn at some point, then Kyle O’Reilly gets his big babyface victory moment over the man that stabbed him in the heart. Don’t know where Roddy goes, and Fish is never healthy anyways.
I just hope Karrion Kross doesn’t stick his lame head in the main event, but I’m afraid that’s where he’ll be.
