A WWE show in Chicago and not 1 CM Punk chant to be found all night. That's how great NXT is and how entertaining NXT Takeover is for everyone watching!
Definitely a great show...but it could have sucked and they would not have chanted for punk... he lost at UFC again...he is losing the people...he needs to give up cage fighting and go back to wrestling
They have pulled off a great storyline so far. This feud isn't over trust me. NXT does an amazing job of using their talent to their advantage. You can write the greatest story in the word but without the right performers it won't live up to the hype. This lived up to the hype.
Mr Oscar i don't know why NXT story lines and actually wrestling is way better than Raw or Smackdown. Maybe the guys and girls in NXT have more hunger or less fear of failure.
NXT has knocked it out of the park once again. Terrific wrestling, terrific storytelling, and a terrific crowd. These are all things the main roster are sorely lacking now, but NXT has in spades. It really is the main reason why I subscribe to the network nowadays. I'll have to see if I can sit through all of MITB without giving up. Also, you guys obviously don't watch Lucha Underground, because Velveteen Dream was wearing Prince Puma's tights. Puma was Ricochet's character on that show.
This TO was sooo good. Loved it back to back, from beginning to end. Even the "not so hyped" matches were great. MITB will have (once again) a very hard time topping it. Also Gargano and Ciampa sorely need a therapist, cuz they're INSANE.
Edoardo Prevelato agreed I even enjoyed lars sullivan vs black and bayzler vs cross.This was awesome especially gargano vs ciampa for the storytelling and the opening was hard hitting.
Michael Rivera i had serious doubts about the women match, but those two KILLED IT. Cross played the crazy psycho to a T, and the slomo on Sheyna as she choke her out was of pure rage and power. Also the Dream is making me question my sexuality again.
Edoardo Prevelato yeah dream is a very handsome man lol and him copying hogan and rick rude was awesome.Honestly in my opinion like Cena said velveteen is the future,but also ricochet like rock said and ec3 and undisputed era as well.
The tag team match caught me off guard really! I thought it will be lame because we all know UE will retain the title but oh boy, the match really is over quality itself! Very impeccable match!
Rodeth Icong agreed like oli and luke said danny burch and lorcan came to almost silence to the ring because nobody bought them as a threat because they haven't been featured to much on NXT Tv,but later the crowd gave them a standing ovation because it was their break out moment it reminded me of edge and christian vs hardys in no mercy 1999 which was there star making performance. I hope they have a longer feud because they have awesome chemestry.
I was at the PPV. It was a beach ball during the Baszler v Cross match. A person in the crowd quickly destroyed it and the crowd chanted "Beach balls suck". Crowd was great and respectful all night. They even shut down a "CM Punk" chant within seconds. Great PPV and awesome atmosphere!
Nxt takeover Brooklyn 4 Strong and O'Reilly vs moustache mountain Ricochet vs cole Black vs ec3 Bazlor vs Candice Dream vs Keith lee Gargano vs champa in a three stages of hell match
I like your card but this is what I think will actually happen 4 way Nxt championship Gargano vs Ciampa vs Black(c) vs Ec3 N.A championship Cole(c) vs Pete Dunne Tag team championships Strong & O'Reilly(c) vs mustache mountain Womens championship Bazlor(c) vs Saine Lars vs Ricochet (#1 contenders)
Cameron Ward i thought it was a really good match but they didn't need as long as they got, this could've been 15- 20 mins of pure brutality and condensed story telling. If the whole match was like the last half then it would've been great.
I found Gargano vs Ciampa perfect. Storyline, emotions they were all there. When it finished I got chills. For me 5/5 stars (because I'm not Meltzer and I don't give a match 7 stars when the max is 5 👍)
The guy is amazing to be honest. I'veonly seen him in a handful of matches so far. My favourite matches of his are Lee Vs. ZSJ 2 in Evolve and 1 in PWG.
Your guys' future booking of NXT in the opening minutes with Aleister Black v Ricochet and Keith Lee v Cole v EC3 made me harder than Oli is for Rollins
I went to visit family for Father's Day. My friend also came over so while I'm watching Ricochet/Dream they talking about how wrestling today is so dumb. By the end of the match they were completely in to it. "Is he gonna jump that far?" "There's no way..." "He almost had him!"
Did anyone else think that a double turn was coming in Gargano vs Ciampa? I know it wouldn't work with how much heat Ciampa has as a heel but Gargano was showing one hell of a mean streak towards the end of match with the handcuffs and beating up officals
Winston Thurston i was expecting a double turn aswell. When gargano was beating the shit out of ciamp on the stretcher I was waiting fir the cried to start booing gargano. I think it would've been cool to see a shift in the dynamic but who knows maybe we'll see it in the near future
No. It makes complete sense. We all think we're decent human beings, but if someone hurt someone very important in your life, would you beat the absolute shit out of them? Because I know I would. He was justified, ya know? So the turn wouldn't make sense. You can't just forget someone hurting your wife in a few weeks, and the fans can't forget someone hurting a woman in a few weeks, he would still get heat, and Gargano would've still got pops. Just my two cents.
Dream coming out dressed as Hulk Hogan is a throwback to Patrick Clarke being eliminated on Tough Enough by Hogan, who told him he didn't think he had what it took to get over. The racial slurs that lead to Hogan's release could have also been an added inspiration. And for an added kick, his colors were yellow and orange, not yellow and red, which if you looked at his tights, were the same design of Prince Puma's tights, which was Ricochet's character on Lucha Underground. He's brilliant.
On the crowd being distracted during the Cross/Bayzler match, the screens weren't on so there was a "fix the screen" chant and a "Beach Balls Suck" chant because someone had brought a beach ball but another fan had ripped the ball
Phenomenal B nxt take over is the moment that beach balls are the killjoys. Do your beach ball tricks on other wwe ppvs but dont mess with nxt take over
Use This Ranking System For NXT!: NXtraordinary NXTreme NXTeeter In The Middle NXT-bag To The Face RAW Thoughts? IMO TakeOver Chicago Was A Really High NXtreme.
Actually, after watching MITB, its 7/10 for me. The last 3 matches are really superb and the women's ladder match is also good. The rest of the matches? Meh! Especially sami vs lashley and jinder vs roman
I know all the kiddies are going get upset by my comments and say I'm out of touch with the current product, but I enjoyed Takeover Chicago way more than NJPW Dominion. I found myself getting bored during Dominion, I was even a little bored during Omega's match. I was on the edge of my seat all night during Takeover. Both, Ricochet v Dream and Ciampa v Gargano left me breathless!
zachp1979 I enjoyed both of them, dominion gets a slight edge though.i think a lot of it has to do with NXT being half the length of dominion. So it was a lot more condense.
I respect opinions, but I want to say there's no way you were on the edge of your seat the whole time. How can you when the women's match was such a letdown? I was on the edge until that point and then it was just meh. Don't get me wrong, Dominion had the same problem. The 6 man tag match didn't do it for me, so I lost the edge then as well. But I just like Dominion because the whole time it was 100mph. Takeover had 2 bad knocks while Dominion gets 1 and it had more matches, ya know? But hey, opinions.
I actually would like it if Dream becomes like the new Cien, wrestling newcomers at TakeOver. It helps him gets better as a wrestle and gives him experience.
In my opinion Oney and Danny vs Undisputed: 4 Stars Dream vs Ricochet: 5 Stars Cross vs The Queen of Spades: 2.75 Black vs Lars: 3.5 Johnny vs Ciampa: 5 Stars
SOoooo why doesn't Vince give AJ and Shinsuke like 40 minutes match like Triple H gave twice to Ciampa and Gargano? And just let them do whatever they want because the matches we saw defiantly is not what AJ and Shinsuke want them to be. This NXT Takeover was Awesome When Sheamus does it they call it on commentary "White Noise"
The Hulk Jabr because this is WWE were talking about and they do things backwards. To be honest though I don't think ciampa and gargano needed to be that long
But most people on PPV are hardcore fans. So why not,, It is really annoying how you watch the same people have awesome after awesome match outside of WWE, but when they are on WWE they are just their to do nothing memorable. I would like to see more of Demon Finn too.
The Hulk Jabr well WWE is fir kids and women and casuals and many of them are on ppv and also have the network so they can't have hardcore matches or even hard hitting stuff since they have concussion history if the shibata tragedy would have happened in WWE it would have been a huge thing covered by mainstream media they have sponsors who want the show to be safe and family friendly those sponsors aren't wrestling fans so they don't care about the product so WWE have to limit them but sometimes they just completely mess it up like Brock vs Braun Joe vs roman and ya their booking of balor is disappointing but has improved after the chamber
Dream is an incredible athlete, being able to drop that elbow 95% of the way across the ring, I can't wait to see what he's going to be capable of after learning from all these veteran (KO, Aleister, Richochet and when he gets to main there's going to be even more). Speaking of main, Dream vs Kevin Owens / Shinsuke would make for A+ tv.
Thank you for working Sundays for us. The move Gargano and Ciampa threw at each other so much was called Celtic Cross, but Mauro calls it the Fit Finlay Driver.
StealthHawk Yt Normally I would not approve of the main title not being in the main event. But it makes sense. The story between Ciampa and Gargano is FAR bigger than any other random feud that’s built towards the NXT Championship at the moment. That alone is not enough to main event a TakeOver, but it is enough when both participants of the feud can undoubtedly put on a hell of a performance. This takes me back to No Mercy 2016 when Styles vs Ambrose for the WWE Championship was the opening match. I was COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT because I knew Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz in a Career vs Title match would’ve stole the show and the main event. I was severely disappointed when Orton vs Bray main evented it however.
I WAS THERE! Was awesome show, there was a small group sitting behind me that were all on board on Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. Chanted for them all match long
Man that huge spot with the table was disgustingly awesome, I was genuinely scared for a second but i noticed that neither Hunter or Regal (which I thing they would be come out if a serious injury did indeed happen) were with the guys checking on ciampa and I felt better cuz I knew everything was alright. But damn what an excellent match.
hi oli and Luke the move you two were calling the "Finley Drive" was actually called The Celtic Cross my friends hope it help thanks for the great content and keep up the good work
My wrestling move nerdyness cant help this. The move is called the Air Raid Crash, Kryptonite Crunch, Celtic Cross, or White Noise depending on who is using it. I first started seeing it used, in the US, by Nova in ECW and AJ Styles on the indies/wcw. The move was invented/made popular by Mariko Yoshida in All Japan Women's Wrestling as most neat/dangerous moves were lol.
I hope that the Undisputed Era as a faction remains on NXT even after Cole,O'reilly and Fish leave for the main roster. Make it the Bullet Club of NXT!
Not sure if anyone else will say this , but just a comment about Ricochet vs. Velveteen. Dream's pants were a riff of Ricochet when he was Prince Puma back in Lucha Underground. This was a good Takeover, though, outside of the women's match. It brought me down a bit.
Undisputed Era v. Lorcan and Burch was my favorite match surprisingly, great fast pace and rhythm with moves and it warmed up the rest of the show perfectly. I actually thought they were gonna give Lorcan and Burch the belts at one point but the perfect matchup of O’Reilly and Strong prevailed.
I think the slow part of the Dream Ricochet match was a WWE developmental test of sorts. Too prove that Ricochet can perform more traditional WWE style segments of matches. It felt like a generic management dictated section of the match but it did play into the "I can do better" style aspect of the rivalry, it was a traditional WWE style segment tacked into a more indie style match up.
I like the name the Finlay Driver. Although, Finlay use to call it the Celtic Cross. Sheamus calls it White Noise. However, the popular name for the move is the Air Raid Crash.
Match of the night was easily ricochet and dream, it was just crazy. I loved the finish of the women's. The tag match was great and the championship match was pretty decent, I was interested how they'd make end look competitive towards Sullivan and they made it worse quite well
What’s Your Fantasy Booking For Takeover: Brooklyn IV? Mine Is: NXT Women’s Championship Shayna Baszler vs Candice LaRae NXT Tag Team Championships O’Reiley & Strong vs Bate & Severn North American Championship (6-Pack) Cole vs Dunne vs EC3 vs Velveteen Dream vs Keith Lee vs Ricochet NXT Championship Aleister Black vs Velveteen Dream II 3 Stages Of Hell - Loser Leaves NXT Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa III (IV) WINNERS: Baszler Bate & Severn Adam Cole Velveteen Dream Johnny Gargano NOTES: • EC3, Keith Lee & Pete Dunne Are Tweeners • The 3 Stages Of Hell Are Normal, Steel Cage & Ladder Match
I found on a fb page that Dream's attire was the same Ricochet used on one occasion, might have been wwe memes or a show about wrestling. Can't remember. They had a picture of it, too.
I always love takeovers but especially ones in Chicago because I live nearby it and I’m glad it delivered again there, now hopefully MITB which is one of my favorite ppv’s delivers tonight as well
I'm sure it's just because I support Wrestletalk, but I was more excited to see Keith Lee than anyone that they've pulled that spot with. Ricochet was the most exciting before that, can't wait to see what is to come for both. P.S. Ricochet instantly a favorite of my 2 youngest son's, speaks to the great appeal he has and the Wow factor every time he gets in the ring.
Really good event. I don't know what the 'Finlay Driver" is called but I'm sure that was the move the rookies used in Beyond the Matt when they had the try out match. On the AJ Styles Something Else to Wrestle With they showed a clip of the Bully vs AJ match where the matt was pulled back to show the wood under the ring for the finish a week before the Gargano/Ciampa spot finish. Luke is right about how quickly Baszler picked up pro wrestling, however Rousey at MITB was drastically improved. As already mentioned Dream's pants were the Prince Pumas.
Dream was mimicking Ricochet's good friend Prince Puma by wearing tights that once belonged to the retired Lucha Underground wrestler, along with wearing Hulk Hogan stuff for the entrance and doing the Hogan entrance stuff.
Hulk Hogan was one of the judges on Tough Enough when Patrick Clark was on the show. .He was actually a big fan of Patrick and tried to get him over before he was fired over the video. He was on the show where Patrick got eliminated and was giving him advice on what to do next.
Yes, there was a beach ball during the women's match, but most of the crowd boo'd it and there were chants of "beach ball sucks" until one fan destroyed it.
Love Like Owens t-shirt and shirt! Looking cool as ever! The Channel and these guys are one of the greatest ever! My fav and one and only wrestling show ever
This is my dream NXT takeover Brooklyn 4 card Undisputed era vs War Raiders tag titles Shana Bazler vs Decoda Kye women’s title Keith Lee vs Adam Cole North American title Johnny Gargano vs Tomaso Champa Hell in a Cell Alister Black vs EC3 NXT title
In the Gargano Cïampa match there was a moment where Cïampa was taken on the stretcher. That time the ref and docs were not allowing Gargano to touch him. This segment could not be done in an unsanctioned match where you're made to sign a contract saying that wwe ain't responsible if your opponent even kills you. That's the main difference between this street fight and the unsanctioned one
I reckon Velveteen Dream's Hogan gimmick was (aside from the Twitter bit where he was basically saying Ricochet looks like Mini-Rock) also a riff on the stuff he was saying that Ricochet is great in-ring, but lacks charisma, whereas VD thinks he makes the audience 'feel it'. Ergo, he adopts the persona of someone known for barrels of charisma and about a thimbleful of in-ring talent.
I was in the crowd for NXT and there was definitely favorites, except during the ricochet and dream, that was the only time the crowd fought for the favorite.
I believe that the move you couldn't remember the name of during the Ciampa vs Gargano match is called 'White Noise'. I think Sheamus uses it every so often too. Edit: I apologise for letting you guys know, I feel mean now.
Ciampa/gargano might be the best match i have ever seen. I had never been so emotionally invested in any match before. Ciampa's performance was godlike. Jeez, the brutality.
I might be wrong about this but I think, in regards to Dreams ring gear, there was a Warrior mask there as well and a homage to Savage. Now, Luke and Oli, do you think Shayna will be in the crowd for the Ronda match?
In my own personal opinion Oney Lorcan, Danny Burch, and Fabian Aichner are the best workers that nxt has to offer. In a sense that at first glance you wouldnt expect much.
Missed opportunity guys, Velveteen Dream was wearing Prince Puma tights! Idk why he did Hogan mannerisms but that was definitely a jab at one of Richochet's personas
Dream dressed as Hogan was likely a reference to Hogan eliminating him form Tough Enough. He also had tights that referenced Ricochet in his Prince Puma days
@31:55 This was the main thing I was waiting to hear about. I watched it and it was kinda hard to tell from the camera cuts but i was pretty sure Black tried to sell the Black Mass with the leg slap and wasnt anywhere near Lars and everything seemed awkward for a sec from the botch. That was prolly Black's biggest if any botch at a big moment every. Besides that the match was really great. Just made the match not seem as awesome with the finish. Takeover Chicago was a super awesome ppv overall in my opinion.
Actually Velveteen Dream's tights are of Ricochet's Prince Puma colors from Lucha Underground. Ricochet wore identical tights in Lucha as Prince Puma . Hence since Ricochet wore these colors in Lucha Underground The Dream was showing he could wear them better.
A WWE show in Chicago and not 1 CM Punk chant to be found all night. That's how great NXT is and how entertaining NXT Takeover is for everyone watching!
JetHawk222 Yeah I was there. True.
contrast that with the Jinder vs Roman match we'll get tonight... oooo boy
We will get plenty of Beachballs and CM punk chants at MITB.
Definitely a great show...but it could have sucked and they would not have chanted for punk... he lost at UFC again...he is losing the people...he needs to give up cage fighting and go back to wrestling
JetHawk222 exactly fans wouldn't do that in nxt but they'll be doing that tonight no doubt
Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano proved why storytelling is the best part of wrestling, nowadays.
Mr Oscar They proved why actual Wrestling is & has Always been the Most Important part of Pro Wrestling! 💪 🤼🏆
Mr Oscar NXT has the best storylines in WWE hands down
They have pulled off a great storyline so far. This feud isn't over trust me. NXT does an amazing job of using their talent to their advantage. You can write the greatest story in the word but without the right performers it won't live up to the hype. This lived up to the hype.
Mr Oscar i don't know why NXT story lines and actually wrestling is way better than Raw or Smackdown. Maybe the guys and girls in NXT have more hunger or less fear of failure.
Agreed
Velveteen Dream was also wearing prince puma like tights
Yeah I noticed that right away...I thought it was cool
Cameron Jasper Lol I thought he was doing Hulk Hogan cosplay.
I went nuts! I picked up on it immediately
Gaming Titon he was but he wore prince puma tights but was doing hogan mannerisms.
let our voice be heard the dream tights are like a puma
NXT has knocked it out of the park once again. Terrific wrestling, terrific storytelling, and a terrific crowd. These are all things the main roster are sorely lacking now, but NXT has in spades. It really is the main reason why I subscribe to the network nowadays. I'll have to see if I can sit through all of MITB without giving up.
Also, you guys obviously don't watch Lucha Underground, because Velveteen Dream was wearing Prince Puma's tights. Puma was Ricochet's character on that show.
This TO was sooo good. Loved it back to back, from beginning to end. Even the "not so hyped" matches were great. MITB will have (once again) a very hard time topping it.
Also Gargano and Ciampa sorely need a therapist, cuz they're INSANE.
Edoardo Prevelato agreed I even enjoyed lars sullivan vs black and bayzler vs cross.This was awesome especially gargano vs ciampa for the storytelling and the opening was hard hitting.
Michael Rivera i had serious doubts about the women match, but those two KILLED IT. Cross played the crazy psycho to a T, and the slomo on Sheyna as she choke her out was of pure rage and power.
Also the Dream is making me question my sexuality again.
Edoardo Prevelato yeah dream is a very handsome man lol and him copying hogan and rick rude was awesome.Honestly in my opinion like Cena said velveteen is the future,but also ricochet like rock said and ec3 and undisputed era as well.
The tag team match caught me off guard really! I thought it will be lame because we all know UE will retain the title but oh boy, the match really is over quality itself! Very impeccable match!
Rodeth Icong agreed like oli and luke said danny burch and lorcan came to almost silence to the ring because nobody bought them as a threat because they haven't been featured to much on NXT Tv,but later the crowd gave them a standing ovation because it was their break out moment it reminded me of edge and christian vs hardys in no mercy 1999 which was there star making performance. I hope they have a longer feud because they have awesome chemestry.
I was at the PPV. It was a beach ball during the Baszler v Cross match. A person in the crowd quickly destroyed it and the crowd chanted "Beach balls suck". Crowd was great and respectful all night. They even shut down a "CM Punk" chant within seconds. Great PPV and awesome atmosphere!
Zach Rhyner all lies
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Yea i was there too. Was awesome crowd all night! Loved the "you deserve it" chants when Ciampa was getting whipped by Gargano
WølfpackEd22 haha was great. I liked the "you f**ked up" chant when Black missed with the Black Mass
Nxt takeover Brooklyn 4
Strong and O'Reilly vs moustache mountain
Ricochet vs cole
Black vs ec3
Bazlor vs Candice
Dream vs Keith lee
Gargano vs champa in a three stages of hell match
I’m down for that
I like your card but this is what I think will actually happen
4 way Nxt championship
Gargano vs Ciampa vs Black(c) vs Ec3
N.A championship
Cole(c) vs Pete Dunne
Tag team championships
Strong & O'Reilly(c) vs mustache mountain
Womens championship
Bazlor(c) vs Saine
Lars vs Ricochet (#1 contenders)
Kaivon saddler not a bad card I can see that happening but idk if nxt will have all those matches tho on one takeover
Anthony Clark I understand but he is not ready for a title push yet
All About Wrestling I like that card alot
Takeover was amazing! Ciampa vs Gargano was one of the more brutal matches I have seen in a while.
Cameron Ward i thought it was a really good match but they didn't need as long as they got, this could've been 15- 20 mins of pure brutality and condensed story telling. If the whole match was like the last half then it would've been great.
After watching NXT TAKEOVER CHICAGO II, the MITB card feels so weak!
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Every Match was a 4.5 and above except the women’s. Best takeover imo
I found Gargano vs Ciampa perfect. Storyline, emotions they were all there. When it finished I got chills. For me 5/5 stars (because I'm not Meltzer and I don't give a match 7 stars when the max is 5 👍)
Edoardo Salina Couldn’t agree more. What’s the point of it being a 5 star rating system if he doesn’t stick to it. 🤦🏻♀️
Keith Lee
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Keith Lee
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Keith Lee is amazing for somebody his size. He's one hell of an athletically gifted man. Only true fans of his know how talented he is.
Seth Freakin Rollins I've only seen him twice, and I can tell how talented he is. Do I truly appreciate it? Maybe not, but I can see it.
The guy is amazing to be honest. I'veonly seen him in a handful of matches so far. My favourite matches of his are Lee Vs. ZSJ 2 in Evolve and 1 in PWG.
U r my favourite wrestling channel. Currently I'm sick but your videos make me happy
Your guys' future booking of NXT in the opening minutes with Aleister Black v Ricochet and Keith Lee v Cole v EC3 made me harder than Oli is for Rollins
I went to visit family for Father's Day. My friend also came over so while I'm watching Ricochet/Dream they talking about how wrestling today is so dumb. By the end of the match they were completely in to it.
"Is he gonna jump that far?"
"There's no way..."
"He almost had him!"
Velveteen's tights were a reference to Ricochet's Lucha Underground character, Prince Puma. The mannerisms were 100% Hogan though.
Did anyone else think that a double turn was coming in Gargano vs Ciampa? I know it wouldn't work with how much heat Ciampa has as a heel but Gargano was showing one hell of a mean streak towards the end of match with the handcuffs and beating up officals
Winston Thurston i was expecting a double turn aswell. When gargano was beating the shit out of ciamp on the stretcher I was waiting fir the cried to start booing gargano. I think it would've been cool to see a shift in the dynamic but who knows maybe we'll see it in the near future
Close to the finish I thought a double turn because caimpa looked sad after the finish before he acted like a dick
No. It makes complete sense. We all think we're decent human beings, but if someone hurt someone very important in your life, would you beat the absolute shit out of them? Because I know I would. He was justified, ya know? So the turn wouldn't make sense. You can't just forget someone hurting your wife in a few weeks, and the fans can't forget someone hurting a woman in a few weeks, he would still get heat, and Gargano would've still got pops. Just my two cents.
Dream coming out dressed as Hulk Hogan is a throwback to Patrick Clarke being eliminated on Tough Enough by Hogan, who told him he didn't think he had what it took to get over. The racial slurs that lead to Hogan's release could have also been an added inspiration. And for an added kick, his colors were yellow and orange, not yellow and red, which if you looked at his tights, were the same design of Prince Puma's tights, which was Ricochet's character on Lucha Underground. He's brilliant.
On the crowd being distracted during the Cross/Bayzler match, the screens weren't on so there was a "fix the screen" chant and a "Beach Balls Suck" chant because someone had brought a beach ball but another fan had ripped the ball
I loved how Dreams attire also had some Prince Puma inspiration
It was a beach ball I was there lol. But a fan grabbed it and did a Ceasaro move and popped it. And we chanted “beach ball sucks”. Lol
Phenomenal B lies
Phenomenal B nxt take over is the moment that beach balls are the killjoys. Do your beach ball tricks on other wwe ppvs but dont mess with nxt take over
dream's tights resembled prince puma(ricochet in lucha underground)
StealthHawk Yt and he threw in some Hulk Hogan as well
Wade Wilson he threw a lot of hulk Hogan
Takeover was great, the crowd was hot and I was there!
Kevin Vivaldo lies
*Dream was wearing Ricochet's Puma tights from Ricochet vs Marty*
Use This Ranking System For NXT!:
NXtraordinary
NXTreme
NXTeeter In The Middle
NXT-bag To The Face
RAW
Thoughts? IMO TakeOver Chicago Was A Really High NXtreme.
Takeover Chicago was 10/10 no way MITB gets even close to that!
JetHawk222 MITB will be 6/10 at best
Mmmm bayzler and cross was not good. 9/10
Actually, after watching MITB, its 7/10 for me. The last 3 matches are really superb and the women's ladder match is also good. The rest of the matches? Meh! Especially sami vs lashley and jinder vs roman
SUPPORT. KEITH LEE.
I know all the kiddies are going get upset by my comments and say I'm out of touch with the current product, but I enjoyed Takeover Chicago way more than NJPW Dominion. I found myself getting bored during Dominion, I was even a little bored during Omega's match. I was on the edge of my seat all night during Takeover. Both, Ricochet v Dream and Ciampa v Gargano left me breathless!
zachp1979 I enjoyed both of them, dominion gets a slight edge though.i think a lot of it has to do with NXT being half the length of dominion. So it was a lot more condense.
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I respect opinions, but I want to say there's no way you were on the edge of your seat the whole time. How can you when the women's match was such a letdown? I was on the edge until that point and then it was just meh. Don't get me wrong, Dominion had the same problem. The 6 man tag match didn't do it for me, so I lost the edge then as well. But I just like Dominion because the whole time it was 100mph. Takeover had 2 bad knocks while Dominion gets 1 and it had more matches, ya know? But hey, opinions.
I actually would like it if Dream becomes like the new Cien, wrestling newcomers at TakeOver. It helps him gets better as a wrestle and gives him experience.
In my opinion
Oney and Danny vs Undisputed: 4 Stars
Dream vs Ricochet: 5 Stars
Cross vs The Queen of Spades: 2.75
Black vs Lars: 3.5
Johnny vs Ciampa: 5 Stars
SOoooo why doesn't Vince give AJ and Shinsuke like 40 minutes match like Triple H gave twice to Ciampa and Gargano? And just let them do whatever they want because the matches we saw defiantly is not what AJ and Shinsuke want them to be. This NXT Takeover was Awesome
When Sheamus does it they call it on commentary "White Noise"
The Hulk Jabr because this is WWE were talking about and they do things backwards. To be honest though I don't think ciampa and gargano needed to be that long
The Hulk Jabr cause casuals or mainstream fans don't sit through long matches
Well if it was 30-35 minutes would have been enough ,, but still a great match "I mean Fight" :-D
But most people on PPV are hardcore fans. So why not,, It is really annoying how you watch the same people have awesome after awesome match outside of WWE, but when they are on WWE they are just their to do nothing memorable. I would like to see more of Demon Finn too.
The Hulk Jabr well WWE is fir kids and women and casuals and many of them are on ppv and also have the network so they can't have hardcore matches or even hard hitting stuff since they have concussion history if the shibata tragedy would have happened in WWE it would have been a huge thing covered by mainstream media they have sponsors who want the show to be safe and family friendly those sponsors aren't wrestling fans so they don't care about the product so WWE have to limit them but sometimes they just completely mess it up like Brock vs Braun Joe vs roman and ya their booking of balor is disappointing but has improved after the chamber
Bask is my glory
Man of the hour
King of the ring
.....................
why do we watch wrestling intelligence and power!
BASK IN WRESTLETALKS GLORY!!!
Dream is an incredible athlete, being able to drop that elbow 95% of the way across the ring, I can't wait to see what he's going to be capable of after learning from all these veteran (KO, Aleister, Richochet and when he gets to main there's going to be even more). Speaking of main, Dream vs Kevin Owens / Shinsuke would make for A+ tv.
You guys overlooked the velveteen dream having prince puma like tights from lucha underground
Keith Lee !!!!
The man of the hour
The King Of The Ring
Intelligence and power !!!!
Thank you for working Sundays for us. The move Gargano and Ciampa threw at each other so much was called Celtic Cross, but Mauro calls it the Fit Finlay Driver.
TAKEOVER WAS A GREAT SHOW FROM BEGINNING TO END!!!!!!!!! ENJOYED THE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!
as long as gargano and ciampa are feuding, black and the nxt championship will never main event a takeover
StealthHawk Yt Normally I would not approve of the main title not being in the main event. But it makes sense. The story between Ciampa and Gargano is FAR bigger than any other random feud that’s built towards the NXT Championship at the moment. That alone is not enough to main event a TakeOver, but it is enough when both participants of the feud can undoubtedly put on a hell of a performance. This takes me back to No Mercy 2016 when Styles vs Ambrose for the WWE Championship was the opening match. I was COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT because I knew Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz in a Career vs Title match would’ve stole the show and the main event. I was severely disappointed when Orton vs Bray main evented it however.
Honestly id put the belt on ciampa and let gargano chase him and make it for the belt it elevates the fued and the title in my opinion
Definitely. Everybody is really into ciampa-gargano feud. They really bring money to nxt
Another Main Roster ppv outshined by "Developmental" talent
I WAS THERE! Was awesome show, there was a small group sitting behind me that were all on board on Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. Chanted for them all match long
Keith Lee! 🔥🔥🔥
+WrestleTalk 43:55 the move which you guys are referring to as the “Finley driver” IS ACTUALLY CALLED THE “WHITE NOISE”
The TRUTH Revealed or the Air Raid Crash
The TRUTH Revealed no it's the Finley driver
White noise is sheamus. Celtic cross is what finlay called it.
Yeeessss That's what I've been saying. Finally
nooooo the move is called Schwein aka kryptonite krunch
Takeover was AMAZING
That spot where Chiampa tries to hide his knee from Gargano knowing that he has seen Chiampa take care of his knee brace.
AWESOME
Man that huge spot with the table was disgustingly awesome, I was genuinely scared for a second but i noticed that neither Hunter or Regal (which I thing they would be come out if a serious injury did indeed happen) were with the guys checking on ciampa and I felt better cuz I knew everything was alright. But damn what an excellent match.
hi oli and Luke the move you two were calling the "Finley Drive" was actually called The Celtic Cross my friends hope it help thanks for the great content and keep up the good work
My wrestling move nerdyness cant help this. The move is called the Air Raid Crash, Kryptonite Crunch, Celtic Cross, or White Noise depending on who is using it. I first started seeing it used, in the US, by Nova in ECW and AJ Styles on the indies/wcw. The move was invented/made popular by Mariko Yoshida in All Japan Women's Wrestling as most neat/dangerous moves were lol.
I hope that the Undisputed Era as a faction remains on NXT even after Cole,O'reilly and Fish leave for the main roster. Make it the Bullet Club of NXT!
TheGamesVoice95 i hope they will pass it to someone in nxt, and then those pioneers still intact upon entering the main roster
Not sure if anyone else will say this , but just a comment about Ricochet vs. Velveteen. Dream's pants were a riff of Ricochet when he was Prince Puma back in Lucha Underground. This was a good Takeover, though, outside of the women's match. It brought me down a bit.
EspeonCommander I thought the women's match was decent, although it was the weakest match on the card. I loved the finish though
Loved when Gargano took off his belt and started whipping Chiampa with it and the crowd kept chanting “You deserve it”
Undisputed Era v. Lorcan and Burch was my favorite match surprisingly, great fast pace and rhythm with moves and it warmed up the rest of the show perfectly. I actually thought they were gonna give Lorcan and Burch the belts at one point but the perfect matchup of O’Reilly and Strong prevailed.
Thanks guys for this talk...I enjoyed it very much..y’all are very intelligent in your Pro-Wrestling discussions
Takeover Chicago was freaking amazing. I want Ciampa to go for the NXT Championship now.
Not sure if anyone had noticed but Undisputed Era's CFO (Cole-Fish-O'Reilly), with Roderick Strong's addition, is now CFOS.
I think the slow part of the Dream Ricochet match was a WWE developmental test of sorts. Too prove that Ricochet can perform more traditional WWE style segments of matches. It felt like a generic management dictated section of the match but it did play into the "I can do better" style aspect of the rivalry, it was a traditional WWE style segment tacked into a more indie style match up.
Many people seem to forget but that move is called White Noise. Sheamus used it also. 43:39
I like the name the Finlay Driver. Although, Finlay use to call it the Celtic Cross. Sheamus calls it White Noise. However, the popular name for the move is the Air Raid Crash.
Match of the night was easily ricochet and dream, it was just crazy. I loved the finish of the women's. The tag match was great and the championship match was pretty decent, I was interested how they'd make end look competitive towards Sullivan and they made it worse quite well
What’s Your Fantasy Booking For Takeover: Brooklyn IV?
Mine Is:
NXT Women’s Championship
Shayna Baszler vs Candice LaRae
NXT Tag Team Championships
O’Reiley & Strong vs Bate & Severn
North American Championship (6-Pack)
Cole vs Dunne vs EC3 vs Velveteen Dream
vs Keith Lee vs Ricochet
NXT Championship
Aleister Black vs Velveteen Dream II
3 Stages Of Hell - Loser Leaves NXT
Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa III (IV)
WINNERS:
Baszler
Bate & Severn
Adam Cole
Velveteen Dream
Johnny Gargano
NOTES:
• EC3, Keith Lee & Pete Dunne Are Tweeners
• The 3 Stages Of Hell Are Normal, Steel Cage & Ladder Match
SOmething you guys missed I guess, Velveteen Dream and Ricochet were heavily referencing Hogan vs Rock back at Mania X8
I found on a fb page that Dream's attire was the same Ricochet used on one occasion, might have been wwe memes or a show about wrestling. Can't remember. They had a picture of it, too.
Finlay Driver
Finlay - "Celtic Cross"
Sheamus - "White Noise"
(Over shoulder back to belly driver)
I always love takeovers but especially ones in Chicago because I live nearby it and I’m glad it delivered again there, now hopefully MITB which is one of my favorite ppv’s delivers tonight as well
I'm sure it's just because I support Wrestletalk, but I was more excited to see Keith Lee than anyone that they've pulled that spot with. Ricochet was the most exciting before that, can't wait to see what is to come for both. P.S. Ricochet instantly a favorite of my 2 youngest son's, speaks to the great appeal he has and the Wow factor every time he gets in the ring.
Really good event.
I don't know what the 'Finlay Driver" is called but I'm sure that was the move the rookies used in Beyond the Matt when they had the try out match.
On the AJ Styles Something Else to Wrestle With they showed a clip of the Bully vs AJ match where the matt was pulled back to show the wood under the ring for the finish a week before the Gargano/Ciampa spot finish.
Luke is right about how quickly Baszler picked up pro wrestling, however Rousey at MITB was drastically improved.
As already mentioned Dream's pants were the Prince Pumas.
As far as the beach ball goes, it got booed. When it was ripped apart, it got cheered. There also a "Beach ball sucks" chant.
Dream was mimicking Ricochet's good friend Prince Puma by wearing tights that once belonged to the retired Lucha Underground wrestler, along with wearing Hulk Hogan stuff for the entrance and doing the Hogan entrance stuff.
OMG SERIOUSLY GUYS?! THE MOVE IS CALLED THE FINLAY DRIVER. THERES NEVER BEEN ANOTHER NAME FOR IT!!!!
Hulk Hogan was one of the judges on Tough Enough when Patrick Clark was on the show. .He was actually a big fan of Patrick and tried to get him over before he was fired over the video. He was on the show where Patrick got eliminated and was giving him advice on what to do next.
Yes, there was a beach ball during the women's match, but most of the crowd boo'd it and there were chants of "beach ball sucks" until one fan destroyed it.
I screamed laughing when Velveteen came out as Hulk Hogan hahahahahaha
finlay called it celtic cross, sheamus also had white noise
Love Like Owens t-shirt and shirt! Looking cool as ever! The Channel and these guys are one of the greatest ever! My fav and one and only wrestling show ever
This is my dream NXT takeover Brooklyn 4 card
Undisputed era vs War Raiders tag titles
Shana Bazler vs Decoda Kye women’s title
Keith Lee vs Adam Cole North American title
Johnny Gargano vs Tomaso Champa Hell in a Cell
Alister Black vs EC3 NXT title
Hogan did give Velveteen Dream his support at one point in 2015.
Also, Velveteen had the Prince Puma tights as well. That was the riff on Richochet.
In the Gargano Cïampa match there was a moment where Cïampa was taken on the stretcher. That time the ref and docs were not allowing Gargano to touch him. This segment could not be done in an unsanctioned match where you're made to sign a contract saying that wwe ain't responsible if your opponent even kills you. That's the main difference between this street fight and the unsanctioned one
I reckon Velveteen Dream's Hogan gimmick was (aside from the Twitter bit where he was basically saying Ricochet looks like Mini-Rock) also a riff on the stuff he was saying that Ricochet is great in-ring, but lacks charisma, whereas VD thinks he makes the audience 'feel it'. Ergo, he adopts the persona of someone known for barrels of charisma and about a thimbleful of in-ring talent.
The move is called the air raid crash and fit finlay called it the celtic cross
Ricochet and the Velveteen Dream stole the show! One of the best TO’s in a while!!
I was in the crowd for NXT and there was definitely favorites, except during the ricochet and dream, that was the only time the crowd fought for the favorite.
I believe that the move you couldn't remember the name of during the Ciampa vs Gargano match is called 'White Noise'. I think Sheamus uses it every so often too. Edit: I apologise for letting you guys know, I feel mean now.
the move is an air raid siren, the version onto the knee that Okada does is a air raid crash
at least thats what they are in the 2k games
Dream vs Keith Lee has to happen😍😍
Ciampa/gargano might be the best match i have ever seen. I had never been so emotionally invested in any match before. Ciampa's performance was godlike. Jeez, the brutality.
I might be wrong about this but I think, in regards to Dreams ring gear, there was a Warrior mask there as well and a homage to Savage.
Now, Luke and Oli, do you think Shayna will be in the crowd for the Ronda match?
Sweet intro. Congrats!!!
I was lucky enough to be able to watch Keith Lee for a short stint in ROH. Having him in NXT is reason enough to buy the network.
In my own personal opinion Oney Lorcan, Danny Burch, and Fabian Aichner are the best workers that nxt has to offer. In a sense that at first glance you wouldnt expect much.
Dread Fiend they are the real best kept secret
Sheamus calls the move white noise and finlay called it the celtic cross
Missed opportunity guys, Velveteen Dream was wearing Prince Puma tights! Idk why he did Hogan mannerisms but that was definitely a jab at one of Richochet's personas
Dream dressed as Hogan was likely a reference to Hogan eliminating him form Tough Enough. He also had tights that referenced Ricochet in his Prince Puma days
@31:55 This was the main thing I was waiting to hear about. I watched it and it was kinda hard to tell from the camera cuts but i was pretty sure Black tried to sell the Black Mass with the leg slap and wasnt anywhere near Lars and everything seemed awkward for a sec from the botch. That was prolly Black's biggest if any botch at a big moment every. Besides that the match was really great. Just made the match not seem as awesome with the finish. Takeover Chicago was a super awesome ppv overall in my opinion.
The move Caimpa did is white noise (sheamus) or Gravy Train (Eli Drake)
I’m sure someone has already said it, but Velveteen had on the Prince Puma tights that Riccochet used to wear on Lucha Underground
Actually Velveteen Dream's tights are of Ricochet's Prince Puma colors from Lucha Underground. Ricochet wore identical tights in Lucha as Prince Puma . Hence since Ricochet wore these colors in Lucha Underground The Dream was showing he could wear them better.
Ricochet and Velveteen's match was like watching a live version of Dragon Ball Z! It was SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!
Dream and Ricochet Might be my favorite Characters on NXT and They had an Awesome Match IMO
You guys seem to have missed that Dream had Prince Puma inspired tights, which was Ricochet's character in Lucha Underground