The ending to the Grimes/ Lumis match was more complex than mentioned here. Lumis went for his standing arm in guillotine but Grimes fought out, so Lumis went for the other arm, then switched back to the original but Grimes fought out again, Lumis repeated but then it was revealed that all of the changing sides Lumis did had tied up Grime's legs and the non-attacked arm as Lumis finally had his hold locked in and Grimes couldn't even tap out with his limbs tied together with the strap.
The best part about McAfee is that he came on his show the next day wearing a neck brace, im not 100% sure if he was legitmately injured (im sure hes at least a bit sore) but just him selling the match even so extra even if he wasnt really injured is gold.. theres a video on his youtube channel where he talks about it and sells the match, beautiful stuff
Io Shirai is an absolute madperson, and I love it, but... please don't hurt yourself, Io! Then, there's Pat McAfee trying to be even more mad... not sure if he got there, that's a fun debate, but... For a guy with only two matches to his name, that was some graduate-level bumping he did in there. Also loved the callback from Austin Theory. Top notch show.
O’Reilly has been my favorite star of 2020 NXT. He’s shown how great he is with that championship match with Balor and that he can hold his own & be ready for a challenge. He’s got the skills, personality & charisma to be a top guy in wwe.
Honestly one of my favourite Takeovers the more I think about it. Some matches weren’t as good as others, but I haven’t been this thoroughly entertained by a TO top to bottom since Portland, and the Men’s WG is a MOTY contender.
Wargames should only be said with the same enthusiasm and passion as William Regal he has the best "WARGAMES" Love your videos Tom always have a smile at the end of the video man thank you
Easy A+ for me. I thought both Wargames matches more than rose to expectation (especially the main event). Ciampa Thatcher was a brilliantly, beautifully Brutal match, cannot wait to see more of this (in a fightpit mayhaps?????). Grimes Lumis was a bloody great match that is going criminally under the radar (show's just how good the show was), fun fun match. The triple threat was fantastic, it was relentless and full of insane workrate. My personal grades (not that anyone cares mind). Women's WarGames: A+ Ciampa vs Thatcher: A Strap match: A- (very very nearly an A) WarGames: A+ (MOTN) Overall: A+
Gotta show some Love for Dakota Kai here! Trusted hand to start the match, sold like hell for everyone, that Eclipse through the chairs? That double stomp through the trash can? Love it. She got her ass kicked & kicked a lot of ass! My MVP.
In the triple threat, when Priest does a Razor's Edge on Ruff that causes the wall to crash, one of the workers knocked over the second wall behind her. That wasn't suppose to happen, was it?
Beat me to it. Would also help if he'd noticed that vulture/carrior connection, but then again, he was calling him killer kross so that was unlikely to happen.
Basically If you have the wargames advantage you probably gonna loose: Kings advantage/ UE won Team Shotzi advantage/ team Candice won UE advantage/team ciampa won Team baszler advantage/team Ripley won UE advantage/war raiders, dunne, ricochet won
its about time it goes the other way to prevent it becoming predictable. but i guess its just another form of 50/50 booking. you either win the match before and have the advantage or youm win the wargames match. never both that needs to change
Thought the main event was stupid and didn't protect any of the heels except Pat... Why damage Pete's finishing move? Why make our tag champs look like trash
I've stopped watching the news videos because I don't care for the conversation, please keep this format for graded! I don't want every video to be a mini-podcast.
Grimes and Lumis had a hell of a match that like no one seems to care about lol That’s how you know this was another solid NXT show
Dude I was thinking the same but it probably did get overlooked by the other matches
It was just okay. Not bad but nothing special.
Best takeover of the year in my opinion
Him picking up and throwing lumis was amazing. I know a small thing but dang dude
I think the main event was great as well. 8 top performances. Inventive grabs, hardcore hitting action and good spots. Why don't we see on WWE?
The ending to the Grimes/ Lumis match was more complex than mentioned here. Lumis went for his standing arm in guillotine but Grimes fought out, so Lumis went for the other arm, then switched back to the original but Grimes fought out again, Lumis repeated but then it was revealed that all of the changing sides Lumis did had tied up Grime's legs and the non-attacked arm as Lumis finally had his hold locked in and Grimes couldn't even tap out with his limbs tied together with the strap.
Woah, you made that match even better!!!
I didn’t notice that at first, that his prior moves caused his entanglement - nice observation man! A Can of coke to you sir!
Bravo for that immaculate analysis!
I can't really explain it, but somehow that Io Sharai spot is the perfect summary for 2020.
Great little things wrapped in a trash can? Lol I agree
As much as I will always love the Rumble, I think Wargames is my favorite PPV of the year.
The best part about McAfee is that he came on his show the next day wearing a neck brace, im not 100% sure if he was legitmately injured (im sure hes at least a bit sore) but just him selling the match even so extra even if he wasnt really injured is gold.. theres a video on his youtube channel where he talks about it and sells the match, beautiful stuff
Io Shirai is an absolute madperson, and I love it, but... please don't hurt yourself, Io! Then, there's Pat McAfee trying to be even more mad... not sure if he got there, that's a fun debate, but... For a guy with only two matches to his name, that was some graduate-level bumping he did in there. Also loved the callback from Austin Theory. Top notch show.
Was I the only one having audio issues? I just want to make sure it wasn’t my phone
No its the video, I was thinking similar
I think it was on purpose
It was a pleasant surprise to see my two favourite things join forces - cricket and pro-wrestling!
O’Reilly has been my favorite star of 2020 NXT. He’s shown how great he is with that championship match with Balor and that he can hold his own & be ready for a challenge. He’s got the skills, personality & charisma to be a top guy in wwe.
Kross v Balor, Finn better breakout the Demon for that
While I would love that, it's too soon (even in the coming months that we can expect such match) from when Balor said he wanted to not use it anymore.
@@AzureDragoonGX Yeah. But it’d just be too good, I could see him doin it in a rematch perhaps would have the best chance.
Pretty sure he’s retired the demon, and tbh, that shit was pretty corny IMO lol
Kross is gonna fuck balor up
Nah. This stage of The PrinXe doesn't need the demon. At all.
I think his cauliflower ear exploded
Honestly one of my favourite Takeovers the more I think about it. Some matches weren’t as good as others, but I haven’t been this thoroughly entertained by a TO top to bottom since Portland, and the Men’s WG is a MOTY contender.
Gonzalez was on team who? 3:07
Wargames should only be said with the same enthusiasm and passion as William Regal he has the best "WARGAMES"
Love your videos Tom always have a smile at the end of the video man thank you
Flintoff ❤ One of the better allrounders produced by England
Little bit of static in the audio
Easy A+ for me. I thought both Wargames matches more than rose to expectation (especially the main event). Ciampa Thatcher was a brilliantly, beautifully Brutal match, cannot wait to see more of this (in a fightpit mayhaps?????). Grimes Lumis was a bloody great match that is going criminally under the radar (show's just how good the show was), fun fun match. The triple threat was fantastic, it was relentless and full of insane workrate. My personal grades (not that anyone cares mind).
Women's WarGames: A+
Ciampa vs Thatcher: A
Strap match: A- (very very nearly an A)
WarGames: A+ (MOTN)
Overall: A+
Worst NXT WarGames yet
Gotta show some Love for Dakota Kai here! Trusted hand to start the match, sold like hell for everyone, that Eclipse through the chairs? That double stomp through the trash can? Love it. She got her ass kicked & kicked a lot of ass! My MVP.
Yeah dude, not to mention the way she sells every move like she's dying. Lol. She's really great
I just want to hear Ross scream "war games" lol
Good job Tom
In the triple threat, when Priest does a Razor's Edge on Ruff that causes the wall to crash, one of the workers knocked over the second wall behind her. That wasn't suppose to happen, was it?
Bonus points for the T-shirt..
Tom mate, how could you gloss over that outrageous Backbreaker Roddy Strong did on Dunne
It's easy when Pat McAfee's pays you to do it ;-)
Pat Mcafee is Attitude Era Shane McMahon
thanks!
Takeover wargames never disappoints me
Not a crow, that my friends from across the pond is a vulture
How Tom mistook that for a crow is beyond me!
Beat me to it. Would also help if he'd noticed that vulture/carrior connection, but then again, he was calling him killer kross so that was unlikely to happen.
It really doesn't matter.
@@ChristopherJames1993 Does anything
The only match I've seen is the Ciampa/Thatcher match. It was really good though.
Where is your tee shirt from?????
Like it as always, but please sort out the mic problems. Kinda distracting when you hear that stuff when you don't expect it.
Basically If you have the wargames advantage you probably gonna loose:
Kings advantage/ UE won
Team Shotzi advantage/ team Candice won
UE advantage/team ciampa won
Team baszler advantage/team Ripley won
UE advantage/war raiders, dunne, ricochet won
its about time it goes the other way to prevent it becoming predictable. but i guess its just another form of 50/50 booking. you either win the match before and have the advantage or youm win the wargames match. never both
that needs to change
Why doesn't Ross do a WTF for NXT?
Tom's Grade >>>> Dave's stars
So what was the point of Leon Ruff winning the North American championship if he was just gonna drop it in like a couple of weeks
Priest was royally shafted he deserves the belt more than anyone on the nxt roster
Ib4 he is the one who takes it fron Kross
Thought the main event was stupid and didn't protect any of the heels except Pat... Why damage Pete's finishing move? Why make our tag champs look like trash
im looking forward to karion kross coming back
mesut ozil
McAfee is a star
Surprisingly I agree
I wanted Pat’s team to win so bad tho
both wargames were won by the wrong teams, aside from that it was a great show.
Candice seemed really out of it.
B+
I've stopped watching the news videos because I don't care for the conversation, please keep this format for graded! I don't want every video to be a mini-podcast.
Also Gonzalez was team Candice.
Glad they didn’t bring out a 60 year old wrestler as the big spot of the night. NXT knows how to actually build stars and not live off of nostalgia l.
Flintoff ❤ One of the better allrounders produced by England