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NXT TakeOver 36 | 7:00 PM | Pre-Show - 6:30 PM | WWE Network on Peacock

Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
141297 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 12:47 pm
I tried to give it as much time as possible

12 hours after being posted to WWE's YouTube page... Brock Lesnar's surprise return has gotten 1.9 million views

Becky Lynch's surprise return on WWE's YouTube page has gotten only 833,000 views in a comparable 14 hours to another return this weekend.

NXT TakeOver 36 comes from the Capitol Wrestling Center inside of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla.

NXT Championship Match
Karrion Kross (c) vs. Samoa Joe

NXT United Kingdom Championship Match
WALTER (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov

NXT Women's Championship Match
Raquel Gonzalez (c) vs. Dakota Kai

2-out-of-3 Falls Match | Fall 1: standard match - Fall 2: street fight - Fall 3 (if necessary): cage match
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly

Million Dollar Championship Match | if Knight wins - Ted DiBiase becomes his butler
L.A. Knight (c) vs. Cameron Grimes

Pre-Show Match
Ridge Holland vs. Trey Baxter

Will she make Samoa Joe fall & pray tonight?
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8110 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 1:27 pm to
Alot of people were stoked on Brock returning last night in the SummerSlam thread, but how "back" is he really? I have a feeling it may of been just to set up that sweet Saudi blood money match.

Either way, WWE just threw in the towel on Raw last night and moved all of their chips to Smackdown.
Posted by TheeRealCarolina
Member since Aug 2018
17925 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 2:37 pm to
There are significantly more videos of Becky’s and Brock’s return and they got more mainstream attention too. ESPN, CBS Sports, Fox, Forbes, etc.

AEW’s official YouTube Page has under 2.5 million subscribers. WWE’s page has over 80 million. For comparison, TNA has 4.2 million, RoH has 650k and NJPW has under 500k.

They aren’t in WWE’s league. I get that you want competition to WWE, I do. A rising tide raises all boats. I want someone who can legitimately compete with them and push them the way WCW did in the late 90s. However, AEW is not that place. They are late day WCW catering to a niche market with SJW fingerprints on the product.

But anyways, solid cardtonight.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24079 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 3:04 pm to
Hello, all fellow human beings. Seems like wrasslin' had a big weekend all around.


I'm pretty sure I made all my picks correctly last night, especially the ones that were incorrectly typed.

quote:




Look at this sexy piece of plastic.

Let's hope she doesn't end up floating in that huge plastic island in the Pacific once Kross discards her.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
141297 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 3:07 pm to
oh yeah... picks for tonight

Samoa Joe via submission/referee stoppage
Ilja Dragunov via pin
Raquel Gonzalez via pin
Kyle O'Reilly wins 2-1 via pin in the cage
Cameron Grimes via pin
Ridge Holland via pin

I expect this to be a cracking good show... the current version of NXT's last stand
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65907 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 4:14 pm to
I think I see a stag hiding in this image.
quote:


Or a Lobster trying to escape.

My god, some folks make some really dumb permanent choices.
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88873 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 4:19 pm to
The end of NXT as we know it, helluva run
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
10033 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

NXT Championship Match
Karrion Kross (c) vs. Samoa Joe

NXT United Kingdom Championship Match
WALTER (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov

NXT Women's Championship Match
Raquel Gonzalez (c) vs. Dakota Kai

2-out-of-3 Falls Match | Fall 1: standard match - Fall 2: street fight - Fall 3 (if necessary): cage match
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly

Million Dollar Championship Match | if Knight wins - Ted DiBiase becomes his butler
L.A. Knight (c) vs. Cameron Grimes

Pre-Show Match
Ridge Holland vs. Trey Baxter WHO????
Posted by lsutigersFTW
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2008
7355 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 4:43 pm to
Man, Nick Khan made a frightening statement today.

When talking about how NXT is going to change, he said they are going to bring in hopefuls with no wrestling experience, and train them all the exact same way to fit the WWE style

A roster of people wrestling that baby poop soft Bray Wyatt/The Miz/ Kofi Kingston style would be horrifying.
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 4:44 pm
Posted by G The Tiger Fan
Member since Apr 2015
103971 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 5:48 pm to
We have to pick these matches? Heck:

Joe pins Cross
Walter submits Dragunov
Gonzalez pins Kai
Cole wins 2-1
Grimes pins Knight
Baxter pins Holland
Posted by 50407Tiger
Member since Oct 2019
1227 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 5:55 pm to
Meh, after last nights picks I’m not too excited about picking again but I have an idea about this show:

Joe win*
Dragunov sub WALTER
Gonzalez pin
Cole win 2/3
Knight pin Grimes

*Big E cash in for NXT title.

Posted by TheeRealCarolina
Member since Aug 2018
17925 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 8:21 pm to
Russians do have a tendency to beat back Austrians who overstep themselves.
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29316 posts
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:57 pm to
Evidently Becky is coming back a heel…..and she’s going to be the top heel on SD…..bold move let’s see if it pays off for them.

ETA

Faces are a bit lacking for SD women’s division…..we’ll see if Bianca can carry it.
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 10:59 pm
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