Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted February 11, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 11, 2019 After working solidly since the turn of the year I've finally managed to catch up through old episodes and then sit down to watch Takeover Blackpool. On Blackpool in general - what you've essentially got here is a shining example of a perfect template for a wrestling show. It had the bloody lot. Excellent tag team match, massive surprises like Balor and Walter's appearances, a plunderous brawl, great women's action, superb technical and aerial exchanges throughout and a big fight feel for your main event and packed with some memorable moments. Absolutely superb from top to bottom that I enjoyed immensely. Pacing was absolutely spot on as well; After a red-hot tag opener, Balor's arrival and subsequent match with Devlin kept the crowd in raptures. The Dennis/Mastiff brawl came at the perfect time off the back end of that and because their style is obviously completely different it could have gone one of two ways, but they kept doing lots of great things to keep the crowd interested. Weirdly I probably enjoyed this match the most, mainly because I wasn't expecting to. Women's match was great and Storm's celebrations made it feel like you'd witnessed something massive happen. And the main event started slow and built up to another superb conclusion. Lovely stuff. They've done a brilliant job in terms of establishing who the top characters are and the respective rivalries - the next phase of growth for the brand should be a little more creative freedom for the performers, particularly the promo work. There's nothing wrong with it at the moment and it always does the jobs in terms of clearly defining characters. Now the key is for the performers to get more comfortable with their promos and have some fun with them. Really excited to see where they go with it from here - definitely a successful experiment on WWE's part.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) The only drawbacks I had with Blackpool was that they did the spot were both wrestlers are punching eachother (The Frye/Takayama spot if you will) in 3 consecutive matches. Dennis/Mastiff started with it, and Rhea/Tony and Dunne/Coffey did it partway through. The main event went about 10minutes too long and they seemed to mess up the ending. The Tag opener was an absolute blinder though In the subsequent episodes, I’ve come to dislike Walter’s entrance. Not the music, that’s amazing and I remember it being on Ice Warriors from the backend of the 90s, but the way he stands on the ramp for The start is a bit cack. Isla Dawn has a shite entrance aswell. I always think to the Breaking Ground Series were William Regal is giving advice to trainees about how important your entrance is because people decide within a few seconds whether they’ll take to you or not. I just can’t believe that what Dawn does for hers was as good as she could come up with. Contrast that with Eric Bugenhagen from this past weeks NXT, and he’s made the right impression already Edited February 11, 2019 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) Echoey audio and a room of about 50 people, I wouldn’t bother taking NXT:UK To US events in the future. Get Toni Storm into one of the PC’s promo classes immediately Travis Banks and his comedy rage noises can fuck right off Edited February 15, 2019 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I have not been following NXT UK, who are the ones to look out for on their tour? Is there any chance of any of the NXT or WWE guys showing up? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I've more or less given up on the show as it's too dry to justify being in my weekly routine, but here's how I'd group the roster up (as of Wikipedia, which didn't include Charlie Morgan and Millie McKenzie for some reason - does anyone know what happened with them? Charlie is especially good but they didn't do anything memorable with her) Â Great: Fabian Aichner Jinny Mark Andrews Pete Dunne Tyler Bate Walter Zack Gibson Good: Dave Mastiff Joe Coffey Jordan Devlin Killer Kelly Rhea Ripley Wolfgang Xia Brookside Middling/good with crap presentation: Flash Morgan Webster (tagging with Mandews redeems him) James Drake Kenny Williams Mark Coffey Nina Samuels Toni Storm (needs to stop saying things are Her Dream like it's X-Factor. its also The Dream of that mental bloke who threw poo at the performance center) Travis Banks (put here because I enjoyed the Devlin match, but he really needs to stop fucking REVVING) Pretty much just crap: Amir Jordan Ashton Smith (you could see the joy etched on his face when the crowd started going "woop!" after he did it. He thought he was over. Nobody "woop"s anymore.) Eddie Dennis (fun match with Mastiff at the Takeover, but his look/gear sucks and his facial expressions are genuinely some of the worst I've seen. His pose for match graphics looks like a parody of a wrestler) Isla Dawn (has an aesthetic, not a character) Joseph Conners Ligero (El Generico's faux-Mexican gimmick aged poorly and he was 10 times the wrestler. they had him saying he started wearing the mask when he started wrestling because he had anxiety, in a nervous quiet Leeds accent. Not A Star.) Mike Hitchman Sam Gradwell Saxon Huxley (ha ha he looks like jesus mate aaaaaaaaaaahahahaaaa) Tyson T-Bone (cool gimmick in theory, but his terrible impression of Brad Pitt's terrible impression of an Irish traveller from Snatch is appalling) Edited February 16, 2019 by sj5522 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TildeGuy~! Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 31 minutes ago, sj5522 said: I've more or less given up on the show as it's too dry to justify being in my weekly routine, but here's how I'd group the roster up (as of Wikipedia, which didn't include Charlie Morgan and Millie McKenzie for some reason - does anyone know what happened with them? Charlie is especially good but they didn't do anything memorable with her) Charlie Morgan is under an extended try out deal which means she’s under contract with them but is still allowed to get bookings elsewhere - she’s just not allowed to sign for anyone with a TV deal, same goes for Nina Samuels. Millie McKenzie has been working for Sendai Girls In Japan recently, she’s the JR champion there. Also Xia Brookside is going to Japan to Work for Stardom for a month in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Right, I knew Millie had been in Japan but I didn't know if that meant she was done or not. That news that came out about exclusive contracts (that I think just applied to Dunne, Bate and Toni Storm, the people they're really big on) threw me off a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I don't follow NXT UK, but I hate this pair of wankers already. BOOOOOOOOOOOO Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 To be fair, the Grizzled Young Vets haven't been taken over by a smothering London hedge fund who sold their ring to Wasps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted February 17, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 9:54 AM, sj5522 said: Ligero (El Generico's faux-Mexican gimmick aged poorly and he was 10 times the wrestler. they had him saying he started wearing the mask when he started wrestling because he had anxiety, in a nervous quiet Leeds accent. Not A Star.) Â Bollocks to that. El Generico holds up spectacularly well, especially his 2007 - 2013 PWG run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 18, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2019 Word is that Millie sacked them off, at the suggestion of Chris Brookes (amongst others) - basically, she's only 18, and getting a ton of opportunities in Japan, so figured she should take the experience while she can and WWE will still always be there when she's ready. The "extended try-out" deals were in place before NXT UK had TV - they're not really a thing any more, as far as I'm aware. Pretty sure Charlie has left as well - she wasn't at the opening of the UK Performance Centre, and apparently was removed from the opening credits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Tapings announced for Glasgow (Braehead Arena April 19th & 20th) Download Festival (Jun14th-16th) and Plymouth (Pavilions July 19th & 20th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfogg1991 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Very happy with the download festival announcement. I'll be getting very drunk and finally able to see pete dunn live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Sounds like Pete Dunne v Walter was just announced for Takeover New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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