NXT Championship Steel Cage Match

Grayson Waller vs. Bron Breakker (c)

NXT Women's Championship Match

Gigi Dolin vs. Jacey Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez (c)

NXT Tag Team Championship

Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. Chase University (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) vs. Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) vs. The New Day (c) (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)

NXT North American Championship Match

Dijak vs. Wes Less (c)

NXT Women's Tag Team Championship Match

Fallon Henley & Kiana James vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c)

Two-Out-Of-Three Falls Match

Apollo Crews vs. Carmelo Hayes

I’ll be there literally four rows to the ring, hard camera back of me. Gotta say, there are still a lot of camera front floor seats available and we’re only two days out 👀👀👀

It's almost at the point where I know zero wrestlers on the NXT card.

The three wrestlers I do know got demoted from the main roster (Kofi, Xavier and Apollo). Not sure why New Day are NXT Tag Champs while still being active on the main roster. More work equals more pay I guess?

I'm looking forward to this show, especially the women's matches.

As someone, who generally dislikes when the WWE pairs up rivals and makes them tag team champions, I'm all for Fallon Henley & Kiana James winning the titles. Don't get me wrong, I've dug Katana and Kayden's run so far, if they retain the titles then that's fine and all, however, I have just been enjoying everything Kiana and Fallon have been doing lately.

Worried tonight my be the final night of Toxic Attraction being a stable again, this smells like a Gigi face run and Jacy being a full fledged heel. They were teasing that a few weeks ago at the Battle Royale.

Maybe they extend this for 1-2 more weeks before everything boils over but this just reeks of this happening. I get why they want Dolin as a face though.

Yeah gone are they days of seeing a NXT Takeover show and it looking like an independent supercard.

My concern with NXT, if Bron drops the title and moves to the main roster, then the playing field is very thin.

Waller and Cody teased a match recently, but it could be a case of them " always working " but it may be a sign the Aussie is main roster bound regardless of a win or not. I can't see him as NXT Champion, but definitely in a backwards way in a similar position to Theory.

Here now. I’m literally in the splash zone. I’d upload a picture if I knew how. First name I saw was athletic trainer Tara (I think that’s her name) whom I remember from Breaking Ground. No idea she still worked for them.

Justified 'This is awesome' happening between DIJAK and Wes Lee.

I don't get Wes Lee still being champ but I guess they think DIJAK vs D'Angelo is meaningful without anything on the line.

I like how must at the watch party seem distracted by other things.

This team should probably not win so they probably will.

The matches have been fine but the booking has made zero sense. Unless the KC's are going to main roster, this makes no sense. No clue why you have to use the tag belts in this storyline that does not need a belt involved. 

Tag belts aren't massively important but you had an established team in the KCs together to lose it in a fluke way no less. 

I’m just a happy. Happy boy.

DUDE!!!  I don't think fingers are suppose to bend that way.

The commander has returned to do nothing useful

Anyone else’s audio gone mental after that Kofi spot?

Feb 5, 2023 2:51:38 GMT System said:

Anyone else’s audio gone mental after that Kofi spot?

Yeap. All fixed now.

I had Gallus winning at first then I thought there is no way New Day loses a month before Wrestlemania.

Mandy needs to come fix this.

Speaking of Mandy there is the Kiss from a Rose

Waller is such an effective heel for me because I’ve met so many
People like his character, especially Aussie wrestlers.

Feb 5, 2023 3:36:29 GMT System said:

Waller is such an effective heel for me because I’ve met so many
People like his character, especially Aussie wrestlers.

Waller is as Aussie as it gets. You'd best describe him as an absolute cockhead.

On Bron : it felt like no one gave a shit, before, during or after that match about him. He's floating into boring babyface territory, if he doesn't turn heel soon.

Breakker has that sort of "Face Roman Reigns" levels of vanilla where there isn't much else you can really do with him at this point.

I assume Carmelo Hayes defeats him for the big belt at this point.

Waller is amazing though but this has been known for a long time, he's been absolute money as a heel. Dude can back it in the ring too.

I was so confused by the finish, it looked like Waller said “hit me” egging on Bronn with the whole storyline about how Bronn can’t control his temper…I was thinking Waller was going to counter proving Bronn can’t control his temper, instead he just pins him for the w.

Though he could have just said spear me in the one of many obvious spot calls in this match :lol:

Feb 5, 2023 4:09:48 GMT System said:

I was so confused by the finish, it looked like Waller said “hit me” egging on Bronn with the whole storyline about how Bronn can’t control his temper…I was thinking Waller was going to counter proving Bronn can’t control his temper, instead he just pins him for the w.

Though he could have just said spear me in the one of many obvious spot calls in this match

I wonder how much of Waller being so vocal with the spot calls is on him or how much it is with Breakker due to his inexperience. Yeah it was pretty obvious but still other wise, was a solid match.

Overall, I don't get the booking decisions for the beginning of the show but they tailed it after the initial first two matches. 

Feb 5, 2023 4:11:48 GMT Blindy said:

Feb 5, 2023 4:09:48 GMT System said:

I was so confused by the finish, it looked like Waller said “hit me” egging on Bronn with the whole storyline about how Bronn can’t control his temper…I was thinking Waller was going to counter proving Bronn can’t control his temper, instead he just pins him for the w.

Though he could have just said spear me in the one of many obvious spot calls in this match

I wonder how much of Waller being so vocal with the spot calls is on him or how much it is with Breakker due to his inexperience. Yeah it was pretty obvious but still other wise, was a solid match.

Overall, I don't the booking decisions for the beginning of the show but they tailed it after the initial first two matches. 

Definitely looked like Waller was carrying the match most obvious parts were the hurricanrana spot where Breakker looked lost AF and Waller calls it clear as day then later when there was a double down ref had to relay info back from Breakker twice.

If Cena can get away with it and be one of the greats it’s not a knock on waller.

Some notes:

Match of the night was Wes Lee and Dijak. Pretty cool to see a Sasuke Special.

I was seated behind the relatives of the girls involved in the tag match (I think Fallon’s husband and Kayden’s family) so it was extra loud in my section for them. Briggs and Jensen are HUGE people. Their size doesn’t really translate well on screen.

The Apollo/Melo match kinda put the crowd to sleep. It had gone on for twenty minutes before people started noticing that the first fall hadn’t even occurred yet.

The fatal fourway was the most fun. New Day had the loudest pop. Don’t mind Gallus winning but a hometown win for Chase U would have been cool. Thea Hail is also hilarious and would shout the funniest things… “Tag Mr. Chase, he’ll help you out!”

Gigi is WAY over. Jacy is so much more beautiful in person.

Bronn’s not very fun to watch, I gotta say. I don’t think he’s ready for main roster yet. Waller maintained the pace and added flavor to the match with his wit. Wish he woulda won.

If you put Waller in a tag team with Theory, the obnoxiousness would be marvellously on another level.

Waller has that natural confidence that oozes our of him similar to Adam Cole. At no point am I suggesting he's at Adam Cole's level (either way you want to take it) all I'm suggesting is " You. Can't. Teach. That. " and it's quite rare for anyone in NXT to be that confident, and that certainly accelerates the developmental process... also remembering he's only been in The States for 2 years.

Just some random thoughts...

The biggest takeaway out of this is "Sean Ross Simp", who is the butt of all jokes amongst the wrestlers.