Takeover: Dallas (2017 Redo): It Keeps Getting Better
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Dallas
Date: April 1, 2016
Location: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 9,000
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves
One heck of an NXT chant gets us going.
Tag Team Titles: American Alpha vs. Revival
Back in and a powerbomb/top rope clothesline combo is botched, making it into something more like a Dominator and drawing a BOTCHAMANIA chant. I rip on other crowds for stupid chants like that and NXT is no better: you hardly ever see a major botch in NXT so lay off of them. Dawson breaks up ANOTHER hot tag attempt but Gable crawls through his legs for the red hot tag so house can be cleaned. Jordan starts throwing suplexes and takes down the straps for the shoulders in the corner.
Jim Ross and Michelle Beadle are here. This got a HUGE pop live.
Kota Ibushi is here too and the fans chant his name.
Asuka worked on her striking while Bayley hugged a fan.
Austin Aries vs. Baron Corbin
Scott Hall and X-Pac are here.
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
We recap Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe. These two had a war in London with Balor barely surviving and having one heck of a headache as a result. Joe won a series of matches to earn another title shot here in Dallas for a first ever rematch in a Takeover rematch. On top of that, Joe has turned into a psycho who is obsessed with winning the title.
Bobby Roode is here, drawing one heck of a gasp from the audience.
NXT Title: Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor
Posing and highlights take us out.
Ratings Comparison
American Alpha vs. Revival
Original: B+
Redo: A
Austin Aries vs. Baron Corbin
Original: C
Redo: B-
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn
Original: A+
Redo: A+
Bayley vs. Asuka
Original: B
Redo: B+
Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor
Original: A-
Redo: A
Overall Rating
Original: A
Redo: A+
http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2016/04/05/nxt-takeover-dallas-night-of-a-thousand-chants/
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