Welcome to this review of NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have lots of good wrestling to get to, so let’s do so before tap dance practice. War Raiders (New Champions) beat The Undisputed Era – NXT Tag Team Titles Match My Take: 3.5 out of 5 – This […]
Welcome to this review of NXT: Take-Over – WarGames 2, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a small card but a big show, so let’s get to it. Match #1: Matt Riddle def. Kassius Ohno The following is courtesy of WWE.com: A wise man once said, “Do not bark up the […]
Welcome to this preview of NXT: Take-Over – WarGames 2, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a fun card to look at, so let’s do so. NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane (2-out-of-3 Falls Match) My Take: This should be a hell of fight between two people that have […]
A new year marks a new column for Nerdly… Opinionated. Where we give you our thoughts on everything and anything geeky and nerdy. Last time Phil tackled the issues with Impact Wrestling, this time round – following the superb NXT Takeover: Philadelphia – he looks at the WW’sE huge tag team division problem. Sanity, Authors […]
Prior to the event, during the TakeOver kick-off show, we found out the results of the NXT Awards, and so I figured I’d begin this article with the results of them. Match of the Year: DIY vs. The Revival (2 out of 3 Falls/TakeOver Toronto) Breakout Star of the Year: Peyton Royce & Billie Kay […]
So, we are heading quickly towards WWE’s second May PPV, Extreme Rules, and there are lots of rematches from Payback likely to happen at that show. I hope this doesn’t mean the product will be stale for the next month or so, but we shall see. RAW (9th May 2016) Results: Baron Corbin defeated Dolph […]
So, we just had WWE Payback and now we enter a new week of WWE… Let’s go. RAW (2nd May 2016) Results: Cesaro and Kevin Owens wrestled to a no-contest Tyler Breeze pinned Goldust Big Cass & The New Day beat The Dudleys and The Vaudevillains Emma beat Becky Lynch Rusev won a Battle Royale […]
We are quickly approaching WWE Payback, and this week will be the “final sell” before the PPV. Let’s see what WWE can offer to get us to watch their annual May event. RAW (25th April 2016) Results: AJ Styles pinned Sheamus Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows beat The Uso’s in their RAW debut Sami Zayn […]
This week we stay on the road to Payback in the aftermath of WrestleMania season. The roster has been shuffled up a little and some new faces are plodding around Raw, Smackdown and NXT. Let’s see what this past week brought us, shall we? RAW (18th April 2016) Results: Chris Jericho beat Sami Zayn via […]
Welcome to a new column for Nerdly. I used to do regular WWE reviews here and I’m back to do more once again. I will be reviewing the week of WWE television in one review each week. Raw, Smackdown and NXT. I’ll also review other WWE content including PPV’s. This week in WWE began with […]
NXT is meant to be WWE’s breeding ground, where they build up rookie wrestlers and get them ready for the main show. What they ended up with instead is the start of something that mixes the Indy spirit with WWE money, and threatens to steal the show from the Superstars. With NXT Greatest Matches Vol. […]
There are plenty of rumours about why the Elimination Chamber has been removed from the normal pay-per-view list, but it did not stay away long. WWE: Elimination Chamber 2015 became a WWE Network special but here in the UK we also get a DVD release. Read on for my thoughts… The timing of the Elimination […]
WWE decided, in their infinite wisdom, to hold another WWE PPV/Special Event in the month of May, meaning that in just over a month’s space there will have been three WWE supershows. Still, this has potential to be something special, so even though it is a bit of overkill, it’s interesting. With matches featuring many […]
For the first time ever, Destruction of The Shield highlights “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose, “The Juggernaut” Roman Reigns, and “The Architect” Seth Rollins as they join forces to lay down the law and dish out their own brand of personal justice in WWE. From The Shield’s days as rookies in NXT, to their shocking […]
The WWE Network has, at this point, featured two WWE PPV’s and, with this event, two NXT Special Events. The second two-hour NXT Special, titled Takeover will feature matches that feature a selection of NXT. The show opens with the first match of the night, Adam Rose, along with his posse of party people, entering […]
Welcome, one and all, to this week’s results and review write up on NXT. This week we start things off with the NXT Women’s Champion, Paige, defending her title against the veteran main roster talent of Natalya. The fans seem pumped up for this match, and I am too, these two women are two of […]
Welcome, one and all, to this weeks’ results and review write up on NXT, WWE’s developmental system, on show for the World to see. We begin the show with the entertaining duo of Enzo and Cassady cutting a promo on their way to the ring. They talk about “The Legionnaires” group. Fun promo that ends […]
So, you might be familiar with NXT, the development show for WWE that runs weekly television shows from FullSailUniversity in Florida. The talent down there is currently very good and features a wide array of styles and appearances from its roster. I write the weekly NXT reviews, here on Nerdly, and with the year now in […]
Welcome to this week’s results and review write-up of NXT, the show in which developmental talent show their skills. The show begins with the familiar sounds of Emma’s theme music, and she dances to the ring to a nice crowd-pop. She does the “clumsy skin-the-cat” to get in the ring, which is always fun to […]
Welcome, one and all, to this week’s results and review write-up of the latest episode of WWE NXT. The hype has been making the rounds regarding tonights NXT main event, as Sami Zayn takes on the NXT Champion, Bo Dallas, for the championship. Should be a good show, so let’s get started, shall we? The […]
Welcome, one and all, to this weeks review and results for the latest episode of WWE NXT. The show begins with Leo Kruger making his way down the aisle to his guitar heavy theme music, Kruger gets a babyface like reaction though I’m not sure whether he is a heel or a face at the […]
Welcome back to the NXT reviews, this week’s show starts with a promo video hyping Fandango appearing at tonight’s NXT taping. Faaaaaan-daaaaaan-goooooo. We head to ringside as the ring announcer introduces Summer Rae and Fandango for a mixed tag team match. Johnny Curtis is back in NXT, a fact I’m sure he isn’t exactly giddy […]
