For those that have the network, if you haven't watched NXT Takeover New Orleans, you need to. It absolutely blew away Wrestlemania in terms of in-ring product, as expected. The 6-man ladder match was amazing and a complete train wreck in a good way. The title match was extremely solid between Almas and Black. The Gargano/Ciammpa match might end up being match of the year in any promotion. It was an old-school blowoff to a blood feud and expertly pulled off.

Angry Joe? That was cocky joe.

Yeah, I meant to post about Takeover on Sunday. It wasn't the best takeover, but it had some really great stuff. Loved, loved, loved the ladder match, and, yeah, the Gargano/Ciampa match just ruled.

Agree to disagree, I guess. He stole the show when he had promo time with Reigns and Lesnar, and he hasn't missed a beat as far as I'm concerned.

I get that people want to hate him because he was overused and never a heel after his original turn. But basically he was the only guy who hung around....now he will never bring the audience to the level that Austin and The Rock can just by showing up. But he has, at times, been the only guy who could set off the crowd....good and bad....all at the same time.

I grow tired of seeing Triple H....who should have retired and hung up his tights long ago. He could still do wonders as the new Corporate bad guy and never wrestle and still achieve the attention he wants.

And for all the Nakamura fans....I just can't get into the version of him they have in WWE.

Also...when are we going to see a Styles/Roode feud?

Angry Joe...cocky Joe it still looked stale to me.

That's ok with me....we don't have to agree that's what makes wrestling fun to chat about.

One man's superstar is another man's "meh".

Now I think we all agree the attempt to make us adore Reigns no matter the cost is wearing thin.

I'd love to see Joe/Lesnar 2. Much rather see than than Reigns in a cage.

Formation of a chaos 2.0 would be the best possible thing for him. Heel turn is a perfect start to that. Actually let him do Strong Style.

Find a way to slightly repackage Bludgeon Brothers (get rid of those ****ing fake hammers and the old Wyatt Family masks) and put them with Shin, and just have the stable brutalize everyone.

Then next week, send Finn and Gallows and Anderson over to Smackdown, have them reuinite with AJ into a legit stable of winners (stop jobbing them all out all the time...), and suddenly we have Chaos versus Bullet Club, and probably the hottest action on either brand.

All In just got a bit more interesting:

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Oh shit.

6 man ladder match at NXT Takeover was produced by HBK

I would agree with you, but I think they used it to just re-boot the RAW Tag division. The Tag Eliminator gives the division a fresh start.

They could have done the exact same thing exactly the same way they're doing it now. Because The Bar is facing the team that wins said eliminator. Like they're still champions. Just with no belt.

I just think philosophically it's stupid to have one guy beat the top tag team on his own (with or without a ten year old). And then you multiply that stupidity by having him hand over the belts the next night.

I also have issues with turning the so-called monster into mister jokey fun guy, picking kids out of the crowd for matches, but that's a whole other thing. Maybe the goal there is trying to turn him into the new Cena instead of Reigns.

I just have lots of issues with that whole thing...

This is pretty awesome, from cageside seats. Newbie reactions to Wrestlemania:There's more, all quality, but I'm not gonna post it all...