Its that time for NXT’s Takeover special, dubbed The End. As NXT was kinda dragging and not showing off that sparkle that it used to, this Takeover reassured that NXT is still a big thing. The night started off with 'The Perfect Ten' himself, Ty Dillinger taking on the newcomer, Andrade “Cien” Almas. Cien, before debuting on TV was working house shows under Manny Andrade. As someone who lucked out and got to see him, he is a special talent & that was proven in his match against Ty. This actually was a fast paced, back and forth match, showing off the skills of both competitors. One thing I will say is that Ty Dillinger is very underrated, as he is over with the crowd and can work a fantastic match. Ultimately, Andrade won of course and showed the NXT crowd that he deserves to be here. Next was the Tag Team Title match between American Alpha and The Revival. Now I've been a fan of The Revival since they started and slowly also got hooked into American Alpha as they were the hot tag during Mania season. These two have been doing battle with each other for months and have been putting on nothing but classics, and last night was no different. The mesh between two different styles makes out to be a hell of a match. The back and forth style between these two teams left the crowd on the edge of their seats and in total shock when The Revival reclaimed their titles to become 2 time Tag Champions. This match was easily a legit contender for MOTN. As The Revival celebrated, the crowd showed their appreciation to American Alpha giving them a standing ovation. While that happened, these two big men took out American Alpha who later on were named The Authors Of Pain managed by the legendary Paul Ellering. What does this mean for American Alpha? Will The Authors Of Pain 'takeover' the Tag Team division? Following this match was another dream match come to life, as Shinsuke Nakamura took on Austin Aries. Man, what a fantastic overall bout between these two performers & an absolute masterpiece of a match. Both performers went all out and Nakamura came out on top with the victory. Nia Jax has been on a mission since debuting in NXT, and that's to become NXT Women's Champion. She had a chance against Bayley and lost, and kept fighting to eventually take out Bayley to get to the current champ Asuka for that title shot. Now if you go size for size between the two, Nia has the upper hand and used that to her advantage during her match. Asuka used her brains over Nia’s size to chop down the giant with vicious kicks leading Asuka to retaining her title. NXT Takeover is known for firsts as the first Takeover had the first Ladder Match in NXT history, and the main event for this one was a first ever Steel Cage in NXT history with champion, Samoa Joe against the challenger, Finn Balor. These two been going at since London and with the shock of NXT Lowell, Finn has had revenge on his mind. As every Steel Cage match, it was intense. These two left it all in the ring with intense kick outs and brutal kicks/chops. Samoa Joe took the win with a vicious Muscle Buster from the second rope to retain his title. This Takeover may be up there with Dallas as one of the best I have ever witnessed. Great matches up and down and lots of questions to be asked. Who goes after Joe? Can anyone stop Asuka? All these will be answered soon. This Takeover is what NXT needed to revive it and make it interesting. Lets see what happens in the future.
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Last night Beyond presented Gigantic at Aurora in Rhode Island and it absolutely lived up to the hype. From top to bottom the show had everything from hard hitting to comedy. The show kicked off with a returning AR Fox going against Jaka from Team Pazuzu. First off, the man called Jaka set the tone of the night with his entrance, legit got the whole crowd buzzing. Now onto the match, this was a high flying face paced match with AR Fox flying and Jaka working the kicks and punches. Ultimately, Jaka came out with the win. To follow this much, we are going to get a little weird and awkward, as Johnny Cockstrong went one on one with Space Monkey. This match made everyone feel a little awkward. It had bananas, tails and just a bunch of weirdness. Johnny gets the win which people were kinda happy about. Following that awkwardness, was a Women's Wrestling Revolution showcase match between Veda Scott and 'The Double X Diva' Alexxis. This match was a solid match, Alexxis took a page from her husband Eddie Edwards' book and chopped the crap of out Veda, which got the crowd riled up. Veda ended up fighting back and getting the victory. After the match though, Veda grabs the mic and pours her heart out about LuFisto, who fought earlier on in the day, and was able to still call her out. LuFisto vs Scott at Americanrana? I'm down. The best tag team in the independent scene is Da Hit Squad, and they had an open challenge. Who answers? None other than TDT, Tabarnak De Team. Good god was this an absolute brawl! Big men flying, beer smashing over heads, holes in walls. My goodness this match was absolutely brutal and it was an honor to witness it live, a definite must see match. Da Hit Squad prevailed of course and screamed for War Machine next. Good god that gives me goosebumps. Tough act to follow right? Welp, not if you're in House Of Glory, as we had a House Of Glory 4 way with 'Cashflow' Ken Broadway, Chris Seaton, Marq Queen and the lovely Sonya Strong. Now I've only seen these 4 once at Limitless Wrestling, but good god the moves and chemistry they have is absolutely amazing. Marq Queen ends up with the win after hitting a beautiful 450 but one of the big highlights was Sonya Strong absolutely killing it and getting a “Please Come Back” chant. The match prior to intermission was a surprise match as Pinky Sanchez made his return to Beyond and went right for it as he called out Homicide. Homicide pretty much the whole match laughed while taking it to Pinky and beat him soundly with my favorite finish, the Gringo Killer. Great match between the two and always nice to see Pinky back. After intermission, we had the tag match with the debuting Monster Mafia going against EYFBO. This match was part comedy, part hard hitting. I will say first hand, if you have not seen Monster Mafia live….IT….IS…A…Must! These two are absolutely amazing in the ring, with EYFBO they put on an absolute classic, and EYFBO came out on top. My god, this next match I could go on for days about. Legit MOTN, as Donovan Dijak took on debuting Keith Lee. Keith Lee is an all around beast, him and Dijak tore it up. It was like Godzilla vs King Kong. These two started off trying to shoulder tackle each other which lead to the outside & Keith getting the upper hand to shouldering Dijak onto the merch table. These two mammoths went back and forth with each other to the point where Keith Lee did a tope onto Dijak on the outside. Dijak ended up getting the upper hand and hitting the Feast Your Eyes on Keith for the win. Great match, lots of respect for Keith as the crowd wants him back. #BIGDUNN, JT Dunn took on the big Jeff Cobb up next. Now, don't forget JT has his own referee in 'Kingpin' Brian Milonas. JT took it hard to big Jeff as they battled all around the ring but, JT seemingly couldn't get it done as Jeff Cobb got the win in what JT considers a controversial 3 count but, JT was just too slow to kick out. Big main event time as Big Damo took on the 'Dirty Daddy' Chris Dickinson. This was a pleasantly surprising match as Big Damo showed off his technical wrestling skills & took it to Dickinson in every way possible. Dickinson came up huge with the win over Damo and then got called out by Dijak. Now as they were just about to get the match started, JT cheap shots the ref then Dickinson followed by Dijak. JT proclaims again that he is the 'Ace of Beyond Wrestling' only to be stood up by Brian Milonas and forced back into the ring as Dijak and Dickinson set their differences aside and attacked JT, leaving him out cold in the middle of the ring. A lot of people didn't know what expect out of this card but it definitely blew the roof of the building. Beyond does it yet again and provides a fantastic show. June 26th, Somerville its going to be fun as its headlined by Dijak/Dickinson vs. Death By Elbow. Can Dijak and Dickinson co-exist for their common enemy? What will Milonas be like? Find out in Somerville.
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