{"id":34178,"date":"2016-10-29T16:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T21:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34178"},"modified":"2016-10-29T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T21:51:42","slug":"1028-nxt-san-jose-calif-detailed-report-including-nakamura-joe-roode-asuka-crowd-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/29\/1028-nxt-san-jose-calif-detailed-report-including-nakamura-joe-roode-asuka-crowd-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/28 NXT in San Jose, Calif.: Detailed report including Nakamura, Joe, Roode, Asuka, and the crowd turning on each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3558391362\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3 class=\"p2\">NXT LIVE EVENT<br \/>\nOCTOBER 28, 2016<br \/>\nSAN JOSE, CALIF.<br \/>\nREPORT BY MARK B. FROM CALIFORNIA<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Estimated attendance: 3,500.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">All in all the show was super entertaining. It isn\u2019t going to dethrone PWG or any of the Takeover specials that people might have access to, but it was fun just the same. We had some issues with morons in the crowd, but I\u2019ll get to that\u2026 Here\u2019s the card and results, as well as any key takeaways (and some spoilers for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Tournament):<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(1)\u00a0Oney Lorcan vs. Patrick Clark<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019d never seen Oney before\u2026 not srue if he has been on TV and I missed him or if he\u2019s still an up-and-comer, but he went against the super charismatic and insanely odd Patrick Clark. Oney was pretty much a pure \u201cboots and trunks\u201d quasi-strong quasi-american wrestler, but the crowd was fully behind Clark from minute one. This crowd was chanting anti-Cena jeers and any and every song they could think of before the show, and this was the right (or wrong?) first match to keep that all going. There was a Purple Rain chant numerous times, Clark threw is scarf at Oney halfway through the match and Oney (and the crowd) sold it like a freakin gunshot, and battle chants of \u201cNo He Didn\u2019t\/Yes he did\u201d rang out multiple times. All in all it was Lorcan with a massive half nelson plex out of nowhere and a half crab for the win. Crowd was into it; maybe the second most intense of the night behind the main event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(2)\u00a0Strong vs \u201cThe Orange One\u201d of TM61<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sorry\u2026 I\u2019m being that guy. You know, the \u201cboth tag team members look the same\u201d guy. I legit don\u2019t know which member of TM61 Strong ended up fighting, but doing some digging makes me think it was Shane Thorne. The angle was set up before the match with Aries coming out with shades on (in street clothes), blaming the WWE officials for not letting him fight after a \u201cfreak injury hit me right in the eyehole\u201d, and then Regal\u2019s quick appearance to create an impromptu 1v1 match that would determine who went on. The fact that they didn\u2019t simply replace the team with another member in place of Aries was a bit of a give-away that they weren\u2019t making it far enough in the bracket to worry, so TM61 had an easy pass into the next round after Strong did the honors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The crowd was oddly dead for this one. I expected them to carry the energy from the pre-show and first match but being reminded that AA wouldn\u2019t be wrestling took some wind out of everybody. It also felt like people didn\u2019t know Roddy as well as I thought they would. Am I somehow the old man now? You know\u2026 the guy that remembers ROH\u2019s first main event match, a time when PWG had the likes of Bryan and London? A time when the WWE videogames were good? It was a little weird.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(3)\u00a0Blake vs. Murphy<\/span><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1989886626\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Yikes. This one couldn\u2019t have ended soon enough. To say this feud is going nowhere is a bit of an understatement. If the previous match took the wind out of people this one had them begging for intermission. There were two standouts. First off, Murphey was in full heel mode, and he was the only guy on the show that got a legit heel reaction instead of a \u201csmarky\u201d humoring at best. People hated him, and he made it work. The second highlight\u2026 Blake came out as \u201cWesley \u2018the body\u2019 Blake\u201d rocking a few extra pounds, and both his ring entrance and finishing frog splash were accompanied by tossing out Spider-Man like streamers from his hands. Again, I\u2019m not sure if I just haven\u2019t seen this on the main show or if it was just for house shows, but it was ridiculous and kinda funny. Outside of that it was a mess. Tons of delete (ugh) chants, an ironic \u201cfight forever\u201d chant during the midpoint when it was apparent that this was going nowhere, and a general dead feeling in the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(4)\u00a0Daria vs. Asuka<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So first off, the announcement of a women\u2019s match (before even saying it was Asuka) was the biggest pop of the night since the Clarke match. It was a rough 40 minutes or so before that. Pretty standard match to follow, but there was actual mat work, some brutal striking and about 10 moves involving Asuka\u2019s butt\u2026 all of which were the first hint &#8211; even if there was some comedy &#8211; of a main event feeling. Daria convinced a lot of people that she belonged, going toe to toe with Asuka and countering arm bars and strikes. It was a legit good match; the first of the night. I do have to say that I wasn\u2019t a fan of the post-match setup\u2026 after Asuka went for the arm bar, Daria countered into her own before Asuka could again counter and get the tap out with a rear naked choke. It felt hard fought, but there was real animosity built up throughout the match. Rather than run with it though, they did the \u201ceverybody\u2019s happy\u201d finish with Asuka raising Daria\u2019s hands and the two walking out together and waving to the crowd. I don\u2019t want to see that. I want to see \u201cNobody is ready for Asuka.\u201d That\u2019s what I\u2019m buying. That\u2019s what she\u2019s selling. It was a great match, but the way they left would have everybody in the building confused if they went back to fighting each other any time soon. How could they? They\u2019re best friends now!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Intermission<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(5)\u00a0Authors of Main vs. No Way Jose &amp; Rich\u00a0Swan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Three matches left for the second half of the show, and this one saw the longest match to date by the Authors. In a nutshell\u2026 they worked a \u201cRevival\u201d style match. Rich was the fall guy, spending most of the time on the ground in the Author\u2019s corner while No Way Jose stood on the apron looking absolutely massive from my position in the front row. Seriously, that guy is huge. Everybody involved did great work; even the Authors, who to this point I really didn\u2019t have much interest in. They had some decent heat, but most of the match was people cheering for Rich Swan, doing the \u201cCan you handle this\u201d and \u201cAll night long\u201d call and response, and chanting for Jose. When Jose eventually got in the ring he brought serious fire, cleared the ring (the first time anybody has gotten any real offense on the Authors) and would have won if it wasn\u2019t for a quasi-distraction finish after Swan did a top-to-outside turnbuckle senton. Jose leaned out to make sure he was ok, quick distraction and the Authors hit their finisher shortly after for the W. Not bad, and the first real match of consequence from the Authors. The crowd loved Jose and Swan as expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(6)\u00a0Ember Moon vs. Billie Kay (w\/Peyton Royce)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I wish this match had more to it. Decent overall, but not a lot to talk on. Peyton played the foil a few times with outside interference and it really got to an adorable \u201cIzzy stand-in\u201d in the front row that was practically standing on the rail and berating her for cheating. Outside of that Billie had a good-not-great match, Ember had stop and go offense that eventually lead to the insanely impressive top rope flipping stunner, and the heels got what was coming to them after all the distraction shenanigans. It was fine\u2026 but it was also the start of some bad habits in the crowd. That same group that booed the John Cena fan early on and had some admittedly funny chants during the Clark curtain jerker was getting bored, and a \u201cSection 14\u201d chant broke out. Yes, they were literally cheering for themselves. The crowd booed and tried to get them back into the match, but the attention made it worse, and it would carry on into the main event.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1074961221\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(7)\u00a0Ty Dillinger &amp;\u00a0Nakamura vs. Robert Roode &amp; Samoa\u00a0Joe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Man\u2026 Wade talks about the idea that an entire show could build to one good main event and that\u2019s exactly what they were going for with this card. They just did it twice; the first half of the show ended with Asuka\u2019s title defense\u2026 the end was all about four stars that were very, very over. The entrances alone were worth the price of admission. All 3,500 people sang along with &#8220;Glorious&#8221; while Roode kept a straight face and looked at the crowd like it was their fault he had the song in the first place, Joe had a major pop. Ty is insanely over and it was 10\u2019s all night from here on out, and Nakamura lead his charismatic sing-along well after the music ended and match began. Seeing that guy in person is worth any price; he oozes swagger and commanded the room even when waiting for the obvious setup of Ty as the punching bag for the quick tags and brutality of Joe and Roode. Great match overall, and everybody got their major spots in. They worked the \u201cTy wants Roode\u201d angle more than the Joe\/Nakamura side, and even got into a little humor with the two. Roode at one point was begging off Ty on his knees, but in holding his hands up made a \u201c10\u201d which the crowd instantly got into. Ty did it right back at Roode. Then Roode got mad, went on the attack, and Ty stomped on both of his hands. Roode shook them out, again making a 10, and Ty followed him once more, mimicking his actions and working some comedy in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I was worried that Nakamura and Joe wouldn\u2019t fight much after hearing the other reports recently from live events, but that wasn\u2019t the case. We got it all. Shinsuke took home the win with the Kinshasa, did all his signature spots, and even worked a little comedy in around the 10 angle as well. It was a great match that ended the night with Nakamura and Ty giving the \u201cyou\u2019re such a great crowd\u201d speech and playing out with both of them doing Nakamura\u2019s \u201cYeeeaoooo\u201d entrance routine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS;<\/strong> Yeah\u2026 about that crowd being \u201cso great,\u201d though. Mid-way through the match\u2026 the main event match with incredible entrance pops and 90 percent of the merch at the stands\u2026 again had to deal with the self-fulfilling nature of the crowd. We got a \u201cBeat L.A.\u201d chant when Joe got in the ring &#8211; you know, because his shirt says SoCal and Northern California is obsessed with beating the Lakers, Ducks, Kings, and Dodgers &#8211; and section 14 actually had the gall to start their self-indulgent chant again while Ty and Roode were in the ring working their FREAKING PAYOFF to the back and forth the match was trying to tell. Joe was noticeably upset, though the guy\u2019s a pro, and the \u201cSection 14\u201d chant was answered back with \u201c14 sucks\u201d (one of the loudest chants of the night\u2026 also a bit depressing) and followed quickly with a \u201cWatch the match\u201d response. Man\u2026 being in that massively anticipated moment, seeing the likes of Joe and the legendary Nakamura in the flesh\u2026 and then to have it be about the crowd. That hurts the business. Chanting along with the quirky opener and reacting to a scarf throw as a near-finishing maneuver\u2026 fine, but maybe also part of the problem when booking this much comedy. When it came time to get serious, the crowd was more obsessed with being clever than they were engaged in the main event. That is really unfortunate. In the words of New Day. SHAME. In the words of tonights crowd and Matt Hardy\u2026 DELETE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">All in all it was an awesome show. Front row tickets were around $90, and for that price I\u2019d do it again tomorrow. It basically boiled down to a hilarious opener, a great women\u2019s match with Asuka who is crazy-over, and a main event that was super fun in a \u201cwatching the graduating varsity class before they head off to bigger things\u201d kinda way. To say NXT\u2019s roster depth is anywhere near where it was before the departure of Zayn, KO, and the rest is insane\u2026 but they\u2019re rebuilding and it\u2019s going pretty well so far. I\u2019m a SoCal transplant and I\u2019d still take a PWG show any day of the week, but NXT scratched that itch, and I\u2019d rather watch another live event from them than attend Hell in a Cell on Sunday. Super fun, but not the best live show I\u2019ve seen by any means.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>If you attend a live event, please send us a report with match descriptions, thoughts on the overall show, and estimated attendance to pwtorch@gmail.com. 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