Even more obvious now that Shunsuke Nakamura will take the NXT title off Samoa Joe. Shunsuke Nakamura huge face and Samoa Joe a heel. I hope Samoa Joe doesnt have a long reign he doesnt deserve the title
I actually for one, like the idea of Samoa Joe being champion. He's been built up as a tense badass that is a killer. I want to see him continuously kill people left and right like he has already been doing.
I don't know if I can 100% support the idea of Shinsuke winning the belt, I for one am already into the idea that someone WWE homegrown should win it.
If that isn't the case, then my main event choices are between Shinsuke Nakamura, Hideo Itami and Austin Aries.
See, the thing is, Nakamura needs that belt the least out of those 3 because he's a veteran who will probably be a main roster star soon (and he's probably someone that WWE may not have for as long as the other Japanese guy). Hideo would probably need it the most because he needs more development in the WWE style, kinda like the reason why Neville was champ before Sami Zayn was.
You might as well try to springboard this into a Japanese dream match between Shinsuke Nakamura vs. KENTA that is oh so wanted.
Out of all you said, you're of the idea a WWE home grown talent should win the title... Who is home grown talent that can perform and hold the title atm?
Joe does deserve the belt in all honesty, he has been excellent as a heel, while Finn has sort of been going with the motions for a good while now. Nakamura would be a great option to take the title from Joe, but i agree with what Ice said, you could easily give someone else a big break at this point and let them beat Joe.
Nak vs KENTA is something I've wanted for years. It really the most exciting possibility for me personally in his coming to nxt. They had a tag match in NOAH together. But a one on one needs to happen.
I like Joe as champion. However I always felt he should've been a straight to main roster guy like AJ was after him. He's doesn't have a ton of time left I don't believe. So a short Reign putting someone over will be nice. I'm hoping it's Itami.
It should of been Corbin who became new champ but he got called up to quickly would of been nice to see a champ that comes from a homegrown talent, hopefully Elias stays far away from the title though.
I thought it was going to be Shinsuke vs Balor, but boy have things changed. Definitely obvious, and definitely the smart money making booking decision. Apparently at the show last night Balor and Nakamura teamed up vs Joe and Samson. Joe was dodging both of them, but finally it ended up being Nakamura and Joe in the ring and the place was hot for it.
It's a dream match on paper. They've fought once so far on the NXT live event circuit, an that's it. Only that little crowd saw that match. Basically it would be the first true meeting of these two powerhouses. Nakamura has had a great track record so far in dream matches.
Big match, with two very physical Wrestlers who are good at making their matches look like fights. No guarantee it will be 5 stars, but it should be damn good either way.
I say Joe defeats Nakamura in June and loses the belt to Nakamura in August during Summerslam weekend.
To say Nakamura doesn't deserve the title is stupid. Does he need it? No. Still, Nakamura is one of the legit best in the world. You must understand NXT has changed, and that it is a touring brand out to make money. This is something people need to get over. Nakamura deserves the title because he's best for business, and best for the continued success of the NXT brand. The NXT title being a dev guy belt is a thing of the past.
If the tickets for Takeover had been sold after a main event had been announced, what match do you think would sell more tickets: Baron Corbin vs Alex Riley or Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe?
Rushing to put the belt on Nakamura seems like a stupid idea, his first few matches will generate enough attention due to them being his first few matches, the belt is better used elsewhere for a few months.
I don't see either men having long ass title runs anyway, both need to be up on the main roster now If you ask me. Joe vs Nakamura having a feud over the summer will be top notch one. I be surprised if they don't have one match that isn't a MOTY quality. But I want both men up on the main roster by the years end.
No rush to move them onto the main roster if there are enough interesting feuds where they are, also you'd think Nakamura will be in NXT a while to boost sales of the network in his native country.
Samoa Joe deserves a lengthy long title reign, thank you very much. He has worked his ass off to get that title on his shoulder and I don't give a damn who has a problem with him winning it. :tucky
You know what I am tired of? Op spewing the same stuff about Samoa Joe injuring his neck. It's tiring. :trips4
Now onto my intelligence of the domain. Samoa Joe is the Champion. I am happy for him. Now I would want him to have a fair reign and not a transitional Champion. That wouldn't be fair to him at all. Now I would rather have Itami or Nakamura take the belt from him in the fall. So we can see a series of awesome matches for Joe as a heel Champion against face challengers that steps in his face. And it like what he is always. Joe is going to kill you. :vince$
I've loved every minute of Samoa Joe's turn, his intensity and occasional outright stiff wrestling won over fans in NXT besides if anyone should've taken the title off Balor then Joe was the man to do it considering their feuds and history dating back to before the Dusty Memorial.
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