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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m):
If by now you still doubt Zidane's ability to bounce back just sit down on the floor and be knocking yourself on the head while chanting "God please give me sense"

At this rate Modric might fvck around and win another Balon d'Or, Vasquez obviously doesn't want to go back to the bench grin and I can't blame him, with the way he is playing it's only Carvajal's return to full fitness that can keep him out and even at that Zidane will still slot him into the RW, I love his energy, he should keep it up
I'm Benzema's biggest hype man here but right now let me take a seat back and watch others praise him..it brings joy to my face
Ronaldo would have really enjoyed playing with Rodrygo, that boy is a baller FFS.. Vinny was, well... Vinny

The white flag continues to fly in the UCL, we are inevitable...Hala Madrid !!

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 11:02pm On Dec 09, 2020
Dotng:
What you just typed doesn't make sense. Jackie Chan can't act? Which alternate universe did you come from? Anyway, to everyone his own.

I also read a funny one earlier about Jackie Chan acting when there was no competitors. From whom did the newer actors learn from? Just tell us that you have a different taste about movies now we will understand. It is an abomination to denigrate Jackie Chan.
There is nothing macho about saying an actor's movie are for kids.
I like the man, but he has just 2 or 3 characters for range and he relies toomuch on his martial arts (which is dope btw) and natural loveable nature.... Jet li is a better actor with better range
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:56pm On Dec 09, 2020
Kaycee7:
Oshey The Presence.
grin

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 5:28pm On Dec 09, 2020
Kaycee7:
I no even know why you dey engage am. The guy dey boring pass a bad RAW episode.
[img]https://c./Zn44t0HYm30AAAAM/ryan-gosling-laugh.gif[/img]
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 3:58pm On Dec 09, 2020
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 3:54pm On Dec 09, 2020
Gratefulheart1:
[s]Except you're just learning the meaning of basic English Vocabularies, there shouldn't have been any correlation between the words 'inferiority complex' and a kind of thread like this but how would you know since all you do is watch Tom and Jerry.

Yea, Tom and Jerry > Jackie's movies. Most kids I know always say that, since you're also a lad, I wouldn't expect you to say otherwise.[/s] A kid will always choose his/her beloved cartoons over movies meant for grownups, so you're performing exactly as expected.
For the part I didn't cancel...

also also, 80% of Chan movies are meant for kids..

I also hope your heart is grateful and enjoying the fact that I'm indulging you and your moniker...till whenever you start to bore me
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 2:26pm On Dec 09, 2020
alexistaiwo:
All these newbies who will not calm down and get a lay of the terrain from OGs before yarning dust.

Which regular member will think Pu7pl3 and alexistaiwo are the same character?


I resemble DC zombie for una eyes cheesy



In other news,
God bless the person who said that Tenet will have been better served as a TV series.
Christopher was trying to cram a TV series concept into Cinema and he failed in my own opinion because the end of the movie left so many loose ends.
il take that as a compliment In the spirit of sportsmanship....
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 1:31pm On Dec 09, 2020
Gratefulheart1:
Exactly my boy, I should see the movie perhaps this weekend, the exact kind of movies I like to watch.

Sorry for those I wrote earlier, I know you would have gone through the stress of an interpreter before you could understand them. I would have it in mind to stick to basic things when replying you next.
In the mean while, you shouldn't be on this thread, go back and watch your Tom and Jerry.
the inferiority complex you're wearing is see through bruh...

And btw Tom and Jerry>>>>> 80% of Jackie Chan movies
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 1:24pm On Dec 09, 2020
Kaycee7:
Achilles don port to the Series thread for the main time. Oyaskii dey come around from time to time. Nani still dey. Na Nickshrapnel wey I never see for some time.

Shey you know Lisa and Jonathan are married? Nawa for the kind children wey them go born grin grin
Nick has been here na...he is always here
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:30am On Dec 09, 2020
LordAdamX:
You ret*rds never learn!

Goals win games! GOALS!

Not shot attempts and dribbles...

Pirlo had a game plan. Get early goals. Shut up shop, soak pressure, and play counterattacking football. The GOAT has nothing to prove.

Juve is fourth in the league. His team can't string three consecutive passes or beat a press. We've already had 2 goals in the game. Plenty of must-win league games to come. And you expect Ronaldo to be dancing skelewu. For who? Amateurs! There are levels to this sh*t!

Your MSM that was not quiet, how many goals did he score?

All his dancing throughout the group stages, na still 3 penalties he score! Shameless lots!

Waiting for Bayern, Liverpool, Dortmund or Chelsea to do the Lord's work in the Round of 16. Preferably with as many penalties as possible.

Una wailing must never end. Let Messi continue with his skelewu and shop another embarrassment. Quiet ko, Loud ni!

-Lord
Been looking for this meme since yesterday grin

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:27am On Dec 09, 2020
Stonecoldstare1:
Exactly, I miss him too
He told me he was taking some time off from here, I wonder when he will seem it fit to return..
TV/MoviesRe: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by pu7pl3(m): 10:24am On Dec 09, 2020
Nickshrapnel:
From wiki
wow....that crossover is dope... ofcourse they had to make Batman lose at first since they've never met before grin
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:17am On Dec 09, 2020
Gratefulheart1:


Trash.
I saw the poster for Tenet when it initially came out but paid no attention to it, I had to check the plot yesterday when I saw it on this thread. Even without never watching it, it's a movie where people can exist in three dimensions (past, present and future) at the same time.
Plus some events can be 'undone' or 'inverted' with the time travel machine.

Watch a movie, if you can't understand it, look for the plot, read and re-watch it, after that I can't see any reason to cry or wail about a movie anymore.

If you ever watched movies like Matrix (1999), Heroes (series), Lost (series), Curious case of Benjamin Button, The Island, Inception, In time, Terminator, Elysium, Bloodshot etc., I don't see any reason again why anyone should cry about a movie.

I think your challenge is the absence of a sophisticated mind to flow with things that are a little deeper than the surface or convention. You always flow more with plain and basic things as you can't read in-between the lines.
That's why I don't have to be a prophet to realize someone like you would find it hard to see the extraordinary talent and creativity in people like Michael Jackson, Jackie Chan, Messi etc as you lack the sophisticated mind for deep analysis or reading in between the lines. It's not your fault, you just lack that ability to digest anything that seem more complex than the norm.

Like I told you earlier. Stick to your Tom and Jerry, that's what your basic mind can process better.
You should have been on a mat, still writing with a chalk and slate.
smh [img]https://c./oL-9bcUv9wcAAAAM/are-you-done-mbaku.gif[/img]

Now go and see the movie and leave all this okoto meow talk for people that are actually smart okay...
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:15am On Dec 09, 2020
Stonecoldstare1:
This thread just mirrored 2020 in film making. Where the hell are the OGs? I can only see MJBOLT Verifiedstalin Alexistaiwo Raalsalghul Plead and Pu7pl3 where are the others?
It's true...I miss my nigga Abduleez1

Someone here thinks I'm Alex's burner account cry cry
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 11:29pm On Dec 08, 2020
ALEXAPLAYME:
smiley
Messi knows how to pose for these type of moments grin grin

Man should consider being an "L" model since soccer isn't really doing it for him no more grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:57pm On Dec 08, 2020
Raalsalghul:
Give me Freedom, give me fire.

Give me Eibar or I retire! grin grin grin grin grin
[img]https://media./images/401bd8b18072272d124866e90228a98c/tenor.gif[/img]
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:55pm On Dec 08, 2020
Gratefulheart1:
When you can't understand a movie, go to Wikipedia and read the plot.
Watch it again and it all starts making sense all over.
Do the same thing for TeneT and tell me if this theory should even be a thing
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by pu7pl3(m): 10:53pm On Dec 08, 2020
Gratefulheart1:
I'm not here to sound mature or civil with a kid I should have been literally spanking if I laid my hands on him.
Too many annoying kids in here. You only talk maturely with an elder while you whip the ass of an annoying kid.
Oga shut up...Jacki Chan can't act shit...go and cry with Barca fans...e sure me say na teenager you still be but you're here shouting kids kids upandan undecided
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:49pm On Dec 08, 2020
nihilistjnr:
Don't say we didn't tell you
This is the best picture Ive seen online today cheesy
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:39pm On Dec 08, 2020
Raalsalghul:
I'm a Madrid/CR7 fan oh, but this is funny as Bleep. grin grin grin grin grin
I can't lie, I laugh everytime I see that gif grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:37pm On Dec 08, 2020
TheHulk616:
Koeman shouldn't be sacked please.
Dest should be removed please, his crosses are too good.
that boy Dest is really good
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 10:37pm On Dec 08, 2020
TheHulk616:
Koeman shouldn't be sacked please.
Dest should be removed please, his crosses are too good.
that boy Dear is really good
TV/MoviesRe: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by pu7pl3(m): 10:34pm On Dec 08, 2020
Nickshrapnel:
It’s not live action, it’s comic
I've never come across it before..how did it happen?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 9:31pm On Dec 08, 2020
losprince:
Ease your minds cules, tonight we spill the blood of Italians and we dine from the bowl of the spaghetti monster. cool
This setup was mad cheesy cheesy

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 9:30pm On Dec 08, 2020
onuwaje:
Na so 8-2 take start o

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by pu7pl3(m): 9:30pm On Dec 08, 2020
TV/MoviesRe: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by pu7pl3(m): 9:27pm On Dec 08, 2020
Nickshrapnel:
They’ve met before, predator almost killed him then
Link grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: R36L Madrid - Most Successful & Greatest Champ15ns of Spain, Europe & W9rld by pu7pl3(m): 12:54pm On Dec 08, 2020
Aturitoroman:
jovic suffers from muscle injury in his right leg and will be out for 10-15days

TV/MoviesRe: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by pu7pl3(m): 12:52pm On Dec 08, 2020
Nickshrapnel:
It was edited grin
Wow, it looks soo cool...batman stalking the predator grin
TV/MoviesRe: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 10:32am On Dec 08, 2020
WWE Raw Reviews recaps and reactions

Orton started the show saying that there are no boundaries he will not cross. He played himself up as even more evil than the Fiend.
Bray Wyatt showed up on the tron and decided to play a twisted version of The Price is Right with him called “Let’s Get Randy” and that got a laugh out of me. So Orton decided he wanted a match with Bray since has the Fiend at TLC, and Bray accepted.
So for the main event, Bray and Randy fought. As much as they’ve screwed up Bray since last year’s Hell in a Cell, I still pop for his Firefly Fun House music entrance. It’s such a great entrance theme.
Bray countered the Orton table spot and switched it around on Orton. We don’t see that very often. I really enjoy Bray being his Mr. Rogers character until he gets into the ring and becomes like old Bray.
Orton gave Bray the DDT and was setting up the RKO when the lights went out. To be honest, Alexa was out and I was thinking we were going to get a new lady-Fiend with Alexa in a new mask. I wonder if they will end up doing that leading up to TLC. Right before the lights went totally out, Orton hit the RKO very smart since people usually just look around and don’t try to at least win.
The lights came back and the Fiend was laying where Bray was, and locked the Mandible Claw on Orton. Orton tried to fight out of it, but passed out. This was a great ending. I’m going to miss these types of moments when we go back live in front of crowds, whenever that ends up happening.
Orton and Fiend could have a Fun House match with their history. I want that, but I know we won’t get it.


Drew and Sheamus friendship theater
Miz TV is 9.5/10 times a mizerable, awful segment nowadays
No different here. They played Sheamus and Drew theater, and this is what the whole story is turning out to be, all while we have AJ Styles as the contender at TLC and Miz as the Money in the Bank holder. Think of it as layers, but bad. Like a spoiled 7 layer cookie.
What the match did was reveal a few things.
First, Morrison is CRAZY athletic (which we knew already but my god!) because Drew was throwing him like he weighed a pound and he absorbed all of that. He flipped all over in this match, too. And he got thrown into a seated position on one of the commentary chairs. Second, AJ was rightfully cowering away from the match until he could take advantage. He and Drew have never faced each other before and I would have liked their first real interaction to be that first match. We can’t have that, though. Never in WWE.
The last thing, and now the worst thing in my opinion, is the absolute lack of common sense. At least the way they are presenting this “Will Sheamus turn on Drew” story. Before Sheamus went out to interrupt Miz TV, Keith Lee went up to him and said it was only a matter of time before he turns on his best friend. All commentary did was talk about Drew and Sheamus as best friends.
Guys. Stop.
Let it just… happen. Organically! I already don’t want to see Sheamus turn. I’m actually digging him in this role. If anything, Keith Lee should be the one turning for planting this seed the past two weeks. And hell, it’ll give Keith something different to do. This is annoying.
Anyway, we just had to get the spot. Sheamus accidentally Brogue Kicked Drew and Styles took advantage to get the win for the heels. They did the camera shot of Sheamus looking like a kid who spilled his milk on the carpet as Drew looked on angrily. Then they went backstage and brawled, and Pat Buck tried to separate them. Pat Buck got what he… deserved? Drew and Sheamus stopped fighting and put Pat through a table and hugged.
No. Stop.


The Rest
Bobby Lashley def. Jeff Hardy - Wow these two had an absolute banger. And the best part is that no one was hurt by this loss. Before the match, Riddle wanted to do Hardy Bros with Jeff and was holding Bronutss box with donuts. Hardy got out of a gut wrench and did a leg drop and then blocked a hurt lock! MVP tried to interfere but Riddle came out and evened the odds. I really enjoyed this match, and it actually ended up becoming my match of the night.


Kofi Kingston def. Shelton Benjamin / Cedric Alexander def. Kofi Kingston - Benjamin started by throwing Kingston all over the place. He was able to get Kingston in a really cool twisted ankle lock and tossed Kofi out to the floor. I thought he tweaked something in his leg, that’s how good of a seller he is. Benjamin fell to a Trouble in Paradise and then Cedric said nah we running this back. And once again… they just gave him the match. They did this I believe two weeks ago with Shelton and Cedric. Why?!?
And now we know why. Alexander and Kingston still had themselves a great match. Cedric attacked the “injured” leg of Kofi’s. He hit himself a great lumbar check. That move really looks devastating. So, Cedric celebrated by doing the classic belt around the waist movement and commentary asked if it was enough to earn a tag team title match later on. It… shouldn’t though. Cedric beat both tag champs. Shelton lost in both matches he was in. I don’t really get how that works. I really like the desperation of Cedric’s lately. He wants to win, and I’m liking this new part of him. I just wish that it was leading to like a U.S. Title match or a contender spot for the WWE title, and not “I win my matches against the tag champs while my partner loses literally all the time.”

Ricochet and Dana Brooke def. Slapjack and Reckoning - We’re… doing something here and I don’t know what it is. This was your standard quick Ricochet match with a crazy high flying spot and another loss for Mia Yim so that Ali could berate her in the ring. This is what happens when WWE decides not to stick to original character development that they booked and turn it up to ridiculousness. This is already not the RETRIBUTION from just a month ago.


Asuka def. Shayna Baszler - I actually did not hate this one like I thought I was going to, and it was because of one specific thing - LANA HURRICANRANA! (It even rhymes!) I actually popped for that moment and it helped. The Kirifuda Clutch doesn’t end many matches anymore, and this one was no different. Yes, Shayna Baszler shouldn’t be losing to the woman she should have faced for the Raw women’s title months ago, but like I said about RETRIBUTION, WWE decides not to stick to original character development that they (I even kept the italization for ya!) booked and get dumb with it.
Shayna was a badass. Remember when she went in on Becky for getting pregnant. Remember when she killed Sarah Logan and Natalya? I ‘member. Pepperidge Farm ‘members. I don’t see them putting the tag titles on Lana and Asuka, though. Of course they could, instead of putting them on an actually established tag team. It’s their modus operandi. Boobs on her back? SERIOUSLY?!?

This was another mixed bag. I’m feeling Orton and Bray/Fiend, but not much else. This ain’t SmackDown, that’s for sure!

And congratulations to Becky and Seth on their new baby
TV/MoviesRe: DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (FILM) by pu7pl3(m): 10:28am On Dec 08, 2020
Nickshrapnel:
If it bleeds, then it can be killed
Which clip is this screenshot from bro cheesy
TV/MoviesRe: Purpl3's WWE (and Pro-wrestling in general) Discussion And Banter House by pu7pl3(op): 4:51pm On Dec 07, 2020
WWE NXT WarGames reviews recaps and reactions (sorry for the wait)


Undisputed ERA def. the Kings of NXT in WarGames
The women’s WarGames opened and the men’s WarGames closed this show.
The men had a fun match. It went about 45 minutes with enough false finishes that extended the match another segment that it felt like the Return of the King. But they were some legit nearfalls and the last ten minutes of the match were probably the best part.
The Undisputed ERA got their revenge after going to war with Pat McAfee and crew. This match allowed Pat to hit his spots - a moonsault through a table, getting tossed from the top turnbuckle through a different table half way across the ring, a senton from the top of WarGames - while allowing the seasoned professionals to fill in the blanks in between. With his fantastic heel attitude, he again proved to be an asset to NXT.
ERA got a moment when they were able to isolate McAfee and went to town on him (something that would bite them in the arse because it allowed the other three members of his team to recover and extend the match). That was a moment we needed, even if it did not lead to the finish. Pat needed to get his after all his hubris and all his scheming. Hell, he even had four tables, each with a name of an ERA member, marking that table for their destruction. Roddy went through his, but McAfee went through O’Reilly’s later in the evening.
Undisputed got the win in the end, with Kyle O’Reilly picking up a pinfall on a f’d up looking Oney Lorcan, maybe establishing him as ERA’s top guy instead of Cole.
So all that is good. Unfortunately, I was ready for it to be over well before it was.
That wasn’t the fault of the match. That was the byproduct of having two WarGames on the card. And unlike last year, NXT didn’t book one match unique enough to separate the two. (Last year, the women had a big heel turn leading to a 4 on 2 handicap match, a stark difference from the men’s match.) The men played theirs less chaotic, and had the heat between the teams more than the women, but it still wasn’t enough for them to feel unique.
Unlike many other gimmick matches, WarGames is designed to be long. The period of entrances themselves takes 30 minutes. The match doesn’t even officially start for half an hour. And because they had three other matches instead of two, matches that ranged from OK to good, it was easier to tire out by the time the men’s war was over.
Surely some people enjoyed having two fun WarGames in one night. But this year for me, having two meant detracting from the other. I would have appreciated either as the main event as the only WarGames match. Two just had me WarGames’d out.


Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel González, & Toni Storm) def. Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, & Ember Moon)
Since this was the opening match, it didn’t suffer from being the second WarGames on the card. That left me appreciating it a bit more.
It was an overall a by-the-books WarGames, outside the babyfaces having the person advantage. They used the babyface advantage to showcase Raquel González and later, still gave the heels the edge anyway when Candice LeRae’s team kept Io Shirai from entering the ring.
That was a creative way to make sure the good gals didn’t have it too easy. Raquel kept Io Shirai (the last member of Shotzi Blackheart’s team to enter) from getting in the ring via the front door. Toni Storm helped by using her belt to keep that door closed. Because of this, and an attack from Indi Hartwell, LeRae entered the ring prior to Io, giving the heels a 4 on 3 advantage anyway.
This all led to a fun spot where Io Shirai climbed the structure, put a garbage can over her head, and coffin dropped onto the mass of people in the ring.
The rest of the match was a sequence of different wild spots, but there was no specific flow to it. It was chaos, which to be fair, is what WarGames is all about. The women didn’t have the hatred between teams like the men’s match had, but it was enjoyable none-the-less.
The villains won this match when González powerbombed Shirai through a ladder, earning her and her team the 1-2-3. This surely sets her up as Io’s next challenger. In the meantime, Shotzi Blackheart can still feud with LeRae, given neither of them were a factor in the finish. And Ember Moon can try to get her revenge against Toni Storm for betraying her weeks back.


Johnny Gargano def. Leon Ruff (c) & Damian Priest to win the North American title
All in all, this was a fun match that started to lose me in the end.
The most compelling story of this match, and this feud, was Leon Ruff’s insistence that he is more than a joke or a fluke. Despite his insistence, Damian Priest’s refused to actually see him that way.
This played out in this bout. The Archer of Infamy was reluctant to really go after the North American champ. At one point, Ruff went for a dive on Priest outside the ring and Damian just caught him, gently placing him down. This pissed off Ruff, who socked Priest. That infuriated the goth brawler, who delivered a Razor’s Edge to the small man into the plexiglass separating the fans. His action immediately filled him with regret, and in that way, he still wasn’t giving Ruff his due.
Leon was taken away by medical personnel but then returned to try to show both men he deserved to be here. At this point, Priest would fight the champ, but his heart still didn’t seem into it.
This story would take a backseat to Johnny and his mysterious Ghostfaces, and that’s when the match slightly veered off track. Because Gargano didn’t just have one or two masked individuals, like implied on Wednesday. He had six.
That’s overkill. Especially when we’re only months removed from seeing a group of masked losers on the main roster in similar situations. And it’s not fair that NXT has to book with WWE in mind, but they still have to for all the fans who overlap.
Even if these numerous scream masks didn’t come off as RetriBOOtion (I did not come up with that and given how corny it is, I don’t want credit), having Damian overcome six guys is overkill. There’s nothing they couldn’t accomplish with just one or two of them, especially if the future isn’t a Gargano stable. Because why would Johnny suddenly stop using six guys if he has six guys at his disposal.
Only one person took off their mask. They were revealed as Austin Theory, something that most people would have predicted. We’ll hold judgement of this angle to see how Theory fits in with Johnny and whether or not the new North American champions has more members to reveal.


Tommaso Ciampa def. Timothy Thatcher
Tommaso Ciampa survived a battle with Timothy Thatcher.
These men were brutal to each other. Thatcher targeted Tommaso’s neck and throat, in essence targeting his career threatening injury. Ciampa was also mean. At one point, he noticed Tim’s ear was bleeding so he let go of a Reverse Chinlock, pounded his fist into that ear repeatedly, and then locked the submission back in.
These men continued their punishment of each other. The fight made its way to the ring apron. The first time, Tim pulled Tom throat first into the rope - a brutal move. The next the fight ended up there, it was all Ciampa, who delivered delivered a pump kick, chops, and then his Willow’s Bell finisher.
The match was really entertaining. But once again, we have a “close but not quite” moment for Thatcher. There are only so many times a wrestler can go the distance without winning a big fight before we just figure he can’t get it done. It ceases to do them any favors.
NXT is good at getting people where they need to be so Tim will be OK as long as they want him to be.

Dexter Lumis def. Cameron Grimes in a strap match
This match was fine, but is was the blowoff of a feud that should have ended back at Halloween Havoc.
Like that feud, this match probably went longer than it needed to. It wasn’t bad. It had its moments. Cameron Grimes played the heel when he insisted they use the strap he brought and not the official strap just to score a cheap shot on his opponent. The match ended the right way, with Lumis submitting Grimes. But it felt too long in the middle for a feud that had worn out its welcome.
It’s time to see what they do with Lumis next. He deserves a North American title shot. Though I’m not sure how much I want to see him in a feud with Gargano, another smaller heel like Grimes is. I’d prefer him face someone like Damian Priest to see some big dudes collide.

This was a solid show, but one that I feel suffered from having both standard WarGames matches with not enough thematically to separate them. The North American title match was strong, but overbooked the finish with all those Ghostfaces. Thatcher/Ciampa was really good. Lumis/Grimes was fine but inessential.

Grade: B-

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