Question #2: On Monday morning, which show will be better: NXT Takeover or SummerSlam?
Jay Alletto: SummerSlam has a card the will exceed WrestleMania. Although NXT will rock the house and won the weekend last year, I think the lack of heat and star power up and down the card will hurt the show. I’ll go with SummerSlam.
Eron Ramadanov: Listen, I’ll admit it. I’m a huge NXT mark. But rightfully so! NXT Takeover: Brooklyn looks awesome, so come Monday morning, I think Takeover will be the better show for a few reasons: 1) it’s going to be shorter. As much as I’m excited for SummerSlam, I’m not really looking forward to the show being 4 hours and 20 minutes (WWE has been going over on all pay-per-views lately), whereas NXT Takeover will probably fall below 3 hours. 2) the build-up for the top matches on the NXT card have been fantastic. So, I’ll probably enjoy Takeover more, but SummerSlam will still be a fun show too.
Zak Fellows: NXT Takeover will be viewed upon as the stronger show regardless of how good SummerSlam is. Simply put, NXT has managed to build a more strong reliability in the most recent memory that people are more inclined to let down their guard and enjoy it even if it does sometimes borderline on being blindly loyal. And because Takeover will be shorter than SummerSlam it will mean easier time to process and enjoy for the fans. Let us not discount SummerSlam though: The card has stacked itself with talented wrestlers in matches that seemingly a majority of the fans are all interested in, Lesnar/Orton personally aside and I think we could be due for a strong weekend of wrestling.
Derek Gifford: Personally, for me, SummerSlam will blow NXT Takeover: Brooklyn out of the water this year, with the match card that SummerSlam has compared to the NXT card, it’s just better. But don’t get me wrong, the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn card is stacked also with Joe/Nakamura, the GLORIOUS Bobby Roode vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas, Bayley and Asuka in a monster rematch for the NXT Women’s Championship and another Match of the Year candidate in The Revival vs. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. Brock/Orton, Ambrose/Ziggler just won’t do it for me I’m afraid, but that Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor match I am excited to see!
