The Jim Ross Report Recap – Thoughts on NXT Takeover & MITB, Rousey Steals the Show at RAW, Nakamura Set to Become New U.S. Champion? More!

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Ross says he really enjoyed the NXT Takeover show last Saturday. He thinks that the success of this show had a lot to do with the shorter run-time and the fact that there was only 5 matches. He adds that this was the best wrestling program of the entire week in his opinion.

He thought the NXT Tag Team Title match that opened the show did a bit too much on the outside, but it was a great match nonetheless. He thought Ricochet and Velveteen Dream had a great match as well, noting that Dream has taken ownership over his television character. Ross has alwasy been high on Ricochet, and he thinks WWE has two phenomenal talents coming in the years to come in these two men.

Ross says he’s a big fan of Shayna Baszler and he thinks she’s going to be a big star. He enjoyed Baszler’s match with Nikki Cross, however, he says that whoever brought the beach ball and decided to kick it around during this match deserves to have their ass kicked.

Ross says that Lars Sullivan is very green in the ring, and has a face only a mother can love. He thinks Sullivan is a year away from getting to the next level and that’s not an insult. Sullivan simply needs more ring time with talents who are better than him on live television.

He thought the main event featuring Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa was really amazing, and he was very proud of all the talents and the staff involved in this entire show. He thought everyone really embraced the art of selling during this show and that was nice to see.

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Steve Carrier is the founder of Ringside News and has been reporting on pro wrestling since 1997. His stories have been featured on TMZ, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and more.