{"id":194373,"date":"2026-08-01T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=194373"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:26:33","slug":"mcguires-monthlies-wwe-and-aew-should-take-notes-from-nxt-takeover-events-wwe-radio-isnt-the-devil-rallying-around-rebel-august-predictions-including-wwe-summerslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/08\/01\/mcguires-monthlies-wwe-and-aew-should-take-notes-from-nxt-takeover-events-wwe-radio-isnt-the-devil-rallying-around-rebel-august-predictions-including-wwe-summerslam\/","title":{"rendered":"McGuire&#8217;s Monthlies: WWE and AEW should take notes from NXT Takeover events, WWE Radio isn&#8217;t the devil, rallying around Rebel, August predictions (including WWE SummerSlam)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-263094085\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Colin McGuire<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Staffer<\/p>\n<p>The most antiquated thing you can do in pro wrestling media in 2026 is write about pro wrestling once a month. The landscape changes by the tweet (or &#8230; um &#8230; X post). Everyone and their best friend&#8217;s best friend&#8217;s aunt&#8217;s nephew has a podcast ready to dissect the latest rumor, angle, program, television show, and passive-aggressive social media post that just happened 30 seconds from now. Offering something up at the beginning of each month is an exercise in idiocy, a lesson in pointlessness and an assurance that your *thoughts* will quickly be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>So, all right. Let&#8217;s write about pro wrestling once a month.<\/p>\n<p><b>RE-TAKE THE TakeoverS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Remember about, oh, let\u2019s say a decade ago, when this thing called NXT started to really take hold of a very specific set of pro wrestling fans? Its colors were black and gold, and when it came to America\u2019s tired and stale take on what became known as \u201csports entertainment,\u201d this was the place where mainstream fans could feel like they were dining out at a Michelin-star restaurant after spending years of being force-fed Burger King.<\/p>\n<p>Included in this was a thing called Takeover. It served as the namesake of NXT\u2019s biggest shows of the year. Takeover: Brooklyn. Takeover: Chicago. Takeover: Duluth (OK, maybe not). If you didn\u2019t care to dive into Japanese wrestling, never understood lucha libre, or could never seem to find the right independent promotion for you, NXT Takeover turned out to be the cream of the crop.<\/p>\n<p>The final installment came in August 2021, exactly five years ago this month. By September, NXT 2.0 took hold and Takeovers, as we knew them, ceased to exist.<\/p>\n<p>I say this, why? Because mainstream American pro wrestling has a PPV (or PLE) problem. AEW reminded us last weekend that there\u2019s just no world in which that company runs concise, digestible pay-per-views, all early start times be damned. WWE, meanwhile, gives us five or six matches (two of which always seem like they could easily be on one of the weekly television shows), 100 minutes worth of commercials and a pat on the ass for our troubles.<\/p>\n<p>AEW is too much. WWE is too little. NXT Takeovers, however, were perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Think about how it worked. At its most indulgent, the events had eight or nine matches. By the time it wrapped up, Paul Levesque\u2019s now-traditional five- or six-match card emerged. And here\u2019s something crazy: It had success.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-2244259078\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Takeover 36 went down Aug. 22, 2021, from WWE\u2019s Performance Center (a strong enough sign that NXT was about to be awfully different awfully soon). It had six matches. The longest was a two-out-of-three falls match between Adam Cole and Kyle O\u2019Reilly that went a little more than 25 minutes. Outside of a Ridge Holland Squash, the two shortest matches came in at about 12-and-a-half minutes. It wasn\u2019t the best Takeover, but it outlines a formula that both AEW and WWE should reconsider as they seem to piss down their own legs when it comes time to put on a Very Important Show these days.<\/p>\n<p>NXT Black and Gold got it right. Really good-to-great wrestling. In and out, usually in two or two-and-a-half hours. Never, ever overstayed its welcome. And, perhaps most importantly, felt pure. We\u2019re only five years removed from the final Takeover, but what people forget is how much those productions were taken for granted. Some of those Brooklyn shows felt like the best pro wrestling in the world, if only for a minute. There was a string of these things that forced us all to want more consistently, a stark contrast between where both major companies are today. And where are they today?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s over? Finally? Whew. Thank God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Or.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, it\u2019s over? Wait? That\u2019s it? Where can I find some Dude Wipes again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on NXT Black and Gold as merely a super indie shouldn\u2019t be held in as much disregard as I sometimes see. If nothing else, that product gave us a template for The Perfect Big Pro Wrestling Shows (or something like that, at least &#8212; nothing\u2019s perfect, you know). Have five or six really strong stories with really strong wrestlers involved. Give them time. Let them have every inch of spotlight they want. Never overstay your welcome.<\/p>\n<p>When AEW came along and one-upped this version of NXT, I don\u2019t think anyone could predict how it would bastardize the \u201cThis is great wrestling\u201d formula. AEW felt like NXT-But-More, which was good at the time. These days, it feels like it blew past Too Much a year ago and is heading towards That\u2019s Enough at warped speed. WWE main roster shows, meanwhile, are so buried in corporate greed (and Danhausen), that it\u2019s nearly impossible to find a welcoming flow to any of its offerings.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s so odd is that both sides have major ties to the rise of Takeovers and NXT Black and Gold. AEW might not exist if those Takeovers and NXT didn\u2019t popularize really good wrestling and make it palatable and cool for a mainstream audience. WWE, meanwhile, has the guy who ran NXT Black and Gold then running its biggest shows now, and yet somehow he\u2019s seemingly forgotten how to put together these things (beyond sticking to a five\/six match format, which doesn\u2019t always work on main roster WWE because main roster WWE doesn\u2019t have enough compelling stories to successfully pull off the same tricks he pulled off in WWE\u2019s minor league).<\/p>\n<p>So, what gives? It seems like an easy fix. Remove two or three matches from your cards, AEW. Add one or two to yours, WWE. Cut the shit. Make it happen. Get back to a product that doesn\u2019t antagonize and\/or test your fans. It doesn\u2019t seem like rocket science \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Does it?<\/p><div id=\"prowr-1154444999\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Either way, cheers to NXT Takeovers. You\u2019ve been gone for half a decade, but your success deserves a second examination as those who\u2019ve come after you refuse to learn from your winning formula. Where\u2019s 30 minutes of Bayley vs. Sasha Banks when you need them?<\/p>\n<p><b>RADIO KILLED THE \u2026 ER, WAIT<\/b><\/p>\n<p>So, why are we all mad at WWE Radio again?<\/p>\n<p>For those who missed it, SiriusXM launched WWE Radio at the end of last month. It effectively took over Busted Open Radio (though everyone promises nothing will change!) and will sprinkle in some of these phony baloney podcasts WWE has produced over the last year or two, along with some simulcasts of the company\u2019s biggest shows (which I sort of like; imagine listening to \u201cBrock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi\u201d over the radio just like grandpa did \u201cBabe Ruth\u201d some 100 years ago).<\/p>\n<p>As a wrestling fan, I don\u2019t understand why anyone wouldn\u2019t think this is (or, well, at least could be) very fun. It\u2019s not like all the Busted Open people are going away (sans Thunder Rosa \u2026 damn AEW contracts). My guess is that people like Dave LaGreca and Bully Ray hearing any sellout-related blowback related to the move will only make them look for more reasons to criticize WWE anyway. Either way, it\u2019s not the end of the world if they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>My point is: what did you expect? We are in the Very Corporate Very Evil era of WWE, and for that company to expand its footprint into the wild world of radio only makes sense. I mean, if Dave Matthews can have his own SiriusXM channel, why wouldn\u2019t you think Sam Roberts would one day be given the liberty to opine on Dragon Lee over those same airwaves?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fine, people. You don\u2019t like it, you don\u2019t have to listen to it. Let\u2019s all settle down.<\/p>\n<p><b>RESILIENT REBEL<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This final spot is reserved for Tanea Brooks, who we wrestling fans know as Rebel (or Reba!).<\/p>\n<p>She was diagnosed with ALS earlier this year, and it\u2019s been lovely to see the pro wrestling world come together to support her. Wrestlers across all companies have stepped up, and the more her message can be spread, the better.<\/p>\n<p>So, add this column as the tiniest contribution to that. To you, Ms. Brooks, I am sending all the good vibes and well wishes that someone with a monthly pro wrestling column possibly can.<\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t already know, AEW will hold a special Dynamite in her honor in September. To learn more about donating to I AM ALS, the leading community movement dedicated to ending ALS, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aewtogether.org\/rebelheart\">AEWTogether.org\/RebelHeart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>PREDICTIONS ARE LIKE WHAT AGAIN?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We could have gone undefeated last month, depending on how one categorizes CM Punk and Cody Rhodes vaguely referencing AEW during their SummerSlam build &#8212; and if Tony Khan would have just waited until Redemption to switch his most important title to Kenny Omega. But rules are rules, and I finished July 3-2 for an overall record now of 26-23. Onto August, where the predictions are many:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; For SummerSlam winners, let&#8217;s go with CM Punk, Oba Femi, Iyo Sky, Gunther, Jacob Fatu and the Usos, the Bellas and Paige, Roman Reigns, Charlotte Flair, Chad Gable, Trick Williams, Sami Zayn, and Danhausen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; All In might only have three matches announced as of this writing, but let&#8217;s go with Will Ospreay, Willow Nightingale, and the team of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage as winners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nic Nemeth is currently advertised for a tag team match at TNA&#8217;s Lockdown later this month. 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