On the chanting at NXT Takeover London. Some people were annoyed by it, particularly some of the American wrestling bloggers. Some of them thought it was the crowd trying to get themselves over at the expense of the performers. That couldn't be further from the truth. This is what we do at sports events in the UK, we chant, a lot. We do it well, we make it interesting and we do it in a way that is suitable to what's going on, not just at random times for the sake of attention. The difference between that and say what Full Sail does some of the time is that Full Sails crowd sometimes try to be too clever at the expense of whats going on, like they're ignoring what's happening in the ring to try and get TV time for themselves. Everything going on with the UK crowd chants was appropriate to the match. There was no "We are awesome!" "We want X wrestler who isnt even on the card much less in the match" or "CM Punk" bullshit going on. The "hey, we want some baaillleyyy" was kept to a minimum because y'know, chanting you want someone who is in the ring already wrestling is stupid and let's be honest, "Corbin is a wanker!" is the most appropriate and British chant to ever see WWE television. Also, we're fuckin' good at it. Everyone knows the words and melody to whatever song we're stealing. There is one thing I'm mixed on though and that's the "womens wrestling" and "this is wrestling" chants. On the one hand, I can see it as respect for whats going on in the ring, but on the other, it's kinda demeaning to other performers sometimes, particularly in the case of "this is wrestling" it seems to favour highly technical styles over others. I guess "this is technical wrestling" or "this is chain wrestling" doesn't quite slip off the tounge so easily. Anyway, maybe it's my British bias talking here but while Brooklyn may have had slightly better match quality in my opinion, the crowd in London enhanced the experience in a different way to the US crowd and one that I had fun watching. Two Wednesdays ago I was laying in bed hoping not to throw up again feeling absolutely miserable, like I was dying. This Wednesday, I was smiling and cheering for a great show. I want everyone in that arena, staff, performers and crowd to know that's down to them. Don't ever underestimate how much what you do can help people going through hard times (babeh).