The NXT Thread Is Like Ring of Honor's Bay-Bay!
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NXT
Date: March 30, 2016
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Corey Graves, Tom Phillips
It’s the go home show for Friday’s Takeover: Dallas and the card is set in stone. Therefore tonight is all about the final push towards Texas, meaning all six matches are going to get some solid TV time. Announced for tonight is Bull Dempsey vs. Samoa Joe in what should be a good slaughtering. Let’s get to it.
Click on the link below for the full review.
They Even Go Home Better Than Raw
Date: March 30, 2016
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Corey Graves, Tom Phillips
It’s the go home show for Friday’s Takeover: Dallas and the card is set in stone. Therefore tonight is all about the final push towards Texas, meaning all six matches are going to get some solid TV time. Announced for tonight is Bull Dempsey vs. Samoa Joe in what should be a good slaughtering. Let’s get to it.
Click on the link below for the full review.
They Even Go Home Better Than Raw
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
What a way for Dempsey to go out. Murdered by Samoa Joe
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
They could do a REALLY cool thing with the Drifter if he "marks" people by doing a song about them(directly naming them or not) then turning up later to put them out.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Question,
Is the Nia Jax-Eva Marie act coming to RAW on Monday?
Its odd to me that she all but disappeared after the London match. Obviously she has been on the show, but hasn't been a big part of it or had a solid direction since then.
Is the Nia Jax-Eva Marie act coming to RAW on Monday?
Its odd to me that she all but disappeared after the London match. Obviously she has been on the show, but hasn't been a big part of it or had a solid direction since then.
Nah, I think they're going somewhere with them falling out - Eva getting the doctor to fuck Nia over, these things have been quite frequent.
My prediction is whoever loses Auska vs Bayley moves up. The winner will drop the title to Eva with the help of Nia, who then somehow finds out the ruse and obliterates Eva at the next takeover. Then Nia can keep improving and beating all these shit house indie women until one with a discernible character emerges.
My prediction is whoever loses Auska vs Bayley moves up. The winner will drop the title to Eva with the help of Nia, who then somehow finds out the ruse and obliterates Eva at the next takeover. Then Nia can keep improving and beating all these shit house indie women until one with a discernible character emerges.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Both Purrazo and Garret are very good workers, decidedly so with the latter.
Looking for big things from Alexa Bliss this year.
Looking for big things from Alexa Bliss this year.
Alexa Bliss is the very definition of spinning wheels at the moment, but I've always thought she was on the same tier of talent as the horsewomen.
Speaking of whom, you can only imagine that Bayley loses the title and ascends to complete the set.
I've long suspected the main reason they put Jax with Eva Marie - other than doing the figurative and literal heavy lifting - was so she could eventually pull a Diesel.
Speaking of whom, you can only imagine that Bayley loses the title and ascends to complete the set.
I've long suspected the main reason they put Jax with Eva Marie - other than doing the figurative and literal heavy lifting - was so she could eventually pull a Diesel.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Especially with the rumored overhaul of the division and new title belt on Monday. Its actually by miles the very thing I am counting on most.
Its time for lady Cena to take her place.
THERE AINT NO STOPPIN US NOW WE CELEBRATE ON THE FLOOR
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
All of it.
Ive been wanting to buy a new tv anyways.
Ive been wanting to buy a new tv anyways.
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
I'm convinced that bayley is dropping the belt. Having banks, charlotte and becky all saying how great a champion she is, etc. just gives me that feeling in my gut. I also dont think asuka is ready for the main roster
I've only just caught up with the last few months, but I have a few positive things to say and one concern.
Positive:
1) Corey Graves is the next Jesse Ventura. He is a heel, but appreciates when faces do something good. Colour commentators have spent years trying to be the next Bobby Heenan, but Ventura is far more in keeping with a modern product where its not all good guys and bad guys.
2) Asuka is my favourite current wrestler, possibly my favourite wrestler since I came back to wrestling 8 (eight) years ago.
3) American Alpha are excellent, but in the hour and a half it took me to read through the last 500 posts in this thread, I read lots of comparisons to WGTT. To me, they're a lot more like the Steiners in that they actually have a personality, and I think that's what they are going with with the ring attire.
4) The British audience did me proud by singing their own (mostly football) chants.
5) When I first started watching NXT a year ago (but caught up from September 2014) the people everyone thought were shit were Bull Dempsey, Mojo Rawley, Baron Corbin and Carmella. Of those, only Mojo hasn't improved dramatically (RIP Bull), but more to the point all of them are a lot more over, NXT truly does build people better than anyone else. Apart from Solomon Crowe, who was absolutely shit, has a single wrestler totally fallen on their arse in NXT?
Which brings me on to my concern. NXT is growing so fast and bringing all these guys in that the roster is going to start to strain soon. You can move people up, but the days when you could rely on your average midcarders moving on are gone. Ziggler and Barrett could have gone to TNA three or four years ago but now its so beneath the WWE, why would they? With that in mind, once everyone moves up they will go into the endless midcard shuffle. Eventually that's going to get full and then there'll be too many people on NXT. Obviously NXT will use their good people, so the actual developmental talent won't have a spot. I don't think it's long before NXT goes an extra half an hour or something.
Positive:
1) Corey Graves is the next Jesse Ventura. He is a heel, but appreciates when faces do something good. Colour commentators have spent years trying to be the next Bobby Heenan, but Ventura is far more in keeping with a modern product where its not all good guys and bad guys.
2) Asuka is my favourite current wrestler, possibly my favourite wrestler since I came back to wrestling 8 (eight) years ago.
3) American Alpha are excellent, but in the hour and a half it took me to read through the last 500 posts in this thread, I read lots of comparisons to WGTT. To me, they're a lot more like the Steiners in that they actually have a personality, and I think that's what they are going with with the ring attire.
4) The British audience did me proud by singing their own (mostly football) chants.
5) When I first started watching NXT a year ago (but caught up from September 2014) the people everyone thought were shit were Bull Dempsey, Mojo Rawley, Baron Corbin and Carmella. Of those, only Mojo hasn't improved dramatically (RIP Bull), but more to the point all of them are a lot more over, NXT truly does build people better than anyone else. Apart from Solomon Crowe, who was absolutely shit, has a single wrestler totally fallen on their arse in NXT?
Which brings me on to my concern. NXT is growing so fast and bringing all these guys in that the roster is going to start to strain soon. You can move people up, but the days when you could rely on your average midcarders moving on are gone. Ziggler and Barrett could have gone to TNA three or four years ago but now its so beneath the WWE, why would they? With that in mind, once everyone moves up they will go into the endless midcard shuffle. Eventually that's going to get full and then there'll be too many people on NXT. Obviously NXT will use their good people, so the actual developmental talent won't have a spot. I don't think it's long before NXT goes an extra half an hour or something.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Your comments remind me I wanted to say that for some reason Graves' commented about how "it looks like a solid 8 hours could do him a lot of good" in reference to Alex Riley made me laugh for about two straight minutes.
I have no idea why, I think largely due to it being so out of place in modern WWE commentary
You (and my wife, who owns all the asuka merchandise) are at odds with me on Asuka. I have found her tremendously underwhelming, but a lot of that has to do with the really odd way her matches are laid out....Her entire appeal is her offense, but she spends 90% of every match selling an armbar or some such. It kills me.
That said, the womens takeover match is going to be fucking fascinating.
I have no idea why, I think largely due to it being so out of place in modern WWE commentary
You (and my wife, who owns all the asuka merchandise) are at odds with me on Asuka. I have found her tremendously underwhelming, but a lot of that has to do with the really odd way her matches are laid out....Her entire appeal is her offense, but she spends 90% of every match selling an armbar or some such. It kills me.
That said, the womens takeover match is going to be fucking fascinating.
Stand out line for me too, that. The absolute straight man characters of the play-by-play help the vibe too. This exchange:-
'Enzo Amore is a convicted felon'
'Convicted felon? Of what?'
'I don't know but he should be'
Could only be more 80s if Phillips said 'will you stop' after it.
On Asuka, I'm all about presence, which is why I like Ahmed Johnson and the Ultimate Warrior a lot more than most and like people like Benoit and Orton less than most.
I know what you mean about matches, but I think the character is so strong that it doesn't matter. She is a bad ass, but with her gesticulations she is mostly taking the piss out of her opponents taunts etc. It's like a sign language version of The Rock.
'Enzo Amore is a convicted felon'
'Convicted felon? Of what?'
'I don't know but he should be'
Could only be more 80s if Phillips said 'will you stop' after it.
On Asuka, I'm all about presence, which is why I like Ahmed Johnson and the Ultimate Warrior a lot more than most and like people like Benoit and Orton less than most.
I know what you mean about matches, but I think the character is so strong that it doesn't matter. She is a bad ass, but with her gesticulations she is mostly taking the piss out of her opponents taunts etc. It's like a sign language version of The Rock.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Hey this is no bullshit though, her pop was easily top three at the house show. Pandemonium. Crazy charisma.
A proud owner of an Asuka t-shirt over here. I'd have liked a Bayley one, but they all make you look like that creepy guy at an anime convention that wants to use "FREE HUGS" as a pretense to touch women, so I bought one for Tastycles as a farewell gift instead.
The American Alpha/Steiner Brothers comparison goes into the pile of things that I've been thinking but somebody else has now said out loud and now would just make me look like I'm bandwagoning. Mind you, the basis of my comparison was based mainly in the amount of times that I've seen them pull off a move and thought, "My God, they just killed that poor man."
The American Alpha/Steiner Brothers comparison goes into the pile of things that I've been thinking but somebody else has now said out loud and now would just make me look like I'm bandwagoning. Mind you, the basis of my comparison was based mainly in the amount of times that I've seen them pull off a move and thought, "My God, they just killed that poor man."
I'm looking forward to Chad Gable bleaching his hair and taking a shitload of steroids.
I'm going to a WWE house show in two weeks. May buy an Asuka t-shirt, won't see her wrestle though as she hasn't got a Y chromosome.
Fuck knows what will be on it, looking forward to Sami Zayn's arabic promo though.
I'm going to a WWE house show in two weeks. May buy an Asuka t-shirt, won't see her wrestle though as she hasn't got a Y chromosome.
Fuck knows what will be on it, looking forward to Sami Zayn's arabic promo though.
The_Reptile_
Pre-Show Stalwart
1 more day 1 more day 1 more day 1 more day
*Markiness Intensifies*
Seriously, it's going to be amazing watching an arena full of grown men cry when Bayley loses the title.
*Markiness Intensifies*
Seriously, it's going to be amazing watching an arena full of grown men cry when Bayley loses the title.
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
IBUSHI!!
Good Golly It's Ollie
Magical Girl
Bobby Roooooooooo
Seriously though, I liked how many of the matches had unorthodox finishes; it's one of NXT's real week-to-week strengths. I will mourn the precious cinnamon roll Women's Champion run, but there's still loads for her to do. The pass out finish made them both look tough so I liked it.
Seriously though, I liked how many of the matches had unorthodox finishes; it's one of NXT's real week-to-week strengths. I will mourn the precious cinnamon roll Women's Champion run, but there's still loads for her to do. The pass out finish made them both look tough so I liked it.
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NXT Belfast in June...
I might go...
I might go...
