Goddamn fucking beat the clock. is anything so shitty used to often?
The Last Man Standing match.
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Goddamn fucking beat the clock. is anything so shitty used to often?
The Last Man Standing match.
Why wasn't Corey Graves in a BTC match? Is he injured or something?
Also, I really hope Kruger gets a chance on the main roster eventually.
The American Wolves Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards worked a tag team match against NXT Tag Team Champions, The Ascension, during tonight's NXT television taping at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. The former Ring of Honor tag team champions wrestled as "The American Bulldogs", losing the match.
As we reported earlier, Davey and Eddie have not received contracts to work with WWE at this point. However, it is believed that William Regal has been pushing hard backstage for Triple H to give the Wolves another shot, potentially leading to a short-term deal.
The American Bulldogs. Nice.
Was a big fan of the Kraven gimmick. Hmm. Don't like this.
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Without seeing the gimmick in action, I'm optimistic. Kruger's current gimmick isn't getting him anywhere. He's been doing it for a year at this point and he's in the same position he was in then, a jobber to the stars in developmental.
Would you have been a fan of Kruger's gimmick based on a photo and a description of it as 'Skinner, with an odd accent and facial expressions'?
WHY? Kruger was great. There was legitimate character development there, remember that one episode of NXT where they got Justin Gabriel to explain how Kruger went from rich prick to disturbed poacher? Fuck that was awesome. Half the time I didn't get the guy but the one major thing I loved about him was that even when he lost, the loss didn't matter to the guy and he just wanted to hurt others.
STOP FUCKING LOVING EVERYTHING HE DOES. NXT does not need another narcissist character, they have those in excess and Kruger will be back in the jobber position because (a) he simply won't be as good as English or Breeze and (b) he's not as young as either of those guys and that plays a part. The disturbed former apartheid militia man worked and would've worked amazingly well on the main roster.
WHY? Kruger was great. There was legitimate character development there, remember that one episode of NXT where they got Justin Gabriel to explain how Kruger went from rich prick to disturbed poacher? Fuck that was awesome. Half the time I didn't get the guy but the one major thing I loved about him was that even when he lost, the loss didn't matter to the guy and he just wanted to hurt others.
STOP FUCKING LOVING EVERYTHING HE DOES. NXT does not need another narcissist character, they have those in excess and Kruger will be back in the jobber position because (a) he simply won't be as good as English or Breeze and (b) he's not as young as either of those guys and that plays a part. The disturbed former apartheid militia man worked and would've worked amazingly well on the main roster.
WHY? Kruger was great. There was legitimate character development there, remember that one episode of NXT where they got Justin Gabriel to explain how Kruger went from rich prick to disturbed poacher? Fuck that was awesome. Half the time I didn't get the guy but the one major thing I loved about him was that even when he lost, the loss didn't matter to the guy and he just wanted to hurt others.
STOP FUCKING LOVING EVERYTHING HE DOES.
NXT does not need another narcissist character, they have those in excess and Kruger will be back in the jobber position because (a) he simply won't be as good as English or Breeze and (b) he's not as young as either of those guys and that plays a part.
The disturbed former apartheid militia man worked and would've worked amazingly well on the main roster.
Hopefully Rose gets saddled in a tag team with CJ Parker. That'll teach Remix to be optimistic!
Yes, and Kruger's great work with the gimmick got him a spot as jobber to the stars. He's got nothing to lose by changing his gimmick.
At worst he stays in roughly the same spot. At best he gets a shot he otherwise might not have.
Why the fuck would I do that?
I've got to give props to Kruger too (because I'm Remix. Of course I do)
Let's establish something. You do not know what the Adam Rose gimmick is. You have seen a photo and the name he's using and concluded it is a narcissist gimmick. You may be right, you may be wrong. We do not have the information available to make that kind of judgement.
As for the rest of what you said, you're right. Kruger's 34, broke his neck two years ago and has spent 18 years of his life as a wrestler. He's also too fucking good in the ring to demote lower than his current position without releasing him. Making a gimmick change like this is a very low risk move for Kruger. Either the change pays off and his stock raises, or he ends up in the same position he was in previously. Why the fuck wouldn't he roll the dice? It's not as if he hasn't undergone gimmick changes before now.
You're right, it would have. But he's not on the main roster. He's not even close to being on the main roster. Sure, maybe if he stuck with the gimmick long enough he'd eventually get a callup. But because of the things I mentioned previously, he can't wait forever, so he's making a change
No it got him over big time. It made him distinct, we hardly ever see a disturbing heel that works and since Wyatt left, Kruger was all there was aside from all the monster heels and pussy heels aka your Rusev's and your Bo Dallas'. Let's look at what he got as Kruger the psycho:
The first good Dallas match
To the finals of the Royal Rumble tournament
A series of great matches with Justin Gabriel.
No, at worst he becomes that wrestler who's on his THIRD new gimmick since the inception of NXT. And at worst he's that wrestler who's on his THIRD new gimmick since the inception of NXT who even the full sail crowd don't give a shit about any longer since he no longer stands out and isn't interesting.
Because to quote you:
Sorry I didn't notice the evil and monstrous intensity of Rose, maybe it's the scarf that screams "I'm gonna cut down Adrian Neville's knees like the price cut that allowed me to buy this scarf" or maybe it's the glasses that scream "I slightly look like a post-op Amy Winehouse tribute act!".
There's nothing unique to him any longer. I loved the gimmick because as over the top it was, it wasn't completely illogical.
Yeah why stick around with an interesting gimmick waiting for WWE to have a reason to call you up when you can become another generic narcissistic wrestler![]()
It was closer to the tenth good Bo match than the first. In any case it was a match that really epitomises Kruger's role in NXT. He's the guy you use to give a face (or 'face' in Bo's case) a good match without having to worry about the consequences for him. So great, he gave Bo a good match. Put him the hell over. What did it do for him? Put him in position to put over Bo's next challengers and job to Cesaro. Great, not going to help his career.
Something a handful of people saw and fewer people remember. Hell, the winner of that tournament was booted off TV within a month. Who gives a fuck? Certainly not WWE, considering the last seven callups of note weren't in that tournament.
Those two could have great matches with one another in their sleep.
If his crowning achievements are putting Bo over twice, and having three good matches with his favourite opponent whom he has wrestled multiple times over the last 15 years, he's not losing much.
1) You don't know whether the gimmick is interesting or not.
2) Kruger's creepy gimmick doesn't exactly seem great on paper either. It's Skinner with an accent and odd facial expressions.
3) You don't know how the crowd will react. This is an audience that will chant for 'that guy'. He will, at minimum get 'Leo Kruger' chants.
5) Axl Mulligan. Just because it happened at a house show doesn't mean it will on TV.
I meant why the fuck would I stop loving everything he does. As established, loving Kruger is what I do.
You're making conclusions you don't have enough information to. Kruger's been a wrestler for 18 years. He's smart enough to not take up a gimmick being done by two people already.
OK, I'll humour you. The more generic you are, the more forgettable you are. There's already a creepy heel stable and a stable of mercenaries, two of the defining characteristics of his gimmick. Where does Kruger in his unique gimmick fit? It's easier to find a role for a generic heel, even if it's not a high profile one.
Whatever, I'm Remix and that's enough for me to support Adam Rose new gimmick.
I'll take your word for it. Kruger bored the shit out of me in FCW so I never watched his stuff or Bo's for that matter.
They gave enough of a fuck to put him over several other high ranking NXT guys.
Except everything he worked toward with the current gimmick i.e. feuding with the world champ of NXT.
One can assume.
Axl Mulligan happened once. Adam Rose has happened twice and will reportedly be permanent.
Honestly if he comes up with this just so he's brought to the main roster and teamed with Gabriel it will just suck.
Because he's not perfect. I love Antonio Cesaro but i see his shortcomings and can understand why others wouldn't like him.
Doesn't seem that way.
FTFY. Shelton Benjamin's whole run was the bomb right? I remember ALL that don't you?