The NXT Thread Is Like Ring of Honor's Bay-Bay!

[Thriller Ant]

I honestly can't think of anyone else they tried to push that the crowd did not care about. I mean, he might literally be the only person ever to not get over in NXT. Even the nameless jobbers get chants

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

I honestly can't think of anyone else they tried to push that the crowd did not care about. I mean, he might literally be the only person ever to not get over in NXT. Even the nameless jobbers get chants

Face Dallas comes to mind.

 

[Thriller Ant]

Face Dallas comes to mind.

They hated him, which is why they turned him. They couldn't care less about Parker.

 

[Dirk]

I feel for Yoshi Tatsu.

 

[justinsayne]

I feel for Yoshi Tatsu.

The last 3 house shows I've been to that have had Yoshi on them, he's consistently gotten one of the bigger pops of the night, the kids seem love him, & his music.

 

[Lee]

I feel for Yoshi Tatsu.

INDEED

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Its clearly time for CJ Parker to join a maniac team with Leo Kruger.

Or bring back the Paul Birchill pirate gimmick. It would get over ESPECIALLY at Full Sail

 

[Randy Orton's Head Blood]

I like CJ Parker. He's got that cool look, I just don't understand why he doesn't get the noise.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Lana is really getting that annoying heel promo down

 

[Randy Orton's Head Blood]

I assume you've probably already all creamed over it, but is anyone as excited as I am for the Zayn/Cesaro rematch?

I can't get the WWE Network til late this year/early next, but I will find someway to watch this match. I hope they show the episode on Sky Sports.

 

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NXT needs tag teams like a hole in the head. Otherwise we're stuck in a loop where The Ascension squashes random jobbers until they run out of random combinations of jobbers. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel aren't doing anything.

I like CJ Parker. He's got that cool look, I just don't understand why he doesn't get the noise.

He doesn't get a reaction because everything he does is completely forced and everybody can tell. His shit ring work doesn't help either. He's not a likable hippy that's eccentric, he's a fucking knob.

 

[FlexAmerican Dynamite]

I'm sorry but the Ascension bores the shit out of me. More teams would be appreciated.

 

[Coco]

NXT needs tag teams like a hole in the head. Otherwise we're stuck in a loop where The Ascension squashes random jobbers until they run out of random combinations of jobbers. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel aren't doing anything.

I thought you were looking for something other than a jobber team.

 

[.]

An exciting jobber team would do at this stage.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Long past-due for a main roster debut. There is clearly nothing left for them down in NXT

 

[Uncle Sam]

Lee's mate Adrian Neville is really impressive in the ring. Must be a Geordie thing. Why, I remember the first time I saw Lee do a corkscrew shooting star press...

He doesn't get a reaction because everything he does is completely forced and everybody can tell. His shit ring work doesn't help either. He's not a likable hippy that's eccentric, he's a fucking knob.

I'd suggest that it's just a heel turn and some awesome theme music that separates the likes of CJ Parker and the likes of Tyler Breeze.

Long past-due for a main roster debut. There is clearly nothing left for them down in NXT

This guy gets it.

I'm sorry but the Ascension bores the shit out of me. More teams would be appreciated.

This guy doesn't.

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

I'm sorry but the Ascension bores the shit out of me. More teams would be appreciated.

That's not really their fault, it's because the tag team division in general is shit in NXT at the moment. If they could get a compelling feud going, it could revitalize the division.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Somebody is going to have to explain the dislike for Alexander Rusev and The Ascension to me - I haven't been this confused since the last time I tried sympathizing with another human being. Is it because they're seen as 'pre-ordained,' as pets of management that are going to get called up regardless of how they perform? That's all I can wrap my head around.

Rusev is just beastly. Considering the usual love for the likes of Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Samoa Joe - basically, just about any 'big guy with unusual agility - I'm baffled by the vitriol I've read alone and by how the NXT crowd treats him. Goldberg chants? They were stupid when Ryback got them, but at least Ryback was white and bald. A much better comparison is Umaga. And Umaga was awesome, so fuck you. I've not once seen Rusev trounce someone and think that it hadn't been worth my time afterwards. Lana, however, I could take or leave.

The Ascension are more like The Road Warriors or Demolition. That isn't me giving them lofty praise, that's me explaining what they're like as a team. I've seen them criticised because "people don't understand what their motivation is." Their motivation is to win matches and championships and look awesome doing it. I forgot about the time when Hawk delivered a twenty minute soliloquy on his emotions and his objectives and how his war paint and pointy shoulder pads were really just a tribute to his dead puppy Rover. People act like they've never watched professional wrestling before but maybe - just maybe - it's actually just a case of them grasping at straws.

 

[Danger Burger]

^^ what he said.

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

I like Rusev. I'd rather Zayn gets bumped to the main roster first, but Rusev is fine too.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'd rather WWE programming was a 24/7 loop of Sami Zayn matches but we've just got to be realistic.

 

[justinsayne]

I have no issue with Rusev, I quite like him actually, however I can't fucking stand Lana, hate that bitch with a passion. They shoulda just kept Sylvester Laforte as his manager.

 

[Remix]

I can kinda understand the dislike of Ascension. I think it stems from them being caught between what they were (undertaket-lite), and what they're trying to be (Road Warriors-lite). Kenneth was the guy really carrying the Ascension's supernatural/cultish gimmick, with him gone and replaced by Viktor that aspect has been mostly dropped. However, there's still remnants of it with the music, contacts which puts them in an awkward position.

Basically, they're changing (which always sets the IWC off in fits) and going from something 'interesting' (read: different) to something 'bland' (read: something that would actually stand a chance of working on the big stage and plays to the strength of both members) which also has the idiots foaming at the mouth.

I like Russev, however I miss his old finisher. O'Connor roll German Suplex. Beastly.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm not sure if having not seen the original Ascension has crippled or empowered me.

 

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Original Ascension rocked because there was actual competition and more effort into vignette and Cameron had a bitching scream. Viktor and K'onor are great together and rock at killing people left, right and centre. I wish they'd use that book more. In early vignettes Viktor was holding some kind of supernatural book. They should explain that.

Has Rusev lost a match to any NXT guy? If not then Sami Zayn should beat him.