This weeks NXT 1/4/12...

[turkeysandwich]

I didn't see a thread for this week's NXT.

I thought this was a good episode. I liked Regal being back after 5 weeks away, and he has really improved on commentary. Either that or he enjoys working with Josh more than he did Jack Korpela.

Michael McGillicutty and A-Ry both return to their roots. Striker introduced McGillicutty was "The Natural" I wonder if they will actually use that as his nickname or if that was just Striker being Striker.

I thought that the Bateman/Kaitlyn/Maxine/Curtis segment was hilarious. Curtis is slowly becoming one of my favorite WWE characters, he's good at playing a creep.
The best part was when Kaitlyn and Curtis were left alone.
Johnny:"What's up? Wanna get weird?"
Kaitlyn:"No I will not get in your van."
If they actually cared about NXT, I would love to see segments with Johnny Curtis riding around the arena in a van trying to pick up chicks.

[CMWaters]

The only problem with Regal's commentarry is his stuttering. If he can find a way to work that out, I think he could easily replace someone on one of the main shows.

[keezy]

McGillicutty's mic skills have come a long way since NXT season 2 and THAT promo.

and Kaitlyn has some nice Daisy Dukes now.

Decent episode imo, not as mind numbingly boring as usual.

[CMWaters]

Jan 5, 2012 14:35:38 GMT -5 keezy said:

McGillicutty's mic skills have come a long way since NXT season 2 and THAT promo.

Yeah, gives me hope that Mikey McG will improve and surprise people.

Just wish he'd have a shorter last name. I mean, Regal had problems pronouncing it on NXT.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

If they're gonna have NXT alumni every week, I'm waiting for Daniel Bryan to show up with the World Title and say "This is what NXT is all about."

[FailedGimmick]

When did Johnny Curtis become so awesome?

My LOL moment of this episode was Maxine's "Are you giving birth?" line after Kaitlyn's noise to drown out Maxine.

[Savage Gambino]

What can I say, other than that was a pretty good show; from start to finish, NXT was, in a word, entertaining. I won't say it's the best adventure in the history of basic cable, but it was definitely worth watching.

Mr. McGillicutty was, dare I say, entertaining on the mic, and his match with Riley was pretty damn good. Now I'm not saying it was Wrestlemania-worthy, but I've seen worse matches on the brand shows. Also of note, I was again surprised at how over Riley was, especially considering how much people said he was only over because he was feuding with Miz. It's amazing: even though this show has been going on since last spring, these two probably did more redeeming tonight than much of the featured cast (looking at you, Barky).

Also, I'm loving this whole Bateman/Maxine/Curtis(/Kaitlyn?) thing going on. Short of the Barrett Barrage, it's probably the most entertaining storyline not to feature either a current title holder or a former World champion. And, yes, that exchange provided a number of LOL lines, my personal favorite being the exchange between Kaitlyn and JC that Turkeysandwich listed.

All in all, I enjoyed this weeks NXT. And yes, I am looking forward to another wrestling wedding gone wrong.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

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[wrongnesattax]

I thought it was hilarious in a ridiculous way when Reks hand was glued to that xbox controller. That and the johnny curtis " wanna get weird" segments were my laugh out loud highlights.

[frogsplash45]

Kaitlyn, Bateman, Curtis, and Maxine all were superb in that segment. Not a weak link in the bunch.

[Cronant]

Probably doesn't hurt that they all seem to be buddies.

[turkeysandwich]

Jan 5, 2012 17:58:08 GMT -5 wrongnesattax said:

I thought it was hilarious in a ridiculous way when Reks hand was glued to that xbox controller. That and the johnny curtis " wanna get weird" segments were my laugh out loud highlights.

Oh yeah I forgot about Reks being glued to the XBox controller, that was funny. I gotta give it to him, he did show smarts by having to figure out ways to get in and out of the ring while having both hands on the controller, if he'd showed something close to having those comedic smarts on his animated show it might have been half way successful. Actually I wish it would have been a tag team match, and Reks would have been disqualified for having a foreign object.

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I really need to watch this. It sounds hilarious.