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Post by Krazee on Dec 12, 2014 1:57:22 GMT -5
Kevin Owens got stitches
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 12, 2014 2:24:19 GMT -5
I was knocked out by the time the show started due to doing a 5.30am till 4pm shift at work during the day yesterday Cant wait to watch it, has this been posted yet?
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Post by Starshine on Dec 12, 2014 2:55:54 GMT -5
As usual that was a really good show from NXT.
Just some personal notes.
- CJ Parker seems to be their go to guy for making guys look like monsters. IMO Owens should use the Pumphandle Neckbreaker as his finish.
- The tag title match was fine. But personally I'm not that big on the Lucha Dragons, despite the fact they're a pretty good team. But on the other hand The Vaudevillains probably aren't the team who you want on top of the division. So I'm not upset at the result.
- Balor's entrance was something. His "sun is out" pose he did in time with the music and lighting was kind of weird. It was a lot more campy than I expected. considering he was decked out in Carnage makeup. The match was probably The Ascension's best to date. I wonder how much longer they'll be with the Full Sail team.
- Sasha's hair looked awful. It actually distracted me at points. I liked the match though. Especially Sasha's headscissors drag into the turnbuckle, and Charlote's top rope version finisher. I'm just wondering where they go from here now though. There seemed to be more fresh directions with Sasha as champion. I'd guess they'd either do Charlotte/Bayley again or Charlotte/Becky. But neither really excites me.
- I didn't like Neville's brief little heel turn towards the end of the main event. It felt really really forced considering he'd never done something so deliberately heelish leading into the show. Actually the reaction he got kind of annoyed me for that reason too. You can say what you want about smart marks and all that, but they were only cheering one guy in that situation, screw the story being told. I'm glad Neville stayed face at the end though, and marked like hell for the rebound German being busted out again.
- Owens heel turn? Look, I like both guys as much as anyone else, but I didn't like this at all. At least establish their relationship properly on screen before going straight to this. Why couldn't this happen at the next Takeover? I'd rather NXT tried to be it's own thing instead of forcing indy feuds onto the show. Owens hasn't done anything to deserve a title match, like I said before it just feels so forced.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 12, 2014 2:58:51 GMT -5
- Balor's entrance was something. His "sun is out" pose he did in time with the music and lighting was kind of weird. It was a lot more campy than I expected. considering he was decked out in Carnage makeup. You say campy, I say f***ing awesome. And I loved that the crowd exploded for it.
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Post by Starshine on Dec 12, 2014 3:08:41 GMT -5
Oh, two things that bugged the f*** out of me when Roman Reigns was going on about being the first NXT alumni to become world champion. (a) (b) Reigns, you f***ing mark!
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Dec 12, 2014 3:27:12 GMT -5
Finally got home to watch it and it was awesome per f***ing usual with NXT. Everything has been said in this thread, so I won't say much, other than f***ing great. This is why I still watch WWE.
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 12, 2014 3:39:39 GMT -5
Just started watching! Holy shit, PWG shown clearly on camera
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Post by Green Arrow on Dec 12, 2014 3:51:47 GMT -5
Did Itami use the gts?
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Dec 12, 2014 3:53:48 GMT -5
No, but he teased it and even milked it for good while before Konnor broke it up. Of course the crowd popped huge and even the announcers were like NO WAY! kind of marking out.
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Post by ededdneddy on Dec 12, 2014 3:55:43 GMT -5
speaking of Graves, they posted this video I just watched that and I am happy that he is getting a WWE Contract. I wonder what he will end up doing though but I am happy for him.
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Post by Digital Witness on Dec 12, 2014 3:56:28 GMT -5
Itami had Viktor up in the fireman's carry and was looking at the hard camera when Konnor broke it up. The place exploded when it was teased and Konnor was the biggest heel of the night when it was interrupted.
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Post by King Devitt on Dec 12, 2014 4:00:42 GMT -5
Finally got home to watch it and it was awesome per f***ing usual with NXT. Everything has been said in this thread, so I won't say much, other than f***ing great. This is why I still watch WWE. I came to pretty much post this word for word. I just finished watching it and said out loud "damn that was f***ing great". I could nitpick (tag title match, KO heel turn so soon) but honestly overall the show delivered. No Tyler Breeze tho. No surprise but Balor's entrance stole the show for me. Loved the hell out of it. I literally got up and clapped saying "yes!" when he came out. Music was perfect. The look was perfect. His mannerisms were perfect. I would love to see this entrance at a Wrestlemania. The crowd marked out as much as I did.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2014 4:01:20 GMT -5
I marked for random Solomon Crowe.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 12, 2014 4:03:22 GMT -5
Hiteo has not lived up to the hype,but i give him the benefit of adjusting to the WWE and language barriers.
Also,i love what they did with KO. They KNEW everyone expected him to be attacking Sami
So they debut him as a face and make they think it is not happening,GENIUS.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 12, 2014 4:03:26 GMT -5
I marked for random Solomon Crowe. Hopefully they can find something for him soon. Shame that he's been there over a year and his only appearances so far have been as the DJ at Adam Rose's party (the one that first introduced the character on NXT) and in the background congratulating Sami Zayn on his title win.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 12, 2014 4:04:24 GMT -5
Oh, two things that bugged the f*** out of me when Roman Reigns was going on about being the first NXT alumni to become world champion. (a) (b) Reigns, you f***ing mark! to be fair,these are two very "different" nxts
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Dec 12, 2014 4:04:30 GMT -5
This is going to sound weird, but has anyone seen the Stretcher footage on Zayn yet?
It possibly the "Best" stretcher job that WWE has done in a while. No insepid commentary, nobody mic'd up, just the act happening and what seem like genuine reactions from Zayn, Regal, and HHH.
Hell, HHH just MAKES that. I like when we see the "Human" HHH that has actual compassion and lets the mask drop rather than The "Character" that would cut a 20 minute promo about Dis Bizniss while Zayn was being loaded up.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 12, 2014 4:09:46 GMT -5
This is going to sound weird, but has anyone seen the Stretcher footage on Zayn yet? It possibly the "Best" stretcher job that WWE has done in a while. No insepid commentary, nobody mic'd up, just the act happening and what seem like genuine reactions from Zayn, Regal, and HHH. Hell, HHH just MAKES that. I like when we see the "Human" HHH that has actual compassion and lets the mask drop rather than The "Character" that would cut a 20 minute promo about Dis Bizniss while Zayn was being loaded up. And no commentator going "we just can't believe what happened.....KEvin Owens just took out his long friend Sami Zayin..."
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 12, 2014 4:22:13 GMT -5
speaking of Graves, they posted this video I just watched that and I am happy that he is getting a WWE Contract. I wonder what he will end up doing though but I am happy for him. I'm wondering what will happen after his little commentary gaffe. He was the one that blurted out "He deserves to be f***ed" during Sami vs Neville.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 12, 2014 4:29:47 GMT -5
Triple H will probably be easier on him than Vince would be if it happened on main roster commentary. I mean, it's his first night in the job and he probably got caught up in the excitement.
Zayn, though... He was cursing like mad near the end of that match. I thought it was the Network glitching when the sound kept dropping out until it got brought up in this thread.
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