So, who currently in NXT *would* Vince get behind?

[cait]

Feb 8, 2015 14:11:28 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Feb 8, 2015 13:55:03 GMT -5 Abdullah said:

Is he signed?

He was signed in 2013, but there hasn't been an update since.  He's also not even listed under Unassigned WWE Personnel on Wikipedia, either.

Jason was never signed with NXT.

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Feb 8, 2015 15:19:15 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 14:44:40 GMT -5 gr1990 said:

Paige's rudderless title reign followed by quasi-lesbian antics and generic bitches be crazy/girls are mean shit says otherwise. I don't think Hunter cares enough about the women's division to go to bat for them. Maybe it'd be different with Charlotte cos of who her dad is, but I worry for the others.

HHH has said on record MANY times including on the Stone Colf Podcast that he wants women to be feature more and in better light than what Vince does now.

I remember when the sheets reported that HHH specifically did not like women's wrestling and he wanted it off TV.  Maybe they meant he did not like the women's wrestling WWE do.

I do have to wonder, how long can Vince be the guy when his school he can get new guys from (NXT) is almost exclusively the guys he does not like.  Outside Corbin and Big Cass and MAYBE Bull, there is not really a "Vince Guy" there.  How will he manage to promote new guys in the future if they are all to his dislike?

I'd laugh if NXT is the way it is now as a way to try and force Vince out earlier than he'd like.

[Juice]

Feb 8, 2015 18:03:37 GMT -5 @ihateeverything said:

Feb 8, 2015 15:19:15 GMT -5 Juice said:

HHH has said on record MANY times including on the Stone Colf Podcast that he wants women to be feature more and in better light than what Vince does now.

I remember when the sheets reported that HHH specifically did not like women's wrestling and he wanted it off TV.  Maybe they meant he did not like the women's wrestling WWE do.

I do have to wonder, how long can Vince be the guy when his school he can get new guys from (NXT) is almost exclusively the guys he does not like.  Outside Corbin and Big Cass and MAYBE Bull, there is not really a "Vince Guy" there.  How will he manage to promote new guys in the future if they are all to his dislike?

I'd laugh if NXT is the way it is now as a way to try and force Vince out earlier than he'd like.

I remember the sheetz reporting MVP tried to stab hhh with a screwdriver. The sheetz aren't always accurate.

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Feb 8, 2015 18:07:34 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 18:03:37 GMT -5 @ihateeverything said:

I remember when the sheets reported that HHH specifically did not like women's wrestling and he wanted it off TV.  Maybe they meant he did not like the women's wrestling WWE do.

I do have to wonder, how long can Vince be the guy when his school he can get new guys from (NXT) is almost exclusively the guys he does not like.  Outside Corbin and Big Cass and MAYBE Bull, there is not really a "Vince Guy" there.  How will he manage to promote new guys in the future if they are all to his dislike?

I'd laugh if NXT is the way it is now as a way to try and force Vince out earlier than he'd like.

I remember the sheetz reporting MVP tried to stab hhh with a screwdriver. The sheetz aren't always accurate.

I know that - I never said they were (although shoots and these WWE podcasts are confirming they are more accurate than this board acknowledges) but it was the specific nature of "HHH does not like women's wrestling" yet he seems the strongest backer of it in WWE in reality.

[Instant Classic]

Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, and Baron Corbin.

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 8, 2015 18:07:34 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 18:03:37 GMT -5 @ihateeverything said:

I remember when the sheets reported that HHH specifically did not like women's wrestling and he wanted it off TV.  Maybe they meant he did not like the women's wrestling WWE do.

I do have to wonder, how long can Vince be the guy when his school he can get new guys from (NXT) is almost exclusively the guys he does not like.  Outside Corbin and Big Cass and MAYBE Bull, there is not really a "Vince Guy" there.  How will he manage to promote new guys in the future if they are all to his dislike?

I'd laugh if NXT is the way it is now as a way to try and force Vince out earlier than he'd like.

I remember the sheetz reporting MVP tried to stab hhh with a screwdriver. The sheetz aren't always accurate.

No, they're just delicious.

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The Vaudervilliians and CJ Parker have the sort of gimmicks Vince would find amusing.

I think Vince's liking of AJ is because he's looking for a female Cena who will shift a load of merch to the little girls in the crowd as Cena does for the little boys. I imagine he's watching Bayley with interest.

I think Vince is proud of his families Irish roots and it hasn't hurt Sheamus. I think Balor and Becky will be cut some slack.

[Brian Suntan]

This board has lost it's mind since the Royal Rumble.

In recent memory Vince has gotten behind Bryan, Rollins, Ambrose, Reigns and Wyatt.

Anyone in NXT has a chance. There's a certain randomness to it and I'm sure there will be talented guys overlooked for whatever bullshit reason. But I can't believe in 2015 we're back to 'Vince only loves hosses', when it so obviously isn't true.

[Hypnosis]

Feb 8, 2015 20:35:49 GMT -5 @selhurst said:

I think Balor and Becky will be cut some slack.

Vince will somehow confuse them, with Becky suddenly wearing bodypaint and crawling, while Finn Balor headbangs and does the devil horns.

[Juice]

Feb 8, 2015 20:33:09 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Feb 8, 2015 18:07:34 GMT -5 Juice said:

I remember the sheetz reporting MVP tried to stab hhh with a screwdriver. The sheetz aren't always accurate.

No, they're just delicious.

You must also be from Pittsburgh? I may have to sheetz run for some hot dogs now. Dammit.

[misconduct was wrong]

You guys seem to be thinking about who Vince would get behind when they make it the main roster right? But who in NXT would end up on Raw with their NXT personality? Corbin is the only one I would think. Sami Zayn is too much like Daniel Bryan right now. Maybe Neville can get over with the Red Arrow. Maybe if you let Owens loose on a mic. Everyone is very talented in NXT right now, but it takes something else to get over on the main roster. Sometimes is something completely random. Very difficult to predict.

[PrinceD]

I don't want anyone called up to the main roster right now. It's not so much as Vince will ruin 'em, it's just that NXT is damn good right now.

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 8, 2015 20:53:51 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 20:33:09 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

No, they're just delicious.

You must also be from Pittsburgh? I may have to sheetz run for some hot dogs now. Dammit.

Nope.

Despite the Penguins jerseys hanging in my closet, I'm most of the way to the other side of PA.

[Juice]

Feb 8, 2015 21:42:33 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Feb 8, 2015 20:53:51 GMT -5 Juice said:

You must also be from Pittsburgh? I may have to sheetz run for some hot dogs now. Dammit.

Nope.

Despite the Penguins jerseys hanging in my closet, I'm most of the way to the other side of PA.

Didn't realize Sheetz were that spread out

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 8, 2015 21:50:45 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 21:42:33 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Nope.

Despite the Penguins jerseys hanging in my closet, I'm most of the way to the other side of PA.

Didn't realize Sheetz were that spread out

Not only do they spread the whole way across PA (until you hit Lancaster, then WAWA takes over, except for a Sheetz in Caernavon Township in Morgantown (near Reading), they also spread south through Maryland down to North Carolina.

[zeez]

Owens. That's you top heel of the future right there. Either that or Vince is going to repackage him as Doink's son.

[gr1990]

Feb 8, 2015 20:43:17 GMT -5 Brian Suntan said:

This board has lost it's mind since the Royal Rumble.

In recent memory Vince has gotten behind Bryan, Rollins, Ambrose, Reigns and Wyatt.

Anyone in NXT has a chance. There's a certain randomness to it and I'm sure there will be talented guys overlooked for whatever bullshit reason. But I can't believe in 2015 we're back to 'Vince only loves hosses', when it so obviously isn't true.

He doesn't 'only love hosses,' but his idea for a very top guy is very definitely still size and physique-driven. Not a hoss, necessarily, but a tall guy with a lot of muscle mass and definition. He still sees the worth in smaller guys and always has, but unless his hand is somewhat forced, he'd never consider building the company around them. Of those you mentioned:
- He had to be blackmailed by the fans into running with Bryan, and still tried to brush him aside in favour of someone with more traditional star quality this year.
- Rollins may be prominent but Rumble title match (where he still ended up taking the pin) aside he's been booked as an ineffectual coward who can't beat anyone important without help,
- Ambrose's main event matches seemed designed to derail his momentum so the fans didn't see him as an alternative to Reigns
- Reigns and Wyatt are both 6 foot 3 and over 250 pounds, they might not be hosses in the traditional sense, but these days they're definitely among the bigger guys, plus Wyatt was made to look like shit relative to Cena.

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Feb 8, 2015 15:17:14 GMT -5 Professor Chaos said:

Bull Dempsey as the next Big Show.

Big Show and Regular Show tag team. The fact that "Regular Show" is already a cartoon can be incorporated as well, because Bull sort of looks like Muscle Man anyway.

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Feb 8, 2015 21:50:45 GMT -5 Juice said:

Feb 8, 2015 21:42:33 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Nope.

Despite the Penguins jerseys hanging in my closet, I'm most of the way to the other side of PA.

Didn't realize Sheetz were that spread out

We've got a bunch of them in Northeast Ohio too.

[avenger]

Feb 8, 2015 22:52:29 GMT -5 zeez said:

Owens. That's you top heel of the future right there. Either that or Vince is going to repackage him as Doink's son.

Or Bray Wyatt's brother. Or *gulp* Sister Abigail.

Feb 9, 2015 11:03:03 GMT -5 gr1990 said:

Feb 8, 2015 20:43:17 GMT -5 Brian Suntan said:

This board has lost it's mind since the Royal Rumble.

In recent memory Vince has gotten behind Bryan, Rollins, Ambrose, Reigns and Wyatt.

Anyone in NXT has a chance. There's a certain randomness to it and I'm sure there will be talented guys overlooked for whatever bullshit reason. But I can't believe in 2015 we're back to 'Vince only loves hosses', when it so obviously isn't true.

He doesn't 'only love hosses,' but his idea for a very top guy is very definitely still size and physique-driven. Not a hoss, necessarily, but a tall guy with a lot of muscle mass and definition. He still sees the worth in smaller guys and always has, but unless his hand is somewhat forced, he'd never consider building the company around them. Of those you mentioned:
- He had to be blackmailed by the fans into running with Bryan, and still tried to brush him aside in favour of someone with more traditional star quality this year.
- Rollins may be prominent but Rumble title match (where he still ended up taking the pin) aside he's been booked as an ineffectual coward who can't beat anyone important without help,
- Ambrose's main event matches seemed designed to derail his momentum so the fans didn't see him as an alternative to Reigns
- Reigns and Wyatt are both 6 foot 3 and over 250 pounds, they might not be hosses in the traditional sense, but these days they're definitely among the bigger guys, plus Wyatt was made to look like shit relative to Cena.

Vince will get behind anyone if he thinks they'll make him money. He just prefers tall guys with a lot of muscle mass and definition. And there's only two of them in NXT at the moment. Baron Corbin, and a guy that no-one has mentioned so far - Jason Jordan.