Why is Adrian Neville still in NXT?

[Madagascar Fred]

Mar 4, 2015 6:37:56 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Don't worry. Neville will debut on the post Mania Raw and folks will make "Is Adrian Neville Overrated?" threads by June. I doubt he gave up his cushy gig in Dragon Gate just to spent his WWE career in developmental.

post-WM Raw is usually filled with smarks and UK spectators.........

[Tha Don]

Mar 7, 2015 20:33:20 GMT -5 freeze Austin said:

Mar 4, 2015 16:55:58 GMT -5 Tha Don said:

They need the Cruiserweight and Hardcore titles for guys like him to first come up and compete for, then push him into a higher division.

I'd be in favor of a flyers/workers division and title if it were actually treated as a big deal and was accompanied by good stories, especially since they don't appear to want guys of a certain size in the WHC scene right now, but I think putting the emphasis on it being a lower level weight class would only diminish them and reinforce to the audience Vince's negative belief that "they're not as big, so they're not as important or credible or able to be stars."

The emphasis of something like that should be on the elite speed and athleticism of the competitors, fast action, and unique styles that you won't see anywhere else on the roster, kind of like TNA did with the X-Division at least in their early days.

If Triple H is in the control of that division then it would go well.

[Digital Witness]

Nah. WWE doesn't need a cruiserweight division at this point. The "cruiserweights" that WWE has now are top tier world class main event calibur athletes that need to be fighting towards world titles rather than who's the best of a mid card division.

Adrian Neville is one of the best all around wrestlers in the world. He deserves more than a mid card division.

[berlynwright]

probably the night after mania in front of UK crowd

[Jeff Mangum PI]

Mar 8, 2015 5:05:38 GMT -5 Just call me D.j.m. said:

Mar 4, 2015 16:06:21 GMT -5 Jeff Mangum PI said:

He'll debut on the Raw after WrestleMania and win the IC title from Barrett. JBL will comment "HAHA, LOOK AT THIS f***ING MIDGET, HE LOOKS LIKE A DAMN RAT, REMINDS ME OF THAT RAT-FACED f*** FROM THE OL' NXT, HEY BOOKER, REMEMBER WHEN I SQUASHED THAT LIL' TWERP LIKE A BUG ON A WINDSHIELD WITH FAROOQ, HAHA I LOVE IT!"

WWE will tour Corpus Christ, Baltimore, and Davenport where all three crowds chant "RAT-FACE! RAT-FACE! RAT-FACE!" at Neville. Kane will come out one week to destroy Neville after having a 30 min. 4-and-a-half star match* with Dolph Ziggler for the championship. Kane will then squash Neville during the curtain-jerker of SummerSlam for the belt, and then injure him to the point where he has to get stretchered out.

Neville will return after 6 months as "The Mighty One" Adrian Neville, in full Mighty Mouse costume and superhero mask. The re-debut happens in Nashville which reacts with complete silence. Neville will get buried during a promo segment with "The Big Sexy PowerDog of Brilliance" Roman Reigns. Roman will bury Neville by saying "The Mighty One? More like......uh, the MIGHTY RAT-FACE!" Neville never recovers and competes exclusively on Superstars for the next two years.

Someone will make a thread here called "Remember When Everyone LOVED Adrian Neville?" 95% of the replies will be "You mean the rat-face dude? I never saw NXT, f*** that midget, I never liked him in the first place."


*the match would've gotten five stars, but it was just missing that extra Tokyo Dome magic

This is such a perfect amalgam of IWC Paranoia and FAN "humor", that I can't help but wonder if you are some hyper-advanced chatbot AI sent to destroy us all.

Paranoid? Oh please. Only the lizard people accuse me of being paranoid.

[avenger]

Mar 4, 2015 8:38:29 GMT -5 @graant said:

Because I doubt he's marketable in the WWE's mind.


I mean he has the sort of accent that usually gets subtitled on American television.

He has the sort of accent that sometimes gets subtitled on British television.

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Gotta make Mojo Rawley look strong somehow...