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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 28, 2021 21:23:18 GMT -5
Honestly Mandy is probably a better long term investment at this point as imo she comes off like a bigger star to me and is also seven years younger then Franky who is close to 40. Frankie is better in ring but in ring isn't every thing. No way in hell does Mandy come off as a bigger star than Franky. But when you do not give Franky her entire entrance and let her charisma and personality flourish...then yea I guess Mandy looks like the bigger star that way. Idk… WWE Franky has been a flop. I’m sure she was better elsewhere but if you’ve never seen her before WWE (me) she’s just… there. Robert Stone is the best part of her act to me.
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Sept 28, 2021 21:23:52 GMT -5
I wish I got to be here in realtime for the Joe Gacy return. #StillOurSafeSpace
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Post by hbkid718 on Sept 28, 2021 21:25:46 GMT -5
A decent NXT with solid wrestling, but nothing special. I liked Hit Row breaking down tonight's matches. Good way to start off NXT. Elektra Lopez VS B-Fab was pretty good. The brawling & the weapons hid B-Fab's not so great wrestling skills. Part 1 of the InDex Honeymoon was hilarious with Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae spying on them. I didn’t like Joe Gacy’s promo. I thought WWE was going to drop the gimmick since it got so much hate on social media last week. Xyon Quinn VS Oney Lorcan was good, but their match on last week’s 205 Live was much better. He beat Lorcan already last Friday, so it’s no big deal he beat him again. Solid promo by Grayson Waller. OK segment with MSK, Grizzled Young Veterans, Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams, & Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen to set-up a 4-Way down the line. OK interview with Raquel Gonzalez & I like the tease of her VS Mandy Rose, as Toxic Attraction made their way to the ring. Io Shirai & Zoey Stark VS Toxic Attraction was a pretty good match. Great video by Bron Breakker. Andre Chase VS Boa was OK. I like this character of Chase, especially his theme music. It reminds of The Steiner Brothers theme. Maybe they should have given Bron Breakker his gimmick instead. Another hilarious InDex Honeymoon Segment. I can’t believe I hated this storyline when it started. Grayson Waller VS Roderick Strong was an awesome match. Funny promo by LA Knight. I like him VS Odyssey Jones next week. A fun attack by Knight. I love Andre Chase saying the 2nd S*it of the night. I guess the rumors were true. NXT was going to be more edgy. Good video on Dante Chen. Cool interview with Trey Baxter & Cora Jade. Cora had a great match with Ember Moon on 205 Live last week, so I’m looking forward to seeing her in action on NXT next week. Lashing Out with Lash Legend was horrible. They should never do that segment again. Kyle O’Reilly VS Ridge Holland felt rushed & it ended with a stupid roll-up. It should have been promoted more & should have been the main event. I'm interested in seeing O'Reilly & Von Wagner VS Holland & Pete Dunne in the future. End this Tony D’Angelo Gimmick before he debuts. This is a stupid stereotype that should never be on TV. Not all Italians are part of the Mafia. Why couldn't he be just a wrestler? I love the idea of the 8-Man Tag next week. It could be fun. Raquel Gonzalez VS Franky Monet was too short. What a slap in the face to the NXT Women's Division. This was supposed to be the greatest Women's Division in all of wrestling & they get this crap. There was a lot of crap that could have been cut from tonight. I did like what Toxic Attraction did to Gonzalez to setup Gonzalez’s next challenger. Also, they need to get rid of the 8 minute overrun. Scroll to the bottom for Facts & Stats for NXT:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 21:26:29 GMT -5
No way in hell does Mandy come off as a bigger star than Franky. But when you do not give Franky her entire entrance and let her charisma and personality flourish...then yea I guess Mandy looks like the bigger star that way. Idk… WWE Franky has been a flop. I’m sure she was better elsewhere but if you’ve never seen her before WWE (me) she’s just… there. Robert Stone is the best part of her act to me. Fair enough. If someone only knows the NXT work of a touted talent than it definetly can skew things.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 28, 2021 21:28:33 GMT -5
All that said, I’m ready for almost anyone to beat Raquel. This reigns got old ages ago.
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Post by mistery on Sept 28, 2021 21:30:10 GMT -5
All that said, I’m ready for almost anyone to beat Raquel. This reigns got old ages ago. This is a case where no decision is correct. I cannot say I would remain interested in NXT if they continue to focus on Toxic Attraction as the main focal point of the women. They aren't talented enough to warrant the level of attention they've gotten. But Raquel has faceplanted as well.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 21:35:11 GMT -5
Idk where else they go with that womens title.
KLR seems like the obvious next title holder or atleast she should be atleast while Io is shored in the tag division and idk if Io will ever get a second reign anyways.
Franky seems very likely off to the main roster now
Sarray super talented but she is like where Io was before she reinvented herself and just completely elevated off of that so it may take something like that before Sarray gets the title.
But of course this is my mind still in pre-rainbow reboot NXT booking where you could sort of atleast pattern out who is being prepped and where they fall in the rotation of women and not the complete guess work of a mess it is right now.
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Post by Mecca on Sept 28, 2021 21:36:47 GMT -5
NXT is in a super weird spot honestly. I'm sure they'll pick and choose to keep some handy vets to help the greenhorns but most of these people are stuck.
And theres no way there all going to the main so there's gonna be another big release list. The people in the worst spot are people like Franky. She's Indy, she's nearly 40 and wasn't established before this change happened.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 22:49:14 GMT -5
Idk… WWE Franky has been a flop. I’m sure she was better elsewhere but if you’ve never seen her before WWE (me) she’s just… there. Robert Stone is the best part of her act to me. Fair enough. If someone only knows the NXT work of a touted talent than it definetly can skew things. NXT has dropped the ball with a few women lately. I don't put the blame on Franky.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 22:55:03 GMT -5
It's been an alright match. Raquel is boring, but her title defenses have all at least been very solid... this one is probably the weakest so far IMO. Worse than her title defense against Xia Li? You're right. It probably wasn't worse than that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2021 22:59:26 GMT -5
They do need a bit of work yes The promo last week was pretty bad but I thought Gigi and Jayce's match with Io and Stark this week was pretty good. Didn't see anything wrong with it at all. They're starting to feel very much like a main roster group now, which is not a good thing, but they don't suck. The match tonight was pretty solid other than a couple awkward moments with Jacy, who's still green. Gigi looked good.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Sept 28, 2021 23:15:11 GMT -5
The promo last week was pretty bad but I thought Gigi and Jayce's match with Io and Stark this week was pretty good. Didn't see anything wrong with it at all. They're starting to feel very much like a main roster group now, which is not a good thing, but they don't suck. The match tonight was pretty solid other than a couple awkward moments with Jacy, who's still green. Gigi looked good. Honestly I thought even Jacy looked pretty impressive and a lot better then her previous outings. There was an exchange she had with Zoey early in the match that really surprised me in how good and smooth it was. I saw that there was people in the live thread talking about Gigi regressing in the ring and granted I've never seen any of indy stuff as I'm pretty main stream in what I watch (WWE, AEW) but I didn't see anything wrong with her work either. Hit a nice German Suplex towards the end and took the clothesline over the top rope backwards bump which really impressed me as while that's a routine bump for the men it's a very difficult bump for women just simply for the fact that they are shorter and it's harder for them get over the rope. It's likely why you don't see them do it much.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 28, 2021 23:19:27 GMT -5
I’m surprised at how smoothly everyone takes Stark’s finisher. It seems like it could go incredibly wrong very easily. But it hasn’t yet even with people like Jacy and Indi taking it.
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Post by 4real on Sept 29, 2021 15:58:11 GMT -5
Rose v Gonzalez is a very strong meh for me.
Keeping the tag titles on Io & Zoey is also meh.
Io and Gonzalez were my tips to lose their belts and go to the Main roster but Franky looks more likely now.
Tony D’Angelo next week the excitement!
More GYV tv time please.
Happy Waller lost that man is beyond annoying.
Dexter Lumis is a machine clearly.
Lash whatsername is incredibly annoying & so was that segment. But she likes Jiro so that’s cool with me.
Holy heck B Fab is so green it’s insane. This will be the problem with this NXT going forward.
O’Reilly is an absolute goon and having Von bloody Wagner backing him up isn’t going to make him actually cool again.
Not many debuts (or any?) this week. Is Vince feeling ok?
This Baxter love thing is booooooooring.
“The biggest win of Quinn’s career!” In his first match no less how about that?!
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