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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 13:39:21 GMT -5
Scheduled for tonight:
*Odyssey Jones v LA Knight *NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: MSK (c) v Josh Briggs/Brooks Jensen v Grizzled Young Veterans v Carmelo Hayes/Trick Williams *Ember Moon v Mandy Rose (opening the show) *Cora Jade in singles competition *Other stuff
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 5, 2021 13:46:24 GMT -5
I hope Brooks and Jensen absolutely smash down MSK.
AND FISH MARKET TONY DEBUTS TONIGHT!!!!
My god I love NXT2.0!!!
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Post by mistery on Oct 5, 2021 13:47:08 GMT -5
My expectation levels for Mandy vs Ember is pretty much rock bottom. And since Toxic Attraction is opening the show, that probably means we'll see them several more times throughout the night. Will be interesting to see if NXT experiences another massive drop if so.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 13:48:08 GMT -5
I hope Brooks and Jensen absolutely smash down MSK. AND FISH MARKET TONY DEBUTS TONIGHT!!!! My god I love NXT2.0!!! He was advertised to debut this week on last week's show, but he currently isn't listed on the WWE.com preview article, so... I don't know, we'll have to see.
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Oct 5, 2021 13:50:42 GMT -5
I love when Very Triple H guys from regular NXT pop up on these shows. Like Vince just got a lil EWR alert that says "Grizzled Young Veterans are feeling sad and neglected"
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Post by gl83 on Oct 5, 2021 13:52:24 GMT -5
My expectation levels for Mandy vs Ember is pretty much rock bottom. And since Toxic Attraction is opening the show, that probably means we'll see them several more times throughout the night. Will be interesting to see if NXT experiences another massive drop if so. They’re going against the Yankees/Red Sox playoff game, so odds are very good that NXT is going to tank in the ratings.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 13:53:20 GMT -5
I do not expect it but I can't put it past them to have Ember jobbing cleanly to Mandy Rose oh boy.
Nice to see Cora gonna get some air time.
More GYV and sssssooooooooooooooooooon to be always a fun time.
FANS favourite Italiano may or may not debut tonight.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 5, 2021 13:53:31 GMT -5
My expectation levels for Mandy vs Ember is pretty much rock bottom. And since Toxic Attraction is opening the show, that probably means we'll see them several more times throughout the night. Will be interesting to see if NXT experiences another massive drop if so. They’re going against the Yankees/Red Sox playoff game, so odds are very good that NXT is going to tank in the ratings. Ignore baseball it’s the less talented ladies’ fault.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 5, 2021 13:57:12 GMT -5
C'mon WWE I need Tony "Tony" D'Angelo to debut so I can watch the damn baseball game
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Post by mistery on Oct 5, 2021 13:59:58 GMT -5
They’re going against the Yankees/Red Sox playoff game, so odds are very good that NXT is going to tank in the ratings. Ignore baseball it’s the less talented ladies’ fault. Look. I know you like Toxic Attraction, but it was painfully obvious from last week's ratings that no one who watches NXT wants to see them. It's a group that can't cut a promo, has mediocre to awful in ring skills, and is a callback to the divas era, complete with oversexualization. It's a bad faction that only Vince, Bruce, and Johnny could find entertaining, but the actual viewers have shown they do not like the group. So even if there wasn't any baseball tonight, I would have still expected ratings to drop, because the one actual good aspect of NXT that did not need changing was stripped away so WWE could run a mini divas-era faction.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 14:01:01 GMT -5
Tony better not start naming his moves after italian and or mob stereotypes because my fav Italian already got it covered.
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Oct 5, 2021 14:06:01 GMT -5
Also man I feel so bad for LA Knight. Dude's getting eaten alive by the NXT 2.0 transition.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 5, 2021 14:06:55 GMT -5
Ignore baseball it’s the less talented ladies’ fault. Look. I know you like Toxic Attraction, but it was painfully obvious from last week's ratings that no one who watches NXT wants to see them. It's a group that can't cut a promo, has mediocre to awful in ring skills, and is a callback to the divas era, complete with oversexualization. It's a bad faction that only Vince, Bruce, and Johnny could find entertaining, but the actual viewers have shown they do not like the group. So even if there wasn't any baseball tonight, I would have still expected ratings to drop, because the one actual good aspect of NXT that did not need changing was stripped away so WWE could run a mini divas-era faction. Actually not really a Toxic Attraction fan. That said, the tag match was fine. Not peak black and yellow action but it wasn’t bad.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 14:07:32 GMT -5
It feels weird because all I read on here for months was "Push Gigi Dolin, where is Gigi Dolin" and I'm like, OK, she's about to be part of one of the most featured acts on this reboot (as much as its just a vehicle to push Mandy Rose, she's still THERE) and... now she's shit and should be dropped from TV? This either means either her in-ring ability has fallen faster than a Becky Lynch leg drop, or she was never good to start with and people just thought she was hot.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 5, 2021 14:13:55 GMT -5
Also man I feel so bad for LA Knight. Dude's getting eaten alive by the NXT 2.0 transition. Went from a great feud with Cameron Grimes to nothing
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 14:16:22 GMT -5
I am very much glad GiGi is on TV and hope sooner than later they break away from Mandy because of all of Toxic Attraction IMO Mandy is the weak link.
Like it ends up being a thing where they have just been f***ing with Mandy and using her for their entertainment and self elevation and then when they get bored of her they just beat her down.
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Post by mistery on Oct 5, 2021 14:16:57 GMT -5
It feels weird because all I read on here for months was "Push Gigi Dolin, where is Gigi Dolin" and I'm like, OK, she's about to be part of one of the most featured acts on this reboot (as much as its just a vehicle to push Mandy Rose, she's still THERE) and... now she's shit and should be dropped from TV? This either means either her in-ring ability has fallen faster than a Becky Lynch leg drop, or she was never good to start with and people just thought she was hot. The problem is with Toxic Attraction in general. It's pretty obvious NXT is moving in a direction where sex appeal triumphs over every other aspect, when that wasn't the case in the past. And Gigi was good on the indies, but the WWE style isn't clicking with her. Combine that with her absolutely awful promo from the week before last, and yeah, you have a recipe for disaster. And like you mentioned, people would probably warm up to her a bit more if she wasn't just being treated as an accessory in an attempt to push Mandy Rose again, who is never going to be a big star, no matter how much WWE wishes she was. Meanwhile while Toxic Attraction is hogging up TV time (who we all know is going to die a quick, painful death on the main roster when the audience outright rejects them), you have women like Sarray, Kacy, Kayden (even if I don't like Kacy/Kayden, they still deserve more than just jobbing to Toxic Attraction), Dakota Kai (who is still technically part of NXT I guess, I dunno), and other women just...sitting in the back doing nothing, because god forbid the audience gets to see them over who Vince/Bruce/Johnny wants to see on TV.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 14:20:23 GMT -5
For all the talk about "WWE want Mandy Rose to be a big star", this is probably their first honest-to-goodness attempt at it, not some three-week challenger of the month thing. Ironically, it's after she dyed her hair brunette, which goes against the blonde narrative.
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Post by mistery on Oct 5, 2021 14:30:07 GMT -5
For all the talk about "WWE want Mandy Rose to be a big star", this is probably their first honest-to-goodness attempt at it, not some three-week challenger of the month thing. Ironically, it's after she dyed her hair brunette, which goes against the blonde narrative. I mean every other time they've tried, she's screwed something up, or just bombed in general. She just isn't a top tier talent, even in NXT. She's a mid-card heel at best in NXT, and a jobber on the main roster at best. She's an absolutely wretched promo, and outside of her looks, has nothing going for her. Her in ring ability is below average compared to a lot of the top women on all three brands as well. It's safe to say blonde or not, WWE is really high on her, even though it doesn't translate over to viewers. And it doesn't help that face or heel, her gimmick is basically the same "I'm hot" trope that should have died long ago.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Oct 5, 2021 14:59:32 GMT -5
It feels weird because all I read on here for months was "Push Gigi Dolin, where is Gigi Dolin" and I'm like, OK, she's about to be part of one of the most featured acts on this reboot (as much as its just a vehicle to push Mandy Rose, she's still THERE) and... now she's shit and should be dropped from TV? This either means either her in-ring ability has fallen faster than a Becky Lynch leg drop, or she was never good to start with and people just thought she was hot. Probably a bit of both. I thought Priscilla Kelly was decent enough on the indies. Maybe not as good as the hype but she stood out. But she also has seemed much slower in NXT... which admittedly could be because of the lack of wrestling since arriving
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