gl83
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Post by gl83 on Oct 5, 2021 15:03:05 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 You could make a case for Kay Lee Ray as well. After Takeover 36 and the 3 weeks following it, it looked like they were setting her up to be the next top girl in the NXT Women's division. But, with the transition to NXT 2.0 she's been tossed to the wayside in catering while others(Toxic Attraction) are getting all the TV time and focus.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 5, 2021 15:05:30 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'm starting to think it just might be a case of WWE/Vince just really loving Charlotte and Alexa Bliss and it really doesn't have anything to do with hair color like many say since other those two no other blonde in recent years has reached main event status. It looked Rhea was maybe on her way but they gave up on her pretty quick and have made her tag champion instead. They've always liked Natalya and Carmella but more as a midcard glue pieces who always have something to do not as main eventers. Then you look at other blondes in the last several years and you have Lacey (never champion and yes her pregnancy threw a wrench in things but they had times to pull the trigger before that most notably in her face run against Bayley and didn't do so), Mandy (has never won a title and only has started getting a real push after going brunette), Liv (has never won a title and never really pushed much either then her annual yearly push that lasts like a month before they just stop it cold for some reason), Dana (has never won a title or been pushed), Toni (hardly ever on TV), Lana (can't say they didn't try per say as she was involved in some heavily featured storylines but she still was released and didn't much as a wrestler although in their defense she wasn't very good and shouldn't have been pushed as a wrestler, Summer Rae (never did anything and was released), and Emma (never did anything and was released). Then you look at the main eventers/made woman who are always pushed, win titles, and are on the posters and all that stuff and for blondes it been Charlotte, Alexa, and Ronda (who wasn't there long and they would stupid not to push with her cross over appeal). Then for non blondes it's Becky, Sasha, Bayley, Bellas, Asuka, Paige (maybe debatable but she was pushed really hard out of the gate before the Del Rio stuff), Nia, and Bianca. If anything I think being blonde makes it less likely you are going to get pushed.
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 5, 2021 15:06:44 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 She was barely being used on NXT up until the match with Sarray back in July, so that is a likely reason for Priscilla slowing down in her WWE run.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 15:09:54 GMT -5
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 She was barely being used on NXT up until the match with Sarray back in July, so that is a likely reason for Priscilla slowing down in her WWE run. I thought she looked fine in the tag match last week.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 5, 2021 15:15:35 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Oct 5, 2021 15:17:12 GMT -5
NXT 2.0's about to become full-Grand Theft Auto.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 15:18:12 GMT -5
I hope Tony D'Angelo's entrance song is this:
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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Oct 5, 2021 15:19:17 GMT -5
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 5, 2021 15:19:54 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 Dunno why they didn’t just call him up in the Draft.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 15:21:30 GMT -5
Went from a great feud with Cameron Grimes to nothing Dunno why they didn’t just call him up in the Draft. Both Grimes and Knight are sadly starting to feel out of place in NXT 2.0.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Oct 5, 2021 15:21:46 GMT -5
Went from a great feud with Cameron Grimes to nothing Dunno why they didn’t just call him up in the Draft. And Dakota Kai They called up Ridge Holland tho who actually benefits from the new 2.0 system
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 15:22:26 GMT -5
Went from a great feud with Cameron Grimes to nothing Dunno why they didn’t just call him up in the Draft. It feels like EC3 all over again. Someone who you'd think fits Vince's mould perfectly... Just isn't for some reason. I think this puts us at the "Twice is coincidence" stage.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 15:26:41 GMT -5
Man, that brought on a wave of late '90s school dance party flashbacks. 😵
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 5, 2021 15:27:18 GMT -5
Probably the one thing I’m looking forward to the most
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 5, 2021 15:38:35 GMT -5
What if Tony is just the new Dan Matha and that Brock looking kid is Joe 🤣 🤣 🤣
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 15:39:29 GMT -5
What if Tony is just the new Dan Matha and that Brock looking kid is Joe 🤣 🤣 🤣 You mean "F***ing" Gunnar Harland?
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 5, 2021 15:39:50 GMT -5
What if Tony is just the new Dan Matha and that Brock looking kid is Joe 🤣 🤣 🤣 We’d have one very happy and one very sad parent in the Adoptee Wing of the thread.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 5, 2021 16:27:08 GMT -5
Gacy v Jiro announced for tonight.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 5, 2021 16:48:06 GMT -5
All I want is for Chase to cuss and them to use Sarray.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Oct 5, 2021 16:58:43 GMT -5
NXT 2.0 gang ready to make a Tony D'Angelo pic the new KUSHIDA
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