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Post by Error on Jun 21, 2012 17:03:47 GMT -5
Watching now. Not too impressed with Bo Dallas but he's young. He's bland as all hell though. The name thing doesn't bother me much because as was said in the video, everyone in the family used a different name, Mulligan, Windham, Rotunda, Rotundo, Wallstreet, Schyster and so on.
Ascension is decent but need a better finisher, IMO. Good look and moves though. The non Connor O'Brien one has a great look and sound about him.
Someone needs to tell Rollins to shave his throat other than that he has gotten a lot better from his ROH run on the mic.
Bray Wyatt is simply amazing. "Loved the monsters are real, I am real" line.
Much better "Don't try this at home" thing than we get over here.
The Full Sail setup is awesome. Not overproduced like TNA and WWE's main shows but leaps and bounds better than the indies obviously.
Also, love the return of "reverse moonsault"
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Post by Fang on Jun 21, 2012 17:06:04 GMT -5
A WWE show with a GOOD theme?! Color me shocked. Stunned even.
The Ascension are pretty nifty.
I liked Seth Rollins' promo. Bo Dallas is uber lame. I guess his bro got all of the awesome.
Corey Graves next week plz?
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Post by turkeysandwich on Jun 21, 2012 17:13:11 GMT -5
Someone needs to tell Rollins to shave his throat other than that he has gotten a lot better from his ROH run on the mic. I couldn't agree more, the hair on his neck distracted me from paying attention to what he was saying.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jun 21, 2012 17:44:01 GMT -5
I have to say, I was dissapointed with this show. It felt more like FCW in HD or a taped house show instead of this brand new atmosphere/feeling. Maybe that's all I should have been expecting, but I expected more.
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Post by AnActualBear on Jun 21, 2012 18:00:14 GMT -5
I dug it, was a good show. The crowd were great, the production was completely different from the usual overproduced WWE shows, The Ascension were tremendous and the main event was really good. Bo Dallas is very bland and smacks of 1980's smiling babyface, which isn't going to cut it in 2012. Also the Spear is such an unfitting move for him, give him a moonsault or something. And of course JR and Regal were a huge breath of fresh air compared to the usual appalling WWE commentary teams.
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Post by rzombie1988 on Jun 21, 2012 18:07:24 GMT -5
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Post by lodirulz on Jun 21, 2012 18:54:39 GMT -5
I overall saw a lot of good things for this show. Jim Ross and Regal are just the perfect commentary team for a show like this, they were able to show a lot of the younger talent, actually showcase skills from the lower card wrestlers, and the crowd seemed like they were having a good time for what it was.
The only problem I have is that it's going to be difficult to find it around the US area, with all of these videos being taken down, and it only being available in some areas.
If, and that's IF, they do this right, they could be looking at the show people have been waiting for all along.
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Post by memphis25 on Jun 21, 2012 21:04:15 GMT -5
WWE needs to move that Bray Wyatt vignette over to SmackDown ASAP!
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Post by lemonyellowson on Jun 21, 2012 21:08:58 GMT -5
jr and regal to raw please. seriously I forgot what good commentating was. they are brilliant together.
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Post by PKO on Jun 21, 2012 21:38:38 GMT -5
I didn't think Bo was that bad.
JR and Regal were music to the ears after the past year of utter crap from the regular commentary desk. There were a few hiccups when it came to post production editing but that can be forgiven.
Ever since searching out videos from Waylon Mercy's short run, I've wanted a similar character to get a shot. Bray Wyatt is pretty much just that.
I love the set-up. It feels like another company, but with the great quality that only WWE can present.
This is all quite exciting!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 21, 2012 21:45:45 GMT -5
Very good stuff.
Dallas is a bit generic, but he's pretty good for his age. Nice foundation to work with for the future. The Ascension are damn cool, I think. I haven't seen a team so vicious in years. Finisher could be a bit better, though. And Kidd and McGillicutty put on another great match, showing again that Kidd is way underutilised and that McGillicutty is actually one of the more underrated guys on the whole roster.
Also good to hear some actual wrestling commentary again from JR and Regal. Nice start for the new NXT.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 21, 2012 22:54:10 GMT -5
Holy Crap that was a good show. Thanks a lot Double Double E. Not putting this TV.
Bo Dallas looks very punchable. He has a great smile... if this wasn't the Full sail arena with the same people every week, he'd get the Rocky Maivia treatment.
Ascension. Now that's an entrance. Should be on Smackdown as the heir to Undertaker/Kane dark gimmick.
Woo-hoo Johnny Curtis and Derrick Bateman. Continuity, and the backstage shenanigans return!
The Curtis-Kidd match was awesome. And large amount of time.
NXT: thumbs up!
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 21, 2012 22:58:19 GMT -5
Anyone get a laugh out of him saying "the boogeyman is real". Of course he is, he used to work there.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 21, 2012 23:00:53 GMT -5
NXT videos are going down all over the place. WWE must be paying attention today. So they won't let us watch it on their website and give them hits, but they won't let us watch it on scattered Youtube links. What the Butt WWE?
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Jun 21, 2012 23:11:19 GMT -5
So WWE decided to just quietly release NXT from its lineup?
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Post by Rave on Jun 21, 2012 23:39:41 GMT -5
Where there's a will, there's a way. The videos are on Dailymotion, uploaded by drmasti5050. I can't get them to display via the search, but they're listed in that account's uploaded videos under "21st June 2012 TXN HQ" parts 1-4.
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Post by YeahYeahYeahYeahYeah on Jun 21, 2012 23:43:59 GMT -5
NXT videos are going down all over the place. WWE must be paying attention today. So they won't let us watch it on their website and give them hits, but they won't let us watch it on scattered Youtube links. What the Butt WWE? Seriously, I don't understand their reasoning, here.
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Post by suben on Jun 22, 2012 0:15:50 GMT -5
Seriously, I don't understand their reasoning, here. They think they can get a TV deal for it here in the states so they don't want to show it online. No really, they seriously think this is going to happen and that the FCW slot isn't the best they'll be able to do until the network launches (IF it launches). Having it as the vanguard program of their Youtube channel/partnership would be a great idea but that's one that makes too much sense so of course they're not doing it. This NXT is also Triple H's pet project and with his ego the way it is I'm guessing he/the WWE doesn't want it as an internet-only show because then that must obviously mean it's less than either Raw or Smackdown... which it is since it's practically a developmental show but, you know, WWE/Vince Logic.
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Post by Error on Jun 22, 2012 0:17:25 GMT -5
So they won't let us watch it on their website and give them hits, but they won't let us watch it on scattered Youtube links. What the Butt WWE? Seriously, I don't understand their reasoning, here. They don't want people in the US, outside of the FLA, knowing about the FCW (now NXT) gimmicks so when they are brought up to the main roster they can f*** with them all they want and not have a backlash from their majority fanbase. Same reason they never acknowledged FCW before this.
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Post by Kev The Omniscient on Jun 22, 2012 0:22:42 GMT -5
Only three minutes in but, the best part of the new NXT is easily nega JR with his evil beard.
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