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Post by Orange on Jun 22, 2012 0:39:49 GMT -5
So, are they done showing it on WWE.com and their YouTube channel? If so, that sucks - I just started watching it
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Post by WinOwensWin on Jun 22, 2012 1:02:08 GMT -5
I wonder why it wasn't shown on wwe.com.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jun 22, 2012 1:27:33 GMT -5
They should really just go ahead and put Bray Wyatt on RAW right away. He is amazing.
If WWE is some how stupid enough to not let him keep this gimmick when they put him on raw or smackdown they might as well just punch themselves in the face for being so stupid. Same goes for the awesome Ascension gimmick.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 22, 2012 1:31:02 GMT -5
I thought Ascension was 4 guys and a woman.
Their whole Cult-like presence makes more sense as a group, a coven if you will, than two goofy dudes.
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Post by Timmy8271 on Jun 22, 2012 1:33:30 GMT -5
Raquel Diaz and Epico used to be in Ascension but both changed gimmicks a couple weeks after the group formed. Ascension are really awesome to experience live. Awesome entrance and they just mow through guys.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jun 22, 2012 3:05:34 GMT -5
I thought Ascension was 4 guys and a woman. Their whole Cult-like presence makes more sense as a group, a coven if you will, than two goofy dudes. I agree. I think Paige would be perfect. Also I wouldn't mind seeing Byron Saxton in it since they never really gave him a shot on nxt in that one season he was on.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 22, 2012 3:29:32 GMT -5
I thought Ascension was 4 guys and a woman. Their whole Cult-like presence makes more sense as a group, a coven if you will, than two goofy dudes. One of the original group was Epico.... who was called up. Eddie's Daughter was in it shortly as well. But it's also FCW so things change pretty often from my understanding.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jun 22, 2012 3:37:25 GMT -5
I don't understand why we get it in the UK and the US, y'know, where it's filmed, doesn't.
I just don't see the sense in that. Why bother making it at all?
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 22, 2012 3:50:38 GMT -5
I thought the Full Sail Arena would be bigger. I was hoping WWE's production team would have been able to do a better job making the arena look more impressive.
Doesn't it hold the same amount of people as the Impact zone?
I do love the simplistic giant titantron at the entrance and people enter from the side. And the commentators by the entrance.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jun 22, 2012 5:36:37 GMT -5
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. So are they going to stop having shows in Canada? Because I'm pretty sure we are getting this on TV.
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Post by onestepplan on Jun 22, 2012 6:12:10 GMT -5
It's almost upsetting watching this because WWE puts on this NXT with seriously compelling and interesting characters, awesome announcing, and just the right amount of production value and buries it somewhere deep within the internet away from its audience and instead puts the blandest possible show they can on national television twice a week. Bo Dallas sticks out like a sore thumb on NXT because he's so whitebread and uninteresting compared to The Ascension or Bray Wyatt or Johnny Curtis, or even like a Tyson Kidd, but he'd fit right in on Raw or Smackdown and that just seems wrong.
But on a positive note, show was awesome, I love almost all the new talent and I'm so happy that Dirty Curty lives on even though NXT Infinity ended.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Jun 22, 2012 6:48:40 GMT -5
I loved the show. The Bray Wyatt vignette was great and so was The Ascension one (as well as their entrance). I really enjoyed the main event and the commentary was also superb. Having C&C as the theme was the icing on the cake.
I'm looking forward to next weeks show and the debut of Seth Rollins
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 22, 2012 6:57:04 GMT -5
I only saw a few clips, but damned if I wasn't impressed.
I hope Kenneth Cameron is good in the ring, because that promo alone made me a mark for him...
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jun 22, 2012 9:31:13 GMT -5
Watching this now.
Epic intro, loved it.
Arena is small but it looks good.
I doubt there's a better announcing duo at putting over young talent than JR and Regal.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jun 22, 2012 9:32:07 GMT -5
Are they really going to pretend that the mic guy isn't Zigglers brother? No one's going to not notice that.
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Post by The Baltimore Staircase on Jun 22, 2012 9:33:47 GMT -5
Good promo from Rollins. The "Change" line instantly made me think CM Punk so I'm glad they didn't centre him on that.
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Post by grunt on Jun 22, 2012 12:11:52 GMT -5
Not really impressed by the show, so far, or by what i've seen of the roster in that first episode. I miss the insanity of NXT Infinity.
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Post by Oakster on Jun 22, 2012 12:25:39 GMT -5
So, are they done showing it on WWE.com and their YouTube channel? If so, that sucks - I just started watching it According to WWE.com's NXT site: So yeah, it's official on that end.
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Post by KobashiChop on Jun 22, 2012 12:33:45 GMT -5
Seth Rollins looked badass. Looking forward to him next week.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 22, 2012 14:20:45 GMT -5
the Seth Rollins name isn't so bad... I thought they'd pronounce Rollins like Rollings, not Rawlins
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