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Post by Wrestling Curmudgeon on Jun 22, 2012 14:25:57 GMT -5
Bray Wyatt needs to be on Smackdown yesterday.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jun 22, 2012 14:30:40 GMT -5
Are they really going to pretend that the mic guy isn't Zigglers brother? No one's going to not notice that. Why was Briley not brought up as Ziggler's NXT rookie? I keep saying this but it would be nice to have him on the main roster as Dolph's Edgehead, who yells at the commentators to talk about Ziggler MOAR.
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Post by Rave on Jun 22, 2012 14:33:50 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... He worked singles for a while when Epico and Diaz split off and when O'Brian disappeared for a bit, he's pretty good.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 22, 2012 14:40:55 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. Almost everything about Rollins looks like he's trying painfully hard to be 2006 ECW Punk.
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Post by Syrio on Jun 22, 2012 14:58:51 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. Almost everything about Rollins looks like he's trying painfully hard to be 2006 ECW Punk. If only he had even a tenth of the talent of 2006 CM Punk.
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Hail Hydra!
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Post by Legion on Jun 23, 2012 9:46:03 GMT -5
Really enjoyed the show, few thoughts:
Bo Dallas looks like a total freak in his FCW pictures, but looks normal and like he could it in with the werewolves from Twilight in motion. Weird chap. Lots of confidence, but his voice is a bit too regional.
Love the new Genius. Damien Sandow will hopefully become huge.
The Ascension need new individual names, but the team itself and the gimmick is awesome. Sort of a Brood/Ministry cross, a nice throw back, and it's great to see a tag team as a tag team.
Bateman is hilarious, I just look at the guy and want to laugh.
Love the new vignettes for the former Husky Harris, his Skinner meets Preacher gimmick looks like it could be great. Seth Rollins/Tyler Black has something, very interested to see if he performs well in the ring.
Welcome Home is an awesome song, but it really doesn't work here.
Regal and JR work well together, but Regal needs to add more of his character to what he's doing. He doesn't need to trash anyone, but it's just strange hearing a commentary team that doesnt have any distinct character to it, I found them getting a bit boring by the end of the show, especially with the long main event.
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Post by captaineasychord on Jun 24, 2012 14:33:44 GMT -5
The smaller studio-like atmosphere in combination with JR on commentary gave it a feel like the old WCW Center Stage tapings.
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Post by percymania on Jun 24, 2012 14:57:11 GMT -5
I there any (legal) way to watch this? I went looking for it yesterday and came up empty.
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Legion
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Hail Hydra!
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Post by Legion on Jun 24, 2012 15:41:32 GMT -5
Live outside the US.
Seriously, we get it shown on out sports channels, but for some reason, WWE have decided not to air in America, even online
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2012 19:31:29 GMT -5
I liked everything except Bo Dallas. It appears that he's the chosen one that they're are going to push as top face. Which I hope doesn't happen, as everyone else seemed a lot more interesting.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 24, 2012 21:33:05 GMT -5
Live outside the US. Seriously, we get it shown on out sports channels, but for some reason, WWE have decided not to air in America, even online Seriously? Or is NXT only returning when they finish the FCW episodes? Because if I don't get to see this show, I am going to kick an orphanage down to it's foundation.
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Post by Starshine on Jun 24, 2012 23:29:55 GMT -5
I liked it enough for what it was. One good main event surrounded by squash matches. I get they need to do this to debut these guys, but I'm hoping they give us a full time roster of guys soon enough so we get past this point.
IMO the best this out of this was that I really want to see Bray Wyatt. That was a great promo, and I really hope the character comes through in ring. I also liked Kidd vs. McGillicutty, even though it feels like I've seen this match a hundred times before.
I didn't think much of the Acsension. They feel a lot like Kronik 2012 with a lame gothic gimmick and light show on top. Whoop-de-doo. Also Bo Dallas didn't wow me, but I'm willing to wait and see since I'm not sure what I really got out of that match. Hopefully his promos improve quickly.
Commentary was a nice change of pace for WWE, where they put over the in ring stuff beyond the lame soap opera angles they love so much. Let's see how long that lasts.
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Post by americanoutlaw911 on Jun 25, 2012 13:23:44 GMT -5
I think that WWE NXT will not have a set roster what they are doing is using this shown for Screen test on there rockies.
Here are my Review on the wrestlers on the Shown
Bo Dallas-I like what I saw in the ring and he could be a star but he need to build himself up and work on his mic skills
Rick Victor-What little I saw he could be a good for the Heel in the WWE
The Ascension -Love the idea for the Tag Team
Regal and JR -They need to be the one doing the play by play on Raw
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Post by Larryhausen on Jun 25, 2012 14:09:58 GMT -5
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Jun 25, 2012 14:17:27 GMT -5
I liked everyone except Bo Dallas. dude is way too cookie-cutter. reminds me alot of Rocky Maivia late 96/early 97
Ascension & Bray Wyatt have some very cool gimmicks
Seth & Richie can GO in the ² circle, lots of good matches in FCW from these 2. hope they can show their charisma/personality during their matches/segments on NXT as well
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 25, 2012 14:18:06 GMT -5
WWE Hates America.... Quick someone call Derrick Batman!
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Post by RKTaker on Jun 25, 2012 14:34:10 GMT -5
after doing some digging around i finally am able to watch nxt and it's an alright show not the greatest but not bad either ascension should be good and I don't know if rollins trying to be like punk is a good thing or a bad thing
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Post by blues on Jun 28, 2012 7:02:00 GMT -5
Seth Rollins vs Jiro Jinder Mahal vs Jason Jordan Leo Kruger vs Aiden English Uso's vs The Ascension Richie Steamboat vs Rick Victor Antonio Cesaro(new entrancetheme)w. Aksana vs Dante Dash Johnny Curtis vs Derek Bateman (Main Event) Quite alot of matches for 60 min show. (45 without commercials) Commentary : J Ross, B Saxton and W Regal I wish The Ascension members would get new names, kinda weird with them having the same names as before and that gimmick. Interesting with this FCW NXT tbh, alot of new faces. And definitely potential here. Any thoughts about this episode? Tbh i miss more non-match skits...
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Post by Ricky Nightshade on Jun 28, 2012 7:12:16 GMT -5
No Bray Wyatt yet?
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Post by The Man That Sanity Forgot on Jun 28, 2012 7:17:40 GMT -5
Just another video for him.
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