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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jun 28, 2012 7:18:54 GMT -5
Cesaro's got a new theme? Nice!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 28, 2012 7:22:08 GMT -5
I love Seth Rollins's flailing about like a crazy man in his entrance.
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Post by CM Parish on Jun 28, 2012 7:22:23 GMT -5
Bray Wyatt = Husky Harris right?
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Post by spyda on Jun 28, 2012 7:23:32 GMT -5
The crowd was dead for most of the show, they ruin the show for me anyway nothing diffrent from last week show, too many squash matches, too many promos and giving the main event to old NXT guys my notes : - Rollins squashed Jiro in his debut, nothing more to say - Why is Mahal keep cutting the same promo over & over again ?? - Kruger, The Ascension & Steamboat all looked better than they used to in FCW - Nice to see Cesaro again I missed him on SD , its weird that Dash made his WWE debut in a main show - Bateman vs Curtis is for those who didn't have enough of them on the old NXT
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 28, 2012 7:40:33 GMT -5
Felt seven matches was a bit much for an hour long show. Somehow, they still felt they didn't have enough time, and took the Ascension/Usos match from the fourth show and put it on this one. Still, nice introductions for Rollins, Kruger and Steamboat, and I liked the tag match and the Steamboat match as nice little contests. Main event was fine too.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Jun 28, 2012 8:01:32 GMT -5
I can't find it yet :/
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jun 28, 2012 8:02:28 GMT -5
Just watched and recapped it. Obviously with cramming 7 matches in an hour, its not the greatest showcase for the new guys, but I liked what I saw out of them.
The commentary teams were switching around all show, which is strange. JR said "we saw the Ascension a few weeks ago", when it was only last week. Shouldn't make it so glaringly obvious that the shows are all taped in a row.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 28, 2012 8:07:01 GMT -5
Just type NXT and sort by most recent uploads.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 28, 2012 9:03:28 GMT -5
Just watched and recapped it. Obviously with cramming 7 matches in an hour, its not the greatest showcase for the new guys, but I liked what I saw out of them. The commentary teams were switching around all show, which is strange. JR said "we saw the Ascension a few weeks ago", when it was only last week. Shouldn't make it so glaringly obvious that the shows are all taped in a row. The Ascension's match was meant to air in two weeks time, but got moved to this week for some reason. They didn't change the commentary post-production.
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Post by Legion on Jun 28, 2012 9:36:54 GMT -5
Byron Saxton is terrible, truly terrible. And when you're working with JR and you're still terrible, that is saying something. He brought nothing to the table and seemed lost most of the time, all he did was make generic comments about how hard that looked etc.
Who is Briley Pierce? He looks familiar, have we seen him before?
In terms of the matches:
Seth Rollins has something. I said it last week, I shall say it here. He makes me want to watch him, and that's only a good thing. Like his finisher. The rocker/headbanger thing should get over. Jiro didnt get in enough offence to give an impression.
Jinder Mahal is just playing a stereotype. That never gets over and it's frankly embarrassing to watch. The crowd reacted to him in a typically embarrassing way. I didnt care about this match, I dislike Jinder's character and the other guy doesn't have one. Jinder isn't a bad power worker mind, his moves looked slick but really, the Camel Clutch? Come on WWE, come on.
Leo Kruger amused me. His in ring promo that was shown in his video package.....odd intonation, it amused me. Loved his entrance music, but the crowd clearly didn't care. His gimmick and music is very 80s. Ringwork is a little green, and the sleeper is never a good finisher, but I really liked him. Want to see more for sure. The crowd was reacting by the end of the match.
Legacy wrestler shows up next. I really liked the little VT, it got him over for who is he, as well as who his father was. This is what Mike McGillicutty should have been, but never was.
Time for a commentary change, good to hear Regal back, while the other guy is a decent improvement on Byron, even though I didnt catch his name.
Love the Usos entrance, that dance is cool and the crowd popped for it. The Ascension continue to be cool. WWE shows that it can have a fun tag team roster if it wanted, with these two teams, plus the few we have on the main roster. They just need to give it time and some story. I liked the commentary during this, they gave some character to themselves and to the people in the ring, without running them down. Regal's twins sound great. This was a really fast paced but exciting match. I really liked both teams. More of them please.
After the vt from earlier, here is Richie Steamboat, the vt music was better entrance music than what he was given. Rick Victor is clearly enhancement talent, and does a good job at it. Richie is a bit slower than I thought he would be, lots of rest holds/locks for quite a short match, but a good showing and it's obvious Ritchie will go somewhere. Odd finisher though, but I liked the name, Sling Blade.
Antonio Cesaro is great, but that finisher is dumb, and it's clear that the bigger the guys get, the harder a time he's having hitting it. Aksana had a mic at one point, but it looks like they cut whatever she said. Decent, but nothing special.
Husky Harris continues to interest me with his weird Deliverance-Preacher gimmick. It's working in these promos, but I shall be interested to see how he works in ring after a year off tv.
Johnny Curtis, can't say I see anything special, but that might be because he was going against Bateman, whose one of the best things to ever come through NXT. The guy is brilliant. I dont even know why I like him, I just do. His DDT finisher was very nasty looking.
Over all, decent show, but too many matches. Got a feel for some of the guys, but not really enough of one. Byron Saxton is awful. Tag teams can be cool. Legacy characters can be done well. Stereotypes stopped being cool in the 80s, but then this show has an 80s feel to it, so maybe it does work?
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jun 28, 2012 9:48:11 GMT -5
Briley Pierce is Dolph Ziggler's brother. I haven't seen much of his wrestling, but he seems decent.
I also didn't like Steamboat's finisher. I feel like he should be doing a moonsault or something spectacular off the top.
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Post by Legion on Jun 28, 2012 11:57:04 GMT -5
That's why he looked familiar! He looks a bit like Dolph!
It's a shame that WWE aren't showing this in America at the moment, our American cousins are missing out on some good stuff
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2012 11:59:19 GMT -5
Bray Wyatt = Husky Harris right? Correct
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Post by shallbejudged on Jun 28, 2012 12:12:15 GMT -5
Byron Saxton is terrible, truly terrible. And when you're working with JR and you're still terrible, that is saying something. He brought nothing to the table and seemed lost most of the time, all he did was make generic comments about how hard that looked etc. Who is Briley Pierce? He looks familiar, have we seen him before? In terms of the matches: Seth Rollins has something. I said it last week, I shall say it here. He makes me want to watch him, and that's only a good thing. Like his finisher. The rocker/headbanger thing should get over. Jiro didnt get in enough offence to give an impression. Jinder Mahal is just playing a stereotype. That never gets over and it's frankly embarrassing to watch. The crowd reacted to him in a typically embarrassing way. I didnt care about this match, I dislike Jinder's character and the other guy doesn't have one. Jinder isn't a bad power worker mind, his moves looked slick but really, the Camel Clutch? Come on WWE, come on. Leo Kruger amused me. His in ring promo that was shown in his video package.....odd intonation, it amused me. Loved his entrance music, but the crowd clearly didn't care. His gimmick and music is very 80s. Ringwork is a little green, and the sleeper is never a good finisher, but I really liked him. Want to see more for sure. The crowd was reacting by the end of the match. Legacy wrestler shows up next. I really liked the little VT, it got him over for who is he, as well as who his father was. This is what Mike McGillicutty should have been, but never was. Time for a commentary change, good to hear Regal back, while the other guy is a decent improvement on Byron, even though I didnt catch his name. Love the Usos entrance, that dance is cool and the crowd popped for it. The Ascension continue to be cool. WWE shows that it can have a fun tag team roster if it wanted, with these two teams, plus the few we have on the main roster. They just need to give it time and some story. I liked the commentary during this, they gave some character to themselves and to the people in the ring, without running them down. Regal's twins sound great. This was a really fast paced but exciting match. I really liked both teams. More of them please. After the vt from earlier, here is Richie Steamboat, the vt music was better entrance music than what he was given. Rick Victor is clearly enhancement talent, and does a good job at it. Richie is a bit slower than I thought he would be, lots of rest holds/locks for quite a short match, but a good showing and it's obvious Ritchie will go somewhere. Odd finisher though, but I liked the name, Sling Blade. Antonio Cesaro is great, but that finisher is dumb, and it's clear that the bigger the guys get, the harder a time he's having hitting it. Aksana had a mic at one point, but it looks like they cut whatever she said. Decent, but nothing special.
Husky Harris continues to interest me with his weird Deliverance-Preacher gimmick. It's working in these promos, but I shall be interested to see how he works in ring after a year off tv. Johnny Curtis, can't say I see anything special, but that might be because he was going against Bateman, whose one of the best things to ever come through NXT. The guy is brilliant. I dont even know why I like him, I just do. His DDT finisher was very nasty looking. Over all, decent show, but too many matches. Got a feel for some of the guys, but not really enough of one. Byron Saxton is awful. Tag teams can be cool. Legacy characters can be done well. Stereotypes stopped being cool in the 80s, but then this show has an 80s feel to it, so maybe it does work? Agreed on almost all fronts except for this. While I'm not a huge fan of the move itself, I don't see Cesaro having any problems hitting it. That dude he squashed was billed at 275, and Cesaro nailed the neutralizer, as well as the deadlift gutwrench suplex with little to no problem. (and plus, how many 300+ pounders are even left on the roster?) The guy is scary strong.
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 12:18:03 GMT -5
There's nothing that indicates country of origins, so welcome home and let's have a look at season 6 episode 2 of NXT. Oh wow, the crowd has calmed down a lot from last week. Which makes sense, because they've been there for over an hour. JR talks about the show a bit before Seth Rollins' music hits. Please god let it be mercifully short. As he does in FCW he swings his arms and legs around like a dancer having a seizure. And ring up another jobber entrance because Jiro is already in the ring (JE count: 4) Seth Rollins vs JiroJiro is from Japan. This means he throws chops. Because he's an indietard, Rollins gets angry rather than selling. Other than that it's a total squash. Seth wins via standing curbstomp (called Blackout) No rating. After the match Briley Peirce asks Seth a question. NO! YOU FOOLS WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? His answer is perfect justification for why he should never be given a microphone again. Apparently he rips roofs from the floor. Ok then. Jinder Mahal's music cuts him off before he can make me want to kill him any more. We go to a break We're back and Jinder's cutting a cheap heat promo using the fact that he speaks punjabi. I'm not paying much attention to him. Jason Jordan interrupts him. Jinder Mahal vs Jason JordanMahal takes control early, backing Jordan up to the ropes and kneeing him in the belly. Jordan's forced to the corner and kicked a few times, taking him down to his ass. More knees and a neckbreaker gets 2 for Jinder. Choke on the ropes by Jinder. Multiple springboard knees to Jordan now as this is one way traffic. Another two count on Jordan as Jinder goes to a crossface chickenwing to wear down Jordan more. Butterfly suplex gets another 2 count, and a missed kneedrop allows Jordan to his his first move (a punch). Another punch but Jordan misses a dropkick and gets put into a cravatte and kneed in the face a few times. A walking pace flying knee takes down Jordan. Camel clutch ends it. This match was just dull as hell. Jordan hit all of two moves and Jinder is painfully dull in the ring. This should have been half as long really. D. Another post match cheap heat promo for Jinder then. We also get a video package for Leo Kruger who debuts next. I liked it quite a bit, but I'm openly biased about Kruger. The Raw 1000 moment is the first one. We see the jobber in the ring (JE count: 5) as horns hit for Kruger's entrance theme. The Jobber for this one is Aiden English. Leo Kruger vs Aiden EnglishBoth men are fairly quick off the blocks, neither man getting control in the first few seconds until Kruger blocks a dropkick which he follows up by hitting some mounted punches. Aiden's thrown into the corner and taken down with a body splash and punished by a double foot stomp variation. Snap suplex by Kruger allows him to pose a little to get the crowd to react. Sleeper hold ends this squash. Richie cuts an actually good promo in his video package. He's not trying to be his father, he's his own man. I remember his "daddy's boots" promo. Kid's come a looooooooong way despite saying more or less the same thing. Usos do their Siva Tau entrance, as the commentators change because this match was actually taped later on in the taping. No clue why they've rearranged it though. Awwwww hell yeah, The lights go out for the Ascension, making this the battle of the awesomely gimmicked entrances. Tag Team match: The Usos vs AscensionKenneth and one of the brothers start. Kenneth headbuts him, it doesn't work. He tries again and he does a dance. Tag by the Usos who hit a double team move and maintain control hitting several headbuts (makes sense to me) until Conor lowers the middle rope allowing the Uso to be sent out. Tag to Conor and he just pounds on the Uso. In an old Ascension spot they isolate the legal Uso in their corner and kick the shit out of him, tagging themselves in so they can maintain a revolving door of boots to the face. The ref tells them to stop being so mean though. They got a nearfall out of it though. Back to his feat the Uso manages to hit a spinning dodging headbutt to allowa double tag. Apparently Jimmy is now the legal man and he is a house of fire. He hits much of his cool offence on Kenneth, and gets a nearfall broken up by Conor. Comes in, but gets sent out of the ring by the big man and then beaten on the outside. Blind tag by Conor allows the Downcast to end it. I liked this. It wasn't amazingly good or anything, but I liked the continuity of using multiple headbutts on offence after making a point of the Samoan skulls early in the match. C- We see another jobber in the ring (JE count: 6), as Richie Steamboat's makes his way to the ring. Richie Steamboat vs Rick VictorRicky Steamboat is at ringside, and he's cut to as Richie does some armdrags. Steamboat gets an armbar locked in, and no matter what Victor does (armdrag, scoop slam) he can't shake him off. Steamboat takes pity on him and lets him go after, but not before he does a legdrop on it. He follows up with an overhead armlock so Victor doesn't get room to breathe. This squash has been all one way so far. Cool clothesline to a seated Victor. Finally the Canadian gets some offence in hitting European Uppercuts. Richie takes control again though and picks up the pace with some strikes and ends it with his wraparound clothesline (called the Slingblade, apparently). I'm not sure it was long enough, but in case it was I'll give it a C+. Nice short and sweet match. Post match Richie gives his old man a hug awwww I'll skip the Raw Rebound if you don't mind. Cesaro's using his war like FCW music rather than Engerland this time around. I like this. Aksana looks hot. He's up against Jason Jordan, in the ring (JE count: 7) Antonio Cesaro vs Jason JordanDelayed Belly to belly suplex by Antonio shows off his strength, not as much as his delayed gutwrench suplex though. Total dominance by Cesaro here, hitting strikes and a spinebuster with nothing to see out of Dante. Gotch-style Neutralizer ends it. Main event is Bateman vs Curtis, but not before a f***ing awesome Bray Wyatt vignette, featuring some of the unused FCW cast as extras. The guy is so, so, so good at this. Derrick Bateman's theme has been played many times for many people in FCW. Gasoline Upcharge has always been a favorite for bland as f*** babyfaces. Main Event: Johnny Curtis vs Derrick BatemanCurtis starts things off by slapping Bateman and then running away. This makes Bateman get angry, so once they start actually wrestling he's angry and in charge. Curtis gets sent into the turnbuckles headfirst twise and then slapped himself and whipped across the ring. Two count for Bateman after all that. Curtis sent to the corner again but double knees for Bateman miss alllowing Curtis to take control. Odd legwhip takes down Bateman and Curtis sets to work on the knee. Indian Deathlock by Curtis, but Bateman breaks free with chops. Curtis goes for a spinning toehold, but gets kicked off after the first, hitting the turnbuckles. Bateman now in control hitting strikes and a modified STO. Mantastic DDT ends it. D this was just an OK match. Nothing stood out at all, just like both men in it. Overall rating C This show was odd in terms of timings especially in terms of number of matches relative to match length. There were seven matches, including one from a different show and pretty much all of them were squashes. They were all different types of matches. It's not a bad thing, it's just interesting. Quick results:- Seth Rollins def Jiro via Blackout
- Jinder Mahal def Jason Jordan via Camel Clutch
- Leo Kruger def Aiden English via Sleeper hold w/ body scissors
- Ascension def The Usos via Downcast
- Richie Steamboat def Rick Victor via Slingblade
- Antonio Cesaro def Dante Dash via Gotch-style Neutralizer
- Derrick Bateman def Johnny Curtis via Mantastic DDT
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Jun 28, 2012 12:20:01 GMT -5
Like...damn even in a small venue Jinder's entrance is met with silence.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Jun 28, 2012 12:21:27 GMT -5
I love Seth Rollins's flailing about like a crazy man in his entrance. He's doing the hardcore mosh thing again? Didn't he stop doing it for a while?
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 12:22:00 GMT -5
I love Seth Rollins's flailing about like a crazy man in his entrance. He's doing the hardcore mosh thing again? Didn't he stop doing it for a while? No.
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Post by lionheart21 on Jun 28, 2012 12:24:18 GMT -5
Agreed about Bray Wyatt. He's got a sort of Waylon Mercy vibe about him, which is probably what they're going for.
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Jun 28, 2012 12:28:03 GMT -5
Anyone catch Brodie Lee during Bray Wyatt's video package?
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