Essential1
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Post by Essential1 on Jun 28, 2012 13:07:01 GMT -5
Cool so the black ropes have finally returned aswell as Jim Ross and black ref! Why are they in the Impact zone though? and why the hell is Jim Ross commentating when he should be on RAW?
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Post by Error on Jun 28, 2012 13:29:52 GMT -5
That Rollins entrance is just...dumb. He has really taken to WWE style but I don't know about that finish though. Still cannot cut a promo and a Seth/Jinder feud? No thanks.
Mahal looks a lot better than his Smackdown days. Jason Generic looks like nothing. Did they air that Jinder promo twice?
Like the Leo Kruger video package, a feud with Justin Gabriel seems natural. Aiden English = Claudio Castagnoli 4 years ago. Match was dull.
Whomever edited the tag match in should be ashamed. That was a horrid job. Good match. The Usos should be ashamed that they won't go on a date with Regal's lovely twins. That elevated Samoan Drop scares me everytime. I can just see someone's arm getting broken on that.
Richie Steamboat is good. Don't know that he'll reach the heights his dad did but he's good. One annoyance though (and it's for all wrestling really) is Steamboat throwing that armdrag, working the arm but finishing with that neckbreaker thing. Doesn't make a lot of sense. I like the move but just doesn't make sense to work the arm if it's not going to matter.
Not a fan of Cesaro's new music.
I get chills watching Brey Wyatt. He is that good.
Curtis is so good, I cannot believe he isn't on RAW or Smackdown. Bateman is still good but Curtis has move beyond him. Love the DBD.
Anyway, way toooooooo much on this show for an hour.
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Post by Legion on Jun 28, 2012 13:39:02 GMT -5
I dont see anything with Curtis, maybe he just needs more of a character, but that silly throw back 50s/60s pretty boy thing just makes him totally generic.
NXT NEEDS a title, or something for these guys to be fighting for.
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 13:41:51 GMT -5
That Rollins entrance is just...dumb. He has really taken to WWE style but I don't know about that finish though. Still cannot cut a promo and a Seth/Jinder feud? No thanks. Ah, the star jumps followed by flailing around like a lobotomised magikarp for his entrance. Just one thing I hate about Seth Rollins. The finish to his longer matches are awful too. He just plain sucks. No. They were slightly different. It was a minute long. Few people in FCW have more consistently good matches than Kruger. But when you've got 90 seconds, you aren't having a good match. Also, Kruger's had a couple of matches in FCW against Gabriel. They were good. A full on feud would be entertaining. Other than the fact that it was clearly supposed to air on a different show, what was wrong with the editing? It's a wrap around clothesline. He's also finished matches with a crossbody, superkick and Jackhammer (yeah, figure that one out) Technically it's his old one, it was his second FCW theme used on the show. Agreed Both men are awful. I have no idea why you think otherwise. In some ways yes, in others no. There were too many matches, but nowhere near enough promos. Give the guys something to work with so that can get known for something other than beating jobbers.
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Post by Djm Doesn't Find You Funny on Jun 28, 2012 13:46:47 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? He stopped during his ROH run, because you know...super serious and what-have-you.
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Post by Error on Jun 28, 2012 13:52:05 GMT -5
No. They were slightly different. I knew that, I was just joking about it being the same thing both times. Yeah, I am not blaming either guy for it, just saying it did nothing. Just the editing was horrible. Everything came out of no where, the JR voice over to cover the change from Bryron to Regal and Russo sounded so out of place and they didn't bother changing the commentary about having seen the Ascension "weeks ago" multiple times when in the edited world it was just last week stuck out. Yeah, I like the move, just the work the arm, end with a strike bugs me. Curtis just seemed solid in the ring, plays the scumbag stuff real well and carried it over the matches with his mannerisms and looks which I like. Bateman I still find funny and decent in the ring though not nearly as good as I thought he was when being the comedy guy with Bryan. That is basically what I mean. Too many matches and not enough focus on the wrestlers. Give things time to sink in and mean something. They had it with the Seth and Jinder matches giving them a little time after each match but after that they went into overdrive with everything and it all seemed rushed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2012 14:05:37 GMT -5
So, the second episode. Not as good as the first episode, but it's simply because it's only the second episode and they're still trying to debut EVERYBODY. There's EIGHT matches on this show. In a 45 minute time frame, you can't do that without trimming some of the fat, and of course that include TWO RAW segments that equal about 5 minutes there if they were just cut, so...
Also for you fans of him, no Hero/Ohno this week. Guess that's saved for next week. But we do get Rollins (who looks impressive), Antonio (J.R. called him a "future WWE/World Champion"), and Richie Steamboat. Then again, we also get Jinder Mahal and Leo Kruger. Meh.
And yes...Bray Wyatt needs to win everything.
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Post by Legion on Jun 28, 2012 14:19:36 GMT -5
I wonder if they were down to doing short matches for a specific reason.
The crowd had to sit through about 4 hours of taping, so I should imagine they got a bit bored and quite towards the end, I wonder if they will end up editing out some of the matches that the crowd didn't respond to. Then again they could just be keeping it short so no one notices how green some of these guys are.
I wonder if we will see the various matches that the live crowd got featuring the main event and permanent roster members. I read there was a really good match between Sheamus and Drew McIntyre, and as a huge Drew mark, I'd like to see that
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Post by froggyfrog on Jun 28, 2012 14:48:36 GMT -5
I hate Rollins' entrance. Ascension and Kruger own though
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Post by americanoutlaw911 on Jun 28, 2012 15:25:57 GMT -5
Bray Wyatt is like a drug more the WWE give us the more we want
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 15:28:17 GMT -5
I wonder if they were down to doing short matches for a specific reason. I hope they stop at the next set. I'm down with them if they're just to introduce the featured players, as it were. Reports said people started leaving before the end of the taping. Well someone has to mark for drew.
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 15:38:20 GMT -5
So, the second episode. Not as good as the first episode, but it's simply because it's only the second episode and they're still trying to debut EVERYBODY. There's EIGHT matches on this show. In a 45 minute time frame, you can't do that without trimming some of the fat, and of course that include TWO RAW segments that equal about 5 minutes there if they were just cut, so... Seth vs Jiro, Jinder vs Jason, Kruger vs Aiden, Ascension vs Usos, Antonio vs Dante, Richie vs Victor and Bateman vs Curtis makes 7 matches. Interesting that you call Kruger meh while calling Rollins and Richie (the latter of whom I like) impressive. That's a fairly damning indictment of your taste in wrestling.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 28, 2012 15:41:52 GMT -5
So it took until NXT that isn't even aired in the United States for me to learn that Antonio Cesaro's finishing move even has a name...
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Post by AnActualBear on Jun 28, 2012 15:53:21 GMT -5
Interesting that you call Kruger meh while calling Rollins and Richie (the latter of whom I like) impressive. That's a fairly damning indictment of your taste in wrestling. See this? Yeah, don't do it. It makes you look condescending. Didn't like this episode as much as the first one, 7 matches is way too many for 45 minutes. No idea why they moved the Usos/Ascension match to this week since it made the commentary lack continuity and made the show even more packed than it already was. 5 matches is really the maximum you should do for a 1 hour show.
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Post by Essential1 on Jun 28, 2012 15:56:35 GMT -5
Are they filming this with the generic houseshow set or is it in a studio or something?
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 16:03:37 GMT -5
Interesting that you call Kruger meh while calling Rollins and Richie (the latter of whom I like) impressive. That's a fairly damning indictment of your taste in wrestling. See this? Yeah, don't do it. It makes you look condescending. Didn't like this episode as much as the first one, 7 matches is way too many for 45 minutes. No idea why they moved the Usos/Ascension match to this week since it made the commentary lack continuity and made the show even more packed than it already was. 5 matches is really the maximum you should do for a 1 hour show. It looks condescending because I was being condescending.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 28, 2012 16:06:45 GMT -5
How about not being condescending while making your point.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jun 28, 2012 16:06:53 GMT -5
Leo Kruger has a very interesting look and style, more of a call back to the late 80s or early 90s. Plus, he's actually capable of doing a Sharpshooter that doesn't suck, unlike everyone who isn't named Bret Hart, Sting, or Owen Hart.
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Post by Syrio on Jun 28, 2012 16:14:51 GMT -5
How about not being condescending while making your point. Why would I do that? Being condescending means that my point is made more clear than it would otherwise, makes it clear how wrong I think the other person is. Also it makes me feel smug and self assured in my opinions.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 28, 2012 16:16:12 GMT -5
It's being filmed in a studio on the campus of Full Sail University near Orlando.
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