One NXT Competitor will be in the Rumble.

[Digital Witness]

I'm hoping its Adrian Nevelle. Give him 20-30 minutes, let him do some of the stuff that brought him to the dance, maybe get his corkscrew SSP in (I hope he keeps the British Airways name for it), a cool rumble save spot or two in, and maybe give him a brutal Paul London like elimination, and you got a star on your hands.

As much as I want Nevelle and Grey to win the tag tournament on NXT, I'm kind of hoping they just debut Nevelle on the main shows and have Harper and Rowan run roughshod on people in NXT for a while as tag champs.

Also, Nevelle for the Money In The Bank match this year. That man was made for a match like that. He won't win it, but he could do damn well in the Benjamin/Kidd/Morrison spot.

[BigJerichool222]

The second I saw Bo was in it, I kind of had a feeling he's winning despite me wanting to see ANYONE else.

[memphis25]

Adrian Neville has to be the winner of this since its the perfect way to bring him in.

He will get over far quicker doing some acrobatic stuff to avoid getting eliminated rather than a mediocre promo. It books itself as he does one or two crazy athletic spots to save getting tossed, the he ends up tossing someone with some name value and that guy challenges him on Raw. They then have a match to showcase his flashy moves and gets a big win with his finisher on the highly watched post Rumble Raw and just like that you have him established in two nights.

[YiHammer]

Why would Neville do the SSP in the Rumble?

[Digital Witness]

Jan 25, 2013 17:11:33 GMT -5 YiHammer said:

Why would Neville do the SSP in the Rumble?

Probably for the same reason Evan Bourne did a SSP in the Rumble. Cause its flashy and gets people to pop.

That, and how else do you get "The Man That Gravity Forgot" over instantly besides showing the people that gravity clearly forgot him?

[YiHammer]

Jan 25, 2013 17:12:19 GMT -5 Digital Witness said:

Jan 25, 2013 17:11:33 GMT -5 YiHammer said:

Why would Neville do the SSP in the Rumble?

Probably for the same reason Evan Bourne did a SSP in the Rumble. Cause its flashy and gets people to pop.

That, and how else do you get "The Man That Gravity Forgot" over instantly besides showing the people that gravity clearly forgot him?

I think it's makes people look stupid tbh considering the concept of the Rumble.

He'd be better serve in a normal match

[Digital Witness]

Jan 25, 2013 17:14:41 GMT -5 YiHammer said:

Jan 25, 2013 17:12:19 GMT -5 Digital Witness said:

Probably for the same reason Evan Bourne did a SSP in the Rumble. Cause its flashy and gets people to pop.

That, and how else do you get "The Man That Gravity Forgot" over instantly besides showing the people that gravity clearly forgot him?

I think it's makes people look stupid tbh considering the concept of the Rumble.

He'd be better serve in a normal match

I can completely understand what you're saying as aerial moves in the rumble are kinda dumb when you think about it. I think at some point maybe after a rumble save, Nevelle finds himself on the top rope and takes advantage of his situation to nail the CSSP. That or maybe there's a spot with Khali where several people are nailing their finishers to soften him up and take him out like Big Show at the 04 rumble, and he goes up top then.

There's potential logic to him going up top if the situation is right. I just hope its not like the rumble that Bourne/Ziggler started and they just have a brief finisherfest before promptly being disposed of.

[Deleted]

Adrian Neville should win because it's the perfect way to debut a new wrestler in the WWE. Give him the floor where he has a minute doing some of the most bat shit insane moves followed by major buzzkill giving him one of the sickest eliminations ever. Also make him eliminate someone like Heath Slater, the 3MB, or any member of the band to put him over.

[drjayphd (feat. Pitbull)]

Adrian Neville, Corey Graves or Conor O'Brien winning the spot would make me happy. Oliver Grey and Bo Dallas, not so much, although in the former's case, that's because I can't even care enough to dislike him. Luke Harper needs more time to work on getting his character across (he's on the right track, but it came over as a little limp in the video), Xavier Woods should get up to the main roster once he has a good angle (although I'm not sure what that would be) and Leo Kruger needs to go a lot less Truth Commission and a lot more Die Antwoord.

[Brother Nero....Wolfe]

Jan 25, 2013 17:14:41 GMT -5 YiHammer said:

Jan 25, 2013 17:12:19 GMT -5 Digital Witness said:

Probably for the same reason Evan Bourne did a SSP in the Rumble. Cause its flashy and gets people to pop.

That, and how else do you get "The Man That Gravity Forgot" over instantly besides showing the people that gravity clearly forgot him?

I think it's makes people look stupid tbh considering the concept of the Rumble.

He'd be better serve in a normal match

While it would be illogical, wrestling runs on 90s ads logic and thus intelligence is not at all required for a character to succeed. All he needs to do is to be rad as hell. And the rumble is the best place for that!

[stealthamo]

I don't watch NXT, but I've heard a lot about some of these guys. Based on what I've heard, I'd either want O'Brien to win it (heard the Ascension was awesome before his tag partner quit, dunno what he's done since then) or Neville (seen some of his NXT stuff on here, and would make sense for the whole "Man that Gravity Forgot" tag). But also based on what I've heard on here, I feel like Bo Dallas might win it. Though to be honest, when I first saw this thread, I figured it would be Langston getting it.

[kidkamikaze10]

Anyone but Bo.

[Some Guy]

HIS SMILE GOES ON FOR MILES AND MILES.

[Deleted]

Pre grats to the most charismatic man in wrestling, Bo Dallas!

[Talent Name]

I am going with Leo, after all he has been working Raw house shows recently

[543Y2J]

Jan 25, 2013 18:06:20 GMT -5 Some Guy said:

HIS SMILE GOES ON FOR MILES AND MILES.

[Bo Rida]

Jan 25, 2013 17:06:22 GMT -5 Digital Witness said:

I'm hoping its Adrian Nevelle.... maybe give him a brutal Paul London like elimination, and you got a star on your hands.

That would be a great way to give him a big RR debut while still keeping him off the main roster for a while.
By the time he's on the main shows properly there'll be a buzz about him.

And I agree there's a few scenarios where he could logically hit the corkscrew SSP, maybe have somebody knocked down just before he enters, he could run straight down the aisle, hop on the turnbuckle and hit his big move, that should put him over huge and makes sense as he couldn't be eliminated as he never actually entered the ring.

[kamotengkahoy]

We all know who's going to win.........................

[Nic Nemeth]

Considering how many faces are on the roster, I say let a heel win this one (or just anyone not named Bo Dallas) and eliminate let's say The Miz. If Miz wins the US Title, you can have a surefire feud between the new heel and Miz heading into WM29.

[The Man That Sanity Forgot]

YES! YES! YES! I wanted this to happen and it is! YES!

I'd mark the f*** out if Adrian Neville won, but Corey Graves, Oliver Grey (who I'm really getting behind, and his accent is sublime), Xavier Woods (just for the Power Rangers references) or Leo Kruger (who I think will win it) would suit me. Someone said Leo's package seemed like more effort was put it, but those cuts are from his NXT stuff, so it's not much effort.

Also, side note, good to see a Neville promo at last. Decent on the mic, better than I expected after listening to him on AoW. Couldn't find the NXT one, it's awesome to see a Geordie in the WWE. Question, how did any Americans manage with his accent?