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Post by CMWaters on Jul 18, 2013 23:54:09 GMT -5
Oh, and I have to say...
Though it wasn't too overblown, I did like Bray's reaction when Sheamus' music hit.
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Post by CH Punk on Jul 19, 2013 0:22:00 GMT -5
I'm probably sure this has been said in another thread before, but, my god, Tony Dawson is a terrible announcer. Seriously, he negates any sort of plus that Regal brings to the booth (he was fantastic during the tag match) and, while Maddox is good, but not Regal good, his episodes are usually better since he works with Todd Phillips.
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Post by Essential1 on Jul 19, 2013 1:18:33 GMT -5
I thought I was the only one to notice she's got something amazing there.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 19, 2013 8:41:38 GMT -5
I'm another that has enjoyed the tag matches, although I'm not sure I'll be able to say that once the Wyatts leave (Conor vs Graves just isn't the same).
Impressive debut from Charlotte and Bayley played her character well too. Even Flair was enjoyable for the first time in a while (that Miz segment was a low), given the location I was a little disappointed by the lack of space mountain references although as his daughter was with him I suppose that may have been a little creepy.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jul 19, 2013 10:05:39 GMT -5
It's a little show that not many people see but my God, did Regal make that tag title victory sound like someone beat Taker at Wrestlemania. Why he's not on Raw replacing the bored, clock watching style commentary of Lawler I'll never know.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jul 19, 2013 11:15:20 GMT -5
Another good show this week. Two very good matches, Charlotte looked okay but sure loves those cartwheels, and Bo Dallas did something. The only thing I didn't like Tyler Breeze's promo, another vain model character looking into a mirror. Yay.
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 19, 2013 14:14:53 GMT -5
Charlotte looked okay but sure loves those cartwheels, Future partnership with Sandow? Well, it has been a while since both fashion consultant Sylvan as well as "The Reflection of Perfection" Mark Jindrak...
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Post by Viva on Jul 19, 2013 14:35:11 GMT -5
I gotta say, when I watch NXT, and I listen to the announce team... It makes me feel like I'm watching the PGA tour. And you know what? That's oddly... kind of nice. It's nice to have a couple of dudes just sitting there and talking about what's going on. They aren't faking excitement. They aren't yelling. They're not really characters. They're just two dudes who watch the show and add to the presentation. Refreshing.
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Post by Display Name on Jul 19, 2013 14:39:33 GMT -5
I thought I was the only one to notice she's got something amazing there. You're not kidding.Her whole body is awesome..but she's got that face.
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Post by Heinz Doofenschmirtz on Jul 19, 2013 15:01:58 GMT -5
Regal is gold on commentary but he'll never be on a main show. He calls wrestling like it's wrestling. That's pretty much a no-no on the main shows.
I don't like Graves and Neville as a team but I'm pretty sure Graves is going to be called up as the new Heyman guy do hopefully that doesn't last.
Zayn's my new favourite with Kruger a close second.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jul 19, 2013 15:07:34 GMT -5
I'm still interested in what they do with Ohno going forward. We know that we won't see him on NXT for at least the end of August. I have a feeling he'll turn back heel, targeting Neville.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 19, 2013 15:23:30 GMT -5
I gotta say, when I watch NXT, and I listen to the announce team... It makes me feel like I'm watching the PGA tour. And you know what? That's oddly... kind of nice. It's nice to have a couple of dudes just sitting there and talking about what's going on. They aren't faking excitement. They aren't yelling. They're not really characters. They're just two dudes who watch the show and add to the presentation. Refreshing. It's a little show that not many people see but my God, did Regal make that tag title victory sound like someone beat Taker at Wrestlemania. Why he's not on Raw replacing the bored, clock watching style commentary of Lawler I'll never know. That's one of the overlooked benefits of Regal's commentary style, when something big happens his excitement actually means something. I suppose it's the old "this is the greatest night in the history of our sport" syndrome, if you say that every night it loses all meaning, if you use such phrases sparingly it makes those moments feel even bigger.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jul 19, 2013 16:23:26 GMT -5
A friend of mine is letting me use her hulu plus account so I can finally contribute to these threads! I've only seen the triple threat from this episode. Zayn is awesome, as expected. I wish they'd give Cesaro this much time on Raw/Smackdown and this Kruger guy seems pretty cool. Kruger's in my top three on NXT now after Ohno and Zayn, seeing as Bray's now left, bumping everyone up a spot. His ring work's solid, although not spectacular, but my god, I haven't been genuinely creeped out by a character in years until him. Bray was creepy, but I was more fascinated with it all, Kruger actually makes me uneasy, with the licking of the lips, stroking of the hair and hitting his head during his vignettes. Just awesome. EDIT: Thought I'd drop my favourite of his little vignettes so far here, just seems so Kraven the Hunter-esque. TA-DA!
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 19, 2013 16:29:21 GMT -5
A friend of mine is letting me use her hulu plus account so I can finally contribute to these threads! I've only seen the triple threat from this episode. Zayn is awesome, as expected. I wish they'd give Cesaro this much time on Raw/Smackdown and this Kruger guy seems pretty cool. Kruger's in my top three on NXT now after Ohno and Zayn, seeing as Bray's now left, bumping everyone up a spot. His ring work's solid, although not spectacular, but my god, I haven't been genuinely creeped out by a character in years until him. Bray was creepy, but I was more fascinated with it all, Kruger actually makes me uneasy, with the licking of the lips, stroking of the hair and hitting his head during his vignettes. Just awesome. He's come a long way from the South African version of Jinder Mahal's original gimmick.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jul 19, 2013 16:33:22 GMT -5
Kruger's in my top three on NXT now after Ohno and Zayn, seeing as Bray's now left, bumping everyone up a spot. His ring work's solid, although not spectacular, but my god, I haven't been genuinely creeped out by a character in years until him. Bray was creepy, but I was more fascinated with it all, Kruger actually makes me uneasy, with the licking of the lips, stroking of the hair and hitting his head during his vignettes. Just awesome. He's come a long way from the South African version of Jinder Mahal's original gimmick. Quite. I remember when he won the FCW belt after beating "Husky" Wyatt, Ambrose and Sandow in a 4-way, he was getting Bo-levels of hate from quite a few people. Could more be due to the people he beat though.
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Post by kamotengkahoy on Jul 20, 2013 7:52:57 GMT -5
Looks like Garrett Dylan is still a thing atleast based on Dawson's titantron? video. Dawson reminds me of Jamie Knoble also.
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 20, 2013 11:29:54 GMT -5
Looks like Garrett Dylan is still a thing atleast based on Dawson's titantron? video. Dawson reminds me of Jamie Knoble also. I think I heard Dylan is injured right now. Maybe he drank too much BBQ sauce.
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Post by Idiot on Jul 22, 2013 15:48:19 GMT -5
He's come a long way from the South African version of Jinder Mahal's original gimmick. Quite. I remember when he won the FCW belt after beating "Husky" Wyatt, Ambrose and Sandow in a 4-way, he was getting Bo-levels of hate from quite a few people. Could more be due to the people he beat though. I would have said this a few days ago but ya know, activation. Anyway, most of the people who complained about Kruger's either weren't watching or were watching through a set of rose tinted spectacles that they could barely see what was happening. Whoever took the belt was really only going to hold it so that he could give it back to Bo (which didn't happen because the Rotundos were needed to bail out the tag division). The complainers thought the champion should be one of the indie guys (namely Ambrose or Rollins). There was one problem with that. One was the midcard champion of a division designed to hide his ineptitude in the ring, and the other was just done having a trio of godawful matches with aforementioned midcard champion and was nowhere near ready to be the main guy. Rollins wouldn't get tolerable until his callup (I have no idea what happened there) and Ambrose wouldn't get awesome until Regal worked with him. The other candidates were Sandow, who would have gotten exactly the same response online. Sandow wasn't the robe wearing, intellectual yet, that wouldn't happen until after he won the FCW 15 title. He was a generic angry guy with a beard. Husky was over, but was not that good in the ring, on the mic and the storyline that was the only reason he was even sniffing the main event was removed once his brother went to hospital. Instead Dusty scribbled out Bo's name, replaced it with Richie Steamboat and let it play out. Kruger was the only sensible choice to hold the title. He was Bo's last opponent before the injury (so he had the momentum and credibility to be in the main event), he'd been easily been the best wrestler in the company for months (and considering he had to make Abe freaking Washington look decent that's important) and had the charisma and mic skills to pull off the role. It was one of the most boring title reigns though. He couldn't drop the title because its final destination was supposed to be Bo, and because they didn't know when he'd be back he couldn't get into any programmes. Didn't help that most of the faces in FCW were dire too. It did have the side effect of turning Ascension from this to this, too which I can't complain about really.
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