NXT Thread 08/28/13: Neville Ascends

[Steveweiser]

This week on NXT...

*CJ Parker vs. Tyler Breeze
*Emma vs. Summer Rae
*Enzo Amore vs. Scott Dawson
*Adrian Neville vs. Conor O'Brian

Also this week, Sami Zayn confronts NXT Champion Bo Dallas, and we take a look at NXT's involvement at SummerSlam Axxess.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I'm assuming that the NXT crowd have turned Amore face through sheer overness?

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Thank goodness. I was having Enzo withdrawal.

Emma v Paige should be fun too.

Also, other matches.

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Aug 29, 2013 0:17:03 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

I'm assuming that the NXT crowd have turned Amore face through sheer overness?

Oh yeah. Big time. He's gotta be the most over face on the NXT roster. Zayn is first through his wrestling but based on character and mic work, Enzo is the king. ZERO DIMES!

Loving the Rusev/Dawson/Lefort alliance.

I think it's time they create the NXT Television Championship. They've got enough guys who could use an IC equivalent title.

[mattyy]

Bo Dallas is the best. I mean it.

[Kayfabe FAN don't want none]

Another great episode!
I don't give that much crap about Parker but i like his theme, it's catchy for some reason.
Lol at the "BREEZE IS GORGEOUS" chants.
Love how Summer gets the biggest heat ever when she attacked Emma. I also liked the segment with Summer and Sasha. Summer is really good at being a heel IMO:
Enzo is the f***ing man!
Renee... I love you forever.
Sami/Renee should be canon
They should put dots with every single color on Bo's face.
Cool ME match.
Overall:
One hour of NXT= awesomeness
5 hours of the main shows=SAAAAAAWFT

[BigWill]

Aug 29, 2013 0:35:27 GMT -5 Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal said:

Aug 29, 2013 0:17:03 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

I'm assuming that the NXT crowd have turned Amore face through sheer overness?

Oh yeah. Big time. He's gotta be the most over face on the NXT roster. Zayn is first through his wrestling but based on character and mic work, Enzo is the king. ZERO DIMES!

Loving the Rusev/Dawson/Lefort alliance.

I think it's time they create the NXT Television Championship. They've got enough guys who could use an IC equivalent title.

I actually would like to see them bring back a version of the FCW 15 Championship.

I thought it was a pretty cool concept.

[The Sam]

• Enzo Amore gets better every time I see him. I was a little disapointed he wasn't wearing the leopard print tights this week. "If we had a dime for everytime we got beat up as kids, we would have 0 dimes!"
• I was saying "Bo-urns".

[spyda]

Here is what i learn watching this episode :

- Attacking a guy backstage have the same affect of hitting a guy with a cell phone, they are both devastating
- Its completely normal for a diva to walk around in the streets wearing her wrestling gear
- How to make the team of A redneck & a French guy even weirder ?? add a Bulgarian guy of course
- Bo Dallas needs to lose his title & Adrian Neville needs to lose his partner

[Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal]

Aug 29, 2013 1:25:51 GMT -5 BigWill said:

Aug 29, 2013 0:35:27 GMT -5 Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal said:

Oh yeah. Big time. He's gotta be the most over face on the NXT roster. Zayn is first through his wrestling but based on character and mic work, Enzo is the king. ZERO DIMES!

Loving the Rusev/Dawson/Lefort alliance.

I think it's time they create the NXT Television Championship. They've got enough guys who could use an IC equivalent title.

I actually would like to see them bring back a version of the FCW 15 Championship.

I thought it was a pretty cool concept.

I liked it too but it seemed like it was more reserved for the Upper Echelon Wrestlers. Plus, those title matches had a time gimmick on them and it's tougher to do that on NXT than FCW.

[Sin Cara Tres]

Why did everyone "Whooo!" when Renee left the ring? Did she strut?

[thelonewolf527]

Okay seriously why did they hire Sasha Banks? Is she like a really amazing wrestler because she has no mic skills/charisma and really isn't anything special when it comes to looks

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Aug 29, 2013 4:32:24 GMT -5 thelonewolf527 said:

Okay seriously why did they hire Sasha Banks? Is she like a really amazing wrestler because she has no mic skills/charisma and really isn't anything special when it comes to looks

Probably because Snoop DogLion.

[kidkamikaze10]

She's also a pretty good wrestler.

[BigWill]

Aug 29, 2013 4:32:24 GMT -5 thelonewolf527 said:

Okay seriously why did they hire Sasha Banks? Is she like a really amazing wrestler because she has no mic skills/charisma and really isn't anything special when it comes to looks

I'd say she's probably the best in-ring diva on NXT.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Banks has just been the victim of basically being the lowest in the totem pole at the moment in the NXT Women's Division. With Paige being the champ, Rae being the top heel challenger, Emma and Bayley having their quirky gimmicks and Charlotte getting the "debutant winning streak", something just had to give, and unfortunately it was Banks.

[Heinz Doofenschmirtz]

Sami Zayn is my new favourite. He's got such a goofy, likeable every guy charisma who then tears it up in the ring.

Amore's growing on me.

[Steveweiser]

My thoughts on this week...

*Like Corey Graves can't get that metal bit of set off him - sure he's not quite as strong as Conor O'Brian, but I'm sure with a bit of effort he'd get free easily.
*"BREEZE IS GORGEOUS!" One of the best chants at NXT. Match wasn't much, but the right booking decision.
*Emma had a harder edge to her this time, and it's working well. Wonder if she'll still be blind the next time we see her?
*Curtis Axel earlier in the week, now Summer Rae leaves shows wearing her gear. Have a feeling she may be mind-warping poor Sasha Banks.
*SAWFT! Amore had Dawson beat if it wasn't for Alexander Rusev. Wonder if HBK is happy that Dawson's now using the Teardrop Suplex?
*Pleased to see the sweetness between Sami and Renee return. Nice exchange with Zayn and Dallas, who's now embracing the prick role. Good follow up on Zeb Colter wanting Zayn deported, and sticking the OTHER Real American on him.
*Main event was fine, surprised that Neville would beat O'Brian clean given the Ascension are meant to be challenging for the titles fairly soon.

[KEJB]

The Bad:

Emma is really annoying to me. Her dumb dance is getting old fast. Summer carried that whole thing. It was a pretty obvious sign that one is ready for the main roster and the other is not.

CJ Parker flat out sucks. Stupid gimmick. Awful mannerisms and a face that just begs to be punched.

I like Scott Dawson but I think Sylvester is boring. I'll give it a chance tho and see what happens because the team of Dawson and Rusev sounds dangerous.

Conor OBrien... How many years has this guy been in development? Nothing screams that he is ready for the main roster and after being there as long as he has it doesn't make sense. I think he just doesn't have the tangibles to be a star on a main show.

The Good:

Summer Rae. Her selling is great. Her heel tactics are great. She is a natural on the mics and in segments.

Enzo. I don't think anything more needs to be said.

Bo Dallas. As a heel he is a heat machine. Digging the oblivious gimmick he has going on.

Overall: A pretty weak show compared to what we have been seeing over the past two months.

[chazraps]

Honestly, I would not have taken the bubble-solution to the eyes spot. Given all the chemicals in there, I haven't cringed like that since I saw BJ go through a the table at Final Battle.