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Post by trollrogue on Aug 29, 2013 15:53:05 GMT -5
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. Agreed on everything in your post 100% except this. Emma is by far my favorite WWE of all time at this point. Her interview with Renee had me in stitches, and not even A.J. could've done it better. Throughout the match I was impressed by both Divas and their usage of complex holds and submissions. I don't really see anything that screams "dumb" or "annoying" in the slightest from her moveset, honestly if all Divas had the same confidence and individuality as Emma the Division would not be such a joke on the main shows. Also Summer Rae may be 'ready' but she certainly isn't getting to display her talents on RAW just being a valet. When they trust her to have a match/feud with someone that will convince me that the WWE is serious about their women's division on anything but NXT. As it stands, I think it's much better for Emma to stay on NXT than get a 'promotion', Paige as well.
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Post by 543Y2J on Aug 29, 2013 17:40:12 GMT -5
A little thing but I loved the Summerslam Axxesss video. Cena saying "I like that Adrian Neville guy in the ring" is a really good thing to hear as a huge fan of Neville's. The main event shows how much flow he has and how he drifts/floats around the ring effortlessly, can't wait for him to get to the main roster.
And Zayn is an amazing promo guy in English as he has proven in NXT since day 1, he has a confidence when speaking. I wasn't worried before he got to NXT, but I did wonder what he would be like after seeing him do promos in broken Spanish (and other languages) for years on the indys. It just sounds so natural when he speaks now as Zayn.
Can't wait for Kalisto and Crowe to debut
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 30, 2013 3:55:41 GMT -5
I should also say that I loved the backstage bit with Amore/Cassady/Dawson/Lefort.
"You going to let them talk to me like that?"
"They have a point... YOU DON'T TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT!"
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 30, 2013 10:08:19 GMT -5
Ugh the Sky Sports cut of NXT is f***ing awful, I may have to start watching it elsewhere which is a shame as it's the only WWE show I watch in HD (Lefort's jacket was so shiny).
This week we missed the Emma interview, the Summer/Sasha segment and the Summerslam report, which still isn't as bad as them cutting Zeb and Co talking about getting Zayn deported a few weeks ago or butchering the second fall of the Zayn vs Cesaro match.
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Post by Steveweiser on Aug 30, 2013 11:01:17 GMT -5
NXT has tended to run fairly long on the Hulu Plus version - the usual hour long programme over here has to be around 45 minutes or so with ads, so they need to cut stuff out. Sadly, it appears they're cutting pretty important stuff. The Summer/Sasha skit becomes a pretty big deal in the next few weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2013 17:35:59 GMT -5
Random thoughts:
Summer Rae is great.
Sami Zayn's NXT hype picture looks like something that one would see in a French textbook.
I have no idea why but the Ascension's entrance is hilarious to me, especially when they get to the hard camera part and O'Brien yells.
Neville is going to be a good hand on the main roster shortly.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 30, 2013 18:50:54 GMT -5
My Notes:
* Did not like the opening contest between CJ Parker & Tyler Breeze. The only good thing about that was the unique move of using a cell phone as a weapon by Breeze to win the match.
* Glad they gave Emma a mean streak because as much as I kind of get a smile with her bubbles and strange dancing, that could get old very fast so giving her a purpose can only be a good thing.
* That match between her and Summer Rae was night and day better than matches you mostly see out of the WWE divas division and in all truth, it was the little things like running the ropes or taunting each other that made this match better along with some decent moves.
* Like that they are setting up something with Sasha Banks because she looked like she was listening to the taunts made by Summer Rae and thinking about them long and hard.
* I don't know think Zack Ryder's position with WWE is as safe as I thought it was with them having Enzo Amore in NXT. Him having that SAWFT saying can make him almost an easy replacement for Woo Woo Woo, You Know It, and I like Zack Ryder too.
* While Sylvester Lefort easily has the build to be a wrestling talent, I tend to agree with the mindset that NXT has that he seems to be better off as a manager most of the time because as we have seen with Armando Alejandro Estrada, just because you have the build doesn't mean you can work well in the ring (see Rob Terry in TNA as well).
* Scott Dawson, god bless the guy, but he really looks like what would happen if Harley Race and Jamie Noble had a child.
* Like that this Sylvester Lefort thing is actually turning into a stable now that Alexander Rusev, who I mentioned last week, has joined the frey.
* You know, I rarely say this, but I kind of like Sami Zayn more than I did El Generico (I know, I'm dead wrong in that, aren't I?) because we seem to see more of his personality and while most of the masked wrestlers seem to lose it without their masks, he tends to show more of it without it. I know that this doesn't work for most people and I would not make this a regular occurrence, but this seems to be a good move for WWE to do this with Zayn.
* Okay okay okay.........I hated when they gave Bo Dallas the title because as many of the people I have talked to, he looks like a damn kid and his emotions tend to show that. But what they did in making him like a childish troll is 100% Perfect.
* The Ascension is interesting, having a second look at them. Connor O'Brian (besides looking like a rat) looks freaking huge compared to his opponent (Adrian Neville) and his partner (Rick Victor). You can see that if these two split, Connor would probably go farther than Rick. However, I will say this about Rick. The size of the pupils in Victor's eyes creep me the hell out, especially with that blue lighting that have.
* Adrian Neville, I think WWE has found the perfect replacement for when they finally decide to get rid of Evan Bourne. However, other than that........I don't see anything more coming out of this guy other than being a tag team guy (not that saying that is a bad thing because dear lord, do we need those type of guys at this junction in WWE). I think he and Seth Rollins would make a great tag team as they somewhat look alike.
* Tony Dawson is so f***ing green that it is terrible. He has the staleness that Todd Grisham had, but he has the "I'm not even really following the action" nonsense that early Michael Cole had. God bless William Regal for trying to save this guy, but I don't think even he can save this kid. He extremely needs to practice his commentating skills.
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Post by trollrogue on Aug 31, 2013 2:51:26 GMT -5
* Tony Dawson is so f***ing green that it is terrible. He has the staleness that Todd Grisham had, but he has the "I'm not even really following the action" nonsense that early Michael Cole had. God bless William Regal for trying to save this guy, but I don't think even he can save this kid. He extremely needs to practice his commentating skills. It's crazy, they have Scott Stanford doing the commercial bumpers for NXT on EVERY EPISODE-- why in the blue heck is he not doing commentary when you know from his Superstars work he'll be a much better fit with Regal?? Dawson works better with Brad Maddox I'll give him that-- but it's only due to both of them being so green they are forced to work as a team, but I doubt with Maddox's GM promotion he'll be on NXT commentary much more (don't spoil if you know otherwise homies!)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 4:03:57 GMT -5
Emma is like Stone Cold of NXT and Enzo is the Rock. Amazing reactions whenever they are on NXT.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Aug 31, 2013 4:21:09 GMT -5
Enzo is amazing. Emma selling the bubble solution like acid to the face was great. I think I would pay to watch an iPPV for NXT.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 31, 2013 4:33:29 GMT -5
* I don't know think Zack Ryder's position with WWE is as safe as I thought it was with them having Enzo Amore in NXT. Him having that SAWFT saying can make him almost an easy replacement for Woo Woo Woo, You Know It, and I like Zack Ryder too. Zack Ryder and Enzo Amore's gimmicks are not even all that similar. Zack hasn't been full on guido since the initial stages of the gimmick when he was pretty much a blatant ripoff of the My New Haircut guy. That aspect of his character was slowly fazed out over time until he turned face. During the height of the Ryder Revolution, Zack was pretty much just "That Internet Guy" and once he killed off Z!TLIS, he went from being a generic babyface who wears a headband to being a generic babyface who doesn't wear a headband. Ryder's gimmick nowadays is less about him being a fist pumping party guy and more about him being a subverted, self-deprecating face who acts awkward and wants to kick his own ass. I think there's room on the roster for both Zack and Enzo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 13:18:25 GMT -5
* Tony Dawson is so f***ing green that it is terrible. He has the staleness that Todd Grisham had, but he has the "I'm not even really following the action" nonsense that early Michael Cole had. God bless William Regal for trying to save this guy, but I don't think even he can save this kid. He extremely needs to practice his commentating skills. It's crazy, they have Scott Stanford doing the commercial bumpers for NXT on EVERY EPISODE-- why in the blue heck is he not doing commentary when you know from his Superstars work he'll be a much better fit with Regal?? Dawson works better with Brad Maddox I'll give him that-- but it's only due to both of them being so green they are forced to work as a team, but I doubt with Maddox's GM promotion he'll be on NXT commentary much more (don't spoil if you know otherwise homies!) Yeah, this Tony Dawson guy is atrocious. I particularly enjoyed when Regal would explain something and then the other guy would immediately ask him why Summer Rae or whoever was doing that move.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Aug 31, 2013 13:58:52 GMT -5
* I don't know think Zack Ryder's position with WWE is as safe as I thought it was with them having Enzo Amore in NXT. Him having that SAWFT saying can make him almost an easy replacement for Woo Woo Woo, You Know It, and I like Zack Ryder too. I think there's room on the roster for both Zack and Enzo. Even if there is, can we get rid of Ryder anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 15:49:03 GMT -5
CJ Parker needs to turn heel ASAP. I want him to get his ass kicked more than Tyler Breeze, who is okay but overall boring to me.
Sami Zayn is very impressive, he can talk and wrestle and is easy to like. I don't think there's any ceiling for how high he can go.
Bo Dallas is starting to remind me of 1997 Chris Jericho. I'll bo damned.
The main event seemed good but too short, the finish was strange in that Neville got a 2 count then immediately hit his finisher and won, that never happens. I just want the Ascension to get beat up and lose as much as possible, I don't want any match or segment ending with their silly chanting music.
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