khali
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Post by khali on Apr 29, 2022 16:24:35 GMT -5
I haven’t seen much of NXT 2.0 since it doesn’t fit my tastes, and it’s so weird that with Dexter and Kai gone now I wouldn’t even know who almost all the people on the show are anyway. Hell, I don’t even know who a lot of the people they released are. WWE is making talent very disposable and it sucks.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 29, 2022 16:25:17 GMT -5
I hope a lot of underused and mistreated talents start saying the same thing, the alternative scene is booming, bet on yourself. *Stares at Balor* Pretty much the only way a lot of them would come back to WWE in the near future is if Hunter and Steph were handed the keys to the company. Which... well that ain't happenin so I can see a lot of people leaving. Some like Owens, Zayn, and Nakamura seem comfortable though, good for them! |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 29, 2022 16:25:40 GMT -5
Releasing Dexter suuuuucks.
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 29, 2022 16:25:51 GMT -5
Dude looks damn good for 40. I thought he was younger!! I guess that's what happens when you've never ate a carb in your life.  |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 29, 2022 16:26:03 GMT -5
I was harsh on Persia at first but she was absolutely starting to figure it out in the ring and had amazing character work. She has more work to do but I sincerely hope she gets a chance elsewhere to grow.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 29, 2022 16:26:05 GMT -5
He's literally been teasing Bullet Club on Twitter recently I'm not saying anything he isn't putting out there himself, I think he wants another run outside the company And his run was atrocious on the main roster imo. A ton of accolades and booked terribly with them, especially this last year. Eh, hasn’t Finn been a semi-troll on Twitter his entire run? Just saying it also doesn't mean he's going to either stay or retire right now. But we do know his contract might be up soon so I guess we'll see. |
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 29, 2022 16:26:49 GMT -5
I wonder how many people in NXT will ever make it to the main roster going forward because I can see this process being even more ruthless in the future if some of these releases of newer roster members are anything to go by. Can see a real constant revolving door situation going on as a concept. Makes me wonder who wouldn't have made it if it was always like that. Becky probably would have Irish jigged her way straight out the door. Bayley and Sasha wouldn't have been on TV in generic form and slowly developed, they'd be given something and left to sink or swim. Dax might have gone before ftr was a thing. Xavier Woods would probably be in a mostly non wrestling role. Loads of others that were less successful too, Aiden English, Adam Rose, Tye Dillinger would be gone before the 10 gimmick etc |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 29, 2022 16:28:17 GMT -5
Persia is the biggest head scratcher for me. She had the size they like, came across as confident and comfortable in backstage stuff, and seemed fine enough in the ring for a hoss with her experience level. Also she was only 25. Wonder if it was an attitude thing. Another surprise is pretty much all the guys who I thought were done for sure (Boa, Draco, Sanga) going on recent developments on TV or in Boa's case not being used in months, all avoided it. At least for now anyways. They are literally developmental, they are live TV Developmental, people quite literally learning, sinking, or swimming, on live TV. Not much coaching exactly going on. Vince wants these people to either be main roster ready in six months or they potentially get cut. This was his own edict when the brand started and we're seeing some of it in action Which makes it all the more baffling that Lash Legend is still around if this is true. She's been in the system for over a year and hasn't improved at all. So it seems like this six month thing isn't an absolute rule. She's a tall athletic African American woman (better diversity, good PR if she ever gets good enough to warrant elevating her up the card) with a gift of gab and a lot of confidence. These are all things the company loves and as a result will lead to her getting tons of chances despite being terrible in the ring and having seemingly no aptitude for it what so ever. |
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Post by Legion on Apr 29, 2022 16:28:37 GMT -5
Guy's 40 and has said a few time he wants to retire and go home and have a family. People need to stop acting like he's a 25 year old wasted talent. He's had a good run. He's literally been teasing Bullet Club on Twitter recently I'm not saying anything he isn't putting out there himself, I think he wants another run outside the company And his run was atrocious on the main roster imo. A ton of accolades and booked terribly with them, especially this last year. Fair enough, if he wants to go back to NJPW and do Bullet Club, good for him I suppose. But he was also talking retirement and family recently. I'd agree he hasnt been used as well as he could, even should, have been. But he also epitomises what we are seeing here. There are only so many roster spots to go around, and wrestlers are working older and older (which is great as it means good health improvements), if you want some older talent to keep getting chances, then you dont need so many younger ones. If you want to 'make' younger ones, older ones have to do the job. If you want younger ones to stay employed, older ones eventually have to be cut. But WWE sucks at cutting their older established guys, and cut new prospects over proven money makers, which in turn means they dont make enough new money makers. |
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Post by dpg on Apr 29, 2022 16:28:38 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 29, 2022 16:29:03 GMT -5
I wonder how many people in NXT will ever make it to the main roster going forward because I can see this process being even more ruthless in the future if some of these releases of newer roster members are anything to go by. Can see a real constant revolving door situation going on as a concept. Makes me wonder who wouldn't have made it if it was always like that. Becky probably would have Irish jigged her way straight out the door. Bayley and Sasha wouldn't have been on TV in generic form and slowly developed, they'd be given something and left to sink or swim. Dax might have gone before ftr was a thing. Xavier Woods would probably be in a mostly non wrestling role. Loads of others that were less successful too, Aiden English, Adam Rose, Tye Dillinger would be gone before the 10 gimmick etc Honestly Bayley's initial main roster run f***ing sucked too, she recovered which was a miracle in itself but that Alexa Bliss feud was AWFUL and I feel like if it happened in 2022 she might not have survived. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2022 16:29:49 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice. Yeah, it's foolish to expect everyone to pick things up as quickly as Bron Breakker has. Some people need more time and that's okay. |
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Post by edgestar on Apr 29, 2022 16:29:50 GMT -5
Dude looks damn good for 40. I thought he was younger!! I guess that's what happens when you've never ate a carb in your life. I'll be 35 on Monday, and have been told that I don't look my age. I eat many carbs. |
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Post by chrom on Apr 29, 2022 16:29:57 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice. Like they did with Tough Enough |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 29, 2022 16:30:36 GMT -5
Pretty much the only way a lot of them would come back to WWE in the near future is if Hunter and Steph were handed the keys to the company. Which... well that ain't happenin so I can see a lot of people leaving. Some like Owens, Zayn, and Nakamura seem comfortable though, good for them! Sami and Owens are in great spots, though. They're regularly used, and not just used but featured, they're never waiting in catering doing nothing. Sami's pretty much the top midcard guy on Smackdown, and Owens is a high card guy who can get main events. Really, WWE's used them great. Nakamura is regularly used as well, and he gets paid well for a less physical style than in New Japan and he gets to surf. |
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Post by dpg on Apr 29, 2022 16:31:24 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice. Like they did with Tough Enough If by some miracle they get talent good enough to survive, they then get thrown into the generally awful main show booking swamp of despair. |
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 29, 2022 16:31:28 GMT -5
Feel gutted for all the dudes and gals who lost their jobs today. Feel especially bad for Lumis, who nailed his gimmick after a pretty bad time in TNA and got another shot at the big time, and did enough I felt to earn a call up to the main roster.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 29, 2022 16:31:40 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice. Like they did with Tough Enough I don't think the Tough Enough winners ever even made is six months... some of them felt like they were cut much sooner, which yeah, they've not been good at this for a long time. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 29, 2022 16:32:12 GMT -5
Bringing in only young inexperienced talent, then releasing them if they aren't the finished article in 6 months. That's not a training programme, that's rolling a loaded dice. Yeah, it's foolish to expect everyone to pick things up as quickly as Bron Breakker has. Some people need more time and that's okay. Yeah, not everybody is Bron, or Tiffany (not on the level of Bron, but she's improving in the ring and her character work is fantastic). People need more time. |
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Post by Dave the Dave on Apr 29, 2022 16:32:39 GMT -5
I guess Indi and Duke are gonna be an on screen couple now
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