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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Aug 2, 2022 21:08:10 GMT -5
That was a double pin!! RIGGED!!! naw Wagner didn't have a body part cover Solo. Solo had his arms on Von
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Post by J is Justice on Aug 2, 2022 21:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2022 21:08:50 GMT -5
Von Wagner is f***ing dead. And so is Robert Stone.
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Post by Goldash #BLM on Aug 2, 2022 21:09:03 GMT -5
Robert Stone looking like Chet Chetterfield while being spurned by Susan (probably as coherent too)
Also AWESOME TABLE SPOT good for Solo!! No Wagners allowed. Fun match, fun NXT.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Aug 2, 2022 21:09:52 GMT -5
Von Wagner might actually have a future if they stick exclusively to the I PUT HIM ON HIS AYUSS direction.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 2, 2022 21:09:59 GMT -5
Other then Mandy winning this was a definitely a very face heavy NXT tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2022 21:10:54 GMT -5
Robert Stone looking like Chet Chetterfield while being spurned by Susan (probably as coherent too) Also AWESOME TABLE SPOT good for Solo!! No Wagners allowed. Fun match, fun NXT. The only thing I thought was bad was the Bron/JD segment. God damn, that feud SUCKS.
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Post by hbkid718 on Aug 2, 2022 21:13:33 GMT -5
Here are my NXT Thoughts:
What a fun Fatal 4-Way. All 8 women worked extremely hard. I am so happy that Kayden Carter & Katana Chance won. They deserve it after everything that they have gone through. Congratulations. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen VS James Drake & Zack Gibson would be a fun match if it was Grizzled Young Veterans and not this crap with Joe Gacy. Good promo by the Birthday Boy, Carmelo Hayes. LOL. I love Nathan Frazer running past Giovanni Vinci to get in the ring first to answer Hayes' Open Challenge. Either way the match will be fantastic. Though it was short, Frazer VS Hayes was a great match. But I didn't like the finish with Vinci & Trick Williams getting involved. Good profile on Solo Sikoa. The Contract Signing was pretty good with both Bron Breakker & JD McDonagh having good promos. But there was no need for McDonagh to cut himself and sign the contract in his blood. This is NXT, not AEW. Cool segment with The Creed Brothers & Apollo Crews. Interesting that Roderick Strong isn't there. Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne screaming are so annoying. They're scaring my dog. Sarray VS Mandy Rose was an OK Match. Sarray will have a much better match against Meiko Satomura on NXT UK on Thursday. This is stupid. They should have not done an injury angle with Sarray. We already know she's wrestling Satomura on Thursday. How can they explain how healthy she is to wrestle for the NXT UK Women's Title? Good video on Tiffany Stratton. I like learning about her background as a Gymnast. Much better than her shopping. Good segment & brawl between Axiom & Duke Hudson. Despite the size difference, this could be an excellent match. And it was. But, I wouldn't consider it an upset since Hudson loses all the time. Very good promo by Wes Lee. The Creed Brothers VS The D'Angelo Family was a great NXT Tag Title Match. I love Santos Escobar appearing out of nowhere. Great promo & video package with Roxanne Perez. Cora Jade's promo was great too. Wow, Cora doesn't want Roxanne. I like Mandy Rose asking Cora to help her take out Zoey Stark. Good video on Von Wagner. Emotional promo by Kayden Carter & Katana Chance. Horrible match between Brooks Jensen & Joe Gacy. Shouldn't the match be declared a No Contest when Pretty Deadly interfered? That was a complete cluster. And then a horrible promo by Joe Gacy, with a random promo with Javier Bernal & Cameron Grimes. Stupid segment with Santos Escobar & Tony D'Angelo. How did the cameras know that they were going to call each other? They should have done the entire Alba Fyre VS Lash Legend match during the Picture-In-Picture so I can be more entertained by the commercials. Their match was thankfully short. Weird segment with Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams. And why are there 3 random women in the Most Dangerous Parking Lot in the world? That's a bad place to break down in. Solo Sikoa VS Von Wagner was fun. I love the cameos. LOL, WWE did a Dumpster Match 24 hours before AEW can do it. They should have cut out Fyre VS Legend so NXT could have ended on time. What a finish. Besides 2 matches, NXT was a great show. I can't believe I'm saying this but a Von Wagner Match was my favorite match of the night, with everything else in 2nd place.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 2, 2022 21:15:10 GMT -5
Robert Stone looking like Chet Chetterfield while being spurned by Susan (probably as coherent too) Also AWESOME TABLE SPOT good for Solo!! No Wagners allowed. Fun match, fun NXT. The only thing I thought was bad was the Bron/JD segment. God damn, that feud SUCKS. Has Bron ever had a good feud? I guess Ciampa was alright but other then him it's just always the lamest most uninteresting people. Ziggler, Gacy, and now JD. What's more frustrating about it is that it's not like they are lacking better options. Carmelo, Tony D, Grayson, and Giovonni would all be great challengers for him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2022 21:16:52 GMT -5
The only thing I thought was bad was the Bron/JD segment. God damn, that feud SUCKS. Has Bron ever had a good feud? I guess Ciampa was alright but other then him it's just always the lamest most uninteresting people. Ziggler, Gacy, and now JD. What's more frustrating about it is that it's not like they are lacking better options. Carmelo, Tony D, Grayson, and Giovonni would all be great challengers for him. I think he should be a heel, honestly. It was just one segment, but he showed me more in that segment with Grimes where he was being a dick than he has at any other time.
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Post by CMWaters on Aug 2, 2022 21:17:44 GMT -5
The only thing I thought was bad was the Bron/JD segment. God damn, that feud SUCKS. Has Bron ever had a good feud? I guess Ciampa was alright but other then him it's just always the lamest most uninteresting people. Ziggler, Gacy, and now JD. What's more frustrating about it is that it's not like they are lacking better options. Carmelo, Tony D, Grayson, and Giovonni would all be great challengers for him. Because I didn't have TV access to watch NXT at the time...what about the Breakker/Grimes feud?
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Aug 2, 2022 21:18:12 GMT -5
Von Wagner might actually have a future if they stick exclusively to the I PUT HIM ON HIS AYUSS direction. He should also be fighting CJ Dirt with Dominic in a Sacramento high school in front of 10s of fans.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 2, 2022 21:19:27 GMT -5
Has Bron ever had a good feud? I guess Ciampa was alright but other then him it's just always the lamest most uninteresting people. Ziggler, Gacy, and now JD. What's more frustrating about it is that it's not like they are lacking better options. Carmelo, Tony D, Grayson, and Giovonni would all be great challengers for him. I think he should be a heel, honestly. It was just one segment, but he showed me more in that segment with Grimes where he was being a dick than he has at any other time. "Why don't you go ask Ted Dibiase?" Other then that (I guess he thinks Ted Dibiase is Cameron Grimes father) I guess it was alright.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Aug 2, 2022 21:20:41 GMT -5
Has Bron ever had a good feud? I guess Ciampa was alright but other then him it's just always the lamest most uninteresting people. Ziggler, Gacy, and now JD. What's more frustrating about it is that it's not like they are lacking better options. Carmelo, Tony D, Grayson, and Giovonni would all be great challengers for him. Because I didn't have TV access to watch NXT at the time...what about the Breakker/Grimes feud? I forgot about that. It was ok I guess but at the same time it was so short I didn't really consider it a feud. Just seemed like a brief stopgap between Grayson and JD.
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Post by CMWaters on Aug 2, 2022 21:24:09 GMT -5
Also, some reactions to Gacy on here make me think that people would love it if Bray Wyatt came on the show, looked at Gacy, and did the "You're a poser" thing that CM Punk did to Shannon More back in early WWE ECW.
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Post by Big BosskMan on Aug 3, 2022 6:37:17 GMT -5
The fact that she was a reserve member in the WNBA apparently. Isn't that like being in Montana's Coast Guard?
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Post by Legion on Aug 3, 2022 10:03:54 GMT -5
Probably get crucified for this, but is Sarray actually any good?
She hasnt impressed me at all since coming to NXT, aside from the gimmick change to being Sailor Moon, which is pretty cool, she doesnt seem at all confident in the ring.
She seems slow, out of place, lost at times.
I dont know if it's confidence, communication issues between her and her opponents, maybe a language issue or just not liking being there, but she just isn't doing it.
Maybe it's just because Asuka, Kairi and Io have all been so good, having a joshi wrestler who doesnt appear to be as good as them is making me see it worse than it is.
But still, I'm not seeing anything there.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Aug 3, 2022 10:13:32 GMT -5
Probably get crucified for this, but is Sarray actually any good? She hasnt impressed me at all since coming to NXT, aside from the gimmick change to being Sailor Moon, which is pretty cool, she doesnt seem at all confident in the ring. She seems slow, out of place, lost at times. I dont know if it's confidence, communication issues between her and her opponents, maybe a language issue or just not liking being there, but she just isn't doing it. Maybe it's just because Asuka, Kairi and Io have all been so good, having a joshi wrestler who doesnt appear to be as good as them is making me see it worse than it is. But still, I'm not seeing anything there. Compared to those three she’s definitely underwhelmed. Those three took to the world of WWE like fish to water though, and had the right people behind them for large chunks of time. She has a match with Satamura on NXTUK coming up that I think I’ll check out. It’s one of those things where I heard such good things about Sarray, I’m waiting to see it. Hopefully that match shows what she can do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2022 10:15:51 GMT -5
Probably get crucified for this, but is Sarray actually any good? She hasnt impressed me at all since coming to NXT, aside from the gimmick change to being Sailor Moon, which is pretty cool, she doesnt seem at all confident in the ring. She seems slow, out of place, lost at times. I dont know if it's confidence, communication issues between her and her opponents, maybe a language issue or just not liking being there, but she just isn't doing it. Maybe it's just because Asuka, Kairi and Io have all been so good, having a joshi wrestler who doesnt appear to be as good as them is making me see it worse than it is. But still, I'm not seeing anything there. I am not as knowlegable on Sarray as others on here but I can tell you she is absoloutley great , there was a bit of talk not long ago about where she stood in with the other Joshi in WWE and she is basically on Asukas level so a tier below Io. But the biggest hurdle for her has been just the quality of opponents ...Asuka , Io , Kairi all had women that were already vastly experienced and so things just kind of flowed better because it was women who just knew what the f*** they were doing and alot of them had passed through Japan and knew how to work with Joshi talent. I expect her match with Meiko on thursday is gonna open alot of eyes to seeing how actually f***ing great she is.
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Post by mistery on Aug 3, 2022 11:03:44 GMT -5
Probably get crucified for this, but is Sarray actually any good? She hasnt impressed me at all since coming to NXT, aside from the gimmick change to being Sailor Moon, which is pretty cool, she doesnt seem at all confident in the ring. She seems slow, out of place, lost at times. I dont know if it's confidence, communication issues between her and her opponents, maybe a language issue or just not liking being there, but she just isn't doing it. Maybe it's just because Asuka, Kairi and Io have all been so good, having a joshi wrestler who doesnt appear to be as good as them is making me see it worse than it is. But still, I'm not seeing anything there. Compared to those three she’s definitely underwhelmed. Those three took to the world of WWE like fish to water though, and had the right people behind them for large chunks of time. She has a match with Satamura on NXTUK coming up that I think I’ll check out. It’s one of those things where I heard such good things about Sarray, I’m waiting to see it. Hopefully that match shows what she can do. In the case of Sarray, she was absolutely one of the biggest victims of the changeover to 2.0, when they very clearly started emphasizing looks over actual ability in the ring. It also didn't help that her momentum was constantly being undercut. She was originally supposed to go over Ember Moon, but then Ember had a medical emergency, and they replaced Ember with Dakota...who was the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship at the time, which didn't help Sarray. And then she was supposed to go over Toni (this is according to an interview Toni did, along with a couple of reports at the time), but Vince called up Toni before that could happen, and that feud was iced. And then she was supposed to go over Mandy, Gigi, and Jacy, but then the switchover to 2.0 happened, and Toxic Attraction became the main focal point, so that was deep sixed. She was then squashed by KLR in her debut match. And then WWE went all in on the NIL program which is apparently starting to backfire on them, because the latest set of tryouts in Nashville, I guess there were a ton of injuries from it. It really doesn't help that the general quality of people Sarray's faced ever since her return to America has been really not great. From Lash Legend to Mandy Rose, the pickings are really not great down there. And HBK seems pretty adamant on not giving her a push for whatever reason. He's likely still operating under the mindset that looks are the most important factor they are seeking. Sarray has a bunch of matches up on YouTube from her time in Japan where you can see her working at a much higher level, the problem here is WWE is completely failing her by not giving her consistent TV time and letting her be...herself.
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