XIII
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Post by XIII on Dec 7, 2022 11:50:25 GMT -5
Here’s hoping that they can remain fishing and breakfast buddies after their tussle on Saturday.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Dec 7, 2022 12:02:14 GMT -5
Yeah I hope they don't go the predictable route and have Apollo turn heel. Sometimes you can just have a friendly face v face feud without a turn. Once the bell rings they can beat the crap out of each other but I think this loses a bit of its charm if one of them turns on the other afterwards and it becomes a generic face v heel thing.
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A Little Doo Doo
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Dec 7, 2022 13:28:39 GMT -5
Yeah I hope they don't go the predictable route and have Apollo turn heel. Sometimes you can just have a friendly face v face feud without a turn. Once the bell rings they can beat the crap out of each other but I think this loses a bit of its charm if one of them turns on the other afterwards and it becomes a generic face v heel thing. If anyone has to turn heel, it should be Bron.
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Post by sportatorium on Dec 7, 2022 14:23:30 GMT -5
Hoping a recovered & freshly signed Kyle O Reilly & Von Wagner run in on their match and we get a big feud on who the power couple in NXT really is. Fishing vs Carrying logs around.
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Post by 06vwgti on Dec 7, 2022 14:26:06 GMT -5
Yeah I hope they don't go the predictable route and have Apollo turn heel. Sometimes you can just have a friendly face v face feud without a turn. Once the bell rings they can beat the crap out of each other but I think this loses a bit of its charm if one of them turns on the other afterwards and it becomes a generic face v heel thing. If anyone has to turn heel, it should be Bron. Big poppa bron
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Post by asuka007 on Dec 7, 2022 14:45:43 GMT -5
Bron might be ready for a RR appearance as well perhaps?
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Dec 7, 2022 14:47:48 GMT -5
Yeah I hope they don't go the predictable route and have Apollo turn heel. Sometimes you can just have a friendly face v face feud without a turn. Once the bell rings they can beat the crap out of each other but I think this loses a bit of its charm if one of them turns on the other afterwards and it becomes a generic face v heel thing. If anyone has to turn heel, it should be Bron. I think Bron will be a major heel eventually but I don't think he should turn in NXT. He's probably only sticking around until the Rumble or after Wrestlemania at the latest. May as well keep him face and save any big heel turn for the main roster.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 7, 2022 15:04:38 GMT -5
If anyone has to turn heel, it should be Bron. I think Bron will be a major heel eventually but I don't think he should turn in NXT. He's probably only sticking around until the Rumble or after Wrestlemania at the latest. May as well keep him face and save any big heel turn for the main roster. I'm not so sure he's getting called up any time soon. Seems like they aren't doing as many callups lately. Only ones I can think of in the last year or so are Solo, Imperium, and Legado. Solo had an easy spot to insert him into with the Bloodline and the other guys had all been in NXT forever. It wouldn't shock me if they keep Bron in NXT for another year. Although I think he would be a good face rival for Theory for the US Title which is a title picture that needs a shot in the arm with the likes of Ziggler and Ali both of whom have been beaten like a drum currently being his two rivals. Another thing is if you call up Bron then who takes his spot as the top face? Most of their blue chippers are heels. I guess you could turn Carmelo face but there's a lot of people who think he should be on the main roster too. Julius Creed is another option but then if you do that then you would be sacrificing a really good tag team in the Creed Brothers.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Dec 7, 2022 15:47:03 GMT -5
I think Bron will be a major heel eventually but I don't think he should turn in NXT. He's probably only sticking around until the Rumble or after Wrestlemania at the latest. May as well keep him face and save any big heel turn for the main roster. I'm not so sure he's getting called up any time soon. Seems like they aren't doing as many callups lately. Only ones I can think of in the last year or so are Solo, Imperium, and Legado. Solo had an easy spot to insert him into with the Bloodline and the other guys had all been in NXT forever. It wouldn't shock me if they keep Bron in NXT for another year. Although I think he would be a good face rival for Theory for the US Title which is a title picture that needs a shot in the arm with the likes of Ziggler and Ali both of whom have been beaten like a drum currently being his two rivals. Another thing is if you call up Bron then who takes his spot as the top face? Most of their blue chippers are heels. I guess you could turn Carmelo face but there's a lot of people who think he should be on the main roster too. Julius Creed is another option but then if you do that then you would be sacrificing a really good tag team in the Creed Brothers. I'll be very surprised if Bron is in NXT for another year. The main roster will need new top faces/heels after Wrestlemania and Bron could fit into either role immediately. Plus he's already done everything in NXT and is clearly good enough for the main roster. If he stays beyond Wrestlemania he'll end up in Adam Cole/Johnny Gargano "why are you still here?" territory. I think he drops the NXT title Wrestlemania weekend then shows up on the following Raw or Smackdown. I also wouldn't be shocked if he's a surprise entrant in the Rumble and has a strong showing even if it's only a preview and not yet his full-time debut. Not having any NXT people in the Rumble was a strange decision last year. I don't want like 10-15 of them like they did a few years ago and the crowd didn't care about half of them but a couple of the top stars like Bron/Carmelo/Cora/Roxanne I think should definitely get that spotlight this year.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Dec 7, 2022 15:59:34 GMT -5
I'm not so sure he's getting called up any time soon. Seems like they aren't doing as many callups lately. Only ones I can think of in the last year or so are Solo, Imperium, and Legado. Solo had an easy spot to insert him into with the Bloodline and the other guys had all been in NXT forever. It wouldn't shock me if they keep Bron in NXT for another year. Although I think he would be a good face rival for Theory for the US Title which is a title picture that needs a shot in the arm with the likes of Ziggler and Ali both of whom have been beaten like a drum currently being his two rivals. Another thing is if you call up Bron then who takes his spot as the top face? Most of their blue chippers are heels. I guess you could turn Carmelo face but there's a lot of people who think he should be on the main roster too. Julius Creed is another option but then if you do that then you would be sacrificing a really good tag team in the Creed Brothers. I'll be very surprised if Bron is in NXT for another year. The main roster will need new top faces/heels after Wrestlemania and Bron could fit into either role immediately. Plus he's already done everything in NXT and is clearly good enough for the main roster. If he stays beyond Wrestlemania he'll end up in Adam Cole/Johnny Gargano "why are you still here?" territory. I think he drops the NXT title Wrestlemania weekend then shows up on the following Raw or Smackdown. I also wouldn't be shocked if he's a surprise entrant in the Rumble and has a strong showing even if it's only a preview and not yet his full-time debut. Not having any NXT people in the Rumble was a strange decision last year. I don't want like 10-15 of them like they did a few years ago and the crowd didn't care about half of them but a couple of the top stars like Bron/Carmelo/Cora/Roxanne I think should definitely get that spotlight this year. I can see the Women's Rumble having a decent amount of NXT people in it just simply because they need bodies. Even with the all the rehires if you take out the four women in the title matches I think they would still be about ten short and that's still while including women who are exclusively used as valets (Scarlett, Zelina, B-Fab, Sarah Logan). It's getting to the point where the overreliance on legends has worn out it's welcome. Using newer NXT women to fill out the gaps would be better especially since they also need to start getting some different women in as well. They end up having to recycle so many year after year with the likes of Dana Brooke and Tamina being in every one so far while always adding nothing. I think the only women on the roster right that have never been in one are Emma, Raquel, and Doudrop. And Emma is likely the only one who will be in it with Doudrop out injured (although I guess she could be back by then as it's never been revealed what her injury is and the severity of it) and Raquel looking like she's challenging Ronda.
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Post by Susan "Poison" Candy on Dec 8, 2022 10:49:06 GMT -5
Here’s hoping that they can remain fishing and breakfast buddies after their tussle on Saturday. Apollo: Maybe we could be friends? Bron: Hmm, I don't know. I think we should be enemies. Apollo: Certainly
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Post by XIII on Dec 8, 2022 11:23:20 GMT -5
If Bron doesn’t go for the Fisherman Suplex what are we even doing here?
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