Hypnosis
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Post by Hypnosis on Jan 3, 2023 22:08:11 GMT -5
Ok good Grayon's chances of winning just went up Breakker's chances of retainin' drastically went DOWWWWNNNN!
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Post by gritizen on Jan 3, 2023 22:08:15 GMT -5
Bron's such a nice guy to give Waller back his phone.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 3, 2023 22:09:27 GMT -5
A great first episode to start the year. Apollo vs. Melo, GIRL FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT and Isla vs. Alba were all really fun.
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Post by hbkid718 on Jan 3, 2023 22:14:51 GMT -5
Instead of doing this in a separate post, I thought I would give my thoughts about Sasha Banks here, since looking at her tweets, she's officially done with WWE. And I may get heat from this, but I don't care. This is my opinion whether you like it or not. She had great matches & was a pioneer of the Women's Evolution that changed the Women's Division for WWE. And she has mainstream appeal being part of The Mandalorian, but she was my least favorite Horsewoman below Becky Lynch, Bayley, & Charlotte Flair. Since she walked out as Women's Tag Team Champion, she became persona non grata to me. That was disrespectful & she should never work for WWE again. So, good riddance to her.
Here are my NXT Thoughts:
Excellent recap of 2022. NXT had some bad things that should have never been on TV, but there were more good things & awesome matches. So, let's go NXT in 2023. Apollo Crews VS Carmelo Hayes was an incredible way to kick off 2023. It's my favorite match of the year. I love Axiom attacking Trick Williams. Why wait for later to do the match? Let's do it now. I just decided I will be doing a new thing for 2023. Since I rank my matches at the end of every show, when I post my Weekly Column, I will post my Top 10 Matches of the Week. That way I can keep track of my favorite matches throughout the year. Axiom VS Trick Williams was a short match, but still really good. I like Apollo Crews making the save after Carmelo Hayes attacked Axiom. At least they didn't do a Tag Team Match right after. They should save that for next week. Funny stuff with The New Day & Pretty Deadly. Great segment with The New Day & Schism. The New Day VS The Dyad will be awesome. What the hell was that segment with Dijak & Channing Lorenzo. It's another kidnapping in NXT where no one gets arrested. OK segment with Chase University & Drew Gulak. I am loving this feud between 2 "wrestling schools". It sucks that Charlie Dempsey is hurt. So, it's Kofi Kingston VS Joe Gacy, not The New Day VS The Dyad. That can be fun. Dijak VS Channing Lorenzo was OK. I thought that Dijak would become Tony D'Angelo's bodyguard since Dijak isn't good on the mic, but their match should be OK. Hilarious segment with Oro Mensah, Javier Bernal, & McKenzie Mitchell. Mensah & Bernal had a great match on NXT Level Up as the Final Match of 2022. The promos were bad, but I did love the huge brawl with the entire Women's Division to set-up next week's Battle Royal. I especially love Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn brawling out of the building to start their Anything Goes Match. So unlike the Music City Street Fight last night, the Anything Goes Match is a regular No Disqualification Match, where pinfalls have to take place in the ring if it ever gets officially underway. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn killed it with a fun Anything Goes Match. I have never seen 2 women brawl like that before. And unlike other companies, not a drop of blood was shed. An OK promo by Grayson Waller. It's better than his Travel Video in Australia last week. I guess NXT aren't doing Year End Awards this year. They would have the voting up already because they usually announce them on the 1st NXT of the year, which would have been tonight. Good video on The Creed Brothers VS Indus Sher that actually made want to see the match next week. Oliver Carter VS Javier Bernal was a great match for its length. Their match on Level Up last week was even better but very few people watched it. Another horrible segment with Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen, Fallon Henley & Kiana James. Another mysterious person storyline in NXT How many of these are they going to do? I didn't think we would get Andre Chase VS Drew Gulak this early, but I'm glad we did. It was a classic old school wrestling match. I know I said I wasn't going to do any Facts, but it was Gulak's 1st match overall since he lost to Karrion Kross on Smackdown on August 26, 2022, 1st on NXT since he lost to Lio Rush on October 9, 2019, & 1st win since he defeated Akira Tozawa on Main Event on October 21, 2021. By the way, I heard the sad news that Booker T is remaining on Commentary on NXT. I can't wait for Football Season to end so Pat McAfee can return to Smackdown & Wade Barrett can return to NXT. Damn, Kofi Kingston VS Joe Gacy was way too short. It was good, but should have been a 2-segment match. Interesting face-off with Charlie Dempsey, Hank Walker, & Drew Gulak to set-up their match now for next week. Damn, New Year's Evil is stacked. A Women's Battle Royal & now a 3-team Gauntlet Match. Fun segment with The New Day & Pretty Deadly. It's still stupid they are doing a Countdown to New Year's 10 days later. But I think that person in the Countdown to New Year's will be the returning Tiffany Stratton, who will then be a surprise entrant in the Battle Royal, just like they did with Zoey Stark. What a crappy way to end what was an excellent NXT. The Grayson Waller Effect with Bron Breakker was really bad. Their match hopefully will be better, but I'm tired of the rest of this crap to set-up the match.
Here are my NXT Match Rankings: 1) Apollo Crews VS Carmelo Hayes 2) Alba Fyre VS Isla Dawn 3) Axiom VS Trick Williams 4) Kofi Kingston VS Joe Gacy 5) Oro Mensah VS Javier Bernal 6) Dijak VS Channing Lorenzo
Ends an awesome NXT. I loved everything but the Women's Segment, the crap with Brooks, Jensen, Henley, & James that's right out of a Teen Soap Opera, & the closing angle until Breakker beat up Waller.
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Post by asuka007 on Jan 3, 2023 22:15:01 GMT -5
Bron vs. Hayes feels like THE money match in NXT right now.
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Post by welshpenguin on Jan 3, 2023 22:15:53 GMT -5
Iβm shocked the mannequin made it out of the segment intact!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 3, 2023 22:26:19 GMT -5
Gonna try something a little bit different in regards to doing my points rankings tonight... Inspired by my fellow Australian Grayson Waller, I will live-stream it. Probably be mostly chat while everybody looks at spreadsheets. www.twitch.tv/xlenceofxecution
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 3, 2023 23:05:01 GMT -5
Bron vs. Hayes feels like THE money match in NXT right now. Good god, I canβt take more months of this run. Iβm so f***ing done with it. Put the belt on Waller and let him duke it out with a Melo. Thatβs what I wanna see.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jan 4, 2023 2:23:52 GMT -5
Updated points rankings after NXT:
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fingers on Jan 4, 2023 2:59:55 GMT -5
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Jan 4, 2023 19:09:04 GMT -5
The pop when McKenzie finally kicks Big Body Javi in the nuts will be huge.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jan 4, 2023 19:45:13 GMT -5
I'm now following the NXT Anonymous account on Twitter. Interestingly, the only member of the roster I've seen following it is Dijak. Retribution 2.0 incoming
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