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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 14, 2023 10:50:01 GMT -5
Amazing how far they’ve come, isn’t it? Along Beth how much they’ve regressed. There was something daffodil about the days when it had the look and feel of an Indy fed-the talent coming out from behind a curtain instead of a full fledged entry ramp with a tron. A unique mishmash of some truly diverse and talented names you had never heard of-along with a smattering of WWE mainstays that you could recognize, along with some of the wackiness you’d only see on the indies, “They’re loffing at you Bo! Ta ta!” There was an element of unpredictability as they experimented, some things ending up massive successes like the women’s roster-others turning out complete flops like the wrestling hacker. What’s your treasured bit of NXT nostalgia?
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 14, 2023 10:55:06 GMT -5
There's a match with Brad Maddox vs. one of the dudes in The Ascension (in their vampire era) where Bram and Konnor just scream at him the whole time making him get rly scared and it deserved 5 stars
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 14, 2023 10:56:04 GMT -5
They were wild and young.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 14, 2023 11:14:10 GMT -5
They were wild and young. I'm like 99% positive that song was about having sex for the first time and not just because the band was called AMERICAN BANG
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 14, 2023 11:21:12 GMT -5
I remember thinking Byron Saxton had the mic skills to be a big star
I also called Sheamus being World champ in like a year tho so maybe it just ain't Byron's time yet brother
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 14, 2023 11:22:12 GMT -5
-Michael McGillicutty doing a pre-tape on a riding mower, laughing.
-Where's Trent?
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 14, 2023 11:27:21 GMT -5
They were wild and young. I'm like 99% positive that song was about having sex for the first time and not just because the band was called AMERICAN BANG That was one of the prizes for winning, they just weren't allowed to acknowledge it.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 14, 2023 11:29:24 GMT -5
I miss when you could check FCW's wonderfully busted site and get an idea of which big beasts that WWE were gonna try to strap the rocket to. Like I knew Mason Ryan was coming for ages cause dude literally just showed up in FCW and suddenly a photo of him holding up the belt is on the front page lmao.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Apr 14, 2023 11:30:17 GMT -5
One FCW guy that was only there for like a week and I wish he'd have stuck around : Count Franklin Furter
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2023 11:42:13 GMT -5
I absolutely love this era due to all the memeable wrestlers. It was always a treat seeing who or what would pop up on that FCW roster page. Buck Dixon, Ethan Levine, Buddy Stetcher, Jason Mullen, Dante Dash’s giant thighs, Rick Victor inexplicably in chainmail. Just the best. -Michael McGillicutty doing a pre-tape on a riding mower, laughing. I remember McGillicutty’s promo on a four-wheeler on Tyson Kidd about how he will never be a Hart and the matches were actually pretty good. I also remember his random screamo theme. I had it downloaded to my phone, and it was my #1 played song circa 2011-2012. There's a match with Brad Maddox vs. one of the dudes in The Ascension (in their vampire era) where Bram and Konnor just scream at him the whole time making him get rly scared and it deserved 5 stars Sucks that Kenneth Brameron had to be such a knob because as much as I meme Rick Vi(c/k)tor and his hairline, the Ascension’s portrayal in late FCW/early NXT was amazing.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Apr 14, 2023 11:46:33 GMT -5
Back when Roman Reigns was “Leakee” (pronounced “lay-ah-key”, but often mispronounced as “leaky”).
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 14, 2023 11:55:59 GMT -5
Ryback in a tiny cowboy hat: "howdy (:"
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Post by pinja on Apr 14, 2023 12:02:56 GMT -5
Abraham Washington with Rahkishi's "Bad Man" theme was a foretaste of his grand indie entrance.
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Post by CMWaters on Apr 14, 2023 12:05:48 GMT -5
Not as early as the FCW stuff, but back in the multi-week taping days of NXT I remember how there would be character clashes between it and main roster. Such as when Jinder faced Seth to be the first NXT Champ, Jinder was doing his original rich guy gimmick in NXT when he already had switched to 3MB version on the main roster.
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Post by ppl591 on Apr 14, 2023 12:12:13 GMT -5
Belly button less nick rogers
Abraham Washington getting a push as a president figure with tanga loa and ec3 as security. And he'd come out a few times a show. Usually the 2nd or 3rd time all you heard were groans in the crowd. Audible groans
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2023 12:12:56 GMT -5
Not as early as the FCW stuff, but back in the multi-week taping days of NXT I remember how there would be character clashes between it and main roster. Such as when Jinder faced Seth to be the first NXT Champ, Jinder was doing his original rich guy gimmick in NXT when he already had switched to 3MB version on the main roster. I want to say we also got The Thoroughbred Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in his scene kid undies after the Shield started causing havoc on the main roster. And Big E staying an ass-kicking face well after he became Dolph’s lackey.
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Post by CMWaters on Apr 14, 2023 12:17:51 GMT -5
Not as early as the FCW stuff, but back in the multi-week taping days of NXT I remember how there would be character clashes between it and main roster. Such as when Jinder faced Seth to be the first NXT Champ, Jinder was doing his original rich guy gimmick in NXT when he already had switched to 3MB version on the main roster. I want to say we also got The Thoroughbred Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in his scene kid undies after the Shield started causing havoc on the main roster. And Big E staying an ass-kicking face well after he became Dolph’s lackey. Yes, we did. Which led to a brief situation with a topless early Shield Rollins defending the NXT title twice: first against Corey Graves (leading to a double turn of their past dynamic) and then a week later against Big E. (Langston). The Graves match ending in a schmoz ending similar to when Lawler invaded ECW, with Big E playing the part of Taz.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 14, 2023 12:41:37 GMT -5
Big E Langston getting teased by fans for being Very Symmetrical. officialfan.proboards.com/thread/414928/big-langstonImagine going back in time to tell people, "He will be WWE Champion someday. He will also probably be in the Hall of Fame. The latter fact is almost entirely independent of the first one, actually."
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 14, 2023 13:47:06 GMT -5
Early proper nxt was one of my favourite ever periods of time. Paige, Summer and especially Emma raising how women's wrestling was presented, Bayley and Sasha started so generic and it was great to see them grow. Regal's last few matches and commentary. Bo's slow heel turn and descent into madness. New gimmicks like The Wyatt family and Tyler Breeze. Adrian Neville in general. Lots of people still relevant today from The Shield's visits to early appearances from Dax before he was with Cash.
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 14, 2023 13:57:19 GMT -5
Early proper nxt was one of my favourite ever periods of time. Paige, Summer and especially Emma raising how women's wrestling was presented, Bayley and Sasha started so generic and it was great to see them grow. Regal's last few matches and commentary. Bo's slow heel turn and descent into madness. New gimmicks like The Wyatt family and Tyler Breeze. Adrian Neville in general. Lots of people still relevant today from The Shield's visits to early appearances come Dax before he was with Cash. It was genuinely a super exciting time because it felt like WWE was FINALLY progressing forwards and building new talent. I seriously have a lot of love for 2012 WWE for the same reason. Between The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Neville, Cesaro, Ryback, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Zack Ryder, they all felt like they had potential to build a new main event scene, PLUS CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio all felt like they were coming into their own as upper card guys AND you had Cena, Lesnar, Jericho, Rey and Christian (IIRC) around to work with them also. Shout out to Big Show and Mark Henry for having career resurgences at the time. Not all of those guys panned out, and the booking wasn't the best but man...I had sooooooo much hope for the future of WWE around that time and I was so stoked to see what was next.
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