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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 21:13:30 GMT -5
Lyra goes through Rhea's trash every night.
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Post by HIM on Aug 8, 2023 21:13:55 GMT -5
Dom's getting better in the ring. Little by little, he's becoming a greater wrestler and character.
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 8, 2023 21:16:47 GMT -5
Dom has already defended that belt more than Rhea has defended her since Mania.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 21:17:47 GMT -5
Dom has already defended that belt more than Rhea has defended her since Mania. It was funny when Dom called her the most dominant women's champion ever last night when she's only defended it like twice.
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 8, 2023 21:18:53 GMT -5
Part of me still things this might be an elaborate set up between Rhea and Bird Lady.
Having all of this buildup just for, that, would feel weird?
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Post by asuka007 on Aug 8, 2023 21:19:12 GMT -5
Dom has already defended that belt more than Rhea has defended her since Mania. It was funny when Dom called her the most dominant women's champion ever last night when she's only defended it like twice. Three times, but one was like a 90 second squash.
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Post by hbkid718 on Aug 8, 2023 21:19:22 GMT -5
Here are my NXT Thoughts: Good opening promos with Dominik Mysterio & Rhea Ripley & Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee. I love that tonight's NXT has Limited Commercials. Axiom VS Mustafa Ali was incredible. What an opening match to kick off NXT. I didn't care who won. Wow. Joe Gacy & The Schism laying out everyone in the back. It reminded me of when the nWo attacked WCW backstage at MGM Studios. Kelani Jordan VS Blair Davenport was OK. What happened afterwards with Dana Brooke was alright. Good interview with Von Wagner & Mr. Stone. Tyler Bate VS Noam Dar was awesome. Bate VS Nathan Frazer for the real Heritage Cup will be a banger. For the record, Tyler Bate VS Noam Dar will not count as an official Heritage Cup Championship Match in my Records, so there's no need for Title Defenses or Lengths. Good segment with Tank Ledger, Hank Walker, & The Schism. Good promo by Ilja Dragunov. Wow. Poor Wes Lee getting destroyed by Dijak, after Lee confronted Carmelo Hayes. Pretty good segment with Ilja Dragunov & Trick Williams. They will have an excellent match. LOL they mentioned Retribution on the 3rd anniversary of their WWE debut and we saw 2 former members in Ali & Dijak already tonight. Good promo by Drew Gulak & Charlie Dempsey. Damon Kempshould get a new shirt. That one was full of holes. He should be able to afford it. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen challenging Gulak & Dempsey was OK. Alright interview with Bron Breakker. Damn, Von Wagner VS Bron Breakker was short. I would have loved to see a longer match. But, I love Wagner putting Breakker through the table. RIP Vic Joseph's Candy.Bron's dad Rick never wrestled Wagner's dad, Beau Beverly, but Uncle Scott beat Beau on Nitro on 3/28/98 in the only 1-on-1 match between The Steiners & The Beverlys. Also, Breakker defeated Wagner on NXT on 11/22/22. Good promo by Eddy Thorpe. I like character vignettes like that. Interesting segment with Dominik Mysterio, Rhea Ripley, & Lyra Valkyria. Funny segment with Tony D'Angelo, Channing Lorenzo, & The Schism. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen VS Charlie Dempsey & Drew Gulak was pretty good. I like that they're giving Myles Borne a storyline instead of just having him have matches on Level Up. BTW, that was the 1st ever match between a Buchanan & a Regal. OK segment with Dana Brooke & Kelani Jordan. But this wasn't Kelani's 3rd match in NXT. She has wrestled in 9 Televised Matches on NXT & Level Up, including 7 Singles Matches. Ivy Nile VS Kiana James could have been a good match, but it was ruined by the crap with The Schism around the ring. Their tapping of the ring was annoying & they were out of sync. But nice save by D'Angelo & Lorenzo. The Family VS The Schism will be a great match. The segment with Los Lotharios was horrible. How can we see what they are texting to each other? The music was stupid too. Why can't they just do a promo segment? The segment with Tyler Bate, Nathan Frazer, & Meta-Four was good. I loved Frazer's mention of the Spider-Man Meme. Frazer VS Dar will be awesome at Heat Wave. The best part of that was that Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson didn't say anything. Tiffany Stratton is usually good with her promos, but that promo was awful. Nice segment with Trick Williams, Drew Gulak, Charlie Dempsey, Damon Kemp, & Myles Borne. Nice shout-out to 205 Live (RIP). I miss 205 Live. Level Up is great to showcase the NXT wrestlers that aren't ready for NXT TV, but 205 Live had incredible matches. Next week's NXT looks great as usual. Dragon Lee VS Dominik Mysterio was an incredible match. Of course the finish was predictable, but I don't mind. I like what happened afterward with Lyra Valkyria taking out Ripley. This was Mysterio's 4th North American Title Defense & his Reign has lasted 21 Days, which is the 3rd Shortest Reign of All-Time ahead of Johnny Gargano's 2nd Reign (10/28/20-11/11/20, 14 Days) & Solo Sikoa (9/13/22-9/20/22, 7 Days).
Here are my NXT Match Rankings: 1) Dragon Lee VS Dominik Mysterio 2) Tyler Bate VS Noam Dar 3) Axiom VS Mustafa Ali 4) Von Wagner VS Bron Breakker 5) Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen VS Charlie Dempsey & Drew Gulak 6) Kelani Jordan VS Blair Davenport 7) Ivy Nile VS Kiana James
A really fun NXT. The 2 hours flew by. There were only 2 segments that I didn't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens at Heat Wave & then No Mercy.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 21:20:14 GMT -5
It was funny when Dom called her the most dominant women's champion ever last night when she's only defended it like twice. Three times, but one was like a 90 second squash. And, well... if Nattie's the challenger, does it really count?
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Post by hbkid718 on Aug 8, 2023 21:23:47 GMT -5
It was funny when Dom called her the most dominant women's champion ever last night when she's only defended it like twice. Three times, but one was like a 90 second squash. Right. Tonight was Dom's 4th Defense (Butch (7/21/23 SD), Sami Zayn (7/24/23 RAW), Mustafa Ali & Wes Lee (GAB, 7/30/23), & Dragon Lee (8/8/23 NXT). Rhea has defended 3 times (Zelina (5/8 Backlash) & Natalya twice (5/27 Night of Champions & 7/3/23 RAW).
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Aug 8, 2023 21:24:57 GMT -5
I kinda want to rewatch those early 2.0 episodes.
What a special time. You really had to be there.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Aug 8, 2023 21:27:03 GMT -5
Dom's getting better in the ring. Little by little, he's becoming a greater wrestler and character. His character work has been aces for awhile now, but what's won me over on him IN the ring has been his selling. He knows he's supposed to be a chicken shit punching bag, and he's VERY good at it. He's just really, really good at taking moves, and selling them afterwards. It's cool to watch someone who looked like they had two left feet in the beginning evolve into something that he has things that come naturally to him now. A rare case of WWE playing to someone's strengths, and letting them figure out what works and what doesn't. I didn't watch the show, but I'm glad he's doing what he should have done in the first place: getting reps in NXT.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Aug 8, 2023 21:32:15 GMT -5
. . . There was no Gallus tonight.
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Post by Talent Name on Aug 8, 2023 21:33:33 GMT -5
. . . There was no Gallus tonight. That's why it felt alright
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 21:34:08 GMT -5
. . . There was no Gallus tonight.
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Post by ayumidah on Aug 8, 2023 21:47:47 GMT -5
Lyra goes through Rhea's trash every night. so she's been misrepresenting herself as a bird when she's actually a raccoon? Well damn, can't trust anyone these days.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2023 21:52:03 GMT -5
Makes pretty good sense Rey would be aided by a fellow flying bird I mean he is part of the eagle tribe after all.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 21:58:15 GMT -5
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Post by ayumidah on Aug 8, 2023 22:19:44 GMT -5
well now MY question is what happened between here and there that now ROB STONE is shirtless too
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Aug 8, 2023 22:22:57 GMT -5
Von and Mr. Stone are like the Dudley Boyz, if the Dudleyz were legends.
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Post by john84 on Aug 8, 2023 22:24:58 GMT -5
Dammit I was going to be on for this thread but fell asleep lol.
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