The Karate Man invades NXT

[deezy]

Jun 5, 2024 21:20:20 GMT -5 daveyt said:

Why aren’t more of you talking about his fantastic presentation and promo from this week?

His promo was awesome. Hell is already being used better than he was in AEW. All he needed was a legit chance to shine.

[Legion]

if they bring him straight in and crown him NXT champ, that's a great sign of faith in him, faith in Trick if he's being called up after all, and a good sign to anyone maybe looking to sign with NXT that you'll get a decent shot.

Wins all round.

[Nosnorb]

Personally, I would get Ethan onto the main roster ASA f***ing P.

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

I said in the AEW contracts thread when rumors of his impending departure started rumbling that my hope for Ego was getting signed by WWE, pulling an LA Knight, and becoming a bonafide superstar.

So far, so good.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Jun 6, 2024 10:54:48 GMT -5 Legion said:

if they bring him straight in and crown him NXT champ, that's a great sign of faith in him, faith in Trick if he's being called up after all, and a good sign to anyone maybe looking to sign with NXT that you'll get a decent shot.

Wins all round.

Welp, so much for that lol

He didn't look bad, but yeah, coming straight in and losing wouldn't have been my call here, just kind of felt extremely meh

I don't think he's ruined or anything, he'll find his footing in NXT surely somewhere, but... yeah, I would have crowned him the champion here for all the reasons you stated, and they just... didn't do it.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Hindsight being 20/20, I wouldn’t have booked this match now. Either the new guy loses his debut match, or the champion loses the belt on his first defense (for a second time, mind you).

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Jun 10, 2024 0:39:15 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Hindsight being 20/20, I wouldn’t have booked this match now. Either the new guy loses his debut match, or the champion loses the belt on his first defense (for a second time, mind you).

Yup. It falls into my mindset of "why even do it then?!"

[tagteammatchplaya]

LA Knight lost his 2nd match in the company, Trick is the face of NXT right now, he'll be fine

[Legion]

Should have at least had a Meta Four run in or distraction angle.

That would have protected either of them in victory or loss.

[Allie Kitsune]

Jun 10, 2024 16:32:21 GMT -5 Legion said:

Should have at least had a Meta Four run in or distraction angle.

That would have protected either of them in victory or loss.

Kind of agree that Oro should have come out and done something.

Gives Page a way to pivot away and tests to see if Oro's got any babyface fire in him, without having to actually turn him yet.

[Talent Name]

Jun 10, 2024 16:32:21 GMT -5 Legion said:

Should have at least had a Meta Four run in or distraction angle.

That would have protected either of them in victory or loss.

They could have even said something like Oros attack Saturday is playing mind games with Ethan never knowing if there's going to be another attack throwing him off his game

[salz4life]

Jun 10, 2024 0:07:40 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Jun 6, 2024 10:54:48 GMT -5 Legion said:

if they bring him straight in and crown him NXT champ, that's a great sign of faith in him, faith in Trick if he's being called up after all, and a good sign to anyone maybe looking to sign with NXT that you'll get a decent shot.

Wins all round.

Welp, so much for that lol

He didn't look bad, but yeah, coming straight in and losing wouldn't have been my call here, just kind of felt extremely meh

I don't think he's ruined or anything, he'll find his footing in NXT surely somewhere, but... yeah, I would have crowned him the champion here for all the reasons you stated, and they just... didn't do it.

I don't know why they didn't have the Meta Four attack happen during the match instead of "earlier in the day".