05-13-2016, 08:59 AM | #3441 |
Feeling Oof-y
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Aries calling in a friend? Dirty Heels reunion?
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05-13-2016, 09:06 AM | #3442 |
N.W.A. Champion Not I
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NXT is getting closer to what I've always wanted out of a pro wrestling show...I hope they get a second hour.
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05-14-2016, 09:15 AM | #3443 |
Large Marge sent me
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Nah. The reason nxt is always fresh is because they only have one hour to fill every week.
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05-14-2016, 01:41 PM | #3444 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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And that would mean they would be filming twice as long when they do tapings.
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05-14-2016, 01:49 PM | #3445 |
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Apparently Dillinger and Manny Andrade had a great match at an NXT house show. I expect him to be on television soon. The faster they can get Billie Kay and Peyton Royce out there too, the better. Fuck, just let them wrestle each other.
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05-14-2016, 01:51 PM | #3446 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Saw Peyton lose at Axxcess to that New Jersey girl. Match was fairly terrible probably due to the blonde.
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05-14-2016, 01:52 PM | #3447 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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05-14-2016, 01:55 PM | #3448 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Saw Andrade face Chrisopher Girade (Biff Busick). He could win the whole Open.
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05-14-2016, 02:00 PM | #3449 |
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Cool. Actually, I think Andrade winning the whole Cruiserweight Classic is probably the idea. I'd love to see it come down to him and Ibushi.
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05-14-2016, 02:00 PM | #3450 |
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Widening it up, I'd like Zack Sabre, Jr. and Johnny Gargano in the finals too.
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05-14-2016, 03:00 PM | #3451 |
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I really want them to bring in Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas for a match against American Alpha. Have that at the upcoming Takeover and have Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa beat The Revival in a #1 Contender's Match.
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05-14-2016, 03:03 PM | #3452 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Revival are automatically the number one contenders. I'd assume the rematch was at TakeOver unless they already had it in tapings that I didn't read.
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05-14-2016, 03:19 PM | #3453 |
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I wouldn't run it at Takeover again. Have them lose the rematch, talk about how they may not have won, but they have put tag team wrestling on the map again and they want another shot. Gargano & Ciampa have been racking up wins, the two teams agree to face each other and find out who is next in line.
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05-15-2016, 05:32 PM | #3454 |
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Mr. Regal has announced that there is an announcement regarding the main event of Takeover coming this week. The brawl between Finn Balor, Samoa Joe and a lot of the roster in Portland had something to do with it.
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05-15-2016, 07:45 PM | #3455 |
President of Freedonia
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The brawls where the wrestlers have to actively try to pull-apart guys always seem weird to me. It's visually impressive but I'm always left wondering why most of the wrestlers give a shit about breaking up a fight. Especially the heels.
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05-15-2016, 07:47 PM | #3456 |
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I'm actually the same way. I think it too often makes guys feel weak. That being said, there are occasions where it has been done well. Brent Albright and Johnny Jeter in OVW, for instance.
For faces it makes more sense, because they are legitimate athletes and are potentially friends with more people -- being nice guys and all. Especially within an older school mentality. |
05-15-2016, 07:51 PM | #3457 |
President of Freedonia
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I definitely agree that it makes some of the guys look weak by not being able to contain two men.
I think when Lesnar and Undertaker brawled last year they emphasized that Triple H basically mandated the roster to come out and intervene. But of course all of the guys they were trying to protect like Reigns, Cena, etc. were nowhere to be found. |
05-15-2016, 07:53 PM | #3458 |
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I like it more when referees get all worked up and start running around in a panic.
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05-17-2016, 07:25 PM | #3459 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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05-17-2016, 07:29 PM | #3460 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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Sweet!
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05-18-2016, 04:54 AM | #3461 |
BAY BAY
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It's outrageous that Tye's I Am A 10 shirt isn't available. OUTRAGEOUS.
OK, not that much, but I want it. |
05-18-2016, 09:47 AM | #3462 |
President of Freedonia
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Should be a great match as per usual between those two.
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05-18-2016, 11:58 AM | #3463 |
Inno Knows.
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Tye's first shirt has to go on sale initially for 10.00.
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05-18-2016, 01:46 PM | #3464 |
Quality Meme Producer
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Feeling Oof-y
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First tapings of NXT were 4 years ago this week. Thought it might be interesting to look at the fates of all those involved.
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Ambrose, who never actually appeared on NXT TV, debuted on the main roster as part of The Shield on November 18th, 2012. The group became one of the hottest acts on the card and Ambrose became US Champion at Extreme Rules on May 19th, 2013. He became the longest running US Champion since the title came under the WWE banner with a run of of 351 days, dropping the title to Sheamus in a 20 Man Battle Royal on the May 5th, 2014 episode of Raw. Ambrose has enjoyed a main roster career towards the top of the upper-Midcard despite a run that rarely saw him pick up any big/PPV wins. He has become a 1-time Intercontinental Champion, won 5 Slammy Awards (as part of The Shield) and was booked into a headline WrestleMania feud with Brock Lesnar. Quote:
Rick Victor did little in NXT until he became part of The Ascension. With his partner Conor O'Brian he became the longest running tag team champion in NXT history with a run of 364 days, losing to The Lucha Dragons at Takeover: Fatal 4-Way on September 11th, 2014. The Ascension were promoted to the main roster in December 2014. The stock plummeted from the get-go as they compared themselves favourably to the Legion of Doom, and Demolition whilst the commentators "buried" them on commentary. A quasi-faction with Stardust in September 2015 as The Cosmic Wasteland gave them a short-lived focus on the main shows before falling back down to jobber status in the months following. Quote:
Cameron left the WWE on November 30th 2012 following an arrest for battery of a law enforcement officer, and disorderly intoxication. On the May 1st 2014 episode of TNA Impact he debuted as Bram. He would go on to win the King of the Mountain Championship in March 2016. The former 2-time FCW Tag Team Champion, Parker failed to get over with the NXT crowd despite a number of tweaks to his gimmick. He asked for, and received his release from his WWE contract in March 2015. He returned to the independent wrestling scene, and now performs in NJPW as Juice Robinson. Mike Dalton went on to reinvent himself as Tyler Breeze, a self-obsessed male model who became a cornerstone of NXT as its growth continued. Despite an inconsistent career Breeze was promoted to the main roster on the October 22, 2015 episode of SmackDown. The promotion was the emotional finale to the first season of Breaking Ground, a WWE Network show covering the progression on the guys and girls training at the Performance Centre. Breeze was quickly allowed to slide into insignificance before recently forming a team with another under-utilised talent in Fandango. Quote:
The Ballad of Damien Sandow is a sad one. He had moderate success on the main roster even winning the MITB briefcase in 2013, eventually unsuccessfully cashing in against John Cena. After an indifferent period during which Sandow mimic, he struck gold when he became the stunt double of The Miz. This brought a Tag Team Championship reign and 2 Slammy Awards, and had the live crowd rabid for Sandow to turn on Miz. However, the opportunity was squandered and Sandow was released in May of this year b Quote:
The NXT veteran McGillicutty was repackaged shortly after this run in NXT as Curtis Axel, with an IC Title reign following shortly after. A team with Ryback was to follow before Axel would become a "comedy jobber" and join the Social Outcasts. Quote:
Jiro, aka Taishi Takizawa, was released from WWE the same month this match aired. He returned to Japan. Quote:
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Aiden English formed a team with Simon Gotch as The Vaudevillains in June 2014. In July 2015 they defeated Blake & Murphy to become the NXT Tag Team Champions. On November 11th they lost the belts to Dash & Dawson. English, alongside his partner, made his main roster debut of the April 16th 2016 edition of SmackDown. They are scheduled to face WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day this Sunday. Quote:
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Aksana was part of NXT Season 3, placing 4th. Her WWE career was ended in June 2014 when she was released from her contract. Dante Dash. Who? Real name Teon Freeman doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Quote:
Paige became the first NXT Women's Champion in June 2013. She held the title through the rest of 2013 before debuting on the main roster on the post-Mania episode of Raw where she challenged and defeated reigning Divas Champion AJ Lee to be the first woman to hold both the NXT and WWE versions of the women's championships. After 308 days carrying the NXT Women's Championship Paige was forced to vacate the title. Paige became a main focus of the Divas Division until the Divas Revolution took form in the Summer of 2015. Quote:
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05-18-2016, 08:03 PM | #3466 |
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Nice write-up, XL.
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05-18-2016, 08:03 PM | #3467 |
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I liked Ivelisse.
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05-18-2016, 08:17 PM | #3468 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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Damn.. I didn't realize there were some NXT: Redemption storylines that carried over to the current NXT promotion. Aksana/Cesaro especially.
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05-18-2016, 08:37 PM | #3469 |
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I thought Cesaro/Aksana was SmackDown?
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05-18-2016, 08:42 PM | #3470 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Vaudeys didn't win the tag titles until 2015.
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05-18-2016, 10:18 PM | #3471 |
President of Freedonia
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As much as I love NXT, NXT Redemption really was the goods. It was so obvious Vince didn't give a shit about it so the writers just kinda did whatever they wanted and it ended up being the best stuff on TV at the time.
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05-18-2016, 10:19 PM | #3472 |
President of Freedonia
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It also helped that NXT Redemption was an hour long show.
I know most of us want Raw to go back to two hours and that's great. But man, an hour really feels like the perfect amount of time to watch wrestling for me. |
05-18-2016, 10:49 PM | #3473 |
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I prefer one-hour shows, but RAW being two hours would be such an improvement. You can move more meaningful stuff over to SmackDown too. Ultimately both shows get something out of it. The entire product does really.
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05-18-2016, 10:51 PM | #3474 |
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Welp, apparently we are getting American Alpha vs. The Revival at the next Takeover.
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05-18-2016, 10:52 PM | #3475 |
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I really want Jim Cornette to be The Revival's manager.
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05-19-2016, 04:55 AM | #3476 |
Feeling Oof-y
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05-19-2016, 09:25 AM | #3477 |
Inno Knows.
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05-19-2016, 12:25 PM | #3478 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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Love Peyton, love Carmella, love Carmella's submission even more.
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05-19-2016, 02:06 PM | #3479 |
Hazardous to Your Health
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05-19-2016, 02:18 PM | #3480 |
President of Freedonia
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yeah it makes sense. The Revival were always going to get a re-match and it's pretty common for NXT to run the same title matches for multiple Takeovers. It'll be a good match as per usual so it's A-OK to me.
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