WWE:NXT Discussion Thread

[Poit]

I want to marry Charlotte and raise her children.

Well, she's already married to Bram. Good luck getting past him.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I actually didn't know that. Do you think they attack police officers together?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Isn't that why they were arrested along with Ric Flair or something?

[Mr. Nerfect]

I thought they were separate incidents. Oh well.

[XL]

I think they were. Can't find any mention of either Flair being there when Bram was arrested.

[XL]

As for this week's show;

Surprised that they're presenting Carmella as a heel when Enzo & Cass are faces.

I see they sit the Legionaires. Not happy with that.

[Heisenberg]

I want to marry Charlotte and raise her children.

Charlotte is growing on me.

Well, she's already married to Bram. Good luck getting past him.

TRIPLE REPLY

I started off 3 of her matches always hating on her, I think her promos were sloppy or her face did something I didn't like, but she goes in the ring and delivers.

As Guru Dave's tag partner I have forwarded evidence pinning Bram to an affair with Rockstar Spud so it won't be long until Dave takes the title

[XL]

So, who's teaming with Itami? Funaki? Devitt?

[Innovator]

Devitt

[Mr. Nerfect]

Carmella's character does seem fitted to being a heel. I got a bit sad when Emma lost. :(

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope that Alexa Bliss beats Carmella, leaving Carmella with a vendetta against her. Those two personalities would bounce off each other really well, I think.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Carmella is stealing moves. She shouldn't be doing Charlotte's leg vine move.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Carmella's character does seem fitted to being a heel. I got a bit sad when Emma lost. :(

Looks like shes done with FriENdZOne Amore and Big Cass.

[VSG]

Time to bring up Blue Pants back. Pretty sure she is one of the NXT divas as well.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

She's a wrestler named Leva Bates. She was trained by the Dudley Boyz. Not sure if she's signed to WWE or if she was just in the area.

[VSG]

I thought I saw her in one of the pics of the divas backstage, but could be mistaken.

[Innovator]

Yeah I think shes just a Florida indy worker

[Innovator]

Finn Fucking Balor

[VSG]

I was wondering about the theme and entrance sans body paint but he came off very impressive. It was a great episode overall actually- that opener especially.

[XL]

Pretty impressed with Finn. Not a fan of the Double Foot-stomp though, always looks like trash.

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Balor's debut. Theme is amazing.

Assuming his stay really is going to be short, wouldn't be surprised if by the Rumble he's on the main roster or after the Mania NXT special as the latest. Wonder if they will keep him teamed with Itami when that does happen.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm not sure if this psycho Marcus Louis is going to work. He was getting pretty good cheers against Lefort.

[VSG]

He does look the part, I'll give him that. Hopefully doesn't pop a vein or something.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'm not sure if this psycho Marcus Louis is going to work. He was getting pretty good cheers against Lefort.

Psycho face maybe.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It seems like they blew-off the Marcus Louis vs. Sylvester LeFort stuff so they could have him blaming the fans. I think he should have just gone after LeFort, and have LeFort pay guys to fight for him. Throw Scott Dawson out there one week, Dash Wilder another. Finally LeFort settles on Bull Dempsey, and Marcus Louis and him brawl before they are pulled apart and a match is signed for the next live special.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Shit where has Carmella been? Fucking eh.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Still pissed she beat Emma. Would have rathered her inexperience cost her the match and then she snaps and beats Emma down afterwards, causing the more experienced girl to go looking to school her.

[Mr. Nerfect]

You could have even have Emma have dropped the second match due to an illegal roll-up, and that loss against a rookie haunt her. So many possibilities to develop both characters.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Not sold on Finn Balor and Hideo Itami's styles just yet, but I think they're just getting warmed up. I want to see them face The Ascension more than I have ever wanted to see an Ascension match ever. Pretty great story.

[Mr. Nerfect]

What they are doing with Zayn and Neville is pretty incredible too. Really feels like their match will be important.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm digging Becky Lynch. Not sure I really "get" the reason she is hanging with Sasha Banks, and not just her own bad-ass girl right now, but she looks amazing, and it makes sense to have her on the bad side, since Charlotte and Bayley are the good girls.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Also, the girl I talked about in that Carmella/Emma situation really should have been Alexa Bliss. Have Bliss roll-up Carmella, and then Carmella shows her true colors. Bam, yet another Divas feud on the developmental show. And since they are both still learning, a clean win on Carmella's end down the track doesn't make Bliss look terrible.

The characters are so interesting, I think they could actually have run Charlotte, Bayley & Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch & Carmella as a main event on one of their shows.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'm digging Becky Lynch. Not sure I really "get" the reason she is hanging with Sasha Banks, and not just her own bad-ass girl right now, but she looks amazing, and it makes sense to have her on the bad side, since Charlotte and Bayley are the good girls.

Because she sounds like has marbles in her mouth when she does a promo.

Also it makes sense in the circle. Sasha Banks was the random face that Summer Rae taught to be the bad ass Boss she became. Now she is teaching a new student.

[Droford]

What's the deal with the trapper keeper chant in the opening match last night

[loopydate]

Rewatched the diva match and I can't figure out when Alexa busted her nose open. Was it on the corner flapjack?

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sold on Finn Balor and Hideo Itami's styles just yet, but I think they're just getting warmed up. I want to see them face The Ascension more than I have ever wanted to see an Ascension match ever. Pretty great story.

Give them a bit to get used to the WWE style.

Last I read Itami actually went a bit too far with his WWE style to the point they actually told him to go back a bit to his normal style. Something about his kicks and/or strikes looking really bad even for WWE standards.

[Emperor Smeat]

Blake and Murphy's team theme sounds really similar to what the WWE used for the Network's pre-launch hype videos. Wouldn't be surprised if they really did just recycle it with a few tweaks.

[XL]

Their tron video is great!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Alex Riley makes me want to watch on mute. Jesus christ he's terrible.</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Alex Riley is a pretty terrible commentator. I'd much rather they gave Christian a shot or something.

[VSG]

Seriously! I actually found myself skipping sections just to get to parts where he doesn't talk.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

That's too hard for my Roku device. I kinda like him on the pre-shows for Raw but he's shit calling a match.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>It's like they told Riley to be exactly like JBL. I understand that there's good balance to having a heel announcer, but if he needs to go against literally everything anybody else says it just comes across as unbearably annoying.</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Riley doesn't have the credibility to be that sort of heel announcer. If Jason Albert was defending a heel's actions, because sometimes you've got gotta get ruthless, it makes sense. He's been around the block, competed at WrestleMania and won championships. Riley had some moments, but he never won a title, and no one is really clamouring to hear his "insight." He should be looking to Byron Saxton as to what to do as a heel announcer, but the thing is, they already have Byron Saxton for that.

[Anybody Thrilla]

That Zayn/Neville match was fucking awesome. NXT is the best.

[VSG]

Even better than Rebel's ass?

[Anybody Thrilla]

That's a loaded question.

[VSG]

So proud of myself for not making that into an innuendo.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: crowd keeping track how long the Corban-Sampson match lasted and then lost interest doing the same in the middle of the Dempsey match. Even booed a bit when the Dempsey match went on longer than 20-30 seconds.

[XL]

I've been waiting to see what Corbin actually has to offer outside of hitting his finish, but with the crowd timing his matches I don't think we're gonna get much more.

[Innovator]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Thrill Steen Thrill.

[VSG]

Such a Wyatt vibe

[VSG]

Marked out hearing Scott Dawson's theme and his return.

[KIRA]

:lol: crowd keeping track how long the Corban-Sampson match lasted and then lost interest doing the same in the middle of the Dempsey match. Even booed a bit when the Dempsey match went on longer than 20-30 seconds.

That was great


But yeah Corban is pretty meh

I feel like I'll jinx it if I ask but wheres Mojo ?

[VSG]

Injured shoulder/plotline. Feud with Tyler Breeze on hold possibly till next Takeover event.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Actually really want to see Heel Mojo vs. Face Breeze.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I feel like they could get some mileage out of a Baron Corbin/Bull Dempsey tag team, but Corbin isn't broke yet, even if he's nothing spectacular.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm enjoying the Kevin Owens hype videos. I hope he actually wrestles at Takeover R-Evolution.

[VSG]

Baron Corbin taking the whole silent monster gimmick to an interesting level thanks to the audience keeping count of match time.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What's the deal with the trapper keeper chant in the opening match last night

Because Justin Gabriel's pants looked like 1991 threw up on them.

[Anybody Thrilla]

That Vaudevillans promo was fucking awesome.

[XL]

Did Balor say something along the lines of "bringing something you've never seen before"? Will we be seeing the debut of his painted warrior gimmick?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I'm enjoying the Kevin Owens hype videos. I hope he actually wrestles at Takeover R-Evolution.

I think he'll have a short match. But what I really expect is him to interfere in the main event, helping Sami get the win. He can basically claim that he is Sami's "killer instinct." And it can start the sort of nice guy and crazy psycho/asshole dynamic they used to have.

Did Balor say something along the lines of "bringing something you've never seen before"? Will we be seeing the debut of his painted warrior gimmick?

I'm assuming, which should be awesome.

[VSG]

Yeah I think so too, I remember seeing pics of his painted self on WWE social media before as it is.

[VSG]

^ Totally called it!

So anyway is it just me or did Enzo botch that ending of the tag team match this week? It seemed everyone was surprised he didn't kick out.

[whiteyford]

Nah seemed to sell it afterwards, was just a quick match to move everything forward for both teams it looked like to me.

[Poit]

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[Innovator]

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[Innovator]

Enzo is the gift that keeps on giffing

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He was looking for her ass. Still looking.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Love Enzo and Cass so much. Really really hope they don't have Cass hook up with Carmella and turn him into a generic big man heel in the process. Seems to be the logical conclusion though with Enzo fucking up constantly.

:lol: @ Cass doing the Price is Right theme for Blue Pants.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>Love Enzo and Cass so much. Really really hope they don't have Cass hook up with Carmella and turn him into a generic big man heel in the process. Seems to be the logical conclusion though with Enzo fucking up constantly.

:lol: @ Cass doing the Price is Right theme for Blue Pants.</font>

Ole Blue Pants!

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[VSG]

She got the biggest pop of the night too!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

She got the biggest pop of the night too!

It wasn't even close either.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Leva Bates might be a bit older than WWE looks for at NXT at 31, but I don't see how it could hurt to sign her up to a developmental deal. The crowd likes her and she's a pretty good worker on the indies.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Saw a photo of her Cos-playing as Jean-Luc Picard.

[XL]

WTF was that Hunico finisher!? Looked outstanding.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Standing sitout shiranui? That's Kalistos finisher Salida del Sol (SDS)

[Innovator]

WTF was that Hunico finisher!? Looked outstanding.

Holy shit, Hunico was on the show?!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hunico is Sin Cara now.

[Innovator]

Yes STD, that was the joke

[ron the dial]

The Standing sitout shiranui? That's Kalistos finisher Salida del Sol (SDS)
did he ask what kalisto's finisher was?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Sin Cara's finisher is a high angle Swanton bomb. It's nothing special. Aiden English does it too.

[ron the dial]

he's not talking about the swanton. he did a sunset flip bomb off the top rope or some shit to win their last match. not sure what it's called. think he did a sloppy version of it at r-evolution, too.

[XL]

Thank you, Ron.

Genuinely didn't realise I'd put Hunico instead of Sin Cara.

The move I was talking about was the Sunset Powerbomb. If you watched the show, I don't understand why you'd be confused as to which move I was talking about.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's more like a victory roll bomb.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Kevin Owens is so intriguing at the moment. Seems to legitimately have his moral back up the wall. It's like he's either offended that he's being questioned as to why he did what he did, or he is actually ashamed, but feels like he has to. A real desperate character.

I'm marking out for Blue Pants, not going to lie. She looks better every week too. She's got an endearing quality that they might as well keep around. I loved her getting a name graphic this week.

[VSG]

So Itami and Balor look to be singles competitors now, good timing I'd say. Curtis Axel also looked good as usual. Hopefully he comes back stronger to the main roster.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I love Axel. I get the criticisms, but in the ring, he is so damn crisp. He's good at talking trash to his opponents, and his facials actually aren't too bad. He's missing the charisma a star needs though, and I hope that finding a niche in NXT helps unlock some.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I was just reading up on Enzo Amore's Wiki page, and apparently he and Colin Cassady met each other about ten years before arriving in NXT when they played basketball together. Cool story.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Also, Carmella is second generation. Her father was a jobber.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So who is the Phantom of the Uggopera who was staring at Prince Pretty? Was it Mojo Fugley?

[Mr. Nerfect]

I couldn't tell if it was Mojo Rawley or Marcus Louis.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Man, stacked show for the move to Wednesdays:

* Finn Balor vs. Tyson Kidd
* Baron Corbin vs. Bull Dempsey
* Sami Zayn vs. Adrian Neville for the NXT Championship

[Mr. Nerfect]

The WWE might actually have a smash hit on their hands in Blue Pants. You don't need to change a thing about her. Keep her using the ring name "Blue Pants," and have her entrance theme be a recording of Colin Cassady singing The Price is Right theme, if they can get around copyright issues.

In two weeks time, have Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady do their usual shtick and introduce Carmella, who just walks past them and says "Not today." She gets in the ring and talks about how she was humiliated three weeks ago. She hadn't lost a match in NXT until then, and she doesn't plan on losing another. She's challenging that dork in blue pants to a match tonight, because she knows she's here hoping someone will notice her.

Blue Pants makes her way out, and Carmella tells Colin "Don't" as he starts to do the theme again. Carmella tells Enzo to "Go." She makes him stand on the ramp or something. The bell rings and they do their match. This time, instead of a distraction, Blue Pants pulls out a great defensive maneuver and then rolls up Carmella for the three! Another upset! This time Cass does do the theme, and Carmella is pissed. She starts yelling at her "friends," and blames them for the loss. The crowd will no doubt be all over her for that.

A few weeks later they run another match between the two. This time, Enzo & Cass have a box with them. Blue Pants comes out, this time using the recording of Cass singing. The girls do another match, and this time, Blue Pants wins with a new move that becomes her signature. Afterwards, Enzo & Cass cut her theme off and tell them that they have been impressed by Blue Pants, and they bought her a gift. Blue Pants opens it up and...it's a pair of new blue pants! Maybe they have "Certified Blue" in yellow stitching on the leg. Blue Pants is clearly moved, but before she can properly thank Enzo & Cass, Carmella blasts her from behind. Enzo & Cass are disappointed by this, and Carmella completes a heel turn.

They do some backstage segments over the next few weeks, and Cass voices his disgust at Carmella. Being the manipulative heel she now is, Carmella asks Enzo what he thinks, since he always wanted to get with her. Enzo tells her that she's honestly acting like a colossal bitch.

The final match takes place between Carmella and Blue Pants, and Blue Pants wins after Enzo points out Carmella trying to cheat with her feet on the ropes. After the match, Devin Taylor grabs Blue Pants for an interview and asks her just what her name actually is. Blue Pants says "My name is...Blue Pants!" to presumably a big pop from the NXT Galaxy.

Cue Carmella finding her footing as a bitch heel, and Blue Pants becoming a babyface player in the Women's Division. Dah-dah-dah-dah.

[VSG]

How long did that take you to think up? I can actually see that happening too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Not very long. I've been thinking about that sort of thing whenever Carmella shows up. I originally thought it should have been Emma after her embarrassing loss, then I figured Alexa Bliss could use it...but now Blue Pants has a potential rivalry with Carmella.

[Mr. Nerfect]

And she's over as fuck.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I think they are gearing towards Blue Pants/Big Cass Vs. Enzo/Carmella at some point maybe not having an actual match but as a comedic wedge. It could be used to turn both Enzo and Carmella heel at the end if they want to end the team.

[ron the dial]

i have no desire to see that threesome broken up, especially since carmella is a relatively new addition. i would like to see them all keep working together, tweaking the dynamic, and bringing it up to the main roster when it's a bit more polished. they'll all have a better chance at getting over if they are still together.

[Innovator]

I don't even want Carmella with Enzo and Cass, she's bringing them down.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Enzo is over as a face, and turning him heel wouldn't really give him anything more meaningful to do. He's in a good spot at the moment. A heel turn and push for Big Cass is more likely, but he's getting better in the niche of being a big guy who can do some funny stuff, lose matches due to his inexperience, but also remain perpetually over.

[drave]

Big Cass = Today's Test.

[XL]

How big of a star do you think Finn Balor is destined to be?

He's a great package; he's in great shape, good looking, good look especially with the paint, great credentials, presence, charisma, seems to be able to talk, and can go in the ring.

BUT he lacks size.

I'd question how important that is nowadays. Given that the likes of Ziggler and Bryan are two of the hottest properties on the main roster right now. I'd also look at who's coming through; Neville and Zayn look like the next two singles guys to go up. With the addition of Itami alongside Balor, NXT is dominated by smaller guys; is the future of WWE smaller guys?

Personally I think he's great, and size shouldn't matter but to a lot if people it does, to Vince it does.

[drave]

Hopefully he has a solid run at the very least as IC champ. Watched him for a while now and he has "it".

The size thing is what it is. I think there is a need to have guys that are "larger than life" to try to emulate super heroes and/or villains. With the likes of who you mentioned, in addition to Rollins and Ambrose, I would like to think it doesn't matter as much. I tune in to wrestling for wrestling. Sometimes I will try to get into a "story" but they turn out to be shite lately so I gave up on it quite some time ago. I will listen to most promos to get a feel for personality.

Rollins is developing to be one of the best heels WWE has had in a while. Lesnar is the "bad guy champ" but doesn't have the development that Rollins has. Some will argue that Lesnar doesn't need it, but he just seems like a big guy with a title to me.

So long as the people are being entertained, it shouldn't matter. I think the "big guy" thing should be a niche, kinda like a high flyer. Guys like Rollins can do more in the ring than an average "big guy" which leads (or can anyway) to more versatile matches/moves which make things more entertaining.

[Innovator]

Balor will be fine. His lack of size is made up for in presence and theatrics.

[VSG]

He milks the persona better than anyone else recently, sans maybe Cody Rhodes and Goldust. He will be just fine in the main roster, if not better. Now if the creative team can back him up is another matter entirely. Look at the Rhodes Bros now :'(

[XL]

What does "fine" mean? I'm asking how big the guy can be; will he be an Evan Bourne, a Kofi Kingston, a Ziggler, a Bryan, better?

[ron the dial]

allow me to consult my crystal ball...

[Dark One]

Why aren't we talking about Baron Corbin hitting End of Days on Bull Dempsey's fat ass?

[ron the dial]

i haven't watched it yet. the network was being a dick last night, and kept saying something about invalid media so i just gave up until tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Tyson dedicating this week's match to his cat.

[Innovator]

Bonerific spoilers for the next tapings

[Innovator]

Episode airing January 21, 2015
Announcers: Jason Albert, Rich Brennan, Corey Graves

Before the opening video, William Regal appeared on screen to announce that the next Takeover special would be on Wednesday, February 11th and that we will have a tournament to crown a new number one contender. He also announced that tonight we will see Charlotte vs Sasha Banks, as a result of Sasha's victory in the tag match last week.

Match 1:
- Sami Zayn vs. Tye Dillinger.
This was a non-match.
Zayn immediately jumped Dillinger and tossed him out of the ring. He then grabbed a mic to call out Owens. Instead, William Regal came out. Zayn stated that he refuses to wrestle any matches until he gets a match with Owens. Regal said that he won't reward Owens behavior with a title match, but will make a non-title match of Zayn vs Owens for Takeover.

Match 2:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Curtis Axel vs. Finn Bálor
Bálor won with the double stomp.

Match 3:
- NXT Women's Championship Match: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks w/ Becky Lynch
Charlotte won by DQ when Lynch attacked her only a few minutes into the bout.
Bayley ran down to make the save. As Bayley was holding the Women's Championship, Charlotte snatched it from her hands. This led to Bayley laying her out with a Belly to Bayley. Regal then came to the stage and announced a Fatal Four Way for the Women's Championship at Takeover between Charlotte, Bayley, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks.

Match 4:
- Vaudevillians vs. Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Blake defeated English by pinfall. Before the pin, Blake did a schoolboy on English near the ropes directly into an enziguri from Murphy, who was on the floor.

Match 5:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Tyler Breeze vs. Hideo Itami
Itami won by pinfall following a sequence of the KENTA combo, 3 Roundhouse Kicks, a Corner Hesitation Dropkick and a Running Single Leg Dropkick.

Episode airing January 28, 2015
Announcers: Jason Albert, Tom Phillips, Alex Riley

A video package on Owens was aired. This may have just been for the live crowd, I'm unsure.

Match 1:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd
Neville won with the Red Arrow.
After the match, Neville was interviewed in the ring. He was asked how he feels about his second round match being against the winner of Baron Corbin and Bull Dempsey. Neville said he is not afraid of facing either man, as he was the longest NXT champ and vowed to regain it again.

Match 2:
- Charlotte and Bayley vs. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch
No Contest.
Charlotte and Bayley got into a fight after Bayley accidentally hit Charlotte when breaking up a pinfall. Banks and Lynch then attacked both of them, leading to the ref losing control and throwing the match out. A bunch of refs came down to break up the fight.

Match 3:
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Lucha Dragons (C) vs. Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Blake defeated Kalisto with a reverse jackknife pin. Blake had tagged into the match behind Kalisto's back and grabbed the pin immediately after Kalisto hit the S.D.S. on Murphy.

Match 4:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Bull Dempsey vs. Baron Corbin
Corbin won with the End of Days in a quick match where he was in control for most of it.

Regal held a contract signing for Zayn and Owens' match at Takeover. In order to ensure that the signing didn't end up like every other WWE contract signing, Regal stipulated that the match would be cancelled if either man laid hands on the other. Owens wouldn't speak, so Zayn signed right away and then cut a promo about him and Owens' past. He spoke about how they traveled up and down the roads for 12 years, both teaming up and fighting against each other. Zayn said that in retrospect, he should have seen it coming. However, all the battles they went through was with the end of goal of "making it here". So, he never expected Owens to betray him on the night when both of them "finally made it". Owens refused to sign the contract because it was non-title. Regal reiterated that he would not reward Owens with a title shot, but Zayn and the crowd convinced him to make the change. After signing, Kevin threw the pen in Zayn's face to taunt him. Owens walked away as Regal stopped Zayn from attacking him.

Episode airing February 04, 2015
Announcers: Cory Graves, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley

Match 1:
- Carmella w/ Enzo and Big Cass vs. Emma
Carmella won with her Leg Headscissors submission.

Match 2:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Adrian Neville vs. Baron Corbin
Neville won with the Red Arrow. At the end of the match, Bull Dempsey snuck out to ringside and tossed Corbin into the ring post, behind the ref's and Neville backs. Corbin was able to make it back into the ring before the 10 count, but Neville took control and soon hit the Red Arrow for the victory.

Match 3:
- Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
Bayley won with the Belly to Bayley.
Sasha Banks came down to ringside mid-match. Bayley was able to hit the Belly to Bayley following Banks rolling Lynch in the ring from the outside. After the match, Lynch and Banks got into an argument which resulted in Lynch shoving Sasha down to the mat. The segment ended with Charlotte's music hitting, her coming to the stage and all 4 of them having a stare down.

Match 4:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Finn Bálor vs. Hideo Itami
Bálor won with the double stomp.
Before the match, Adrian Neville joined the commentary team.
After the match, both men embraced in the ring and the show ended with Neville shaking Bálor's hand on the stage.

Dark Match Main Event
- Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd and Kevin Owens
No contest.
The ref threw out that match when Owens attacked Zayn, following a pinfall attempt by Zayn on Kidd. Owens then laid Zayn out with his pop-up powerbomb and the show ended with Owens standing over Zayn, taunting the crowd.

Line-up for Takeover on February 11th:
- NXT Championship: Sami Zayn (C) vs. Kevin Owens
- NXT Women's Championship: Charlotte (C) vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Adrian Neville vs. Finn Bálor

[VSG]

NSFW indeed

[Innovator]

spoiler tag wasn't working for some reason when i posted it

[Dark One]

Match 4:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Bull Dempsey vs. Baron Corbin
Corbin won with the End of Days in a quick match where he was in control for most of it.

...

Match 2:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Adrian Neville vs. Baron Corbin
Neville won with the Red Arrow. At the end of the match, Bull Dempsey snuck out to ringside and tossed Corbin into the ring post, behind the ref's and Neville backs. Corbin was able to make it back into the ring before the 10 count, but Neville took control and soon hit the Red Arrow for the victory.



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vPRY-rwCAxg/T7Dm1fxMgKI/AAAAAAAABKc/KVY5jQMuOy8/s200/stone-cold-laughing.gif

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Episode airing January 21, 2015
Announcers: Jason Albert, Rich Brennan, Corey Graves

Before the opening video, William Regal appeared on screen to announce that the next Takeover special would be on Wednesday, February 11th and that we will have a tournament to crown a new number one contender. He also announced that tonight we will see Charlotte vs Sasha Banks, as a result of Sasha's victory in the tag match last week.

Match 1:
- Sami Zayn vs. Tye Dillinger.
This was a non-match.
Zayn immediately jumped Dillinger and tossed him out of the ring. He then grabbed a mic to call out Owens. Instead, William Regal came out. Zayn stated that he refuses to wrestle any matches until he gets a match with Owens. Regal said that he won't reward Owens behavior with a title match, but will make a non-title match of Zayn vs Owens for Takeover.

Match 2:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Curtis Axel vs. Finn Bálor
Bálor won with the double stomp.

Match 3:
- NXT Women's Championship Match: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks w/ Becky Lynch
Charlotte won by DQ when Lynch attacked her only a few minutes into the bout.
Bayley ran down to make the save. As Bayley was holding the Women's Championship, Charlotte snatched it from her hands. This led to Bayley laying her out with a Belly to Bayley. Regal then came to the stage and announced a Fatal Four Way for the Women's Championship at Takeover between Charlotte, Bayley, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks.

Match 4:
- Vaudevillians vs. Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Blake defeated English by pinfall. Before the pin, Blake did a schoolboy on English near the ropes directly into an enziguri from Murphy, who was on the floor.

Match 5:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Tyler Breeze vs. Hideo Itami
Itami won by pinfall following a sequence of the KENTA combo, 3 Roundhouse Kicks, a Corner Hesitation Dropkick and a Running Single Leg Dropkick.

Episode airing January 28, 2015
Announcers: Jason Albert, Tom Phillips, Alex Riley

A video package on Owens was aired. This may have just been for the live crowd, I'm unsure.

Match 1:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd
Neville won with the Red Arrow.
After the match, Neville was interviewed in the ring. He was asked how he feels about his second round match being against the winner of Baron Corbin and Bull Dempsey. Neville said he is not afraid of facing either man, as he was the longest NXT champ and vowed to regain it again.

Match 2:
- Charlotte and Bayley vs. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch
No Contest.
Charlotte and Bayley got into a fight after Bayley accidentally hit Charlotte when breaking up a pinfall. Banks and Lynch then attacked both of them, leading to the ref losing control and throwing the match out. A bunch of refs came down to break up the fight.

Match 3:
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Lucha Dragons (C) vs. Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy
Blake defeated Kalisto with a reverse jackknife pin. Blake had tagged into the match behind Kalisto's back and grabbed the pin immediately after Kalisto hit the S.D.S. on Murphy.

Match 4:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament First Round Match: Bull Dempsey vs. Baron Corbin
Corbin won with the End of Days in a quick match where he was in control for most of it.

Regal held a contract signing for Zayn and Owens' match at Takeover. In order to ensure that the signing didn't end up like every other WWE contract signing, Regal stipulated that the match would be cancelled if either man laid hands on the other. Owens wouldn't speak, so Zayn signed right away and then cut a promo about him and Owens' past. He spoke about how they traveled up and down the roads for 12 years, both teaming up and fighting against each other. Zayn said that in retrospect, he should have seen it coming. However, all the battles they went through was with the end of goal of "making it here". So, he never expected Owens to betray him on the night when both of them "finally made it". Owens refused to sign the contract because it was non-title. Regal reiterated that he would not reward Owens with a title shot, but Zayn and the crowd convinced him to make the change. After signing, Kevin threw the pen in Zayn's face to taunt him. Owens walked away as Regal stopped Zayn from attacking him.

Episode airing February 04, 2015
Announcers: Cory Graves, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley

Match 1:
- Carmella w/ Enzo and Big Cass vs. Emma
Carmella won with her Leg Headscissors submission.

Match 2:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Adrian Neville vs. Baron Corbin
Neville won with the Red Arrow. At the end of the match, Bull Dempsey snuck out to ringside and tossed Corbin into the ring post, behind the ref's and Neville backs. Corbin was able to make it back into the ring before the 10 count, but Neville took control and soon hit the Red Arrow for the victory.

Match 3:
- Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
Bayley won with the Belly to Bayley.
Sasha Banks came down to ringside mid-match. Bayley was able to hit the Belly to Bayley following Banks rolling Lynch in the ring from the outside. After the match, Lynch and Banks got into an argument which resulted in Lynch shoving Sasha down to the mat. The segment ended with Charlotte's music hitting, her coming to the stage and all 4 of them having a stare down.

Match 4:
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Finn Bálor vs. Hideo Itami
Bálor won with the double stomp.
Before the match, Adrian Neville joined the commentary team.
After the match, both men embraced in the ring and the show ended with Neville shaking Bálor's hand on the stage.

Dark Match Main Event
- Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd and Kevin Owens
No contest.
The ref threw out that match when Owens attacked Zayn, following a pinfall attempt by Zayn on Kidd. Owens then laid Zayn out with his pop-up powerbomb and the show ended with Owens standing over Zayn, taunting the crowd.

Line-up for Takeover on February 11th:
- NXT Championship: Sami Zayn (C) vs. Kevin Owens
- NXT Women's Championship: Charlotte (C) vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
- NXT #1 Contender's Tournament Semi-Finals Match: Adrian Neville vs. Finn Bálor




ITS NXT SPOILERS DON'T READ!

THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED!

[VSG]

lol what were you expecting given his previous post?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I didn't read it until it was too late. :(

[Poit]

It is so tempting to look at those spoilers. So tempting.

[ron the dial]

i don't have much will power. damn you for the temptation, innovator!

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Ugh... SO NXT is touring... First tour show is in Columbus on March 5th... It's about an hour and 45 minute drive. I should probably go right?

[VSG]

Oh snap, hopefully they come by Houston. Where did you see the tour dates?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

There aren't official "tour dates." This is like a one off, but the rumor is that it is a practice run as they are planning on doing another on the road show during WM weekend, and then having more after that.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Ugh... SO NXT is touring... First tour show is in Columbus on March 5th... It's about an hour and 45 minute drive. I should probably go right?

I would.

[Lock Jaw]

Just caught up with four weeks of NXT. Good stuff.

Finn Balor continues to win me over. Liked his match with Tyson. Still really hate the double-stomp move in general, though, no mater who is using it.

Not a fan of Hideo Itami yet, though.... dunno... supposed to have "devastating" kicks and whatnot, but there are like a dozen guys who do more impressive kicks than him. He also hasn't shown me a ton of charisma. I dunno. All I think when he is out there is "Tajiri was way better than this".

[Emperor Smeat]

Problem with Itami is that his war chest of moves got gutted badly in the WWE either because other guys use them (ex. GTS, Knee that beat John Cena, Kimura Lock, etc), nobody wants to take them (ex. most of his kick types), or banned as regular moves (ex. Crossface). Even his double stomp was given to Balor for finisher status (Balor did the same move in New Japan though).

Combine that with him struggling getting used to the WWE is why he's very likely staying in NXT a lot longer than expected.

[Lock Jaw]

ADAPT OR PERISH

[Dark One]

Just caught up with four weeks of NXT. Good stuff.

Finn Balor continues to win me over. Liked his match with Tyson. Still really hate the double-stomp move in general, though, no mater who is using it.

Not a fan of Hideo Itami yet, though.... dunno... supposed to have "devastating" kicks and whatnot, but there are like a dozen guys who do more impressive kicks than him. He also hasn't shown me a ton of charisma. I dunno. All I think when he is out there is "Tajiri was way better than this".

I think part of the problem with Hideo Itami is Finn Balor. Hideo came in with all this hype, and then he brings in backup--which at least in NXT, has about 1000x time the presence and charisma he does. That blew up a lot of his momentum.

When Hideo debuted initially, he was treated like a star. As soon as he was paired up with Balor, Balor has such a "big fucking deal" factor, that Hideo seemed like less of a star in comparison.

Now that they've separated again, I think it'll get better. He does definitely have a problem like Smelly Meatball said with his move set. A lot of his stuff is off the table and it's a different style. That's going to take some time to get used to.

Neither man has had a lot of opponents in singles matches, but Balor's definitely gotten the better draw for their type of style in a couple of matches with Tyson Kidd. Hideo had Justin Gabriel early on, but that was only after a couple of weeks, which means basically no time for an adjustment yet.

I think of the two, Finn Balor is going to make it further, but Hideo can go a long way too, he just had the misfortune of debuting alongside the wrong guy at the wrong time.

[XL]

Dark One hitting the nail on the head there when it comes to the unfavourable Itami/Balor comparison.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

It's because Balor can speak clearly in English along with the other things that make him a great superstar. The war paint thing is the icing on the cake. He's ready to jump to the WWE roster. He should go as soon as possible so he can be separated from Itami and the comparison between them can close.

It can become better if Itami becomes the guy that WWE stars visit to see if they can beat. It's already started with Curtis Axel. Axel can be considered a big deal opponent by being a former tag team and IC Champion. Not sure if that's what they are doing brining in Axel or if its just to give Axel some time to develop again. Itami also has to work on developing his English or maybe he can get a face manager to be a talking piece for the time being.

Hideo Itami can win back ownership of his moves by simply doing them once instead of constantly teasing them. The cross-face technically isn't banned as Triple H has done it and others before him.

[Bad News Gertner]

Problem with Itami is that his war chest of moves got gutted badly in the WWE either because other guys use them (ex. GTS, Knee that beat John Cena, Kimura Lock, etc), nobody wants to take them (ex. most of his kick types), or banned as regular moves (ex. Crossface). Even his double stomp was given to Balor for finisher status (Balor did the same move in New Japan though).

Combine that with him struggling getting used to the WWE is why he's very likely staying in NXT a lot longer than expected.

Problem with Itami is that he can't speak fucking english. Balor has WAY more of an upsidr than Itami.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

It's because Balor can speak clearly in English along with the other things that make him a great superstar. The war paint thing is the icing on the cake. He's ready to jump to the WWE roster. He should go as soon as possible so he can be separated from Itami and the comparison between them can close.

It can become better if Itami becomes the guy that WWE stars visit to see if they can beat. It's already started with Curtis Axel. Axel can be considered a big deal opponent by being a former tag team and IC Champion. Not sure if that's what they are doing brining in Axel or if its just to give Axel some time to develop again. Itami also has to work on developing his English or maybe he can get a face manager to be a talking piece for the time being.

Hideo Itami can win back ownership of his moves by simply doing them once instead of constantly teasing them. The cross-face technically isn't banned as Triple H has done it and others before him.

Pretty sure Itama's "cross face" is actually the YES Lock. So he can't do it.

Give him the KENTA combo and GTS. Just don't stick him with that lame ass spin kick to a kneeling opponent. It looks awful.

[VSG]

Give him back the GTS and the rough kicks, there are plenty of guys who can take it and give it back too while he figures out a good middle ground between too hard and too soft for the main roster.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Pretty sure Itama's "cross face" is actually the YES Lock. So he can't do it.

Give him the KENTA combo and GTS. Just don't stick him with that lame ass spin kick to a kneeling opponent. It looks awful.

He could have a story about how he is sick of people using his moves and getting over on his back. He could snap and hit somebody with the GTS, Knee Plus or whatever else they have stolen from him.

[Lock Jaw]

Even with a "limited moveset", he should still be able to not make his kicks look weak, and also exhibit some charisma no matter what language he is fluent in.

[Nicky Fives]

Just caught up with four weeks of NXT. Good stuff.

Not a fan of Hideo Itami yet, though.... dunno... supposed to have "devastating" kicks and whatnot, but there are like a dozen guys who do more impressive kicks than him. He also hasn't shown me a ton of charisma. I dunno. All I think when he is out there is "Tajiri was way better than this".

Exact same feelings..... I don't see him going anywhere, just a "Yoshi Tatsu 2.0".... Balor on the flip side seems to have much more potential.....

[Innovator]

Even with a "limited moveset", he should still be able to not make his kicks look weak, and also exhibit some charisma no matter what language he is fluent in.

He's spent over ten years laying his kicks in. This among others is why he's down in NXT before going to the main roster. He'd be another Sin Cara if he didn't come to NXT first.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I would let Itami use the GTS and the Busaiku Knee. The NXT crowd pops for it whenever he teases it. Why not have commentary put him over as the innovators of each? Link him in people's minds as almost an inspiration to guys that have already "made it."

Finn Balor has got that "Superstar" vibe and his "special match" intros give hima "big deal" vibe. As weird as this sounds, I could see him as a shock winner of the 2016 Royal Rumble. Quick pushes have happened in the past, and NXT gives the WWE a chance to view what will work and what will not (although they don't often know how to adapt guys). Could see Cena vs. Balor as a weird sort of main event at WrestleMania, surrounded by other huge matches -- like (use your imagination), Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Brock Lesnar, if the "timing" feels right for Austin. Dunno. Could definitely see Balor in a big spot at that PPV, anyway.

[Nicky Fives]

so who is the new backstage interview dude that interviewed Kevin Owens backstage in this week's episode?

[ron the dial]

i've been calling him Turd Boy, but i'm not sure if that's official.

[Nicky Fives]

He looks like a scrawny, non-red faced Brother Love.....

[Innovator]

Punchable.

[XL]

I think I have a bit of a "Man-crush" on Finn Balor.

[Innovator]

Emma is coming back home

[Innovator]

Love it when Alberts Boston accent breaks through

[XL]

They're finally starting the build to Solomon Crowe's debut!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

New tag team champions! Totally shocked at this.

Is this why Sin Cara was in the Royal Rumble? Hope Kalisto gets there now too.

[Mike Honcho]

After seeing what creative has done to The Ascension, I fear for anyone else being called up. I thoroughly enjoy the current nxt roster.

[ron the dial]

i was damn surprised by that title switch, but i like it.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

After seeing what creative has done to The Ascension, I fear for anyone else being called up. I thoroughly enjoy the current nxt roster.

They won a match on PPV against the greatest tag team of the Attitude Era.

[Innovator]

in 2015.

[ron the dial]

in unconvincing fashion

[XL]

Yeah, win one match, get a title shot. You don't need to pay dues in NXT, look at Owens.

[Innovator]

https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/sasha-tubeman.gif?w=650

[CSL]

Charlotte is such a bloke it's unreal

[The Destroyer]

I really, really don't like Bull Dempsey.

[ron the dial]

i like him more than baron corbin at this point.

[The Destroyer]

Corbin doesn't really offend me, I don't like him much, but Dempsey's done absolutely nothing to impress me and he just looks like a fat hairy bloke in a singlet.

[ron the dial]

corbin's navel running pretty much the entire length of his midsection really distracts/bothers me.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/sasha-tubeman.gif?w=650

SashAl Harrington.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bull is growing on me. NXT allows him at least the appearance of being three-dimensional.

[Nicky Fives]

Corbin > Dempsey

[NormanSmiley]

I'm getting caught up and watched the last supershow where zany won the title and the owens swerve. my question is....?




is it because I am not familiar with the show and the players that that twist and story seemed so fresh and well done?




or is NXT seriously written better than raw?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yeah, It's written and booked simpler. It's booked more like a wrestling show rather than sports entertainment.

There's another live special this Wednesday. A little quick to be doing another one but they are going with their hot hand.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bull is growing on me. NXT allows him at least the appearance of being three-dimensional.

Rumor right now is he's likely getting repackaged since Owens and Corbin sort of stole all his thunder with the whole menacing beast type gimmick.

[Droford]

http://17r1l63fshd52dy9yakdizhkog.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Owens-vs.-Zayn.jpg

Vs this months tna ono ppv

http://www2.directvpr.com/Shared/Images/deportes/wwe-ufc/evento-boxeo/UFC/rivals-tna.jpg

It's februrival

[ron the dial]

just bought the sami zayn and finn balor shirts. i almost went with the SAWFT shirt but didn't for some reason. i don't remember the last time i bought a wrestling shirt.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Want the Vaudevillian shirt.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I wouldn't repackage Bull just yet. I'd perhaps consider a face turn, since his sacrifice at the Alter of Corbin has capped his credibility as a heel monster at this point in time. Have CJ Parker come out shortly after Rival and talk about how everyone is raving about this and that (NXT storyline related), but no one is talking about his message, which is larger than NXT and even the WWE. He gives an open challenge to anyone in the back, and Bull answers. People would be more than happy to see Bull flatten Parker.

Then consider a program between Dempsey and Tyler Breeze. I have a feeling that a face turn might be coming for Tyler, so before you pull the trigger with that, have him remark that face Bull is an "uggo," leading to a few matches between them.

[Lock Jaw]

Just watched the past three weeks of NXT.

Tyson Kidd/Neville with another great match. I know Kidd is the bad guy, but I really want him to finally get a win over the dude.... starting to feel bad for him every time he tries.

Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy winning the titles would have been a shocker had it not been spoiled for me. I will say that they have impressed me as a team in their past matches. Don't like that the one dude got rid of his jagged tights or whatever. Loved their entrance, though.... NXT producers very good at using lights/camera moves/whatever to create unique entrances in NXT.

[Lock Jaw]

Also,

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Fantastic video package

[Disturbed316]

Looking forward to this, going to be awesome.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Also,

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XBgbI35memU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Fantastic video package

That's goosebump/nipple hardening good.

[Dark One]

Just watched last week's show. Balor/Itami was a good match, but Adrian Neville is really bad on guest commentary and holy shit does Alex Riley not know how to shut the fuck up and get the way out of a match. Like, stop asking the guy who is stupidly awkward on commentary dumbass questions when two dudes are beating the shit out of each other.

[Innovator]

Riley was able to ask the same question to Neville 20 different ways

[Dark One]

I'm honestly surprised he didn't ask Neville what he had for breakfast as the back of Itami's head went through the middle turnbuckle.

[Droford]

Bayleys first shirt

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9cNwDsIQAEZKwi.jpg

[Poit]

If there's an NXT thing At Wrestlemania Axxess, Bayley will get a giant pop.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley's hug/high five station at WrestleMania Axxess would be the shit.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayleys first shirt

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9cNwDsIQAEZKwi.jpg

http://chibiwrestlers.spreadshirt.com/did-somebody-say-hug-male-A18871560/customize/color/4

http://chibiwrestlers.spreadshirt.com/thug-01-male-A100883416/customize/color/2

[DaveWadding]

Bayley's shirt should have been

EAT
SLEEP
HUG
REPEAT

[DaveWadding]

Or just BAYLEY'S GONNA HUG YOU

[Mr. Nerfect]

Seeing some upside to Blake and Murphy, but I fucking hate their theme.

[Mr. Nerfect]

That Zayn/Owens package was unbelievably good.

[Droford]

Bayley's shirt should have been

EAT
SLEEP
HUG
REPEAT

Or just BAYLEY'S GONNA HUG YOU

Basic Huganomics

[Dark One]

Spoiler for some episode in the near future from tonight's tapings:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>What's going on here ? Rhino vs Finn <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXT?src=hash">#NXT</a> <a href="http://t.co/WGsu0Ua9K7">pic.twitter.com/WGsu0Ua9K7</a></p>&mdash; WrestlingHeadsRadio (@wrestlingheads) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlingheads/status/566022245496004608">February 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

SAY WHAAAAAAT?

IF YOU LIKE SURPRISES DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE SPOILERS ON THIS PAGE OR THE NEXT ONE. OR THE ONE AFTER THAT. SERIOUSLY. THESE AREN'T MINOR.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah... visited Twitter for the first time in ages and saw "Rhyno" was trending and was confused at it... clicked and thus saw those tweets... Too bad I decided to stop by... would have loved that "surprise".

[Emperor Smeat]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9r__N_CAAAtImY.jpg:large

:lol: selfie stick is now a regular thing for Breeze.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9r__N_CAAAtImY.jpg:large

:lol: selfie stick is now a regular thing for Breeze.

Doesn't help him make good Selfies though. The image is unclear when it goes on the tron. It's too long.

[MoFo]

Spoiler for some episode in the near future from tonight's tapings:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>What's going on here ? Rhino vs Finn <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NXT?src=hash">#NXT</a> <a href="http://t.co/WGsu0Ua9K7">pic.twitter.com/WGsu0Ua9K7</a></p>&mdash; WrestlingHeadsRadio (@wrestlingheads) <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlingheads/status/566022245496004608">February 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

SAY WHAAAAAAT?


Brian Kendrick vs Balor too.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT NXT NXT NXT NXT NXT NXT

[VSG]

Damn I should not have clicked those spoilers.

[Dark One]

Condolences VSG.

I added giant text to the top of the page because I'm sad so many people keep getting heartbroken by ruining the surprise for themselves. It's not like a little "FINN BALOR DID THIS CRAZY NEW MOVE."

These are straight up out-of-left-field amazing surprises.

[Emperor Smeat]

Doesn't help him make good Selfies though. The image is unclear when it goes on the tron. It's too long.

Similar problems to when he does the video selfies since the tron is too big for it. On his Twitter account, the pictures look a lot better.

[Emperor Smeat]

Current plan by the WWE/Triple H for NXT.

PWInsider reports that as of this morning, neither of the two have signed deals with WWE. Apparently they were used as part of a move being made to bring established names into NXT to work with the younger talents.
In regards to the two guys returning from this month's spoilers, it was rumored at least one of them was also going to apply as a coach for NXT.

Bryan Kendrick was the one rumored to be applying. Nobody knows if Rhino is also applying or was just asked to show up for this month's tapings.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm so fucking excited to see what these spoilers are. I have an idea due to dirt sheets, but I am not going to click to officially confirm my suspicions. If I am right, I will be very happy. Unbelievably happy. I will come in here and write a mini-blog about why it means so much to me, if it does happen.

[BigDaddyCool]

I hope Rhino gores Lesnar and become world champion.

[Poit]

Jeez.

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http://i.imgur.com/U86MmZt.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

Neville vs Owens this week was good.

Another round of tapings were done yesterday to cover up to mid-April since the WWE is going to be too busy to do them normally next month. Current plans are for at least one live regular show during Mania weekend.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0218/589584/live-spoilers-from-this-week-wwe-nxt-tv-tapings-airing-in-march/

Spoiler on Neville's status:
Baring the live show, this week very likely could have been Neville's last for NXT since he doesn't show up at all within the two sets of tapings.

Spoiler on Balor's status:
Some speculation going around that the final taped episode (April 15) could also end up as Balor's last for NXT.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How is any match on the PPV going to measure up to Neville/Owens now? They done goofed.

[Dark One]

I've gone from being amazed that NXT shows have consistently been better than any other show in any given week, to disappointed, to now just kind of disgusted. I get that it's not necessarily going to appeal to every taste, but it's not like it's just the in ring product that's better.

I actually kind of wonder how it would be received by the more casual fan-base if there was another Icelandic volcano sort of situation and the crews were stranded overseas and they just put together an impromptu three hour NXT show instead.

[Lock Jaw]

Damn... seems I missed some good spots via me fading in and out of consciousness during the Neville/Owens match....

[Mr. Nerfect]

Adrian Neville is a fucking beast.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rhyno is a fucking Man Beast.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Becky Lynch is a fucking sexy beast.

[VSG]

So much bestiality there!

I kinda feel bad for CJ Parker who's the default jobber to introduce new comers to NXT now. But I wasn't really impressed with Solomon Crowe's debut myself. I know the guy is pretty good though so will be optimistic.

Even knowing the spoilers, I marked out hard at Rhyno and the gore :D

[GD]

Big Cass has a wrinkly ass, HOW YOU DOIN?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Solomon Crowe was not what I was expecting. I was expecting him to come off more...sleek. You know, given the hacker gimmick and all. Still, I'm excited to see him pound CJ Parker. I don't really feel sorry for him. He reminds me of The Miz -- he's able to talk, he looks enough the part, and he's not atrocious in the ring -- but he's just not compelling. I feel his current role is perfect for him until he finds some sort of traction.

I actually think he's main roster ready, in the sense that if he did his current shtick on the main shows, he'd be good enough. Throwing out a random idea for him though -- how about a team with Brad Maddox as some sort of heel millenials?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Pretty pumped for Blake & Murphy vs. Enzo & Cass. Since she gets good heat, I'm wondering if Carmella turns on Enzo & Cass and does join Blake & Murphy. It'd give them something over their face challengers, and could make their program quite the personal one. In the meantime, debut Shoot Nation and put together that team of Parker & Maddox.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Really looking forward to Bayley vs. Becky. And the rematch between Sasha Banks and Charlotte. I hope they do Banks & Carmella vs. Emma & Blue Pants too.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Not sure that Rhyno is moving towards a program with Finn Balor or he was just walking through a promo in a "anyone could be next" sense. Would love to see Rhyno vs. Hideo Itami.

[XL]

Kevin Owens is WWE's answer to Walter White; doing bad things for good reasons, not caring who gets hurt in the process.

Who's gonna be his Jesse?

[GD]

Jeez.

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Neville is the shit. Good stuff.

[Simple Fan]

WWE.com has posted a new article looking at the former WWE stars they would like to see make a return in NXT, following the returns of Rhyno and The Brian Kendrick. You can check out the article at the link provided; the list is as follows:

* Chris Masters
* Tajiri
* Shelton Benjamin
* Victoria
* Jason Albert
* Carlito
* Michelle McCool
* John Morrison


I'm cool with all of them except Benjamin and Morrison. Their return would be better on the the main roster.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Why wouldn't you be cool with Shelton Benjamin and John Morrison coming back?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Kevin Owens is WWE's answer to Walter White; doing bad things for good reasons, not caring who gets hurt in the process.

Who's gonna be his Jesse?

Corey Graves would have been perfect for that had he not retired. Marcus Louis comes to mind.

[Simple Fan]

Their return would be better on the the main roster.

Did you not read this part of my post?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did you not read this part of my post?

I guess I didn't. Been kind of distracted. Sorry. Everybody should be on NXT first to work out ring rust and train for WWE style again anyways.

[Mr. Nerfect]

WWE.com has posted a new article looking at the former WWE stars they would like to see make a return in NXT, following the returns of Rhyno and The Brian Kendrick. You can check out the article at the link provided; the list is as follows:

* Chris Masters
* Tajiri
* Shelton Benjamin
* Victoria
* Jason Albert
* Carlito
* Michelle McCool
* John Morrison


I'm cool with all of them except Benjamin and Morrison. Their return would be better on the the main roster.

I'm surprised they put Morrison on that list, given that he works for Lucha Underground. He'd be perfect for an NXT return though.

Really want to see Regal give Tajiri a shot now.

[GD]

I love how Kevin Owens got mad at Alex Riley. Good stuff.

[XL]

Surely attacking Riley is a face turn?

[Innovator]

It is a face turn to me, and don't call me Shirley

[VSG]

Then again it IS Riley after all, pretty sure everyone hates him.

[Simple Fan]

Report: Samoa Joe Expected To Sign With WWE
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Source: The Wrestling Observer

According to sources, Samoa Joe is expected to sign with WWE soon. The deal is not finalized, but both sides are working on an agreement.

Triple H is reportedly a big fan of Joe, and the feeling is that he is the one pushing for the deal. If Joe winds up signing with WWE, he’ll report to Orlando, FL and be featured as a main Superstar on the NXT brand.

The People's Wrestling Web

[rad dggy dg]

blue pants should accompany tyler breeze and hold his selfie stick

[Mr. Nerfect]

With NXT giving older talent a chance to come back and work with younger guys, the WWE should give Rico a call and have him start as an ally of Tyler Breeze, but then move into a blood-feud with him.

[Innovator]

I love Sasha's shit talk mid match

[Innovator]

I also love condescending Emma

[Droford]

Im guessing the 3/25 show with Balor/Owens is going to be live but

I read the taping non spoiler matches and they face each other in April with Owens as champ so that kinda takes the enthusiasm for the match down a peg

[Innovator]

They could just not use that taping, they've done it before

[Droford]

Need to update the thread title..

"..and Ohio!" They taped the show in Columbus and it's going up at some point

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[Droford]

They're doing with NXT what they should have done with the rebooted ECW. It would have been much better if they did separate tapings in smaller venues.

[VSG]

Done

[Emperor Smeat]

NXT House Show for some strange reason decided to include a random Big Show vs Ryback match.

According to reports this is what got chanted during said match:
CM Punk chants during Ryback-Show quickly get drowned out by NXT chants

"We Want Blue Pants"

"Please Retire", "We Want Divas" and "Same Old" Chants

Big Show was so great. "Please retire" chants. Big Show says "ten more years in contract." Crowd starts chanting "ten more years!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Charlotte

[GD]

Chatroulette

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Some random things and thoughts about the Columbus NXT show. Does not include every match... May contain spoilers if you intend on going to the Cleveland show...



The show opened with HHH coming out to a huge response and a "Thank you Hunter" chant, at which point he thanked the crowd.

Hideo and Finn were really over. Also both of their entrances are badass live. Hideo's music is pretty intense live, and everything about Balor is amazing. GTS tease made the crowd pop hard. Vaudevillians were not as over as they are in FLorida.

The entire crowd knew Enzo's speech.

Tyson Kidd made an appearance and fought Baron Corbin. Kidd was way over, Corbin not so much. The best chants of the night were for Kidd, and included "Cats!" and, I shit you not, "Meow Meow Meow."

The crowd shit all over the Big Show Ryback match. Big Show, however, being amazing, responded to the "Please retire" chant by informing the crowd he had "ten more years" on his guaranteed contract. This resulted in several "ten more years" chants during the match. Big Show played it up and kept motioning it to the crowd. Ryback won with the shellshock and was clearly angry at the crowd afterwards, and basically told us to fuck off. Big Show got on the mic, "winded" and coughed out "ten more years."

Charlotte vs Bailey was really good, and the crowd was super into it. Bailey won with Natural Selection out of the corner. Chants included "Diva's suck", and "Give them a Raise." Ric FLair was there to introduce his daughter. Bailey gave him a high five, and did a little strut. Everyone hugged after the match.

Kallisto's etrance included him jumping off the stage, onto a trampoline, and then flipping over the ropes. It was badass. Tyler Breeze was mega over.

Alex Riley may be on the juice. Kevin Owens annihilated him.

Sami Zayn sadly did not wrestle, but he cut an amazing promo. He got choked up in the beginning when the crowd drowned him out with "Ole" chants. Really passionate promo about NXT is the future and they have turned WWE's developmental where talent would go to "Drown in purgatory" to the most relevant wrestling in America today. At one point the crowd chanted "Better than Raw" and Sami jokingly looked worried and said "Come on guys, don't get me in trouble."

Main event was Neville vs Cesaro, and holy shit was it awesome. Spots include a UFO tease, Cesaro back dropping Neville over the raise barricade on the outside, only for Neville to land on his feet, bust out a moonsault off of it, only to get caught and dropped throat first over the barricade, multiple germans by Cesaro, and his sick boston crab, and Cesaro walking the top rope before attempting a top rope headbutt. There was also a swiss death counter into a hurricurrana for a false finish.

The end came when Neville went for a top rope Frankenstiener and Cesaro caught him while still sitting on the top rope. Cesaro teased a top rope Ricola bomb, only to get reversed again with a top rope Rana. NEville went for the Red Arrow, but Cesaro crotched him, nailed two hard European uppercuts while Neville was crotched, so he slumped forward, nailed another hard one to the back of his head while he was upside down, and finished him with the neutralizer. It was a fucking sprint, and it was badass.

So anyway, if Columbus is any example, NXT is definitely viable on the road. Everyone promised to "see us again real soon", so I'm guessing it will not be long before they travel for tapings.

[Mr. Nerfect]

That show sounds amazing. I feel like if it were up to Triple H, Cesaro would be used so much better than he is now. He seemed to understand Cesaro's importance to NXT, and he put him over Neville, who has been one of the most strongly booked talents in the world, even though Cesaro is a heel.

I find it odd that Riley was basically squashed by the sounds of things. It seems like they are trying to make a deal out of him on NXT television.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Apparently the Neville vs. Cesaro match is being taped for an NXT DVD release. NXT seems legitimately more successful than TNA and ROH at this point.

[XL]

I'm hoping they bring Samoa Joe in (with his name intact) to finally be the guy to dethrone Owens somewhere down the line.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm hoping they bring Samoa Joe in (with his name intact) to finally be the guy to dethrone Owens somewhere down the line.

That just feels right to me. Owens beats Finn Balor, Alex Riley and Sami Zayn, only for Joe to make his way out and just stare-down Owens. Joe then gets to be the guy that takes the title off Owens.

[Nicky Fives]

That just feels right to me. Owens beats Finn Balor, Alex Riley and Sami Zayn, only for Joe to make his way out and just stare-down Owens. Joe then gets to be the guy that takes the title off Owens.

That makes sense, but since Owens kinda made a big deal about becoming champion exactly 2 months after his debut (he at least mentioned it), Joe needs to do it in exactly ONE month, to prove he was THAT much better and have "something" over Owens, as well as his championship....

[Innovator]

SAY IT TO HIS FAAAAAAACE

[Dark One]

Riley's promo this week was really good. I couldn't stand him at the desk most of the time, but it's cool to see a dude keep fighting to get to do what he loves to do, and he seemed legitimately overwhelmed afterwards. Good for him.

[Innovator]

It's fun to see Alexa Bliss improve every time she is out there

[Emperor Smeat]

Did she get new music this week?

Her theme sounded different and it was a while since her last appearance but don't remember if it was changed earlier.

[Dark One]

Did she get new music this week?

Her theme sounded different and it was a while since her last appearance but don't remember if it was changed earlier.

I think it changed right before her last appearance, but it's certainly possible they've made it shittier since then, as is tradition.