NXT 09/18/2019 - NXT debuts on USA

[GD]

NXT North American Championship Match
NXT North American Champion The Velveteen Dream versus Undisputed Era's Roderick Strong

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Street Fight (WWE Network)
Killian Dane versus Matt Riddle

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#1 Contender's Fatal 4 Way Match for the NXT Women's Championship
Mia Yim versus Io Shirai versus Candice LeRae versus Bianca Belair

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[XL]

So what’s the deal with this regarding on demand? 1st hour on USA, 2nd on Network live, are they just not gonna have the 1st half of the show available after the fact?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Interesting to see what they do with Riddle. I can see Heyman wanting him to get him “off NXT’s hands,” but I don’t see them “rewarding bad behavior.”

[GD]

So what’s the deal with this regarding on demand? 1st hour on USA, 2nd on Network live, are they just not gonna have the 1st half of the show available after the fact?

From what I've heard, the show will be available next day on the Network. Not sure.

[Emperor Smeat]

So what’s the deal with this regarding on demand? 1st hour on USA, 2nd on Network live, are they just not gonna have the 1st half of the show available after the fact?

24 hour delay for the 1st hour due to USA Network having exclusivity rights for live airing.

USA Network only agreed to this hour split for the 1st two weeks so WWE could jump the gun on AEW's tv debut and allow Suits to air its final 2 episodes in its regular time slot.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Interesting to see what they do with Riddle. I can see Heyman wanting him to get him “off NXT’s hands,” but I don’t see them “rewarding bad behavior.”

What is his bad behavior?

[GD]

What is his bad behavior?

I think he’s using bad behavior loosely, referring to his issues with Goldberg.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Nah that can’t be it. That’s excellent behavior.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NXT no longer has an entrance ramp or stage <a href="https://t.co/YvfvehfNbP">pic.twitter.com/YvfvehfNbP</a></p>&mdash; Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrJacobCohen/status/1174459923071217676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have a new commentary perch similar to the CWC setup <a href="https://t.co/baNYa2gvIc">pic.twitter.com/baNYa2gvIc</a></p>&mdash; JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) <a href="https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1174459508279664641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

NXT = Best wrestling on tv

[Triple A]

SOme lil girl in the crowd screaming into the crowd mic, worried

[Triple A]

Let`s go Bianca Belair

[Triple A]

Mia Yim should wait until the musics "picks up" before just walking out.... wack entrance compared to the others

[Triple A]

Arena really gonna look like shit / "the minor leagues" compared to AEW's much bigger arenas

[Triple A]

Hope they start taping 205 Live before or after NXT (not gonna watch it, but feel like the wrestlers will be much more "appreciated")

[Emperor Smeat]

Not a fan of the lack of stage after seeing it on tv but the announcers being more in the crowd like in NXT UK is pretty cool.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Io so good

[Triple A]

wish this lil girl screaming would shut the fuck up tbh

[Emperor Smeat]

Arena really gonna look like shit / "the minor leagues" compared to AEW's much bigger arenas

Somehow looks smaller than before despite no longer having a stage and ramp eating up space.

[slik]

trying to watch this

Mauro/Beth unbearable...feels cheap in small arena....not going to make it

[Triple A]

So glad Tom Phillips or Michael Cole are not on commentary

[xrodmuc316]

Arena really gonna look like shit / "the minor leagues" compared to AEW's much bigger arenas

AEW's wrestling is gonna really look like "minor league" compared to NXT's far better wrestling matches.

If 800 flips is your thing though...

[Triple A]

I disagree

[Droford]

My feed of USA blew up, I think it's durectv

[Triple A]

How do you pronounce "Levesque"... Dave Meltzer always says "La-veck"... is that how you say it

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Good ass match

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Io is incredible. The others very good too but Io god damn.

[Triple A]

Brain expected The Fiend to come out and attack her on the stage...

[xrodmuc316]

I disagree

If 800 flips is your thing though...


:yes:

[slik]

Tom Phillips is the best commentary person in WWE today

[GD]

I can't seem to find a stream

[slik]

Mauro acts like a fucking psychopath

cringe-inducing

[Mr. Nerfect]

What is his bad behavior?

He’s apparently pissed off the whole NXT locker room. He did a video calling everyone dicks and Ciampa came back with “the boys will police themselves, so fuck you” or something like that.

[Evil Vito]

LOL AEW commercial

[Mr. Nerfect]

Who won the four-way? I’m hoping for Io Shirai. Shayna vs. Io will blow away Nyla vs. Riho.

[Triple A]

Who won the four-way? I’m hoping for Io Shirai. Shayna vs. Io will blow away Nyla vs. Riho.

Candice LeRae won with a springboard moonsault on Mia Yim

[slik]

LOL AEW commercial

:heart::heart::heart:

[Emperor Smeat]

Who won the Women's 4-way since I ended up missing the last 10 minutes or so of it?

[GD]

He’s apparently pissed off the whole NXT locker room. He did a video calling everyone dicks and Ciampa came back with “the boys will police themselves, so fuck you” or something like that.

Interesting. Had no idea about this.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I’m with xrod now. NXT is going to be the far superior product. The first match of this NXT era is this four-way. That’s contrasted to the Casino Battle Royal.

[Droford]

Lol that was fast

[xrodmuc316]

I'm not sure I get what Cameron Grimes is going for yet

[Mr. Nerfect]

What is his bad behavior?

Candice LeRae won with a springboard moonsault on Mia Yim

Thanks for that. It’s a bit disappointing, but I guess Candice does appeal to that audience.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Cowboy guy shares my last name and as such, per the laws of television and the universe, he is now my current favorite NXT wrestler.

[rez]

NXT should be what's on Friday nights. Would be something cool to go to for the college kids before they hit up the bars

[Droford]

Nothing against full sail but they need to be in the road if it's going to be live

[GD]

Damn, Cameron Grimes.

[GD]

The presentation looks visibly different.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Cowboy guy shares my last name and as such, per the laws of television and the universe, he is now my current favorite NXT wrestler.

Is your first name Frank?

[Mr. Nerfect]

NXT will start touring once they are beating AEW in the ratings. They’re playing this as the most humble victory possible.

[Droford]

I'm not sure I get what Cameron Grimes is going for yet

Southern urban cowboy hipster

[Emperor Smeat]

Nothing against full sail but they need to be in the road if it's going to be live

If I had to assume, NXT probably will do that once WWE gets around to locking up dates and buildings for next year's overall touring schedule.

Money isn't an issue anymore since USA Network is giving them $50 million for NXT.

[Triple A]

I predict 1.5 million viewers for this show, 1 million next week

What do U guys think

[GD]

NXT will start touring once they are beating AEW in the ratings. They’re playing this as the most humble victory possible.

You're awfully positive about this. Not that I am against it.

[slik]

I predict 1.5 million viewers for this show, 1 million next week

What do U guys think


700k for this show, prob 50-100k less next week

WWE did a shitty job advertising it

[slik]

IDK who they think the new 'market' for NXT is....the people who would most likely watch NXT already have the Network...if they aren't watching it now why would they start just because it is on the USA Network

Makes NO SENSE

[slik]

They didn't spend any time doing video introductions to the CHARACTERS or STORIES you could see on NXT just a bunch of generic commercials where fans scream 'WE R NXT' in ways that are really embarrassing for adults to behave

[Supreme Olajuwon]

IDK who they think the new 'market' for NXT is....the people who would most likely watch NXT already have the Network...if they aren't watching it now why would they start just because it is on the USA Network

Makes NO SENSE

I don’t usually watch the NXT weekly show but I’m watching tonight. :wave:

[Emperor Smeat]

I predict 1.5 million viewers for this show, 1 million next week

What do U guys think

Somewhere in the range of 900k for tonight and give or take 100k for next week's show.

Feel in the long run, NXT is probably going to be like Smackdown where it doesn't move as much week to week since its pretty much WWE's core base watching it.

[Droford]

700k for this show, prob 50-100k less next week

WWE did a shitty job advertising it

I saw ads for it during the Nascar race on NBC sports network

[slik]

I saw ads for it during the Nascar race on NBC sports network

And just like all the ads on FOX that won't mean shit

SD is not going to draw people who aren't already wrestling fans...NO ONE is talking about the SD on FOX commercials on Twitter other than wrestling fans every time they air.

[Droford]

Somewhere in the range of 900k for tonight and give or take 100k for next week's show.

Feel in the long run, NXT is probably going to be like Smackdown where it doesn't move as much week to week since its pretty much WWE's core base watching it.

The bigger question is what it does compared to AEW

[Droford]

And just like all the ads on FOX that won't mean shit

SD is not going to draw people who aren't already wrestling fans...NO ONE is talking about the SD on FOX commercials on Twitter other than wrestling fans every time they air.

You're supposing everyone who watches wrestling is on Twitter or everyone who saw the ad would tweet about ut

[slik]

The target audience for a Friday night is under 10 and over 60 so that point I will give you

[Droford]

I wonder if this match carries over to the network

[xrodmuc316]

The bigger question is what it does compared to AEW

1.4 million viewers for NXT, 800 flips for AEW.

[slik]

AEW will prob debut w/ 800k - 1.1 million

I assume both will settle around 400-500k for NXT and 700-800k for AEW

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Good to see Mauro also has to do shitty commercial break transitions as NXT rolls on.

[Droford]

I'm surprised WWE didn't send a couple midcard guys down to NXT

[Emperor Smeat]

The bigger question is what it does compared to AEW

If I had to guess, probably still manages to do a third to double of what AEW does at least from the start. Like NXT hovers around the 900k to 1 million mark while AEW hovers around 500k to 600k.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Is your first name Frank?

Is drave your second account? :shifty:

I can, however, tell you that my first name is not Vic. Sorry to disappoint if you had hopes for that possibility.

[GD]

Good to see Mauro also has to do shitty commercial break transitions as NXT rolls on.

Doesn't Cole produce the commentary?

[slik]

I wanted to see some character stuff


No interviews or promos...Mauro TELLING us who people are....MIA YIM LOVES HIP HOP....BIANCA HAS ATTITUDE, etc

[Droford]

Oh shit

[Triple A]

hmm, match continuing on WWE Network?

[DAMN iNATOR]

I wanted to see some character stuff


No interviews or promos...Mauro TELLING us who people are....MIA YIM LOVES HIP HOP....BIANCA HAS ATTITUDE, etc

USHIGOROSHI!

[Emperor Smeat]

Dream vs. Strong was pretty good overall despite the overbooked ending.

[Evil Vito]

Undisputed Era would’ve been a total waste of time if they didn’t eventually end up with their draped in gold moment.

[GD]

Wow! This is mental.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Guess UE were dreaming broken dreams.

[GD]

Strong's first singles title in the company. Good stuff.

[Droford]

I imagine lines up Cole vs Dream for NXT title

[DAMN iNATOR]

Also, is Matt Riddle yet another "stoner guy" gimmick? That's what I picture whenever I hear his theme start up.

[Droford]

I knew Dunne was gonna go after his toes

[rez]

lol. is the network down?

[GD]

It's working meow

[rez]

not my stream

[GD]

Oh snap! Lio Rush is back.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dunne vs. the Brazilian guy was pretty good overall.

[Triple A]

God bless Lio Rush, praying 4 him to do well

[GD]

Xia Li has a lot of charisma and potential.

[Triple A]

Aliyah freaking hot

[GD]

What happened to Aliyah's face?

[Droford]

Dunne vs. the Brazilian guy was pretty good overall.

I was impressed with Ruas

[GD]

Aliyah freaking hot

She was...looks very odd now. Lana Del Rey-ish

[GD]

Some miscommunication there.

[Triple A]

She was...looks very odd now. Lana Del Rey-ish

Looks like a beautiful Arab woman to me!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

Yikes at that top rope botch by Xia. Luckily she didn't blow out a knee or something worse.

[Triple A]

Senior citizen couple in the front row freaking pissed that Xia Li won, prob "h8 Chinese ppl" and don't know that Aliyah is Arab..

[Triple A]

Does Eric Bugenhagen still wrestle, they should have him on this show

[Triple A]

Who is the black guy, got up to take a p*$$

[Droford]

The Super Messiah kid is one level below Super Jesus as a wrestling gimmick lol

[Triple A]

Wlater rules,,

[GD]

WALTER :eek:

[GD]

https://i.redd.it/2uk5g5qgu0m31.jpg

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder who's chest WALTER is destroying tonight.

[Triple A]

Kushida seems boring / "like a 205 Live guy," idk @ them pushing him so much

[GD]

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[Droford]

Asian Marty Mcfly vs European Biff Tannen

[Triple A]

Good idea @ them doing Cruiserweight title stuff on NXT

[Triple A]

Lio Rush rules

[Mr. Nerfect]

WALTER is actually money.

[Droford]

Good idea @ them doing Cruiserweight title stuff on NXT

Is 205 live dead?

[Emperor Smeat]

Kushida seems boring / "like a 205 Live guy," idk @ them pushing him so much

He was a lot better in NJPW mainly because they gave him the time and spotlight to shine. Hasn't gotten the same treatment in NXT due to how bloated the roster is and lack of quality time to spread around until tonight.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Good idea @ them doing Cruiserweight title stuff on NXT

Such a good idea! Fans who respect the talent! They don’t look small compared to the rest of the show!

[Emperor Smeat]

Is 205 live dead?

Not yet but Triple H recently hinted its likely getting merged into NXT at some point in the future.

[Triple A]

Is 205 live dead?

They haven't said yet, but Triple H said Cruiserweight stuff will be "under the NXT umbrella"

It's prob not gonna be taped after SmackDown once it moves to Fridays... would make the most sense to air it after NXT at Full Sail on Wednesdays if they're gonna keep it imo

[GD]

Wow! Lio Rush wins.

[Triple A]

Nice...

[Emperor Smeat]

Rush vs. Lorcan was very good.

Rush vs. Gulak for the Cruiser title should be great when it happens.

[Triple A]

NXT has a lot of good wrestlers... forgot... Was kinda wishing that they didn't do the two hour live shit but now kinda glad! Might be a good show!

[rez]

PANDEMONIUM

[Emperor Smeat]

A street fight breaking out during the middle of a Street Fight match was pretty cool.

[GD]

Going out with a brawl...

[Triple A]

Is it over... weird

[GD]

How odd of them to end the show early.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

What was that stupid ass ending

[Emperor Smeat]

Brawl was great but that ending sucked.

NXT itself was pretty great overall. Pretty much was two extra stuffed episodes of NXT in one.

[Droford]

Network died on me lol

I can watch clash of champions for 4 hours no problem but an hour if NXT is too much apparently

[Supreme Olajuwon]

That ending was so god damn stupid.

Rest of the show was great.

Io Shirai for Universal Champion.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems someone in NXT production messed up big time since tonight's show wasn't meant to end the way it did.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Regal did come out and announce the Winner or Riddle vs Dain next week on USA will get a title shot against Adam Cole, not sure if that aired either based on what people are telling me</p>&mdash; Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrJacobCohen/status/1174502950443659264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Matt Riddle for NXT Champion.

[Jordan]

Just watching now. Good opening match. Slik ducked out because of Mauro but I like Mauro even if he does say some ridiculous shit. "LIKE A JINGA TOWER COLLAPSING!".

I think La Rae is a great choice to dethrone Shayna.

[Jordan]

Someone put some clothes on Cameron Grimes. Gross.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Got a feeling that Candice is going to beat Shayna, Shayna moves to Raw or SmackDown and then Candice and Io have a Ladder Match at Takeover in Chicago. The main event will either be a War Games or, hopefully, Adam Cole defending against Matt Riddle (not that interested in Killian Dain). Riddle, Dream, Gargano & Ciampa as a babyface team going against Undisputed Era would be pretty epic.

[Jordan]

I really enjoyed the two hour NXT, great show!

[Jordan]

Lorcan and Rush was a really good match. I loved both of them. They would have been so good in WCW cruiser.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I love Meltzer, but my god, he’s comparing Velveteen Dream to Miz. As if the “Meltz is on the take” conspiracy needed fumes. I think the show has made WWE critics nervous. Don’t Omega and Moxley infamously throw shit punches and he shrugs it off?

I’m feeling an NXT win, overall. This is the boutique brand and it will get freedom and that eliminates any edge AEW had, because none of the people in power have any experience calling shots, and very few even know what it is like to perform in arenas regularly.

[Jordan]

I love Meltzer, but my god, he’s comparing Velveteen Dream to Miz. As if the “Meltz is on the take” conspiracy needed fumes. I think the show has made WWE critics nervous. Don’t Omega and Moxley infamously throw shit punches and he shrugs it off?

I’m feeling an NXT win, overall. This is the boutique brand and it will get freedom and that eliminates any edge AEW had, because none of the people in power have any experience calling shots, and very few even know what it is like to perform in arenas regularly.

We will see! I think NXT has so much going for it. The roster is every bit as good as AEW. The only thing is that AEW has is some real star power with Jericho and The Executives. Also having the announce team they have with JR Tony and Excalibur will make the show stand out a lot. But we will see.

After last night, realizing that NXT could easily be the best show on TV again is very likely.

[Jordan]

Walter is on NXT on USA. It's awesome. Walter is going to be a huge fucking star.

[Jordan]

I know we will one day see Walter vs Brock Lesnar. It has to happen. And Walter vs Joe. And also while we are at it Walter vs Roman and Walter vs Braun. And Walter vs AJ.

[slik]

I will prob give NXT another chance but mute it next time so I don't have to listen to Mauro spazzing out

[Emperor Smeat]

I know we will one day see Walter vs Brock Lesnar. It has to happen. And Walter vs Joe. And also while we are at it Walter vs Roman and Walter vs Braun. And Walter vs AJ.

Doubt it and mainly because WALTER supposedly doesn't like being away from his home and training school for long stretches of time. I'd be surprised if he shows up again any time soon in NXT after his upcoming match with KUSHIDA.

Just to get him signed to NXT UK, his contract included terms where he can walk away at any time with no BS time added and can reject working at events if it causes him any scheduling or traveling issues.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Showbuzz Daily, NXT's debut on USA Network did around 1.17 million for viewers.

#4 for the night in terms of demo rankings

[xrodmuc316]

According to Showbuzz Daily, NXT's debut on USA Network did around 1.17 million for viewers.

#4 for the night in terms of demo rankings

AEW already BTFO by this.

Kenny Omega says NXT people would be in dark matches in AEW lol

Yeah Kenny cause all the bookers are needs who only book themselves to win.

Can't WAIT for AEW to fold in a year thanks to these "Elites" mark attitudes

[Emperor Smeat]

AEW folding would be the worst thing to happen since WWE would lose a lot of motivation to keep trying to improve their product.

Already seen that happen when WCW folded and when Impact failed miserably in the brief Monday Night Wars II.

AEW just existing managed to cause WWE to start paying their wrestlers better than before and gave the extra spark needed for serious changes to be made to try to improve RAW and Smackdown.

[Evil Vito]

It’s fine to not like AEW’s product and not feel compelled to watch but anyone rooting for them to fold is a selfish cunt.

[xrodmuc316]

It’s fine to not like AEW’s product and not feel compelled to watch but anyone rooting for them to fold is a selfish cunt.

Naw, I want them to fold. They have been nothing but pricks. They don't deserve the opportunity they have been given, and are full of themselves at peak Ultimate Warrior levels.

Kenny Omega being disrespectful to a guy like Roderick Strong, who busted his ass building the Indy scene while Kenny was crying about mean Bill Demott, has the stones to say NXT is all developmental wrestlers. He just comes off as a prick.

It's not even like it's the first time he has run his mouth, feels pretty insecure to me.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, did Kenny really say that? My god. Yeah, that Chuck Taylor really outshines fucking WALTER.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Io Shirai warming up for Riho is pretty funny.

[Droford]

Doubt it and mainly because WALTER supposedly doesn't like being away from his home and training school for long stretches of time. I'd be surprised if he shows up again any time soon in NXT after his upcoming match with KUSHIDA.

Just to get him signed to NXT UK, his contract included terms where he can walk away at any time with no BS time added and can reject working at events if it causes him any scheduling or traveling issues.

This is where wekkly live is bad cause he could have come over fora couple days, taped 2 months of shows (a couple matches) for the leadup to a big takeover match and then come back in 2 months for that.

They'd almost be better of sending people to UK and taping matches with him to air on NXT as to not piss him off with the travel

[XL]

They could always send Kushida to NXT UK to continue the angle and recap it on NXT and then hold a match in the US.

[Evil Vito]

Kenny Omega being disrespectful to a guy like Roderick Strong, who busted his ass building the Indy scene while Kenny was crying about mean Bill Demott, has the stones to say NXT is all developmental wrestlers. He just comes off as a prick.

lol Kenny is friends with a large portion of the NXT roster. Both sides probably having a nice laugh at the jabs they're sending one another on Twitter.

Can't imagine anybody who isn't mentally feeble thinking there's any actual beef.

[rez]

Naw, I want them to fold. They have been nothing but pricks. They don't deserve the opportunity they have been given, and are full of themselves at peak Ultimate Warrior levels.

Kenny Omega being disrespectful to a guy like Roderick Strong, who busted his ass building the Indy scene while Kenny was crying about mean Bill Demott, has the stones to say NXT is all developmental wrestlers. He just comes off as a prick.

It's not even like it's the first time he has run his mouth, feels pretty insecure to me.

:rofl: That's some next level Creature_of_the_Night shit right there.

Simmer down..Omega is just having fun with it

[Jordan]

Kenny should probably be a heel. There is some less cool about him in AEW for sure. I think the anime god gimmick he had in Japan just don't translate to big time player here. Them booking him to lose didn't help either, not that I have a big problem with it so long as they have a good arch planned.

[Malfeitor]

Rod got worked. Haha.

[Mr. Nerfect]

lol Kenny is friends with a large portion of the NXT roster. Both sides probably having a nice laugh at the jabs they're sending one another on Twitter.

Can't imagine anybody who isn't mentally feeble thinking there's any actual beef.

At best it’s a bad promo. It’s like when Jericho cut the promo on someone calling them old, and the old guy said “Don’t call me shit, because when I beat you — and I will beat you — you’ll look like an even bigger piece of shit.”

Omega may or may not be “jabbing.” It’s a poor sense of humor and he’s in the wrestling business and an EVP for the company. He should act better. It’s also a statement that pushes me more firmly behind NXT, because fuck that guy.

And yeah, AEW would take basically everyone in NXT if they could. It’s a nice way to draw attention to that by saying that they wouldn’t. He’s such a fucking idiot. The thought process he invites for you is “Oh! Shots fired! Hang on, he’s joking. He loves the NXT guys. NXT is awesome. I’m going to watch NXT.” He actually just promo’d the shit out of them, and I’m sure that wasn’t his intention.

There’s going to be a big problem with Omega and The Bucks in their roles.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Rod got worked. Haha.

So the company that is inclusive uses troll bullying psychology to promote their opposition? Guys in the Attitude era didn’t flat-out bury the competition because they knew what it would do.

Something interesting about this “war” is that there are lots of wrestlers with smashed brains on social media.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AEW already BTFO by this.

Kenny Omega says NXT people would be in dark matches in AEW lol

Yeah Kenny cause all the bookers are needs who only book themselves to win.

Can't WAIT for AEW to fold in a year thanks to these "Elites" mark attitudes

Kenny Omega booked a child molester in a dark match the last time he ran a show.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Something I noticed re: NXT vs. AEW. For all the talk around AEW being inclusive, which I support as far as catering to additional needs fans and looking for good wrestlers that come from a large number of backgrounds, NXT introduced 11 women wrestlers on their show. That’s as many women as recorded on the AEW roster page.

There were wrestlers from 5 different continents and 11 different countries. Mia Yim has Korean heritage and Sean Maluta and Vanessa Borne are Samoan. Everyone in AEW is from the UK, Canada, Japan, South Africa or Mexico. Nyla Rose is Native American. This is one show from NXT up against an entire company. And the expectation is that WWE would beat you over the head with that stuff for the good PR. But Triple H has kept his gloating to a minimum.

I’ve found myself rooting for NXT. I lost interest when it became clear that everyone I invest in there is going to be irrelevant on the main roster. I couldn’t care about Asuka in NXT because I knew she would be WWE’d. That’s changed. At least for now. I can care about Io Shirai because they may not send her to Raw or SmackDown.

Triple H. Fuck. I can’t believe I’m saying this, because I’ve called bullshit on a lot of the “he’s going to save wrestling” myths. But he’s doing everything right so far. The stuff on top as well as the stuff on bottom. AEW were “full gearing” up to parody main roster WWE, but they’re getting pro-wrestling and now Omega’s salty. He didn’t want to go against good wrestling — that isn’t what he signed up for.

[GD]

Noid is NXT

[Mr. Nerfect]

Haha, honestly I am. I was so hyped for AEW, but I’ve gone so cold on them. I think what I am most anxious about re: NXT is whether it does become a destination, or if that is taken away from it when it succeeds. I’m naively optimistic about NXT affecting how Raw and SmackDown look, and others possibly being given autonomy. Like, imagine a Raw that is properly run by Heyman so Vince can do his football stuff on Monday because Triple H has proven that things that deviate from that set format can work.

[xrodmuc316]

NXT > AEW, and that won't change no matter how many times AEW guys try to say otherwise.

[Jordan]

I'm super excite for AEW but I have more real faith in NXT. I think there are less things about NXT that I dislike than AEW already. But there could be more things in AEW that I like than NXT, yet to be seen because the show hasn't started.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I just don't get how you can have two completely different philosophies being enacted on the same show. Cody is trying to do NWA/WCW and The Bucks and Omega are trying to do PWG.