Official WWE NXT Thread for 02/23/10 - Admit it, you're watching for Danielson

[Xero]

Honestly I like the route they've gone with the show itself. It feels like a regular wrestling show with a gimmick, not a reality show.

Was worried it was going to be some bullshit like Tough Enough.

[Emperor Smeat]

Looks like WWE might go with an injury scenario with Daniel Bryan since they got his photos up with the bruise and the caption asks how this will affect him on NXT

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/photos/13610194/danielbryaninjury/

[Blitz]

I'm pleasantly surprised with all the offense they gave Danielson. It was pretty 50-50. Hopefully this means they're serious with him.

[screech]

I loved it. Really looking forward to this show.

[Heros Welcome]

Loved the show! I had high hopes for this first episode and it delievered on everything. Dragon and Miz is going to be awesome to watch over however many weeks the season goes. Also being able to see Dragon v. Jericho in a well contested match was great!

Punk was hilarious.

Otunga has really got my eye. His vignette was one of the better ones I had seen in a while. Seems very well polished on the mic. Wish I could have seen more in the ring, but he's def got "it".

Can't wait for Justin Gabriel next week. NXT will def be getting my ratings from here on out!

[Hanso Amore]

Seemed like they are giving these rookies very little up front and letting them sort of "do it yourself".

Like barrett defintely was shooting from the hip and was not repeating what a writer told him, same for Bryan.

I think there are going to be "WWE HEAT ON BRYAN" BS reports from Clarke tomorrow.

[Cool King]

I thought NXT was alright, though I'm going to watch it on TV on Thursday so I can gain a proper opinion on it.

Couldn't really do that as my stream didn't start until five minutes into the show and it had really bad lag and the people in the chat were idiots.

Basically, my stream sucked.

[The Pope]

Did that show just suck?

[James Steele]

Excellent show.

Is it just me, or does it seem like the whole point of this "season" of NXT is to establish Daniel Bryan. They pushed Bryan the entire show.

[Xero]

Excellent show.

Is it just me, or does it seem like the whole point of this "season" of NXT is to establish Daniel Bryan. They pushed Bryan the entire show.

Definitely.

[James Steele]

WWE must be high on him because the "poll" on NXT's website got these "results".

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="263"><tbody><tr><td align="center">http://www.wwe.com/images/common/poll/genericpollresults.jpg </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="qtext" align="center">Which NXT Rookie was most impressive on the show's debut episode?</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="27" valign="middle"><hr align="center" color="#000000" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="85%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="center"><table><tbody><tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Daniel Bryan</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">52.80 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/1.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Heath Slater</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">37.65 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/2.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Michael Tarver</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">0.70 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/3.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">David Otunga</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">3.93 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/4.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Darren Young</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">4.89 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/5.gif</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

[Xero]

lol 0.70

[HeartBreakMan2k]

I think Daniel is going to be a huge focal point of the show as a whole, but I can definitely see them highlighting a different guy each week.

[Skippord]

lol at Darren Young getting more than Otunga

[The Pope]

Daniel Bryan is nothing but a Bryan Danielson wannabe.

[Nark Order]

Evil Cena pulling the dupe on Otunga.

[teamXtremist]

not bad for a new wwe series danielson was impressive not a stiff on the mic as i expected.

tarver wasnt bad and allthough slater looks whack he wasnt bad in ring.

looking forward to next week

[Skippord]

I prefer Bizarro Cena

[Nark Order]

http://www.fcwwrestling.info/images/talent/darren_young.jpg

[The Pope]

Oh MY! vintage Miz!

[screech]

Are they replaying this on WWE.com like they did with ECW? Pretty sure I read that somewhere recently.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

http://twitter.com/JoeyStyles

[Juan]

I was thoroughly entertained by NXT tonight. Especially the main event. Can't wait for Justin Angel next week

[VSG]

Blast I missed this! Oh and this thread has more pages than last night's Raw, for crying out loud.. Hopefully Hulu will be playing this soon!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Pretty much figured out the best way to bring Danielson in.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

And Michael Cole was awesome LOL, totally shooting on us internet folk. Fucking hilarious.

[thedamndest]

Michael Cole is broken.

[Droford]

WWE must be high on him because the "poll" on NXT's website got these "results".

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="263"><tbody><tr><td align="center">http://www.wwe.com/images/common/poll/genericpollresults.jpg </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="qtext" align="center">Which NXT Rookie was most impressive on the show's debut episode?</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="27" valign="middle"><hr align="center" color="#000000" size="1" noshade="noshade" width="85%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="center"> <table><tbody><tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Daniel Bryan</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">52.80 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/1.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Heath Slater</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">37.65 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/2.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Michael Tarver</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">0.70 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/3.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">David Otunga</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">3.93 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/4.gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="atext" align="left">Darren Young</td> <td class="atext" align="left" nowrap="nowrap">4.89 %</td> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">http://application.wwe.com/images/UPE/5.gif</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

Wade Barrett gets dissed. He could at least have done better than .70%

[James Steele]

I would cum in my britches right now if a certain "WWE Superstar" were to get a Rookie next season:

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[Jeritron]

You're going to do this in every thread tonight huh?

[James Steele]

No...maybe.

[The Show Off]

Marks for James Steele marking for Triple H!

[James Steele]

http://www.worldwrestlinginsanity.com/am2/uploads/1/cole.jpg

VINTAGE JAMES STEELE!

[James Steele]

I am really digging what they are doing with NXT and the idea of a "smark vs mark" type deal. It is really interesting, and they are doing it in a way that won't confuse the fuck out of casual fans.

[thecc]

http://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/9560941396

Michael Cole has requested his @WWEUniverse profile be removed from our site, not wanting to associate with "online fans" any longer. #WWE

[James Steele]

http://twitter.com/JRsBBQ

:love:

[Jordan]

The show was amazing, WWE totally made the right move, really good call on all accounts. And seeing Bryan/Jericho was AWESOME, wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I have officially become a Michael Cole mark.

[Indifferent Clox]

Darren young took a bad bump

[Mr. C]

With ECW folding, I figured Byron Saxton would disappear while Josh Matthews would become one of the commentators for NXT. I was right, but wasn't expecting Michael Cole to be the other commentator.

Could this possibly mean that Jim Ross is announcing for RAW again as soon as next week!?

[Poit]

http://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/9560941396

... wow.

[Droford]

LOL (http://twitter.com/WWEUniverse)

the only reason Cole hated Bryan is because he could not yell "vintage"

[CSL]

Only saw the main event, laid into Danielson a bit. Bless. Cole was/is ridiculous.

[Fignuts]

Anyone know where I can watch this? I don't get syfy, I just found out.

[Jeritron]

I think it is going to be available on the site every week. Probably not unti tomorrow morning though

[Fignuts]

Cool.

[dronepool]

There's a reply half way through going on

http://www.justin.tv/youknowlolz#r=uyAJ3CQ~

[Jeritron]

Has the Punk segment been on yet?

[Jeritron]

Team Christian Slater

[Fignuts]

wtf at Danielson no selling that suicide dive counter. Utterly ridiculous. That should have ended the match, tbh.

[Juan]

I don't think it was meant to be a counter, tbh

[Fignuts]

Pretty shitty catch attempt by jericho then.

[teamXtremist]

Pretty shitty catch attempt by jericho then.

it was odd jericho appeared to counter as was said by the commentators though jericho was laid out as daniels seemed to be fueled by the pain lol

[Dave Youell]

Just watched the whole thing on youtube, pretty decent debut show there

[Juan]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1130

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1131

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1132

[Fignuts]

Pretty nasty, but not too bad, considering how hard he hit.

Also, marked out for the American Dragon robe.

They are handling Danielson better than I possibly could have hoped for, so far.

[Outsider]

You guys realise that the WWE is only building your hopes to dash them right?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Was making a Twitter account a pre-requisite to appearing on NXT?

[Sixx]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1130

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1131

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1132

What happenned to him?

[Dave Youell]

What happenned to him?

Dive to the outside, he hit the announce table.

[Cool King]

This is the whole match, but Danielson smashing into the announce table starts at 3:45.

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[The Jayman]

this was a good show. I enjoyed it. I also love the fact that Stryker is the backstage announcer. His segment with bryan was golden

[Jimmy Cones]

If every show after this is half as good as this one then they have a great season ahead of them. I like how Cole has decided that since he can't win over the internet fans, he's just going to hate on us. Why didn't that happen sooner? Punks reactions, Daniels push, and they've even started establishing a lot of character all in one show. I'm impressed... well more then impressed actually. I need to go wash the love stains out of my pants now.

[Indifferent Clox]

Yeah i was beeming about this all night. Fell asleep nice and esy, this is easily the greatest night in wrestling history and they should have tony shivanne just end the show with that every night, and on special occassions do a rendition of goodnight moon.

[Indifferent Clox]

Goodnight Danielson, who muttilates the cows
goodnight Bizzarro Cena, with your dragonball style
goodnight Cole, who has his doubts
goodnight shawn michaels, who regained his smile


btw i am pretty sure that is not the biggest audeince dnielson has wrestled in front of. JAPAN he wrestled in front of like well more than were at smackdown tapings or whatever.

[The Show Off]

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1130

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1131

http://www.tpww.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=1132

He looked worse after a match of taking Roderick Strong chops.

[The Show Off]

I like how Cole said "These internet fans just believe anything they read on the dirt sheets" when refering to Daniel Bryan as if internet fan never saw him wrestle and simply love him for his hype.

[Shaved Monkey]

I thought NXT was alright, though I'm going to watch it on TV on Thursday so I can gain a proper opinion on it.

Couldn't really do that as my stream didn't start until five minutes into the show and it had really bad lag and the people in the chat were idiots.

Basically, my stream sucked.

Try the stream on channelsurfing next time. I watched the whole thing and didn't have any issues with it.

[parkmania]

Can't wait to see Wade Barrett get to have a match - I fully expect him to shove the cape off a la M. Bison.

[Gertner]

Wade Barrett voice is tremendous. Really enjoyed the show. Liked Cole's commentating. lol I'm sure all the fat ass ROH fans were throwing their remotes at the t.v's.

[Xero]

I like how Cole said "These internet fans just believe anything they read on the dirt sheets" when refering to Daniel Bryan as if internet fan never saw him wrestle and simply love him for his hype.

Honestly, this is probably the case for a lot of the "WWE Universe".

At this point I believe he's referring only to the WWE.com community.

[Mr. C]

Does this mean Jim Ross is coming back next week on RAW?

[Dorkchop]

Cole's commentating was too annoying. I like the idea behind it though. Cole was just too aggressive though. I wish Canada got NXT at a decent timeslot... if we even get it.

I wonder if WWE are planning on having him face Miz at Mania for the US title.

[Xero]

NXT did a 1.4 apparently. Not bad.

[Damian Rey]

NXT did a 1.4 apparently. Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Just watched the match. Despite being short, it was well done and did a great job of showcasing Danielson without giving him too much credit against Jericho.

The "vintage" Walls of Jericho was a great touch.

I'm pretty pissed I fell asleep before this aired.

[screech]

NXT did a 1.4 apparently. Not bad.

Nice :y:

[James Steele]

TNA vs NXT!!!!

EPIC SHIT

[Droford]

Wade Barrett voice is tremendous. Really enjoyed the show. Liked Cole's commentating. lol I'm sure all the fat ass ROH fans were throwing their remotes at the t.v's.

I just watched an FCW ep off of youtube to put for my draft vid of Barrett and I gotta say he's way ahead of Danielson on the promo level and he fits the mold of guys WWE likes to push. Totally just realized though they missed the boat on giving him Regal as a pro. I could see Regal being his manager when he makes it to RAW/SD totally though. Maybe even a Tag Team with Sheamus..that would be all kinds of badass I think.

[muffalufagus]

I love the camera angles they use inthis show. That was a fantastic match between AmDrag and Jericho. Loved the vintage tamer. I really hope the WWE uses Danielson well. With the quality of Smackdown and Raw as of late, and this show... dare i say... wrestling is getting good?

[Juan]

Wrestling Observer:

Vince McMahon was reportedly pleased with Daniel Bryan's performance on last night's premiere episode of WWE NXT as he felt they made him "a star" in one night as a result of his interaction with The Miz and match with Chris Jericho.

[St. Jimmy]

Old School Lion Tamer. Good match. Danielson is an asset to the company, that whole exchange between Cole and Matthews was pretty hilarious - cole is an epic fucking tool.

[Jeritron]

All they have to do is keep it up. The format and the momentum will do the rest. As long as they keep putting him in good matches, and letting him go, the crowd is ready to get behind him.

[el bobbo]

This match was the best moment of nationally televised (WWE) wrestling of 2010. Can anyone find me a better example?

This NXT concept really plays well to us internet marks. We demand some kind of realism in our storylines and they are delivering it. I can also see how "everyday" fans can enjoy this. Overall, this was a really good first show, I can't wait til the next, and I hope we can get some of this every Tuesday on "SyFy" and still get some decent stuff on Smackdon (I gave up on Raw).

[el bobbo]

I keep on thinking that the WWE marketing staff is reading TPWW...

[kareru]

i haven't seen nxt yet but it sounded like a pretty good show

[GoneFishing]

NXT seems to be pleasing the internet.... Jericho has his own internet fan, lol.

[Johnny McNasty]

Just finished watching this, and have to say the whole premise of the show was executed flawlessly. The live interactions with the fans, the chemistry between the rookies and pros, mid match interviews, and even the camera angles where very well done and refreshing. I can only think this is how tough enough should have been done.

Otunga was impressive, and has a very good look about him.

Wade Barrett has an amazing voice, as has been said already. Also glad to see his head wasn't as tiny as the WWE.com photos made it out to be.

Darren Young and Punk is an absolute wonderful pairing, and I can't wait for more interactions between these two.

Michael Tarver didn't impress me much, but interesting enough character I guess.

Heath Slater is kinda of an odd ball. His look is unique, but there is something about him that just doesn't feel right. Pretty good in the ring though.

Daniel Bryan was very impressive I'd have to say. Seen a couple of his matches online, and read a little bit about him, but was by no means a fan before the show. Now after seeing his WWE debut, the way he handled himself with the Miz, and his first match I would say I'm definitely a fan. Speaking of him and Miz the tension between the two was noticeable right off the bat, and how it built up though out the show was nicely done. Also him taking it to the World Heavyweight Champion was awesome, as was the old school lion tamer. I see huge things for Daniel Bryan.

Definitely will be checking this show out every tuesday, and already anticipating next week's episode and seeing the other rookies.

[addy2hotty]

I really really enjoyed this show, which surprised me.

Danielson/Bryan was pretty damn amazing for a debut in the big time taking on Jericho and jockeying with The Miz. Jericho made him look like a million dollars and despite just having won the WHC took some punishment (I thought he was going to tap) - I think it speaks volumes that he's the only main eventer who WOULD do this let alone put on a clinic with Bryan.

The pairings idea seems like the best thing about the show and Punk was simply incredible in his role and I hope we see more of him not giving a shit about Young.

I'm a fan, I hope it continues in this way and they don't start fucking with the format.

[Damian Rey]

I really really enjoyed this show, which surprised me.

Danielson/Bryan was pretty damn amazing for a debut in the big time taking on Jericho and jockeying with The Miz. Jericho made him look like a million dollars and despite just having won the WHC took some punishment (I thought he was going to tap) - I think it speaks volumes that he's the only main eventer who WOULD do this let alone put on a clinic with Bryan.

The pairings idea seems like the best thing about the show and Punk was simply incredible in his role and I hope we see more of him not giving a shit about Young.

I'm a fan, I hope it continues in this way and they don't start fucking with the format.

I haven't seen Punk's segemt(s) yet, but I wouldn't mind seeing him ignore Young to the point where you have Young following him like a puppy, begging for attention, and gets desperate to the point where he willingly offers to accept Straight Edge just for Punk's attention.

[Tazz Dan]

Yeah, sorry about the thread bump, but this was an epic night. The debut of Daniel Bryan, and Cole's heel turn. Good times.

[VSG]

:heart:

[Shadrick]

You're not sorry.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Definitely a good time.

[Vastardikai]

Week 2 was better, it had the WWE Debut of Skip Sheffield, better known as THE RYBACK!!!

:shifty:

[Poit]

Latest episode: http://www.hulu.com/watch/434701

[Ultra Mantis]

Week 2 was better, it had the WWE Debut of Skip Sheffield, better known as THE RYBACK!!!

:shifty:

Pfft. That moment was dwarfed by the last pop Carlito ever got. MONSTROUS. At least 10 people cheered.

[Lock Jaw]

Latest episode: http://www.hulu.com/watch/434701

I think Poit confused this bumped thread for this one: http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=119000