January 4, 20169 yr comment_5718560 Where did the concern about Balor not holding up under the physical toll come from? He doesn't have any injury history I'm aware of that would raise any red flags, is it just a case of WWE looking at him and thinking "well the last guy his size we gave a push to broke down, so he probably will too"?
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719654 The Artist Formerly Known as La Sombra made his debut on an NXT house show in Tampa and reports seem to agree he was pretty good. It's funny how he's been kind of forgotten in all the Bullet Club news, when he's probably the one with the longest future ahead of him.
January 9, 20169 yr comment_5719764 Last set of TV taping had lots of interesting stuff. I don't understand why they would spoil two big matches for the next one by announcing them online though.
January 10, 20169 yr comment_5719809 To try and sell tickets for UCF. Sales aren't going well I heard.
January 10, 20169 yr comment_5719824 The Artist Formerly Known as La Sombra made his debut on an NXT house show in Tampa and reports seem to agree he was pretty good. It's funny how he's been kind of forgotten in all the Bullet Club news, when he's probably the one with the longest future ahead of him. Sombra Busick Swann TMDK Athena Nikki Storm All people that are at the PC or supposedly on their way there that have been overlooked during this NJPW exodus
January 10, 20169 yr comment_5719833 Santana Garrett must be getting a serious look. Stardom can't be happy about their No. 2 titleholder jobbing to a big name joshi star who never worked with the promotion.
January 13, 20169 yr comment_5720403 Anybody seen the email from some guy in WWE's HR department claiming to process Daniel Bryan's release next week?
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720444 We get to see the results of the voting tonight. First new show for NXT of 2016.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720450 Anybody seen the email from some guy in WWE's HR department claiming to process Daniel Bryan's release next week? Dave shot that one down.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720489 That email was from Scotsman, if anyone remembers him. What did he claim about Daniel Bryan? I remember Scotsman's board way back when. And it had a pretty cool poker section too.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720493 He passed himself off as someone who worked in WWE HR and that he had processed paperwork for Daniel Bryan's release. The clue was that the first letter of every paragraph (including the "Scott," opening) spelled out SCOTSMANALITY.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720503 If I can talk about NXT...the women's battle royal was awesome for many reasons. - Asuka's pre-match promo which made me excited for her killing every woman in the known universe. - The start of the battle royal with Asuka ready to take on a dozen women at once...if I were them I would have ran. - The end of the battle royal with Asuka dispatching two jobbers and then HOLY FUCK EVA MARIE. This was so fantastic because I immediately had so many conflicting emotions: anger that they actually had Eva Marie eliminate Asuka from anything. Joy at the thought of Bayley kicking Eva's ass again. And unabashed, unbridled glee at the thought of Asuka murdering Eva and feasting on her insides. - These guys completely telegraphed this finish by having Asuka bump Eva on the ramp and having Eva powder out, and they followed through with the obvious but then STILL got me by having Carmella swerve the swerve and win. A+ for effort NXT. So now we get Bayley vs Carmella (Fun babyface match? Carmella heel turn? Third party interference? Who knows!) and the mother of all televised ritual sacrifices that will be Asuka vs Eva. And they hold off Bayley vs Asuka for a rainy day. I love NXT.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720515 I agree with those points about the battle royal. Bayley sort of foreshadowed the eventual winner in her own pre-match promo, but it was subtle enough to not give it away. Would it be fair to assume that they're probably going to have the Bayley vs. Carmella match at the Royal Rumble weekend tapings, and then build up a real feud with someone else for the Mania weekend show?
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720517 I agree with those points about the battle royal. Bayley sort of foreshadowed the eventual winner in her own pre-match promo, but it was subtle enough to not give it away. Would it be fair to assume that they're probably going to have the Bayley vs. Carmella match at the Royal Rumble weekend tapings, and then build up a real feud with someone else for the Mania weekend show? Yeah that's definitely just a match to do before the Mania weekend show.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720521 Which is perfectly fine. Have your babyface champ defend the belt against a plurality of challengers, with each match getting some build. Show vulnerability, have the odds stacked sometimes, but Win. Win. Win. It's not rocket science. That should be NXT's motto: "Wrestling isn't rocket science after all!"
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720522 Damn it Vince, this is brain surgery not rocket science! Now hand me that ice cream scoop.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720535 As a Kana fan I thought it could only be right to check her out in NXT, despite my general disinterest in wrestling these days. It was a decent show that was worth the watch. Random dribble . . Had no idea Zayne is back from injury, hope he's holding up well. Joe was shockingly good in the opening segment, Corbin's still a complete dolt but I think he's miscast in all honesty. Drop the silent mysterious crap, he's trailer sleaze. Run with it. Enzo's hair is fabulous. Give Danny Burch the gimmick of a West Ham football hoolie and I'd be tuning in every week. Great to see him back, getting in some offence none the less! I'm guessing Ciampa's an indie dude. That top rope slingshot thing he did was terrible. Back end of this match was great, totally stiffing the shit out of each other in there. Skipped the tag. Scott Dawson's very good but I'm not sure if they should be holding the belts, at least not with that team name and gimmick. The mini pre-battle royal promo's were a nice touch, if a bit . . . weird. Nice surprise to see Jessie McKay there. Asuka's promo though. Creepy. As. Fuck. And the highlight of the show. (along with Eva Marie's atrocious/amazing acting in the hilarious Jax segment). Have they signed Portia Perez yet? Her and Alexa Bliss would be great dastardly heel team. Bliss is probably the future of the Divas division. The match itself was pretty awful until the fun closing. Emma was clearly the match standout even though it was dumb to babyface her before Asuka kicked her out. Asuka's elimination was handled fairly well, as long as they don't continue to make her look stupid to get heat on Marie. From the little I've seen it looks like they're doing a good job with Asuka, which is cool. I'm also interested to see what's been happening in mens title picture. I'll have to track down the London show. Can't say I even noticed the commentary. I suppose that's a . . good thing?
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720537 When he was under contract, I always imagined a Danny Burch/Wade Barratt tag team of yobbo Brits would be a lot of fun. Fun match, first time they've let Burch get a little offence in on his squashes. Strange to see a match between two non-contracted guys on WWE programming.
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720687 Glad I'm not the only one who sees the potential in Danny Burch. He definitely has an awesome Jason Statham/Vinnie Jones/soccer hooligan vibe to him. I can't wait for him to get a repackage and a push. I hope it's soon. Eva Marie has a better character than 90% of WWE/NXT. There, I said it. #RedArmy, baby
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720704 If Eva Marie could work even a little, or AT ALL, she'd be the best heel in the business. She's one of the few in the company to garner legit heel heat, but the moment she has to do a match it's all downhill.
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720734 If Eva could work, she never would have got the heat that she has.
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720801 Whatever happened to Richie Steamboat? Is he still under a developmental contract?
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