I bring this up in part because of the exception that proves the rule: the tag title change caught me so off-guard because I'm completely used to feeling like I know the outcome of every match ahead of time.
That can't be too good of a thing.
I mean, I was pretty sure Corbin was going to beat Dempsey but that was the kind of match where there should have been some doubt. Yet any doubt I might have had was erased in the first 10 seconds or so of the match. At the very least, it should have been back-and-forth enough that there would have been a couple of moments where you thought Dempsey was going to win.
Even when Sami Z was on his losing streak, it seemed obvious that he was going to be losing ... and when he started turning into a winner that was obvious, too.
I think there is too much Star vs. Jobber stuff in NXT, and even Star vs. Star the pecking order is usually too obvious to think that a match is 50-50.
I will say that Zayne-Owen is intriguing and that it's a rare NXT toss-up to me, at least at this point.
That can't be too good of a thing.
I mean, I was pretty sure Corbin was going to beat Dempsey but that was the kind of match where there should have been some doubt. Yet any doubt I might have had was erased in the first 10 seconds or so of the match. At the very least, it should have been back-and-forth enough that there would have been a couple of moments where you thought Dempsey was going to win.
Even when Sami Z was on his losing streak, it seemed obvious that he was going to be losing ... and when he started turning into a winner that was obvious, too.
I think there is too much Star vs. Jobber stuff in NXT, and even Star vs. Star the pecking order is usually too obvious to think that a match is 50-50.
I will say that Zayne-Owen is intriguing and that it's a rare NXT toss-up to me, at least at this point.