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#1,794 ·
Rollins got dealt a bad hand via timing. He was champ, had about two defenses locked up and then Shield debuted. It kept him off of NXT for a little bit iirc. Then he came back, rocked the new deal and lost not long after it. Langston wasn't even booked like a champion. He hardly was shown. It was unusual. He'd show up one week, squash match or random backstage promo. That's it. Then one week he'll get challenged & have a match eventually. It was like that all until he was defeated by Bo.

Championship matches themselves not so much pardon the two Langston had. Championship match build & importance, k, that hasn't exactly been the strongest area. It's gotten better in the quick time that we're on our third champion of the brand.

Zayn > Neville. Hardly a slight as both are amazing. Zayn is clear cut BITW level for me though.
 
#1,801 ·
Thoughts on this week's NXT (7/17):

Overall this was a really good show, bookended with two good matches. The #1 contenders match was good, I was expecting a little more and it could have been better with more time but it was cool. Kruger to win was a good choice, of course I wanna see Sami contend for the title but him and Cesaro have a good thing going on and it's still got some legs so not just yet.

Kruger is a good match for Bo, they're not ready to have Bo take on faces just yet, they are still playing with the whole traditional roles played for non traditional responses thing and I'm totally down for now. I think the play is to make Bo to the point where he's totally unbearable (you all may think we're already there but they can do worse) by continuing to push him as the fiery smiley young underdog competitor beating the big bad sneaky heel who just happens to be way cooler. Then bring in Sami as a contender and have him beat Bo and everyone will love him all the more for it.

Charlotte was OK...I dunno about all the gymnastic moves it seems forced, and also I'm disappointed in the direction for the character. Women on NXT actually have gimmicks and characters and shit and to bring her in as like a female gymnastic nxt-McGillicutty ("I'm from a wrestling family and I am enthusiastic and I like to wrestle for you guys!") when they could have made her REALLY take after pops and be a sneaky cheating coward or something cooler...but I don't want to judge too soon. I just wanted her to cheat and be a heel I guess. Good to see Naitch anyway, and Charlotte looked definitely better in the ring than many of the divas on the main roster (Bella twins and funkadactyls I'm lookin at you).

And the main event, just a quality well worked tag match, I thought this was fuckin great. The heat segment on Graves was really well done - especially that badass sitout Bossman Slam Harper did on Graves, so sick - and the hot tag to Neville and his ensuing flurry of offense was awesome. Neville's second rope phoenix splash or whatever the hell that was, holy shit what a move. Neville/Graves is an odd pairing but I guess the Wyatts are moving on to bigger and better things and both of those guys are definitely deserving. Looking forward to Wyatt/Sheamus too next week. Great show!!!
 
#1,804 ·
I always thought they should release a FCW compilation DVD. You could have the Ambrose/Rollins feud, Cesaro's run, the first few appearances of Bray Wyatt, Ohno's debut matches, Sandow, Ambrose/Regal feud in full, Paige vs Audrey and Raquel, Mike Dalton's title win, psychiatrist James Bronson, cocky heel Bo, Graves and Carter as the tag champions, even Brad Maddox's shitty promos could go on there.
 
#1,806 ·
Great episode. Charlotte is a rookie, for sure, but damn is she athletic. Give her some time and she should be top tier, which would make up for her pretty average looks.
Bayley is also great, and I wish she'd actually get to win a match.

The Triple Threat and Tag Team Championship matches are must-sees. Catch them any way you can, they're great.

Bo sucks extra hard.
 
#1,807 ·
The 3 way was good, I see zero potential in Kruger though.

I can't help mark for Bailey, she's so fkn adorable. Charlotte was ok, I get the feeling that she doesnt really give a shit though. It's just a gut feeling and I'm probably wrong. I also thought that the women's championship finals were on this ep, so I was disappointed that it wasn't.

Also :mark: for Neville's 2nd rope Phoenix Splash.
 
#1,808 ·
Charlotte, as noted before, was very athletic in the ring, and with a little fine tuning, could be just as good as all the other women in NXT. NXT really does have such a great womens division. With Del Rey training the new women and Rebecca Knox reporting to Orlando, it can only get better.

The tag match was great as well, but what really helped it for me was Regals commentary. Regal did such a good job calling the match, as usual, and actually got me on the edge of my seat when Graves was crawling towards Neville for the hot tag. Regals commentary really helps get me into the show and the wrestlers themselves, and it's a shame he isn't on the main shows.
 
#1,809 ·
Daiko's NXT Comments - Because Reviews are too mainstream

Krooga time. :mark:

Regal Time :mark:

Cesaro Time :mark:

We the people now :brodgers

Sami Time :mark:

She ruined his entrance. Bitch.

Krooga being made to look like a bitch :lol

We'd like to thank you for travelling with Not-Generico air, your exits are here, here and here. Have a nice flight.

We the Ole now.

Fuck me Cesaro's awesome.

They've hit gold with this 'We the People' chant. You're meant to hate Zeb and co but it's way too catchy not to chant it along with them..

Fucking Uppercuts... Jeez.

OH MAH FUCKING LAWD BABY JEEBUS SHIT CESARO YES. How is it even fair to be that damn strong?

That was fucking awesome Full Sail.

Cesaro for WWE Champion.. Incredible man.

Zayn :mark:

Love listening to Regal putting people over. It's a rare thing from commentators in the WWE these days and it needs to be done more on Raw / Smackdown..

That Double Pin segment with the three of them.. Fuck me that was some height Sami got! I'm officially even further onto the Cesaro Bandwagon.

Clever ending. Kruger's waited until Cesaro's distracted and Zayn's down and out before making his move which works with his Hunter gimmick.

Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro vs Leo Kruger - **** (Fantastic match that allowed all three men to show what they can do. Cesaro stole the show though.)

Krooga, Krooga, Krooga.

Not a fan of the Ring Announcer.. She sounds bored.

That Suit :mark:

No 'What' pleez.

Trailer Trash pleez.




Poor Bo.

Tony Dawson? :lol

Bo needs to work on his Dropkicks, they don't have that flowing up and then down you get for the likes of Orton or AJ Styles.. It's as if he goes up and then becomes a plank of wood.

Dawson's foot movements make me giggle..

Wait.. That was the finish? That looked like nothing more than an armdrag. Pathetic finisher.

Bo Dallas vs Scott "Tony" Dawson - *½ (Below average match with a weak finish)

That smoke :lol

Krooga :mark::mark::mark:

KROOGAA :mark:

Oh mah lawd Bayley.

Pretty please Charlotte, come out to daddy's theme. Please please please please pleaaassssse!!

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'Dat Wrestling god :mark::mark:

Oh lawd he's gonna talk :mark:

Say it you son of a bitch. SAY IT.

Flair :lol

:mark::mark::mark::mark::mark:

Gymnastics, eh? Charlotte, eh? Probably gets touched by DeMott, eh?

Bayley <3

Wooooooooman.

Oh mah lawd is she bendy..

Nature Girl :lol Bayley is so damn adorable. Dat ass too..

Holy shit that Charlotte's Web pin is awesome.

I thought he was going to start elbow dropping his Jacket on the outside :lmao

Charlotte needs to stop bending and twisting.. It's hurting my body just watching her.. But that's for different reasons 8*D

Not sure on her finisher.. Give her the Figure 4 and allow her to be creative with it.

Bayley vs Charlotte - ** (Decent match that allowed the NXT world a look into a fairly talented new 'Diva'. Eh on the finish)

Flair :mark::mark:

Woo :mark::mark:

No Tonee. Where's ma Renee? Why's Sheamoose here? Where's ma Renee?

Did he died?

I know those Shoes :mark: Oh ma lawd it's Sheep Face, Weird Jacket and that guy who eats worlds.

TYLER FUCKING BREEZE TIME :mark::mark::mark::mark::mark::mark::mark::mark:

His Voice :lol :lol :lol I just fucking can't.. He sounds like he's fucking 12.

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:Ithinkyougetthepoint:

He's like a gay JoMo.. Gayer JoMo.

Faceless :mark::mark::mark:

Graves' Theme :mark::mark:

Broken Down in love and Wyatt Time :mark::mark::mark::mark::mark::mark::mark:

I kinda wanted him to come out with the Lantern here.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I still don't like that corner spot where they push up over the opponent.. It looks sloppy all the time and it needs to be countered more.

That Neville / Graves spot looked.. Awkward.. I was expecting a Poetry in Motion esque move, but it just looked like Neville slipped a little.

Regal bitching about the butting in :lol

Dragon Whip :mark:

Yeah yeah yeah yeah :mark::mark::mark::mark:

Regal be mad :lmao

Tony making a break for it :lmao

A fucking Luke Harper Dropkick.. Now all I need to see is a flying pig and Jeremy Kyle being castrated by a blind man and then my life is complete.

Regal bullying Tom on commentary :lmao BA* Mr. Regal.

"Bring me yo ass Graves." - Erick Rowan

Wyatt's face after that kick out :lmao :lmao

Neville tho.

Fucking Phoenix Splash :mark::mark:

Shaymoose tho.

We Tag Champs now!! :brodgers

Neville about crushed Rowan's face..

Didn't ginge fuck off? What's he doing back?

Adrian Neville and Corey Graves vs Erick Rowan and Luke Harper for the NXT Tag Team Championships - **** (Great match)

17/07/2013 NXT gets - **** Must See.
 
#1,812 ·
Opening three way dance was solid, but came in below expectations given all involved. Didn't really get enough time to get going. Cesaro is a terrible fit for the Zeb Militia. The Leg and Neck suplex three way suplex was basically the only memorable thing from this encounter.

Scott Dawson has lost whatever momentum he was building. NXT tron folks needs to get Dylan off the Dawson video entrance if he's supposed to be forgotten and wiped from memory never to be mentioned again. Dawson is really getting into his gimmick and getting himself into good shape - he doesn't work with Lafort though. I gave it a chance to see what they could do, but the odd couple pairing doesn't work. If NXT was it's own stand alone show, Dawson carrying the Gadsden Flag, and Cesaro managed by Sylvester "The last of the international playboys" Lefort would make so much more sense.

Bo Dallas isn't working with his trolling face character. He needs more mic time/promo time to get it over. His ring work is very bland and his finisher is quite possible the worse ever. NXT would be so mucuh better with an over face as champion rather than trying to have a nuanced fake face heel in Dallas.

KROOGA! (should have been in the ring hidden behind the smoke machine blasts).

Charlotte's debut was rather obviously mapped out completely move by move. She is pretty athletic, and her gymnast background did lead to some interesting offense/spots. Was Bayley apologizing to Flair every time she struck Charlotte? If so that was great.

Kendall Syke (ring announcer atm, but training for in-ring) better watch out, as I don't know if the wwe universe will be big enough for both her and Charlotte - they look similar enough for one to have to go.

Tyler Breeze has a strange voice/delivery. Almost androgynous.

Main event match was a step down from previous encounters but still solid. I didn't like Sheamus involved in here AT ALL. Why not have Regal leave the announce area to make the interference save? Or if Ohno isn't really hurt - have him take out Wyatt - both Regal and Kassius have issues with Wyatt and it would have been better to see either involved in the Wyatt Family comeuppance. I'd guess Ohno must really be injured, and they wanted Regal to call the close of the match and put over the win on commentary. Sheamus involved sucked nonetheless.
 
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NXT 7/18/2013

Here comes my review plus my usual ripping off on Daiko's marking because its fun

* Kruger comes out. He's still doing the heavily put on demented face :lmao. He's trying to come across weird and scary but looks so stupid, I still can't take his character seriously :lol.

* Cesaro :mark: :mark:

* SAMI! :mark: :mark:

* Damn this was a very good match. Cesaro without a doubt was the MVP of this match, his striking is unbelievable, the power of some his uppercuts made me literally cringe, unreal. Godly strength too. Just worked this match superbly. Sami was also his usual goodness and his comebacks were great and believable. Kruger hardly added anything to this match and was protected throughout. I liked his psychology working on the arm to set up his finisher though. That double suplex spot was :mark:. And I also marked for Cesaro's tilt a whirl backbreaker and of course UPPERCUTS. Cesaro is the only man that can get me to :mark: :mark: :mark: for a reverse chin lock. THAT is TALENT. Finish was well done as well and SUPERBLY PUT OVER BY REGAL. Regal's post match commentary was absolutely excellent.

* Lefort comes out, I'm actually growing into his French manager character. His promo felt more natural this week and I dug it a lot. This guy has potential.

* Out comes Dawson looking like Trevor Murdoch again :lmao :lmao :lmao. I get over the attire and look of this guy, reminds me so much of Trevor Murdoch, its uncanny.

* "He looks like a septic banana!" - Regal's comments on Lefort. :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao. I died at that comment, absolutely hilarious. Comment of the night by Regal.

* Out comes Bo Dallas who is getting booed as per usual. Not as heavy as the title match but he's also getting less cheers. Not many in the crowd are into him at all. A lot of them are booing and a lot of them don't seem to care either.

* Match was dull as anything. The best parts were when Dawson was on offense and it weren't much of the match. Bo pretty much had the same problems as usual: dull offense on his comeback, some of his offense was executed poorly too. His dropkicks were executed poorly but not as bad as you would expect. His finisher however :lmao. Dear lord, absolutely terrible execution. So so bad, probably the worst he's ever done. I mean the one on Langston was a falling hug and looked terrible because of that but in terms of technical execution this one was worse. Hardly any elevation and just looked completely awkward.

* After we get a post match attack by Kruger, this was very well done till Kruger did his demented look again :lmao :lmao :lmao. God just STOP it looks ridiculous and so put on. Kruger tries to do his "Kruger" chant again with that horribly put on accent. This gimmick is not working for me, I just can't take anything he does seriously character wise. The attack was very aggressive though, nice forearm strikes which were vicious. Nice little tease for the title match so that was good stuff.

* D'awwww Bayley is adorable, you just cannot dislike a cute face like that. I'm liking this new fangirl gimmick, it suits her a lot.

* WOOOOOOOOOOOOO NAITCH :mark:

* Damn Charlotte is TALL. I mean real TALL. She's as tall as her dad, jesus.

* Bayley working the gimmick through the match :mark:. Those mannerisms and facial expressions are great. She's talented for sure.

* In all honesty, this was a better worked match than all of the matches so far in the NXT Women's tournament and I'm not joking. Both women put on a real good match for the time it got. Very technically sound from Bayley, she definitely can work, did a real nice suplex towards the end. Charlotte....it might be just me at this point but I'm really impressed. She's really athletic and I like her using her gymnastic background in her working, she pulled off some real unique offense and I loved the finisher too, it was executed really nicely. Obviously she needs polishing and tightening up. Still green but great potential from athletic standpoint, great potential. Hopefully soon we'll see her work into a character because there wasn't one really played out here. But overall, this was a damn good women's match, both worked well.

* TONY DAWSON?! TONY DAWSON?!! WHAT IS THIS?! WHERE IS MY RENEE YOUNG?! MY RENEE YOUNG DAMNIT! WHERE YOU PUT HER!!!! :( :( :(.

* Sheamus interview. Sheamus does his usual goofy shit before Bray Wyatt attacks him! :mark:. This was so simple yet so effective. One big shot at the back of Sheamus's head sending him down with the Wyatt Family around him before Bray delivers a very short but sweet promo to him. So simple yet so well done. Loved it.

* Tyler Breeze.....model gimmick, damn he sounds like an adolescent teen :lmao. I dunno if I'll like this, I didn't get a good first impression here but I'll give it a chance. We'll see.

* Neville and Graves come out, I do like this pairing and this feud has been good so far.

* Wyatt Family! :mark: :mark: :mark:

* Damn this was a great match, really enjoyed this thing. Neville and Graves work well together as a team and showed good signs of chemistry with their double team moves. That Wyatt Family control segment much like last week was excellent. Really really good, a lot of nice brutal strikes and big man offense keeping in control. Luke Harper did a FUCKING DROPKICK. Jesus and it was right under the chin, fantastic execution for a big man :mark:. Put Dallas to shame. Nice suffocation of Graves and really nice tease of Graves making the tags. Graves made some believable attempts to reach Neville for the tag which was cut off nicely by the Wyatt Family members. Last week I felt Rowan was the MVP of that six man. This time it was Harper, just some not only brutal but varied offense which caught Graves off guard and was also adapted to suit the situation. Really nice. That spinning side slam was AWESOME :mark:. The hot tag exchange with Neville was really well done too. Great high flying offense from Neville. Loved the second rope phoenix splash and also that Asai Moonsault was executed perfectly :mark: :mark:. Simply beautiful. Nice cut off by Bray interfering with Neville before Sheamus came out and took out Bray. Good booking here following on from Sheamus's interview. This led to Neville getting that corkscrew shooting star for the win :mark:. New tag team champions. Great match, really smartly worked and good booking.

* Regal deserves his own point as well for this match, his commentary was fantastic yet again all the way through. Especially when Graves had the opportunity to make the tag and also towards the end of the match. Really got me into the match, he's just a natural at commentary. Why he's not commentating instead of Josh Matthews on Smackdown at the very least is beyond me.

Excellent NXT show. Nearly all of it delivered for me. The only low points really were the Bo Dallas and the lack of Renee Young </3.
 
#1,816 ·
Just started catching up on some NXT after a long break(I should never have stopped watching).

I like Maddox, the character, but he's an awful commentator and really distracts me during the matches. Regal is in another universe compared to him.

Does Maddox commentate on NXT regularly? :jose
 
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