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Now it bothers me because the first season of rookies (the Nexus) were the best I've seen and all have been buried except Daniel Bryan...But if I gotta look forward to the Damn MoonChild , Mojo etc you can kill me now
As I watch NXT I Weep for the New Generation of WWE superstars
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CJ has been solid gold since he turned heel man. I'd have him over michael tarver anyday
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I gotta agree the names the op mentioned are pretty terrible. Not to mention soon we'll be getting that waste of space former football player shoved down our throats. WWE should have just stuck with what worked for them for years now, raiding the best talent out there from ROH
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they're in developmental for a reason
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As I watch NXT I'm very excited for the future of WWE. All current champs are former NXT people, minus the Usos. Due to the past, you should expect even better things from NXT.
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People forget NXT is developmental show that happens to air on the network. Gimmicks do and will change. People will get better with more experience. Stop judging them like its Raw.
Ryback, Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Big E, Justin Gabriel, Mahal, Rusev, Jack Swagger, Otunga, Ziggler, etc all came from Developmental FCW, or NXT. They are all considered busts. Sheamus, Bryan, The Shield and CM Punk are the only notables to come out of WWE developmental. That is a fact. Bray Wyatt is still building his name and it hasn't even been a year yet. Fandango is already beyond stale. Adam Rose will soon follow, and Bo Dallas may have potential. The WWE needs to get on the ball.
The positive to all of this is that they landed The Shield. However, these men have yet to go on their own. I believe that all three men could be main event talent. With those three men having the success I believe they can achieve will certainly keep the WWE at the top and all alone at the top of the business like it stands now. It's the quality of the program and characters which means anything to the fans. Wrestling isn't going anywhere, but it could use another boom period.
The positive to all of this is that they landed The Shield. However, these men have yet to go on their own. I believe that all three men could be main event talent. With those three men having the success I believe they can achieve will certainly keep the WWE at the top and all alone at the top of the business like it stands now. It's the quality of the program and characters which means anything to the fans. Wrestling isn't going anywhere, but it could use another boom period.
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Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn. Corey Graves, Tyler Breeze, Enzo Amore, Aiden English, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Charlotte, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, The Ascension are all decent to spectacular talents.
Other than Mojo Rawley and CJ Parker I enjoy watching most of them.
Other than Mojo Rawley and CJ Parker I enjoy watching most of them.
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Define a bust? WWE never called up a lot of those guys with the expectation they'd main event.
The only one of those names they saw big things in was Ryback and it was their booking which stopped him being over. He was getting huge reactions prior to his heel turn even after a PPV losing streak.
When I say they are bust I mean that they could be released and not a single dent would be made in the monster that is the WWE. All of those names mentioned could be gone next week and fans would still tune in. They aren't worth the time of day. Punk leaving was a bigger deal than if all of those names were released over the course of a year. That's one person to nearly a dozen that has had more of an impact to the fans perspective than the rest of those talents.
Ryback was doing well, but from the start they sort of screwed him up. His look was from a past era. The Goldberg comparison started because they literally used that angle of squash matches with him. His look was key to his success. The double singlet attire was far too generic for him. The bald head was far too generic for him as well. The man should have went with what could have actually got him over and that is where he is billed from. Las Vegas Nevada should have been his debut town, or his hometown.
However, knowing that they were first going to be heading into Las Vegas on the WWE schedule the creative staff should have been building Ryback's debut with vignettes. At the head of those vignettes would have been Brad Maddox. Why Brad Maddox? Brad Maddox is far better at talking than Ryback, but also could sell the hype that would be surround Ryback prior to even stepping into a WWE ring. The Vignettes would be of Maddox at these staged small wrestling shows. Close camera with Maddox talking about this Titan of a man in strength, with Lion's speed, and the grip of a Polar Bear. He gives us Ryback.
The vignettes are typically always the same. With Maddox introducing Ryback and this beast of a man destroying his foes in the ring. Much of what we see are short clips with effects making it seem entertaining since it is only a vignette. The jobbers he would be defeating wouldn't be wasted live on Raw, just in these vignettes. We would see him destroying people in these vignettes. The WWE knows how to build a vignette to make someone appear as ruthless. His debut is announced whenever it is that they host a live a Raw in Vegas.
The Idea behind the vignette is that you don't bet against Ryback. Now the streak can be built with something to go along with it. Eventually he loses and that will serve it's purpose depending on whether he goes over as a face, or heel. You basically have this countdown of when Sin City's very own debuts in the WWE in Las Vegas. His debut as I said earlier should have molded around his hometown. I think they could have debuted him as a bad ass face that could have been managed by a dick heel guy like Brad Maddox. Ryback shows up, kicks ass, and Maddox takes all the credit for it. Fans would draw themselves to Ryback. Now he is just a joke.
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