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I hope this pans out! He's a great talent. I wish they were doing more with him on the NXT product, but if a call up is imminent, that's even better.
Xavier Woods Coming to the Main Roster
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They dropped one perfectly good angle only to go looking for another? For fuck sake, how stupid is that?
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:lol :lol :lol
That was one of the best debut story lines they could have had for him! It was completely original!
That was one of the best debut story lines they could have had for him! It was completely original!
Consequences Creed moving on up in the WWE! Who would have thought a few years ago that this would happen?
I really do hope that it works out for Woods. The guy has talent and is obviously smart. The way they showcased him during the unveiling of the Performance Center showed that they are high on him.
I really do hope that it works out for Woods. The guy has talent and is obviously smart. The way they showcased him during the unveiling of the Performance Center showed that they are high on him.
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Out of the NXT Roster Woods should be waaaaay down the pecking order for guys deserving call-ups (Zayn, Neville, Graves, Breeze, Ohno, Kruger). Personally I reckon Rusev and Aiden English should be in-line before him. Even Bo with his current gimmick.
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Message to NXT wrestlers - make yourself marketable outside of wrestling. I like Woods, but he hasn't done nothing in NXT, a secondary player with no character hook or memorable matches. You knew this was coming though as Vince will now unleash both a Harvard trained lawyer(Otunga) and a legit Phd (Woods) to the mainstream media whenever controversy pops up.
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This is one of the dumbest post I have seen... Did you really say Breeze?
I have been telling all of you knuckle heads that Woods was gunna be THE man and no one paid attention. I haven't been wrong yet. This guy is much more marketable than any of those other guys as a whole. The others need way too much back story to be booked correctly.
The Ascension nee a promo.. Zayne cant debut until DBrys light fade because they are the same character. Kruger could make an impact as a body guard or gun for hire but nothing major. Breeze... Breeze is fun but will never make the main roster unless they run out of gag angles and jobbers. Ohno has no marketability. He's Bryan meets CM Punk. Out of shape but tenacious.
Woods was super over and has the most unique move set. He is the most unique looking and has the most charisma and PR capabilities out of everyone. He's been an obvious choice for a long while.
I don't see him going past id-card any time soon but then again none of the other people on that list ever will either most likely but since Sheamus will probably come back as a heel they need a new face for the kids.
Oh yeah and he's 25yrs old almost with a PHD and a minority... PR GOLD.:vince5
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I can imagine this being a quick deal and him being gone before a year. The guy's been in NXT for years now, after already having international exposure with TNA, so you would have thought he'd have been ready ages ago. To me, this seems like a last-ditch attempt to get some use out of him before they let him go.
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His delay in being called up is down to him being in the middle of his PhD, he can't really finish that up if he's touring the country non-stop. He goes long periods without being on NXT because of it.
A quick deal? The company would absolutely adore having a legitimate doctor on their roster of wrestlers, and not just a doctor, but a doctor that's very good at public speaking (see the Performance Center opening, which Woods spoke at, and did very well).
He's only in his 20s, too. If he completes his PhD and wants to stick around, he'll have a job for years based on the PR value alone. Luckily he's a solid wrestler and seems good at connecting to the crowd, too.
But he is talented. He's not the most, in NXT, but he's a good wrestler with noticeable charisma.
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He's a good talker, a good athlete, has lots of charisma and is still young. Why are you lot writing him off already? Okay he might be a little too small and not have quite the ability to be a top maineventer, but I think he can be an over midcard act for many years to come. I could see him almost being like a face equivalent of Damian Sandow.
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I'd rather have so many more guys on the NXT roster get called up rather than Woods...
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I think it'd be cool to see him team with Kofi for a bit to start off. Kofi is perpetually over (not massively over but over enough), so he'll get the crowd behind him quicker working with Kofi. Also, I think their styles mesh very well(they'd make a fun tag team) and he would majorly get over in this tag team, especially given the state of the tag division (it's anyone's for the taking and is actually showing a lot of potential right now to become a big deal again).
I feel him just debuting as a singles would be rough, most recent solo debuts haven't gone well.
I feel him just debuting as a singles would be rough, most recent solo debuts haven't gone well.
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What is it with people putting black wrestlers in a tag team with kofi?
Nowhere near my top ten choices of getting called up as a wrestler right now. He's not bad, but I could see him being a manager. Perhaps helping the Prime Time Players out and when that's run it's course he could debut as a wrestler feuding with one of them.
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Look, NXT has lots of talented guys who deserve a call-up. But it's like going to auditions - there are lots of talented actors, but very few roles. Right now, Xavier Woods is what they're looking for. Next time, who knows. But more of it has to do with the holes that need filled in the main roster than whoever 'deserves' to come up.
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As much as I detest Otunga, I can seriously see him, Woods, Sandow and Aiden English being a heel stable of wrestlers with their collective gimmick being that they're highly proficient in social sciences: Law (Otunga), art / culture (English) and intellectualism (Woods and Sandow). You can have them all add something to each division: Sandow contends for the WHC, Woods contends for the mid-card titles (in addition to being something of a protege for Sandow, which in turn can easily set up a face turn for Woods once he gets fed up of Sandow being his "mentor") while English and Otunga aim for the tag titles.
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He's the most ready out of everyone on the NXT roster.
HE's just focusing on his PHD as the member below you mentioned. He would have been on the main roster a long time ago.
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