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March Wrasslin' |OT| The NXT Era Has ArRIVED

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Alucard

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TNA doing more TV tapings tonight. It is going to take all of my will power not to read the spoilers. More than anything, I want to know if Manik is going to be on the shows.
 

Kaladin

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Just read the NXT spoilers for April. I guess they really are trying to make this late era ECW. Uuuuuugggggghhhhh.

I'd argue that they are working on characters in the old school manner....squash matches to build the character, and then we'll get to some actual feuds. They're using the characters that are already there like Sami Zayn, Corey Graves, Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas to give us some actual feuds and they fill in the rest with WWE stars.

It's not a bad way to start a program, and I certainly look at NXT Arrival as the new starting point for NXT. I think they're putting the idea in their NXT Superstars that NXT is a long haul and early call-ups might be a thing of the past. I hope so at least because it takes time to develop a character the way they are....and there are plenty of eyes on NXT already. It wouldn't be a bad thing for wrestlers to work both NXT and Raw at the same time as well.
 
I'd argue that they are working on characters in the old school manner....squash matches to build the character, and then we'll get to some actual feuds. They're using the characters that are already there like Sami Zayn, Corey Graves, Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas to give us some actual feuds and they fill in the rest with WWE stars.

It's not a bad way to start a program, and I certainly look at NXT Arrival as the new starting point for NXT. I think they're putting the idea in their NXT Superstars that NXT is a long haul and early call-ups might be a thing of the past. I hope so at least because it takes time to develop a character the way they are....and there are plenty of eyes on NXT already. It wouldn't be a bad thing for wrestlers to work both NXT and Raw at the same time as well.
My thing is, Khali and Brodus are dog shit. They've had their chances, their mega pushes. They fucking suck. They are Ascension level. If they want to give guys like Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Drew McIntyre, etc to get some action, I'm cool with that. Bit not brahs that can't do shit when gold was handed to them. Fuck off Vince.
 

Showaddy

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I'd argue that they are working on characters in the old school manner....squash matches to build the character, and then we'll get to some actual feuds. They're using the characters that are already there like Sami Zayn, Corey Graves, Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas to give us some actual feuds and they fill in the rest with WWE stars.

It's not a bad way to start a program, and I certainly look at NXT Arrival as the new starting point for NXT. I think they're putting the idea in their NXT Superstars that NXT is a long haul and early call-ups might be a thing of the past. I hope so at least because it takes time to develop a character the way they are....and there are plenty of eyes on NXT already. It wouldn't be a bad thing for wrestlers to work both NXT and Raw at the same time as well.

Looking at the spoilers though all 4 hours are filled with squash matches and the "stars" are lower card jobbers. I don't mind if someone like Cesaro comes down and has a great match but why would you give 10 minutes out of a 1 hour show for Khali when there's actual development talents that aren't getting tv time?
 

Kaladin

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My thing is, Khali and Brodus are dog shit. They've had their chances, their mega pushes. They fucking suck. They are Ascension level. If they want to give guys like Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Drew McIntyre, etc to get some action, I'm cool with that. Bit not brahs that can't do shit when gold was handed to them. Fuck off Vince.

Khali...yeah, I'd agree with you there. But Brodus Clay.....it depends if he is down there for an appearance or down there to learn in developmental again. I think he could grow because he gets some things right, even if he is terrible in the ring.
 

Rapstah

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Maybe they didn't tape four episodes this time and filled the time with terrible stuff that wasn't going to air. You'd think they would avoid taping too far beyond WrestleMania.
 

Showaddy

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As an aside these "Nature Whore" chants that Charlotte's starting to get seem pretty bad, or maybe it's just me and they're not that big a deal.
 

McNei1y

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I missed some fun stuff this morning. Those pictures...

Fave Five Current Signature Moves:

5. Daniel Bryan's Backflip into Running Clothesline
4. Jericho's Lionsault
3. Dolph Ziggler's DDT
2. Roman Reigns Superman Punch
1. Cesaro's Uppercut
 

Plywood

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This is exactly why I hate this Bryan situation. It took a bunch of roundabout booking.

inb4 oh we hate bryan now
 

Rapstah

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The thing I don't like about Botched Spot is how you could take half of them and make a Botched Spot comic out of mocking someone reading that comic.
 

Kaladin

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Yeah seems a pretty shitty thing to chant even if she works as a heel; she could do with playing down the fact she's Flair's daughter though, that's all there is to her gimmick at the moment.

Her and Sasha Banks kind of have a Beautiful People / Laycool thing going with the BFFs....wish they would let Summer Rae be on NXT more though, but she's probably too much of Fandango's act to separate them and have her travel down to Orlando.
 

Aiii

So not worth it
I dunno, I'm getting everything I wanted at WrestleMania exactly the way I wanted it to happen.

I'm pretty happy about all of this. Don't really care if it took a roundabout way to get there. They saw what needed to happen and instead of staying the course headstrong as they normally do, they actually changed their plans. Good on WWE.
 

jred2k

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Her and Sasha Banks kind of have a Beautiful People / Laycool thing going with the BFFs....wish they would let Summer Rae be on NXT more though, but she's probably too much of Fandango's act to separate them and have her travel down to Orlando.

The Summer Rae head on a stick bit is pretty funny, though. They and Bayley are pretty good at playing off each other.

I think the Flair's daughter stuff will go away eventually. She's still relatively new as an on-screen character so they need something to help her get attention.
 

Sephzilla

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Real talk: HBK was a better wrestler after his come back.

Maybe a better wrestler, but I think his match quality went downhill. Most HBK matches post-comeback always seem to be HBK getting the shit beat out of him for 90% of the match, and then winning with a superkick OUTTA NOWHERE.
 

Aiii

So not worth it
Maybe a better wrestler, but I think his match quality went downhill. Most HBK matches post-comeback always seem to be HBK getting the shit beat out of him for 90% of the match, and then winning with a superkick OUTTA NOWHERE.

Whenever people type stuff like this I hear John Cena's theme music in the back of my head welling up.
 

Sblargh

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This is exactly why I hate this Bryan situation. It took a bunch of roundabout booking.

inb4 oh we hate bryan now

I see it as destiny conspiring to have things happen as they should.

If Bryan have excellent matches and him getting the belt really becomes a Wrestlemania moment; people will be talking for years about the series of unforseen events that lead to it.

I think it makes it all even better.

Well yeah, Cena's prime offender #1 of this. It's like all of the damage he takes gets stored up in his "Attitude Adjustment" meter

Maybe that's what actually is going on.
I think a lot of things would make more sense if they had fighting game bars cluttering the screen.
 

Aiii

So not worth it
Maybe that's what actually is going on.
I think a lot of things would make more sense if they had fighting game bars cluttering the screen.

I had some people over that I introduced to the network (Wrestling newbies, tried to show them a men's match, but they requested AJ, so I was happy to oblige). Regardless, they quickly requested just that, some health bars and critical indicators.

Though they realised quickly enough that Kaitlyn's spear was a finisher.
 

Sephzilla

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Maybe that's what actually is going on.
I think a lot of things would make more sense if they had fighting game bars cluttering the screen.

80s Hogan just had a second health bar that signified Hulk Up mode.

Cena has a Street Fighter 4 like special meter that scales the damage for his finisher.

Makes sense to me
 
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Deleted member 47027

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These are hilarious. It's like they're trying to draw Jesus.
 
What do you think they will name Paige's submission maneuver? The move that beat Emma? The Paige Master? Everday I write the book? Read between the lines? Double Paige spread? Book binding?



Save Us Paige
 

Alucard

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What do you think they will name Paige's submission maneuver? The move that beat Emma? The Paige Master? Everday I write the book? Read between the lines? Double Paige spread? Book binding?



Save Us Paige

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The Page Turner (isn't this one of her moves already? Or what this move is already called?)
Don't Page Me, Bro
 

Ithil

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What do you think they will name Paige's submission maneuver? The move that beat Emma? The Paige Master? Everday I write the book? Read between the lines? Double Paige spread? Book binding?



Save Us Paige

They won't name it anything. Whenever she uses it on RAW they will just say "it's some kind of...move!" like the trained announcers they are.
 
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Deleted member 47027

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If I write a Shield Dating Sim I could make miwwions of dollars.
 
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