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Post by A-Rob on Aug 31, 2017 15:15:26 GMT -5
The 1st round of the MYC was alright overall, the pattern was putting veterans vs. the green girls whitch i didn't mind. The best matches were Jazzy Gabert vs. Abby Laith, Kairi Sane vs. Tessa Blanchard and Piper Nevin vs. Santana Garrett. The worst match was Marti Belle vs. Rachel Evers.
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Post by marino13 on Aug 31, 2017 17:54:04 GMT -5
I was also impressed with Vanessa Borne. She's very attractive and thought she was pretty decent in the ring. With some training, she could do well in NXT.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 1, 2017 10:28:19 GMT -5
WWE Mae Young Classic Episode #4 September 1st, 2017 | Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida
It’s time for the final first round episode of the Mae Young Classic. The opening video package gave a rundown of the eight women competing on this episode.
Candice LeRae vs. Renee Michelle I don’t know much about Michelle. LeRae is one of the biggest female names on the indies. She’s 31, is married to Johnny Gargano and has been working for over a decade. Speaking of Gargano, he was shown in the front row. “Candice Wrestling” chants. Candice brought fire, picking up several near falls and looking like an underdog, despite being the veteran. Michelle fired off some nice looking kicks, but ate a Code Breaker. I like how some of these girls just use other people’s finishers as regular offense. Michelle missed a moonsault, opening the door for a Candice dropkick. They went up top, where Candice hit a second rope neckbreaker to win in 5:36. Solid at best. Candice looked fine, but Michelle needs a ton of work. She looked slow in a lot of her stuff, especially when it came to running the ropes. Also, the fans loved LeRae, but were surprisingly quiet for the match. [**¼]
Alexa Bliss was shown in the audience.
Lacey Evans vs. Taynara Conti Evans is signed to the WWE and is a former Marine. I saw her live at an NXT show in March. Conti is a 22 year old Brazilian with a judo background, also signed to WWE and has only had a handful of matches. She looks like a cross between Natalya and Renee Young. Conti bowed instead of giving the handshake. She showed heel tactics early, with Lacey retaliating by using her size. Conti busted out kicks and some impressive judo throws. She also delivered a swinging slam that showed some power of her own. Evans returned with a flurry, capped with Jig and Tonic to win in 4:42. That was better than I expected. I believe they’ve combined to wrestle less than 100 matches, but they worked well together and both showed potential. Conti looks to have a good heel in her, while Evans is quite the natural babyface. I’m intrigued by both. In the next round, Evans faces Toni Storm. [**¾]
Nicole Savoy vs. Reina Gonzalez Gonzalez is signed to the WWE and has only worked a tiny amount of matches. Savoy is billed as the “Queen of Suplexes” and is a SHIMMER veteran. Reina took the heel route, not giving the handshake. There’s been too much of that. I was disappointed to see this follow a too familiar trope of this tournament. Since Gonzalez had a size advantage, she had to have control and she beat on Savoy. That’s not Savoy’s game. Underdog babyface doesn’t work for her. Reina hit a sidewalk slam and applied Billy Goat’s Curse to continue her dominance. Savoy eventually applied an armbar to win in 4:25. Whoever laid this out had no clue what they were doing. Savoy talked about suplexes in her vignette and then just got her ass kicked. This needed to be similar to the Shayna match to work. Savoy faces LeRae in the next round, which should be better. This was the 2nd worst first round match. [*¼]
Kairi Sane vs. Tessa Blanchard Tessa is 22 and the daughter of Tully. She’s made a name for herself around the world. Shane was formerly known as Kairi Hojo and is signed to the WWE. She’s 28 and was one of the best performers in STARDOM for a long time. Their early exchanges saw nobody get an advantage until Sane nailed a running blockbuster. Blanchard picked up the intensity and hit a sick looking lung blower in the corner. Sane cut off her momentum with a spear (she’s like, the third person to do that in the tournament). The crowd ate up everything Kairi did, including her taunts. She showed off a flying forearm that rivals AJ Styles’. Tessa slowed the pace and got two on a top rope senton. She got a gear near fall by catching a Sane forearm and pulling her into a pin. Sane came back with the Alabama Slam and pointed to her elbow pad. The fans went NUTS, knowing what was coming. Sane delivered her gorgeous elbow drop to advance at 8:38. Arguably the best match of the first round. They had great chemistry and wasted almost none of the time given. Great back and forth, evenly contested match. The fans were into this and treated Sane like a major star. Sane takes on Bianca Belair in the next round. [***½]
Sane and Blanchard hugged after the match.
Overall: 7/10. This was about on par with episode one for my favorite of the tournament so far. It was cool to see Candice LeRae, even if her match wasn’t great. Conti/Evans was much better than expected and a nice surprise. Savoy’s good, but the match she had gave her no chance to showcase herself and was the only real blemish on the episode. Sane/Blanchard was great and in contention for best match so far. This tournament is a lot like the CWC. The first round mostly separated the potential stars from the lesser known participants and things should improve in the following rounds.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 1:38:23 GMT -5
Was very pleasantly surprised with how good Kairi and Tessa did - loved the respect shown afterwards too.
Viper (Piper Niven) and Santana was pretty good too, though there have been quite a few matchups where it hasn't clicked whatsoever (Conti/Evans, Storm/Raymond and Beckett/Belair), but it's how it goes at this stage, I'm guessing.
Looking forward to the next round.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 2, 2017 9:21:55 GMT -5
Bianca Belair is quite the athlete
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Post by Mox on Sept 2, 2017 18:14:01 GMT -5
Two episodes in and I quit. Lackluster wrestling and production.
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Sept 2, 2017 21:04:58 GMT -5
I find nothing interesting or impressive about Bianca Belair
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 21:43:01 GMT -5
When is the next set of episodes coming out?
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Sept 3, 2017 12:17:08 GMT -5
I think the 4th and then live finals on the 12th
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Post by cableV on Sept 3, 2017 17:45:07 GMT -5
When is the next set of episodes coming out? "The Classic’s next four episodes will be available on demand beginning this Monday at 9 a.m. ET. With 16 women remaining in this historic tournament, viewers will be able to watch all eight Second-Round matchups along with the Quarterfinals and Semifinals in episodes 5-8."
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Post by @brit_figs on Sept 4, 2017 8:27:30 GMT -5
NEW EPISODES 🙌🏼
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Sept 4, 2017 8:37:37 GMT -5
Ill watch these episodes tonight and tomorrow
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Post by Lego Customs! on Sept 4, 2017 11:57:15 GMT -5
One thing I hope they learn from the first round - if you whip your opponent into the corner, don't come running in with a follow up move, it never works!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2017 11:59:22 GMT -5
Johnny & Candice Wrestling are the cutest crap. I need someone who looks at me the way Johnny looks at Candice. Four horsewomen v Four horsewomen staredown was kinda ehhh to me. Like WWE's 4 actually could have any chance against the MMA 4. The final will be won by the heel. Pretty obvious to me.
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Sept 4, 2017 14:20:04 GMT -5
god HHHs love for MMA is asinine, its so obvious who wins this
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Sept 4, 2017 16:33:43 GMT -5
The quality of the second round is already drastically better than the first IMO and I'm only on the 3rd match.
Laith/Evers was much better than I expected.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 4, 2017 16:47:01 GMT -5
I really hope we see Toni Storm, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Tessa Blanchard, Piper Nevin, & Rea Ripley all in NXT soon. Didn't think it was possible, but with them, NXT's women division could actually grow after Asuka's departure.
Lacey Evan & Bianca Belair are both way better than they should be for their brief time in wrestling. Huge upside for both of them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2017 19:45:53 GMT -5
Johnny & Candice Wrestling are the cutest crap. I need someone who looks at me the way Johnny looks at Candice. Four horsewomen v Four horsewomen staredown was kinda ehhh to me. Like WWE's 4 actually could have any chance against the MMA 4. The final will be won by the heel. Pretty obvious to me. Agreed - to me it felt like the WWE "version" was like 'Hey, don't forget about us!'
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Post by The King Of Crisps on Sept 4, 2017 20:46:38 GMT -5
But it would be a horrible wrestling match cause Bayzler is the most experienced in the ring and shes god awful.
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Post by LuisTX on Sept 5, 2017 0:04:50 GMT -5
In my opinion, this entire tournament was created for Kairi Sane. WWE made a big deal of signing her before taping the first round on their website and social media, and gave her a new name. The announcers have constantly been hyping her up more than anyone else as if they know she's sticking around for the finals, which she is now.
And on the other end, seems to me like they kept Shayna Baszler as long as possible in this tournament to curry favor with Ronda, and to keep her on their camera for as long as possible. I think there were far better options than Baszler to take on Sane in the finals, since it seems like this is all-but-won for Sane, and that's fine. I personally would have liked to have seen Sane vs. Blanchard in the finals and give them more then the 8 or so minutes they got in Round 1. They've worked with each other before and are friends. On a live episode and given as much time as a 205 Live main event is given with no commercials, I think we could have gotten a classic. Instead, I think Sane vs. Baszler will be underwhelming.
Overall, I haven't enjoyed this tournament like I thought I would. Round 1 was filled with way too much character development from a lot of women we may never see in a WWE ring again, instead of just focusing on putting on great matches. The Cruiserweight Classic was the complete opposite. I don't recall too much attention to who the heel and face were in each match, every match was just amazing.
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