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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2021 20:57:59 GMT -5
Gah! I love me some heel Dunne, but I don’t think Finn’s reign should end unless there’s bigger plans for him.
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Post by voicesinmyhead on Feb 14, 2021 20:59:21 GMT -5
Have you ever watched NXT? They used to have a new signee at every Takeover... it’s a thing. Yes and it was guys like Roode, McIntyre, Lee, etc... saying Eli Drake is the hottest wrestling talent right now... its a stretch. If Eli Drake is the hottest free agent in wrestling, the free agent pool must be a kiddie pool. What are they supposed to say? They’ve gotta sell it like he’s gold. That’s business. Were they supposed to say “Here’s our newest signee, he sucks”?
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Post by FLUX on Feb 14, 2021 20:59:24 GMT -5
I never expected H-Man to make Pete a full-on main eventer on US NXT, but I'm certainly not mad at it.
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 14, 2021 20:59:26 GMT -5
Drake feels way more Raw and Smackdown than NXT, but I’d rather him get a good run in NXT, similar to Bobby Roode. He’d probably drink water wrong in front of Vince in catering his first night on Raw, and end up like EC3.
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Post by stc13 on Feb 14, 2021 20:59:49 GMT -5
NXT is getting more desperate with these “hottest new signing” segments. I really like Eli and Taya. But what do you do with this much talent when you still have developmental talent graduating into NXT and nobody is moving on to the main roster? It just feels a million miles from the NXT that I fell in love with. The storytelling can't be linear anymore, and looks a lot more like the main roster in terms of people jumping all over the card.
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Post by warlord on Feb 14, 2021 21:00:01 GMT -5
b r u i s e r w e i g h t
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 14, 2021 21:00:10 GMT -5
Id love to see Edge/Balor at Mania but it’s def not gonna happen.
Only way I see Dunne winning here is if they dont have anything else set for Mania weekend with the NXT title and it’ll be Finn chasing Dunne for the title.
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Post by KeBen Owens on Feb 14, 2021 21:00:59 GMT -5
Dunnes entrance vest evolved into a duster
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Post by Evil Abed on Feb 14, 2021 21:01:14 GMT -5
Yes and it was guys like Roode, McIntyre, Lee, etc... saying Eli Drake is the hottest wrestling talent right now... its a stretch. What are they supposed to say? They’ve gotta sell it like he’s gold. That’s business. Were they supposed to say “Here’s our newest signee, he sucks”? Saying nothing at all would give the guy a chance. Now you have to live up to this “hottest free agent in wrestling” moniker. They said the exact same thing when AJ Styles debuted so in a sense you’re saying the two are on somewhat equal footing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2021 21:01:22 GMT -5
Feels like a foregone conclusion that the Prince is retaining but should be a heck of a match
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Post by KeBen Owens on Feb 14, 2021 21:02:39 GMT -5
This is gonna be good
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2021 21:03:07 GMT -5
NXT is getting more desperate with these “hottest new signing” segments. I really like Eli and Taya. But what do you do with this much talent when you still have developmental talent graduating into NXT and nobody is moving on to the main roster? It just feels a million miles from the NXT that I fell in love with. The storytelling can't be linear anymore, and looks a lot more like the main roster in terms of people jumping all over the card. They went on a big hiring spree. Like we haven't even seen Alex Zayne yet. They've signed Christians both Blake and Casanova, and a crap ton more women. Some of those developmental projects are never leaving the PC
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Post by FLUX on Feb 14, 2021 21:04:01 GMT -5
Finn turns 40 this summer.
Insane.
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Post by warlord on Feb 14, 2021 21:05:02 GMT -5
NXT is getting more desperate with these “hottest new signing” segments. I really like Eli and Taya. But what do you do with this much talent when you still have developmental talent graduating into NXT and nobody is moving on to the main roster? It just feels a million miles from the NXT that I fell in love with. The storytelling can't be linear anymore, and looks a lot more like the main roster in terms of people jumping all over the card.I said the same thing soon as they went live on USA. I feel like ever since they went live, the product has dumbed down from the NXT that we all know and all, but it's still very enjoyable. At least with the pre-taped NXT shows, they had a more creative process and more time doing a show while the wrestlers were out doing live shows vs planning something that's weekly. I think that's what made NXT so damn good from 2015-mid 2019. The crowd also plays a huge part in this, but still, it just doesn't feel the same. At least in my opinion.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Feb 14, 2021 21:05:41 GMT -5
I really like Eli and Taya. But what do you do with this much talent when you still have developmental talent graduating into NXT and nobody is moving on to the main roster? It just feels a million miles from the NXT that I fell in love with. The storytelling can't be linear anymore, and looks a lot more like the main roster in terms of people jumping all over the card. They went on a big hiring spree. Like we haven't even seen Alex Zayne yet. They've signed Christians both Blake and Casanova, and a crap ton more women. Some of those developmental projects are never leaving the PC I think once the pandemic is over that changes things, they can go back to the grapefruit touring roster and Triple H seemed to be aware of that before the pandemic and there was a plan for another NXT program on the network that would be development talents before they hit the USA NXT.
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Post by East Coast on Feb 14, 2021 21:09:23 GMT -5
u can spinning heel kick someone in their temple in UFC...but no joint manipulation.
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Post by warlord on Feb 14, 2021 21:12:37 GMT -5
u can spinning heel kick someone in their temple in UFC...but no joint manipulation. someone say joint manipulation??? joint manipu... joint mani.... joint ma.... joint
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Post by East Coast on Feb 14, 2021 21:12:51 GMT -5
Some of this is the exact same thing Kushida did earlier
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Post by KeBen Owens on Feb 14, 2021 21:20:04 GMT -5
Headbutt’d the hell outta him
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Post by East Coast on Feb 14, 2021 21:22:35 GMT -5
i want these green kick pads
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