Scouting Developmental - aka the WWE NXT Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

Ohno wasn't at the tapings and Neville took his spot in the Graves tag team.

Big Dave says there is some backstory for this but he's still trying to find out. I hope it's just a matter of the guy was sick or had an excused day off or something.

He's getting long in the tooth for Florida, for his sake I hope they figure something out for him soon.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Ohno wasn't at the tapings and Neville took his spot in the Graves tag team.

Big Dave says there is some backstory for this but he's still trying to find out. I hope it's just a matter of the guy was sick or had an excused day off or something.

He's getting long in the tooth for Florida, for his sake I hope they figure something out for him soon.

He's been there for a long time. Hasn't been involved with an actual program since Regal.

He's getting a bit flabby, too.

[Warner2BruceTD]

[Warner2BruceTD]

Head writer off to Smackdown, Naylor gone.

Lots of changes. Hopefully the dry set of tapings is a holding pattern until they get back in a groove with more quality creative.

[Warner2BruceTD]

WWE NXT has a live event tonight at the Palatka Armory in Palatka, FL. It will be the last event before the Performance Center opens.

As noted earlier today on PWInsider.com, NXT Creative team member Rob Naylor officially left the company yesterday with the shift to Orlando. His position at NXT was dropped/shifted to a new hire with the move to Orlando. The company did look into bringing him to Stamford for another position, according to sources, but not within the creative side of the company. The departure is amicable and the door is open for him to work with WWE down the line. Naylor's gotten a lot of high marks for his work with NXT and was singled out by Dusty Rhodes for his work at last week's NXT taping. Naylor was universally liked and a lot of the developmental crew were upset when they found out he wasn't coming along to Orlando. He was given a big send-off party yesterday in Tampa.

In an update from earlier, PWInsider.com has confirmed that Norman Smiley has stayed on with WWE developmental and will be heading to Winter Park, FL with the NXT talents.

Steve Keirn is not making the move to Winter Park, FL.

[BigBiss]

Some one should look at the first group of NXT guys and were they are now ...

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

NXT 7/4

We open with a Bo Dallas promo. Wow, this cat sounds like a homo. Cesaro with the save.

-Paige v. Alicia Fox - I fast forwarded through this match. Paige wins.

-Andy Baker v. Conor O'Brian - This will surely be a squash. This one is over in about a minute. Ol Andy got in maybe four punches.

Graves and Neville promo. They ask Regal to take Ohno's place in the six-man tag since Ohno is not at the taping.

-Scott Dawson v. Xavier Woods - ITS MORPHIN TIME! Solid segment-long match. Woods wins.

Wyatt Family promo segment. They really are going to make Erick Rowan wear that sheep mask all of the time, aren't they? LOL.

Regal agrees to join the six-man next week because he's no lemon.

Mason Ryan v. Enzo Amore - Oh lawd. Loud mouthed Enzo Amore runs his yap for two minutes, Mason Ryan punches him once and he's done.

But he "wasn't ready yet"...so Amore has his muscle, Colin Cassaday take another match with Mason Ryan...and here we go. This one lasts about 45 seconds. Terrible.

Bo Dallas v. Antonio Cesaro - The crowd is hot. This ends up being a very solid match. Cesaro was dominant throughout. Leo Kruger comes down to the ring to "observe" and then a shitty little go-home sequence with Kruger trying to interfere but puts Cesaro in a bad spot, leading to the Bo Dallas win. Post match shenanigans has the faces (seriously, the crowd is cheering the heels putting the boots to Bo Dallas) and Sami Zayn makes the save.

The Dallas/Cesaro match was quite good and the Woods/Dawson match was fine. I just really have no interest in guys like Mason Ryan, Conor O'Brian, Bo Dallas, and Scott Dawson and they are seemingly on TV every week now. You can watch if you want, but just tune in for the main event.

[Leftwich]

I watched the entire Paige match. I think i'm in love.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

NXT 7/10

-Summer Rae v. Emma - EMMA DANCE!!!! BUBBLES! Emma wins, but not with the Muta Lock...I am disappoint.

Bayley acts like a weirdo with Dusty when WOOOOOO, Ric Flair shows up. He introduces his daughter, Ashley. Her ring name will be Charlotte...that is kind of awesome.

-Sami Zayn v. Leo Kruger - Your boy is hype for this one. I don't know what it is about Leo Kruger...but I like'em. Chants of OLE all over the place. Brad Maddox makes reference of why they chants OLE when Zayn is Canadian...and Tony Dawson says "...he can speak French, Arabic, and even a little Spanish!" Lulz. This match ends up being quite good. Nice clash of styles. Kruger wins. Appropriate considering he's got a title shot. Zayn hasn't had a bad match in the WWE yet.

William Regal with some European Racism. Regal puts both Neville and Graves to shame in the promo. He's a man...a man's man.

Another fucking Mason Ryan match. Come the fuck on.

Mason Ryan v. Enzo Amore and Colin Cassidy - Fuck this. At least Mason Ryan loses. BA DA BOOM...THE REALEST GUYS IN THE ROOM.

Dusty announces the #1 contender match, Cesaro, Kruger, and Zayn next week.

Regal/Neville/Graves v. The Wyatt Family - Rowan still wearing the fucking sheep mask. I do love a nonsensical Bray Wyatt promo. Heels win. This match ends up being pretty good. The Sister Abigail finisher by Wyatt is actually a really good finisher for him. The kiss of death will set up a ton of cool spots.

Anyway...this was a good episode. You should watch it. However, get fucking Mason Ryan off my TV.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Ohno wasn't at the tapings and Neville took his spot in the Graves tag team.

Big Dave says there is some backstory for this but he's still trying to find out. I hope it's just a matter of the guy was sick or had an excused day off or something.

He's getting long in the tooth for Florida, for his sake I hope they figure something out for him soon.

Did Big Dave ever figure out the backstory.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Did Big Dave ever figure out the backstory.

Unless I missed it, no. I don't listen to the audio every day.

The bad news, is Ohno didn't work the tapings again. Unless he's hurt and nobody knows, I get the feeling he's on thin ice.

The good news, is Cesaro/Zayn supposedly had a MOTY contender. Best of three falls, went over 20:00.

[Guest]

Unless I missed it, no. I don't listen to the audio every day.

The bad news, is Ohno didn't work the tapings again. Unless he's hurt and nobody knows, I get the feeling he's on thin ice.

The good news, is Cesaro/Zayn supposedly had a MOTY contender. Best of three falls, went over 20:00.

I don't think that he is on thin ice i just think he is getting ready to come up. Apparently in a taping the Shield did a promo about him.

[FedEx227]

Unless I missed it, no. I don't listen to the audio every day.

The bad news, is Ohno didn't work the tapings again. Unless he's hurt and nobody knows, I get the feeling he's on thin ice.

The good news, is Cesaro/Zayn supposedly had a MOTY contender. Best of three falls, went over 20:00.

I listen to the audio daily. There hasn't been a mention of Ohno or anything about this particular story.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Unless I missed it, no. I don't listen to the audio every day.

The bad news, is Ohno didn't work the tapings again. Unless he's hurt and nobody knows, I get the feeling he's on thin ice.

The good news, is Cesaro/Zayn supposedly had a MOTY contender. Best of three falls, went over 20:00.

There is supposedly someone else (other than the Wyatt's) "ready to come up" but made no mention of whom. I thought maybe it'd be Ohno.

Ambrose went dark from FCW/NXT for a while before The Shield debuted.

[XavierDZ]

Anytime you put Cesaro and Sami Zayn in the ring together it is guaranteed to be great. Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro 2/3 falls match is getting hype as Match of the year. I feel like WWE is screwing themselves by not having these matching on Raw or Smackdown TV. This match will probably air in 4 weeks, so when it does I will be back here to show them some more love and tell you how much I enjoyed their third FCW encounter.