Scouting Developmental - aka the WWE NXT Thread

[Leftwich]

http://watchwrestling.net/watch-wwe-nxt-8713/

For Warner or whoever wants to watch NXT

 

[Leftwich]

http://watchwrestling.net/watch-wwe-nxt-81413/

As always... some of you fuckers really need to watch this.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

NXT 8/15

Paul Heyman comes out for a promo. He's scouting for a new Paul Heyman guy. He goes a bit off the cuff and applauds the talent in the back. And out comes Curtis Axel. Then Heyman heels it up and Big E. Langston returns to challenge Axel for the Intercontinental Title. Big E is still over in NXT as a face.

-Curtis Axel (c) v. Big E Langston - Decent undercard match until Heyman interferes to end the match. Big E hits the Big Ending anyway and the crowd pops big and counts to five for old time's sake.

Sami Zayn flirts with Renee. El Sami Zayn is actually a helluva promo. He sets up the 2-out-of-3 Falls match.

-Mason Ryan v. Scott Dawson - I have no interest in this match. Fast Forward. Mason Ryan is really milking the Hulk Hogan trademarked "I'm gonna break'em in half" taunt.

-Paige (c) v. Summer Rae - Summer Rae is such a Jewess. That's all I got. Paige wins with the Paige Turner in an awkward match.

AJ Interview. Bayley wants to wrestle her next week. This Bayley awkward little kid gimmick is a pervert's dream...but its kind of awesome, too. Awkward = Funny.

The Shield v. Neville/Graves/Woods - I feel like I've seen Neville and Graves in a dozen six-man tags in as many weeks. Seriously, when the WWE brings back Saturday Morning Slam, I'd rocket pack Xavier Woods to the moon in that bubble. He'd be totally over with the Saturday Morning Cartoon crowd. He had a really good hot tag in this match. That ITS MORPHIN TIME move is the cats meow. The Shield eventually wins in a typical Shield match. Was a good match.

Antonio Cesaro promo. He's THE BOSS OF THE WORLD. He accepts the challenge and gets attacked by El Sami Zayn from behind. We end the show with a very villainous "ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYN!" by Cesaro.

Overall, show is kind of mundane until a good main event. The promos by Zayn and Cesaro are short and to the point and set up the big 2/3 falls match.

 

[SuperKevin]

I'm moving to Orlando in October and plan on going to a lot of NXT tapings

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I'm moving to Orlando in October and plan on going to a lot of NXT tapings

Very fan friendly...just run pretty long.

There are a few guys on a wrestling site that go to all of the tapings and the talent is very very accessible before and after shows.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

NXT 8/22

AJ Lee v. Bayley - You know, Bayley has some big titties yo. AJ won this match with Shining Wizard.

CJ Parker be photobombing Tyler Breeze.

The Ascension v. Michael Zaki / Ron Hicks - Jobber squash.

CJ Parker v. Baron Corbin - CJ Parker is now a photobombing hippie. Another jobber squash. Post-match promo brings Tyler Breeze down to the ring. He really hams it up with a really bad Zoolander rip off.

Dolph Ziggler v. Alexander Rusev - This Rusev charactr sucks. Bulgarian BJJ expert with a Sumo bacground. WTF? Ziggler gives this guy a chance to get over. I see what they were doing there. Not bad.

Sami Zayn v. Antonio Cesaro - 2/3 Falls - Zayn gets the first fall in the first 30 seconds in from the Generico big boot to the corner and a rollup. Zayn taps out after getting choked out from the Cesaro's hangman choke. The final fall is where this match is getting its hype from. All of the big Generico spots, all of the big Cesaro spots. Near falls. Awesome spot where Zayn on the outside, dives through the turnbuckle, throgh the rops and gives Cesaro a spinning DDT. Also, the coolest spot of the year in the WWE. Zayn goes for the spinning DDT finish, Cesaro catches him in mid air and clean and presses him over his head, throws him in the air, hits him with the European Uppercut, and the Neutralizer. That spot turns this match into a **** quality match. Not quite as good as Ohno/Regal from early in the year, but close.

Everything is skippable...the Zayn and Cesaro match is go out of your way to see worthy.

 

[Leftwich]

http://watchwrestling.net/watch-wwe-nxt-82113/

OMFG at that match.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The first two falls, I was like "its good, but, I'm not seeing the hype"...then the last fall and that final sequence was so awesome...it got bumped.

 

[SuperKevin]

When I saw the 13 minute running time I was like, "damn how is this going to be epic" They blew me away regardless

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Great match. This will come out wrong, but its overhyped. MOTY talk is insane. Not even best NXT match of the year. Wouldnt make G1 top ten. Wouldn't make my top 20 if I did one. But a great match. Top ten some years, not this year. Not even a top ten match this month.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Great match. This will come out wrong, but its overhyped. MOTY talk is insane. Not even best NXT match of the year. Wouldnt make G1 top ten. Wouldn't make my top 20 if I did one. But a great match. Top ten some years, not this year. Not even a top ten match this month.

In my official rankings...it got a ****-. It wasn't the best NXT match this year. I liked Ohno/Regal better.

If I am looking at my WWE MotYC...its in the bottom half of the Top 10, I'd wager.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I really liked the match.

But think about this, to show how great wrestling is lately. Cesaro/Zayn isn't one of the ten best matches i've seen this month.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I hate crossing the globe...so just focusing on the WWE Bubble...

Punk/Cena on RAW
Punk/Lesnar @ SummerSlam
Punk/Undertaker @ WrestleMania
Punk/Jericho @ Payback
Shield/Team Hell No and Ryback @ TLC
Cena/Bryan @ SummerSlam
Regal/Ohno @ NXT

Are all better off the top of my head. That would put it at 8 at best. And, there were some very good TV matches that aren't coming to mind right away that were really good that had some mix of Punk/Bryan/Jericho/Other that were all quite good as well.

 

[SuperKevin]

There was a really good Daniel Bryan match on RAW also. I think against Jericho

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Some really epic spots in that match. Watching most of it I was saying "I dont really see the hype", but the last 5 mins or so are some top notch stuff. The final spot was really intense, sold perfectly by both men.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Some really epic spots in that match. Watching most of it I was saying "I dont really see the hype", but the last 5 mins or so are some top notch stuff. The final spot was really intense, sold perfectly by both men.

One of the best finishing stretches i've seen this year, and I watched every G1 match so that's saying something.

Generico even broke out the between the turnbuckles DDT.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

That spot where Cesaro hang clean and presses Zayn only to launch him into the sky and hit the European Uppercut is the Spot of the Year and I will hear nothing else.

 

[SuperKevin]

CJ Parker is terribad

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

CJ Parker is terribad

With the promotions of some of the top guys in NXT, they are giving some guys that fell through the cracks while Rollins/Reigns/Amborse, Wyatt Family, Big E, et al were at the top of NXT. Guys like Mike Dalton (now Tyler Breeze), CJ Parker, Rick Victor, LeFort/Dawson/Dylan, Xavier Woods (to be fair, he was working on his degree most of the time), et al are getting a chance to see if they got anything at this point while they are re-shuffling the deck and waiting on other Indy talents come join the mix.

 

[SuperKevin]

With the promotions of some of the top guys in NXT, they are giving some guys that fell through the cracks while Rollins/Reigns/Amborse, Wyatt Family, Big E, et al were at the top of NXT. Guys like Mike Dalton (now Tyler Breeze), CJ Parker, Rick Victor, LeFort/Dawson/Dylan, Xavier Woods (to be fair, he was working on his degree most of the time), et al are getting a chance to see if they got anything at this point while they are re-shuffling the deck and waiting on other Indy talents come join the mix.

For the most part I enjoy all of them too but CJ Parker's hippie thing is terrible.