Scouting Developmental - aka the WWE NXT Thread

[FedEx227]

What i've noticed is that the FCW roster page has a billion geeks on it, and none of them ever wrestle on TV.

Wait until they build the dormitory and add 100 more geeks to the roster.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

If you want to get into NXT, the May 1st edition is a great place to start.

Really good show.

Three matches. Three-way tag match. Divas match. Bray Wyatt v. Chris Jericho match that was quite good.

Best hour of WWE TV every week.

 

[SuperKevin]

What i've noticed is that the FCW roster page has a billion geeks on it, and none of them ever wrestle on TV.

Don't disrespect wrestling icons Memo Montenegro and Enzo Amore

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Wait until they build the dormitory and add 100 more geeks to the roster.

That'll be a good thing. They don't make TV. They are just training and working FCW house shows...of which, there are like...6-7 per month.

When they go to Full Sail for TV tapings, most of their production comes free...they just have broadcasting and comm students working the show.

They got a cushy gig for themselves at Full Sail and in Florida.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Don't disrespect wrestling icons Memo Montenegro and Enzo Amore

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I've been watching NXT religiously for almost a year.

I've never once seen Enzo Amore on TV.

I have seen Memo Montenegro. He's a fantastic "and to my left" jobber. He and Aiden English are good jobbers.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I keep forgetting that Vader's kid and Ziggler's brother are down there. Can't find them with a search party.

Also, this guy...

...billed from Calgary, who they claim started out in "the famed Hart dungeon".

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Dolph Ziggler's brother is Briley Pierce...they have him as a backstage interview guy.
Jake Carter is Vader's kid and he's just so green, he's not fit for TV yet, really bad in the ring. He used to team with Corey Graves before FCW became NXT for TV.

He's been on TV a few times. One of which was to blow off the tag team of him and Graves.

I think I've seen Rick Victor once, and it was a long time ago. One of those "debuting next!" guys only to see him once and then never again.

Others that have gotten the Rick Victor treatment...Alexander Rusev and J Bronson.

They have been reinforcing ring work in developmental.

They have Mason Ryan, who was pretty over back in FCW and their champion, stuck just working FCW shows because he can't work.

 

[SuperKevin]

Ziggler's brother is doing a lot of comedy stuff outside of the company at the moment. I believe he also recently released a book

 

[XavierDZ]

If you need to catch up...

-Big E Langston is the champion. Big time crowd favorite at Full Sail. Just your typical dominant big man champion.
-Kassius Ohno is feuding with William Regal.
-Adrian Neville aka PAC is one half of the tag team champions (other half is Oliver Grey and he's out with an injury, so, he's been teaming with Bo Dallas) is very over and highlighted every week.
-Leo Kruger and Justin Gabriel wrestle more often than Kofi and Dolph Ziggler, and like the aforementioned...always deliver a good match.
-Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) are the upper card stable. Currently feuding with the tag champs and Bo Dallas.
-Connor O'Brien used to be apart of the tag team The Ascension...Kenneth Cameron got fired, so they pushed him as an upper-card threat to Langston...Langston beat him convincingly.
-The Shield shows up occasionally and fucks shit up.
-Corey Graves is the drizzling shits, but the WWE has plans for him. He's in the upper card at this point. He screams douchebag.
-Xavier Woods (aka Consequences Creed) wrestles maybe once a month as a curtain jerker.
-Richie Steamboat is out with an injury, will continue feud with Ohno when he gets back, I'm sure.


-Paige is the best diva the WWE has under their umbrella...she's just 20 years old, hence she's in Florida. She's currently feuding with Summer Rae (you've seen her as Fandango's dancer when they were in Europe).
-Aubrey Marie is your token diva...you'll be seeing her in the WWE at some point. She's feuding with the not-that-attractive Sasha Banks. No one cares.
-Emma is another diva that is a crowd favorite...she's got a gimmick of a clumsy chick with an awful dance move. Its actually a little entertaining.

Everyone else is in jobber status right now. Generico hasn't debuted yet.

Oh, and the Full Sail crowd is awesome.

Yeah that sums it up. Some great shows, I think the last one had Cesaro vs. Pac for the US title( yeah they record four or more shows at a time, hence Claudio still champion.)

And I disagree I think Sasha Banks is Hot! But yeah paige is the best female talent they have on any show.

 

[XavierDZ]

Okay i lied, the Cesaro vs Pac match is the episode prior. Just seeing match ups like that makes the 7 bucks for NXT worth it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Generico finally worked the last set of tapings as Sami Zayn, and I won't reveal spoilers, but he's getting a push. They have him cutting promos, too.

Looks like this show is going to end up on Sci Fi. Meltzer said they are going to sprinkle in more RAW/SD guys so it has a little more star power when it hits U.S. tv.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I will say, my one real gripe is that they don't often line up title changes and gimmick changes with the show...

When the Shield debuted, Tyler Black was still the NXT token babyface champion for more than a month. When Big E debuted, he was just getting his babyface push the title and won the title like another few week after he debuted.

Claudio not having the title when he was on the Clash episode was pretty piss poor planning, too.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Generico finally worked the last set of tapings as Sami Zayn, and I won't reveal spoilers, but he's getting a push. They have him cutting promos, too.

Looks like this show is going to end up on Sci Fi. Meltzer said they are going to sprinkle in more RAW/SD guys so it has a little more star power when it hits U.S. tv.

Welp, guess Vince will be sticking his nose in this product for a while which will make it shit for a while.

The worst eps were the ones with the most WWE talent on them. The taping that led up to the shows before WrestleMania were filled with them and mostly sucked.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Lots of main roster bottom guys worked the tapings. More than usual. The Camacho's, Curt Hawkin's, Yoshi Tatsu's, even Cesaro was all over it.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Camacho, Tatsu, and Cesaro have worked a bunch of tapings over the past 6 months or so.

Lots of bottom feeders work the tapings...the aforementioned, Epico and Primo, McGuillicutty, Trent? (when he was there), etc.

 

[XavierDZ]

Yeah If I'm right Generico has a ROH rematch on his first NXT taping. Also enjoying guys like Jericho showing up and wrestling full matches to get some guys like Wyatt over as workers to the lesser knowing crowds.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Bump.

Warner2BruceTD...you should merge this with Xavier's NXT thread.

Since making this thread...I would bump Seth Rollins up a little bit on his promos...he's gotten a lot better.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Oh, and...

NXT 5/8

Damien Sandow v. Baron Corbin - Typical jobber squash. This Baron Corbin cat is a former NFL lineman (Tom Pestock).

Paige v. Bayley - Paige is really the only chick in the world I'll actually sit through a match for. Bayley is Davina Rose...I think she was in SHIMMER or SHINE, whatever, FWIW. Summer Rae comes in for the post match shenanigans.

Big E Langston/Damien Sandow promo. If Big E can get more comfortable his promos will get a lot better. In real life, he's a pretty clever, funny dude...so, we'll see.

Briley Pierce v. Sakamoto - Briley Pierce is referenced as Dolph Ziggler's brother...to which Wlliam Regal asks "Why is his last name Pierce?"...yup...interupted by Conor O'Brien who lays them both out. Conor O'Brien has a small head, big ears, and a disproportionate body. And, if Yoshi Tatsu is the WWEs dollar store version of Tanahashi, Sakamoto is their dollar store version of Minoru Suzuki.

Summer Rae has a crooked jew-bitch hook nose.

Kassius Ohno v. Camacho - Good match. Kassius Ohno finishes this match with the Kassius Klutch (awesome name for a submission hold). He grabs the mic and crowd chants "Oh-no Pro-mo"...fantastic. He apologizes to Regal, and I guess he's turning face. Stare down with Bray Wyatt after the match. Hero is taken out by the Wyatt Family. Bray Wyatt really is fucking good.

Adrian Neville/Bo Dallas v. The Wyatt Family - PAC is really good in the WWE environment. If he was taller, he'd be a future WWE Champion. As is, he's been really good, especially against big men in his short run in NXT. No different here. The Wyatt Family works in every way. The goon-ish big men actually play their roles really well and Wyatt is fantastic as the leader. Much needed title change, to the right team. Good match.

Overall, this is why I like NXT...its just base hit stuff. They aren't reinventing the wheel. Its just 45 minutes of classic wrestling television. Nothing you should go out of your way to see...but fuck it, I enjoyed the show.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Adrian Neville​

What He's Up To - The former PAC on the American Indie and International scene debuted a few months ago and has been pushed as a top mid-card talent. He's still got the "Man That Gravity Forgot" gimmick. He initially formed a tag team with Oliver Grey and won the initial NXT Tag Team Championship tournament. They defended it a few times before Grey was injured by the Wyatt family. The Wyatt Family recently won the titles off Neville and selected tag partner Bo Dallas.

Look/Physical Presence: 2
- He's just really short. He's jacked up and cut though. He's just 5'7" on a good day.

Promo Ability/Charisma: 2
- He's not really been given much mic time, but that's not his game anyway.

In-ring Ability: 3.5
- He's become a pretty good wrestler, and I find his work at the NXT level to have been a pretty seamless transition from his Indie days. He works pretty well with bigger guys, too.

Overall: 7.5/15.
- There is obvious limitations with Neville, but there is no reason why he can't be a regular in a tag team division or an undercard workhorse. His high risk moveset will get over very quickly. Fleshing out a character might be a bit of a problem though.

Is He Ready? Not yet.