Mad Dog
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At least he's not the only one saying "World Champions of the World", though. Don't remind me. I'd rather have Nana on commentary.
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That Roderick Strong promo was embarrassingly bad.
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I imagine being the Romantic Touch is an easier paycheck.
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Emma seems to wrestle to the level of her opponent. Put her in there with someone who sucks and Emma sucks. Put Emma in there with someone really good and Emma is suddenly really good.
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Well there is the ability to go back and watch the tape of your work to see where you can tighten up in certain sequences. House shows are for the fans though. So you are likely getting a different match live than you would at a taping. On tv you might see Rusev destroy Dolph Ziggler but at a house show you are more likely to see Dolph clown on Rusev for the fans' entertainment. So you're not necessarily going to be able to rehearse the exact match you want to do at a big special event. But you do get to work out certain spots for sure. Granted this was a long time ago but I saw Goldberg/Giant work a match on a house show on a Saturday and they worked almost the exact same match on Nitro that Monday.
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Well no but that might not be her style either. She might be someone that likes to structure her matches ahead of time.
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Also is Savage/Steamboat invalid now because they had the match memorized move for move?
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The only thing I think the practice facility really gave them an advantage would be the reverse rana. I think getting to dry run their match at a dozen house shows over the course of a month is a bigger advantage than a practice facility because you can adjust to reactions.
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Wouldn't it be useful to go back 5 years and see how they've progressed talent into the main event to determine what the next 5 years will look like?
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I fucking love the Romantic Touch. He chased Veda Scott under the ring during a match and came out and lit a cigarette. It was hilarious.
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Joe is more doing the NXT thing as a hobby.
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I hate Steve Corino as a color commentator. It's like he's trying to ruin the show on a weekly basis.
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Bliss is a mixed bag. She has some really awesome moves she does but some of her other stuff looks brutally bad.
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I actually don't mind the Dudleys coming back. They've been broken up as a team long enough that I think I could watch them for a few programs before being tired of them. I also think they're excellent opponents for New Day and I thought Xavier Woods reaction was priceless.
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He's taking time off for a movie I believe.
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They really need to keep Nigel McGuinness off of commentary. He's just a total bore and really adds nothing when he's out there.
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It's really bad in NXT. They go to all this effort to get you to take it seriously and then call it a Diva's match. It really doesn't fit the presentation at all.
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I saw her wrestle Bayley at the first show I went to and the match structure wasn't amazing but they just had this face paced super athletic match and it had the crowd absolutely molten hot for everything they were doing. The second time was her against Sasha and Sasha just beat the shit out of her for like 20 minutes and the crowd was dying for the Charlotte comeback and she sold the beating like an absolute champ.
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I don't how many people her have seen Charlotte live in NXT but her charisma is absolutely off the charts. Live you forgive all the shit she isn't good at because the buy in is there. The first time I saw her live I wanted to see her again. I think having her as a part of the pack and not in singles hurts her.
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You could use Legends that are still willing to work a match. You could offer people like Trish Stratus a good chunk of money to work with Sasha at Mania or something like that.
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NXT was a good formula for gaining traction. I think Sasha is the face to build around because people seem to be the most interested in her.
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PTBN Reaction Show: NXT Takeover Brooklyn
Mad Dog replied to goodhelmet's topic in Publications and Podcasts
I thought they covered for it really well. I thought it added to the story of the match as it looked like for a split second Bayley screwed up and it was going to cost her. I don't mind botches unless they completely freeze or they pull a Sabu and go right back to the same spot after screwing it up. -
The way I see it. Sasha, Charlotte, Becky, Paige and Emma are all fine from a workrate perspective. I even think Naomi is perfectly fine and I liked, I think it was Will's suggestion to send Alicia down to NXT to get some indy street cred. I think you make Brie an interviewer or something like that. I think stick to more singles matches instead of these multi tags. Honestly, my biggest problem with the division is calling it the Diva's division. I think that is the biggest obstacle to them being taken seriously. I think you need to find a way, even if it's Sasha winning the belt and trashing it, to rebrand it as the Women's division. I just winch every time they say Diva's on TV. It's just such a fucking stupid word. No one relates to that shit.
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You can do both. I just wanted to put some guidelines that we are all working from. From my perspective you can book the division around Sasha and the NXT crowd but you're going to have the Bellas in the mix and some of the old guard. It's just a reality especially with the Bellas and their connections within the company.
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The idea behind this post is you're given the book for the Diva's division. You can move your talent roster of women around anyway you want and create any angles that you want with creative control. The following conditions are in place for your booking. 1. You have to use the women that are currently signed to the WWE. You can use Kana and you can bring Sara Del Ray into an inring role. But you can't hire anyone for the sake of this post. 2. Bayley can't be brought up until after Wrestlemania. For the sake of this post she's getting a 6-8 month run with the NXT Women's Championship. 3. You can send down people to NXT except for the Bellas. You have to keep the Bellas on the main roster due to their connections but you can move them into non-wrestler on air roles if you so choose. 4. Sasha Banks has to be a heel.