The Chief Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Balor is dull as dishwater. Cool music and entrance, some ok spots but no emotion behind any of it. Hes 2015 Gangrel. And it's not like he does anything different when he's The Demon. Hope Owens wins this. I could see Hornswoggle being in the Vaudevillains corner. He's still under contract and hasn't been used in ages. He also kind of fits with the old school carnival strongman vibe the Villains got going for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Balor is dull as dishwater. Cool music and entrance, some ok spots but no emotion behind any of it. Hes 2015 Gangrel. And it's not like he does anything different when he's The Demon. Hope Owens wins this. Give me Gangrel any day. Especially the entrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Do you not watch RAW either?lol Well, I mean Sasha has been on the main roster for over a month. Do you not even read the threads on this forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Balor is dull as dishwater. Cool music and entrance, some ok spots but no emotion behind any of it. Hes 2015 Gangrel. And it's not like he does anything different when he's The Demon. Hope Owens wins this. Give me Gangrel any day. Especially the entrance. If you get Pop TV (former TV Guide Channel), Gangrel is on Paragon Pro Wrestling still doing more or less the same entrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blehschmidt Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Are they still planning on having the Uhaa Nation/Apollo Crew debut on this show? or is that gonna be on TV next week now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsem43 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I'm not a big fan of either of them, but you have to put Balor and Bayley over. They're over enough with the fanbase that they both deserve a chance to have a run as champs. Both Owens and Banks are starting to get the college kids hanging around high school vibe so everybody would be better off to move on at this point. While it's not P.C. nowadays, the tag title match really needs the put manager/valet in cage gimmick. I don't think every tag team needs a woman with them, and the WWE needs to mix in some different gimmicks. Joe vs. Corbin is pretty important for both guys careers. Can Corbin make the next step? Can Joe make a star in NXT? What happens if the match falls flat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Are they still planning on having the Uhaa Nation/Apollo Crew debut on this show? or is that gonna be on TV next week now? It's on the Takeover special. Pretty sure it was confirmed as Tye Dillinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Joe vs. Corbin is pretty important for both guys careers. Can Corbin make the next step? Can Joe make a star in NXT? What happens if the match falls flat? Joe's entire NXT run so far can be, at best, described as flat...so he needs to show something. He's been working like he's injured, doesn't give a fuck or both...and it really shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Joe vs. Corbin is pretty important for both guys careers. Can Corbin make the next step? Can Joe make a star in NXT? What happens if the match falls flat? Joe's entire NXT run so far can be, at best, described as flat...so he needs to show something. He's been working like he's injured, doesn't give a fuck or both...and it really shows. In his very first match in the company a guy nearly died. Even if it wasn't his fault I'd imagine that would have to rattle you quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsem43 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 From what I've seen, he definitely cares and is trying. He just looks like he's trying to recreate 2004 but his body is clearly saying its 2015. It's surprising that after his debut that the crowd quickly started seeing him as just another guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I really liked Joe's short ROH run because even if he couldn't perform on the level he did ten years ago he displayed a fresh approach to matches that compensated for that and made them all feel fresh and unique. So far in NXT he's been working like he did in TNA after his athleticism detoriated but he's also mostly been working squash matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Joe vs. Corbin is pretty important for both guys careers. Can Corbin make the next step? Can Joe make a star in NXT? What happens if the match falls flat? Joe's entire NXT run so far can be, at best, described as flat...so he needs to show something. He's been working like he's injured, doesn't give a fuck or both...and it really shows. In his very first match in the company a guy nearly died. Even if it wasn't his fault I'd imagine that would have to rattle you quite a bit. Damn, that's a good point. I had completely forgotten about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCS1988 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 The women's & tag titles will change hands. Someone will take Alexis Bliss down. Who from place to be nation is going to this show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Tons of shirts for Banks, Owens. Balor's new shirt with the teeth was all over as well. Many, many spontaneous New Day chants all over the neighborhood: I can't think of a time when I've heard a chant out of nowhere on the streets like that. The Barclays Center is in the middle of Brooklyn next to a bar called McMahon's: the sheer volume of fans condensed into a few blocks was wild. This is also by far the most number of women I've ever seen at a wrestling show. Actual women! Attractive women. It was utopian. Lots of girls in Banks and Bayley shirts. Almost no one supporting Charlotte, which was interesting. Probably the most fun crowd I've seen at a show in NYC. I'll take these people over ROH trolls any day. Barclays is gorgeous: there doesn't look to be a bad seat in the house, and I say that from the rafters. Show seems to be starting 20 mins late, which may not bode well for the TV taping unless they cut a match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Both times I went there were tons of women and a lot of them were there without kids or boyfriends/husbands. I've literally never seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is also by far the most number of women I've ever seen at a wrestling show. Actual women! Attractive women. It was utopian. Lots of girls in Banks and Bayley shirts. Almost no one supporting Charlotte, which was interesting. Both times I went there were tons of women and a lot of them were there without kids or boyfriends/husbands. I've literally never seen that before. WWE could have a big thing here. It's really an untapped demographic for them. Lord knows I'm sure a lot of the male wrestling fans would not object to more women being around at the shows. If WWE could treat the women with respect, not as sex objects, and actually give them good roles & stories it would probably catch-on. Granted, how many people currently employed by WWE share the sentiments just expressed by Greg The Hammer Valentine the other day? *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Vociferous boos for Eva Marie. Crowd was brutal to her even though Carmella was working exactly the gimmick you'd expect to work as a heel in Brooklyn. Match was fine and Marie was not nearly as bad as the crowd would tell you, but Carmella ate up the crowd reaction. Overall this was met with awestruck hatred, and "We want Blue Pants" and "ECW" chants. Honestly after this I'm an Eva Marie fan. She did everything right and could get over as a massive heel or maybe even a face in time. Almost a Cena-like level of vitriolic reaction that could go either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Keeping my fingers crossed for Liger to get his theme music. That's all I really care about on this show. Joe/Corbin could be interesting and I hope Sasha retains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Is this pre-season really live or is the crowd this late arriving? Or maybe they got 13,000 and it is scattered Apparently a hand drawing of Renee Young makes her look like a 9 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smelly McUgly Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Is this pre-season really live or is the crowd this late arriving? Or maybe they got 13,000 and it is scattered The pre-show is pre-taped. They're running the NXT tapings right now in the arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Smooth chain wrestling and power offense from Bull Dempsey. Hadn't seen him work in a while and he looked good. Was totally unfamiliar with Elias Sampson: is he working a gimmick of the ABC hit series "Nashville"? Bull struck me as a very likable baby face who got a solid but not stellar reaction in his hometown. He will become a really good worker, but I wonder if his height and body will keep him from doing much on the main roster. He's shorter than I realized and in a different time and place could have been like, Pequeno Jerry Blackwell. I don't get Dana Brooke at all. Meltzer calls her the next Beth Phoenix, but the Beth Phoenix gimmick doesn't work if you're smaller than everyone you face and dressed like Ashley Massaro. Lynch was more over than Charlotte in the building, but people still like saying "Woooo." Fun four-way: Emma was the story of the match, and is awesome as smug heel who went bad as shoplifter and learned some cunning tricks in those four hours behind bars. Lynch was solid, but nothing you haven't seen. Charlotte looked more crisp than usual here. Really weird Hogan post-match conclusion that made the faces seem like sore losers who were jumping the heels from behind after the bell to hit their finishers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yeah that was a great hype video for Bayley and Sasha Banks. Really shows the history of Bayley in NXT perfectly And glad that Byron actually remembers his NXT history because it is true that Sasha Banks was very much a Bayley kind of character in the first year of NXT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Watching, most over HHH has ever been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parties Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Hunter asking the crowd to be silent during his self-congratulatory promo was both insane and a tribute to what an expert bullshitter he is. Hunter the Real Life COO is a lot more entertaining than the character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Tyler Breeze entrance is so awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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