Stiva Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Awesome! Eric Young became a incredibly consistent worker in these last few years so I'm all for the few decent workers that TNA had migrating to NXT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pol Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 The most recent episode was incredibly dry. I thought the 'treading water' feel would subside after Takeover but if anything it's gotten worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Spoiler tags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Spoiler tags? WWE spoils this stuff on their own website and social media now. Good luck avoiding spoilers if you're going to be on the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 The most recent episode was incredibly dry. I thought the 'treading water' feel would subside after Takeover but if anything it's gotten worse. The last few are just burning through footage from Mania weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luchaundead Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I will absolutely die if they do some promo vignettes for Gentlemen Jack Gallagher on NXT leading up to the GCS I don't know if people realize how over his gimmick will be at Fullsail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woof Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I will absolutely die if they do some promo vignettes for Gentlemen Jack Gallagher on NXT leading up to the GCS I don't know if people realize how over his gimmick will be at Fullsail. Makes me wonder how the GCS will be presented. Got the impression it was gonna be it's own show., like maybe an hour a week for however many episodes it takes. If so, I'm curious if they'll do some background stuff on the guys or just throw them out there and say "here are some matches" kinda like they did with the KOTR special last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luchaundead Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 If they don't do background and use this to build stars they are fools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woof Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 If they don't do background and use this to build stars they are fools Agreed. But given the number of non-contract guys they'll be using, I wonder how much of it they'd do. Will they take the time to explain/show who Jack Gallagher is when he may only be around for one match? This is WWE afterall. The fact that they're evening ATTEMPTING this is to their credit, but at their core they are what they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luchaundead Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 If they don't do background and use this to build stars they are fools Agreed. But given the number of non-contract guys they'll be using, I wonder how much of it they'd do. Will they take the time to explain/show who Jack Gallagher is when he may only be around for one match? This is WWE afterall. The fact that they're evening ATTEMPTING this is to their credit, but at their core they are what they are. I can't imagine any of the guys being brought in from outside are going to be out it the 1st rounds I'd expect most of them getting similar treatment as Gargano and Ciampa did in the Dusty tag tourney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woof Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 If they don't do background and use this to build stars they are fools Agreed. But given the number of non-contract guys they'll be using, I wonder how much of it they'd do. Will they take the time to explain/show who Jack Gallagher is when he may only be around for one match? This is WWE afterall. The fact that they're evening ATTEMPTING this is to their credit, but at their core they are what they are. I can't imagine any of the guys being brought in from outside are going to be out it the 1st rounds I'd expect most of them getting similar treatment as Gargano and Ciampa did in the Dusty tag tourney I don't see them putting them ALL over the in-house talent. My expectation is that the outside guys will be pairing up against each other in early rounds. Either way, the amount of non-match exposure they give any of them will be the interesting thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I haven't finished watching NXT this week. Not sure if I will. But some random thoughts from what I did see: - Eric Young comes across as an abused shelter dog. He overly emotes, has ridiculous facials, and I'm not a fan of his Salvation Army look. - I've probably said this before, but why put Tessa Blanchard on TV with that name only to job her out? I doubt the same thing happened to Charlotte. But then, Ric obviously has more pull than Tully. - Why the hell isn't Tye Dillinger being pushed? I can't be the only one who thinks he's great and usually better than the people he loses to (not counting Shinsuke Nakamara, naturally). - No Way Jose is a brutal gimmick. If it had been introduced on the main roster, everyone would be shitting on it. But because it's an NXT character, people love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 It's so strange seeing Eric Young and Tye Dillinger on NXT. Those two, in like 2004, I would see once a month in St. Catharines, Ontario put on epic matches with Tyson Dux, Cody Deaner, Derek Wylde and Booby Roode. It's amazing how many of them had a really good career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 It's so strange seeing Eric Young and Tye Dillinger on NXT. Those two, in like 2004, I would see once a month in St. Catharines, Ontario put on epic matches with Tyson Dux, Cody Deaner, Derek Wylde and Booby Roode. It's amazing how many of them had a really good career. Your post motivated me to look up Tye Dillinger on Wikipedia. I had no idea he was a fourteen year veteran, and I'm even more shocked that he used to be Shawn Spears/Gavin Spears. Somehow, all of that slipped under my radar. On top of all that, it looks like Eric Young was one of his trainers. Wow, Dillinger has been around a while. I wonder why he's never really made it past JTTS status. He certainly deserves better IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Well, given that he was Gavin Spears for about 2 weeks in WWECW, not surprising that he slipped under your radar. Probably was the case for many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Dillinger has a great job. He can be a good guy or a bad guy and he's their trusted guy to help guys learn to work the style demanded, while still managing to stay over. He's going to have a career in the WWE at this point. Which rules. Not everyone is going to have a career of being a guy on the main roster. The guys who see beyond that and realize there are other options are the smartest "workers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I think I read somewhere that Dillenger has a player/coach role in NXT, so he's probably in the perfect spot right now. You can pop him in the ring with anyone and he'll get a reaction, but he's also going to be comfortable putting people over. As said above, his prospects of long term employment look better than some of the guys who've "made it" to the main roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutenberger Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I can't stand No Way Jose. I don't like his act, and i think his baseball offense is just goofy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I love the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 I can't get enough of the pitch punch finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yeah, Jose is fun. So, is there some stupid dork backlash about guys coming there from TNA and getting pushes and not the so called "deserving" Indy guys? I haven't seen it here but apparently this is a thing? 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 A lot of the backlash seems to be about "homegrown" guys that have been at the PC forever not getting booked on TV over established guys from TNA and other indies. Guys like Manny, Biff, Swann, Dawkins, Moss and especially the women. Also No Way Jose rules. Sure the gimmick probably won't work on the main roster but it's perfect for NXT. Especially on the live events where he's over huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Yet these same zilches aren't complaining about Asuka and Nak ? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Where are the complaints about TNA talent or Asuka/Nak? I've seen it pointed out that NXT is not exactly developing much talent but rather relying upon talent developed elsewhere. I do think they have to be careful with Nakamura. It probably is possible to run too many squashes in front of a few hundred people and water down his charisma to the point that he loses value when called up, if that is in fact the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_Fair Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Dillinger has a great job. He can be a good guy or a bad guy and he's their trusted guy to help guys learn to work the style demanded, while still managing to stay over. He's going to have a career in the WWE at this point. Which rules. Not everyone is going to have a career of being a guy on the main roster. The guys who see beyond that and realize there are other options are the smartest "workers". He can be a good guy, he can be a bad guy, but he can not be The Guy. Not sure for how much longer Dillinger is going to stay in NXT though. He might go the Adam Rose route of being brought up eventually to be put on job duty and then being quietly released a couple of years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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