NXT Thread *SPOILERS*

That's what I was thinking since that seems to usually happen with her. Think she won the title twice at least the night after losing at a PPV

Poor zoey stark seems to be nxts female jobber

J. Marston wrote: »

That dog is stealing every scene it's in.

When Io stood up irate speaking in Japanese, eyeball to eyeball with the dog I was not prepared. That was amazing.

Taya/Monet is a strange one. She's got the size to be a monster, yet her character always seems to be the ditzy blonde.

I know it might seem a strange thing to say, but were Austin's eyebrows really big?

Oh and TED DIBIASE!!!

I'm assuming a mistake here

Headshot wrote: »

Sad to see what Dominik Dijakovic has become on RAW

Always liked him when I use to watch NXT

ahem you mean t-bar..hopefully the draft will repackage them

beakerjoe wrote: »

Hes a decent big man worker and hes just a joke now.

Like so many in WWE sadly.

It takes **** all to build talent and get the over. AEW is proof that with the right attention, they can get most guys over.

WWE is proof that you can take talent dripping with potential, like Dijack, Ricochet, Humberto,Garza, Andrade, War Machine, Cedric, Ripley, Shayna, Riddle and make them all worthless.

Not everyone I mentioned can be main eventers, but man you could at least make them useful parts of your show.

Dijakovic matches against Keith Lee, god damn they were so good

I cannot believe I forgot about Ricochet, still shocked he's still there. What a waste of potential

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wherever Keith Lee is, will they let him fight T-Bar at some point?

Just remembering how a match that was considered one of Cesaro's best WWE matches was against Sami in NXT, yet it seems they're unable to replicate those matches on the main roster. And I don't just mean Cesaro/Zayn, but a lot of former NXT people.
Look at Bayley/Sasha or Owens/Zayn

Well theres lots of reasons why wrestlers cant replicate a match from NXT on the main roster.

Firstly, the match on NXT was a PPV main event. The matches on an NXT main event (at the time in 2015 I think) would be structured differently on the an episode of Smackdown in 2020/21.

Zayn and Cesaro (and to a lesser extent Lee and Dijack) would have a hell of a lot more freedom on an NXT special than a main roster tv match. Main roster tv matches are almost always by the numbers, nothing special and extremely restricted. A Smackdown TV match would be hampered by tv ad breaks as WWE seem to book a match to cater for a commercial rather than just work the match regardless of the ad break. Most WWE tv matches are predictable and boring.

Plus the small but hot (NXT crowd) would add to the match. These days, pre covid, main roster crowds are so dethatched form the action. During covid theres no crowd to add to the match.

Additionally the feuds in WWE now are at an all time low in terms of booking and build. Even if Zayn faced Cesaro in a 10,000 seater arena on PPV, I doubt WWE could build a feud effectively to enhance the match.

Furthermore, guys like Zayn for example has had a fair share of injuries since 2015 and he works a safer and somewhat smarter style in 2021.

Cole wants Kross but so does Kyle, triple threat?

beakerjoe wrote: »

Well theres lots of reasons why wrestlers cant replicate a match from NXT on the main roster.

Firstly, the match on NXT was a PPV main event. The matches on an NXT main event (at the time in 2015 I think) would be structured differently on the an episode of Smackdown in 2020/21.

Zayn and Cesaro (and to a lesser extent Lee and Dijack) would have a hell of a lot more freedom on an NXT special than a main roster tv match. Main roster tv matches are almost always by the numbers, nothing special and extremely restricted. A Smackdown TV match would be hampered by tv ad breaks as WWE seem to book a match to cater for a commercial rather than just work the match regardless of the ad break. Most WWE tv matches are predictable and boring.

Plus the small but hot (NXT crowd) would add to the match. These days, pre covid, main roster crowds are so dethatched form the action. During covid theres no crowd to add to the match.

Additionally the feuds in WWE now are at an all time low in terms of booking and build. Even if Zayn faced Cesaro in a 10,000 seater arena on PPV, I doubt WWE could build a feud effectively to enhance the match.

Furthermore, guys like Zayn for example has had a fair share of injuries since 2015 and he works a safer and somewhat smarter style in 2021.

Daniel Bryan was talking about something similar the other day, saying that Cesaro or Otis in a pure pro wrestling environment like NJPW (it isn't but whatever) would look way better than they do in the sports entertainment world of WWE.

It's a mindset thing for us fans. We, as fans, have to stop thinking of main roster WWE as pro wrestling. It isn't. They tell you it isn't. Stop applying pro wrestling logic to it. It's a TV show. Not a very logical or interesting TV show but a TV show all the same. Akira Tozawa plays a ninja. Ricochet plays a 24/7 geek. Cesaro is the swinging man whose just happy to be there. They're characters on a TV show, they've got their role and by and large their role won't deviate, it won't get significantly larger or smaller. There is not a pro wrestler on the main roster who wouldn't look like a better pro wrestler, who wouldn't feel like a bigger deal outside of WWE than they do on the main roster. But, until they leave, if they ever leave, consider their wrestling career on pause, it's the easiest thing to do.

Finn delivers a simple but effective promo only to get knocked on his Bollix with one punch. Gas.

Necro wrote: »

Jaysus Shotzi Blackheart is money, strap a rocket to her and send her up to the main roster.

So much talent in the women's division on NXT yet we get to see Dana Brooke and Lana wrestle "clinics" on Raw, and Tamina do her "magic" on Smackdown.

Until they throw her into the the riot squad and Bury her into catering

Necro wrote: »

Jaysus Shotzi Blackheart is money, strap a rocket to her and send her up to the main roster.

So much talent in the women's division on NXT yet we get to see Dana Brooke and Lana wrestle "clinics" on Raw, and Tamina do her "magic" on Smackdown.

It's weird to me that they never did a future endeavour clear out in the women's division. Instead they let the likes of Mickie James go. Gas.

Ciampa has to be on the one of the most aimless tranjectorys I have seen.

Seeing her mentioned in the AEW thread, I meant to say I thought there were a lot of quick recoveries in the women's tag title match

Looks like a few options in the nxt title picture, hope we don't see another Kyle and Finn buddy team

Is Wade Barrett retired from the ring ?? Reckon he could have a great feud with someone like Pete Dunne