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Post by guiltyparty on Sept 18, 2014 22:52:40 GMT -4
Thoughts for the 9/18 episode... Wow, I actually missed Byron Saxton on commentary this week... Did not see that coming. Remember when Emma was full of promise? Amazing what one Santino love interest angle and a shoplifting arrest will do. They need to dial down the praise for Hedio from the broadcast table. They are hyping him so much it makes my inner snarky fan want to hate him out of the gate. Speaking of Itami's in ring debut... What the hell was the finish? I don't know if it was just bad camera work or a botch? Or did he really just splash Gabriel with his ass from the top rope for the three count? Further more, could they have telegraphed the ending for next week's tag title match any more? Obviously Hedio will be causing The Acension to lose, which will not make the Lucha Dragons look strong at all. I hope we don't have to wait all the way to takeover 3 for Zayne vs Neville.
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Post by wildfire on Sept 19, 2014 11:02:35 GMT -4
I think we definitey are waiting for Takeover 3 (which will hopefully have a better name than that) for Zayn-Neville.
Agree 100% about Itami, both the hype, the crappy finisher (which I think was supposed to be a stomp, but missed... why the heck not use GTS?), and the tag title match next week.
Emma looked terrible... she was slow, awkward, and either gassed, or was just not into it. Hopefully it's just a bad night/ring rust.
I like all the NXT commentators, so I don't mind when the switch up. I'm shocked someone bigger than WWE hasn't scooped up Renee Young yet, she's WAY better than most of the token females on the networks.
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Post by guiltyparty on Sept 19, 2014 11:17:56 GMT -4
I think we definitey are waiting for Takeover 3 (which will hopefully have a better name than that) for Zayn-Neville. Agree 100% about Itami, both the hype, the crappy finisher (which I think was supposed to be a stomp, but missed... why the heck not use GTS?), and the tag title match next week. Emma looked terrible... she was slow, awkward, and either gassed, or was just not into it. Hopefully it's just a bad night/ring rust. I like all the NXT commentators, so I don't mind when the switch up. I'm shocked someone bigger than WWE hasn't scooped up Renee Young yet, she's WAY better than most of the token females on the networks. I am sure that they aren't using the GTS because they know the second he does the "CM PUNK!" chant starts.
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Post by toasterboy on Sept 19, 2014 12:45:10 GMT -4
Loved Steen's tweet where he called himself one of the 'Leaders of the new school.' Why not try having a televised match first before calling yourself a leader?
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Post by guiltyparty on Sept 19, 2014 12:50:15 GMT -4
Loved Steen's tweet where he called himself one of the 'Leaders of the new school.' Why not try having a televised match first before calling yourself a leader? I saw that... My question when I first saw it was "Why did Bull Dempsey get a hair cut"?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 13:00:08 GMT -4
Loved Steen's tweet where he called himself one of the 'Leaders of the new school.' Why not try having a televised match first before calling yourself a leader? Well it's nice of him to have stolen the tag team name of two guys who are far better than him in an attempt to put himself over.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 14:12:52 GMT -4
Speaking of Itami's in ring debut... What the hell was the finish? I don't know if it was just bad camera work or a botch? Or did he really just splash Gabriel with his ass from the top rope for the three count? It was pretty clearly a double stomp.
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Post by guiltyparty on Sept 19, 2014 15:59:11 GMT -4
Speaking of Itami's in ring debut... What the hell was the finish? I don't know if it was just bad camera work or a botch? Or did he really just splash Gabriel with his ass from the top rope for the three count? It was pretty clearly a double stomp. That missed by half a foot.
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Post by maddog1981 on Sept 19, 2014 20:22:32 GMT -4
Speaking of Itami's in ring debut... What the hell was the finish? I don't know if it was just bad camera work or a botch? Or did he really just splash Gabriel with his ass from the top rope for the three count? It was pretty clearly a double stomp. Someone should save that Tweet and send it to him after he gets released for being too fat.
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Post by Wildfire forgot to log in on Sept 19, 2014 21:43:58 GMT -4
Loved Steen's tweet where he called himself one of the 'Leaders of the new school.' Why not try having a televised match first before calling yourself a leader? Well it's nice of him to have stolen the tag team name of two guys who are far better than him in an attempt to put himself over. Maybe he's going to be his own tag team in the hopes that Vince will think he weighs half as much? I assumed that Hideo's finisher was a double stomp... he just missed by a mile, so I wasn't totally sure. They get CM Punk chants all the time, I'm sure Vince wouldn't allow that to stop WWE from doing anything... otherwise they'd have fired AJ.
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Post by Forgot my Password on Sept 19, 2014 22:22:41 GMT -4
Loved Steen's tweet where he called himself one of the 'Leaders of the new school.' Why not try having a televised match first before calling yourself a leader? Well it's nice of him to have stolen the tag team name of two guys who are far better than him in an attempt to put himself over. Umm... Yeah. Because so many more people have heard of Sabre and Scurll than Kevin Steen, and he's never accomplished anything. He totally needs them to get himself over.
And yes, I had to look them up because unlike Steen, no one knows who the fuck they are. Maybe someday, if they are good enough to make it to the WWE like, I don't know...Kevin Steen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 6:25:47 GMT -4
Well it's nice of him to have stolen the tag team name of two guys who are far better than him in an attempt to put himself over. Umm... Yeah. Because so many more people have heard of Sabre and Scurll than Kevin Steen, and he's never accomplished anything. He totally needs them to get himself over.
And yes, I had to look them up because unlike Steen, no one knows who the fuck they are. Maybe someday, if they are good enough to make it to the WWE like, I don't know...Kevin Steen.
Using someone else's name to put yourself over =/= needing someone to get over. Figured that was common sense, remembered who it is I'm most likely dealing with and now I'm not surprised at all.
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Post by guiltyparty on Oct 10, 2014 21:57:00 GMT -4
I'm sure this will be an unpopular opnion, but I think the Acension will bomb on the main roster... If they ever even get there. And the reason is Viktor's lack of size. I'm not against smaller guys, but it's a character issue. Look at the main roster. The only guy who are Viktor's size and not either a) a plucky underdog or b) a comedy act is Seth Rollins, who's character is instead a crafty and sneaky villain. Viktor's not going to be bought as the second coming of Bradshaw by the casual fans when he's the same size as Los Matadores.
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Post by wildfire on Oct 11, 2014 20:51:50 GMT -4
I wonder if the WWE agrees with you, hence the horribl feud with Hideo Itami... they can only look weak in the end... even if they continue to obliterate him every week. I think they've pretty much ruined them at this point anyway.
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Post by Weltschmerz on Oct 12, 2014 16:37:14 GMT -4
As much as I like the Ascension, I have to agree with everything that's been said here. Not only do they have size issues and a soul crushing feud with KENTA lite, but I just don't see a place for them on the main roster with their gimmick. We already have one creepy freakshow team, don't really need another.
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