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NXT 2017 Thread *SPOILERS*
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Firstly the non-Dana stuff:
Zayn-Rhyno was good with a fun finish but you could tell Rhyno was pacing himself so he wouldn't blow up. Surprised the editors didn't edit out the shot between Rhyno's legs where his testicles hanging out OR that a picture of that didn't go viral.
I really don't see anything in Baron Corbin or Solomon Crowe. Like I said in the past Crowe just seems like an amalgamation of bad ideas. Don't buy him as a hacker. I don't think he could pass the ECDL. Crowe's hair really highlights his growing bald spot too. Shame CJ Parker left as he is more colourful than Corbin and Crowe.
NXT's upper midcard if you can call if that looks really dull - Corbin, Crowe, Dempsey, Rawley. They need to address this. An inspiried Creative rehaul and/or have them mix it up with the Balors, Itamis, Zayns, Owenss etc.
I get such a kick out of Alex Riley as he seems here and on Twitter as genuinely unstable:
So auld Dana
As someone said yesterday: "I've seen more written about Dana Brooks in the past two days than Daniel Bryan's possible retirement from wrestling."
To me Dana Brooke is a symbol that represents the larger discussion between "Divas" vs. "Female wrestlers", between NXT as developmental vs. NXT as a brand, between this thread vs me beating my dead horses about NXT. :P It is worth noting that this match was taped two months ago and there's varying accounts that she has improved a lot since. The match was her second singles match EVER and her fourteenth match overall. Pretty much every NXT women's debut has sucked but poor Dana got crucified online - thankfully not here. Where blamed few pointed the finger at her opponent and virtually none pointed their finger at her training, Sara Del Rey or NXT as a training school when they really should given Dana is just a trainee. Worth noting the in house trainees Dana, Carmella and Alex Bliss have all been pretty questionable in the ring.
I really don't know what was intended to happen and what was just nerves and inexperience - the amount of posing. Dana as this caricature "Total Diva" has a huge amount of potential heel heat wise with the smark Full Sail crowd. It also opens her up for an immediate feud with 'ugly duckling' Bayley. It will be interesting if Dana gets pushed over Bayley as she will be yet another woman that is and Bayley is past the two year mark on NXT TV. I'd bet substantial money that Jessie McKay will lap Bayley too.
In terms of the match itself Dana has good heel presence but her punches really suck. If 90% of your offense is going to be strikes, your strikes better look crisp. I know she is a gymnast but her character should use more power moves and brawling. Between the editing and turning down the crowd the match wasn't this horrendous trainwreck that people there were tweeting about on the night. She has potential and I hope she improves and tweaks the gimmick. I hope she keeps this move too:
On the Blue Pants front she is a really bad jobber in my opinion. Too over with the Full Sail crowd to the point of being a distraction and as the Dana Brooke match displayed can't really sell or carry rookies. I really wonder what is next for her. It is clear WWE isn't signing her. Becky is the last person who hasn't faced and Carmella probably should get her win back. If they want to keep on with Blue Pants they would do Enzo, Cass & Blue Pants vs Blake, Murphy & Carmella presuming Carmella turns at the next NXT Special:
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Make Crowe more Anonymous-like. Stick him in a suit, give him his own face as a mask, find a few guys of similar build who come out to the ring at the same time as him and you can't quite tell which one Crowe is until he steps out away them. (Although as soon as I typed that I pictured this
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During matches he could pull the mask on, do a switcheroo with people under the ring, have them do moves that he totally couldn't do then switch back for the win. Or a distraction. They could be random guys in tag matches too.
I'd say use Nexus's old theme as well but I like Crowe's.0 -
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In terms of indie lads signing to NXT.
Adam Cole signed for another 2 years late last year. PWInsider said that:Adam Cole is reportedly locked into a long-term with ROH, and rumors that his contract is ending soon are not true.
Despite speculation that things were off as he added bookings to his schedule last week Samoa Joe IS meeting with WWE this week
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