NXT Thread *SPOILERS*

Itssoeasy

I have to say I think booker T is god awful on commentary. I know that’s hardly a new thing and many times since he’s been on commentary in NXT I felt he took away from the product. Stand and deliver at the weekend though was one of the worst. Vic and Wade were doing what they had done on NXT before, and several times booker was just rambling having a conversation that was separate from the two lads.

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122002847#Comment_122002847

Yeah he comes across as almost going senile sometimes, like he's not aware of what's even happening in front of or beside him.

JP Liz V1

Whoop that Trick champ, Ilja to Raw hopefully

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122055617#Comment_122055617

Rumoured he’s going to join imperium. Hope that happens. Even hint at a power struggle between and Gunther down the line as he shouldn’t be there just to make up the numbers.

Cotts72

I don't see how he'd fit in there, he's arguably gunthers biggest rival and would be lost as a sidepiece

CastorTroy

Something very familiar about that ending. Think they may have watched Bryan/Ospreay.

hynesie08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122057974#Comment_122057974

Yeah, it looked remarkably similar to the finish of their first match from 2 months ago.....

https://twitter.com/GrzzCmpnyMane/status/1782955612709544032

CastorTroy

Ah, forgot about that. Thanks.

So Ospreay/Bryan ripped them off. 😃

I'm sure it's one of those things that has been done many times but these examples are the most recent and most seen.

Still it is a cool spot when done with moves that can go either way.

Not like Edge getting misted when he should've been in spear stance by that time or other similar examples.

CastorTroy

Fallon heel turn. I'm surprised she wasn't called up. Though I guess giving her a run as heel for a bit will be good for her.

I hope HHH has some plans in place for the callups. Dragunov and Gunther being on the same brand sets up at least one feud for him. Lyra can hang with Becky for a bit. Blair will likely look for a match against Bayley. Maybe come out next week when Bayley is doing a promo.

Kiana is a strange one though. Nothing against her but not sure where the character fits in on Raw. And the fact she was the only female NXT callup on the first night and the final pick on TV seems like a big thing.

CastorTroy

That new guy, Je'Von Evans reminds me of Wes Lee in his Treehouse days, especially when he was talking to Noam.

Liked the wee touch in the women's locker room of Tatum's name being written over Lyra's.

Poor Georgina. Don't know when we see the end result.

That Supernova Sessions was very strange.

Not sure I like where this is going. Had to google what a "Sexyy Red" is and then something about Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

CastorTroy

So after her return has been teased on NXT (at least I assume it was her being teased), Wendy Choo makes her return on NXT Level Up.

Officer999

Well that was an interesting episode of NXT

Cotts72

Yeah 2 big shocks there...Ethan Page could do well if they push him...I don't they should be putting him straight into a feud with trick when he's not going to take that title

Big reaction for Grace tho, would love to see her take that title to TNA. Seemingly there's plans for NXT stars crossing over there with against all odds soon

CastorTroy

That was well timed. Sounded like Vic was about to say "AEW" before he was cut off by Page. Have they acknowledged AEW on NXT before?

Had both surprises spoiled. Page's appearance was mentioned in the AEW thread and saw Grace's appearance shown randomly online somewhere.

But was cool seeing Jordynne here.

Still no idea what a Sexyy Red is.

ThePott

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122198985#Comment_122198985

Apologies never thought of the spoiler side of it. That was my bad about Page, I see so much of this stuff on twitter and elsewhere that I forget about the spoilers sometimes. Have updated the post for others. Apologies again.

CastorTroy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122199201#Comment_122199201

You're okay. It's only Ethan Page. 🙄 Jordynne would be the bigger spoiler.

As I thought when thinking of how Shawn Spears and Ethan Page are both in NXT now - "Worst invasion angle ever"😁

Cotts72

If that sexy red yoke is the host for the NXT ppv then my god that nights gonna drag ...about as much charisma as Gene Snitsky

J. Marston

Sexyy Red is from the increasingly popular school of can't-rap, can't-sing but has a distinctive look, like Ice Spice, and gets by on that. She did a rubbish song with Drake so WWE wanted some of that clout.

Ethan Beige, that'll put butts in seats.

Is this Jordynne Grace's third cameo in WWE? They should have her actually win a match if they want these crossovers to mean anything.

Edit: No, it was Mickie who made an appearance from TNA too.

CastorTroy

They have the match next week for her to win but that will be it. Just checking and Stevie hasn't had a 1 on 1 match on the main NXT show since January 2023.

An example of how samey the women tend to look in NXT was when Izzy Dame entered the locker room, where apparently everyone stands side by side, facing the same direction. Everyone was blonde and pretty indistinguishable.

Cotts72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122199710#Comment_122199710

The way she moved and acted reminded me of the prostitutes in GTA San Andreas 😂

CastorTroy

They had highlights of Jordynne's appearance on Impact this week as well as advertising her match against Stevie.

Wonder will Smackdown and/or Raw show it as well.

Cotts72

Just watched the Eddie Thorpe promo from this week's episode. Would like to see him get a push..maybe a run with the north American title being the man to beat Oba Femi (who's either going to win the NXT title or move up in the next 6 months)

CastorTroy

If like me you were wondering what Vic and Booker were talking about when they referenced something happening during a break, it seems there's a storyline with Brooks Jensen implying he's not happy and that he may have even been released.

https://twitter.com/BilliamSan/status/1798160948613582977

He's even posted his booking info on social media.

And from the sound of it, he'll be the first NXT guy going to TNA

https://twitter.com/BrooksJensenWWE/status/1798164535859421199

Speaking of TNA, when she was talking to Jordynne I was expecting Arianna to comment on TNA's Director of Authority.

And seems the partnership will be an ongoing thing. Not only like the video above, but also Tatum liking the Knockouts title.

CastorTroy

Matches for Battleground on Sunday

• NXT Championship Match: Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page
• NXT Women’s Championship Match: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Jordynne Grace
• NXT North American Championship Match: Oba Femi (c) vs. Wes Lee vs. Joe Coffey
• NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match: Sol Ruca vs. Lash Legend vs. Fallon Henley vs. Jaida Parker vs. Michin vs. Kelani Jordan
• NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs. The O.C. (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)
• NXT Underground Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Lola Vice

While I think no titles will change hands, I don't know who will take the Women's NA title. Wouldn't mind Fallon getting it.

CastorTroy

Was just watching an interview with Jordynne about her NXT appearance and she said Roxanne didn't know who it would be. They wouldn't tell her at first until she was about to go out but then she said she didn't want to know so she could be genuinely surprised. Too bad we didn't get a shot of her initial reaction.

Cotts72

Did Cody drop a TNA tease in relation to the battle royale next week..

CastorTroy

He said could be from other locker rooms which I automatically assumed TNA and think that's what's implied. But he used the plural which made me wonder where else, then I realised it likely just means Raw and Smackdown.

Wonder whose idea it was for the AEW reunion.

Cotts72

Funnily enough apparently WWE and NOAH are making an announcement this week, is that another locker room 🤔

CastorTroy

Then Jordynne is having an open challenge this weekend which Tatum Paxley will likely answer.

JP Liz V1

Wendy back as a dark character like Alexa was

CastorTroy

I was thinking she must've been watching Abadon in her time off.

Cotts72

More similar to su yung

CastorTroy

Ah yeah. Forgot about her.

Cotts72

Im interested to see where it goes though, are we going to see a split personality Wendy or what

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122258632#Comment_122258632

I kinda like that idea

I wouldn't have her join Wyatt 6, Nikki Cross is plenty in that, enough

Cotts72

No she's completely different to what the Wyatt6 will be...I'm going to assume it still plays off her sleeping character that you'll get good/bad Wendy but not sure how they'll play it out or the longevity of it

CastorTroy

Or maybe she's just like the rest of us and gets a bit moody if she doesn't get enough sleep.

Cotts72

I believed in Joe Hendry...

CastorTroy

The crowd chanting "bulls#!t" after he's eliminated yet wouldn't chant "We believe" when he gave them the opening. when it initially showed the people in the ring, I was thrown for a second wondering if that was Kazarian since no real mention of him until he eliminated Hendry.

Looks like setting up a 4-way for the title going by that shot at the end, which kinda makes the battle royal redundant.

Whatever they're doing with Jensen, they'd better do it soon as it's making things really awkward. People aren't reacting with cheers or anything when he shows up. They just react when anything awkward happens. Even the wrestlers seem to be genuinely thrown. And saw a video where the woman beside where it happened last night seemed to have been hit in the arm in the altercation and kinda ruined the night a bit for her.

J. Marston

My first time seeing Joe Hendry. It's a catchy tune.

Petermc83

I got a sense of Mr Kennedy about Joe Hendry….

CastorTroy

I think it was already known and I'm sure it won't make much difference but NXT makes the move from USA to The CW on October 1st, according to their schedule they released yesterday.

Unless it goes by old CW tropes meaning everyone will have to be young and attractive and/or in their twenties playing teenagers.

CastorTroy

Well at least they got Jensen involved in a match this week.

I have to admit, Ava's improved in her role. After having not seen her for a long time, Stevie seems to be getting more TV time in the backstage role.

As expected, the title match is a fatal 4 way now.

CastorTroy

So that happened.

Followed by an unexpected appearance in the last second.

JP Liz V1

Wow they must be really high on Page to win the big title this soon or a quick squash and Trick gets his title back

Cotts72

Some great surprises in last night's show

CastorTroy

Yeah, some great uses of the new relationship.

The Wes Lee segment made me grin.

Multiple Joe Hendry teases throughout. Shawn must truly believe.

Have to say as well, I'm liking the Don Charlie Dempsey. He's just such a serious guy to be playing such a role that it's funny.

CastorTroy

Jensen is currently making me think of Jack Perry.

Cotts72

I assumed the Rascalz were going to turn on Wes Lee didn't see it being the other way around!

Interesting to see who faces Oba next week, I reckon we could see Josh Alexander (screwed over by Joe Hendry similar to slammiversary)

CastorTroy

At first I thought we would have our first WWE champion that is signed to another company, then as you said expected the turn the other way. With Wes blaming him for leaving, will Wentz point out he was fired? Hope they planned for this with Impact so they're not appearing in a match together.

It's funny that one of the most over guys is a TNA guy in Joe Hendry.

I'd say WWE must be paying for their time unless they're just on their normal pay but looks at it as an opportunity.

Surprised we haven't seen Jordynne in a while since she started all this. I guess there are too many other women's stories happening.

Punk has been announced for Chicago for the NXT debut on the CW on October 1st with Orton announced for October 8th.