NXT Thread *SPOILERS*

beakerjoe

Omackeral wrote: »

“He loves to have fun”

He has potential to be huge.

WWE will tear that down and rebuild him in their image.

Has the potential to be mishandled worse than Aleister Black.

PTH2009

Come on Priest your better here than on the main roster

So Lumis is just going stay and draw pictures and mess around with the lights

PTH2009

Jesus 205 Live is still a thing i guess if a main roster guy is facing an NXT guy for the Cruiserweight title

PTH2009

These 2 would eat ya without salt

J. Marston

That kick from Xia Li definitely wasn't meant to hit that hard or the other girl forgot to put her hands up.

PTH2009

Bit of a gash there on Finn, decent match and happy he retained. He's not a heel but not a face either

Ridley

PTH2009 wrote: »

No doubt him vs King Corbin will be his first fued

Church vs State.

Not big on Priest precisely because he reminds me too much of Corbin.

PTH2009

Ridley wrote: »

Church vs State.

Not big on Priest precisely because he reminds me too much of Corbin.

Thats why Vince prob has a bone for him

The White Wolf

Based on some interviews I've seen of Priest he comes across a bit knobbish, but he does have a special something.

He could be big if handled right.

CastorTroy

Women's tag tournament could be a way to get exposure for some of the lesser seen women.
I'm assuming we'll have Candace/Indi, Kacy/Kayden, Dakota/Raquel.

Xia looking well. Hope they don't throw her in a match with Io too soon. Let her win a few matches in the coming weeks.
Boa will probably have a match next week.

Takeover on Valentine's Day. Will they use the Valentine's Day Massacre name?

McAfee has been pulled from TV?


What the...

PTH2009

CastorTroy wrote: »

Takeover on Valentine's Day. Will they use the Valentine's Day Massacre name?

Feck it's hard to believe at last years February NXT Takeover event we got the announcement of the NXT UK Dublin Takeover event which was suppose to be that April but then moved to October and then moved to June 2021 and more than likely might never take place :(

CastorTroy

Deleted User wrote: »

McAfee has been pulled from TV?

Being replaced with Norton?










I'll get my coat.

CastorTroy

Meant to say last week, I laughed when Regal said Aoife Valkyrie's name. He said it so Aoife rhymed with Beefy.

The awards were voted for by fans? How many of the voters would watch NXT UK

Riddle101

CastorTroy wrote: »

Meant to say last week, I laughed when Regal said Aoife Valkyrie's name. He said it so Aoife rhymed with Beefy.

The awards were voted for by fans? How many of the voters would watch NXT UK

Aoife Valkyrie will probably have to change her name so as not to get confused with Taya Valkyrie.

Cotts72

Riddle101 wrote: »

Aoife Valkyrie will probably have to change her name so as not to get confused with Taya Valkyrie.

Especially considering shes apparently wwe bound

PTH2009

Riddle101 wrote: »

Aoife Valkyrie will probably have to change her name so as not to get confused with Taya Valkyrie.

Is Aoife Valkyrie Ms John Morrison ?

Riddle101

PTH2009 wrote: »

Is Aoife Valkyrie Ms John Morrison ?

Nope, Taya is married to John.

CastorTroy

Or Taya comes in as Taya, dropping the Valkyrie part

PTH2009

The NXT roster is getting a bit stale

Anyone in the Indies who can make the step up and be an NXT main eventer ??

CastorTroy

Well we did get a tag team debut with MSK. Dunno why Vic Joseph referred to them as "These rascals" at one point.
But yeah 2 thirds of The Rascalz debuted under their new names. Trey was absent

Kacy/Kayden vs Mercedes/Toni in the opening of the women's tag tournament. I'm sure the match will go longer than we would expect.

The White Wolf

MSK is one of those "what the ****?" names but hopefully their work can see them through. Great to see them debut.

I'm liking the vibe of Xia Li's stable and it's probably good that she has short matches given her...er....history with being a bit too loose in the ring.

PTH2009

So will Finn get pissed off at UE helping him and getting into his business or vice versa. Finn vs Pete Dunne could be a great feud. Finn joining up with UE would end in an inevitable turn for someone (which could work if the right people are chosen)

Wonder are they keeping Kross in the background and he will get the title shot at takeover before mania

Goofy Gargano and his stable are slowly growing on me as is Lumis.

Fairly meh fan of tag wrestling but some match ups in the Dusty tournament to come

CastorTroy

Looked like Breeze's back was attacked by an octopus

JP Liz V1

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/01/wwe-announces-injuries-to-finn-balor-680067/

PTH2009

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/01/wwe-announces-injuries-to-finn-balor-680067/

Not sure is that kayfabe (to make the culprits look strong) or actually real injuries

Riddle101

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/01/wwe-announces-injuries-to-finn-balor-680067/

Damn, if that is true it's not looking good for Finn. With his history of injuries it's only going to convince people he's injury-prone.

LineOfBeauty

PTH2009 wrote: »

The NXT roster is getting a bit stale

Anyone in the Indies who can make the step up and be an NXT main eventer ??

Right now nobody. When NXT launched you had a wave of guys who'd worked the top level indies for years, who were polished and seasoned who were able to step into main event NXT spots straight away and who also had built in fanbases (think PAC, Zayn, Steen, Cole, Roddy Strong, O'Reilly, Ricochet, Alleister Black, Chris Hero, Matt Riddle) and that was a result of, up until that point, Johhny Ace's policy of signing athletes rather than pro wrestlers and there being a lack of choice for these guys to go to (NJPW eventually emerged as a feasible option from 2013 onwards, but even then there's only so many spots for non native talents to fill) so WWE had a captive group of ready made guys to choose from. That's no longer the case. The scene has run dry with 4/5 companies all competing for talent, guys get signed long before they're ready at even the slightest hint of talent and (Joe Lanza talks about this constantly) today's big indie feds don't book wrestling companies, they match make and that's it. So even if you have a promising talent whose still on the indies, that talent never gets a chance to try different roles, to work on different aspects of their development, they're pigeonholed and there's nobody on the indie scene (nobody good) for that guy to work with to make him better. The indie scene at the moment in North America is meme wrestling and that is not headliner potential in these companies.

So you have to look deeper. In the case of AEW they've gone for local indie's and they've found some promising guys there like your Wardlows or Will Hobbs, in the case of WWE they've been aggressive in signing wrestlers during contract season. Maybe they can sign a wrestler with name recognition and he'd jump in as a headliner (the last one being Kross that they did that with) but right now the top level indie scene is not the place to look for main event talent to replenish NXT.

CastorTroy

For anyone who wants to keep up with the tag team tournament, there were 2 matches on 205 Live as well this week.

Ridley

CastorTroy wrote: »

For anyone who wants to keep up with the tag team tournament, there were 2 matches on 205 Live as well this week.

Oh for fu