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I have never seen Gary Hart with hair before. Mutha looks even more sinister... I didn't know that was possible. Also prime example of Dusty-Face.

I hoping for another Shield/Wyatt stand off and brawl. Cause if wishes were fishes right?

Yeah, Otunga just never clicked with me. Like there were pieces but they didn't go together very well. I think the Harvard Lawyer thing could be taken by the current NXT writing staff and be totally raven but it just didn't mesh with him being this oiled up body builder who loves to pose who also wears Gucci tights who also... like there are too many ingredients in the soup. Too much cayenne. Where is Otunga nowadays? Now Darren Young? Solid hand.

I just keep up with Raw through WWE website clips but the leg lock Sandow had on Cena at the start of their clip should totally be a finish for the guy if only because I am obsessed with him having a submission finish where he goes into a 'Thinker' pose. The shitty Tequila Sunrise would also work if anyone is interested.

I've always got the feeling that the Rhodes Boys were always kind of holding on by a thread in the face of all the tag team competition. I actually give credit to WWE to keep the straps on them this long after the win over the Shield. I'm sure it must be very tempting to have those belts go to like 4 other different teams by now. I would guess the Outlaws are a place holder to get more bodies in the Rumble without having to double dip.

I was trying to push for Mojo to break out the Hacksaw Duggan three point stance clothesline. He can pull off the Nikita Kollof 'no selling the Ric Flair chops in a corner deal' pretty well if his match with... Ty Dillinger I think ... was any indication. More from the latest episode of NXT... Summer Rae is the best Diva on either roster I don't care what you say. The ballet choke on the ropes is perfect for her and the hip bump right after was just the icing on the cake. You just get the feeling she cares about everything she is doing in there and this was just the a great example of a heel getting hers after tormenting Bayley for weeks. Its all so efficient too. No need for a 20 minutes epic when a 6 minutes match is just as satisfying. I think they could have played it up as more of an upset though. BELLY-TO-BAYLEY! Aiden English moves like Rick Rude in case you were trying to place it. I think he's done a good job using this thing with Cass to get a heel reaction after weeks of getting cheers. Cass is also pretty good at getting simple stuff over but he needs to have something in his SWAFT stuff better than a elbow drop. The high knee was pretty boss though and his clobber forearm was on point. His tights are too high I think as they make him look skinny fat. I think his height works against him because he is so big that you expect him to work big but his character doesn't lend itself to big man stuff. Neville being actually flipping ugly helps his segment with Breeze. I am totally glad Tyler's eyes didn't melt out of his skull like a Nazi in Indiana Jones. Tyler is really good in these short segments as evidenced by asking to be cloned so he could be in the tag match gauntlet. Rusev is bothering me. He's not physically imposing enough unless he is doing a shoulder flex in my opinion. The reason I got on his train was because he was so explosive with stuff like the spin heel kick which he worked out of the arsenal. Now he is working more like a big guy, but he isn't big enough to really do that and nothing else. I don't know that Lana is really adding anything to the act despite her attractiveness. Baron Corban looked okay if unspectacular which is understandable considering his role on the show. The tie up rib punches in the corner was good as was the already mentioned tackle if only Tyson was a little taller it would have probably looked better. I will now say something positive about Viktor! He is explosive. Seriously. He can go zero to 35 pretty quick which he's shown off with his knee that never beat John Cena and the uppercut from the floor here. The commentators were right to point out the issues with Camacho and Hunico's strategy at the end of the match and I don't care what kind of arguments you might have about Gorilla Monsoon. I want analysts to analyze stuff! I would have liked them to not lay on Hunico for a year after the fall but I guess if you are 'unconscious' its okay.

I just got through to the Tyler Breeze thing and it is the best. BEST. Tyler needs to lose a slap bet so hard.

NXT has a weird habit of bringing back old school gimmick matches like 2 out of 3 falls, lumberjack matches with a tornado tag coming this week. The latest lumberjack match was filled with unknowns too and it kind of worked because you don't have the 'outside the ring brawl between lumberjacks' spot. I look forward to the sure to be coming coal miner's glove matches.

I don't think there is a better word to describe Del Rio's faults than 'boring' to be honest. He is mechanically solid and was having good 10-15 minute matches a week but lord almighty, if there was ever a case for someone missing 'it' it would be Del Rio. I mean I can tell you what is wrong with everyone else on the roster (except Drew Mac cause he the best) but Del Rio... he's dull. Dull as Mexican aristocratic dishwater.

I never need to see Tyler Breeze actually be a tough guy. Give me stooging, scamming, scum baggery every time. This was also the best sing off ever. Yes indeed.

Oliver Grey is still injured as of now right? I never really got a handle on what the guy could do since all of his tag matches were, in reality, Adrian Neville showcases. I kind of got a Brad Armstrong feeling from him as far as the way he moved but nothing else really stood out.

Because no one asked... Goodear's Official WWE (and NXT) Top Ten In Ring Performers Daniel Bryan Antonio Cesaro Luke Harper Sami Zayn Seth Rollins Mark Henry John Cena Goldust Dean Ambrose William Regal That's it. That's the list.

You can see Warrior improve every match thru 1988. By 1990 he was good and knew what he was doing in there. Though it seemed like the more he improved, the more charisma he lost. The Ultimate Warrior is honestly the most underrated guy in history from pretty much every perspective.

Really this is the worst argument I have ever seen. First if we are going to go back to NXT season 1 for fuck's sake and say that it disqualifies him from getting a run, we may as well throw Cena in the hamper too since he didn't get over as the guy who wore different colored tights. Guys get repackaged all the time and it can really bring out the best in a guy to take on a new persona. But the heck with that right? That Mean Mark Callous will never amount to anything! 1) He broke his ankle... and so he can never be trusted again? Well, so long Cena (again) we can't trust you not to have your elbow explode. So long Rey Mysterio and Mark Henry we can't trust you not to be hurt again in six months. So long Daniel Bryan who hurt himself doing a top rope dropkick and so can't be trusted. 2) Who missed time due to Ryback injuring them again? Remind me. I remember guys not wanting to work him because he was too snug and all but I also don't remember a parade of injuries. 3) He was probably either #2 or #3 in the Nexus as far as being an actual threat was concerned. Otunga got more microphone time because he can talk a little more but David was never booked as a physical threat. One could argue that Gabriel was number 2 since he got to put the exclamation point on the Nexus beat downs with the 450 splash but Skip was clearly the Sgt at Arms in the Nexus scenario as shown in their Survivor Series match going over Mark Henry and someone else to even the sides up. Bryan was never the number 2 guy in the Nexus because he never made it past the first night of the faction before getting pulled from the group. I would argue the Nexus really lost their momentum when Skip went down. 4) Less over than Darren Young who had to go back to NXT for a second go around? Less over than Michael Tarver? Otunga? Slater (who turned out to be a better worker than Ryback but was miscast as a face at the time)? The problem with NXT season one is that only Wade really got over even a little bit. And basically Ryback's gimmick was that he was a big, dumb Nebraska guy which isn't a recipe for success. I'm not even arguing he should have been given the WWE belt! But your post is just so dumb and wrong-headed I had to comment. They could have certainly protected him more and gotten more out of him than a team with Axel (who does need to be in a tag team) from both an in ring and character prospective.

My soccer gimmick is based on him taking dives and asking for yellow cards. And of course, not using his hands. Granted its less developed than my quarterback gimmick where he wears a yellow jersey during squash matches, has a nameless henchman called The Line and is named Quenton Bishop I.

I basically started going through NXT from the same spot Rippa did and I think I just skipped this show. I know I watch this show over RAW and Smackdown for a reason and it is not Damien Sandow versus Randy Orton.

I think you have to walk a fine line with Bo in that he can't be too "good" or the gimmick falls apart. I thought about it and Bo is Curt Hawkins with a rabbit's foot but he thinks he's Triple H. He has to get by on luck more than skill (which is what he did in the matches against Zayn, C.J. Parker and Neville) or he might actually look like a worthy champion. Even he was cheating to get ahead, it would look like he was out smarting guys which still does not fit with the character.

She's not really 'Bayley' yet though right? I mean she's called Bayley and all but I don't think the character really comes out until a match with either Charlotte or AJ.

I don't think anyone ever took O'Brian seriously as a top contender to the NXT crown. It would have kind of been a waste to give him a rare Big E job in NXT but I see why he was there because his size gives Big E a visual challenge. If I remember my pair of Gabriel-Kruger matches on NXT in the correct order, the first match is really, really good and the other is okay. I dunno which is coming up for you Rippa.

Did I hallucinate a black-and-white Emma promo that looked like it came out of NWO productions?

I also liked the thought process; HHH - "hmmm we've brought up Xavier Woods what do we do with him....?" Random agent - "I don't know, team him up with another black guy?" HHH - "I love it." Is the next step to turn the PTPs heel again so they can feud with Kofi/Xavier? I think they missed the boat on saving up Xavier Woods' academic resume until he had some sort of interaction with Damien Sandow. I think Xavier's unusual appearance which belays his intelligence would be well put against someone who would be all, "I am so smart unlike you philistine." "Dude, where did you go to school? Two masters right here honky!"

Google images however says this is, indeed, Bobby Fulton.

He's wearing a Fantastics T-shirt which would lead me to believe he was one of them because who else would be able to find one of those and wear it to the ring but I am having problems mentally transmuting Rogers or Fulton into this guy.

The best Perfect moment was once he threw his towel over his shoulder totally blindly and Bobby Heenan just nonchalantly does a behind the back grab like it just weren't no thing.

Having just seen him in the photo thread, I am reminded how boss Volkoff's gorilla press into a backbreaker used to be. I would also be happy to see the return of the slingshot suplex and if it could be coupled with Barry Windham's float over into a pinning combination, I would be extra stoked. Finally if Big E. could learn to pull out the Scott Norton shoulder breaker...