Tim Evans Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Kendall Skye. She used to be the ring announcer but Brandi Rhodes took her place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Dug the Rose entrance, but he was ok in the Ring. My problem is, with an entrance that extravagant, it could possibly get old after a while, and that might hurt him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Dug the Rose entrance, but he was ok in the Ring. My problem is, with an entrance that extravagant, it could possibly get old after a while, and that might hurt him. I can't really think of any extravagant entrances that have ever really gotten old for me. That said I think Rose's entrance is one that probably has the most legs to it. The best I could even compare it to would be the Godfather in that every show you can go out and use a mixture of local workers, go-go dancers/strippers, backstage crew, and real fans to give him a different assortment of "Rosebuds." Then you take maybe an hour and hit up thrift stores, toy stores, costume stores, porn stores, etc.. to give them some crazy mixture of outfits and accessories. So overtime you make the fans excited and wanting to turn in just to see what his intro is going be like this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Agreed. Plus, as far away as he has removed himself from the Kruger gimmick, it seems odd that he kept two of his main moves ( his clothesline finish and the spinebuster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Really good article on WWE.com about Sara Del Ray and her work training the Divas in NXT. Lots of mentions and even pictures of her work in Shimmer, ROH, and Chikara http://www.wwe.com/inside/how-sara-amato-is-changing-divas-division-26194085 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Dug the Rose entrance, but he was ok in the Ring. My problem is, with an entrance that extravagant, it could possibly get old after a while, and that might hurt him. I can't really think of any extravagant entrances that have ever really gotten old for me. That said I think Rose's entrance is one that probably has the most legs to it. The best I could even compare it to would be the Godfather in that every show you can go out and use a mixture of local workers, go-go dancers/strippers, backstage crew, and real fans to give him a different assortment of "Rosebuds." Then you take maybe an hour and hit up thrift stores, toy stores, costume stores, porn stores, etc.. to give them some crazy mixture of outfits and accessories. So overtime you make the fans excited and wanting to turn in just to see what his intro is going be like this week. Hell, you could have themed parties (An all-leprechaun party around St. Patrick's Day, Sumos and geishas on a Japanese tour, mounties in Canada!) from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Finally caught last week's NXT. Man, Charlotte wrestles well but is brutally bad on the mic - she makes Nattie look like a world class talker. However, Drunk Ric Flair as the overbearing Little League Dad who can't stop talking up his kid is the best thing he's done in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Either way he needs a new finish. That clothesline won't cut it on Raw against guys like Big E, Swagger and Shield. I buy the 'Third Eye' from Parker because I can believe his character went and learned some sort of Earth loving hippie monk fu to help fight against the 'evil doers' Rose needs a 'stage dive' off the top rope or something. Reverse diving headbutt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Either way he needs a new finish. That clothesline won't cut it on Raw against guys like Big E, Swagger and Shield. I buy the 'Third Eye' from Parker because I can believe his character went and learned some sort of Earth loving hippie monk fu to help fight against the 'evil doers' Rose needs a 'stage dive' off the top rope or something. Reverse diving headbutt? Like the old Mr. Fuji one? That would be awesome, any time someone brings back an old signature spot from an old-timer I'm all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Fuji used to do a reverse diving headbutt? Happen to have a video link handy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Really good article on WWE.com about Sara Del Ray and her work training the Divas in NXT. Lots of mentions and even pictures of her work in Shimmer, ROH, and Chikara http://www.wwe.com/inside/how-sara-amato-is-changing-divas-division-26194085 Thanks for the link. Excellent article that really shows her in a positive light. I don't know there was anything kayfabe in there at all -- even to using "Bryan Danielson" name. Good photos, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Can anyone explain me the diff between NXT and NXT Arrival? Or is it the same show that changes names now and then? I assume that "Arrival Encore" is a clip show? And "This is NXT" I watched yesterday - very good intro for a new viewer of the show. I am a little confused when I look at what's on the Network, so I can catch up on the last few weeks at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 NXT is the weekly showNXT Arrival is the PPV-ish show they did live NXT Arrival Encore is a cut-down version (90 minutes instead-of 2 hours, I think) This is NXT is an intro to the entire NXT universe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 NXT Arrival was NXT's Clash of Champions. They built to all of the matches. A lucha dude named Aerostar does a reverse headbutt thing but to the floor but after bouncing off the top rope like Sabu or Ultimo Dragon. One of the most insane moves in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 NXT is the weekly show NXT Arrival is the PPV-ish show they did live NXT Arrival Encore is a cut-down version (90 minutes instead-of 2 hours, I think) This is NXT is an intro to the entire NXT universe NXT Arrival was NXT's Clash of Champions. They built to all of the matches. A lucha dude named Aerostar does a reverse headbutt thing but to the floor but after bouncing off the top rope like Sabu or Ultimo Dragon. One of the most insane moves in history. Nice. Thanks, Guys. That all makes sense. So need to watch "Encore" if I watch the full show. I like the "Clash" analogy. I'm planning to re-up my huluplus this weekend, so I will prob start around Jan 1 and catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Does anyone know what they cut on the encore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hopefully anything involving Mojo Rawley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I now understand Corey Graves after watching last week's NXT. My wife walked into the room while he was cutting a promo on Yoshi, immediately stopped what she was doing and said 'Who is this douchenut? He needs to leave...what is his name? He needs to leave Yoshi Tatsu alone. Yoshi has cool pants." Match starts, Graves leaves. "Wait he's just gonna leave? He won't even fight cool pants? What a dick! This guy is a dick!" Attacks Yoshi. "Oh COME ON. Seriously? Can someone please come out and throw him around? He's so gross." Zayne runs out. "THANK YOU. I don't know who this guy is, but he's my new favorite wrestler." I have to imagine that's what Triple H pictures when this guy hits the main roster: wives across the country that don't watch the product stopping in their tracks and saying "ugh someone kill that guy. I'm going to sit and watch until someone kills him." 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I now understand Corey Graves after watching last week's NXT. My wife walked into the room while he was cutting a promo on Yoshi, immediately stopped what she was doing and said 'Who is this douchenut? He needs to leave...what is his name? He needs to leave Yoshi Tatsu alone. Yoshi has cool pants." Match starts, Graves leaves. "Wait he's just gonna leave? He won't even fight cool pants? What a dick! This guy is a dick!" Attacks Yoshi. "Oh COME ON. Seriously? Can someone please come out and throw him around? He's so gross." Zayne runs out. "THANK YOU. I don't know who this guy is, but he's my new favorite wrestler." I have to imagine that's what Triple H pictures when this guy hits the main roster: wives across the country that don't watch stuffing instead of potatoes stopping in their tracks and saying "ugh someone kill that guy. I'm going to sit and watch until someone kills him." Greatest story I have read all month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I now understand Corey Graves after watching last week's NXT. My wife walked into the room while he was cutting a promo on Yoshi, immediately stopped what she was doing and said 'Who is this douchenut? He needs to leave...what is his name? He needs to leave Yoshi Tatsu alone. Yoshi has cool pants." Match starts, Graves leaves. "Wait he's just gonna leave? He won't even fight cool pants? What a dick! This guy is a dick!" Attacks Yoshi. "Oh COME ON. Seriously? Can someone please come out and throw him around? He's so gross." Zayne runs out. "THANK YOU. I don't know who this guy is, but he's my new favorite wrestler." I have to imagine that's what Triple H pictures when this guy hits the main roster: wives across the country that don't watch stuffing instead of potatoes stopping in their tracks and saying "ugh someone kill that guy. I'm going to sit and watch until someone kills him." That's like, what every promoter in history has wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodear Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Corey did a really great job this past week on the show, it was easily his best performance that I have seen from him. He is still missing a couple of pieces to the puzzle like how to build the heat segments while keeping them interesting. But no one in NXT does nothing to give the fans anything to cheer for like Graves. Even Bo can get something funny out during his promos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I enjoyed NXT this week. I think the Ascension should watch some Demolition tapes. I want to see more clubbering with forearms. Also, their finisher has the small guy doing a back elbow and the big guy chop blocking. I think Connor should throw a mean lariat and let Viktor hit the chop block for more effect. I want to like them, but they don't quite wrestle like the type of team they're presented as. It's been said before, but the Scorpion Cross Lock is my favorite finisher period that anyone is doing in WWE. That thing just looks nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 This might have been the first time where we saw Bayley as something other than cute and nice which is a nice change of pace. I really want to get excited about Big Cass Colin Cassidy because he is very entertaining but he really doesn't come off like a big man in the last couple of months. The big boot was nice but it just seems like he takes too much punishment from smaller guys. And where is Enzo Amore. They could have tried to introduce him. The Natalya vs Charlotte promo was funny because of the revisionist history in the Bret Hart/Ric Flair feud. I am pretty sure that Bret wasn't responsible for Flair leaving the WWE in 93. Where is Aiden English for christ sakes. You should Mojo Rawley twice but no Aiden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I now understand Corey Graves after watching last week's NXT. My wife walked into the room while he was cutting a promo on Yoshi, immediately stopped what she was doing and said 'Who is this douchenut? He needs to leave...what is his name? He needs to leave Yoshi Tatsu alone. Yoshi has cool pants." Match starts, Graves leaves. "Wait he's just gonna leave? He won't even fight cool pants? What a dick! This guy is a dick!" Attacks Yoshi. "Oh COME ON. Seriously? Can someone please come out and throw him around? He's so gross." Zayne runs out. "THANK YOU. I don't know who this guy is, but he's my new favorite wrestler." I have to imagine that's what Triple H pictures when this guy hits the main roster: wives across the country that don't watch stuffing instead of potatoes stopping in their tracks and saying "ugh someone kill that guy. I'm going to sit and watch until someone kills him." Well... Graves is my new favorite wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 That was kind of a terrible episode of NXT. Paige/Sasha was probably the best match, and it's good to see Paige go to that submission as her main finisher. The fact that they had to recap Mojo's Arrival match in still-frame form was pretty damning. The Ascension are like a poor man's Kronik. I want to like them, but it's just not happening in the ring. Victor is alright, but Connor is a lumbering oaf and has the completely fake "trying too hard" thing going on with his intensity. They should probably make Victor's second rope shining wizard their finisher too. The High/Low doesn't help the generic image at all. That 4-way divas promo was awkward as fuck. Bailey and Sasha seem to play their characters well enough, but Charlotte and Nattie have no presence at all. It's like each person who talked had progressively less presence and understanding of their character. "We both come from great men" has to be the worst line I've heard in a promo in some time. Mason Ryan is still around, I guess? He looks like he's lost weight. After Rusev moved around so well in the Rumble and when he beat down Woods and Breeze a couple weeks ago, I was thoroughly disappointed by this plodding, sloppy match. He should probably have a different finisher than the Steiner Recliner. His music still rules, though. Oh, and lol at the ring announcer botch introducing Breeze as the opponent during his "surprise" entrance. The main event was way too long. Haven't seen Cassidy before but he strikes me as a Matt Morgan type, only less intimidating. I'm not sure what Bo's strengths are in the ring exactly, but his offense was limited by the size difference and he couldn't do much in the way of bumping because Cassidy's offense sucks, so he didn't have a lot to work with here either way. The only good part of this match was the "boring" chant. "Yes, this is Bo's ring!" I guess we did need a show at some point to remind us that this is still a developmental program. Can't expect Zayn/Cesaro every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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