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rzombie1988

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I reviewed this week's NXT here:
http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/wwe-nxt-952013-results-and-review.html

Overall thoughts: There were two finishes that I didn't really get. However, Rusev/Ryan was good as was the main event. So basically, it had some good moments but some not so good moments as well. I think most people would like it though.

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I never watched ROH before to see El Generico for comparison, but God Damn is Sami Zayn just awesome. He's great at everything. He has the charisma and the talent and is big enough to be credible against bigger guys like Jack Swagger, but small enough to still be able to garner sympathy as the underdog. I'd say I can't wait until he gets called up to the main roster, but there's no way he gets 10-20 minute matches on RAW or SD like he gets on NXT. Selfishly I want him to stay to keep getting these great matches, but he certainly does deserve the call up.

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Sami Zayn would be absolutely perfect to be the first backstage guy to stand up to Ryback.

This must be like the tenth time this has been said. It is a great idea though. I think Sami might have been called up. Kevin Steen tweeted something to that effect this morning...
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Sami Zayn would be absolutely perfect to be the first backstage guy to stand up to Ryback.

This must be like the tenth time this has been said. It is a great idea though. I think Sami might have been called up. Kevin Steen tweeted something to that effect this morning...

 

He is making is on the road WWE debut tonight in Montreal

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Alexander Rusev is AMAZING. He seems like he was born to be a crazy pro wrestling monster. His spinning heel kick ruled, great headbutts, and his mannerisms are fantastic. I was getting a serious Umaga vibe. Dude is money.

 

I like Sylvester LeFort (and Dawson) but then I thought both Armando Estrada and Abraham Washington should have been around in the WWE as managers for a long time (as many have said on this board, Cena always needed a never ending stream of villains sent at him from a devious manager type). I guess Washington was a good fit with the PTPs till he got himself fired. Can't see LeFort working in WWE as the only manager they seem keen on is Heyman (and Vickie a while back).

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I like Sylvester LeFort (and Dawson) but then I thought both Armando Estrada and Abraham Washington should have been around in the WWE as managers for a long time (as many have said on this board, Cena always needed a never ending stream of villains sent at him from a devious manager type). I guess Washington was a good fit with the PTPs till he got himself fired. Can't see LeFort working in WWE as the only manager they seem keen on is Heyman (and Vickie a while back).

 

Heel authority figures are the new devious managers, so can you see him being put in that role?

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I like Sylvester LeFort (and Dawson) but then I thought both Armando Estrada and Abraham Washington should have been around in the WWE as managers for a long time (as many have said on this board, Cena always needed a never ending stream of villains sent at him from a devious manager type). I guess Washington was a good fit with the PTPs till he got himself fired. Can't see LeFort working in WWE as the only manager they seem keen on is Heyman (and Vickie a while back).

 

Heel authority figures are the new devious managers, so can you see him being put in that role?

 

I see him as a manager of a tag team that never ever wins on Smackdown, then he goes back to developmental for another six years. Probably managing whoever the current Aaron "The Idol" Stevens is. Meanwhile Conor O'Brien pins Daniel Bryan clean for the WWE Championship, ends the Streak, gets a DUI and ends up being repacked intentionally as a raver from the future, only this time with Santino as his partner.

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Alexander Rusev is AMAZING. He seems like he was born to be a crazy pro wrestling monster. His spinning heel kick ruled, great headbutts, and his mannerisms are fantastic. I was getting a serious Umaga vibe. Dude is money..

Came here to post pretty much the same thing.I loved the wheel kick and when he cranked that Camel Clutch... Awesome stuff.

 

I just watched some FCW stuff of his and he's come on a lot since then. This might explain a lot (he went to Rikishi's school)

http://youtu.be/PzyMc16x1OU

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Thought I'd posted about this show last night.

 

-Opening match was fine for a match with Aksana in it.  Bayley's hug-plex was amazing and should be a signature spot for her.  Also, I've kept quiet about this, for fear of being branded creepy, but I have to...Bayley's ass!

-Graves-Victor was really dull.  Just no life to it whatsoever.

-I LOVED Russev-Ryan.  It felt like the crowd was super into it.  Russev as part of Lefort's Legion ("We're going to Sizzler!") is perfect.  I love Russev's spinning heel kick.  Also, the worry I have about Lefort making it to the big roster is he is absolutely ripped and is gonna show up a number of guys in the physique department, kinda like when Armando Alejandro Estrada started wrestling and was just in ridonculous shape!

-Zayn-Swagger was good, then got great in the final stretch.

 

Also have to add that Alex Riley is pretty weak on commentary, especially when juxtaposed with Regal, or even Maddox.  Everything he talks about is in relation to him: "She was there when I was in my last year at NXT." "He reminds me of when I was a University athlete." "That reminds me of when I teamed with the Miz." "I know what that's like from when I managed the Miz."  It was like having goddamn Larry Zbyszko out there, except a Zbyszko who doesn't say "human game of chess" and never actually accomplished anything.

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Zbyszko at least put himself over. Riley can't even do that. He's okay at giving impact to the moves but that's about it. We need a 'Riley reminisces about his times with da Miz' counter in the bottom right of the screen.

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Zbyszko at least put himself over. Riley can't even do that. He's okay at giving impact to the moves but that's about it. We need a 'Riley reminisces about his times with da Miz' counter in the bottom right of the screen.

You know, it's not either really set the world on fire since the split, I wonder why they don't just go "Eh, this worked once, let's put them back together." and then we won't have to listen to Riley reminisce about the good old days anymore. 

 

I watched the most recent show on Hulu, and I have to say that's an experience I don't care to repeat.  The show was fine, but the fucking ad breaks are interminable.

Are they worse than Impact? (I honestly don't know as I watch NXT on Sportsnet 360 in Canada).  Impact's ads are interminable.  Just complete garbage.  Especially this format: 'Wrestler A is in the ring doing a promo, Wrestler B comes out and confronts him (There's sometimes a C and D in there, too), Authority Figure #1 comes out and books them in a match, match starts, cut to commercial.'  Why not cut during the jibber-jabber and come back when the fighting starts?!?  Or this format: "Wrestler A is dominating Wrestler B in the ring, we've got to go to a commerical, long commercial break, wrestler A is still dominating wrestler B for 3-4 seconds, we'll be right back, more commercials, Wrestler B is in firm control.'  That little teaser is the absolute worst.  It would be like sitting down to eat and the server brings out your food and lets you smell it, then takes it into the back for a few more minutes before you can actually eat.  I think 'Impact' is basically unwatchable without a DVR (With a DVR, it's still mostly unwatchable, but at least you don't sit through ad breaks so long you honestly forget what you were watching).

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Zbyszko at least put himself over. Riley can't even do that. He's okay at giving impact to the moves but that's about it. We need a 'Riley reminisces about his times with da Miz' counter in the bottom right of the screen.

You know, it's not either really set the world on fire since the split, I wonder why they don't just go "Eh, this worked once, let's put them back together." and then we won't have to listen to Riley reminisce about the good old days anymore. 

 

 

I heard Regal on a '12 NXT show go "Alex Riley always gets these amazing reactions and I'm not quite sure why."

 

It's the first 20 seconds of his music. B. Brian Blair could get a huge pop with that.

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Zbyszko at least put himself over. Riley can't even do that. He's okay at giving impact to the moves but that's about it. We need a 'Riley reminisces about his times with da Miz' counter in the bottom right of the screen.

You know, it's not either really set the world on fire since the split, I wonder why they don't just go "Eh, this worked once, let's put them back together." and then we won't have to listen to Riley reminisce about the good old days anymore. 

 

 

I heard Regal on a '12 NXT show go "Alex Riley always gets these amazing reactions and I'm not quite sure why."

 

It's the first 20 seconds of his music. B. Brian Blair could get a huge pop with that.

 

 

I think B. Brian Blair's dropkick was better than anything A-Ry has ever done.

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Alexander Rusev is AMAZING. He seems like he was born to be a crazy pro wrestling monster. His spinning heel kick ruled, great headbutts, and his mannerisms are fantastic. I was getting a serious Umaga vibe. Dude is money..

Came here to post pretty much the same thing.I loved the wheel kick and when he cranked that Camel Clutch... Awesome stuff.

 

I just watched some FCW stuff of his and he's come on a lot since then. This might explain a lot (he went to Rikishi's school)

http://youtu.be/PzyMc16x1OU

 

 

Alexander Rusev seems to me like he should be a playable character on Street Fighter.

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Zbyszko at least put himself over. Riley can't even do that. He's okay at giving impact to the moves but that's about it. We need a 'Riley reminisces about his times with da Miz' counter in the bottom right of the screen.

You know, it's not either really set the world on fire since the split, I wonder why they don't just go "Eh, this worked once, let's put them back together." and then we won't have to listen to Riley reminisce about the good old days anymore. 

 

 

I heard Regal on a '12 NXT show go "Alex Riley always gets these amazing reactions and I'm not quite sure why."

 

It's the first 20 seconds of his music. B. Brian Blair could get a huge pop with that.

 

 

I think B. Brian Blair's dropkick was better than anything A-Ry has ever done.

 

That being said, Riley's face turn was pretty great

 

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I am thinking the Swagger match is as good as the Cesaro match.   Zayn is like the best at taking heat babyface in a long time.  Sells like crazy and sells "indy" style too, which connects better then the "WWE" style if you ask me.  The reaching out with a pleading look to fans, etc.  Love it. 

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I don't know what their long term plans for Scott Dawson are, but he definitely needs another manager.  Is there a disconnect between the characters that is really distracting.  What happened to the tag partner he had a couple of months ago?  The trailer park tough guy thing works for him, but I don't think he'll make it very far without either a gimmick change or a manager that makes more sense.  Is there a girl coming up any time soon who could play the Nidia to his Jamie Noble?  A dysfunctional relationship with a cute, but trashy girlfriend would do a lot to make his character more interesting.

 

Yep. They haven't added her to the act on TV yet but her name is Alexa:

 

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