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Phantom Lord

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apparently I needed to watch NXT because Simon Gotch is dangerously close to working Charlie Chaplin's Tramp gimmick

 

All they need is someone to do Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton and along with Aiden English they could have a hell of a Vaudevillian stable.

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Cobra Commander

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apparently I needed to watch NXT because Simon Gotch is dangerously close to working Charlie Chaplin's Tramp gimmick

 

All they need is someone to do Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton and along with Aiden English they could have a hell of a Vaudevillian stable.

 

And they all coincidentally have loaded hats that they can hit their opponents with. Porkpie hat of death

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I really love these presentation skills. It's such a cool behind-the-scenes look at things. I really liked the girl who mimed and Simon Gotch. I doubt a girl who makes fishing line faces is her gimmick but facial expressions are such a huge part of wrestling. Learning how to play to the back of the room and the camera is something that will really go a long way. The WWE, at its core, is live theater. Knowing how to visually communicate emotion is such a huge part of the product. It's great to see them really emphasize the theater component of the show. Wrestling obviously goes well beyond just having moves. And it also goes beyond ring psychology. It's about connecting with the audience both live and on television.

There are so many young folks in the post-FCW/NXT era who do that so well. Sandow. Summer Rae, Bray and Harper all really stand out to me in that department. The Shield guys stand out, too -- maybe not in the vaudevillian sense the aforementioned folks do, but they love to trash talk and say things for the ring mics to hear. It really stands out and it adds a ton to their matches.

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I know this is beating a dead horse at this point, but why put Eva Marie and JoJo on the Divas show when they could have easily given the gig to, I dunno, Bailey and Emma? How many times is WWE going to do this deal where they put no-names on reality shows and attempt to make names out of them - only to suddenly remember "oh, they have no experience at all." Then they send 'em to developmental and 9/10 times they fizzle out and get released. The storyline of the Bellas (or whoever else) being afraid of Eva Marie doesn't work because other than being attractive, Eva Marie has no redeeming factors as it pertains to sports entertainment. She can't act. She can't talk. She can't wrestle. Why not throw a trainer performer in that spot so that they can actually capitalize off the show by putting her on TV and not having her be obviously out of her league. 

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The storyline of the Bellas (or whoever else) being afraid of Eva Marie doesn't work because other than being attractive, Eva Marie has no redeeming factors as it pertains to sports entertainment. She can't act. She can't talk. She can't wrestle. 

 

Maybe they remember that at one point (some would say currently) they were in the same position.

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The Man Known as Dan

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I'm not sure if WWE doesn't want these out or not, but if they don't, that's outright silly. Releasing a bunch of these every 2-3 months can only help the wrestlers in the sense that it gets a buzz going for them. I'm now kinda foaming at the mouth for a Yoshi Tatsu heel turn. That's a good thing that I care about Yoshi Tatsu, not a bad thing.

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I'm not sure if WWE doesn't want these out or not, but if they don't, that's outright silly. Releasing a bunch of these every 2-3 months can only help the wrestlers in the sense that it gets a buzz going for them. I'm now kinda foaming at the mouth for a Yoshi Tatsu heel turn. That's a good thing that I care about Yoshi Tatsu, not a bad thing.

I keep waiting for his release so Naofumi Yamamoto can return to NJPW. That dude had potential.

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CESARO VS. YOSHI -- Antonio starts the match by throwing in the Don't Tread On Me flag. The ring announcer picked it up. Cesaro took offense and started bullying him. It was REALLY good bullying, too. Just really dickish jock stuff. Regal leaves the announce table and saves the announcer. This was a squash and they put over Cesaro HARD. Cesaro kept on giving hard looks to Regal, who looked frightened and worried about a potential match from someone he earlier admitted was better than he had ever been. GREAT subtext to the feud here. I absolutely cannot wait for that match. Renee gets over the fear, too.

 

Bo Dallas cut one of his ridiculous promos ("We're All Winners!" "It's like 'The Voice' but without Cee-Lo Green!") until he's interrupted by CJ Parker doing some Phish fan nonsense. CJ's really funny here, too, leaving the interview by saying "Koo koo koo choo." It's sort of bad Bo Dallas is doing this on NXT. I mean, I love it to death. But no character has ever done better with a face/heel flip since The Rock's heel turn. He went from being absolutely awful to one of the best characters in years overnight.

BO VS. CJ -- This match was a decent, short affair. Bo added in these short-arm elbows that were a little like how Wade used to do the Bullhammer. It adds a really vicious looking touch to a character who believes he's the best possible person. CJ got in some decent looking offense and had a near fall on Bo after a DDT variation. Bo won with his bulldog. I really wish Bo just timed the kick-out a beat later to REALLY put over how in jeopardy he was. He's a great cowardly, escape-by-the-skin-of-his-teeth type. He's almost there.

EMMA has an interview where she talks about the BFFs giving her head injuries. Paige interrupts to tell her how then she'll have no excuses during their inevitable rematch. The NXT Divas division is so perfect. Summer Rae has manipulated the entire division perfectly -- now the two faces don't like each other, making them easier to divide and conquer. Hopefully they eventually do the Emma/Paige/Bailey vs. BFFs.

NATTIE shows up to talk to Paige about her off-screen rudeness. They argue. Paige's POV: You don't care about this because you're all about Total Divas. Nattie's POV: I do care! Paige lays down a challenge for the title later in the match. Nattie came off REALLY well here. Her delivery was completely natural and organic.

TYLER BREEZE vs. KASSIUS OHNO -- Regal talks about Breeze being good looking Renee: "This charming man!" They are the ABSOLUTE BEST. Rusev jumps Kassius from behind during his entrance. Breeze stands in the ring still taking selfies. Breeze hits a super quick Beauty Shop for the win.

The BFFs (now w/ Charlotte) are judging photos on a phone. Summer tells Charlotte to get off-screen. Why? Because he's Bailey, demanding she talk with Charlotte. Summer Rae and Sasha act all mean girl, insulting (properly) Bailey's cat sweater. Bailey then tells them about a tag match. She has some mystery partner.

SAMI ZAYN and ADRIAN NEVILLE are backstage to address their match. Neville talks about how they go back a long ways but this title means so much, etc. Sami essentially says the same exact thing. Sami is SO much more natural and convincing. The guy has this incredibly rare and awesome feeling as coming off like himself. Neville was okay but still fairly forced.

HUNICO and CAMACHO vs. THE ASCENSION -- All four of these guys are snoooooozes.

ADRIAN NEVILLE VS. SAMI ZAYN -- This match was AWESOME. This was the best friggin' ECWA Super 8/WCW Cruiserweight match in decades. Breathtaking spots, great psychology, etc. Great stunning upset, too. Sami puts together another NXT MOTY type of match -- he's absolutely perfect at his role right now. Dude's a star.

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KidKash202

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I know this is beating a dead horse at this point, but why put Eva Marie and JoJo on the Divas show when they could have easily given the gig to, I dunno, Bailey and Emma? How many times is WWE going to do this deal where they put no-names on reality shows and attempt to make names out of them - only to suddenly remember "oh, they have no experience at all." Then they send 'em to developmental and 9/10 times they fizzle out and get released. The storyline of the Bellas (or whoever else) being afraid of Eva Marie doesn't work because other than being attractive, Eva Marie has no redeeming factors as it pertains to sports entertainment. She can't act. She can't talk. She can't wrestle. Why not throw a trainer performer in that spot so that they can actually capitalize off the show by putting her on TV and not having her be obviously out of her league. 

Because Eva and Jojo look significantly better than Bayley and Emma. Really the only reason.

 

But I do wonder why the other girls couldn't be on the show as well. 

 

I see Paige, Emma, and Sasha on Tweet talking about they can't wait to come to the main roster. For what? You won't be allowed to do your thing. We better enjoy these girls while we can

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