Dirty J. Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Adam Rose's promo and entrance is one of the best things I've seen in pro-wrestling in quite a while. Looks like a fun gimmick that could get a crowd going I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKash202 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 1. Was Mojo Rawley's entire family in the crowd. There were quite a few folks in the camera shot with Mojo shirts. 2. I miss the old NXT music. 3. So since WWE is pushing NXT even more, will they start talking about it more on the main roster telecasts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 NXT's new music just confirms my theory that any time something starts getting noticed by WWE management, they kill all that's good about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 The main event is a decent match. Sami wins after Graves goes for his nasty backbreaker a second time, resulting in him getting rolled up. This heel version of Graves has some potential. The thing he lacks for me are the little add-ons to his moves. I love how Sami kicks his legs in pinfalls, for instance. Or how Cesaro cranks in his chinlocks. Corey has to do some more stuff like that to get over his submission specialist. He had Sami in some sort of armlock thing and just kept him in it -- no trash talk or yelling to the ref or moving it back and forth to make it look like it's hurting. That's my favorite thing about Erik Rowan -- he's taken a bear hug and made it look brutal just by doing his shake with it. But I think they nailed down how Corey Graves CAN work. He just has to make it work, now. There was a start to this when he fish hooked Sami for a second but it went past the announcers so it was easy to miss. Something like that would be really good for Graves since it sort of fits his gimmick nicknames (Leader of the Filth Parade?) and is somewhat unique for the company. This was far and away the best I've seen Graves work his character and it wasn't all on Zayn. It was like someone sat him down at Arrival and really got to him on how to work a good match without giving the fans anything to cheer for. Yeah, that's the exact type of thing Graves needs. He's the dude from Social Distortion working a submission gimmick. He needs to fight real dirty in order to make it work. I know dudes who look like him who take MMA-types of classes. He needs to become the dude at a bar who will choke a dude out in a barfight, and will get to that point by kicking a chair into the dude he's fighting's girlfriend. Right now it's a little "HERE I AM A STREET PUNK THROWING FISTS" and then it's into "I AM REALLY GOOD AT SUBMISSION HOLDS" but linking the two together isn't quite there yet. But I really loved him working his part against Sami and just being a punchable person. He can end up being a heel's heel, giving us nothing to like and everything to root against. We need more of those in our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 The Adam Rose entrance was fantastic, but they need to keep the party going at ringside during the match. If Sin Cara can have blue lighting, why does Rose have to stop the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 3. So since WWE is pushing NXT even more, will they start talking about it more on the main roster telecasts? They really have been doing this for the last few months. JBL has been referenced often as the general manager, and they've noted Big E as a former NXT champion. They never did that with OVW or Deep South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JRGoldman Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 So I'm not sure how many people will get this, but every time they show Callisto with his baton spinning gimmick, I think about that scene in the Inbetweeners movie where they go to the night club and get a front row seat for Fernando. I really liked the Adam Rose entrance, but the match was not on equal footing. I think he needs to find the character in the ring before people really get in to it. I loved the Zayn/Graves match. I thought it was a tremendous show case for Graves, and the way that it was worked established Zayn as the ace that he should be. Graves has easily the most presence of any of the nXt guys I have seen thus far. He's like a Dean Ambrose that cares what girls think of him. It's amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bbo0_5IwAg#t=85 This is the full version of Adam Rose's theme music. I would listen to this on the real. It has a Fratellis-sorta thing to it, but with a cool garage lead vocal affect. Does anyone have a lead as to who made this song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKash202 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Man was that Samuray Del Sol? That man looked short as hell. Almost Mexican Mini like size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 He looked short on the Indies, so I can't imagine him looking big in the WWE. I think the walking on his hands into a head scissors will get over though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bbo0_5IwAg#t=85 This is the full version of Adam Rose's theme music. I would listen to this on the real. It has a Fratellis-sorta thing to it, but with a cool garage lead vocal affect. Does anyone have a lead as to who made this song? Above Envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 -Neville/El Hijo del Haku was quick and fun. Loved Neville's promo, especially when he said he looked like an elf and how no one could really understand him. I figured he was a transition champ to get the belt onto Russev, but I wouldn't mind him keeping it for a bit. -Charlotte/Emma was fun but a little shocking. I was expecting Banks to get Emma's slot with the big win over Emma, who's now a WWE Diva. -Zayn/Graves was the best Graves match in forever. This is the first time watching him that I went "You know what...we might have something here." -Adam Rose debut was garbage, though. KIDDING! Seriously, that was my favourite thing since...maybe Tyler Breeze's debut. You can go one of two ways with the party posse in that you can use it to introduce new wrestlers/divas to back him up, or you can just throw random indy dudes to do it. I loved the weird variety of characters, not just a bunch of guys like Rose, but burly dudes, metrosexual dudes, a gladiator, a guy in a bodysuit and a guy in a nice suit. The entrance is incredible and the timing is just perfect with Rose emerging from the crowd to do the "Wooo!" followed by the crowd surf. The wrestling needs to be tweaked a little, but he's gonna get there. I feel like this could be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 His entrance was almost a Stefon sement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kennedy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 That Adam Rose entrance was fantastic, nothing has gotten so over with me immediately in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 His entrance was almost a Stefon sement Thank you. I was trying to figure out what Rose's while deal felt like. It was like a SNL spoof with the randomness of the partygoers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Cibernetico Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Charlotte is terrible. Cardboard promos that make Michelle McCool sound like The Rock. How many times did she rehearse those stilted lines against Paige and Emma? Just terrible. I know being the child of a wrestler who is known as one of the greatest promos of all time doesn't necessarily translate into that child being an awesome promo (see Rhodes, Cody), but reading from the Roderick Strong Promo 101 book has to be the dumbest thing a wrestler can do in 2014. I believe Yoshi is never going back to the main roster. I think he will be The Brooklyn Brawler of NXT, and that's not really a bad spot as Brawler has paid for years. If Funaki can get 10 years out of WWE- I am sure Yoshi will be fine. Adam Rose is amazing. Hope to see more of him. The entrance is definitely unique and helps him standout. It's still amazing how WWE understands that they need to make starts out of nobodies . WWE, for the most part, does their best to ensure that the majority of their guys that come up from NXT will be able to draw money for them in the future. I'm not going to pretend to be a NXT expert and have only seen a couple of matches here-and-there in the past, but these last two episodes of NXT shows that WWE's future is bright. Adam Rose, Graves, Paige, Emma, Dallas, Neville, and Sami Z all come off as stars and IMPORTANT. NXT has done something in two weeks that TNA wasn't able to do for years (and in some cases still won't/can't). In what has already been a bad year and few months for TNA, it has to be even worse that WWE's development show is putting out better content and showcasing their talent in a better way then TNA's flagship program chalk full of veterans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKash202 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 LOL @ El Hijo De Haku. Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 While Rose's debut did rule, I hope it doesn't delay the singles debuts of Del Sol, Ryan Drago, or Solomon Crowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 His entrance was almost a Stefon sement Not having seen it, it sounds more like a combination of Stephon & What's Up Wit' Dat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Adam Rose rules, not much to add here. His party posse definitely had an SNL Stefon/What's Up Wit Dat vibe, but Rose himself gives me a Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek vibe. Amazing stuff there. I'm sure Crowe/Sammuray/Drago were just filler, doubt any of them will be a permanent part of the crew. Was it just me, or was Yoshi looking extra doughy? That was the look of a man who has just given up. Graves/Zayn was great, its amazing how much better Graves is when he seems motivated/focused. Great show all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I have to say that I'm glad that the new episodes are still being put on Hulu, lack of NXT would be probably the thing that would have caused the most regret about not keeping the Network after the trial period. Besides what everyone chimed in about Adam Rose's intro at a WrestleMania, I just thought how many great party drug related angles they could go with. You could have him having a bad trip during matches or have a heel demand drug testing before a title match forcing Rose to go through withdrawal symptoms in the weeks leading up to the match. None of which would fly nowadays in a family friendly WWE but I was amused at the thoughts anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I can appreciate Graves wanting to work a submission style, but they only fit his character to a point. If anything, he needs something sudden and something violent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 That Adam Rose entrance was bananas. I'm all aboard that crazy train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful waffle Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I don't really watch current wrestling anymore, but a friend told me to watch Adam Rose's entrance. It's just outstanding. Love it. Also, does anyone know who the circled girl is? Random extra? http://i.imgur.com/b0xByLE.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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