Go2Sleep Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Owens being compared to 2014 Brock Lesnar is a reach, but 2002 Brock Lesnar isn't too far off the mark. Owens will eat offense in most of his matches and bump around some for the bigger names, but as long as he's winning clean, he'll look like a monster. He doesn't have Brock's look obviously, but he has the mobility, explosiveness, and intensity that fans buy into, and that's what matters. Plus, 260 or whatever they were billing him at during the Zayn match is huge in NXT. Probably makes him the 3rd heaviest guy there, but he moves more like Finn Balor than Bull Dempsey which makes him pretty damn scary in NXT kayfabe. Kevin Owens is the best-case answer to the longstanding hypothetical question "What if Joe got in with WWE in 2005?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I love that the three major priorities for everyone in NXT are titles, money, and following one's dreams. There's nothing about entertaining people or putting smiles on faces or getting the most tweets* or being the face of anything. It's belts, cash, and growing up loving wrestling. *Exception: Uggo Destruction. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Tyler Breeze prob cares about twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 And his modeling commitments, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 My 17 year old niece is obsessed with NXT, and she hates wrestling. Loves Bailey, Sami Zayn, Finn Bálor and Tyler Breeze. Her boyfriend dumped her this week. She's down, so I made dinner and then I asked her tonight if she wanted to watch the special with me. She told me she heard what happens and doesn't think she can watch someone she loves get hurt right now. Then she tweeted Tyler Breeze for relationship advice. I love this kid. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Dont smarten her up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Yeah. Get her in the ring and work her over a bit to see if she's tough enough to take it first.*(*don't do this) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 fuckin bizarroworld right here, with PAC/devitt & steenerico LOL'd at fat sleazy steen with the "KO" shirt, that's gotta suck for chris hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 My niece knows it's all a work, but she says its like any TV show. She's just emotionally invested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Yeah, people tend to forget that you can know that wrestling is fake but still be emotionally invested in the characters. I imagine a lot of fans are like that. It's no different than watching a "normal" TV show and caring about what happens to the characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 That's probably the reason I'd have to give Sami the nod in March Madness because of the way he gets people(including me) invested in the outcome of his matches. To me that's what pro wrestling is all about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 LOL'd at fat sleazy steen with the "KO" shirt, that's gotta suck for chris hero Steen doesn't really look all that fat to me. He looks to be in the best shape I have seen him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 LOL'd at fat sleazy steen with the "KO" shirt, that's gotta suck for chris hero Steen doesn't really look all that fat to me. He looks to be in the best shape I have seen him. Yeah, Adam Cole said on JR's podcast that Owens was learning about nutrition and losing weight a bit at a time. I can definitely see he's slimmer than before he was signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Gold Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Steen was actually in way better shape several months before he signed with the WWE. I don't remember if it was ROH, or PWG, but he showed up and surprised a bunch of people with how much fat he'd lost/muscle mass he added. This was probably in anticipation for his tryout. He gained weight shortly after that. Not a big deal though. Steen has looked like this for many years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Vince Russo on Zayn-Owens:The casual television viewing audience would absolutely scoff at this show. And, I don’t care it you give it SEVEN MILLION stars—it would never draw on a national level and that’s all that matters. And, if these young kids aren’t going to draw HERE—they certainly aren’t going to draw THERE.Personally, I don’t care how the finish of the match was booked because I simply don’t care enough. Whoever is in charge hasn’t made me care enough.Today [the finish] will be all right because it was NXT. Many will even try to make sense out of actually STOPPING a fight that wasn’t REAL to begin with. It’s called “the spin”? How you chose to make something look either “good”, or “bad” depending on your preference, or opinion.Well, here’s my spin on the finish of last night’s man event match between Sammy Zayn and Kevin Owens. Ready? Good. IT SUCKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Vince Russo on Zayn-Owens: The casual television viewing audience would absolutely scoff at this show. And, I don’t care it you give it SEVEN MILLION stars—it would never draw on a national level and that’s all that matters. And, if these young kids aren’t going to draw HERE—they certainly aren’t going to draw THERE. Personally, I don’t care how the finish of the match was booked because I simply don’t care enough. Whoever is in charge hasn’t made me care enough. Today [the finish] will be all right because it was NXT. Many will even try to make sense out of actually STOPPING a fight that wasn’t REAL to begin with. It’s called “the spin”? How you chose to make something look either “good”, or “bad” depending on your preference, or opinion. Well, here’s my spin on the finish of last night’s man event match between Sammy Zayn and Kevin Owens. Ready? Good. IT SUCKED. He's just trolling at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I can't think of very many people who have less of a clue as to what makes pro wrestling good than Vince Russo. This clown got exposed so bad after he left the E I'm surprised anyone could take something he says about wrestling seriously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 He's at the trolling phase of attention whoring. It'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Vince Russo on Zayn-Owens: Oh God why would you even? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I loved the Michaels/Jericho talk about their match stoppage and how Vince just couldn't wrap his mind around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 "Needed more tits." - Vince Russo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick32 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Russo can't be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Vince Russo proclaiming not to like NXT, trolling or not, makes me more sure than ever that NXT is the best weekly show on U.S. television. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Coherent storylines, long term booking, sensical turns, no swerves.. Of course Russo hates it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Maybe one day soon Russo will slip and say "lad" instead of "bro" while talking about CM Punk or NXT and everything will suddenly become very clear.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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