JCM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I liked Crowe's little promo. Becky/Bayley was awesome and an easy MOTN. Becky just needs to find the right character she has everything else. That submission transition was sick, and needs to be her finish going forward. Loved the Rhyno promo. Note to self don't let Brian Kendrick tiger suplex me. Owens/Riley stuff felt 100% real, and it's something NXT does so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Kevin Owens just did what everyone has been wanting to do to Alex Riley for years! It was glorious! I need that gif! Becky/Bayley was a very good li'l 5 minute match. I think, other than the awkward headbanging and devil horn shit, Becky is starting to find her stride in NXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That tiger suplex was nasty. And shame on the announcers for not picking up that Kendrick was using the ankle injury to sucker Finn into a pinfall attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Kevin Owens just did what everyone has been wanting to do to Alex Riley for years! It was glorious! I need that gif! Becky/Bayley was a very good li'l 5 minute match. I think, other than the awkward headbanging and devil horn shit, Becky is starting to find her stride in NXT. It being awkward and not fitting is part of the gimmick though. She's a poser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Becky is supposed to be irritating and annoying. They need to start letting her talk shit and be verbal during her matches, they're cutting out a big part of her as a heel without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 LOL at Kevin Steen proving how much of an antihero face that he is by punking Alex Riley. Becky Lynch and Bayley have very good chemistry and should wrestle each other for the next couple of months. Just have Bayley have to figure out how to beat Becky and stop getting caught by submissions, then work her way back up through Charlotte and finally Sasha after that. I feel like Lynch didn't start getting comfy in the ring until she started wrestling Bayley more often. By the way, Lynch pointing and yelling IN YOUR FACE, IN YOUR FACE, IN YOUR FACE at fans in the crowd after she won made me laugh. I hope a feud with Tyler Breeze can likewise help Itami settle and find his comfort spot. I think they should run Corbin/Rhyno or Corbin/Kendrick at some point to help Corbin settle in. He's a big man, so I always know they take until about their late 30s to gestate and get really good, so I have patience with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Itami really needs to pick a damn finisher and stick with it for longer than a couple of matches. No one knows what to pop for except the GTS teases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Alex Riley has some odd, unique gift.The only two times in his career he hasn't been completely worthless are in spots when he has to stick up for himself. He was wonderful when he broke up with The Miz and tore him apart. And he was great -- GREAT -- in this segment tonight.The announcers did such a good job in reacting to Kevin Owens. Owens came off like the heartless monster he truly is. Riley calling KO out for his actions against Sami was great and so well-delivered. Alex delivered it with a weird nervousness -- he knows KO is a beast and he hasn't wrestled in years, but a man has to be a man no matter what happens.The best is KO really getting the wheels turning. He didn't have to say anything except with his eyes -- He was going to humiliate Riley at some point, but on his terms. And he saw a way to do that while also trying to get in Finn's head, too, by ragdolling Riley to the floor and staring down his future opponent.Owens is so, so, so great as this ruthless, cutthroat, manipulative bully. He reminds me so much in the ring of Vader. But his out-of-ring actions really remind me more of heel Eddie Guerrero, circa the Rey feud. He says so much with just his eyes and subtle verbal ticks and mannerisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Is being an annoying poser something that's going to get Becky over? If that's the idea, it seems like a really bad one. The best part of the awkward announcing bit was when Owens was just staring holes through the back of Riley's head and Riley knew he was doing it, so he turned his body even more away from the glare of death. It was perfect. My only problem was it took the tv audience out of the match but in the long-term, building up Owens' character is more important than a match with Kendrick in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Is being an annoying poser something that's going to get Becky over? If that's the idea, it seems like a really bad one. The best part of the awkward announcing bit was when Owens was just staring holes through the back of Riley's head and Riley knew he was doing it, so he turned his body even more away from the glare of death. It was perfect. My only problem was it took the tv audience out of the match but in the long-term, building up Owens' character is more important than a match with Kendrick in 2015. I loved how they managed to do both. It's very Owens -- He managed to put all the focus on himself, because he's so ridiculously self-centered. This started right from the beginning, when he said he respected Finn and talked about how one one believes him when he says that. He also showed his character by ripping on Finn for not attacking Hendrieck doing the faux-ankle sprain. "That's a gift." Then he left so he didn't do something he was going to regret, which we all knew was a lie. But by leaving like that, the announcers got to refocus on Finn and Kendrick and talk about that match. Then KO comes back and reminds everyone who is the champion. It's also a really clever use of the Full Sail Arena set-up. "Bad guy threatens and assaults announcer" is a fairly common trope. But at Raw (or Nitro)... You can't do the "I'm going to walk away" break since you'd have to walk 5,000 feet to the locker room before launching the attack. But in NXT, it's just a few paces to the locker room and a few paces back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 the kevin owens gimmick is just "if larry bird was a wrestler" I approve, to be clear 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That's awesome but Owens talks too much for that to be accurate. Larry would just stare at the camera with disdain and walk away. Maybe mutter something under his breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That's awesome but Owens talks too much for that to be accurate. Larry would just stare at the camera with disdain and walk away. Maybe mutter something under his breath. I mean I sort of get what you're saying but the difference in off-duty and on-duty is stark enough I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "The media begs off with Larry because they're very afraid of him. They're afraid of infuriating him." He'd talk sweet nothings in the ring though, yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Riley and Owens were perfect in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Coaster Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The best part of the awkward announcing bit was when Owens was just staring holes through the back of Riley's head and Riley knew he was doing it, so he turned his body even more away from the glare of death. It was perfect. Absolutely. Brian Kendrick usually is an automatic fast forward for me, but I'm glad I watched that match last night. Alex Riley is one of those guys where he is either very good or very annoying. He reminds me in a way of Matt Striker in that he knows what works but usually comes off like he's trying too hard and goes over the top. But when Riley is more subdued he is great. Last night was an example of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I really liked Becky/Bayley and hope that we continue to see Becky pushed as the submissions expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 They better bring in Paul London at some point. I wanna see Kendrick/London vs. Zayn/Neville. Tye Dillinger was signed in 2006 by the way. Just think about that for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wasn't Dillinger released for a while after his ECW stint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 He was released in 2009 and re-signed in 2013, but that's still a pretty long time to not have advanced any further than being a jobber in NXT, yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Owens is fast becoming my favorite guy in the entire company. I can't think of anyone else more interesting to watch both in and out of the ring. I liked that Balor cut down on some of the mannerisms for his non paint entrance(like not crawling down the ramp). Also Tyler Breeze was awesome as usual. They need a secondary tv title in NXT, and let Breeze have a run with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Owens is fast becoming my favorite guy in the entire company. I can't think of anyone else more interesting to watch both in and out of the ring. I liked that Balor cut down on some of the mannerisms for his non paint entrance(like not crawling down the ramp). Also Tyler Breeze was awesome as usual. They need a secondary tv title in NXT, and let Breeze have a run with it. Yeah, the Balor entrance was way more tolerable this time. I like that he has music cues to do his arms thing the fans do with him. It's really dramatic music, but he toned it down a lot. I still wish they'd differentiate Finn Balor and FACEPAINT FINN in-ring somehow. They don't have to give him a completely different moveset. They just have to give him a few different things, like a different finisher. That match was the most I've enjoyed Finn so far. I was never much of a Brian Kendricks fan -- decent shtick, but it never clicked for me for some reason. But I really liked Finn a ton in this. Becky/Bayley was really good. That was a nice, tight match. Becky Lynch is almost completely figuring out her character and incorporate her character's shtick into what she does in the ring. She's got Sasha Banks and Bayley to figure that out with, and they're really awesome at doing just that. Tyler Breeze rules. I loved him trying to set up the selfie stick with Itami in the background. I wish that was set up just a bit better -- like Breeze did that to at least one person he beat before hand so you know that's his new gloating taunt. Or I wish Itami stood up and did a wave or something and Breeze sold his fear a lot more. Good segment but I wish it was a bit tighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Kendrick almost broke Finn's neck on that tiger suplex. How bout we NOT let part-timers try dangerous shit on the future cash cows. I did mark when they cut back to commentary like 45 seconds after Riley stood up to Owens and he was still getting a death stare. the kevin owens gimmick is just "if larry bird was a wrestler" I approve, to be clear Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 My only quibble is that attacking Alex Riley is in no way a heel spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 That Breeze selfie stick deal was my favorite thing in ages. It kinda reminded me of back in the day when Austin would just pop up behind Vince/Shane/whoever out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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