Raziel Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Also acceptable: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Maybe he's a lonely drifter who flits into town, does some odd jobs, comforts the local widow, and moves on? Change "local widow" to "backstage interviewer" and you've got Dean Ambrose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 What if... ... might fit Sandow better thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 So, it's not quite the end of the year yet, but I'll throw this question out there anyway: Which NXT worker do you think has improved the most over the year? I have especially enjoyed watching Baron Corbin and Dana Brooke improve, but I'd have to give it to Corbin, who I think is maybe one or two more matches away from me being able to call him a good worker. The Dusty Rhodes TTC really helped him out, I think, even moreso than his singles matches with Rhyno and Joe because from that point on, he's been good in everything he's done since then on television and I've read reports that he's been very good on house shows. I also would say Finn Bálor is also hugely improved. He's much better with his selling and with using his facial expressions and body language to garner sympathy for himself leading up to his comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I think Bayley is right there with Sasha as the best all around female in the company she's definitely improved. I think it's harder to go from good to great than it is from bad to ok. Turning heel helped Corbin immensely as did getting to do more than 20 second squash matches. His work with the smaller guys and how he keeps up with them athletically has been really impressive. Balor turned the corner for me in the title match from Japan. He showed the aggressiveness that was lacking from his earlier NXT work, and has pretty much kept it up since. Sasha probably got better every month from January-August, and was the ace of NXT before going to the main roster. I guess I'll go with Bayley she's pretty much the top act in the company with only Balor being a real threat to that claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Sasha is a good choice, but she was really good coming into this year. I was singing her praises back in the BFF days because she was showing attention to things like her in-ring persona and vicious body part work back then. I see where you're coming from though. Bayley is hard for me to judge in terms of how she's improved. I think she's a good worker, but really what makes her special is her charisma, and that's something that she's had on display forever, even in those early days where she was essentially acting like an eight-year-old in an adult woman's body. I don't think she's so much better as a worker now than she was at the end of 2014, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 What if... ... might fit Sandow better thou. Reminds me of my idea for a Hogan WWE Network show wher they basically digitally insert him in to matches he has nothing to do with so he can change the outcomes. His version of Al would be Eric Bischoff, who no one could see but thr Hulkster. The "Leap Home" would result in him ending up on the first episode of "Hogan Knows Best"! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Bayley is hard for me to judge in terms of how she's improved. I think she's a good worker, but really what makes her special is her charisma, and that's something that she's had on display forever, even in those early days where she was essentially acting like an eight-year-old in an adult woman's body. I don't think she's so much better as a worker now than she was at the end of 2014, though. Bayley's improved in her mic skills and overall confidence. She just looks more comfortable out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Emma has improved on every level since coming back to NXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Hmmm, that's why Gable's german looks so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Adam Quitt is a great jobber name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Or for a chicken shit heel. "I WASN'T GIVING UP I WAS JUST SAYING MY NAME" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Went to the final NXT house show in Orlando for 2015 tonight. Not a lot stuff happened. Rich Swann had a fun opener and even did that standing jumping 450 he usually does. Main event was fun with some new blood getting a shot like Riddick Moss. He hasn't debuted yet but he has improved a lot since he first started on house shows. Big news of the night was the debut of 2 Tough Enough competitors. Josh did a god awful promo challenging anyone and how he has 250,000 reasons to be the best. His new name is Bronson Matthews. Daria had her first match vs Nia Jax. Daria was doing a promo but Nia just walked out and challenged her. Daria got off a triangle on Nia which looked nice. I think she's the first one out of the Tough Enough people signed that has had a match on the NXT roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 So, it's not quite the end of the year yet, but I'll throw this question out there anyway: Which NXT worker do you think has improved the most over the year? I have especially enjoyed watching Baron Corbin and Dana Brooke improve, but I'd have to give it to Corbin, who I think is maybe one or two more matches away from me being able to call him a good worker. The Dusty Rhodes TTC really helped him out, I think, even moreso than his singles matches with Rhyno and Joe because from that point on, he's been good in everything he's done since then on television and I've read reports that he's been very good on house shows. I also would say Finn Bálor is also hugely improved. He's much better with his selling and with using his facial expressions and body language to garner sympathy for himself leading up to his comeback. The honor kind of has to go to Jason Jordan. Everyone else were improving from 'amazing' to 'more amazing'. Even Dana Brooke went from 'green, bad worker' to 'good heel and okay worker.' Jordan managed to go from a random jobber who was nothing to write home about to half of one of the best tag teams in NXT within the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 So, it's not quite the end of the year yet, but I'll throw this question out there anyway: Which NXT worker do you think has improved the most over the year.This is an easy one for me: Jason Jordan. He wasn't "bad" at the start of the year, but I didn't much care about him. Now he's one of my favorite acts.EDIT: GODDAMMIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Big news of the night was the debut of 2 Tough Enough competitors. Josh did a god awful promo challenging anyone and how he has 250,000 reasons to be the best. His new name is Bronson Matthews. Daria had her first match vs Nia Jax. Daria was doing a promo but Nia just walked out and challenged her. Daria got off a triangle on Nia which looked nice. I think she's the first one out of the Tough Enough people signed that has had a match on the NXT roster. I'm assuming Josh wasn't still doing the Yeti gimmick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Big news of the night was the debut of 2 Tough Enough competitors. Josh did a god awful promo challenging anyone and how he has 250,000 reasons to be the best. His new name is Bronson Matthews. Daria had her first match vs Nia Jax. Daria was doing a promo but Nia just walked out and challenged her. Daria got off a triangle on Nia which looked nice. I think she's the first one out of the Tough Enough people signed that has had a match on the NXT roster. I'm assuming Josh wasn't still doing the Yeti gimmick? Well since he was doing the Yeti thing before he started working there, they had to change it to the Wendigo. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I thought they would have had Josh be a face because he had some likeable qualities to him. Hopefully him as the entitled heel takes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 He just looked likeable next to ZZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Did anyone really get worse on NXT this year? It's such a well-booked promotion with so much talent, I don't think anyone can help but get better (even guys and girls that were already great). The worst I can think of are completely stagnant guys like Blake, Murphy, and Crowe, but even then, you could reasonably argue they actually maintained or improved slightly over the year, just not enough to matter or avoid getting passed by new arrivals. I think by the literal definition of "most improved" it has to be Chad Gable. At the start of the year, he was a jobber that looked like an indy-ripoff Kurt Angle. Now he's one of the most over guys, routinely has solid matches, and is making people around him better by proxy. Dash and Dawson would be sleeper candidates too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I thought Finn was good when he came in and has become great. I knew Corbin had "it" from day one and it was just a matter of letting him get some quality ring time instead of twenty-second squashes. That said, I'm going with Jordan and Gable, who went from okay, but nothing special jobbers to bonafide stars. These guys are a joy to watch from promo to ring work. The sky is the limit for these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Corbin appeared to have finally flipped the switch during the feud with Joe, and his team with Rhyno cemented it. Dude might just have a bright future after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Corey Graves has really started to come into his own as a commentator over the past few weeks. His start and trying to figure out where he was going with his announcing gimmick was a bit rocky at first but he's really starting to get into the color role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Corey Graves has really started to come into his own as a commentator over the past few weeks. His start and trying to figure out where he was going with his announcing gimmick was a bit rocky at first but he's really starting to get into the color role. Can't wait for NXT Kids to start up since Corey was excellent in that pilot episode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I think Corbin has a future but I'm surprised they aren't on his ass about bulking up. He's smaller than their typical big dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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