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Am I the only one who liked Angelo Dawkins' backpack rapper gimmick?

 

I need more info about this. Did he have like faux-Rawkus era music made up, or come out in a billed beanie? 

 

 

They kept pimping the fact that he won National Championships in college in football, wrestling and track but I have no idea what college that is.

 

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Was he trying for an Odd Future gimmick?

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Here are full results from NXT Live in Lakeland, FL on February 5, 2016.

 
Your hosts and ring announcer for the evening is Tom Phillips.
 
- Hugo Knox def. Tucker Knight - Solid, fun little opener. I liked the aggression out of Knight. He's a bigger guy who's making some positive steps.
 
- Adrienne Reese and Mandy def. Aliyah and Daria "The Jersey Devil" - There wasn't anything particularly bad about the match from an in ring perspective. For being really new, Mandy and Daria looked ok. The biggest problem is there wasn't a clear idea of who was the face and who was the heel. The crowd really didn't know who to cheer for, so they just sat on their hands.
 
- Riddick Moss def. Patrick Clark - Yes, this is the Patrick Clark from Tough Enough. The match was relatively short; maybe three or four minutes. Patrick looked good in there. He looks like he belongs and I'm interested to see more out of him. The match itself was fine and was hoping to see some more.
 
- Elias Samson def. Chris Girard - I liked this match. There was real good intensity to it. Both guys looked like they wanted to fight and it made the match work better. It was also one of the better showings for Samson.
 
- Apollo Crews def. Tino Sabbatelli - Fun match. Apollo appearing finally got the crowd some momentum. These guys had a nice long match. There were a couple of hiccups, but that's to be expected considering the experience difference between the two. Tino did alright for himself.
 
- Manny Andrade def. Steve Cutler - A decent match. A lot of the crowd didn't really know who Andrade is, but he's so good in the ring. 
 
- Tom Phillips brought out one of NXT's newest signees, Dallas Harper, for an interview. Dallas told the crowd not to clap for him. He's "6 foot 9 and oh so fine" but doesn't care about the NXT Universe. OK for what it was, but it was really short.
 
- Peyton Royce def. Liv Morgan - Good match. Royce is using new music compared to what she was using on NXT tv. Peyton got the win using the Widow's Peak.
 
- The Hype Bros def. The Vaudevillains - Best match of the night. Mojo has a great ability to get a crowd energized and into a match. It was a lot of fun stuff between the two teams and a real good main event.
 
Notes:
 
- Not much to say in the way if crowd reactions. The crowd was pretty deal for most of the show. Apollo Crews and the Hype Bros were the only acts to get the crowd really going.
 
- With his debut tonight, Patrick Clark becomes the first male competitor from Tough Enough to have a match as a member of NXT. 
 
- As of now, 7 competitors from Tough Enough have been signed by WWE. Patrick becomes the fourth person to make their in ring debut, with all three women having already debuted. As of now, ZZ, Mada, and Josh (Bronson Mathews) have yet to work a match since being signed.
 
- According to the WWE profile on him, Dallas Harper was trained by Jimmie Lee from ASWA Pro Wrestling and competed for Anarchy Wrestling. He was also a high school basketball player. He is 6"9 with more of a lanky build. To my knowledge, he has yet to work a match for NXT. 
 
- The meet and greet before the show was: Tucker Knight, Dana Brooke, and Mandy
 
- NXT returns to Lakeland on May 26.
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Just as they were future endeavored from rap..

That's why Tyler is working with Kanye, and Earl has released 2 or 3 albums that have been critically acclaimed. The Internet has a big buzz around them, too.

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And it doesn't even look that great on top of it. He should use the Bloody Sunday on opponents that he can lift and figure out a different top rope move that he can use as his supermegadeath finisher/finisher on bigger opponents. 

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Casey, when I think of buzz in hip-hop I'm thinking Future's new album or Meek Mill's new mixtape previews or Torey Lanez. The Odd Future dudes were much hotter a couple years back. They don't have the same buzz right now as they did at least where Im at.

Did that reviewer say Mandy looked okay in her match? That would be a hell of an accomplishment if she's already passable..

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I wonder if it could have something to do with his finisher being a double stomp from the top rope where he awkwardly rolls his ankles on the landing every time.

 

It's a disaster-in-waiting every time it's done. Same with Del Rio's in the corner. I honestly don't know how more Knees/Ankles don't get blown out jumping on to an object that's not stable/level. Risk FAR outweighs reward.

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Looks like they were in the Egyptian Room at the Old National Centre in Indy. That's a GREAT room. Last time I was there was for a Tegan and Sara concert a couple years ago. Really beautiful room and great sound. Wish I could have made it for the NXT show.

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It's also a little disappointing that Enzo/Cass got to work the main roster San Jose show - having Bayley at her hometown show would have been better.

 

Guess they didn't want her to upstairs Brock  :P

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WWE NXT results from Indianapolis:

 
*Aksana defeated Emma via choke.
 
*Black & Murphy defeated Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano.
 
*NXT Women's champion Bayley, doing Finn Balor's entrance, defeated Alexa Bliss.
 
*WWE NXT Tag Team champions Dawson & Dash defeated American Alpha in a Best of Three Falls bout.
 
*Nia Jax defeated Billie Kay.
 
*Sami Zayn defeated Baron Corbin and Samoa Joe when he pinned Corbin.  Fun match.
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