RIPPA Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 From WON 2/17 TV show: Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady & Chad Gable & Jason Jordan beat NXT Tag Champions Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson & Blake & Murphy Asuka beat Deonna Purrazzo Tye Dillinger beat Alex Riley Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn was a double pin draw. Zayn used the Helluva kick and then collapsed on top of Joe but his shoulders were on the ground as well. They will probably have a rematch at the next tapings on 1/27. From PWI Week 2 - Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady, and American Alpha defeated Blake, Murphy, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder. - Asuka defeated Deonna Purazzo. - Tye Dillinger defeated Alex Riley. - Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe ended in a draw due to a double pin. It is later announced that at Wednesday's NXT TV Taping at Full Sail, Joe and Sami will have a rematch. It will be a 2 out of 3 Falls Match to determine the number one contender to the NXT Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Looks like a great episode. Alex Riley = JTTJTTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I suck at reading dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Only thing missing from the end of Joe/Zayn match was Howard Finkel declaring the match......A DRAW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I kind of wanted to see Regal and Younger get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 So, having had who would be facing Finn at the pre-Mania show spoiled for me, I figured I knew how this would end. Nope. NXT is so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I liked the screwy finish they used, because Drake was right. He made the right call, and I think Regal knew it. He didn't fucking like it one bit, but he knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Well TECHNICALLY I think that with both men down, it should have been a ten count to get back up, but I'm thinking the idea is that Drake started the count (likely on Joe) then realized Sami's shoulders were down too. Anyway heck with technically, I got it right off, and it made perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Asuka is fucking terrifying. Jesus. She dresses like Lisa Frank designed her gear and fucking annihilates people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Fucking props to Joe for shifting his body at the last second to get Sami's left shoulder on the mat. Someone less aware and it would have made the whole argument looks ridiculous. It's really, really great to have Sami back. Jordon/Cass double hot tag was awesome, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Yeah, not enough love for that opening 8 man. Just a good fucking time. Also, I'm not sure if I've seen someone look as painful looking of a legdrop as Scott Dawson in a long fucking time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Asuka is fucking terrifying. Jesus. She dresses like Lisa Frank designed her gear and fucking annihilates people. The Ferrari chick did her best. But man Asuka just toys with them and when they piss her off it's lights out. I don't want to see Bayley die. Please don't hurt Bayley, Asuka....Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 So, having had who would be facing Finn at the pre-Mania show spoiled for me, I figured I knew how this would end. Nope. NXT is so great. So you only know that and nothing else? Oh boy, are you in for a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Gable and Jordan's new Marty Jannetty singlets were bizarre - and that opening 8-man was just a blast. No real story - just tons of fun things happening in one match. Asuka got to kill Ferrari Girl, and that ankle trap German is perfect. Joe vs. Sami was very good, with Joe as a bully and Sami as a babyface in peril - so the story was perfect and the HBK/HHH double pin works far better than the old back suplex one. http://jayreviewsthings.blogspot.com/2016/02/wwe-nxt-2-17-16.html Screens - (cue Rockers theme) http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/ti89b22f1et2blfkkpqxf535qjn8ylhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Gable and Jordan's new Marty Jannetty singlets were bizarre The singlets reminded me more of the singlets the Steiner Brothers used to wear. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Gable and Jordan's new Marty Jannetty singlets were bizarre The singlets reminded me more of the singlets the Steiner Brothers used to wear. I like it. I dig the navy and burgundy ones the best: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 So, having had who would be facing Finn at the pre-Mania show spoiled for me, I figured I knew how this would end. Nope. NXT is so great. So you only know that and nothing else? Oh boy, are you in for a ride. Praise be unto Rippa for separating the shows by future air date. I enjoy this show so much more not knowing what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Great show all around, but what I want most coming out of this episode is for a ten-minute Gable/Dawson singles match. My favorite sequence in any match was Perrazzo being shot into the corner, trying to counter with a middle-rope twist, and Asuka just standing there staring at her maneuvering around and then casually kicking her right in the stomach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 That was a great spot. I was worried that Purrazzo had screwed up by not moving quickly enough, and it would look ass because Asuka just had to stand there for too long, then the kick came (and Graves goes "GOD!") and it was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Speaking of which, Corey Graves was on point last night. I laughed hard at his ripping of Alex Riley. If he can tone down the douchiness a bit towards his PBP partners and give the faces props at appropriate times (which he's been doing more of recently) AND call out heels when they're dumbasses, he has a huge ceiling as a commentator. And, yeah, I also dug the Jordan and Gable (can't bring myself to call them America Alpha, so bad) Steiner tribute tights. I prefer them to the WGTT tribute. Samoa Joe is back in a big way. Can't wait for what's to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 So, having had who would be facing Finn at the pre-Mania show spoiled for me, I figured I knew how this would end. Nope. NXT is so great. So you only know that and nothing else? Oh boy, are you in for a ride. Praise be unto Rippa for separating the shows by future air date. I enjoy this show so much more not knowing what's happening. I wish I had your level of self-control. This weeks main event would have been SOOOO much better. This is really the perfect promotion to give the no spoiler thing a try. Short episodes, rarely any truly skippable shows etc etc.... I might give it a shot. Edit: Oh yeah, the best part of NXT continues to be SAMOA JOE! MARCH MADNESS HYPE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'll second the Graves love, too. I'm didn't really like him at first, but he has found that perfect balance. JBL tries to be a smart ass heel announcer, but regularly skips out on the first part. Graves is actually clever about it. In a perfect world Mauro/Graves would be the team on every show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I really hope we get a 2004-05 type of Samoa Joe title reign but with surly vet incarnation of Joe. Sure I'd love to see Joe in programs with the likes of Cesaro and Rusev on the main roster, but I'm not holding high hopes that it will go well for the flabby Samoan guy in his mid 30s on the main roster. But a Joe title reign in NXT be 1000x more fascinating than whatever the fuck Balor is doing. His promos are the shits and they haven't gotten better in the year he's been doing them in NXT at every taping. His matches haven't progressed to include more narratives or involve more emotion. The holes in his game when he entered developmental are still there a year and a half later. I've been thinking about how Sami Zayn has been appointed by many (myself included) as the heir apparent to the Daniel Bryan spot in WWE. I don't know about that. He's great, don't get me wrong... He even sells better than Bryan ever did. But I think his personality is far more carefully constructed and there are clear barriers he's set up which Bryan Danielson clearly did not have. Bryan said and did whatever Bryan felt like regardless of whether or not it was the best thing for his career. No shields up at all. I found that remarkably compelling and was one of my favourite things about him. I think Bayley is way closer to that type of completely organic presentation, though not nearly as good in the ring as Zayn or Bryan (but still great and certainly could be one day). In saying all that shyit, I would still love to see a Sami Zayn extended NXT title run too. Just get the fucking belt off Balor or have him turn heel with BALOR CLUBz or something. Better yet, have him lose himself to the DEMON 100% so we never have to hear him talk and he can go into a heel variant of '97 Sting. I can'ts take much more of Finn Balor, bland fighting champion, run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I couldn't take my eyes off of the big dude sitting in the front... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I really liked Joe/Sami and they did the screwy finish about as well as they could have. Zayn is just such an amazing seller, and he was really laying in his shots on Joe. Another good performance from Joe who has been consistently awesome since getting back in shape. Asuka really kicked the shit out of poor Deonna lol. Enzo got up at least half a count before the 3 was made. I'll co sign on needing to see a Gable/Dawson singles match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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