Greggulator Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 We really need to break down that great Roode/Nak promo video. That was some awesome wrestling nonsense. To start: 1) Winning the NXT Title apparently allows Bobby Roode to afford a 13-bedroom estate in a major North American city. I had no idea that winning the NXT title could allow someone to own a property that I would assess with a value of $25,000,000. Or did Roode gather his vast wealth before his rise in NXT? If he was that rich previously,then I like him even more -- a man THAT accomplished is willing to give his time and physical well-being to compete for the NXT title. 2) I loved that Shinsuke has somehow become a chilled out surfer dude with the waves of the ocean giving him a balance towards life. Did I miss this characterization at some point? I just love how it got tossed into the mix so randomly -- Nak's surfing hobby providing him with the inner peace needed to perform as The King of Strong Style. 3) Now this match is a FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF NXT. I love how Bobby Roode wants to rebuild it in his glorious image while Nak says IT BELONGS TO US, THE FANS! What happens if Roode wins? Does he impose a business casual dress code for entrance into Full Sail? Do you not get into watching the NXT house cards if you don't come in wearing a tailored fit from Jos. A. Bank? Really amazing wrestling garbage. It very much had the feel of something involving Sting and Flair circa 1990. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Greggulator said: We really need to break down that great Roode/Nak promo video. That was some awesome wrestling nonsense. To start: 1) Winning the NXT Title apparently allows Bobby Roode to afford a 13-bedroom estate in a major North American city. I had no idea that winning the NXT title could allow someone to own a property that I would assess with a value of $25,000,000. Or did Roode gather his vast wealth before his rise in NXT? If he was that rich previously,then I like him even more -- a man THAT accomplished is willing to give his time and physical well-being to compete for the NXT title. 2) I loved that Shinsuke has somehow become a chilled out surfer dude with the waves of the ocean giving him a balance towards life. Did I miss this characterization at some point? I just love how it got tossed into the mix so randomly -- Nak's surfing hobby providing him with the inner peace needed to perform as The King of Strong Style. 3) Now this match is a FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF NXT. I love how Bobby Roode wants to rebuild it in his glorious image while Nak says IT BELONGS TO US, THE FANS! What happens if Roode wins? Does he impose a business casual dress code for entrance into Full Sail? Do you not get into watching the NXT house cards if you don't come in wearing a tailored fit from Jos. A. Bank? Really amazing wrestling garbage. It very much had the feel of something involving Sting and Flair circa 1990. re: 1) My thought was "TNA must have paid a lot better than I thought. re: 3) He's already said he's going to fill the Full Sail crowd with, I believe the term was, captains of industry and CEOs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I await the transformation of Full Sail's audience from neckbeards who wear sandals with socks to true leaders of men. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I wonder how some modern day wrestlers would react if they had the fans of yesterday who would try to stabbing you if they could get close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Based on Twitter - Jerry Lynn has been guest coaching at the PC this week and it may or may not be an audition for a full time job (at the PC - not wrestling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I assume that immediately after that, Jerry busted Steve open and wrote "DIE" on his stomach in Corino's blood. Â Just for old time's sake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwegian Rudo Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 15 hours ago, Greggulator said: 2) I loved that Shinsuke has somehow become a chilled out surfer dude with the waves of the ocean giving him a balance towards life. Did I miss this characterization at some point? I just love how it got tossed into the mix so randomly -- Nak's surfing hobby providing him with the inner peace needed to perform as The King of Strong Style. Â According to Meltzer that's apparently his life at the moment. He spends his days surfing and playing with his kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quackhell Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Echoing the praise for Almas/Lorcan. Those two have great chemistry and aren't afraid to lay it in. I hope Almas and Black get some time at Takeover as that could be a bit of a sleeper match. Also I hope it is the start of a program and not just Almas putting over a guy. Since his heel turn he is been killing it and hopefully begins to gravitate towards the top of the card. That Asuka squash was beautiful and I really wish we could have gotten a full bore heel Asuka vs Bayley. Ruby Riot vs Nikki Cross has a lot of potential. To hell with it, let's just have a Sanity vs Dillinger's Dudes and Dudette with Attitudes Wargames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Â Â Also, I seem to recall when Nakamura was on Talk Is Jericho he mentioned that he really loved going surfing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Yeah, I can never get tired of Cien and Lorcan stiffing the hell out of each other. Would love to see Lorcan have at it with Cesaro. Priscilla Zuniga did some almost HBK level of overselling, I hope she's part of the women's tourney. (If the Drifter loses and doesn't move to the big two, I hope he haunts Ohno for the rest of his NXT career, just creepily playing in the background of all his promos and/or at the end of his matches.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 minutes ago, turk128 said: Priscilla Zuniga did some almost HBK level of overselling, I hope she's part of the women's tourney. Again - she signed with TNA and is currently appearing on their TV so yeah... don't get your hopes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 16 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Again - she signed with TNA and is currently appearing on their TV so yeah... don't get your hopes up I thought that meant she just did the tapings months ago so is free now... I don't know how the owl is handling their tapings :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokdoyle Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 On 23/03/2017 at 11:18 AM, RIPPA said: Funnily -Â Priscilla Zuniga was Angel Rose who just showed up in TNA in the new version of LAX thank you, I knew I had seen her before, and thought that was her, but I couldn't get the right Google Search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Didn't know they were coming out with an NXT book in the middle of April. Â Can't imagine it will have any more information than the DVD did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 3/24/2017 at 6:14 AM, Greggulator said: 2) I loved that Shinsuke has somehow become a chilled out surfer dude with the waves of the ocean giving him a balance towards life. Did I miss this characterization at some point? I just love how it got tossed into the mix so randomly -- Nak's surfing hobby providing him with the inner peace needed to perform as The King of Strong Style. It allows him, and I quote, "to wrestle like spaghetti". Dude's awesome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 So, I'm checking out the Busick/Almas match from last week and some mouth breather fan shouts "stop stealing Naito's gimmick" at Almas after he does the fakeout lockup and roll into a pose deal at the start of the match. Two things: that person is a neanderthal and WWE has done shit to establish his character or how influential he is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I thought they did a good job in the beginning of Almas before his TakeOver debut of showing his influence. Â They are still limited in how much of their history they can talk about. But when he came out in that goofy white ring gear and hat it was completely wasted and he has been fighting from behind ever since 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Â Meanwhile.... Â I almost wish they let Regal have a reptile that he could stroke in his office like Jub Jub or a super villain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 13 hours ago, Rev Ray said: Meanwhile.... Â I almost wish they let Regal have a reptile that he could stroke in his office like Jub Jub or a super villain. Or Tajiri... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 You want Regal stroking Tajiri? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I've heard Meltzer mention twice now that Aleister Black is taking on Almas at Takeover. When was that even announced? I don't recall it being mentioned during last week's NXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, Craig H said: I've heard Meltzer mention twice now that Aleister Black is taking on Almas at Takeover. When was that even announced? I don't recall it being mentioned during last week's NXT. They announced it during the show - I think it was around the same time they aired his video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 15 minutes ago, RIPPA said: They announced it during the show - I think it was around the same time they aired his video I totally fell asleep during the show then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 They announced Black's debut at Takeover in the video package, & then there was an interview segment where the "reporter" informed Almas of his match against Black at Takeover, at which time Almas cut a short promo about the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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