Iron Moose
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7 hours ago, Hail Sabin said:
The Top Rope Face Buster was Swank as Hell.
between that, the kip-up out of the flying space tiger drop, the backflip out of the poison rana (which is what finished Sol at Heatwave) and the imploding sol snatcher halfway across the ring (because Kelani had the regular snatcher scouted and blocked it two or three times), the OMG WTF SOL contingent was well fed that night. I would also say the struggle for the crucifix bomb and the single-leg crab were less flashy but highlights nonetheless, and both are improving on their strikes and between-move spaces.
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... if they're trying to get Lyra over as nu-Becky with a broken nose callback, I don't think it'll work...
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47 minutes ago, zendragon said:
Or just switch them out and have Claudio be like "you get a hair cut or something?"
... and respond with a bald joke rather than engaging.
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Dani Palmer has also been released. From her Instagram post: "It's a bittersweet feeling to be officially closing out my athletic career, but I can truly say I went til the wheels fell off..literally lol. "
(she underwent two hip surgeries in early 2024)
I enjoyed her performances and thought she had very good intuitions about playing to the cheap seats. She stood out in the NXT gymnast corps by somehow slowing down some of her flips and tricks. I will wonder how she would have fared on main.
(she also posted some nonsense conspiratorial things in Instagram stories that she seemed to really believe, so that dampened my willingness to enjoy her performances quite a bit. )
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Coming up on NXT:
Tatum & Gigi v Lyra & Becky
Roxanne v Stephanie
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21 minutes ago, The Natural said:
Worth watching from top to bottom then? I was going to ask for match recommendations. Usually the NXT TakeOver before WrestleMania tends to be better than the latter.
Unless you really like anyone in them I feel like you can safely skip the opener and the Dark State tag, everything else was unambiguously worth it.
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9 minutes ago, hammerva said:
I am not sure if Roxanne turning on Cora is going to work. Roxanne is doing very well as an unlikable heel but I am not sure you can bring Cora back as a likeable person after the last 2 years. Going to be interesting
They ran a post-show bit of Roxanne harassing the winner of the Women's Championship match. Those two face off on Tuesday.
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12 hours ago, Technico Support said:
“My team with Rosa is Thunder Tits. If I teamed with Kris Statlander, we’d be Thunder Thighs. If I teamed with Mr. Schiavone, we’d just be Tits.”
Tremendous
... wait, shouldn't Thunder Thighs be Rosa and Statlander?
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1 hour ago, Cliff Hanger said:
They're going to put a women's battle royale on SAD to go with the 4-way and the 6-way, aren't they?
The math is a bit tricky, but I think it'll be a big tag with MetaGirls, Roxy and (Wren or a loser of next week's qualifier) against Fatal Influence and (a loser of next week's qualifier). I'm guessing we get some combination of Lola, Cora and Karmen, and then ... I don't know. Nikkita or Ariana?
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7 hours ago, Casey said:
Oh god Jack Perry is the wild card isn’t he?
... if it includes unsuccessful Bucks interference to get Hangman more oriented against the Death Riders that's not the end of the world...
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1 hour ago, Gorman said:
I recently wrote an article about how almost every AEW wrestler who has jumped to WWE has won a championship. Now, Ricky Saints has joined the list.
https://www.ffsn.com/wwe-nxt-the-place-where-former-aew-wrestlers-find-success/
The only exceptions, I believe, are Wren Sinclair and CM Punk (since returning).
I don't think Blair/Bea won any WWE gold either. Nor Thea, nor Jack Cartwheel, but I feel like calling them AEW wrestlers is a bit of a reach.
anyway!
Broadly agreeing with Elvion, but I think I preferred Roxanne-Kelani over Zaria-Lash. The latter had a few bits that seemed too cooperative or too giving; Roxanne wrestled a really smart match and Kelani mostly held up her end of it. Glad someone else called out the Meiko tribute cartwheel knee. A bit worried that Zar-uca will cost each other the title in the ladder match (and honestly a bit surprised that people like Lola and Cora, who feel like World title contenders, are in the mix for the NA title)
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Calling it for tonight's NXT:
SpoilerZaria takes out Piper, Alba distracts Sol and gets Snatched, Chelsea wins by roll-up.
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24 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said:
Absolultely loved the pairing of Hobbs and The Outrunners, but again I must ask, where is Erica Leigh?
quietly dropped last September, I think. Might have had something to do with tweets by a partner alleging that she was abusive.
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On 3/12/2025 at 1:35 AM, odessasteps said:
I would be curious to learn the exact nature of the injury if it is revealed.
There's a photo of Giulia at a restaurant with Riley Osborne and Bea Priestly (Blair Davenport) that was posted to Riley/Bea's Instagram Stories in the past day.
In that photo, Giulia seems to have one of those knee scooter things next to her (and Riley is in a boot cast, there's a wheelchair in frame, and Riley's caption is "excuse the surgery foot").
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56 minutes ago, Technico Support said:
You know what wrestling trope I love? Babyface vs babyface matches where the participants start off sportsmanlike and then slowly lose their cool. "It's getting chippy out there" as they say in football.
I watched Steiners vs Sting & Luger from SuperBrawl 1 last night and it was so good. They do botch a few spots, but the sloppiness adds to the feeling that the guys are getting frustrated and it's falling apart. There's a funny spot in the match where Scott hits a somewhat wonky tilt-a-whirl slam on Sting, gets all fired up and celebrates, and just yells FUCK at the top of his lungs.
hell yeah. This is why Cedric/Ibushi is one of my favorites, they *built* to that first kick.
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25 minutes ago, For Great Justice said:
Great ending. Insofar as triple threats go, this is a smart, logical storyline where all these dudes have years and years of reasons to hate each other. Maybe a little less on the Punk-to-Reigns end, but they’ll clean that up.
"Make Roman look strong. "
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At risk of reading too deeply into the text, Iyo breaking out the Damage Control signatures is a great way to remind us that she has friends and Rhea's on her own now. The closest parallels I can imagine for Rhea now would be something from Priest, and then beyond that she'd have to dip into Liv-Dom-Raquel or Becky-Charlotte territory.
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3 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said:
Grace isn't that good at this point, Lola would be a better champion
this is an incredibly hot take (if you mean Jordynne, less so if you mean Ariana)
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1 hour ago, Hail Sabin said:
Great breakdown it seems Raquel's forearm or elbow busted her open on the breakup attempt.
The other possibility (credit to someone on Reddit for this) is that it's one of the many tiny pieces of metal on Dakota or Iyo's attire that cut Liv when Raquel was swinging her into them. Either way - and I feel a bit ghoulish in saying this - I think it added to the match.
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6 hours ago, Eivion said:
Not sure where Liv got busted open, but it added a little extra drama to the finishing stretch.
Zapprudering this, she doesn't seem to be bleeding for the Kairopractor (~2:05) but she starts protecting her right temple when Raquel breaks up Kai's pin (~2:13), keeping her arm over it while Raquel is swinging her, and blood is visible at 2:32 when Iyo kicks out. That's when Raquel runs to the other corner to miss her spinning elbow on Kai as the ref checks on Liv. Blood is visible (2:39) before she goes for Oblivion on Kai, and the ref starts pulling on his gloves after that two count (2:57).
... so it might have been friendly fire from Raquel?
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56 minutes ago, Shartnado said:
Am I supposed to like or hate Chelsea Green? I'm getting mixed signals here?!?
You're supposed to feel joy when she's on screen, but it's an open question on if that's because you respect the hustle or enjoy seeing her get pummeled.
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2 minutes ago, hammerva said:
This was another Rumble year where the biggest loser is Def Rebel. Man they did Jaida Parker so dirty on that entrance that I wonder if Rebel is transgender . and what the fuck is that Finn Balor entrance music
yes to all this
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The women's rumble dragged for the sake of giving Nia the huge bolus of eliminations. The NXT women aside from Roxanne didn't get much chance to shine.
Bron looked great. Braun tossing Jacob to clear the deck for Cena was noticeable once it happened.
Other than that, good stuff. The first stomp to Roman outside the ring was NASTY.
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EVOLUTION II - 7/13/2025
in WWE PROGRAMMING
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Concur.
Also, added to the card:
FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Tiffany Stratton (c) v Trish Stratus
NO HOLDS BARRED - Jade Cargill v Naomi
(which really seems like it's doing the storyline backwards; shouldn't this happen after Naomi MITBs Jade?)