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  1. I definitely appreciate the diversity of answers to my question, although it's what I expected. I was just trying to come up with a top 10 network-era (starting at Arrival) NXT matches in my head to kill some time while driving and I realized either Sami or Sasha was in like my top 8. It gets tough after that.

    My top choices were Balor/Owens from the 3/25/15 weekly show and Bayley/Asuka from Dallas.

  2. Nia definitely worked a lot stiffer in some spots, which is probably the easiest thing she can do to look a lot better. She's the biggest woman in the division, so her offense needs to look like it hurts, plus weak shit won't fly against Asuka. I feel like the Nia/Bayley match was a few minutes too long. There were some good stretches, but also some parts where Nia didn't know where to go with the filler. Nia's still a little ways off, but I like that you can see noticeable improvements from 3 months ago.

    Aries was great in his match as well. He told the whole story with his face, and his subtle frustration contrasted nicely with Nakamura's eccentric aloofness.

  3. When they do their "Mean Tweets" segment, they need to tell the wrestlers that the humor is in a deadpan read, not a butthurt retort to a months old tweet. AJ Styles gets it, though. I've always thought he was underrated when it came to comedy.

    I'm sad there's no immediate plans for a second season. Like I said in another thread, it was definitely the best network original that wasn't just a glorified shoot interview.

     

  4. Depending on how loose your definition is, there could be 5.

    • Dolph/Baron No DQ (not sure if this is pre-show)
    • IC 4-way (probably won't see anything "extreme" but no DQ/CO is inherent to this type of match)
    • Charlotte/Natty Sub (see above)
    • Ambrose Asylum
    • The WWE title match
  5. I think Sheamus is due for a regression. He's been pushed pretty solidly as an upper midcarder for over a year, including MITB and a brief run with the strap that bombed. There isn't much for him to do right now and with the emphasis on the "new generation," there aren't many guys who exemplify early 2010s staleness better than Sheamus. Del Rio is in the same boat.

  6. How the FUCK has everyone forgotten R-Evolution???

    I mean if you put the matches from that show and Brooklyn or Dallas side by side, it might come up a little short but definitely not by much. Combine that with all the great storyline stuff on the show, and I'd easily rank it as the best NXT show ever. You had Kevin Owens debuting as a massively over face in a surprisingly fun match with CJ Parker that had hardway blood and everything. You had the first ever "demon" sighting from Finn. You had a breakout performance from Sasha Banks. You had the Zayn/Neville title match that I'd put among the best matches in NXT history and played out with a perfect feel-good moment. Then you end the show with an epic turn that leaves the crowd in stunned silence, as Owens went from the next big face to the only big heel in seconds. Not to mention the great production trick of doing it all after the copyright graphic had shown. It's one thing to line up a show that's just "great match, great match, great match," but a show that has great matches with this level of storytelling and breakout moments that really set the tone for the future of a promotion... That is pro-wrestling at the highest level.

    Rival is underrated for similar reasons. The women's 4-way is the ultimate "horsewomen" match and put over Sasha strong and Owens/Zayn was another masterful piece of storytelling and excellent character work from both guys.

    My top 5 would be:

    1. R-Evolution
    2. Brooklyn
    3. Rival
    4. Dallas
    5. Respect
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  7. If Gallows and Anderson are repeatedly losing so there's a reason for Finn to come in and put the group over the top, it makes sense.

    Owens seems like a guy who's making it to the top no matter what's in front of him. He's a great heel, but the crowds are just dying to cheer for him.

    Also, lol at Byron Saxton trying to use a contemporary reference and mispronouncing Rougned Odor's name.

  8. 2 hours ago, JonnyLaw said:

    Edge said somewhere he doubted there would be a season 2 any time soon.  They apparently did a lot of the writing/editing etc... themselves, and it was very time-consuming.

    Guess that explains why it was was the best network original series that wasn't some variation of a shoot interview.

    Oh well, better to have loved and lost.

  9. I was going through the KOTRs recently, and found a real hidden gem of Owen vs. 123 Kid in 94. It's definitely on the short list for my favorite sub-5-minute match. Kid works an injury angle as a big underdog, and Owen wrestles like the favorite to win the tournament. The pace is really good and there were a lot of good move sequences that seemed really out of place (in a good way) in mid 90s WWF. Opened with back to back dives by the heel, some sharp kicks from Kid, and my favorite spot of Owen catching a heel kick attempt and turning it into a deadlift high angle German. Super fun match that I totally wasn't expecting.

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  10. 1 hour ago, RIPPA said:

    He said Garcia was one of the names he was told was coming in the 2nd batch of folks (that ended up being Brawler, Christian)

    Is this just a formality on his active wrestler deal, or is he out completely? I'm worried about the future of the E/C show...

  11. 6 hours ago, Red is Dead said:

    Agreed. The match needs a stip in it.

    So what are we thinking. Cage or loser leaves?

    I think with an arena brawl setup, it'll probably be a street fight or falls count anywhere. I think those two could do a really good last man standing if they wanna combine everything for a definitive feud-ender. The loser leaves stip could be tacked on to anything, but it seems unnecessary since it looks like Finn is heading out soon one way or the other.

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  12. Michael Buffer has a great voice, but you can tell he didn't know shit about wrestling. Also whoever wrote his cue cards was terrible too. If he had to read special rules or stipulations it was always super awkward like English wasn't his first language or something. I guess if he wrote his own cards, he was really terrible.

    On the good side, nothing beats Howard Finkel introducing the Undertaker or declaring a NEEEEEEWWWWW World Wrestling Federation champion.

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  13. Chimel had a good "Jaaaaahn Cena" too.

    When they fired/didn't renew Roberts, I remember reports saying they were going "in a different direction." It seemed like that meant "young pretty women," but they've really homogenized how everyone sounds since then too. Didn't really hit me until I listened to Melissa Santos in LU, but no one in WWE as any unique little quirks anymore. Everyone gets introduced the same way from NXT all the way up the line (with the exception of name changes like Cass). I wonder if they have a voice coach or somebody that wrote a master list of intros with inflection cues and everything.

  14. The one thing you can't deny about Jose is that he is over. The gimmick as is has a pretty low ceiling, but it's always good to have wrestlers that are over up and down the card. Even if he becomes another Ty Dillinger, that's still a worthwhile role.

    Even though I find the Drifter boring personally, I don't object to his use as a JTTS. If the crowd cares about the jobber, they care more about the guy who's beating him, which is always a good thing.

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