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After his Twitter fiasco this morning, I was really thinking I'd like to see Darren Young get a stint in NXT. Let him concentrate on his ringwork and let him work on his personality in the ring and on the mic. He's never going to be Ric Flair, but based on some of the youtube stuff he's done I think he could be a much more solid hand on TV then they let him be, and 'openly gay strong midcard challenge to the IC title' isn't a bad spot to have filled in a company that pushes BE A STAR so hard. Anyone else ya'll would like to see get that 'career reset in NXT' push?

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WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT guys this is basically the only post that the thread needs.

Is he involved? My knowledge of El Rey stops beyond LU and knowing that they show grindhouse movies.

Oh man, this episode. This might have been my overall favorite of the run so far. The characters are constantly developing, which means that everyone on the roster is potentially a threat. Son of Havoc would be a jobber in the WWE, but in Lucha Underground you believe it when he shows up to kill a guy, because he's fed up by not being able to kill guys. On the other end, Angelico is so much fun. He's got more 'it factor' than he's got flips, and giving him an underdog feud against Ryck or Cage could be so fun. Johnny Mundo and Cuerto get to have a conversation like normal people that don't like each other would actually go AND get to further their rivalry. Also, HAMBONE. Pentagon Jr. gets a video package where he kills The Hard Master and sets off his rivalry with the Arashikage Clan, and then he kills a dude. And then he swears allegiance to a dark master. Hopefully he uses these new dark powers to fight a dragon, or a space alien, or an earthquake survivor that became an avatar of death. Guys these are all things that can happen on this show and god damn it. Honest question: How long is before RZA gets involved in Lucha Underground somehow, even if its just showing up with Danny Trejo in the VIP section? Do you guys remember that line of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter GI Joe figures? Can we have Lucha Underground versions of those? I just realized why I love this show. It is the literal translation of every kid's GI Joe wrestling federation.

It's so, so good. But does it work with Taylor Swift vocals as well as Sami Zayn's does?

I think Balor would get the exact same results if he cut like 80% out. Start with the lights turning on at the top of the ramp and he's already at his spot raising his arms, walk to the ring, and then maaaybe let him sit in the corner and then perch on the turnbuckle. The message still comes across just as strong and it doesn't look as clumsy. Also, again, I love that dude. And Riley is just god awful. He wasn't in an hour long loveless marriage scream fight this week, but we now know he's just as terrible when he doesn't have Renee or Albert to hiss at.

Absolutely on Neville. I love that his high flying and cartwheeling and running all seems LOGICAL, too. I can appreciate a dude that does spots and flippy moves, but every over the top fast thing Neville does seems to make sense in the context of the match, too. It's super impressive.

God, I just looked up that Solomon Crowe promo video...why are we excited about him showing up? Weirdly, Carmella's match might have been the highlight of the show for me. I love that trio. I love that she didn't just randomly show up. She got an origin story: she was Enzo's hairdresser that he had a thing for and then he got her fired via hair removal cream on a dog drama, and to make up for it/try to woo her, he started helping her train at NXT. She had a string of impressive and lucky wins, and then ran into the BLUE PANTS wall, which was completely believable, as she's a rookie that was still cutting hair like 6 months ago. Finn Balor being Coldplay The Wrestler is so spot on. He is doing WAY TOO MUCH and it looks absurd. He looks like a Southern Baptist kid that realized he just wants to do theatre a semester into state college during his entrance. He can't even do parts of it: if you can't walk across the stage backwards without looking over your shoulder, maybe cut that part. It's just annoying because I love the shit out of that guy and then he has to Black Swan for ten minutes before he starts killing people. If they ever let Hideo use the GTS, I want them to do an extreme zoom to his face while he battle yells. He seems to work as a babyface underdog because anytime his music hits my wife comes in and watches and just cringes like he got shot every time he bumps. "Oh he wasn't supposed to land like that..." after the corner bump and subsequent sell. There is nothing better than non fans getting caught up in the show.

That's an interesting exegesis but I didn't get that from the character development at all. All I saw was another big goon saying "I'm gonna kill everyone and take the belt." I got it from his "No one handed me a mask and a cape" line, which they could have made a bigger deal of.

Super good point. I kind of don't even care if they're called the wrong thing as long as he just calls them one thing. You want to call it a frankensteiner? Awesome. Commit to it.

LU is pretty fantastic at building characters at an appropriate pace, if you ask me. I don't want to know everything about Mr. Cisco and his group yet. When they first showed up they were bland hired muscle, but then they turned on Ryck because apparently their loyalty has limits, and they go into business for themselves with Cuerto. Now they're winning trios matches because they have a Shield level ability to work as a team against their opponents. Also Cisco gets really mad if you forget the 'mister' part. I'm digging it. A little bit of what they're all about a few episodes at a time.

Just watched Book of Life and it was a lot of fun. It didn't know what kind of movie it wanted to be, so it kind of tried to be Cloudy with a Chance of Toy Stories About Dragon Training, but despite the identity crisis it's worth watching, if only to see Ice Cube voice a friendly god.

I'm only interested in a Hogan/Big Show monster truck rematch.

Nikki throws some mean forearms. I never thought I'd dig a Bella in the ring.

I'm glad you brought it back around to being ashamed

If ah had mah druthers, the cast would have 100% more Cecily Strong

How many fat leading men are there? Solid list of commercially viable big comedy dudes, and thank you for it. If you want to take it back further? Belushi. Farley. But, that's not really the point. The point is how often does everyone rail against Chris Farley as that fat unfunny guy that does the same fat unfunny thing over and over again in as negative a way as they do McCarthy online? I just don't see what Melissa McCarthy has to be 'ashamed' of for finding her Matt Foley character and taking it to the bank. Now that I think about it, wasn't there a mythical 'Ghostbusters 3' starring Farley and Stiller and a few of those guys where the old school Busters show them the ropes rumored for ages?

god why did I even bother responding when they already sent a poet

I think the takeaway here is that only male actors are allowed to be fat and crude and be praised for it. It's a shame that Chris Farley is dead so he can't personally shame Melissa McCarthy for not staying in Stars Hollow for her entire career because being a loud fat person is HIS gig. It's fat GUY in a little coat not fat...fat... It's fat GUY.

I completely agree that the Sting match should be a tag, but I don't think they'll walk away from that one big WWE match for Sting, and that's got to be a singles deal.

Cool segment, which gave us back "i don't say much and just wink at Renee' Roman, which is what he's supposed to be. But that segment was alllllllllll Paul Heyman. Earlier in the night Roman happy clappy said the WWE Universe buys a ticket and can give him mixed reactions and held up a powder blue 'never give up' shirt. Annnnd it suuuuucked. Has Reigns ever had a main event singles match? I honestly can't think of one, and that is sort of terrifying. I hope the dude proves us wrong, but from a business standpoint, asking him to carry the main event at Mania is terrifying to me. Also, where are the good Rusev matches? Wha? You don't even need full matches, just gifs of him hitting Big Show in the face with standing dropkicks. as pretty as Lana

Vince's dream has finally come true: mainstream media is treating his product like they would any other kind of TV show, and unfortunately he's been booking the last season of Dexter since last Mania.

Even before the hilarious outcome, I thought the Rumble was just sort of bad. There was no interesting flow, no real stories...If you're going to build it around being Bray Wyatt's to dominate, why not give him and Rusev that Kane/Big Show spot? Bray, Rusev, Roman, and Dean could have at least been a hot final four. I was surprised at how jarring it was to see a company carrying talker step back to 'slightly retarded murderer' when Bubba Ray was in the ring. Also, Rusev pulling a chickenshit heel ambush was frustratingly out of character for him. But given the company, that seems like a ridiculous thing to complain about.

Eh, WWE has been carried for 10 years by a guy that exclusively wrestles in jorts and khaki shorts. KO will do fine in a t-shirt and shorts.