Go2Sleep Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 NXT in the MGM Grand or Mandalay Bay would be pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 Is the amphitheater they ran Mania IX in still around? Because HHH might be fully erect for 3 straight hours if he can get a Roman gladiator themed Takeover. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Could be a spoiler for the show tonight Spoiler A certain talent who was recently released of Samoan heritage has been spotted around the PC this past week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 The July 6 NXT will be "Great American Bash" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Joe as the new GM is fine I guess. Hopefully he's just a more spry version of Regal, I'd hate to see any authority figure on the show with a bigger role. If they wanted to try something novel, Joe could hire wrestling security that could properly do their jobs, which seems to be Regal's biggest issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 A propos to nothing, but when Roddy Strong "quit" NXT, was there a plan in place, where that was supposed to lead? Considering Cole was AWOL for a bit there and Fish was ready to return, I figured 3-man UE would move on to one of the main rosters (which would probably work out about as well as Retribution and SaNitY did), but nothing seems to be happening. Can anyone shed a light on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 Dave's reporting that ring entrances have been shortened because HBK said "[a long entrance] gives the audience a chance to check out AEW." For some reason, he also added this was HBK's wife's opinion, because... well, misogyny, I guess? Also, AEW and NXT haven't gone head to head on TV for a couple of months now, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Here is the full blurb Quote One of the reasons the ring entrances have been cut back on as far as time on the NXT TV show is Shawn Michaels felt that long ring entrances gave the viewers more time to check out AEW. Even though that’s no longer an issue, because Michaels is Paul Levesque’s main guy, they have done it with the idea of getting more time for in-ring and angles. Whether this is true or not, within the company the story that has gone around is that it was Rebecca, Shawn’s wife, who was watching the show and told him she thought the ring entrances were too long and giving people too much time to switch stations, and he brought that up to Levesque. Folks trying to make something nefarious out of it is silly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 BTW - Dave confirmed (at least I hadn't seen it confirmed yet) that Mei Ying is Spoiler Karen Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I thought that was common knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 I know that was the speculation but I hadn't seen anyone actually say "It Is Her" Of course I also don't but it past the WWE to make a switch when it comes time for the actual wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 8 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Dave's reporting that ring entrances have been shortened because HBK said "[a long entrance] gives the audience a chance to check out AEW." For some reason, he also added this was HBK's wife's opinion, because... well, misogyny, I guess? Also, AEW and NXT haven't gone head to head on TV for a couple of months now, so... Yet Kross still gets to have his boring interminable entrance. I fast forward through that thing every damn time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Karrion Kross is 2021 Marc Mero. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I hope Karrion Kross' tryout continues to go well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) On 6/18/2021 at 8:43 PM, Ace said: Karrion Kross is 2021 Marc Mero. Kross wishes he had enough charisma to spray-tan himself up and get a silly gimmick over like gangbusters. Edited June 20, 2021 by Eoae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 The day they cross paths on TV is going to be special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: The day they cross paths on TV is going to be special. But I don't want Bivens to die. Edited June 24, 2021 by Eivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 It's gonna be a hell of a thing to watch when it happens though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 In the new WON - Meltzer confirmed that Kross and Reed are both officially on the list to be called up (potentially as part of the draft). Scarlett may or may not be too - it seems like it might depend on if they split them up or not. Here is the blurb Quote NXT heavyweight champion Karrion Kross and North American champion Bronson Reed, along with Scarlett, were at the 6/18 Smackdown tapings. Kross worked a match with Ziggler during the afternoon with the writing staff watching and Reed wrestled Roode. Both are now on the list for being brought up, perhaps in the draft. So they wanted everyone to see what they bring to the table from a live perspective and start coming up with ideas to debut them. People will question how Kross beating the top guys in the company like he was Reigns and then leaving makes sense. I guess we’ll have to wait how it plays out because it is the opposite of what would make usual booking sense right now. This week they were looking at Kross and Scarlett not as a couple as they put Kross in with Benjamin at the Main Event tapings without Scarlett. Kross won that one and the other Main Event bout saw Reed beating Drew Gulak. There was talk of Scarlett getting a look on 6/25 without him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 WWE's trying to take it down. Oof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Given that it makes Karrion Kross looks like nothing I don't blame them. I have to think they are going to put Scarlett and the smoke entrance on the main show because if not then he is screwed before he even started 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, hammerva said: Given that it makes Karrion Kross looks like nothing I don't blame them. I have to think they are going to put Scarlett and the smoke entrance on the main show because if not then he is screwed before he even started Without the spectacle of Karrion Kross's NXT entrance with Scarlett, he's screwed. So nondescript. Edited June 25, 2021 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, The Natural said: Without the spectacle of Karrion Kross's NXT entrance with Scarlett, he's screwed. Like AxB said in the Main Event thread, he had two things going for him and they took them both away. And like I said over there, that sounds about right. As in, that sound exactly like something they would do and then blame Kross for not getting over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Those NXT ring entrances with the very specific camera angles, they probably look very different if you're actually there live. Any time someone's going out of their way to only acknowledge the camera and not involve the people at all, that's going to alienate the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, AxB said: Those NXT ring entrances with the very specific camera angles, they probably look very different if you're actually there live. Any time someone's going out of their way to only acknowledge the camera and not involve the people at all, that's going to alienate the people. Also known as... every WWE TV product in existence. It's a literal rule to not look at any camera outside of hard cam. I agree with you 100% but that's what they want out of the talent. Strict rule, no shit talking to the the camera Harlem Heat style for some reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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