Dolfan in NYC Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Balor/Kross tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 The opening tag match was good. Poor Shotzi. All the other ladies matches were squashy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKERyan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Jesus Karrion Kross is fucking lame 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I think it was here that I read that Karrion Kross is an entrance and nothing more and honestly, that couldn't be closer to the truth. I love the entrance, the whole presentation of it. Then when he starts wrestling it just does.....nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said: I think it was here that I read that Karrion Kross is an entrance and nothing more and honestly, that couldn't be closer to the truth. I love the entrance, the whole presentation of it. Then when he starts wrestling it just does.....nothing. I've said that a few times here, but I'm fairly sure other people put it out there before i did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Is Kross NXT's Ultimate Warrior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKERyan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just such an HHH wet dream. Muscle guy with shitty tats doing pseudo shoot/MMA gladiator cosplay with his weird goth wife. Move them both to fucking Raw already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hail Sabin said: Is Kross NXT's Ultimate Warrior? I know what you're getting at, but Kross has a fraction of Warrior's charisma and is nowhere near as good a promo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Killer Klown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Raquel/Dakota vs. Ember/Shotzi was good, and I loved Raquel murdering Shotzi post match. Fish/Dunne seemed solid enough. Franky looked ok in her debut. Mercedes had a nice squash. Curious to see where things go with the Tian Sha angle. The Million Dollar faceoff was something. Did Grimes kind of turn face? Glad to see Escobar aiming for the NA belt. That little dig at Canada amused me. Hit Row wanting all the gold is nice. Wouldn't mind seeing Swerve aim for the NXT belt instead of the NA. Balor/Kross annoyed me a bit with Kross's monster no sell moments which just aren't quite believable with him. That said, I thought it was better than their Takeover match and generally solid-good, probably Kross's best performance in NXT so far. I still would rather him not be NXT champ or even in NXT. He fits the main roster more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 This is perfection. "Do you want to take a swing at me?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodear Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 10 hours ago, Eivion said: The Million Dollar faceoff was something. Did Grimes kind of turn face? If they weren't trying to do that, they totally blew it. Grimes is too much fun for an unsympathetic face to work with and not make the face the bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 "With money, I could treat people terribly, Ted, and they would still like me!" Love the legitimate laugh that drew from the crowd. What a delivery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 NXT is full of midcarders and tag teams I dig. And their women's division is consistently great. So I really don't understand why I find the top of the card so dull. I don't even dislike Cole, really. He wouldn't be my choice to take the belt back, but I'd prefer him to Cross, O'Reilly, Ciampa, any of the Brits, etc. I wish Balor was on the show more. He seems to be an occasional attraction more than a regular. I'd be all in for Bronson Reed squashing Cross with a top-rope splash. I'm really hoping they elevate him and Escobar. What happened to Roderick Strong? Last time I saw him, he was doing a segment with Regal where he was (kayfabe?) quitting NXT. Has he been on WWE tv since? I feel like I must have missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Count me in on the band wagon, Killer Kross does nothing for me. Great entrance & presentation. Then the bell rings and it's the dullest work I can ever remember seeing. He's like a cooler Nathan Jones or Luther Reigns. Just big and boring and generic work in the ring. While Baron Corbin is the gold standard for a boring character, Corbin could at least bring it in the ring (in NXT). Kross is like 3 or 4 levels below Corbin, work wise. NXT has an interesting problem once they return to the road. They have over acts and fun characters in the Women's division and the lower card. But none of their main event guys have much steam. Watching last night I was wondering what about this roster would draw? Like the women, The Way, Hit Row, & Cameron Grimes are the acts clicking with me the most. Finn has been kind of boring. Kross is paint drying boring. Even Cole & O'Riley have been over exposed and don't have much steam. I just don't see much life at the top of the card. Am I missing something or do other people feel this way too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Add my voice to the choir, Karrion Kross apart from his entrance sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I don't know if it's just me or not but I find Shotzi's character to be terribly inauthentic and too "try hard". The cringe worthy howling, the tank riding, etc just scream "look at me! I'm so different! Look! For real, I am!" I enjoy her in-ring work but her gimmick just doesn't do it for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKERyan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, cwoy2j said: I don't know if it's just me or not but I find Shotzi's character to be terribly inauthentic and too "try hard". The cringe worthy howling, the tank riding, etc just scream "look at me! I'm so different! Look! For real, I am!" I enjoy her in-ring work but her gimmick just doesn't do it for me. Definitely not just you. Other woman have done the punk rock gimmick much more naturally IMO, Christina Von Erie, Ruby Riot, even AJ Lee to an extent, but everything Shotzi does seems so forced. Like, what the fuck does “welcome to the ball pit” even mean? Edited May 26, 2021 by MKERyan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 26 minutes ago, MKERyan said: Definitely not just you. Other woman have done the punk rock gimmick much more naturally IMO, Christina Von Erie, Ruby Riot, even AJ Lee to an extent, but everything Shotzi does seems so forced. Like, what the fuck does “welcome to the ball pit” even mean? She's like how 1994-95 DDP was in my opinion. He'd come to the ring with a million "gimmicks". He had a cigar, a fancy coat, a bodyguard, a hot valet who held up 10 signs, chewing gum, loud sunglasses, etc but he didn't really have a character per se. Shotzi has a lot of accoutrements but not a really well defined character. I think they really need to give her a good storyline other than "someone stole my tank" to sink her teeth into so that she can develop that aspect of her game. Sorta like how DDP dropped a lot of the excess crap and developed his character when they started the nWo recruitment/eventual turn down angle with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Kross is one of the most beige wrestlers out there with just a bland look and no personality other just being angry man. What exacerbates this is him being paired with one of the most stunning women in wrestling in Scarlett, it just makes the fact that he's a walking tub of plain yogurt more obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Plus his name is kinda dumb if you think about it. I know it's spelled differently but it's clearly a play on "carrion" which is a dead animal that other animals eat. Shouldn't he be turning people into dead meat instead of calling himself that? I know they couldn't use the "Killer" moniker he had before but surely they could've come up with something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 It's nothing to do with dead animals. He's actually a big fan of Carry On films. Sid James and that. (This is a very dated, very British reference). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 8 hours ago, MKERyan said: Definitely not just you. Other woman have done the punk rock gimmick much more naturally IMO, Christina Von Erie, Ruby Riot, even AJ Lee to an extent, but everything Shotzi does seems so forced. Like, what the fuck does “welcome to the ball pit” even mean? I think she's a natural riot grrl type. Her insane bumps show her to be truly wild. she probably used to whoop ass in, you know.. the ball pit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I think the Ball Pit thing is her trying to PG her indie gimmick (The Ballzy Badass) where she would pretend she had giant metaphorical testicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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