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[serenewarfare]

I'll stay off twitter then, I don't want any spoilers

I'm gonna post some stuff here (anything notable, not just random match results), but it'll be heavily tagged.

 

[Oersted]

I will DM you the results Pikma

 

[Pikma]

I will DM you the results Pikma

Reported

 

[Dental Plan]

Waifu?

Japanese term for wife/wifey.

 

[Rhaknar]

how old is Kairi anyway, she looks young.

 

[Dental Plan]

 

[Heroman]

A pirate gimmick will be death on the main roster, Death!!!!!

 

[somedevil]

how old is Kairi anyway, she looks young.

29 this september

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

My waifu hasn't been on TV in over a year

 

[Angry Grimace]

Kairi Sane/Hojo interview with WWE.com

http://www.wwe.com/videos/kairi-sane-is-ready-to-drop-diving-elbows-to-your-heart-s-delight

Pirate Princess gimmick is out in full force. Also laying the groundwork if they want to put her against Asuka.

I don't think Kairi has ever had a match with Asuka.

 

[Sinatar]

The AAA Triplemania marathon is live.

English
Español

 

[Oersted]

A pirate gimmick will be death on the main roster, Death!!!!!

She can wear it

And its not that far away from the stuff Charlotte is having

 

[half a moon]

Finna watch WM 99-2011 starting with 2011.

My waifu hasn't been on TV in over a year

Summer Ray?

 

[serenewarfare]

Smallman is in the NXT crowd tonight

I don't think Kairi has ever had a match with Asuka.

She has not.

 

[Dental Plan]

A pirate gimmick will be death on the main roster, Death!!!!!

Papa Vince, please don't ruin my new waifu.

 

[serenewarfare]

A pirate gimmick will be death on the main roster, Death!!!!!

She even says in the interview it's more of a nickname than a gimmick. It's mostly just her entrance. It's not like she wrestles like a pirate or anything. lol

She'll be fine on that front.

 

[Nocturnowl]

A pirate gimmick will be death on the main roster, Death!!!!!

HE WAS OVER DAMMIT!

 

[travislopes]

NXT tapings starting shortly. Excited to see what direction they take.

Jazzy won a dark match. Apparently she got a gigantic reaction.

I'm so pissed I got stuck in some traffic on the way here and missed that.

 

[Brian_FETO]

It's mostly just her entrance. It's not like she wrestles like a pirate or anything. lol

not yet!

 

[Oersted]

My waifu hasn't been on TV in over a year

Paige?

Has it been a year?

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Summer Ray?

Paige?

Has it been a year?

half a moon was right

 

[somedevil]

half a moon was right

She is healthy and just needs a storyline. Right now she is in las vegas doing a esports celebirty boot camp thing with noelle foley:

 

[Data West]

She is healthy and just needs a storyline. Right now she is in las vegas doing a esports celebirty boot camp thing with noelle foley:

 

[Heroman]

She even says in the interview it's more of a nickname than a gimmick. It's mostly just her entrance. It's not like she wrestles like a pirate or anything. lol

She'll be fine on that front.

Vince will watch a takeover or s episode of NXT and see her doing a pirate thing her faith will be sealed.

 

[serenewarfare]

Vince will watch a takeover or s episode of NXT and see her doing a pirate thing her faith will be sealed.

Gimmicks almost never change between NXT and the main roster. And Triple H is not going to give her a pirate gimmick.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

She is healthy and just needs a storyline. Right now she is in las vegas doing a esports celebirty boot camp thing with noelle foley:

I wish they'd use her. She's decent in the ring and always one of the better women mic workers they had.

 

[serenewarfare]

Assuming they are taping in order, this is next week's NXT TV lineup (no result spoilers):

Spoiler

Peyton Royce vs. Ruby Riot
Heavy Machinery vs. jobbers
Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong

 

[Lashley]

Assuming they are taping in order, this is next week's NXT TV lineup (no result spoilers):

Spoiler

Peyton Royce vs. Ruby Riot
Heavy Machinery vs. jobbers
Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong

ooo sounds good

especially that 3rd one

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Assuming they are taping in order, this is next week's NXT TV lineup (no result spoilers):

Spoiler

Peyton Royce vs. Ruby Riot
Heavy Machinery vs. jobbers
Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong

Spoiler

call iconic duo up dammit

 

[ratcliffja]

Assuming they are taping in order, this is next week's NXT TV lineup (no result spoilers):

Spoiler

Peyton Royce vs. Ruby Riot
Heavy Machinery vs. jobbers
Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong

Well that explains why

Spoiler

Bobby isn't feuding with AJ immediately. It looks like he needs to finish out his NXT stuff first before he gets fully into the main roster.

 

[half a moon]

Spoiler

call iconic duo up dammit

Spoiler

fire them they suck

 

[serenewarfare]

Well that explains why

Spoiler

Bobby isn't feuding with AJ immediately. It looks like he needs to finish out his NXT stuff first before he gets fully into the main roster.

We knew that already. Bobby said last night on NXT that he wanted to have a match with Strong and his rematch with McIntyre before he left for SD for good.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Kairi's gimmick on NXT: She cosplays as a pirate, but is just a peppy super positive babyface who will never take the low road.
Kairi's gimmick on RAW/Smackdown: She swings into the ring on a rope and cuts promos revolving around pirate phrases in broken English. Alexa calls her a dork for it, Kairi loses clean and the audience side with Alexa.

 

[ratcliffja]

We knew that already. Bobby said last night on NXT that he wanted to have a match with Strong and his rematch with McIntyre before he left for SD for good.

Oh I keep forgetting that NXT is on Wednesdays. I rarely catch the weekly show in lieu of Takeovers. Was this week's worth watching?

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

#throwback

Kairi's gimmick on NXT: She cosplays as a pirate, but is just a peppy super positive babyface who will never take the low road.
Kairi's gimmick on RAW/Smackdown: She swings into the ring on a rope and cuts promos revolving around pirate phrases in broken English. Alexa calls her a dork for it, Kairi loses clean and the audience side with Alexa.

i'd pop for that part

Spoiler

fire them they suck

i thought we were friends

 

[serenewarfare]

Kairi's gimmick on NXT: She cosplays as a pirate, but is just a peppy super positive babyface who will never take the low road.
Kairi's gimmick on RAW/Smackdown: She swings into the ring on a rope and cuts promos revolving around pirate phrases in broken English. Alexa calls her a dork for it, Kairi loses clean and the audience side with Alexa.

Who in the past had a different gimmick on the main roster than they did on NXT? I don't think anyone actually.

 

[JohnDrake]

Who in the past had a different gimmick on the main roster than they did on NXT? I don't think anyone actually.

Ascension?

 

[SallyIsNow]

Futurama should have stayed dead.

 

[Lashley]

Oh I keep forgetting that NXT is on Wednesdays. I rarely catch the weekly show in lieu of Takeovers. Was this week's worth watching?

nah

 

[serenewarfare]

Ascension?

They were pretty much the same. Maybe slight adjustment, but they were Road Warrior ripoffs in NXT and Road Warrior ripoffs on the main roster.

 

[travislopes]

Assuming they are taping in order, this is next week's NXT TV lineup (no result spoilers):

Spoiler

Peyton Royce vs. Ruby Riot
Heavy Machinery vs. jobbers
Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong

Spoiler

While not as great as their last TV match for the title, that Roode vs Strong match was very good.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Futurama should have stayed dead.

Absolutely.

 

[JohnDrake]

We knew that already. Bobby said last night on NXT that he wanted to have a match with Strong and his rematch with McIntyre before he left for SD for good.

This means we will have Roode on NXT until September 6?

I guess two more weeks of beating jobbers on SD.

 

[SilentMike03]

Please Papa Haitch, give me some Kairi and Dakota Kai matches.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Who in the past had a different gimmick on the main roster than they did on NXT? I don't think anyone actually.

People keep the NXT gimmicks but lose everything that made them work? Sasha and Bayley are the ones that come to mind from the women's division. In NXT Bray constantly developed his character and pushed things forward even though he never achieved much, Neville only got to do his thing in 205, Sami's gone from the best babyface on the roster to a fucking dweeb.

NXT builds people and then Vince knocks them down. I think most of the exceptions are the competitors who didn't do well in NXT but were called up. For example Russev was shit in NXT, but an amazing heel on the main shows until Cena killed him off.

Ascension?

Ascension only got over ironically in NXT due to Victor's "Yeahs!" Their comedy work on the Fashion Files is the only time they've been great.

 

[serenewarfare]

People keep the NXT gimmicks but lose everything that made them work? Sasha and Bayley are the ones that come to mind from the women's division. In NXT Bray constantly changed angle, Neville only got to do his thing in 205, Sami's gone from the best babyface on the roster to a fucking dweeb.

NXT builds people and then Vince knocks them down. I think most of the exceptions are the competitors who didn't do well in NXT but were called up. For example Russev was shit in NXT, but an amazing heel on the main shows until Cena killed him off.

I'm not saying who will and will not be booked poorly. But a wholesale gimmick change for someone like Kairi won't happen. Vince misses the nuance and small touches. He doesn't change things completely. It's needless cynicism. There's absolutely zero precedent for it.

There's tons of things to worry about in terms of Vince fucking up a given talent. A gimmick change coming out of NXT is not one of them.

 

[Nocturnowl]

NXT wrasslers keep their general character when going to the main roster, they just lose the booking that supports it more often than not.
RIP Bayley.

 

[serenewarfare]

At the NXT tapings, they are teasing that

Spoiler

Roddy is involved with the ROH guys. He came out at the beginning of the show and confronted McIntyre, then after he beat Roode, McIntyre came out to stare him down and was jumped by the ROH group.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

I'm not saying who will and will not be booked poorly. But a wholesale gimmick change for someone like Kairi won't happen. Vince misses the nuance and small touches. He doesn't change things completely. It's needless cynicism. There's absolutely zero precedent for it.

There's tons of things to worry about in terms of Vince fucking up a given talent. A gimmick change coming out of NXT is not one of them.

My post didn't suggest that she'd change her gimmick though? I just pointed out how her gimmick will be booked differently.

 

[serenewarfare]

My post didn't suggest that she'd change her gimmick though? I just pointed out how her gimmick will be booked differently.

Yeah, but there's an ocean of difference between "her entrance attire is pirate-like" and "her gimmick is that she is a pirate and does pirate things and wrestles like a pirate". No one, not even the most fucked up characters like Bayley, have changed to that degree.

And it's less a response to you and more to the general idea.