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[giancarlo123x]

NXT Miami was pretty fun tonight. Some pretty funny dudes in my section and I admit they made me chuckle a few times... Matches were pretty good and things started out great with Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin. Sami cheered like crazy and Baron Corbin was mostly booed.

Carmella and her partner facing Emma and Billy Kay was okay. Riddick Moss vs Rick Swann was alright too. Then American Alpha versus The Revival was pretty damn good while it lasted. Ended with a draw with Gable and Dawson's shoulder on the mat. Post match ended with Gable and Jordan getting the better of the Revival...

Bayley had probably the biggest cheers of the night. Took on Nya Jax and won with her belly to bayley which was surprising. My boy Tye Dillinger faced La Sombra and Dillinger made him look great. Crowd responded pretty good to La Sombra after a while.

Joe vs Balor was main event and the crowd jeering at Joe because he wore green because it was Saint Patty's day... And by singing him Happy Birthday during the match. He played along and yelled at our section too stop. He lost, and post match was Finn Balor having the crowd singing happy birthday to Joe again and then singing a song for Saint Patty's day. NXT is going to WBP tomorrow... I want to go but... I think I will be fine.

Fun show and hopefully NXT does a TV taping down here in Miami. And hopefully I can catch Takeover live next year at Orlando during WM weekend next year.

I'm going to the wpb show later, I didn't think there would be a chance got Zayn to show up since he's on the main roster so this excites me! Gable is quickly becoming my favorite all around in wwe so I'm excited to see him for the first time.

 

[JavyOO7]

I'm going to the wpb show later, I didn't think there would be a chance got Zayn to show up since he's on the main roster so this excites me! Gable is quickly becoming my favorite all around in wwe so I'm excited to see him for the first time.

Oh man, Gable is incredible. He just looked like a big star every time he was in the ring yesterday. Very evident. Jordan is getting there too.

edit - and have fun tonight at the wbp show! The Miami show went by really fast and was bummed out it was all over so soon. The NXT roster knows how to put on a fun show.

 

[FlammableD]

The burial of Jimmy Barnett at the start of Chapter 20 was something I was not expecting and left me legit shook.

I kinda like Jimmy.

Me too. The new commentary consistently blows out my eardrums, from my TV.

 

[Kurita]

Remember when R-Truth was a psycho heel feuding with Cena for the belt? 2011 was weird

 

[Nocturnowl]

Remember when R-Truth was a psycho heel feuding with Cena for the belt? 2011 was weird

Deadly bottles of water and smoking in front of the kiddies, it was a classic yet short lived experience.

 

[Browny]

Deadly bottles of water and smoking in front of the kiddies, it was a classic yet short lived experience.

Crazy R-Truth was brilliant. And that heel turn was so well done; up there with Mark Henry as memorable turns of the past few years.

 

[British Monsoon]

Me too. The new commentary consistently blows out my eardrums, from my TV.

It's a complete contrast - Jim was subdued, Glenn & RJ react way too loudly.

 

[FlammableD]

It's a complete contrast - Jim was subdued, Glenn & RJ react way too loudly.

They need to get some proper compression on there I guess? (I'm not an audio engineer) Like Excalibur loses his shit from time to time, but it's not as grating.

 

[British Monsoon]

Agreed, they could do with sorting out the audio for the Manchester shows as well - it's a bigger building, but even Jim's mic sounds bad during the intros. Guess it's just teething problems with the new venue and doing live commentary, hopefully they'll figure it out.

 

[The Elite]

On Monday's RAW it was advertised that the WWE Network will feature 7 hours of WrestleMania coverage and the Hall of Fame ceremony, but NXT Takeover: Dallas got no mention. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that a lot of people within the company are openly unhappy that the NXT event was not promoted on RAW.

Either someone simply forgot to include NXT Takeover in their WrestleMania week lineup, or someone in WWE felt it wasn't important enough. One conspiracy theory is that Kevin Dunn may have made the decision to leave Takeover off the promotional video on RAW. NXT is considered to be Triple H's project, and Dunn has nothing to do with the NXT product.

Meltzer noted that the feeling within WWE is that Dunn will likely be let go when Triple H and Stephanie McMahon eventually take over the company.

NXT Takeover: Dallas will take place on April 1 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, and will feature Shinsuke Nakamura’s debut.

http://rajah.com/node/51295

I can dream of better days.

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[FlammableD]

This indy is the weirdest.

 

[British Monsoon]

I'm not the hugest fan of Kotaro, but that match should be very good. And yeah, they're a weird-ass promotion - I'm going to watch the show with Omega/Haskins and Pentagon/Drago shortly, but it also has a 20 minute Tatanka match. And Robbie E. Weird.

 

[FlammableD]

I'm not the hugest fan of Kotaro, but that match should be very good. And yeah, they're a weird-ass promotion - I'm going to watch the show with Omega/Haskins and Pentagon/Drago shortly, but it also has a 20 minute Tatanka match. And Robbie E. Weird.

Christ, that Tatanka match went 20 minutes? I will never understand how these places run. I might have to check this out, Omega Haskins sounds like a fun time.

 

[Fox318]

Honestly I'd take Rogan over punk any day.

Dude has been doing some type of martial arts for his entire life.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

*stands up*

I have a confession to make. When I was younger...I preferred DX to the Nation of Domination.

*cry*

I'm proud of you for being honest. It takes a lot of guts to come up here and say something so fucking terrible and stupid that it'll scar you to the end of days.

Bishoptl, I think his tag needs an adjustment in light of this new, horrifying information.

 

[Browny]

I'm proud of you for being honest. It takes a lot of guts to come up here and say something so fucking terrible and stupid that it'll scar you to the end of days.

Bishoptl, I think his tag needs an adjustment in light of this new, horrifying information.

"... and a degree in bad taste."

 

[Kaladin]

Last night I caught up on Lucha Underground up to this week's episode. That triple threat was something else. Looking forward to Mil vs Fenix, and mother fucking Aztec Warfare.

On a side note, I discovered that after a while Sling TV removes the commercials from their back episodes.

 

[jmdajr]

Well.....

IT'S FRIDAY!

 

[sf2fanatic]

Well.....

IT'S FRIDAY!

Yes!!!!!

And I took the day off from work!!!

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[jmdajr]

 

[slightconfuse]

Suzuiki trying out for the next season of sentai

 

[Fox318]

Somebody should slip Bruce a card that calls him CM " HEY PHIL" Brooks

 

[Sephzilla]

If Punk somehow wins his first UFC fight

Spoiler

assuming he ever fights

the salt from WrassleGAF is going to be amazing.

 

[rrc1594]

He still uses his ring name as his UFC name? What a carny.

 

[FlammableD]

LOL I remember that segment. Good callback.

 

[jmdajr]

Imagine being the guy who lost to Phil.

 

[Bluekaveli]

If Punk somehow wins his first UFC fight

Spoiler

assuming he ever fights

the salt from WrassleGAF is going to be amazing.

He will. Then maybe everyone who thinks they he owes them something can stfu. It's his life. Don't you forget. It never ends. It's his life.

 

[bjork]

These same fans who chant rocky sucks over and over will cheer his name one day. I just know it.

Not me.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Not me.

I challenge you to go watch this match

 

[¡HarlequinPanic!]

Think Kevin James will make it in the next UFC game?

 

[jmdajr]

Hmmm didn't know this.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the reason the WWE Roadblock match between Brock Lesnar and Bray Wyatt was changed to a handicap match is because Bray is working with a “pretty signifcant” back injury.

Guess that's why Wyatt/Brock isn't a Mania program anymore.

 

[Browny]

Just been listening to the OSW pod on the Russo Reboot Thunder, and they explain that Jeff Jarrett's gimmick of "slapnuts" and "the stroke" was all about masturbation. I had no idea...

 

[bjork]

I challenge you to go watch this match

At least this didn't happen over and over to the point of being bored to death like Rock's promos.

heel biker taker is literally, LITERALLY the only good Undertaker

Original no-tattoos undertaker with the grey gloves is the king. Barely ever spoke, and usually he's just planing some wood for a casket while Paul Bearer is going apeshit. I ate that stuff up. Then he came out with the purple and everything went sideways with his character from there.

 

[Sephzilla]

heel biker taker is literally, LITERALLY the only good Undertaker

this is factually incorrect

Original no-tattoos undertaker with the grey gloves is the king. Barely ever spoke, and usually he's just planing some wood for a casket while Paul Bearer is going apeshit. I ate that stuff up. Then he came out with the purple and everything went sideways with his character from there.

Grey Taker and early Purple Taker is the best and probably most consistent version of the Taker character. Mostly because he acted like a slow monster during his intro and then didn't turn into a wannabe MMA fighter once the bell rang. But man, that slow and methodical pace of his was boring as shit if you weren't a 10 year old who still somehow thought everything was real.

Best Taker is probably Old Man Taker circa the WM24 through WM26 run era.

 

[Bluekaveli]

At least this didn't happen over and over to the point of being bored to death like Rock's promos.



Original no-tattoos undertaker with the grey gloves is the king. Barely ever spoke, and usually he's just planing some wood for a casket while Paul Bearer is going apeshit. I ate that stuff up. Then he came out with the purple and everything went sideways with his character from there.

 

[Fox318]

If Punk somehow wins his first UFC fight

Spoiler

assuming he ever fights

the salt from WrassleGAF is going to be amazing.

He won't win.

 

[Angry Grimace]

If Punk somehow wins his first UFC fight

Spoiler

assuming he ever fights

the salt from WrassleGAF is going to be amazing.

He probably will they're going to assign him a can.

CM Punk in UFC is equally as carny as Lesnar being in a "street fight" at WrestleMania, or the CEO's son fighting the Undertaker.

 

[Bluekaveli]

So the original Sin Cara pulled a gun out on Alberto in Mexico. Holy shit.

 

[Fox318]

He probably will they're going to assign him a can.

CM Punk in UFC is equally as carny as Lesnar being in a "street fight" at WrestleMania, or the CEO's son fighting the Undertaker.

Here is Gall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtG_UEENG5Y

 

[bjork]

Grey Taker and early Purple Taker is the best and probably most consistent version of the Taker character. Mostly because he acted like a slow monster during his intro and then didn't turn into a wannabe MMA fighter once the bell rang. But man, that slow and methodical pace of his was boring as shit if you weren't a 10 year old who still somehow thought everything was real.

Best Taker is probably Old Man Taker circa the WM24 through WM26 run era.

I liked original Undertaker because he was basically the ultimate culmination of what a WWF wrestler needed to be. He was a dude who could throw other dudes around, but all his stuff was themed around his character. He's an undertaker and his manager is called Paul Bearer, goddamned hilarious. An urn to give him powers, putting dudes in body bags and coffins. It was the exact right blend of awesome and stupid that wrestling is lacking nowadays.

He is probably the last character like that, that they got right. We were talking about Ted and Perfect being great examples yesterday, but up to a point, UT fits in there too. I like to pretend that the real UT died at 1994 Royal Rumble and so they got a new guy after that. Two, even, to have that summerslam match.

 

[Sephzilla]

I liked original Undertaker because he was basically the ultimate culmination of what a WWF wrestler needed to be. He was a dude who could throw other dudes around, but all his stuff was themed around his character. He's an undertaker and his manager is called Paul Bearer, goddamned hilarious. An urn to give him powers, putting dudes in body bags and coffins. It was the exact right blend of awesome and stupid that wrestling is lacking nowadays.

He is probably the last character like that, that they got right. We were talking about Ted and Perfect being great examples yesterday, but up to a point, UT fits in there too. I like to pretend that the real UT died at 1994 Royal Rumble and so they got a new guy after that. Two, even, to have that summerslam match.

You're pretty damn spot on here. Original Undertaker, along with Mr Perfect and the Million Dollar Man, was basically a definitive "wrestling" character. And you're right, I ate that corny shit up back in the day. They don't make characters like that anymore. The closest I think they've come to another character like that is either Bray or Demon Balor, but both of them are miles behind.

Also Undertaker is the last pure Vince McMahon creation that actually worked.

 

[jmdajr]

So the original Sin Cara pulled a gun out on Alberto in Mexico. Holy shit.

Recently?

 

[Oersted]

Never noticed that Shane has the lips from Vince

 

[Kaladin]

Mil Muertes destroyed Prince Puma and Pentagon Jr. with a comeback the likes of which we haven't seen since Lesnar vs Cena vs Rollins.

 

[Jamie OD]

Mil Muertes destroyed Prince Puma and Pentagon Jr. with a comeback the likes of which we haven't seen since Lesnar vs Cena vs Rollins.

I love that ending just because it was the first Triple Threat I've seen in ages that didn't end with Wrestler A doing his finishing move on Wrestler B then Wrestler C steals the pin.

 

[klonere]

Here is Gall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtG_UEENG5Y

....Jackson lost because he fell over holy shit (well also because he has zero ground defense I guess)

Quality fights right there.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Recently?

Nooo this was during there run in AAA i believe. I was reading about scumbags and they listed Mistico as one. Alberto even tried to make sure wwe didn't sign him because of his attitude lol

 

[Kaladin]

I love that ending just because it was the first Triple Threat I've seen in ages that didn't end with Wrestler A doing his finishing move on Wrestler B then Wrestler C steals the pin.

It really is my favorite match of the year so far, in any organization.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Nooo this was during there run in AAA i believe. I was reading about scumbags and they listed Mistico as one. Alberto even tried to make sure wwe didn't sign him because of his attitude lol

I bet there was a long list..