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[Spirit of Jazz]

Nice now it's Roode with an injured body part. A nice spin on his Nak matches.


I love injured body part matches

Seth has soured me on the whole injured body part thing.

 

[Beefy]

He said "collarbone"

Must be his accent then

 

[kirblar]

Itami's not over and the crowd loves Roode. It's a terrible mix.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Yup. Reminds me a lot of Flair, Arn Anderson, and other old school guys like that. His moves are crisp and look painful. He sells moves to him. He can also tell a story in the ring. It's why I was overjoyed to see WWE pick him up.

And it's a style that many might find boring in today's breakneck pacex world (especially on NXT) but not me.


This match is perfect body parts selling my god.

 

[Hex]

So fucking tired of injury bullshit gimmicks in these NXT title matches, especially with Roode it seems like every one of his matches is due to some in match injury gimmick,

 

[Beefy]

Is Itami usually this average?

 

[Toki767]

This feels like a TNA match.

Match is perfectly fine but the crowd just doesn't really care.

 

[Data West]

what will happen first, shibata with the iwgp title or itami with the nxt title

trick question, neither will happen

 

[ElRenoRaven]

nothing wrong with roode in this match but NXT has trained their crowds to be PWG crowds and want everything to be nonstop gif fest style wrestling

Yup. WWE is why the business is so spotfest now. Look at the two best matches tonight though. UK championship and this match. What do both have in common? They're not spotfest everyone get their moves in and don't sell nothing matches. You have guys going to war, fighting hard, and telling stories in the matches. They're proof you don't have to have all matches be the previous.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

cm punk chants i think but they were booed out so that's good

 

[RecRoulette]

Is Itami usually this average?

Nobody knows!

 

[Aeternus Malum]

Is Itami usually this average?

No. His ROH world title match with Bryan is probably one of the greatest matches of that decade

 

[Ithil]

Yes but much of the crowd will likely react hostilely to them if they're in the main event.

Knew it.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Is Itami usually this average?

Itami was amazing 10 years ago.

 

[kirblar]

Is Itami usually this average?

Even before the injury he was being left in the dust by the other guys in his NXT generation.

 

[ShadyK54]

Glad those Punk chants were booed down.

 

[hom3land]

Good to see his collarbone healed.....

 

[excelsiorlef]

This a great war of attrition.

 

[Beefy]

Roode wins!!!

 

[Hex]

Is Itami usually this average?

With shitty writing yes.

For the record same exact spot with Nakamura.
Hit the Bomaye with bad leg and Roode fell out of the ring

 

[Slizz]

Good finish

 

[Zach]

what will happen first, shibata with the iwgp title or itami with the nxt title

trick question, neither will happen

Were you born a monster?

 

[broz0rs]

That was a fun match.

Is Roode a tweener? He kept trying to get the crowd into it.

 

[Jashobeam]

those glorious DDTs really are glorious

 

[Rhaknar]

That was a great finish. Hold on for a second one just to make sure.

 

[Ithil]

Very good finish there.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Good match.

 

[Foggy]

LOL Roode with that baby face booking.

Definitely Roode's best match up to this point in NXT.

Is Itami usually this average?

In NXT? Yes. But this was his best match.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

okay i swear that roode has lost a billion teeth in this match

also yeah i agree that the constant injury thing in roode's matches is getting a bit old. him vs nakamura both times had it and so does this

 

[kirblar]

That was a fun match.

Is Roode a tweener? He kept trying to get the crowd into it.

Roode's a heel, likes being a heel, but his entrance is so fucking over that the crowd won't boo him.

 

[Pikma]

Noooooooooooo

 

[serenewarfare]

With shitty writing yes.

For the record same exact spot with Nakamura.
Hit the Bomaye and Roode fell out of the ring

You don't write matches. And most guys in NXT put together their own matches with little outside input.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Man those DDTs! That was another good match. Glad to see Bobby get the win.

 

[The Strokes]

Give yourself a pat in the back Hideo, you finished the match in one piece.

 

[Data West]

whats KENTA doing in the NOAH zone

 

[excelsiorlef]

THAT'S A FUCKING FINISH

Brilliant

 

[Mr Touchdown]

Roode taking the John Cena Super Cancel Tech

Fun match.

 

[Jashobeam]

Hideo Itami coming to 205 Live

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Cool, he did the Seth sell an injury for the match than use that body part to finish off the opponent thing.

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Hideo Itami coming to 205 Live

pls no

 

[serenewarfare]

Pretty good match. Not great, but good.

 

[ShadyK54]

Those DDT's were great.

 

[Beefy]

Nobody knows!

No. His ROH world title match with Bryan is probably one of the greatest matches of that decade

Itami was amazing 10 years ago.

Even before the injury he was being left in the dust by the other guys in his NXT generation.

He just seems meh, he seems to have no charisma and seems average in the ring. He will be lucky to stay on with all the talent WWE keep signing.

 

[Savitar]

Every time I see Roode I can't help but think of himself as a better Triple H in his prime.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Roode being a heel champ who consistently wins pretty dang clean on my WWE sanctioned programming?!

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

well, hideo is probably done in general

he sure as fuck isn't doing anything good on the main roster and he's not getting anything in nxt

 

[Data West]

roodes dumbass finish negated all of the selling he did holy shit

 

[Sinatar]

Still selling during the celebration, Roode showing these kids how it's done.

Good match.

 

[Hex]

Really? 14 minutes early on that boring assed finish?

 

[Ithil]

Cool, he did the Seth sell an injury for the match than use that body part to finish off the opponent thing.

No he didn't, because he still sold it. You don't have to sell it like your arm was cut off and you can never use it again.