NXT

[iesty wfc]

They seem to swap music regularly in NXT as Solomon crowe had a terrible theme to begin with.

Hopefully a different theme is in the making for Joe

 

[iesty wfc]

Joes debut this week.... meh. it was an ok match, i like the look of his opponent (Scott Dawkins) as i have seen him as cannon fodder previously

womens division seems to have had a bump with this cassie girl and good ol' blue pants

Jason Jordan looks the bees knees too, obviously building up a new tag team with Chad Gable (or whatever his name is)

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

Yeah that Cassie looked pretty good. i expect her to get a push maybe end of the year / 2016. I can see Blue Pants getting a real name further down the line, the way she's connected with the crowd is pretty amazing considering she's a jobber.

NXT's weekly shows have dipped quite a bit over the last few months but I don't mind that. Wrestling works best when you save your best matches for the big shows. The PPV Specials have been outstanding since the dawn of the network so I don't mind a slow week every now and again as its only 1 hour.

WWE have 5 hours of constant slow weeks followed by a average to decent PPV.

 

[Hooray]

The Aussie girl who fought Lynch was called Jessie, wasn't she?

 

[iesty wfc]

The Aussie girl who fought Lynch was called Jessie, wasn't she?

I knew it ended in ie lol

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

The Finn Balor Video Part 1 on NXT was absolutely outstanding this week. Spoke of his beginnings and his wrestling school in Ireland, and it works even better when 1 of your current roster (Becky Lynch) would never have got into wrestling if it wasn't for Devitt opening this school. Also marked out for Noam Dar getting onto WWE tv

I was a bit under whelmed by the Owens v Joe match. I think Owens is moving on after dropping the belt in Japan (I think) and that will lead to Joe v Balor through the rest of the summer.

 

[iesty wfc]

And grado too

 

[Libertine]

Anyone see Owens promo with Itami this week? When he stumbled on his words and says 'I stumbled so bad I sounded like Hideo trying to speak English!'.

 

[iesty wfc]

That was funny. Couldn't say describable if I remember rightly

A good show I thought. I love the balor documentary they are doing (and the fact he is a big Lego geek)

And an appearance by Sylvester lefort!!!

 

[Libertine]

Why does Baron Corbin exist?

 

[iesty wfc]

They seem to swap music regularly in NXT as Solomon crowe had a terrible theme to begin with.

Hopefully a different theme is in the making for Joe

He has a new theme!!! Much more better

 

[Christian Slater]

Liger vs Breeze, Balor vs Owens in a ladder match, The Vaudevillians vs Murphy and Blake and most likely Bailey vs Banks at Takeover. Not bad. Don't get the decision not to give Enzo and Cass the shot, they must have pissed someone off.

Joe vs Rhyno was good on this show.

 

[Libertine]

Yeh, in Brooklyn as well, odd. Sure they'll still get an awesome pop.

Wasn't really into this week's show.

 

[iesty wfc]

And uhaa nation debuting too aka Apollo crews

 

[Christian Slater]

And uhaa nation debuting too aka Apollo crews

I really hope he starts asking wrestlers if they're crewsing for a bruising.

The name is a little racist.

 

[Libertine]

I know what you mean.

They're usually given a bit of licence to come up with their names though tbf.

 

[Libertine]

So NXT is touring the UK in December! Awesome. Are they really going to fill these venues though?

• Dec. 10: Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle
• Dec. 11: SSE Hydro in Glasgow
• Dec. 12: Sheffield Arena in Sheffield
• Dec. 13: Empress Ballroom in Blackpool
• Dec. 14: Capital FM Arena in Nottingham
• Dec. 15: MotorPoint Arena in Cardfiff
• Dec. 16: SSE Arena in London

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Are they really going to fill these venues though?

Hmm… I'm not sure. At least 5 of those arenas hold in excess of 10,000 (the Hydro can probably pack in closer to 15,000) so it's ambitious, especially having half-a-dozen shows so close together. The NXT product from 3-6 months ago would have stood a good chance. The current roster? Really don't know.

As an aside, I'm pretty gutted that I'll be out of the country when the Empress Ballroom show is on, as I would have loved to have attended. It's a really beautiful old venue, and if WWE have an iota of sense they'll give a really prominent role to William Regal, who started his career working a challenge booth on Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The other shows will have much bigger crowds (the Empress holds about 3,000 tops), but Blackpool will probably have the best atmosphere and most unique feel to it. Anyone close by should definitely try to go.

 

[Christian Slater]

Good job I live in Blackpool then

 

[Hooray]

No-one ever comes to Norwich

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

I'm torn on either going to Wembley or Blackpool. Blackpool is only 45 mins away so it'd be more convenient. However i've got a feeling the Takeover special will be at London so I'd really want to go see that, especially if they ship someone over like Liger again. Plus I think we're guaranteed a Owens v Regal match (well I'd hope so).

 

[Christian Slater]

I've made an executive decision and have decided to go to Raw rather than NXT. I think Owens is done with NXT now, as is Sasha and Charlotte. Thinking about it there's not many on the roster there I'm too interested in, especially for what would essentially be a house show. Finn Balor doesn't interest me one bit, personality of a rubber glove and plain in the ring. Sami Zayn might be on the main roster by then too.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

we tried getting tickets in the 02 pre sale for NXT at Wembley

within 3 minutes they had sold out of all prices.

 

[Christian Slater]

You'll probably have a shot at getting some on getmein.com. It's a lot more expensive but if you really want to go it's an option. Me and the lass just got tickets behind the commentary booth for Raw on there, cost a fortune but it's worth it to us.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

shit, which raw, the one in manchester? i'll keep my eye out for you. i've got tickets for me and the little lad at smackdown.

 

[Christian Slater]

Yeah, I'll let you know what I wear and what sign I'll take nearer the time.

 

[Libertine]

I've made an executive decision and have decided to go to Raw rather than NXT. I think Owens is done with NXT now, as is Sasha and Charlotte. Thinking about it there's not many on the roster there I'm too interested in, especially for what would essentially be a house show. Finn Balor doesn't interest me one bit, personality of a rubber glove and plain in the ring. Sami Zayn might be on the main roster by then too.

This is another reason I was concerned about them not filling out the arenas - the roster won't be anywhere near what it was a couple of months ago. Though by the sounds of it the pre-sale was very popular so maybe they'll surprise a few.

 

[Christian Slater]

I think they'll sell our by its hot reputation. I'm only backing out due to the belief the wrestlers I'm interested in seeing will be on the main roster by then, if not already. I think it'll be Hideo and Balor headlining with Creed around the midcard.

 

[Libertine]

Hope so. They've announced the Network special now too so that should create some buzz.

I've not much interest in the roster besides Enzo & Cass and I suppose seeing Crews would be good. Will probably go to the Sheffield show though.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

just tried getting wembley tickets on TM. sold out.
just tried getting blackpool tickets on TM. sold out.

now they're on sale on stubhub for triple the price.

ticket touts. don't you just love em.