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Which show has the most (current or future) jobbers wrestling on it? This poll is closed. |
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| WWE NXT |
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62 | 16.36% |
| WWE Superstars |
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75 | 19.79% |
| WWE Saturday Morning Slam - lmao this thread is old |
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24 | 6.33% |
| WWE Main Event |
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22 | 5.80% |
| Impact Wrestling |
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196 | 51.72% |
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Enzo's pretty decent on the mic and I love Mason's new finisher.
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May 23, 2013 15:11
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The NXT intro is the best intro the WWE puts out and it's not close.
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May 23, 2013 15:29
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ChaosSmurf posted:The NXT intro is the best intro the WWE puts out and it's not close. I mark the gently caress out for Welcome Home every time. Such a good theme.
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May 23, 2013 15:34
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Oh! I read somewhere (tumblr?) that they couldn't call Paige up until her 21st birthday in August as a kinda company policy type deal. This true? Also, I particularly enjoy whoever it is at about 27 seconds doing his best 3rd Strike Akuma impression. ChaosSmurf fucked around with this message at 15:42 on May 23, 2013 |
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May 23, 2013 15:36
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ChaosSmurf posted:The NXT intro is the best intro the WWE puts out and it's not close.
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May 23, 2013 15:38
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VogeGandire posted:I mark the gently caress out for Welcome Home every time. Such a good theme. I kept thinking to myself, I know this song...where the hell do I know this song from? And then one episode they let it run long into Claudio's vocals and I was transported back into my high school self and fist pumped. Psyched to watch this week for Sami and really, really happy to see that the new ladies belt will be the "Women's Championship" and not the "Divas."
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May 23, 2013 15:39
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What is Aces and Eights member Curt Hawkins doing on NXT? 
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May 23, 2013 15:49
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ChaosSmurf posted:Oh! I read somewhere (tumblr?) that they couldn't call Paige up until her 21st birthday in August as a kinda company policy type deal. This true?
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May 23, 2013 16:42
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The last NXT epsiode I saw was Regal/Hero, did I miss any Sami Zayn stuff before this week? I've enjoyed NXT when I've caught it and I definitely intend on watching it regularly now that Generico's debuted.
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May 23, 2013 17:27
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Thauros posted:The last NXT epsiode I saw was Regal/Hero, did I miss any Sami Zayn stuff before this week? I've enjoyed NXT when I've caught it and I definitely intend on watching it regularly now that Generico's debuted. He had a promo last week, but didn't wrestle.
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May 23, 2013 17:40
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I need to get an isolated clip of that Wyatt package. Holy poo poo.
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May 23, 2013 18:51
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Seriously, Wyatt is the best promo in the business right now. I honestly couldn't say he's ever cut a bad promo after becoming Bray Wyatt.
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May 23, 2013 19:08
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ChaosSmurf posted:Oh! I read somewhere (tumblr?) that they couldn't call Paige up until her 21st birthday in August as a kinda company policy type deal. This true? It's weird, every time I see Paige I forget how young she is. She totally owns her role like she's been at it forever. Then I remember by comparison that Summer Rae is almost 30. 
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May 23, 2013 19:51
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It's incredible how much better NXT is with their storylines and characters than the main shows are. It's been mentioned before on popular heels being turned face (Emma, Graves, Ohno, etc.), and unpopular faces being turned heel (Bo, probably), but it also matters that their original characters are still intact. For example, Graves is still an intimidating bad boy, and not a chessy hand-slapping babyface, because that's how the crowd likes him. Also, want to make a guy look like a big deal? Have him beat two WWE guys in the same night, and look tough as hell doing so.
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May 23, 2013 20:08
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Fart Radio posted:It's incredible how much better NXT is with their storylines and characters than the main shows are. It's been mentioned before on popular heels being turned face (Emma, Graves, Ohno, etc.), and unpopular faces being turned heel (Bo, probably), but it also matters that their original characters are still intact. For example, Graves is still an intimidating bad boy, and not a chessy hand-slapping babyface, because that's how the crowd likes him.
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May 23, 2013 20:11
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Not to take anything away from NXT, since it is well booked, but you also have to realize that they're taping 4 (maybe even 5) shows in a single night. It's easier to have coherent stories and booking when you're a simple show, taping 5 shows at once in the same place in front of a familiar audience. And it's not being run by a complete lunatic. Comparing Raw booking and NXT booking is apples and oranges.
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May 23, 2013 20:20
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Cromulent posted:Not to take anything away from NXT, since it is well booked, but you also have to realize that they're taping 4 (maybe even 5) shows in a single night. It's easier to have coherent stories and booking when you're a simple show, taping 5 shows at once in the same place in front of a familiar audience. And when it's not being run by a complete lunatic. Comparing Raw booking and NXT booking is apples and oranges.
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May 23, 2013 20:23
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I love that the NxT audience have started swaying intune with Brays theme song... Really creepy and hopefully it catches on and one day we see whole arenas doing that
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May 23, 2013 22:59
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Perigryn posted:Enzo's pretty decent on the mic and I love Mason's new finisher. Eh, it's Test's finisher. Enzo's gonna make a good heel jobber though. He's got that "naturally hateable" quality. Edit: Emma rules and Young looked like she was trying her damndest not to corpse. Suben fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 23, 2013 |
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May 23, 2013 23:22
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I really loving enjoy Sami Zayne's entrance music. EDIT: And the "Ole" chants, haha.
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May 23, 2013 23:26
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The only thing I didn't like was the dueling "Lets Go Hawkins! Lets go Sami!!" chants there is a time and place for dueling chants, but I don't think that situation called for it.
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May 23, 2013 23:37
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Curt Hawkins now looks uncannily like the singer from Rammstein. Unless that dude has majorly changed his looks in the past 10 years, which is entirely possible.
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May 24, 2013 00:18
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NXT is just so fun compared to the main shows. Finally got Hulu plus, and have been burning through the show. The future is bright. On a side note: I'm pretty sure I have a crush on Corey Graves 
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May 24, 2013 00:26
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CapCityGoofBall posted:NXT is just so fun compared to the main shows. Finally got Hulu plus, and have been burning through the show. The future is bright. I got a bit of a man crush on Graves too. There is just so much to like about him. Great in the ring. Great on the mic. Unique look and style. Plays heel and face equally well. Is from Pittsburgh. I think he can win the WWE Championship one day.
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May 24, 2013 00:31
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The way Sami high fives that girl at the end, awesome dude.
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May 24, 2013 01:55
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okay that seriously blew my mind. and sami's an english canadian who lives in quebec regal  who's also not answering his phone. rear end in a top hat
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May 24, 2013 02:17
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Bray Wyatt should be the one to end The Streak. Just putting that out there.
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May 24, 2013 02:24
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I will be very surprised if Wyatt's gimmick makes it over to WWE proper.
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May 24, 2013 02:34
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^I don't see why not. He's doing it at house shows and dark matches, and unless they change the name he'll be the character. Otherwise they might as well just go back to Husky Harris.Jefferoo posted:Bray Wyatt should be the one to end The Streak. Just putting that out there. I dunno about ending it, but my god the promos for that. "What are you gonna do to me, Dead Man, that ain't already been done? See, I'm already a dead man too..."
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May 24, 2013 03:02
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sticklefifer posted:^I don't see why not. He's doing it at house shows and dark matches, and unless they change the name he'll be the character. Otherwise they might as well just go back to Husky Harris. Just doesn't seem like the kind of gimmick that'll get over in WWE with big crowds. Part of why it works is the size of the crowd and building, imo. I'd like to be wrong, even though he's not as over with me personally as he is with NXT/PSP.
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May 24, 2013 03:11
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ChaosSmurf posted:Just doesn't seem like the kind of gimmick that'll get over in WWE with big crowds. Part of why it works is the size of the crowd and building, imo. I'd like to be wrong, even though he's not as over with me personally as he is with NXT/PSP. Everything I've heard from dark matches and house shows is that the big crowds just don't care about listening to him.
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May 24, 2013 03:15
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ChaosSmurf posted:Just doesn't seem like the kind of gimmick that'll get over in WWE with big crowds. Part of why it works is the size of the crowd and building, imo. I'd like to be wrong, even though he's not as over with me personally as he is with NXT/PSP. Not sure what's not clicking with the character for me but he doesn't feel like a big deal. More of a mid-boss that any face star would have to run through to get to the top level. I'd expect it to be the same for a lot of the audience.
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May 24, 2013 03:16
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KungFu Grip posted:Everything I've heard from dark matches and house shows is that the big crowds just don't care about listening to him.
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May 24, 2013 03:17
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CapCityGoofBall posted:On a side note: I'm pretty sure I have a crush on Corey Graves He's the guy who looks like he listens to a lot of Reverend Horton Heat, right? Because I can kinda see where you're coming from there.
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May 24, 2013 03:20
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achillesforever6 posted:I think it would work better if they air several vignettes of him before he debuts to get people's attention. If they gave him a proper build up ala Fandango and then didn't gently caress it up ala Fandango then it might work. If they did it properly properly and had him come up with the family, them doing attacks in his build, etc. it might be good. I dunno, their call ups have been pretty great so far (Shield, Big E, we'll see how Curt gets on) maybe they could manage it. I Before E posted:He's the guy who looks like he listens to a lot of Reverend Horton Heat, right? Because I can kinda see where you're coming from there. I'm not a big fan of his signature LOOK AT MY KNUCKLES pose, but he's pretty cool.
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May 24, 2013 03:26
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I think he'll debut with the gimmick, but I give it 6 months tops before he ends up as the third member of Tons of Funk.
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May 24, 2013 03:38
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Big crowds don't really care about people they're unfamiliar with doing promos these days. The "What?" bullshit has had a serious detrimental effect on promos that are done live in the ring in my opinion. And I have no doubt that if Bray were to come out he'd get that immediately. They'll have to grab the attention of the crowd some other way first. Vignettes could work maybe. I love the character but I've always felt that it could easily fall flat on its face even if everything is done right because of the live crowds.
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May 24, 2013 04:01
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I gotta say, Dawson saying that Wyatt told him "Away from me, journalist man. I tire of your questions" sorta justifies his presence on the show for me.
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May 24, 2013 04:09
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What they have to do with Wyatt is the same thing with the Shield, in my opinion. He and the family have to debut with something HUGE like attacking Undertaker like Jefferoo said. While I'm not 100% he should end the streak, they could play really good off each other. They're both grim characters, but one is serious and the other is mental.
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May 24, 2013 04:21
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Jonny Angel posted:I gotta say, Dawson saying that Wyatt told him "Away from me, journalist man. I tire of your questions" sorta justifies his presence on the show for me. Tony Dawson is like an excitable puppy that decided to commentate wrestling matches, and his interplay with the calm, laid-back Regal is the best.
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May 24, 2013 04:22
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