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Buenos Dias, I can't believe it!
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I can't believe how over El Vagabundo was, that's amazing. His exit isn't exactly as good as Bo's, but it was still a fun segment.
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Losing a Loser Leaves Town match and sneaking back in under a masked gimmick is the best wrestling trope
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Benne posted:Losing a Loser Leaves Town match and sneaking back in under a masked gimmick is the best wrestling trope If only he'd had his head shaved and shown up in a wig as well 
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Apr 6, 2017 02:34
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If he somehow pulled off a shirt to reveal another shirt underneath, it would truly be the best thing.
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Apr 6, 2017 03:18
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Jerusalem posted:If only he'd had his head shaved and shown up in a wig as well it's hosed up that nxt hasn't had a hair match since enzo vs sylvester lefort
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Apr 6, 2017 03:24
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abraham linksys posted:it's hosed up that nxt hasn't had a hair match since enzo vs sylvester lefort Is it bad that I'm genuinely sad they never followed through on the Phantom of Full Sail gimmick with Marcus Louis? 
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Jerusalem posted:Is it bad that I'm genuinely sad they never followed through on the Phantom of Full Sail gimmick with Marcus Louis? history has shown that it was almost certainly the right move to cut those guys but I really appreciated them when I first started watching NXT
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Heavy Machinery's new finisher owns.Jerusalem posted:Is it bad that I'm genuinely sad they never followed through on the Phantom of Full Sail gimmick with Marcus Louis?
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No Irish Need Imply posted:This was before I started watching NXT so... what? Marcus Louis was a French wrestler who got shaved bald when his partner lost a hair vs hair match and ran away, leaving Louis to take the punishment instead. Louis snapped and had a crazyman angle going for awhile. On one episode during a match (I think it was Tyler Breeze in the ring?) in the distant background you could see a deranged Louis staring through the curtains on an upper level. They specifically referenced it on the show, showed a replay and highlighted Louis. It looked like they were going to do an obsessed crazyman gimmick with him ala The Phantom of the Opera, but then it basically didn't go anywhere and he was eventually fired.
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Apr 6, 2017 04:08
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As a workrate/hard-hitting wrestleguy kind of person I feel like I should love Oney Lorcan but for some reason dude just doesn't do it for me. His stuff in-ring isn't so amazing that it overcomes his total lack of any kind of personality or angle.
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Apr 6, 2017 05:14
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Tbf the guy just started showing up regularly
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Jerusalem posted:Marcus Louis was a French wrestler who got shaved bald when his partner lost a hair vs hair match and ran away, leaving Louis to take the punishment instead. Louis snapped and had a crazyman angle going for awhile. On one episode during a match (I think it was Tyler Breeze in the ring?) in the distant background you could see a deranged Louis staring through the curtains on an upper level. They specifically referenced it on the show, showed a replay and highlighted Louis. It looked like they were going to do an obsessed crazyman gimmick with him ala The Phantom of the Opera, but then it basically didn't go anywhere and he was eventually fired. Also worth noting bald Marcus Louis would beat up jobbers while just repeatedly screaming YOU DID THIS TO ME like he always saw LeFort (his partner) instead. He sounded/looked crazy enough that it was honestly kinda creepy.
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Jerusalem posted:Is it bad that I'm genuinely sad they never followed through on the Phantom of Full Sail gimmick with Marcus Louis? I quite enjoyed greasy French Macho Man impersonator manager Sebastian Lefort and his legionnaires, which included baby Rusev at one time.
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Marcus Louis didn't come into the picture for a little while, Lefort's random rear end sublime stable was Rusev and Scott Dawson. Rusev got called up and Dawson got injured before coming back with Wilder as The Mechanics
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Meltzer's Takeover Orlando star ratings Sanity vs Tye Dillinger & Roderick Strong & Kassius Ohno & Ruby Riot ***1/4 Aleister Black vs Andrade Cien Almas ***1/4 Authors of Pain vs Revival vs DIY ****½ Asuka vs Ember Moon ****1/4 Bobby Roode vs Shinsuke Nakamura ****½ Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Apr 7, 2017 |
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achillesforever6 posted:I love how he was wearing a Dragon Lee mask volador jr
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Jerusalem posted:Meltzer's Takeover Orlando star ratings Meltzer always seems to think the tag matches are on the same level as the main events, when I've been thinking The Revival have been blowing away the main event since Takeover Dallas.
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Apr 6, 2017 13:01
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Meltzer likes slow, plodding Roode matches much more than anyone here, it seems.
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Roode vs Nakamura was really good.
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Go RV! posted:Meltzer likes slow, plodding Roode matches much more than anyone here, it seems. I enjoyed that match a lot. Also, it had a lot of psychology and a Japanese person, so he was going to love it.
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Nakamura Roode was way less plodding than Seth vs HHH and they didn't even need to add any gimmicks.
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I don't think I've disliked any match Roode has had in NXT that I've seen.
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The_Rob posted:Roode vs Nakamura was really good.
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Junpei Hyde posted:I don't think I've disliked any match Roode has had in NXT that I've seen. Yeah I'm the same way. He's been good in every match and is pretty much perfect as the heel champ right now.
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Apr 6, 2017 14:22
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I liked both Roode/Nakamura matches, I just feel the tag match has been the match of the night in every Takeover for the past year and Meltzer has always put them below main events that I thought were a step below, not just the Roode/Nakamura matches but the Joe/Nakamura and Joe/Balor matches too.
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Was that the overly keen security guard from Wrestlemania ARMBAR at the end there?
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Maybe I need to go back and watch it again, cause I just thought it was just Fine. Though I might have had different expectations or been tired out considering how good everything else was, especially the tag.
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Baron Corbyn posted:I liked both Roode/Nakamura matches, I just feel the tag match has been the match of the night in every Takeover for the past year and Meltzer has always put them below main events that I thought were a step below, not just the Roode/Nakamura matches but the Joe/Nakamura and Joe/Balor matches too. Dave just seems to really like old school NWA style matches, and the Roode/Nakamura matches have had a lot of that kind of psychology
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Junpei Hyde posted:Dave just seems to really like old school NWA style matches, and the Roode/Nakamura matches have had a lot of that kind of psychology Yeah and I think that's the mindset you have to go into Roode matches with. You're never going to see big spot fests with him, but you will see a good smart match with a lot of good psychology.
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Got my Takeover ticket, can't wait!
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The next Takeover is announced as May 20th, shorter turnaround time than normal, especially with the mens belt needing a new challenger. Womens belt is justified for a rematch in story, but I don't know what they do about tag belts if Ciampa needs surgery. Heavy Machinery vs. AoP? Can the ring handle it?
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I saw that front row Takeover tickets went on sale for $1,000. That seems mighty expensive for NXT, even for a Takeover
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Junpei Hyde posted:Dave just seems to really like old school NWA style matches, and the Roode/Nakamura matches have had a lot of that kind of psychology I also think that a main event singles match with a serious presentation will always have the most potential for a high score from him because that is the very core of wrestling. It's why I think the whole "5* in Japan" thing happens. Japanese promotions are better at presenting a match as a serious contest so they get that extra bump in ratings. It has nothing to do with geography and everything to do with presentation style.
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I'm calling shenanigans on this episode of NXT. The commentators are talking as though Takeover had already happened, but these matches were filmed on Saturday night BEFORE Takeover! This whole business is all smoke and mirrors!
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The_Rob posted:Yeah and I think that's the mindset you have to go into Roode matches with. You're never going to see big spot fests with him, but you will see a good smart match with a lot of good psychology.
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