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Shawn Cotureier: Jan 21, 2009; Still better than Umberger

Does the stream keep cutting out for anyone else

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:28

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Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Thankfully Ohno's music hit before a "PREASE" chant really broke out

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:31

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

Florida

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:38

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

gently caress Full Sail for their lovely reactions to this incredible match.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:54

Eltoasto: Aug 26, 2002; We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

Nikki is everything I ever wanted in a psycho ex girlfriend.

What a great, brutal match.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:56

Blasmeister: Jan 15, 2012; 2Time TRP Sack Race Champion

Great match, i'm going to miss Nikki Cross, who is dead now.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:59

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

VJeff posted:

gently caress Full Sail for their lovely reactions to this incredible match.

There is the excuse "Oh it was the last match of that taping", but gently caress that I've seen crowds stay hot throughout a 5 hour taping.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 01:59

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

achillesforever6 posted:

There is the excuse "Oh it was the last match of that taping", but gently caress that I've seen crowds stay hot throughout a 5 hour taping.

They die a lot at the end of the tapings lately and it really bothers me. Same thing happened last week with Aleister vs. Ohno which was ANOTHER awesome match!

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:03

The_Rob: Feb 1, 2007; Blah blah blah blah!!

I feel like full sail has just been kind of bad lately. Like they were always obnoxious but at least they had energy. Now they are getting dead more often.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:14

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

RacistGuidingLight posted:

I don't get the turn on him, personally. We were understanding when he wasn't strong enough to deal with JBL and what seemed a whole lot like his usual poo poo, but expect him to be strong enough to stand for this or that undefined principle?

Getting paid by the people who hosed you up and not having to deal with the environment that hosed you up is the dream, really. He struck gold.

Basic Chunnel posted:

1. Hideo / Lorcan just gets stiffer with every iteration, by match 5 somebody's gonna bring a gun

2. They had a Great Balls of Fire (god that name) ad where the audio was all about Joe / Lesnar but the visuals were all Reigns / Stroman?

The string of luck Hideo has had in NXT shouldn't surprise him at this point, he was probably better off getting dropped on his head in Japan

achillesforever6 posted:

There is the excuse "Oh it was the last match of that taping", but gently caress that I've seen crowds stay hot throughout a 5 hour taping.

It's basically the "Crucial Crew" from TNA so what do you expect

RealFoxy fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Jun 29, 2017

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:24

Accident Underwater: Oct 21, 2005; You look like a star!

That match was loving excellent. I love Nikki but if Asuka keeps the belt for eternity I don't even care.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:27

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

Accident Underwater posted:

That match was loving excellent. I love Nikki but if Asuka keeps the belt for eternity I don't even care.

Asuka is so head and shoulders better than anyone in the WWE right now as far as character work and wrestling ability goes it's not even funny, but once they start bringing in Hojo and Shirai Asuka's going to be the one tailing behind.

Hojo can play the sympathetic babyface even better than Bayley in NXT did and Io Shirai is just the total package as far as a wrestler goes

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:28

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Is it just me or did Nikki kill her finish utterly in that match? She hit like 100 of them and got a near fall...

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:35

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

Gaz-L posted:

Is it just me or did Nikki kill her finish utterly in that match? She hit like 100 of them and got a near fall...

She has a kinda brawler style which is less about hitting the finisher and more about just beating the poo poo out of her opponent, so I'm not too worried about her finish. If Asuka wasn't in NXT she'd probably be in Asuka's position.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:37

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

Gaz-L posted:

Is it just me or did Nikki kill her finish utterly in that match? She hit like 100 of them and got a near fall...

Count of 9 is three pinfalls. :colbert:

# ? Jun 29, 2017 02:49

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Really proud of Nikki Cross as on the indies she was known as a chickenshit comedy heel now she's a little monster. Thought Ember Moon and Billie Kay's transition would be WAY more automatic than it has been. Cross reinventing herself as an offensive wrestler is SO under-discussed. Nikki could EASILY rest on being the most backfoot of backfoot wrestlers but she didn't instead she took an opening and scored in a big way.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 03:28

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

NXT must have soured on her when they realized how unnaturally bad she is at talking in front of a camera. I had a lot of hopes for her too, she was my rookie of the year when she had her debut and I had a lot of hopes coming into NXT but see her fumbling to cut a promo just makes me feel embarrassed for her. I used to think she'd be the one to take the title from Asuka but now I think it'd be a huge letdown.

e: Ember Moon

# ? Jun 29, 2017 04:12

Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Even if that injury wasn't legit the booking around Moon has not served her well at all.

That said she's still a good worker and I wouldn't put it past her to bring out the big guns for Brooklyn. I'm hoping she does, I was there for her debut and I'll be there to see her go for the strap.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 04:23

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I think they lost the plot with Ember when they tried making her a generic "nice" babyface.

Think about what happened to her. She had Asuka beat at Orlando, before Asuka blatantly cheated to keep the title. She had control in a No. 1 contender battle royale, before Asuka ran in and injured her, taking her out of a title shot. Shouldn't Ember be pissed the gently caress off, vowing to destroy Asuka for screwing her multiple times? Give me some righteous babyface fire swearing revenge for all the wrongs.

Instead of ... any of that, we got like 2 months of Ember putting on her best Bayley face and being all sad about not "being able to compete," with limp half-assed declarations of "I'll be back soon." It completely took the heat out of that story and made Ember look like a goof.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 06:22

Wazzu: Feb 28, 2008; Are you sure I'm winning the Rumble? That does'nt seem right.....

Have they really named Velveteen Dream's (still a bad wrestler name) finisher "the Velveteen rainmaker"? What a poo poo name, and does anyone really think his elbow drop is going to be what people think when they hear rainmaker?

Wazzu fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Jun 29, 2017

# ? Jun 29, 2017 06:31

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

Benne posted:

I think they lost the plot with Ember when they tried making her a generic "nice" babyface.

Think about what happened to her. She had Asuka beat at Orlando, before Asuka blatantly cheated to keep the title. She had control in a No. 1 contender battle royale, before Asuka ran in and injured her, taking her out of a title shot. Shouldn't Ember be pissed the gently caress off, vowing to destroy Asuka for screwing her multiple times? Give me some righteous babyface fire swearing revenge for all the wrongs.

Instead of ... any of that, we got like 2 months of Ember putting on her best Bayley face and being all sad about not "being able to compete," with limp half-assed declarations of "I'll be back soon." It completely took the heat out of that story and made Ember look like a goof.

Wow, you're absolutely right.

I was having a hard time putting my finger on it, but that's totally it. They didn't meaningfully follow up on that stuff at all.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 06:49

Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Wazzu posted:

Have they really named Velveteen Dream's (still a bad wrestler name) finisher "the Velveteen rainmaker"? What a poo poo name, and does anyone really think his elbow drop is going to be what people think when they hear rainmaker?

It's a wink to the album / song "Purple Rain" by Prince, the artist Velveteen Dream is based on

# ? Jun 29, 2017 07:42

Johnny Landmine: Aug 2, 2004; PURE FUCKING AINOGEDDON

Wazzu posted:

Have they really named Velveteen Dream's (still a bad wrestler name) finisher "the Velveteen rainmaker"? What a poo poo name, and does anyone really think his elbow drop is going to be what people think when they hear rainmaker?

And why make his finisher an elbow drop when Kairi Hojo's on her way over?

e: I mean, it's not like only one wrestler's allowed to elbow drop, but it seems weird for that to be his thing so shortly before they bring in someone known for having one of the best.

Johnny Landmine fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Jun 29, 2017

# ? Jun 29, 2017 08:51

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

I am really looking forward to Hojo and Shirai coming over, because I love Asuka and want her to be Champion forever but I also want her to be cocky and arrogant and then freak the gently caress out when she sees they've followed her over from Japan :hellyeah:

# ? Jun 29, 2017 09:22

Johnny Landmine: Aug 2, 2004; PURE FUCKING AINOGEDDON

Jerusalem posted:

I am really looking forward to Hojo and Shirai coming over, because I love Asuka and want her to be Champion forever but I also want her to be cocky and arrogant and then freak the gently caress out when she sees they've followed her over from Japan

Or at least a partial Triple Tails reunion, assuming Asuka hasn't been moved up before Io gets to NXT.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 09:27

pressedbunny: May 31, 2007; To A Brand New Galaxy

Wazzu posted:

Have they really named Velveteen Dream's (still a bad wrestler name) finisher "the Velveteen rainmaker"? What a poo poo name, and does anyone really think his elbow drop is going to be what people think when they hear rainmaker?

There's no way Prince's estate was going to sign off on 'Purple Rainmaker', so they went with its non-union Mexican equivalent.

The whole gimmick is trash and he isn't remotely close to making it work either sincerely or ironically, so it's fine, I doubt we'll be hearing about the 'velveteen rainmaker' very often or for very long.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 09:47

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

I actually like Patrick Clark as a developmental prospect. He's got a good look and kinda knows what he's doing in the ring, his matches are rarely bad at this early stage. He has plenty of potential.

However, that potential won't be realized with this lame-rear end gimmick. The best thing they can do is take his commitment to character work and apply it to a gimmick that might actually get over.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 10:51

TwoDogs1Cup: May 28, 2008; DOUGIE DOUGIE DOUGIE! MY LOVE, HE MAKES MY EMPTY HEART FULL! DOUGIE! THE BEST FOREVER THE BEST DOUGIEEE! <3 <3 - TwoDougies1Cup

NXT women overshadow the main roster women once again. Asuka should never leave NXT. Imagine her on Raw lol

# ? Jun 29, 2017 11:51

BIG PUFFY NIPS: Mar 7, 2007; College Slice

That was a drat good episode. Asukas the most legitimate champion in american wrestling right now and i sincerely hope she retires undefeated holding all three belts. Plus Roode/Strong next week and the battle of the beefy boys week after? Heck yeah.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 12:19

MJeff: Jun 2, 2011; THE LIAR

Johnny Landmine posted:

Or at least a partial Triple Tails reunion, assuming Asuka hasn't been moved up before Io gets to NXT.

Given Io's neck injury, I'd say it's extremely likely that they miss each other entirely at this point, unfortunately. If she sticks around for a while, she might be able to have a match with Kairi, though.

pressedbunny posted:

There's no way Prince's estate was going to sign off on 'Purple Rainmaker', so they went with its non-union Mexican equivalent.

Triple H: "You listen here, Senor Velveteeno!"

# ? Jun 29, 2017 15:19

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

I though the Velveteen Rainmaker was just Mauro being Mauro and making an obtuse attempt at an Okada joke.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 15:27

spudsbuckley: Aug 29, 2008; by FactsAreUseless
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Benne posted:

I actually like Patrick Clark as a developmental prospect. He's got a good look and kinda knows what he's doing in the ring, his matches are rarely bad at this early stage. He has plenty of potential.

However, that potential won't be realized with this lame-rear end gimmick. The best thing they can do is take his commitment to character work and apply it to a gimmick that might actually get over.

Yeah, i feel bad for the guy.

He seems to be fairly solid in ring but the gimmick is bingo-hall as gently caress, in a bad way.

WWE really have a hard time deciding on decent gimmicks for black wrestlers. It's either wacky comedy character or the "gee, shucks i'm gonna go out there and do my very bestest" uber face.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 16:18

Eltoasto: Aug 26, 2002; We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

VJeff posted:

Given Io's neck injury, I'd say it's extremely likely that they miss each other entirely at this point, unfortunately. If she sticks around for a while, she might be able to have a match with Kairi, though.

Yeah my feeling was that the belt would be passed off to Ember and Asuka called up before the end of the tournament, at Brooklyn. That may still happen, but Ember is kinda stuck in the mud with booking right now. The division was already thin from callups, so by extending Asuka's reign so long, she has beat up everyone. There's no one for her to waste time with and the matches have been so good with Nikki that I'm not left hyped up for Ember-Asuka.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 16:24

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TwoDogs1Cup posted:

NXT women overshadow the main roster women once again. Asuka should never leave NXT. Imagine her on Raw lol

https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/880197410756190211 https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/880104604163166208

# ? Jun 29, 2017 16:59

MrBling: Aug 21, 2003; Oozing machismo

Just got done watching NXT and man, that main event was something else. It wouldn't have been out of place on a Takeover card.

I was also pleased to see my favourite wrestling ghoul, Oney Lorcan get to beat up on a boring japanese man.

# ? Jun 29, 2017 19:04

Basic Chunnel: Sep 21, 2010; Jesus! Jesus Christ! Say his name! Jesus! Jesus! Come down now!

Johnny Landmine posted:

e: I mean, it's not like only one wrestler's allowed to elbow drop, but it seems weird for that to be his thing so shortly before they bring in someone known for having one of the best.

"Known"

# ? Jun 29, 2017 19:43

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

TwoDogs1Cup posted:

NXT women overshadow the main roster women once again. Asuka should never leave NXT. Imagine her on Raw lol

Vince: How about a geisha gimmick?

# ? Jun 29, 2017 19:58

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# ? Jun 30, 2017 01:22

SunshineDanceParty: Feb 7, 2006; One Road. Two Friends. One Ass.

I got into wrestling during the peak of NXT, so I wasn't really aware of the dangers of WWE booking long term. It's frustrating but I can laugh about it for the most part. But if they call up Asuka and gently caress it up I'm out. So what I'm really saying is I have maybe a year left of watching the WWE product.

# ? Jun 30, 2017 04:40

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Cavauro: Jan 9, 2008

when does Scultis Pawrul debut

# ? Jun 30, 2017 04:48

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