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AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
http://www.twincities.com/2016/09/16/former-gopher-mike-rallis-on-name-change-wwe-wrestling-and-little-brother-nick/

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AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
It's almost like Vince has control issues or something

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Dave doesn't decide the awards. Just because the Bucks got a 5-star match doesn't mean the Revival can't win it. It just depends on if their peers are adamant enough to have them win. Otherwise, it'll probably be the Bucks anyway.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Baron Corbyn posted:

I think he's confusing the awards with the Hall of Fame, which I'm pretty sure is decided by other wrestlers.
You're right. I got it confused in my head. Then again, it would be neat if they were all decided like that, but I guess then the subscribers don't have much of a voice.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Davros1 posted:

I was hoping it was Alex Riley.
You really think Riley would have thought they were calling him in to give him a raise?

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
In case you missed it, they added Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann, and Gran Metalik's entrance themes to their WWEMusic YouTube channel. For relevancy, here's Cedric's theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9iYE2hupZE

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
First team Associated Press Pennsylvania Class AAAA All-State each of his final two seasons as an offensive tackle at Erie McDowell High School. Tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals but making it on the team, signed on to the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL but didn't finish the end of the season and was cut. He then decided to enter pro wrestling in 2015 and signed with WWE to be trained. He's had a string of matches, including at the Arnold Classic this year. No big winning or losing streaks, at least to the point where it could affect him much.

In other words, he's a pure PC recruit.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
Andrade should look to Hunico for inspiration on how to be a rudo in WWE. At least he has killer music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ulYoud5Xs

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
But so does Roman Reigns so he needs to do more.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
Well, they already did an NXT Rumble with Bo Dallas, and he became a participant in the main one. I wouldn't be surprised if they repeat the process. Though, hopefully whoever wins elicits a bigger reaction from the crowd than Bo did.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Sockser posted:

Wasn't that a battle royal, not a royal rumble though?
To be fair, it was a tournament. Same when Hideo Itami got into the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal via a tournament.

Endless Mike posted:

I really want this to happen and have them sync the Titantron countdown with his entrance video.
They should make it so when it hits 0, the countdown number shows on screen, then goes back up to 10 then Tye's theme starts.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I forgot that the beginning of his video does that.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I'm reminded of when Triple H told Hideo to go out there and let loose. I'm convinced that Hideo is just too humble to to just that, and it's holding him back. I think he needs to be matched against stiff opponents so he will be forced to go back to his old ways. Otherwise, he's just going to keep toeing the line instead of being what WWE hired him to be in the first place.

Get Kota, Akira, or Shinsuke in the ring with him. Hell, a one-off match with Cesaro or Sheamus would probably work. Just prevent him from acting so drat humble.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I could have told you that.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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I'm curious if there will be any other surprises for the Classic.

I mean, who cares about the Bollywood Boyz?

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Baron Corbyn posted:

The Dusty Classic should be good but I'm kinda disappointed it's not its own thing like the CWC.
I don't trust the main WWE product when it comes to Dusty Rhodes, so I'm glad the Classic takes place on the show he had plenty of involvement in.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Actually, it was. People think it was something done by or for NXT, but that's false.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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WWE used the NXT crew, yes, but it was still a WWE product. Dave Meltzer said that it was a common misconception.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I remember Meltzer saying there was an important distinction. I just can't remember exactly what it was since it was a mailbag question or something. I'm sending him a tweet and I'm hoping he'll respond with what that was.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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pressedbunny posted:

Leaving 'cause she's pregnant with the child of the weakest third of a defunct NXT team?

Mandy Was Right.
But... they're not defunct. Blake and Murphy are in the Dusty Rhodes Classic.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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I hate to tell you this, rovert, but almost every woman they sign looks good and has an athletic background.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I wonder if they'll bring in any "outside" teams like how they introduced Ciampa and Gargano. The closest we have is Kota Ibushi, but that's stretching it.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Dr. rear end posted:

Have they announced the Bollywood Boyz yet because they're kind of an outside team
https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/781889014701944832

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I mean... isn't that the case for most tag teams? Two people thrown together and having matching gear most of the time?

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
I meant more that at the beginning they were just two wrestlers thrown together with usually matching gear. I don't know of many that entered the business as a tag team outside of maybe childhood friends like Edge and Christian and siblings like the Hardys.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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It would be a neat success story after all of those years being squandered before in developmental and the indies.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
Do you really think he could have gotten over with the "Gavin Spears" gimmick? If the writing had backed him up, he would have been more. That's what I mean by "squandered". He's being squandered like anyone the writers don't care enough about to write stories for.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

I'm driving with my mind!
That's assuming that Sanity is going to debut without doing some shenanigans, like loving around with other wrestlers and getting themselves DQed on purpose. There's no way to tell until it happens.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Jenny Angel posted:

Haven't watched NXT since the CWC started. If I want to get back in at the start of the Dusty Classic, which episode do I start with? Yesterday's?
Last week is when they start to talk about it and start pairing up teams, and this week is the first round. Go with those.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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achillesforever6 posted:

Wow the Authors of Pain really half-rear end their sigs
They gotta get used to their new names and how to sign them. It's not like they had much experience before.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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rovert posted:

Why is this two year old meme returning? I did nothing to prompt it and it shits up threads.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Spermgod posted:

lol at everyone falling for Rovert's bait for the thousandth time while thinking they are the ones trolling him

https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/783668618047459328
https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/783727337661730816

AMReese fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Oct 8, 2016

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Two more themes added to WWE's music channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuqBzHALNxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCa_Shtq9cQ

Here's one for SAnitY that isn't on WWEMusic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mih2B4wOmx0

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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MinibarMatchman posted:

eric young's weird finisher move: really neat.
It used to be his finisher in TNA when he first started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpKX71bTNWU

As a bonus, I found this while searching for that video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR9AcR6iD1I

Benne posted:

Sanity looks like someone saw Decay in TNA and were like "how do we make this less interesting"
I see no comparison between the two, really.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Well, what better way to build them out of jobber status with the help of a veteran like Eric Young? It's not like there's any way they can be seen as credible if you never see them on TV.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Sockser posted:

Is Sanity the first real stable-stable NXT has had since The Wyatts and The Shield? I'm defining stable as 3 dudes+ since I think the tag team + female valet falls into a different category at least as far as WWE treats them.
They had the BFFs with Charlotte, Sasha, and Summer.

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Shoot Nation. It had Sawyer Fulton, Angelo Dawkins, Tucker Knight, Jason Jordan, and Chad Gable. It never made it to TV.

Funny thing is, that Jordan and Gable were often tagging together in that stable, meaning they were paired up almost a year before they tagged on TV.

AMReese fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Oct 13, 2016

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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https://twitter.com/MickieJames/status/786726714110017536

AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Iaukea!

Or just leave that one out.

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AMReese
Jan 31, 2011

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Dias posted:

I mean, he kept avoiding it.
He's probably just bashful

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