You mean This guy?
I couldn’t get through that video, so I don’t know whether he’s in it or not. I’m talking about the tool at the 1:34 mark of this video: Brock Lesnar returns to WWE: Raw, April 2, 2012 - YouTube
If you were talking about Frank, I don’t know; I don’t believe I’ve ever seen him without his makeup.
Smackdown “Bit the Bullet” report 10/8
New-hoo Day-hee opened with the Powah of Positiviteh and drew cheap heat by dissing the Eagles. gloat gloat gloat gloat gloat… Dolph Zigg emerges, having wrapped up his feud with Ruru, wants revenge for getting his booty stomped the other day, and calls the Dudleyz to his side. 6-man match ensues, WE WANT TABLES, and Bubba hurts his toe-toe when he kicks the steel steps instead of Xavier’s face. Big E splashes Ziggie and Kofi holds his foot so he can’t kick out, so it’s a New Day once again! Bomp debomp boomp dabadaboomp clap.
Team Bella vs NBC (Natalya, Becky and Charlotte)
I admit it, that shiny black onesie that Nattie wears gives me a stiffie. Paige watches from backstage with jealous intent. The announcers talk about how all the Divas hate each other, because that’s what women do, gossip and talk mean behind each others’ backs. Can’t live with 'em, can’t live without 'em. Standard formula: heels beat on face for 15 minutes, hot tag, Charlotte wins with Figure 8.
Ruru vs Ryry
Rusev doesn’t growl and sputter when he talks any more. It sounds weird to hear him talk normally. Kevin Owens comes out for commentary and makes Rich Brennan uncomfortable. Booker decides to be heel this time so he and KO are buddies. Ruru has Ryry down on his stomach and is about to stomp his back prior to the Camel Clutch, but Ryry catches his foot and tosses him. Shellshock win for Ryry. KO doesn’t jump him after the match like he usually does.
King Barrett vs Neville
Barrett doesn’t wear the cheesy robe and scepter this time. He just carries the crown. Vince Law says the shorter man loses, so it happens. Bigger paycheck worth it Nev?
Roman Reigns and Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt and Brawn Stroman
Earlier in the show, the Wyatts cut a promo from the mysterious dark room of fog. Brawn says “I used to catch rabbits. Then I squoze them and squoze them and called them George.”
Stroman actually works more than a few minutes this match. Technically, he has yet to be knocked down. He’s been knocked over the top rope plenty of times, but always landed on his feet. Lots of good ol’ fashioned brawling and no evidence of anything related to the Olympics. Bray gets DQed for smacking Roman with a chair, adding more fuel to the fire for their HIAC match.
DEPP!
Woot! Apocalyptic redneck James Storm is making his debut in NXT!
What absolutely amazed me is that they referred to him as a “Former heavyweight champion” - I think that’s the first time they’ve ever recognized a former TNA titleholder as such.
I’d swear they’ve used that verbiage to refer to Samoa Joe, though he’s been an ROH champion as well so they could have been referring to that as well. We’ll have to see how commentary describes him when the episode airs.
I’m guessing WWE is acknowledging their existence knowing they’re on their deathbed.
If they don’t mention those organizations by name then they’re not acknowledging anything. Once they’re done producing shows Vince might buy up TNA just to keep it from coming alive again. Not sure how well ROH is doing but they have to compete with NXT for up and coming wrestlers now.
I can’t figure Samoa Joe in NXT instead of the WWE. He’s got a lot more experience than much of the WWE roster. I get the feeling he’s paying the price for not taking a new name and stupid gimmick.
How many of these guys have Vince and Dunn looked at and said “I got nothing for him” or “He’s too old”?
From what I’ve read, Triple H is the main reason Joe is in NXT - Trips has been a big fan of Joe’s work for years and personally approached him about signing with WWE after he left TNA. I wouldn’t blame him for wanting to book Joe himself rather than turn him over to the crazy old man running the main roster who thinks identifying a wrestler as Samoan means they need to wear a grass skirt and puka shells and act like a tree-dwelling savage (which, reportedly, is the reason they went for so long without mentioning in-universe that Roman Reigns is Samoan.)
Speaking of Samoan wrestlers, Nia Jax also made her debut at the tapings last night. She’s part of the Anoa’i clan on the Rock’s side of the family (her father is High Chief Peter Maivia’s nephew), though she’s still relatively green so we’ll have to wait and see how she shakes out in the ring.
I can tell you right now how she is in the ring cuz we’ve seen her a bunch…it also brings out a funny thing about her recent promos.
Girl is huge. I mean huuuuuuge. So her wrestling style is being a monster in the ring and letting the other girl try and hit her a bunch while she Godzilla’s around. She’s not bad by any stretch, I’m just saying that the promos of her with the close-ups of her eyes, and them being all sexy are a tiny bit misleading because of her size. I compared her to Kong in TNA.
A point Ms Cups noticed: Finn is acting more heelish. He’s gone from Demon Finn to “sexy Finn” (her words). His leather jacket, the revealing way of showing the belt, the complete abandonment of his demon side, it’s all showing or hinting either a heel turn or just acting heely.
Wikipedia lists her as 5’11" and 200 lbs, so yeah, she’s definitely on the big end of the spectrum as far as female wrestlers go. Here’s a picture of her posing with Eva Marie for comparison’s sake - she looks like she could snap Eva in half without even trying.
My video was of Rick the Sign Guy, who shows up in the front row of WWE events all the time with a full briefcase full of (usually) amusing signs–wearing a blue workman’s shirt with his name stitched on and a backwards red baseball cap–same outfit every single time for years and years.
He ended on on “Deal or No Deal” and Rated RKO showed up to heckle him, then Cena and Lashley also appeared to cheer him on.
I have to agree. He’s making that slow transition to heelhood. I’m thinking he’s going to take sole credit for winning the Dusty trophy and start a feud with S’More Joe. There’s a buttload of faces in NXT right now, Sami Zayn should be back soon, and Finn is ruling the roost. I’m actually interested in seeing how he’ll do, since he’s been everybody’s darling bonny lad.
Just in case anyone’s interested, the WWE shop is running another today-only clearance sale on old t-shirts. Most of what they’ve got is the same as they were offering last time, but there’s a few on sale now that weren’t the last time - I just picked up the vintage Daniel Bryan “Yes! Yes! Yes!” shirt, the “Sami and the Zayniacs” shirt, and the original Kevin Owens shirt (the one with the duct-tape style logo, not the lame one he got when he joined the main roster).
How many wrestling shirts you got?
I’ve got a Hulkamania shirt (which I don’t wear anymore because, you know), an Ultimate Warrior shirt, the Dean Ambrose anarchy symbol shirt, the Cactus Jack “Wanted Dead” shirt (which I don’t wear because Mick himself autographed it for me), the CM Punk “Second City Saint” shirt (which I don’t wear because it still has an “authentic WWE merchandise” sticker on it), and the Finn/Joe/Bryan shirts I picked up in the last clearance sale.
According to my sources (Ms. Cups) WWE released Devin.
Which is sad because now I don’t know who else is going to do the backstage interviews on NXT, and it was fun watching her wrestle that one time. Guess it’s to TNA for her lol
It’s been announced today that Sami Zayn is going to be working Evolve’s shows this weekend. This would seem to pretty much confirm that Evolve is now officially working with WWE and developing the performers who are eventually going to make their way to NXT, as if Johnny Gargano weren’t already evidence enough of that.
Also, it’s been reported that Rusev and Lana are now engaged, as in real-life, non-kayfabe, not in any way shape or form a work engaged. I wish 'em well.
The only wrestling t-shirt I have is the Finn Balor one.
Of course, I own about 8 Cthulhu-related t-shirts…