For Grumman and others who want to dip their toes into the vast ocean of great professional wrestling matches of old, I set up a thread to help you do just that, so we don’t flood this one with what I’m sure will be excellent suggestions.
So NXT last night…well…existed.
It said they filmed it at access, which I’m assuming happened after Takeover since they were pretty overt with Bayley not having the belt. I can’t imagine that news staying shut if they taped it before.
Got some nice views of people we don’t see very often. Namely “Cursed by Greatness” Angelo Dawkins and “Silver Boots” Tucker Knight. They were jobbed out to their respective opponents…but they got some TV time and that’s always neat.
In WWE News: Bray Wyatt apparently injured his calf in Italy. No word yet as to the severity, although it’s not a HUGE loss since he was injured already, but it might kill any plans he had with Reigns. Why can’t he injure his mouth?
I did like the way Ty Dillinger cut his promo. He stepped off camera, came back and gave the interviewer a 3. That interviewer looks like the type who got picked on all his life, a schlemazel. You know “Schlemiezel, Schlemazel” from the Lavern & Shirley theme song? Schlemiezel is the guy who spills the soup. Schlemazel is the guy he spills the soup on.
Because of tape delays, I suspect that Phillips and Graves rerecord their playcalling with more up-to-date references. That has to be a nightmare to keep track of, especially if booking changes at the eleventh hour. Give Graves credit for bitching about the announcer not mentioning Baron Corbin’s AtGMBR win.
I wonder how long it takes former Indies to fully assimilate the WWE koolaid? So-and-so was in the audience at WM fill-in-the-blank and knew right then he wanted to be a WWE Superstar! Marketers are slime.
Jeff Jarrett, meanwhile, is apparently trying to keep his latest promotion afloat with cash-for-gold pyramid schemes.
Stay classy, Double-J.
Just wait until Izzy turns 18 and auditions for NXT.
He’s going to disappear like Judge Crater some day.
I figured out his Nigerian Prince name if he wants to go that route.
Babajide
Just what is the actual name of Sami Zayn’s finisher? The announcers make it sound like “Pelooba Kick” or “Felooma Kick” but pwtorch calls it the “Helluva Kick.” All holds that have Japanese names sound exotic, like “Mishinoku Driver,” so I thought it was another Japanese name, but it is kind of clever to make an American expression sound Japanese.
So the audience can chant “Izzy’s gonna cry-y, Izzy’s gonna cry-y”
Not knowing a thing about Zayn’s pre-NXT/WWE work (and still don’t) I was always under the impression that it was “Heluva Kick” (like the spread).
And no way Izzy becomes a wrestler. I would venture to say she’s going to go the Renee Young route.
Either that or she’s going to not be any where near the Performance Center due to the restraining order Bayley puts on her for stalking
But I have to get inside! Bayley neeeeeeeds me!!!
It’s just been announced that Adam Rose and Konnor have each been given a 60-day suspension for Wellness violations.
60 days means it’s a second offense, but I don’t recall either of them getting one before, so it must have happened back before NXT got on the Network. Guess that means it’s curtains for the Ascension and the Social Outcasts.
If you guys watch the season opener for Orphan Black you’ll see Rowan making a guest appearance. Not really, but it’s kind of funny seeing someone else wearing the stupid mask now and expecting it to look creepy.
When did Orphan Black air? It’s not on BBCA tonight.
Or Victor can take Rose’s place in SO and pretend to be an outcast because he wears Egyptian eye makeup.
Spoiler for tonight’s Raw (which is taping in London right now);
[SPOILER] Gallows and Anderson attack Roman Reigns and lay him out to a massive pop, and promise to have AJ Styles’ back in the ME at Payback!
Looks like we’re getting a Bullet Club reunion after all. Or maybe they swerve us and Gallows and Anderson end up teaming with Roman to become the new big heel faction since the Authority’s out of the picture (Shane is in charge again tonight, apparently, because nothing that happened at WrestleMania matters.) [/SPOILER]
Fell asleep during/after the Divas match. Anything interesting happen after that?
The Usos lost to the Vaudevillains, so the VVs face Enzo & Cass at Payback. Wonder if Enzo will wear a turd on his buttflap again? The Ooses are now JTTS status (Jobbers to the Stars).
Apollo Crews beat another SO, so now he’s defeated all the blues. Next, the yellows, then he’ll be a level 16 Ranger.
Dean beat KO, then Jerkio laid him out. Jer and Kofi Kingston both seem to be suffering from chest decay.
No Wyatts. Bray’s injury made the rest of them irrelevant.
It seems Dixie has a payment to make tomorrow and if she doesn’t, they’ll lose majority control of TNA.
Will be interesting to see if the family coughs up the money or lets it go.
Well, Harper’s already out with a knee injury, so the “rest” is Rowan and Stroman.
Well, if Strowman had been left in NXT long enough to hold his own, they could have him go on a tear as a dangerous big man. However, since they didn’t and he can’t promo to save his life, he’s stuck waiting for Harper or Wyatt to return.