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[DomDom1984]

I wouldn't trust them to bring back a cruiserweight title and make it work, so I hope that they don't bring that particular title back.

[When Jokers Attack]

Yeah that's what I'm thinking but I want and have a feeling the feud will continue after this, maybe Neville winning the tournament since he isn't moving up to the main roster yet and turning it into 3 way feud feud between Neville, Zayn and Owens.

[DomDom1984]

Oh, and the best cruiser style wrestling in WWE is on NXT anyways, so it's not needed.

[pink_triangle]

Can you see them still being relevant as a tag time come Summerslam?

I think they are more likely to be relevant as a tag team than as singles. With the amount of stars to fit into matches, there's no way they would use a match for these two. If we get a tag team partner feud it will be the Rhodes brothers.

[pink_triangle]

Reigns or Rollins would be better off with Heyman imo, a decent heel who isn't sided with the authority.

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I'm wary about the idea that heyman has a magic wand. He is great with brock, but had no chemistry with cesaro or axel.

[DomDom1984]

To be fair, only one of those two had any chance of doing something, and it was the other booking of Cesaro which was hurting him.

If you book someone right and put Heyman with him, they should be fine.

[When Jokers Attack]

Rollins doesn't need Heyman to get him over, he is doing just fine.

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I'm wary about the idea that heyman has a magic wand. He is great with brock, but had no chemistry with cesaro or axel.

True but it is a good way of having a heel appear to have power/connections without having to be another one of Authority's guys.

[Andre91]

I think that Reigns and Heyman would work a treat, epecially if Heyman turns on Brock at Mania.

Reigns is limited on the mic, but arguably not as limited as Brock.

[pink_triangle]

To be fair, only one of those two had any chance of doing something, and it was the other booking of Cesaro which was hurting him.

If you book someone right and put Heyman with him, they should be fine.

While heyman is fantastic, I find the idea that he can be great with 100% of the roster mad. Whether its wrestling, tv, film or music. The greatest will not have great chemistry with everyone.

I know that cesaro has a strong online fanbase, but I think he gets a bit of an easy ride. His lack of progress is always attributed to poor booking, rather than any of his own faults. I think his place on the card is about where he should be, not because he is poor, but the strong level of competition.

I agree with Austin, he is very talented but missing something. He can blame the booking forever or look to find that something himself.

[DomDom1984]

It wasn't Austin that said he lacked something. It was Vince. The reason his push stalled was that he spoke out against another Orton vs Cena match and that was it. Before that, he was getting pushed and crowds were reacting.

In all honesty, I think he deserved to get punished for it, but let's call it what it is.

[When Jokers Attack]

Smackdown spoiler

Big Show turned face

[jump]

Smackdown spoiler

Big Show turned face

Again and only after 2 months since his last turn.

[pink_triangle]

It wasn't Austin that said he lacked something. It was Vince. The reason his push stalled was that he spoke out against another Orton vs Cena match and that was it. Before that, he was getting pushed and crowds were reacting.

In all honesty, I think he deserved to get punished for it, but let's call it what it is.

While Vince said it during the interview, Austin has said several times that he likes Cesaro but he is missing something. Im not sure he has worked out what it is, but I think he is right. While he managed to get that swing move over, I think theres only so far a silly move can get you., as the likes of Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty found. I don't think he has ever got the audience (beyond his fanbase) to really buy into his whole character and that to me is his challenge. He can join his fans moaning about how he is being "held down" or do what the likes of Austin and more recently Bray Wyatt did and make sure the fans take notice.

I think being a great wrestler can only get you so far. Theres a huge amount of extremely hungry young talent and the likes of the Shield, Wyatt and Barrett have in my view overtaken him. Criticising WWE established stars is clearly a dumb move, but its not one that will stop Vince pushing someone if he thinks they will make him millions. My instinct is that Cesaro will never become one of the top guys, but nether did Owen Hart, Bulldog or Mr Perfect and they didn't have bad careers!

[luckysalt]

Smackdown spoiler

Big Show turned face

Oh god, not another feud between those pair! They've done it a hundred times and it always SUCKS.

[luckysalt]

Watched my first NXT show last last, hmmm the way how people rave about it so much it wasn't that impressive, yes its a better standard of wrestling and even commentary but still felt like it was a WWE wrestling show.

And the booking in that main event, what a load of shit

[DomDom1984]

How was the booking in the main event shit?

[luckysalt]

How was the booking in the main event shit?

I don't like non finishes, think it weakens the talent, especially when its the push for their first title win, what was it some fore arms and 4 powerbombs, on the indie scene you do this strong style all the time, thats part of the appeal, WWE style makes them look weak IMO.

You could tell the finish was coming too, and its clearly just been done so they can play it up on his 'KO' name.

Something like this they'll talk about for ages now that he KO'd him, yet Cena takes 2 million german supplexs from Lesnar. Just weakens the talent IMO, you might not agree.

[DomDom1984]

I thought it was a pretty definitive finish. Owens beat on Zayn until he couldn't continue. That's definitive. It was more than four Powerbombs, as if four Powerbombs isn't enough to do the trick anyways. And you're forgetting the smash of the head on the ramp which is what caused it. I think when you add that to the Powerbombs, you have a decent beating.

It made Owens look like a total monster, because there was absolutely no question he was losing that match. There was no point in that ending where you thought Zayn was coming back, because Owens decimated him. But at the same time, Zayn refused to stay down, kicked out of three or four Powerbombs ( hence why I'm sure it was more than that ), and kept going and going until the referee thought he wasn't going to stop and stopped it himself. Definitive. Both guys come out looking good, with Owens the killer, and Zayn the unbreakable guy who refuses to quit.

Oh. And comparing Zayn with Cena. Not on.

[When Jokers Attack]

NXT was great again

Balor and Neville stole the show and the women had the second best match of the night.

I did realy like the main event and It does make sense by making Owens look like a beast and Zayn never gave up so I'm sure their paths will cross again but just wasn't a big fan of the finish but that's just my opinion.

Del Rio made his debut in Lucha Underground, couple of digs at WWE in the promo.

Edited February 12, 2015 by When Jokers Attack

[Uncle Liam]

[DomDom1984]

Well, they haven't added any WWECW stuff.

[GodlikeYeezus]

Nxt was good but nowhere near the quality of the previous one. However in terms of building for the next one it's great. It's better than all the underwhelming ppvs wwe broadcast each year to build up for the major ones.

[DomDom1984]

I thought the main event was disappointing but the ladies and the #1 contender's match delivered. Opener was really good too.

[Andre91]

Really enjoyed NXT Takeover. As mentioned, the women's match was excellent, really really loved it. Balor vs. Neville was also fantastic. I was looking forward to Corbin vs. Dempsey, but was left disappointed. The main event was good, but again, I expected more. The finish was good enough for what they needed. It made Owens look like a monster.