Really liked that first NXT UK episode, except for Flash Morgan Webster which I think is more my aversion to mods in general.
Really liked that first NXT UK episode, except for Flash Morgan Webster which I think is more my aversion to mods in general.
I've not watched it. Does Johnny Saint know what you call a fatal fourway yet?
I've not watched it yet either but it's hard to go wrong putting on more Pete Dunne matches.
He (along with Ricochet and Adam Cole) doesn't do bad matches. The triple threat the three of them had on NXT last week was absolutely glorious.
Noam Dar looked like a proper star too, there's a part near the end of the match that looked horrible, really well done. That and Jeff Hardy's ear thing have made me wince more than all the crazy stunt stuff does.
Dar has done well on 205 since he came back from injury so that's no surprise.
Not a fan of his little fingers thing though.
Just watched it, good opener with some good wrestling.
Probably Dunne's worst match that I've seen but it was still quality work from him and Dar.
Really nice that they kept the flow with some storylines coming from the UK tournament.
A little low on promos but I think that will be the way for a bit to get people more accustomed to more names in the UK scene.
Both flavours of NXT were excellent. War Raiders finish was expected but they were made to look hard as fuck and I enjoyed everything about Bel Air vs. Cross too.
Nikki Cross not moving to the main roster was seen as a negative at the time, but here she is in the middle of storylines and I don't even remember if Sanity have debuted or they're just running the Emmalina 'coming soon' videos for them still.
Sanity have debuted and lost the vast majority of their matches.
They had a good tables match against New Day on the pre-show of a PPV.
Other than that they've been completely overlooked.
They should have been put on RAW though, the tag scene on Smackdown is actually there. On RAW there's absolutely nothing, so much so that of the last 4 champions only 1 have been an actual tag team (a gimmicky one at that).
Raw has the teams Vince just hates tag wrestling, they wouldn't have been used much better there I suspect.
Tag team matches are crap, to be fair.
And definitely watch Motor City Machine Guns.
If it’s what I’m thinking of I cringed at it!
I'm not sure what bit Wullie's talking about because there were a few cringey bits as there invariably are with Dunne's joint manipulation stuff.
The stamp on his fingers did it for me.
That was it yeah, the stamp at the end. Had to watch it back, it really looked like he'd just destroyed his hand at first.
EDIT here we go
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I can't remember who it was that Jack Gallagher had a match against on NXT start of this year / end of last, might have been Bate but he did some unpleasant submissions and stuff. Does he get much work on 205 Live these days? He was getting relatively over when 205 was part of Raw but then oh, no luck, it's not your turn to be the challenger for the title any more so off into the abyss with you.
He gets some work, for a while he was teaming with THE Brian Kendrick before they became Drew Gulak's bitches. Was doing a lot with the Lucha House Party when he was teamed with Kendrick.
He's better now having turned heel and not using the umbrella.
Hadn't see that before, that's great.
He was on a GiantBomb stream playing Wrestling games and seemed really cool.
Tegan Nox's injuries in the MYC don't sound like much fun.
We should really get past the whole carnie attitude towards injuries.
Roman with that Leukemia promo.
Leukemia? Fucking hell.
Not a fan of him but poor bastard, hope he gets better soon.
I had heard rumours about him being injured as he missed some house shows but I didn't expect that.
Frig. Lost my cousin to that a month ago.
I normally avoid spoilers / this thread but saw the headline on BBC. Fuck.
Regardless of whether or not people like him individually I'm glad it sounds like he got a good reaction on Raw when making the announcement.
Depending who the build the main event around in the meantime (probably put the belt back on sodding Brock) I think people will realise his worth. He's not a great promo but he's a good wrestler who's just booked horrifically. Get the belt on Rollins.
Least he finally found out how to get over as a face.
No chance of the heel turn now then.
Please let Lesnar win
Seth Rollins is the smart choice.
Ferg Balor to have a year long Intercontinental run.
Seth Rollins isn't going to get it. The match is Lesnar Vs Strowman and given Vince's love of men who are big and sweaty, Rollins isn't going over either of them.
they need to strap up BRAAAAAAAAUN and be done with it
It's already been changed to a singles.
Baroque will win to give him the chance of being 2 sport champ.
You lot are nuts. Absolutely no chance that Brock wins.
I agree, there's no chance he's winning it. The seethe if he did would be worth it though.
I honestly don't know who I think will win it because Boatman isn't due to have a push ruined for another two months or so yet but WWE are capable of any dreadful decision you can imagine of them. Other than the obviously impossible there's nothing I'd say there's no chance of them doing.
All must be sacrificed at the Altar of Bork.
Has there been a not-so-secret Mania plan for the Universal as there was last year?
I read the other day that they haven't decided the main event yet. HBK v Undertaker will probably happen.
Well I imagine it would have had Reigns front and centre of the plan, so maybe it's not yet written.
My mate has a nauseously plausible theory that some poor bastard will lose a world title to the Undertaker so that he can lost it for Dad Hair's 17th. I dunno if that's better or worse than Michaels finding out if he's still good enough to drag something entertaining out of the old heap of shit.
I wonder if they're actually ready to pull the trigger on a women's main event, I've seen that rumoured.
If they hadn't destroyed Asuka they might be able to. What could they do now, Charlotte v Ronda?
I've heard Charlotte/Ronda and before the other night a SHIELD triple threat.