04-01-2017, 10:42 PM | #321 |
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Main event was good. Started slow but built up the story the match was telling. Good for Roode but I really want to see him on Smackdown. I like the new titles except for the women's, previous one was better and more original. Think the tag titles and NXT title look more desirable and legit now.
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04-01-2017, 10:43 PM | #322 |
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04-01-2017, 10:46 PM | #323 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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04-01-2017, 10:46 PM | #324 |
Large Marge sent me
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04-01-2017, 10:48 PM | #325 |
Resident drug enabler
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Holy fuck.
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04-01-2017, 10:55 PM | #326 |
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People at the event saying Nakamura held his farewell moment after the show. Didn't involve a speech but him doing a goodbye lap around the ring and pointing to the NXT logo before leaving.
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04-01-2017, 11:22 PM | #327 |
Triple A
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And the old titles: |
04-01-2017, 11:34 PM | #328 |
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Def felt like Nak's last night in nxt. Entrance felt like a longer version of the usual one.
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04-01-2017, 11:36 PM | #329 |
The Champ is Here!
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04-01-2017, 11:51 PM | #330 |
President of Freedonia
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Pleeeeeeeeeeeease bring Nakamura to SmackDown instead of Raw
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04-01-2017, 11:56 PM | #331 |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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Entrance of the year:
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04-01-2017, 11:59 PM | #332 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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I can't fucking wait!!
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04-02-2017, 12:00 AM | #333 |
Triple A
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Nakamura after the show went off the air.
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04-02-2017, 01:21 AM | #334 |
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What's the deal with submissions being held forever and not working or doing any damage?
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04-02-2017, 01:34 AM | #335 |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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Well. He's back, time to see if his theme will be too.
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04-02-2017, 01:37 AM | #336 |
King of Suplexes/Oxy
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NXTaker
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04-02-2017, 02:41 AM | #337 |
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He's the one listening to smooth jazz in the car right next to you.
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04-02-2017, 02:42 AM | #338 |
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I think Dark One Aliester Black. Just a hunch.
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04-02-2017, 04:16 AM | #339 |
Feeling Oof-y
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Love the new belts. The old Women's belt was a little like a toy.
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04-02-2017, 04:31 AM | #340 |
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I like how they don't refer to the NXT Championship as a world title. There was a lot of controversy with the ECW Championship in the WWECW era.
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04-02-2017, 08:13 AM | #341 | |
It's a blood match!
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Saw the main event, and it was okay. Triple A I agree, Nak didn't do anything "amazing" for me in NXT, except his debut with Sami last year. Hopefully he picks it up when he faces more interesting characters on the main roster. WWE seems to have dumbed him down. Good match, not on the Nak level we want from his NJPW days. |
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04-02-2017, 08:35 AM | #342 |
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Big concerns about Nak on the main roster. Roode is a more straight forward transition, as would McIntyre going straight back to SmackDown.
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04-02-2017, 10:52 AM | #343 |
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Unless he can start cutting good promos, it's gonna be hard for Nakamura to transition and get over. Styles of course is an amazing performer, but it's the character work via promos that's helped cement himself as a star. Can't see Nakamura getting that far without the ability to talk.
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04-02-2017, 02:09 PM | #344 |
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I think there's a place for Nakamura on the main roster that doesn't require him to cut great promos. It's not in the main event. But as a staple in the upper-midcard fighting for the US or IC title, he can be fine as the guy who lets his ring work and presence do the talking.
I'm just worried about WWE's ability to book that kind of guy. Feel like after everything he's been built up as in Japan and on NXT he's gonna come in and start jobbing in 5 minute matches on Raw and looking like everyone else. If there was ever a guy they NEED to book carefully from an in-ring credibility standpoint and not fall into the retarded "match outcomes don't matter" mindset with, it's him. |
04-02-2017, 02:18 PM | #345 |
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Yeah that's what I mean; he's got a lot of upside but I don't have much faith in WWE making the most of it. Also, the expectations of the "IWC" for the guy are sky high, would it be accepted that he's a perennial midcard star?
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04-02-2017, 02:20 PM | #346 |
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Have him elevate the IC title before we worry about him main eventing.
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04-02-2017, 02:31 PM | #347 |
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Could Heyman be Nak's voice?
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04-03-2017, 02:02 AM | #348 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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04-03-2017, 02:53 AM | #349 |
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It absolutely would be. I said it about Daniel Bryan. If they never teased him as a world title contender, the IWC would have been completely fine with him just dominating the midcard. No hi-jacking of shows or anything. Once they teased his world title run, they were committed whether they liked it or not. If they just keep Nakamura in his realm, there shouldn't be any problem. Once they start having him job to Reigns and unsuccessfully challenge for the World/Universal title, they're gonna set an expectation that they probably shouldn't set.
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04-03-2017, 03:32 PM | #350 |
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Watched this.....
Really enjoyed Aleister Black/Cien, the tag match, and the women's match....... Aleister Black really cool entrance..... Tag match was great, but I feel like Authors of Pain shouldn't have got both eliminations.... I like them winning, though...... I've been thinking that throughout her title run Asuka has been getting cockier and cockier.... her swagger levels exponentially rising..... even when she won the title she didn't shake Bayley's hand...... Now when faced with a "real challenge" for the first time, we see her true nature come out even more and she took a shortcut to victory...... I had wanted Asuka to win and debut on the main roster undefeated, but now after that match I am thinking that I want to see Ember Moon defeat her........ |