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|  #21 Posted on 2.6.10 1038.48 | Instant Rating: 1.36 | The banter at the end was awesome. CM Punk just walking out was hilarious too. And Christian's burn on Regal "You haven't won a match in a year"
But I also loved at the beginning of the show when Punk came out he moved his chair away ever so slightly from the rest of the Pros.
I agree with the rediculus names of the Rookies that are sons of Rotundo and Hennig.
I also think they should have eliminated Otunga first becuase it would have led to a nice face/heel dynamic.
After R-Truth won the US Title though I was almost scared they would give Otunga the win just so he could challenge R-Truth for the title. Thank god they didn't do that. I see bright futures for Daniel Bryan and Wade Barret, Gabriel could be a good mid carder. I don't see Otunga lasting long unless he can improve his in-ring skills.
As for season 2 I see Titus Lucky and Percy being the early eliminations. Kaval and ugh 'Michael McGilicutty' *cough*JOEHENNIG*cough* being the heavy favorites to win it.
It's interesting to note that all of the current FCW champions are on WWE TV right now (or will be as of next week), as the Uso's are the Tag Champs and Alex is the Heavywegiht Champ
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|  #22 Posted on 2.6.10 1107.50 | Instant Rating: 1.04 | I have to imagine the WWE knows the legacy guys aren't going to win NXT, so why already saddle 'Joe Hennig' with being a loser when they can just debut him as such later? I really don't think there's a grand conspiracy going on here.
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| #23 Posted on 2.6.10 1143.11 | Instant Rating: 5.70 | Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
I have to imagine the WWE knows the legacy guys aren't going to win NXT, so why already saddle 'Joe Hennig' with being a loser when they can just debut him as such later? I really don't think there's a grand conspiracy going on here.
Good point. Billing him as 'Joe Hennig' or Harris as 'Windham Rotunda' puts a lot of inherent pressure on them right away. NXT could be a test to have their earn their names, so to speak. Though really, it's ironic in these cases given that their fathers are known to 90 percent of the world under their gimmick names (Mr. Perfect and IRS). Unless you're an old-timey NWA fan, the Rotunda name isn't well-known. | JustinShapiro
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| #24 Posted on 2.6.10 1145.31 | Instant Rating: 8.54 | I don't understand why some of you's think that pros are going to hurt anything when season 1 just demonstrated that the pros don't teach or do anything.
Originally posted by lotjx
it is a rip-off of Beautiful People with uglier chicks.
Whoa, that's not true. I've seen the Beautiful People without makeup.
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| #25 Posted on 2.6.10 1214.41 | Instant Rating: 4.79 | Originally posted by JustinShapiro
I don't understand why some of you's think that pros are going to hurt anything when season 1 just demonstrated that the pros don't teach or do anything.
True.
But you have to admit that even though Barrett deserved to win, Jericho's presence as his pro helped him out a lot on the show.
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| #26 Posted on 2.6.10 1238.18 | Instant Rating: 7.04 | Originally posted by The Game
8)Alex Riley: Perhaps the most separated from the group because not also does he have some of the necessary charisma but with Miz as his pro, this duo should gel pretty nicely. His character is pretty similar to Christopher Nowinski's and he didn't last very long despite having character as well.
It should be pointed out that Nowinski didn't last long because injuries forced him to retire.
You know what I would love to see? A promo where the Usos come out and taunt all the NXT Rookies for being so stupid to enter a long, drawn-out competition for a WWE contract and a title shot, when all they had to do was show up at Raw and attack the champs to get the same thing. They could do that on the season 2 finale and use that to explain why there won't be a season 3. B^)
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| #27 Posted on 2.6.10 1317.08 | Instant Rating: 5.67 | | Superfreakonomics told me that sons of professional baseball players are 1000 times more likely to become professional baseball players than other children. I think similar factors are at play with the children of professional wrestlers. | dMp
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|  #28 Posted on 2.6.10 1541.06 | Instant Rating: 5.72 | Originally posted by Big Bad
Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
I have to imagine the WWE knows the legacy guys aren't going to win NXT, so why already saddle 'Joe Hennig' with being a loser when they can just debut him as such later? I really don't think there's a grand conspiracy going on here.
Good point. Billing him as 'Joe Hennig' or Harris as 'Windham Rotunda' puts a lot of inherent pressure on them right away. NXT could be a test to have their earn their names, so to speak. Though really, it's ironic in these cases given that their fathers are known to 90 percent of the world under their gimmick names (Mr. Perfect and IRS). Unless you're an old-timey NWA fan, the Rotunda name isn't well-known.
Suddenly having Cody (former Legacy member, and someone who probably has to fight more than DiBiase to escape the family heritage) as the Pro makes a lot more sense.
Joe Hennig looks insanely much like his dad, but with a Jamie Noble hairdo.
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| #29 Posted on 2.6.10 1714.45 | Instant Rating: 1.04 | If only he could wrestle, talk, or groom his hair as well as his dad. Seriously, Joe Hennig was a pretty big disappointment in FCW.
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| #30 Posted on 2.6.10 1919.56 | Instant Rating: 3.56 | Originally posted by thecubsfan
Lucky Cannon sounds like a gay porn name. Not even like a real gay porn name, like a a name a group of high school juniors getting drunk for the first time would come up. It's over the top, but not over the top in a hilarious way like Percy Watson appears to be (except Cole seemed to think Percy was on the level and cool? but maybe that's just Cole?)
Most of these names are super horrible. And they're changing the rules again and probably will five more times. And the Cole/Daniel stuff just didn't go anywhere here. Kavel with LaCool is a bit of mad genius but maybe someone else can tell me how it goes.
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This has really been a terrible problem for the WWE over the last couple of years. Dolph Ziggler is the one that comes to mind right away as a guy who really could do something for the company, but is still trying to get over the hump of having a terrible name.
I wish I could think of a few of the others that amazed me when hearing them, but I'm either not watching enough to remember, they are already gone or I've just gotten used to them having bad names.
They'd probably be better off dumping a bunch of first names in one hat and last names in another and just drawing at random.
Originally posted by Shapiro
Originally posted by lotjx
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it is a rip-off of Beautiful People with uglier chicks.
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Whoa, that's not true. I've seen the Beautiful People without makeup.
The Beautiful People, there's a group of girls that got good names.
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| #31 Posted on 2.6.10 1954.31 | Originally posted by BigDaddyLoco
Originally posted by thecubsfan
Lucky Cannon sounds like a gay porn name. Not even like a real gay porn name, like a a name a group of high school juniors getting drunk for the first time would come up. It's over the top, but not over the top in a hilarious way like Percy Watson appears to be (except Cole seemed to think Percy was on the level and cool? but maybe that's just Cole?)
Most of these names are super horrible. And they're changing the rules again and probably will five more times. And the Cole/Daniel stuff just didn't go anywhere here. Kavel with LaCool is a bit of mad genius but maybe someone else can tell me how it goes.
(edited by thecubsfan on 2.6.10 0002)
This has really been a terrible problem for the WWE over the last couple of years. Dolph Ziggler is the one that comes to mind right away as a guy who really could do something for the company, but is still trying to get over the hump of having a terrible name.
I wish I could think of a few of the others that amazed me when hearing them, but I'm either not watching enough to remember, they are already gone or I've just gotten used to them having bad names.
They'd probably be better off dumping a bunch of first names in one hat and last names in another and just drawing at random.
Originally posted by Shapiro
Originally posted by lotjx
it is a rip-off of Beautiful People with uglier chicks.
Whoa, that's not true. I've seen the Beautiful People without makeup.
The Beautiful People, there's a group of girls that got good names.
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Dolph Ziggler may be a bad name, but it's a step up from being in the Spirit Squad...
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| #32 Posted on 2.6.10 2055.44 | Instant Rating: 2.73 | Originally posted by Peter The Hegemon
Originally posted by The Game
8)Alex Riley: Perhaps the most separated from the group because not also does he have some of the necessary charisma but with Miz as his pro, this duo should gel pretty nicely. His character is pretty similar to Christopher Nowinski's and he didn't last very long despite having character as well.
It should be pointed out that Nowinski didn't last long because injuries forced him to retire.
You know what I would love to see? A promo where the Usos come out and taunt all the NXT Rookies for being so stupid to enter a long, drawn-out competition for a WWE contract and a title shot, when all they had to do was show up at Raw and attack the champs to get the same thing. They could do that on the season 2 finale and use that to explain why there won't be a season 3. B^)
The proportion of WWE wrestlers whose fathers were wrestlers is getting mighty high.
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| #33 Posted on 2.6.10 2354.22 | Instant Rating: 2.33 | Originally posted by AegisD
Dolph Ziggler may be a bad name, but it's a step up from being in the Spirit Squad...
True, but ya gotta admit, though they knew they were stuck with a future WrestleCrap-inductee gimmick, they played it to the hilt!
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| #34 Posted on 2.6.10 2356.08 | Instant Rating: 4.29 | Originally posted by ekedolphin
Originally posted by AegisD
Dolph Ziggler may be a bad name, but it's a step up from being in the Spirit Squad...
True, but ya gotta admit, though they knew they were stuck with a future WrestleCrap-inductee gimmick, they played it to the hilt!
You know, speaking of the Spirit Squad, have ANY of them been seen again since that angle? They played such a shitty gimmick like champs. You'd think ONE of them would have earned their way back to the big leagues by now.
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| #35 Posted on 3.6.10 0007.43 | Instant Rating: 8.00 | Originally posted by It's False
You know, speaking of the Spirit Squad, have ANY of them been seen again since that angle? They played such a shitty gimmick like champs. You'd think ONE of them would have earned their way back to the big leagues by now.
Wait, do you mean besides Dolph Ziggler?
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| #36 Posted on 3.6.10 0007.52 | Instant Rating: 8.68 | | (deleted by CRZ on 3.6.10 0009) | CRZ
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| #37 Posted on 3.6.10 0008.53 | Instant Rating: 8.68 | Aw, crap, board ate my reply. Here, just go to Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org).
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| #38 Posted on 3.6.10 0020.18 | Instant Rating: 5.70 |
This has really been a terrible problem for the WWE over the last couple of years. Dolph Ziggler is the one that comes to mind right away as a guy who really could do something for the company, but is still trying to get over the hump of having a terrible name.
I wish I could think of a few of the others that amazed me when hearing them, but I'm either not watching enough to remember, they are already gone or I've just gotten used to them having bad names.
They'd probably be better off dumping a bunch of first names in one hat and last names in another and just drawing at random.
What was the old WWE rule about names? "If you can't picture Howard Finkel announcing it as the NEW WWE champion, then it's a bad name." It seems like the only guy who's escaped the lame name curse in the last few years was Jack Swagger, who received not just a good name, but a great wrestling name. | JustinShapiro
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| #39 Posted on 3.6.10 0026.22 | Instant Rating: 8.54 |
I wish I could think of a few of the others that amazed me when hearing them, but I'm either not watching enough to remember, they are already gone or I've just gotten used to them having bad names.
Scotty Goldman. Braden Walker. Vance Archer. And there were the sports names -- Bam Neely, Kenny Dykstra, Daniel Rodman. Some of them you just end up used to; Evan Bourne seemed stupid at first since I was used to "Matt Sydal."
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| #40 Posted on 3.6.10 0106.25 | Instant Rating: 4.29 | Originally posted by Karlos the Jackal
Wait, do you mean besides Dolph Ziggler?
Originally posted by CRZ
Here, just go to Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org).
Man, I can't believe I didn't recognize Dolph. Never would have guessed him as Nicky.
Also forgot about Kenny's brief return, which was about as unmemorable as it gets.
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