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Tenken347
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#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.14
Okay, wow. This show wound up being loaded. Seriously, if you're reading this recap before watching the show, stop. Just stop. Go watch the show. You do not want spoilers on this one, just go enjoy it. I'll wait. All set? Then let's get into it.

We start with Finn Balor making his entrance. I'm basically convinced that they should take his old working name, Prince, and upgrade him to a king. King Balor (en.wikipedia.org). C'mon, that'd be cool. Anyhoo, never mind my rambling, because Finn's out to tell us he's the future. That's all he gets the chance to tell us, though, because Tyson Kidd comes out with Natalya to shut him up. Kidd is not impressed. Fact. Justin Gabriel also comes out, and he is also not impressed. Also fact. The two of them decide to beat a lesson into Finn, and we all know where this is going. Sure enough, out comes Itami to even the odds. Our heels back down like a good heel do, but by order of GM Regal (which sounds like a movie theater now that I type it out) we've got a tag match.

Balor/Itami vs. Kidd/Gabriel is a match with high expectations. In fact, most nights this would be your main event, but we've still got an NXT championship match lined up tonight. This match is basically everything you could ask for in the time they give it. At this point I should mention that Gabriel is wearing the most hideous lime green and purple tights. They look like they were beamed directly here from 1994. That's okay, because Balor opens this match by kicking the color straight off him. A tag to Kidd puts the heels back on top, as Kidd delivers some incredibly believable offense - he drops a mess of punches and forearms that look absolutely legit. Finish comes when the faces rally, and hit their double dropkick spot to set up Balor's top-rope double stomp on Gabriel for the pin.
Match Rating: Rematch at Takeover with About 15 More Minutes, Please
NXT has been compared to ECW a couple times, but this - a promo segueing into an angle segueing into a match - is probably the single most ECW thing I've ever seen them do.

We get a quick history package after this, detailing the last time that Zayn and Neville wrestled, with Neville ultimately coming out on top, securing a title match that eventually led to his current championship run. Since this is something that happened over a year ago, this was a really good, effective, and somewhat necessary recap for viewers. PLEASE NOTICE THIS, WWE RAW AND SMACKDOWN.

We also get comments from Zayn about tonight's match. He calls it destiny, and says that destiny is never wrong. Uhh, okay.

We get a women's match next: Sasha Banks against Alexa Bliss. We haven't seen Alexa Bliss in a while, and initially I'm concerned we may never see her again. This match is all Boss to start. Eventually though, Alexa hits her rally, which includes an absolutely sick springboard sunset flip in the corner. When she comes up, her nose is bloodied, and between those two things we draw an E-C-Dub chant from the crowd. Not sure I'd go that far, but this is a very nice match for a segment that's designed to build up Banks. Sure enough, Bank Statement pulls the victory.
Match Rating: E-C-Dub! E-C-Dub!
Afterwards, Sasha Banks makes the international symbol of "I want the belt," and calls out Charlotte.

We get the Lucha Dragons in action against Blake/Murphy next. The Dragons have decided to show Justin Gabriel exactly what ugly ring attire looks like, because they are also out in lime green that glows in their entrance lighting. I've also decided that I quite like Blake and Murphy, although they need a team name (a good one, I'm not ever calling them Team Thick, not even in jest) and a gimmick. Anyhoo, this winds up being Not a Squash. In fact, it's a really good match. Blake/Murphy get a bunch of offense that starts with a really cool exchange when Kalisto goes for a springboard DDT, but Blake(?) catches him and hoists him into a suplex instead (Addendum: name, gimmick, and a better way to tell the two of them apart). They also do this neat reverse headscissors top rope slam thing that I've never seen before, but it's super cool. Speaking of super cool, Kalisto's answer to all this is a rolling combo of kicks and drags that puts him back in his own corner. Sin Cara takes over in the ring, but Kalisto's not done. He hits a twisting somersault dive that seems to float in midair before crashing into the outside man (Probably Murphy?). Back in the ring, Sin Cara goes for a pin, and when he doesn't get it, he hoists Maybe Blake up and powerbombs him back down, setting him up for the senton and the actual pin.
Match Rating: A Lot Better Than You'd Have Any Right to Expect and a Prime Example of Why Tag Team Wrestling Should Be a Bigger Part of the WWE Product.

The Vaudvillains have a backstage promo. They get the old-timey movie visual treatment and remind us that they are the #1 contenders for the tag titles. Manly #1 contenders. I'm really looking forward to this match, and the next Takeover is really starting to take shape now.

We've finally reached our main event: Zayn vs. Neville for the NXT championship. Despite my predictions from last week, this match is actually going to happen tonight. It's not unfair to call these two the best wrestlers in the entire promotion, so expectations are set pretty high here. Set high and met. Crowd is 100% behind Zayn, which I think is pretty cool considering that Neville has not gone full heel on this angle. They do some feeling out to start, which leads into Zayn's fake-out no dive backflip spot. Once Neville flips himself back into the ring, the pace picks right up. It is Kick City USA in here. Eventually, Zayn gets himself into position for his actual suicide senton to the ramp, but this doesn't put him on top for too long. Neville hits his standing shooting star press, and feels confident enough to go for a spot they showed us in the recap package earlier (Again, this is how you do this, WWE RAW and Smackdown! You can do this, you can figure it out, it's not that hard!). Neville backflips up onto Sami's shoulders, looking for a hurricanrana. Instead, Zayne counters it into a nasty powerbomb. He sets up for the Helluva kick, but Neville gets out of the way, so he goes for the exploder instead. Neville counters that one, too. They do some really intense back-and-forth here, until Neville gets set up for the Red Arrow. He eats nothing but canvas, though, as Zayn rolls out of the way. Zayn's got this one sown up, but Neville calls the ref over, citing a knee injury. Concerned for his friend, Sami walks right into a roll-up like an idiot, giving the Neville the win.
Match Rating: Easily the Best Match Since Zayn/Kidd; Probably Actually Even Better Than That
Despite just calling him an idiot, I think this is a loss that doesn't do much to hurt Zayn's credibility as a #1 contender, although we'll need to see what they do next week to keep him in contention.

Four matches on this show, three of them absolutely great, and the fourth one still pretty good. Maybe the best show I've seen them put on (not counting specials) since I got the network. YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW.
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#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.73
Enjoyed this episode.

Hated the finish in the main event. I understand that they want to continue the Zayn can't win the big one angle. I might have even been fine with the cheap I hurt my leg antics had the ref not been involved in it by backing Sami off a couple times and "throwing up the X." Zayn stalking around trying to get over being the goody-goody to win the belt without the ref's interference then eating a flash pin would have been better and accomplished the same thing.
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#3 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.76
Buddy Murphy has the ripped trunks. For some reason whenever people mention Team Thick I have this urge to put a hashtag in front of it.

Not sure about Bliss' new music. I mean, I wasn't really a fan of her old music either but meh. Was kind of sad the commentary team didn't mention her nosebleed at all.

Personally I think Zayns face and posture totally sold that ending, and I hope we have another Takeover (Takeover: Redemption perhaps?) coming soon.
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#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.36
    Originally posted by Tenken347
    (Addendum: name, gimmick, and a better way to tell the two of them apart).



As has been mentioned, Buddy Murphy is the one who's tights were shredded into shorts. They also have their names on their tights. It was Murphy who did most of the innovative offense, including catching Kallisto and throwing him into the suplex and doing the diving portion of the headscissors slam double team move.

Everything on the show this week was phenomenal, other than the ending of the main event. And I'm going to reserve judgement on that until I see what they do with it next week and if they resolve it once and for all at Takeover next month.
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#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.75
What I loved about the ending was that Neville did NOT turn totally heel. They sold it like a legit injury, but he just took advantage of the situation.

After the match he was still favoring the leg and the doc came to see him.
So while Neville is definitely doing some heel stuff to mess with Sami, he just being smarter than Zayn and that means he's still the champ.

Where can Zayn go from here..?
For once I do hope the feud must continue!

Balor & Itami looked good together, and matching them with Kidd and Gabriel was a lot of fun. In fact, as you guys said already, all the matches were good, the promos made sense.
This might've been one of the best hours of wrestling that's been broadcast this year.

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#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.68
This was seriously solid episode. Lots of good matches that all advanced story lines.
    Originally posted by Greymarch

    Personally I think Zayns face and posture totally sold that ending, and I hope we have another Takeover (Takeover: Redemption perhaps?) coming soon.

Poor, sad Sami Zayn! It broke my heart. I really hope when we come back next week he hasn't moved and is still sitting in the ring like that. I didn't love the finish, but I don't hate it either. You have to save the match with a clean finish for Takeover. Neville was still hurt, so it wasn't a full on heel move for him. It set up some nice possibilities for where this can go. You haven't let me down yet NXT, don't start now.

I am a little sad Bliss doesn't bleed rainbow sprinkles and shojo bubbles. Seriously, she is a living, breathing anime magical girl. I wouldn't be surprised if we hadn't seen her in a while because she only transforms in to human form when there is a full moon. The rest of the time she lives in a magic garden as a bunny or unicorn or something.

    Originally posted by Tenken347

    At this point I should mention that Gabriel is wearing the most hideous lime green and purple tights. They look like they were beamed directly here from 1994.

Let's talk about this. On one hand, I can see myself seeing those tights and thinking, "Holy Crap! Theses are the ugliest things I have ever seen! I must posses them!" And I was willing to give Gabriel a pass. Or maybe he found them at a Goodwill, or back in storage from 1994 and is just being thrifty. But on the other hand, he had matching gloves. That means he saw this fabric somewhere; took it to a seamstress, and said make this into tights and gloves for me. And she didn't try to stop him. And then he put them on and went out there with both Tyson and Natalya and neither one of them tried to stop him. If I had bought these monstrosities (as I probably would because WHY WAS THAT FABRIC EVER MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE?), my friends and loved ones would certainly have prevented me from wearing them out of the house. I speak from experience. Does no one care that much for Justin Gabriel? This makes me sad.
But not as sad as Sad Sami Zayn. Maybe he can wear some sad kitty face tights next week.
Tenken347
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#7 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.14
    Originally posted by InVerse
      Originally posted by Tenken347
      (Addendum: name, gimmick, and a better way to tell the two of them apart).



    As has been mentioned, Buddy Murphy is the one who's tights were shredded into shorts. They also have their names on their tights. It was Murphy who did most of the innovative offense, including catching Kallisto and throwing him into the suplex and doing the diving portion of the headscissors slam double team move.


I was aware that their names were on their tights, but when they're in the ring doing stuff, it's too hard for me to stop and read their names (as evidenced by the fact that I got them wrong in my recap). I think they need a slightly more differentiated look, although I'm pretty sure that over time I'll figure this out. I think that's another piece of my problem - Blake and Murphy are still just kind of glorified jobbers, so they don't get talk time, and even their offense is usually more limited than this. If they can get a little bigger than they are (and I hope they do, I really am starting to like them as a team), then this stuff will wash out.
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#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.34
I'm with Tenken, I really have a hard time telling them apart when they are in the ring even after noticing they have their names on their tights they are close to indistinguishable. I can tell The Usos apart easily due to body shape. Maybe Blake and/or Murphy should wear differently designed tights they bought at a Motor city Machine Gun garage sale. Also I refuse to call them Team Thick it sounds like a twerk team.

Alexa Bliss works a little rough. She was bleeding from the mouth in her NXT debut. I do like that she is a genuine Cruiser-Diva though.

The best part (for Gabriel) about those lime green and fuchsia monstrosity... it actually got us talking about Justin Gabriel. That ingenious basterd!

Anybody else feel like they are setting up a Sami Heel turn? Maybe it's a slow burn to an actual Neville turn, but the commentary team dwelling on Zayn not winning the big matches, his Redemption story having a very disappointing ending, and his nice guy personality always getting him screwed in a business where shortcuts are the key. I hope I'm reading too much into it and being cynical. His music is too happy for him to scowl through.

(edited by CruelAngel777 on 15.11.14 0753)


Cole: "Yeah, thanks to Kane. You should buy Kane a Rolex watch for what he did for you."
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#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.76
    Originally posted by CruelAngel777
    I'm with Tenken, I really have a hard time telling them apart when they are in the ring even after noticing they have their names on their tights they are close to indistinguishable. I can tell The Usos apart easily due to body shape. Maybe Blake and/or Murphy should wear differently designed tights they bought at a Motor city Machine Gun garage sale. Also I refuse to call them Team Thick it sounds like a twerk team.


You don't have to read their names on the tights, just remember that Murphy's are ripped. They're more like shorts really. Also, Murphy is the one that looks like Edge & Christian combined into Hacksaw Jim Duggan.


    Anybody else feel like they are setting up a Sami Heel turn? Maybe it's a slow burn to an actual Neville turn, but the commentary team dwelling on Zayn not winning the big matches, his Redemption story having a very disappointing ending, and his nice guy personality always getting him screwed in a business where shortcuts are the key. I hope I'm reading too much into it and being cynical. His music is too happy for him to scowl through.


I don't know if I can even think of a situation where people would start to boo him. Who could he even turn on that's more beloved than he is?
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that was really interesting. it was cool to listen to austin explain the individual details of why things were happening. but I wonder how much of the current troubles of the wwe can be seen in that match.
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