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|  #1 Posted on 19.2.15 0805.49
Reposted on: 19.2.22 0807.57 | It's the fallout from Rival tonight, as we open with a recap package from last week's big show. The news, for those of you who missed it, is that we have new champs in Sasha and Kevin Owens, and new #1 contender in Finn Balor. This week, GM Regal welcomes us to the show from backstage, and he has an announcement. Basically, he's pretty mad that Owens won the title, so he's going to make him fight. And tonight, he's going to fight Adrian Neville. It's non-title, because Neville hasn't earned a title shot (thank you for that bit of consistency), but he does deserve some revenge after Owens stretchered him out the last time. Alright, good start.
This takes us to the show's opening, which has been almost completely redone. Of note: both Tyson Kidd and Adrian Neville have been removed.
After we come back from the show open, Kevin Owens himself comes to the ring for some comments of his own. He's greeted by a fair amount of cheers, and Dear Indy Crowds, please, pretty please, remember that you are at least occasionally supposed to boo heels. Anyhoo, Owens just wants everyone to know that he's the champ now, and he doesn't care how he got there. He's willing to be a fighting champ, though, and calls Balor out pretty much right away.
Our commentary team tonight is Jason Albert, Rich Brennan, and Cory Graves (who I like a lot, but man he's on almost every week). They want to let us know that Sasha Banks is defending her new title against Blue Pants tonight, which is accompanied by the most amazing BANKS VS. PANTS graphic.
We head over to the ring where Some Jobber is squaring off against Holy Shit, It's Rhyno! This immediately pulls a Bull! chant from the crowd, and I feel that they've redeemed themselves somewhat from earlier. I think I've mentioned this before, but not only has it drawn more than a few comparisons, but I've pretty much always thought of NXT as the best possible version of ECW. They've got (or at least had) equivalents to all the best elements from that fondly-remembered promotion, but they've been missing one thing - a Terry Funk. An old guy, a legend, somebody with gravitas to help put over some of the new guys. Now they've got the last ECW champion, and NXT is complete. Anyhoo, this match is squash central, and Rhyno wins (natch) with the Gore!Gore!Gore!
Match Rating: Rhyno, Man, Rhyno!
Finn Balor's backstage with a rebuttal to Kevin Owens' earlier comments, but the Man-Beast walks straight through the interview segment on his way to the back. Balor's response? A look that can only say, Holy Shit, It's Rhyno!
The Vaudvillains face off against Enzo and Cass next. Pre-match, Enzo runs down the Vaudvillains, and they are not amused. For the record, if there is anyone I would NOT describe as "sawft," it's Aiden English. That dude is fucking jacked. Anyhoo, the Vaudvillains get the early advantage, but a quick tag to Cass changes that, and Enzo and Cass pick up the win with their assisted turnbuckle splash/big boot combo.
Match Rating: Disappointingly Short
After the match, Blake and Murphy appear on the video screen, and they're heels I guess? They make some comments about Carmella, but are generally not good on the mic, so this doesn't really go anywhere. I assume it's the next tag title feud, though.
Adrian Neville's got some comments backstage. Now that he's out of the title picture, he's free to handle some personal biz. He's looking forward to fighting Owens tonight.
We've also got some comments from the ladies. Bayley's still coming for the title, but Becky Lynch blames her for not winning the belt herself. We got a feud a'brewin'.
CJ Parker comes out to the ring, and he's pissed. He can't believe they left him off of Rival, so he's taking over right now. The show is closed, everyone go home. He starts wrapping the ring up in caution tape, but then Solomon Crowe attacks. He comes out wearing Raven's old jacket, and I think he's hoping that we all get confused. Not a ton to see here, but beating up CJ Parker is always a good way for a guy to get started in NXT.
Our penultimate match is Sasha Banks vs. Blue Pants. I thought the graphic was going to be the highlight of this, but then I saw Blue Pants' entrance. Not only does she still have her terrible theme music, her entrance video is crudely-drawn pants. It's great. Anyhoo, Banks is offended by Pants' very presence, and orders her out of the ring. Pants responds by dumping her to the floor, and it's on. They do a nice little back-and-forth, before Sasha hits all her signature spots and gets the win off the Bank Statement.
Match Rating: Pretty Good For Pants
Afterwards, Sasha lets us know that she's the baddest diva, and is in visible pain because what she wants to let us know is that she is the baddest *bitch.*
We get an update on Sami Zayn. The doctors let us know that he's actually fine, and they just sent him on the tour to Abu Dhabi. Huh. I would have been willing to suspend disbelief here and pretend he was injured, but I kind of appreciate them going the "we know you know" route instead. That's very honest of you, NXT.
Main event time. Neville gets things started fast, because he ain't got time for Kevin Owens' standing around stalling bullshit routine. Owens grounds him with pure power, takes control, and for a long while it's a repeat of the match from Rival, which is honestly kind of boring to me. I'm all set to be disappointed, when suddenly Neville kicks it up. He hits a massive DDT, and follows it up with and absolutely GIGANTIC moonsault off the turnbuckle to the outside. Seriously, he is in the lights here. He continues taking it to the champ, working in a 450 splash off the apron to the outside. When they come back into the ring, Neville goes for a German suplex. It gets blocked by Owens, but then Neville shoots him into the ropes and uses the momentum to hoist him up and hit it. Then, and this is the really impressive part, he deadlifts Owens for another one. It's great - not only is there basically no way for Owens to help him, so it's pure strength on Neville's part, but Owens also makes absolutely the best face while this is going on. Neville nails the suplex and goes into a beautiful bridging cover. Owens starts to fight back, but when he goes for his corner senton, he eats a superkick and Neville's nasty inverted hurricanrana. Neville is all over this guy. Unfortunately, though, when Neville goes for the Red Arrow, Owens is too fast. Neville manages to abort the move before he crashes, but Owens is ready with the pop-up powerbomb, and that's game.
Match Rating: Adrian Neville Is Like, So Good, You Guys
Great, great match. Afterwards, the announcers keep selling the phrase "Lights Out," and I wonder if that's the name they're going with for Owens' powerbomb. It works for me.
This is another in a long string of solid shows. The hot crowd really helped too, even if I had some issues with some of their more "indy" affectations (seriously, Dueling Chant Guys, I can see you on TV, I know that the same guys are doing BOTH halves of the chant, knock it off), they brought it where it mattered.
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| #2 Posted on 19.2.15 0829.19
Reposted on: 19.2.22 0830.23 | | How do they sign Rhyno but not Bubba Ray? I mean, good for Rhyno. God love you, Rhyno. But Bubba Ray can work the crowd like gangbusters, and Rhyno is a one-move performer. | Horsemen4ever
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| #3 Posted on 19.2.15 0917.14
Reposted on: 19.2.22 0917.56 | Maybe Rhyno was willing to be in NXT, but BuhBuh/Bubba/Bully Ray would rather be a main roster guy?
And it wouldn't surprise me to see him there come late spring/summer. | Oliver
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|  #4 Posted on 19.2.15 0927.59
Reposted on: 19.2.22 0929.01 | Kevin Owens intrigues me. Mentioning how he'll do anything he has to in order to support his family is a fascinating route to go. It's a whole lot more believeable than the Big Show turning heel with that same excuse.
I noticed that Kevin hardly made eye contact with the crowd. If he was, the camera hardly caught any of it. Great promo, though.
Why, oh Y, are they calling him RHYNO? I guess they want to own the name Rhyno as opposed to Rhino? Fantastic reaction from the crowd. One of those blink and you miss it matches, but his interaction with Finn Balor was quite good, as brief as it was. You don't need a fifteen minute promo to tell as story, sometimes all you need is a smirk. Balor vs Rhyno could be fun.
The Vaudevillans vs Enzo and Cass was fun. I love both teams. I would prefer to see Gotch and English make a go for the tag titles, but Enzo and Cass are good choice. I liked the "throwing up in her mouth" acting after the Blake and Murphy by Carmella.
Solomon Crowe: what a way to destroy CJ Parker. What the hell was that move against the ropes? I can't wait to see what he's capable of. I've been waiting a LONG time to see him.
Blue Pants!!! That is all. Interesting how they intergrated Big Cass's humming of THE PRICE IS RIGHT theme into her "theme song". I hope Leva Bates gets a better break than this, but good lord, the crowd loves her. I really enjoyed Banks vs Pants. I'd love to see them go at it again someday.
Owens vs. Neville was one of the best TV matches I've seen in ages.
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| #5 Posted on 19.2.15 1240.09
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1240.20 | Originally posted by Tenken347
We head over to the ring where Some Jobber is squaring off against Holy Shit, It's Rhyno! This immediately pulls a Bull! chant from the crowd, and I feel that they've redeemed themselves somewhat from earlier.
T'was a "GORE" chant. The crowd was immediately sold on Rhyno's return.
Originally posted by Tenken347
He starts wrapping the ring up in caution tape, but then Solomon Crowe attacks. He comes out wearing Raven's old jacket, and I think he's hoping that we all get confused.
LOL. He wore that jacket on the indies as Sami Callihan, which itself is kind of funny. I've been following his progress since signing with NXT. He's gone through a few gimmick changes and spent a year and a half doing dark matches. After all that, he finally debuts, and he's doing essentially the Sami Callihan gimmick, i.e., just beat the piss out of people. I'm not even sure what the "interrupted broadcasts" have to do with anything.
Originally posted by Oliver
Why, oh Y, are they calling him RHYNO? I guess they want to own the name Rhyno as opposed to Rhino?
Because that's his WWE name. Always has been.
I don't think Leva Bates (Blue Pants) has officially signed with WWE, but if/when she does, I'm really looking forward to the day she cuts a "I'm more than just a pair of pants!" promo.
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| #6 Posted on 19.2.15 1626.03
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1629.01 | Originally posted by SchippeWreck
LOL. He wore that jacket on the indies as Sami Callihan, which itself is kind of funny. I've been following his progress since signing with NXT. He's gone threw a few gimmick changes and spent a year and a half doing dark matches. After all that, he finally debuts, and he's doing essentially the Sami Callihan gimmick, i.e., just beat the piss out of people. I'm not even sure what the "interrupted broadcasts" have to do with anything.
It looks like they're doing a cross between a Sex Pistols-style punk and Jericho's old viral Y2J gimmick. It really works on the guy, too. His theme song is already one of my favorites, because it just screams "anarchy!" | SchippeWreck
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| #7 Posted on 19.2.15 1647.07
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1647.19 | Originally posted by It's False
It looks like they're doing a cross between a Sex Pistols-style punk and Jericho's old viral Y2J gimmick. It really works on the guy, too. His theme song is already one of my favorites, because it just screams "anarchy!"
Causing anarchy is exactly what he should be doing. In PWG, he came out to this (youtube.com) and shoved fans in the front row.
(Also, did I really type "gone threw"? Jeebus.) | Tenken347
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| #8 Posted on 19.2.15 1654.36
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1659.01 | Originally posted by SchippeWreck
Originally posted by Tenken347
We head over to the ring where Some Jobber is squaring off against Holy Shit, It's Rhyno! This immediately pulls a Bull! chant from the crowd, and I feel that they've redeemed themselves somewhat from earlier.
T'was a "GORE" chant. The crowd was immediately sold on Rhyno's return.
Sigh. I double-checked, and you're right. Corey Graves even pointed it out, but I was too busy talking over him to hear it. I guess I just heard what I wanted to.
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| #9 Posted on 19.2.15 1757.34
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1758.48 | A chant for Bull Dempsey? Hah.
I will say this; I don't think I've seen anyone be quite as hyped to get a second chance as Rhyno was last night. He was smiling pretty much the whole time. He even accidentally looked into the camera during the Balor promo he was so excited. I can't remember who on the board said this about Vader when he returned during the RAW 100th but to paraphrase,
That is one happy Rhyno http://www.wrestlesite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ryno14.png
Solomon Crowe must smoke like a tire fire. His voice aged like 40 years since I saw him last which admittedly was a long time ago. Like when Ambrose was still on the indies as his tag partner.
What kinda batshit koo-koo nutty Tiger Mask/Inoki training does Neville do to achieve doing a deadlift suplex to a man built like Owens? I'd expect something like that from Cesaro, it was amazing! | Toast Jr
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| #10 Posted on 19.2.15 1836.28
Reposted on: 19.2.22 1836.39 | Originally posted by SchippeWreck
I don't think Leva Bates (Blue Pants) has officially signed with WWE, but if/when she does, I'm really looking forward to the day she cuts a "I'm more than just a pair of pants!" promo.
I really hope she gets signed and keeps the name. People just call her Blue like she's a southern bloodhound or something. I hope she has a totally unrelated gimmick.
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| #11 Posted on 19.2.15 2029.20
Reposted on: 19.2.22 2029.29 | I'll admit, I popped for Rhyno, until I spotted the guy in the front row joining in on the "holy sh*t" chant while giving his kid earmuffs over his ears, then I started to laugh. I hope he gets a nice last run again.
I love that they're still using Big Cass's intro for Blue Pants.
I don't know why, but Solomon Crowe reminds me of a gothier version of Michael Madsen from Kill Bill.
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