> Dear Scott, which NXT wrestlers should be called up after WM30? (Rusev & Emma are not included)
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> Adrian Neville?
> Corey Graves?
> Bo Dallas?
> Sami Zayn?
> The Ascension?
> Tyler Breeze?
> Aiden English?
> CJ Parker?
> Paige?
> The Boss Sasha Banks?
Neville: Yes for sure, although he's probably getting the belt soon so it doesn't seem likely. He's got nothing more to learn aside from promos.
Graves: No. The gimmick isn't there and he's too small.
Bo: That appears to be the plan, but god only knows what they're gonna do with him.
Sami: Should have done it months ago.
Ascension: there's literally nothing left for them to do, they might as well.
Breeze: too small, still needs to learn promos, but the gimmick would get over.
English: Needs more in ring experience but again the gimmick would get over.
CJ: He should be pushed further down to ring crew if that were a thing they did. Maybe wacky ref?
Paige: See Sami.
Sasha: Sure, why not?
Enzo and Cass: Still terrible in the ring, but getting better.
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> Adrian Neville?
> Corey Graves?
> Bo Dallas?
> Sami Zayn?
> The Ascension?
> Tyler Breeze?
> Aiden English?
> CJ Parker?
> Paige?
> The Boss Sasha Banks?
Neville: Yes for sure, although he's probably getting the belt soon so it doesn't seem likely. He's got nothing more to learn aside from promos.
Graves: No. The gimmick isn't there and he's too small.
Bo: That appears to be the plan, but god only knows what they're gonna do with him.
Sami: Should have done it months ago.
Ascension: there's literally nothing left for them to do, they might as well.
Breeze: too small, still needs to learn promos, but the gimmick would get over.
English: Needs more in ring experience but again the gimmick would get over.
CJ: He should be pushed further down to ring crew if that were a thing they did. Maybe wacky ref?
Paige: See Sami.
Sasha: Sure, why not?
Enzo and Cass: Still terrible in the ring, but getting better.
I hate say this but I have been doing the Emma Dance ever since Monday ...
ReplyDeleteNXT is a great learning ground it seems...
ReplyDeleteId have more wwe wrestlers going down to work on their stuff actually. Why not have Darren young or Evan Bourne there on a permanent basis like Caesaro seems to be? Or santino?
It seems like the ascension has been down there forever. Hell, weren't they in FCW before it merged with NXT?
ReplyDeleteEnzo still has a broken leg, and they were barely a tag team (2 tapings worth) when he got injured.
ReplyDeleteHanson Kramer (Prince Devitt's inevitable name) should get called up.
ReplyDeleteOuch. Corey Graves = fuckin buried.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I look at Bo Dallas, I immediately think of the guy from Surf Ninjas.
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My pick for bad name:: Bricen O'Malley.
ReplyDeleteYepper. Viktor was down there before and I remember Konnor as the "rat guy" under the ring.
ReplyDeleteViktor replaced a British worker who got a DUI or something, didn't he?
Is her gimmick basically that she's a total spaz?
ReplyDeleteI'd have Generico debut on the RAW after Mania. Generally a hot, "smark-ish" crowd. Give him a 1-2-3 kid over Razor Ramon type win or something
ReplyDeleteWwe is going to have another punk/Bryan type super over face that might not be vkms cup of tea when they call up sami zayn. He's going to be a major fucking star.
ReplyDeleteBad is "McCarthy O'Malley"
ReplyDeleteParker got buried, Graves got accurated.
ReplyDeleteI just can't get over how badly these names suck.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they should call up Ethan King for sure.
ReplyDeleteHe never needed developmental to begin with.
ReplyDeleteNot sure ... but I saw her on RAW and for some reasons that song/dance made me laugh. I love silly stuff! Dig the signs with her own has tags as well.
ReplyDeleteDitto. And had her song stuck in my head.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's that she does a blatantly obvious silly dance that I guarantee will have 75% of the crowd doing in three months time.
ReplyDeleteSo why HASN'T Zayn been called up to the big leagues yet? It's ridiculous that he hasn't.
ReplyDeleteYes that song is just silly ... I think it's call Short Term Memory which just makes it funnier. I think of that song starting up and her stomping in tune with and that starting that dance in tune with it. LOL. She seems to genuinely enjoy it. Makes me smile
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it might actually be politically expedient for them to have him debut sooner rather than later now because Punk is gone and the vocal fans might be assuaged if they see Zayn with a decent mid-card push.
ReplyDeleteI mean if they debut the guy on post-WM Raw he'd get a reaction similar to the one Heyman orchestrated for Punk on his Hammerstein debut for ECW. If anything it would be magnified. The problem is the fans would probably all be going 'Ole' and Cole & co. would be under strict instructions to not explain why the fans are doing so other than 'those whacky fans!'
Ever try to think of your own NXT name?
ReplyDeleteSlash Wetherspoon!
ReplyDeletePercival Dung!
Brixton Hallmark!
JBL: "Hey! That guy isn't Mexican!"
ReplyDeleteDave Davis?
ReplyDeleteChet Franklin?
ReplyDeleteFrank Chetlinn?
Lin Chetfrank?
"creative has nothing for him"?
ReplyDeleteThey really are terrible, with Aiden English being particularly awful.
ReplyDelete"Enzo and Cass: Still terrible in the ring, but getting better."
ReplyDeleteDan Quayle: Still gaining acceptance.
Can't wait until he start getting over and dont get the push he deserve so they can have a Bryangate vol 2
ReplyDeleteHave him wrestle Cesaro for 20 minutes in his debut, instantly over.
ReplyDeletePretty much agree with all these only disagreement is Enzo and Cass, they have so much charisma and aren't that bad in the ring, I'd say they are better than the current Tag Champs, and their charisma could carry them to being over pretty quickly. Some folks got left out though:
ReplyDeleteBayley: Another diva who can wrestle better than 99% of the divas on the current roster.
Kalisto: Hasn't appeared on NXT tv yet but he is so ready to be brought up as Rey Rey's apprentice. Seen him at enough house shows to know he gets the WWE style already.
Solomon Crowe: Also hasn't debuted on NXT tv but is ready, just like Sami didn't really need to go to developmental, and he has a good character as well. He'd be a good fit for The Shield if they want to replace Reigns when he turns on them.
Adam Rose: This guys been in development forever but I think his new character could get over quickly in the WWE and his wrestling is already good enough for the main roster.
Only disagreement is Enzo and Cass, they have so much charisma and aren't that bad in the ring, I'd say they are better than the current Tag Champs, and there charisma could carry them to being over pretty quickly.
I think with Bo Dallas, you have to go way over the top with his debut. Have promos where you're promising a giant star is coming to Raw.
ReplyDeleteHave him walk out like he's a star on the same level as The Rock or Cena or something.
Maybe have him act like he got called up because HHH has been talking about how they needed a new face for the WWE and who better to be the face of WWE then Bo.
Carlyle Hackenthesz
ReplyDeleteAiden English is one of the few I like. It suits a puffed-up board-treader.
ReplyDeleteI'm ... I'm not sure what that is.
ReplyDeleteShe's part of this weird NXT thing where their faces are likeable. Well, except CJ Parker. I could book him into a great heel, and it looks like they're moving in that direction.
ReplyDeleteTheatre dork.
ReplyDeleteCJ Parker could be an evergreen midcard heel as the annoying hippie. Have him do vignettes about composting, how to drive your VW microbus on used vegetable oil etc to really piss off the rednecks. He and Santino could do a program when Santino doesn't sort his cans correctly.
ReplyDeleteJBL: "For some reason these fans are cheering for El Torito! They love the little guy! They're chanting whatever they want and having a good time!"
ReplyDeleteCorey Graves was Sterling James Keenan in the indy's. Not sure if it's a step up or down.
ReplyDeleteThese awful names have convinced me that Braxton Hartnabrig from The Jamie Foxx Show could be NXT champion.
ReplyDeleteBayley, because I like Bayley.
ReplyDeleteAt least "Sterling James Keenan" fit him better.
ReplyDeleteBecause he's a tool.
Wasn't that kind of like what they did with MVP?
ReplyDeleteRight up there with Kyle O'Reilly.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
ReplyDeleteI' was a huge mark for PAC for years so Adrian Neville's my #1 pick to make it. I don't know if he ever will though because he is absolutely dreadful on the microphone. It's just how he talks and I don't know if he'll be able to overcome it.
Enzo and Big cass, on the other hand, need a lot of work in the ring but are great otherwise. Enzo oozes charisma. He's got near Rock level potential in the promo and catchphrase department. I could see these two getting popular on the main roster really quickly.
hooray for bailey !
ReplyDeleteI agree on Kalisto.Kind of late now with Mania being so close, but to bring him in as you said, under Reys tutelage. Have him turn on Rey, instant undercard fued for Mania. He goes over, Rey retires
ReplyDeleteI think you gotta keep him face as he should be the new Rey and never be heel. Have Rey challenge him to prove himself against his teacher after tutoring him for a while and Kalisto wins and then big win for Kalisto and gets his hand raised by Rey.
ReplyDeleteGrover Steaknife.
ReplyDeleteMaybe. I wasn't watching wrestling during the MVP era. Though it's not like the writers are opposed to recycling ideas from the past and pretending it's something that's never happened before.
ReplyDeleteAt the very least, they need to have a Bo promo where everyone is booing him and he acts like the crowd is trying to chant his name but they're pronouncing it wrong.
The problem with CJ Parker is that he does not even have half of Bo Dallas's charisma.
ReplyDeleteI'm not opposed to recycling an idea, but I just don't think that particular one worked all that well. Might have been MVP, I dunno.
ReplyDeleteBreeze is too small? We're playing the too small card in 2014?
ReplyDeleteKenneth Cameron
ReplyDeleteFuck that, Sterling James Keenan was a great name.
ReplyDeleteTyler Breeze is the worst.
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