NXT
Date:
December 25, 2014
Location:
Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators:
Jason Albert, Rich Brennan, Alex Riley
Hosts:
Renee Young, Corey Graves
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
Back
in the 1980s, Fritz Von Erich had a great insight about Christmas:
Once you open the presents, what else is there to do? Well
apparently we can watch NXT, which is on a roll as of late. The main
story coming out of last week was Kevin Owens destroying Adrian
Neville just like he did to Sami Zayn the week before. Let's get to
it.
Opening
sequence.
And
we have an empty arena with only Renee Young and Corey Graves in the
ring, meaning we have a Best Of show. There will however be a new
match with Charlotte defending the Women's Title against Sasha Banks
in an R-Evolution rematch.
We
start by looking at some of the stars who came from NXT up to the
main roster, including Paige, Bo Dallas, Lana and Rusev. There's
nothing to say here as they're just saying the names and showing
maybe a ten second clip.
Video
on NXT: Arrival. That feels so long ago even though it was only
February.
This
leads to a package of Adrian Neville going home to Newcastle,
England. Wearing glasses, which is an odd look on a wrestler for
some reason, he goes to see his mom and talks about soccer for
awhile. His original plans were to play soccer for Newcastle United
but then he saw something called WWF and things changed. We get some
clips of his training and developing the high spots, which we then
see in NXT. He even got to wear a Newcastle jersey to his match in
the Newcastle arena for a very cool moment.
Tyler
Breeze is still off modeling but wants to tell all the Wannabreeze
that he'll be adding gold to his ensemble in 2015.
We
see the last six or so minutes of Zayn vs. Neville, plus the entire
post match celebration and Owens' heel turn to end the show.
Curtis
Axel comes in to see Regal and thinks he needs to recharge his
career. He wants in on this NXT thing but Regal tells him to make an
appointment.
Lucha
Dragons video. Sin Cara still hates to do the pre-match pose.
Vaudevillains
video, of course in black and white.
We
get about four minutes of the Lucha Dragons vs. Vaudevillians match
from R-Evolution. There will be a rematch due to Kalisto pinning the
wrong man.
Next
week we'll have Finn Balor/Hideo Itami vs. Ascension II.
Itami
and Balor promise to destroy the Ascension. Itami's English is
improving by leaps and bounds.
We
look at some NXT debuts this year, including Baron Corbin, Bull
Dempsey, Hideo Itami, Finn Balor and of course Kevin Owens.
Owens
says he's sent the former champion and the new champion to the
hospital in the span of seven days. If he's done that to people he
considers friends, what is he going to do to people he doesn't care
about? He'll fight anyone and everyone until he's the only one
standing. “Why don't you put that on a t-shirt?”
Time
to look at NXT people making splashes on the main roster: Paige, Bo
Dallas, Emma, Summer Rae, Adam Rose, Rusev and Lana.
Earlier
this week, Bayley was watching the HHH DVD to see how he came back
from his knee injury. It motivates her to come back bigger, better
and stronger, just like HHH. So she's gaining 40lbs of unnecessary
muscle, slowing down and stopping everything that made her awesome in
the first place?
Women's
Title: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
Sasha
is challenging and this is a rematch from R-Evolution. She has Becky
Lynch with her, so Charlotte comes out with her dad, Ric Flair. Ric
looks sober tonight so this should be good. He says that he has two
Hall of Fame rings (only wearing one here) but his daughter took the
torch from him. Two weeks ago Sasha and Charlotte had one of the
best matches ever (to Sasha: “Yeah I'm talking about you. You were
great.”) and tonight they're going to do it again.
They
slug it out to start with Sasha diving at the champ, only to get
caught in something like a spinebuster. Charlotte goes after the
knee by wrapping it around the post, only to get pulled face first
into the steel. We take a break and come back with Sasha in control
and slapping Charlotte on the back. That's not exactly the best
offense. The announcers actually mention the “internet wrestling
community” sending HHH a fruit basket as a thank you for
R-Evolution. That's such a cool story.
Banks
drives two knees into Charlotte's ribs and puts on Bankrupt, only to
have Charlotte fight to her feet and escape with something like a
jawbreaker. She's really good at using her athleticism to get out of
things like that, which really isn't something most of the other
women can do. Charlotte fires off some chops and a neckbreaker but
gets caught in a double arm neckbreaker (Regal Cutter) for two more.
The
Banks Statement goes on but it's right next to the ropes. Another
thing I like about NXT: heels feel like they could win a big match by
submission. That's what always annoyed me about heel Del Rio: he
wasn't going to make anyone big tap and the armbreaker felt like a
waste of time. They fight up top with Banks nailing a nice superplex
(Riley: “She's straight gangsta!”), only to get caught in the
Figure Four with the bridge to retain Charlotte's title at 10:45.
Rating:
C+. While
it was nowhere near as good as the R-Evolution match, it was still
another solid effort from the NXT girls. Banks is impressing me in
the ring for the first time as she's very feisty in there. She has
the attitude down and the matches are getting better every week. I
still think Lynch is the star of the team, but Banks is nailing it in
NXT.
Overall
Rating: C+. These are always
hard to grade so I'll just go with the same rating I gave the match.
I really liked the Neville video as it's the kind of personalized
profile that you just do not get in WWE anymore. I would have liked
to see more Sami here as he only won the title at the end of the year
but he was still a huge part of NXT all year. The
attention to detail in this promotion blows away everything else and
it's my favorite wrestling show to watch every week. If
next year is as good as this one was, everything will be fine.
Results
Charlotte
b. Sasha Banks – Figure Four
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Adding the bridge to the Figure Four looks great.
ReplyDeleteDisagree with Becky Lynch as the star of the team. She had a 3 minute match with Bayley that contained two wrestling moves and at least one botch. What else has she done? She's all strikes and overacting.
ReplyDeleteIt's her attitude. She has that star power feeling to her, which Sasha has too, though not as much.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah. It's one of the reasons I never cared for Miz doing it: he doesn't add anything to it and the hold is just the same move that has been used for years. That and he already used the Skull Crushing Finale to get all the way to the main event of Wrestlemania but then feels the need to change? That never held up to me.
ReplyDeleteJust getting caught up on NXT since R Evolution tonight and I just had to point out. I loved when the Vaudevillains came and asked for a rematch from Regal because the non legal man was pinned and they asked for it...tonight. And Regal says, "Absolutely not. We're all booked up tonight, but I'll make this right."
ReplyDeleteBecause of course they booked a full show for the evening in both Kayfabe and IRL.
Small quibble with all that is right with NXT, but I sooooo don't get what they see in Bailey. Not cute, not charismatic, not great on the mic.
ReplyDeleteSasha Banks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Charlotte and Becky Lynch.
ReplyDeleteWe need to organize an awards thing on this blog. I've volunteered to do it in the afternoon (quasi evening) thread.
ReplyDeleteMaybe.
ReplyDelete(Transferred from the afternoon thread): Are people still interested in doing an awards thing for the blog this year? The idea has been toyed with, but never leads anywhere. I figure we could get various categories and I could collect votes via e-mail if nothing else. No idea what we'd call these awards or anything, but I have a few more weeks off and have some time to kill.
ReplyDeleteAwards for the blog as in us voting on wrestling from this year or voting on blog posters?
ReplyDeleteIf elected, I'll run
ReplyDeleteHe posted a thread yesterday called AndyPG Christmas or something. And it turned into an ugly affair.
ReplyDeleteCalling my voodoo priest to try and put a hex on Roman Reigns where he goes bald and shrinks down to 5'6.
ReplyDeleteAll hyperbole is always completely infuriating.
ReplyDeleteNXT seems pretty fucking good right now.
Personally speaking - inevitably, I just think "Eh, I'll go chat about wrestling somewhere else". Not in a "I'm taking my football home, you big meanies!" way, but just because it gets pretty damn tiring. Then again, people's opinions always tend to skew wildly to extremes, so to expect differently of wrestling is I suppose just naive of me.
ReplyDeleteThe odds are that instead of shrinking he gets really fat like every other Samoan in wrestling.
ReplyDeleteunless the Rock counts
Here? At the BoD? Art it was pretty inconsiderate of you not to warn me to be seated before revealing that, I have now fallen straight down and damaged my coccyx!
ReplyDeleteNot sure this Reigns push is gonna work, best play it safe and put Cena over Brock at the Rumble before also going over Reigns at Mania.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is the last day of my vacation. It just went by so fucking fast man.
ReplyDeleteSame here, on both counts. Though I only have to put in 2 days next week. #HardKnockLife
ReplyDeleteI don't think it makes Sheamus gay if he agrees to Mark Henry pissing in his mouth as just the stakes in a competitive match, it means he expects to win and to get to humiliate Mark afterwards - not that he wants to suck Mark's dick.
ReplyDeleteOr did he?
Can a mod make this tomorrow's QOTD thanks.
Four for me. And another holiday falling on a gottdamn Thursday.
ReplyDeleteRollins is being an absolute AAA heel and has been killing it for months now.
ReplyDeleteOK, so that's how we can tell that Stranger's presence is required:
ReplyDeleteI leave the house for 3 hours, and no one gets an evening thread.
I need to sell myself out as a professional uh... person who talks to companies for people. I have gotten so much done and so much free stuff over the last year by being pushy and persistent with companies it is disgusting. Of course if everyone did shit right in the first place I wouldn't have to be that way.
ReplyDeleteYou are a B+ mod.
ReplyDeleteHe's killing it. He's doing tons of little things. He's not getting enough credit right now, no. Any segment with him in it has been a pure fucking joy now for at least a month or two. Hidden highlights galore.
ReplyDeleteI'd be down to vote on wrestling awards. Just so long as AndyPG doesn't organize it! That SOB is just trying to get over!
ReplyDelete4/10
ReplyDeleteThe B+ stands for "Better than Bayless".
ReplyDeleteThats pretty generous.
ReplyDeleteThat was a depressing case of everyone's worst instincts at the same time. The fanfic being brought up was fuel on the fire. A sad day in blog history.
ReplyDeleteBatista would win due to having the wrong kind of heat. Icy hot.
ReplyDeleteWe could combine the two. Wrestling awards and then maybe some awards for writers/posters on the blog. It's all in good fun. We'd just need to get the categories together.
ReplyDeleteThat's actually a pretty sweet skill to have. Corporate America these days has the backbone of a chocolate eclaire.
ReplyDeleteWhere the fuck is Marv Cresto? He was supposed to be back by Friday... if I need to go kill this broad for him I need to start making travel plans.
ReplyDeleteI totally get people not liking any of the product, I just think it's annoying when people start saying WWE is going to screw something up before it even happens. I just think that creates a mindset where nothing will ever be good enough.
ReplyDeleteYou could probably have gotten The Interview in theatres on schedule.
ReplyDeletePerhaps he met a clan of hill folk while in the woods?
ReplyDeleteAttitude? Sasha is THE BOSS.
ReplyDeleteSo what categories would people want for a year end awards thing? Best/worst wrestler, best/worst match, poster of the year, column of the year, best/worst commentator, best/worst moment in 2014 wrestling...?
ReplyDeleteYeah it is kind of scary what they will do if you bitch long enough and in the correct manner... I'd much rather not have it be that way, but I am tired of getting pushed around... this is like my version of Michael Douglas in Falling Down.
ReplyDeleteBest BOD Meltdown. Best Troll Account.
ReplyDeleteLegit laughed my ass off at this. Seriously, I no longer have glutes.
ReplyDeleteI move a lot so I never do this, but I have friends who have kept their cable bill the same by calling Time Warner every year and threatening to cancel their service, thereby avoiding a rate increase.
ReplyDeleteThose sound good. We should have top three results.
ReplyDeletegreatest ape
ReplyDeleteThey deemed his mouth to be "purdy"?
ReplyDeleteIt's TIME for the TBP Awards.
ReplyDeleteWrestler of the year: Tomohiro Ishii (Sami Zayn 2nd place)
Match of the year: Bryan/HHH
Feud of the year: Bryan/HHH
Tag Team of the year: Young Bucks ( 2nd place: ReDRagon, 3rd: Dangan Yankees)
Best Technical Wrestler: Kyle O'reilly
Comeback of the year: AJ Styles (2nd place: Naomichi Marufuji)
Most Improved: Charlotte
Powerhouse of the year: Brian Cage (2nd place: Uhaa Nation)
Worst Wrestler: Demon Kane.
Best Gimmick:Dean Ambrose
Worst Gimmick: Kane
Best in interviews: Paul Heyman
Best Commentator: Excalibur(PWG)
Worst feud of the year: Cena/Wyatt.
Most Underrated: Cesaro/Tomoaki Homna(tied)
Female wrestler of the year: Charlotte (Candace LeRay in 2nd)
Most charismatic: Shinsuke Nakamura
Best show of the year: WM XXX/G1 climax night 8 (tied)
Worst show of the year: TLCS
Best High Flyer: Ricochet
Best Babyface: Sami Zayn
Best Heel: Adam Cole
Best Brawler: Tomohiro Ishii
Best move: Meltzer driver/ Rainmaker (tied)
Entrance of the year: HHH's Shao Kahn entrance.
These awards mean nothing, but whatever. Just my opinion about this year.
Wrestler of the Year, Match of the Year, Feud of the Year, Event of the Year, Promotion of the Year, Weekly TV Show of the Year, Most Improved Wrestler of the Year, Women's Wrestler of the Year, Tag Team of the Yeat, Biggest News Story of the Year, Worst Wrestler of the Year, Worst Segment of the Year.
ReplyDeleteWell, should we just have people randomly vote or have a first round of voting where people have a week to send in their votes and then I put the top 3 into a second round of voting? Basically, the first round gets us a set of nominees and then we get the second vote to determine them.
ReplyDeleteRemember Tatanka returning in 2006? Dark times for SmackDown indeed...
ReplyDeleteWe need a "Best mean thing Mr. Satan said to Brazilian Kid" Award.
ReplyDeleteYup. Shit like that always works. I wouldn't do it just to be a cheap skate like that, but when I am pissed I want to get something for my time and aggravation.
ReplyDeleteSeems like a good list.
ReplyDeleteNot enough Fale or RATM songs.
ReplyDeleteI wanna know if Edna said yes dammit! Include me in these travel plans.
ReplyDeletebest wrestling bunny
ReplyDeleteHa, I remember that. I remember he returned at Mohegan Sun or whatever as part of the Kurt Angle Invitational. Had no idea he was going to get a full-time gig out of it.
ReplyDeleteCue the banjo music.
ReplyDeleteI like option one.
ReplyDeleteOr we could do a nine week multi tiered poll where we get through round 1 in mid March. I think that would go over well.
I thought it was funny when he called him a rapist.
ReplyDeleteKevin Sullivan had a pretty good career.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't want anything to be really long so the first option might be best.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3iKyFFmWQ
ReplyDeleteHis discussion about "Edna" with Hoss showed how unbelievably stupid that guy (Hoss) is.
ReplyDeleteRemember when he turned heel in 2006? It can always get darker.
ReplyDeleteBryan eventually did ok
ReplyDeleteTaryn Terrell.
ReplyDeleteI did too.
ReplyDeleteGuy who wishes to be back in college and able to watch this much rasslin': Biscuit. jk I'd have gotten even drunker.
ReplyDeleteCan't forget this gem from Smackdown in 2006.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THy52ahwy5Y
Biggest Gap in Smarkness Between Posters: Stranger in the Alps and The Brazilian Kid/Psycho.
ReplyDeleteI missed it all due to having better things to do because it's been Christmas. I was pleased to see his post because it's nice to have some new content to read when having a break from family stuff. I was much less pleased to see the reactions. Andy was just offering to help things not be too quiet and boring around here over the holidays. He gave it a fun name, he was as Art said not trying to get himself "over".
ReplyDeleteAnd then we got another case of stalking, as I understand it, in the form of someone digging around for any dirt on the guy? Which amounted to no more than some cutely crappy-sounding fanfic? For which he was practically made to APOLOGISE? To a bunch of people to whom he offered his free services as entertainer, many of whose actual 'attacks' on the guy were just desperately tedious and unwitty.
I mean, if you're going to attack someone trying to provide free entertainment, then at least individually be funnier / more interesting than the guy.
I can't sleep, that gets me a lot of time.
ReplyDeleteNot getting?
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of like half these guys.
ReplyDeleteYour level of Smark is MUCH GREATER than my level of Smark. I don't know half those names on your list.
ReplyDeleteMITB has really become an albatross for booking. I remember when ADR cashed in on Punk. It hurt Punk's momentum and did nothing for ADR since he lost it back to Punk not long after, so it was meaningless. I know Sandow and (kind of) Cena were unsuccessful in cashing in, but they still have it set up that if they guy does fail, he looks like a huge loser. They really need to be able to get back to long term planning, or retire MITB for awhile
ReplyDeleteOh I'll accept this as a compliment.
ReplyDeleteTo me not liking any of the product is the same as expecting them to screw up. It's focusing on negatives and potential negatives, instead of enjoying what there is.
ReplyDeleteYou're OK, Kid/Psycho.
ReplyDeleteCan his finisher be called the 'Reign Dance' and be him doing the Garvin Stomp on people why rain plays over the loudspeakers and JBL goes "AH MAGGLE HE'S MAKING IT RAIN!"
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ReplyDeleteMeltdown for sure... I can think of 3 off the top of my head.
ReplyDeleteFitta
ReplyDeleteMeekin
WWF1987.
Caliber was 2014 also
ReplyDeleteI think we are getting a cash in after Cena gets his win back from Brock at Royal Rumble. Rollins vs Reigns, Cena moves on to Rusev, HHH vs Sting
ReplyDeleteHe gets lots of positive votes and comments, does Satan, so I'd say he's likely quite a personable guy and well liked for his sense of humour. But that's just my opinion, not hard evidence.
ReplyDeleteFarva's body? (assuming he was cremated)
ReplyDeleteHe can cash in during a match I'd figure.
ReplyDeleteAny* time you want a title matech.
that whole exchange was just strange. I also saw you finally got a response from him too lol.
ReplyDeleteWho cares? Let's ask the real questions here that everyone wants to know:
ReplyDeleteIs Reigns going to get surgery on his tits like Rock or is he going to proudly display his norks like Rikishi and so many of his Samoan brethren choose to do?
Is he still always wearing that 'chest protector' to cover up post-surgery breast scars?
Did he even really have a genuine hernia or was it breast surgery that caused Reigns to Roam on to the operating table?
Replace WWF and put Caliber.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much my take on it.
ReplyDelete"This is what I've been saying for weeks."
ReplyDeleteOnly weeks? I've been saying it for months now. Years, even.
With his shirt on!
ReplyDeleteJust give all the good awards to Bayless and the shitty awards to Meekin and Caliber.
ReplyDeleteI'm watching Sherlock on Netflix. On the second episode. This show is insanely interesting.
ReplyDeleteUnder 100 posts at 10 PM? What the heck?
ReplyDeleteWelcome.
ReplyDeleteI did start getting categories together a few weeks ago, but I would suggest a more popular poster doing it.
ReplyDeleteOr... just have 4...
ReplyDeleteJust got posted under an hour ago. This thread was pretty late.
ReplyDeleteI still can't decide if zanatude is due one for his SSW recaps or if the SSW recaps ARE the meltdown. Either way, I'm just enjoying the ride.
ReplyDeleteMost blatant misuse of the words 'Everyone' and 'Always' in a post.
ReplyDeleteTatanka can do no wrong here in Robeson County, NC. Home of the Lumbee tribe. Tatanka is a local hero.
ReplyDeleteOh, those Lumpy Indians need a hero.
ReplyDeleteWILL YOU STOP?!!!
We'll put it this way: I'm sure general consensus here would tell you that Mega Powers exploding was one of the greatest angles of all time. Drop that exact angle into 2014 BoD and the discussion would be 99.9% about Savage being "buried"
ReplyDeleteWait, Tatanka isn't from BUFFALO or Cleveland? My mind is blown.
ReplyDeleteThe rock is only part-Samoan. He's also part Canadian. Whereas all the others tend to be Samoan-American. By being Canadian-African-American-Samoan he won't get really fat, but he is significantly at risk of type II diabetes.
ReplyDeleteSilent protest against Fitta's return.
ReplyDeleteGive your opinion on the TBP awards!
ReplyDeleteDid Fitta have a meltdown? I missed this.
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteBecause @Stranger in the Alps is useless it didn't get up in time.
ReplyDeleteFitta came back? Again?
ReplyDeleteA couple of weeks ago. He recently returned under the "Kyle Rusconi" name thinking no one would know it was him. He immediately got into an argument with wnycmcneal in the daily thread.
ReplyDeleteKyle Risconi
ReplyDeleteShould I put up my picks or comment on yours?
ReplyDeleteNot enough Fale or RATM songs.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense.
ReplyDeleteIs Risconi German for pussy?
ReplyDeletehttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7zkTQNZJgi0/TqHOcd2y0rI/AAAAAAAAAzY/8lTy9V6_pVc/s1600/dolls1.jpg
ReplyDeleteIsland of the Nopes.
Jesus. Who returns back to a forum under a different name (unless to prove some kind of point that "Ahhh, you didn't know it was me", I guess)? If you're not welcome somewhere, you leave. Unless nobody had the balls to tell him so?
ReplyDeleteItalian would be my guess.
ReplyDeleteBeat me to that one.
ReplyDeleteHe even outright denied being Fitta until he finally admitted it a couple days ago.
ReplyDeleteI just want to be on record as saying the BoD Awards thing is probably going to end poorly.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so around Thursday of next week I'll post the categories for the Blog Awards. Each person will then e-mail me their top three for each category, numbered 1-3, with points awarded for 1st-3rd. The winner will be the match/person/wrestler/thing that gets the most points. That way we streamline this into just a weekly activity, get quick results, and don't have to go through 5 million rounds to determine a winner.
ReplyDeleteThe Beautiful People have awards? Why would I care about Velvet Sky and Angelina Love?
ReplyDelete(thinks about Velvet Sky naked)
Like I said, why would I care about Angelina Love?
Yea, he claimed it wasn't him and that he had never heard of "Kyle Fitta." Scott was nice enough to out him and he had to cop to it
ReplyDeleteIt should be a forum exclusive.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
ReplyDeleteThat's just sad. I don't even know why he left in the first place, but the circumstances of his return make him sound ... unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteLike, "is a close personal friend of Meekin" unfortunate.
Such a pessimist.
ReplyDeleteDo whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteBecause why post an evening thread if you don't think @parallax1978 is going to show.
ReplyDeleteSee? I took the diplomatic route.
He also posted a column on the early days of ROH that was littered with mistakes and got pissy at me for bringing it up
ReplyDeleteLooks like somebody still doesn't know how IP addresses work.
ReplyDeleteYou mean people on the BoD are going to get upset?!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't want to come at the king!
ReplyDeleteHe left because we were arguing a bunch and then he had a meltdown and tried to blame the Abeyance pic scandal on Parallax. Then he flipped out on Parallax and left. I tried to get him to stay, but to no avail. He then came back claiming he was a born again Christian.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't think we should have any awards for like "Worst Writer" or "Worst Poster" or anything like that pertaining to the Blog. That will only fuel problems.
ReplyDeleteYea, Andy has it wrapped up
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty unwarranted comment.
ReplyDeleteLegit reason: Bayless and Stranger were both unavailable, a thread didn't get posted until like 9 PM.
ReplyDeleteI'm just kidding.
ReplyDeleteBorn Again? That's a joke right?
ReplyDeleteI thought so, but text doesn't always convey this that well.
ReplyDeleteThe Abeyance pi scandal?
ReplyDeleteThe only remains of the meltdown are a ton of "..."
ReplyDeleteI'll kill you! I'll kill all of you! Especially those of you in the jury!
ReplyDelete"I have opinions different than yours! You have to die!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteHe posted a picture of Abeyance under the name "John Edward" or something of that nature. He then got called out by Bayless but he wouldn't admit to doing it so Bayless banned him. Fitta then somehow convinced Scott to unban him, probably because Scott didn't want to read or deal with Fitta's excuses.
ReplyDeleteWell, Meltzer might hijack the voting and then we end up with lots of Japanese winners.
ReplyDeleteYou should then do a Survivor esque exit promo "Sure I didn't win but I never lied in this game and played with honor!"
ReplyDeleteThat always bugged the shit out of me... who cares if you played "honorably" you know what is honorable in Survivor? Winning.
We keep Mr. Satan around to prevent things like that from happening here.
ReplyDeleteWin if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat - J. Ventura
ReplyDelete...and never get caught!
ReplyDeleteIf you don't do it officially, though, inevitably it will just happen unofficially anyway via comments and comment voting.
ReplyDeleteAlso Abeyance on account of his immense hatred of all Asians.
ReplyDeleteAren't all these threads constructive criticism? All of us spitballing ideas on how to improve the product?
ReplyDeleteIf someone emails Scott "WWE is great, I'm very positive about it." What the hell are we gunna talk about?
I'm looking forward to how off the rails it can get.
ReplyDelete<<< Started that gimmick. You're Welcome BoD.
ReplyDeleteWell, I figured we'd cast ballots via e-mail, so it has a secret ballot part of it.
ReplyDeleteAh. Hm. I can remember when Farva died and immediately there was lots of people digging up info on him, posting real name, photos etc. I thought at the time, "This is creepy stalking". One of the people doing it - as I recall - was Abeyance. So, whether for good intentions or not, stalking is stalking...
ReplyDeleteAlso, interesting. John Edwards is the most tedious poster here.
Yeah, I figure we can do it once and if it's a total disaster we can all shrug and never do it again.
ReplyDeleteGod help the poor soul that votes an all-Shield ballot for wrestler if the year and has Roman at #3.
ReplyDeleteOkay, but then there will be a thread about it and people will discuss it...
ReplyDeleteIt could go either way. I do think that asking a board full of smarks to not get smarky about the board, only smarky about wrestling, when they comment on that smarky board about results to the smarky poll... is a bit ambitious. But I admire your faith!
NHL 2K series was better too but I think 2KSports decided to put all the eggs in the NBA basket.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm sure something will go off the rails. I just think it's a fun thing to do at the end of each year. An old board I was part of did it and it was fun to see what people thought.
ReplyDeleteIn years to come, people are going to refer to it as the BoD's own Brawl For All.
ReplyDeleteCan I be Brakkus please?
I used to lurk at Online Onslaught there's always seemed to do okay.
ReplyDeleteI don't disagree at all, just so long as you're prepared, then its all good.
ReplyDeleteHa, that reference caused the Brawl for All theme to pop into my head.
ReplyDeleteor we could just save a bit of time and switch to the second part
ReplyDeleteEvening Thread of the Year:
ReplyDeleteThe June 18 edition.
To be fair, she did lose her match. She needs to improve on the microphone, but come on. Not cute? Not hot, I'll give you, but I think she's cute.
ReplyDeleteDrinking tea imported from England in a mug with the South Carolina state emblem on it. I am one cool Illinoisan.
ReplyDeleteNo harm no foul really. Should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt will be fun to watch though.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that Canadians call it Illi-NOISE?
ReplyDeleteI would rather have someones dick in my asshole than be seen as one. If we can agree that you come off as a lonely, contentious, arse, then I'll concede that I come across as gay. Considering that an insult though is more on your shoulders than mine though
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents moved here in the 60s and it took my Nana a bit to stop calling it that. She also never quite got the word "taco" down.
ReplyDeleteTack-o?
ReplyDeleteGot it in one. Back before customs sucked my Great Aunt back in Saint John sent dulse every Christmas. Man that stuff is great.
ReplyDeleteI'd just started rewatching Raw for the first time since 1993, and the first thing my buddy and I saw of it was a promo for Brakkus. This would have been mid-1997 though at the time.
ReplyDeleteOf all the obscure wrestlers in WWE ("What? There was a FOURTH member of the Truth Commission?" "Who the hell is Battle Kat?"), Brakkus will always be MY obscure wrestler.
I wish there was a way to buy PWG shows digitally.
ReplyDeleteI always thought of it as jerky for vegans.
ReplyDeleteSo here's a topic a buddy of mine posed to me, that I figured you all would like more!
ReplyDeleteA buddy of mine is trying to catch up oh the mid-to-late 2000s of WWE, and wants to know which of the PPVs he should hunt down:
Cyber
Sunday 2006, New Year's Revolution 2007, No Way Out 2007, Backlash
2007, One Night Stand 2007, Vengeance 2007, Great American Bash 2007,
SummerSlam 2007, Unforgiven 2007, No Mercy 2007, Cyber Sunday 2007, No
Way Out 2008, One Night Stand 2008, Great American Bash 2008, Cyber
Sunday 2008, Survivor Series 2008, Armageddon 2008, Royal Rumble 2009
He's trying to complete his collection / is curious what the best shows are!
I wanna order UFC 116
ReplyDeleteBest Place To Be Nation Update: the one with Kevin Kelly.
ReplyDeleteThey hyped him with vignettes for like a month in 1997 or so and then he randomly appeared in the Brawl for All, wrestled one match in chain mail, and was never really seen again (at least on RAW)
ReplyDeleteI was unaware that it isn't pronounced like that. Is it just illi-noi?
ReplyDeleteIsn't that really old?
ReplyDeleteNot until you clean your room!
ReplyDeleteThere's gotta be blog feud of the year on there right?
ReplyDeleteBacklash 2007, No Mercy 07, and all of the 08s
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