axlslash Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Unsurprising news, but a potentially huge spoiler for Saturday night in Brooklyn: PWI is reporting that Adam Cole has been at the performance center all week and is officially signed to NXT. No word yet on when he'll debut, but hard to imagine he won't show up ringside at TakeOver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 The old "Sitting ringside is the hottest free agent" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Who's going to take the title off Roode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 3 hours ago, moreblack said: The old "Sitting ringside is the hottest free agent" They done it with Ibushi several times at Takeovers, despite the fact that he refused to commit to a deal with them. Thank fuck he refused. Ibushi's been awesome this year in NJPW during sporadic appearances and is almost certainly set for a early MOTY candidate next year against Omega at the Tokyo Dome. If he had signed with WWE, he'd been on fucking 205 Live losing every week like Masscara Dorada or had Titus O'Neil as his manager. Same with Zack Sabre J.R. As for Cole, meh. He's good and he has good matches, but he's never been one of the elites of ROH nevermind NJPW. I'm sure he'll be successful in WWE, but I've just never been excited by the prospect of an Adam Cole match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 3 hours ago, AtariLegend said: They done it with Ibushi several times at Takeovers, despite the fact that he refused to commit to a deal with them. Thank fuck he refused. Ibushi's been awesome this year in NJPW during sporadic appearances and is almost certainly set for a early MOTY candidate next year against Omega at the Tokyo Dome. If he had signed with WWE, he'd been on fucking 205 Live losing every week like Masscara Dorada or had Titus O'Neil as his manager. Same with Zack Sabre J.R. As for Cole, meh. He's good and he has good matches, but he's never been one of the elites of ROH nevermind NJPW. I'm sure he'll be successful in WWE, but I've just never been excited by the prospect of an Adam Cole match. Cole is very good, not great, in the ring, but he's excellent at character work. ROH works on the NJPW model where character only matters as much as carries into the in-ring work, and I think Cole is much better suite to the "sports entertainment" model than he is the pure pro wrestling model. I think he's more NXT than main roster, at least right now, but I'm excited to see what he can do character-wise with the better production values. Also, Joey Ryan's dick is the most protected move in wrestling, and this is wonderful: https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/897499122885730305 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Good thing Corbin lost the MITB gimmick. Not that I watched the show. For those that don't know, Corbin decided to act like it was the 80's and take shots at Metzler. A fan replied to Corbin defending Metz, Corbin threw the fan under the bus along with the usual carny talk. Fan posted a picture of himself with Vince, turns out that fan is a US vet. Corbin persisted. This might have something to do with it, maybe not. Edited August 16, 2017 by AtariLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 10 hours ago, AtariLegend said: Good thing Corbin lost the MITB gimmick. Not I watched the show. For those that don't know, Corbin decided to act like it was the 80's and take shots at Metzler. A fan replied to Corbin defending Metz, Corbin throw the fan under the boss along with the usual carny talk. Fan posted a picture of himself with Vince, turns out that fan is a US vet. Corbin persisted. This might have something to do with it, maybe not. Either way I'm glad he lost the briefcase. Now we don't have to worry about him cashing in on Nakamura or some BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Poor Corbin. Is anybody looking forward to SummerSlam now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 3 hours ago, ChineseDemocracy2004 said: Poor Corbin. Is anybody looking forward to SummerSlam now? I'm more excited. Corbin's been boring as fuck, and with him holding the briefcase, Nakamura winning Sunday would have been a let-down because he'd get buried for Corbin. Now, the failure can fuel Corbin's feud with Cena, get him some real heat and drive, a proper #1 Contender push, all the while Nakamura can put together a real title run, and when Corbin comes around to take the strap, it'll mean something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I'm looking forward to the WWE/Universal title matches. That's about it. Maybe the mini Shield reunion. Finn the Demon probably squashes Bray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Nakamura should squash Jinder. It's seriously going to harm him long term if he's doing competitive matches with geeks. The Ziggler match was bad enough, let him squash Jinder. As for Wyatt, he's one of the worst big match performers I've ever seen. Other than a match against Bryan Danielson several years ago, Brays matches vary from mediocre at the high end to a fucking abortion at the low end. Devitts probably going to be less over coming out of this feud. Also not sure why Devitt has to be "The Demon King" either. Why can't he just occasionally put on war paint for big matches? In NJPW he wore the same paint randomly, I don't remember "The Demon King" bit. -edit- Oh and I still think the fact that they didn't put Nakamura/Cena on this show instead is indefensible. Edited August 17, 2017 by AtariLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 11 hours ago, axlslash said: Now, the failure can fuel Corbin's feud with Cena, get him some real heat and drive, a proper #1 Contender push, all the while Nakamura can put together a real title run, and when Corbin comes around to take the strap, it'll mean something. Cena will beat Corbin, convincingly. I've read that Cena will be on the RAW after SummerSlam. He'll probably feud with whoever takes the title from Lesnar if he's dropping it. (Here's hoping it's Joe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 19 hours ago, ChineseDemocracy2004 said: Poor Corbin. Is anybody looking forward to SummerSlam now? Corbin was never who I was gonna tune into Summerslam for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 59 minutes ago, moreblack said: Corbin was never who I was gonna tune into Summerslam for Who will you be tuning in to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bono Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'm the only one who wants Jinder to beat Nakamura I think. Just not a fan of Nakamura and I like that Jinder as champ draws such massive heat. I don't give two shits about the mini Shield reunion, I actually think the way they've handled Demon Balor is horrible and the gimmick has become stupid and Finn overall is someone I'm not even interested in at all. I'd prefer Bray to win. I'd love to see Brock squash everyone but we now he's leaving so Strowman better win but he won.t Overall WWE has been pretty uninteresting to me lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 15 hours ago, ChineseDemocracy2004 said: Who will you be tuning in to see? The title matches all look like they have potential to be good. Or at least trainwrecky in an entertaining way like Nak/Jinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 hours ago, moreblack said: The title matches all look like they have potential to be good. Or at least trainwrecky in an entertaining way like Nak/Jinder Shane will probably ruin KO-AJ. Jinder ruins everything he's in. The women's title matches are boring. The only title matches I'm interested in are the Uni title and the RAW tag titles tbh. Oh and Neville-Tozawa will probably be decent. All 4 of the non-title matches on the card have been shit feuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Who was spotted at the Orlando airport today with Roddy Strong, Johnny Wrestling, Trent Severn, and the Bruiserweight? ADAM COLE, BAYBAY! http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/adam-cole-nxt-crew-photo/#.WZdJLNMrJE4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 reDRagon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, moreblack said: reDRagon! And FutureShock!!!! What a stable. I love everything about this. Most of all.... ADAM COLE BAYBAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I thought it was a good show and the best WWE have produced this year. That said, the main event was a bore. Don't get why Drew is suddenly a top guy, that was the most boring Takeover main event I remember. Wrong choice of main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 This is just awesome to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 What's with the crowd repeating "one fall"? AJ/KO was pretty good. Surprising since it had Shane as the guest referee. Here's hoping Nakamura wins. Jinder Mahal is a shit champion and a shit wrestler. He was better left in 3MB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 How does Nakamura lose to Jinder? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 58 minutes ago, luciusfunk said: How does Nakamura lose to Jinder? WTF? More importantly, why book the match in the first place? If Jinder was winning, why have Nakamura sell for most of it? No wonder people are starting to doubt the guy. He's went from Ziggler/Corbin to Jinder. ...And they've tried to brand him too. Silly things like "Nakamura Dynasty" and "The Artist". Nak's one of my favorites, but I've no interest in seeing where they go with this. They should just had him wrestle Cena at SummerSlam instead. If he didn't have the entrance he'd be doomed. Well I hope he's making plenty of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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