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Cole looked like a midget compared to him

fukking Roderick strong looked like a giant compared to the Undisputed Era

The only dudes with a chance of doing anything on the main roster is aleister black, velveteen dream and maybe Almas

I keep hearing black is going to 205 live which makes zero sense to me

Who am I missing?


Drew will be world champion one day
Mark my words
 

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Couple thoughts about NXT now that War Games is over:

- It's time to start injecting some new blood into the women's division. Only way Ember as champ is going to work is if she has a lot of strong characters (mainly heels) to play off of, and Nikki Cross and Peyton/Billie aren't going to be enough. Especially if some of our suspicions are correct and the latter two are going to be called up soon. Time to start giving Sonya Deville, Bianca BelAir, and Lacey Evans (to name a few) some time to get their reps in on TV.

- Almas as champ is a good call. Sorry, but no one gives a fukk about Drew. Or at least, not as much of a fukk as Trips and them want us too. It was just way to jarring to go from Shinsuke and Bobby coming out to huge pops as champion just this year to the crowd barely making a peep for Drew.

- Velveteen Dream and Aleister Black are fukking stars, man.

- Kassius Ohno is a flop. I'm sorry, but he is.

- I just....do not care about Undisputed Era. At all. On the flip side, this is the most impressed I've been with Sanity.

Overall, I think NXT is in a bit of a rut character and booking-wise. It's one they can get out of, but I think it's going to involve shuffling some people around.
 
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I wonder if they're hiding anyone in the PC that's ready to make a Velveteen Dream-like leap to superstardom. There's a huge glut of tag teams but single male wrestlers are looking a little thin.

What happened to No Way Jose? I never really liked his character, it seemed like something catered to Vince.
 

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Odell Beckham Jr.'s Cousin Reveals Why He Turned Down WWE Developmental Deal - WrestlingInc.com

Terron Beckham, the cousin of New York Giants star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., explained why he turned down an offer from the WWE in a live chat on his own YouTube channel.

Beckham briefly showed the paperwork for the offer but said he didn't want to fully show it because of the amount of pages. He had participated in a three-day tryout at the WWE Performance Center earlier this year. Beckham said he wasn't ready to give up being a fitness personality.

"I did make it, but it is not what I expected it to be," he said. "I was basically required to drop everything that I have going on, that's YouTube, that's fitness business, that's being a fitness personality. Everything I want to do would be under their wing, and I wasn't fully OK with that."

Beckham has a strong social media following with over 461,000 Instagram followers. Despite not playing football past high school, Beckham organized his own pro day and impressed NFL scouts with numbers like a 4.47 40-yard dash, 44-inch vertical, 11-foot broad jump and 36 reps of 225 pounds on the bench. But it wasn't enough to earn him a contract with one of the league's 32 teams. He became known for his bodybuilding videos and great physique.

"After everything I've worked for, I can't just drop that and let that go despite where the WWE could take me," Beckham said. "So it didn't make any sense for me to do so and just drop everything. And let's say I get into it and I don't like it, then I'd have to re-up from where I left off."

Beckham said he would end up losing money if he were to sign with the WWE. He had a warning for anyone who was considering pursuing a career in professional wrestling.

"If I was to sign and continue on with the WWE, I would actually be losing a lot of money that I can't afford to lose the amount that I was going to lose, to give it all up to go for the WWE," he said. "I do things on my own time, so I couldn't give that up on top of a lot less pay than what I get paid now. Even with sponsors, I couldn't keep sponsors, that sort of thing. That being said, I kind of want this to be for those who are aspiring to go into wrestling, just make sure you are willing to give up everything for that."

Beckham said he did enjoy his experience at the WWE tryout, so it was a difficult decision to pass up the opportunity. But he believes he can reach the same level of success he can achieve with the WWE on his own.

"I liked the training, I liked what we were doing and [thought I could] still keep on what I'm doing now, but that wasn't the case. So I was misled on the journey I was hoping for," Beckham said. "It's tough, it was a tough decision because there are possibilities, making a million-whatever dollars and all this exposure in like four years. But I expect that nonetheless regardless, with or without it and I'd rather just keep doing what I'm doing and see the growth myself from doing my own thing. I think that makes more sense for me."
 

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I dont blame him :yeshrug: when you got all of that why give it up to let WWE maybe let u have that back or put their fingerprints on it and ruin it (Zack Ryder show)
 

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Match for this week:

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Odell Beckham Jr.'s Cousin Reveals Why He Turned Down WWE Developmental Deal - WrestlingInc.com

Terron Beckham, the cousin of New York Giants star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., explained why he turned down an offer from the WWE in a live chat on his own YouTube channel.

Beckham briefly showed the paperwork for the offer but said he didn't want to fully show it because of the amount of pages. He had participated in a three-day tryout at the WWE Performance Center earlier this year. Beckham said he wasn't ready to give up being a fitness personality.

"I did make it, but it is not what I expected it to be," he said. "I was basically required to drop everything that I have going on, that's YouTube, that's fitness business, that's being a fitness personality. Everything I want to do would be under their wing, and I wasn't fully OK with that."

Beckham has a strong social media following with over 461,000 Instagram followers. Despite not playing football past high school, Beckham organized his own pro day and impressed NFL scouts with numbers like a 4.47 40-yard dash, 44-inch vertical, 11-foot broad jump and 36 reps of 225 pounds on the bench. But it wasn't enough to earn him a contract with one of the league's 32 teams. He became known for his bodybuilding videos and great physique.

"After everything I've worked for, I can't just drop that and let that go despite where the WWE could take me," Beckham said. "So it didn't make any sense for me to do so and just drop everything. And let's say I get into it and I don't like it, then I'd have to re-up from where I left off."

Beckham said he would end up losing money if he were to sign with the WWE. He had a warning for anyone who was considering pursuing a career in professional wrestling.

"If I was to sign and continue on with the WWE, I would actually be losing a lot of money that I can't afford to lose the amount that I was going to lose, to give it all up to go for the WWE," he said. "I do things on my own time, so I couldn't give that up on top of a lot less pay than what I get paid now. Even with sponsors, I couldn't keep sponsors, that sort of thing. That being said, I kind of want this to be for those who are aspiring to go into wrestling, just make sure you are willing to give up everything for that."

Beckham said he did enjoy his experience at the WWE tryout, so it was a difficult decision to pass up the opportunity. But he believes he can reach the same level of success he can achieve with the WWE on his own.

"I liked the training, I liked what we were doing and [thought I could] still keep on what I'm doing now, but that wasn't the case. So I was misled on the journey I was hoping for," Beckham said. "It's tough, it was a tough decision because there are possibilities, making a million-whatever dollars and all this exposure in like four years. But I expect that nonetheless regardless, with or without it and I'd rather just keep doing what I'm doing and see the growth myself from doing my own thing. I think that makes more sense for me."

you should make this it's own thread because most people pass over the NXT thread.

it's very telling on just how much control WWE wants to have over their talent.
 

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Trash to me.

Should've put the belt on Nikki Cross. She's been killing it for a while.

Her last man standing match with Asuka is one of my matches of the year.
It was a great match, but Asuka's match with the aforementioned Ember Moon was better.

I agree to a point though with people's reservations, Ember's very boring outside of the ring - to the point that it's hard to care about her. She's a great worker but she has no discernible character traits other than a few facial expressions and a hot finisher. Considering that, it's going to be interesting to see how her championship reign goes.

Personally, I think Peyton should have won. She has the best and most developed character of the 4 women. Any of the four women will be at least decent champions who can have great matches though.
 

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The stoop with dat dope fanny padding
It was a great match, but Asuka's match with the aforementioned Ember Moon was better.

I agree to a point though with people's reservations, Ember's very boring outside of the ring - to the point that it's hard to care about her. She's a great worker but she has no discernible character traits other than a few facial expressions and a hot finisher. Considering that, it's going to be interesting to see how her championship reign goes.

Personally, I think Peyton should have won. She has the best and most developed character of the 4 women. Any of the four women will be at least decent champions who can have great matches though.

Nah, Royce as the heel champ that everybody was chasing was the way to go
 
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