Whats Up Wrestling Peeps! Tonight was about setting up the next Phase in NXT. A Post-Draft Phase if you will; in which top talent (and Mojo Rawley) were snapped up by the Main Rosters leaving a void waiting to be filled by the next-big-thing and returning Heroes of course.
Oh hello Hideo Itami!
Seriously though, this guy could use a break. No sooner had he debut on NXT and made it into that Andre The Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania. That the jealous Kevin Owens took him out of commission for an extended leave of absence due to shoulder injuries. Or did he? I mean, yeah he did (Tom Phillips said as much), but for storyline sake we’re suppose to be in doubt so I’ll go along with it. But it also means I’m meant to believe that they’re is still a guy out there hanging around the Performance Centre randomly attacking Talent.
WWE should really be on that.
I would have liked Itami to get a bigger match for his return but considering that NXT has entered into this hand-shake, wherein CWC competitors can come-and-go willy nilly, I’m okay with Hideo beating the living snot out of Sean Maluta.
Don’t get me wrong, Maluta is fine, I’m just so underwhelmed by his in-ring style. He shows great physicality and promise but shows reliance on his opponent to take the lead. It could be nerves, it probably is, but if I don’t see Maluta again on NXT. I’d be okay with that.
How did I forget that Asuka is unbeaten in NXT?
Not surprising given how she has torn through the Women’s division but it seems that factoid is gateway explanation to a Heel turn for the brutal femme fatale.
Heel-Asuka is something I have waited for so long now, so to have Bayley be her opponent in this simmering feud is like the Cherry on-top of an awesome Pie. And for that Pie (stay with me on the bake-goods metaphor will you) to be about ‘who is the best‘, speaks to Asuka’s dangerous character and Bayley’s need to prove that she is more than a one-time-Champ. It means we get a feud that doesn’t need long-winded promos but rather a storyline that is told in-between the ropes. Like all the best feuds.
Asuka’s match against Aliyah was about the Champ showing Bayley what she is going to do to her at TakeOver Brooklyn. And boy did she Heel it up good. Starting with placing a solitary chair on the ramp for Bayley to watch the match from, to stopping a match winning pin, only to then put Aliyah in a Asuka-lock. You can tell from her gleeful expression that this is the character that Asuka has been dying to play.
Sure Asuka has always been the aggressor when it comes to her matches. But for me, this “Asuka’s gonna kill you” mentality that we the fans carry, has always been at odds with her debuting Face persona. For a women who truly is deadly, now that I can identify her as a genuine Heel, only serves to heighten the danger that she brings to her matches.
So while I am excited for TakeOver Brooklyn, I’m also fearful for Bayley’s life.
Like legit scared. Because Asuka Gonna Kill You.
Speaking of legit, Bobby Roode’s entrance music is … well, Glorious!
I’m still yet figuring out what it reminds me of, besides the obvious Queen allusions. But It does give me that Kurt Angle vibe, like the moment it hits you just know you’ve got a jerk on you hands. A Glorious-Jerk even.
I would have loved to see Roode’s debut be a match but this was special. A gauntlet has been thrown down by Roode because he is going to bring NXT into the mainstream, he is gonna make it Legit. Someone needs to tell his smart-ass that The Boss did that already but, we’ll let him believe he can do it.
OMG, brain wave. Please can we have a Roode-For-President campaign in the same vein as Lex Luger. I know it was lame, but Luger never had the possibility for a Bo Dallas campaign manager. After all, he “Bo-Lieves” and all that.
This could be big guys!
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