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And now, the Best and Worst of WWE NXT for May 24, 2017.
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1 clarks elbow looked gorgeous
2 i like that its not obvious who his gimmick is a tribute to
I want him to feud with holdouts on whose the most flamboyant
Gold dust
He’s a tribute to TNA-era Orlando Jordan right?
it was ok. His legs hit the mat before the elbow connected
Man, Drew McIntyre just looks huge compared to everybody else now. They haven’t done much with Ohno since he’s been back (though the promise of him and Hideo having an angry elbow/kick battle has me salivating), so I really think Drew might become the best example of “make a name for yourself elsewhere and come back hot.” Who knows, maybe he’ll get the run that he seemed destined for a few years ago this time around
I’m pretty surprised out of all of the vignettes and interviews they showed, they chose to not show the Itami/Ohno exchange. Maybe they’re saving that for next week?
I look forward to not enjoying Velveteen Dream for a year, watching him be awesome in a loser leaves NXT match and return as El Sueno de Terciopelo and then show up to Raw fully realized and be like “Wow! Was he this good the whole time?”
Yes to all of this, too.
Fuck sakes, “is a cowboy” has got to be the most frequently used WWE gimmick of all time, no?
“Cowboy” Bob Orton
The Blackjacks/New Blackjacks/JBL (kinda)
Smoking Gunns
Double J (again, kinda)
The alleged “Cowboy” Bret Hart character
Lance Cade
Outlaw Ron Bass
Dustin Rhodes (pre-Goldust)
and that’s not even counting Macho Man and his fabulous hats.
Yeah, but Wesley Blake was the “Real Live Cowboy” so, you see, it’s all-new, all-different.
I think it’s third.
1. “Isn’t from here, see crazy passport”
2. “Likes to have a great time”
3. “Is a cowboy”
I’m really hoping NXT isn’t counting on having Buddy Murphy ready to go for whenever they run out of indie darlings to the point that he becomes stuck in a Cody Rhodes-ish “always on deck and never up” position.
At least put him in Sanity or something. He’s a former NXT Tag Champ who has been completely forgotten, so he’s an even better candidate for the sales pitch Dillinger got from Young. He’s already been a henchman in BAMF, he’d bring a different dynamic from Wolfe/Dain as purely brawling obstacles protecting Young, and if you need him for something else you can just have him turn on Sanity and instantly be at least an Oney Lorcan-level babyface.
Plus, they don’t have an Australian yet… so there’s that too.
Jesus Drew being that big, moving that well and being that crisp is a sight to behold, i cant wait for him vs literally anyone non-jobber division for 20 mins
Anyone else annoyed that they didn’t make “Velveteen Dream” just the nickname for “Patrick Clark”?
Oh! And I am gonna be royally pissed off if what I heard about the E wanting to scrap Kairi Hojo’s elbow drop because Bayley does one is true, ESPECIALLY if the Velveteen f*cking dream gets one.
In lighter news, I think that NXT’s been so good recently because I hate Bobby Roode, and think he doesn’t deserve to be champion. It’s made me SO want to see him pummelled by Itami, Black, Ohno, Almas, Ciampa, Gargano, Murphy… yeah maybe even McIntyre too.
Wow…considering that, constantly putting her in promos against Blissy, and basically writing her the complete opposite of how she was in NXT, why do I get the feeling somebody who works backstage hates her and wants everyone else to hate her too?
As for the list of people you have to beat Bobby, I would have that same list except Ciampa. That guy needs to be shoved off an airplane. Into a volcano. After being devoured by piranhas. While set on fire. By Johnny and Candice.
(note: Ciampa’s great, and the turn was awesome, he’s just a colossal ass in story context that makes me want nothing good for him. Like a heel should be!)
I like that we’re slowly getting to see what Aleister Black is all about in the ring. Hopefully they’ll put him in a feud where he can get some more competitive matches soon.
Ember would be a lot more compelling right now if she was all about revenge. She did get injured by the champ simply out of spite in a match she had no part of, so she should be pissed off and want to kick Asuka’s ass, not just sit there and be sad.
The Reverse Alabama Slam should be Drew’s finisher if they’re not going to let him use the Future Shock.
Here. Just fast forward to “Titus O’Neil Brand” re: Patrick Clark.
There. Saved us all about 3 years of futility.
I want Bull Dempsey to appear in the front row and do a slow clap after Black’s next match and have him just casually walk over and rip his heart out of his chest and Black Mass kick it into the audience.