BRM Reviews the 9/6/2017 NXT (great)
Posted: Sep 7th, '17, 01:11
CEZAR BONONI vs. ANDRADE “CIEN” ALMAS- 3.25/10
Zelena Vega came out with Almas and then did commentary. Between her commentary and Almas’ dominance in this match they got across the idea that Almas has redeemed himself for his loss to Bononi earlier this year and that such a loss will never happen again, which is good for them but takes away what was pretty much the only thing Bononi had going for him.
REGAL SAYS HE TOLD COLE, FISH, & O’REILLY THAT THEY CAN ONLY FIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RING FROM NOW ON- yeah. I’m sure they’ll listen.
THE VELVETEEN DREAM SHOWS UP TO STEAL AN INTERVIEW FROM WITH AN INTERVIEWER IN FRONT OF ASUKA’S LOCKER ROOM- he says something about having seen a guy who needs some experience, and as a result he will not be so picky about when he cuts his promos. Yeah. I don’t get it, either.
HANDICAP MATCH: Lars Sullivan vs. three jobbers- um… what happened here? They just cut away from it to show us a…
SANITY PRE-TAPED PROMO- bad, because the camerawork and that bright light they kept shining at the camera gave me a headache.
ZEDA vs. SONYA DEVILLE- interesting grapplef*cky squash.
NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH: Kassius Ohno vs. Hideo Itami- 8/10
This is how you have an awesome No DQs match while still not doing too much. You make everything matter. Awesome match, and a pretty much perfect finish to continue this feud. I imagine that at some point in the next few weeks we’ll be hearing Ohno and Itami have the exact same little debate that Mauro and Nigel did.
ASUKA’S NXT FAREWELL CEREMONY- a nice big babyface moment. Even Proud Poppa Hunter showed up. She’s moving up to the main roster. Regal said that he and Asuka would be negotiating with both shows, which probably means they don’t know where they want her. Smackdown seems like the best fit to me because Becky, Charlotte and Nattie are the three biggest matches she has of people she hasn’t faced yet (on Raw she hasn’t faced Sasha and I think she only wrestled Alexa on house shows, but she has already faced Nia, Mickie, Bayley, and Emma in big matches). This was a really great moment, and reminds me of those moments we used to get from ROH when someone would sign with WWE or TNA.
Another great episode of NXT, almost mostly off of the last half hour or so.
Zelena Vega came out with Almas and then did commentary. Between her commentary and Almas’ dominance in this match they got across the idea that Almas has redeemed himself for his loss to Bononi earlier this year and that such a loss will never happen again, which is good for them but takes away what was pretty much the only thing Bononi had going for him.
REGAL SAYS HE TOLD COLE, FISH, & O’REILLY THAT THEY CAN ONLY FIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RING FROM NOW ON- yeah. I’m sure they’ll listen.
THE VELVETEEN DREAM SHOWS UP TO STEAL AN INTERVIEW FROM WITH AN INTERVIEWER IN FRONT OF ASUKA’S LOCKER ROOM- he says something about having seen a guy who needs some experience, and as a result he will not be so picky about when he cuts his promos. Yeah. I don’t get it, either.
HANDICAP MATCH: Lars Sullivan vs. three jobbers- um… what happened here? They just cut away from it to show us a…
SANITY PRE-TAPED PROMO- bad, because the camerawork and that bright light they kept shining at the camera gave me a headache.
ZEDA vs. SONYA DEVILLE- interesting grapplef*cky squash.
NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH: Kassius Ohno vs. Hideo Itami- 8/10
This is how you have an awesome No DQs match while still not doing too much. You make everything matter. Awesome match, and a pretty much perfect finish to continue this feud. I imagine that at some point in the next few weeks we’ll be hearing Ohno and Itami have the exact same little debate that Mauro and Nigel did.
ASUKA’S NXT FAREWELL CEREMONY- a nice big babyface moment. Even Proud Poppa Hunter showed up. She’s moving up to the main roster. Regal said that he and Asuka would be negotiating with both shows, which probably means they don’t know where they want her. Smackdown seems like the best fit to me because Becky, Charlotte and Nattie are the three biggest matches she has of people she hasn’t faced yet (on Raw she hasn’t faced Sasha and I think she only wrestled Alexa on house shows, but she has already faced Nia, Mickie, Bayley, and Emma in big matches). This was a really great moment, and reminds me of those moments we used to get from ROH when someone would sign with WWE or TNA.
Another great episode of NXT, almost mostly off of the last half hour or so.