General NXT Discussion Thread

[Chris]

Shawn Michaels says booking NXT Battleground for Memorial Day weekend had nothing to do with AEW Double or Nothing.

WWE announced yesterday that the next NXT premium live event following Stand & Deliver will take place May 28 in Lowell, MA. No start time was listed for the event. NXT Battleground will take place on the same day as AEW's annual May pay-per-view and one day after the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments from Saudi Arabia.

Michaels was asked by Ariel Helwani if the date was chosen to go up against AEW's pay-per-view.

Michaels responded:

No, no, look, I'll say this, from a holiday standpoint, that's the thing. In the past, we've done well on the holidays. So, it's my understanding that's why we did that. It's no different then, you know, we used to do stuff back in the day on Christmas and on Thanksgiving. Holidays were always big days, so, that's what this is for us.
It's just that was the date that was available. Obviously, the holiday does really well for us.

Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the situation as well in Friday's edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Meltzer wrote:

The key is that the show is probably going head-to-head with AEW’s Double or Nothing show in Las Vegas. One could say it was a coincidence, but if you follow history it indicates that wouldn’t be the case, that WWE arranged a Shawn Michaels press conference on 3/30 head-to-head at the exact same time as AEW’s press conference with Tony Khan.

He also commented on WWE not announcing a start time for the NXT event.

Meltzer continued:

Actually NXT could do an afternoon show or an evening show as when they sent out the press release, for the first time I can ever recall, they never listed a start time for the event, which sounds like head games. When asking WWE, they said they aren’t sure a start time has been locked in.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/hbk-explains-nxt-battleground-taking-place-on-same-day-as-aew-ppv

 

[Y2Jayne]

Stevie has been gone for a few weeks now, is she injured?

 

[Deezy]

Shawn Michaels says booking NXT Battleground for Memorial Day weekend had nothing to do with AEW Double or Nothing.

WWE announced yesterday that the next NXT premium live event following Stand & Deliver will take place May 28 in Lowell, MA. No start time was listed for the event. NXT Battleground will take place on the same day as AEW's annual May pay-per-view and one day after the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments from Saudi Arabia.

Michaels was asked by Ariel Helwani if the date was chosen to go up against AEW's pay-per-view.

Michaels responded:


Our own Dave Meltzer addressed the situation as well in Friday's edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Meltzer wrote:


He also commented on WWE not announcing a start time for the NXT event.

Meltzer continued:

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/hbk-explains-nxt-battleground-taking-place-on-same-day-as-aew-ppv

Shawn also told Bret to his face he had nothing to do with Montreal.

 

[Chris]

 

[Deezy]

Maybe Melo could've said "Down with my opps".....since you can't wish death on people on PG products.

 

[Dale]

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[Chris]

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Stacks just dying makes this even better lmao

 

[Storm Trooper]

I will never accept slander of this man and his character. One of the most entertaining characters in all of NXT, and quite possibly all of wrestling.

 

[Dale]

He got proper shit on aswell when his vignettes started airing

 

[Storm Trooper]

He got proper shit on aswell when his vignettes started airing

I always hated that. Right away I thought he'd be entertaining at the very least. But he's not just an entertaining character he's actually pretty good in-ring too.

Obviously the gimmick isn't one that is a Main Even level character but it doesn't have to be. He'll carve out a great niche for himself for along time with this. He's one of the reasons I'll forever argue that NXT2.0 was the best thing to happen to NXT.

 

[Dale]

I always hated that. Right away I thought he'd be entertaining at the very least. But he's not just an entertaining character he's actually pretty good in-ring too.

Obviously the gimmick isn't one that is a Main Even level character but it doesn't have to be. He'll carve out a great niche for himself for along time with this. He's one of the reasons I'll forever argue that NXT2.0 was the best thing to happen to NXT.

I think most sane people would agree about 2.0 The talent pipeline it's going to produce over the years is gonna be more than worth the shift in philosophy.

 

[Storm Trooper]

I think most sane people would agree about 2.0 The talent pipeline it's going to produce over the years is gonna be more than worth the shift in philosophy.

Not just the talent pipeline but emphasizing the characters more has made a more entertaining product and will lead to more success for NXT people on RAW/SD.

 

[Dale]

I need more outside of the ring stuff with Tony and Stacks, they're too funny together.​

 

[Dale]

If you don't wanna watch it all, go to the chapter with Haikus and listen to Stacks'

 

[Chris]

No way this girl is trying to convince us she squats with the title on