NXT 11-04-13. Regal returns to the ring

[Rysenberg]

:gusta: he's actually hilarious, I love his scouting of the talent.

I love how Tony Dawson introduces Maddox as the ‘Assistant managing supervisor’, and Maddox corrects him anyway ‘That’s assistant managing supervisor, Brad Maddox to you Tony’ 1:

The Shield got insane pops again from NXT lmao. I really don't like this Corey Graves at all, but get the feeling 'H is gonna push him anyway cause he's one of his guys. Still, Rollins should be able to drag him to a good match next week. Just me that hates lumberjack matches btw?

Regal/Ohno was absolutely sick, by far Ohno's best work that I've seen. Perfect example of how you can put someone over despite winning, Ohno looked awesome in that match. I guess they'll have some sort of rematch in a few weeks, hopefully no DQ or something :

 

[Stopspot]

I love how Tony Dawson introduces Maddox as the ‘Assistant managing supervisor’, and Maddox corrects him anyway ‘That’s assistant managing supervisor, Brad Maddox to you Tony’ 1:

The Shield got insane pops again from NXT lmao. I really don't like this Corey Graves at all, but get the feeling 'H is gonna push him anyway cause he's one of his guys. Still, Rollins should be able to drag him to a good match next week. Just me that hates lumberjack matches btw?

Regal/Ohno was absolutely sick, by far Ohno's best work that I've seen. Perfect example of how you can put someone over despite winning, Ohno looked awesome in that match. I guess they'll have some sort of rematch in a few weeks, hopefully no DQ or something :

Graves honestly doesn't need carrying in a match. He's not that far behind Seth in the ring. Just works a slower style. Graves is really talented, I expect a lot from him.

 

[Rysenberg]

Graves honestly doesn't need carrying in a match. He's not that far behind Seth in the ring. Just works a slower style. Graves is really talented, I expect a lot from him.

Urgh, I've hated him so far. IMO a horrible look, generic mic work and a crap worker. In saying that I've only ever seen him wrestle a couple of times, and one of them was god awful from what I remember. (Oliver Grey possibly? I actually like him as well)

 

[Stopspot]

Urgh, I've hated him so far. IMO a horrible look, generic mic work and a crap worker. In saying that I've only ever seen him wrestle a couple of times, and one of them was god awful from what I remember. (Oliver Grey possibly? I actually like him as well)

I've seen a fair deal of Corey and I have to say I don't agree on any of your points. He has a great look for an anti-authority face or tweener, with his size he obviously works best as the underdog. He's a talented wrestler who works a more methodical, submission based style so I can understand why people think he seems slow. But every move in a Corey match leads towards the end which is a submission, something I love to see. Plus he managed to get a decent match out of Conor O'Brien so that is a plus. He's also a pretty good mic worker. People tend to compare his independent work to Raven when he really lets go on the mic.

He's obviously not for everyone but he also obviously isn't horrible.

 

[Rysenberg]

I've seen a fair deal of Corey and I have to say I don't agree on any of your points. He has a great look for an anti-authority face or tweener, with his size he obviously works best as the underdog. He's a talented wrestler who works a more methodical, submission based style so I can understand why people think he seems slow. But every move in a Corey match leads towards the end which is a submission, something I love to see. Plus he managed to get a decent match out of Conor O'Brien so that is a plus. He's also a pretty good mic worker. People tend to compare him to Raven when he really lets go on the mic.

I'd prefer a guy of his size to have slightly more pace, because it just doesn't look believable. I've looked at his top 15 moves and to be honest for a submission specialist he doesn't seem to have a big variety of moves. His look makes it harder for him to get over IMO. I wouldn't say anti-authority, more just irritating. It's not something I really look that much into as a fan, but his look just really irritates me. If he's gonna wrestle the way he does he needs to get bigger.

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This is the one by the way.

 

[Lady Deathbane]

My initial impression of Graves was another version of CM Punk, lol.

 

[Leo C]

Kept watching the finish for the ME over and over. Great match.

 

[Pop Tatari]

Great story told by both men in the main event. Regal was just brutal when bending Ohno fingers.

 

[Mustafar Reginald]

Only watched the main event, it was pretty good. Honestly, I think the payoff was underwhelming as hell (but in the match's defense, I did have to stop mid-watch so that may have had to do with it) but the build up was awesome (loved Regal's cheap shots in the corner). Also, I didn't like the commentary team. Seems like I'm in the minority about that too.

 

[Crayo]

Nope. I dislike the commentary team too. Dawson is hilarious as hell though.

 

[Stopspot]

Philips (the guy who did play by play this week) needs a lot of more work on his commentary. He works for backstage stuff though. Dawson and Maddox last week was absolutely wonderful on commentary. They worked off each other wonderfully.