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I'm chuckling at the CJ Parker hate. The one I didn't enjoy in that match was Rawley. I think his gimmick is just silly. Parker drew some pretty decent heat, so he did alright. I don't think he was the best thing on the show, but he did a good job.
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Thing with Parker is he isn't getting the right kind of heat. He's not getting heel heat, he's getting go away heat and has been since he started promoing close to 9 months ago. The NXT crowd don't want him. And his gimmick isn't as easy to make into a heat magnet like Bo's, who suffered from the same thing.
 

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Neville is champ and my MOTY in Zayn Vs Cesaro. 10/10
 

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Thing with Parker is he isn't getting the right kind of heat. He's not getting heel heat, he's getting go away heat and has been since he started promoing close to 9 months ago. The NXT crowd don't want him. And his gimmick isn't as easy to make into a heat magnet like Bo's, who suffered from the same thing.

Okay. I guess I just didn't get the "go away" from the heat he got. But I haven't been watching NXT faithfully.

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I honestly couldn't force myself to sit through the rest of the show after the opener. IMO it was a serious botch to not have that match close the show, if not at least go on right before the NXT Title match. I'm supposed to enjoy a squash match or women's match after Cesaro and Zayn just put on the match of 2014? It was unfair to even put the rest of the card in that predicament knowing they can't match what Cesaro and Zayn did, let alone top it.
 

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There was tons of respect from everyone in that PPV.

I really enjoyed

Adiran and Bo.
Zayn And Cesaro
I also enjoyed Paige's submission hold.
And seeing too cool. <3

8/10/
 

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Okay. I guess I just didn't get the "go away" from the heat he got. But I haven't been watching NXT faithfully.

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Fans have been against him since he debuted in early 2013 basically, and he was a babyface back then.

Part I guess is because of the gimmick, which is not adapted to today at all, he's a 50s-70s hippy. Breeze on the other hand is a modernized version of the gorgeous George and Rick Martel and it works (obvious since Breeze is one of the most over guys down there).

And the fact that they put those two against each other in their first feud really backfired on Parker, he hasn't recovered since.
 
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I honestly couldn't force myself to sit through the rest of the show after the opener. IMO it was a serious botch to not have that match close the show, if not at least go on right before the NXT Title match. I'm supposed to enjoy a squash match or women's match after Cesaro and Zayn just put on the match of 2014? It was unfair to even put the rest of the card in that predicament knowing they can't match what Cesaro and Zayn did, let alone top it.

The show was created to expose new Network subscribers to NXT, so Dallas/Neville had to go on last as they are both NXT superstars and it's for the NXT title. It got the show off to a great start, but yeah it's a shame that only 2 matches felt worthwhile because so much talent has been brought up recently.
 

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This weekly now? Or is this a PPV on a monthly basis?
 

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A special, one-off live show just to celebrate the Network's launch.
Aww gutted. Was hoping it was gonna be at least a monthly thing a extended NXT is awesome. Hope it ends up somehow a regular thing.
 

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Aww gutted. Was hoping it was gonna be at least a monthly thing a extended NXT is awesome. Hope it ends up somehow a regular thing.

ArRival was one-off, but WWEN will be broadcasting fresh NXT episodes weekly starting Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

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