WWE NXT & Superstars Thread

[AZUCAR!]

Dark Match:

*Bo Rotunda defeated Derrick Bateman.

WWE NXT:

*Maxine defeated Tamina Snuka.

*JTG pinned Yoshi Tatsu.

*Tyson Kidd & Percy Watson defeated Michael McGuillicuty & Johnny Curtis.

Maxine

 

[Dale]

Matches taped for this week's episode of WWE Superstars were Alicia Fox vs. Natalya and Drew McIntyre vs. Ezekiel Jackson.

Might have to catch this womens match, should be alright given it will be on Superstars and not a 1 min match on RAW.

 

[Heisenberg]

Maxine. YES!

 

[Troy]

What stands out for me is Bo Rotunda being on the road and working dark matches. WWE certainly are having a look at plenty of FCW talents, should see a couple more on the shows in the coming months.

 

[Andrew]

Didn't Regal say he'd be bringing in new talent soon?

Bo Rotunda is going to be that first person tbh.

 

[AZUCAR!]

So NXT is going to be getting it's own tapings, and by the looks of things, we'll be seeing some FCW talent on there soon

WWE NXT will be graduating to its own tapings, combined with WWE developmental Florida Championship Wrestling starting on Thursday 5/17 at 7 PM.

The tapings will be held at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL (near Orlando) at the Full Sail Live gym. Tickets for the tapings will be free to FSU staff and students with ID as long as they reserve the tickets in advance. No word yet as to how the general public can attend.

I am told one of the reasons the tapings, which will be branded as "WWE Superstar Showdown", are being moved are to make it easier to integrate WWE developmental talent into the mix for NXT. The hope is that the University feel will give the show a chance for better crowd reactions as well as help upgrade FCW TV to a "grander" look than the FCW Arena in Tampa can provide. The plan is to upgrade NXT and give it more attention as opposed to it being a secondary show on the Smackdown tapings.

HHH is behind the moves and will be very involved with the tapings. He was said to be a big fan of the facility when he and other company executives, including Kevin Dunn and Stephanie McMahon scouted last year.

This past December, WWE filmed several potential pilots at the facility and signed an exclusivity deal with the University to prevent any other wrestling-related events from being held there. Full Sail is an entertainment media university with state of the art production facilities.

Triple H is advertised for the initial taping, which will also feature Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio and R-Truth & Kofi Kingston vs. Epico & Primo.

Currently scheduled tapings:

May 17, 2012
June 14, 2012
July 5, 2012
July 19, 2012
August 9, 2012
August 23, 2012
September 6, 2012
September 20, 2012

 

[Andrew]

Best move NXT/FCW ever done.

This is what I'm talking about!

 

[SAIYANS]

It is great for HhH to keep it as a separate brand and give them theirown stomping ground. ECW should have been that way

 

[Troy]

Maybe now WWE are realising how stupid they were to drop the ECW brand, it was always more successful than NXT and created more stars. Hopefully this can get the NXT format back on track. Two massive initial matches announced with Sheamus vs. Del Rio and the tag team champions against Epico and Primo. Wonder if we will see HHH there all the time since he is running it or if it will be a one off apperance and then the rest of it will be behind the scenes.

 

[Heisenberg]

Dark Match:

* Dean Ambrose defeated a local jobber

WWE NXT:

* Johnny Curtis defeated Percy Watson

* The Great Khali & Ezekiel Jackson defeated Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks. Khali got the pin on Reks.

* Kaitlyn defeated Maxine

* Tyson Kidd defeated Michael McGillicutty & Derrick Bateman in a triple threat match.

Seems like a decent episode.

 

[SAIYANS]

Zeke and Khali ... If you added Mason it may be so awful of a an alliance that you have to watch

 

[Heisenberg]

WWE Superstars Match Taped Prior To Smackdown:

* The Uso's defeated Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

WWE Superstars Match Taped Prior To RAW:

* Heath Slater defeated Alex Riley in a long and entertaining match.

* Lord Tensai defeated Tyson Kidd in a squash match.

Meh.

 

[Dale]

Some interesting stuff here

Usos beating Swaggler prior to the ppv is odd.

Riley continues to lose to HEATH SLATER

Kidd should bump good for Tensai so I'll watch that

Kaitlyn and the triple threat makes that part of nxt watchable

Good stuff

 

[Troy]

Khali and Zeke would be an awful team to watch. Might watch the triple threat but that would be it from NXT

Uso's beating Swaggler before they get a PPV title shot confuses me as well. Are they going to add Uso's to the title match at OTL? Are they going to add the former tag team champions as well to make it a four way? Lord Tensai vs. Tyson Kidd should be good and the reporter is selling Slater vs. Riley so I may have to check it out as well just to see how good it actually is. Superstars overall looks pretty good this week.

 

[Duke Nukem]

NXT has become watchable, hopefully they can maintain it that way before they move most of the names in these new eps to the main roster.