Winston Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Fair play, Alex Riley. He's been outstanding recently. Clearly built up a lot of fire in his belly sitting on the sidelines and long may it continue. He's turned into Championship material pretty much over night.
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 12, 2015 Paid Members Posted March 12, 2015 It's amazing how NXT makes you care about Alex Riley while Raw makes you not care about Daniel Bryan. That's the best, most succinct summary of WWE in 2015 I could possibly imagine. Kudos, Lister.
Harry Wiseau Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 When I heard "the crowd want to see the best from Hideo Itami" when they were calling for the GTS I immediately thought it was a not so sly Punk reference, but now I'm thinking I'm just a twat for automatically thinking that.
King Pitcos Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Who was on commentary and said they'd wrestled Alex Riley loads?
DeanoTheGame Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 I think it was Albert - iirc, his first match on Raw as Tensai was against Riley so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd done a few house shows with him. Dunno about 'loads' mind.
carfire37 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Riley knocked it out of the park this week. That promo alone is all you need. Basic points and tons of emotion. He's gotta have another main roster run, surely!
King Pitcos Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 I think it was Albert - iirc, his first match on Raw as Tensai was against Riley so I wouldn't be surprised if he'd done a few house shows with him. Dunno about 'loads' mind. Ah! I thought it was Albert, but I'd remembered Riley as being gone from the main roster by the time Tensai came back so wondered if it had been Corey Graves.
Paid Members DCW Posted March 12, 2015 Paid Members Posted March 12, 2015 Another vote for Riley. That backstage promo was delivered with the sort of conviction and passion that Reigns would kill for.
Sexy Dad Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 I thought Riley was very good this week. I honestly think that with this build Riley would have been a good opponent for Owens at the next Takeover show, this feud has been the one with the storyline and motive whereas Balor is simply a number 1 contender waiting for his shot. This got me thinking, does anyone think Finn Balor will leapfrog Neville and the gang to the main roster the night after Wrestlemania? He's seemingly closer to the finished product than Hideo Itami, Neville and arguably Zayn in terms of presence, his merch is selling well and he would be a perfect guy to debut in front of the post-Mania crowd. The Takeover match between Owens and Finn to me seems like it may be a case of having the match on NXT whilst they have the chance. Riley can be a good buffer opponent for Owens after Takeover before Zayn takes up his shot at a rematch with Owens. Saying all that, there's every chance it may be Riley back on Raw after Mania.
DJM Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 When is the next Live Takeover show? They have already recorded the Owens vs. Balor match as part of their latest tapings, so I guess that the Owens/Zayn rematch with be the title match/main event on their next big show?
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted March 14, 2015 Paid Members Posted March 14, 2015 Why was Alex Riley commentating on NXT until now? What happened to make him switch from WWE wrestler to development territory announcer? Did he get injured or something?
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted March 14, 2015 Posted March 14, 2015 Apparently he pissed off Cena. I don't know the story though, perhaps one of our Observer reading friends can fill us in?
The Dart Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 When is the next Live Takeover show? There was rumour it would be April 22nd, but I can't see that being the case, as I think all the TV shows up to that point have already been recorded, and usually several matches would have been unofficially announced by now.
Harry Wiseau Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Edit - forget it, maybe it wasn't a spoiler, and maybe me pointing out that it could be a spoiler would spoil it for people who hadn't noticed it the first time round
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