Paid Members air_raid Posted September 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2015 Watched a bit of NXT today. Eva Marie is nowhere near as bad as, ahem, that crowd (I'm being polite) want her to be. She's coming along very well as a smug twat heel. I thought regal was doing his you-manga version of her name, but it does seem that its aska with the silent u. A bit tricky from a marketing perspective no? Why? You spell it the same for the t-shirt. Plus, anyone in the company only has to hear how it's pronounced once to know how it's pronounced, unless they're idiots.
Slapnuts Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 you-manga Appropriate, in this case. Take a bow!
The Dart Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Looks like they might be building to Joe vs. Balor at Takeover London. That'd be pretty cool.
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2015 Thought they were going with some kind of dodgy referee angle with the stopped count, if this was the attitude era Eva would have been giving sexual favours. Turns out they just botched the camera angle. Given Eva's inset promo, I think the angle is, at the very least, that the ref is crushing on her and didn't want to count her out last week. Her demeanour screamed "Do my homework Help me out and I'll let you think you can screw me."
CavemanLynn Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Thought they were going with some kind of dodgy referee angle with the stopped count, if this was the attitude era Eva would have been giving sexual favours. Turns out they just botched the camera angle. Given Eva's inset promo, I think the angle is, at the very least, that the ref is crushing on her and didn't want to count her out last week. Her demeanour screamed "Do my homework Help me out and I'll let you think you can screw me." They should go a step further and have the refs actively looking to avoid counting the falls - slow counts, taking ages getting into position, loads of that Hebner style testing the shoulders are on the mat, looking up repeatedly to see if her foot's on the rope - so it looks like she's being protected. Full Sail see her as a project of the management, so why not make out she's the Authority's Chosen Diva? If anything, it's a shame the foot on the rope was a correct call.
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2015 If anything, it's a shame the foot on the rope was a correct call. That's exactly what I thought. They missed an opportunity to build the story there. What actually happened was Eva legitimately got her foot on the ropes, then legitimately won by count-out. Oh well, let's hope they re-visit shitty reffing in her next match.
Guest Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 The Asuka segment was pretty underwhelming. The heels' promo about chasing away Charlotte and Becky... well, no, they made it to Raw and one won a championship. Asuka's smile was great though and the segment did do it's job in that I wanna see Asuka absolutely slay these two now.
Paid Members Linus Posted September 24, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 24, 2015 The Asuka segment was pretty underwhelming. The heels' promo about chasing away Charlotte and Becky... well, no, they made it to Raw and one won a championship. Asuka's smile was great though and the segment did do it's job in that I wanna see Asuka absolutely slay these two now. You mean heels lie? Asuka is going to kick their ass-ka.
Majik Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 I thought it was Regal Umanga-ing, but I could be wrong... Thought this week was a bit run of the mill. Starting to dislike Dempsey's work too Enzo truly cuts an awesome promo though.
DeanoTheGame Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Yeah I actually preferred Dempsey as the tough-guy heel, as miscast as he was in that role. What he's doing now is shit.
Guest Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 Forgot to mention, Joe slapping Balor's title belt and Finn's little uncertain look was really good stuff.
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted September 25, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2015 When Joe slapped the belt, Bálor looked like someone had just grabbed his girlfriend’s tit.
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 25, 2015 Paid Members Posted September 25, 2015 The Asuka segment was pretty underwhelming. The heels' promo about chasing away Charlotte and Becky... well, no, they made it to Raw and one won a championship. Asuka's smile was great though and the segment did do it's job in that I wanna see Asuka absolutely slay these two now. You mean heels lie? Asuka is going to kick their ass-ka. She'd going to get them in a chinlock and shout to the ref 'Ask-ha'
DJM Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 The crowd were really annoying during the Eva Marie match weren't they? The chants of Super Dragon being the worst. Eva Marie did annoy me with her constant "How You Doin'" mocking of Carmella, but she is improving and seems to be trying to become better.
Slapnuts Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 The whole thanking the ref for not cowering to the pressure of the crowd, did they create that because she forgot to actually kick out in that match 3 weeks ago? Am I right in thinking that?
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