King Pitcos Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Linus, I saw someone the other day in the Raw thread moaning about your reviews. I enjoy them also, but referring to Iami as KENTAHideo Itami is very annoying. To be fair, that's not as bad (yet) as calling Daniel Bryan 'Bryan Danielson' or whatever his name used to be.
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 3, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 3, 2014 It's appropriate too. I like the new name but it hasn't sunk in yet.
Undefeated Steak Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 Linus, I saw someone the other day in the Raw thread moaning about your reviews. I enjoy them also, but referring to Iami as KENTAHideo Itami is very annoying. To be fair, that's not as bad (yet) as calling Daniel Bryan 'Bryan Danielson' or whatever his name used to be. I'm guilty as charged on this one I'm afraid. Not all the time but sometimes I'll refer to him as Bryan Danielson, especially if I'm talking about his earlier work.
pryko Posted October 3, 2014 Posted October 3, 2014 It's appropriate too. I like the new name but it hasn't sunk in yet. Sticking KENTA next to it though every time with it crossed out is going a bit too far. I do actually still refer to him as KENTA myself because as you say, the new name hasn't yet sunk in
Paid Members Linus Posted October 4, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 4, 2014 The struckthrough KENTA is a call back to how he was introduced. And also because his new name is rubbish. I accept the point about spoilers, though, and I'll drop that.
pryko Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 As I said Linus, I enjoyed your post. You seem very passionate about it, so fair play to you
Paid Members Linus Posted October 4, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 4, 2014 With NXT I'm trying to avoid any backstage tittle-tattle, and just enjoy it as a wrestling show. Luckily, it's pretty well-booked, which makes it easier to soak in.
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted October 4, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 4, 2014 I love NXT. That and WCW Nitro is the only thing I’m watching on the WWE Network at the moment.
Paid Members Statto Posted October 10, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 10, 2014 So in case anyone remained in any doubt that Mojo Rawley was not currently in the good books, this week he rapidly lost by stoppage when the referee decided he wasn't man enough to stick out a Fujiwara armbar from Tyler Breeze because his shoulder was hurt from hitting the post. A FORTNIGHT AGO. I know, "different style", "different ring", "in there with Viktor", but Hideo Itami continues to underwhelm, for me. "In there with Viktor" is a decent excuse, though. Kudos to Rich Brennan for making one of the great calls of all time to highlight someone's plight. Forget about "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOULD SOMEBODY STOP THE DAMN MATCH?!", it's all about... "Look at Funaki, his... tie's all over the place!"
King Pitcos Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 I watched a bit of Itami vs Erik Doom Viktor on Youtube and it was so rubbish. Apart from the debut, Itami's been useless so far. Hopefully he'll feud with someone better very soon.
The Dart Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Yeh I watched that earlier today and it was rubbish. Viktor is rubbish though and always has been.
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted October 10, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 10, 2014 Give it time he'll be alright. Almost everyone who's been in with the Ascention has looked pretty pap IMO.
Dane Bramage Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 In Viktor's defence, Itami looked bad running the ropes and hitting a couple of dropkicks. Not sure you can blame anyone else for that. Unless he was knocked silly by him of course, as his mouth was busted open and he looked a bit dodgy on his feet at times.
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted October 10, 2014 Paid Members Posted October 10, 2014 You can't blame Viktor for Itami's timing being off. I'm sure he'll find his feet soon enough. He could do with bulking up though, he looks skinny even by modern WWE standards. Elsewhere on the show, Enzo and Cassady continue to be one of my favourite things in all of WWE. I know it's a reference that might have gone over the heads of plenty of fans, but that Hey Arnold line was awesome and got over big time with the Full Sail crowd too. Home run from Big Cass. It doesn't even seem to matter that these guys lose more often than not, their shtick is well over. Will be interesting to see whether adding Carmella to the act helps or hinders them, but I'm enjoying the storyline so far. The Zayn vs Titus main event was pretty good too, I hope Titus sticks around in NXT for a bit. Thought the show was better this week for not having an Adrian Neville match on it to be honest. He's probably the most boring character on the roster. NXT is such a better show than either Raw or SmackDown these days. No wasted segments and because you don't see everybody every week you don't get sick of seeing them. The sad thing is, it's getting to the point where I don't want to see guys move up to main roster any more, which isn't the way it should be at all.
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 I know it's been probably been asked before, but who writes NXT? I know they use (or have used) Full Sail students for production, I wonder if they'd give some Arts students a shot on NXT creative? That Hey Arnold reference would be too obscure for Raw or Smackdown, and I can't see the likes of Dusty Rhodes coming up with it. It works perfectly with a crowd of uni students though, because we grew up with Hey Arnold on TV. On Itami, I haven't seen the match yet, but I read a report that said he got concussed during the match. It would explain him being off, anyway. I've got to catch up on NXT, I've dropped off since Takeover II with so much going on in life. It was my favourite show on the Network, but I've just been going through archives in my free time lately.
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.