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Hulkamatt on twitter said to make a new one of these threads. Put your spoilers here but don't put them behind spoiler tags because that's the rules. No company is safe from their results being posted here, so browse at your own peril of getting wrestling matches like pentagon jr. being the Lucha underground champion ruined for you. Rumors & betting lines are good too because a lot of times they turn out to be legitimate.
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HulkaMatt posted:thank you friend. The Holidays and when they tour overseas
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Chris James 2 posted:Bayley She's in a better place
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Sexy Star becomes Lucha Underground Champion during Aztec Warfare 3
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Responding to a thing from the last thread:Benne posted:They're already paying Nakamura main roster money and sticking him in NXT longterm is a comical waste of his talents. There is an argument to be made that with the oncoming death of television via the internet that NXT is just as valuable a place for him as Raw, since he will be promoted on the television shows anyway. He will still be on the best show of the three and proceed to have the best matches. The Wrestlemania weekend NXT show was roughly ten orders of magnitude better than Wrestlemania. If Nakamura is making main roster money, then gently caress it, who gives a poo poo?
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Nakamura was told Sunday he wasn't being called up. He also felt he needed more time in NXT
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Responding to a thing from the last thread: If you're making main roster money without having to be on the road 300 days a year, that sounds like a pretty loving sweet deal.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Responding to a thing from the last thread: He's also (apparently, based on stuff I've read here) selling a fuckton of merchandise despite "merely" being in NXT, so while there's a case to be made that the WWE could theoretically turn him into an über-draw with a move up, I'd assume they're already pretty happy with what he's bringing in.
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Do people in NXT get a cut of their merch?
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Keeping Nakamura in NXT as Champion is the smartest possible thing for them to do, and I'm loving shocked that anyone believes otherwise. He can anchor that brand for 2 years basically alone if necessary, and as long as he's not getting screwed on either money OR merch, which all accounts say he's not, he's better off doing that than risking the pitfalls at the top of the mountain. I don't think I need to list all the reasons why anyone should be skeptical of Nakamura being properly pushed outside of NXT. Yes, in theory he could sell more T-shirts if he's pushed like Cena on Raw than he is being pushed like Cena in NXT, but there's a heck of a lot of risk with that reward when he could be the next idling Upper Midcarder like Sami Zayn instead. That being said, as soon as he drops the belt Samoa Joe should be on Smackdown (or Raw, but realistically Smackdown needs him more esp. after the draft). And Austin Aries and Hideo Itami should also be called up post-haste after feuding with and falling to Nakamura. If all three of those guys aren't on the main rosters in 4-6 months it's a huge ball-dropping on WWE's part. Clear those three out and give their slots to Bobby ROOOOOOOO, No Way Jose and maybe PERFECT 10 if the reports that they're pumping the brakes on Almas are true.
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Prince Puma is really a Mayan.
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They should just give Almas his mask back and put him in the suit, it's a million times better than the Latino American Males getup he has now.
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MassRafTer posted:Prince Puma is really a Mayan. Reported for racism
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Sanguinia posted:Keeping Nakamura in NXT as Champion is the smartest possible thing for them to do, and I'm loving shocked that anyone believes otherwise. He can anchor that brand for 2 years basically alone if necessary, and as long as he's not getting screwed on either money OR merch, which all accounts say he's not, he's better off doing that than risking the pitfalls at the top of the mountain. I don't think I need to list all the reasons why anyone should be skeptical of Nakamura being properly pushed outside of NXT. Yes, in theory he could sell more T-shirts if he's pushed like Cena on Raw than he is being pushed like Cena in NXT, but there's a heck of a lot of risk with that reward when he could be the next idling Upper Midcarder like Sami Zayn instead. Nakamura is getting up there in age and his body is not in great shape. I doubt the guy left NJPW to not be on the biggest stage possible and I doubt WWE signed him for the kind of money it would take to get him to come over to do that either. He needs to be in front of as many people as possible as soon as possible because the product needs as much new as it can get. Meanwhile a guy like Itami should probably be in NXT a bit longer because he wasn't making the transition especially well.
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MassRafTer posted:Nakamura is getting up there in age and his body is not in great shape. I doubt the guy left NJPW to not be on the biggest stage possible and I doubt WWE signed him for the kind of money it would take to get him to come over to do that either. He needs to be in front of as many people as possible as soon as possible because the product needs as much new as it can get. Meanwhile a guy like Itami should probably be in NXT a bit longer because he wasn't making the transition especially well. What about Joe?
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Chris James 2 posted:What about Joe? Joe originally signed a contract they would let him do NXT and indies so I don't have as much of a problem with keeping him down another six months or so.
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Chris James 2 posted:What about Joe? He's fat.
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I was really surprised that they put Balor out with the draft. I would have thought that they would have done something separate to debut him and make him special. One would think that is why Bayley, Nakamura, etc. are not called up yet because they want them all to make a splash. I am really surprised by the Smackdown roster. It is EXTREMELY light and with Cena and presumably Orton moving to a more part time schedule there isn't much there at both the top and middle of the card. I am really worried what that show is going to look like come the winter since there isn't much meat on the bone with those perspective feuds. As was feared Raw still looks like the "A" show where Smackdown is still mostly forgettable even with the split PPVs. I can't wait to hear what the thought process was behind this in the coming days.
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MassRafTer posted:Nakamura is getting up there in age and his body is not in great shape. I doubt the guy left NJPW to not be on the biggest stage possible and I doubt WWE signed him for the kind of money it would take to get him to come over to do that either. He needs to be in front of as many people as possible as soon as possible because the product needs as much new as it can get. Meanwhile a guy like Itami should probably be in NXT a bit longer because he wasn't making the transition especially well. Nakamura's age and ever-shrinking upside is the most reasonable argument for bringing him up immediately, I'm certainly willing to admit that. And of course what Nakamura wants is a factor, if he wants to roll the bones on the Main Roster and risk the damage a failed push or a long-term trip through the Midcard Lost Woods because (insert anything from race to funny accent to Vince's whimsical fancies here) could do to his value because he's hungry for those stadium crowds, I'd not be the one to tell him otherwise. I'm just saying that the way the stars are aligned right now, his situation is stable, lucrative and not a big strain on his health, all of which could disappear in a split second once he moves up. And that's not even discussing NXT's part of the equation, and the health of that brand does clearly matter to people in WWE even if its never going to be a money making part of the company.
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yea ok posted:Hulkamatt on twitter said to make a new one of these threads. Put your spoilers here but don't put them behind spoiler tags because that's the rules. No company is safe from their results being posted here, so browse at your own peril of getting wrestling matches like pentagon jr. being the Lucha underground champion ruined for you. Rumors & betting lines are good too because a lot of times they turn out to be legitimate. But Pentagon Jr isn't LU champion. Pentagon Dark is. 
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RacistGuidingLight posted:Spoilers for NXT lets put a positive spin on this since negativity is a bad thing 'nxt has the potential to be better than it currently is, and hopefully they take steps to actuate that potential'
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Jubs posted:Do people in NXT get a cut of their merch? Yep
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Benne posted:Vince will push Joe to the moon And then Joe will become the moon
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Sticky Nate posted:Sexy Star becomes Lucha Underground Champion during Aztec Warfare 3
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MotU posted:lets put a positive spin on this since negativity is a bad thing 'NXT still looks better than SD'
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Sticky Nate posted:Sexy Star becomes Lucha Underground Champion during Aztec Warfare 3 Matanza is pinned for the first time by Rey Mysterio. Pentagon Jr is taken out by three superior wrestlers.
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Sanguinia posted:Keeping Nakamura in NXT as Champion is the smartest possible thing for them to do, and I'm loving shocked that anyone believes otherwise. He can anchor that brand for 2 years basically alone if necessary, and as long as he's not getting screwed on either money OR merch, which all accounts say he's not, he's better off doing that than risking the pitfalls at the top of the mountain. I don't think I need to list all the reasons why anyone should be skeptical of Nakamura being properly pushed outside of NXT. Yes, in theory he could sell more T-shirts if he's pushed like Cena on Raw than he is being pushed like Cena in NXT, but there's a heck of a lot of risk with that reward when he could be the next idling Upper Midcarder like Sami Zayn instead. If anything Itami may be the guy built to dethrone Nakamura, but I still think Nakamura would also be the guy to elevate Tommy End to the NXT title picture/NXT Final Boss of 2017 role if he impresses as much as I think he will.
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There needs to be another half hour or hour to NXT each week. Each guy gets like...one televised match a month. I feel like nobody does anything in between Takeovers. Except for Nakamura/Finn and Joe/Sami
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PWInsider:quote:For those of you who wrote us questioning why Bayley wasn't drafted this past Tuesday to the main WWE roster, you will likely have your answer tonight.
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rovert posted:PWInsider: So this probably means Layla
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