Category: NXT

Wrestler’s Comment on the Tragic Passing of Perro Aguayo Jr.

Several wrestlers took to Twitter and Instagram to comment on the horrible tragic passing of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in Mexico on Friday night. Below are some of the tweets:

 

NXT Results: 3/18/15

Tyler Breeze def. Kalisto

Wesley Blake def. “Big Cass” Colin Cassady

 

Alexa Bliss def. Sasha Banks – Count Out

 

Kevin Owens def. Alex Riley: After the match, Owens looked to beat down Riley but Finn Balor came out for the save. Owens and Balor went at it until Owens retreated to the back.

 

 

Kevin Owens injury 

it was reported at wrestlinginc.com and various news sites that NXT champion Kevin Owens underwent surgery late last week to prepare a knee injury. The champion tweeted the following regarding his current situation

http://t.co/JH0WB7K5hE Yes, I had knee surgery. No, it won’t slow me down. Why? Because I’m Kevin Owens, silly! #SoonToBeBetterThanEver

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) March 16, 2015

It was also reported that Owens has already began rehab but there is yet to be a time table for his return.

All of us here wish Owens a speedy recovery.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

New talent in NXT 

Australian female wrestler KC Cassidy has signed a developmental deal with WWE and will report to the WWE performance center in April.

Lance Storm said a student of his was signed to a contract on MLW radio a few weeks back and since has been confirmed it was KC Cassidy. She had a tryout with WWE back in August and was awaiting a visa clearance to be able to move to the states.

Cassidy has recently competed in “PWA” She began wrestling in 2009 and is a firmer champion in her own right. I’m sure her presence in NXT will be a greet one thus adding that much more diversity to an already established talented roster.

Follow Cassidy @KCCassidy_ on Twitter

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91

NXT Results: 3/11/15

NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match: Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady def. The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara & Kalisto)

 

Alexa Bliss def. Carmella

Alex Riley def. CJ Parker: After the match, Kevin Owens came out & said he will end Riley’s in-ring career & then put an end to the rise of Finn Balor.

 

Tyler Breeze def. Hideo Itami

NXT Stars making transition to the main roster?

It is being reported via wrestlinginc.com that word within WWE is that the direction of NXT has changed as of late. HHH loves the praise he gets on NXT and he’s looking to capitalize on that.

Originally NXT was meant for “rookies” to learn and eventually establish themselves as stars to be called up to the big leagues known as Raw and SmackDown. However that tune has changed as of late. Now what HHH wants to do is take well established indie wrestlers (more specifically the ones in ROH) wait till their contracts expire and then call them up to NXT. Right now the feeling is NXT is a brand within itself and if you have experimented wrestlers your bound to get great matches.

Now as far as well known faces of NXT there has been no talks of NXT champion Kevin Owens or former champion Sami Zayn being called up to the main roster just yet. There  has been talks though of calling NXT women’s champion Sasha Banks up to the main roster along with Adrian Neville and possibly Charlotte. Word is that if these calls up happen it’ll be sometime after WrestleMania.

That doesn’t surprise me especially if one of those 3 debut on Raw the next night. The raw after mania is always a highly rated Raw and further more last year when Paige debuted is proof that there’s no better way to do it.

How do you guys feel about these reports? Does it make you excited and hopeful for the future? I know it does for me. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

NXT Results: 2/25/15

Hideo Itami def. Bull Dempsey: Tyler Breeze attacked Itami on the ramp after the match. Itami got back up & took Breeze into the ring but Breeze slipped away.

 

Lucha Dragons def. Tye Dillinger & Jason Jordan: Before the match Solomon Crowe interrupted with a warning that he won’t stop until he gets to the top of NXT. During the match Jordan walked out on Dillinger.

 

Tye Dillinger refused to leave the ring until Jason Jordan came out to explain himself. Dillinger said he will fight anyone else who came out until he gets to Jordan. Baron Corbin came out.

Baron Corbin def. Tye Dillinger: Corbin beat Dillinger in about 15 seconds.

Becky Lynch def. Bayley – submission

Finn Balor def. The Brian Kendrick: During the match, Kevin Owens joined the announce team for the match, got upset & walked off after he & Alex Riley took some verbal shots at each other. Owens said he didn’t want to do something stupid. After the match, Owens came out & attacked Riley, tossing him over the announce table.

 

 

WWE NXT Star Helps Woman In Overturned SUV

WWE NXT star Solomon Crowe helped a woman involved in a car accident in Orlando on Monday, not far from the WWE Performance Center. Crowe, who stopped at a nearby store after training at the Performance Center, heard a crash and rushed to the scene with another person who saw the accident. The two helped remove the woman from her overturned SUV, which had jumped a curb and hit a tree before flipping.

Crowe and the other person had to pry open the door because the airbags had deployed and they couldn’t see in the SUV. They sat with the woman until paramedics and police arrived.

Crowe told WWE.com:

“I didn’t even think when I saw it, I was wearing sandals, and I just took off in a full sprint toward the car. I knew especially if a car’s upside down like that, it can catch fire very easily, and whoever was in it, we wanted to get them out. I would hope someone would do the same for me. That’s how I think about it.”

NXT Results: 2/18/15

Rhyno def. Elias Samson

 

Enzo Amore & Big Cass def. the Vaudvillians

Solomon Crowe debuts and shut downs CJ Parker’s protest

 

Sasha Banks def. Blue Pants

Kevin Owens def. Adrian Neville

WWE’s main roster unhappy with NXT booking?

How could anybody in their right mind be upset with the booking of NXT? After all it’s the highest rated weekly wrestling show. According to an online source at “wrestling inc” many of the superstars and divas on the main roster are upset and frustrated with the fact that the superstars and divas down at NXT get more time.

NXT is a weekly show with a running time of an hour. That’s two less hours then the flagship show “Monday night Raw” and one less hour to the runner up show known as “Smackdown”.

The frustration within comes from the fact that the guys and girls in developmental actually have a chance to develop a story line and let it season. On the main roster however we have story lines that lack any real direction and the ones that do have direction seem to be recycled from years ago.

Then there’s the wrestling in general, now I’m not saying this as a dis to the wrestlers on Raw or Smackdown but the wrestlers down at NXT seem to be head and shoulders above them. I mean NXT Rival this past week was better then anything I’ve seen on the main roster in a LONG TIME.

This screams ONE thing to me. The problem isn’t NXT. The problem is Vince McMahon. Vince has built an empire and for that he deserves to be respected but the guy needs to step down. He is stuck in the times. In the day and age of social media wrestling isn’t what it use to be in the 90’s or even 80’s. The fans will root for who THEY want not who Vince tells us too.

The owner of this site (Trevor) and myself have both agreed that a call up to the main roster almost seems like a demotion these days. For example I’m a huge Bayley fan but I’m scared to death of what the main roster would do to her career. Anybody remember how awesome Emma was on NXT? The main roster did NOTHING for her career. Who’s to say the same thing won’t happen to anyone that’s called up to the main roster from this point forward? I mean hello The Ascension is a prime example.

So can we blame the main roster stars for their frustration? They bust their asses off and sacrifice so much to be on the road nearly 365 days a year and for what? To get sloppy matches, hardly any promo time, and silly gimmicks?

It all boils down to this, the sooner Vince steps down and Hunter takes over the better. Not just for the fans but for the wrestling business as a whole. There’s nothing wrong with using the word entertainment because after all that’s what the characters are for, but it’s about time we get back to good o’l fashion wrestling.

As we wait for a greater day for professional wrestling in regards to Raw and Smackdown I advise you watch NXT if you don’t already. NXT alone is worth the $9.99 we pay for the WWE Network, and aside from that I can’t think of a better way to spend a Wednesday night.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)