Ten Thoughts on NXT 7/13
Hannah Floyd @findhayners
Tonight’s episode of NXT was hyped as the return of the Nexus. This could either be a huge letdown, completely overdone, or amazing. How did it go?
1. I do not like Alex Riley’s tattoo. It looks horrible, and doesn’t really seem to belong there.
2. Lucky Cannon is pretty good at getting beat up. Unfortunately, that’s about all he’s good at.
3. This match was mediocre. Mark Henry is botching everything, Lucky Cannon can’t do much right, and they put the focus on Henry and Miz when this is supposed to be about the rookies.
4. I like when they show the pros’ comments on the rookies. It sounds much more realistic than I expected from them.
5. I forgot about the Percy Watson show. This is about as interesting as the Abraham Washington show, possibly worse. I know, I didn’t expect anything to be worse than THAT show.
6. I love when they show the smart and calculating side of the Nexus.
7. Alex Riley was bleeding pretty bad. I guess his head injury reopened.
8. So the show about rookies has a match that happened because of something the rookies instigated, and yet they were an afterthought this entire show. The first match was centered around the pros, and the battle royal didn’t focus on them in the slightest. They could have targeted the pros first and left it as rookies vs. Nexus at the end. That would’ve made more sense.
9. I absolutely love the Nexus. They destroy anything and everything they get their hands on, but are always intelligent about it.
10. Another week with no elimination? So why did they eliminate Titus so early? For fun?
NXT was an entertaining enough show, but was terrible in the sense that the rookies were forgotten. This show is about these kids being introduced to the audience, brought up to TV, and tested on how well they can draw attention. The show loses meaning when they shift focus off of the rookies. Here’s to hoping for a better show next week! Until then, you can find me on twitter, tell your friends about this blog, and all that jazz.
