Quick hits on WWE NXT
• Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT ended with Goldust proposing to Aksana, who accepted. I’m guessing that Ted DiBiase Jr. and Maryse will crash the ceremony. I wonder if Goldust will wear a gold wedding dress.
• It was a good night for Naomi, who delivered a solid promo, had a good showing in the ring and won the Power of the Punch competition.
• The women were asked to cut a promo on a topic of their choice. Naomi ripped on Michael Cole and came off a lot more natural and less scripted than the others. A.J. sounded nervous doing her “I love to eat pizza and play video games” deal; Kaitlyn’s promo about Vickie Guerrero fell flat; Aksana did a lame “I love America and Double-Double-E” promo; and Maxine cut a heel promo in which she basically said nothing.
• Naomi lost to Alicia Fox but was able to get in a lot of offense. Fox won after hitting her Scissors Kick twice. The first kick was too far down on Naomi’s back. Realizing that it missed the mark, Naomi kicked out (or perhaps Fox instructed her to do so) and Fox did the move again. It didn’t look much better the second time.
• A.J. destroyed the competition in a game of “Name That Tune” in which the all of the songs were WWE entrance themes. She was the first to answer correctly on all but one of the tunes; Naomi got the other one and the rest of the women were shut out. It was mostly current themes, but A.J. also got Dusty Rhodes’ old “Common Man” song. No one recognized the Legion of Doom’s song. As A.J. was getting one right answer after another, Cole said that she needed to get a life. So his message is that if you’re really knowledgeable about WWE then you need to get a life. Vince McMahon couldn’t have been happy about that remark. Cole also referred to A.J. as a nerd, so she is the female version of Daniel Bryan.
• The small package that A.J. used to beat Aksana was pretty sloppy but the rest of the two-minute match was fine.
Comments
"I'd teach AJ a thing or two about a small package."
Posted by: Brett Favre | October 13, 2010 8:21 PM
If only I had a better connection, I could be watching NXT just for A.J. With Mickie James out of the picture (...still remembering that Lara Croft outfit...), A.J. shows promise as a girl gamer...and you're right about Cole's remark. What's the slogan again? Sexy, powerful, intelligent? She's got two down, now let's see how 'powerful' (as in talent in the ring) she can get.
Posted by: JETZexc | October 13, 2010 9:15 PM
Watching the stream on my tiny laptop makes it hard to tell, but it seemed to me as far as wrestling goes this was by far the best episode of season 3 so far.
I am stoked for another WWE wedding... has it really been 3 years since Teddy Long's? I hate weddings in real life, but I think the intensity of Macho Man & Elizabeth's wedding storyline back in the day made me forever a sucker for wrestlin' weddings... they just are always so cheezy and fun and bizarre.
and Brett, comment of the week...
Posted by: Jules B. | October 13, 2010 9:22 PM
"Naomi lost to Alicia Fox but was able to get in a lot of offense. Fox won after hitting her Scissors Kick twice. The first kick was too far down on Naomi’s back. Realizing that it missed the mark, Naomi kicked out (or perhaps Fox instructed her to do so) and Fox did the move again. It didn’t look much better the second time."
I don't know why they even let Alicia do her lousy attempt at a Scissors Kick. I swear she's going to hurt someone with that one of these days.
Posted by: Loco | October 14, 2010 4:05 AM
It should be down to Naomi and AJ. I think WWE wants Kaitlyn to win it, but she just isn't in the same class as the other 2. Aksana's building a nice niche with Goldy and is getting over with the pouty face. Maxine's getting ignored and is sure to be the next one off.
Actually, I though AJ's "personal ad" was hilarious.
Posted by: Ruzious | October 14, 2010 6:12 AM
It's kinda sad that Maxine isn't getting any love. I think she's the best speaker out of the bunch...
Posted by: Anonymous | October 14, 2010 8:19 PM
It could be worse for AJ than knowing all the entrance theme's, she could be a grown man in his 40's who writes a wrestling blog.
RESPONSE FROM KE: That's true. The only thing worse is a guy who reads that blog and takes the time to leave a comment on it.
Posted by: Rockhold | October 15, 2010 4:14 PM
iwant to be in nxt i think it would be kool
Posted by: brianbentley | October 19, 2010 2:34 PM