When the time comes that Truth retires from in-ring competition, hope they still have an onscreen role for him. He’d be hilarious as a colour commentator for example.
When the time comes that Truth retires from in-ring competition, hope they still have an onscreen role for him. He’d be hilarious as a colour commentator for example.
Truth knocks it out of the park every chance he gets, but I think he's better in small doses - three hours could be tiresome. I thought he could give other talent a rub by "offering" to be their agent or manager, to give them a chance to rebuff his offer. Have him hang around anyway, join the commentary desk saying he's "scouting" or something. He plays the oblivious role to perfection, so if he went out to scout AJ Styles first, they could have a lot of fun. Then he moves on to someone who already has a mouthpiece, like Omos or Otis, before finally landing on someone who won't say no to him - Dexter Lumis.
Been thinking of the development of the JD McDonagh character. Seems like after the first loss to Breakker they're actually taking time to round out who he is, what his character is supposed to be. I think they got it backwards with him. Threw him in there with Breakker for an extended period and only really going into the rematch/triple threat did we get to "know" what he was about. His ring work is alright, the character is alright, but I feel like a Duke Hudson or Von Wagner would've been better off getting that spot instead. Wagner needs something and not just "I'm big and make mean faces and sometimes have a tan".
JD has always been meh, even before he was JD. Plus he looks like a 4th grade bully.
The one thing Wagner needs is to go away.
Starks might work better as a heel. Lyons, she has a great look and seems to be adapting well to the sport. I could definitely see her on the main roster in the next year or two. She's someone who I think they can build NXT's women's division around as a top tier player if she keeps progressing. As a fan I don't want to see her get rushed to the main event and fall on her face.
Thought heel-wise if Stark does well, main roster pair her either with Rousey & Baszler or with Deville as a tag team. Deville feels like that floater who teams up with people on a temporary basis but isn't a serious challenger on her own. I'd like to see Zoey be a thorn in the side for Lyons and then break them off into different directions so they can both stay relevant.
Axiom rules. First JD match since the return that I've actually really enjoyed. That finish with the leg bend was gnarly.
Saw Stark's heel turn coming but it was damn well done. Props to Nikkita was taking that belt shot like a champ.
I'm so intrigued by Scrypts because of how gawd-awful it is, i really want to see the dude and how it works when he's actually revealed and doing stuff.
I'll need to see how they try to portray Zoey because the easy template is working like Cora's turn but we can't be that lazy with the storytelling. We haven't seen a lot of personality regardless of alignment for Zoey, so they need to step things up for her here.
Grimes and Hayes need to go up to the main roster. They're pretty much done in NXT.
I'm quite surprised that the segment between Wagner and Breakker just didn't fall apart. Guess kudos are in order for Waller and Stone to keep that going. The match should be good but we're just waiting for the next thing for Breakker.