Friday 27 February 2015

NXT Review 25/2/15


I like to think that the "NXT!" chants start about an hour before the camera starts rolling, and every single fan just monotonously shouts it without any breaks until the music of the first guy in the first match hits. Just a thought. It's a shame that in the "bigger picture" (or perhaps the narrower picture, given your taste) the fans that pack out NXT Arena are simply known as a big bunch of smart marks. That's not the case. Well, it is kinda, but that's not the point. They're actually passionate about the product they see, and that's because the product they see is the best on the fucking planet. All respect to ICW and that, they're heading in that direction, but the pool of talent in NXT is the absolute cream of the crop. Every week they deliver and make people want to tune in the following show. Each and every fan that goes to Full Sail University to see NXT are emotionally invested in the wrestling matches they're paying to witness, and that's quite lovely, considering you can hear a pin drop for 80% of the main shows. This didn't fill the weekly one hour time allotment, had only 5 matches and was still better than RAW on Monday, which is pretty tragic. I live in hope that Vince will one day watch NXT properly and come to the realization that "maybe it IS me that's out of touch." Pigs will fly when that day comes, so for now let's review some cracking wrestling. Yes, let's.