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Some stoner once said that time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future, but it always leaves the residue of the past in its wake.
So it stood to reason that when NXT Champion Bo Dallas got back from overseas (including a holiday in CamBOdia, where I hope he remembered to pack a wife), Sami Zayn was sure to follow. He wasn't there for the sweet party hats, or to sign up for the newsletter, or to get some free cookies. He wanted another shot at the belt. And after GMJBL unsuspended him, Sami Zayn...
...is really close to getting another title shot, you guys.
All he has to do? Beat Adrian Neville next week.
The Beat the Clock challenge that ensued over the course of the program had its share of twists and turns, pausing only to let Hunico and Camacho beat two guys in two moves so fast they didn't even get "Let's Go These Guys!" chants and challenge the Ascension for the straps--which I assume makes LA(N)X(T) good guys. As for the BCC, with whose visage you'd become familiar?
Literally every time a match occured, the lead slipped away like an eel having a seizure. Alexander Rusev kicked off the show by beating an Enzo-less Big Cass, even if Mr. Cassady put up the first real fight of Rusev's short tenure in getting to the ropes after the Accolade was strapped onto him. Then he fell victim to an enzu headbutt, and the Bulgarian Stomper broke his back and made him humble as well as Lana happy.
Then this Chris Hero looking fellow named Kassius Ohno beat Tyler Breeze, and Lana was sad. She insinuated to this lanky man that he'd made a mistake--one that you don't have to be a genius to assume may be the bow on Ohno at least in regards to WWETV. Breeze had a debatable opportunity to take a countout win, but tried to finish it off in the ring with the Beauty Shot spin heel kick only to get rolled up.
Following Adrian Neville's triumph in the main last week in a match that saw Graves somehow get a concussion the Human Roller Coaster managed to keep Aiden English at bay with a series of impressive kicks while the English-on-English violence was to be had. A desperation Red Arrow after English seemingly, nearly incomprehensibly tried to set up a superplex late gave Neville the lead with a three second cushion from Ohno's time.
And then Sami Zayn came out back to his house against Leo Kruger, who if you'll remember is also not exactly punching in his ticket for the Bo Dallas Fan Club. So while they both looked aggrieved at the champion making his way back out to watch their match they crammed a match that could've (has?) easily gone 15 in under 5 as Kruger would drop Sami but hard with his spinebuster and signature Slice. Zayn couldn't put in any signature offense at all, even missing the vaunted corner Yakuza kick, but managed a crucifix counter rollup that literally ticked off three as the buzzer expired. That notorious bastard JBL then...proceeded to put Neville/Zayn up next week, with the winner of that getting Bo in the first week of December. The aerial armageddon that may go down next week should be pretty epic and is a fine, fine cheap excuse to get Neville in there against NXT's unofficial Number One without any messy alignment shifts, not to mention irregardless of winner it'll give Bo a top-shelf Full Sail white hat to get in there and be oblivious against while the crowd cheers full throat for him to drop the big X. Truth be told, I'd be really psyched to see a Neville/Dallas match and think it would be good.
That said...you just don't compare other swords to Hattori Hanzo swords, and ever since they hooked up the first time; hell, even while it was happening all I could see in my cortex dancing on my neurons was a neon bold sign that kept blinking REMATCH REMATCH REMATCH. Zayn/Dallas is the newest big NXT rivalry, and maybe the best. Any excuse for them to take to it once again isn't necessary, but man, would it be fun.
And I know certain champions out there don't want me to stop Bolieving, after all.
[ADDENDUM: Note to new staffer Devin Taylor: when Bayley asks you to do the Robot, girl, you do the Robot. I shouldn't hate you after 30 seconds.]
So it stood to reason that when NXT Champion Bo Dallas got back from overseas (including a holiday in CamBOdia, where I hope he remembered to pack a wife), Sami Zayn was sure to follow. He wasn't there for the sweet party hats, or to sign up for the newsletter, or to get some free cookies. He wanted another shot at the belt. And after GMJBL unsuspended him, Sami Zayn...
...is really close to getting another title shot, you guys.
All he has to do? Beat Adrian Neville next week.
The Beat the Clock challenge that ensued over the course of the program had its share of twists and turns, pausing only to let Hunico and Camacho beat two guys in two moves so fast they didn't even get "Let's Go These Guys!" chants and challenge the Ascension for the straps--which I assume makes LA(N)X(T) good guys. As for the BCC, with whose visage you'd become familiar?
Literally every time a match occured, the lead slipped away like an eel having a seizure. Alexander Rusev kicked off the show by beating an Enzo-less Big Cass, even if Mr. Cassady put up the first real fight of Rusev's short tenure in getting to the ropes after the Accolade was strapped onto him. Then he fell victim to an enzu headbutt, and the Bulgarian Stomper broke his back and made him humble as well as Lana happy.
Then this Chris Hero looking fellow named Kassius Ohno beat Tyler Breeze, and Lana was sad. She insinuated to this lanky man that he'd made a mistake--one that you don't have to be a genius to assume may be the bow on Ohno at least in regards to WWETV. Breeze had a debatable opportunity to take a countout win, but tried to finish it off in the ring with the Beauty Shot spin heel kick only to get rolled up.
Following Adrian Neville's triumph in the main last week in a match that saw Graves somehow get a concussion the Human Roller Coaster managed to keep Aiden English at bay with a series of impressive kicks while the English-on-English violence was to be had. A desperation Red Arrow after English seemingly, nearly incomprehensibly tried to set up a superplex late gave Neville the lead with a three second cushion from Ohno's time.
And then Sami Zayn came out back to his house against Leo Kruger, who if you'll remember is also not exactly punching in his ticket for the Bo Dallas Fan Club. So while they both looked aggrieved at the champion making his way back out to watch their match they crammed a match that could've (has?) easily gone 15 in under 5 as Kruger would drop Sami but hard with his spinebuster and signature Slice. Zayn couldn't put in any signature offense at all, even missing the vaunted corner Yakuza kick, but managed a crucifix counter rollup that literally ticked off three as the buzzer expired. That notorious bastard JBL then...proceeded to put Neville/Zayn up next week, with the winner of that getting Bo in the first week of December. The aerial armageddon that may go down next week should be pretty epic and is a fine, fine cheap excuse to get Neville in there against NXT's unofficial Number One without any messy alignment shifts, not to mention irregardless of winner it'll give Bo a top-shelf Full Sail white hat to get in there and be oblivious against while the crowd cheers full throat for him to drop the big X. Truth be told, I'd be really psyched to see a Neville/Dallas match and think it would be good.
That said...you just don't compare other swords to Hattori Hanzo swords, and ever since they hooked up the first time; hell, even while it was happening all I could see in my cortex dancing on my neurons was a neon bold sign that kept blinking REMATCH REMATCH REMATCH. Zayn/Dallas is the newest big NXT rivalry, and maybe the best. Any excuse for them to take to it once again isn't necessary, but man, would it be fun.
And I know certain champions out there don't want me to stop Bolieving, after all.
[ADDENDUM: Note to new staffer Devin Taylor: when Bayley asks you to do the Robot, girl, you do the Robot. I shouldn't hate you after 30 seconds.]