NXT Discussion Thread (On FOX8, Kayo and Binge)

[gaskin]

Morrison was another one who instantly came to mind. I actually would love to see MNM or however it was spelled show up in NXT.

 

[Zach Package]

Morrison was another one who instantly came to mind. I actually would love to see MNM or however it was spelled show up in NXT.

MNM v Enzo, Cass and Carmella would probably be amazing, Melina retired though didn't she?

 

[JordanWCE]

Morrison killing it as Johnny Mundo over in LU.

I'd love to see him cross paths with Mercury again on WWE TV.

 

[NSWCROW]

TBK !!!!!!

 

[gaskin]

MNM v Enzo, Cass and Carmella would probably be amazing, Melina retired though didn't she?

She may have retired but she wouldn't have to wrestle unless she would want to do one more match.

 

[Mitho]

yeah I was going to say Carlito as well, him and John Morrison from an actual match standpoint, someone ridiculous like Val Venis from a nostalgia POV.

Edit: Becky gets pretty decent hangtime for a standing legdrop, it's pretty cool

You sure you want Val?

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Pretty boring episode this one.

Itami destroying Demspey looked very stupid.

The desperate attempt to make Brian Kendrick seem like a big deal was laughable. The zero suprise and no build up made no sense either.

Commentary sucks, so much dead air and they talk about nothing.

Finn Balor needs to get a character ASAP if he wants people to care about him. He also needs to get a new finisher. It looks like something you'd see in the circus, not wrestling.

 

[jknothimjustafan]

I have some general thoughts/opinions about NXT.

NXT is the only WWE programming I am watching atm. I used to watch Raw/Smackdown for Daniel Bryan and a few others but it is so un-watchable. Luckily NXT is so awesome (not everything is 100% awesome 100% of the time but overall it's great)

I hope they don't go over the top with these influx of ex WWE stars coming back. Its good every now and then or if someone can really contribute but don't take away from what has been so successful.

I have never seen any of Hideo Itami as "Kenta" so I can't comment on that but as Hideo Itami in NXT I find him boring. He has brutal kicks, whoopie do. So do a lot of guys these days. I'm willing to wait because of how good he was as "Kenta" (from what i've heard obviously) but he seriously needs to improve/get more interesting.

Bull Dempsey & Mojo Rawley bore the absolute s**t out of me.

Now the negative stuff is out of the way...

Out of the current NXT roster, Kevin Owens will end up being the best. There are a few guys that are better in the ring (Neville, Zayn, arguably Finn Balor, arguably Tyler Breeze) and a couple of guys better on the mike (Enzo, arguably Aiden English) but Kevin Owens demands eyes on him when he is on the screen.

Enzo Amore is as good on the mike than anyone on any WWE roster now. However I don't think he will ever truly be able to show those skills properly because of what the main WWE roster is like.

Charlotte has the skills, pedigree, look and ring presence to end up being the best diva ever in WWE history. The only thing that can/will probably stop her is the powers that be attitude current towards womens wrestling on the main roster.

The rest of the NXT womens roster is talented and deep. As impressive as TNA was a few years ago.

That's all I can think of for now but I will add to this if I can think of any more.

 

[Maxwell110]

I think that one thing Hideo is having trouble with is that a lot of guys, including Bryan and Punk, started using the moves that made him so popular but now he has to try and reinvent himself so that he's original again

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

I'm pathetically slow so bear with an idiot for a moment, please.

I like to check the WWE personnel wiki page. I saw that they finally added Buddy Murphy's real name. I wondered where they got it from -- and I just finished reading the Daily Telegraph article. Probably a bunch of fluff but it was good reading for me.

 

[Maxwell110]

MUST HEAR: Former WWE NXT Superstar Judas Devlin Breaks his Silence!

Vendetta Pro Radio 2K15 returns with another edition! Hosts Joseph Duncan and Billy Blade are joined by their special guest: former WWE NXT Superstar Austin Draven (Austin Matelson) - (formerly known as Judas Devlin).

In this Must Hear Interview Austin discusses... * Negligence, bullying, inappropriate remarks referencing sexual orientation, favoritism & politics in WWE Developmental *Bill Demott's Bullying tactics & lack of compassion *His Injuries being misdiagnosed by WWE Medical Staff *His Infamous "JUDAS" Letter

This is a Show where we will have to mention that the thoughts and opinions expressed by our guest are solely his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Vendetta Pro Wrestling, it's sponsors or affiliates. In other words, it's gonna be a good one! Join us for this special edition of Vendetta Pro Radio 2K15! Below is a Transcript of Austin's now Infamous "JUDAS" letter in its entirety: March 11th, 2013

Memo To: Canyon Ceman, Dorothy Brill, Jane Geddes
Memo FromAustin Matelson
Subject: Coach Demott

I am composing this memo today because I have had a number of serious concerns about the actions and words of head coach Bill Demott during my employment as talent for WWE developmental. Many of these actions I have tried to ignore or hope that they would cease but because they have now put me in a dangerous situation not only for my career but for my personal health and safety I feel the need to speak out to someone of a higher authority. In this memo I will provide details on a series of incidents which underlie my concerns.

I would like to request that this remain in strict confidence as I am afraid that if Coach Demott were to know I spoke out he would find ways to punish me for it. In fact the entire process of writing a letter to human resources has been called a “******s” way of dealing with problems by Coach Demott.

Physical Injury Due to Imprudent Coaching: The action that has led me to finally speak out happened Thursday February, 28th following our house show. I had taken an awkward hit to my knee in a match and was being examined by Brian Duncan. This hit aggravated a previous injury, one that should never have happened, that I had sustained during a practice drill orchestrated by Coach Demott after practice had already been completed. An MRI revealed a partial tear of my PCL and a strain on a ligament in the back of my knee. I have been told that I can work through it but it may aggravate here and there. This injury can be enduring as many of the superstars on the main roster wrestle their whole careers with it.

I should never have had any issues with this knee but on that particular practice day, after a 3 hour morning session had ‘ended’ at 11 AM, Demott put 280lbs Gary Jackson back in the ring at 11:30 and forced 8 of us to give him 10 takedowns each. After Gary had bumped 60 times in a matter of minutes, I entered the ring and was asked to give him 10 fireman takedowns. On the first one he collapsed from exhaustion while on my back, driving my knees into the mat where I sustained this injury.

The hit I took aggravated it and Coach Demott pulled trainer Brian Duncan and I into the training room and said without any knowledge of my actual injury, “This injury can’t keep flaring up. It doesn’t look good perception wise to us (the office) or for your career going forward.” This injury was treated after the match and I was cleared by Duncan at the time.

Based on Coach Demott’s statement I feel that I am in a position where I have to cover up any injuries I may have otherwise I will be punished or fired. The following week I was in severe discomfort but fearing repercussions I attempted to work through it. Coach Demott has not only instilled this fear in me but I have spoken to several other members of the roster who have been made to feel by Coach Demott that their current injuries are signs of weakness as men, and could potentially lead Coach Demott to advocate for their firing.

On two separate occasions Coach Demott forced me to perform dangerous moves without properly warming up. One incident followed my first evaluation where Canyon Ceman asked me to start working on my parkour and gymnastics moves. It was 7:30 am before practice and he saw me standing in the ring with Enzo Amore and said, “Do a takedown let go of him and do a back flip then go back to him.” The idea made no sense, I was not properly warmed up, and I nearly landed on my head on one attempt. Thesecond incident was before a live event he wanted Oliver Gray to test out his finisher on someone so he grabbed me and forced me to take a high bump on my neck without warming up. I had missed a week of practice because of a neck strain prior to this and Coach Demott was well aware of that.

I have also watched and participated in drills that were hazardous to our safety. He has made us do squats on the top rope including some students who had never been up that high in their careers. He made the beginners group perform monkey flips without a crash pad and the first six who participated landed on their heads and necks and were lucky not to have been seriously injured. The aforementioned drill in which Gary Jackson injured my knee also saw Memo Montenegro injury his neck and shoulder. He was on his 40th bump in 5 minutes and got dizzy before his 7th consecutive hip toss and landed on his head.

Unprofessional Work Environment: The issue of physical well-being is not my only concern. I am an educated individual who worked at Cal State Northridge with Professors and students. I know how one is suppose to conduct one's self in a professional sense. I also understand that this is a unique business and the lines on proper behavior may be a bit blurred. Yet there is no question that Coach Demott, on a daily basis,not only makes unprofessional choices in words and actions, choices that go against many policies of this company, but choices that have created a culture of fear and negativity in this system. Showing up each day for training is mentally agonizing because of the comments we are all forced to hear. He routinely makes fun of anyone sitting out because of injury and also makes rude comments about people’s names and personal lives and has established a hostile work environment through verbal assaults. To wit:
• Demott constantly refers to Oliver Gray as Joel Pedophile which personally enrages me because I used to help a Psychology Professor in Los Angeles do lectures for sexually abused children. • When Dante Dash referred to his finishing move as the Davey boy, as it was utilized by the late Davey Smith who died tragically, Coach Demott makes the following comment, “The Davey Boy? What turning blue and dropping dead on the lawn?” • Coach Demott told student Enzo Amore that he hopes he dies. • Demott also told our entire morning class and Ricky Steamboat's class to kill themselves just days after we tolled the ring bell 10 times for the late Mike Graham a former star FCW wrestler, who committed suicide. • Coach Demott routinely bullies Enzo verbally as well as physically. I have seen Enzo on several occasions be slapped in the face by Bill. During one practice he decided to show Enzo how doing a slam wrong could hurt someone, so he picked Enzo up and dropped him without warning directly on his head and neck. He then decided that each time a student slammed his 100lbs heavy bag with bad form that student had to slam one of his peers the same way. Demott found this drill amusing yet each student was put at serious injury risk. • Demott has grabbed an injured David Harwood by his neck pulled him to the office door and verbally chastised him for standing by the ring during practice when he wasn't cleared, even though he was simply listening to a lecture by Ricky Steamboat. • Demott has kicked Memo Montenegro in the groin and laughed as he crumbled into a heap. Memo being a Mexican immigrant to the United States has a heavy accent, which Coach Demott constantly criticizes and makes fun of. • He routinely will attempt to bust students lip on the bottom rope when they stand to close to the ring. On several occasions he has punished students for mistakes in practice by making them bend forward putting their face near the ropes so that Coach Demott can bounce the rope off the bridge of their nose. • He routinely calls Gary Jackson a fat tub of goo, tells Osmund Cherry who is of African descent, to go back to Africa and most recently has made derogatory remarks about sexual preferences to Brandon Traven. • Coach Demott insinuated that Traven is gay and used the derogatory term "half a sissy" to make fun of him simply because he sat out practice and has had several injuries in the last couple months. This is not the first time he targeted Brandon either. In December I witnessed Coach Demott question Traven about a head injury in the trainer’s room. After Traven explained that a blow to the head in practice had made him dizzy Demott slapped him in the head and left the room. • I witnessed a similar incident a few months ago when Alexander Russev was recovering from neck surgery. Coach Demott saw Russev wearing a NY Jets shirt at practice and not liking that sports team proceeded to physically grab Russev by the collar and rip the shirt off him. Russev was not cleared for any contact at that point and clearly showed physical pain after the incident. Following this incident a group of students were discussing how this sort of thing happened before with an injured Briley Pierce. Briley had a broken leg and Coach Demott kicked him in his medical boot. This happened before I was under contract but it nonetheless seems to fit a pattern of negligent and abusive behavior that I have observed with Coach Demott and is worth investigating further. • According to Oliver Gray, he was once told that if he sat out practice to rest a very bad low back injury that CoachDemott would pull him from the NXT tapings and from attending the Royal Rumble, even though the trainer had requested that Oliver sit out just one practice.

I have been in this system under Coach Demott for 8 months now and was recently told that I am not improving at a rate that is acceptable. I have made concerted efforts in the past to practice more often and work on the parkour moves requested by Canyon Ceman. However Bill has routinely kicked me out of the building after practice including a day when WWE superstar Alex Riley asked me to work on some parkour moves with him. This along with his constant interrupting of practices just to put people down and make negative comments has all but killed any motivation I have to spend extra time around him.

It should be stated that I am not a vindictive person. I am open-minded and do not have a problem with off-color jokes or difficult practice drills. I was signed to this company after Steve Regal told me he saw tremendous improvement in my ring work between tryouts. I told Mr. Regal that I could only imagine how good I could become working 24/7 for this company. I have always been intrinsically motivated and will practice something until I perfect it. Yet I personally feel that coach Demott creates an environment that hinders my opportunities to improve. Coach Demott restricts our practices, instead opting for dangerous and unproductive drills, while constantly verbally assaulting our appearances, personalities, sexual preferences, injuries, and character it seems impossible for me to maximize my time in the ring. In fact even as recently as training on March 4th, guest trainer Lance Storm went out of his way to demonstrate moves to me that Coach Demott had kicked me out of the building for not doing correctly. When I asked him how to do them Coach Demott said, "That was s**t Judas, get out of the building."

Is this the type of work environment that the WWE desires? When can we set up a time to discuss this matter?

In closing I would be remiss if I did not clarify to you that this is solely a problem with Bill Demott and not a problem with the fine coaching staff that has been assembled around him. For example, Ricky Steamboat has been a terrific help to me and always provides me with positive reinforcement and quality examples to learn from. Terry Taylor has gone out of his way to pull me aside and give me helpful advice. Billy Gunn has been an amazingly refreshing force bringing knowledge and enthusiasm that has been extremely beneficial to the system. The changes that have recently occurred in the WWE have been excellent and I am excited for the future plans of WWE Developmental. It is because of these positive attributes that I am expressing my concerns to you. I want to be a part of a solution to the problems that I have listed, one that will lead to future success for the developmental system.

Thank you for your time, Austin Matelson LISTEN HERE: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/vendetta-pro-radio/2015/02/26/vendetta-pro-radio--22515-w-austin-draven[1

Ugh, **** Bill Demott. Everything I hear about him just makes me view him worse and worse. And the women have it even worse than the men.

 

[Mitho]

Ugh, **** Bill Demott. Everything I hear about him just makes me view him worse and worse. And the women have it even worse than the men.

I just got done reading that now. What a campaigner.

How does a bloke like him still have a job in a multimillion dollar company, and that company not have a HR department?

 

[PVF]

I just got done reading that now. What a campaigner.

How does a bloke like him still have a job in a multimillion dollar company, and that company not have a HR department?

It is the WWE we are talking about here.

 

[Mitho]

It is the WWE we are talking about here.

Yeah, but I mean, it's 2015. How can ANY company get away with that stuff, especially in the US where litigation is as common as breakfast.

 

[JordanWCE]

Bill DeMott as the head trainer has always baffled me. I don't understand how you can have someone who didn't do one notable thing in his career, be the trainer for these up and comers who are way more talented than Bill could ever be. The part about Rusev, and what Bill did to Ziggler's brother make me sick.

This is the man who has been quoted as saying that Daniel Bryan would've been nothing without Bill's training. He's a campaigner.

 

[Maxwell110]

Bill DeMott bullied Bayley because she doesn't look like a model or some bullshit like that. Ziggler's brother has spoken out a few times about how some of the women there would ask him to try and do something about Demott because he tried to sexually harass a lot of them. I'm pretty sure I've heard of him making them train naked.

Edit: I found the photo of DeMott laughing while he forced a couple of guys to train naked, but I won't post it. It was posted by Kevin Matthews on Twitter if you really want to see it.

 

[gaskin]

What a c***. If even a part of that is true how can he still have a job?

 

[timtamWB]

The thing is, this isn't the first time allegations against DeMott have come out. He should be fired straight away, surely this is violating all sorts of worker's rules not to mention OH&S and just the workers' wellbeings.

He should actually be thrown in jail for that.

 

[Zach Package]

What a c***. If even a part of that is true how can he still have a job?

After hearing the story about how Rollins got canned for using an icepack because icepacks were 'only for veterans' nothing at all surprises me about the WWE, they're in their own little world

 

[Maxwell110]

It sucks a bit for Briley Pierce because he has so much more he can speak out about to try and get DeMott out, but if he does that it can get heat on his brother and we all know that Dolph has probably already had enough heat on him backstage for whatever reasons.

 

[Valentino Dmitri]

After hearing the story about how Rollins got canned for using an icepack because icepacks were 'only for veterans' nothing at all surprises me about the WWE, they're in their own little world

Spoken like a true millennial

In my day you weren't allowed on television until you could no-sell sexual assault from Justin Hawk Bradshaw in the showers after a house show.

 

[Damon_3388]

Bill DeMott as the head trainer has always baffled me. I don't understand how you can have someone who didn't do one notable thing in his career, be the trainer for these up and comers who are way more talented than Bill could ever be.

Because they place far too much importance on repetition, ringwork and "the right attitude" (basically being a nutless lapdog campaigner) than someone actually being entertaining and drawing money. And performing in front of the same captive audience who cheer everyone like their best friend isn't going to teach anyone s**t about how to engage different audiences and draw, which is what wrestling is about.

 

[Cleavy]

either Regal or Finlay would be far better choices as head trainer

 

[nobbyiscool]

Bill DeMott as the head trainer has always baffled me. I don't understand how you can have someone who didn't do one notable thing in his career, be the trainer for these up and comers who are way more talented than Bill could ever be. The part about Rusev, and what Bill did to Ziggler's brother make me sick.

This is the man who has been quoted as saying that Daniel Bryan would've been nothing without Bill's training. He's a campaigner.

What I find more incredulous is that Demott has been working in or overseeing developmental for what, 5 years? And with the exception of Seth Rollins, WWE have not uncovered a single new star from developmental. (They've been trying with Reigns, Wyatt and Rusev, but none of them are stars.)

In addition to that, does anyone think it's a coincidence that the likes of Balor and Zayn are viewed in a completely different way to guys whose only wrestling knowledge comes from WWE developmental like Mojo Rawley and Enzo Amore?

Something is clearly amiss at developmental - and even in the most positive scenario you can paint for Demott given this weeks accusations... he would still seem to be inept at his job.

 

[JordanWCE]

Lol'd at Adam Rose being back in NXT and getting an instant pop.

Every time Enzo opens his mouth, gold comes out.

Shoot Nation debut!

Awesome Rhyno vignette!

Crowe! s**t finish.

**** yeah the women in the main event.

Charlotte with the trash talk "YOU GONNA FIGHT ME TONIGHT OR WHAT SWEETHEART?!"

Charlotte hits a spear, crowd chants "BETTER THAN REIGNS"

THE BOSS RETAINS!