My Thoughts on NXT (2/3/16)

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Another week, another episode of NXT. Here are my quick thoughts on this week's episode:

The Vaudevillians have such a great entrance
The Hype Bros are basically my nightmare tag team. Average wrestlers with annoying characters
Specifically Mojo Rawley. His character is "yell, jump, and run"
Corey Graves throwing shade at Johnny Manziel is an early highlight of this episode
Glad the Vaudevillians are actually playing up to the "villains" in their name again
I know he's saying "Woo" but it sounds like Rawley was trying to get the crowd to chant "Moo"
Zack Ryder should not be able to beat up two people. Or one.
It never ceases to amaze me how over Ryder still is.
I just realized Aiden English is the closest thing we have to a Guerrero in WWE
I'm a big fan of Dash & Dawson's old school gimmick
However, their name is really awkward. It's a first name and last name. "Dash (Wilder) & (Scott) Dawson"
Carmella still comes off like a heel in her opening promo to me
Emma has the best entrance theme in the NXT Women's Division
I'm so glad Emma has come back from her run on the main roster and is back to being amazing, maybe even better
Dana Brooke is hilarious at ringside
Tom Phillips: "You're my friend". Corey Graves: "...Whatever you've got to tell yourself"
Carmella is fine in the ring, but she definitely needs improvement still
NXT has some weird obsession with the "more than one person won the #1 contenders match" ending. Last week wasn't the first time they've done it. It's not a bad finish, but they can't over use it.
Samoa Joe looks younger now than he did in his last few years in TNA
American Alpha should be on the main roster already
Enzo and Cass should have won the Tag Team Championships in London
Corey Graves' commentary is on fire tonight. Just straight fire.
Enzo Amore could rival Paul Heyman as the best promo in WWE today.
Big Cass: "I'm gonna spell it out for ya" (gives up at "S")
Apollo Crews has one of those voices that doesn't match his body
Just remember the guy who sings the WrestleMania 32 theme lost a rap battle to WWE's biggest geek last week
Baron Corbin seems angry. Hopefully there aren't any indy stars showing up on (just throwing a random date out there) March 2nd or so.
SANTANA GARRETT!
Santana Garrett vs Asuka would be an absolute banger if she was actually on the roster.
Asuka's jumping armbar is such an incredible move
I still miss Devin Taylor.
Finn Balor has the best entrance in not just NXT, but WWE all together right now.
Balor's leather jacket look looks pretty heelish
It's hard to describe Balor-Crews as anything but "amazing"
The Coup de Grace to the back of the head would have been a great finish
Bloody Sunday is a great name for a finisher.

And that's about it.

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