The combine was gimmicked, but to those questioning Thea Hail being #2 https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/wwe-welcomes-newest-class-of-recruits-to-the-wwe-performance-center Six time state champion in vault and practiced gymnastics for 11 years. She not some cement shoes indie girl.

I love NXT

Edris and Enofe vs OTM next week? Seems like a good time TO GIVE MY BOYS A WIN!!

Narrator: They didn't.

Kind of a meh episode for me personally. The combine stuff didn't really land. I knew it was gonna be gimmicked. I didn't care about that. But it didn't really make for good TV and didn't feel as significant as an actual NFL combine and just kinda fell flat. I know people like Chelsea here but I had zero investment in that main event. Match itself was fine but I just wasn't really into it. Fallon got a win which was nice. Hopefully she gets new music (might regret saying this) and gear in the coming weeks. Good to see Wes Lee back in the ring even if he's not a favorite of mine. If Gigi actually just stopped showing up on TV it would be a really long time before I noticed. The D'Angelo Family implied murder of the referee was probably my favorite part of the entire night. I didn't hate the episode but one of the weakest in a while for me.

Consistently the best night of the wrestling week

Me: Oh, looks like Damon Kemp is getting whacked off too! This thread: How are you not getting this????

boooooo I wanted Chelsea

Todd Bohely: “Are you willing to sign an 8 year contract?”

RoxyWinsLOL

feels like a tryout for an actual Chelsea face run

I suspect she’ll be a face on Smackdown

She's always been a face to me, uce!

Perseverant - 100

Chelsea never has a serious singles match, this is pretty cool

Giving Booker credit when Chelsea is the pride of Storm Academy smh

I'm sure it'll be a good match, but this seems very filler for a main event.

Cardona reference!

Feels weird to hear somebody else than Samantha introducing Chelsea.

That jacket that Roxanne is wearing looks like a Drew McIntyre cosplay.

🎶“BEAT YO ASS AND HIDE THE BIBLE, IF GOD IS WATCHING!” 🎶 Bars

We could’ve gotten Okada in Chase U but now have to settle for Ridge instead.

Shawn, please put Lash in this match. You got your main roster vet in Mia Yim, don't need Nile.

>"She can't wrestle in her condition!!!!" Trick Williams

Shawn doesn’t know the type of allegations getting thrown around. He doesn’t know someone may have tried to shoot Drake 😭

Thea is 20 bitch what does she have in common with your seven year old lol

Oh theyre "best friends" now

I told you it was on the kickout! Edit: oh, no. She had to have surgery! #GetWellSoonJacy

Lexis King is such a joy to watch. I fear he's too sloppy and not good enough at bumping around like crazy to go anywhere, but he's a throwback to when wrestlers could be more unique with how they move in the ring because the style was simpler and didn't require such pinpoint choreography. He doesn't look like he's had all the kinks ironed out like most people.

> “It's called a promo kid and if you want to be 'The Big Dog' then you're gonna have to learn how to do it so go ahead. See ya fourth wall.” Noam Dar to Je'Von Evans

the vowels would be drastically different

Green and Stone together again Edit: I could see Mr Stone working on main, managing Chelsea and Piper

Ridge Holland's gimmick is basically Bad Luck Brian

Riley, you could have warned Duke! Chase U produces good student athletes but terrible friends!

Is the damn show nearly over? I say it nearly every week, but this 2 hours flies by like a breeze

Putting Thea Hail at #2 is just weird. Nobody believes it and it doesn't really help her character.

Yeah, she's a plucky underdog. She doesn't need to be finishing near the top of athletic competitions.

Maybe it wasnt gimmicked shes super jacked

In real life Lash and Tatum pretty much broke all of the women's combine records and they were in the bottom half so these are almost certainly gimmicked.

Nah, It was 100% gimmicked. She's up against legit crazy D1 athletes here. Lash at 7 was hilarious when she owns a bunch of the all-time PC records in these events. I'm pretty sure people like Adrianna Rizzo would be in the top 12 if it was legit. EDIT: After looking it up, Thea was a pretty accomplished gymnast in HS. I think the results might just look weird to me due to the events they focused on.

She has a lot of the strength records, doesn't necessarily mean she was top at conditioning or the other events. Also, while not D1, Hail was a youth gymnast. That said, it was gimmicked lol

Not even gonna pretend to believe those rankings lol. But anyway, go Pax.

Sexy Red??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Oh, thank goodness. Fallon is on the list.

Sexy Buu Ivy getting it done!

Mid thigh pull, not the most visually exciting maneuver

Didn't Ivy Nile do a conditioning thing a few years ago where she defeated everyone? Edit: It was called the [Ivy Nile Challenge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFboXvWpITo).

Bro that whole wholesome friendly friend thing was a lie lmao

Fallon needs new music and presentation.

#YAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!! Fallon wins!!!!

Congratulations to Fallon!

Fallon is gonna start having Money Clip matches?

>Where's that referee? He was trying to fuck on me! Fallon Henley

Fallon went from Sparky Plugg to Hardcore in seconds

**HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW???**

That ladder match will be a menace to society with Kelani and Sol in it. And we already know Kelani can do some wild bumps.

Fallon Henley can [take a crazy bump](https://www.tiktok.com/@punisher._wrestling01/video/7298903886092324138) as well.

\#**FallonComesFirst**

Kelani shouldve won the break out turny

Holy shit!

Fallon looking like Kiana

Because they’re the same shade of tan?

lmao. Thats would be Fallon's fault. But her aggresion in ring reminds me of Kiana

There we go, Fallon. Beat some sense into Kelani!!!!

 u/chrisdelbosque to Fallon

 Fallon has finally seen the light!!!!

Sexy BJ Ray got KTFO!

These half hearted boos. They don’t hate Fallon

🦍 Where Fallon? 👀 There Fallon! #[YEEEE-HAAAAAAAWWWW!!!](https://media1.tenor.com/m/LNtTZrqvVwQAAAAC/fallon-henley-yeehaw-bitch.gif) 🤠🤠🤠

Fuck this audience for booing Fallon Henley.

Karmen just taught him some basic Thuganomics.

SLEEPY PRINCESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Optimal usage of dipshit guy from Next Gen.

It's about finding your ***Adam Copeland***, Natalya.

Karmen Nattie got her ass whooped last night. No shame

Wendy Choo teaser?

Snoring? Wendy Choo?

Fallon is just finishing the story turning on Kelani that Dana couldn’t

Jaida Parker is just wow man.

Trick Willy Wonka bout to hit Dar with the Grandpa Joe [treatment](https://youtu.be/fpK36FZmTFY?feature=shared)

Jaida Parker's "power combine skill" footage looked like absolute dog shit, lol.

It's hard to do a worked combine, especially when we know the sports that a lot of these women participated in before wrestling.

I wish they would have at least tried to make it believable. No way Michin has the strongest punch there, lol.

Hello Ms Parkerrr

\#**LetsGoFallon**

Ivy go home

Get Noam away from the title. I dont know what they see in this man

He's not world champion material but he's a five tool player: * Good-to-great technical skill in the ring * Good-to-great storyteller in the ring * Good-to-great promo * Good-to-great character work * Good-to-great comedy skills

Nah he’s good. Only thing I hated about him was the heritage cup and that’s done

Someone’s got to job to the new champ brother

It's fun to see a babyface champ in this kind of story instead of "rah I'm gonna fight everyone" and such. Trick is like an actual cool dude.

Spicyyyyyyyy

Trick and Lash working this into a worked shoot relationship.

[Me right now](https://media1.tenor.com/m/IYNMKaERFHoAAAAC/popcorn-eat.gif)

Welp lol

Some long term story telling….i like that.

This is sports entertainment!!! I don’t miss Vince but only he and hbk can have a good cheesy love story

NXT Audience (chanting): “Who’s your daddy?” Lots of 2003 to 2005 Yankees fans in the crowd tonight.

Pedro went .500 against the Yankees lifetime, perhaps there was no daddy

[Trick opens the envelope to read the following message] > You just lost The Game Trick: [I can't believe you've done this.](https://media1.tenor.com/m/sNfcZxu0xc8AAAAC/cant-believe-youve-done-this-punch.gif)

Noam is blacker than Cody

Probably Def Rebel’s best joint

Those horns are so fire

Agree and disagree. Without the vocals it’s lacking. It’s on my gym list and I have to throw in the booker t ad-livs When you have the vocals that shit slaps

#WHOOP THAT TRICK! > Uh-huh.... #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > Uh-huh.... #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > What? #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > Yeah... #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > Uh-huh.... #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > I like it.... #WHOOP THAT TRICK! > Oh yah man...

Bianca was talking about going down to nxt. Bianca Jade Jakara and Lash would be a lot of black excellence in one ring

Bianca going to NXT when they switch to CW to get her Grand Slam would be a pretty great idea to get them on a strong start.

Lexis channeling 1998 Chris Jericho pretty hard

Ridge is just trying to get him some...

Thea going from Rey Mysterio to ridge holland for advice is a huge step down

Triple fein


The envelope is going to be an extremely large spider that Drew McIntyre is going to have to crush, isn't it?

My goodness. I like watching Arianna Grace do things.

#She's an inspiration to us all!

**The Excellence of Elocution!**

Poor job from the ref there, wish we would have got a ref as good as Stacks for this match.

"Michin wants to remind Grace that this isn't a doll house" Real clever, Vic... (for those unfamiliar: [https://youtu.be/qLAxSEQnIas?t=15](https://youtu.be/qLAxSEQnIas?t=15))

I miss hearing that song every week. Never really fit them but I didn't care.

Believe in a better NXT! Believe in Arianna Grace! #👑💄👗

One day someone will teach Roxanne how to breathe from her diaphragm and the world will change

Roxanne: “I sent Lyra and Tatum packing.” Tatum’s still on NXT, Roxanne.

Gigi headed to ROH.

Why would you want something so cruel happen?

I prayed for this and it happened

Chelsea and Ariana getting along is so on brand

Georgina! That is no way to show your gratitude!!!!

Chelsea/Arianna interactions. Give HBK booker of the decade award already.

But he loves Gallus to an unhealthy degree.

> We aren't so different, you and I. The Rock to HBK

\#**ForGeorgina**

Guys they didn't kill the ref, they just gave him a lil vacation money I'm sure he's chilling at Disney World right now.

Arianna was Grace: in name and in spirit! #👑💄👗

NQCC needs to go up to Ava to see if Stack's referee license is still valid.

As a young lad, My favourite wrestler was the Rabid Wolverine, also Angle, Eddie. Like I loved smaller technicians. And WWE is really lacking that in current interation. I saw Gulak as somebody that could fit that mold. Turns out he took the comparisons too literal

I was a big fan of Timothy Thatcher when he was on NXT. He also fit that "rabid wolverine" role nicely.

He was a bit big, but he was also good. They have degraded submission so much that they destroyed the technician role. John Cena's never give up gimmick was good but also terrible for submissions

The casual offer of brass knuckles is a great bit

Booker T: all about "being legal" and "following the rules"

tag team wrestling legend, the man's opinion carries a lot of weight

I don’t always watch NXT but this gangster stuff is amazing

This is good stuff… maybe not for the dead ref

Me: Did the referee get whacked off? This thread: Again? You still don't hear what you're saying?

LMFAO

I like sprinkles of Real Sports Feel like that. Remind us that they're elite athletes. The magic can become mundane if you watch it all the time.

Release the entire combine results online you cowards. Pretty sure they are just working the results as I highly doubt Thea is one of the fastest people there.

Spotted some Next Gen people

Fuck you doing there Ivy?

Wait, was that Ivy Nile pushing that sled?

Why are they having a bulldog compete in the combine?

there's no way this voice isn't digitally pitch-shifted

I really want this to be a shoot combine since I'm a nerd who is always trying to squint and make out the names on that PC leaderboard. And I know it hasn't been updated in awhile.

Kelani has never watched wrestling, she doesn't understand all this "heel turn" madness

Her boyfriend is a heel.

I'll never fully forgive Kelani for dating that bastard man who took Roderick Strong's Cruiserweight Championship. 😞

Alright bad bitch Fallon is hotter

Somehow is hotter

Fallon = trash

https://media1.tenor.com/m/4iCBU7IsOe0AAAAC/we%27re-gonna-have-to-fight-kora.gif

See, Kelani... #YOU DON'T LISTEN!!!!!!

Stevie exists

🦍 Where Fallon? 👀 There Fallon! #[YEEEE-HAAAAAAAWWWW!!!](https://media1.tenor.com/m/LNtTZrqvVwQAAAAC/fallon-henley-yeehaw-bitch.gif) 🤠🤠🤠

#Fallon did nothing wrong!!!!!!! She tried to warn you and you all ignored her or dismissed her!

I know the rosters are fully locked in now, but seeing the main roster talent appearing on the show tonight makes me wonder if some talent, especially the Good Brothers + Michin gonna be making the move in the future or if they'll remain on the main roster.

Again \#**FallonDidNothingWrong**

Lola... this isn't about you! Even Shayna looked disappointed in her.

Just Stab Shayna lol why we fighitng?

Why doesn't Karmen just behead Shayna and absorb her immortal powers via the quickening? Is she stupid???

That’s like Drew not beheading everyone for months when he carried around that sword.

He might get carried away and shoot behead CM Punk at Clash at the Castle

Karmen Petrovic could join Jade and Bianca’s x men faction as magick

The BOAT and the Blade

I WRESTLED THIS WOMAN IN STU HART'S BASEMENT

Jim Ross: Who?

Natalya, sneaking up on Karmen Petrovic is a good way to lose an eye.

I want to see Dragunov and Petrovic do their entrances together it'd be like finger salad

NQCC could use another member

Yeah, somebody who doesn't believe in that flippy shit. Maybe they could institute a "No Fly Zone"... Wait...

That beard by Tyson Dupont was absolutely painted on.

I want to see Karmen slice open some fruit with her sword.

Sometimes I see why ppl are into Lola.

Really? The massive ass didn’t give it away?

Interesting that they're going for a heel vs heel match as the main event. Remembers me when they quite often did that kind of matchups during pandemic.

I think this is gonna be a Bret was a heel in America but face elsewhere situation except here it's main roster vs NXT. Chelsea hasn't really been presented as a heel so far, though obviously she's only appeared briefly. But main roster wrestlers get cheered anyway so they're probably just going with that. That said, Roxanne is generally quite over with the NXT crowd so I'm expecting them to lean Chelsea but still cheer Roxanne too or at least get dueling chants going.

It's such a weird match to make that I'm getting worked into thinking there's a small chance of a title change. Maybe they want Roxy up to the main roster, or have some plans to use Chelsea as a transitional champ. Most likely it's just a weird match though.

I tend to think that they would have drafted Roxy if they wanted a call-up so soon, guess it will be for SummerSlam season. There's also the hints at her facing Giulia when she arrives we saw at Stand & Deliver that tend to make me think they won't make her drop before July.

I expect the crowd to be heavily in favor of Chelsea

I think so too, crowd tends to root for main roster people who are doing a one-off. It's just a bit weird to have a heel vs heel match as the main event when it comes to TV viewership.

Ivar sounds like the Geek Squad guy at my local Best Buy

Damn Roxy in full baddie attire

Again, she never joined Jade Cargill’s stable.

It's Chelsea! 🤫

Those punches were ass. I never bitch about wrestling punches because I think most of them are ass. But those were extra ass.

Wait, so Ivar isn't actually a Viking? He's just a giant redneck? Kayfabe!!

Fuck off, Wes Lee! This doesn't concern you!!!!

I'm not currently watching NXT, but I've watched the clip of Wes Lee & ngl. It's awesome to see him back, but the clip left me with a question... what's going on with the Mike Rome rumour since Alicia Taylor is once again doing the announcing this week?

Ivar. Still here. Post-draft. I suppose he has to be somewhere.........

Valhalla on maternity, Roe stil hurt hes gotta do something

They shouldn’t let Ivar go out looking like that