A very pedestrian episode of NXT this week, but it was one that gave us a satisfying result. Eli Cottonwood is finally gone. I have to admit, his "Mustache" t-shirt was pretty amusing, but it was the first note of his character that I enjoyed. If Drew McIntyre is Scrooge McPoyle, then this guy is Sloth McPoyle. Seriously, what's with the WWE hiring guys who look like McPoyles? Are they going to bring in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gang to feud with this group? Although the Birds of Prey in a WWE ring? I digress. The point is, he's gone, although I have the sinking feeling that he'll be making appearances just jumping and beating the shit out of people, which could be good, but whatever.
The highlights for me were the Harris/Kaval match, which was almost as good as I thought it could have been. I think both of these guys are going to end up the best workers in the bunch (Kaval is already one of the top three workers in the company this year), and if they're really let go, it'd be a lot more balls-out than it was last night. Also, re: Kaval, I thought it was pretty refreshing to hear all the people like Cody Rhodes and The Miz praise him. Of course, that fucktard Morrison was the one with the dissenting "Hurrr, takez himself too seriously" opinion, but hey, if he's going to implode, might as well do it fully, right?
The brawl at the end was good TV. I'm glad that they're selling the feud between Michael McGillicutty and Alex Riley, who are coincidentally the two best mic guys in this class (BY FAR), but the seeds for that feud needed to be sewn weeks ago. NXT as a concept needs to have heat between rookies to work, and it needs to come out sooner than the 8th week of the competition. Maybe that comparison didn't work as much last season since that first season was clearly to build towards the Nexus, but they can't keep doing that, and if NXT is to be picked up by Bravo or another Universal satellite, then the writers need to do a better job developing storylines within the rookie infrastructure.
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