Yeah, he's a different thing. But I dig him quite a bit right now. I thought he was okay when I saw him a couple of times on Impact. But everything he did in NXT worked on me: the entrance with fine self Scarlett, his face-making (I think HBK is involved), the physicality, and even the dry/harsh threats he throws out.

I'm horrified that he might not be big enough to do a similar act on Raw/SD, but it looks like we will see soon enough. I worry that he's gonna end up like Samoa Joe: a lot of convincing barking but ultimately not enough bite for folks to take him seriously for a long time. Maybe I'm wrong, someone loves him, and he'll win a lot and get hella over. I could barely type that cuz I don't believe it!

>It’s not that NXT should be all little guys (Keith Lee and
>Dijakovic fit perfectly) but you gotta have a decent set of
>skills for the NXT audience to accept you. Kross retaining the
>title didn’t even get boos, just seemed like the crowd
>collectively sighed, which is worse.
>
>I swear I’m not just trying to shit on the guy cause he
>doesn’t fill the indie wrestler bingo card or whatever. I
>think the presence is there and the presentation only needs
>some small tweaks. I’m just saying his act fits Raw 100x
>better than it does NXT.
>
>EDIT: Sorry to be so negative. It was a good show overall.
>Main event delivered other than the result being obvious and
>kinda uninspiring. Opening match was all action. Xia/Mercedes
>was... interesting? I tuned out for most of Knight/Grimes, but
>I think Knight winning is the better story.
>
>I enjoyed the twists and turns of the women's title match and
>RG retaining is the right call (though you could argue RG
>should be more dominant). That's sorta where my view of Kross
>comes from actually: I think RG is the more worthwhile "big
>dominant champ" experiment.