#sorry sure aew fans do not want to read abt wwe bs at this time. but 'adrian neville' won't get seen by no one and i wanna praise him | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

otsukare-katsukare · 3 months ago

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i know i beat this dead horse every few weeks or so but i really think sami and neville's nxt feud was so special. sami and kevin obviously blows all other competition out the water as far as wrestling soulmateships for the two of them, but sami and neville did so much in the short time they had on nxt together, and they did it the best possible way which was having both incredible match chemistry AND emotional storytelling.... they had 4 televised singles matches in total and one fatal four way and they were all certified bangers. all developed their relationship in some way and told great self contained stories at the same time. despite the fact that, at no point in any of them, did either sami or neville actually hate each other/have a real heel turn. usually that would portend the 'great athleticism but not a lot of story outside of Which One Is Better' match formula but not these guys, instead it's like the wrestling equivalent of a 100k slow burn. WITH incredible flips and dropkicks.

#damn it's just.. the stakes are in a way quite small scale. cause all of nxt is at that point in time #and most of the rest of the show is quite silly or fluffy drama #but the smallness makes it feel so much more important. neville never hating sami but also not respecting him enough #sami slowly burning more and more with anger at neville's dismissal and self admonishment at his own failure and just pure resentment #until when he slaps him and screams in his face it's like a bomb going off #idk sami has had a great many underdog feuds and they have mostly been great. but vs neville was unique. bc the love was there.#also the crowd. loving both of them but ultimately loving sami so much and wanting him to win so badly that they boo neville #and scream NO! NO! NO! when he's about to hit his finisher on him aka The Best Finisher In Wrestling #sami zayn #the bastard pac #sorry sure aew fans do not want to read abt wwe bs at this time. but 'adrian neville' won't get seen by no one and i wanna praise him

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