An obstacle course? Seriously? I've been saying since they started that these stupid "challenges" every week have basically turned NXT into the Diva Search. But look at what the "obstacles" are on the "obstacle course" -
- Monkey bars - This is actually one of the more sensible obstacles. Pretty standard obstacle course obstacle, though you'll have to explain to me what monkey bars ability has to do with with either wrestling or being a WWE performer (different skillsets that sometimes don't overlap as much as you'd hope).
- Climb a rope ladder and ring a bell - Rope ladders are also often an obstacle course standard, though this rope ladder looked particularly insubstantial, especially when a 260-pound man is trying to climb it.
- Run up the arena steps - Okay, run up stairs, pretty normal.
- Drink a soda - Um, what? This is officially the dumbest thing they've asked the rookies to do, surpassing the American Gladiators q-tip fighting and hawking programs in the stands. Making the wrestlers drink a soda quickly is not a skill they need to wrestle well, not a skill they need to do all the other things involved in being a WWE performer, and is incredibly boring to watch. The only saving grace here was the absurdity of having Referee Charles Robinson there to officiate the wrestlers trying to chug a soda, but that wasn't enough to make this entertaining.
- Run down the arena steps - Not quite the challenge of running up the steps, but okay, they have to get back down to the ring somehow.
- Juggle for five seconds - What? Aside from all previous arguments about what any of this has to do with being a WWE performer, the obstacle course is a race. You're trying to finish it quickly. You're trying to beat the times of the other competitors. How exactly do you juggle for five seconds in less time than someone else? This was completely nonsensical, almost enough to be dumber than the drinking, but I still call that one dumber because at least the juggling only lasted for five seconds.
- Spin around a bat - Um, what? I don't get what this has to do with anything, plus some people spun more times than others.
- Push an equipment cart up the ramp - This only makes sense by comparison when it immediately follows the drink, juggling, and bat.
- I really don't get what they're doing with Bryan Danielson. Well, I get it, but I don't get it. They've turned him into Colin Delaney. They can't have him win NXT if he's 0-20. Well, they can do whatever they want, but I think this whole "Daniel Bryan losing streak" was a much better idea in people's heads that it's turning into in reality. I just hope when they finally give him a win it's not some weak rollup against The Miz.
- I actually kind of like Michael Tarver's character. I know we'll probably never see him on TV again after next week, but he does unwarranted arrogance well. I also liked how, at the end of his match with Daniel Bryan, when he finally won a match, he looked completely dumbfounded for a few seconds. Like he had no idea what the hell had just happened, he was so unfamiliar with winning matches. And his [nXt] t-shirt: Genius.- All of a sudden out of the blue Justin Gabriel has a beef with David Otunga. um, okay. This show really is incredibly random.
- I'll say this for the NXT Rookies: They all wrestle in wrestling tights. So they start off looking more like real wrestlers than people like John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Shawn Michaels, K-Kwik, Johnny Nitro, Great Khali, Carlito & Primo, etc. None of them even wear long tights. I'm old-school, I appreciate people who wrestle in wrestling tights.
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