Cewsh Scouts NXT 2013: The Mentionables

Bayley

Pros:

- Very solid in the ring

- Charming character that she commits to fully

- Great experience at a young age

Cons:

- Needs more experience

- Sink or swim gimmick

- N/A

Last Year’s Analysis:

Cewsh: N/A

Cewsh’s Prospect Grade: N/A

Ready For Main Roster: N/A

Cewsh: Much like Emma and Paige before her, I was fortunate enough to see Bayley perform in Shimmer before she signed with WWE. Since she hasn’t had many matches in NXT thus far, that makes it a lot easier to judge who she is as an in ring performer, and that’s a big reason why I recommend that anyone who wants to see the future of WWE unfolding should be following Shimmer closely. But we’re talking about Bayley specifically and, setting her character aside for a moment, she has proven herself to be very solid in the ring. I can’t point to any one great performance that she has had in her career, but she has steadily improved over time, and has anchored a number of quality midcard matches in a relatively short period of time. She impressed the Shimmer office enough that she seemed primed for a big push before WWE signed her, and since that is a wrestling focused promotion, that tells you that she wasn’t messing around.

Now back to her character. She’s a strange mixture of Eugene and announcer Maria and I find it difficult to get a solid read on what her character is supposed to be or where it’s intended to go. But what is undeniable is that she has taken to it in a big way, and it has gotten her over with the crowd in short order. Whether it will translate to the main stage or whether it will need to be changed remains to be seen, but it is working for her right now.

I’ve praised her a lot thus far, but I also want to make it clear that she’s not far along in her development cycle. The potential is there, but this is someone who could be special with a year of attention and training out of the shadow of Emma and Paige, and hopefully she’ll get it. The scouting report on her next year should be interesting.

Cewsh’s Prospect Grade: B-

Ready For Main Roster: No

Artie: Bayley is beyond precious and just flat-out adorable. She hasn’t shown us too much in the way of in-ring technicality, but she works the matches quite well as her character. I firmly believe that another few months in NXT perfecting her character and Bayley will belong on the roster.

Artie’s Prospect Grade: B-

Dennis: Bayley is another one who’s unique character makes her so much better. It’s not been shown too much on TV (it has a little bit), but she’s recently adopted this goofball character. She waves at the crowd like a little girl “Hi!”. She always seems star struck to be in the ring with her opponent, no matter who it is, she’s a huge fan. She wants to hug & high five them, and emulate their moves/mannerisms (which she always hilariously gets wrong)… but here’s the cool twist… whenever they don’t want to (always) and start beating her up… she gets angry and goes off an them, and kicks their a**. On top of all this, she’s good in the ring, as most former shimmer wrestlers are. I love Bayley, but she needs just a little bit longer to develop this great character before exposing it to the World.

Dennis’ Prospect Grade: B

Ready For Main Roster: Almost

Psycho: This girl is a special talent. I believe she’s only been on NXT no more than 3 times, but she makes me hungry for more. Her character is mysterious, forcing you to wonder what she will be like, or where she will fit into the roster. One thing is for sure is that she has that glow of a star, and is rather sound in the ring. I want more Bailey in my life. I need it.

Psycho’s Prospect Grade: B-

Ready For Main Roster: No