Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and the Best WWE Mic Mastery for Week of December 7

Normally WWE NXT's resident jesters, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady traded in their jokes for fury.

After tearing through their foes on Wednesday night, The Realest Guys in the Room aimed their rage at Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder. Both Amore and Cassady took the standard we're-going-to-get-our-revenge rhetoric and made it eye-catching through sheer intensity that fans didn't even realize this pair had in them.

Dawson and Wilder had recently pounced on Cassady, looking to rip his knee apart, like something out of The Four Horsemen's playbook. This has become their new modus operandi—mauling opponents after the bell with a special focus on their joints.

Cassady has since healed and WWE has since set up a match between the duos. The tag champs are now set to face repercussions for that act as they face Big Cass and Amore at NXT TakeOver: London.

On Wednesday's NXT, it was the babyfaces' job to fire up the audience about their match.

Amore and Cassady flourished in that role. From the opening line on, both men looked ready to explode. Focused, gritting their teeth and not relying on their usual comic antics, the team explained what the attack on them meant.

Referring to the beating they just put on a pair of jobbers, Amore said, "That is how we put food on the table. And Dawson, Dash, I'll be damned if you interfere with me feeding my family."

This was a reminder that these fellas aren't just in the ring for kicks. It put their in-ring battles in context in a simple and realistic way.

Amore then talked about what Cassady and Carmella meant to him. "That is my family. You take out my tag team partner. You jeopardize his future. You jeopardize my future," he said.

Again, simplicity ruled the day. This moment required no convoluted narrative. Amore laid out how close he is to Cassady and how much the tag champs going after him enraged him. 

That's the kind of wrestling story that's easy to get sucked into. It appeals to the audience's sense of justice. The good guys suffered an injustice and are now looking to right that.

Too often, promos on Raw and SmackDown spend too much time providing exposition, focusing on what already happened. Not here. Amore quickly made the fight ahead his target.

"We can walk it like we talk it, blindfolded," he promised.

Not nearly the charismatic dynamo that Amore is, Cassady still did well when his shot on the mic came up. He echoed Amore's sentiment about Dawson and Wilder taking away their livelihood. 

"We have fought too hard for too long to let you get in the way of what we want," he said.

And it was then Big Cass' job to promise vengeance; he did so, shivering with rage, looking like a beast pressing against the bars of a cage. 

"We will get retribution. We will leave you lying," he growled.

This was the most intense Cassady has been to date. It showed off his versatility, letting WWE officials know that he could easily slip into a monstrous villain role if need be. 

Both men showed sides of themselves that went beyond their usual shtick. Rather than have Cassady and Amore reside solely in their comfort zone, NXT let them try out something outside of their typecast roles. They thrived.

The folks at Wrestling Inc praised their work:

At Daily DDT, Evan Gomes called the performance "tremendous" and wrote that it deserved an A+. PWInsider's Mike Johnson pointed their brand of anger as something others should emulate:

He's right. There is too much joking around and foes trade schoolyard insults too often. Roman Reigns just goofed around with the guy who stole his championship, referring to Sheamus' "tater tots" on Monday's Raw several times over.

As much as Amore especially relies on his comic timing, it's a welcome surprise to see him handle something more serious so well.

It's further evidence that his verbal skills beg for him to make it to the main roster. He should be firing off his catchphrases and seething when needed on a bigger stage.