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We kick off this week's edition of NXT with Yoshi Tatsu taking on Antonio Cesaro. Makes sense for two of your best pure wrestlers in WWE to show up on your developmental show. Yup, brilliant WWE at its finest. Cesaro tries to intimidate Byron Saxton(ring announcer) before the match. He puts his hand around his throat and William Regal comes out for the save. Looks like a potentially great match in the future for Cesaro and Regal.
Cesaro defeats Tatsu after swinging him around forever and the nailing the neutralizer for the three count as he stares at William Regal.
^Excellent match from these two. Like I said before, there's absolutely no reason for either of these guys to be on NXT. **1/2 only because it was too short.
Bo Dallas is interviewed backstage but it's interrupted by CJ Parker. Parker mentions that they have a match tonight. Dallas continues to act goofy and it's just as annoying as ever.
Dallas defeats Parker in a very short match.
^Good match to show why Dallas is the champion. Parker looked average here, but not excellent as William Regal described. I'm okay with the semi-squash as long as it's the only one on the card. *
Emmas is interviewed backstage and says she sustained some head injuries when she was attacked by the BFFs. Paige interrupts her and talks about them finally facing off for her title. Foreign ladies verbally sparring; I love it!
Tyler Breeze defeats Kassius Ohno with a fast spinning heel kick(called the beauty shot) after Ohno is attacked by Alexander Russev before the match starts.
^Awful. Dud. Doesn't even deserve recognition. Ohno and Breeze could give us a great match any day of the week and instead we get this.
We have some Divas backstage. Bayley wants to talk to Charlotte but Summer Rae just ridicules her. Bayley says we'll see who the loser is in the tag match and says she does have friends. Good storyline development for the divas, but it's starting to feel like there is too much happening in one show.
Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn are interviewed backstage about their match tonight. The men formerly known as Pac and El Generico had the best wrestling match I've ever witnessed in Pro Wrestlin Guerrilla and have had matches in a ton of indy promotions. I can't wait to see what they produce tonight! They exchange words with respect but still try to one up each other a bit. Great segment.
Hunico and Camacho defeat the Ascension in a non-title match.
^Not sure what the point of this was, but it looks like Hunico and Camacho are being made to look like legitimate threats to the titles. Three super short matches in one card with a solid opener ALL taking place before the main event? It's just too much so far.
Bo Dallas joins commentary for the main event. Listening to him talk with Renee Young during the excellent wrestling makes me want to shoot myself in the foot. Neville wins a competitive match with the red arrow(corkscrew splash). They hug after the match when Zayn kicks away Neville's hand for the shake and then embraces him instead.
^While this wasn't the insane high flying sort of match loaded with spots that I've seen before, it was still a ***1/2 match no problem. Just an excellent performance from these top developmental stars.
^While the show was a bit overloaded, the opener and the main event made this a 7/10 show for me. NXT continues to produce awesome content!
We kick off this week's edition of NXT with Yoshi Tatsu taking on Antonio Cesaro. Makes sense for two of your best pure wrestlers in WWE to show up on your developmental show. Yup, brilliant WWE at its finest. Cesaro tries to intimidate Byron Saxton(ring announcer) before the match. He puts his hand around his throat and William Regal comes out for the save. Looks like a potentially great match in the future for Cesaro and Regal.
Cesaro defeats Tatsu after swinging him around forever and the nailing the neutralizer for the three count as he stares at William Regal.
^Excellent match from these two. Like I said before, there's absolutely no reason for either of these guys to be on NXT. **1/2 only because it was too short.
Bo Dallas is interviewed backstage but it's interrupted by CJ Parker. Parker mentions that they have a match tonight. Dallas continues to act goofy and it's just as annoying as ever.
Dallas defeats Parker in a very short match.
^Good match to show why Dallas is the champion. Parker looked average here, but not excellent as William Regal described. I'm okay with the semi-squash as long as it's the only one on the card. *
Emmas is interviewed backstage and says she sustained some head injuries when she was attacked by the BFFs. Paige interrupts her and talks about them finally facing off for her title. Foreign ladies verbally sparring; I love it!
Tyler Breeze defeats Kassius Ohno with a fast spinning heel kick(called the beauty shot) after Ohno is attacked by Alexander Russev before the match starts.
^Awful. Dud. Doesn't even deserve recognition. Ohno and Breeze could give us a great match any day of the week and instead we get this.
We have some Divas backstage. Bayley wants to talk to Charlotte but Summer Rae just ridicules her. Bayley says we'll see who the loser is in the tag match and says she does have friends. Good storyline development for the divas, but it's starting to feel like there is too much happening in one show.
Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn are interviewed backstage about their match tonight. The men formerly known as Pac and El Generico had the best wrestling match I've ever witnessed in Pro Wrestlin Guerrilla and have had matches in a ton of indy promotions. I can't wait to see what they produce tonight! They exchange words with respect but still try to one up each other a bit. Great segment.
Hunico and Camacho defeat the Ascension in a non-title match.
^Not sure what the point of this was, but it looks like Hunico and Camacho are being made to look like legitimate threats to the titles. Three super short matches in one card with a solid opener ALL taking place before the main event? It's just too much so far.
Bo Dallas joins commentary for the main event. Listening to him talk with Renee Young during the excellent wrestling makes me want to shoot myself in the foot. Neville wins a competitive match with the red arrow(corkscrew splash). They hug after the match when Zayn kicks away Neville's hand for the shake and then embraces him instead.
^While this wasn't the insane high flying sort of match loaded with spots that I've seen before, it was still a ***1/2 match no problem. Just an excellent performance from these top developmental stars.
^While the show was a bit overloaded, the opener and the main event made this a 7/10 show for me. NXT continues to produce awesome content!
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