NXT Champion: Kevin Owens
NXT Tag Team Champions: Blake & Murphy
NXT Woman's Champion: Sasha Banks
NXT Episode 148
May 27th, 2015
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida
Sami Zayn's music hits, BUT INSTEAD, KEVIN OWENS COMES OUT WEARING A CENA SHIRT FOR THE EPIC TROLL! He says he was going to issue an NXT Title Open Challenge tonight, but the fact is that he's not an insecure person and he doesn't feel like he has to defend his title against just anybody to prove himself. He likes when people earn matches against him. The crowd chants "JOHN CENA SUCKS", and asks why they don't chant that Sami Zayn sucks. They clap and chant, yet recently someone called him a bad person, and that's not true. He is a good man. Because That was the last time that horrendous theme song, because of what he did at Takeover. And he doesn't know why that's surprising, because he did what he said he would do. Sami ASKED for the match, and he warned him. He showed up, and he took him out like he said he would. He did it to keep this title and keep providing for his family because that is the essence of what a good man is. When Samoa Joe walked out on that ramp and this place exploded, he CHOSE to let them have that moment. He's not scared of Samoa Joe, and he could have dropped him like that. If he steps in the same ring as him again, he will. And speaking of dropping people, at Elimination Chamber, he'll show John Cena that the REAL champ is here. GM William Regal comes out and says he's walking a very thin line here. He says in the last six months, he's seen Riley, Neville, and Hideo stretchered out. Kevin says he had nothing to do with Itami, but he did the others
Regal says, of course, he didn't, dear boy. Kevin says Sami's injury isn't on him, it's on Regal for making the match. Solomon Crowe comes out and says he can't listen to this garbage anymore. He says he heard Owens say he won't fight anyone unless he earns it. Kevin mocks his voice. Crowe says he's scared of competition and says Kev's not a good guy, he's a piece of crap. Kevin says it looks like he just earned himself an opportunity and Regal books the match.
Hideo Itami is in the trainer's room, he says somebody attacked him and doesn't know who, but they took his opportunity at the NXT title. His surgery was a success and when he comes back, there will be no stopping him.
During the TakeOver show, Renee interviewed Ryder. MoJo comes over and gets hype with him. UGH!
Bayley vs. Emma (w/Dana Brook)
Evil Emma is way better than when she first started, she's aggressive and has gotten a lot better with her strikes. She's hitting hard, looking super crisp, and doing a lot of dope heel antics. Best of was grabbing Bayley's hair and pulling it over the ropes, Bayley barely gets a comeback before Emma dragon screws her into the Emma Lock for the clean win. *3/4
After the match; Dana pulls Bayley up and Emma slaps her. Charlotte comes out to save, but the 2-1 is too much for her and the BFF's end up beating her down too.
At TakeOver, Renee interview Bas Corbs he says Rhino called HIM out and said he was the "other" force, but he learned what he knows. He's the only unstoppable force. Rhino comes over and says that was really fun. He'd like to do it again sometime.
The Becky video package airs again.
Elias Samson & Mike Rallis vs. Blake & Murphy (w/Alexa Bliss)
Showcase for the champs, After the match, they hold poor Elias down so Alexa can hit twisted Bliss on him.
Backstage: Devin is with BBM when Devin asks Bliss how this call came about. Alexa asks if she learned that question in journalism school. She says these two are winners. She's a winner. Winners gravitate towards each other. Now Compare this to Carmella, the Princess of Staten Island. That's a garbage town. She's been around trash her entire life, so her allegiance makes sense. They have a match next week, and she'll send her back to the dump she came from.
Tye Dillinger vs. Finn Balor
Finn showcase.
During the week, that Greg guy interviews Jason Jordan at the PC. He says he's got a game plan and is searching and he's found the partner. Chad Gable comes over and says his cauliflower ears are burning, he must be talking about him. He's his man. Jordan shakes his head, and Gable shows off his towel. State and national champ, Olympic team, and asks if he's ever heard of it before
Jason knows that. and says he already HAS a partner, and if he needs him, he'll call him. Gable throws him the towel and says to keep it.
Kevin Owens vs. Soloman Crowe
Sadly this doesn't get much time to develop into what it could have been, they have a tremendous brawl until Soloman gets shoved off the top allowing Kev to takeover. He briefly works his chinlock stuff, but thankfully ends it to do asshole Kev offense. Crowe doesn't get much of a comeback outside an awesome looking running high knee in the corner, but Owens hits the pop-up powerbomb for the win. **
After the match; Kevin tries the apron powerbomb, but Joe comes out, so Owens drops him and gets back into the ring. Joe gets in, but Owen's quickly bails to the floor. He points to Crowe and says he's just giving him a warning, next time it will be you. THE CHAMP IS HERE!!!! Which gives Owens even more points in the MVP race, cause he did it to JOE the originator of "THE CHAMP IS HERE"