WWE taped four weeks of WWE NXT tonight from Full Sail University last night. Here are the full results:
Episode 1, Airing July 3rd:
Tony Dawson and William Regal were on commentary. There was a video that recapped the NXT Title change. I kid you not, they changed the ring apron after one match during this video. Byron Saxton did the "beg the crowd to chant NXT for the open" routine.
1. Paige defeated Alicia Fox to advance in the NXT Women’s Title tournament.
2. Conor O’Brian (w/ Rick Victor) defeated Andy Baker. Baker got a jobber entrance. A little suggestive man-on-man action with Conor & Victor in the corner during the entrance. Conor won. Quick match.
3. Xavier Woods defeated Scott Dawson. Sylvester Lefort introduced Scott Dawson. Garrett Dylan's name was still on the Tron. Against Xavier Woods. After "It's Morphin' Time," Woods won.
4. Mason Ryan defeated Enzo Amore. Hilarious mic work by Enzo. Ridiculous one punch from Mason put down Amore. Amore complained that he was not ready. Out came Cassidy next straight after the match with Amore. Ryan made quick (thankfully not as quick) work of Cassidy.
5. NXT Champion Bo Dallas defeated Antonio Cesaro to retain the NXT Championship. Partway through the match, Leo Kruger came out. Cesaro had the upper hand the majority of the match, but when Kruger got on the apron Bo threw Cesaro into him and got the pin. During the celebration, they shot smoke down on Bo, then Kruger jumped him. Bo fought off Kruger, but then Cesaro jumped Bo. As soon as Bo got the upper hand, Leo came in. Both pounded on Bo until Sami Zayn came out for the save. The crowd still did the "Ole" chant. Zayn stares at the NXT Title before leaving. Then the crowd booed when Bo held up the belt to end the show.
Episode 2, Airing July 10th:
Brad Maddox and Tom Phillips were on commentary. Kendall Skye got in the ring to announce.
1. Emma defeated Summer Rae via roll-up to advance in the NXT Women’s Championship tournament. Emma was massively over. After the match, Summer attacked Emma until Paige ran out to make the save. There was a staredown between Emma and Paige, Paige showed some interest in attacking Emma but didn’t.
2. Leo Kruger defeated Sami Zayn. The lights didn't go all the way out for Leo's entrance, which was kinda funny since he just walked out. It probably won't be obvious on TV. Sami tried to pull as good a match as possible out of Leo.
3. Colin Cassidy & Enzo Amore defeated Mason Ryan in a Handicap match. More fun mic work by Amore. "1+1 = 3.14 time to eat your pie." Clip to the knee from Amore helped Cassidy get the pin. Logic prevailed! The camera missed Amore and Cassidy leaving the stage so they came out and "left" again.
Bray Wyatt came out with The Family. Erick Rowan (aka upside down Sheamus) was wearing his sheep mask. Wyatt cut a promo about Regal and crew.
4. Bray Wyatt & NXT Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family defeated Adrian Neville, Corey Graves and William Regal. Neville played face in peril for quite a long time. Anticlimactic finish with Bray getting the pin. Awesome "Bray Wyatt Eater of Donuts" sign.
Episode 3, Airing July 17th:
Kendall Skye begged the crowd for NXT chants. Unlike two tapings ago, she didn't piss off the crowd beforehand and got a few. Tony Dawson and William Regal were on commentary. Regal joined while Leo was coming out and wore a t-shirt chugging water to get ready after having just wrestled.
1. Leo Kruger defeated Antonio Cesaro and Sami Zayn in a Triple Threat match to become the #1 contender for the NXT Title. Zayn almost took out the tall Chick entering the ring in a near Charlie Haas-Lillian Garcia moment (ok not that bad/close). With Leo out of the ring, Cesaro hit The Neutralizer, then Kruger ran in and threw Cesaro out and got the pin on Zayn.
2. NXT Champion Bo Dallas defeated Scott Dawson in a non-title match. Sylvester Lefort came out to put over Scott Dawson, calling him his protege and a future champion. Kruger attacked Bo after.
Bayley is in the ring when Ric Flair comes out. Ric Flair came out and cuts a promo saying he likes Orlando and that he likes to support the up and comers. He announced that his daughter Charlotte was debuting and said he would be in her corner. Charlotte was actually in the six-man at the Cocoa Beach show last month. She looked like an '80s American Gladiator that time traveled to today to wrestle. She strikes me as unattractive and muscley. Charlotte did a stupid cartwheel outside the ring and then rolled backwards once in the ring. A corny gymnast. Ok, I'm done bashing her.
3. Charlotte defeated Bayley. Flair threw off his jacket for no reason during the match. A friend pointed out that Flair was wearing sneakers. Charlotte won and celebrated with Ric after the match doing the flair strut followed by dueling struts.
4. Adrian Neville & Corey Graves defeated NXT Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family to become the new tag team champs. The match seemed like it was going to be a paint by numbers tag with Bray interfering, but then Sheamus's music hit. He took out Bray, then Neville hit the corkscrew and WE HAVE NEW TAG CHAMPS. Sheamus celebrated with the new champs Neville and Graves.
Byron announces that because of what just happened, we would see Bray Wyatt vs. Sheamus tonight!
Episode 4, Airing July 24th:
Maddox and Phillips were on commentary. Bryon Saxon handled the ring announcing.
1. Paige defeated Emma to be crowned the first-ever NXT Women’s Champion. A fun back and forth match, no heel turn yet. Paige won and is your first NXT Women's Champion. All of the women minus Summer Rae came from the locker room in dresses clapping for Paige.
Triple H's music hit -- nothing to take away from someone else's moment like coming out after they win a title. Paige cried. He raised her hand, they posed a few times around the ring, then he left. Renee Young came out to interview Paige. It was a mediocre interview. The WWE photographer was walking around the crowd throughout the night and came up near us to get pictures of the win.
2. Tyler Breeze (the former Mike Dalton) defeated Angelo Hawkins. Dalton was on the stage before his entrance actually began. Dalton filmed himself with his phone the whole time. It was clearly a vanity gimmick. He spent a few minutes (almost literally) in the corner staring at his phone. I imagine this will get edited. Tyler won a short match. He stayed in the ring quite a while doing the stare at his cell phone gimmick after the match. *yawn*
3. The Ascension defeated Aiden English and Mickey Keegan. Victor and O'Brian were billed as billed as "The Ascension." There was a great "You Suck" chant at the end of Conor's song from the crowd. Mickey never got formally tagged in. Ascension won.
Byron announced, "I have just been informed that Tyler Breeze has left the building."
4. Sheamus defeated Luke Harper. Apparently, they changed their mind on it being Bray Wyatt (or as I later found out Bray may have hurt his arm). Harper busted out his "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" gimmick again so guess it's sticking. This match also appears that it will be on TV. There was a funny moment when Sheamus got Rowan in his little punch gimmick. A friend joked that Sheamus should absorb Rowan's beard because there can be only one. Sheamus won with the Brogue Kick. Sheamus got credit for staying and greeting fans for quite a while afterward.
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