Watching NXT from the start (2012 - ???)

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 104
June 26th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

T-Perkins & Matt Sugarman vs. The Vaudevillains
T-Perkins is ELIAS! FUTURE MUSICAL GAWD! Also shoutout to Elias who dropped an EP today. This is a basic Villains showcase, they hit the "that's a wrap" for the win. That's the double team they used last week to win.

Last Week when NXT when off air, Sami says Tyson's a special kind of cat, and he went on record and said you have to learn to lose before you learn how to win, but he doesn't LIKE losing. He really doesn't like it when a "partner" is supposed to have your back walks out on you. It's not the last of he and Tyson, put it that way.

Xavier Woods vs. Bull Dempsey
Bull is now BULL! So he's now FAT WHITE TAZ WHO DOESN'T THROW SUPLEXES! One of the announcers claims Bull was watching Bruiser Brody on TV and found his calling, which means Bull is in his late 30's to mid 40's. This is bad, Bull is trying the "I LOVE TO FIGHT/TOUGH GUY" stuff but it below average, and his headlocks doesn't seem stiff and aggressive enough, he needs to watch 2004 Orton, shit the entire roster does headlocks and they all need to watch Mid-Card great Orton. Bull hits a sit-down side slam named the Bulldozer for the win. Get it BULLdozer, how creative

After the match; Bull grabs a mic and says this industry used to be dominated by men, but not anymore and it's time for the last of a dying breed to take over. He then does his best struggle HEY LOOK IM SO INTENSE I'M SHAKING AND GRITTING MY TEETH facial expression

Summer Rae (w/The BFF's) vs. Becky Lynch
It's the debut of young happy go lucky wearing all green Becks YAY! She does all the "typical Irish stereotypical" dances. More angle stuff Summer seems to have regressed from being just about watchable to being terrible now, thankfully this ends rather quickly with Summer being distracted by Sasha and Charlotte arguing with the fans. That allows Becky to make a comeback and hit a T-Bone Suplex for the win. Sasha and Charlotte walk out on Summer post-match.

Colin Cassady vs. Sawyer Fulton
Cass squash. After the match; The Legionnaires come out and surround the ring, but ENZO RETURNS AND DEBUTS HIS REAL G MUSIC! He makes the save and does his catchphrases.

Tyler Breeze joins Renee Young and Rich Brennan on commentary.

Adrian Neville vs. Rob Van Dam
This gets 10 minutes, RVD still thinking he's a good mat wrestler in 2014 is hilarious. They tell a really good story here with Neville being the younger, more athletic than RVD so he gets the better, so RVD plays the vet and is in the rare role of having to slow someone else down, he's still RVD though so he can't help but be flashy and show he can still keep up with this Young Buck. It's nice seeing RVD in this role where he can the vet trying to hang in with the younger version of him, granted Neville isn't him and will never have that IT factor that prime RVD had but it's a good story so I'll let WWE slide with it. RVD almost kicks Neville's jaw off his face with some nasty stiff kicks, and they continue to get stiffer as the match progresses before Neville makes a comeback, they trade near-falls until RVD misses the Frog Splash and Neville drops him with a spike DDT and the Red Arrow for the win. **1/2

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 105
July 3rd, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Enzo & Cass come out to open the show, they run through all their catchphrases before Cass says Pepe Lepeux is about to walk out here, get dissed, get disrespected, get disfigured, and then he'll get dismissed. HOW YOU DOIN. Because only one word describes the Legionnaires. S.A.W.F.T!

Colin Cassady (w/Enzo Amore) vs. Sylvester LeFort (w/Marcus Louis)
Cass squash.

Backstage: The sweet Devin Taylor is with Neville, she asks what the future now holds for him. Neville talks about his win over RVD last week when Tyler breeze interrupts, he says everyone was impressed with beating him, but more because he was actually able to stay focused on him when The Gorgeous One was only twenty feet away. He says it must be killing him not knowing when he's going to use his title match and take the NXT Title. Almost as much as his little uggo face is killing him. Neville says he's fine with it and he can do this any time he wants, even tonight. Breeze says he'd LOVE to, but he suffered a career-threatening hand modelling injury, so lucky for him, he gets to live another day.

Bull Dempsey video package airs.

Charlotte & Sasha Banks vs. Bayley & Becky Lynch
Huge "Sasha's RATCHET" chant breaks out to start the match, Sasha/Bayley and Sasha/Becky are good to start, Charlotte isn't totally all bad but is still weakest link and the match dips everytime she in the ring. The faces control early and isolate Charlotte's arm and clean house as we go to break, once we return the BFF's sucker Bayley in and Charlotte dropkicks her in the back allowing them to take over. Bayley vs. both BFFs is pretty good, they work the head which allows Charlotte to do her standard head work. Becky has a short hot tag but it gets cut off by Charlotte kicking out her knee and hitting Natural Selection for the win. *3/4

After the match; Sasha stands over Becky taunting her, but Bayley comes from behind and throws her out.

Backstage: Devin is with Justin Gabriel, and he says Sami reminds him of a young him. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NO! Tyson comes over and calls Zayn a loser too, and says it's no disrespect. He's a main roster star, FACT! He lost to Neville, FACT! Gabriel says Kidd lost too, and Kidd asks if that makes him angry. He says Gabriel's heading to purgatory and he doesn't even know it. Why's he on NXT and not Raw or Smackdown? The way out is to take his boot and step on everyone trying to rise up. Gabriel says he'll prove him wrong by beating Sami Zayn tonight.

Backstage: Sasha and Sasha are talking, Charlotte says they don't think they should tag anymore, they can still be friends but the friends that only say Hey in the hallways and she wants to be on her own, and Sasha asks if she knows everything she's done for her. She asks if this is Summer's fault. Charlotte says no, but Summer made it clear that it's stupid to trust anyone, even her. Sasha says she and Summer were fine before Charlotte, and Charlotte asks who cares because she's champion. Sasha says there's a Summer/Bayley contender's match soon. They fakely wish each other good luck before leaving.

CJ Parker vs. Steve Cutler
Shitty Parker showcase.

After the match; CJ shits on Xavier Wood's main roster run so far and says he has what he wants and is coming for him.

Pre-tape airs of Renee Young having a sit-down interview with Tyson Kidd, and he says no question is off the record. She asks about not shaking Neville's hand. Kidd says his mind wasn't on that match and says his wife had just lost and his mind was on his wife and he was a step off of his game. She asks why he blew Nattie off at the post-show and left, he says he was in no mood to do the Fallout show, he went out here because Nattie asked him to, but he realized when he got out there he knew he wouldn't say the right things so he left. He says he didn't even know she was their he would never do that to her. She asks about the rematch vs. Neville, and brings up him winning but the foot was on the ropes. He says he's glad his wife snapped him out of using the steel chair. She asks about Nattie's involvement lately, and Kidd says his wife secured the tag title shot, but it wasn't personal towards Sami. His head and heart weren't into that match. She asks about his thoughts on people calling him a baby on social media lately, he says he's been with his wife for 13 years and most of the people that say stuff on the internet are probably single and alone. Renee asks about the Nattie's Husband chant, and Kidd says it's a fact. He is her husband, fact. She asks if he's in her shadow, and Kidd says it would bother him if he were, but he's not. She asks about marital problems. But Kidd leaves.

Bayley/Summer - #1 Contenders match, Next Week.

Sami Zayn vs. Justin Gabriel
TJKidd comes out to ringside to watch on, this is fine due to Sami being the best wrestler in the company. He carries Justin on the mat and even makes me think Justin might know what he's doing, Justin takes over with a clothesline but he doesn't know if he should work face or heel, so he half ass tries to be aggressive but all his punches look like shit. And then he quickly stops to move onto the next thing. Justin isn't a bad wrestler, but he's just a spot guy and when he's not doing flips, dives or taking crazy bumps he's just another guy super boring and uninteresting. Sami is Sami so he gives Justin way too much to do on offense and it drags the match down a lot, it starts to pick up once Sami makes a comeback and all his signature near falls moves get exactly that which is near falls. The finishing stretch is really good with both men breaking out new stuff, Justin hits this awesome air-raid crash move but drops Sami neck-first onto his knee for two. He keeps hitting these big moves but Sami keeps kicking out and it's now starting to get to Justin, he goes for the 450 but Sami avoids and locks in the Koji Clutch forcing Justin to tap. **1/4

After the match; TJ consoles Justin in the corner as Sami watches on, but as he goes to leave TJ attacks him from behind. Justin hesitates but then joins in, they put the boots to him before Neville makes the save.

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 106
July 10th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Number #1 Contenders Match: Bayley vs. Summer
So this is a ton of fun, its like 5 minutes and they don't waste much time. Summer isn't the most natural or fluent bumper but she makes Bayley's playfulness seem deadly she has a decent run on offense working the head, she's finally back to using her legs again as weapons and part of her offense before Bayley makes the comeback and they have a fun finishing stretch, Bayley continues to be one step ahead but Summer hits the spinning leg lariat called the Summer Crush for the win. **1/2

Last Week after NXT: Neville says it was cheap and shameful. Sami says he's not even surprised and he should have seen that coming. The world is now seeing what kind of a person Tyson is, but maybe he's a little disappointed in Gabriel, but he's probably really easy to brainwash, and they haven't seen the last of them.

Backstage: The good-looking Devin Taylor is with Justin and Tyson, she asks why he attacked Sami. Justin says he chose not to be a loser anymore, take Sami and Neville they're fantastic but they're not as good as him. Kidd was right sometimes to get ahead in life you have to break some rules.

1980's Nights Main Event on the network NOW!

Sin Cara vs. Wesley Blake
Decent Cara showcase, I think this is Hunico now, don't quote me on that. Wes has a decent 30-second arm work period that gets no sold before Cara makes a comeback and hits the Senton Bomb for the win.

Backstage: Nattie and Kidd are talking, she says the interview with Renee was weird he says yeah he was ambushed by Renee and tried to be funny. Nattie says it felt like he was blaming her for some of his issues, he says he loves her but was only stating facts. And didn't mean for it to hurt. She calls his attitude awful and he turns around and says so she doesn't want to accompany him to ringside, she says she does and he says this is a new him she can come with him or stay in the back.

Backstage: Sasha and Summer are doing their makeup, Summer is happy about being #1 Contender and says the BFFs are over, but they can still be friends and says to forget about Charlotte. Once she wins the title, everyone will forget about Charlotte too, and once she wins the title, Sasha will want to be best friends with her again. So she should get used to the Summer of Summer. She then says that lipstick looks amazing, and Sasha says she knows.

CJ Parker comes down to the ring, he grabs a mic and says he said some things last week he's not ever found of. He calls Woods out and he comes out wearing a suit with some new music. CJ says he doesn't want things to get out of hand and he was a little overzealous last week and said some things, but he's sorry. Woods says he wanted to pop off last week and he's right, he is getting his degree which means he's not stupid, and the only thing stopping him from ripping off his rainbow coloured bird's nest off the back of his head is logic. CJ says things don't have to go down like this he just wants to bury the hatchet and make peace. He sticks out his hand, but Woods declines and drops the deuces in his face he turns to leave which is pretty stupid of him so Parker hits him with a kick to the back of the head. Well, that's what he tried he totally misses cause he's worthless and terrible at everything.

Vaudevillains vignette airs

Ascension video package airs

Angelo Dawkins vs. Bull Dempsey
Shitty Bull squash.

Backstage: Sami Zayn interviews Neville, he asks why he saved him last week. Neville says they've known each other for years and he will always have his back. And asks what's next and Sami says he's gonna hand this mic back to Devin Taylor then we go out and show TJ and Justin what they're in for. WE'RE OUT!

Sami Zayn & Adrian Neville vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya)
Gets over 10 it's good but could have been so much more, I felt Sami could have been more aggressive towards TJ or Justin, but instead he wrestler a regular match. Neville and Sami feed off one another really well with quick tags and double teams, but as we go to break TJ shoves Sami off the apron who huts his arm. Back from break the heels take over and the match dips in quality again mostly because Justin is really bad at being a heel, he thinks he has to stop all the flashy shit cause he's a heel and I agree but it kills him cause he's nothing without the dives, TJ is great though, he's super aggressive and tries to not let the "Nattie's Husband" chants get to him so he takes his frustrations out on Sami. Neville has a fun hot tag and cleans house, the match breaks down and Kidd tags back in but gets caught coming off the top by a Neville superkick. He goes for Red Arrow but Justin distracts him allowing Kidd to dropkick his knees knocking him down. He follows with the springboard elbow but Sami breaks up the pin. This goes for another 2 minutes so Neville and Sami can hit some dives, back in the ring Sami sets TJ up for the helluva kick but Kidd feigns a knee injury, Nattie gets up on the apron to check on him but KIDD RECOVERS AND TIES TO PUNCH SAMI BUT SAMI SHOVES HIM INTO NATTIE WHO BUMPS OF THE APRON! Sami goes to check on her, but Kidd rolls him up and hooks the tights for the win. FUCK YEAH! TJ! **3/4

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 107
July 17th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady vs. The Vaudevillians
Enzo debuts wearing sneakers to wrestler with, he debuts these custom cheetah skin Jordan 13's. This goes about 2 minutes it's basically an angle match Villians isolate Enzo before Cass makes the hot tag, he goes to put English away but the Legionnaires come out, and Big Cass is distracted just enough for Gotch to schoolboy him for the win.

In the back; Ascension cut a shitty promo about their domination.

Video package airs on the breakup of the BFF's.

CJ Parker vs. Xavier Woods
This is shockingly good like yeah, Woods comes out pissed and takes to fight to CJ who bumps around for him, he gains the advantage with this awesome hard whip where Woods gets his arm hung up on the bottom rope and hits his face on the ropes too. Think of it as in Woods doing a baseball slide to the floor but his face and arm hits the bottom ropes. Parker's heat is rushed he does like 8 punches and a headlock before Woods makes a comeback, and go right into the finish with CJ countering a schoolboy and rolls him up holding the ropes for the win. **

Backstage: The smoking hawt Devin Taylor is with Sami Zayn, she asks what he's thinking going into his match with Tyson Kidd tonight. Sami says he feels like ever since he's come here, they've seen more and more of who he really is, and this is the real Tyson Kidd. Conceited, self absorbed, and kind of a coward. This is the true Tyson Kidd. He's insecure about his own wife's success and if you told him a few months ago about this match, he'd be overjoyed. Now, it's just about embarrassing him even more.

Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks
Another good one between them, Alexa uses quick roll up attempts to try to get another upset but Sasha kicks out or finds ways to counter, she takes over after hitting the double knees in the corner and works the head and neck. Bliss makes a comeback using speed but that's all she really has before Sasha hits the Lungblower into the Bank Statement for the win. *3/4

Backstage: Devin Taylor is with Tylor Breeze, she asks when is he gonna cash in on his title match and he says all anyone does these days is rush, now everyone's rushing to a conclusion about how he doesn't want to face that uggo. These things take time! The Versace mansion wasn't built in a day and he suffered a TRAGIC hand modelling accident and he couldn't compete that night. Lucky for her and everyone who's wondering, he has his agent drawing up a contract as they speak. But legal contracts aren't' drawn up in a couple of hours, so if everyone is going through Breeze withdrawals, he shows his music video again.

Last Week a cameraman asks Nattie if she was surprised Sami came to her aid over her husband she waves him off and leaves.

Backstage: Devin Taylor is with Tyson Kidd, she asks about last week and he deflects it away and says she can take care of herself. He says accidents happen, and when he beats Sami tonight it won't be no accident.

Adam Rose vs. Jason Jordan
Kurt's kid is back to being a jobber (

Backstage: Devin is with Kalisto, she asks how he feels being in NXT. The Vaudevillains interrupt him and their music comes in and the scene turns black and white. They hold up a sign saying "WHERE IS YOUR PARTNER?" Kalisto says he and El Local have parted ways, but says he'll find a new partner and face them next week.

Tyson Kidd vs. Sami Zayn
Decent first match, but they're clearly holding back and is trying to get this new heel TJ persona over as he keeps stalling and ducking to start, it's all in his plan to frustrate and anger Sami to hopefully throw him off it eventually works as Sami is done waiting for him, but when he goes after him on the floor TJ kicks him on the head and suplexes him on the steel ramp to take over. Solid wear down by Kidd he again uses the crowd chants to fuel him and takes out the anger on Sami who bumps around for him before making a comeback he hits all his stuff for near falls, Kidd has some nice counters and they trade moves for near falls until Sami fights out of the Sharpshooter and locks in the Koji Clutch, Kidd taps. **3/4

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 108 ~ HAPPY 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Kinda.
July 24th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Johnny Vandal & Aaron Solow vs. The Ascension
Shitty Ascension squash.

Brock/Cena - SummerSlam hype.

Tyler Breeze vs. MoJo Rawley
Tyler has his hand and his finger in a cast, so he immediately hits the beauty shot for the win. lol.

NXT Woman's Championship: Summer Rae vs. Charlotte
This gets 10 minutes, it really bad. They try to make this one of the "epic" ones, with intense pushing, shoving, slaps and running hair slams but everything comes off too choreographed and unnatural. Summer being the vet isn't good at leading, and Charlotte is still learning, granted she's getting better and seems to be adding stuff to her figure four head work but still not at the point where she can lead. As the match goes along it gets more and more sloppier, and both gets get caught waiting for the next spot and hitting the ropes looks like shit. it also doesn't help that its heel vs. heel, so the crowd can't get behind anyone and they just take turns on heat which gets a huge BORING chant and Charlotte finally ends this with the Natural Selection. *

Alexa Bliss video package airs.

Sin Cara is revealed as Kalisto's new tag team partner.

The Vaudevillains vs. Kalisto & Sin Cara
This is pretty meh, it's just here to identify KaliCara as a team. And to keep the villains strong enough encase this fails the Villians can come in and be relevant. English and Gotch isolate Cara, he bumps well but Hunico isn't built for the LUCHA style. He can do some spots but he's not even close to Kalisto's level, but he's way better than Ricardo. So it's passable, I just miss my street esé gimmick Kalisto makes the hot tag, he hits all his flashy stuff and finishes off Gotch with Standing Contra Code. *3/4

Adrian Neville vs. Rusev (w/Lana)
Either something from this got edited, or something from the show got cut as normally the episodes are 56-57 minutes but this week it's 49. This is televised at like 5 minutes, they keep it simple with Neville trying to stick and move but gets caught and Rusev busts out all his NXT squash move stuff so it rules. He doesn't try to win, but more try to punish the champ. Neville makes a comeback and has him in position for the Red Arrow but Breeze runs out and shoves him off the top for the DQ. **

After the match; Breeze leaves and Rusev locks in the accolade.

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 109
July 31th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Angelo Dawkins vs. Tyler Breeze
Standard Breeze showcase for a minute, he wins with the Beauty Shot.

After the mic, Breeze takes a selfie before throwing Dawkins to the floor, he then grabs a mic and says that was annoying and he didn't even plan to have a match, more so to show them this, and plays video from the main event last week. He says he didn't even plan on showing that, but that's awesome. in fact he has a monumental announcement for them and tells all the uggos to tweet about this. HE HAS SUBMITTED HIS MUSIC VIDEO FOR A DOCUMENTARY OSCAR! He goes to show it again, but Neville comes out instead. Neville says he doesn't want to watch the music video, but he wants to ask when he's going to stop delaying the inevitable of him defending his NXT Championship and beating him slap-bang in the middle of the ring. Breeze says they need him back on the Hobbit set. Neville says he got a snapchat from Breeze's mom, and she likes selfies too. Breeze goes to attack him but Neville gets the better and runs him off.

Backstage: JoJo interviews Nattie, she asks her thoughts on Adam Rose's return to NXT she says she can't wait, he so fun and likes to have a good time. TJ comes over and asks if she's serious? and asks if he biting for this whole little act? He says Adam Rose is a circus clown without the facepaint, fact. He squandered every chance he's had on raw because he would rather be a dancing fool, fact. Nattie calls him a lemon and Kidd tells JoJo to go find Rose cause he's challenging him to a match tonight.

Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Renee Young are at the commentary table. Phillips announces a Number #1 Tag Team tournament begins next week.

Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch
Becky is now doing the punk rock chick thing, but she's still wearing the all green Irish get up so it looks super awkward. This is shockingly good like it's the best Charlotte has looked so far. Like if you would have shown me the Summer match and then this back to back I would have sworn that Charlotte from 2 weeks was a fraud. She's finally targeting a new body part in the knee with some brutal looking leg kicks, slams, stomps and nasty looking knee drops. Becky sells it too and sells it like her leg is broken so bravo to her. Becky has a brief awesome comeback still selling the knee the whole time, but Charlotte kicks out the bad knee and hits Natural Selection for the win. **1/2

Backstage: JoJo is with MoJo, he says he doesn't care who his partner is next week going for the gold as long as their hyped, hell it can even be her and they can be Mojojojo. Suddenly, Bull comes over and shakes his head at him. He says they both need partners, he says if Mojo screws this up he will feel his wrecking ball.

Mac Miles & Steve Cutler vs. The Ascension
Same old shit.

Sunday Night SummerSlam, Watch SummerSlam 1998 on the NETWORK!

CJ Parker save the environment video package airs.

MoJo Rawley & Bull Dempsey vs. The Mechanics
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! MY KIDS ARE HERE granted they're jobber status but still MY KIDS AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME! They bust out all their WCW Saturday Night early 90's WCW bumping and are super vicious in their brief isolation of Mojo. MoJo and Bull don't get along but they don't get in each other's way, Bull hits the Bulldozer for the win. *3/4

Backstage: Rich Brennan interviews Bayley, he asks about the BFF breakup and Charlotte's win. Bayley says she's not a lemon or a Debby Downer, but she's happy to see the BFFs break up because they've been mean to her. And she beat Charlotte a few weeks ago. Could you imagine if she had a title shot? Charlotte comes over and says Bayley's adorable. Just because she stole one victory off the champion, she thinks she's ready for a title shot. She says it'd be in Bayley's best interest to not utter her name again.

Adam Rose vs. Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya)
This happens it really didn't need 10 minutes, Kidd is great but he's not great enough carry this piece of shit for 10 minutes great. Early in the match, Rose gives Nattie HIS lollipop and she sucks on it which pisses off Kidd, and rightfully so. Kidd bumps early for all of Rose's shenanigans but takes over once we return from break. He clearly doesn't hold Rose at the same level he does Sami or Neville cans kinds just does stuff on offense to pass the time. Rose makes a comeback, Kidd gets distracted by Nattie talking to him which allows Rose to small package him for the win. *3/4

After the match; Kidd again is disspleased with his wife and gives her the angry look to end the show.

 

[Deezy]

And people act like Bayley was booked better in NXT....still a geek who acts like they're in grade school.

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 110
August 7th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

First Round Match in the Tag Team #1 Contenders Tournament: Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger vs. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady
Jordan finally cut his hair, so he no longer looks like a mophead. This is a good time, Cass looks solid it's crazy how much he would regress once he makes the main roster, but here he shows signs of being more than a 7-foot asshole. He throws some great strikes, team JT takes over after Tye distracts him and Jordan hits him from behind. They have a solid iso pretty much keeping on the mat with holds but there is only so much they could do before Cass fights back, Enzo gets tagged in and immediately gets murked with a thrust kick and JT are back in control Cass sacrifices himself and takes the Jordan shoulder-block in the corner, he recovers like it was nothing and boots Jordan in the face as the ref was busy talking with Tye and Enzo falls on top for the win. **1/4

​

Backstage: Renee Young interviews Sami Zayn, Renee asks Sami Zayn who his tag partner is tonight. Zayn says he has no tag partner since someone wasn't cleared yet. Kidd and Gabriel come over and say thanks for the bye in the tournament since he has no partner and not friends. Zayn asks if he remembers him beating both of them, so he could probably beat them both at once. Adam Rose comes over and says he is not alone and will be his partner.

CJ Parker vs. Xavier Woods
This isn't as good as their match but it's decent, Woods takes the fight to him early and CJ tries to cover up and run, he eventually baits Woods in and avoids the corner charge, and woods hits the ringpost shoulder-first. CJ has some average arm work, but it's kinda filler as woods doesn't sell and CJ moves on to other basic heel stuff. Wood's comeback is fine he busts out the coast2coast elbow drop for two, CJ survives and throws him face-first into the middle rope and hits a modified DVD to win. **

Tyler Breeze appears on the tron, he says after what Neville did last week, it's time for him to challenge that creature for his NXT Championship. And when he wins the title and washes the uggo off the title, all his Wannabreeze followers can enjoy the Era of Gorgeous.

Bayley vs. Eva Marie
Deezys girl is here, she has awesome heat but it's not close to what it will be in about a year, same with this match, they strike lightning in a bottle in 2015 or 16 I forget what year it was, when Eva has some training but here she's god awful like the worse wrestler of 2014 to come through NXT. Bayley tries but Eva looks like complete shit her holds look like she's putting no effort into them and is just laying there. She does hit a nice suplex, but that's about it. Bayley fights back and hits a Bayley to Belly suplex for the win.

First Round Match in the Tag Team #1 Contenders Tournament: Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel vs. Sami Zayn & Adam Rose
This gets about 10 minutes, it's not as amazing as it could mainly because it gets dragged down by Rose and Justin being average. The crowd starts a "Nattie's wife" chant which throws Kidd off his game early, Rose then spanks Justin who pretends he doesn't like it and chases him around the ring but runs into a Kidd knee and the heels take over. Again Kidd allows Justin to work most of the heat and it's bad, but at least they've added the cheating behind the refs back and the 2-1's instead of it seeming like just two single guys doing stuff. Sami's hot tag rules as always, as usual, he hits all his big spots and the match breaks down. Rose hits a senton dive onto Kidd and Justin on the floor, he rolls Justin back in and Sami hits the Helluva kick for the win. **1/4

 

[Chris]

"Rose then spanks Justin who pretends he doesn't like it"

 

[Deezy]

Eva Marie

If they advertise her and Summer Rae for Evolution....then you have my attention.

 

[Crippler]

NXT Champion: Adrian Neville
NXT Tag Team Champions: The Ascension
NXT Woman's Champion: Charlotte

NXT Episode 111
August 14th, 2014
Full Sail University: Orlando, Florida

Tonight: Breeze/Neville ~ NXT Championship

First Round Match in the Tag Team #1 Contenders Tournament: Bull Dempsey & MoJo Rawley vs. The Vaudevillians
This is a thing, Bull and MoJo don't get along but stay out of one another's way, the Villians are a team so they control the less experienced Mojo for a bit, Bull has a shitty hot tag and runs through all his squash match offense but when he tags Mojo in they have words and Mojo is beat with the double senton double team as Bull just watches on from the apron. *1/2

After the match; Bull beats down Mojo cause he warned him about losing.

Backstage: Sasha goes over to Bayley and asks who she thinks she is? and asks why she thinks she gets the next title shot. She needs to go back and play with her inflatable friends, Bayley says it's not her fault that Sasha got dumped by both her best friends. As much as she wants a hug, it won't be from her. Sasha says it's because she will touch her. She's next in line and the next champion, and she will find out later tonight.

Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
This gets around 8 minutes and again rules, they've gotten so much better and will continue to get better. They know one another so well at this point so they don't rush into anything early and kinda feel the other out before getting into it and showing their mean streaks, they do the RVD/Lynn rolling pin spot and it was used at the right time and looks way better than theirs ever do. Bayley gets the better in the early going but plays to the crowd and Sasha suckers her in with some stalling. She trips her up under the ropes and takes over, Sasha's bully/bitch offense is great she has no problems pulling and stretching Bayley's entire body before slamming her head over and over into the mat is great. I also like that's she's adding more different variations of the straightjacket hold instead of the basic one. Bayley fights back and makes a comeback, she goes for the Higplex but Sasha slaps the shit out of her and then knees her in the head, both extremely stiff. Good story with Sasha having the Bayley to Belly suplex scouted, she hits the backstabber into the Bank Statement, but Bayley rolls over and hooks the leg for the sneak win. Awesome shit, best woman's match all year. ***

After the match; Charlotte comes out and raises Bayley's hand.

First Round Match in the Tag Team #1 Contenders Tournament: Kalisto & Sin Cara vs. Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy
MOTHERFUCK! This is Blake and Murphy's debut tag match together, they already have matching gear and the first version of their electro/techno/dubstep music. This is pretty much a lucha showcase, it goes about 3 minutes. Kalisto looks great as usual and Huncara is just their, poor guy. Kalisto debuts his Salina Del Sol for the win. *1/4

Backstage: OKAY WHY THE FUCK IS THIS? THIS IS NOW A WHOLE MONTH WITH NO DEVIN, I NEED ANSWERS! Anyway, Veronica who is good looking, but is no Devin interviews The Legionnaires, and they call this tournament a sham for excluding them, especially when Enzo and Cass in. They're going to "FRENCHISE" this little tournament. WeWe.

NXT Championship: Tyler Breeze vs. Adrian Neville
Neville takes Breeze serious as he has everything to lose, so, he uses his world experience to get the better on the mat and during their exchanges. But the first time he goes for a high-risk move Breeze has it scouted and kicks his knee out from under him to earn over. Kidd comes out to watch at commentary he sits at the table but doesn't say a thing. Good Breeze control, he continues his aggressive streak, he works the neck and head area nothing mindblowing just solid front headlock and strikes. Neville has a good comeback, he gets to use the power advantage and throws Breeze around who puts on a great bumping display, Breeze fights back and hits the dope running bulldog but he does it where his legs go through the turnbuckles and Neville's face hits the middle turnbuckle, but Neville recovers and hits a superkick, he goes for Red Arrow but Breeze recovers and stops him. They fight up top with Neville countering the superplex into a sunset flip powerbomb for two. Neville quickly goes up top and again Breeze has the red arrow scouted and rolls to the other side, Breeze suckers Neville in and hits a killer tornado DDT and Neville does the RVD head spike bump for two, AWESOME NEAR FALL! Both men fight for a German, with Neville backflipping out of Breezes and hits a snap suplex of his own for two. Again they fight in the middle, and Neville drops Breeze with another killer forearm that sends him to the floor, he follows up with a suicide dive to the floor and Kidd comes out to watch from the front row, BUT NEVILLE SUPERKICKS HIM! Breeze rolls him back in, but Neville hits the apron kick but as he goes for Red Arrow Kidd shoves him off the top for the DQ. Good shit tho. ***

After the match; Kidd continues to pound on Neville until Breeze pulls him off and attacks him for costing him the match, they get into it, Neville joins in but the heels team up to take out Neville until Sami makes the save and cleans house to end the show.

Good show this week, finally.

 

[Cwalker]

Eva Marie

If they advertise her and Summer Rae for Evolution....then you have my attention.

Wouldn’t have said Eva was the worst of 2014; I think that belongs to Enzo

 

[Chris]

Nah I'll shit on Enzo all day but Eva when she first came to NXT was struggling with entering the ring properly

 

[Deezy]

Brian Kendrick must be that bad of a teacher

 

[Crippler]

This was pre-Kendrick, season 1 total divas Eva.