Original Airdate: Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Full Sail University
Winter Garden, Florida
Tyson Kidd vs. Camacho
We get started right away with what has potential to be a good match. No JR this week, so we are stuck with Byron Saxton calling play-by-play. If I have taken anything away from watching these early NXT episodes, it's that I really miss seeing Kidd in the ring. His tag team with Cesaro was a definite bright spot that didn't get the run it deserved. Hunico really didn't do anything, but gets ejected by the referee. Kidd goes for a kick from the apron, but Camacho grabs his leg and he falls face first into the edge of the ring. Camacho seems a little lazy here today. None of his moves look very crisp. Camacho misses a leg drop from the second rope and Kidd fights back with some big kicks. Kidd with a nice slingshot leg drop before getting crotched on the top rope. Camacho hits a double arm superplex. Kidd fights back again and hits a blockbuster off the top rope, but Camacho gets his foot on the bottom rope. Kidd tries to put him in the Sharpshooter, but McGillicutty comes out and distracts Kidd, allowing Camacho to hit a DDT for the victory.
Match Rating: ** (out of 5)
Bray Wyatt vignette time again.
Justin Gabriel is back with Matt Striker in the back. Gabriel says he wants to be a champion again and next week he is taking on Heath Slater. Slater interrupts and makes fun of his peacock hair. I always liked Gabriel, but his promo skills never developed.
Aiden English vs. Bray Wyatt
Wyatt comes out cutting a promo saying that in time we will understand exactly who he is. Well, it's 2019 and we still don't know what his character is other than a disappointment. Wyatt comes out aggressively attacking English. I'd like to see more of this side of Bray when he finally returns. Saxton refers to him as a third generation superstar, which I don't think they really have made reference to on the main roster. Sister Abigail and that's all. I truly miss this version of Wyatt's character.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Briley Pierce is backstage with Richie Steamboat. Leo Kruger interrupts. I am sensing a pattern here. They get into a shoving match and need to be broken up.
We get a Raquel Diaz promo about her Exfoliating Ugliness Tour.
The Usos vs. Primetime Players
For some reason JR is back at the announcers table. The Usos are dominating both Primetime Players early on and are now mocking Darren Young with his hair pick. Usos do a back body drop over the ropes and on to both O'Neil and Young. Primetime Players finally have control after getting outsmarted for most of the match. The Primetime Players are working on the leg of Jimmy. Jey gets a hot tag and takes out both Young and O'Neil. The ref gets distracted by Jimmy Uso's leg injury and they are able to double team to get a pinfall victory. That was a pretty blah match.
Match Rating: *1/2
I liked that this show was a lot more focused with two feature matches and one squash match. However, none of the matches were anything memorable and it feels like they are falling into a few traps creatively. Hopefully things will start to pick up in the near future.
Overall Rating: 44%
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