Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Alex Riley vs. Jinder Mahal
First time seeing Riley in a long time and first time for Jinder since losing to Seth Rollins for the NXT Championship.. The crowd immediately starts chanting "USA". Never change, wrestling fans. Riley hits a big dopkick, but Mahal is back in control after a knee to the gut. After some boring offense, Riley gets a sloppy roll up and gets the victory? The match was really boring and that ending was only good because it ended it.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
After the match, Mahal attacks Riley and puts him in the Camel Clutch.
Trent Barreta vs. Jake Carter
After that last match, I need a little Trent Barreta in my life. We get a little back and forth until Barreta goes for a crossbody that Carter sidesteps, causing him to get hung up in the ropes. Barretta hits a step up enzaguri and the modified springboard elbow, but Carter nails him with a clothesline. Barretta hits a nice move off the top rope, but Carter kicks out at 2. Carter goes for a big move, but Barreta outsmarts him and hits the knee to the face for the victory. Trent looked good in his spots, but Carter needs a lot of work.
Match Rating: *
Damien Sandow vs. Brandon Traven
Sandow cuts a fun promo on his way to the ring and reminds me of how much I miss him. Traven looks like the son of some of the great jobbers on Superstars in 1992. Traven goes for a right hand, but Sandow retreats and hides in the corner. Sandow was so in tune with his character and so good at outsmarting his opponents, it really was a shame that he never got a chance to do more than what he did. Traven goes for a sunset flip attempt, but Sandow blocks it but Traven hits a dropkick. Sandow gets back and hits a side Russian leg sweep and a corkscrew elbow. He follows it up with the Terminus and gets the victory. Sandow looked confident and very sharp here.
Match Rating: *1/2
The Ascension & Kassius Ohno vs. The Usos & Richie Steamboat
It's the two feuds that will never end here and all six men begin brawling. Back from the commercial break and things have since calmed down. Kenneth Cameron and Jimmy Uso start things off. Ohno gets a shot at Steamboat, but Ohno retreats. Conor O'Brian hits a Bubba Bomb on Jey, which is a move I'm surprised more guys don't use. We get a second commercial break and the heels are still in control. I was kind of hoping this was going to be a pedal to the metal type of match, but it's been anything but that. After watching these original NXT episodes, it's pretty obvious that this was truly a developmental promotion where guys had a lot less creative freedom than they do now. If this was how long the heat segment of this match was going to be, I would have rather they threw in an extra squash match and cut time from this. Jey Uso finally gets out of there and tags in Steamboat who gets to finally take some shots at Ohno. Superkick by Ohno, but the Ascension breaks up the count. The Usos do a pretty mediocre pair of dives over the top rope. Steamboat looks to join them, but Ohno from behind knocks out Steamboat and pins him for the victory. Well, that was a really big disappointment. This had potential to be really entertaining and instead was about as dull as it could have been.
Match Rating: 3/4*
We get another really disappointing episode after some promising signs that the show was starting to come into it's own a few weeks ago. Damien Sandow was definitely the highlight and he's not even on the roster. There's always next week, right?
Overall Rating: 32%
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