NXT 10-3-12 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

Kassius Ohno is asked about attacking Richie Steamboat as he enters Full Sail University and is attacked by Steamboat.

Drew McIntyre vs. Richie Steamboat
This is McIntyre's first appearance since the NXT Championship tournament where he fractured his wrist. McIntyre is sporting a cast here. They go back and forth hitting a few big moves. McIntyre has him set up for perhaps a powerbomb and it looked like Steamboat was going to reverse it, but he just falls to the ground in a messed up spot. Kassius Ohno comes out and provides a distraction for McIntyre to win by pinfall. Decent match for what it was, but too short to really be anything else.

Match Rating: *3/4 (out of 5)

Big E Langston vs. Aiden English
Langston comes out to a nice pop. Big E absolutely steamrolls poor English here and hits the Big Ending for the 3 count, which upsets Langston and he demands a 5 count and he gets it. After the match, he hits it again and does his own 5 count. Poor English gets another one, followed by another 5 count.

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show Steamboat backstage looking for Ohno.

Next week, CM Punk is going to be on NXT.

They announce that Michael McGillicutty is going to be Seth Rollins' first title defense next week on NXT. McGillicutty is in the ring and tells Rollins to come out. They bicker a little and Rollins says that he is ready for him right now. McGillicutty walks away and says he will do it when he is ready.

They show a pre-taped interview with Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd and then the Ascensions music hits and they are up in a room above the arena.

Percy Watson vs. Kassius Ohno
As Ohno is walking down the ramp, he is attacked by Steamboat. Ohno says he is ready to wrestle regardless. Watson hits a nice dropkick and then slams him face first. About a minute later, Watson hits another dropkick. Ohno hits a knee to the face and then a spinning forearm to the back of the head and that's all. Not much to that one.

Match Rating: 1/2*

The Ascension vs. Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel
The Ascension grab control early on and I'm okay with part of their offense being missed due to the commercial break. Gabriel makes the hot tag to Kidd and he hits a flurry of kicks on O'Brian. He goes for a move to the outside, but it is blocked and the Ascension is back in control. We're only a couple months in to the origin of NXT and I've had my fill of the Ascension. I'm not really looking forward to the fact that there is still more than a year of their run left still. Kidd finally makes a tag to Gabriel, who hits a springboard clothesline and a spinning kick. Gabriel goes up top, but misses the 450 splash. The Ascension hit The Fall Of Man for the victory. That was pretty much a squash match, as Kidd and Gabriel barely got any offense in at all. No thank you.

Match Rating: *

Big E. Langston was the highlight this week, as his character continues to get over. The Kassius Ohno/Richie Steamboat feud at least gives the show a decent storyline to build around. Next week will be a big one featuring Seth Rollins' first title defense and CM Punk being on the show. However, this show was total filler.

Overall Rating: 37%