Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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Winter Park, Florida
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The Usos vs. Johnny Curtis & Michael McGillicutty
In a bit of irony, Curtis comes down to the ring doing random dance moves. I know injuries played a minor role in it, but Curtis really should have been a bigger star for the company. Jey Uso gets a hot tag and hits a big splash off the top rope for the win. Not much to that one.
Match Rating: *1/2
After the match, The Ascension's music hits and they are staring from an opening above the crowd. This feud will not end.
Trent Barreta is backstage and interrupted by Kassius Ohno. Ohno says Barreta's win last week was a fluke and challenges Trent to a match next week.
Xavier Woods vs. Leo Kruger
Kruger seems to be ramping up the creepy aspect of his character each match. Kruger dominates early on that includes the always exciting bear hug. Woods hits a somersault into a clothesline, but misses the missile dropkick off the top and Kruger hits his finisher for the pinfall. It's pretty obvious now, but they were pushing the wrong guy here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show a hype video for Big E Langston and asks him about why he pins his opponents for 5. Big E talks about all of his favorite things with 5 until he is interrupted by Vickie Guerrero. Vickie tries to recruit him to her stable and Big E claps some chalk in her eyes. Big E may be the most over performer in NXT at this point in time.
Jinder Mahal gives an obviously scripted promo here about how he wants a rematch with Seth Rollins, but out comes Justin Gabriel. Gabriel asks the crowd who they'd rather see face Rollins and obviously they choose Gabriel and then Drew McIntyre comes out and says he is the only person to defeat Rollins and then Bo Dallas's music hits. Bo says the other guys have had their chances and now it's his turn. Out comes Dusty Rhodes and naturally he announces a fatal 4 way match next week to find the #1 contender.
CJ Parker vs. Roman Reigns
This is the NXT debut of Reigns. I'm not sure that I've ever seen Reigns with trunks on. I'm a little surprised that this match is going on as long as it has. I would have put my money on under a minute. Reigns hits a reverse suplex into a sidewalk slam for the win. Reigns looked pretty good here and the novelty of seeing him in different gear with different music was fun.
Match Rating: 1/2*
United States Championship Match
Tyson Kidd vs. Antonio Cesaro
It's kind of interesting to have a title match not from your show on here. These two were on their way to being one the better teams of the decade until Kidd's injury. They put together a string of nice pinfall attempts. Kidd rolls through and dropkicks him while he is sitting down. Kidd hits a springboard elbow drop, but it's not enough. Kidd goes for a Sharpshooter, but Cesaro is able to get out before he can get it locked in. Cesaro tosses Kidd up and nails him with an uppercut and then hits the Neutralizer for the victory. Both of these guys are great and this match was pretty solid.
Match Rating: **1/2
This was a pretty basic episode of NXT here. A couple of squashes, a couple of competitive matches and a few backstage segments. I like when they give us something for the matches next week and we got two matches for next week to look forward to. Nothing to write home about, but a decent enough way to spend 45 minutes.
Overall Rating: 50%
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