Original Airdate: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
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Daniel Bryan is here to talk about all that he has done since the last time he was on NXT. This was during the "I am the tag team champions" phase, which was great stuff. Kane and Bryan argue back and forth and Bryan storms off.
Trent Baretta vs. Leo Kruger
Last week Kruger allegedly attacked Barreta backstage, causing him to miss his match against Kassius Ohno. Barreta goes right after Kruger, hitting a couple of clotheslines. Trent goes up top and Kruger trips him up and he falls on his injured ribs. Kruger then has Trent in an abdominal stretch while laughing hysterically. Kruger leaps off the top rope, but Trent hits him with a dropkick on his way down. Trent hits a nice leaping elbow drop to the corner, but Kruger picks him up and slams him face first to the mat. He then hits the Kruger End and that is all. Another instance of them pushing the wrong guy on this show.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Xavier Woods vs. Memo Montenegro
They play up Woods' dancing and passion for music. After some basic offense, Woods hits a somersault into a clothesline for the victory. That was not what I was expecting here. We all know Woods would show a lot more in the years to come.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Audrey Marie vs. Emma
Emma is already in the ring and doing some of the goofy dancing that would help get her over eventually. Emma is referenced as being "green", but JR says he prefers inexperienced. She actually looks competent, so I'm not sure why they made mention of that other than this is her first appearance on NXT. They get a lot of back and forth offense with pinfalls and submission. Audrey Marie hits a Round Up for the victory. Too short to be anything special, but both women looked solid.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Roman Reigns is supposed to be in the back, but instead we get a press release that says we get a "Reigns check" due to so many companies bidding for his services.
Byron Saxton introduces the "voice of the WWE", Michael Cole. He introduces Jinder Mahal and Seth Rollins, who will square off yet again in 2 weeks. They trade insults with one another and then of course they want to fight until Cole holds them off. Cole then asks Jinder what makes him think he can beat Rollins after Rollins has beaten him before? Jinder attacks and puts on the Camel Clutch and holds up the NXT Championship. They are really trying to make this feud mean something, but it's just flat.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Michael McGillicutty & Johnny Curtis vs. Daniel Bryan & Kane
Has Daniel Bryan ever been part of something that wasn't good? Words can't describe just how good he really is. Bryan and McGillicutty start things off, but it's not long until it's Kane and Curtis. Kane tries to tag in Bryan, but Bryan refuses, which allows Curtis to tag in McGillicutty. Kane eventually clotheslines him over the top rope and Bryan tags himself in. I'm still not quite sure why Curtis hasn't had a more successful run with the company. They most definitely dropped the ball with the Fashion Police. Bryan hits a hot tag to Kane and takes out both men with some signature moves. Kane goes up to the top rope and hits the flying clothesline. He signals up for the chokeslam, but Bryan tags him from behind, which distracts Bryan. McGillicutty almost gets a pinfall victory. Kane goes to chokeslam both Bryan and McGillicutty, but Curtis interferes and then Bryan locks in the No Lock for the submission victory. This was a little lethargic, but I wasn't exactly expecting a classic.
Match Rating: *3/4
After the match, Kane and Bryan embrace and then celebrate their victory.
Well, this episode was a little on the blah side. The wrong guy went over in the opener and the Mahal/Rollins segment just didn't feel important. The main event was okay, but nothing you need to see. There are worse ways to spend 45 minutes, but there are a lot of better options on the seemingly never ending library that the WWE Network has to offer.
Overall Rating: 35%
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