NXT 1-9-13 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
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Yoshi Tatsu & Percy Watson vs. The Wyatt Family

Luke Harper was always so much better in this role than Erick Rowan was. In fact, Harper will go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities of this decade for WWE. The Wyatts dominate the entire match with the exception of a couple of kicks by Tatsu. This was a 1992 Superstars type squash and it was pretty mediocre.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Emma vs. Paige

I believe this is the debut of the goofy dancing Emma. Emma gets a lot of offense to start and works on the left knee of Paige. Then out of nowhere, Paige hits the Paige Turner and that's it? Some of these NXT matches during this era are just so weird. That match really did Paige no favors.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Adrian Neville says that next week we will find out why he is called "The man that gravity forgot".

Primo & Epico vs. Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty

I always love how they remind us that McGillicutty is the son of Curt Hennig, but we still gave him this stupid name anyways. As one would expect, this match is about as basic as it gets. Dallas makes a small comeback, but it's right back to Primo and Epico dominating. I always thought Primo was a good hand, but his matches on NXT have been really disappointing. McGillicutty makes a comeback, but Primo hits the Back Stabber and they steal the victory.

Match Rating: 3/4*

NXT Championship Match
No Disqualification Match
Seth Rollins vs. Big E Langston

This whole change in Seth Rollins' character is so bizarre if you only were to watch NXT, as it was just seemingly changed overnight. The match just started and it's already probably Big E's longest match to date. Big E Ultimate Warrior's Rollins over the top rope and to the floor. As Big E gets down to get him, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns attack him and toss him into the steps. Rollins is in control after the commercial break until Big E hits a one arm electric chair. Big E steamrolls Rollins and then double clotheslines Ambrose and Reigns off the apron. Ambrose and Reigns come in the ring and attack Big E once again and now out comes the NXT locker room. Big E hits the Big Ending and is your new NXT Championship. Rollins obviously had to drop the title and Big E is the most over guy on the roster, so this made sense. I would have liked to have seen a little bit better match out of these two, but NXT really wasn't delivering those just yet.

Match Rating: **

Big E celebrates while the rest of the roster applauds him.

Well, on paper this looks like it would be a great show, but instead it was just kind of there. The main event didn't really deliver, but given the way it was booked, it didn't have a chance to be anything better than that. This is an important episode for historic purposes, but nothing more than that.

Overall Rating: 44%