NXT 2-6-13 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
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Tag Team Championship Tournament First Round Match
Kassius Ohno & Leo Kruger vs. Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey

Regal just called him Aaron Neville. Both teams start off slowly, which is interesting considering who is involved here. Ohno and Kruger dominate for what feels like 30 minutes. Kruget misses a splash to the corner and it allows Grey to make the tag to Neville. Neville hits some of his signature offense until he eats a huge boot courtesy of Ohno. Ohno then calls out Regal and in comes a crazy dive over the top rope from Neville. Neville goes up top. Kruger tries to stop him, but Grey makes the save and Neville hits the Red Arrow for the victory. That was a really disappointing match. They got plenty of time and it was as if they were trying their best to not have an entertaining match.

Match Rating: * (out of 5)

They show a clip of Summer Rae attacking Paige last week. Back with Renee Young is Summer Rae. She says that she's sick of being this cheery announcer when she's clearly the prettiest diva. She then says that Paige is ghastly. I feel like I just jumped in a time machine to the Attitude Era.

Mike Dalton vs. Connor O'Brian

Dalton tries to get in some offense, but O'Brian runs him over. O'Brian hits Fall Of Man, which is cool and then hits a leg drop for the pinfall? He then asks for the 5 count to mock Big E. As he celebrates, out comes Big E. Big E comes to the ring and picks up Dalton and hits the Big Ending and then heads to the back. I'm kind of surprised they never gave O'Brian a mini push on the main roster just due to his size.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Paige is telling Dusty Rhodes that she wants Summer Rae now. She says that if she doesn't get the match next week, there will be no NXT next week. Sasha Banks comes in and she's all dorky babyface. Dusty gives her a letter from her secret admirer. This episode is just not clicking.

They show footage of the Royal Rumble Fan Fest, where there was an 8 man tournament where the winner got to compete in the Royal Rumble. Adrian Neville defeated Corey Graves, Leo Kruger went over Xavier Woods, Bo Dallas advanced over Luke Harper and Connor O'Brian beat Oliver Grey in first round matches. Kruger then beat Neville and Dallas beat O'Brian to advance to the finals. Bo Dallas then beat Leo Kruger in what would be a main event in approximately 0 cities around the world, allowing Dallas to make his main roster debut at the Royal Rumble.

Bray Wyatt confronts Bo Dallas backstage and Bo tells him that it was cool beating his boy Harper and he's about to go do it again.

Tag Team Championship Tournament First Round Match
Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty vs. The Wyatt Family

Bo tries to get something started, but Harper has none of it. I've watched a fair amount of episodes of the beginning of NXT at this point and so many of these matches just feel exactly the same. It doesn't matter how long they are, they just feel the same. Unfortunately, there just really isn't enough special talent on the show yet at this point. McGillicutty gets the hot tag, but Bray Wyatt grabs his leg and distracts both him and the ref. This allows the Wyatts to steal the victory. This match was slightly better than the first match just because it was significantly shorter. After the match, Bray omes in the ring and offers his hand to Bo. Bo pushes it away and now Harper and Rowan come down to distract him. Bray splashes him from behind and he hits Sister Abigail. He lifts up Bo's arm and shakes it.

Match Rating: *1/2

Well, that episode stunk up the joint. The tag team tournament was dull and the Paige/Summer Rae story is already cringeworthy. Let's hope the finals of the tournament deliver next week.

Overall Rating: 28%