Original Airdate: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
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Dusty Rhodes is talking to Bo Dallas when he is interrupted by Corey Graves. He brings the NXT Championship belt and gives it to Dusty, but says it should be his. He talks about Bo earning his way into the Royal Rumble and then also defeating Wade Barrett. Dusty announces a triple threat match between Graves, Bo and Conor O'Brian to determine the #1 contender.
Justin Gabriel vs. Leo Kruger
Tyson Kidd is ringside with Gabriel. This is one of the rare WWE matches you will see where both competitors are from South Africa. There are some weird edits here towards the beginning. Kruger catches a leaping Gabriel and hits a big spinebuster. Kruger goes to work on the left arm of Gabriel. As much as I don't really care for Kruger's overall presentation, I will say that I do like that he consistently works on specific body parts as part of the gimmick. Gabriel makes his comeback with a springboard crossbody. Kruger recovers and uses the ropes to his advantage to hurt his shoulder. Kruger then hits a huge clothesline, but only gets a 2 count. Gabriel hits a sunset flip powerbomb off the top rope and follows it up for the 450 splash, which allows him to get the pinfall victory. This wasn't a bad little match.
Match Rating: **1/4 (out of 5)
After the match Kruger gets in a quick cheap shot with Kidd's crutch.
Aksana vs. Emma
The announcers make fun of Emma's dancing. She then struggles to pull herself into the ring. What a strange gimmick. Aksana on the other hand, well, yeah. They're a couple of minutes in and it feels like they are halfway through a Broadway. Emma dominates the majority of the match, but Aksana hits a spinebuster and gets the victory. This wasn't good.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They go to the back to Renee Young and she is standing in front of an injured Bo Dallas, who appears to be knocked out while he is being attended to by the medical staff.
#1 Contender Match
Corey Graves vs. Conor O'Brian
Bo Dallas is no longer in the match. The match is pretty uninspired to start here. For being such a big guy, O'Brian doesn't really come close to meeting his potential in that role. This match is tempting me to fall asleep. We get a lot of rest holds, which is everything I hoped for here. The crowd is pretty silent with it being heel vs. heel. They start throwing fists outside the ring. O'Brian finally hits some power moves and then the lights go out. The lights come back on and The Shield are in there attacking both men to as big of a pop that I can remember up to this point in time in NXT. Ambrose grabs a mic and said that this is a reminder to keep your guard up because you can't run from justice. Believe in The Shield. The match was not good at all, so they did us all a huge favor there.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Well, things started out promising and then took a dive off a cliff. The Shield were able to improve the show a little, but not enough to come close to recommending. NXT has been in a little bit of a slump and they need to figure things out here soon.
Overall Rating: 30%
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