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Damien Sandow vs. Baron Corbin
I'm always down for some Sandow on NXT. Here is the debut of Baron Corbin, which is most likely not something many people would care about. Corbin is a little slimmer here and is not sporting a mullet. He also doesn't look like an Olive Garden host here either. Sandow toys with him to begin and offers him a chance to leave the match. Corbin gets a split second of offense, but Sandow hits the side Russian leg sweep. Sandow hits the Elbow of Disdain and the Silencer and that's all. Not much of a debut for Mr. Corbin, although William Regal tries to make it out to be. After the match, Sandow challenges Big E Langston for the NXT Championship. This was just a squash.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
Bo Dallas and Adrian Neville are backstage. Dallas says he's honored to help defend the titles with him and then tells him that he's willing to give him 80%. He reassures him by saying his 80% is the same as most people's 110%.
Paige vs. Bayley
Paige rolls through a wristlock and headbutts Bayley. Bayley mounts a comeback and hits a elbow off the second rope. Bayley hits a variation of the exploder suplex and follows that up with a knee drop. Paige rallies and hits a fisherman suplex with a release. Paige stomps a mud hole on Bayley and then follows up with a kick to the midsection. She hits the Paige Turner and that puts Bayley away. After the match, Summer Rae comes down and attacks Paige. There isn't much you can do in a four minute match, but they gave a good effort here.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Big E Langston is here and is interrupted by Sandow. He now formally challenges Big E. Big E then gives him a math problem where the answer is five. This leads to them yelling five back and forth at each other.
Briley Pierce vs. Sakamoto
They come out and say that Briley Pierce is the younger brother of Dolph Ziggler, to which William Regal asks why his last name is Pierce then? That was hilarious. Sakamoto was part of the Lord Tensai failure. Pierce is looking fairly good here until Conor O'Brian comes out and attacks both men, causing a no contest.
Match Rating: No Rating
Natalya is back with Renee Young, but is quickly interrupted by Summer Rae. This leads to Natalya challenging her to a match next week on NXT. Summer makes a comment about her being in the circus with Khali and Hornswoggle.
Riley Pierce and Sakamoto tell Conor O'Brian that they made a mistake.
Kassius Ohno vs. Camacho
Camacho gets the no entrance treatment here. After a body slam from Camacho, Ohno fires back with his aggressive offense. We are about a minute into the match and Camacho just used another body slam. Camacho goes for a back suplex, but Ohno counters. Camacho then goes for a Samoan drop, but Ohno gets out and eats a back body drop instead. I feel like Ohno was too giving sometimes in his NXT run here so far. They kept trying to tell us he was a monster, but he seems to barely sneak out victories. Camacho goes for the always killer trapezius hold, but Ohno gets out of it and hits a discus forearm. He puts him in the Kassius Klutch for the victory. That was pretty dull. After the match, he grabs the mic and says that he doesn't even know who he is anymore. He apologizes to Regal and out come the Wyatt Family, who stare him down. He turns around and Bray looks in his eyes and laughs. He points him to the back, which allows Luke Harper and Erick Rowan to attack him. Bray hits Sister Abigail and laughs.
Match Rating: 1/2*
NXT Tag Team Championship Match
The Wyatt Family vs. Adrian Neville & Bo Dallas
Bo and Rowan start things out. They use a couple of quick tags to isolate Rowan, as Bo continues to get boos. Bray is shown looking on from his rocking chair on the ramp. Rowan hits Neville with a forearm, allowing him to tag in Harper. Neville hits a hurricanrana and standing shooting star press. He and Bo hit a double suplex for a 2 count. Bo ducks a clothesline, but Harper hits him with a backbreaker. Neville makes his comeback and hits a diving flip over the top rope on Rowan. Neville hits the Red Arrow on Harper, but Rowan is able to make the save. Neville gets a nearfall on Rowan with a small package, but is unable to make the tag to Dallas. Harper continues the assault, but Neville ducks a boot in the corner and Harper goes sailing over the top rope. Neville finally makes the tag and Dallas hits an inverted DDT. Dallas hits a spear for another 2 count. Rowan then pushes Dallas, who knocks Neville off the apron. Harper hits the spinning lariat on Dallas and we have new champions. The match itself was pretty good, if not a little standard. Neville continues to be a breath of fresh air and it's about time the Wyatt's establish dominance.
Match Rating: **1/4
The NXT hot streak comes to an end. This was far from a bad effort, but there just wasn't a lot to love here. The main event was a good enough TV match with the right winners, but everything else was more of a setup for next week. That's not a bad thing, as I appreciate them trying to give us more storylines to make the show more interesting.
Overall Rating: 47%
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