Original Airdate: Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Big E Langston vs. Aiden English
I guess I was assuming that Big E dropped the belt and was going to be done with NXT. English flips around, but Big E just destroys poor English and hits the Big Ending in under a minute. The crowd of course wants more, so he does and counts 5. After nearly walking to the back, he turns around and hits a third Big Ending.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
Emma is backstage with Renee Young and is playing with a bubble gun. She lets Renee know that she can't have her bubbles and then asks her to hold them for her.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament First Round Match
Aksana vs. Emma
Emma continues to get over with the NXT fans, but Aksana attacks her from behind while she is playing to the crowd. Aksana for some reason dominates the entire match. Emma ends up putting her in the Dilemma and Aksana also gets the delayed tap treatment. This should have been a quick and convincing win for Emma. She brings in some kids to dance with her after the match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Dante Dash vs. Leo Kruger
This is the re-introduction of Leo Kruger, who is exactly the same as last time we saw him. Kruger is methodical in his offense and then throws Dash shoulder-first into the ring post twice. He hits a big clothesline that he calls the Slice and puts him in the GC3 submission for the victory. This hasn't been a stellar start to the show as far as good matches go.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Conor O'Brian has a vignette that says "We are the Ascension and we will rise again", alluding to him being a tag team again.
Mickey Keegan vs. Bo Dallas
As Bo Dallas comes down, he notices that Leo Kruger is squatting in the corner of the guardrail watching Bo. The crowd starts a "Keegan" chant. I love how much the crowd just hates Bo. Bo hits his springboard bulldog and a hip toss suplex and that is all. After the match, Kruger comes in and attacks Keegan and tells him "Ta ta". Can you imagine if NXT tried headlining with this feud now?
Match Rating: 1/4*
#1 Contender's Match For The NXT Tag Team Championship
Kassius Ohno & Corey Graves vs. Garrett Dylan & Scott Dawson
Well, it's up to these guys to completely save this show. Sylvester LeFort comes out speaking French just to remind you that he makes absolutely no sense as the manager of Dylan and Dawson. Dawson and Ohno start things off. Ohno gets the better of him and makes the quick tag to Graves. Dylan gets tagged in and is in control as we go to commercial break. Dylan and Dawson continue to work on Graves after the break. Ohno gets the tag and he hits a nasty looking suplex on Dawson for a 2 count. Dylan and Dawson are able to hit their finisher on Ohno, but Graves is able to make the save. That was really out of nowhere there. It's fun to see a young Dawson here, as you can see so many of the positive traits we know about him today are very apparent in 2013. Ohno hits an elbow on Dylan and makes the tag to Graves. He hits some right hands on Dylan and then uses the ropes to tie Dylan up and unloads on him. The crowd seems kind of out of it here tonight. Graves hits a chop block and puts on Lucky 13 and gets the submission victory. As soon as they win, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan run in and attack Graves and Ohno. Wyatt joins in and then Adrian Neville comes in to make the save. Dawson then hits Neville and everyone is brawling. William Regal leaves the announcer's booth and starts joining in on the fun. The Wyatt Family stands tall at the end and then continues to stomp away on Regal. The match itself was pretty mediocre unfortunately.
Match Rating: *1/2
This episode was definitely among the worst here at the halfway point of 2013. They are starting to get the pieces they need, but the storytelling just isn't there yet. I guess what I'm saying is that they just need more Cesaro and Sami Zayn on their show.
Overall Rating: 36%
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