Original Airdate: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
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Renee Young is backstage with Bo Dallas. He refers to his fans as Bolievers for the first time. In walks Cesaro and he says that he will take the NXT Championship away from him tonight. Bo calls Cesaro the most insignificant US Champion in history.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament Semi-Final Match
Alicia Fox vs. Paige
Fox hits a nice suplex into a bridge for a nearfall. Paige battles back and throws Fox around the ring and then hits some knees to the head. Fox comes back with a dropkick. Then seemingly out of nowhere, Paige hits the Paige Turner and gets the victory. They were actually putting together a pretty good match there and then it just kind of ended.
Match Rating: 3/4* (out of 5)
Andy Baker vs. Conor O'Brian
O'Brian steamrolls Baker to start. O'Brian hits a flapjack and a leg drop and that's it? A leg drop?
Match Rating: 1/4*
Corey Graves and Neville are with Renee Young. They ask William Regal to join them in their fight against the Wyatt Family.
Scott Dawson vs. Xavier Woods
Woods is such a breath of fresh air on this show. Dawson takes out Xavier's legs as he tries to leap back into the ring and he falls to the floor. Dawson shows off some of his hard hitting style. Woods fights back with the Honor Roll and Lost In The Woods and gets the victory. Man, they are cramming too much on this episode and everything is suffering due to lack of time. I would have been perfectly fine with a 10 minute match from these two.
Match Rating: *1/4
Mason Ryan vs. Enzo Amore
Enzo is out with Big Cass for the first time and does a lot of the shtick he got over with. Enzo runs into a right hand and Ryan gets the win. Great stuff. After the match, he has Cassady come in for a match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Mason Ryan vs. Colin Cassady
Ryan hits a big clothesline and hits a variation of a full nelson slam. That's it. I guess if I have to watch two Mason Ryan matches, that's how I want it to go down.
Match Rating: 1/4*
NXT Championship Match
Cesaro vs. Bo Dallas
There's a big "We the people" chant to start. If there's anything you can say about Bo, he gets the crowd going more than most other matches. Bo hits a big dropkick, but Cesaro follows that up by dumping Bo out of the ring. Back from a commercial and Cesaro hits a body slam. Leo Kruger is now out on the ramp watching the match. Cesaro is comfortably in control until Bo makes his comeback and hits a boot to the head of Cesaro. Bo hits an inverted DDT and gets a 2 count. Bo goes for his bulldog, but Cesaro crotches him on the top rope. Cesaro then hits an awesome gut wrench suplex off the top turnbuckle. Cesaro then hits a knee drop off the second rope and gets a 2 count. Cesaro goes back to the headlock and I don't know why more guys don't watch how he does it, because it sure looks a lot more effective this way. Cesaro hits a flurry of forearms and then heads up to the top rope. Bo runs up the ropes and hits a suplex. Kruger is up on the apron now. Cesaro charges at Bo, but he moves out of the way and Cesaro runs into Kruger. Dallas hits his suplex and gets the victory. After the match, Kruger comes in and attacks Bo. Cesaro then runs in and uppercuts Kruger and then attacks Bo himself. Bo starts fighting back and in comes Kruger to take him down again. They both start stomping on Bo and out comes Sami Zayn. That was a good match and a good ending to the show. Cesaro looked like a million bucks here.
Match Rating: ***1/4
This was a strong episode of NXT, but I'm not sure why they had to cram both squash matches on this episode. Both the Paige/Fox match and Dawson/Woods could have easily used a few more minutes, but were instead cut short. Why not save one squash for next week? Minor complaint aside, the main event delivered and we have the title picture set up for the near future.
Overall Rating: 68%
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