NXT 7-10-13 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

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NXT Women's Championship Tournament Semi-Final Match
Summer Rae vs. Emma

Brad Maddox is back on announcing duties this week...yep. Emma continues to be a fan favorite. Summer starts off on the attack slamming Emma face first into the turnbuckle and then into the mat. Summer starts working on arm of Emma and then hits a dropkick after Emma gets out of the hold. Emma hits a drop toe hold on Summer into the second turnbuckle and a seated dropkick for a 2 count. Summer goes for a sunset flip, but it leads to a few back and forth pin attempts and Emma ends up getting the win out of it. As soon as the match is over, Summer attacks Emma from behind. Out comes Paige and Summer heads to the back. The right woman won, but again they got no time and they didn't have much chemistry.

Match Rating: 1/2* (out of 5)

Bayley is backstage with Dusty Rhodes. He lets her know how proud he is of her. Bayley is starting show off her WWE fan gimmick. In walks Charlotte and Ric Flair. Bayley offers to wrestle Charlotte next week for her debut. Bayley wants a "Woo" and Ric gives her one.

Sami Zayn vs. Leo Kruger

Maddox is confused as to why the crowd is chanting "Ole" for Zayn. Things start off a little slowly, but Zayn picks up the pace and hits some classic El Generico offense. Zayn goes for the dive, but Kruger catches him with a forearm and both men are down. Back from a commercial break, Kruger is beating Zayn with come clubbing blows. Kruger hits a huge spinebuster for a nearfall. That was nice. Zayn makes a comeback with a huge dropkick. Zayn hits a flying crossbody and gets a close call. Kruger catches Zayn with a knee and throws him shoulder first into the ring post. Zayn catches Kruger for a spinning sit down powerbomb. He heads up top, but Kruger meets him up there and hits a top rope superplex. Kruger goes back to work on the shoulder and puts Zayn in the GC3 and Zayn taps out. I'm a little surprised with that ending. This was a solid match and both men looked good here.

Match Rating: **3/4

Adrian Neville, Corey Graves and William Regal are back with Renee Young. Regal is in rare form here.

Handicap Match
Mason Ryan vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass

Enzo and Cass start off in control until Ryan hits them with a double shoulder tackle. Ryan has Amore up for a body slam, but Cass hits a big boot for a 2 count. It's really weird to me that they undersell how big Cass is. Enzo hits a chop block and Cass falls on him for the victory. At least it was short.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Dusty Rhodes announces that next week Sami Zayn, Leo Kruger and Cesaro will square off to determine a #1 contender.

The Wyatt Family vs. Adrian Neville, Corey Graves & William Regal

The faces start off the match working on Rowan. Rowan is able to knock Graves down and get a tag into Harper. Graves hits a dropkick and puts him in a submission hold where he is draped over the top rope. Regal then hits some kicks behind his back to Harper. He tags in Neville and he follows suit. Neville explodes on Harper, until Harper gets his fingers in the eyes of Neville. Wyatt gets a big cheap shot in and then tags in for the first time. Rowan hits a pump handle backbreaker on Neville for a 2 count. Neville tries to hit a comeback until he goes for a crucifix and Wyatt counters it with a Samoan drop. Neville finally makes a tag to Regal and he hits Harper with a series of forearms. He hits an exploder suplex and hits a bunch of knees to the face. Rowan breaks up a pin attempt and Graves comes in and knocks both he and Rowan out of hte ring. Neville hits a dive over the top rope, while Harper tags in Wyatt. Wyatt hits Sister Abigail and gets the victory. Well, that sure was an anti-climatic ending. The rest of the match was entertaining and it's fun seeing Regal in there with the younger guys.

Match Rating: **3/4

We had two pretty good matches on this show, so in the world of NXT in 2013, that's a good show. The women continue to get shortchanged on time, but hopefully Emma and Paige gets a fair amount of time to tell their story. Neville and Zayn continue to look like the stars of the brand and are just on a different level in the ring compared to the rest of the roster. This wasn't a classic, but it certainly was a good effort.

Overall Rating: 60%