Original Airdate: Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Bayley & Charlotte vs. Alicia Fox & Aksana
Talk about two teams with varying degrees of success. Aksana hits a side suplex on Bayley and hits a few elbows early on. Fox hits a dropkick and then a Northern Lights suplex into a bridge. Bayley gets a hug and then hits the Bayley-to-Belly suplex and tags in Charlotte. Charlotte gets thrown off the top rope, but quickly recovers. Bayley tags herself in, upsetting Charlotte and causes her to lose control. Fox charges after Bayley, but she ducks and Fox hits Aksana with the boot. Bayley rolls her up and they get the victory. That was just a strange finish.
Match Rating: 1/2* (out of 5)
Scott Dawson and Sylvester Lefort are talking and in walks Alexander Rusev. They say that tonight is about getting revenge on Mason Ryan. Rusev takes a board that say Mason on it and breaks it over his knee.
Rick Victor vs. Corey Graves
Graves charges at Victor and immediately starts throwing right hands. The beginning here is just basically lots and lots of punching. Graves hits a crossbody, but Graves injured ribs don't allow him to follow up. Victor drops Graves on the top rope and it then sends him to the floor as we head into a commercial break. I'll be honest here, this one is feeling like a chore to watch. Graves finally starts to make his comeback and the crowd is just completely out of this. Connor O'Brian gets up on the apron, but Neville comes in and knocks him off with a dropkick. Graves rolls up Victor and gets the victory. This is a match that I am fine with never seeing again.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Summer Rae walks in on Sasha Banks getting ready. Summer says that Sasha's match with Paige could change her life and tries to talk her into giving her the beatdown of Paige's life. It's nice to see them put effort into hyping up a women's match on the show and it quickly makes a throwaway match into something important.
Renee Young is with Paige. Paige doesn't care about Summer Rae, but says that Sasha is good. Paige says that she is the anti-Diva because she isn't a cover girl, but that she covers girls in the ring.
Alexander Rusev vs. Mason Ryan
Ryan gets the better of Rusev, but Rusev quickly fires back with a spin kick. Rusev hits some headbutts to the chest of Ryan and then pancakes him against the ropes. Ryan avoids a charging Rusev and he hits his face into the ring post. Ryan hits a boot to the face and then throws Scott Dawson into the ring. He quickly clotheslines him out, but then Sylvester Lefort distracts Ryan. Rusev attacks him and puts in the Camel Clutch for the victory. It was pretty obvious that Rusev was a star early on here, it's just too bad the company never let him reach his full potential.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Leo Kruger is shown outside the building laughing and they show Xavier Woods laying on the concrete in pain.
Sami Zayn vs. Jack Swagger
Alex Riley talks about how natural Sami Zayn is with his interview skills. This seems like something that shouldn't be brought up? Zayn goes right after Swagger. Zayn hits a nice pop up ddropkick and then goes for a dive, but Swagger sees it coming so Zayn just does a springboard backflip to show off. Zeb Colter provides the distraction and Swagger nails him with a clothesline. Swagger hits another one and Zayn helicopters as a result. Zayn moves out of the way from Swagger and pulls down the top rope, sending Swagger to the floor. Zayn then hits a senton over the top rope to Swagger and has the crowd in the palm of his hands. It can't be understated how much of a breath of fresh air Zayn was here in 2013. Zayn hits a top rope crossbody, but Swagger blocks a kick and ends up eventually just driving Zayn down to the mat. Zayn hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall. Swagger goes for a Patriot Lock, but Zayn escapes. Swagger turns it into a gut wrench powerbomb, but Zayn kicks out. Swagger gets the Patriot Lock on in the middle of the ring. Zayn scratches and claws his way to the bottom rope to break the hold. Zayn gets his knees up on the Swagger Bomb and then hits the Yakuza Kick for a nearfall. Swagger knocks Zayn off the top rope, but Zayn hits a sunset flip bomb for another close call. Out comes Bo Dallas and Swagger is able to get the Patriot Lock on and this time Zayn taps out. Call me crazy, but I actually liked this better than the Cesaro match. What a great performance by Zayn here.
Match Rating: ***3/4
This would be the definition of a one match show. It was great to see both Rusev and Zayn look so strong here tonight, even if Zayn did lose his match. It's hard to strongly recommend the episode, but I most definitely endorse checking out the main event.
Overall Rating: 61%
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