Original Airdate: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Tyler Breeze approaches Brad Maddox and before he can get his idea out, CJ Parker interrupts. They want to be in the tag team turmoil match. Since they don't have partners, Maddox decides to make them a tag team tonight.
Tag Team Turmoil Match To Determine The #1 Contenders
Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady vs. Tyler Breeze & CJ Parker vs. Scott Dawson & Alexander Rusev vs. The Ascension
Parker and Enzo kicks things off. They wrestle for a few moments and Breeze wants to get in. Enzo tags in Cass and he hits one move on Parker and that gets the pinfall? Next up are Dawson and Rusev. Rusev hits a Samoan drop on Enzo to turn the tide. Dawson then hits a big spinebuster, but Enzo rolls him up after and get another victory. After the match, Rusev attacks Enzo and splashes him in the corner. The lights go down and out come The Ascension.. The Ascension take advantage, hit their finisher after a minute of domination and just win? This was so rushed that it wasn't even worth recapping. I'm pretty sure there was more time spent on entrances than on ring action.
Match Rating: * (out of 5)
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
It's amazing how much more involved the crowd is now that there are actual characters on the show. It's amazing that 7 years later these two will be facing off in a Hell In A Cell match. Renee Young is also joining the announce team for the first time ever here. Sasha catches Bayley's legs in the corner and slams her face-first into the mat. Bayley avoids a splash in the corner and hits a Bayley-to-belly suplex, but Sasha kicks out. Sasha makes a comeback and snaps Bayley's neck on the ropes and then hits a reverse neckbreaker for the victory. That was way too short, but this was really good for the amount of time it was given. Summer Rae gets on the mic after and says that Fandango will be here next week and I think this is the first time Sasha is referred to as The Boss. Out comes Emma and both Sasha and Summer retreat.
Match Rating: **1/4
Aiden English vs. Bull Dempsey
English starts off aggressively and then hits his leg drop. English then hits his Rock Bottom-esque finisher and gets the victory. The crowd wants an encore and he gives it to us. Man, do I miss Rusev and English together. What an absolute disaster of a move by WWE to decide to do nothing with them.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Renee Young interviews Summer Rae. She says that her and Fandango will take on Emma and a partner of her choice.
El Local vs. Sami Zayn
Zayn hits a hurricanrana for a 2 count and it can't be said enough how much the crowd loves Zayn. After a little bit of offense from Local, Zayn hits a drop kick and a Helluva Kick and gets the easy victory. Another quick, but spirited match. Out comes Bo Dallas to congratulate Zayn. Bo says that he is now healed and ready to put his title on the line. Next week we will have the Bo Dallas Invitational. Zayn says that he would like to be the first one to enter it, but Zayn said he didn't finish his sentence. Everyone is able to compete except for Zayn.
Match Rating: 3/4*
We go back to Brad Maddox and in walks Kassius Ohno. Maddox calls him a D+ player. Ohno threatens to punch him in the face, so Maddox says he'll give Ohno a match against one of the members of the Wyatt Family.
Triple H is here and hypes up the roster of NXT. Triple H announces that Dusty Rhodes has to step down temporarily of his GM spot and that JBL is the interim GM. He makes fun of Dusty and that's our show for this week.
This was a strangely enjoyable show. There was nothing of note, but the show featured a bunch of characters you can get behind and everything is just starting to click. Sami Zayn remains the biggest star of them all, but people are becoming invested in the product for the first time in over a year of the brand's existence.
Overall Rating: 68%
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