Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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NXT Tag Team Championship Match
The Ascension vs. Adrian Neville & Corey Graves
Graves starts off slamming Victor's head into the turnbuckle and a series of right hands. Neville tags in and hits a springboard dropkick. Connor lowers the middle rope, causing Neville to spill to the outside and we already get a commercial break. Graves gets tagged in and takes care of Connor with a clothesline and a chop block. He puts Lucky 13 on, but Victor makes the save. Graves is selling the ribs and tags in Neville, who is selling a leg injury. Neville reluctantly goes in and Connor throws him shoulder first into the ring post. The Ascension hit their finisher on Neville and that is all. This was a dominating win for the champions.
Match Rating: *3/4 (out of 5)
After the match, Graves attacks Neville's knee with a chop block and hits a series of right hands. Graves is a natural heel, so this was the right move.
Tyler Breeze vs. CJ Parker
Parker gets in early offense with the always classic airplane spin. Parker hits a sunset flip for a 2 count. Parker misses with a dropkick and is greeted with a boot to the face from Breeze. After checking himself out in his phone, Breeze unleashes a flurry of clubbing blows to the back. Parker fights back with a clothesline. Parker drags Breeze, who holds onto the apron, which distracts the referee. Breeze gets a thumb to the eye of Parker and hits a spin kick for the victory. After the match, Breeze tries to take a selfie with Parker, but Parker hits him with a palm strike to the face. Parker takes selfies with the crowd after the match. Breeze may be the first truly successful NXT character.
Match Rating: *1/2
Paige & Emma vs. Summer Rae & Sasha Banks
Paige hits a Lou Thesz press and goes nuts on Banks. Emma gets her chance and tries for a couple of quick pinfall attempts. Summer Rae's distraction helps shift the momentum and she then gets her chance on Emma. After a long struggle, Emma is able to make the tag to Paige, who hits a series of knee lifts on the apron. Sasha grabs her leg, but it doesn't help, as Paige is still able to hit a dropkick. She hits a Fisherman Suplex for a 2 count. Sasha dumps Emma out of the ring, who is then pushed out by Paige. Summer hits Summer Crush and picks up the big victory. This was a good match that had a good story. It's nice to see the Women's division pick up some momentum here.
Match Rating: **1/2
NXT Championship Match
Sami Zayn vs. Bo Dallas
This has been a well-built storyline and any match involving Zayn gives it a big match feel. After the feeling out process, Zayn tries for a couple of quick roll ups but is unsuccessful. From there Dallas takes control until Zayn explodes with a couple of clotheslines and a back body drop. Zayn hits a Helluva Kick and gets the victory, but Bo's foot was on the rope. Out comes JBL, who shows us the replay and restarts the match. I'm surprised they went for this so early on in the match. Dallas hits a forearm, sending Zayn outside. Back from the commercial break, Zayn is fighting out of a headlock, but is hit with an elbow. Zayn baits Dallas and sends him over the top. Zayn hits a leaping senton over the top rope. Back in the ring, Zayn hits a top rope crossbody for a nearfall. Dallas blocks the Helluva Kick, but Zayn hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for another nearfall. Dallas hits a boor to the head and the scaling bulldog for a nearfall of his own. Dallas is starting to show his darker side and hits an inverted DDT for another 2 count. Zayn fights back with a spear and they 100% have the crowd in the palm of their hands here. Dallas is able to crotch Zayn as he is scaling the ropes and hits a spear of his own, but Zayn kicks out. They are really finding their groove here. Dallas sets Zayn up on the top, but Zayn fights him off and hits a sunset flip bomb for yet another close call. While Zayn is going for a German suplex, Dallas is able to pull off the top turnbuckle. Zayn goes for another one, but Dallas is able to throw Zayn into the exposed steel and roll up Zayn for the victory. That was quite good and Bo Dallas's best work to date. Zayn continues to be the MVP of NXT.
Match Rating: ***3/4
This was probably the most stacked NXT show to date and for the most part delivered. I thought the ladies deserved more time, as they worked hard and had a story that the fans were invested in. Dallas and Zayn gave us one of the best matches in NXT's short history, which is enough to give this one an easy thumbs up. NXT has really been on a roll here as we near the WWE Network era.
Overall Rating: 75%
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