Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
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Corey Graves is out to cut a promo on the stage to start the show. It doesn't take long for Adrian Neville to come and attack him from behind to the crowd's approval. He fights off the referee's and hits a dive to the floor to lead into the intro.
Emma vs. Sasha Banks
After a takedown by Emma, she gets in some solid mat wrestling to start things off. Sasha has enough and throws Emma into the turnbuckle. Emma slaps Sasha in the face, which unleashes a series of slaps from Sasha. Emma makes her comeback and puts her in the Dil-Emma. She hits her dive into the turnbuckle, but as she goes for the Emma Lock, Summer gets up on the apron to distract her. Paige comes down to make the save, but Sasha rolls her up for a small package and steals the victory. After the match, Sasha ducks a clothesline from Paige and she accidentally hits Emma instead. They have some words, before going into a WWE.com exclusive with Bo Dallas. The match got time, which was nice to see. However, they seemed to hold back a little and didn't fully capitalize on the opportunity.
Match Rating: ** (out of 5)
Bo Dallas says that he is going to go on vacation for the next few weeks.
Casey Maron & Tommy Taylor vs. The Ascension
Winning the titles seems to have motivated the team, as they look pretty crisp here. Not much to see here. They hit the Fall Of Man and get the easy victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We now get a backstage interview from last week with Sami Zayn. He starts to wonder if he isn't the chosen guy here in NXT.
Renee Young is with JBL backstage to ask about the conspiracy theory of keeping the title off of Zayn. He says that we won't be seeing Zayn for a little while now, implying that he is suspended.
CJ Parker vs. Alexander Rusev
Rusev is without Sylvester Lefort and Scott Dawson here. Rusev immediately destroys Parker. Out walks Lana, as he puts on the Accolade for the easy victory. I can't wait to revisit the missed opportunity that was Rusev and Lana in about 15 years.
Match Rating: 1/4*
During the break, Tyler Breeze comes down and attacks Parker and cuts off some of his dreads.
Corey Graves vs. Adrian Neville
Neville hits a running dropkick as soon as the bell rings. Neville then hits a dive over the top rope on Graves. Graves turns things around and immediately goes to work on Neville's knee. Not that he was probably ready for it, but looking back at it, I am kind of surprised that Graves didn't get called up to the main roster around this time. Neville's trunks get ripped in a way that I don't think I have ever seen. Neville goes off the top rope, but Graves moves and Neville lands on the knee. Graves is able to put on Lucky 13 and get the submission victory. Neville was obviously the guy who should have won, but Graves is the one who needed it. The match was a solid NXT main event, even if it was a little on the short side. After the match, Graves puts on Lucky 13 again outside the ring.
Match Rating: **1/4
This episode was more of a continuation of stories than it was of any importance. It certainly wasn't bad, but it just lacked the spark of some of the more recent shows.
Overall Rating: 51%
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