Original Airdate: Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
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Leo Kruger vs. Antonio Cesaro
Cesaro starts it off by hitting a nice running dropkick. Kruger comes back and ends up clotheslining Cesaro over the top rope. Cesaro hits a nice running European uppercut in the corner for a 2 count. Cesaro tries going up top, but Kruger gets there first. They battle up top until Kruger hits a superplex. After a commercial break, Kruger hits a dive to the outside. Cesaro is able to throw Kruger into the ring steps. He throws Kruger immediately out of the ring again and then hits a back suplex to the floor. After Kruger breaks the referee's count, Cesaro goes back out and hits a vertical suplex on the ramp. Kruger barely breaks the 10 count this time. Cesaro props Kruger up and hits him with a series of fists and uppercuts. He goes for the Neutralizer, but Kruger counters with a back body drop. Kruger charges at Cesaro, but he counters it with a pop up uppercut for another close call. Cesaro locks in a sleeper hold and as Kruger begins to fight out of it, he hits a clothesline. Cesaro hits the Neutralizer and that is all. Wow, even though that was over 10 minutes long, this was a very definitive win for Cesaro here. After the match, Cesaro hits a top rope knee drop.
Match Rating: *** (out of 5)
Charlotte vs. Santana Garrett
Renee Young is out for announcing duties and Bayley is in Charlotte's corner. Charlotte is rocking a half brown, half blonde hairstyle today. Garrett is able to throw Charlotte into the second turnbuckle and then hits a boot to the face. Out come Sasha Banks and Summer Rae to take a look. Charlotte gets distracted and gets rolled up for a 2 count. Charlotte drops Garrett face-first out of a F5 position and then hits Natural Selection for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/2*
After the match, Summer Rae gets on the mic and says that everyone needs to know who the First Lady of NXT and the Boss are. In runs Paige and she takes both out. The numbers end up working against Paige until Emma runs out and makes the save.
I don't get hyped, I stay hyped.
Summer and Sasha are interviewed backstage and aren't happy about Paige.
Danny Burch vs. Mojo Rawley
Burch hits Rawley with a right hand and puts him in a chinlock. Rawley hits a series of shoulder tackles and a couple of splashes in the corner. He hits the Earthquake splash for the victory. Not that I think he would have necessarily gotten over in the early 90s, but he is definitely better suited for that era.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Paige and Emma are interviewed backstage. They accept the challenge to face Summer and Sasha next week.
Scott Dawson & Alexander Rusev vs. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady
Cass is able to take control over Rusev early on. Once he tags in Rusev, he turns it around and tags in Dawson, who hits a reverse elbow. Dawson hits a suplex, forcing Cass to break up the pin attempt. Rusev puts Enzo in the Accolade and he immediately taps. Well, that was quick. After the match, Dawson and Rusev attack Cass and Rusev puts him in the Accolade, where he also taps.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Sami Zayn is back with Renee Young and he is ready to face Bo Dallas next week. Cue in Dallas, who says what he did last week was really not cool and it hurt his feelings. Bo offers to be a tag team with Zayn and he agrees, as soon as he beats Dallas for the title. Un-Bo-lievable.
Aiden English vs. Rob Van Dam
Ah, yes. Ricardo Rodriguez is the personal announcer for RVD. RVD hits a monkey flip and clotheslines English out of the ring. RVD follows it up with a standing moonsault off the apron. He goes for Rolling Thunder, but English rolls out of the ring. English kicks the second rope as RVD is coming back in and hits a vertical suplex. RVD fights back and hits English with a couple of kicks to the face and then Rolling Thunder. Five Star Frog Splash and that is all. This was more of something English can put on his resume than it was a chance for him to look good.
Match Rating: *1/2
Even when the majority of the episode isn't necessarily great, NXT at this point is still easy to watch. The opening match was a strong showing for Cesaro and I like that they are actually building the women's division. I'm not really sure where they are going with the Rusev/Dawson pairing, but I'm always good with seeing those two in the ring.
Overall Rating: 59%
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