NXT 11-27-13 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2013
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Yoshi Tatsu vs. Antonio Cesaro

Cesaro gets into it with Byron Saxton before the match, prompting William Regal to come out and pull Saxton out of the ring. The distraction allows Tatsu to roll him up for a 2 count. Cesaro catches him during a spin kick and simply throws him down to the mat. Cesaro does an impressive Cesaro Swing. Cesaro stares down Regal as he puts Tatsu in the Neutralizer and that is all. Cesaro is ridiculous. 

Match Rating: 1/2* (out of 5)

Bo Dallas is backstage with Devin Taylor. Bo says that we're lucky to watch two youngsters give it their all for the right to face him. In walks CJ Parker. Dallas insults him by asking him when the last time he won was, so Parker challenges him to a match tonight and Dallas accepts. 

CJ Parker vs. Bo Dallas

Parker gets a quick roll up for a 2, but Bo quickly hits Parker with elbows to the side of the head. Parker makes a comeback and hits leaping knees in the corner. Parker then hits a variation of a DDT for a 2 count. Parker goes up to, but Bo falls into the ropes to knock him off. Bo hits the BoDog for the victory. That actually was going along pretty good, but just sort of abruptly ended. 

Match Rating: *

Emma is now back with Devin and says that she sustained a head injury from an attack. Paige walks in and they start bickering. 

Natalya is complaining to Paige about being rude to her. Paige calls her Hollywood for being on Total Divas. Paige challenges her to a match and Natalya gladly accepts.

Tyler Breeze vs. Kassius Ohno

As Ohno is walking down to the ring, Alexander Rusev attacks Ohno from behind. Ohno attempts to wrestle, but Breeze hits the Beauty Shot and that is all. Okey dokey.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Summer Rae, Sasha and Charlotte are hanging out backstage. They tell Charlotte to go away because Bayley is coming. Bayley insists on talking to Charlotte. They insult her and Bayley tells them about their tag match. 

Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville are backstage with Devin. Sami plays the heel side of the two. 

Hunico & Camacho vs. The Ascension

Camacho comes out dominating Rick Victor with lots of punchy kicky stuff. Now Conor is doing the punchy kicky thing on Hunico. Camacho clotheslined Conor over the top and Hunico gets the roll up victory. That's kind of a surprise. The match wasn't very good. Neither of these teams does anything for me. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

#1 Contender Match For The NXT Championship

Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn

After some back and forth, Sami gets the first leg up with some nice arm drags. Sami hits a senton dive over the top rope as we go into a commercial break. Sami hits a nice tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a 2 count. Neville is able to avoid the boot in the corner and Sami's momentum sends him over the top rope. Neville then hits a top rope springboard moonsault to the floor. Back in the ring, Neville hits the missile dropkick for a 2 count. Sami catches Neville in a cartwheel and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall. Neville catches a charging Sami with a boot to the face and both men are struggling to get up. Neville hits a beautiful hurricanrana from the electric chair position, but it's still not enough. Sami goes for a superplex, but Neville headbutts him off and he hits the Red Arrow for the victory. I'm kind of surprised they didn't get a few more minutes there. This was a very good NXT main event here featuring their two best workers. They hug after the match is over. 

Match Rating: ***1/2 

This episode was all about the main event and it delivered. The rest of the show kind of felt like filler and I'm a little surprised to see that they had the Ascension lose so quickly. On the plus side, they devoted a lot of time to the stories in the women's division. 

Overall Rating: 62%