Original Airdate: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
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The Ascension vs. John Icarino & Mike Cuellari
John Icarino is a real 1990 Superstars jobber name. They keep hyping up the Ascension as being champions for 119 days. Considering there are basically no tag teams in NXT, it probably isn't as impressive. Icarino gets tagged in and he runs right into a clothesline. They hit the Fall of Man and that's it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sylvester Lefort is interviewing wrestlers. Cal Bishop introduces himself and Lefort says that he can't put those cauliflower ears on TV.
Corey Graves vs. Camacho
Graves grabs a mic and says that he will never forgive Neville for trying to end his career. He says he has a message for everyone and it's to stay tuned. They keep hyping up Camacho, as I guess he is no longer a tag team with Hunico. Graves goes after the knee and puts on Lucky 13 and he taps. So much for the Camacho hype, as this match was less than 90 seconds long.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Antonio Cesaro is backstage for an interview. He doesn't understand why Sami Zayn can't take no for an answer and just accept that he couldn't beat him.
Back to Sylvester Lefort and this time it's Sawyer Fulton. Nothing happens.
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
Bayley gets distracted by Charlotte and Summer, allowing Sasha to start off dominating. Bayley fights through it and hits a clothesline in the corner and a jumping reverse elbow. Summer Rae and Natalya get into it on the outside and Bayley hits the Bayley-to-Belly to pick up the win. That was way too short.
Match Rating: *
Colin Cassady vs. Tyler Breeze
We get a whole lot of stalling before the bell rings, leading to Big Cass taking a selfie. Cass takes it to Breeze and hits a huge boot to the head for a 2 count. Aiden English then shows up on the big screen singing his name. English then walks into the room where an injured Enzo is sitting and he's looking to attack him. Breeze hits a Beauty Shot and picks up the victory. Cass rolls out and quickly heads to the back to check on Enzo. Another short match on a night full of them.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show Cass checking on Enzo, who is fine.
CJ Parker vs. Miz
This is such a random match. I guess this is Miz's babyface run? Miz hits a nice standing dropkick and then a dropkick through the ropes to the floor. Miz hits a crossbody from the top rope, but Miz rolls through and locks in the Figure Four. After a struggle, Parker taps and that is all. That was the longest match of the night at a little under 5 minutes. I'm not really sure what the point of this was and I say that as a big fan of Miz's.
Match Rating: *
Sami Zayn tells Cesaro to come to the ring next week and say no to him in his face.
Sylvester Lefort is back and this time it's Mason Ryan. Ryan says that if Lefort can beat him in a match next week, he'll work for him.
Renee Young is in the ring and brings in Adrian Neville. He signs the contract for his match with Bo Dallas. Out comes Bo Dallas, who is upset and then brings out his opponent tonight.
Bo Dallas vs. Danny Burch
Burch gets a second of offense, but this match is the Bo show. There isn't much to this one and he hits a double underhook DDT and that is all. I guess this was just to show off a more serious Bo.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Bo then calls out the contract and wants to sign it. Bo tells Neville that he'll see him the 27th and then lays him out. Neville leaps to the outside and they brawl until the show goes off the air.
This episode was okay, but they tried to cram way too much into one episode. It would have been nice to add a few minutes to some of the matches here, but this episode was one of those that bounced all over the place. Not bad, but not exactly great either.
Overall Rating: 50%
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