NXT 3-27-14 Review

Original Airdate: Thursday, March 27th, 2014
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Mojo Rawley vs. CJ Parker

"What better way to start NXT than with Mojo Rawley". Sure. Parker starts off as the aggressor and hits a clothesline after Mojo misses a splash in the corner. Parker gets a little too cocky and this time gets hit with the splash. Mojo hits the worst finisher in the business and that's all. Next. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

After the match, Parker throws a fit. They then show an update on Sami Zayn and he brushes off a concussion as having his "bell rung". 

Xavier Woods vs. Tyler Breeze

Rusev interrupted their match at Arrival, so we are getting a proper match tonight. Woods is able to hit a slingshot into the corner, but Breeze is able to make a comeback and drive Woods into the turnbuckle. Woods hits a big kick and goes for his finisher, but Breeze moves out of the way. Breeze hits the Beauty Shot and that is all. What's with the short matches? This was pretty good for a 3 minute match. 

Match Rating: *

Bo Dallas says that Adrian Neville pulled a belt off a carabiner. He didn't beat him, he won by climbing and he will get his title back. 

Corey Graves vs. Yoshi Tatsu

This is a rematch of their squash from 3 weeks ago. Tatsu gets a little bit of offense in and hits a chop from the second rope for a 2 count. Graves starts working on the leg and also is losing the crowd. Graves puts on Lucky 13 and that is it. Graves grabs the mic after the match and tells Zayn the message is to "stay down". 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Charlotte vs. Natalya

Bret Hart is here, which is always cool. We get some solid wrestling to start things off. Natalya runs up the neck of Charlotte and then hits a dropkick for a nice little sequence. She follows up with a spinning clothesline for a 2 count. Charlotte goes after the knee, but Natalya counters a Figure Four with a pinfall. Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter and in comes Sasha to make the save and the ref calls for the disqualification. Natalya locks in the Sharpshooter on Sasha and she taps. This was going along nicely until the DQ finish. 

Match Rating: **

Adrian Neville says he has momentum behind him and that won't change. 

NXT Championship Match

Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville

After a slow start, Neville hits a moonsault from the top rope to the floor. Neville tries to launch himself back into the ring, but Dallas knocks him off and to the floor. After the commercial break, Neville hits a kick, but can't follow up after Dallas hits him with a big clothesline. Dallas almost gets a pinfall by grabbing the rope, but the referee catches him. Neville fights back with a big kick and a springboard forearm. Neville goes up top to hit the Red Arrow, but Dallas got his knees up and that looked extremely convincing there. Neville is able to kick out, but is selling it big time. Bo keeps trying to hit his variation of the DDT, but is struggling to pull him to his feet. Neville drives him into the corner, counters a clothesline, but then is thrown in the corner. Neville comes back with a big boot and climbs up top. He hits a reverse 450 splash and that is all. This was a pretty good main event and a good win for the champ. Now it's time for Neville to move onto the next phase of his career. 

Match Rating: **1/2

This was an entertaining episode of NXT. It didn't live up to what they were hyping it to be, but it flew by quickly and had a solid main event. I know the best days are still to come, but it's nice that they have good episodes every once in awhile. 

Overall Rating: 60%