Original Airdate: Thursday, April 17th, 2014
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Big Cass vs. Aiden English
It's good to see English again. Cass starts off hot and hits a running knee and a big boot for a 2 count. English ducks a clothesline, but gets caught by Cass. He counters into the Director's Cut, but Cass is able to stop him. Cass gets another boot, but then English counters out of his swinging Rock Bottom. English grabs the tights on the pinfall and gets the victory. That just felt like a weird match and probably should have been a few minutes longer.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Tyler Breeze is backstage and says that he doesn't have anything to say, but just thought the episode needed to have someone gorgeous on it.
We get a video package of Paige beating AJ for the Divas Championship.
Camacho vs. Oliver Grey
This is Grey's big return to action. He gets in a dropkick before eating an elbow to the face from Camacho. Camacho stomps a mudhole and hits a Samoan drop and that is all? Camacho has been a jobber so long, so I'm not sure what that makes Grey here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Bo Dallas is backstage and he claims that his Bo-lievers didn't want to do anything illegal and that's why his occupy NXT didn't work out last week. Don't stop Bo-lieving.
The Ascension vs. Cal Bishop & Wesley Blake
It's kind of weird that Blake is still floundering around on the current day roster. I don't really understand why the Ascension was ever over with the NXT crowd. They hit the Fall Of Man and poor Bishop doesn't even get a chance to be in the match. This was a slower version of their usual match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sasha Banks and Charlotte are backstage and Charlotte starts to take the lead of their duo, insulting Sasha and Emma as well.
CJ Parker vs. Great Khali
Parker goes on one of his rants before the match and out comes Khali. Khali does the Big Show chops to the chest and then knocks Parker out of the ring. Parker takes out the knee of Khali and gets in a few left hands. Parker goes off the top rope, but Khali hits a chop to the chest. Khali hits a couple of clotheslines and the Punjabi Plunge for the victory. Parker tried here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Emma says that she hasn't found her partner yet for her match with Sasha and Charlotte, or has she?
Sami Zayn talks about his personal issues with Corey Graves.
Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger vs. Sawyer Fulton & Baron Corbin
This is quite the hodge podge of competitors here. Dillinger and Jordan are billed as the actual tag team here and show off some good teamwork early on. Corbin hits a big clothesline on Dillinger and gets a 2 count. Corbin continues to dominate until he misses with an elbow drop and Jordan gets the hot tag. Jordan hits a couple of dropkicks and then their variation of the Snapshot for the victory. This was pretty good for what it was.
Match Rating: *
Brodus Clay vs. Adrian Neville
Neville starts off aggressively, but Brodus is able to throw him off his back. Neville ends up kind of getting caught off the top rope and then suplexed. Clay goes for the powerbomb pretty early on, but Neville is able to crawl away. They keep on trying to hype up this more serious version of Brodus, but it's hard to call any of this impressive. Neville again sneaks out of the powerbomb and takes out Clay's legs with a low dropkick. Clay tries to throw him out of the ring, but Neville hangs on and hits Clay with a kick to the head. Neville hits a leaping forearm and then goes for Red Arrow. Clay rolls out of the way and even though Neville rolls through, he gets crushed by Brodus. The action spills out of the ring. Brodus misses with a splash off the steps and both men are down. Neville rolls back in the ring to beat the count and is the winner. Well that sure was a flat ending to the show. Brodus was the opposite of good here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
The main event stunk, which is hard to do when Neville is one of the competitors. This was another one of those NXT episodes where they just cram too many matches on the show instead of letting a few of them actually tell a story. It wasn't bad, but just kind of flat.
Overall Rating: 42%
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