Original Airdate: Thursday, June, 12th 2014
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Bayley, Emma & Paige vs. Charlotte, Sasha Banks & Summer Rae
They are playing up the drama of Summer coming back last week. Charlotte and Emma start off with some wrestling, but quickly becomes more physical. The BFFs continue to keep Emma isolated on their side of the ring. Emma is able to lock on the Dil-Emma on Sasha and tags in Bayley. Bayley takes care of Charlotte and things start to break down. Charlotte is mad at Summer and kicks her out of the ring. This allows Bayley to roll her up and get the victory. It's odd that Paige was here just to stand there. After the match, the BFFs aren't too happy with one another. This was more of an angle than anything.
Match Rating: *
They show JBL signing a contract with someone in a mask and it's Bo Dallas. He thanks JBL for the opportunity.
The BFFs are in the locker room with Sasha and Charlotte arguing with Summer. Alexa Bliss walks in and asks Sasha for a match.
CJ Parker is walking through the crowd with a "100% Organic sign".
Colin Cassady vs. Sylvester Lefort
Cassady quickly starts tossing Lefort around the ring. Lefort is able to go after the knee of Cass, but it doesn't last long. Cass hits the East River Crossing and that is all. This was just a glorified squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Natalya is backstage with Tyson Kidd. He's trying to tell her that it's about him, not her being ringside.
Aiden English is backstage singing and in walks Simon Gotch. He offers to shake his hand, but doesn't talk. This was kind of strange.
Sami Zayn vs. Mr. NXT
The crowd chants "You can't fool us" while the announce team argues about who it is. Meanwhile, Dallas nails him with a clothesline and yells "I'm not Bo Dallas". Zayn counters the tilt-a-whirl DDT and rips off the mask. Zayn hits the Helluva Kick and gets the victory. I'm not really sure why Bo kept lingering down in NXT, but this was semi-fun.
Match Rating: *
After the match, security comes out to get Bo. He tries to escape, but they eventually get him and have to carry him away. He grabs a mic and asks for help, as they drag him out of the building. He escapes from the cart, but gets caught again outside the building. After the commercial, they show him going away on the golf cart.
NXT Championship Match
Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd
Natalya is at ringside with Kidd. After some mat wrestling to start, Neville knocks Kidd out of the ring and hits a corkscrew dive over the top rope. Kidd is able to get Neville in a seated position and hits a nice dropkick. Kidd hits a back suplex and continues on the mat. Kidd sets Neville up on the second rope and hits a somersault leg drop. Neville is able to get his foot on the bottom rope to break up the pin attempt. The camera angle for that didn't really do it any favors, as you could kind of see how the magic works. Kidd sets up Neville in the tree of woe and hits a big dropkick. Kidd locks up the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring, but Neville is able to drag his way to the bottom rope. Neville tries to battle back and goes up top for the Red Arrow. Kidd kicks the ropes and knocks him off. Kidd hits a blockbuster off the top rope, but Neville is able to kick out. He hits the springboard elbow drop and that's still not enough. Kidd goes outside and grabs a chair. Natalya stops him and grabs it from his hands. Neville hits Kidd with a superkick and hits the Red Arrow for the victory. The only thing that doesn't really make sense to me is that had Natalya let him use the chair, he would have lost anyways. That put aside, this was another very good match between these two as NXT continues to ascend in terms of in ring quality.
Match Rating: ***3/4
This was a very strong episode overall as we got a very good main event, a fun spot with Bo Dallas and more stories being developed in the women's division. You can't ask for much more out of a one hour episode of wrestling.
Overall Rating: 75%
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