Original Airdate: Thursday, June 19th 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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They recap the Adrian Neville/Tyson Kidd match. They then show Natalya talking to JBL at Raw and she suggests that maybe Tyson and Sami Zayn team up.
Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss
Summer Rae still comes out with Charlotte and Sasha, but they treat her like they don't like her. Alexa was still figuring things out during this time, but she has always had a great presence. They have a little bit of a sloppy start that leads to Sasha hitting a backbreaker. Sasha then puts in a surfboard, which I have to say I didn't expect to see in this match. Meanwhile, Summer and Charlotte begin to argue on the outside. I think we all know where this is going. Sasha goes to check on what's happening, Bliss rolls her up and that's all. This was designed to get Bliss a win and to continue the BFF story. Obviously. They start arguing and shoving outside the ring.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Tyson Kidd is talking to Natalya and he says the she cost him the NXT Championship. Kidd then says he didn't need Natalya to get him a Tag Team Championship match, he could have done it on his own.
The Vaudevillains are backstage in black and white talking about how they are going to take NXT by storm. I would have thought there was more build up for this.
Mojo Rawley vs. Garrett Dylan
Dylan is the son of Kris Kristofferson, which is random. Mojo seems pretty over here for whatever reason. It's the same match we always see from him. Dylan dominates for a couple of minutes, Mojo hits his three moves and wins. There's just nothing to really get behind with Mojo.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sami Zayn and Tyson are backstage getting ready for their match. Sami says that tonight is their shot at redemption.
CJ Parker is walking through the crowd again with a sign.
Vaudevillains vs. Angelo Dawkins & Travis Tyler
The entrance wasn't quite as good as I remembered, so maybe it's due to it being the premiere. They dominate the entire match. It all leads to a combo of the Green Bay Plunge and a second rope senton. This was a solid introduction for the new team.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Big Cass sings for us backstage.
Rob Van Dam says that he is here to wrestle Adrian Neville because he hears that he's the best in NXT.
Kalisto vs. Tyler Breeze
I'm looking forward to this one. Breeze quickly slows things down and grounds Kalisto with rest holds. Kalisto gets a little sprint of action in. He goes for a dive, but Breeze moves, so Kalisto stops himself on the ropes into the commercial break. Breeze quickly turns things around and again slows the match down. He gets a little bit more aggressive and becomes a little bit more frustrated. Kalisto gets another opportunity and hits a springboard crossbody. We get a bunch of counters and then out of nowhere Breeze hits the Beauty Shot for the victory. That was very disappointing since they got the time to tell a story and just didn't do much with it.
Match Rating: *1/2
NXT Tag Team Championship Match
Tyson Kidd & Sami Zayn vs. The Ascension
The Ascension quickly dominate Zayn with lots of punches and kicks. Kidd starts getting frustrated and walks out of his corner. Zayn is able to make a tag, but Kidd isn't there. Connor smashes him in the corner and they hit the Fall Of Man for the easy victory. This was really short and cut right to the chase with Kidd leaving and Zayn getting destroyed.
Match Rating: 3/4*
I would classify this episode as a disappointment. It wasn't bad or anything, but when you look at the card, it looks like it would be a top tier episode. Instead, it's just an average one.
Overall Rating: 50%
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