NXT 6-26-14 Review

Original Airdate: Thursday, June 26th 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

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Vaudevillains vs. Matt Sugarman & Tee Perkins

This is a lot more hokey than I remember. I kind of just miss singing Aiden English. They dominate the match. They win the match. It's quick. I'm good at writing. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

They recap the Sami Zayn/Tyson Kidd saga and show an interview from last week with Sami Zayn, who says it's not the last you'll hear of between him and Tyson.

Xavier Woods vs. Bull Dempsey

CJ Parker is out walking around with his sign during Woods' entrance. They try their best to hype up Bull here on his debut. They can talk him up all they want, but this is about as blah of a match that you could have. Woods is able to hit Bull with a kick in the face. He heads up top, but Bull swats him away. Bull then squashes him in the corner and hits the Bulldozer for the victory. Bull Dempsey, more like Dull Dempsey, am I right? He grabs the mic and he says that this is the beginning of an era of devastation. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Summer Rae vs. Becky Lynch

Lynch makes her debut dancing like a total dork. I mean honestly, she is acting like how you would expect a heel to come out making fun of her, except it's actually her. Lynch is very over with the crowd though. Summer is able to hit a roundhouse kick for a 2 count. Becky pretty much dominates the rest of the match and hits a Becksploder for the victory in a quick match. She showed a lot more promise than Bull, that's for sure. Meanwhile, Sasha Banks and Charlotte mock Summer. 

Match Rating: *1/4

Colin Cassady vs. Sawyer Fulton

Fulton tries to start off quickly, but Cass hits a big boot to the face. He hits the Sawft elbow and that is all in a quick squash.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Sylvester Lefort and the other guy come out to the ring. Enzo's music hits and they do their schtick. 

Tyler Breeze joins the announce booth for the main event.

Adrian Neville vs. Rob Van Dam

It's safe to say that I didn't know this match ever existed. RVD is definitely a step slower here in 2014. They do a lot of back and forth sequences. This leads to them going out of the ring and Neville hitting a moonsault and a kick from the apron before the commercial break. RVD props Neville on the ropes and hits a top rope kick. He follows that up with Rolling Thunder, but Neville kicks out. RVD sets up Neville in the tree of woe and hits a spin kick. Neville fights back and hits his usual comeback sequence. He hits a second rope missile dropkick and gets a 2 count. RVD goes for a split legged moonsault, but Neville moves out of the way. RVD hits a cool looking pop up kick to the jaw. RVD goes up top, but misses the frog splash. Neville hits the Red Arrow and that is all. This was a solid outing, where they tried to capitalize on their unique skillsets. 

Match Rating: ***

This was a pretty good show overall, where they focused heavily on new talents and they should be pushing them all. There was hardly any fluff and the majority of the show was in the ring, which I will never complain about. 

Overall Rating: 60%