Original Airdate: Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
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Big Cass vs. Sylvester Lefort
This feud is truly something special. Lefort tries to get off to the fast start, but Cass hits the East River Crossing and then the Empire Elbow and that's all. I'm not sure what the thinking is here with Lefort.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Adrian Neville is backstage talking about his big victory over RVD when Tyler Breeze walks in. Neville says that he'd put his NXT Championship on the line tonight, but Breeze informs him that he suffered a potential career ending injury in a hand modeling accident. He reveals that one of his fingers is in a splint.
We get a Bull Dempsey hype video.
Charlotte & Sasha Banks vs. Bayley & Becky Lynch
Well here is the first televised match to contain all of the 4 Horsewomen. Bayley and Becky dominate the first segment of the match and celebrate it into the commercial break. When we come back, the BFFs are able to turn things around and single out Bayley. Bayley is able to make the hot tag and she hits a trio of leg drops on Sasha. Charlotte tosses Bayley out of the ring and then tags in and hits a dropkick to the knee of Lynch. She hits Natural Selection and gets the victory. That was kind of a weird finish, as it felt like it came a little early. After the match, Sasha is trash talking in the face of Lynch, so Bayley throws her out of the ring. This was decent enough, but a long way from what they would eventually be capable of.
Match Rating: *3/4
Justin Gabriel is talking up Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd walks in. Kidd tells Gabriel that he's on his way to becoming an afterthought and that he needs to do something about it. Gabriel says he's going to prove him wrong by beating Sami tonight.
Sasha asks why Charlotte didn't help her from Bayley's attack. Charlotte says that they're done tagging, but she's going on her own. She says that Summer coming back proved that she can't trust anyone. Sasha tells her that Summer is taking on Bayley to become the #1 contender and that she'll need the luck.
CJ Parker vs. Steve Cutler
Parker shows off a little bit more aggressive side here. It seems like he hasn't wrestled in a long time. He hits a Booker T-esque kick and that's all. He grabs the mic and informs us that Xavier Woods is a semester away from his doctorate degree. He questions what Woods has done since leaving NXT and mocks him. He says that if he had the opportunity Woods had, he would change the world.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to a previously recorded interview between Tyson Kidd and Renee Young. They show the story between him and Natalya. All of Kidd's answers portray him as a bad husband and he walks off after Renee asks if they are having marital problems.
Sami Zayn vs. Justin Gabriel
Tyson is out at ringside here. With Gabriel's new hair, he basically was the WWE AJ Styles before AJ Styles came to WWE. Gabriel hits a standing spin kick and gets a nearfall. Sami hits a couple of dropkicks and then the Blue Thunder Bomb for a 2 count. I will never understand how that isn't a finisher. Sami hits the exploder suplex into the turnbuckle, another move that could be a finisher. Gabriel avoids the Helluva Kick and hits a kick of his own. Gabriel hits a springboard moonsault for a 2 count and Gabriel isn't happy. Gabriel goes up to the top, but Zayn meets him there. They battle each other and it all leads to Sami Zayn picking up the submission with the Koji Clutch. They never quite got to the second gear, but this was a well worked match and a worthy TV main event.
Match Rating: ***
After the match, Kidd attacks Zayn. Gabriel eventually joins in until Adrian Neville makes the save. They might as well bring out Teddy Long to announce a tag team match.
This was a good episode overall that was anchored by a good main event. The women's match felt like it could have been a little longer, especially since there were two very short squashes on the show.
Overall Rating: 61%
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