Original Airdate: Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Match
Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Tye Dillinger & Jason Jordan
Jordan is able to get Big Cass down, but it doesn't last long and he hits the hot tag to Enzo. However, Enzo runs into a big kick by Dillinger. He doesn't go for the pin and instead puts him in his corner for Jordan to do some more damage. He goes for a shoulder in the corner, but Cass comes in and takes the hit for his partner. He hits a boot and Enzo falls on top for the victory. A seemingly rare victory for the very over team of Enzo and Cass. They didn't really get enough time to do much here, but the right team won.
Match Rating: *
Sami Zayn tells Renee Young that his tag team partner isn't medically cleared, so as of now he has no partner. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel come over to make fun of him. Zayn says he will beat them by himself if he has to. In comes Adam Rose and he says he'll be his partner.
CJ Parker vs. Xavier Woods
Parker's sign says "Stop frilkin fracking", which makes no sense since, you know, frilkin is not a word. Parker is able to avoid a charging Woods and as a result, he hits his shoulder into the ring post and down to the floor. Woods makes a comeback and hits a top rope crossbody, but Parker rolls through for a 2 count. Woods hits the Honor Roll, but Parker kicks out of it. Woods hits a top rope elbow from across the ring, but Parker kicks out again. Parker uses the ropes to turn the tide and hits what appears to be his new finisher for the victory. This was given more time than expected and we got a decent match out of it.
Match Rating: **1/4
Tyler Breeze is on the big screen and he announces that it's time to challenge Adrian Neville for the NXT Championship.
Bayley vs. Eva Marie
I once saw Eva Marie at the airport. That's about all I have to talk about for her. The crowd gives her the "You can't wrestle" treatment. Meanwhile, she hits a snap suplex and gets a 2 count. She goes for another one, but Bayley gets a small package for a 2 count. Bayley hits a running reverse elbow in the corner and then hits the Bayley-to-Belly for the victory. Yep.
Match Rating: 1/4*
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Match
Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel vs. Sami Zayn & Adam Rose
Kidd and Zayn start things off somewhat surprisingly. Zayn hits some arm drags and tags in Rose, which leads to some stalling and crowd chants. Alex Riley touts all of the success Gabriel had in the Corre. I guess I'm somewhat impressed he even remembered that they existed. They isolate Rose with their new heel style. Rose gets his knees up on Kidd and is able to tag in Zayn. He hits a double dive outside of the ring and then Rose hits a somersault dive off the top rope to the floor. Rose throws Gabriel back in the ring and Zayn hits the Helluva Kick for the victory. That was decent for what it was, but they didn't get as much time as I thought they would.
Match Rating: **1/2
They distributed the match times a little bit more evenly than normal and it made for a pretty good show. I'm not sure I'll remember any of it tomorrow, but it was entertaining enough. I really am looking forward to them building towards the next TakeOver though, as it feels like they are just kind of passing time.
Overall Rating: 58%
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