Original Airdate: Thursday, September 4th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Alexa Bliss vs. Charlotte
Alexa is still the smiling pixie here. Bliss gets a little bit of time to show off her athleticism, but then Charlotte hits a gutbuster. She hits Natural Selection, which is still not the name of the move, and picks up the victory. This was a squash to allow Charlotte one more decisive victory before TakeOver.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Out comes Bayley and she says that it's time that Charlotte starts taking her seriously. She holds out her hand again, but Charlotte shoves her away. Bayley bounces back and hits the Bayley-To-Belly and holds up the title.
Tyler Breeze gives a sit down interview that is probably his most Zoolander-esque one yet.
Apparently KENTA is making his debut at TakeOver too.
Sin Cara and Kalisto are backstage for an interview. Sin Cara speaks Spanish and Kalisto says they are confident they are going to win tonight.
Tye Dillinger vs. Tyler Breeze
After a little bit of offense by Dillinger, Breeze shows some aggression by stomping a mudhole as some would say. Breeze toys around before hitting the Beauty Shot. We get a little bit of an awkward finish with him doing a weird pin for the victory. This was what you would expect of this match.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show a sit-down interview with Tyson Kidd and he brags about how good he is.
We go to Enzo and Cass at a hairdresser and the hairdresser is Carmella. I'll be honest, I had no idea that this was how she was introduced. Some Nair shampoo falls on a dog and some hair falls off. To say this was annoyingly bad would be an understatement.
Tyson Kidd vs. Adam Rose
I'm assuming Rose was already a jobber on the main roster at this point. After a nice kick to the head, Kidd follows it up with a neckbreaker and a pin attempt. Kidd takes out the knee of Rose with a dropkick and Kidd then puts him in the Sharpshooter. Rose gets close to the ropes, but Kidd pulls him in the middle of the ring and Rose taps.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Now it's time for Sami Zayn's sit-down. Zayn says that he knows that he doesn't have to pin Neville to win the title, but he wants to beat the best man in the ring and that's the champion.
The Vaudevillains get a backstage interview to talk about their big match tonight.
Sami Zayn vs. Marcus Louis
Louis gets in a little bit of offense and then Zayn dominates the rest. Are you sensing a pattern here? He puts on the Koji Clutch and Louis taps. Obviously they never were able to make anything out of him, but I'm not sure I love them booking Louis like this. Out of nowhere, out comes Enzo and Cass to attack him. They end up escaping before they can get rid of Sylvester Lefort's hair.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Adrian Neville says that he understands that he doesn't have to lose to lose his title.
CJ Parker vs. Adrian Neville
Parker misses with a top rope splash and Neville hits his signature quick kicks and a low dropkick. Neville hits a running dropkick and a missile dropkick. He hits the Red Arrow and that is all. Parker continues to look like a total jobber.
Match Rating: 1/2*
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament Final
Kalisto & Sin Cara vs. Vaudevillains
Both teams get in some early offense, but you can tell this one is going to be rushed. We get an early hot tag by Kalisto. That leads to a dive by Sin Cara to take out Aiden English. Gotch catches Kalisto, but Kalisto gets out of it and hits Salina del Sol. He tags in Sin Cara and he hits the senton off the top and we have our #1 contenders for the Ascension next week. Out come the Ascension and that's about when I stop caring. The match was too short for what they built it up for.
Match Rating: **
This was all about building to TakeOver. It was effective enough, but the main event left a lot to be desired. This is one of those episodes where you forget what you watched pretty quickly.
Overall Rating: 48%
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