NXT 10-2-14 Review

Original Airdate: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

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NXT Women's Championship Match
Bayley vs. Charlotte

It's safe to say that this episode has a lot of promise. Bayley goes for some nearfalls and gets in some offense before Charlotte rolls out of the ring to regroup. Even after the break, Bayley continues on the offense. Charlotte gets an opening and starts working on Bayley's knee. Bayley makes a nice comeback, but misses in the corner and Charlotte takes out the knee. Charlotte is able to slap on the Figure Four in the middle of the ring. She turns it into the Figure Eight before it was called that for a little bit until Bayley is able to reverse it. The hold gets broken and Charlotte misses her in the corner. Bayley is able to hit a reverse elbow off the second rope. Charlotte hits a neckbreaker though and hits Natural Selection for the victory. This was a solid rematch between these two rising stars. The two of them embrace after the match.

Match Rating: ***1/4

Viktor vs. Hideo Itami

Before the match, Itami is attacked by both Viktor and Konnor attack him. A group of referees try to stop them, but it obviously doesn't work. So we have no match here, as the Ascension head to the back and the medical staff checks on Itami. 

We get more of the Carmella training video with Enzo and Big Cass. This is pretty creepy especially since Enzo ended up being a creep. 

Baron Corbin vs. Troy McClain

It's so weird to hear people chant Baron Corbin's name. This was definitely his best persona, unless you were a fan of the Olive Garden host look. He hits the End Of Days and that is it.

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show a WWE.com interview with Tyson Kidd where he walks away when they ask him if he only got this chance because of his wife. 

The Legionnaires challenge Enzo and Cass to a match next week.

Vaudevillains vs. Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger

Jordan and Dillinger get an actual entrance here. The Vaudevillains are starting to develop some nice chemistry here. Dillinger rolls down his knee pad and hits English with some knee strikes to the head. English hits the tag to Gotch and puts Jordan in the airplane spin. He follows up with Dillinger in the airplane spin as well. English hits the senton off the second rope and picks up the victory. That was a spirited little tag team match.

Match Rating: *1/4

Titus O'Neil is shown in the crowd and in the first row. 

Hideo Itami is being checked on in the back and Funaki walks in. He tells him he has Itami's back against the Ascension.

Bayley gets interviewed backstage and she says that if she quits, her fans quit. She then is attacked by Sasha Banks. 

NXT Championship Match
Tyson Kidd vs. Adrian Neville

Things start off a little slowly until Neville hits Kidd with a big kick to lay him out on the floor in front of Titus headed into a commercial break. Kidd gets back into control until Neville is able to deadlift Kidd into a powerbomb. Neville gets a burst after that, but it's ended abruptly with a kick to the head. Kidd hits a seated dropkick, but gets hit with a kick to the head while seated on the top turnbuckle. Neville goes for a superplex, but Kidd counters into a sunset flip bomb. Neville lands on his feet and hits a dropkick and a sitdown powerbomb for a 2 count. Neville goes up top, but Kidd goes up and grabs his leg. Neville knocks him off, but Kidd rolls out of the way and Neville rolls through. Kidd counters a Codebreaker and slaps on the Sharpshooter. Neville is able to get to the bottom rope to break the hold, but gets hit with a back elbow. Kidd goes for a dive, but Neville hits a kick to the head instead. Titus then nails Neville outside the ring from his seat. Out comes Sami Zayn and he hits him with a Helluva Kick. Neville is able to break the 10 count, which I'm not really quite sure why Kidd was allowing him to wait that long. Neville hits the Red Arrow and picks up the victory. Another solid match here.

Match Rating: ***1/4

This show felt like a mini TakeOver, with two big time title matches that both mostly delivered. Neither were classics, but they didn't need to be, as they furthered along the stories they were trying to tell. This was a very strong episode overall.

Overall Rating: 70%