Original Airdate: Thursday, September 25th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Mojo Rawley vs. Bull Dempsey
Opening with this match is certainly a choice. They start brawling right away and we are underway. Bull reverses an Irish whip, but gets hit with an elbow. He comes back though and flattens Mojo. He goes up top and hits a top rope splash/headbutt for the victory. Well that was quick and you won't hear a complaint from me.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Tyler Breeze's music hits and he attacks Mojo. Apparently he will be in action after the commercial break.
We get a Baron Corbin vignette.
Tyler Breeze vs. Justin Gabriel
A rare heel vs. heel match here. Breeze is showing off a more aggressive side. Gabriel goes on the attack and hits a springboard moonsault for a 2 count. Breeze is able to move out of the way of a 450 splash, hits a superkick and follows up with the Beauty Shot for the victory. I basically wrote as much as I did for the 45 second opener, but this one was about 4 minutes. Sorry, guys. This is starting to look like the end for Gabriel.
Match Rating: *
William Regal is backstage and is approached by Natalya. She doesn't want Tyson Kidd to know that she's approaching him, so she decided to do it on camera. She wants another match for Tyson and Regal reluctantly accepts, but says it is his last chance.
Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley
Now we have a face vs. face match featuring a high five. This feels a little bit like an exhibition, with neither showing off an aggressive side. Alexa misses with the moonsault and Bayley catches her for a Bayley-To-Belly for the victory. That was another quick matchup tonight. Bayley grabs the mic and calls out Charlotte. Bayley says she let herself down and everyone else down and she wants one more shot. Charlotte says that Bayley didn't let her down and she actually earned her respect. Charlotte says the second verse will be the same as the first and that she'll see her next week. Yes, please.
Match Rating: 3/4*
They show Enzo, Big Cass and Carmella on their home video. Enzo tells Carmella she needs to get into shape, so she shows off her body and Enzo falls off the treadmill. These continue to be terrible.
Marcus Louis vs. Enzo Amore
Marcus is wearing the Kurt Angle wrestling helmet/hair and the announcers have to pretend like it's the first time they've seen it. Louis slowly dominates at first until Enzo snaps his neck on the top rope, ripping off the wig in the process. He's so embarrassed, Enzo is able to roll him up and get the victory. We are the real winners here. It's over.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Tyson Kidd says that he is the next NXT Champion.
NXT Tag Team Championship Match
Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension
The Dragons use some double teams until Kalisto gets hit with a double elbow. Kalisto is able to tag in Sin Cara and they hit a cool hurricanrana/seated clothesline combo. We go into our usual Ascension domination with Kalisto trying to survive. He makes a hot tag and Cara comes in with a springboard crossbody and then a moonsault. Viktor hits a reverse elbow and tosses Cara out of the way, then Hideo Itami's music hits. He stands up on the ramp, providing a distraction. Kalisto hits Salido del Sol and gets the victory. Itami attacks Viktor and we are out of time. This was a decent main event and the Itami entrance was fun.
Match Rating: **
This episode was mostly filler with a lot of TakeOver repeats being set up. It feels like they're still trying to figure out how to book the show when there are no TakeOvers around. I have to think that will get easier once the roster gets built up a little bit better.
Overall Rating: 48%
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