Original Airdate: Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Tyler Breeze vs. Mojo Rawley
They show the highlights of Breeze attacking Mojo two weeks ago. Breeze gets in a couple of right hands, but backs away before Mojo can retaliate. Mojo gets his hands on him and throws him in the corner. Breeze hits him with a kick and goes after the injured shoulder. Breeze puts on an arm bar and the referee stops the match. You will never hear me complain about a short Mojo match. They continue to show a little bit more of an edge for Breeze as they continue to build him back up. With that being said, it was one of the weaker ref stoppages I can think of.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Oh. Great. More home video footage with Enzo and Cass. They bring William Regal to show him Carmella. She's working in the ring at the Performance Center and he gives her a job.
Viktor vs. Hideo Itami
They go right at it when the bell rings. Viktor is able to hit a snap suplex and gets a 2 count. Viktor goes for an atomic drop, but Itami flips out of it and gets some kicks in. He hits a springboard dropkick and then follows it up with a running kick in the corner. Out on the stage, Konnor is shown attacking Funaki. Itami ducks a Viktor sneak attack and he hits a dropkick to pick up the victory. Seriously? In comes Konnor and he destroys Itami with forearms to the head. They tie Itami up in the bottom ropes and continue the attack. Funaki attempts to save him, but he's too injured to do anything. They hit Fall Of Man on Funaki as Itami watches on. I'm not really sure I get why Viktor lost to a dropkick during a distraction.
Match Rating: *1/4
Vaudevillains vs. Enzo & Big Cass
We'll see if this one gets more than a couple of minutes. Enzo counters a suplex and is able to tag in Cass. Cass hits a high knee on English and then Gotch gets hit with a big boot after the tag. Cass suplexes Enzo on Gotch, but then English knocks Cass off the apron. Gotch is able to throw Enzo's neck on the middle rope and they hit That's A Wrap for the quick victory. They will not let Enzo and Cass wrestle for longer than 3 minutes.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Sami Zayn talks about Titus O'Neil backstage and he's feeling pretty good about his match tonight since Titus is currently involved in a battle with a bunny.
Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
Lynch gets to show off some athleticism early on until Banks makes her miss in the corner. Becky quickly fights back and gets a 2 count after a leg drop. Sasha outsmarts her on running the ropes. Sasha hits the Backstabber into the Banks Statement for the victory. Becky shows a lot of babyface potential, but this was all about putting Sasha over. This is another episode with a lot of short matches.
Match Rating: *
Titus O'Neil vs. Sami Zayn
They start off with the classic big man start, with Zayn attempting to knock Titus off his feet. Titus catches Zayn and hits the slam before slowing things down. Titus is 37 years old here. No one really plays this role better than Zayn, but it's going to be a little bit of a challenge here with Titus. Zayn is thrown out of the ring before we go to a commercial break. When we come back, Titus has Zayn in my favorite hold, the bearhug. Zayn battles out only to be put right back in the bearhug. Zayn is able to pull down the top rope and down goes Titus. Zayn follows it up with a senton over the top rope to the floor. Back in the ring, Zayn hits a top rope crossbody for a 2 count. Zayn runs into a big boot and Titus almost picks up the victory. Zayn jumps on the back and slaps on the sleeper. Zayn hits the Helluva Kick, but Titus's legs are under the ropes on the pin attempt. Zayn gets crotched when going up for the top rope tornado DDT and Titus hits the sit down powerbomb for the victory. I'm a little surprised there that there wasn't a distraction or something to this finish. Zayn tried here, but this was just okay.
Match Rating: *3/4
After the match, Titus drapes Zayn on the apron and is going for a leg drop, but Adrian Neville comes out and makes the save.
This was a pretty middle of the road show. There wasn't a ton in the way of story progression and most of the matches were long. Titus's appearance didn't really feel like a big deal and not even Zayn was able to drag a good match out of him. Overall it was entertaining enough, but I can guarantee I will forget I watched this one come tomorrow.
Overall Rating: 48%
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