Original Airdate: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Hideo Itami vs. Bull Dempsey
Dempsey gets hyped up by the announcers as he goes to work on Itami. Apparently they haven't been watching him wrestle. Itami hits a couple of clotheslines, but Bull no sells them and rams into him with his stomach. Itami hits a series of strikes and kicks and then a dropkick into the corner. He hits a running dropkick and that's all. They sure fit in a bunch of kind words about Bull before he got squashed.
Match Rating: 1/2*
After the match, Itami is attacked from behind in front of the stage by Tyler Breeze. He tries to take a selfie with Itami laying on the ground, but Itami gets up and chases him into the ring and gets some revenge before Breeze retreats into the crowd.
Lucha Dragons vs. Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger
Jordan and Dillinger's entrance is interrupted by Solomon Crowe and lets us know that we've been warned. They play up that Dillinger needs to make a tag because he's been in so the match so long, which is about 60 seconds. Dillinger tells Jordan to relax when he gets an opening to. Dillinger hits a kick to the midsection of Kalisto and then goes to make the tag, but Jordan walks away. Kalisto his the Salida del Sol and Sin Cara hits the Swanton for the victory. The match was very short, but the action was solid.
Match Rating: *
They go back to Finn Balor and they ask him about Kevin Owens, but he says that he can't look past his match with Brian Kendrick tonight.
We go back to the ring and Tye Dillinger is still there. He's upset and says that he'll fight anyone who was supposed to wrestle. Naturally, it's Baron Corbin.
Tye Dillinger vs. Baron Corbin
Baron hits End Of Days and that's all. Did you expect anything different?
Match Rating: 1/4*
Charlotte says that Sasha has never beaten her one on one and the title is coming back where it belongs.
Tyler Breeze says he is going to squash Hideo Itami like the cockroach that he is.
Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
Becky gets most of the offense to start the match. Becky hits some leg drops. Bayley gets a few openings, but Becky keeps finding a way to shut them down. Bayley gets her most offense in, but then Becky locks in the Dis-arm-her and Bayley is forced to tap. This was a better match than my recap shows, but was too short as usual with the women's matches on TV.
Match Rating: **
Rhyno says that he came back because he kept hearing everyone talking about NXT and he saw the intensity in the rosters eyes.
Jason Jordan says that he did what he did and he'll give an explanation when he's ready.
Kevin Owens joins the announce team for the main event.
The Brian Kendrick vs. Finn Balor
The match is being overshadowed by the commentary with Owens and Alex Riley arguing. Owens then walks away saying that he's leaving before he does something he regrets. I'm not really sure why Riley is even on the announce team any more. We go back to the action just in time to go to a commercial. Kendrick runs into two boots in the corner and gets in a little offense until he's nailed with a second rope tornado DDT. Kendrick hits a missile dropkick and then a variation of a German suplex with a bridge for a 2 count. He goes for Sliced Bread #2, but it's countered and Finn hits a big clothesline. Finn hits a Slingblade and the running dropkick. He goes up top and hits the Coup de Grace and picks up the win. This was a good enough main event, but I don't think Balor losing was ever a question here. Balor continues to roll here.
Match Rating: **1/2
After the match, Kevin Owens comes out and stares down Balor from the top of the ramp. He then makes his way back to the announce team and attacks Riley. This pretty much makes him a babyface in most people's eyes.
This was an entertaining episode, but one where not a whole lot happened. Next week should be big with the Charlotte/Sasha title match and this one kind of felt like a buffer before that one.
Overall Rating: 59%
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