Original Airdate: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Match
Enzo & Big Cass vs. Lucha Dragons
Enzo and Cass dominate the early portion of the match. A tag into Kalisto and he hits his rolling kick and hurricanrana from Enzo's knees. The crowd is all the way behind Enzo and Cass here. Sin Cara and Kalisto hit a double dive onto Cass. Cass hits a boot on Cara and it knocks Kalisto off the top rope. Cass drags Enzo to the corner so that he can make the tag. He throws Enzo off the top onto Kalisto and they pick up the victory. That was a fun sequence to finish the match and probably their biggest victory so far.
Match Rating: **1/4
They hype up NXT at the Arnold Classic and then show us an Alex Riley hype video.
Carmella vs. Alexa Bliss
After a headscissors from Alexa, Carmella trips her into the bottom turnbuckle to shift the momentum. Carmella slows things down until Alexa catches a kick. She trips her up and hits a standing moonsault for a 2 count. Alexa goes up to the top rope and hits the Sparkle Splash for the victory. This was a little longer than my review shows. This was Alexa's first match in a few months after being injured. Both ladies still needed some seasoning at this point, but Bliss showed here that she was unique for the division.
Match Rating: *
They show an interview with Alex Riley earlier in the day. He says that he feels like he was locked in a cage for the past 2 years. He was only 33 years old here.
Tyler Breeze makes fun of Hideo Itami for being ugly.
CJ Parker vs. Alex Riley
It's odd to me that Riley is as over as he is. Let's be honest, he wasn't a good announcer. I'm not really sure why he didn't stick to wrestling, but I don't think announcing was for him. Riley hits a nice dropkick, but Parker clubs him in the back shortly after. Riley comes back and hits a somersault neckbreaker. He goes up top and hits a blockbuster for the victory. Riley looked solid here. When he had his feud with Miz, it seemed like he had some potential and then nothing happened from there.
Match Rating: 3/4*
After the match, Kevin Owens' music hits and he makes fun of Riley's tattoo. He says he's putting an end to Riley's career and then moving onto Finn Balor.
Tyler Breeze vs. Hideo Itami
Itami dominates the early portion until he goes up top and Breeze knocks into the ropes to crotch him. We get kind of a weird commercial break during a rest hold. We get a little bit of back and forth when we come back and it ends with Itami hitting a huge clothesline. Breeze comes back and hits a Super Model Kick. He tries to use the ring post, but Itami pulls his leg and Breeze hits it face first. Itami hits a knee to the back of the head from the top rope, but Breeze kicks out at 2. Itami misses with the dropkick in the corner and Breeze hits the Beauty Shot for the victory. I have to say I'm a little surprised there. Breeze has been a jobber to the stars lately, so he needed a big victory. I'm just surprised it came at the expense of Itami. They have done a good job of making the Beauty Shot a near sure thing of a finisher. Good main event here.
Match Rating: ***
This was another good episode of NXT wrestling, even if it was a little light on storyline. The matches all had a good flow to them and even if they weren't all great, they were what they were supposed to be.
Overall Rating: 60%
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