NXT 3-4-15 Review

Original Airdate: Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
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After a Kevin Owens video, we go to Alex Riley wanting a match with Kevin Owens. William Regal tells him that he's either a competitor or an announcer. Riley says he watched Regal do both and that he's still in the prime of his career. Regal stands firm on that. 

Adam Rose vs. Tyler Breeze

Rose goes off the second rope, but Breeze gets his knee out for a modified inverted atomic drop. I could be wrong, but I think Rose was a heel on the main roster at this point in time, but definitely babyface here. Anyway, I know he was basically a jobber by this point too and it's no different here in NXT. He gets hit with the Beauty Shot and that's it. After the match, he uses his selfie stick to make his way through the Rosebuds.

Match Rating: 1/2*

We go to Enzo, Cass and Carmella. They talk trash about Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy. 

Alexa Bliss says that she needed time to recover physically and mentally. She's going after the Boss. 

Blake & Murphy vs. Angelo Dawkins & Sawyer Fulton

Fulton has his wrestling headgear on and is a big dude. He gets hit by a double reverse elbow, but kicks out at 2. Fulton gets in a right uppercut and tags in Dawkins. His burst of offense doesn't last long, as they hit a suplex/splash combination for the easy victory.

Match Rating: 1/2*

Bayley wishes Charlotte luck in her match tonight with Sasha. In walks Emma and she makes fun of Bayley for not winning the match to be #1 contender. She says she was all nice on Raw and now she's back in NXT. 

Baron Corbin vs. Tony Briggs

Briggs is a pretty big guy. Kevin Owens is shown standing over the shoulder of Alex Riley. Baron hits End Of Days and that's all. The usual.

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show more of KO and Alex Riley. Owens dumps a water bottle on his head and Riley has to be restrained. Owens walks away slowly, daring Riley to attack him, but nothing happens.

Sami Zayn is shown in Montreal and he's talking about it being his 13 year anniversary of wrestling. He says that he's not mentally prepared to be there right now and he came home to get some perspective. 

Riley charges in Regal's office and he wants a match now. Regal says he can't until he decides he's ready. CJ Parker is randomly in there and says that he's the only one who has done anything to KO so far. Riley says he's going to start with Parker next week then.

Bull Dempsey vs. Solomon Crowe

I finally get to see Solomon Crowe wrestle. They go right at it and Dempsey gets the better of it. Bull has been a total jobber the last few weeks and now he's dominating a guy in his debut match. Crowe gets a scoop slam in, but he runs off the ropes and gets flattened by Bull. He goes up top, but Crowe moves out of the way. He hits a running forearm and then some sort of springboard headbutt that looks extremely weak for a finisher and gets the win. Not a great debut. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

NXT Women's Championship Match
Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks

Sasha attempts to leave, but Charlotte isn't having it and throws her back in the ring. Charlotte quickly gets the Figure Four on, but Sasha is eventually able to get to the bottom rope. When we get back from commercial, Sasha hits a double knees to Charlotte while draped on the ropes. Sasha continues to look strong and then slaps on the Bank Statement. Charlotte tries to roll out of it, but Sasha hangs on. Charlotte eventually uses her length to reach the bottom rope. Charlotte is able to toss Sasha out of the ring. Back in the ring, Charlotte connects with a Spear, but Sasha kicks out. Charlotte's able to put on the Figure Four on the ring post, but has to break the hold before the 5 count. Charlotte goes for Natural Selection, but Sasha hangs onto the ropes. She covers her and puts her feet on the rope to steal the victory. This was a very good TV main event. Sasha in particular looked really good here. 

Match Rating: ***1/2

Most of the matches tonight were nothing, but the main event delivered and the Kevin Owens effect has improved multiple storylines. Overall, a good episode. 

Overall Rating: 60%