Original Airdate: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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Finn Balor vs. Tye Dillinger
Dillinger is slowly getting to the gimmick that would help him make a name for himself, but he's still essentially a jobber here. Balor runs through his greatest hits of moves, hitting the Sling Blade and then the running dropkick. He climbs up top and hits the Coup de Grace for the quick win.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Tyler Breeze is then shown backstage saying that he doesn't love Finn Balor. He says that it's about time that he faces someone like himself as Balor watches on the big screen.
Dana Brooke then talks about her debut being the re-birth of the women's division. She cuts a generic heel promo that she never really improved upon in her lengthy run.
Kevin Owens says that he's better than Alex Riley and that's why he's NXT Champion.
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender Triple Threat Match
Bayley vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte
Let's see if they actually give the ladies some time here tonight. Charlotte and Bayley take turns on Lynch to start and then get her out of the ring. Charlotte then takes it to Bayley and uses that Figure Four headlock before twisting Bayley around. That is probably my favorite spot that Charlotte does and she should do it more often. Becky is back in and we go to commercial. We're now in the Becky/Bayley portion of the match, with Becky going to work. Becky puts on a submission hold, but in comes Charlotte with Natural Selection. Bayley hits a Doomsday Device with Charlotte holding up Becky in a powerbomb position. Bayley hits a suplex on Charlotte and then the Bayley To Belly on Becky. Charlotte then puts on the Figure Four on Bayley. Bayley grabs the ropes, but there is no rope break. Charlotte lets go for some reason and then slaps it back on, turning it into the Figure Eight. Becky then leans on Bayley while she's in it and picks up the pin victory to Charlotte's chagrin. It's still very clear that they think a lot higher of Charlotte compared to both Bayley and Becky at this point and the finish shows that. They kind of went with a pretty standard match here, which I'm a little surprised with. Beck is the right winner though, as she hasn't gotten her shot yet.
Match Rating: **
CJ Parker vs. Hideo Itami
Itami hits Parker with a kick, but Parker is able to snap Itami's neck on the top rope to slow him down. It doesn't take too long for Itami to comeback and hits him with a series of kicks. He hits the running corner dropkick to a seated Parker before hitting the Shotgun Kick for the quick victory. Itami looked good as per usual.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Sasha sarcastically congratulates Becky Lynch before they get into a war of words.
Rhyno vs. Jesus de Leon
This is the usual hit a move, hit the Gore, go home for Rhyno. The crowd loved it, so why not?
Match Rating: 1/4*
Blake and Murphy serenade Carmella with song before Enzo and Cass come to make them leave. They then criticize her for wearing jewelry they got her.
Alex Riley vs. Kevin Owens
The first match between these two was much more of a squash than expected. Let's see where they go here. Riley is able to hit an early dropkick and Owens rolls out of the ring for some stalling. Riley misses with a baseball kick and Owens slams him into the steel ramp ahead of the commercial break. Not that I think Riley would have been main eventing pay per views, but I really don't understand why they thought he should be announcing. Riley tries to go up top, but Owens knocks the rope and then gets hit with a clothesline in the corner. Owens hits a cannon ball and then a pop up powerbomb for the victory. Owens steps on him after to celebrate. Riley looked like a complete jobber again here and I'm just not really I understand the story they are trying to tell here. After the match, Owens dumps Riley out of the ring and is looking to do some more damage. Out comes Sami Zayn to make the save and they start brawling. Zayn then hits a senton from the top rope to the floor on top of Owens and a bunch of security in a fun spot. Owens retreats to the back.
Match Rating: 1/2*
This was another disappointing episode of NXT. This one just felt like it could have been more. I don't understand the Alex Riley story and I'm not sure there's going to be much more to it. I have little doubt that NXT will get back on track here soon, as it typically is a very consistent thumbs up.
Overall Rating: 46%
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