NXT
Date:
October 2, 2013
Location:
Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators:
Alex Riley, Tony Dawson, Renee Young
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
It's
a big show tonight with both the Bo Dallas open challenge and the
Ascension challenging Graves and Neville for the tag titles. The
main question in the open challenge isn't will Sami Zayn get involved
but how will he get involved. The big showdown is coming and the
blowoff match is going to be awesome. Let's get to it.
Fandango
is here tonight for a mixed tag with Summer Rae against Emma and
whomever she can find for a partner.
Welcome
Home.
Fandango/Summer
Rae vs. Emma/???
The
partner is.....Santino, meaning he now gets to waste our time on NXT
too. The guys start with Santino almost falling off the buckles
while posing. The fans insist that he try it again but they have to
settle for the middle rope. Wait we're still not ready as the guys
have to dance a bit. The fans tell Fandango that he got served so he
tries a kick to the ribs. Both guys catch kicks at the same time
until Santino shoves him away. A right hand drops Marella as we're
finally going a bit.
Santino
teases the Cobra, sending Fandango to the floor. Renee teaches the
Cobra to dance and we take a break. Back with Fandango not being
sure what to do so here are the girls for a change of pace. Summer
wants nothing to do with Emma so it's back to the guys again.
Phillips: “Doing the do-see-do instead of the Fandango.” They
change over and over until Fandango gets annoyed and punches Santino
in the jaw. Apparently Fandango has been hitting on Renee but she
doesn't seem to mind that much.
An
uppercut sends Santino into the corner and Summer gets in a hard
slap, drawing Emma out to the floor. Santino makes a dive to the
empty corner for the tag in a cute spot. Santino can't nip up so
Fandango goes up for the legdrop but Santino rolls across the ring
before Fandango jumps. This is so funny that they do it three times
in a row until Marella rolls him up for two.
Now
the nip-up works and it's off to the girls for their first contact.
Summer misses a charge and gets caught in the Dilemma followed by the
cross body in the corner for two. Santino gives Emma the sock but
it's time for a catfight instead. Summer is whipped into Fandango
which catapults him in and also counts as a tag. Everything breaks
down and our heroes do stereo Santino spots until Santino hits the
Cobra for the pin on Fandango at 10:15 shown of 13:45.
Rating:
C. The comedy in this match was
stupid, but at the same time, what else was this match supposed to
be? Emma is so adorable that it's almost impossible to dislike her
and Santino is what he is. The interesting part here was Renee who
came off as funny, witty and charming on commentary without trying
too hard. That's a nice surprise.
Ascension
says what they did to Cassady and Amore is nothing compared to what
they'll do to win the tag titles.
Kassius
Ohno vs. Luke Harper
Renee
is off commentary. Ohno is looking in a bit better shape. Harper
comes out on his own and looks more confused than usual. Ohno is
quickly sent out to the floor but comes back with a one foot dropkick
to stagger Harper. Not that it matters as a clothesline puts Ohno
down and Harper rains down punches. We hit the chinlock for a bit
before Kassius fights up and connects with some strikes. Harper
rolls to the floor but even a baseball slide can't knock him down.
Back in and it's the big boot and a discus lariat to end Ohno at
2:57. This was a squash.
Amore
and Cassady want another shot at Rusev and Dawson. Cassady says he
wouldn't even let Dawson fix his car. The only thing Rusev is
breaking is his mother's heart by not wearing shoes. Enzo says
Dawson and Rusev have been eating tacos. SAWFT tacos! Cassady: “I
worry about you sometimes.”
Mojo
Rawley is going to hype us next week. I've heard a lot about him but
I've never actually seen him.
Tag
Titles: Ascension vs. Corey Graves/Adrian Neville
Ascension
is challenging. Neville and Victor get us going with the champion
flipping around and kicking Victor down for two. Victor gets kicked
in the head but shrugs it off to bring in O'Brien. Neville escapes a
suplex and makes the tag off to Graves who still has injured ribs,
which are made worse by a flapjack from O'Brien for two. Victor
comes back in and goes right after the ribs before giving it back to
Conor.
Back
from a break with Graves hitting a cross body on Victor but injuring
his ribs in the process. O'Brien hooks a body scissors to keep
Graves in trouble before it's back to Victor for more right hands to
the head. We hit another chinlock until Graves fights up and avoids
a charge in the corner, sending Rick's shoulder into the post.
Off
to Neville for the rapid fire kicks and a pair of dropkicks to lay
out Ascension. Both guys are knocked to the floor for a BIG dive to
take out both challengers. Victor is sent back in and caught with a
springboard missile dropkick for two. A high kick to the head looks
to set up Red Arrow but Rick moves at the last second, giving Victor
two. Graves pulls Neville to the corner for the tag but walks into a
running knee to the head. Fall of Man (Total Elimination) is enough
for the pin and the titles for O'Brien at 10:40 shown of 13:00.
Rating:
C. This is exactly what this
match should have been. Graves and Neville never felt like anything
but transitional champions while Ascension has looked like the future
of the tag division from the day the show debuted. This is the kind
of match it needed to be: the champions fighting for all they were
worth but just being out matched at the end of the day.
RVD
is here next week.
Bo
Dallas Invitational
The
idea is that anyone can come out to challenge Dallas and if anyone
can pin him, they get a title shot in two weeks. The first guy up is
named Chance Champion which I found online. He doesn't get an
entrance, so the fans chant “Let's go this guy!” because they're
actually paying attention to the show instead of saying random things
to entertain themselves. Champion (the person, not the champion)
gets a quick rollup for two but Bo pounds him in the corner and
spears him down for the pin at 1:12.
Next
up is Leo Kruger and Bo seems ready. Actually wait as here's Antonio
Cesaro instead to take the shot. The fans want a triple threat but
the challengers fight instead until Kruger is sent to the floor.
Cesaro brags too much though and gets dumped by Dallas, which I guess
is an elimination?
Next
in is El Local who avoids a quick and hits a running boot to the face
in the corner for the pin in 30 seconds. The fans chant OLE and SI
before it's revealed to be Sami Zayn. Somewhere Dean Malenko is
smiling.
Overall
Rating: A. We had a genuinely
entertaining comedy match, good looking women dancing, a squash, new
champions and the revisiting of a classic angle to give the fans what
they want. Also there was the LET'S GO THIS GUY chant which was
actually clever. This show just works for a variety of reasons, but
there's one I haven't touched on yet: the lack of pay per views.
In
WWE you have four weeks at most for the majority of pay per views so
you have to speed things up in order to have a new card in that short
amount of time. Here the stories can grow and build as they're
supposed to and the shows are far easier to sit through as a result.
If you're sick of Raw and love wrestling like it used to be, check
this show out.
Results
Santino
Marella/Emma b. Fandango/Summer Rae – Cobra to Fandango
Luke
Harper b. Kassius Ohno – Discus lariat
Ascension
b. Adrian Neville/Corey Graves – Fall of Man to Graves
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