NXT
Date:
February 12, 2014
Location:
Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators:
Tom Phillips, Alex Riley, William Regal, Renee Young
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
The
big story at the moment is the build to the February 27 supershow,
but the problem with that is the main show taking over NXT more and
more every week. HHH's cameos are becoming a regular thing as JBL as
GM is rapidly being forgotten. I always knew that once NXT stopped
being its own thing it would stop being as fun and that's slowly
starting to happen. Let's get to it.
Welcome
Home.
Natalya/Bayley/Emma
vs. BFF's
It's
Alicia Fox/Summer Rae/Sasha Banks here and Emma vs. Paige is official
for NXT Arrival on the 27th. Emma takes Summer down to
start before it's off to Natalya vs. Sasha as the Canadian counters
Banks' wristlock into a quick suplex for two. Bayley comes in for a
snapmare and slam but Fox gets the tag and dropkicks her down for two
as we take a break.
Back
with Summer holding Bayley in a seated full nelson before getting
rolled up for two. Riley spends most of the match talking about his
crush on Emma. Off to Banks for a front facelock as Renee asks Regal
what he's doing for Valentine's Day. Regal: “Whatever you like my
dear.” Fox gets two off a northern lights suplex with that nice
bridge before we hit the chinlock on Bayley.
Back
to Summer for some stretching and choking on the apron until Bayley
finally counters a suplex to get a breather. The hot tag brings in
Emma who cleans house until Alicia kicks her in the face. Sasha,
Summer and Charlotte walk out on Alicia, allowing Emma to hook the
Emma Lock for the submission from Fox at 7:28 shown of 10:58.
Rating:
C-. There's something about
these Divas that you just don't get with the WWE Divas. These girls
are.....what's the word I'm looking for.....oh yeah: competent. The
match on Raw was absolutely dreadful and while this wasn't great, it
certainly wasn't a chore to sit through and felt much more fun than
the Bellas being all serious and wanting to be taken seriously while
clearly being there as eye candy and due to who they're sleeping
with.
Aiden
English vs. Colin Cassady
English's
song tonight is about how he's the one in the ring while the fans
watch. Cassady takes him into the corner to start and gets two off a
slam. English comes back with a running neckbreaker and some hard
forearms to the chest for two of his own. A reverse neckbreaker gets
the same but Cass is all fired up now. He spells out SAWFT before
blasting English in the back with a forearm, only to have English
kick him in the knee and finish with the Director's Cut at 1:23.
Here's
Sami Zayn to ask Cesaro for another 2/3 falls match in the ring as
Cesaro requested. Sami isn't proud of how many times he's watched
that match and noticed every mistake he's made. His career has
always been about moving forward but for the first time he can't do
it. Even after watching the footage as many times as he has, he
can't figure out the final mistake that cost him the match.
This
brings out Cesaro who says this is starting to sound pathetic.
Cesaro says there was no one moment in that match that cost Zayn
because Antonio is just better. Zayn can look at that one match as a
crystal ball for his entire career: coming up just a hair short.
Sami says the two of them go back for years around the world and he
respects Cesaro for everything he's accomplished.
Cesaro
is here because he's a true competitor who will fight anyone
anywhere, except for Sami. Zayn would like a reason why but Cesaro
avoids the question by asking how many times he has to beat Sami to
get the point across. Zayn thinks Antonio is afraid because they
bring out the best in each other and Cesaro can't beat him at his
best. Anotnio asks Sami about his knee and Zayn isn't comfortable
answering. Cesaro agrees to one last match if there are no excuses
when Sami loses.
Zayn
agrees to the terms and the fans want a pinkie promise. Sami holds
out his pinkie and Cesaro does the same, only to say it's still no
and kick Zayn in the knee. This brings out HHH BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T
LIVE WITHOUT HIM! HHH says the fans want the match so it's on for
Arrival. Heaven forbid Sami gets to come back and make Cesaro want
to have the match, because we've got HHH on ANOTHER being the nice
boss for this week.
CJ
Parker vs. Tye Dillinger
Parker
still looks like an idiot dancing around like he does. Dillinger
takes him down with a front facelock and the fans chant purple power,
apparently impressed by Dillnger's trunks. CJ comes back with an
airplane spin and the Third Eye for the pin at 1:20.
Post
match Parker asks why people hate him. He reduces, reuses and
recycles and even drives a car getting 40 miles a gallon. Parker
should be booing us for melting his ice caps and spilling oil on his
planet. The NXT fans are destroying the Earth because they don't
love anyone or anything. From this moment forward, he doesn't love
us either. I can't say I've ever seen an environmentalist in
wrestling so at least it's new and thankfully we don't have to sit
through Parker as a face anymore.
Wyatt
Family vs. Jason Jordan/Marcus Louis
Even
Bray is here for this one. Harper takes Louis into the corner with
stomps to the ribs before it's off to Rowan for a fallaway slam and a
splash before the discus lariat from Harper gets the pin in 59
seconds.
Jordan
gets Sister Abigail. Bray talks about grown men trembling at the
sound of the Family's footsteps. They have conquered this world but
haven't forgotten where they came from. Follow the buzzards.
Overall
Rating: C. They're clearly just
running on fumes until they get to Arrival, but at least we have HHH
to carry us there! This was basically a throwaway show with only the
Sami vs. Cesaro showdown being worth watching. I'm hoping they just
forget about this show once Arrival is over and let it get back to
being the awesome show it used to be.
Results
Emma/Bayley/Natalya
b. BFF's – Emma Lock to Fox
Aiden
English b. Colin Cassady – Director's Cut
CJ
Parker b. Tye Dillinger – Third Eye
Wyatt
Family b. Jason Jordan/Marcus Louis – Discus lariat to Louis
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So is there a reason we have two NXT recaps on the same blog? Just now noticed this.
ReplyDeleteDifferent perspectives are always a good thing. Look at how much this blog have analyse the CM Punk and Daniel Bryan situations.
ReplyDeleteNope. Still don't care about CJ Parker.
ReplyDeleteHeel hippie gimmick... I feel this is something that Daizee Haze might have done?