Friday 1 November 2013

NXT October 30th Review: The Promo Edition


Before I even started watching this show I groaned a little realising what was set up for it. While I think Paige vs. Summer Rae should be good I'm not looking forward to yet another Tyler Breeze vs. CJ Parker match, think that feud has been horrible from the beginning if I'm honest.
Enzo Amore & Colin Cassidy vs. Alexander Rusev & Sylvester LeForte: Starting off straight away with Enzo & Colin, they come out talking about Sylvester LeFort and how he uses everyone to fight his battle for him, fans are always into this entrance. For those who don't know Scott Dawson was out with a knee injury during these tapings and that's why LeForte is in the ring. I'll be honest LeForte is jacked. Rusev & Colin to start, Rusev drives him into the corner and hits knees then a headbutt. Running Vader splash and Rusev brings in Enzo and hits the same splash then Rusev hits it on LeForte. Rusev locks in the Accolade on Colin who taps out in seconds. They really want to push Rusev. The blonde woman from last week is on the ramp and she leaves with Rusev. This was basically done to make Rusev a monster but you hurt a really hot tag team in the process however honestly that will be forgotten by fans next week. Winners: Alexander Rusev & Sylvester LeForte
A vignette for the Real American's plays a nice little video. Then a Raw Rebound is shown highlighting the Hell in a Cell main event and Randy's celebration that was interrupted by Big Show. The biggest downfall of this angle is that it will leads to Big Show vs. Randy Orton which I don't think will be good, also all the heat is on Triple H Randy is just there.
Aiden English vs. Jason ???: Regal reveals he has a man crush on Aiden. Jason (who's last name is said by Brian Saxon & Renee Young but I can't make it out) gets a rear waist lock and does 2 beautiful take downs but then eats an elbow and Aiden hits a snap neckbreaker which looked great. Aiden grabs a sleeper and sings “Lullaby” while he does it. It's now revealed that it's Jason Jordan at the time he hits a dropkick but Aiden hits the Directors Cut for the win. A competitive squash match with Jason Jordan looking pretty solid and Aiden just looked better from it. Aiden sings an encore and the fans eat it up. Roses even get thrown into the ring and the fans chant “Yes”. Winner: Aiden English
The commentary team talk about last weeks main event and Graves attacking Neville after, a WWE.com exclusive with Neville has him congratulating Graves for the attack and he says it's only just begun between them. As good as Neville is in the ring, he's a bit blah on the mic. A vignette for Daniel Bryan plays and then a video highlighting the recent tour of Abu Dabai, this dragged a little.
Summer Rae w/Sasha Banks vs. Paige: Paige jumps from the start and does a hairmare twice leading to Rae running off. Paige comes out and Banks is used as a shield, Rae hits a cheap shot that Paige brushes off and comes in with a sunset flip, Rae sits down for a 2 but Paige gets the roll up for another 2 followed by a headbutt. Paige throws Rae chest first into the ropes and hits another headbutt then boots in the corner. Banks tries to trip up Paige and this leads to her being kicked out and a break. An promo for the Bellas plays, jeez nothing can make them look good. We come back with Paige still in control, she goes for her knee lifts on the apron but Rae breaks away and sweeps her with Paige landing on the apron. Rae locks in a modified Indian Death lock and then hits a dropkick when they get up. Rae yells and goes for the pin. Rae goes for her climb up DDT but Paige turns it into a Fisherman suplex for a 2. Paige hits a series of short arm clotheslines and a one legged dropkick for a 2. Rae pushes off and hits a spinning kick for a 2. Paige gets a mid kick and the Paige Turner for the win kind of out of no where. Banks attacks from behind but Emma makes the save but she then hits Paige as she tries to join in. The 2 face off and then Paige leaves. A good match here between the 2 but I'm more looking forward to Paige/Emma 2 when they finally do it. Winner: Paige
A quick promo from Breeze about Parker, he says he's going to send him back to the streets where he belongs and it's time to shot the breeze, a nice tag line there. A promo for Curtis Axel plays, bad timing since he's out hurt. Then a promo for Big E Langston plays and then one for Luke Harper talking about Kassius Ohno you can see why Bray does the talking in that group, anyways next week is Ohno vs. Harper and LeForte vs. Rusev
Tyler Breeze vs. CJ Parker: Tyler come out with the dreadlocks he cut off last week. CJ runs in and shakes his knees like Jimmy Valiant or Colt Cabana. Tyler runs from the bell and is chased, CJ grabs him and tries to throw him into the corner, Tyler puts his leg up and CJ chops it down hits a gut shot and then throws him into the corner. CJ hits a delayed vertical suplex for a 2, fans are into Breeze. CJ hits a cross body and punches to the face followed by a headbutt. CJ gets an airplane spin and goes for the “Third Eye” aka a uppercut to the face but Tyler escapes the ring. We got to break with a promo for the Survivor Series with Bray Wyatts, a nice video. We come back with CJ hitting a back suplex and goes for the double knees in the corner, Tyler falls down and CJ lands on the 2nd rope allowing Tyler to hit a low powerbomb. Tyler literally stands on CJ's face and then again. Tyler checks his phone and puts boots in for a 2. Tyler grabs a head twist but CJ runs him back into the corner and then eats a kick to the face cutting him off. Tyler goes to the top rope but CJ throws him off, the Ric Flair way. CJ does a double leg take down and punches followed by a series of clotheslines and a scissors kick for a 2. Tyler gets a jaw breaker and goes for a piledriver, he then misses the beauty shot and CJ hits the 3rd Eye for the win. Oh please let this be the end of this feud! I'll be honest this was probably the best out of their trio of matches but it still wasn't great. CJ grabs the scissors and goes to cut Tyler's hair but Tyler gets out and runs off. Seeing the scissors come out makes me think they'll be doing a hair vs. hair match but I just want this whole thing to be done with. Winner: CJ Parker
Man there were a lot of promo videos in this episode! As for the actual NXT stuff I'd have to say it was pretty good, the matches had a point none of them dragged and it was all pretty good. Having said that I wouldn't go out of my way to see this show, yes it wasn't bad but nothing was a stand out and it had just too many promos that killed the flow of the show for me.
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