Last week’s NXT saw the contract
signed for this week’s main event which is Bo Dallas challenging Big E Langston
for the NXT championship. We also saw Sami Zane and Antonio Cesaro set up a
rematch from a few of weeks ago, it goes without saying which one I’m more
hyped for.
Show opens with a video
highlighting how Bo won his title shot for tonight winning a 18 man battle
royal and hyping up the main event, it did its job ok. Tony Dawson and William
Regal on commentary meaning this won’t be painful to listen to.
Sami
Zane vs. Antonio Cesaro: Sami has much better music this week. Video
showcasing Sami’s debut night where he beat Cesaro and Curt Hawkins on the same
night plays. Cesaro is wearing plain blue tights tonight which make him look a
bit like Bruno Sammartino. Antonio attacks as soon as he gets in the ring and
drops Sami on the rail on the outside, follows that up with a pumphandle into
the post which looked nasty. Sami struggles to get up and the bell rings
leading to Cesaro hitting a sick running European in the corner for a 2. A
strong start between the 2. Zane gets some chops but Cesaro cuts him off
quickly. Sami gets a back body drop and mounts for some punches but Cesaro
comes back with a spinebuster, it’s at this time that fans are chanting “Ole”
which I don’t see stopping for the foreseeable future. Cesaro grabs a chinlock
and it’s at this time I’d like to note in honour of Cesaro I have a coffee
while I watch this. Chinlock doesn’t last long as Sami fights back within
seconds. Sami ducks a clothesline and hits a leg lariat but Cesaro over powers
him into the corner. Zane keeps getting little bits of offence but is always
cut off. Cesaro goes for a Euorpean but is caught in a backslide this leads to
Sami attempting a leap frog but it’s turned into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker is
a great spot for a 2. We come back from the break seeing Sami get a sunset flip
but Cesaro hits a mean looking double stop for 2 two counts. Back to the
chinlock but this time Cesaro pulls Sami back down to put it back on. Fans are
into this match, I can’t blame them. Cesaro won’t let go of the chinlock
leading to Sami hitting a Blue Thunder bomb for a 2, more Ole chants, and
Cesaro hits a mean European and then a deadlift Gutwrench for a 2 he’s such a
beast before everyone on the indies was. Sami fights out the corner by locking
on a body scissors and moves to a head scissors throwing Cesaro over the top he
follows with a beautiful heelio dive to the outside. Back in Sami goes to the
top but jumps into a European uppercut for a 2. Cesaro goes back to the chinlock
but Sami fights out and does an amazing float over into a sunset bomb pin for a
2. Sami runs into a mean sounding boot in the corner and Cesaro tries a
deadlift suplex but Sami gets a school boy for a 2 that’s how he won last time,
back to the chinlock but is arm dragged out and again the chinlock is locked
back in and he transitions into the neutralizer for the win. This was fantastic
from the go and shows how much WWE are missing out on Cesaro. Also by just
lasting with all this punishment Sami looked great it was the battle of Sami’s
speed against Cesaro’s strength. Winner:
Antonio Cesaro
Baron
Corbin & Travis Tyler vs. Scott Dawson & Garrett Dylan: We come back
from the break to see Baron Corbin (sounds a lot like Darin Corbin who is a
wrestler on the indies) and Travis Tyler in the ring. A French guy comes out he
says his name but that accent is terrible so I don’t know what he said
apparently according to the key it was Sylvester Lefort, he introduces Scott
Dawson and Garrett Dylan who are just rednecks who drink BBQ sauce they even
stole Stan Hansen’s yell. Dawson and Tyler start with a tie up with Tyler
getting a headlock. Dawson fights out and hits a back elbow and the tag with
Dylan just booting some times and tagging out, Dawson comes in and hits some
strikes and tags out for another repeat which ends with Dylan hitting a
bodyslam. A tag and a double team hair slam which looked dreadful since both men
were smaller than Tyler. Another tag after nothing happens but strikes. Granted
their staying in their corner and tagging a lot but not much is happening.
Dawson hits a leg drop and knee drop, another tag and Regal compares Dylan to
Arn Anderson I would disagree. A double team with a boot to the gut and then a
boot to the head. Tyler gets a clothesline and the tag to no reaction, Corbin
hits several shoulder block but he gets reversed into a spinebuster by Dawson
and Dylan jumps off the 2nd rope with a double axe handle to Corbin
who is laying on the ground. Not a great deal to talk about here, I’m not a fan
of Dylan/Dawson and that double team finisher needs some serious work and it
looks dreadful right now. Also Corbin comes off as extremely weak as he didn’t
even last a minute before being pinned, if I was Tyler I’d be pissed. Winners: Dylan & Dawson
A promo about Punk’s return at
Payback plays, I’m hyped for this match but look who’s in it how can you not
be?
1st
Round match in the Women’s title tournament-Bayley vs. Alicia Fox: Oh this will be
a classic he says as his eyes roll. To be fair I’ve not seen Bayley work but
Fox is Fox. Regal’s niece loves Bayley apparently. Match starts with Bayley
shaking hands and grabbing a hug, Fox runs out with an elbow and then throws
Bayley into the corner twice. Hits a nice looking Northern lights for a 2 and
grabs a chinlock, that didn’t take long. Fans get into it and Bayley tries
fight out but Fox drives her back down. Fans chanting for Bayley, look at that
women getting reactions on WWE TV who’d have thought it. Bayley fights out with
some forearms and then a monkey flip to start coming back, hits a couple of
running forearms and an iffy knee drop for a 2. Bayley hits an Exploder for a
2, even Regal sounded surprised to see that. Fox hits a kick to the head off
the ground and a scissors kick for the win. This wasn’t bad at all to be honest,
really shows what the women are capable off. This means Fox will face Paige in
the next round. Winner: Alicia Fox
Big
E Langston vs. Bo Dallas for the NXT title: The same video that opened the
show plays again, it was a good video but not THAT good. Bo is getting even
more boos than last week and yes he’s still the happy smiley babyface character
he’s not officially turned heel, if he did it was the Alberto Del Rio turn and
no one realised. If you mixed Monty Brown with Faarooq and gave him King Kong
Bundy’s gimmick you’d get Langston but fans are into Langston and his “FIVE”.
We get the main event announcements aka when they’re in the ring. Langston is
undefeated going in. Bo tries to grapple but Big E overpowers him early. Bo can’t
knock Big E down, Big E gets a high leap frog and knocks Bo down with a
shoulder block. Bo starts fighting back with strikes and boos, what a heel and
he’s not even one, oh my God he’s NXT’s John Cena! Bo jumps on Langston as he
tries to get back in the ring but he just chucks Bo into the corner which
looked nasty. We come back from the break with Big E ramming Bo into the apron
on the outside, Big E hits some gut punches well 5 as that’s his gimmick after
all. For a babyface he sure is a dick but WWE seem to promote all their
babyface’s as dicks look at Sheamus right now. Big E hits a harsh clothesline
for a 2 and then he does a running splash, one thing Big E can do is jump man
that guy can get some height. Bo starts fighting back to boos but Big E cuts
him off to cheers. Big E attempts the splash again but Bo moves and Bo starts
hitting clotheslines and boots but he can’t take Big E down. A running corner
Bulldog from Bo for a 2. Big E hits a nice looking belly to belly after
blocking something from Bo, he probably tried his finisher for all I know. Big
E starts hitting clothesline then 5 knee lifts and then just runs Bo over with
the Vader running splash (best way I can describe it). The straps come down so
it’s business time. Bo fights off the Big Ending but while doing so they’re in
the corner and he pulls off the top turnbuckle pad, he throws Big E into it
twice and hits a Belly to Belly suplex for the 3. We have a new champion and he’s
doing the babyface reaction to winning. This was better than I was expecting
and it was a nice subtle way of starting a heel turn which we know is coming
for Bo or at least we hope is coming. Winner
and new champion: Bo Dallas
Show ends with Bo celebrating
with the title, Renee Young comes out to ask him some questions. Bo tries to
cut a promo to boos and uses the typical “I’m going to Disney world” line
probably could have done without him trying to speak. Honestly this was a
really good show from start to finish, no promos but the wrestling did the
talking. You had a fantastic match to open the show and everything else was either
passable (the tag) to above my expectations. I don’t know where they go from
here in terms of the title picture you could do brother vs. brother with Bray
Wyatt or you could turn Bo full-fledged heel, which would be my move as he’s
already getting tons of boos. I imagine Big E won’t be on NXT that much more as
they seem to want him in WWE so they might do a rematch but they might not.
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