Enzo Amore & Colin Cassidy defeat Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger by pin fall in 5:29
Amore pinned Dillinger after Cassidy hit Jordan with a Big Boot. This was a fair tag team match. All performers played their parts well, but the action felt like a ‘miss’ to me. Plus, the announce team contradicted themselves on a few things. The crowd was into the match though.
Backstage, Renee Young interviewed Sami Zayn about not having a partner for tonight’s 1st round tag team tournament match. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel intervened, and they mocked Sami Zayn about not having a partner. The Exotic Express and Adam Rose appeared and Rose volunteered himself as Zayn’s partner. Zayn accepted the offer saying tonight he is a ‘Rosebud’, then reluctantly accepted Rose’s offered lollypop.
CJ Parker pinned Xavier Woods in 9:50
Parker pinned Woods after a modified version of the Death Valley Driver. This match was well wrestled by both men, but I couldn’t get into it. Woods did hit a splash from a turnbuckle to almost the opposite ropes for a near fall that was a very nice spot. It just felt like there was no flow or story to the match. CJ Parker was the heel, but he was getting babyface chants. This was hopefully the end to this feud.
Tyler Breeze had a video promo declaring he has finally determined when he will face Adrian Neville for the NXT Championship, but he didn’t say when. We know it will happen at NXT Takeover II so I do not know why he didn’t just say it and get it over with.
Bayley pinned Eva Marie in 3:18
Bayley won with the Bayley to Belly. Eva drew massive heat. Crowd chanted things like “you can’t wrestle”, “worse than Batista”, “thank you Bayley” after her win, and there were a few others for Eva. Cena doesn’t receive heat like this in Philly. Well, maybe not that bad, but it was pretty bad. I felt bad for Bayley because Eva is a complete clusterf**k in the ring. That’s the only way I know how to put it. The match was just a way to get Bayley some wins before her inevitable match with Charlotte for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT Takeover II.
#1 Contender 1st Round Tag Team Tournament
Sami Zayn & Adam Rose defeated Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd by pinfall in 10:03
Zayn hit the Helluva Kick on Gabriel for the pin. Adam Rose looks like he hurt himself a bit coming off the top rope onto the ringside floor onto Kidd and Gabriel. This match was well worked, but with the caliber of wrestlers in the ring, they could have done more. This was by no means a bad tag team match though. It’s just that these wrestlers have dropped our jaws so often they set a high bar for themselves.
MEMO TO ALL ANNOUNCERS: Please stop dancing to Adam Rose’s music! (Editor’s Note: Albert/Giant Bernard/Tensai can dance, Riley CAN’T)
Overall, an average episode of NXT. I like how they are getting wheels under their tag team division, and there is definitely going to be more of that during the #1 Contenders tag team tournament. The two singles matches in the middle of the show can be missed. The tag team matches were solid, but underwhelming. The main event storyline was progressed so little that Breeze’s video promo was unnecessary.
Final rating 5/10.In
Thanks for reading,
Chris Rose
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