NXT – August 7, 2013
By Scott Keith on August 8, 2013
NXT
Date:
August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013
Location:
Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators:
Tom Phillips, Alex Riley
Tom Phillips, Alex Riley
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
Tonight
is a big night on NXT as we have a double main event. Dean Ambrose
is defending his US Title against Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas is
defending the NXT Title against Leo Kruger. Tonight sounds like it’s
going to be focusing on in ring action instead of storytelling which
should make for a good show. Let’s get to it.
is a big night on NXT as we have a double main event. Dean Ambrose
is defending his US Title against Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas is
defending the NXT Title against Leo Kruger. Tonight sounds like it’s
going to be focusing on in ring action instead of storytelling which
should make for a good show. Let’s get to it.
The
opening video talks about what we’re getting tonight. There’s also a
dance off between Emma and Summer Rae.
opening video talks about what we’re getting tonight. There’s also a
dance off between Emma and Summer Rae.
Before
the first match we’re told that Tyler Breeze IS IN THE BUILDING!
WOO!
the first match we’re told that Tyler Breeze IS IN THE BUILDING!
WOO!
US
Title: Adrian Neville vs. Dean Ambrose
Title: Adrian Neville vs. Dean Ambrose
Neville
is an NXT Tag Team Champion but for the sake of clarity only Ambrose
will be referred to as champion. Dean shoves him into the corner to
start but Neville shoves him right back. Adrian fires off kicks in
the corner but Dean rubs forearms across his face to escape. A
headscissors puts the champion down for a second but he pops up,
flips forward across the ring and comes out of the corner with a
cross body for two.
is an NXT Tag Team Champion but for the sake of clarity only Ambrose
will be referred to as champion. Dean shoves him into the corner to
start but Neville shoves him right back. Adrian fires off kicks in
the corner but Dean rubs forearms across his face to escape. A
headscissors puts the champion down for a second but he pops up,
flips forward across the ring and comes out of the corner with a
cross body for two.
Neville
hooks an armbar but Dean smacks him in the face to escape. Adrian
comes back with a quick slam and loads up the Red Arrow but Dean gets
away before it launches. Out to the floor they go and Ambrose
clotheslines him down as we take a break. Back with Dean dropping an
elbow for two and ramming a knee to the ribs. A running dropkick to
the chest gets two for the champion and it’s off to a surfboard hold.
hooks an armbar but Dean smacks him in the face to escape. Adrian
comes back with a quick slam and loads up the Red Arrow but Dean gets
away before it launches. Out to the floor they go and Ambrose
clotheslines him down as we take a break. Back with Dean dropping an
elbow for two and ramming a knee to the ribs. A running dropkick to
the chest gets two for the champion and it’s off to a surfboard hold.
Dean
chops away and sends him across the ring in a hard whip. A belly to
belly suplex gets two and we hit the chinlock. Back up and Adrian
hits a hard forearm before avoiding a charge in the corner. A high
cross body gets two and a quick running hurricanrana sends Dean to
the outside. Neville hits a BIG corkscrew dive to take Dean out and
there’s the Red Arrow but Shield runs in for the DQ at 8:20 shown of
10:05.
chops away and sends him across the ring in a hard whip. A belly to
belly suplex gets two and we hit the chinlock. Back up and Adrian
hits a hard forearm before avoiding a charge in the corner. A high
cross body gets two and a quick running hurricanrana sends Dean to
the outside. Neville hits a BIG corkscrew dive to take Dean out and
there’s the Red Arrow but Shield runs in for the DQ at 8:20 shown of
10:05.
Rating:
C+. Nice match here with
Neville getting to look good but not win the title. It’s a very
simple idea that doesn’t change anything officially but gives Neville
a rub which is what stars can do in NXT. It’s a good sign that
Neville can wrestle a full match with more than just the high spots
as the inability to do so has sunk a lot of other wrestlers.
C+. Nice match here with
Neville getting to look good but not win the title. It’s a very
simple idea that doesn’t change anything officially but gives Neville
a rub which is what stars can do in NXT. It’s a good sign that
Neville can wrestle a full match with more than just the high spots
as the inability to do so has sunk a lot of other wrestlers.
Post
match the Shield beats Neville down but Corey Graves and Xavier Woods
make the save.
match the Shield beats Neville down but Corey Graves and Xavier Woods
make the save.
Enzo
Amore and Colin Cassidy come up to Scott Dawson and Sylvester Lefort
to offer encouragement before Dawson’s match with Mason Ryan. Lefort
and Dawson leave and the same guy who was making faces behind Breeze
last week does a fist pump behind Amore and Cassidy.
Amore and Colin Cassidy come up to Scott Dawson and Sylvester Lefort
to offer encouragement before Dawson’s match with Mason Ryan. Lefort
and Dawson leave and the same guy who was making faces behind Breeze
last week does a fist pump behind Amore and Cassidy.
Time
for the dance contest and you should already know what’s coming here.
It’s exactly what you would expect: Summer does classically trained
dance moves, Emma responds with stuff like the Running Man and the
Chicken Dance and gets YES chants. They keep this one fast paced
though with the music never stopping and several back and forth
dances. Summer says stop the music and is told she got served.
for the dance contest and you should already know what’s coming here.
It’s exactly what you would expect: Summer does classically trained
dance moves, Emma responds with stuff like the Running Man and the
Chicken Dance and gets YES chants. They keep this one fast paced
though with the music never stopping and several back and forth
dances. Summer says stop the music and is told she got served.
She
wants her real music and does the Fandango, instantly winning over
the crowd. Emma says play her music, takes off the t-shirt she was
wearing to reveal her usual attire and does her dance to win the
contest. Apparently this makes Emma #1 contender. Summer attacks
her after losing as you would expect. This ran longer than I would
have expected at about six minutes, but it was much more entertaining
than most WWE dance offs. They kept this moving fast enough that it
never got stupid which is where WWE falls off. Also it doesn’t hurt
that Emma and Summer look like they do as opposed to say, Vickie.
wants her real music and does the Fandango, instantly winning over
the crowd. Emma says play her music, takes off the t-shirt she was
wearing to reveal her usual attire and does her dance to win the
contest. Apparently this makes Emma #1 contender. Summer attacks
her after losing as you would expect. This ran longer than I would
have expected at about six minutes, but it was much more entertaining
than most WWE dance offs. They kept this moving fast enough that it
never got stupid which is where WWE falls off. Also it doesn’t hurt
that Emma and Summer look like they do as opposed to say, Vickie.
Leo
Kruger promo, talking about being laughed at as a kid. Tonight when
he wins the NXT Title, people will be laughing at Bo Dallas instead.
Kruger promo, talking about being laughed at as a kid. Tonight when
he wins the NXT Title, people will be laughing at Bo Dallas instead.
Danny
Burch vs. Tyler Breeze
Burch vs. Tyler Breeze
Breeze
comes to the ring like he’s walking a runway and with camera shots
straight out of Zoolander. The fans think the entrance was awesome.
The bell rings twice for some reason and Burch comes out swinging.
Breeze ducks most of the shots and hits a quick enziguri. After
taking some pictures of himself it’s the spinwheel kick for the pin
at 42 seconds. Breeze is so over the top that he’s awesome.
comes to the ring like he’s walking a runway and with camera shots
straight out of Zoolander. The fans think the entrance was awesome.
The bell rings twice for some reason and Burch comes out swinging.
Breeze ducks most of the shots and hits a quick enziguri. After
taking some pictures of himself it’s the spinwheel kick for the pin
at 42 seconds. Breeze is so over the top that he’s awesome.
Breeze
lays on Burch to take another picture.
lays on Burch to take another picture.
Bo
Dallas finally starts acting like a heel by patronizing Renee Young,
saying Cesaro has a bright future. Also the loss last week is on
Sami Zayn for not being in there as a champion. Dallas claims to be
a former tag team champion and doesn’t remember filling in for an
injury. We get a few bars of Don’t Stop Bo-lieveing and he walks
off. THIS is the kind of character he needs to be, not whatever he’s
been doing for a few weeks now.
Dallas finally starts acting like a heel by patronizing Renee Young,
saying Cesaro has a bright future. Also the loss last week is on
Sami Zayn for not being in there as a champion. Dallas claims to be
a former tag team champion and doesn’t remember filling in for an
injury. We get a few bars of Don’t Stop Bo-lieveing and he walks
off. THIS is the kind of character he needs to be, not whatever he’s
been doing for a few weeks now.
Graves/Neville/Woods
vs. Shield and Mason Ryan vs. Scott Dawson next week.
vs. Shield and Mason Ryan vs. Scott Dawson next week.
Tyler
Breeze has LEFT the building.
Breeze has LEFT the building.
NXT
Title: Bo Dallas vs. Leo Kruger
Title: Bo Dallas vs. Leo Kruger
Dallas
can go up about 85 levels on the heel scale if he records Don’t Stop
Bo-lieving as his entrance music. Kruger goes straight to the floor
to start but suckers Bo into an attack in the corner. The fans are
entirely behind Kruger here as you would expect in a Bo Dallas match.
Bo comes back with some dropkicks and a cross body followed by a
northern lights suplex for two. We hit an armbar on Kruger as the
fans chant boring. Kruger fights him off and sends Bo to the floor
for a baseball slide as we take a break.
can go up about 85 levels on the heel scale if he records Don’t Stop
Bo-lieving as his entrance music. Kruger goes straight to the floor
to start but suckers Bo into an attack in the corner. The fans are
entirely behind Kruger here as you would expect in a Bo Dallas match.
Bo comes back with some dropkicks and a cross body followed by a
northern lights suplex for two. We hit an armbar on Kruger as the
fans chant boring. Kruger fights him off and sends Bo to the floor
for a baseball slide as we take a break.
Back
with Leo whipping Bo hard into the corner for two. A snap suplex
gets the same and Kruger drives in elbows to the head. Dallas breaks
up a superplex attempt and scores with a middle rope clothesline.
Fans: “YOU STILL SUCK!” Some clotheslines put Leo down but a
tornado bulldog is only good for two. A reverse DDT gets two more
and Bo pounds on Leo in the corner, basically turning heel mid match.
with Leo whipping Bo hard into the corner for two. A snap suplex
gets the same and Kruger drives in elbows to the head. Dallas breaks
up a superplex attempt and scores with a middle rope clothesline.
Fans: “YOU STILL SUCK!” Some clotheslines put Leo down but a
tornado bulldog is only good for two. A reverse DDT gets two more
and Bo pounds on Leo in the corner, basically turning heel mid match.
Kruger
starts Hulking Up and fires off right hands of his own followed by a
spinebuster for no cover. The Slice connects for two and Kruger puts
on the GC3 but Bo FINALLY makes a rope. Kruger pounds away but his
top rope splash hits knees. Dallas wraps his leg around Leo’s head
and cranks on the arm in a kneeling submission hold, drawing the tap
out at 8:36 shown of 11:14.
starts Hulking Up and fires off right hands of his own followed by a
spinebuster for no cover. The Slice connects for two and Kruger puts
on the GC3 but Bo FINALLY makes a rope. Kruger pounds away but his
top rope splash hits knees. Dallas wraps his leg around Leo’s head
and cranks on the arm in a kneeling submission hold, drawing the tap
out at 8:36 shown of 11:14.
Rating:
B-. It’s a really good sign
that Bo is turning heel as the fans were hating his face push.
Turning him into a condescending self obsessed jerk is a great way to
make him a heel, as long as they stick with it this time. Kruger
looked good and has potential as a good guy, but the voice isn’t
going to do him any favors.
B-. It’s a really good sign
that Bo is turning heel as the fans were hating his face push.
Turning him into a condescending self obsessed jerk is a great way to
make him a heel, as long as they stick with it this time. Kruger
looked good and has potential as a good guy, but the voice isn’t
going to do him any favors.
Overall
Rating: B. This show can be
summarized in one word: fun. Nothing was too serious here, the
matches were good, Tyler Breeze is so over the top that it’s hard to
not chuckle at him, the dance off was amusing and Dallas FINALLY
showed signs of being a heel. It’s so nice to be able to just enjoy
a wrestling show that doesn’t make you feel like the world is forever
changed off a single match. This was a very fun show that flew by,
as NXT continues to be awesome.
Rating: B. This show can be
summarized in one word: fun. Nothing was too serious here, the
matches were good, Tyler Breeze is so over the top that it’s hard to
not chuckle at him, the dance off was amusing and Dallas FINALLY
showed signs of being a heel. It’s so nice to be able to just enjoy
a wrestling show that doesn’t make you feel like the world is forever
changed off a single match. This was a very fun show that flew by,
as NXT continues to be awesome.
Results
Adrian
Neville b. Dean Ambrose via DQ when Shield interfered
Neville b. Dean Ambrose via DQ when Shield interfered
Tyler
Breeze b. Danny Burch – Spinwheel Kick
Breeze b. Danny Burch – Spinwheel Kick
Bo
Dallas b. Leo Kruger – Kneeling Elbow Submission
Dallas b. Leo Kruger – Kneeling Elbow Submission
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