NXT
Date:
October 17, 2012
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators:
Byron Saxton, William Regal
Reviewed by Tommy Hall
Things
have kind of reset after last week and now we need a new challenger
for Rollins and the NXT Title. Other than that we had Punk here last
week who really didn't do all that much. The good thing about last
week's episode was that the show stood alone but it had some great
stuff on it. Hopefully that keeps up tonight. Let's get to it.
We
open with a recap of last week's main event with Rollins successfully
defending against McGillicutty.
Alex
Riley vs. Jinder Mahal
This
is before the 3MB phase began for Mahal and is apparently the first
time he's been on NXT since he lost in the title tournament final.
Feeling out process to start with Mahal working over the arm. Riley
does exactly the same as the first minute is pretty even. They mix
things up with a headlock and Riley dropkicks him down with one foot
to the stomach and one to the chest.
A
middle rope shoulder gets two for Alex as Regal is talking about his
family singing in the bathroom. You certainly can't say he lets
things stay dull. Mahal drives knees into the chest for two and it's
off to a chinlock. Out of absolutely nowhere, Riley grabs a rollup
and gets the big upset at 3:50.
Rating:
C+. I like Riley and for the
life of me I don't get why the guy can't get on TV more often. Even
when he's jobbing, the guy gets at least a small reaction which is
more than you can say for a lot of people. I was really surprised to
see him win here, as Mahal was the top heel on NXT just a few weeks
ago. More Riley is fine with me.
Post
match Mahal beats up Riley and puts him in the camel clutch.
Jake
Carter vs. Trent Barretta
This
was set up in a backstage segment last week. Regal talks about Vader
training Carter (his son) since he was a kid and now it's paying off
apparently. Trent takes him to the mat with a headlock to start but
Carter shoves him off and pounds away in the corner to take over. If
there is ever a guy who you wouldn't associate with his father based
on his look and gimmick, Carter would be near the top of such a list.
Jake hooks a chinlock but gets suplexed down by Trent.
An
enziguri puts Carter down again and the fans are behind Trent. Not
that it works that well as Carter takes his head off with a
clothesline but the fans were indeed behind him. Carter loads up a
belly to back superplex but gets knocked to the mat. A Whisper in
the Wind gets two for Trent but he walks into a belly to belly
overhead suplex for two. Another suplex is escaped and Trent hits a
running boot/knee to the face for the pin at 6:28.
Rating:
C+. This was another good match
with a guy that I like who isn't on TV enough. Trent is a guy who
seems like he's having a great time out there and looks incredibly
smooth at the same time. Carter isn't quite clicking for me but he
certainly isn't terrible. I think being Vader's son hurts him a bit
because you expect someone similar to Vader, but he's got a long way
to go to get that close to Vader's level.
Here's
Sandow who says George Washington would be ashamed of everyone here.
He thinks the fans boo him because they know he's right.
Damien
Sandow vs. Brandon Traven
I
think I got the jobber's last name right. Damien takes it to the mat
to start and they trade some basic holds. Sandow misses a
clothesline but runs to the corner to avoid a right hand. Damien
takes it back to the mat and works on a headlock before stomping away
a bit. Traven misses a dropkick and Sandow snaps, punching Traven
down and raking his face with a knee. Off to a chinlock followed by
some knees to the chest and then right back to the chinlock by
Sandow. Traven gets in some jobber offense but misses a knee drop.
The wind up elbow and the Terminus neckbreaker get the pin at 6:07.
Rating:
C. This was just a squash and
that's all it should have been. Sandow is a guy who has a lot of
upside and while his in ring stuff isn't great, it's good enough to
get by when you have a solid gimmick like he's got. The more I see
of his singles stuff, the less I care for the Rhodes Scholars team,
as Sandow is more than entertaining on his own.
Ascension/Kassius
Ohno vs. Richie Steamboat/Usos
Main
event time. Steamboat charges at the ring to get at Ohno and we take
a break during the brawl. We come back with Cameron controlling
Steamboat before tagging in to Ohno. Steamboat starts his comeback
and Ohno immediately runs away. It's off to O'Brien vs. Jey and
O'Brien can't hurt Jey head. I miss racial stereotypes in wrestling.
Conor takes him down into a bodyscissors instead to take over.
Jey
gets put in a chinlock as we take a break. Back with Conor kicking
Jey in the head from the apron and Cameron dropping an elbow for two.
Off to Ohno who stomps away in the corner for two. We hit the
cravate and then a front facelock and Jey crawls for the corner, only
to get dragged back to the wrong part of town. Back to Conor for
more beating but Jey grabs a quick kind of Angle Slam move into a
rollup for two.
Cameron
comes in and gets caught in a backslide for two but Jey still can't
make the tag. This is quite a beatdown. JR says most people would
have folded their tent by now, which launches Regal into stories of
his carnival days. Back to Ohno but Jey punches his way to the
corner for the hot tag to Steamboat. Richie destroys Kassius as
everything breaks down. The Usos hit stereo dives onto Ascension on
the floor but Ohno hits the spinning forearm (called OBE, or One
Behind the Ear) for the pin at 10:16 shown of 12:46.
Rating:
C-. This one missed for me. I
don't know if it's because I really don't like Ohno or if it's
something else, but I had problems making myself care about this.
Ascension and the Usos continue to be entertaining, but I'm having a
really hard time making myself care about Steamboat vs. Ohno. That
elbow to the head looked even worse than usual today.
Overall
Rating: B. This was another
good show although not as good as last week. NXT is 45 minutes of
pretty good wrestling with almost no stupid stuff at all. The main
event was probably the weakest of all the matches and it certainly
wasn't bad. The one thing NXT is very good at is mixing things up
from week to week. It keeps things on the show from getting worn out
and stale, which is one of WWE's biggest problems anymore.
Results
Alex
Riley b. Jinder Mahal – Rollup
Trent
Barretta b. Jake Carter – Running knee to the face
Damien
Sandow b. Brandon Traven – Terminus
Ascension/Kassius
Ohno b. Usos/Richie Steamboat – OBE to Steamboat
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