-So after reading some reviews of recent NXT shows, I'm taking an interest in the show. Don't want to try jumping in without knowing what's going on, I've decided to start from the beginning of the new NXT as the show went from the competition show to developmental on TV.
-From (as always now) Full Sail University in Orlando, FL
-William Regal introduces JR, who brings out interim NXT GM Dusty Rhodes. Dusty announces the blockbuster main event of Tyson Kidd VS Michael McGuillicutty.
-Bo Dallas profile video. He's still boring.
-This must have been the week before the 1,000th Raw, since it's heavily pimped, including Lawler introducing his favorite Raw "moment" of Vince being in the hospital and getting annoyed by Mankind and attacked by Dr. Austin.
-Match 1: Bo Dallas VS Rick Victor
-Poor Victor doesn't even get an intro. JR mentions that Dallas is "young, single, & hungry". Not sure what his marital status has to do with anything. Regal puts Victor over as the latest "last survivor of the Hart Dungeon". Victor gets an arm wringer, but Dallas fights out. Victor lands a cheap shot in the corner and a chop that draws some "oooo"s. Dallas fights back as Regal mentions that Dallas split his kidney during a match. I'm sure that felt GREAT. Dallas lands a couple throws and a spear to finish at 2:19. JR & Regal put Dallas over big on commentary, but this wasn't a particularly impressive squash.
-Briley Pierce gets some words from Dallas about his win. He advises everyone to keep watching because we will know Bo.
-Hype video for Seth Rollins, who debuts next week. He says some things that are meant to be "deep" but end up sounding like bad high school poetry.
-Antonio Cesaro (who was already winning squashes on Smackdown at this point) will also be on next week's show. The video was actually pretty good and should have aired on Smackdown to get the crowds to know him a little.
-Match 2: Damien Sandow VS Jason Jordan
-Sandow deems Jordan an unworthy opponent, and refuses to wrestle him.
-The Ascension rises next.
-RAW REBOUND: John Cena sends Big Johnny into the sunset with a beatdown.
-Match 3: The Ascension (Kenneth Cameron & Connor O'Brien) VS Mike Dalton & CJ Parker
-Ascension's entrance is supposed to be scary, but it comes off as more a combo of Kevin Thorn & Glacier. Ascension beat the shit out of Parker, finishing him with The Downcast, a chinbreaker by Cameron that sends him into a flapjack by O'Brien at 1:15. Another squash, but holy hell that finish is weak sauce.
-Pretty cool Bray Wyatt promo. I've heard good things about him, and that video is already more interesting than anything he did as Husky Harris.
-Derrick Bateman meats Johnny "Fandango" Curtis in the bathroom. Curtis was throwing up because he's worried about what he's going to do to Bateman in the main event next week. Regal is disgusted because Curtis didn't wash his hands.
-Match 4: Michael McGuillicutty VS Tyson Kidd
-Pretty slow start until Kidd gets a fancy takedown and forces McGuillicutty to go to the ropes. McGuillicutty wins a Greco-Roman knuckle lock, but Kidd escapes with a nifty arm drag. McGuillicutty comes back, and hits a snap suplex for one. Kidd clotheslines McGuillicutty out over the top, then hits a suicide dive as we go to commercial.
Back from break, Kidd is still in charge, and he hits a leg lariat for two. McGuillicutty catches Kidd with a knee to the head, and hits a ropes-assisted hangman's neckbreaker for two. McGuillicutty pounds away, then Kidd takes Uncle Bret's bump off an Irish Whip, and that gets two for McGuillicutty. Kidd gets a rollup for one, but McGuillicutty fires back with a clothesline to the back of the neck for two. Kidd gets tied to the Tree of Woe, and McGuillicutty works him over, getting two off that. Back to the Tree of Woe, but Kidd sits up to avoid a baseball slide, and McGuillicutty crotches himself on the ringpost. Kidd lands a series of kicks, and gets two. Kidd tries a springboard, but gets met with a dropkick for two. Kidd gets set up top, but kicks McGuillicutty off him, and hits a moonsault for two. McGuillicutty grabs the apron to avoid a submission hold, then hits a Saito suplex for two. McGuillicutty gets a Sharpshooter, but Kidd gets the ropes. Kidd blocks a PerfectPlex with a small package for two, then finishes with the Dungeon Lock at 13:43 shown. That's a pretty sweet submission. Too bad Kidd will never have the opportunity to break it out on a show people actually watch.
-FINAL THOUGHTS: Not much to this show. The main event picked up pretty nicely towards the end. The two squashes before it weren't particularly inspiring, but knowing that Rollins debuts next week and that Bray Wyatt is coming makes me want to keep watching these, and that's all you can really ask for.
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