BRM Reviews the 8/21/2014 NXT

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NXT TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINAL MATCH: Colin Cassady & Enzo Amore vs. The Vaudvillans-
Well... now we know who will be losing in the finals.
1. If you never give these guys more than three minutes, how are they supposed to learn. The only match with any of these four that I can remember that went more than five minutes was when Aiden English faced Sheamus.
2. Why was this even a match? All this does is guarantee a final match in which the outcome is never in doubt. Losing in the semi-finals won't hurt either of these teams. Why not do the short matches in the semis and then give us Zayn & Rose vs. Kalysto & Cara as the tournament finals? It's the biggest match of the tournament anyway!

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- The Legionnaires show up and shave part of Enzo's beard. This would have been a good angle except that a) I am SO SICK AND TIRED OF THIS FEUD (every damn match has been a squash!) and b) they didn't take anywhere near enough of his beard. It would take me maybe two weeks to grow that back (taking his hair would have been much better).

TRIPLE H SHOWS UP TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT- He announces the next live special, which will be in three weeks and will be called Takeover II. He claims it will be "unlike anything you have ever seen before." I will be a million dollars that this turns out to be untrue. He also announces that there will be a new GM as of Takeover II.

DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS TYLER BREEZE- GREAT!

TYSON KIDD vs. TYLER BREEZE- DUD!
Tyson takes it to Breeze, so Breeze walks out on the match. They rang the bell WAY too quickly or a count-out, so I'll assume the official result is Tyson wins via forfeit. I just don't see what this does for either guy, so all it was was a big letdown for those of us who were hoping for a great match.

CHARLOTTE vs. BECKY LYNCH- 1.25/10
They wrestled a bit, then Charlotte won. It wasn't bad, but wasn't really even mediocre either. Seriously,though... WHAT THE F*CK, NXT BOOKERS?! WHY ARE YOU NOT GIVING ME MORE ALEXA BLISS?!

ENZO AMORE PROMO- great. It will be Enzo vs. Lefort in a HAIR vs. HAIR MATCH at Takeover II!

MOJO RAWLEY vs. STEVE CUTLER- DUD!
Another pointless Mojo squash.

MOJO RAWLEY PROMO- bad. He was just trying WAY TOO HARD, and it came off as painfully over-dramatic.

NXT TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINAL MATCH: Adam Rose & Sami Zayn vs. Sin Cara & Kalysto- 5.75/10
There were a lot less Rosebuds than normal tonight. Also, all of tonight's Rosebuds looked fatter than the usual Rosebuds. Both sexes. Even the bunny looked wider than normal. It was very weird.
The match was too short (only about nine minutes). They really should have cut the Breeze vs. Kidd match or the Charlotte vs. Becky match. While the match itself might not have been what it could have been, it did function as a good showcase for Cara and Kalysto.

Not a good episode of NXT, and made all the more disappointing because of how much potential they squandered.