BRM Reviews the 1/27/2016 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

AMERICAN ALPHAS vs. BLAKE & MURPHY (w/Alexa Bliss!)- 4.25/10
Everyone involved in this match aside from Alexa has utterly atrocious, ugly gear.
Everything about that fake injury spot that led to the heat was f*cking awesome. Murphy’s selling, the camera showing us the signal and Gable seeing it coming and cutting of Blake but then getting clipped from behind by Murphy… BRILLIANT!
Unfortunately, the match didn’t last too much longer after that.

ALEX REYES INTERVIEWS DANA BROOKE & EMMA- good.
We’re getting Emma vs. Carmella next week.

LIV MORGAN vs. NIA JAX (w/Eva Marie)- DUD!
Boring squash.

CARMELLA, CASS, & ENZO PROMO- Carmella proves that I am not crazy in thinking that Dana Brooke looks like Miss Piggy. Colin & Enzo were good. While they were cutting their promos, Carmella totally failed at looking intimidating because she was wearing a winter cap that said “Fabulous” on it.

EVIL VAUDEVILLANS VIDOEO- they’ll be evil when we see them next.

BULL DEMPSEY vs. ALEX RILEY- 0.5/10
Hey. Alex Riley is back.

Rich Brennan asked the following question as if it was some sort of burning mystery: “Who and what is
The Drifter’ Elias Sampson?” What a stupid question! Who is he? He’s Elias Sampson. We’ve seen him before as a jobber. And what is he? He’s a professional wrestler.

ALEX RILEY PROMO- awesome!

“THE DRIFTER ELIAS SAMPSON vs. JOHN SKYLAR- squash

THE HYPE BROS ARGUE BACKSTAGE- they showed no indication that they even knew the camera was there. It was almost like a Raw backstage skit. Also, it was weird. It ended with Ryder yelling at Mojo to “STOP WATCHING ME SLEEP!”


#1 CONTENDERSHIP MATCH: Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin vs. Samoa Joe- 7.75/10
They do the “guy submits to two different submissions” spot, which is fine provided that this results in the obvious result, which is a singles match between the two. Regal’s whole “I’m going to have to go review the tape” answer was stupid. What is the tape going to show?

An okay episode of NXT.

[KILLdozer]

Mojo Rawley watches him sleep because when one stays hyped ss constant as he does-one does not and can not sleep.

[KILLdozer]

What if the finish leads to Joe V Zayn V Balor?

[Big Red Machine]

What if the finish leads to Joe V Zayn V Balor?

Or that. That would make sense, too.

[Big Red Machine]

Mojo Rawley watches him sleep because when one stays hyped ss constant as he does-one does not and can not sleep.

Yeah, but if he is hyped, you'd think he would go out and do something instead of just standing there and quietly watching Ryder sleep.

[cero2k]

Rich Brennan asked the following question as if it was some sort of burning mystery: “Who and what is
The Drifter’ Elias Sampson?” What a stupid question! Who is he? He’s Elias Sampson. We’ve seen him before as a jobber. And what is he? He’s a professional wrestler.

i don't know about that, he's a better guitar player than wrestler

[Big Red Machine]

Rich Brennan asked the following question as if it was some sort of burning mystery: “Who and what is
The Drifter’ Elias Sampson?” What a stupid question! Who is he? He’s Elias Sampson. We’ve seen him before as a jobber. And what is he? He’s a professional wrestler.

i don't know about that, he's a better guitar player than wrestler

So he's the opposite of Jeff Jarrett, which explains why he doesn't do the logical thing and just hit people with the guitar.