BRM Reviews the 12/11/2013 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

NXT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: The Ascension(c) vs. Hunico & Camacho- 5.5/10
I think they made a big mistake by giving Hunico and Camacho a tag team title shot so early. They are two best friends since childhood on a quest to become tag team champions together. That is the stuff of babyface dreams! Put them through hell for a few months, THEN have them challenge the Ascension.

KASSIUS OHNO vs. ALEXANDER RUSEV (w/Lana)- 4.5/10

NATALYA & BAILEY BACKSTAGE- good.

William Regal says that if Antonio Cesaro has a problem with him, he shouldn't take it out on Byron Saxton.

NATALYA & BAILEY vs. THE BEAUTIFUL FIERCE FEMALES (Sasha Banks & Summer Rae)- 3.75/10
The match was mostly shine, but Summer Rae and Sasha both know how to take a beating in a way that really entertains the audience. The heels come out with the clean win over Bailey (though there was a point where Nattie had the match won, so the babyfaces still look good).

LEO KRUGER PROMO- scary.

MOJO RAWLEY (GO TERPS!) vs. SCOTT DAWSON (w/Sylvester Lefort)- 3.25/10
The match was competent but short. Mojo NEEDS a better finisher. The seated senton only works if you are Yokozuna-sized. Rawley is not even close.
Scott Dawson beats him down after the match.

SAMI ZAYN vs. LEO KRUGER- 4.25/10
Kruger beats Sami 99% cleanly in about five minutes. I fail to see what this accomplishes. Kruger goes for a post-match beatdown, but Sami ducks and sends him over the top rope, then dives onto him. Refs coem out and separate them. This was completely ass-backwards! If the match is going to be short you have the babyface win via roll-up then have the heel jump him after the match to get the heat back!

A bad episode of NXT. Too many short matches.

STUPID ANNOUNCER QUOTES:
1. One of the announcers (not sure who, but it certainly wasn't Regal- might have been Alex Riley) called Mojo Rawley a "five tier talent," which I guess means that he is good no matter what level of the arena he is fighting on or something. Even more frustrating is thee fact that in his previous sentence he had gotten the phrase right (five tool talent). So rather than putting Rawley over as the future of the WWE, he put him over as a contender for the NXT Mezzanine Championship or something.