BRM Reviews the 8/14/2014 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

TAG TEAM #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Bull Dempsey & Mojo Rawley vs. the Vaudevillans- 1/10
Well… the good news is that one these teams has to lose. The best case scenario, of course, would be a double DQ like Hogan and Andre at Wrestlemania IV.
Vaudevillans win, pinning Mojo. Bull Dempsey is not happy about this, so he attacks Mojo. The fans chant “thank you, Bull!” Creative has lost faith in him and even the NXT fans don’t care for him? Mojo probably doesn’t have too much time left in the WWE Universe.

BAYLEY & SASHA BACKSTAGE- poorly scripted crap. Breaking BFF up (especially the Charlotte-Sasha combo) was a HUGE mistake.

SASHA BANKS vs. BAYLEY-5/10
Sasha went out and got herself some very glittery gear? Is she going to feud with Alexa Bliss? Please?
If they are pushing Bayley as the #1 contender, she shouldn’t have gotten beaten up all match.

CHARLOTTE SHAKES BAYLEY’S HAND AFTER THE MATCH- NO! Don’t turn Charlotte face! STOP SCREWING UP THE WOMEN’S DIVISION!

TAG TEAM #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Sin Cara & Kalysto vs. Buddy Murphy & Wesley Blake- squash
So we have a main roster guy and the luchador of the future taking on two jobbers. Who do you think will win? Come to think of it, how did these jobbers even get booked in this tournament? At least Mojo & Bull had one tag team win together and had some wins individually.

LEGIONNAIRES PROMO- Marcus Louis actually gets to talk, and he was pretty good. At the end of the promo he said they were going to “French-ize” the tag team tournament, but because of his accent, it sounded like he said “Franchise,” which would mean they were being trained by Shane Douglas. Remember how well that worked out for the Naturals? Or an even better question: does anyone remember the Naturals at all?

NXT TITLE MATCH: Adrian Neville(c) vs. Tyler Breeze- 8/10
An awesome match. The DQ is obviously frustrating, but the set-up for it and the aftermath were both BEAUTIFUL!