BRM Reviews the 9/9/2015 NXT
Posted: Sep 10th, '15, 20:44
CARMELLA vs. PEYTON ROYCE- 2.25/10
I love how Carmella took Enzo’s great intro for her and tried to add some dramatic flair to it, thus completely ruining it.
I’m almost certain these two wrestled a few weeks ago but Royce had a different name. The match was not very good.
JOE & BALOR BACKSTAGE- pointless
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC MATCHES AT AN NXT HOUSE SHOW- great! That right there tells me that NXT house shows matter. I actually advocated TNA doing this for the Bound For Glory Series, but they rarely ever did.
NIA JAX VIDEO- same thing we’ve seen for a few weeks now.
DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Tyler Breeze & Bull Dempsey vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano- 3.25/10
I’m trying to come up with a clever name for Breeze and Dempsey, but the best I’ve got is “Gorgeous and Enormous” which isn’t very good. If this was PWG, I assume they would name the team “Two Husky Black Guys.”
They had a bid of a good story going with Breeze getting over his head and tagging Dempsey in to get himself out of trouble, but after the commercial break they forgot all that and the match was mostly dull. Then Breeze and Dempsey had a miscue which resulted in Dempsey being rolled up, but there was so much time between the distraction and the roll-up and he had taken so little damage that I was shocked when he didn’t kick out. Breeze attacked Dempsey after the match.
LUCHA DRAGONS PROMO- good stuff, but them doing the “Lu-cha!” chant alone backstage was dumb.
DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS DANA BROOKE- long and boring. Also, there was at least once when she said “NXT Champion” instead of “NXT Women’s Champion.” She also stole the Dollhouse’s catchphrase.
TYE DILLENGER VIDEO PACKAGE- yeah… since when were we supposed to care about this guy?
BILLIE KAY vs. DANA BROOKE- 4.5/10
I think this is what the earlier women’s match was going for. It was a perfectly competent but low-key wrestling match.
DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS APOLLO CREWS- he calls his fans the “Apollo Nation” which is SOOOO much lamer than calling them “Crews’ Crew.”
DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Finn Balor & Samoa Joe vs. The Lucha Dragons- 6.5/10
This match was taped at a Smackdown in Providence, RI, and thus had the Smackdown announce crew.
Rich Brennan claimed that Joe and Balor trained together at Inoki’s LA dojo. He also said that they’ve known each other for eight years. I’m certain that at least one of those two statements is false. Jimmy Uso was also quite bad.
Another very blah episode of NXT. It’s starting to feel like a developmental show again with a bunch of short matches.
I love how Carmella took Enzo’s great intro for her and tried to add some dramatic flair to it, thus completely ruining it.
I’m almost certain these two wrestled a few weeks ago but Royce had a different name. The match was not very good.
JOE & BALOR BACKSTAGE- pointless
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC MATCHES AT AN NXT HOUSE SHOW- great! That right there tells me that NXT house shows matter. I actually advocated TNA doing this for the Bound For Glory Series, but they rarely ever did.
NIA JAX VIDEO- same thing we’ve seen for a few weeks now.
DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Tyler Breeze & Bull Dempsey vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano- 3.25/10
I’m trying to come up with a clever name for Breeze and Dempsey, but the best I’ve got is “Gorgeous and Enormous” which isn’t very good. If this was PWG, I assume they would name the team “Two Husky Black Guys.”
They had a bid of a good story going with Breeze getting over his head and tagging Dempsey in to get himself out of trouble, but after the commercial break they forgot all that and the match was mostly dull. Then Breeze and Dempsey had a miscue which resulted in Dempsey being rolled up, but there was so much time between the distraction and the roll-up and he had taken so little damage that I was shocked when he didn’t kick out. Breeze attacked Dempsey after the match.
LUCHA DRAGONS PROMO- good stuff, but them doing the “Lu-cha!” chant alone backstage was dumb.
DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS DANA BROOKE- long and boring. Also, there was at least once when she said “NXT Champion” instead of “NXT Women’s Champion.” She also stole the Dollhouse’s catchphrase.
TYE DILLENGER VIDEO PACKAGE- yeah… since when were we supposed to care about this guy?
BILLIE KAY vs. DANA BROOKE- 4.5/10
I think this is what the earlier women’s match was going for. It was a perfectly competent but low-key wrestling match.
DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS APOLLO CREWS- he calls his fans the “Apollo Nation” which is SOOOO much lamer than calling them “Crews’ Crew.”
DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC FIRST-ROUND MATCH: Finn Balor & Samoa Joe vs. The Lucha Dragons- 6.5/10
This match was taped at a Smackdown in Providence, RI, and thus had the Smackdown announce crew.
Rich Brennan claimed that Joe and Balor trained together at Inoki’s LA dojo. He also said that they’ve known each other for eight years. I’m certain that at least one of those two statements is false. Jimmy Uso was also quite bad.
Another very blah episode of NXT. It’s starting to feel like a developmental show again with a bunch of short matches.
