JOE-BALOR CONTRACT SIGNING- great
Joe’s music just plain doesn’t work for a heel. Finn’s promo was pretty great. There were WAY too many camera cuts during that brawl, though.
NXT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder(c) vs. The Vaudevillans- 3.5/10
It was a bit of heat, a couple of roll-ups for the Vaudevillans, then Dash & Dawson hit their finisher to retain.
POST-MATCH SEGMENT- Enzo & Cass make their return and get revenge on Dash & Dawson.
TOM PHILLIPS INTERVIEWS EVA MARIE- bad
She referred to herself “literally” “the hottest” prospect. I screamed “YOU MEAN FIGURATIVELY!” at the top of my lungs.
Eva introduces Nia Jax as her new pal, meaning that once again those bastards in WWE have preempted something I was about to do in my fantasy booking (hint: a certain female is about to get a large, Samoan bodyguard).
A GUY PLAYS A GUITAR- that beard belongs to pre-2009 heel turn Austin Aries. Hmmm…
ASUKA vs. DANA BROOKE (w/Emma)- no rating. Good segment.
Emma jumped Asuka from behind. Asuka made a comeback, but then Emma jumped her from behind again and put her in the Emma Lock.
TOM PHILLIPS INTERVIEWS BAYLEY- Very good
Bayley refers to “WWE corporate” once again. I guess that’s their code word for “the Authority” without making Triple H a heel.
SAMI ZAYN RETURN VIDEO- F*CK YEAH!
APOLLO CREWS vs. A JOBBER- squash
APOLLO CREWS PROMO- good.
He wants a match with Corbin
BARON CORBIN PROMO- very good.
We’re getting that match at Takeover: London.
Charles Robinson has been sent by “WWE corporate” to replace the NXT ref assigned to his match.
HOLY SH*T THEY’RE ABOUT TO SCREW BAYLEY!
Joe vs. Ciampa next week. I believe that is a first time ever match.
You MUST see this match BEFORE reading any further to fully enjoy this match.
NXT WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH: Bayley(c) vs. Eva Marie (w/Nia Jax)-
Hidden text.
NIA JAX ATTACKS BAYLEY- I guess she will be Bayley’s next challenger.
A good show from NXT, simply because of that main event.
Corey Graves angrily buried Rich Brennan and Byron Saxton as “people who think things could be done better” and said that such people likely “post on message boards.” That’s us they’re burying right there, and they’re so confident in their arrogance that their ideas are so obviously the right ones and us stupid fans aren’t reacting to it correctly, so everything is our fault, not theirs.
