BRM Reviews the 9/1/2016 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

JOE ISN’T CLEARED TO WRESTLE YET- he’s not happy.
Hooray for injuries actually mattering and/or being used as a kayfabe excuse to keep someone off the show/out of the ring.

TYE DILLENGER vs. BUDDY MURPHY- 4/10
My brain still hasn’t gotten used to the idea that hearing the Blake & Murphy music doesn’t mean that Alexa Bliss! will be coming out. This was a mechanically fine wrestling match between two people I just can’t bring myself to give a sh*t about.

KATHY CARUSO INTERVIEWS TOMMASO CIAMPA ABOUT GARGANO’S LEG INJURY- the Revival show up. Ciampa starts a fight that spills to the announcers’ desk area and then to the ring, with the Revival kicking Ciampa’s butt the whole time. That’s what you get when you start a fight two-on-one, moron.

STEVE CUTLER PROMO- fine.

KENNETH CRAWFORD vs. STEVE CUTLER- 4.5/10

HIDEO ITAMI PROMO- his grasp of the English language is fine, but his confidence with it is not, and thus his delivery came off as way too tentative when it should have been forceful.

TM61 VIDEO PACKAGE- generic

NO WAY JOSE vs. ANGELO DAWKINS- 4/10
You can add Angelo Dawkins to the list of people I will never give a sh*t about.

KATHY INTERVIEWS ADRADE ALMAS- Austin Aries shows up to be awesome. This resulted in Andrade challenging him to a match. Aries claims he didn’t hear him because Itami ruptured his eardrum.

LIV MORGAN vs. ALIYAH- 3.75/10
The match was fine for the time it got. Aliyah is a lot better than the last time we saw her (although it’d be pretty difficult not to be). Liv Morgan needs to get herself some real wrestling gear.

NO WAY JOSE INTERVIEW- Bobby Roode shows up. It was decent.

NAKAMURA PROMO- fine.

A dull show from NXT.