Last week's show saw the escalation of several feuds including Sami Zayne vs. Corey Graves, CJ Parker vs. Mojo Rawley, Bayley and Natalya vs. the BFF's, and Tyler Breeze vs. Xavier Woods. This week's show features a NXT Championship rematch between Adrian Neville and Bo Dallas, a match between Parker and Rawley, and a legacy vs. legacy match in Natalya vs. Charlotte. NXT is gaining more momentum every week, This week is bound to be epic as the feuds mentioned above come to a boiling point.
Tonight's show starts with a recap of Adrianne Neville's championship victory over Bo Dallas from NXT Arrival. It also shows Bo Dallas reminding Neville that he never pinned him for the title and challenging him to a rematch.
The first match is Mojo Rawley vs. CJ Parker
MATCH: Mojo Rawley vs. CJ Parker
The match starts out with Rawley hyping up the crowd. Parker gets behind Rawleyt and shoves him in the ropes. Rawley reverses but meets a big boot for a 2 count. Parker delivers a big right hand, sending Rawley to the corner. He drives Rawley's head into the turnbuckle and delivers a boot to the midsection. Parker takes Rawley to the opposite turnbuckle and does the same thing. Rawley reverses and goes for the splash in the corner. Parker moves and gets the 2 count. Parker keeps Rawley in the corner and delivers a flurry of blows. He follows with a double knee to the corner. Rawley fights back with a big splash in the corner followed by a shoulder block. Rawley hits the hyper drive for the three count.
WINNER: Mojo Rawley via Pinfall
CJ Parker flips out in the middle of the ring after the match.
A video recap plays of Corey Graves attack on Sami Zayn. It shows Zayn getting evaluated by the WWE doctor backstage. The doctor says the concussion symptoms had subsided rather quickly.
A graphic plays for Dallas vs. Neville followed by one for Woods vs. Tyler Breeze coming up next.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Xavier Woods making his way to the ring.
MATCH: Xavier Woods vs. Tyler Breeze
The fans chant for Breeze as the match begins. The two lock up and are equally matched. Woods drives Breeze to the corner and the ref separates them. Breeze fights back with a boot to the midsection and a headlock. He drives woods to the mat with a shoulder block. He goes for a suplex but Woods rolls him up for a 2 count. He follows with a headlock. Woods ducks a clothesline and hits the headscissors takedown. He takes out Breeze's legs and slingshots him to the corner for a 2 count. Breeze fights back with a jawbreaker and bulldogs Woods to the middle turnbuckle for a 2 count. Woods fights back with an elbow to the face. He sweeps out Breeze's legs and nearly decapitates Breeze with a shining wizard to the head. Woods goes for his finisher but Breeze moves. Breeze hits the Beauty Shot for the 3 count.
WINNER: Tyler Breeze via Pinfall
Bo Dallas is interviewed backstage. He says that Neville has his championship and reiterates that he didn't really win the title, he simply unhooked it from the ceiling. He says he is going to be champion once again.
A recap plays of Grave's beat down of Tatsu from 2 weeks ago.
MATCH: Corey Graves vs. Yoshi Tatsu
Tatsu goes after Graves who runs out of the ring. Graves gets back in and begins an aggressive offense. He drives Tatsu to the corner. Tatsu reverses and delivers several blows to Graves in the corner. He follows with a big chop. He goes to the top rope and hits a brain buster. He drives graves to the corner. Graves fights out and takes Tatsu's knee out. He drives him to the mat with a knife edge chop. Graves continues to work on Tatsu's knee. He drives a fist to Tatsu's head and gets him in a submission hold. Tatsu fights back with a chop and headbutt. He sends Graves into the rope but Graves dives at Tatsu's knee. With Tatsu on the mat, Graves puts him in the Lucky 13 for the submission.
WINNER: Corey Graves via Submission
Graves gets on the mic and says that Zayn should get the message from last week and that he should stay down.
A graphic plays for Natalya vs. Charlotte coming up next. Its announced that Bret Hart will be ringside to accompany Natalya.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Charlotte making her way to the ring with Sasha Banks.
MATCH: Natalya vs. Charlotte
Charlotte shove Natalya by the face. Natalya gets her in the headlock but Charlotte fights out and gets Natalya in a headscissors. Natalya fights back and gets Charlotte in the armbar. Charlotte fights back with another headscissors. CNatalya fights back and gets Natalya in a wrist lock. Natalya fights back and rolls up Charlotte in for a 2 count. She hits a dropkick for a 2 count. Natalya sends Charlotte to the corner and delivers a spinning clothesline and Charlotte makes her way across the ring. Charlotte fights back and starts working on Natalya's left knee. She covers Natalya for a 2 count. Natalya rolls up Charlotte for the 2 count as she goes for the figure four. Charlotte drives Natalya to the mat for the 2 count and locks in a submission. Natalya fights out but is takin down to the mat by Charlotte. She stomps Natalya in the midsection and goes for the figure four again. Natalya reverses into a Sharpshooter. Sasha Banks interferes and gets Charlotte disqualified.
WINNER: Natalya via Pinfall
Natalya gets Sasha in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Bret Hart looks on in approval.
Adrian Neville is interviewed backstage. He is asked how he will fare in a regular match in a regular match against Bo Dallas. He says he has the momentum and will pick up the victory.
A graphic plays for a match next week between Graves and Zayn.
MATCH: Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville
The two square off. Dallas takes down Neville and pins Neville. He kicks out before the 1 count.They lock up and Neville is sent to the mat. They lock up again and Dallas is sent to the mat. They lock up once more and Neville is driven into the corner. Neville fights out and does a back handspring across the ring. Neville goes to the top rope but Dallas rolls out of the ring. Neville hits a huge moonsault to the outside. Back in the ring Neville ducks a clothesline and rolls up Dallas for a 2 count. Dallas sends Neville to the outside.
Dallas goes to the outside and nails Neville with a clothesline. He rolls Neville back in the ring for the 2 count. Dallas delivers a series of knees to Neville's head fora 2 count. He gets on top of Neville and deliver several right hands. He gets another 2 count.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Dallas in control. Neville fights back but is met with another huge clothesline from Dallas. Dallas gets the 2 count and tries 2 more time to pin Neville. He kicks out at 2 each time. Neville goes to the apron and hits a high kick to Dallas' head. Neville hits a sunset flip for a 2 count. Dallas reverses and almost gets the 3 count but the ref sees him holding onto the rope. NEville fights back as Dallas goes for the DDT. He delivers a big kick to Bo's head on the mat. Neville goes to the apron and hits a big forearm from the top rope. Neville hits an uppercut to a cornered Dallas. He tries to whip Dallas to the opposite corner but Dallas holds on and hits a big forearm. Neville hits one of his own. Neville nearly runs into the ref from an irish whip but stops. Dallas rolls him up for a 2 count. Neville sends Dallas to the mat and climbs to the top rope. He goes for the corkscrew shooting star press but Dallas puts his knees up for the 2 count. Dallas hooks Neville's arms and sets him up for the DDT. Neville drives Dallas to the corner. Dallas reverses and sends him to the corner. Neville hits him with a back kick. Neville goes to the top rope and hits what looked like a reverse 450 splash for the 3 count.
WINNER: Adrian Neville via Pinfall
REVIEW
This episode of NXT definitely had some highs and lows. I would have like to see a longer match between Parker and Rawley and a different winner. Rawley's finishing move is ridiculous in my opinion, but it does fit his character I suppose. Natalya and Charlotte put on a decent performance. Natalya should just stick with wrestling on NXT as the women there actually wrestle. Graves and Tatsu was a short match but entertaining. It helped showcase the brutality of Graves and built up his match next week against Zayn. I can't wait for that one. Neville and Dallas put on a great match and solidified Neville's place atop the NXT food chain. Dallas's straight forward style juxtaposed great with Neville's high flying tactics. This juxtaposition was even more pronounced in this match without the ladders in play.
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