BRM Reviews the 1/1/2015 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

LUCHA DRAGONS vs. JASON JORDAN & TYE DILLENGER- 3/10
Short, but fun.

THE VAUDEVILLANS ATTACK THE TAG CHAMPS- they actually looked pretty vicious here.


BULL DEMPSEY & CJ PARKER BACKSTAGE- somehow, from these guy repeating the same thing about three times, one of the announcers determined that Dempsey had put a bounty out on Corbin,

ROYAL RUMBLE COMMERCIAL- bad. The song they have chosen is just atrocious.

CARMELLA PROMO- eh. The fans are already chanting for Blue Pants.

CARMELLA (w/Colin Cassaday & Enzo Amore) vs, BLUE PANTS- no rating, decent segment.
She even has a bottom third graphic that identifies her as "Blue Pants." Enzo accidentally distracts Carmella... AND BLUE PANTS ROLLS HER UP FOR THE WIN! The crowd goes wild! Carmella is pissed at Enzo and Cass has to hold her back.

COMMERCIAL FOR WWE TRUE GIANTS- and just a week too late to buy it for Ryback for Christmas.

CJ PARKER vs. BARON CORBIN- squash
Dempsey watches from the crowd. Corbin wins with his finisher, which is apparently now called the "End of Days." Listen up, everyone in wrestling: I am hereby declaring a moratorium on using that name for a finisher. It's been overused. If you want to name your finisher that, go think of something else.

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- Corbin challenged Dempsey to a fight (yes, he actually spoke), then dragged him over the guardrail so they could fight. Referees broke it up quickly.

REGAL ANNOUNCES THAT SAMI ZAYN WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK! YAY!

CURTIS AXEL INTERRUPTS REGAL- he asks to be booked. Regal booked him against Itami for next week. Axel thanked him.

DEVIN TAYLOR INTERVIEWS CHARLOTTE- She says that Charlotte has beaten everyone and asks what is left for her to do. Everyone? You know who she hasn't beaten? ALEXA BLISS!
Also Blue Pants. Thanks for that reminder, NXT crowd. She also hasn't beaten Carmella, now that I think about it. I don't think she's ever defended the title against Becky Lynch either.
She puts Sasha over, but Sasha and Becky come out to menace her, but Nattie comes out to make the preemptive save.

SAMI ZAYN PROMO- great.

RENEE YOUNG INTERVIEWS KEVIN OWENS- good

THE ASCENSION vs. HIDEO ITAMI & FINN BALOR- 7.25/10
Before the match, they played a hilarious video of Itami asking Balor about his body paint a Takeover: R Evolution. Between that and the announcers in this match, they gently put over the idea that the paint is some dark side of Balor.
Balor was the babyface in peril. The people REALLY want to see Itami use the GTS. Devitt stole Tanahashi's Slingblade.


A good show from NXT.