BRM Reviews the 6/17/2015 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

DUSTY RHODES MEMORIAL VIDEO PACKAGE- still awesome, even after having seen it about fifteen times at this point.

COLIN, ENZO, & CARMELLA PROMO- AWESOME!

COLIN CASSADY, ENZO AMORE, & CARMELLA vs. WESLEY BLAKE, BUDDY MURPHY, & ALEXA BLISS!- 3.5/10 (but fun)
This Alexa Bliss! heel turn just doesn’t process for me. My instincts to root for her are too strong!

SAMOA JOE PROMO- great!

JOE VS. OWENS HYPE VIDEO- great

WHO IS FINN BALOR: PART 1- who is this “Fergal Devitt” character and why is he breaking kayfabe?!
Why can’t he just be Finn Balor and his parents are Mr. & Mrs. Balor? Just like Brother Bella’s last name was Bella and not Garcia.

CHARLOTTE vs. CASSIE- squash
Cassie is Lance Storm trainee KC Cassidy. They didn’t mention a hometown in her intro here, but I assume that the “Bitchville” part of “Bitchville, Australia” will probably be changing soon.

DANA BROOKE PROMO- she REALLY needs to work on her delivery. She referred to herself as the “Total… Diva” and in that pause before she said “Diva” I was REALLY hoping she would say “Package.”

KEVIN OWENS vs. SAMOA JOE- 6.25/10
Holy crap they made that grounded rear headlock look fantastic! Basically this was two guys who knew they weren’t going to go to a satisfying finish, so they found a way to do something different with the intervening time while still saving all of their big stuff for the real showdown. (The idea probably comes from the headlock story in the Joe vs. Punk matches).

PULL APART AT THE END- awesome!

A good show from NXT.

[cero2k]

KEVIN OWENS vs. SAMOA JOE- 6.25/10
Holy crap they made that grounded rear headlock look fantastic! Basically this was two guys who knew they weren’t going to go to a satisfying finish, so they found a way to do something different with the intervening time while still saving all of their big stuff for the real showdown. (The idea probably comes from the headlock story in the Joe vs. Punk matches).

it's a recurring insider joke with Owens, he's mr chin lock in nxt or something, fans always pop hard for his chin locks for some reason

[Big Red Machine]

KEVIN OWENS vs. SAMOA JOE- 6.25/10
Holy crap they made that grounded rear headlock look fantastic! Basically this was two guys who knew they weren’t going to go to a satisfying finish, so they found a way to do something different with the intervening time while still saving all of their big stuff for the real showdown. (The idea probably comes from the headlock story in the Joe vs. Punk matches).

it's a recurring insider joke with Owens, he's mr chin lock in nxt or something, fans always pop hard for his chin locks for some reason

Did you see this chinlock? That's probably why.