ALEX REYES INTERVIEWS DANA BROOKE & EMMA- dull
FINN BALOR
COLIN & ENZO PROMO- good
REVIVAL PROMO- okay
WE’RE GETTING AN NXT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH AT ROADBLOCK!
SANTANA GARRETT vs. EMMA (w/Dana Brooke)- 4.75/10
Garrett last a hell of a lot longer than I expected her to.
REGAL MEETS WITH EVA MARIE & NIA JAX- awesome!
This was a subtle but fantastic segment. Regal said that they were right: they deserved to be “treated like big stars”… and Eva said “that’s all I’ve really wanted.” BRILLIANT line.
Regal then turned their happiness on its head by announcing that they will be facing the team of Bayley and Asuka.
AUSTIN ARIES DEBUTS ON NXT!
Also, based on that logo, I think Aries might secretly be Captain America.
CORBIN JUMPS ARIES! END OF DAYS ON THE FLOOR! Well… I guess we know who Aries’ first Takeover match will be against.
“THE DRIFTER” ELIAS SAMPSON vs. STEVE CUTLER- DUD!
They are playing up Cutler’s history as a US Marine to get him over, so I guess he is being promoted from jobber. Or not.
This was an extremely boring squash.
The drifter sucks at playing air guitar. He should take some lessons from Hulk Hogan or Hiroshi Tanahashi. And while he’s learning air guitar, he could take some wrestling lessons from one of those two as well.
HYPE BROS PROMO- wow. We’re getting Hype Bros vs. Vaudevillans. That’s quite the clash of personalities. Mojo Rawley was very subdued here. Well… very subdued for Mojo, anyway.
AND IT TURNS OUT THE VAUDEVILLANS WERE SPYING ON THEM THE WHOLE TIME- this was SOOOOOOOOOO F*CKING LAME!
FINN BALOR vs. ADRIAN NEVILLE- 8.5/10
Lots of speculation about the “Bullet Club” “coming to NXT” by the announcers.
This match was super-awesome and made me so sad that Neville got called up to the main roster.
ALEX REYES INTERVIEWS SAMOA JOE & SAMI ZAYN- great, but this didn't need to air after the main event.
A GREAT show from NXT, but mainly on the strength of the must-see main event.