BRM Reviews the 10/23/2014 NXT

[Big Red Machine]

THE ASCENSION vs. TYE DILLENGER & JASON JORDAN- DUD! (on principle)
Squash.
I don't think I've made this comparison yet (though I know that others have been for a while), but I figure that all of the talk recently about The Ascension being brought up to the main roster makes now is as good a time as any to start. When Batista was in OVW, all they had him do was wrestle squash matches. As a result of this, when they brought him up to the main roster and wanted him to work equal matches that went more than five minutes against guys who he would actually have to sell for like Kane and Scott Steiner, he stunk.

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- Hideo Itami comes out to fight the Ascension but gets beaten up because it is two-on-one.

CJ PARKER vs. TYLER BREEZE- 1.5/10
Short. Mojo Rawley came out to watch the match. His mean face is terrible.

TITUS O'NEIL PROMO- good. Devin seems quite enamored with Titus. Unfortunately for her, there seem to be some physical barriers to their relationship. Most notably, she should need to be standing on a ladder in order for them to copulate, which would be horribly unsafe.

THE VAUDVILLANS vs. TEAM THICK (Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy)- 2/10
I'm much more behind Blake and Murphy than I am the Vaudvillans. They bore the hell out of me. They're like a CHIKARA gimmick without any of the charm or corresponding ring-work.

BAILEY vs. SASHA BANKS- 3.5/10
A short match, but great stuff from Sasha throughout. After winning, she continues to take it to Bailey until Becky Lynch comes out to make the save. Then Becky attacks Bailey, too. BEST! DAY! EVER!

CARMELLA, ENZO, & COLIN BACKSTAGE- great. Also, we're getting Emma vs. Carmella at some point.

NXT TILE MATCH: Adrian Neville(c) vs. Titus O'Neil- 4/10
Yeah. Titus O'Neil's bearhug looked REALLY bad.

POST-MATCH SEGMENT- Sami Zayn came out and said he wanted a shot at the NXT Title. Neville said okay. Sami said he would win the title soon. Neville said Sami couldn't win the big one. It was hard to take any of this seriously because Sami appeared to be wearing eye-liner, which was very distracting.

A very bad episode of NXT... but at least Bailey got the sh*t kicked out of her!