Anyone watching NXT? I wanted to but I have missed a bunch (need to catch up sometime). Tapings seem like my boy Seth Rollins is getting a good push
http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/sp...gets-underway/
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Jim Ross, William Regal, and Byron Saxton arrived for commentary.
Dark match
* Alex Riley defeated Antonio Cesaro w/Aksana via the TKO.
Episode 1
* A video is shown featuring the participants in the NXT title tournament. They are Bo Dallas, Richie Steamboat, Jinder Mahal, Tyler Reks, Drew McIntyre, Michael McGillicutty and Justin Gabriel
[clearly they have screwed up the entrants list]
* Richie Steamboat defeated Leo Kruger with the Sling Blade to advance in the tournament.
* Big E. Langston squashed Adam Mercer.
* Raquel Diaz defeated Audrey Marie via Gory Bomb. After, Raquel drew an L on Audrey’s forehead with lipstick.
* Mike Dalton & Jason Jordan defeated Hunico & Camacho via Dalton countering Hunico tossing Dalton in the air towards Camacho for a powerbomb attempt, but Dalton countered the powerbomb with a hurricanrana pinfall.
* Seth Rollins defeated Drew McIntyre via the Blackout to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
Episode 2
* Michael McGillicutty defeated Justin Gabriel via McGuillicutter to advance to the semifinals in the tournament.
* Kassius Ohno defeated CJ Parker via Rolling Elbow.
* Jinder Mahal defeated Bo Dallas via Camel Clutch to advance in the tournament.
Episode 3
* Paige & Tamina Snuka defeated Kaitlyn & Kaylee Turner via Small Package by Paige on Kaylee.
* Heath Slater came out to issue an open challenge which was answered by Orlando’s own Scotty Too Hotty
* Scotty Too Hotty defeated Heath Slater via The Worm.
* The Usos beat Kenneth Cameron & Conor O’Brian by DQ when Conar pushed one of the Usos of the top rope to the floor when he wasn’t the legal man. After, they hit Total Elimination on the other Uso.
* Jinder Mahal defeated Richie Steamboat via Camel Clutch to advance to the finals of the tournament.
* Seth Rollins defeated Michael McGillicutty via Blackout to advance to the finals of the NXT Championship Tournament.
* Afterwards, Jinder Mahal came out and stared at Rollins. Dusty came out and said the finals are set as Jinder attempted to attack Rollins but Rollins got the upperhand.
* Kane defeated Cody Rhodes via Chokeslam. Kane appeared to have tweaked his knee at some point during the match.
Notes
* Next taping is July 26th featuring the NXT Champion being crowned in a match between Seth Rollins & Jinder Mahal.
* Commentary did not seem to be going on for Kane/Cody so I’d assume that’s a dark match for the live crowd. Slater/Scotty might be as well seeing as Scotty is from here, but they may end up airing it due to the reception he received.
* Due to the way they have been airing the episodes, some matches may be on at different points than I am thinking they will air between the three. There is no real distinguishable stop time between episodes so I apologize if it is not 100% accurate.
Having Jinder make it to the final is odd, but I guess this is being heavily heavily pushed in India so that would explain it. Rollins is going over anyway to be the inaugural NXT champion.
I am looking forward to seeing Paige, aka Britani Knight, too. She is just 19 yet has 6 years wrestling experience and is from Britain's equiv of the Hart family. She was a little raw when I last saw her on SHIMMER (her dropkick to the corner is notoriously horrible) but she has strong mic skills, is a complete master at drawing heat using the stick (esp when cutting on American crowds) and is also really hot so the sky is the limit.