ThunderStruck: WWE NXT Analysis 10/30/14

Sami Zayn is interviewed backstage to start the show. Titus O’Neil lets Zayn know that his path to the NXT Championship goes through him.

 


 

^Zayn has too much charisma to be such a cheesy face. Let this guy share some attitude!

The Vaudevillains win a battle royal to become the number on contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship.

^The Villains are great and have been the most unique tag team we’ve seen in awhile. I’ve got no problems with a battle royal concept when it’s used sparingly, and in the case of NXT we’ve hardly ever seen it. I could see the Vaudevillains getting a nice run with the belts and really revamping the entire NXT Tag Team division.

The Ascension get in the ring with the Vaudevillains after the match and Hideo Atamin runs down. He gets beat up.

^Can we get some Devitt(Finn Balor) sooner or later? Feels like this one has been dragged out a week too long.

Carmella defeats Emma with a submission.

^Emma has fallen and Santino is away. I don’t expect her to do anything successful in WWE. Carmella looked decent in this one.

Bull Dempsey defeats Justin Gabriel with the diving headbutt in a short match.

^That was oddly enjoyable. Dempsey is a brute, and he looked like a killer here in the ring with Gabriel. I guess if Justin Gabriel wants to work for WWE, this will be the best role he gets. At least we have the privilege to see him wrestle from time to time as an enhancement talent.

Bailey is going to bring a friend next week to face Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks. Should be excellent.

Baron Corbin crushes Briggs in two moves.

^I don’t think this is the way it should be. This is bad booking. This reeks of Vince McMahon logic and it sucks. I’m sure Baron Corbin has an excellent character with good in ring ability, but instead we get subjected to this silly bullshit over and over again. It’s too frustrating for me to continue ranting about.

Marcus Louis defeats Sylvester Lefort in a short match.

^I don’t care for either of these two, and WWE needs to stop living in the past. Find something original that isn’t this stupid shit with these two nobodies.

Sami Zayn defeats Titus O’Neil in the main event.

^Good back and forth action from our main event. After the rather weak and less than average show, this match was welcomed with open arms by yours truly. Zayn looked sensational, and he carried Titus in a match where the big ex-gator could barely keep up. Nice to see Sami Zayn dominate in the developmental ranks!

Tyler Breeze comes out and tells Zayn he needs to beat him in order to be the official number one contender. The show ends.

^Breeze is excellent. Zayn is excellent. Both will give us an outstanding performance in the near future and I CANNOT wait for it!

The show is a 5 out of 10. Bull Dempsey being unique and Sami Zayn wrestling in the main event is what made the show worth seeing. The divas weren’t terrible either.

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