MATCH: Tyler Breeze vs. Mojo Rawley
Breeze hits a right hand. He ducks a clothesline and connects again. Breeze taunts Rawley by stretching across the top turnbuckle. Rawley drives Tyler Breeze into the corner. Breeze hits Rawley in his injured shoulder. Breeze applies an armbar for the submission.
WINNER: Tyler Breeze via Pinfall
Enzo Amori and Colin Cassidy cut a promo backstage with William Regal. Amori convinces Regal to give his girlfriend a tryout.
MATCH: Hideo Itami vs. Viktor
Itami and Viktor exchange blows. Viktor hits a back elbow that sends Itami to the ground. Viktor hits a European uppercut followed by a snap suplex for a 2 count. Viktor stomps Itami. Viktor hits a big chop followed by another uppercut for a 2 count. Itami counters a back suplex and hits a round house kick. Itami is sent to the apron. He hits a springboard over the top rope. Itami hits a basement dropkick. Konnor appears at the top of the ramp, beating up Funaki. Itami ducks a clothesline from Viktor and hits a dropkick for the 3 count.
WINNER: Hideo Itami via Pinfall
The Ascension beat up Itami after the match. Funaki tries to help but get hit with the Fall of Man.
MATCH: Vaudvillains vs. Enzo Amore and Colin Cassidy
Gotch and Amori lock up. Amore is driven to the corner. English is tagged in and hits a leg drop for 2. English hits a back suplex for another 2 count. English applies a rear chinlock. Amore counters a back suplex and tags in Cassidy. Cassidy hits a running knee. Gotch reverses and tags in Gotch. Cassidy hits a big boot for a 2 count. Amore is tagged in in tagged in and they double team Gotch. English runs across the ring and knocks Cassidy off the apron. Amore gets distracted by English. Gotch capitalizes and Gotch and English hit their finisher for the 3 count.
WINNERS: Vaudvillains via Pinfall
MATCH: Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
Lynch takes Banks to the mat and applies an armbar. Banks fights back but Lynch counter with a dropkick. Banks sidesteps Lynch in the corner and and pounds her with right hands. Lynch is whipped to the opposite corner but counters with a back elbow. Banks fights back for a 2 count. Banks stretches Lynch. Lynch counters and rolls up Banks for a 1 count. Lynch hits a European uppercut followed by leg srop for a 2 count. Lynch hits a springboard side kick. Banks fights back with a clothesline. She hits a backstabber and applies the Bank Statement for the submission.
WINNER: Sasha Banks via Submission
MATCH: Sami Zayn vs. Titus O'Neil
O'Neil throws Zayn to the mat. They lock up and Zyn is driven to the corner. Zayn ducks a right hand and goes to the middle of the ring. Zayn applies a waistlock. The lock up again. O'neil throws Zayn across the ring. Zayn goes up and over O'Neil. Zayn gets caught with a big scoop slam. Zayn is driven to the corner. He fights out but is quickly stopped by O'Neil. Zayn tries to fight back but meets a big scoop slam from O'Neil. Zayn is thrown through the ropes and hits his face off the steel ramp.
*Commercial Break*
The show returns with Zayn in a bearhug. Zayn is thrown to the mat. O'Neil hits a scoop slam for a 2 count. Zayn tries to fight back but is driven to the corner. O'Neil stomps Zayn to the mat. O'Neil goes back to the bearhug. Zayn gets out and holds the top rope down, dumping O'Neil over the top/ He hits a front flip over the top rope. Back in the ring Zayn hits a flying crossbody from the top for a 2 count. O'neil fights back with a big boot for a 2 count. O'neil goes for another scoop slam but Zayn counters with a sleeper hold. O'Neil powers out and charges Zayn in the corner. Zayn hits a boot and covers O'Neil. O'Neil gets his foot on the rope. O'Neil hits a clothesline for a 2 count. Zayn fights back and goes for the armdrag from the top rope. O'Neil counters and hits a powerbomb for the 3 count.
WINNER: Titus O'Neil via Pinfall
O'Neil tries to beat up Zayn after the match but Neville comes out and makes the save.
REVIEW:
Overall, not a great episode but not a terrible one either. I didn't like how Enzo Amore and Big Cass went under just as they were building some serious momentum.
I felt my nerd rage brewing as Zayn was seemingly getting squashed by Zayn in the main event. Its hard to digest one of NXTs top guys getting put under so easily by the guy who comes to the ring with an small person dressed as an alligator and teams with Heath Slater. O'Neil put on a decent showing, however, and looked like a true powerhouse. If this match established a feud between Zayn and O'Neil, then I could live with Zayn getting beat so easily because it sets the psychology for their next bout.
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