NXT 09/02/15

WWE is a sport that's filled with loads of entertainment. Hence the term sports entertainment. WWE has many different characters just like any other show like Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad. They are filled with characters of all shapes and sizes for you, the audience, to follow and connect with. Now WWE has this new product ,that they show on their on-demand streaming network called the WWE Network, called NXT. This product is filled with the best of their developmental group of superstars. NXT is a proving ground for wrestlers to make it to the main roster of Raw, the flagship show of the WWE. In this blog I will be discussing what is going on during their weekly broadcasting and give my reviews

The show opens with the crowd chanting N-X-T, N-X-T, N-X-T. All the fans are on their feet as the two teams to start The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic make their way to the ring. Now The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is a new tag team tournament in the honor of the late great Dusty Rhodes; a legend in the wrestling business and is well known for his promos. Specifically his, "hard times," promo you can see at this link https://youtu.be/9py4aMK3aIU. Now the two teams that will start off this tournament are The Ascension, Viktor and Conner, and the tag team of Baron Corban and Rhyno. The Ascension are former tag team champions who are these two big post apocalyptic, mad max style of wrestlers who are looking to get an easy win on the newly formed tag team of Baron Corban and Rhyno, Corbin is a tall wrestler who is use to working alone as is his counterpart Rhyno, Both men are looking to make a name for their newly formed team by taking the former tag team champions out of the tournament. The match starts off with two people in the ring and two people on the apron, a tag team in opposite corners. Rhyno and Viktor start the match, but Viktor quickly tags in Conner who starts to get the upper hand on Rhyno. The match goes on with some bumps along the way but no big spots. The finish has Rhyno dead center in the ring Conner and Viktor on opposite corners ready to give Rhyno their tag finisher called the wasteland, which a simultaneous leg chop and close-line. However, before Rhyno got into the cross hairs of the finisher Baron Corban pulls Viktor out of the ring which give Rhyno enough time to dodge the attack by Conner. After dodging the move Rhyno bounces off the ropes and delivers his own finisher, The Gore! Which is a powerful spear by the "man beast," Rhyno who then pins Conner for the win. The match was an alright match, the chemistry that Baron Corban and Rhyno had, wasn't quite there yet, but should get better as time progresses. This win over the former tag team champions was huge for them, showing that they are a force to be reckoned with in this tag team tournament.

The next match on the card is a singles women match, one on one. The two divas in the match are Alexa Bliss and Blue Pants (yes that's right her name is blue pants). This match is a continuation of a story between two tag teams Blake & Murphy and The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch). Alexa Bliss is the manager of Blake & Murphy and she feels that Blue Pants cost her "boys," their tag team championship belts by showing up to help The Vaudevillians even up the numbers game that was being played by Alexa, Blake & Murphy. Who were up until that point bullying The Vaudevillians by having Alexa slap both English and Gotch, knowing that they could do nothing about it, Alexa felt that blue pants should have stayed out of this fight and came out in the opening bell of the match swinging and blue pants. She then proceeded to attach blue pants arm for the bulk of the match. The match went on like that for the remainder of it and it ended with Alexa hitting her Bliss Flip finishing move. The bliss flip is a 180 front flip from the top turnbuckle (the top rope of the corner). The match was an alright match, it wasn't anything special but just a continuation of the story between the two tag teams. this story line will without a doubt be continuing in the weeks to come,

The next match is a Showcase match. A showcase match is when they put a new superstar they want to showoff against a, "jobber." A jobber being a person who helps make his opponent look better by making each one of this showcasing superstars moves look that much more powerful. In other words, he's there to help him look good. The new superstar in this match is Apollo Crews, a very strong, athletic and agile young star, who has the looks and the skills to make it very far in this industry. Crews, during the match, shows off his great technical wrestling skills by reversing every hold his opponent is trying to get him in. Then he shows off his agility by doing some skull reaching dropkicks and a couple of flips. The match is short and ends with Crews doing his gorilla press slam then following up with his back-flip moonsault, which is done to a downed opponent on his back. The match was what it was, just a platform for Crews to look amazing, which he did. This match is just making me get excited to see Crews in a 15 to 20 minute match, and watch him and his opponent to be tare down the house.

Its Main Event time and this is the second match of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The two teams fighting in this match-up are, former NXT champion Adrian Nevile with his partner Solomon Crowe. Verses the team of Jason Jordan and Chad Gable ( who are ready, willing.... and gable) they are honestly my favorite team in NXT right now. But anyways back to the match. The match starts off with Gable and Crowe. Who start off the match by reversing hold on one another till a stalemate. Then all goes south for Crowe who gets taken down finally giving Gable the chance to take control of the match. The match is one sided as Jordan and Gable tag each other in and out, both getting a turn to deal some damage to Crowe. Finally Crowe gives himself an opening and delivers the hot tag to Nevile, who then goes into the ring and starts delivering payback to his opponents. Nevile does some amazing moves including a moonsault to the outside onto Jason Jordan. The match is exciting and goes into a back and forth motion till finally Jordan and Gable deliver their finishing move, which is a throwing backdrop. Jason will start the back drop only to let go of his opponent for Gable to jump in the air, grab onto his opponent, and bring them down with his own body weight. Helping them successfully advance in the tournament. The match was phenomenal and really gave Jordan and Gable a big push going forward as they knocked off the former NXT champions team. This is important because it makes them look strong going forward.

The show was good and i'd give it a C+ rating. Most the matches were good and were what they were except of course the main event. Which stood out to be match of the night, none of the performers leaving nothing in the ring and bringing all that they had. Each story is progressing and this is only the start of things to come.