NXT – February 13, 2013: If You Build It As A Big Moment And Treat It As A Big Moment, It’s A Big Moment
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February 13, 2013
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: William Regal, Tony Dawson
We open with a recap of the tournament thus far.
Opening sequence.
Mike Dalton vs. Axl Keagan
Alex Riley vs. Corey Graves
The mat is black here for no apparent reason. On the other hand, the match is happening for a specific reason as Graves attacked Riley after a tag tournament match two weeks ago. Riley starts fast and sends Graves into the corner early on before slamming him down. Graves suckers him in though and fires off a kick to the knee to slow Riley down. Regal: “Sometimes a boot to the face can work wonders.”
Video on the Elimination Chamber.
Summer Rae vs. Paige
Sasha Banks gets another love note and will meet her secret admirer next week.
NXT Tag Titles: Wyatt Family vs. Adrian Neville/Oliver Grey
Luke mixes things up by switching over to a front facelock before Rowan comes in for a bearhug. Grey finally fights out of the corner and avoids an elbow drop to make the tag to Neville. Things immediately speed up and a jumping DDT gets two on Harper. Neville loads up a springboard kick but jumps into a kick to the face from Harper.
Grey makes a diving save at two and things settle down a bit. Neville escapes a belly to back suplex but gets splashed in the corner. The monsters collide in the corner and Adrian kicks Harper in the face, setting up the corkscrew shooting star for the pin and the titles at 11:54 shown of 18:54.
Rating: B. This took some time to get going and the middle dragged a bit, but the little guy vs. big guy formula here was working like a charm. Grey makes a fine punching bag and Neville has enough stuff to make a convincing comeback to set up the big finish. This was the perfect way to give us a first set of champions and the match worked really well. Good stuff here.
Dusty comes out to present the champions with their titles.
Results
Corey Graves b. Alex Riley – 13th Step
Summer Rae b. Paige – Spinwheel Kick
Adrian Neville/Oliver Grey b. Wyatt Family – Corkscrew Shooting Star Press to Harper
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