NXT – January 13, 2016: That Weird Starting Point
NXT
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January 13, 2016
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves
Opening sequence.
The announcers welcome us to the show for a change.
Tag Team of the Year: Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady
Female Competitor of the Year: Bayley
Male Competitor of the Year: Finn Balor
NXT Takeover of the Year: Takeover: Brooklyn
Match of the Year: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks – Takeover: Brooklyn
Overall Competitor of the Year: Finn Balor
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Danny Burch
Two weeks from tonight, Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin for the #1 contendership.
Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Ascension
Elias Samson vs. Corey Hollis
Samson forearms him down to start and stomps away in the corner. A throw sends Hollis flying and Samson stop to laugh. Samson looks down at him before grabbing a hard swinging neckbreaker for the pin at 2:20.
Samson says what this place needs is what he is.
Battle Royal
Carmella, Peyton Royce, Alexa Bliss, Aliyah, Cameron, Liv Morgan, Billie Kay, Deonna Purrazzo, Emma, Eva Marie, Asuka
We take an early break and come back with no eliminations but Cameron throws Aliyah out a few seconds later. Cameron gets rid of Purrazzo as well, followed by Morgan botching something that looked like a powerbomb. She tries it again but Bliss comes up from behind and tosses Morgan and Cameron at the same time. Emma gets Carmella in the Dilemma to send her underneath the ropes and out to the floor, meaning no elimination. Bliss chokes Emma, only to be put on the apron and punched off for an elimination.
Rating: C-. These things are always hard to rate but the false finish was a nice way to tease the crowd. It says a lot that they had to have two people on the floor until the end for the double false finish. The other good thing here though is they kept Asuka safe, likely for a big showdown in Texas against Bayley.
Carmella celebrates until Bayley comes out for a hug. Asuka gives them an evil smile to end the show.
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