January 1, 2015

NXT AGAINST ALL ODDS, Year 4


Match 1. The Usos vs. The Ascension
The Ascension hit Jey with a double back body drop. Konnor landed a DDT and flapjack on Jimmy. Jey hit Viktor with a spinning side slam. The match broke down as Konnor and Jey fought on the outside. Justin Gabriel walked down with a chair and attacked Jimmy. Jey fought off the Ascension and won by hitting Konnor with a full nelson bomb.

Match 2. Razor Ramon vs. Damien Sandow   NXT United States Championship
Razor landed a few elbows to the head of Sandow. He then caught him with a power slam. Sandow broke out of a submissio hold, but Razor caught him with another slam. Razor then picked Sandow up and hit the fall away slam to retain the title.

Match 3. Kenta vs. Bully Ray
Kenta sent Ray to the outside. He landed two slams back to back. He then landed a tornado DDT and a third slam. Ray hit a clothesline and spike piledrive. Kenta kicked out and connected with some kicks. He went for the Go 2 Sleep, but Ray countered and hit the Bully Bomb to win.

Match 4. Antonio Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kevin Steen   NXT Championship
Oh. My. God. A 33-minute triple threat match that could have went 133 minutes. Steen busted Cesaro open with punches to the face. Bryan hit Cesaro with Knee Plus, but got a near fall. Bryan and Steen hit Cesaro with a double back breaker. Steen connected with a springboard dropkick on Cesaro. Cesaro came back with the Very European uppercut. Cesaro busted Bryan open with a headbutt. Bryan countered Cesaro and hit a back breaker. He then hit Steen with the running knee to win the NXT title.

Match 5. Prime Time Players vs. International Airstrike
Kidd hit Young with the flipping neck breaker through the announce table. Gabriel brought in a chair and busted Young wide open and then continued to beat him with it. Titus got the tag and tried to wear down IA. Kidd and Gabriel landed a double gut buster and got the win.

Match 6. Kaitlyn vs. AJ Lee   NXT Women's Championship
AJ landed two kicks and a hurricanrana within 15 seconds. After a dropkick, AJ taunted Kaitlyn and stole her sit-out full nelson bomb finisher. Kaitlyn kicked out and hit a neck breaker and gut buster. After a near fall, Kaitlyn hit her finisher, but AJ kicked out. AJ took Kaitlyn down with a leg sweep. She then landed a hurricanrana and held her for the pin to win back the title.

Main Event. 20-Man Royal Rumble
The first two entrants were Big E Langston and Bo Dallas. They battled by the ropes. No. 3 was Kofi Kingston. Not looking good for Bo. They double teamed Dallas. No. 4 was MVP. Oh man, all three Nation members are in the ring. MVP clotheslined Big E and kicked him off the apron. No. 5 was Alexander Rusev. MVP then eliminated Bo. No. 6 was Adrian Neville. MVP threw Neville over and then eliminated him with a baseball slide. No. 7 was Tyrus. The big guy went after Kofi. No. 8 was Alberto Del Rio. Rusev almost eliminated MVP. He threw him over and super kicked him out. No. 9 was William Regal. Kofi punched ADR off the apron. No. 10 was Tyler Breeze. Regal and Kofi eliminated Tyrus and Rusev at the same time. Regal and Breeze landed a double wheelbarrow slam. No. 11 was AJ Styles. Breeze had Regal against the ropes. No. 12 was Tyson Kidd. Kidd, Styles and Regal tried to eliminate Breeze, but he held on. 

No. 13 was Kenta. Great group of superstars in the ring right now. Regal eliminated Kidd. Breeze hit Kofi with a double knee face breaker and dropkicked him over the ropes. He then eliminated Styles. No. 14 was Damien Sandow. He went after Breeze. No. 15 was Bully Ray. Sandow eliminated Breeze. He then whipped Ray over the top and kicked him down to the mat. No. 16 was Gunner. Sandow caught Kenta will multiple knee strikes to the gut. No. 17 was Austin Aries. He was almost tossed out by Regal and Sandow. No. 18 was Prince Devitt. Regal eliminated Aries. Devitt hit Kenta with a double knee falling gut buster. Regal threw Gunner over his head and down to the floor. Sandow eliminated Regal. No. 19 was Bret Hart. Sandow eliminated Bret. The final entrant was Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler threw Sandow to the apron and knocked him off with an elbow. Kenta threw Devitt out. After an eye rake, Ziggler had Kenta in the corner and eliminated him. 


Recap: Amazing, amazing triple threat match. Really liked the rumble match. Lots of young superstars fighting for a shot. AJ wins back the title. Paige is waiting for her shot. 

Stats: Regal and Sandow were tied with 4 eliminations. MVP had 3.

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