WWE NXT Recap: Adrian Neville Vs. Bray Wyatt, NXT Women's Title Tournament Continues, More
NXT opens this week with a recap of Bo Dallas becoming the new NXT Champion.
Adrian Neville vs. Bray Wyatt (with The Wyatt Family)
Neville lands several kicks to the midsection. Wyatt gets a clothesline. He kicks Neville on the mat, followed by a body slam. Wyatt punches Neville on the ropes and then headbutts him. Wyatt drops a pair of elbows and then hits Neville with a forearm to the back of the head. He tosses Neville to the apron and charges him, but Neville kicks him in the face. Neville goes up top for the corkscrew shooting star press and Luke Harper shoves him off.
Winner by DQ: Adrian Neville
Harper and Rowan start kicking Neville on the mat. Ohno and Graves run out for the save and send Luke Harper into the steel steps. Graves then sends Rowan into the turnbuckle. Neville, Ohno and Graves stare down Wyatt and the Wyatt Family from the ring.
Dusty Rhodes then comes out and makes a six man tag match for later in the evening.
Angelo Dawkins vs. Sami Zayn
I believe this is Dawkins' NXT debut. They tie up and Dawkins backs Zayn to the ropes. He shoves Zayn. Zayn locks in a side headlock and they briefly chain wrestle. Zayn gets several arm drag takedowns. Zayn charges Dawkins in the corner, but he puts an elbow up. Dawkins gets a big body slam. He elbows Zayn in the head and snap mares him. He locks Zayn in a chin lock. Zayn fights to his feet and punches him in the gut. Dawkins whips Zayn and Zayn lands a drop kick. Zayn gets his springboard tornado DDT finish for the win.
Winner: Sami Zayn
NXT Women's Championship Tournament
Sasha Banks vs. Summer Rae
Summer slams Banks to the mat and kicks her in the back. She chokes Banks on the ropes and lands a dropkick. Summer slams Banks into the turnbuckle and then drives her boot into her throat. She slings Banks across the ring by her hair. She grabs Banks by the hair and drives Banks face first into the mat for a near pin fall. She backs Banks into the corner and drives her boot into Banks' throat again. She then places her feet on Banks' shoulders and pulls her arms back. Banks reverses into a pin attempt. They take turns slamming each other's head into the mat and Banks slaps Summer in the chest multiple times. Summer lands her reverse DDT leg drop for the win.
Winner: Summer Rae
Then, Xavier Woods is shown backstage. He says you may remember him from such NXT episodes as episode 141 and 145, and episodes 155 and 157 where he beat El Local. He says he is making his return to NXT and he will raise it. He says it's morphin' time.
Jake Carter vs. Xavier Woods
They chain wrestle and Woods hits a shoulder knockdown, followed by a hurricanrana. Woods gets an arm drag takedown and keeps Carter's arm locked in. Carter backs Woods into the corner and delivers body shots. He snap mares Woods. He leaps off the top rope, but Woods hits him in the mid section. Woods hits a serious of strikes to the head and a dropkick. He yells it's morphin' time and hits a rolling thunder clothesline. He hits Lost in the Woods for the win.
Winner: Xavier Woods
Renee Young is then backstage with Sami Zayn. She says his victory was impressive earlier. He says that the match wasn't meant to impress. He says he was trying to send a message to Cesaro. He says he takes exception to Cesaro smacking him around and proposes that since they have both beat each other once, they go for a third round.
Then, Sylvester LeFort, Garrett Dylan and Scott Dawson are shown. LeFort says that they're money and that Dylan and Dawson should be the number one contenders to the tag titles. Dusty Rhodes walks up and asks if LeFort represents them and LeFort says he does. Rhodes says he knows about money and tag team championships and says that next week, he will give them an opportunity to get at the tag team titles by taking on Kassius Ohno and Corey Graves.
A brief video is then shown from Bo Dallas where he thanks the WWE Universe and explains why he isn't on NXT this week. A picture is then shown of him at Disney World.
Adrian Neville, Kassius Ohno and Corey Graves vs. Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family
Graves and Harper start things off. Graves lands a few shots and then locks in a side headlock. Harper tosses him off into the corner and Graves punches him in the face. Ohno comes in and Harper hits him in the head. Rowan comes in with a strike to the chest. Rowan whips Ohno to the apron and Ohno gets a boot to the face. He then lands a dropkick to the head. Neville comes in with multiple kicks to the legs. Wyatt comes in. Wyatt rams Neville into the corner and slams him to the mat.
Wyatt slingshots Neville into the turnbuckle, but Neville counters into a rope assisted double boot stomp. Neville lands several kicks to the chest. He tries to keep the attack up, but Wyatt lands a head shot. Harper comes in and Neville lands a hurricanrana. Graves comes in and gets whipped in the corner. Graves goes up top and locks in a leg scissors around the neck and drops down over the top rope.
He tries to take Wyatt off the apron, but doesn't. Graves turns around into a big boot from Harper. Back from commercial and Rowan drops an elbow on Graves. He whips Graves into the corner and then locks in a bear hug. Graves tries to fight out, but Rowan drives him into the corner and Harper comes in. He hits an upper cut on Graves, followed by a back elbow. Wyatt comes in and keeps the attack up.
Graves gets to his feet and tries for a pin, but Wyatt jumps up in the air to slam down on Graves. Graves moves and Wyatt hits the mat. Ohno and Rowan both come in and Ohno hits a series of strikes. Rowan whips Ohno over the corner to the outside and Harper rams Ohno into the apron. He then hits Ohno with a huge knife edge chop into the ring. Wyatt comes in and steps on Ohno's throat. Wyatt delivers a series of knees to the gut. He slams Ohno's head into the turnbuckle and Harper comes in.
He hits Ohno with an uppercut and then drops three elbows. Harper drives Ohno into the corner and Rowan comes in. Rowan grabs Ohno's wrist and hits him in the back. Rowan lands a pumphandle backbreaker. Harper comes in and boots Ohno in the chest. He sends Ohno into the corner and charges, but Ohno grabs onto the ropes and they collide with each other. Harper tags in Wyatt, who hits Graves off the apron. He tries to hit Neville, but Neville ducks.
Wyatt goes to attack Ohno, who dodges and tags in Neville. Neville hits a springboard dropkick. He hits Rowan off the apron and lands another dropkick. He hits a standing moonsault. Harper gets up on the apron and Neville dropkicks him off. He bounces off the ropes for a dive to the outside, but Rowan steps into the ring and Neville stops. Ohno runs in and dropkicks Rowan to the outside. Ohno swings through the ropes and kicks Rowan. Ohno tries to do a move to Rowan, but Neville runs and dives over the top rope, taking everybody out.
Neville kicks Wyatt from the apron and goes for the corkscrew shooting star press, but Harper pulls Wyatt out of the way and Neville hits the mat. Wyatt pins Neville for the win.
Winners: Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family