My Thoughts on NXT (7/20/16): Vote For Rhyno

• Rhyno vs Samoa Joe-The match kicks off with the two going back and forth trying to knock each other down. The crowd chants "Vote For Rhyno", which is funny. Rhyno is finally able to knock Joe down and beats down Joe, but Joe quickly regains control. Joe beats down Rhyno for a long time until Rhyno dodges a senton. Rhyno runs wild, hitting a pretty poor belly-to-belly and calls for the Gore. Joe blocks it with a knee and hits the corner Uranage before locking in the Coquina Clutch for the submission win. Pretty lame match, pretty slow and plodding.
• Backstage, Andrea DeMarco (who is so generic I keep forgetting her name) interviews Asuka. She says she'll fight both Nia Jax and Bayley.
• American Alpha vs The Authors of Pain-Except, NOPE! The Authors of Pain ambush American Alpha, toss Jordan off the entrance ramp, and throw Gable down on the steel ramp. The Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering get in the ring and despite having referees try to help them to the back, Gable & Jordan run back and fight the Authors. Gable & Jordan toss the Authors from the ring, but Ellering sends them right back in. The match finally starts as Gable & Jordan work over one Author. This quickly ends as the Authors get Gable in their corner and toss him around. At one point, one of them flapjacks Gable, and the other one just catches him in a bearhug, followed by the first one sandwiching Gable between the Authors. It's awesome, the Authors of Pain are great. The Authors beat Gable down until Gable is able to dodge a clothesline and tags out to Jordan. IT'S JASON JORDAN HOT TAG TIME BITCHES! He incredibly side suplexes both the Authors with ease, but one of them flapjacks Jordan onto the top rope. Gable tags in and pounces on the Author and hits an incredible suplex of his own. The Author catches Gable and the Authors try to hit the big boot/sidewalk slam combo, but Jordan yanks one of them out of the ring. This allows Gable to slide out and lock in the Ankle Lock. The other Author pulls the other Author out of the ring and too safety, but Jason Jordan takes him out with a GOD DAMN TOPE! OH MY GOD, THIS IS AWESOME! Gable goes for a baseball slide, but one of the Authors catches him and swings him into the LED board on the apron. He then sends Jordan into the stairs, and the Authors hit the Russian leg sweep/lariat combo on Gable for the win. Oh my god, I loved this match. Every minute of it.
• Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews The Revival. They say they're the reason the Authors of Pain had such an easy time beating American Alpha, and that no can beat them. They're about to clink their titles, but in walks Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa. Gargano brings up the fact that they have in fact beaten The Revival, and Ciampa says they're coming for the titles.
• We get a promo video hyping the return of Hideo Itami.
• Patrick Clark vs Austin Aries-Hey, it's Patrick from Tough Enough, the guy who probably should've won! That being said...good lord, that attire:
  

I don't even really know what to say about that. Anyways, Clark & Aries go back and forth until Aries forces Clark into the corner. Aries beats Clark down in the corner, catches a spring-boarding Clark with a discuss elbow, hits a shin breaker, a belly-to-back suplex, and locks in Last Chancery for the quick submission win. After the win, No Way Jose runs down and beats Aries down all around the arena.

• Nia Jax vs Bayley-Nia Jax entrance theme is pretty dope, not gonna lie. The match kicks off with Bayley trying to avoid Nia. Nia overpowers Bayley at every turn before locking a hammerlock. Bayley steps through the ropes, forcing Nia to break the hold, and uses the ropes to work over Nia's arm. Bayley continues to work over the left arm, but gets caught by Nia trying to hope over her and eats Snake Eyes into the top turnbuckle. Nia tosses Bayley into the second rope and out of the ring. Bayley makes it back into the ring well before ten, but Nia continues to beat her down. Bayley tries to out muscle Nia, slamming her head into the turnbuckle multiple times, but Nia eventually tosses Bayley across the ring and boots her out before the commercial break. We come back to Nia working over Bayley. Bayley tries to fight back, but Nia catches her on a crossbody attempt and hits a backbreaker for a near fall. Nia tosses Bayley out of the ring again, but Bayley makes it back in the ring just before ten. Nia continues to beat down Bayley, but Bayley reverses another attempt by Nia to toss her from the ring, tossing Nia from the ring herself. Bayley takes Nia down on the outside and dodges a charging Nia, making Nia hit the stairs back first. Bayley rolls back in the ring and Nia barely beats the count. Nia gets hung up in the ropes and Bayley dropkicks her. Bayley runs wild until Nia blocks the running back elbow in the corner with a knee. Bayley dodges a charging Nia, allowing her to take control with knees. Bayley hits a diving crossbody and goes for the Bayley-to-Belly, but Nia powers out and goes for a powerbomb. Bayley counters that with a victory roll for a near fall, but Nia follows up with a body avalanche. Nia hits a rough looking Jackhammer for a near fall and starts to go to for the leg drop, but changes her mind and moves Bayley over near the corner. Nia goes to the second rope, but Bayley springs up and hits a Bayley-to-Belly from the second rope for the win. Good match.

And that's about it. Overall, a fairly uneventful NXT. Aside from the awesome American Alpha-Authors of Pain part of the show and the Bayley-Nia Jax match, not much happened.

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