My Thoughts on NXT (11/16/16): Well...He's Back

So yeah, since Takeover: Toronto is this Saturday, a lot of this episode is promo packages hyping up the matches.
Liv Morgan vs Peyton Royce with Billie Kay-The two brawl to start before Royce takes control. Royce throws Morgan onto the apron before tying her up in the ropes. Morgan hops right up to the top rope after whipped into the corner and gets a one on a roll up. Morgan hits a single leg dropkick and a bulldog before hitting an STO and knocking Billie Kay off the apron. Morgan locks in a guillotine choke, but Billie Kay attacks her for the DQ. Billie & Royce beatdown on Morgan before Aliyah runs down to even the odds. However, the Aussies keep control and Royce bulldogs Aliyah into Billie's knee before taking her to the outside and throwing her in the ring apron. They grab Liv and go for the bulldog into the knee again, but Ember Moon runs down to make the save. Moon hits a double springboard crossbody and runs through Billie & Royce before she & Morgan dropkick Billie & Royce out of the ring.
It's "The Return"! What is it the return of? Well...

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Elias Samson vs Nathan Cruz-Great...the f*cking Drifter is back. Anyone who frequently reads my reviews of NXT knows that I don't like the Drifter...at all. He's just so boring to me. And if you were hoping this time off would have brought some kind of change in his character...nope. He's exactly the same. No difference whatsoever. That's just...ugh. Anyway, he wins with Cross Rhodes...f*ck the Drifter.
Backstage, Liv Morgan, Aliyah, and Ember Moon get interviewed. Aliyah & Moon say that Peyton Royce & Billie Kay's ignorance in thinking they could run the NXT Women's Division brought them together. Morgan throws shade at Peyton Royce for looking like Poison Ivy in "the worst Batman movie of all time. A+ for throwing shade at Batman & Robin. Morgan challenges "those two to find a three" and face them.
Andrade "Cien" Almas vs Cedric Alexander-Almas taunts Alexander to start, refusing to lock up and instead going to the ropes. He eventually locks in a headlock before the two go back and forth until Almas lays down and poses in the ring. More back and forth offense until Alexander hits a headscissor takedown and dropkicks Almas. Alexander chops Almas a lot before Almas slides out of the ring, only to eat a wrecking ball dropkick from Alexander. Back in the ring, Almas hits a dropkick and teases the double knees in the corner, only to stop and smack Alexander. Alexander comes back and strikes away at Almas, but Almas catches him off a springboard attempt with a dropkick before the commercial break. We come back Almas beating down Alexander before hitting a running kick for a near fall. Almas continues to beat down on Alexander with stiff offense. At one point, Almas locks in a nice looking hanging triangle choke on Alexander in the ropes. Almas continues to target the left arm of Alexander until Alexander dropkicks Almas at the knees. Alexander comes back with forearms in the corner before hitting a handspring roundhouse kick that sends Almas to the outside, allowing Alexander to hit a big tope con hilo. Alexander hits a springboard clothesline for a near fall followed by a rolling senton. Almas dodges the follow-up split legged moonsault and hits a schoolboy powerbomb for a near fall. Almas stomps away at Alexander and calls for the double knees in the corner, but Alexander catches him with the Lumbar Check. Almas is able to roll to the ropes and grabs onto them, preventing a pin from Alexander. Alexander steps through the ropes to grab Almas. I'm not sure why he does this other than so Almas can pull the bottom rope down and let it snap up and hit him in the balls. This allows Almas to hit the hammerlock DDT for the win. Good match.

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