: The ‘Heart Break Kid’ Shawn Michaels opened NXT, he announced that there would be a tag team tournament to crown the first ever NXT Tag Team Champions.
1st match of tag team tournament: Erik Rowan & Luke Harper W/ Bray Wyatt v. Yoshi Tatsu & Percy Watson
: Watson used his agility to control the opening of the match. Percy tagged in Yoshi to continue the work he started.
: Rowan caught Yoshi mid-air and threw him into the corner to his partner Luke Harper.
: Harper and Rowan took turns back and forth beating down the smaller Tatsu.
: Yoshi flipped over Harper to escape and tagged in Percy. Watson knocked bother members of the Wyatt Family down and the momentum was swinging.
: Percy went for a pin on Harper but Rowan came into the ring and took out both Yoshi and Percy.
: Harper hit a vicious closeline for the win on Watson, and the Wyatt Family advanced to the next round.
: Dusty Rhodes was in the locker room talking to Derrick Bateman and Alex Riley. He told them they would tag together to take on Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger next week in a 1st round match in the tournament.
: Corey Graves walked up and told Dusty not only did he not get his rematch against Seth Rollins but he was being excluded from the tag team tournament. Rhodes told Graves he no one wanted to work with him and he needed to prove himself so tonight he would face Jake Carter.
Alicia Fox v. Sasha Banks
: Banks came out on fire hitting a flying dropkick and went for the cover but only got a two count.
: Fox reversed Sasha and hit a fisherman’s suplex and she went for a cover but only for a near fall.
: Sasha reversed the submission move Alicia applied and hit a big arm drag. Fox, back to her feet went for her finisher but Banks countered it and rolled her into the small package for her first win at NXT.
Vignette shown for Paige
: Aksana was being interviewed and said Paige stole her look and ideas, and this year was going to be her year and she would beat Paige next week.
Jake Carter v. Corey Graves
: Carter punched Corey back and into the corner until Graves battled back. Hitting several elbows to Corey ala Dolph Ziggler.
: Jake attempted to rally on Corey but hit him with the spear and applied the 13th Step forcing Jake to tap out.
: After the match Graves grabbed a microphone and told the NXT crowd that he was done being screwed and he declared anarchy on NXT including Alex Riley.
: Bo Dallas walked into the locker room and talked with Michael McGillicutty. Dallas said he wanted to be on the same page with McGillicutty. Michael said the past is the past and next week they need to focus on Epico and Primo.
3MB (Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater) v. Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey
: Neville and Grey worked well together, beating Drew down and forcing him to tag in Heath Slater.
: It was more of the same as Grey drop kicked Slater down and out to the mat. Neville then came running and jumped over the top rope and took out Drew McIntyre.
: Grey kept Slater in the corner but the leader of the 3MB had enough and fought back just enough for McIntyre to help his partner and get tagged in.
: McIntyre kept Grey grounded and in the corner, he tagged Slater back in, Heath hit a huge kick to the chin of Grey but it wasn’t enough and Oliver kicked out.
: Neville wanted in, and finally Oliver kicked off Slater and tagged in his partner. Neville hit McIntyre off the apron, climbed to the top and hit a HUGE sideways 450 flip and crashed down on Slater for the upset victory to advance to the next round of the tournament.
Big E. Langston v. Axl Keegan in a Non Title Match
: In what I can’t even call a squash, Langston wins easily. The crowd breaks out into a ‘Five’ count and Big E went to hit his finisher but Connor O’Brian appeared on the screen and challenged Langston to a match in two weeks. Langston hit his finisher on Keegan to take out his frustration and did it again as the night ended at NXT.
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