{"id":1597,"date":"2016-07-13T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2016-07-13T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:00:28","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-344\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 344"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>July 13, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode?344<\/strong><br \/>\n(taped June 24, 2016)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WWENXT&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#WWENXT<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>City: Winter Park, FL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: Full Sail University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Greg Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBuildup clips for Balor versus Nakamura.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Roar of the Crowd&#8221; by CFO$<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nSamoa Joe heads to the ring. He&#8217;s here for a few reasons. One: Balor vs Nakamura. He feels disrespected by the assumption that the winner of that match will automatically be the number one contender for his title. He reminds everyone that he has already slew the demon, and that he is the emperor of strong style. Rhyno then decides to interrupt. Rhyno gets in Joe&#8217;s face, but Joe just smiles and walks away. He&#8217;ll do things on his time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMore clips leading up to Balor versus Nakamura, including comments from Triple H, Tye Dillinger, Jason Jordan, Neville, and Chad Gable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Finn Balor vs Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Drake Wuertz)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e661c98466f','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e661c98466f\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e661c98466f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Shinsuke Nakamura wins via pinfall after Kinshasa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 18:23<\/strong> (2 breaks)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nReally great match. One of NXT&#8217;s classics. It was interesting to see Balor go after Nakamura&#8217;s knee with some borderline dirty moves. It showed how much he wanted to win. I also really liked the post-match actions. It made for a good passing of the torch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis is one of those one-match episodes that makes NXT so memorable when everything comes together. If this is Balor&#8217;s last match in NXT, which seems likely, it&#8217;s a good one to go out on.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Balor vs Nakamura<\/strong><br \/>\nObviously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One great match. 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