{"id":1912,"date":"2016-09-07T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2016-12-07T03:15:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T09:15:38","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-353\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 353"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>September 7, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 353<\/strong><br \/>\n(taped August 25, 2016)<br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/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: Mike Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>TM61 vs Tony Nese &amp; Ariya Daivari<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Eddie Orengo)<\/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_69e6002c81e85','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_69e6002c81e85\" 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_69e6002c81e85\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Nick Miller pins Ariya Daivari after Thunder Valley<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:00<\/strong> (1 break)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. It felt like Nese and Daivari surprised TM61 with their speed and power. Nese and Daivari took control early and were all over TM61. Nese was especially impressive on his own, but he and Daivari both showed good teamwork. TM61 eventually fought back, but it was tough for them the entire time. Good match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nEarlier today, Tom Phillips interviewed Asuka about her match with Bayley, her place in the women&#8217;s division, how important it is to her to represent Japan, and who she&#8217;ll face next.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDasha Fuentes asks Steve Cutler about facing Nakamura. Cutler wonders what Nakamura has really sacrificed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Leah Von vs Ember Moon<\/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_69e6002c81f94','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_69e6002c81f94\" 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_69e6002c81f94\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ember Moon wins via pinfall after a Diving Corkscrew Stunner<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nAn okay match. It was a showcase for Ember Moon, and for that it was fine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCharly Caruso asks No Way Jose about Bobby Roode disrespecting him last week. Jose says that &#8220;you do not mess with No Way Jose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nTommaso Ciampa works on his ribs when Johnny Gargano tells him that they have a tag match at the Cruiserweight Classic next week. After that, they&#8217;re going after The Revival and their titles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas vs Austin Aries<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Danilo Anfibio)<\/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_69e6002c81fd1','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_69e6002c81fd1\" 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_69e6002c81fd1\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Austin Aries wins via submission with the Last Chancery<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:13<\/strong> (1 break)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Both guys looked really good, and the finish was very nice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nWhat is &#8220;Sanity&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Steve Cutler vs Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> (NXT Champ)<br \/>\n(referee: Eddie Orengo; guest commentary: Samoa Joe)<\/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_69e6002c8200f','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_69e6002c8200f\" 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_69e6002c8200f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Shinsuke Nakamura wins via pinfall after Kinshasa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 3:27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nKind of a squash, though Cutler got a little offense in the corner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a much better show than last week&#8217;s. Even though it had two matches that were basically exhibitions, the other two matches were very entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>I liked how Joe handled the guest commentary he did. You could see him seething at the table, but he held it in when he spoke and he never attacked Nakamura. I think that&#8217;s a good way to build tension rather than to just have him be angry and crazy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas vs Austin Aries<\/strong><br \/>\nThis and the tag match were both good, but I really enjoyed the finish to this match. I think that just put it over for the top spot of the night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a good episode of NXT with two very nice matches and two that were basically exhibitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[850,875,556,329,916,535,546,668,539,549,999,775,1042,871,911,885,567,170,912,614,831,910,570,747,906,7],"class_list":["post-1912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-andrade-cien-almas","tag-ariya-daivari","tag-asuka","tag-austin-aries","tag-charly-caruso","tag-corey-graves","tag-danilo-anfibio","tag-dasha-fuentes","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-eddie-orengo","tag-ember-moon","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-leah-von","tag-mike-rome","tag-nick-miller","tag-no-way-jose","tag-nxt","tag-samoa-joe","tag-shane-thorne","tag-shinsuke-nakamura","tag-steve-cutler","tag-tm61","tag-tom-phillips","tag-tommaso-ciampa","tag-tony-nese","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}