{"id":1922,"date":"2016-09-14T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2016-12-07T06:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T12:16:59","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-354\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 354"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>September 14, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 354<\/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: Andrea D&#8217;Marco<\/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><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nSamoa Joe heads to the ring. Joe knows when to admit when he&#8217;s wrong. He was a disgrace as champ, but he has no regrets for what he did to get there. Joe politely but forcibly asks for Shinsuke Nakamura to comes to the ring. He does.<\/p>\n<p>Joe tells Nakamura that he meant it when he said Nakamura was an undeserving contender, but he is now a worthy champion. He also tells Nakamura that he wants his rematch as soon as he is cleared to wrestle. Nakamura agrees to it. Joe goes to leave the ring, but turns around and offers his hand. Nakamura shakes it.<\/p>\n<p>After Joe leaves, Nakamura takes his time and poses for the crowd. When he gets to the stage, Joe returns and attacks. He slams Nakamura onto the ring steps before walking away. William Regal comes out to check on Nakamura as the refs and medics are attending to him at ringside. Regal looks pissed as he heads to the back.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">** I like the segment. I think they could have even drawn it out more, but it was fine for the attack to come here. **<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nWilliam Regal looks for Joe, but Joe just drives away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Liv Morgan vs Rachel Fazio<\/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_69f365f949137','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_69f365f949137\" 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_69f365f949137\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Liv Morgan wins via submission with a front facelock<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 1:53<\/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 \/>\nWell, the finish was better than her last one where she missed her kick, but Liv Morgan still isn&#8217;t showing a lot of progress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLiv Morgan tells Rachel Fazio that she just tapped out. She also wants to fight for the Women&#8217;s title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">** She&#8217;s not much better on the mic than she is in the ring. **<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAnother mysterious promo for &#8220;Sanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Drew Gulak vs Hideo Itami<\/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_69f365f949207','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_69f365f949207\" 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_69f365f949207\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Hideo Itami wins via pinfall after GTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 4:55<\/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 \/>\nGood match. The intensity picked up early when Gulak slapped Itami very audibly. This was a good match between two tough guys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Authors of Pain<\/strong> w\/ Paul Ellering<strong> vs Doug Sessa &amp; Chris Payne<\/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_69f365f94923d','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_69f365f94923d\" 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_69f365f94923d\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Rezar pins Doug Sessa after a combination leg sweep and lariat<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 1:52<\/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 \/>\nSquash. And the Authors of Pain seem unnecessarily rough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nTye Dillinger talks about taking one step back and two steps forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>No Way Jose vs Bobby Roode<\/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_69f365f949278','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_69f365f949278\" 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_69f365f949278\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Bobby Roode wins via pinfall after the Glorious Drop<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:47<\/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. Roode never really seemed to be in trouble, but it was a solid match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis show was okay. The NXT Title development at the beginning of the show felt important and there were a couple of good matches. Some of the other segments felt a bit lacking though.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>No Way Jose vs Bobby Roode<\/strong><br \/>\nThis and the Itami\/Gulak match were both good, but this was a little longer and felt a little more important.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an uneven episode of NXT with some segments that were important (and entertaining) and some that were not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[1040,853,854,1045,535,546,1044,539,903,549,925,677,885,852,1043,1039,170,614,882,570,672,76],"class_list":["post-1922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-akam","tag-andrea-dmarco","tag-bobby-roode","tag-chris-payne","tag-corey-graves","tag-danilo-anfibio","tag-doug-sessa","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-drew-gulak","tag-eddie-orengo","tag-hideo-itami","tag-liv-morgan","tag-no-way-jose","tag-paul-ellering","tag-rachel-fazio","tag-rezar","tag-samoa-joe","tag-shinsuke-nakamura","tag-the-authors-of-pain","tag-tom-phillips","tag-tye-dillinger","tag-william-regal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922","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=1922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1924,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions\/1924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}