NXT kind of boring this week. Mostly just a Takeover recap show.
A couple decent matches. Aleister Black vs Curt Hawkins was kind of cool.
WWE tried to sneak Tough Enough's Patrick Clark through as "Velvetine Dream" but the audience sniffed it out right away and started booing him. I hope Tough Enough is just done for good. That show is a terrible way to introduce new talent. Because - as a reality TV show, they're tasked with presenting personal conflict and drama, but it makes all the contestants look like whiney little bitches. And then when they finally trot them out on WWE TV, people are like "oh hey I remember that guy, he was a whiney little bitch on Tough Enough". And he might even not be that, and might even be good at what he does. But Tough Enough is like - people hate it, but they watch it anyway, and generally they tend to hate people who come off the show. They've snuck a few through. But you really have to sneak. If they were ever like "HEY KIDS IT'S THAT DUDE FROM TOUGH ENOUGH!" they'd be like "naaaaw booooo".
I have to say, he was really good tonight. But he was facing a jobber, and, kinda like the crowd in attendance, it's tough not to remember back to the last Tough Enough and how awful almost all of those people were.
Drew McIntyre vs Wesley Blake was also pretty good.
Eh. As NXT shows go, this one was pretty sucky. Too much recapping and not enough violent things happening. But a couple good matches.