Midweek wrestling

TNA XPlosion

-Commentators:  Jeremy Borash & Todd Keneley.
-Tag Team Chavo Guerrero Jr. d. Jessie Godderz(w/ Tara Varon) after the frog splash.

WWE NXT

Commentators:  Tom Phillips & Brad Maddox.  Ring announcer:  Kendall Skye.

Natalya Neidhart vs. Summer Rae:  This will defintely be a tough test for Summer...Nattie takes her to the mat fairly quickly.  Summer uses some cheapshots and hairpulls to return fire but nearly gets caught in an early Sharpshooter attempt.  She ducks into the ropes and offers a handshake, but she yanks Natalya through the ropes by the tights and then stuns her with a kick to the head on re-entry.  Natalya rolls her up for a near-fall, but Summer surprises her with a modified DDT...not bad.  She targets the arm but Nattie powers out of the hold...and then Paige makes an appearance.  Nattie goes for the Sharpshooter but gets kicked off into Paige...and Summer gets the cheap rollup pin out of that!  Summer gets out of dodge in short order with Paige in hot pursuit...

Renee Young interviews newcomer Sami Zayn...he's making his in-ring debut next week against Curt Hawkins.  I've heard good things about his in-ring ability...don't think he'll be just another "generic" developmental guy.  (Oh, come on...I've been sitting on that stupid joke for weeks, OF COURSE I'm gonna use it.)

Danny Burch vs. Bray Wyatt(w/ Tag Team Champions Luke Harper & Erick Rowan):  Wyatt is wearing a mask that he claims is his "face of fear".  We're seeing a lot of new faces in NXT lately as this is Burch's inaugural appearance...but I don't see it going well for him.  Squash is in season...avalanche sets up the Sister Abigail and it's over as Wyatt pulls up the mask during the pin cover.

Backstage, Bo Dallas meets up with Adrian Neville...Oliver Grey's still on the shelf with his knee injury, we're told.  Neville's upset about the circumstances surrounding his Tag Team Title loss while Bo seems a bit cavalier about the whole situation.  There's a battle royal in two weeks where the winner earns a Heavyweight Title shot...Bo has entered and so has Neville.  Heel turn imminent?

Kazma Sakamoto & Briley Pierce(w/o entrance) vs. Conor O'Brian, handicap match:  Speaking of squash, it looks like that trend may continue.  The underdogs work together momentarily but it doesn't make much of a difference...O'Brian Flapjacks both men at once and pins both(I think Sakamoto was legal, not that it matters).  Conor celebrates his win...and we see the long-absent Rick Victor watching from the entrance stage.  Hmm...

Backstage, Tony Dawson interviews Corey Graves...he's entered the battle royal and vows to earn the title shot.  The promo is interrupted by Bray Wyatt...there's a war going on and Graves' time will come.  Corey doesn't back down, but Wyatt literally laughs off the retort.

Big E Langston vs. Damien Sandow for the NXT Title:  CHALK UP~!  Sandow nearly gets caught in the Big Ending early but escapes the setup in short order.  Maddox insists that "five" is Big E's IQ and that he "almost had him" when they fought a few weeks ago.  Damien elbows out of another finisher attempt and rolls out of the ring to regroup...yeah, that's about how this one's gonna go.

Sandow finally avoids an avalanche and clotheslines Langston from behind to gain control.  Big E backs him into the corner to get some separation but runs into a dropkick...for two.  Damien tries to keep him down, gets shoved right out of the ring...but re-enters with a double axhandle off the top for two.  A dropkick to the knee slows Big E down a bit...dueling chants ensue and Langston hits a belly-to-belly suplex out of nowhere.  Looks like El Big Comeback and so it is...FIVE~! knees to the gut set up the Vader Smash...the straps come down but Sandow escapes the Big Ending AGAIN to hit an Edge-O-Matic!  Cover...gets 2 1/2!  Russian legsweep sets up the Elbow Of Disdain...which misses.  Sandow comes back with a swinging neckbreaker and hits the elbowdrop on the second try...for 2 1/2!  He looks to finish with the Terminus, but Big E powers out of it and catches him off the ropes with the Big Ending...fourth time's the charm and that's enough for the win!  Langston hits a post-match Big Ending and makes his own FIVE~!-count...why not?

Next week:  Corey Graves vs. Bray Wyatt, Sami Zayn vs. Curt Hawkins.

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay, Todd Keneley, & Taz.
-Bobby Roode d. Tag Team Champion Chavo Guerrero Jr. by DQ when James Storm entered the ring and spit beer in Roode's face.
-Bound For Glory Series Qualifying Tournament:  Jay Bradley d. Christian York after the Boomstick(lariat).
-Women's Champion Velvet Sky d. Gail Kim(non-title) via rollup after kicking her into the turnbuckles to counter a figure-four leglock attempt.  Gail attacked after the match and locked her in the figure-four around the ringpost.
-Kenny King won a triple threat match with Chris Sabin and Petey Williams to retain the X-Division Title when he pinned Petey after the Royal Flush.
-Tag Team Champion Shawn Hernandez d. Christopher Daniels(w/ Frankie Kazarian); James Storm's distraction led to Hernandez finishing with the Pounce.
-Joseph Park d. D-Lo Brown; D-Lo busted Park open with repeated punches to the head and Park snapped, rallying against D-Lo before winning with the Blackhole Slam.