{"id":3214,"date":"2015-11-15T02:59:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T08:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2015-11-15T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T19:01:04","slug":"hits-misses-1111-wwe-nxt-tag-title-change-joes-explanation-bayley-hype-bros-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/15\/hits-misses-1111-wwe-nxt-tag-title-change-joes-explanation-bayley-hype-bros-more\/","title":{"rendered":"HITS &#038; MISSES &#8211; 11\/11 WWE NXT: Tag Titles, Joe&#8217;s explanation, Bayley &#038; Hype Bros."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1879862511\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>What worked and did not work on this week&#8217;s NXT episode? PWTorch specialist Tony Donofrio breaks down this week&#8217;s NXT episode with the Hits &amp; Column column&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT 11\/11 Hits &amp; Misses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NXT HITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Apollo Crews attacks Baron Corbin:<\/strong> I loved this start to the show after last week&#8217;s finish to the NXT Title main event. As I said last week, this shouldn\u2019t get lost in the shuffle and was a perfect way to underscore that was to showcase it at the top of the show. It was also great to see Crews in a different light; showing some anger and more of an edge, as he should have after losing out on his opportunity due to Corbin. A strong start to this feud and I\u2019m looking forward to see it progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Bayley &amp; Hype Bros vs. Alexa Bliss &amp; Wesley Blake &amp; Buddy Murphy<\/strong>: A fine match that didn\u2019t give away too much of Bliss and Bayley to make it feel important when they meet up next week. The tag teams themselves took a back seat on this one, even they were the ones that were most involved in the decision, but for good reason because I feel like the NXT Women\u2019s Title should be featured over two tag teams that aren\u2019t currently in the tag title picture. More importantly, I\u2019m glad that we didn\u2019t see a prolonged \u201ctitle theft\u201d angle like we saw twice this past year on the main roster with both the Intercontinental and WWE Titles. While it may not seem like a huge deal to some, I was very happy to see that put to bed later in the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Nia Jax vs. Deonna<\/strong>: A perfect, true blue squash match that fits what they\u2019re trying to do with Jax just right. I wish we\u2019d see more of the same with how Asuka is featured, as I mentioned last week. What\u2019s intriguing is that we haven\u2019t yet been tipped off as to whether Jax is a face or heel yet, really. I tend to believe that she\u2019s more heel at this point, but I\u2019d be surprised if we don\u2019t find out for sure sooner rather than later. Two other things also worth noting: I don\u2019t know where they plan on going with Jax and her backstage encounter with Eva Marie, but if you know how I feel about Eva Marie then you know that I feel like the further they keep a rising star from Eva Marie, the better. Having said that, I did like Jax\u2019s brief encounter with Bayley and her eyeing up the NXT Title. My biggest concern? That this leads back to her helping Eva Marie get the title. That could end in disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Vaudevillians vs. Dash &amp; Dawson (NXT Tag Titles)<\/strong>: I really like how this worked on multiple levels. First of all, showing last month&#8217;s match from the Dusty Rhodes Classic between these two teams was a subtle, yet great way to help explain how Dash &amp; Dawson did earn a tag title match in the non-title showdown. Secondly, Dash &amp; Dawson\u2019s singling out of Aiden English and the announcers pointing out the error of Simon Gotch tagging English back in at the end right after he\u2019d finally tagged out was great story-telling from both the wrestlers and announcers. This was a well worked match and it\u2019s nice to see heels win a title match cleanly. I look forward to seeing the re-match, which presumably will be at &#8220;Takeover&#8221; in London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Samoa Joe\u2019s explanation<\/strong>: I loved Joe\u2019s explanation for turning heel against Finn Balor last week. I thought he was very solid on his reasoning. I actually agreed with his points and even started to sympathize with him. However, what helped cement this was a strong heel promo was Joe stating his sense of entitlement at the end of the promo. When you tack that onto how he used one of the referees as a pawn to initiate his attack on Finn Balor, Joe was very effective in establishing himself as a full blown heel on Wednesday night.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4110790493\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Overall Show<\/strong>: This was not a great show, but each segment had more than enough good to make this a solid show all around and help move along many stories that are now in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MISSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>None<\/strong>: Again, not a perfect or great show by any means. It could be argued that Bayley was made to look a bit silly, but it was a random bump in the road that didn\u2019t really do much to hurt her, the credibility of the title, or make her fall into the \u201cmiss column.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Tony Donofrio is a Specialist for PWTorch covering a variety of topics and promotions. 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