The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on February 27, 2014, at NXT's home base, Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

In the main event, Adrian Neville defeated Bo Dallas in a ladder match to win the NXT Championship.

The event was praised by critics, but some experienced technical issues viewing the live stream, which WWE later acknowledged.

In 2012, WWE restructured their NXT brand from being a reality-based competition television show to a developmental territory for their main roster.

The event was scheduled to be held on February 27, 2014, at the brand's home arena of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

[2] The main event featured Bo Dallas defending the NXT Championship against Adrian Neville in a ladder match.

Neville first won a number one contender match (against Sami Zayn) for Dallas' title on the November 27, 2013, episode of NXT.

[11] Emma earned number one contendership status to Paige's title on the August 7 episode of NXT by winning a dance-off.

The pre-show panel consisted of Bret Hart, Kevin Nash, Paul Heyman, and Renee Young.

It was shown at different times during the event that Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Full Sail University President Garry Jones, as well as Ric Flair, Pat Patterson, Dusty Rhodes, and John Cena were in attendance at ringside.

Cesaro attempted his signature "Neutralizer", but Zayn countered and went on to hit a sunset flip powerbomb, but it was not enough to win the match.

[19][21] In the show's third match, The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) successfully defended their NXT Tag Team Championship against mystery opponents Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay).

[19][22] The fourth match (which received a pre-match endorsement from Stephanie McMahon) featured Paige retaining her NXT Women's Championship over Emma.

Near the end of the match, Neville attempted his signature "Red Arrow", but Dallas pushed him off the ropes to the apron and the floor.

This incapacitated Dallas long enough for Neville to set up and climb the ladder to retrieve the NXT Championship hanging above the ring.

Lastly, Oster praised the announcers, who "worked perfectly together in a traditional sports style, which truly added to the broadcast.

He also pointed out that there were no commercial breaks or dead time, making the event "mighty close in total content to a three-hour Raw".

He also wrote that Cesaro-Zayn was "match of the year by a country mile", describing it as "better, more emotionally intense, and more exciting than anything WWE has put on since their previous encounter".

[19] Sky Sports summed up the event that "WWE's stars of tomorrow showed they are ready for the limelight now by engaging in some brilliant bouts" and "some quite spectacular wrestling".

The Dallas-Neville main event was described as "high-octane", while the Cesaro-Zayn match being a "near 23-minute epic" that "also lived up to the hype" and "earned the fans' seal of approval once more".

[26] The Canadian Online Explorer's Nolan Howell gave a positive review, awarding the entire event 4 stars out of 5.

[25] During tonight's live NXT Arrival special, we unfortunately experienced technical difficulties, which are to be expected when launching a new digital network.

[29] A day later on the post-WrestleMania Raw on April 7, Paige made an unannounced main roster debut and was immediately challenged to a title match by WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee; Paige won that match to capture the WWE Divas Championship and become a double champion.

Also on the post-WrestleMania Raw, Alexander Rusev won his first singles match on the main roster, and introductory videos for Bo Dallas started airing.