Your hosts are Todd Grisham & S. William Regal...notably the open has been shortened to just the still-active rookies. We seem to be losing our pros faster than our rookies these days. Your emcee is Matt Striker(Maryse Ouellet is still recovering from a recent injury, I believe).
Darren Young disrupts a potential egg-carrying challenge...thank goodness. He's gonna ride that "main-evented SummerSlam" thing for all its worth, isn't he? Striker even calls him on that...talking about his past instead of his future. Young promptly decks Striker and challenges him to a one-on-one match.
Justin Gabriel vs. Tyson Kidd: Regal has some insight, nothing that he wrestled Gabriel's father at one time. Oh yeah, Gabriel's first WWE match involved him pinning Regal(we're not mentioning the other participants in said match). Regal drops Lance Storm's name as well, saying Kidd has been training with him recently. Nice thing about the internet shows is that the matches generally get more time...yay wrestling.
Gabriel rallies and connects with a corkscrew plancha, then hits a springboard cross-body but Kidd rolls through for a close near-fall. Gabriel counters a Sharpshooter attempt into a modified Koji Clutch but Kidd makes the ropes. Gabriel goes topside but Kidd cuts him off on the ropes and hits a series of jumping enzuigiris before springboarding into a top-rope Frankensteiner! Cover...gets 2 1/2. Kidd gets frustrated and runs into a Blue Thunder Bomb...for 2 1/2. Kidd takes Gabriel down out of nowhere with a modified Canadian Mapleleaf and Regal picks up on the Lance Storm connection that he mentioned earlier...Gabriel reverses into a modified sunset flip...for two. Gabriel hits an STO out of nowhere...third floor...Fall From Grace...nails it(from a good distance, by the way) and that's the ballgame!
Matt Striker vs. Darren Young: Striker is fired up, but Young cuts him off with a neckbreaker on the ring apron. Young targets the arm, throwing Striker shoulder-first into the ringpost...Striker manages a desperation half-sunset flip for a two-count but Young delivers an overhead suplex. Young tries for a submission with a cravate hold but Striker counters out of it and hits a Gory Bomb(shades of Young's former mentor Chavo Guerrero Jr.)! Striker's nose appears to be bloodied...reversal sequence ends in the Golden Rule(briefly the Zack Attack) and Striker gets a CLOSE near-fall. Blind charge hits turnbuckles and Young hits the Strongbuster to get the duke.
Daniel Bryan finally makes his return to NXT in a backstage segment...he won't be at ringside for Bateman because he feels like Bateman's making a fool of himself lately. Heh.
Titus O'Neil(w/ Hornswoggle & A.J. Lee) vs. Derrick Bateman: Bateman attempts to brawl his way into an advantage and actually does well for himself in that regard. Titus overpowers Bateman who takes out the leg in response, but O'Neil blocks a sunset flip for the surprise pin. Bateman tries for the post-match attack and turns his aggression toward the leprechaun, but the midget escapes harm as usual and Bateman runs into the Clash Of The Titus. Hornswoggle adds a tadpole splash for fun.
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