Wednesday, November 23, 2011

WWE NXT5.com

-Your hosts are Matt Striker & S. William Regal.
-Darren Young kicks off the show. Regal refers to Young's finisher as the Gut Check, that'll work. Young is quickly joined by Tyler Reks & Curt Hawkins...then Titus O'Neil & Percy Watson. About time someone asked what "the 'it' factor" is supposed to be. Titus decks Young and the heels decide to shift into retreat mode, so Striker announces O'Neil/Watson vs. Reks/Young for the main event.
-That new "Great White" T-shirt for Sheamus O'Shaunessy might not go over well in certain circles...
-Yoshi Tatsu vs. Johnny Curtis: Derrick Bateman & Maxine Perez join the broadcast team, so Striker and Regal grill them about relationship matters. Bateman and Maxine get into an argument and she walks away from ringside...something that does not escape Curtis' attention. The brief distraction allows Yoshi to mount a comeback, notching the victory with the spinning heel kick off the top rope. Bateman jumps in the ring after the match to "check on Curtis" before leaving the ring area...
-Owen Hart was one of my favorite wrestlers and it sucks that his main legacies seem to be a) how he died and b) injuring Steve Austin's neck...just saying.
-Backstage: Bateman and Maxine are arguing AGAIN...Curtis bugs Bateman afterwards.
-Jimmy Uso(w/ Jey Uso) vs. J.T.G.: The Usos enlighten us...they acknowledge past great Samoan wrestlers as their predecessors including Yokozuna(hmm, they usually don't acknowledge him as Samoan) and even Umaga(who's gone unmentioned on WWE TV since his death). The Usos have taken exception to Tamina's relationship with J.T.G. in recent weeks. J. escapes a Samoan Drop attempt but eats a close-range superkick...Jimmy follows up with the splash off the top for the win.
-Titus O'Neil & Percy Watson vs. Tyler Reks & Darren Young(w/ Curt Hawkins): Percy and Young start...once Percy tags Titus, Young rushes to tag out to Reks. The commentators talk about Bateman signing a short-term contract to compete on Smackdown...wonder what this does to the whole NXT dynamic? Yeah, I'm the only one who cares...though this could leave the door open for totally new arrivals to debut on this program. Regal jokes about how he's got abs in the new WWE '12 video game...heh. The momentum shifts a few times over the course of the matchup...but Reks and Young finally isolate Watson for a few minutes. Titus gets a hot tag and cleans house, overpowering D.Young...but Reks breaks up his pin attempt, bringing Percy back into the fray. Hawkins tries to insert himself into the matchup and Titus stops him, but the distraction is enough for Young to nail him from behind. One Gut Check later, D.Young gets the three-count on O'Neil to win the main event!

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