WWE NXT TV report

WWE NXT: The Year In Review

December 27, 2012

LIVE! From Stamford, Connecticut

by Emerson “Happy New Year!” Witner

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Here's what you need to know about NXT:

-They have a champion, it's Seth Rollins, aka the former Tyler Black. As of 12/20 he was in an Alternate Universe where he is not here to Shield us against injustice. 

-Dusty Rhodes is the Authority Figure, but his job title seems to change from week to week.

-They have a seemingly always rotating announce table, but the most consistent thing is Jim Ross in the main event.

-NXT has this fun habit of editing matches from different tapings together and not bothering to try to hide it. That's why you will sometimes have a pink middle rope for one match and it won't be there for the next match

-Big E. Langston refused to go to Raw with Vickie Guerrero so he waited for AJ to invite him to go to Raw...after she lost power.

-The insanely popular Paige, Emma, Audrey Marie and Sasha Banks are the only four NXT Diva's and depending on the week Paige and Audrey are either trying to team up to prove they are better than the WWE Diva's or attacking each other.

-Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Rowan (Husky Harris, Brodie Lee and Erick Rowan) have formed a weird family.

-Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger have formed an alliance and seemed determined to get William Regal to drop the headset and get in the ring.

-Camacho desperately needs $5,000 to break Hunico out of Mexico. Are plane tickets really that expensive?

-The Uso's and The Ascension are somehow still feuding despite Kenneth Cameron being fired over a month ago.

And that's everything you need to know about NXT. (Now we know!) (And knowing is half the battle) (G.I. Joe!)

In case you missed it, here's what you missed in the first five months of this year on WWE NXT...

-Matt Striker was kidnapped, but only on NXT. Striker continued to appear on Raw, SmackDown and Superstars unscathed.

-William Regal became an authority figure and had a major beef with Hawkins and Reks. Rekins were the ones to plot the dastardly Striker kidnapping and pinned it on Maxine and Johnny Curtis.

-Maxine and Johnny Curtis spend several months in a love rectangle with Derrick Bateman and Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn seemingly wanted to date Bateman, Bateman seemingly wanted to date Kaitlyn, Bateman wanted to marry Maxine, but Maxine once dated Curtis. Curtis got a freaky sex character before his Dancing With The Stars character and seemingly had a thing for Kaitlyn as well.

-Kaitlyn and Justin Gabriel threw an intervention for Derrick Bateman before Bateman's wedding to Maxine, which seemed to cure Bateman as he left the crazy woman.

-Hornswoggle left NXT and dumped AJ because he needed to do things on SmackDown. Of course AJ was on SmackDown at the time. She moved on to taller men.

-Tyson Kidd turned baby face for no reason and tried teaming with Trent Baretta, Justin Gabriel and Percy Watson, all of whom promptly got injured.

-Percy Watson was blamed for injuring several superstars, including Percy Watson.

-Great Khali and Ezekial Jackson formed a team for two weeks.

-Titus O'Neil got tired of wrestling Darren Young every week, so he turned heel and formed a team. They were called to SmackDown, which made Derrick Bateman the unofficial winner of NXT Redemption.

-Before that Darren was in love with Tamina and kept trying to hook up with her. That quickly went nowhere.

-Regal eventually proved why he wasn't an idiot and revealed he watched the show and knew that Hawkins and Reks had kidnapped Striker. Striker was eventually returned unharmed and Hawkins & Reks were fired, despite being on the show every week.

-Of course all wackiness was thrown out the window in May when NXT became the developmental territory and that's what brings us here today. Keep in mind I wrote all that from memory.

The show starts with Tony Dawson in the WWE Global Headquarters talking about the year in NXT so far this year.

We kick off this week by going back to August 30 and the crowning of the first ever NXT Champion. The match picked up after the final commercial break, but instead of describing it to you, I am going to copy-paste what I wrote then right here...

1.) In the Gold Rush Championship Tournament Finals Seth Rollins became the first NXT Champion, pinning Jinder Mahal in 15:14. It is the moment we have been waiting for for 4 weeks. It is Jinder Mahal. It is Seth Rollins. One of these men will become champion. Seth is called 典he Flag Bearer of Individualism・ The Fink handles the ring introductions. During the belt presentation ceremony, Jinder bowed to it. Before the match began Dusty Rhodes offered his hand to both men. Seth shook it, while Jinder told him to get the hell out of the ring. As the bell rings, my first thought is 的 guess we won't be getting Richie Steamboat vs Kassius Ohno tonight.・(NOTE: They were announced as having a match on this show) Seth takes the advantage early on, but both men end up in the ropes, but Jinder does not allow the clean break. Seth rebounds back with a series of dropkicks and goes for his finishing move early, but Mahal blocked it. Jinder ended up outside the ring and Seth went for a dive. Jinder moved, so Seth landed on the apron. Jinder, however, tripped up his foe and hip tossed him from the ring apron to the ramp outside the ring! We take a brief commercial break, long enough for Kofi Kingston to tell us not to wrestle at home (Does anyone actually listen?) before we come back and Rollins is fighting out of a rear chin lock. Seth goes for a suplex, but Jinder grounds him with a forearm. Jinder with a series of moves designed to weaken the back of the former ROH Champion. Jinder is setting him up for the Camel Clutch and if he slaps that on, Seth may not be able to do anything but tap. Seth fights through the pain of an Abdominal Stretch, but runs face-first to a jumping knee from Mahal, who picked up a 2 count. Rollins jumped to his feet and hit a series of kicks to Mahal. Jinder tried to get back and went for a running knee to the corner, but Seth rolled out of the way and Mahal nailed the turnbuckle and fell to the floor! Seth climbs to the top rope and blocks out the pain in his lower back and goes for everything as he dives off onto Jinder Mahal! Back in the ring, Seth gets crotched on the top rope and Jinder comes off the top with a beautiful superplex as we go to the final commercial break. Commercial ends quickly and both men are back on their feet exchanging strikes. Seth comes off of the ropes, but Jinder hits a tilt-a-whirl power slam. How is Seth dealing with all the pain in his back? Not sure, but Seth hits a kick to the head and a flying knee to the head for a very close 2 count. Seth is amazed that Jinder kicked out. Seth with a Stinger Splash and an STO into the middle turnbuckle. Seth with a superkick...but Jinder kicks out again! Rollins goes for a Corkscrew Moonsault, but hits the canvas! Jinder with a Full Nelson Slam! Is that it? NO! Seth kicks out! Here we go! Jinder is going for the Camel Clutch! Seth is fighting it. Rollins with a roll up! Two count! Rollins with a power bomb into the corner and nails the Black Out for the win!

-Highlights aired of the Seth-Jinder rematch BEFORE THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE COLLAPSED! Seth, for the first time on NXT, was announced as being part of The Shield and having turned his back on the fans.

-We get a video package highlighting Richie Steamboat, Audrey Marie, CJ Parker (who hasn't been on the show in months), Bo Dallas and Big E. Langston.

-Another video package, this one for Bray Wyatt, talking to his congregation. That leads us to July 12, 2012 and a Bray match!

2.) Bray Wyatt pinned Aiden English in 1:45. Aiden got the jobber entrance this week. He is 0-1 here on NXT. Bray did a promo on his way to the ring, saying in time we will understand exactly who he his and what he is capable of. Finally, after that we will understand what he is, but for now he is the angel in the dirt. Bray had the referee remove Bray's Hawaiian shirt for him. Bray slams Aiden's face onto his knee and then almost kills Aiden when throwing him out of the ring. Bray followed outside, laughing and beat on him. The fans are behind him, chanting 展y-att・ I don't know how long they will be cheering for him, since he is a heel (and won't be seen for 6 months). (EDIT: Turns out they still love him all these months later) Bray with a corner splash, before dancing with Aiden and beating him with an STO. As he covered Aiden, he cradled his head, looking like he was protecting him.

-We actually get a brand new interview with Bray Wyatt where he talks about how the New Year brings us the opportunity to lose weight or ask the girl down the street out or it is another chance for your family to disappoint you. But don't worry, because he will be here for us.

-Tonight we will see an EXCLUSIVE MATCH between Cody Rhodes and Kane.

-A great video package for Kassius Ohno aired. This really has been an episode full of great highlight packages. It culminated in a recap of the Ohno and Leo Kruger beat down on Tyson Kidd a few weeks ago where Mr. Regal pulled Tyson to safety.

-Backstage Kassius Ohno (w/glasses) tells us that while 13 is an unlucky number and 2013 will be an unlucky year for his opponents, he will not have an unlucky year and 2013 will be “OK for KO”.

-WWE Champion CM Punk is elsewhere with a Christmas present for us and that is his wisdom. The last time he was here he told Seth Rollins to beat respect out of people, which he took to heart. Punk told them to work hard, pay their dues and break through glass ceilings. That was actually good advice.

-An official video package for Big E. Langston airs, where he claims to not be normal. No talk of him suddenly deciding to go to Raw with AJ and Dolph Ziggler however.

From November 22...

3.) Big E. Langston pinned Camacho in 2:04. Camacho is here to collect Vickie Guerrero's $5.000 bounty. I always like that Big had the chance to be promoted to Raw, but refused it. JR actually mentions that King Kong Bundy used to use the 5 count, which is the first time I heard someone other than me mention it. The son of Haku didn't stand a chance in this one. Big picked up the win with the Fireman's Carry Diamond Cutter. For the second Big match in a row, the highlight was the referee having no idea why Big remained covering his opponent and yelling 吐ive・at him after the referee counted three. He really needs to clue these referee's in.

-Of course after that we go to the future to Raw from two weeks ago when Big debuted on Raw and destroyed Cena. What makes this funny, of course, is there is footage of Big as a baby face beating Seth for the NXT Title that hasn't aired yet.

-Tony Dawson then interviewed Big about the attack. Big said he was helping his friend AJ Lee, which is his business. His business on NXT is becoming NXT Champion and his New Year's Resolution is to win the NXT Title. Hmm, I guess that ties that together, eh?

-Another video package, this one for Leo Kruger, Kassius Ohno, Conor O'Brien, Paige and Corey Graves.

-Next week Seth Rollins defends the NXT Championship against........................Corey Graves? Really? Okay then...

4.) In an EXCLUSIVE MATCH, Kane pinned Cody Rhodes in 6:57. Tom Phillips and Tony Dawson call the action. Apparently this was taped in July. Despite Tony just saying seconds ago that this match was taped in July, him and Tom talk about how this is a grudge match because Kane injured Cody a month ago. In November. Okay then. Cody tries to run away early on, but Kane chases him down and gets him back in the ring. Cody gets the heat with a back elbow and Kane getting his boot caught on the top turnbuckle. We come back from commercial with both men laying on the ground and the announcer screaming “THE IMPLITUDE OF THAT LEAP!” What leap? Cody almost picks up the win with the Beautiful Disaster kick, but Kane kicked out and eventually picked up the win with a choke slam.

-Next week:

-Seth Rollins vs Corey Graves

-Bo Dallas vs Epico

-Kassius Ohno & Leo Kruger vs Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel

-We suddenly get an interruption by The Shield! The Shield takes over the satellite transmission to talk to us. Seth talks about how he is the only NXT Champion in WWE history, but he was stuck on NXT waiting to be called up.

Dean said WWE has been poisoned by lies and corruption, but WWE is too proud to tell you it is sick. The WWE Universe doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, so they are here to show us. 

Seth said that while Corey Graves did what he thought he had to do, the next time he sees Corey he will be carried out of the building on a stretcher.

Dean says they work harder and train harder than everyone else and if we thought we saw pain and destruction on Raw and SmackDown we hadn't seen anything yet.

Roman confirms that NXT is their house and they will come and go as they please.

The Shield's new year's resolution is to bring justice to WWE and there is no better place to start than here on NXT next week.

-The satellite is restored with Tony Dawson in the middle of a sentence acting like nothing ever happened and he sent the show off the air.

-That is it for this week. Have a fun, exciting and safe New Years and I will see you in 2013!