WWE NXT TV report - Seth Rollins vs. Corey Graves for the title

WWE NXT

January 3, 2013

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by Emerson “Re-tweeted by Jeremy Borash and Rockstar Spud” 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. For weeks after he was called up NXT was in an Alternate Universe where he was not here to Shield us against injustice. That all changed on 12/27 as they acknowledged it for the first time ever. 

-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?

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

-During the open video package we quickly cut away to the arena where carnage has broken out! The Shield has taken over the ring and is administering a vicious beat down to two guys who were in the ring for the first match! They are causing havoc here on NXT!

Dusty Rhodes came out to tell them to stop, but Dean Ambrose said they have broken more legs and shattered more glass ceilings quicker than anyone else in wrestling history. 

NXT Champion Seth Rollins said they have taken over NXT and there is nothing they can do about it.

Dusty told him he has a match tonight, defending the NXT Title against Corey Graves.

Dean told Dusty that nobody tells them what to do. Dusty said that when they are in his house he will tell them what to do and if Seth does not defend the title tonight he will be stripped of it.

Seth said he will face Corey tonight, but told Dusty to be careful what to wish for.

Roman told Dusty this may be Dusty's house, but he is paying The Shield's rent.

1.) Bo Dallas defeated Epico (w/Primo) in 5:05. Sadly Rosa Mendes did not make a trip to Orlando with Orlando Colon, so he was forced to bring Primo with him. Bo hasn't been seen in two weeks since Big Show knocked him the fuck out. The fans were so into this one that they started by chanting “We want Rosa!” I don't think I have ever seen Epico do a singles match and he works just fine. Bo fought out of an Epico back breaker, but took a twisting spinning bump off of a really nice dropkick. Bo decided it was time to be happy to be punched in the face, so he literally encouraged Epico to do it several times before taking over. Bo hit a wacky power slam, followed by the Spear for the win.

-After the match Primo ran in to check on his brother. It was a swerve of a swerve as Bo turned his back and Primo...did not attack. However like the nice guys they are, they let Bo turn around before they cornered him. Who came out to save Bo from a potential beating? Sigh. Michael McGillicutty.

2.) Tamina pinned Sasha Banks in 2:47. Tamina appears to have lost her last name. Looking at Sasha before the match I don't think I have ever seen anyone so ready to get their ass kicked. Apparently there is a tremendous amount of hype behind Sasha. Not sure why. Anyhoo, Sasha got a token amount of offense, but generally got her ass kicked and Tamina pinned her after a Superfly Splash. 

3.) Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger beat Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel in 8:01. This should be a fucking good match. Gabriel had the wackiest blind tag ever, as he had to reach all the way around Ohno in order to tap Kidd. The faces tag in and out quickly, getting a series of two counts on Kruger. Mr. Regal asked Tony Luftman if this is the first time Kruger and Ohno tagged and Luftman went off on this spiel about wanting to impress the WWE Universe. Kidd and Gabriel hit a series of dives to both men on the outside, which took us to commercial. Back from the break Kruger downed Kidd with an impressive Spinebuster after Ohno distracted Tyson. The heels took turns giving a right beating to the most recent last graduate of the Hart dungeon. I wonder what Chris Jericho would say about that. Or Stu Hart. Kidd fought his way to the corner like his life depended on it and made the big tag to Gabriel. A four way brawl broke out and Kruger managed to pin Gabriel with the flipping neck breaker. That was a fine, fine match.

4.) Corey Graves defeated NXT Champion Seth Rollins by disqualification in 4:41, so Rollins retains the title. Two heels squaring off for the gold. Rollins has no theme music. Not his normal theme or The Shield theme we had at TLC. The match starts out with a hell of a brawl as they stood facing each other and just pounded away on one another. Graves got two quick two counts off of a small package and a backslide. Rollins gets a few blows in, but Graves explodes out of the corner with a clothesline. Neither man wrestled as a baby face in this one. They were trying to out-heel one another. Depending on when this was taped, this may have been Rollins first match as a heel in WWE. Graves worked on Seth's knee and quickly slapped on his reverse figure four! We are gonna have a new champion! But here comes The Shield! Reigns and Ambrose run in to save Rollins' championship!

-After the match the three of them continue to beat on Graves, so Dusty Rhodes sent out the locker room, who The Shield overpowered and beat down each of them! Yoshi Tatsu and Alex Riley are out there, as are Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel, but The Shield destroyed all of them! They nail the Triple Powerbomb on Bo Dallas. Who can stop The Shield?

OUT COMES BIG E. LANGSTON! Big walks right into the pit of fire as the fans chant “five!” at him. The Shield backs up to let Big into the ring...and then The Shield steps out and leaves! Reigns, Rollins and Ambrose destroyed everyone on the roster and was run off by one man and that man never had to lift a finger.

-Dusty finishes the show by announcing that next week Seth will defend the championship against Big E. Langston! Well that took long enough.

-That is it for this week. Everything involving the Shield was really good and everything else was filler. Some of it (Kidd/Gabriel vs Ohno/Kruger) was good filler, but filler nonetheless.