NXT – July 12, 2011 – Seriously WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR???
NXT
Date: July 12, 2011
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Commentators: Todd Grisham, William Regal
We’re somehow in week 19 of this show. Think about that for a minute and try not to have your head explode. This season started on March 8. What I want to know is what they’re waiting on. I mean do they really not have six guys they can throw on here? Anyway we now have three finalists left again and there’s not much else to say here because the shows are the same all around again. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Bateman returning and he and Bryan winning last week.
Bateman opens the show and says this is his show, calling it the Super Terrific Derrick Bateman Happy Hour Extravaganza. He talks about how awesome he is and how he’s here to save the show. The fans really don’t seem all that into him here which is rather surprising. After he runs his mouth for a bit, here’s Darren Young to read off his resume which is really all he’s capable of doing anymore. Also O’Neil has nothing on him. Bateman agrees that Young is good but not as good as Bateman.
Cue that leprechaun music to get on my nerves again. Titus comes out and barks a lot but Bateman cuts him off. When they’ve gotten to the point that they’re calling each other’s lines before they happen, you’ve been on this show too long. Bateman says O’Neil will be going for cheap pops which Bateman is the master of. “So you’re the Master Bateman?” Someone pop in a DX reunion DVD. The jokes have to be better than this. Anyway Maryse comes out and makes a triple threat.
Darren Young vs. Titus O’Neil vs. Derrick Bateman
Bateman grabs a quick rollup for two to start. That gets him nowhere though so Titus clears the ring because he can. The two others decide to double team Titus to take him down as we enter into the standard operating procedures for bad triple threat matches. Bateman gets a splash for two. Bryan is the only pro out here. Double suplex gets two on Titus.
This is elimination apparently. The fans are a bit bored so they cheer for Bryan. The boring double beatdown continues for awhile until Titus wakes up for a bit, only to get taken down again almost immediately. Bateman is sent to the floor as Titus hits Clash of the Titus on Young but Bateman steals the pin. Back from a break with Titus throwing Bateman around for fun. Bateman goes for the knee and it’s off to a chinlock to make sure we don’t get excited about anything.
Nice loud chops by Bateman finally wake up the crowd for a few seconds. Titus takes over and chops even harder. And never mind as it’s back to Bateman’s control to waste even more time. Titus starts his comeback and hits a backbreaker but barks instead of covering. Fall away slam gets two. Titus goes up and tries a middle rope clothesline but Bateman ducks and O’Neil kind of hits Bateman’s back. Bateman hits the stupid headlock mat slam/weak bulldog for the pin at 13:53 shown.
Rating: D+. Just so boring here. These guys can only have so many matches before you’ve seen it all. They’re not even good matches in the first place so it’s not like we’re watching good matches when they’re at their best. Bateman makes things a bit more interesting but it’s not like we’re watching Flair vs. Steamboat out there.
Video on Money in the Bank.
Yoshi is back at his shrine or whatever. Striker asks why he’s keeping the broken action figure and apparently it’s something about honor. Tyson vs. Tatsu III tonight.
Pretty long video on Punk vs. Cena.
Horny is drinking root beer because he’s sad about Maryse. A guy comes up with a package for him and it’s from a secret admirer. He thinks the candy in it is from Maryse.
JTG thinks he can make Kozlov gangster and they make a bet. Gee do you think this is going to result in Kozlov wearing a funny costume?
Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd
Regal wants to know why it’s called a rubber match. Kidd stalls a lot before we get going. Yoshi grabs the arm to start which is rather quickly countered. Dropkick by Kidd misses and Yoshi hammers away, sending Kidd to the floor. Kidd takes over once they’re back inside and chokes him on the ropes. Tatsu comes back but the Canadian hits a Russian legsweep to the Japanese off the middle rope.
Back from a break with Kidd holding a headscissors on the mat. Yoshi gets up and gets a sloppy crucifix for two. Kidd gets a floatover neckbreaker for two. Isn’t it great to see two pros get the final ¼ of a show about rookies? Off to a chinlock as the crowd is coming out of their seemingly eternal slumber a bit here. Regal keeps me sane by talking about how when he had a heart attack his ex wife immediately wrote for an ambulance.
Yoshi gets a big kick to put both guys down for a count, reaching seven. Here’s Yoshi’s comeback and he goes old school with a slingshot. Here are some more kicks but Kidd kicks Yoshi’s knee out. Dropkick to the side of the head gets two for Kidd. Sharpshooter is blocked and Kidd is sent back to the floor. A dive is blocked by a kick to the head of Tatsu though but Kidd’s springboard elbow is blocked. Kidd gets crotched on the top but blocks a superplex. Moonsault misses and Tatsu gets a rollup for the pin at 11:20.
Rating: C+. This again pales in comparison to their rather good first match in the set. It’s like they’re trying to go out and have a great match which works about once a decade and it takes people a lot better than this. It was pretty good, but at the end of the day they’re fighting over a piece of a leg of an action figure broken in a shrine.
Kidd jumps him post match and resteals the leg of the action figure. It was stolen in the first place?
Overall Rating: D. The show overall is pretty pointless but the main event was ok enough. Definitely not worth going out of your way to see or anything though. There was also no word on anything else as far as ending the season. That August 2 date gets scarier and scarier every time. Anyway, another horrible show this week with very little redeeming value.
Results
Derrick Bateman b. Titus O’Neil and Darren Young – Headlock into a mat slam to O”Neil
Yoshi Tatsu b. Tyson Kidd – Rollup
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