WWE NXT Report for July 13
NXT TV Report for July 13, 2010
From Louisville, Kentucky
Ashley Valance still has her job apparently, as she and Matt Striker, did the customary introductions to start the show. They also brought out the Nexus guys. Wade Barrett did a brief promo, saying tonight was a celebration of their victory over John Cena on Raw.
Lucky Cannon & Mark Henry v The Miz & Alex Riley
They told the story that Miz didn't want any part of Henry after last night's angle, so he had Riley start the match. Henry dominated and threw Riley to the floor. Back inside, Henry continued to dominate and dared Miz to tag in. Cannon tagged in and worked off of an arm bar. He clotheslined Riley to the floor. They then did a spot where Cannon did a plancha but hit both Riley and the ring steps on the way down. It sure looked like that was intentional as opposed to a blown spot, which is baffling since it makes Cannon look clumsy and uncoordinated. Anyway, they went to a break with the heels keeping the heat on Cannon as they returned. Miz hit his running clothesline in the corner for a near fall. Josh Matthews made mention of the fact that Michael Cole was now in the Raw open, but no mention of who was taken out. Riley didn't show a lot when working over Cannon. Henry eventually
got the hot tag and got at Miz with some clotheslines, an avalanche and a gorilla press slam. Miz tagged out to Riley, who immediately walked into a world's strongest slam for the pinfall. After the match, Mark Henry dumped the contents of a conveniently placed garbage can onto Riley
Cannon (2-3) & Henry d. Miz & Riley (2-2)
They did a different video piece on Alex Riley, with Miz putting him over strongly but the others making fun of his gimmick.
Up next was the Percy Watson talk show. They used an instrumental version of The Capitols' classic song "Cool Jerk" as his theme. He wore his wrestling trunks to host the show. If nothing else, Watson has good energy and a fairly unique delivery, which can cover for a lack of substance (a big problem, giving who is writing these promos). He had MVP as his guest and thanked him for mentoring him so far. He then brought out the rookies, with the idea that they were going to all jump MVP. Of course, MVP just asked the pros to walk down the ramp. All of this led to Matt Striker announcing a battle royal with Wade Barrett interjecting himself and the Nexus into the match.
20-Man Battle Royal
The Nexus guys immediately cleared the ring; it's such a huge logic hole that you can do that with impunity in a battle royal. It always has been that way, but at least in the past it wasn't taken advantage of all of the time. Everyone but Nexus then immediately ganged up on Henry and eliminated him. That began the trend of Nexus putting the boots to guys as they were eliminated. Cottonwood went out shortly thereafter. MVP was next out but Kingston and Morrison saved him as Nexus went for another attack. Lucky Cannon was eliminated away from camera range somewhere in here. Nexus hit the ring after a commercial break. They were consistently getting the better of the exchanges they were in with Otunga throwing out Percy Watson. Barrett threw out McGillicutty, as the Nexus group huddled in the corner. Husky Harris tried to attack and was put out. Meanwhile, Alex Riley got a decent-sized gash on the back of his neck or head somehow, so Jack Cone entered the ring and told him to leave in an incredibly awkward moment. They couldn't come up with an improptu spot to eliminate him in a logical fashion? The announcers made no mention of any of this. Zack Ryder then dumped Kaval, which eliminated the rookies and left five pros against six members of Nexus. The story was that the pros couldn't work together as Miz dumped Ryder from behind after they all huddled together. Miz then tried to talk his way into Nexus and when that didn't work, the Miz eliminated himself. Rhodes then sat back and allowed Nexus to work over Kingston and Morrison six-on-two. After giving the two veterans some offense, they were eventually put out. Rhodes tried to make peace but Nexus turned on him and was eliminated. Apparently, that ended the match as Nexus was announced as the winners; they never made it clear that it was some kind of a team concept. After the match, they did the usual spiel where all the Nexus guys hit their finishers.
Matt Striker tried to do an interview after the match but Barrett ordered him out of the ring. Barrett then did a promo, saying no one can understand what's going on because it's part of a bigger picture. He debuted a new catchphrase saying "you're either Nexus or against us."
