12/7 Kester's WWE NXT Live Coverage Review: The Uso Brothers vs. Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins, Darren Young and JTG (w/Tamina) vs. Percy Watson and Titus O'Neil, and Derrick Bateman vs. Johnny Curtis

By Ryan Kester

NXT on WWE.com
Taped 12/6/11 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Usos came out to start their match, but Derrick Bateman came out saying he needed some closure with his fiancée. The Uso Brothers told him they saw Maxine leave on her own. Bateman thanked them and Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks made their entrances.

1. The Uso Brothers beat Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins in 8:36. The Usos took control first and worked over Tyler Reks with quick tags coupled with double-team maneuvers. Hawkins ran in and both Usos sent the heels to the floor.

Reks and Hawkins took advantage of the situation by working together to attack Jimmy Uso. The heels then took their turn working a few quick tags… [C]

Back from the break, Hawkins and Reks continued their assault on Jimmy. Eventually, Jimmy got the hot tag to Jey, and Jey quickly dispatched of both heels. Jey hit a Samoan Drop on Reks and followed with a wrecking ball. Reks battled back with a reverse STO that caused Jimmy to land face-first into the corner.

Reks set up for his Burning Hammer but Jey reversed it into a bulldog. Moments later, Jey tagged in Jimmy, who hit the Superfly Splash for the pin.

Backstage, Bateman continued to look for Maxine. He managed to find her mom, who gave Maxine an alibi for the weekend. She then flirted with Bateman and Johnny Curtis showed up to taunt him. Bateman freaked out in a cartoonish fashion and was pulled away by his fellow wrestlers… [C]

Ryan's Rant: Good match, but it was pretty formulaic WWE tag team fare. The action was solid, but there was nothing that stood out as particularly memorable.

2. Darren Young and JTG (w/Tamina) beat Percy Watson and Titus O'Neil in 6:41. Watson had control of the match until Young managed to hit a back suplex on the ring apron. Young and JTG began making quick tags to wear down Watson.

Eventually, Watson caught JTG with a dropkick and both men made hot tags. O'Neil entered the match and demolished both of his opponents. Young, however, managed to roll O'Neil up for the pin.

After he match, O'Neil reminded us that this season has lasted thirty-nine weeks. Thanks for that, O'Neil. He went on to challenge Darren Young to a match next week.

Ryan's Rant: This was the same thing as the last match, only without the in-ring skill.

The announcers sent us to the flashy WWE Network announcement video that did not feature an announcement.

3. Derrick Bateman beat Johnny Curtis in 7:10 Bateman took control early and threw Curtis around the ring. Bateman ended up with a bloody nose. Bateman dove towards the outside for a dropkick but Curtis avoided him and Bateman landed hard on the floor... [C]

Back from the break, the announcers talked about Bateman's refusal to stop the match despite suffering an injury. Curtis capitalized on that injury by attacking Bateman's arm.

Eventually, Bateman started fighting back and he caught Curtis with a neckbreaker. The two men traded chops, and Bateman hit an inverted DDT for the victory.

Maxine made her way to the ring and she had a microphone in her hand. When she made it to the ring Maxine chastised Bateman for going to her mother, who happened to have been backstage in a WWE event, and talking about her. Maxine called off the engagement and gave Bateman her engagement ring.

Ryan's Rant: This show misses William Regal terribly. Matt Striker is an absolutely abhorrent announcer and I find his commentary to be, at times, worse than Booker T's. The match was ok, but I really feel like both men are not ready to be on WWE programming. They're both just so green. Also, I suppose they are making Bateman a face again. The fact that they keep switching between face and heel for him tells me that they simply do not know what to do with the young man yet, and I feel like he's just not finding a character he's comfortable playing.

Overall, this show was absolutely skippable. Unless you have to see for yourself what the next chapter in the Maxine/Bateman/Curtis love triangle will hold, then this show simply isn't worth your time.

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