4/26 WWE NXT Live Coverage: Darren Young vs. Titus O'Neil, JTG and Jacob Novack vs. Conor O'Brian and Vladimir Kozlov, Lucky Cannon vs. Byron Saxton


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4/26 WWE NXT Live Coverage: Darren Young vs. Titus O'Neil, JTG and Jacob Novack vs. Conor O'Brian and Vladimir Kozlov, Lucky Cannon vs. Byron Saxton
Apr 26, 2011 - 10:00 PM


By Jason Powell

WWE NXT on WWE.com
Taped earlier tonight in Greensboro, N.C.


The show opened with the worst theme music ever used for a pro wrestling show, sports entertainment show, or whatever the hell Vince McMahon wants to call it this week...

Todd Grisham and William Regal opened the show. They discussed the WWE Draft and the fact that Regal was drafted to Smackdown. Regal said it's not about him, it's about the NXT rookies...

Maryse stood in the ring and introduced the NXT rookies and pros while Matt Striker stood behind her. The rookies headed to the ring while the pros took seats on the stage. Once all the rookies were in the ring, Striker spoke about the immunity challenge points and then set up the next contest - "How well do you know your pro?" Jacob Novack ended up winning the contest because everyone else sucked more than he did...

Powell's POV: There was nothing redeeming about this segment, which is par for the course with this show. So boring.

The announcers hyped Titus O'Neil vs. Darren Young as the most intense rivalry of the season and said their latest match was coming up next... [C] Highlights aired of Hornswoggle beating Darren Young when the latter man wore a blindfold and had one arm tied behind his back...

1. Titus O'Neil (w/Hornswoggle) vs. Darren Young (w/Chavo Guerrero). Young applied the Figure Four at 3:30, which drew "Woooo's" from the the North Carolina crowd. Young reached to Chavo for leverage, but Chavo blew him off. Titus came back with a powerbomb and scored the pin...

Powell's POV: Young stated earlier that he doesn't need Chavo, so the story that Chavo wouldn't help him made sense. However, Young reaching for the guy he snubbed when he could have simply grabbed the ropes for leverage does not.

An ad hyped The Rock's appearance on Raw in Miami on Monday... Another ad hyped the digital WWE Magazine... Highlights aired of the confrontation between Jacob Novack and William Regal from last week...

JTG and Jacob Novack came to the ring. JTG introduced Novack, who cut a bland promo on Regal. William stood up and showed the dull rookie how it's done while challenging him to a match. "I promise you, sunshine, you're really not going to like the outcome," Regal said. Novack ultimately said it wasn't going to happen because he already has a match. Novack said they will have a match on his terms next week...

Powell's POV: As much as I like Regal's mic work, I don't think he, Ric Flair, and The Rock cutting a big group promo putting over Novack would be enough to make me care about the bland rookie.

2. JTG and Jacob Novack defeated Conor O'Brian and Vladimir Kozlov in 6:50. O'Brian and Kozlov cleared their opponents from the ring and the show went to break. [C] They replayed the Kharma vignette from Raw. Back to the match, Novack ended up pinning O'Brian... [C]

Powell's POV: A logical finish given that they are building up Novack vs. Regal for next week.

A Raw draft recap video aired... The announcers ran through the pay-per-view lineup...

Backstage, Maryse told Yoshi Tatsu that the purse he gave her is missing. Yoshi approached his rookie Bryan Saxton and asked if he'd seen Lucky Cannon, as he suspected him of stealing the purse. Bryon said he'd be facing Lucky in the ring shortly, and said he wished Yoshi spent half as much time mentoring him as he does chasing Maryse... [C]

Powell's POV: Does this mean we'll find out that Byron set up Lucky? Either way, it's nice to see Saxton call Yoshi on his horniness. Rub one out and do your job, Yoshi.

Another commercial aired for The Rock on Raw...

3. Lucky Cannon (w/Tyson Kidd) defeated Byron Saxton (w/Yoshi Tatsu) by DQ in 5:40. Yoshi was still horny, as he made sure to acknowledge Maryse, who was sitting at ringside with a pissed off look on her face.

Later, Lucky went to ringside and told Maryse he had nothing to do with whatever the hell happened to her stupid purse. Horny Yoshi didn't like that and chased Lucky back inside the ring and attacked him for the DQ. Byron had enough and attacked Yoshi. Lucky ended up being the last man standing to close the show...

Powell's POV: I like Byron. He possesses more of the intangibles than anyone else in this class. He can talk, he's solid in the ring, he has charisma, and he looks the part. Most importantly, he doesn't look like he should be working the popcorn match at my local armory. Hey, look, I found something positive to say about this show. Cleaning my fish tank is more exciting than watching NXT. Hell, I've taken naps that were more entertaining than NXT. Are they ever going to eliminate someone? Do I really need to write an NXT Hitlist tomorrow?

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