By Chris Shore

WWE NXT on WWE.com
Taped earlier in Hershey, Pa.

A video recapped the Lucky Cannon story and elimination from last week…The opening video aired and Todd Grisham and William Regal checked in on commentary. The announced that next week would be the next elimination and voting opened at noon tomorrow…

Hornswoggle's music hit and he and Titus came to the ring. Horny mumbled something and Titus translated that he want Maryse to come to the ring. Maryse came out and Horny mumbled something. Titus asked her to close her eyes and hold out her hand.

She did, but held her hand high. Titus had to pick him up to put a ring box in her hand. She opened it and it was a ring pop. She called him a fat troll and slapped him before doing her facepalm hand at him. She told him to get a woman his own size.

Zack Ryder's music hit and he came to the ring cutting a promo. Ryder asked Titus how Horny was going to get him to the next level. Titus said when Ryder was his pro, he was eliminated first, but with Horny he had lasted longer. He said he was going to prove Horny was a better pro. Titus said, "I know it, the WWE Unjiverse knows it, and woo, woo, woo, you know it."

Ryder said he was going to fist pump O'Neil's face and Titus flinched at him. Ryder backpeddled and Striker walked out and booked them in a match for later…[C]

Shore’s Slant: I get Zack Ryder tonight? Well, NXT just became fun. The Maryse stuff is stupid, but I assume there's some pay off where she gets hers…or something.

1. Vladimir Kozlov, Conor O'Brian, and Yoshi Tatsu defeated Chavo Guerrero, Darren Young, and JTG 15:24. The rookies started and worked a basic opening sequence with O'Brian getting the better. Chavo tagged in and didn't fare any better. JTG and Yoshi tagged in. JTG hid in the ropes and tagged Young back in without ever doing a move. Kozlov tagged in and the babyfaces sent all the heels to the floor…[C]

Back from commercial, Conor O'Brian was getting beat up by the heels. Yoshi got the hot tag after several minutes of Conor selling to the heels. Yoshi ran his offense and hit a shining wizard on JTG. Young and Chavo made the save, but Kozlov hit a double suplex on them both. JTG hit a drop kick on Kozlov to take him out, and Yoshi hit the roundhouse kick on JTG for the pinfall victory…

Shore’s Slant: Basic match that the crowd showed virtually no interest in. This show is not bad anymore, but nobody cares and the crowds just go to sleep every week.

Grisham announced that Evan Bourne would face Sin Cara on Monday to make up for the voting irregularities…The Raw Rebound recapped the number one contender's match…

Backstage, Tyson Kidd was on the phone with Lucky Cannon. He said he couldn't get a recount and hung up. He saw Yoshi's locker that had a shrine with candles and a Yoshi action figure in the lotus position. Yoshi chased Kidd off and then laid a big Hersey Bar in front of the action figure…

Shore’s Slant: OK…Yeah, I got nothing.

2. Zack Ryder defeated Titus O'Neil (w/Hornswoggle) at 8:30. Ryder bumped around for Titus and went to the floor. He climbed back in the ring and took control, but Horny bit him on the ass. Titus hooked a roll up and Ryder went back to the floor to recover…[C]

Back from commercial, Ryder was in control and worked rest holds and strikes on Titus. Titus came powering back and hit a fall away slam. Ryder rolled to the floor and chased Hornswoggle around. He shoved him down and slid in the ring as Titus checked on Hornswoggle. When Titus slid in the ring, Ryder hit a kick to the face and followed with the Rough Ryder for the win. The announce team put over the loss as being caused by Titus checking on Horny…

Shore’s Slant: Color me surprised, I had Titus going over. Good win for Ryder. Wait, nobody but me saw it. So no, it wasn't a good win because it didn't do anything for him. So close and yet so far. I'll have more to say tomorrow on the hitlist. Thanks for reading and I will see you then.

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