Elvis Striker !? (100th episode of NXT reviewed)

NXT would kick off kick off with a new intro, Followed by welcoming Michael Cole to commentary.

The first match on NXT would be the match announced last week, a no DQ match between Titus O’ Neil and Darren Young. After a game of cat and mouse, Titus would take control with some big impact moves. The match would lead to the outside, where Darren Young would take control until Titus countered with a snap powerslam. Darren would counter with a neckbreaker on the apron and gain control. Darren would try to win with his double knee gutbuster, but this would be a 2 count. Titus would them counter into his spinebuster winning the match.

Post match he thanked his dogs (fans) this would be a heel turn, as he would thank them for nothing.  This would be because his pro Hornswaggle, went to Smackdown. He stated that he was the star of NXT.

The match was a big disappointment, when WWE has a no DQ, it always has had chairs. What was the point of making this match No DQ if they didn't do anything that would cause a DQ. Big Let down. The only thing that saved the match was a heel turn, 'bout time

Next would be an alumni match between Heath Slater and Percy Wattson. Percy would quickly gain the upperhand and showcase his athleticism Slater would counter with a kick to the knee and pound Watson with strikes. During the match Josh Mathews stated that Percy, Titus and Darren Young were the remaining rookies in NXT. Percy Watson would begin to pick up the pace as he hit Slater with a barrage of moves, before getting a 2 count. Slater would attempt to gain control, but would be countered into a face buster for the win.

The Match overall was decent. Back and forth. I thought that Slater would win, but Showtime privailed. No botches which was good. Impressive effort on Slater, gotta give the guy credit when due.

The next match would be a tag team that sparked last week, when Trent Barreta beat Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks would attack Trent, but Yoshi would come to Trent’s aid. Trent would start off with Curt Hawkins. Curt and Tyler would take control early with a quick tag, Yoshi hit a blind tag on Barreta and would hit Tyler with a barrage of kicks. Tyler would counter with a thumb to the eye and beat down on Yoshi, He and Curt would tag in and out which would begin to build a hot tag, Yoshi would counter a running powerslam, putting in place a hot tag. Trent tagged in. building up some offense, before going up top to hit a corkscrew  moonsault, the pin would be broken up by Hawkins, Yoshi would come in, but dragged away by the referee, this allowed Hawkins to hit a low blow, Giving Tyler Reks the win.

Finally Hawkins, Finally you get a win. You've been a jobber for far to long. HOORAY! Haven't seen a dirty tag win with a low blow in sometime, This was the best match of the night despite the botch where Yoshi got his leg caught in the ropes. But on commentary, Josh Mathews stated that GM Matt Striker, since when does NXT have a GM. Will titles be added to NXT, who knows.

The main event was the WWE Wedding of Maxine and Johnny Curtis. This would feature a Elvis impersonator. Johnny Curtis would come down to the ring with some guy who we presume to be his best man. Maxine would come to the ring. The guy would be Chad, Johnny’s best friemd. Elvis would be revealed to be Matt Striker. Derrick Bateman would come down, saying that he did not send the email, and would show a security camera of Johnny Curtis sending an email. This would lead to Maxine slapping Curtis and a fight breaking between Bateman and Curtis, Maxine dragged Curtis off Bateman, which would allow Bateman to hit a front facelock DDT, This would result in the two reconciling, and making out as NXT went off the air. 

I don't know if anyone saw this new intro, but I think this pretty much guarantees the fact that NXT is officially a place where they stick the superstars they don't need on major brands, like Heat, Velocity and Superstars.

The first match would be the match announced last week, and was not what I expected, when I hear no DQ I immediately assume steel chair usage, but on NXT, there was none of that. The only thing I enjoyed was Titus's Heel turn. It's about damn Time.

The Reks&Hawkins/Yoshi&Barreta Rivalry is very enjoyable, predictable but enjoyable.

Percy Watson is not a rookie in NXT season 5, it is Derrick Bateman, Darren Young and Titus who are left in the competition. When Bateman came back, I was surprised, but for some reason NXT has lost its way.

The WWE wedding, always filled with something that causes chaos. What happened to the good ol days of showing great video footage of a drive threw ceremony, not a stupid email, that obviously was short as hell.

Overall I would give the 100th episode of NXT 3/10

1( Barret/Yoshi match )

2( Matt Striker as Elvis )

3 (Titus Heel Turn )