NXT - So soon?

Author - MrCraiggy

That's right, due to the last one being so late, its that time again.

This week's NXT opened on a blinder! Its this week's challenge, and tonight we have a kissing contest. Now, at first I did facepalm, but then it transpired that Laycool were hosting this segment, which amused me, because what they lack in in-ring ability, they do make me chuckle on the mic. So Michelle McCool starts it off by luring in Husky but then stopping and bringing out the real judge of the contest: some random woman called Margaret, or "Margarita" as they call her who, and there's no nice way of saying this, is huge. Also, not sure if this is real or prosthetic by the makeup team, but there's this sort of wart-like growth around her mouth, it just looks disgusting. So this is who our Rookies have to kiss. A lot of the reactions from the guys look pretty genuine, as if this is a surprise to them, but they roll with it and for the most part, sell like kings! Some even have a laugh with it like MMG who just licks her face. The funniest though is Kaval who, being Laycool's rookie, they try and prevent him having to kiss Margaret, Layla even going to the extreme of kissing Kaval herself, which knocks him for a six, and I mean he is staggered, hilarity! Alex Riley does a fun little spot where he pretends to faint, lovestruck after the kiss. Anyhoo, apparently Lucky Cannon's the best kisser of the bunch, and for once Michael Cole was kinda funny, which makes me feel dirty. He said that the rookies were "wasted once more in margaritaville"... Now, on with the wrestling!

Match 1 - A rematch of last week's main event, Kaval vs Husky. Two beautiful moments I want to point out in this match that follow very closely after each other. The first is, Husky lifts Kaval for either a back body drop or a flapjack (Its the name of a move, honest!) but Kaval literally stands upright on Husky's shoulders, steps back and kicks Husky in the chest, then, as he goes to vault outside and land on Husky, Husky catches him and turns into an ordinary powerslam, but instead of slamming him down onto the floor, he slams him against the security barrier. Some nice back and forth wrestling in this match, showing off both competitor's abilities. Husky wins clean with a uranage into his running senton. Good match.

Video segment of The Miz bad-mouthing McGillicutty some more and then a backstage interview with McGillicutty about said video. Lucky Cannon comes on and the two argue about who should fight Miz. This is good, this is how a proper wrestling show should be. I like it! So, Miz claims they should have a match and then the winner has a match against him. Kofi and Miz argue. This is fun, cause Kofi doesn't get to talk much normally, but he's decent! So Miz goes to get changed because the winner of Lucky and McGillicutty then goes on to wrestle Miz in the same night, interesting...

So we get the match, and it, to be frank, is a short one. McGillicutty wins it with what they're now calling the "McGillicutter", which is the swinging neckbreaker he's been using as a finisher.

We then get padding about Summer Slam and then a Pros segment where the Pros get to talk about who they think is the worst Pro on the show. Kofi starts and makes a good point, saying that he thinks Laycool are the worst for making Kaval (Who he describes as the closest thing he's seen to a legitimate ninja) wear that pink shirt. So this continues til The Miz comes out and argues with John Morrison a bit (They used to be tag champs remember) and says that J-Mo's done nothing since they broke up but The Miz is the US Champ AND has the money in the bank contract for Raw. More lame cultural references from Michael Cole and then the match.

Match 3 - Alex Riley vs Percy Watson. There's a point in this match that I want to bring up, and its where Alex Riley has Percy through the middle rope and he drops to the outside, pulling Percy down, implying that the wind has been knocked out of him by the rope. Now, this looked like Alex made a bit of a mistake here, pulling Percy down too hard so he hit his head on the side of the ring. Maybe this was intentional, but either way, it just looked nasty. Riley wins it with his TKO.

Okay, main event time. Match 4 - Miz vs McGillicutty. So, good match, nice back and forth action, some very good technical moments, some good heel moments from Miz (I love how the WWE are using him at the minute) but eventually, Miz gets the victory with his "Skull Crushing Finale" finisher.

All in all, very good program. Next week, there's another elimination, so all go to http://www.wwe.com and vote for Husky! You know its the right thing to do!

This is Mr Craiggy, signing out.