WWE NXT Recap 03.09.10

WWE NXT Recap from Seattle, WA:

WWE NXT opened with highlights from last week's action. On last week's show, David Otunga lost to Darren Young due to an altercation ringside between R-Truth and Luke Gallows. Later on, Truth and Otunga got into a shoving contest then fought backstage. Chris Jericho's rookie Wade Barrett picked up a debut win over an already bruised Daniel Bryan. Matt Hardy and Justin Gabriel picked up a tag team win over William Regal and Skip Sheffield.

R-Truth came out rapping "What's Up" with David Otunga walking at a distance behind him. Otunga walked past Truth then got into the ring. Josh Matthews and Michael Cole sent it back to host Matt Striker. Striker said the NXT rookies are vying for a vote from the pro's to become the "NXT Star" of WWE. The pro's can't vote for their own rookies.

Daniel Bryan & The Miz vs. David Otunga & R-Truth

The Miz came out to the ring with his rookie for this week's show. They showed highlights of what R-Truth and John Morrison did to MizShow last night on Raw, sending a message without ever starting the match. Miz gave a pep talk to his rookie before the match, saying Bryan has yet to prove anything and is 0-2 in WWE NXT. Miz said if Bryan lets him down tonight by getting pinned, he'll personally make sure he never achieves his goal of becoming a WWE star and he'll have him thrown off NXT.

Bryan offered Truth a handshake to start it off, but Truth danced and ignored it. Truth knocked Bryan down early with a shoulder block and then a solid clothesline for a near fall. Otunga tagged in to help out for a double shoulder block. Both Miz and Bryan were knocked out of the ring, so Otunga came in to whip Truth towards the ropes. Truth flew out over the ropes crashing onto Miz and Bryan.

In the closing moments, Daniel Byan made a blind slap tag to Miz from the apron, then landed a missile dropkick on Otunga. He kicked away on Otunga before eventually eluding Otunga and then turning Otunga's move into a submission hold. Otunga was writhing in pain and Bryan locked it in. Bryan moved closer towards Miz' corner, where Miz slapped Bryan to get himself in. Bryan and Miz got into a pushing match, and with the ref occupied, R-Truth got in then hit a spinning kick on Miz. Otunga followed with a hard slam move to the mat for the winning pin.

Bryan stared at Miz in the ring, before starting up the ramp. After a replay of what just happened, Miz was screaming at his rookie telling him he will have him thrown out of NXT. Bryan gave Miz a head bob to make him think he was going to strike him. Miz backed off and Bryan walked up the ramp.

Winners: David Otunga & R-Truth win via pinfall over The Miz & Daniel Bryan.

They showed a replay of last week when Striker was interviewing the NXT rookies backstage. Carlito bit into an apple and blew chunks into Heath Slater's face. Slater was not happy about it and said if he had an apple he'd throw it like a fastball at Carlito's face. Tonight, Slater takes on Carlito in the ring.

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Matt Striker interviewed The Miz backstage. Striker asked Miz if he's let Daniel Bryan down. Miz started bragging about winning the titles he has. Daniel Bryan cacme up to interrupt the interview, but Miz said he was the most talented of all the tag teams he's been in. Bryan asked if he's so talented why did they lose tonight. Matthews and Cole spoke about the fact that not all the NXT rookies get along with their mentors, but Matt Hardy and Justin Gabriel do. They showed a video intervivew package with Gabriel who is from South Africa.

Matt Hardy was backstage talking to his rookie and congratulated on being the first rookie to defeat a pro for WWE NXT. Gabriel asked if Hardy would have done anything different. Hardy said no and began to discuss strategy for tonight's contest. Just then, Chris Jericho walked in with his rookie Wade Barrett. Jericho talked up his protege and told Gabriel that Barrett will defeat him tonight. Gabriel told Barrett they'd see what happens in the ring.

Heath Slater vs. Carlito

Carlito came out with his rookie Michael Tarver. Carlito brought a mic out and told Slater he should be honored he got spit on by Carlito. Carlito told Slater he should beg him to do it again. Carlito got into the ring with an apple, took a bite and tried to spit in Slater's face again. This time Slater ducked and started bombarding Carlito with punches. Carlito managed to elbow Slater down before a commercial break.

Carlito hit a Spinebuster then went to the corner to get his apple. Christian had it at ringside and tossed it over to Michael Tarver. Carlito trash talked Christian telling him to watch. Slater had a near fall surprising Carlito. Carlito tried to roll Slater into a pin from the corner, but Slater was able to get a roll through pinfall to pin Carlito for the upset victory.

Winner: Heath Slater wins via pinfall over Carlito.

They showed a highlight and interview video package of CM Punk's rookie, Darren Young. Young listed off Ricky Steamboat and Shawn Michaels as the WWE stars he idolized when he was younger.

They showed CM Punk talking to Luke Gallows and Serena about how Young won thanks to Punk. Young asked Punk why he can't just live life his own way. Punk had Serena and Gallows remind Young who the rookie and who the pro are. Punk told Young that if he adopts Straightedge he'll achieve everything he dreams of, or he can just try things his way. Punk, Gallows and Serena walked off leaving Young shaking his head.

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Cole and Matthews introduced a third Wrestlemania 26 theme song "Be Yourself" by Audioslave.

Raw Rebound covered the Batista & John Cena feud buildup. On last night's show Cena was scheduled to face Vince McMahon, but Vince changed it into a No DQ Gauntlet match. He had several other wrestlers: Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger, Mark Henry and Vladimir Kozlov all try to wear Cena down so Vince could take a pinfall. None of them succeeded, and then Batista showed up to attack. Kofi Kingston came to try to save Cena, but got knocked out of the ring. In the end, Cena was layed out by a Batista Bomb and Vince McMahon took the winning pinfall. Raw closed with Batista posing over the fallen Cena.

Cole and Matthews ran down the Wrestlemania 26 matches including Cena vs. Batista for the WWE Title, Sheamus vs. Triple H, R-Truth & Morrison vs. The MizShow, Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon, and Edge vs Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight title.

Justin Gabriel vs. Wade Barrett

Jericho lead his rookie Wade Barrett to the ring for the main event. Michael Cole said that Smackdown will see the return of Jericho's Highlight Reel show on Friday, with Edge as his special guest.

Justin Gabriel escaped a torture rack move for a near fall. Barrett regained control and dropped Gabriel against the top rope for another move. Barrett continued the onslaught with power moves to show off his size and strength. Jericho watched confidently from ringside and jawed to the commentators about how great his rookie was.

Gabriel managed to shove Barrett off him on the corner, then hit his 450 splash move to capture the pinfall victory. As Hardy and Gabriel were in the ring celebrating, Jericho snuck into the ring and shoved Hardy out. He waited for Gabriel to turn around, then hit the Codebreaker on him. Jericho summoned Barrett back into the ring to watch him put the Walls of Jericho on Gabriel. The show ended with Jericho raising Barrett's arm up.

Winner: Justin Gabriel wins via pinfall over Wade Barrett.

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