Video: WWE NXT from Jan. 25, 2012, featuring Titus O'Neil vs Percy Watson

by Geno Mrosko on Jan 26, 2012 1:05 PM EST in Video

Here's the latest episode of WWE NXT from Jan. 25, 2012, featuring Titus O'Neil vs. Percy Watson in the main event of the evening. The night kicked off with a solid promo from O'Neil, who continues to win me over, especially with lines like this:

"You all can say that I suck all you want to but the reality of it is I did everything you asked me to do. 'Titus, can you take a picture with me?' 'Yeah, come on, take a picture.' 'Hey, can my son get in there?' 'Yeah, bring your son.' Neither one of y'all told me you'd be smelling like garbage truck juice."

He's got some ways to go as far as his ring work is concerned but he's getting there and it's nice that WWE has a place like NXT for him to grow.

In other action, Heath Slater finally won a match, pinning Trent Baretta. As PWTorch noted, this snapped a 22-match losing streak for "The One Man Southern Rock Band," who hadn't actually won a match since July 28, 2011. His opponent for that victory? Trent Baretta.

The funniest (or maybe saddest) part of the show comes when Maxine tells Derrick Bateman they'll get off NXT and Matt Striker replies with these exact words:

"No one is going off NXT," he said. "We need all the warm bodies we can get on this show."

That's WWE, folks. But really NXT has been improving. It's not Raw or Smackdown but it's an enjoyable program.

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On the topics of losing streaks, when is the last time Tyson Kidd won a match? It’s a serious question. I don’t watch NXT (maybe he wins there), but I haven’t seen him win on any other show in….I don’t know how long. Forever.

by joliemadchen on Jan 26, 2012 1:44 PM EST reply actions

I think one of the reasons NXT is so entertaining

is because no one seems to give a crap about anything on the show. So you end up getting things like the hilarious Bateman-Curtis-Maxine love triangle or Titus O’Neil, Percy Watson, and Darren Young actually having promo time. Mix in the right amount of self-deprecating humor from Matthews, Striker, and Regal and you’ve got an entertaining wrestling program.

by hfl2013 on Jan 26, 2012 1:59 PM EST reply actions

"Curtis!"

This is the stupidest show. And now I have another hour Per week of my life wasted.

So go forth, my brethren, and proceed to mark the f*ck out

by C. J. Bradford on Jan 26, 2012 6:31 PM EST reply actions

Am i the only one that loves regal on the mic.

He’s fantastic and puts stanford and striker to shame. Put the man on Smackdown!

"The Pride has broken my spirit worse than Nog’s arm. I should probably just skip the money pool and send him my money now"

by thunderdownunder on Jan 26, 2012 6:39 PM EST reply actions

How much of the FCW roster is on NXT?

I don’t get why they don’t just scrap NXT and the concept (which has already been scrapped in everything but name) and just broadcast the FCW as a show. Might as well give all of the potential up-and-comers exposure.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 26, 2012 8:18 PM EST reply actions

That's pretty much what they are doing

They have NXT, though, because wrestlers might have different characters in FCW. The NXT characters will be the ones they have as they move into Raw/Smackdown.

I think.

So go forth, my brethren, and proceed to mark the f*ck out

by C. J. Bradford on Jan 26, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions

FCW is their training facilities

Its like the low levels of the minor leagues. Introducing them to a large audience at that point is setting them up for some massive failure. At FCW, they perform in front of a much smaller audience. NXT has become a good show to give the guys ready for a promotion a chance to work a large audience and begin getting more exposure.

If FCW ever gets to the point where you have a large promotion of guys like Claudio Castagnoli, Dean Ambrose,and Seth Rollins, I think you’d see FCW televised on a more national level.

by hfl2013 on Jan 27, 2012 12:14 AM EST up reply actions

Makes sense, that it's AAA-ball, then

Still, it needs a new name. NXT was something specific. The recurring show that they produce, that isn’t NXT.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 28, 2012 12:33 PM EST up reply actions

I like it in the running gag kind of sense.

Stryker, Matthews, and Regal do a good job of poking fun at that a lot of times and the wrestlers have kind of incorporated that into their characters. Eventually, the show will go on for long enough that no one will care/remember what NXT was supposed to be at first.

by hfl2013 on Jan 28, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions