WWE NXT on the Sy-Fy Network
Announcers: Josh Mathews & Michael Cole & Matt Striker
Location: San Jose, California | Date: March 23, 2010
[ REVIEWED BY SHANE ST. GERMAIN ]
TAG TEAM MATCH
Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel defeated Wade Barrett & Skip Sheffield w/William Regal: Matt Striker let us know before the match that next week the first elimination would happen. Slater and Skip started off. Christian walked down to the ring. Skip used his strength to easily take control of Slater, before Justin and Wade tagged in. Justin hit some kicks before being thrown into the air by Wade! Wade continued to destroy Justin while Skip asked to get tagged in. Skip hit a standing vertical suplex for 2, followed by a running splash for another 2. Wade and Skip made frequent tags to each other, easily taking care of Justin. Finally Justin dodged a clothesline and got the hot tag to Slater. Slater tried for a cross body block but Skip caught him. Wade ran in but accidentally kicked Skip in the head! Justin took out Wade while Slater got the pin!
TAG TEAM MATCH
David Otunga & Darren Young w/Straight Edge Society (C.M. Punk & Serena & Luke Gallows) defeated Daniel Bryan & Michael Tarver w/Carlito Colon: After 20 minutes of video packages WWE finally realized this wasn’t a WrestleMania preshow and got to the next (and last) match. Daniel and Otunga started off. Daniel easily outwrestled Otunga and then tagged in Tarver. Otunga tagged in Young. Gallows tripped up Tarver and Carlito backed him up. Young tried for a baseball slide but Tarver moved out of the way and took over. Back from commercial Daniel was working on Young’s arm. Daniel unfortunately tagged Tarver back in and Young took over. Punk was shown talking to Gallows and Serena, completely ignoring the match. Otunga tagged in and began taking care of Tarver with a chin lock. Daniel tagged in and hit Otunga with some hard kicks to the back. Young tagged in and got caught in a guillotine, followed by some type of crossface. Tarver was shown arguing with Gallows again. Otunga tagged in and Daniel accidentally threw him into Tarver, Otunga hit the urinage moments later for the win.