- The official name for season 5 of WWE NXT on their website is NXT: Redemption. The show will have Todd Grisham and William Regal doing announcing while Matt Striker and Maryse will be the hosts. There will be no immunity this season. As noted before, the Rookies are previous WWE NXT participants from past seasons. This season's roster looks like this: * Darren Young and Chavo Guerrero * Conor O'Brian and Vladimir Kozlov * Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd * Byron Saxton and Yoshi Tatsu * Jacob Novak and JTG * Titus O'Neill and Hornswoggle
the only thing wortwhile is Regal on commentary.
Actually from what i caught it seemed to have a more serious tone and a lot of that was because william regal was on there seeming to take it seriously unlike josh matthews who would just shit all over it.They need to get Maryse off there though, bitch can barely speak english its horrible.
Think I'll have a wank over these tomorrow.
- As noted before, there will be no immunity points on this season of WWE NXT: Redemption. However, the Rookies will compete for "redemption points" that can be used in a similar fashion. Darren Young left last night's premiere with three points. The winner of this season will earn a spot on NXT season 6 and not a title shot like previous winners.
- Despite the new "Redemption" theme of this WWE NXT season, that is not what WWE had planned as recent as last week. WWE film crews shot footage with several FCW talents recently for video packages to introduce them on NXT. The decision was made in the last week to hold off on those plans and go with what we saw last night. WWE officials feel that this season of NXT will be overlooked since Tough Enough is returning. The talents originally planned for season 5 will instead be used on season 6, unless things change again.
WWE NXT Results - 3/8/2011-It's time for this week's edition of NXT Redemption! The opening titles roll, and commentators William Regal and Todd Grisham welcome us from Kansas City, Missouri. Co-hosts Matt Striker and Maryse are in the ring, and out come the NXT rookies with their pros. Out first is JTG and Jacob Novak to a slight pop. They do a bit of a gangster handshake atop the stage. Up next is Chavo Guerrero with Darren Young to a similar pop. Vladimir Kozlov and Conor O'Brian up next. Yoshi Tatsu and Byron Saxton out next. Next out is Tyson Kidd and Lucky Cannon. Last out is Hornswoggle and Titus O'Neil to the biggest pop. They all line up in the ring for our first challenge. Maryse tells us about a new stipulation for the winner: Not only will the winner of NXT Redemption, but he will be able to pick his pro next season, as well. With that said, it's time for our first challenge.Challenge #1: Talk The Talk Challenge-Each rookie will have 45 seconds to talk to the WWE Universe about themselves. The crowd will be the judges.-Jacob Novak: Jacob starts rapping to heat. "It's season five, I'm staying alive! Kansas City, Scream!" They boo accordingly. "My elimination was wack, I'm Jacob Novak." Regal says he wants to punch Novak in the mouth for that.-Darren Young: Young says he's gonna do this the right way. He gets out of the ring and goes next to the crowd. He says the he has a Guerrero as a pro, so the sky is the limit for him! He gets a nice pop.-Lucky Cannon: He shushes the crowd. He introduces himself, and says his name is Delish, AKA Mr. Steal Your Girl, AKA Lucky Cannon. He says it's all about him.-Conor O'Brian: Conor says that he doesn't have a speech prepared. He wants to be real. He was a simple person. He's sat in the audience, and he had a big dream. He just got lucky. He knows that the audience can live their dream, too. He doesn't get much reaction.-Byron Saxton: He starts talking really fast. He says that unlike somebody, and looks at Lucky Cannon and his ridiculous robe, he didn't get his robe from Lady Gaga. He thanks the crowd for a second chance to a pop.-Titus O'Neil: Hornswoggle starts barking, and the cheers are already audible. Titus says "Make it a win!" He was the first eliminated in season 2, but in season 5, this is his season. He was talking to Hornswoggle, which gets a pop, and Hornswoggle had this to say. He starts talking gibberish and barking. He says that he thinks that Hornswoggle meant that Titus is the next breakout star.-It's time for the WWE Universe to judge. Jacob Novak gets booed. Darren Young gets a nice pop. Conor O'Brian gets a mixed reaction. Byron Saxton gets the biggest pop so far. Lucky Cannon gets the most heat so far. Titus O'Neil gets a huge pop. The winner of this contest, and two redemption points: Titus O'Neil.-Darren Young vs. Conor O'Brian is announced.-Commercial-We get a promo package on Titus O'Neil. He says that his mistake in season 2 was that he wasn't being himself. He says he was timid in season 2. We get his infamous "If you're gonna fight, make it a fight. If you want to win, make it a win!" quote. He says that the fans will be able to relate to him this time around. He's going to be himself this season. This season is the season of Titus O'Neil. He's going to make it a win, and barks.Match #1: Darren Young vs. Conor O'Brian-Darren Young and Conor O'Brian are in the ring already. They lock up and Conor forces Young into the corner. Darren fights out of the corner and hits a clothesline. he starts hitting European uppercuts on Conor in the corner. Conor quickly grabs Darren and rams his shoulder into the ring post. Darren goes flying out of the ring. Conor hurries out and throws Darren back in. He forces Darren into the corner and starts throwing strikes. Conor hits a snapmare and stomps on Darren's injured shoulder. He applies a kneeling armbar as the crowd rallies behind Darren. Conor hits the ropes, only to be clotheslined by Darren. Darren hits an atomic drop and hits another clothesline. Darren goes back to a European uppercut, gets Conor up on his shoulders. He throws him into the air, falls to the mat, and puts up his knees. Conor lands hard on Darren's knees, and Darren gets the three-count.Winner: Darren Young-Tonight, the St. Patrick's Day Keg Carry challenge will take place.-Commercial-Yoshi Tatsu is with Maryse backstage. Yoshi says that she did a good job last week. He says that she is prettier than Matt Striker. Lucky Cannon interrupts and says that he was unprofessional last week, and he apologizes. Maryse says that he was a jerk, but she forgives him. Maryse leaves, as Yoshi waves to her. Lucky says that Yoshi has no chance with Maryse, because he's not lucky. He walks off as Yoshi seethes.-Commercial-We get a package on Jacob Novak. He says that last season, he felt like he had all the gifts he needed. He had Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero. We get reminded of Ziggler making fun of Novak after he was eliminated. He says that he was distracted by them last season, but this season, he's focused, and this season, he will prove it by winning.Match #2: Yoshi Tatsu and Byron Saxton vs. Tyson Kidd and Lucky Cannon-Lucky Cannon and Tyson Kidd are already in the ring. Tatsu's music hits, and out come Byron Saxton and Yoshi Tatsu. Tyson Kidd and Yoshi Tatsu will start. Grisham mentions that Tatsu is wearing a black armband because of the horrific earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Yoshi hits a big kick to Kidd's stomach and waits for Kidd to get up. Yoshi whips Tyson, who counters it. Lucky Cannon kicks Tatsu in the back when he hits the ropes. Lucky is tagged in, and hits a leg drop on Tatsu. Cannon keeps Yoshi grounded with knees to the back. Lucky picks Yoshi up and slams him sloppily. He applies body scissors as the crowd begins to clap in support of Yoshi. Yoshi fights out, but gets more knees to the back. Cannon picks Tatsu up and slams his head back down. Cannon goes right back to the body scissors, as Yoshi tries to grab the ropes. Yoshi fights out again, and hits the ropes. Yoshi hits a flying clothesline, and both men are down. Both men crawl to their corners. Both men get the tag, and Byron is fired up. Saxton hits a flurry of strikes on Kidd and hits a single arm STO on Kidd. Kidd rolls out and gets on the apron and hits a kick on Saxton. Cannon hits the blind tag on Kidd, to Kidd's dismay, and goes in. He gets Saxton up on his shoulders, and hits a modified Death Valley Driver for the three count.Winners: Tyson Kidd and Lucky Cannon-Kidd is upset and starts arguing with Cannon as we go to commercial.-CommercialChallenge #2: St. Patrick's Day Keg Carry-The rookies must carry a keg from the top of the stage, around the ring, and back up to the stage in the shortest amount of time to win. If you drop the keg, you're disqualified.-Matt Striker says that if one man needs redemption, it's Titus O'Neil. O'Neil chuckles as we get a recap of his performance on season 2. He trips over his keg right out of the starting line. They replay it several times with wacky sound effects.-Jacob Novak is first. Novak picks up the keg like a baby and hurries around the ring in 8.9 seconds.-Darren Young is next. He carries the keg at either side and and beats Novak's score by a tenth of a second at 9.8 seconds.-Conor O'Brian is up next. He is the new leader at 9.4 seconds.-Byron Saxton is next. Yoshi starts a "Go, go, Byron!" chant! He just misses the top score with 9.5 seconds.-Lucky Cannon is next, to a huge chorus of boos. He says that since he won this last time, this shouldn't be a problem. As the starting bell sounds, he stops and grabs the mic. He says that instead of winning again, he'd like to recite a poem. He walks up the ramp toward Maryse and begins speaking French. Maryse asks if she can go throw up. Maryse slaps Cannon, who holds his heart and says that he's in love. Maryse says she's sad because she broke a nail.-Titus O'Neil is last. Hornswoggle, as always, is barking, and shows his whiteboard, which says "Make it a win!" The crowd is already cheering. Titus wins at 9.1 seconds. The crowd erupts again as Hornswoggle runs down the ramp to hug Titus. He does his pose and barks.Winner: Titus O'Neil-That's it for this week of NXT Redemption. Thanks for reading.
The thing is anyone who looked good WWE already put on the roster or at least didn't put them back on the show.Percy WatsonDerrik BatemanSkipAll of the guys that joined NexusAlex RileyDaniel BryanSo now we get a bunch of scrubs and i agree only Saxton of these has ever looked good. though something about me likes Connor O'Brian.
