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Back from the break and the bell rings. Kaval is going at it with McGillicutty. He applies a side headlock but Kaval gets out. Michael back on the offensive. Kaval counters with some high flying maneuvers and gets the first quick cover.

Alex Riley is down in the corner as Kaval goes back to McGillicutty. Michaels goes off the ropes and lands a dropkick in a counter. He follows with a quick cover. Riley is back up and takes out both his opponents. McGillicutty counters and pins Riley for a two count. He takes out Kaval but eats kicks from Riley.

McGillicutty counters and hits a nice backbreaker on Riley followed by a cover. Kaval makes the save. Kaval takes out McGillicutty then works with Alex Riley. Hard chop from Kaval onto Alex Riley. Riley reverses it and delivers a chop the chest of Kaval of his own. McGillicutty comes over and takes out Riley then chops Kaval in the corner. He stomps Riley but Kaval hits a chop, knocking McGillicutty to the apron. Kaval attempts a suplex to bring him back in the ring but it’s reversed and Kaval is thrown to the outside. Riley knocks McGillicutty to the outside as we go to break.

Back in the ring, Riley has McGillicutty in a sleeper on the mat. Kaval staggers back in the ring and breaks the hold. Riley was in control during the break. Riley gets back into the action and counters on both his opponents. Michael Cole high fives The Miz at ringside and tells him he’s doing a great job. McGillicutty hits a clothesline on Riley and follows with a splash. He hits a belly-to-belly suplex and gets a two count when Kaval makes the save. Kaval goes to work on McGillicutty, hitting a spin kick to the face and a two count.

Riley climbs up to the top rope but Kaval comes over to stop him. Riley appears to knock him off but Kaval actually rolled through and took him off the to the outside with a kick. McGillicutty takes out Kaval from behind and gets a two count. Kaval counters and locks in the bite of the dragon (dragon sleeper). McGillicutty makes it to the ropes to have the hold broken. Kaval tries an innovative splash in the corner on McGillicutty but he gets out of the way.

Fisherman’s suplex by McGillicutty on Kaval. He goes for the cover but Riley pulls him out of the ring. McGillicutty gets out and takes out Riley on the outside. McGillicutty goes for the McGillicutter but Kaval counters, seemingly knocking him out. Kaval goes to the top but Alex Riley pulls him off and pins McGillicutty to win the match.

Winner – Alex Riley

Matt Striker says the time for the first elimination is upon us. He wants to interview the guys eliminated. Titus O’Neal is first and asked who should win NXT and why. He says we got the Ninja, Will Ferrell’s look alike and the guy trying to re-live his high school football days. HE says the guy trying to relive his high school days. Eli Cottonwood says Alex Riley should win because he has everything and is the most likable. Lucky Cannon says they flushed the show down the toilet when he was cut. Percy Watson picks McGillicutty. Husky Harris picks McGillicutty, saying he was just born better like himself and his pro Cody Rhodes.

Alex Riley has been eliminated.

Striker tells Kaval it’s a long way from the dog house but the show is his. Kaval says he doesn’t know what to say but says “thank you” to the WWE Universe. All of the eliminated Rookies hit the ring and take him out. The Pros run in to make the save. It’s chaos in the ring as things have completely broken down. Referees come out to break up the melee. Husky Harris hits his finisher on Kaval. Alex Riley and Michael McGillicutty come back out and hit the ring. McGillicutty goes after Kaval but Kaval goes back after him. Riley just hit his finisher on Percy Watson. Harris has Kaval on the mat.

Percy Watson is thrown out by Riley. McGillicutty, Harris, Riley and Lucky Cannon work over Kaval in the ring. Harris hits his finisher as Riley delivers his finisher. The eliminated Rookies continue their beat down as Titus O’Neal hits his finisher. McGillicutty stands over him and talks him down. LayCool are mortified on the ramp.

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Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty vs. Kaval and Daniel Bryan vs. Alex Riley and The Miz

Back from the break and we get another RAW rewind. We go to the ring where Kofi Kingston, Michael McGillicutty, Daniel Bryan and Kaval are waiting for this triple threat tag team match. Out next comes Alex Riley and United States Champion The Miz. The match starts off with Riley, Bryan and Kofi in the ring. Riley beats down Bryan but gets dropkicked by Kofi for a 2 count. Bryan goes at it with Kofi now.

Bryan works over Kofi and takes Riley to the corner. Kofi comes up with a 2 count on Bryan. Riley drops Kofi on his back for a 2 count. Kofi hits the Boom Drop on Riley but Bryan breaks it up. Kofi and Bryan collide in mid-air. Kaval and MCGillicutty come in now off tags. Kaval counters a move and applies a submission. Riley breaks it up. Miz gets dropped on the apron. Kaval rolls up McGillicutty for a 2 count. Kaval drops him him with a kick and goes to the top. Kaval hits the Warrior’s Way but Miz comes from behind. Miz hits Skull Crushing Finale on Kaval for the pin and the win.

Winners: The Miz and Alex Riley

- After the match, Riley gets on the apron but Bryan knocks him off to the floor. Miz runs back down to the ring and hits Bryan in the face with his Money in the Bank briefcase. Miz lays out Bryan and leaves to the back with Riley.

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Match 3: Alex Riley, Leo Kruger, & Michael McGillicutty defeated Lucky Cannon, Percy Watson, & Bo Rotundo

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Michael Cole welcomes us to the show and passes us to Jamie Keys, who brings out the WWE Pros. The pros overseas are still missing, for obvious reasons. Kofi and MVP get huge ovations and we then get the rookies out to the ring. Matt Striker welcomes them to the final three and hypes up the dream of being the breakout star and the finale next week. Michael gets the mic and calls being in the WWE the greatest job in the world and NXT the greatest days of his life. He says he owes this to his pro, Kofi Kingston, and says wrestling in the same ring as he father is all worth it. Alex says that he expected to be in the finals and examines the point of the challenge. He calls himself the total package, walking and talking the part. Him and his pro will both have guaranteed title shots and he tells Sheamus that if he gets there first, Sheamus will be dismissed. Kaval thanks the fans for their support, but was ready to celebrate last week. He says one pro ruined it for him last week, being upset that his rookie was eliminated, instead of being upset at himself for not doing a good enough job. He then says that he is last of a dying breed by earning his way into the WWE and not getting in because of his father like Cody Rhodes. Kaval steps up to Cody and gives him a challenge. Cody sarcastically likes his originality and calls Kaval the gum on his shoe. Cody then tells him that he won’t take a challenge from him. MVP then steps up and tells Cody that he can’t stand by anymore and watch Cody turn down a challenge. Cody asks MVP if Kaval sleeps at the foot of his bed instead of with his babysitters of Lay-Cool. MVP then nearly goes off and Cody tells him to watch it. MVP then challenges Cody Rhodes to a match tonight and Cody accepts.

It’s now time for the NXT Trivia Challenge for the three remaining rookies. The three rookies are now on the stage around a table. Striker hypes up the rich WWE history and we have 100 points for first round questions, 200 for the second round.

Question Topics:
1) Who was in the first Iron Man Match? – Michael rings in and gets it right… eventually.
2) Kaval gets the members of the Mean Street Posse
3) Michael knows the words to Edge’s Theme Song
4) Michael got it right… honestly, I missed this one while typing everything.
5) Kaval knows Christian’s finisher
6) Kaval also knows who sings Triple H’s Theme Song

Second Round
1) Kaval knows the first IC Champion
2) Michael knows that Eve won the Diva Search in 2007
3) Kaval can finish the Demolition theme song
4) What transportation did the Dynamic Dudes use? Kaval gets it wrong and Alex Riley says Boogie Boards? Really? Nobody has it.

Alex Riley says he doesn’t care about having zero points.

5) Who has the most WWE title reigns? Alex gets it right with Triple H and Cole calls it an A-Bomb for A-Rod.

Kaval wins by a score of 700 to 500 to 200 and Kaval wins a WWE.com feature on himself when the fans go to start voting at noon tomorrow. Cole admits that Kaval is having a great night tonight.

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Alex is next and he talks about Alex Riley. Alex says that he knows that his behavior might not have come correct with the WWE Universe. Maybe he made a mistake because he is ranked fifth. Maybe he shouldn’t have picked on Kaval because he couldn’t defend himself in real life. Maybe he shouldn’t have thrown a rabbit’s foot at Lucky Cannon, but he says that the world needs bartenders. Alex says that he shouldn’t have called Matt a nerd on national television. Alex says that it was funny so he doesn’t regret that. Alex says that if he didn’t do that stuff, he wouldn’t . . . he wouldn’t be out of time.

Michael talks about his competition. Michael wonders if Percy is smiling or scared. Kaval is the man who is not about the size of the fight in the dog, but the size of the blah blah, blah. Michael asks if you have seen a Chihuahua in a dog fight. He says that Husky won’t win because he is winning it. Michael calls Alex Riley the David Otunga of season two. He talks a lot but can’t wrestle for a lick. Michael says that you are looking at the winner of NXT and the most talented person in the competition. You are also looking at a future WWE Champion.

Alex Riley versus Kofi Kingston with Michael McGillicutty

They lock up and Riley with a clean break but Kofi with kicks. Kofi with an Irish whip but he moves when Kofi charges into the corner. Riley with a DDT for a near fall. Riley with a rear chin lock into an arm bar with chin lock. Kofi with punches but Riley pulls Kofi by the hair. Riley goes to the turnbuckles but he hits Kofi’s boot and then Kofi with punches. The referee pulls Kofi away and then he chops Alex. Kofi hits a standing drop kick and a leaping clothesline. Kofi circles Alex and does the boom drop. Kofi sets for Trouble in Paradise and he hits it and gets the three count.

Winner: Kofi Kingston

The random NXT Eliminatron shows us that Husky Harris is the rookie going home.

Cody wonders what is up with the pros. He tells Zack luck in his future endeavors. He calls Layla a pro for wanting to make out with the rookies. Cody says that the fans shouldn’t have a say in thinks. He tells the fans that they have no idea what it is to be a pro. Cody tells Husky that his time is coming. Cody tells Alex to make an impact. He says that Alex is awful. He tells Micahel that he wants to be Mr. Perfect Junior so bad he can taste it but he doesn’t deserve it. Cody attacks Kaval and Husky joins in. Kofi and MVP come to ringside to help out Kaval and Porter and Kofi attack Husky and send him into the ringside barrier.

Kaval goes up top and he hits a double stomp on Harris. The other pros stand with Kaval while Cody heads to the back. Porter and Kingston tell Harris to leave and he obliges.

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Michael Tarver vs. Daniel Bryan

We go to the ring and out comes Michael Tarver, representing Nexus. Cole says that Tarver has picked Daniel Bryan as his opponent. Out comes Bryan to the ring. The bell rings and they lock up. Tarver takes it to the corner. Chants for Bryan from the crowd. They trade shots now. Tarver backs Bryan into the corner with body shots. Bryan fights back with kicks. More punches from Tarver. Another kick from Bryan. Bryan comes with a big kick to the face and a 2 count.

More back and forth action. Bryan comes back and hits a bunch of kicks in the corner. Bryan ducks a move and dropkicks Tarver into the corner. Bryan goes to the top rope and hits a big missile dropkick. The Miz and Alex Riley run down to distract Bryan. Tarver takes advantage and rolls Bryan up for the win.

Winner: Michael Tarver

- After the match, Bryan dives through the ropes and lands on Mix and Riley. Tarver comes over and the three of them beat Bryan down. Bryan’s back is rammed into the fan barrier. Miz mounts Bryan with a series of right hands. Miz puts his briefcase on the ground and drops Bryan into it with the Skull Crushing Finale. Miz and Riley leave with Bryan laid out on the floor.

- Back from the break and Josh Matthews asks The Miz about his attack on Daniel Bryan. Miz says everyone has heckled him since Bryan was his Rookie on NXT. Miz says everyone on Team WWE begged him to join them at SummerSlam but they put him on the backburner for Bryan. Miz says everyone thinks Bryan is so special, but how special is he now? Miz says Riley is the real next breakout star in WWE. Riley says Bryan never appreciated Miz. Riley says he’s nothing like Bryan, he’s the next winner of NXT and he owes it all to Miz. Riley and Miz walk off.

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