WWE taped 3 weeks of NXT television on Thursday night from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Credit to Wrestling News World for these results:

Before the show started, it was announced that NXT will be crowning it’s first ever Tag Team Champions, with a tournament beginning tonight.

Dark Matches

* Antonio Cesaro defeated Justin Gabriel via Very European Uppercut.

* Natalya defeated Emma via Sharpshooter.

WWE NXT for January 24, 2013:

* They then did the opening for the first episode.

* In a first round NXT Tag Title Tournament match, The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) defeated Yoshi Tatsu & Percy Watson via Discus Lariat by Luke on Percy.

* Sasha Banks defeated Alicia Fox via roll-up.

* Corey Graves defeated Jake Carter via the Fuller Lock.

Corey takes a mic and says that after being screwed out of the NXT Title, he found out that he can’t be in the NXT Tag Title tournament. He said he is an outcast and he is used to it. He hopes that management is watching and listening right now. As the savior of misbehavior, if he can’t be in this tournament he is going to cause anarchy. He then says that the next time he sees Alex Riley, he’s going to do the same thing as everyone else: stay down.

* In a first round match in the NXT Tag Title Tournament, Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey defeated 3 Man Band (Drew McIntyre & Heath Slater) via Corkscrew Shooting Star Press by Adrian on Drew.

* In a non-title match, Big E. Langston squashed Axl Keegan. He went to squash Axl again when Conar O’Brian came on the screen and said in three weeks, he will show Big E what he thinks of the five count. Big E then proceeded to deliver his finisher on Axl a few more times to the crowd’s amusement.

WWE NXT for January 31, 2013:

* In a first round match of the NXT Tag Title Tournament, Kassius Ohno & Leo Kruger defeated Alex Riley & Derrick Bateman via Ohno making Riley tap to a grounded cravate.

Corey Graves stormed the ring, dumped Bateman out of the ring, and put Riley in the Fuller Lock. Referees pulled Corey off of him.

* Paige defeated Aksana via a modified liontamer.

Summer (who was doing ring announcing/intros all night) got in the ring saying “here’s your winner” and hit Paige with the mic before leaving ringside. Crowd was pretty surprised by the turn.

Byron Saxton took over microphone duty for the remainder of the night.

* In another first round tag tournament match, Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty defeated Primo & Epico w/Rosa Mendes via Bo pinning Primo.

Ricardo Rodriguez was introduced. He said Full Sail is amazing and delivers a message that on 1/31, the World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio will be here.

WWE NXT for February 7, 2013:

* Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey defeated Kassius Ohno & Leo Kruger to advance to the finals of the tag tournament. Ohno at one point got distracted with taunting William Regal which led to Neville getting the advantage and pinning Ohno with the Corkscrew Shooting Star Press.

* Conar O’Brian defeated Mike Dalton. Conar then mocked the five count after as well as Big E Langston’s taunt. Big E’s music hit. He came out and have Dalton his finisher and stared down Conar.

* Xavier Woods defeated El Rontaro (sp?) (Looked like Ricardo Rodriguez in his Chimaera gear) via a Sliding in the Woods.

* In a semifinal round match in the tag tournament, The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) defeated Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty. After the match, Wyatt went up to shake Bo’s hand who said no then Wyatt attacked Bo and laid him out.

* Shawn Michaels came to the ring and spoke about the importance of NXT and the NXT Tag Titles, promoting next taping. He referenced DX and one child chanted for Triple H. Shawn said he wasn’t planning on coming out but he ended up doing so to his music, went to the back, and came out to the DX music. He joked saying that he at least still had one fan who wanted to see him then the crowd chanted loudly for him. Crowd chanted for Kevin Nash (who was spotted by fans earlier) and Nash came out. Crowd chanted for X-Pac and Billy Gunn who also came out. No Road Dogg sighting. They all joked a lot until Damien Sandow came out. Lots of jokes were made, but Sandow made it clear that the last time he was in the ring with DX they laid him out and he wanted an apology. Triple H told him to put one of those cartwheels on display and then everyone can apologize and go home happy. Sandow did a cartwheel and then ate a Sweet Chin Music from Michaels. Everyone hugged and went to the back, HBK leaving to his music.

Notes:

* The next NXT taping on 1/31, the finals of the tag tournament (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey vs The Wyatt Family), Conar O’Brian vs Big E Langston for the NXT title, Paige vs Summer Rae will all take place and World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio will be in the building and likely wrestling.

Arda Ocal of theScore Television Network and the Baltimore Sun recently spoke with WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka. Highlights:

– Why he decided to write an autobiography (“Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story”) and open up about his use of drugs, adultery and pains in pro wrestling

– His ankle being healed and still taking bookings and wrestling

– His thoughts and feelings on what happened to his daughter Tamina in WWE:

“I taught both her and my son. At first they were using her pretty good, but all of a sudden they start (having her lose) and I thought ‘what’s going on here’? She hurt her wrist and was out for a while and now she’s back again. She looks better than ever and I’m so proud of her. I tell her to put only one focus in your mind and take care of #1 and that’s it”.

– A possible return to WWE for his son Jimmy Snuka Jr.?

– The story on how Jimmy Snuka gave The Rock “The People’s Eyebrow”

– How Snuka was supposed to become WWWF champion, beating Bob Backlund, and he initially postponed the idea but it never happened

– How he was supposed to turn heel and main event WrestleMania with Hulk Hogan and why that was squashed:

“Vince McMahon came up to me and said ‘we want you to turn heel’. I said ‘OK, what’s up brudda?’ and Vince said he wanted me to wrestle Hulk Hogan and I said I loved it. I heard that Hogan later that ‘I don’t want to wrestle with that crazy maniac.’ But I loved him anyway.”

WWE has had the “Wrestling Revolution” app removed from Google Play mobile app store after it became the most downloaded and highly-rated wrestling game on Android.

Although the game depicts a fictitious alternate universe, and is largely influenced by Japanese wrestling, WWE took exception to it appearing in searches every time Michael Cole encouraged fans to download the official app.

Wrestling Revolution is still available on iOS, where it has yet to surpass the popularity of WWE’s official apps.

The game’s sole creator, Mat Dickie, received the news on Christmas Day and has expressed dismay that WWE were not able to “show tolerance and respect” in this instance.

(Source: Explosion.com)

As noted earlier this week, the top four matches at for WrestleMania 29 have been booked and are most likely not going to change. While these are not confirmed, the general feeling is that WWE is building towards:

* The Rock vs. John Cena (WWE Title)
* CM Punk vs. The Undertaker
* Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H
* Randy Orton vs. Sheamus (WH Title)

The Orton vs. Sheamus match would require one of them to capture the World Heavyweight championship before WrestleMania. With months of TV tapings, the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber still ahead, WWE will have plenty of opportunities to get the belt on one of them in time for Mania.

* MAJOR Returns Planned For Next Week’s RAW & The ROYAL RUMBLE

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Former WWE Diva Kharma spoke with Wild Talk Radio this week about her WWE character and the promos that led up to her debut, how her wrestling style compares to women’s wrestlers of the 1990’s and social media’s impact on pro wrestling. Here are some highlights of what she said about:

How long after her issues with TNA did she get to WWE and who contacted whom: “It was less than 9 months later, I know that. I was nine months later I got the call and I wasn’t real surprised and I was actually really sick; I had had a cold and strep throat and was really ill. John Laurinaitis had contacted me and I’m sure he thought I was making fun of his because I was talking in the same voice, and I thought ‘Oh great, I’m sure he thinks I’m mocking him and I’m a jerk’ but no, I’m really sick. And just to make sure that it was really John Laurinaitis, I requested that he send me an e-mail because if this is somebody pulling a rib on me, I’m packing my bags and going to wherever they are we are going to throw down. But it was actually Mr. Laurinaitis and things went from there.”

Who Created Her ‘Kharma’ Character & Her Promos: “It was creative’s idea and then, once we got there they let me put some input in on what we can do with it and actually my fiance, he was there and they let him put some input into it. Once we were there, it was like a whole collaborative effort. Actually I have to take back ‘delicious’ cause I bit the Bellas a few times and they weren’t that tasty. So, we didn’t know what it was going to look like afterwards, cause it’s odd when they tell you ‘This is going to be in slow motion, or might be in slow motion’ ; your brain starts to think ‘I have to move in slow motion?’ So, even though they shot it in regular speed, all I hear is go in slow motion.

“I literally sat in that chair from 7 at night until 3 in the morning and I didn’t get up, I didn’t move, I didn’t do nothing because my new gear is made so that it isn’t really that easy to get into; the whole process is I need a team of people to put me in it. So, once I’m in it I’m going to stay in it. So I sat there right there in that chair, from 7 to 3, and didn’t buzz or get up. But it was about fun, and it was so fun that it went by fast.

If She Sees A Similarity Between Her Wrestling Style & Women From The 1990’s: “I do, because I’m from the generation that those are the women that we watched and idolized, you know what I mean? So, I definitely do. You know, when you’re smaller, when you’re younger, these are the people you want to be; these are the people you want to become, these are the people you want to emulate. Going to Japan, I learned to make it my own, but when I’m out there, especially early on in your career, you tend to want to get through the indulgence and indulge yourself in a match or two and do the things you always wanted to do in the ring, and I recommend this to any wrestler, do the things you really want to do in the ring really early on in your career before you get real seasoned. I mean, there’s time where I would get in the ring and do the People’s Eyebrow because it’s something I wanted to do and always saw on TV, but then you start to build your own character and start to be you versus you being someone else. So, it takes time so just know that it takes time before you’re going to become the character or wrestler people will remember you for.”

Social Media’s Impact On Pro Wrestling: “Well, it’s definitely a great tool to have; it’s really a great business tool to have. We are all business people, we are all business owners, you know, having to incorporate ourselves; it’s a great tool to have. But, you have to use it responsibly. You have to be careful with what you post, knowing that everything you post is there for life, forever; no matter if you delete it, it’s going to be out there somewhere, it’ll find a way. And you also have to be vigilant with people that are impersonating; which is why, right now, I’m in the process of validating, verifying, my bad, verifying my Twitter account, so that people know ‘Hey, this is me’ and not some Joe Schmo or Jane Schmane.”