R Truth Beat The Miz

Miz had the win with his feet on the ropes. But Bryan shoved them off. Miz yelled at him then walked in to the spinning forearm for the finish.

Teddy talks to Drew. Same as last week. No loss. Vince hand picked his opponent. Teddy makes it winner take all. Winner is IC champ and in MITB.

Drew vs. a guy from Seattle named Adam Bold. DDT. Drew is in MITB.

Big Show over Morrison. John went for the flying Chuck, and Show punched him in the face.

Vickie and Tiffany had a catty talk. Vickie put her in a match with Michelle tonight

Hart Dynasty and Cryme Tyme with a no contest. Taker came out and his four moves on each guy finishing with Hells Gate on JTG.

Tiffany wins by DQ. Vickie pushed her on the outside. The heels beat on Tiffany when Beth makes the save. She’s left alone with Vickie. Clothesline to a huge POP. Heels save her from more.

Kane vs Gallows. No contest as Punk comes in and hits two GTSs on Kane. First botched. Rey came out and chased him away.

Highlight Reel. Jericho said Edge is injury prone, used Vickie, spear, etc. They tease the Jeritron spot. Edge went for a spear, took the belt shot. Jericho kept saying spear over his corpse.

David Otunga:

I really liked the double shoulder block by David Otunga, and R-Truth to start off their momentum. It looks as though R-Truth, and Otunga both have great chemistry, and that just shows versatility, which is awesome. The crowd seemed to be extremely into Otunga when he got the hot tag, as well. I’m still shaky on his acting work, but that can only improve. Let’s hope that it does.

RATING: 4/5

Daniel Bryan:

This man has really done a lot, and has stepped his game up. Week in, and week out, he has been quite impressive. In addition, I love the whole “Respect” angle that Bryan and Miz are playing up to, and it only adds to their storyline. He also helped out The Miz, when clearly he didn’t have to. It seems as though they are making him a face, with heel ways, similar to a less comical Flair. Daniel Bryan was a lot like his NXT rival, David Otunga in the sense that they both need to work on some of their acting work. Nevertheless, I still believe that Daniel Bryan is the one with the most momentum, nonetheless.

RATING: 4/5

We are greeted by a backstage promo featuring Wade Barrett, as well as Justin Gabriel. Wade showed a lot of promise as far as his mic skills. As for Justin…He needs work, but he isn’t exactly terrible. I really like both of these guys on the mic, and they just showed the world what they can do. Not too much is really left to say on that.

Heath Slater:

The One Man Rockband took on Carlito in a singles match, as both men were accompanied by their partners. Back to the action, Heath took a few good, solid bumps to start off their match, making Carlito look tough. The thing I’m really not a fan about is when he taunts away at his opponents, which is fine, but I feel he doesn’t deliver promise with it. Although he is my favorite, there is some stuff he needs to work on. For example, a kick to the midsection. I know I’m kind of getting detailed, but this really stood out, because Heath didn’t make it look too good. He still shows just as much promise as Daniel Bryan, and David Otunga.

RATING: 4/5

A backstage segment with CM Punk and the straight edge society is welcomed with Darren Young. In this promo, Punk really gets over with Serena and Luke. Punk has been extremely entertaining to watch lately, and really demonstrates it here.

Wade Barrett:

Wade Barrett has Chris Jericho in his corner to really help him out, and I said last week that this man is perhaps the most gifted. Well, after this week, I think that may come down to a tie between him and Justin Gabriel. He targeted Justin’s back in the main event of NXT, and the way he did it was the best way a heel could possibly do it. Major props to the man. However, and unfortunately, he did not win. Because of that, he is slightly down from his opponent.

RATING: 4/5

Justin Gabriel:

Amazement. That is really the only word I can give him. He reminds me of ECW Original Masato Tanaka, based off of his attire, with an AJ Styles ring ability. That’s one Hell of a mix. Gabriel’s 450 Splash is quite the sight, and one that hasn’t really been seen since Evan Bourne stunned us all with “Air Bourne.” I like the way how Justin really sold his back injury, and was able to come from behind, and defeat his NXT rival buddy of Wade Barrett. He deserves the only 5 this week.

RATING: 5/5

Week three for WWE NXT is in the books, as we are only one more step closer in finding out just who will earn a spot on the main WWE roster. WWE NXT airs on SyFy every Tuesday night at 10/9 central.

TV ratings wise, WWE Raw did a 3.4 rating with approximately 5.1 million viewers on the USA Network, while TNA Impact did a 1.0 rating with approximately 1.4 million viewers.

While down significantly from January 4th’s 1.5 rating, Spike have said they’re happy with the rating for last night’s Impact.

“We are pleased with the good demos and see it as a promising start,” Spike TV executive David Schwarz told PWTorch.com.

The USA Network VP, Ted Linhart, posted the following tweet on his twitter page.

“No much of a Monday Night ‘War.’ Raw trounced TNA by 275% w/total viewers. Also Impact much lower than the test Monday ep. in early Jan.”

Raw did a 3.4, while TNA did a 1.0.

Raw averaged 5.1 million viewers, while Impact’s viewers were approximately 1.4 million viewers.

HBK came out and said Undertaker can’t finish his line, not yet. Michaels said he interfered in Undertaker’s match at Elimination Chamber because he had too, but last week, Undertaker didn’t have to do the same. Shawn said Undertaker has a fear that Michaels will end the streak.

Undertaker said he doesn’t know if Michaels is over confident or someone who is full of pitiful desperation. They went back-and-forth a bit before Michaels left Undertaker pondering his streak being ended.

- Eve, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly defeated Maryse, Katie Lea & Alicia Fox when Eve tapped out Maryse.

- Miz cut a promo about how he and Big Show are the best tag team in the WWE. They were set to face R-Truth and John Morrison tonight, but the babyfaces just leave the heels laying.

- John Cena did a promo saying he expects Batista to interfere in his match tonight.

- They did a skit with Criss Angle, Regal and Skip Sheffield.

- Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes defeated Randy Orton.

- Batista was interviewed. He said he won’t be interfere in Cena’s match tonight. He wish John luck.

- Triple H came out. Sheamus interrupted him and challenged him to a match at Wrestlemania. HHH told him to think about it for awhile. He put over Sheamus’ first year in the WWE. HHH claimed people who beat him at Wrestlemania have great careers, the losers don’t.

Sheamus attacked HHH. Triple H fought back and forced Sheamus to retreat.

- Angel did a skit with Santino using cups and knifes.

- Money in the Bank Qualifier: Evan Bourne defeated William Regal.

- Vince McMahon defeated John Cena in a handicap gauntlet match. McMahon had McIntyre, Kozlov, Swagger, Mark Henry and Batista as his hired goons.

Batista stood over Cena in his spotlight as Raw went off the air.

Sting turned heel by giving Ric Flair a chair to hit Hogan with. Flair and Styles beat down Hogan and Abyss. Hogan eventually made a no-DQ rematch for later tonight.

- Sting shoved Dixie Carter and said he owes her nothing.

- Flair and Styles did a promo hyping their match for later tonight.

- Brooke Hogan was upset backstage.

- Doug Williams, Kaz and Daniels got into an argument in the ring. Eric Bischoff made a three-way.

- X Division Title match: Doug Williams defeated Kaz and Daniels to retain the title. After the match, Shannon Moore was announced as the new number one contender.

- Dixie Carter booked Sting in a match against an unnamed opponent.

- The Beautiful People defeated Taylor Wilde & Sarita and Tara & Angelina Love to win the vacant TNA Knockouts Tag Titles.

- The Pope was being interviewed when Desmond Wolfe came in and took Pope’s legs out with a chain.

- The Beautiful People celebrated their tag title win.

- Rob Van Dam defeated Sting within 10 seconds. After the match, Sting beat down RVD with a bat. Hogan came down and tried to get Sting to stop, but he got hit with a bat too.

- Kevin Nash and Eric Young called out Sean Waltman and Scott Hall. Bischoff made a match for a later date between the four, and if Hall and Waltman win, they get a contract with TNA.

- Eric Young defeated Sean Waltman.

- Kurt Angle came out with soldiers. He cut a promo before Kennedy interrupted. Angle went for Kennedy, who eventually fought him off. The soldiers threw him back in the ring to get beaten up by Angle.

- Bubba spoke with Hogan. For some reason, this led to Earl Hebner getting his job back.

- Beer Money defeated Jeff Jarrett with Mick Foley as the special ref.

- Brooke tried to get her Dad to not fight tonight. But he’s the Hulkster! so he’ll be fighting tonight, brother.

- Hulk Hogan & Abyss defeated Ric Flair & AJ Styles when Abyss pinned AJ.

After the match, Desmond Wolfe attacked Abyss. Pope came down to make the save. Jeff Hardy came out and cleaned house. As Hardy went to the top rope, the show went off the air.

Jericho was less than complementary towards Van Dam’s TNA debut on last night’s live Impact.

“The beat down of RVD 20 seconds into his debut in TNA was mind boggling,” said Jericho.

“I don’t understand how so many talented people can be so clueless.”

WWE Wrestlemania 26 Line-up

• World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Jericho vs. Edge
• WWE Championship: Batista vs. John Cena
• Streak vs Career: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
• Bret Hart vs. Mr. McMahon
• Triple H vs. Sheamus
• Money in the Bank: Christian vs. Kane vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy vs. Evan Bourne
• Unified Tag Team Championships: The Miz & Big Show vs. John Morrison & R-Truth

In a rematch from last year’s Wrestlemania, Triple H will face Randy Orton.

John Cena will face the Big Show in a rematch from Wrestlemania 20.

The Wrestlemania 19 match between Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels will also be rematched for this Monday’s Raw.

Triple H will face Sheamus at this year’s Wrestlemania.