Dark Match: Xavier Woods (formerly Consequences Creed in TNA) beat Dean Ambrose. Ambrose was very popular.

Triple H came out and cut a promo. Hunter thanked Full Sail for use of their facilities and said the first episode will air in more than 60 countries. (No date was given.)

Jim Ross and William Regal were introduced on commentary. JR introduced the new GM of NXT, Dusty Rhodes.

(1) Bo Dallas (Rotundo) beat Rick Victor with a spear.

(2) The Ascension (Connor O’Brian & Kenneth Cameron) beat C.J. Parker & Mike Dalton in a squash tag match. Ascension had an epic entrance and were impressive.

Damien Sandow refused to fight Jason Jordan. It was the same promo from his Smackdown appearances. Damien was over as a heel; funny stuff.

(3) Tyson Kidd beat Michael McGillicutty via submission. Great match that captivated the crowd and had plenty of nearfalls. Kidd won with a leg choke.

After a brief intermission, a video aired and they shot the crowd to lead into what can be assumed to be the second episode.

EPISODE #2 TAPING

(1) Seth Rollins (formerly Tyler Black) beat Jiro. This was essentially a squash. Rollins cut a promo promising to take NXT, WWE, and the world by storm.

(2) Jinder Mahal beat Jason Jordan via submission with the Camel Clutch. Boring match as indicated by the crowd chants.

(3) Leo Kruger beat Aiden English. Quick and effective establishing Aiden as a face and Kruger as a heel. Post-match, Leo talked about himself on the mic, calling himself the LEO (Lion) of NXT. So, watch out.

(4) Richie Steamboat beat Rick Victor with a big lariat. Richie wrestles a lot like his dad, Ricky Steamboat, who was ringside watching. Richie gave him a shout-out after the match.

(5) Antonio Cesaro beat Dante Dash. Afterward, Aksana declared, “Antonio is my lover!”

More to come ……… continue refreshing often!

* Dean Ambrose defeated a local wrestler.

* CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho in an Anything Goes match.

* John Cena, Randy Orton and Sheamus beat Lord Tensai, Kane and Dolph Ziggler.

WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):

* Attendance looks low but there is a lot of Daniel Bryan chants. Heat for Michael Cole as he comes out with Booker T to the announcers table.

* John Laurinaitis opens the show and talks about facing John Cena at Over the Limit. Laurinaitis wants sympathy and wants the fans to pray for him. WWE Champion CM Punk interrupts to a huge pop.

Punk comes out and is glad that Laurinaitis will finally be terminated after John Cena beats him on Sunday. Punk wishes Laurinaitis the best in his future endeavors to a big pop from the crowd. Punk goes on ripping Laurinaitis until he’s had enough. Laurinaitis tells everyone to go to hell and announces Punk vs. Kane for tonight.

* WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth beat Darren Young and Titus O’Neil.

* Zack Ryder is backstage filming his YouTube show when Damien Sandow is shown walking to the ring.

* Sandow comes out as Yoshi Tatsu waits in the ring. Sandow cuts a promo and doesn’t think Tatsu is worthy of wrestling him tonight. Yoshi taunts Sandow and calls him a chicken. Sandow lays Tatsu out with a modified neckbreaker and leaves.

* A Big Show video airs.

* Backstage segment with Sheamus and Randy Orton hyping up the four-way title match at Over the Limit.

* Daniel Bryan beat Zack Ryder with the Yes Lock.

* Kane beat CM Punk by DQ with Daniel Bryan staying out for commentary. Bryan tried to interfere with a chair shot but hit Kane instead. Kane, thinking Punk hit him with the chair, laid the WWE Champion out.

* Santino Marella beat Cody Rhodes in a champion vs. champion match.

* Randy Orton defeated Sheamus in the main event with a roll-up. The title was not on the line. After the match, they shook hands but Orton left Sheamus laying with a RKO.

* Heath Slater defeated Alex Riley. The match was a solid 10 minutes, with Riley getting in most of the offense. A good opening match to start off the Superstars taping.

* Lord Tensai defeated Tyson Kidd. During his entrance, which was a shorter version than usual, Tensai pushed Sakamoto out of the way, and he was not wearing his usual extra entrance attire.

* The Uso Brothers defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero). The show started with Vickie getting huge heat. The Uso Brothers won the match when Jey reversed Swagger’s gutwrench powerbomb into a schoolboy. This concluded the WWE Superstars taping.

* Johnny Curtis defeated Percy Watson.

* The Great Khali & Ezekiel Jackson defeated Curt Hawkins & Tyler Reks. Khali got the pin on Reks.

* Kaitlyn defeated Maxine.

* Tyson Kidd defeated Michael McGillicutty and Derrick Bateman in a Triple Threat match.

* Dean Ambrose defeated Zack Ryder. Ambrose worked as a heel and was heavily booed. He was said to have looked great in the ring.

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday):

* Heath Slater defeated Alex Riley. The match was a solid 10 minutes, with Riley getting in most of the offense. A good opening match to start off the Superstars taping.

* Lord Tensai defeated Tyson Kidd. During his entrance, which was a shorter version than usual, Tensai pushed Sakamoto out of the way, and he was not wearing his usual extra entrance attire.

Sheamus and Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho and Alberto Del Rio was thrown out. A big brawl broke out and referees came out to separate the four players in the Over The Limit Fatal Four Way match.

A.J. defeated Kaitlyn. A.J. destroyed her. Daniel Bryan came out and saw A.J. in a new light. He said that after he wins the WWE Championship, he’s moving on to Kaitlyn.

Daniel Bryan beat Big Show via John Laurinaitis’s ruling. Laurinaitis interrupted the match and called it in favor of Bryan, claiming Big Show tapped. Laurinaitis then ordered Big Show to apologize again.

Ryback defeated Heath Slater. Before the match, Heath Slater came out and talked crap about Ryback. He called him a caveman with a peanut brain. Ryback came out and squashed him.

Antonio Cesaro (w/Aksana) defeated Alex Riley. Teddy Long handled the introductions. Aksana told Long that they are just friends, but she is lovers with Cesaro. Aksana and Cesaro made out in front of Long after the match.

Randy Orton fought Alberto Del Rio to an apparent double DQ. Ricardo interrupted Orton as he was preparing for the match. He jumped from the top rope and was RKO’d. The match was thrown out. Del Rio applied the cross arm breaker after the match.

R-Truth (w/Kofi Kingston) defeated Jack Swagger (w/Dolph Ziggler, Vickie Guerrero).

Titus O’Neil and Darren Young defeated Zack Ryder and Santino Marella. Titus and Young ranted about being the next WWE Tag Champions.

Matt Striker interviewed Damien Sandow and asked him why he didn’t compete. Sandow spoke about being a savior to the masses and a light of beacon for enlightenment.

Brodus Clay defeated Hunico (w/Camacho). Hunico and Camacho attacked Clay. Brodus came back and went Funkadellic and got the win.

Sheamus defeated Chris Jericho by DQ. Alberto Del Rio interfered for hte DQ. Randy Orton ran out. Del Rio took finishers from the babyfaces, and Jericho ran away. Sheamus and Orton spoke face-to-face. Sheamus left.

WWE NXT (Airing Wednesday):

William Regal and Matt Striker started off the show by talking about Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins being fired. They said something about them being here tonight, and wanting to talk to security. Reks and Hawkins came out and said that they have been hired as security for NXT. Regal said something about how they should be worried about being fired.

Maxine defeated Tamina. Maxine won via submission.

JTG (w/Alicia Fox) beat Yoshi Tatsu. JTG won with the Shoutout in a short match. Alicia Fox walked with JTG to the ring. He had a new look, kinda like a mix between Dolph and Cody Rhodes. Seriously.

Percy Watson and Tyson Kidd defeated Michael McGillicutty and Johnny Curtis. A very good match, and a great showing by Kidd. Watson and Kidd were attacked by Reks and Hawkins.

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday):

Drew McIntyre defeated Ezekiel Jackson. McIntyre won the match with the Scot Drop.

Natalya defeated Alicia Fox. Natalya won with the Sharpshooter. Good and athletic match.

Hunico defeated Tyson Kidd. Camacho was ringside.

Zack Ryder and Santino Marella defeated Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Marella took out the cobra on Reks for the win. Reks and Hawkins are pissed off after the loss.

Dark Match:

Husky “Bray Wyatt” Harris defeated Alex Riley. Wyatt cut a heel promo before the match.

WWE Superstars (Airing This Thursday):

Hunico defeated Tyson Kidd. Camacho was ringside.

Zack Ryder and Santino Marella defeated Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Marella took out the cobra on Reks for the win. Reks and Hawkins are pissed off after the loss.

The rest of WWE Superstars will be taped at the SmackDown/NXT tapings tomorrow night.

The arena is fairly full but not a sellout by any means.

Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler come to ringside.

Dark Match

Dean Ambrose defeated Ezekiel Jackson. Ambrose won with a running knee to the head. Ambrose cut a pre-match heel promo.

Good crowd. Pretty much sold out tonight. Much better than the abysmal 1,000 or so who attended the post-Labor Day Smackdown taping. 1/2 of the arena was tarped off for that one.

Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews on commentary. Lilian Garcia is the ring announcer.

Lilian introduced World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus, who cut a brief promo to start the show. Sheamus said he loves to fight (a promo straight out of Finlay’s playbook) so when Daniel Bryan asked for a rematch he simply answered “YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!” [Cue loud "YES!" chants from the Toledo crowd.] Out came Daniel Bryan. Sheamus continued “YESing” through Bryan’s entrance. Doesn’t look like we’re getting the main event that was advertised last night.

Sheamus and Daniel Bryan fought to an apparent no-contest. Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez interfered to cause the finish. Ricardo hit a (from my vantage-point) picture-perfect cross body on Sheamus followed by a kick from ADR. Bryan then locked Sheamus in the Yes! Lock before being pulled off by Scott Armstrong and Chad Patton. Daniel Bryan then argued with ADR and Rich Rod, almost coming to blows.

Backstage, the WWE medical staff evaluated Sheamus.

WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Hunico and Canacho. Primo, Epico and Rosa (accompanied by AW) were out before the bell to watch the match. They “scouted” from chairs that were set up on the ramp.

Brodus Clay defeated Jack Swagger (w/Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero) via DQ when Ziggler interfered. Ziggler took what looked like a hellacious bump from Brodus’s running headbutt on the outside apron by the announce table. Dolph, again, sells like a champ. I’m interested to see how that looks on TV. Clay cleared the ring of Ziggler/Swagger following the interference and danced w/five kids in the ring (JYD-style) after the match. Nice touch.

The advertised main event for the night was now Randy Orton and Big Show vs. Kane and Cody Rhodes.

The same Extreme Rules video package from last night was shown, modified slightly to include the final segment from last night’s Raw with John Cena and John Laurinaitis.

Eve was involved in a backstage segment with Daniel Bryan and Alberto Del Rio. Nothing notable here.

Damien Sandow was shown walking down the hallway while piano music played in the background. He debuts next. [EDIT: Maybe not.]

Derrick Bateman got a jobber entrance.

Sandow entered to Leonard Cohen’s classical music piece “Hallelujah.” Funny stuff. He responded to a “WHAT?” crowd chant with “Thank you for your irrelevant contribution.” He said he wouldn’t indulge the WWE Universe or Bateman (whom he called a “miscreant”) with a match. Sandow left. “You’re welcome.” Bateman demanded an opponent nonetheless. He got one…it was Ryback.

Ryback defeated Derrick Bateman in a total squash.

Randy Orton and Big Show defeated Kane and U.S. Champion Cody Rhodes.

Backstage, Matt Striker caught up with Sheamus, who sported a heavily-taped shoulder and said he “came here to fight.” Striker concluded that it looks like they’ll have their match after all.

Vickie Guerrero re-emerged with Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler. Swagger demanded a rematch from Clay, saying nobody could beat him twice in one night. Looks like they’re re-taping this one.

Brodus Clay defeated Jack Swagger via countout. Much shorter match than the first. Ziggler’s bump in this match was less impactful, taking a forearm from big Brodus. No kids into the ring to dance post-match this time. Expect a lot of post-production if this version of the match is used. The crowd was understandably bored seeing this the second time around.

Natalya came out for the jobber entrance.

WWE Divas Champion Layla defeated Natalya. Layla won in less than a couple of minutes.

Backstage, Eve directed the publicity photo shoot for Antonio Cesaro and Aksana and said something was missing. She said Cesaro looked too “dry” and asked for him to be oiled up. She told a staffer lady not to do it, instead demanding that Teddy apply the oil. He resisted at first, but after being told by Eve that he hadn’t done anything all day, he gave in and rubbed down Cesaro. I’m disappointed I didn’t get to see the former Claudio Castagnoli in action.

After the break, Kaitlyn told AJ she needed to stop having a pity party for herself. AJ delivered a hard slap to Kaitlyn that floored her.

Ricardo Rodriguez introduced Alberto Del Rio from the stage; ADR drove out in a fancy car. He is sitting in on commentary for the main event.

Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the World Hvt. Championship. Sheamus threw Bryan into ADR, knocking him through the ropes. While Sheamus was distracted by ADR and Rich Rod trying to regain their composure, Bryan snuck up to the top rope. He leapt into a Brogue kick and Sheamus covered him for the victory.

This concluded the Smackdown taping.