WWE Open.

- NXT Open.

- Todd Grisham opened the show voicing-over the camera panning the crowd, saying he and Josh Mathews were ringside for the show. They sent it up to Matt Striker, who introduced the NXT Season 4 Rookies. The obstacle course was set-up outside the ring as the Rookies gathered inside. Striker mentioned how Jacob Novak won the first Rookie challenge last week, but this week, for the first-time ever, there will be a karaokee challenge, since they need to be entertaining as well as athletic. Conor O’Brian was first up – he had to choose an envelope that featured wrestlers’ themes, and they had to sing them. O’Brian got King Sheamus. They put the lyrics up on the Titan-Tron. O’Brian was way behind the music in singing, but at the beginning, it worked. Derrick Bateman was next, and the card he chose contained The Miz. Bateman was awful as well, but he was into it. He tried to suck-up to the crowd at the last minute, saying Cajun football rules.

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