BEING JOHN MALKOVICH JIM JOHNSTON: WWE NXT ROOKIES

It won't be long until the eight NXT Rookies get narrowed to one winner who gets to strut out on RAW or Smackdown! to his own theme music. But I think it's time all eight of these dudes start coming out to music that they can call their own.

So here's what I would propose if licensing fees and copyright infringement were not an issue:

DAVID OTUNGA

DRAKE - "OVER"

David Otunga is all about being "A-List" and Hollywood and having his finger on the pulse of the latest trends. So he needs to come out to the hottest rapper out there. Drake's album isn't even out yet and he is blowing up all over the place. David Otunga hasn't even won NXT and he's already hosted RAW and fought for the Unified Tag Team Titles alongside John Cena. Seems like a good fit to me.

WADE BARRETT

MUSE - "UPRISING"

Manchester, England's Wade Barrett is the biggest, baddest, bare-knuckle-fightingist rookie on the NXT roster. He needs music that rivals his rich, brown-note baritone... sadly, no one in the music industry has a voice as low as his. So, instead, how about England's biggest rock and roll trio in Muse? This song definitely gives me the feeling of a dude who likes to punch people for fun.

DARREN YOUNG

LMFAO - "I'M IN MIAMI TRICK"

He's a party boy from Miami, and incredibly annoying and weird to look at. Hence, LMFAO's "I'm In Miami Trick!"

HEATH SLATER

THE HOLD STEADY - "SEQUESTERED IN MEMPHIS"

The lyrics don't really make sense, but the sound totally does. Heath Slater is a self-proclaimed "One Man Rock Band" and this song embodies that fun, good times rock and roll that he seems to be all about. I'm pretty sure he could come out and shake his tongue and hair to just about any rock beat.

SKIP SHEFFIELD

YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP

He shouldn't have entrance music. He should just be accompanied by these aliens.

JUSTIN GABRIEL

KINGS OF LEON - "CRAWL"

Gabriel would probably do a lot better with one of those generic new rock bands (see: any and all new themes in the past year) doing his theme, but c'mon, Kings of Leon are obviously the Hardys' favourite band.

MICHAEL TARVELLOUS MARC MERO

MARVELLOUS MARC MERO THEME

And finally, Daniel Bryan.

The only choice there is to be made, and this should come as nothing less than expected, is Europe's "The Final Countdown." Even though Danielson has an impressively cool taste in music (Art Brut, Simon and Garfunkel, Kimya Dawson), I don't think Moldy Peaches would make for the badass entrance music that Bryan deserves (as much as I wish it would).

DANIEL BRYAN

EUROPE - "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN"

WWE NXT REVIEW: BEST (SHOW) IN THE WORLD

I LOVED this show. Holy crap. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that Danielson, upon his signing with the WWE, would be given such an amazing start.

They didn't change his character.

They didn't give him some wacky gimmick.

They didn't erase his history.

They let him be the American Dragon.

And placed him in one of the most talked about feuds to ever happen - BEFORE it even began airing on TV.

AND HE WRESTLED CHRIST JERICHO. CMON BAYBAYYY.

Okay, my nerd boner is showing. Let's get down to what I liked and didn't like.

WWE NXT: 02/23/10

LIKE: DANIEL BRYAN

DIDN'T LIKE: MICHAEL COLE - FOR A REAL REASON THIS TIME!

LIKED

- The entire feel of the show. From the different camera angles, to the hype videos, to the backstage stuff to start the show, even to the theme song, I am WILD (and young) for this show.

- Daniel Bryan winning fans over in front of our very eyes. When he strolled out and launched into his "impress Miz" speech, the fans weren't really behind him. But as the segment went on, you could almost see him settling in, getting more comfortable, and by the end - he was getting serious cheers.

- Daniel Bryan's gimmick. Because it's not a gimmick. He's just American Dragon. If Miz slaps him, he laughs, because he's a tough bastard. If someone's going to tell him he has no charisma, he gets in the ring and nearly taps the World Champion. Maybe it was because I was so nervous watching the show because I have emotion invested in Bryan Danielson as if he were my Dad, but I enjoyed this show on a stupid crazy level.

- All of the hype videos. Especially for Tarver and Otunga. Otunga comes off like a champ already.

- The tag match was good, I love me some Christian. Heath Slater

- CM Punk and the Straight-Edge Society's behaviour towards Darren Young. When they walked out without even looking at him, and Punk pulled Serena in closer to him as if Young was a homeless person they were trying to ignore on the street, I bust a gut laughing. This pairing will be another highlight for this show each week.

- Wade Barrett's brown-note baritone voice.

- Daniel Bryan vs. Chris Jericho. We've all thought about it. It actually happened. I shed a tear of joy for anyone who has fantasy booked this match in their mind. Bryan took a huge dive to the outside and clobbered himself into the announce table in a scary spot. I think I whimpered in fear as it happened. Jericho's selling of the heel hook was so perfect. And...

- LIONTAMER

- Miz slapping Bryan around after his match. This closed the show off perfectly, and I literally can't wait for next Tuesday.

DIDN'T LIKE

- Michael Cole. Normally he's in the "didn't like" as more of a joke than anything. But tonight, he set my nerdy emotions ABLAZE. And I LOVED IT. This is only in the "didn't like" because of how good Cole was in touching on every nerve a smark has. He got me so riled up that I just wanted to see Danielson prove him wrong, and Josh Matthews to shut him up. Brilliantly played, be it real, fake or a mix of both. And now with Michael Cole's latest comment, they are taking it to the next level. Just take a look through all of the comments made by people on WWEUniverse's Twitter. People are fuming.

NXT is my new favourite show. Seeing Danielson every week, and his impending encounters with Jericho, Miz, Christian... and of course, CM Punk, will be awesome to watch. Plus there are some other good rookies (Otunga, Barrett) to watch develop as well.

Wrestling is always a lot more fun to watch when you have something invested in one of the guys wrestling. When I was younger, it was any babyface winning a belt. If Undertaker had a match and it sucked, but he won the belt, I was ecstatic.

Now, for me at least, when a guy like Danielson shows up, who you followed in ROH, saw wrestle live on more than one occasion - you actually give a shit about what happens to him. There are other guys you care about on the roster too, but there is something more real about watching a guy who you knew before he appeared on WWE TV. You want him to succeed so badly.