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– I-C Champion Ryback over Mark Henry (Went around 15 minutes, typical big man stuff. Crowd was hot for Ryback.

– R Truth over Tyler Breeze. Breeze got on mic denied losing to R truth and demanded someone else come to ring

– Jimmy Uso over Tyler Breeze. Superkick and “match” was over.

– Lucha Dragons over Ascension and Los Matadores. Tag team elimination rules, Matadores eliminated first.

– Roman Reigns over Bray Wyatt. Reigns was really over with this crowd, match ended with a spear.

– Alicia Fox and Emma over Cameron and Summer (Not great, a lot of missed spots and sloppy work.

– Sheamus over Jack Swagger. Match went about 20 minutes, Sheamus slid MITB briefcase to distract ref and deliver Brouge kick after poking Swagger in the eye while ref removing briefcase.

– WWE Champion Seth Rollins over Dean Ambrose in a street fight. At one point, Ambrose was powerbombed through table in the corner. Virginia athletic commission doesn’t allow fighting through crowd so was tame in that regard. Match used a couple chairs and a belt. Was a suplex spot on the smaller ramp used for house shows. Crowd was hot for Ambrose.

J and J security ran in at end, beat on Ambrose and did the whole powder in the eyes but that backfired and Rollins was able to get the pin. After the match, Rollins got on mic and said he was going to finally destroy Ambrose and ordered J and J to get another table. Ambrose fought back and put Rollins through table with an elbow drop to send fans home happy.

By Kyle Poissonnier

Really, really good crowd.  Been to a few New England events living in Portland, ME, and this was by far the best crowd.

Mark Henry vs. I-C Champion Ryback

Henry got a good reaction. Good reaction for Ryback.  Slow match, good support for Ryback.  Henry messed up the ending failing to get in place for Ryback’s splash so Ryback readjusted in mid air for a splash and win.  No shell shock.

Neville vs. Kofi Kingston

Great heel heat on Kofi.  Really knows how to work the crowd.  Neville got a good reaction.  Some really great fast paced action in this one.  10 min match with Neville scoring a red arrow for a win.

Heath Slater and Luke Harper vs. Axelmania and Macho Mandow

Honestly a terrible match.  Axelmania and Macho Mandow are not that over and actually got booed a few times. Forgettable match with Axelmania and Macho Mandow picking up a pinfall victory.   

Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler vs. King Barrett and Sheamus

Great response for Ziggler and Jericho got a huge returning pop.  Some Mic time for all before the match with Jericho and Ziggler making fun of Sheamus.  Good match, good back and forth with Jericho hitting the codebreaker on Barrett for the win.

U.S. Champion John Cena vs. NXT Champion Kevin Owens

Owens has that heel cool factor as the crowd popped for him. He taunted Cena’s dad in the front row. Cena got a big hometown reaction.  This was literally a replay of their 2nd match at money in the bank.  Great spots, tons of false finishes.  Match went almost 20 minutes until Owens Low-blowed Cena for a DQ, he rolled back in and got an AA to make the crowd happy.  Best match of the night.  Chants of “this is awesome” a lot during this match.

– Bo Dallas came out and basically ran down Boston for five minutes and how bad it’s sports teams have become and trashed Tom Brady.  He started singing which seemed to go on for wayyyy too long.  The Rock’s music hit and at first I think most people thought it was a joke.  He promptly walked out and got an enormous pop.  The last time I was in the garden in 2001 was one of the last times the Rock appeared at a house show.  Lots of shock and cheers.  Rock got in the ring and mocked Bo for a while and stuck up for Boston, told Bo to take a victory lap before hitting him with a rock bottom and people’s elbow.  Posed for the crowd and left everyone in the crowd happy.

Naomi VS Paige vs. Divas Champion Nikki Bella

Honestly the crowd was so shocked from the Rock most people had their heads down in the phones on social media in shock.  No energy, slow match, there was a fan vote stipulation I cant remember.  Nikki took the pin for the win.  Most people stayed on phones or took a bathroom break.

Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt

Wyatt got a good reaction.  Crowd loved his entrance.   Reigns came out to about 80% cheers and support.  Still a much better reaction than he gets on TV.  Pretty slow match, ended after about 6 minutes with a double count out- which obv they had to do not wanting to a give a victory to either man before they meet at Battleground.  Fans booed the finish quite a bit.  Cheered Reigns though as he left.

WWE Champion Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose

Show went well over 3 hours at this point, so crowd was really drained at this point a little even though they gave Ambrose a great pop.  Good back and forth and Ambrose had some really good near falls that got the crowd back into it.  Bray Wyatt came down and slammed the door on Ambrose’s head allowing Rollins to climb out and win.  After the match, Reigns came down to help Ambrose spearing Wyatt and clearing the ring  Ambrose and Reigns stayed and celebrated with the crowd sending them home happy.       

Dwayne Johnson showed up at the WWE house show in Boston tonight, walking out when Bo Dallas cut a promo. He’s filming a movie in the city now.

It was a long verbal segment which ended with Johnson giving him a rock bottom and people’s elbow.

– WWE Network will be airing a 30 minute Finn Balor special, likely built around the clips from the last few weeks of NXT profiles on him, this Thursday at 10:30 p.m. EEST. The show will build this Saturday morning’s special from Sumo Hall, the same show with Balor battling NXT champion Kevin Owens.

– The latest lawsuit against WWE litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros was filed earlier Friday in federal court in Dallas by the family of the late Matt Osborne, best known as Maniac Matt Borne, and the original Doink the Clown. The lawsuit, similar to ones filed by Billy Jack Haynes, Vito LoGrasso, Ryan Sakoda and the wife of the late Nelson Frazier, alleged that Osborne suffered concussions in wrestling that led to depression and drug abuse which led to his 2013 death.

Jerry McDevitt spoke to the Dallas Morning News, noting the similarty to the other suits and saying they have no merit, claiming attorneys are finding destitute pro wrestlers and telling them there’s money to be made. The suit was filed by Michelle James, the mother of Osborne’s two children.

– WWE has announced the main event for Raw on Monday from Washington, DC, as Seth Rollins & Kane vs. Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose.

WWE has announced the main event for Raw on Monday from Washington, DC, as Seth Rollins & Kane vs. Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose.

The latest lawsuit against WWE litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros was filed earlier today in federal court in Dallas by the family of the late Matt Osborne, best known as Maniac Matt Borne, and the original Doink the Clown.

The lawsuit, similar to ones filed by Billy Jack Haynes, Vito LoGrasso, Ryan Sakoda and the wife of the late Nelson Frazier, alleged that Osborne suffered concussions in wrestling that led to depression and drug abuse which led to his 2013 death.

Jerry McDevitt spoke to the Dallas Morning News, noting the similarty to the other suits and saying they have no merit, claiming attorneys are finding destitute pro wrestlers and telling them there’s money to be made.  

The suit was filed by Michelle James, the mother of Matt Osborne’s two children.

By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

Bruno Sammartino underwent a back operation this past week in Pittsburgh, PA, after he had been in the hospital for the better part of a month.

The team that operated on the longtime WWWF champion was headed by Dr. Joseph Maroon, who besides being head of WWE medical, has been Sammartino’s personal physician for years and headed his previous back surgery many years ago.

Sammartino is now out of the hospital and in great spirits.

Judge Janice Stewart of Portland, OR, ruled today that the Billy Jack Haynes lawsuit against WWE has been moved to U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Stewart wrote that the court expresses no opinion on the merits of the WWE’s motion to dismiss the case outright, and have given power on that motion to the Connecticut court.

By Steve Khan, WrestlingObserver.com

– Airdate: June 25, 2015 (June 24 in Canada)

– Location: Huntington Center in Toledo, OH

The Big News:

Seth Rollins beat Dean Ambrose again.

Show Recap:

Jimmy Uso, in his gear and face paint, was on commentary, and is replacing Byron Saxton for the next few weeks. This was Uso’s first appearance on Raw or SmackDown since WrestleMania. Also, Eden is back as ring announcer.

They aired a long recap of Seth Rollins and company beating up Brock Lesnar on Raw. Rollins came out with Kane and Joey Mercury to start the show. Rollins said The Authority is back and they burned Suplex City to the ground.

Rollins reminded us that he broke up the Shield and called The Authority his family. He acknowledged that Jamie Noble suffered three broken ribs at the hands of Lesnar. People cheered. Rollins said he and Mercury spent all night in the hospital with Noble and dedicated SmackDown to him.

Rollins put over Kane and they shook hands. Kane said nobody, including Lesnar, could cross The Authority without consequences. Kane said Big Show wasn’t here because of Ryback. Kane asked Ryback to come out and of course he did.

Rollins said Ryback should take lessons on how to act like a champion from him. Ryback called himself a real champion and ripped on Rollins for being an overprotected sellout. Kane put himself in a match with Ryback.

As the heels left to Kane’s music, Rollins told them to cut the music and said he’s tired of being disrespected. (He waited until being far away from Ryback to say this.) Rollins said he didn’t just barely beat Dean Ambrose at Money in the Bank, he annihilated him. Rollins put himself in a match with Ambrose tonight.

Sheamus beat Dolph Ziggler (w/Lana) via pinfall

Rusev came out almost immediately, pleading with Lana to go back to him. She didn’t, so Rusev yelled that he was done with her. Sheamus tried a Brogue kick but Ziggler dropkicked him to the outside.

After a break, they went back and forth with quick counters and Ziggler hit a superkick for a near fall. Uso dropped a “superkick party” reference. Sheamus crotched Ziggler on the top rope and hit a Brogue kick for the win. Weird finish. Sheamus should win matches like these but Ziggler just lost like it was nothing.

Backstage, Rusev was freaking out and Summer Rae told him Lana isn’t worth it.

They replayed Rollins turning on The Shield last year. Throughout the show, they aired more recent clips from the Rollins-Ambrose rivalry to push tonight’s main event.

Alicia Fox (w/Bella Twins) beat Naomi (w/Tamina) via pinfall

They asked Uso what he thought of Naomi’s recent actions. Uso said he supports his wife and he’s going to leave it at that. Good answer. Naomi got in the Bellas’ faces outside the ring, and Tamina superkicked both Brie and Nikki. Uso again called this a superkick party. Naomi celebrated, but when she re-entered the ring, Alicia caught her with a stupid-looking move for the win. This was dumb.

Backstage, JoJo asked The New Day about their cold streak. Big E was in the middle of preaching but the Prime Time Players interrupted to remind New Day that they suck. Titus did his best Big E impression and said one of the New Day members would have to sit out at Battleground.

Titus and Darren left, and Bo Dallas jumped in. Bo likes New Day and asked The Authority to join them in a match tonight. New Day like Bo Dallas, and they gave him some clap therapy. This was fun. Big E is amazing.

Ryback beat Kane (w/Big Show) via DQ

Big Show jumped Ryback during his entrance and beat on him for a while. He dumped Ryback in the ring and Kane demanded the referee start the match. Kane pinned Ryback but he kicked out at two.

Kane kicked him around for a while but Ryback made a comeback, hitting a spinebuster and clothesline. He went for a shell shock but Show interfered for the DQ. Show chokeslammed Ryback twice. I actually thought this was a fine angle, but it suffered from the problem that will never go away–that it involved Kane and Big Show getting all the heat.

They recapped Tough Enough and announced that Roman Reigns would be on the show next week.

8-Man Tag Match: Prime Time Players & Lucha Dragons beat The New Day & Bo Dallas via pinfall

As the heels worked over Sin Cara, Xavier Woods asked Jimmy Uso how his brother was doing. Sin Cara used a hurricanrana on Kingston and made the hot tag to Kalisto. Everyone eventually jumped in to hit a move, leading to Sin Cara hitting a dive on Kingston, Big E and Bo outside the ring. Kalito hit Woods with a 450 splash for the win. I guess this sets up the Lucha Dragons as contenders when New Day get their titles back. Or maybe it doesn’t.

Backstage, Dean Ambrose told Roman Reigns he’s tired of Bray Wyatt and thought they should search every hallway in the building and take him out Cincinnati-style, which would include using a 5-pound weight and a sock.

Reigns said they’re not in Cincinnati, that he’s a grown man, and would beat Bray’s ass at Battleground. Reigns told Ambrose he should watch his back now that Rollins and The Authority are on the same page. Reigns then said he had Ambrose’s back tonight.

After Ambrose left, Reigns noticed a picture of himself with “Anyone But You” scribbled on it. Then, moments after saying he was a grown man, Reigns lost it over this and stormed off.

After a break, Reigns was hunting for Bray. Reigns asked a backstage geek where Wyatt was. The guy didn’t know, so Reigns took off the guy’s headset and said they better find him. Kane caught Reigns harassing an employee, so he had Reigns ejected. Security came but Reigns left on his own.

WWE Champion Seth Rollins beat Dean Ambrose via pinfall – Non-Title

Rollins worked over Ambrose’s knee but he was able to come back with a double-underhook suplex off the middle rope. Ambrose nailed a face buster for two and tried another suplex off the ropes, but Rollins hit a superkick for two.

Kane tried to interfere, so Ambrose caught him with a suicide dive. Ambrose nailed a top rope elbow on Rollins but Mercury distracted the referee. Ambrose whipped Rollins into Mercury and used a school boy for a near fall, followed by a tornado DDT for another near fall.

Ambrose sent Rollins to the outside and took out all three heels with a top rope elbow. Ambrose turned Rollins inside out with a rebound clothesline. Mercury tried to interfere again, so Ambrose pulled him into the ring and tried Dirty Deeds. Rollins jumped in and hit a pedigree for the win.

The finish was messy with Mercury getting in the ring and the referee just standing there watching. Ambrose technically pulled him in, but still. Also, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Roman Reigns never came back since everyone just blindly does what they’re told.

Final Thoughts:

A mostly mundane show. Ambrose vs. Rollins is always fun, but we just saw them have a ladder match less than two weeks ago, and this was just a backdrop to the larger story, that The Authority always wins. Suplex City isn’t the only thing they’re burning to the ground.

Also, with Noble out, perhaps now would be a good time to give Rollins some new muscle. Like, I don’t know, Cesaro.

By Emerson Witner, WrestlingObserver.com & Wrestling Outsiders Podcast

The Big News:

We got part 2 of THE GREATEST VIDEO PACKAGE EVER and part 2 of the Finn Balor-Rhyno rivalry.

Show recap:

The show began with the entire NXT roster on the stage, including Hideo Itami and Sami Zayn, as Triple H paid tribute to Dusty Rhodes. Most of them were on the verge of breaking down with Kevin Owens heavy breathing and Mr. Regal wiping away tears. Everyone stood for a 10 bell salute.

After the proper open of the show, we are joined by Hideo Itami with his arm in a sling. We get reminded that Kevin Owens just happened to walk by Itami lying on the ground. Greg Hamilton, who is still a better announcer than JoJo, interviewed him. Hideo, who is out 3-4 months, cannot wait to be back. He is just returning from a trip to Japan promoting the NXT Title match July 4. He promises to be there to challenge the winner. Of course this brings out the champ!

Kevin Owens said it is very nice that he will be in Japan to see his wife and kids, but too bad he won’t be competing. Owens said that he will end Balor for good on July 4. Kevin stumbled over his words in trying to say Hideo is delusional, which he then said he sounded like Hideo trying to speak English. However there is no way he is leaving Tokyo without the NXT Title. Owens said he had nothing to do with Itami’s injury and if he did he would be in the hospital next to Sami Zayn. Owens also said he is demanding an apology because Itami called Owens a bad person a few weeks ago.

Itami called him a great champion, but a terrible human being. Owens took offense and went to take him out, so of course Finn Balor ran down to attack him. Balor was about to do a dive off the ramp when Rhyno attacked him! Rhyno threw him off the stage and stood happily over the #1 Contender.

Enzo Amore & Colin Cassidy defeated Jason Jordan & Sylvester Lefort

Justin Henry’s favorite tag team kicks off the in ring action this week as the Long Islanders continue their quest to becoming the NXT Tag Team Champions. Enzo and Sylvester Lefort feuded last year and their Hair vs Hair match led to Marcus Louis getting his head shaved. Plus Sylvester is Jason Jordan’s second potential partner. When will he just take Chad Gable? I wonder how many times Jason slammed the heavy bag on Tough Enough last night? Colin never tagged into the match as the heels beat on Enzo who surprised Jordan with a roll up for the sudden win! I approve of this.

– Last week, Samoa Joe cut a promo saying he still wants to fight Kevin Owens.

Dana Brooke (w/Emma) pinned Cassie

Brooke returns from competing in fitness competitions to grapple with Cassie. Byron Saxton noted that Cassie and Emma are both from Australia, which caused Corey and Rich to make fun of him the entire match for that. Emma looked completely bored by this match while the crowd chanted “Dana sucks” in the same way they would chant “New Day sucks”. Cassie got a fiery comeback, including a running spin kick, but she got beaten with the sit out Death Valley Driver.

– Charlotte cut a promo backstage saying she is going to kick Dana’s ass as soon as she gets the chance.

– We got Part 2 of the GREATEST VIDEO PACKAGE EVER documenting the career of Finn Balor. If you didn’t watch Part 1, not sure what you are waiting for and now go watch both that and this part. He talked about legos and New Japan. We saw Jason Albert talk about him in Japan paying his dues. We got pictures with him and Karl Anderson, Taka Michinoku, Yuji Nagata and Hiroshi Tanahashi. They also showed a little bit of match footage and a bunch of Bullet Club stuff.

Next week is Part 3. July 4 at 5:30am EST, Finn wins the championship from Kevin Owens.

– Bull Dempsey has been ordered to get in better shape. Seriously, whose Cheerios did he piss in? We got a bunch of pictures of Bull eating and being sloth-like.

The Hype Bros defeated Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins

Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder now have a team name. Sawyer Fulton and Angelo Dawkins do not have a team name, but they should be teaming with Jason Jordan, since they all wear their amateur singlets.

This team actually works. Who thought that if you take two annoying people and put them in a team together that they would be a good team? They got the heat on Mojo, which seems like the backwards thing to do. Fulton and Dawkins did the Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin leap over each other and come down on the back of their foe.

Ryder made the hot tag and a Pier 6 brawl broke out with Ryder eventually pinning Dawkins with the Rough Ryder off the middle rope as Mojo held him up.

– Mr. Regal was texting someone when Eva Marie walked in and asked for a match. Mr. Regal became the biggest heel in the company by giving Eva an opportunity. They didn’t set a match up for her, but sadly it’s coming.

Finn Balor pinned Rhyno

Three weeks ago Finn pinned Rhyno clean, so Rhyno gave him a Gore on the ramp. Then earlier this evening Rhyno threw Finn off the three foot high ramp. The NXT Champion came out before the match and settled himself down at the commentary table. It never fails to be entertaining when Owens goes to the table because Saxton sells it as if Owens was Brock Lesnar and Saxton was Michael Cole.

Owens accused Saxton of calling Kevin a liar since Byron keeps asking him if he had anything to do with attacking Hideo, which Kevin has said time and again he had nothing to do with.

Kevin said he will celebrate Independence Day, calling it a great movie, when he beats Itami in Tokyo. Owens kept going off on Byron for constantly asking him questions instead of talking about the match, where Rhyno beat down the #1 Contender.

Rhyno went for a clothesline, Balor ducked it and hit the Pele Kick. Another head kick later and Owens went to ringside. Rhyno hit a belly to belly suplex off the distraction, but Balor came back with the Slingblade and the Coup de Grace for the win! Owens hit the ring as soon as the match was over and we got a 2-on-1 beat down on Balor. Finally, Samoa Joe ran in to make the save, causing the heels to scurry away.

That does it for this week! Until next week, when it is the go home show for July 4, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!