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  • UFC TUF 22: McGregor vs. Faber episode 11 results & recap

    The Notorious Quote of the Week: “That takedown is there whenever you want it. Keep your chin tucked!” Yes… but WHO was he giving that advice to? Hmmm.

    Last week, both Artem Lobov and Saul Rogers from Conor McGregor’s team advanced to the semi-finals. This week’s show is another two fight episode and we’re starting right away with two Team Europe guys going head to head.

    Lightweight: Marcin Wrzosek (Team Europe) vs. David Teymur (Team Europe)

    Both fighters are wearing gray trunks. You may recall Wrzosek earned the nickname ‘Polish Zombie’ for his ability to absorb damage and keep coming forward. He doesn’t need that early though because he drops Teymur with a right hook two minutes into round one, then wrestles him back to the mat 17 seconds later after Teymur tries to get up. Teymur finally gets up clean at 2:58 and this time he hits a takedown. He gets up with a minute left and they both swing hard. The gym is eerily silent since McGregor isn’t saying anything to show favoritism to either fighter. Wrzosek gets another right hook in right before R1 ends.

    Wrzosek and Teymur mix it up 25 seconds into R2. Teymur lands an explosive takedown at 48 seconds. The ref warns Teymur to stay busy. Wrzosek briefly gets caught in a choke when trying to stand, but winds up escaping it and ending up on top and having full mount for a split second. He pounds away at the ribs as both fighters are reminded to work for the finish. Wrzosek gets swept. This is an incredibly back-and-forth fight. They’re stood up with two minutes left. Wrzosek gets another takedown quickly. Teymur is warned about the back of the head. He scrambles up with 91 seconds to go. Both men are head hunting. Wrzosek pushes him into the fence and they trade knees, and he backs away in time to avoid a high kick. Teymur throws a late leg kick and Wrzosek takes him down before R2 ends. That might have been enough.

    19-19, 20-18 and 20-18 for the majority winner – Marcin Wrzosek. And now we have one last chance for Team USA to send a fighter to the semis – Julian Erosa goes against Abner Lloveras. There’s no slowing down for weigh-ins or drama at the house – we go right back to the cage.

    Lightweight: Abner Lloveras (Team Europe) vs. Julian Erosa (Team USA)

    Erosa is in the blue trunks and Lloveras the gray. Lloveras has the striking advantage early and Erosa is forced to circle on the outside and try to dance in and out of range. He finally lands a good overhand right at 1:53 but he’s getting hit with rights in each exchange. Lloveras seems to be a split second quicker on the trigger each time he gets into range. You can see that Erosa’s cheeks are bruising and swelling up. Lloveras puts him against the fence at 4:05 but Erosa shows great balance avoiding the single leg takedown until 3 seconds left. We’re on to round two.

    Lloveras is right back to the jab to open R2. Erosa’s only answer seems to be to get into a slugfest since he’s unable to block or avoid the strikes. Lloveras gets him off his feet for a second at 1:40. Erosa suddenly catches Lloveras with a couple of good shots and opens a cut over his left eye. Lloveras is backpedaling as he bleeds, which shouldn’t necessarily influence the judges, but it just might. For his part Erosa is not letting Lloveras off the hook. Lloveras fails a a takedown attempt at 3:35. Erosa drops Lloveras with a big punch at 4:10 and tags him with several knees as he gets up. Faber is screaming at Erosa to finish him. He has completely turned this fight around and Lloveras looks gassed as we head to an overtime third round.

    Lloveras is desperate for a takedown to open R3. It’s not “there all day” though the way McGregor thought it would be. Lloveras is crunched with a left hook and presses Erosa into the fence again. They couldn’t really stop the bleeding at all between rounds. Lloveras tries and tries for the leg trip but has to break at 2:02. Faber screams for kicks to the body. Erosa’s left hand looks better and more accurate the further we get into the fight. Lloveras fails on another takedown at 3:37 as McGregor screams for 3’s and 5’s in combos. Now it’s Lloveras who seems unable to stop a single strike from landing and HIS only answer is takedown attempts. He gets Erosa off his feet for just about a second as we go to the final minute and it’s a moral victory at best. Erosa continues to pressure him and land hands and knees. I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t get this one from the judges.

    Third round: 10-9 Lloveras, 10-9 Erosa and 10-9 for EROSA. McGregor: “That’s disgraceful.” So finally one guy from Team USA is going to move on. Faber: “We got a horse in the game. Thank goodness!”

    Dana White comes out to announce the semi-finals: Saul Rogers vs. Marcin Wrzosek and Artem Lobov vs. Julian Erosa. Join us next week!

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/03): Hulk Hogan pins Undertaker to win WWF Title

    1942 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Orville Brown to win the Ohio version of the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – John Katan defeated Earl McCready for the Toronto British Empire Heavyweight Title 

    1943

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Swedish Angel defeated Orville Brown to win the MWA World Heavyweight Title

    1952 

    Sydney, Australia:
    – Leo Jensen defeated Bonnie Muir for the vacant Australian Heavyweight Title

    1953

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Central States Heavyweight Champion Lenny Montana beat Johnny Valentine by dq (Valentine used a piledriver, which is barred in Kansas) 
    – Larry Hamilton beat Bobby Lane dq
    – Dick Hutton defeated Maurice Roberre (Hutton was accompanied by Ed “Strangler” Lewis) 

    1959

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Antoine Leone to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title

    1960 

    San Bernadino, California:
    – Stan Holek and The Preacher defeated Sandor Szabo and Edouard Carpentier for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

    1962

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Eric Pomeroy and Ray Andrews defeated The Medics for the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1963 
    – Ciclon Negro and Masked Terror defeated Wilbur Snyder and Dick the Bruiser to win the American Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Titles

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Joe Blanchard defeated Billy White Wolf for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    1965

    Lafayette, Louisiana:
    – Bobby Fields won the NWA Louisiana Heavyweight Title by defeating Danny McShain 

    1966 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Michiaki Yoshimura and Kintaro Ohki defeated Eddie Morea and Tarzan Zorro to win the vacant All Asia Tag Team Titles 

    1967

    Ciudad Juarez, Mexico:
    – El Goliath defeated Henry Pirousso for the Mexican National Heavyweight Title

    1970

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Gene Kiniski defeated Giant Baba for the NWA International Heavyweight Title

    1971 

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
    – Dr. X (Jim Osborne) defeated Ramon Torres for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1975

    Kiryu, Japan:
    – The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) defeated Abdullah the Butcher to win the Pacific Wrestling Federation United States Heavyweight Title 

    1976

    – Chavo Guerrero, Sr. defeated Dr. Hiro Ota to win the NWA America Heavyweight Title

    Ozark, Alabama:
    – The Wrestling Pro defeated Ken Lucas for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Rip Tyler won the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title by defeating Dick Dunn

    1977

    New Brocton, Alabama:
    – Billy Spears defeated Johnny Eagles for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Super Destroyer & Angelo Mosca beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
    – Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel (no title change, decision later reversed)
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Jose Lothario beat Jimmy Valiant & Johnny Valiant & Roger Kirby
    – Ivan Koloff beat Wilbur Snyder by countout
    – Bobby Dumcum beat Steve Regal
    – Rufus R Jones beat Blackjack Lanza
    – Moose Cholak beat Chris Markoff

    1981

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell no contest Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
    – Jerry Blackwell beat Billy Robinson
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Sheik Adnan
    – Ken Patera beat Buck Zumhofe
    – Bobby Duncum drew Tito Santana

    1982

    Ponce, Puerto Rico:
    – Mad Dog Lafaib defeated Invader I to win the WWC North American Heavyweight Title

    1983

    Hampton, Virginia:
    – Dick Slater defeated Rufus R. Jones to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Bob Armstrong won a tournament for the vacant NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title 

    1984 

    New Orleans, Louisiana:
    – Ted DiBiase and Hercules Hernandez defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to win the Mid-South Tag Team Titles

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Interns (Don Bass and Roger Smith) defeated The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1985 

    – Fuerza Guerrera defeated El Dandy for the Mexican National Welterweight Title

    1989 

    – Sangre Chicana defeated Perry Aguayo to win the Universal Wrestling Association-promoted WWF World Light Heavyweight Title

    1990 

    Coos Bay, Oregon:
    – Steve Doll and Scotty the Body (Raven) defeated The Wrecking Crew (The Grappler and The Equalizer) for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1991

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Hulk Hogan pinned The Undertaker to win the WWF World Title (title held up and decided at Royal Rumble)
    – Randy Savage defeated The Undertaker

    1992 

    Funabashi, Japan:
    – Jesse Barr and Ryuma Go won the Championship Wrestling USA International Tag Team Titles by defeating The
    Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don Harris)

    1993

    – Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi won the annual Real World Tag League to win the AJPW World Tag Team Championship

    1995

    Wilmington, Delaware: 
    – Ronnie Roberts defeated Boogie Woogie Brown to win the ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title 

    1998 

    Denton, Maryland:
    – King Kong Bundy defeated Romeo Valentino for the Maryland Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title 

    2000

    New York City, New York:
    – Steve Corino defeated Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Title
    – Rhino pinned Spike Dudley to retain the ECW World Television Title

    2006 

    – Bobby Lashley won the ECW Title in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match over Big Show, Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Test and Hardcore Holly

    FLORIDA WRESTLING MAIN EVENTS ON THIS DAY YESTERDAY (thanks to Barry Rose)

    1958 – Fabulous Moolah beat Mae Weston to retain the women’s world title (Tampa)

    1958 – Ella Waldek beat Judy Glover to retain the Southern womens’ title (Fort Myers)

    1968 – Louie Tillet & Tarzan Tyler beat Jose Lothario & Wahoo McDaniel (Orlando)

    1969 – Sailor Art Thomas beat Missouri Mauler (Tampa)

    1970 – Dory Funk Jr. beat Dick Murdoch to retain the NWA title (Miami Beach)_

    1971 – Mr. Wrestling (Tim Woods) beat Don Curtis (TV)

    1974 – Eddie & Mike Graham beat Toru Tanaka & El Lobo and Dusty Rhodes beat Mongolian Stomper via DQ (Orlando)

    1975 – Mike Graham beat Roger Kirby via DQ to retain the U.S. jr. title (Fort Myers)

    1975 – King Curtis beat Bill Dromo to retain the Florida title (Tampa)

    1979 – Bugsy McGraw & Bad Leroy Brown beat Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez in a lights out tornado match (Orlando)

    1980 – Dusty Rhodes beat Baron Von Raschke (Tampa)

    1981 – The Spoiler & J.J. Dillon beat Bugsy McGraw & Eric Embry via DQ (Miami Beach)

    1982 – Dusty Rhodes beat Kevin Sullivan (Jacksonville)

    ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)

    1966 – Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Oki beat Eddie Morea & Tarzan Zorro in Tokyo to win the All Asia tag titles

    1967 – Gran Goliat (Great Goliath) beat Henry Pilusso in Monterrey to win the Mexican national heavyweight title

    1969 – Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy beat Lars Anderson & Dick Murdoch to win the IWA tag team titles in Brisbane

    1970 – Gene Kiniski beat Giant Baba in Osaka to win the International title

    1975 – The Destroyer beat Abdullah the Butcher in Kiryu to win the U.S. title

    1983 – El Satanico beat Lizmark in Mexico City to win the NWA middleweight title

    1985 – Fuerza Guerrera beat Dandy in Mexico City to win the Mexican national welterweight title

    1989 – Sangre Chicana beat Perro Aguayo to win the WWF light heavyweight title

    1993 – Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won the All Japan tag team tournament by one point over Stan Hansen & Giant Baba

    1999 – Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Stan Hansen & Akira Taue to win the All Japan tag team tournament

    2000 – Ayako Hamada beat Aja Kong in Tokyo to win the Queen of Arsion title and Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda beat Gami & Rie Tamada to win the Twin star tag title

    2001  – Loco Max beat Ricky Marvin in Puebla to win the Mexican national lightweight title

    2003 – Eagle Sawai & Amazing Kong (TNA’s Awesome Kong) beat Shinobu Kandori & Takako Inoue in a tournament final in Tokyo to win the LLPW tag titles

    2014 – T-Hawk & Eita beat Cima & Gamma to win the Open the Twin Gate titles

  • Dana White: Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm rematch imminent

    Dana White is spending the day at ESPN in Bristol, CT and has made two announcements thus far.

    The first is that he said a Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey rematch is imminent.

    “I think that if we didn’t make the rematch, me and Lorenzo should probably lose our promoters’ license,” White said on the Mike & Mike show.  “Yeah, that fight’s going too happen.  I don’t know when, but that’s the fight that will happen.”

    White also said on Sports Center that the winner of the Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor fight on 12/12 would be sharing the upcoming video game cover with Rousey, saying that he believed it was the first time in major sports that a result of a match would determine who is on the cover of the new video game.

    Holm knocked out Rousey in an historic upset in 59 seconds of the second round in the main event of UFC 193 from Melbourne, Australia on November 15th.  The show drew one of the three biggest buyrates in company history.  A properly-promoted rematch should beat that number, perhaps handily.

    Bryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer and Filthy Tom Lawlor’s coverage of UFC 193 is available in the archives for subscribers.

  • TNA Impact Wrestling results: Drew Galloway vs. Bobby Lashley, Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy

    Last week, Tigre Uno won a three way match to advance in the series. Drew Galloway beat Spud with the sick kick, while Bram demolished Grado in short order. Jessie Godderz beat Micah, and Davey Richards being Robbie E in a pretty good match. Kenny King beat Crazzy Steve, while Austin Aries lost to Bobby Lashley in the best match of the series to date. The show begins with a recap of last week’s events and tonight’s card, including Gail vs. Tigre Uno, Drew vs. Lashley, and Matt Hardy vs. Bobby Roode. DJZ faces EC3 up next. They say that if Ronda Rousey can be beat, then so can EC3. Wow. 

    DJZ vs. EC3

    EC3 is hyped up by Josh as the man who has never been pinned and talks about how DJZ has no chance, despite just saying that EC3 could be beaten if Ronda Rousey could. Is it too much to ask for a character to be consistent for five minutes? Basic armwork to start while Josh talks about Bracket Brawl. EC3’s flapjack is countered by a dropkick. They fight to the floor and EC3 tosses him in, turns his back, and eats a basement dropkick. Josh points out that Tyrus should’ve warned him, and then reminds us that Tyrus wants a World Title shot against EC3 if he wins the series. They go back to the floor and EC3 tosses him into the post.

    Josh runs through more of tonight’s card, including Eli Drake vs. Shera. DJZ gets a jawkbreaker into a flying neckbreaker. DJZ’s wacky popping DDT is countered for the 50th time in just the Series, before he hits a regular DDT. DJZ flips around while standing before getting a rana. He goes for it again, but eats a sitout powerbomb and the One Percenter wins. EC3 moves on to the round of eight. We see the brackets, so now we don’t need to play Bracket Brawl to actually see who could fight who in this. Gail Kim vs. Tigre Uno is up next and they hype it up as historic because it’s the first time the X Division Champion will face the Knockouts Champion. Gail puts over how TNA has always let women be themselves, and now she can take the World title. After a break, Gail gets an intro while Uno gets nothing.

    Gail Kim vs. Tigre Uno

    Gail gets 2 off a quick schoolboy. Love Gail being shocked that a schoolboy didn’t win a mid-card match in 2015. Tigre gets a front facelock and wrestles her down to the mat before getting a headlock. Josh points out that Tigre being a luchardor helps him here since he has likely faced female wrestlers before. Gail pops up and gets a blind crossbody, but Tigre rolls through for 2. Tigre counters Eat Defeat into a wacky lucha submission before Gail sunset flips out of it for 2. Gail gets the headscissors into the octopus stretch, leading to Tigre dumping her on the apron. Uno does a forward roll mid-ring before doing a plancha. Josh busts out his first “trending topic” mention of the night before Gail lands a top rope rana and a shotgun dropkick that sends Uno into the buckle.

    Gail struggles to get the ringpost figure four on, but does so safely. Tigre counters a sunset flip counter attempt into a cradle to win. Bram vs. Davey is up next and they hype up Lashley vs. “The Captain” Drew Galloway. What is he the captain of and why is that one of his nicknames?  Josh and Pope recap Gail vs. Uno and they re-recap the results of both that match and the EC3 match. We get a recap of Bram’s path of destruction in the series so far, but he gets no intro. Davey gets a partial intro before the bell rings.

    Bram vs. Davey Richards

    They start off with a collar and elbow tie-up that Bram wins. Bram overpowers him again before mocking Davey. Davey gets a go-behind and starts working on the arm. Bram knocks him down with a punch before Josh runs down Bram’s nicknames. Bram throws him to the floor, but Davey runs back in and gets a baseball slide dropkick to the floor before some machine gun kicks against the barricade. Davey attacks him with some corner mount punches before low-bridging him and sends Bram to the floor. Bram attacks and lands a fireman’s carry facebuster into the steps. Josh gives Bram a new nickname – Calculated Chaos. Maybe he can get a math teacher gimmick and confound the roster with Calculus Chaos. Bram shoves Davey’s back into the ropes, but Davey avoids the charge. Davey hits a double stomp off the steps, in what is easily the best part of the match so far.

    Back-bumping missile dropkick leads to a nip-up and a big exploder to Bram. Josh calls this match a big upset if Davey can win despite Davey being an ROH World Champion. Double stomp off the top gets 2. Bram gets the F5 as a transition move to the impaler DDT, which Davey turns into a small package for the win. This sets up Davey vs. EC3, which has the potential to be quite good. Eli says that the future four was a group of losers and Shera is a great dancer and a strong guy, but is a moron. Drake vs. Shera is up next. Drake gets no intro, while Shera gets his and a few fans do the Shera Shake. We get a Shera hype video of his run through the series.

    Mahabali Shera vs. Eli Drake

    Drake punches away at him in the corner while Josh plugs the January TV tapings. Shera lands a slam and clotheslines Drake to the floor. Josh says that Shera isn’t even polished and he’s already doing very well in TNA. Drake stomps away on Shera and lands a series of elbows for 2. Drake gets a nice back suplex, but misses a big leaping elbow drop. Drake ducks down and eats a boot and clothesline. Shera backdrops him and does the Shake for a second. Drake goes up and eats a slam before losing to the Sky High. Matt Hardy cuts a promo on Roode in a very dark room while someone coughs in the background. He says his formula is “Twist of Fate, win” and how his dream is like him – it will not die. Roode vs. Hardy is up next. Josh and Pope pick the winners for the remaining match and each man gets intros for this match.

    Bobby Roode vs. Matt Hardy

    Roode goes to the floor to stall and establish himself as the heel in this match. Bobby backs him up into the corner and pats his chest, while Matt responds with his pose. Matt shoulderblocks him down and he lands a clothesline to take him down. Roode rolls to the floor to break Matt’s momentum. Roode pulls Matt into the post on the floor and slams the wrist into the steps a few times. Roode dominates in the corner and says that this is why he’s the It Factor – Roode just acting like a heel is so much better than whatever his babyface character is. Roode gets the crossface on, but Matt gets to the rope. Side Effect hits and he gets 2 before landing a clothesine, but the bulldog is tossed off by Roode.

    Hardy finally gets the bulldog for 2. Twist of Fate is countered into a schoolboy for 2. Another crossface is locked on by Roode, but turned into a cradle for 2. Roode bomb countered into a Side Effect that is countered. Roode does the V-1ah bit in the corner, but eats a kick and a Twist of Fate for the loss. Matt Hardy advances in the series. Drew talks about the series has given him a second chance and it’s an innovative tournament, and something that benefits the fans and himself. Godderz comes out to face Awesome Kong.

    Jessie Godderz vs. Awesome Kong

    The crowd chants “Kong’s gonna kill you” to start things off. Jessie says that Kong doesn’t really want to wrestle, she just wants to touch his body. Jessie offers a kiss, but wants that thought to marinade for a bit. Kong kisses him with a big punch! Kong chops him and drops him with shoulder charges. Kong avalanches him in the corner and slams him down three times. Jessie tries to leave, but Kong tosses him into the post and punches away. Godderz gets a thumb to the eye, but he misses a charging lariat and hits the steps. Kong’s splash misses and he wins with a bad cradle. Finish aside, this was a really fun match. EY faces Kenny King next. After a break, they recap how Jessie cheated to beat Kong and goes on to face Matt Hardy next week. 

    Kenny King vs. Eric Young

    Kenny gets a partial intro, while EY gets none. Josh says that EY was a headliner all year while Kenny King was held back by being in the BDC. King gets a headlock and sends EY into the ropes for his flip. EY sends King to the floor and scowls a bit .They fight on the apron before King sends EY into the ring with a headstand kick. EY regains control and stomps King’s head on the apron before kicking him to the floor. EY gets backdropped to the floor and King dives onto him. King lands a springboard crossbody and gets 2 off a schoolboy. EY counters the Royal Flush with an eye rake. Kenny gets a spinebuster for 2. EY grabs the ref to distract him and piledrives King to win. We see the brackets and a graphic for Lashley vs. Galloway, followed by a small hype video for it.

    Drew Galloway vs. Lashley

    Lashley is called the most dominant athlete in all of sports to start. They exchange armholds to start before we get a clean break in the corner. Lashley gets a chinlock before flipping forward over Drew and turning it into a rear naked choke, which I’ve never seen before. Lashley stomps away in the corner for an ad break. After the break, Drew kicks Lashley and punches him before being Bieled into the corner. Drew gets a flying clothesline and sends him to the floor. They fight on the floor and Lashley sends him back first onto the top of the steps. Delayed suplex gets 2 for Lashley. Drew sends his shoulder into the post and clubs the back. Lashley takes Drew to suplex city with a German and an overhead belly to belly. Lashley goes for a torture rack, but can’t lift him. Lashley gets the powerslam for 2. Drew gets 2 off a neckbreaker. Lashley misses a corner charge and Drew hits White Noise before setting up the Claymore kick. Drew charges in, but eats a spear and loses. Lashley moves on to the round of eight.

  • WWE Smackdown results (12/3): Roman Reigns vs. The World

    Air Date: December 3, 2016 (Dec 2 in Canada) – Location: GIANT Center in Hershey, PA

    The Big News:

    Roman Reigns, by himself, defeated the League of Nations in the main event. Also, they officially announced that New Day would defend their tag titles against the Usos and Lucha Dragons in a ladder match at TLC. As expected, Dean Ambrose will face Kevin Owens for the I.C. Title.

    Show Recap:

    After a recap of Raw, Smackdown started with Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Jimmy and Jey Uso in the ring as Reigns’ music played. Reigns asked the crowd if anyone was there with their families. Oh god. He said he was there with his family too, calling the Usos his closest cousins out of many, saying they were like his brothers. Reigns called Ambrose his brother too. A light “Hug it out” chant started so Reigns and Ambrose did a quick bro hug to humour them.

    Reigns said Sheamus turned to the Authority and the League of Nations, but that won’t help him at TLC because it’ll be one-on-one. Oh really? Reigns didn’t want to wait until then for a fight, so he called out the League (Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Rusev and King Barrett). They hesitated but eventually came out to Sheamus’ music.

    Sheamus mocked Reigns’ speech and the crowd chanted “You look stupid.” Sheamus said he can’t look stupid as long as he’s the champion. The crowd chanted “U.S.A.” and he said they all have their green cards. Sheamus reminded us, again, that Reigns was champion for 5 minutes and 15 seconds.

    Reigns said they don’t want to hear Sheamus tell jokes, they want to see a fight. Sheamus said they just wanted to be friends with him, but since he figured Reigns wouldn’t want that, he spoke with some “WWE officials” and they made a match with the League against Reigns, Ambrose and the Usos for tonight.

    New Day came out. They mocked Reigns some more and called him Roman the Ruiner. An Uso told them to shut up and fight. Xavier Woods said they weren’t done talking – they were told by “WWE officials” that Ambrose and the Usos would have to earn their spot on Reigns’ team tonight by defeating New Day first. Big E said if they don’t, Reigns will truly be “one versus all” (mocking his t-shirt slogan). New Day cackled at their own joke forever. That line was funny but this was not a good segment otherwise.

    Tyler Breeze (w/Summer Rae) beat Neville via pinfall

    Dolph Ziggler, with straight hair and a headband, joined commentary. In an inset promo, Breeze said Ziggler distracted him on Raw and would take out his frustrations on the human troll doll Neville.

    Neville mocked Breeze early in the match by laying across the top turnbuckle. He almost went for a dive to the outside but Summer blocked the way. Ziggler said he would’ve done the dive anyway. After a break, Neville finally did hit a big dive followed by a running shooting star for a two count.

    Neville came off the top and Breeze tried to counter with a dropkick, but Neville just landed on his feet avoiding it altogether. The crowd laughed, but Breeze was able to come back with a superkick for a near fall. Neville hit a kick and went to the top but Breeze rolled outside. Summer grabbed Neville’s foot with the referee distracted, allowing Breeze to catch him with an Unprettier for the win.

    Backstage, Becky Lynch told Jo-Jo that Charlotte is still her best friend and best friends don’t always see eye-to-eye, but she won’t let it get in the way of their friendship. Brie Bella and Alicia Fox joined the frame and called her gullible. Lynch told Brie she should be getting ready to lose to her. Brie spewed some awful dialogue and Charlotte joined the frame to brag about beating Nikki. Brie told her it’s lonely at the top and she’d come crashing down to earth. After Brie and Fox left, Charlotte said she’d be in Lynch’s corner. This was bad, particularly Brie and Charlotte.

    Brie Bella (w/Alicia Fox) beat Becky Lynch (w/Charlotte) via DQ

    Brie went down early and began faking an ankle injury. Brie laughed and Lynch, so Lynch dropkicked her in the leg. That was funny. Brie came back with Yes kicks, a dropkick and running knee. They cut backstage and Team B.A.D. was playing with a pinata. They never followed up on this.

    Lynch came back with a forearm and Exploder suplex. Lynch went for the Disarmer by the ropes, but as Brie pushed her away, Brie accidentally caught Charlotte with an elbow. Lynch was able to apply the Disarmer, but Charlotte jumped in the ring to attack Brie for the DQ. The crowd booed. Brie and Fox left in celebration. Lynch confronted Charlotte who kept yelling “She hit me!” like a damn child. This was awful, even if Charlotte is turning heel.

    Backstage, a disappointed Neville bumped into The Miz. Miz made a crack about Neville’s ears. Neville wasn’t in the mood and told Miz to leave. Miz said Neville has all the talent but is missing a personality. Miz claimed that was social media talking, not him. Neville asked Miz why he suddenly cares, and Miz responded that Neville reminds him of someone else he took under his wing – Daniel Bryan. The mere mention of Bryan brought cheers and Yes chants. Miz offered to help and gave Neville a copy of his new movie.

    Elsewhere, Renee Young interviewed Lana and Rusev. Lana, wearing a black dress instead of her usual suit, accused Ryback of purposely pushing Rusev into the steel steps to injure her. Rusev called Ryback a coward and would crush him. They kissed.

    6-Man Tag Match: The New Day beat The Usos & Dean Ambrose via pinfall

    Big E did a snow angel in the ring before the match. As Ambrose stomped away on someone, they cut backstage to Reigns and he acted happy. New Day got the heat on Jey Uso until he made a hot tag to Ambrose who ran wild on Big E. Woods tried to interfere so Ambrose knocked him off the apron and tossed him into the barricade. He also tossed Kingston into the barricade and clotheslined Big E, but the numbers game caught up to him and New Day got the heat again. (There was a perfectly healthy Uso in the other corner as this was happening.)

    After a break, New Day worked over Ambrose. They cut backstage to Reigns and he acted concerned. Ambrose hit a rebound clothesline and made a hot tag to Jimmy Uso. Jimmy and Jey hit running hip attacks to Woods and Kingston. Big E tossed out Jey and Ambrose took out Big E with a missile dropkick. Ambrose tried a dive but was caught by Big E, so Jey knocked them both down with a dive.

    Jimmy hit a superkick on Woods and went to the top. Kingston tried to interfere, so Jimmy jumped onto the apron, tweaking his previously injured knee. Kingston kicked his leg out of his leg and Woods followed with shining wizard for the win. Huh, New Day basically won clean. Good match, although I’m not a fan of Ambrose being on the losing end of random matches. They cut backstage to Reigns and he acted disappointed.

    Bray Wyatt (w/Wyatt Family) beat D-Von Dudley (w/Bubba Ray Dudley & Tommy Dreamer) via pinfall

    Bray won with a Sister Abigail. This was one of the matches where the babyface gets a lot in a quick match but loses abruptly. Afterwards, Bray picked up D-Von and threatened to use his finisher again, telling Bubba and Dreamer to stay where they were. They backed off as the Wyatts grabbed a table and set it up in the ring.

    Bubba and Dreamer then grabbed Kendo sticks, jumped in the ring and attacked. They seemed to have the advantage but Strowman broke a stick over his knee and took out Bubba with his standing choke. They put Dreamer through a table, piled up the dead bodies and posed over them. Bubba and Dreamer hesitating to get in the ring came off poorly, but this was fine otherwise.

    4-on-1 Handicap Match: Roman Reigns beat League of Nations via count out

    After LON made their entrances (individually), they cut backstage to Reigns who was joined by Ambrose and the Usos. The Usos blamed themselves for the loss, saying they let him down. Ambrose said they’d be at ringside anyway. Renee Young chose that moment to approach them and break the news that they were banned from ringside, per certain “WWE officials.” Ambrose and the Usos were pissed, because they chose to believe her even though she’s not actually in charge. Reigns said he would be fine.

    They got the heat on Reigns almost immediately after Barrett distracted him. Reigns came back with a clothesline on Sheamus, but was tripped from the outside by Barrett. The referee kicked Barrett out of the match, which I guess he is allowed to do, making it 3-on-1. (It seemed like Reigns was able to make a comeback but they abruptly cut to commercial. This might have only been a mistake on the Canadian broadcast.)

    After a break, they worked over Reigns, including Rusev using a nerve hold on Roman’s vest. Rusev tossed Reigns out of the ring and distracted the referee, allowing Sheamus and Del Rio to get in a few shots. They had the heat forever until Reigns hit a Samoan drop on Rusev and made his usual comeback on Del Rio (after Del Rio missed hilariously on a running enziguri).

    Rusev tried to interfere but Reigns caught him with a superman punch. Del Rio hit a back cracker and went for the armbar but Reigns slipped out and hit a spear. He had the match won but Sheamus broke up the cover. Reigns ducked a Brogue kick and tossed Sheamus to the outside. Reigns hit an apron dropkick on Rusev and jumping clothesline on Sheamus. Reigns tossed Rusev over the barricade and Del Rio onto the announce table. Reigns jumped back in the ring right before the 10 count and picked up the count out win.

    After the match, Barrett made his way down the aisle. Reigns called him into the ring, but Sheamus caught him from the side with a Brogue kick. They attacked Reigns but Ambrose and the Usos ran out to make the save and the League bailed. Reigns miraculously recovered from the Brogue kick and said the title would be his. The crowd was into Reigns’ comeback, although it wasn’t a huge reaction.

    Final Thoughts:

    This show was was all about getting Roman Reigns over, as most shows will be from now on it seems. The main event was laid out well in that regard, especially the end. Count out wins tend to be dissatisfying, and maybe this was, but Reigns still laid out four guys on his own and won.

    Unfortunately, whoever is in charge decided getting Reigns over meant sacrificing seven other guys. You can rightfully complain about the League of Nations losing to one guy on their second night as a team, but we all know they don’t really matter. They exist to get Reigns over. It bothered me more the way Dean Ambrose and the Usos were handled. It’s cool they’re protecting the New Day, but I’d rather they not drag Ambrose down to the mid-card.

    More than that, they looked so weak after not only after losing, but listening to orders being delivered by Renee Young, an interviewer/reporter. Not only was the Authority not present, but Renee said they were banned by “WWE officials,” which means nothing to anyone watching. Basically, it felt like nobody was actually in charge. Why would Ambrose and the Usos obey orders handed down by some unknown entity? What are all of these good guys so afraid of?

  • Daily Update: Tons of classic content being added to WWE Network

    TV Tonight:

    UFC Fight Flashback: Mendes vs. McGregor airs at 7:00 p.m. on Fox Sports 1. It debuted earlier in the week.

    NXT at 8:00 p.m. ET on WWE Network is headlined by a Samoa Joe vs. Tommaso Ciampa main event.

    Impact Wrestling at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Destination America continus the TNA World Title Series.

    UFC Fight Flashback: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 airs at 9:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. This one debuted back in July, right before Mendes-McGregor.

    The Ultimate Fighter at 10:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 is titled “Bone on Bone” and features the last two quarterfinal bouts.

    ROH at midnight ET/PT on COMET features Adam Cole vs. Dalton Castle, Adam Page vs. Will Ferrara, and a Jay Lethal-A.J. Styles angle.

    Figure Four Weekly

    Figure Four Weekly (11/23/15): Lots of Updates in Hulk Hogan-Gawker case
    Lots of news including a win for Gawker, the new police report, the remaining mysteries of the case, what Bubba the Love Sponge is saying, and more.

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    A look at the decision to make Sheamus the WWE champion and its ramifications is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.  We look at WWE’s options, both the obvious ones and the ones out of the box, different ways to use people, the nature of the decision, the prior identical decision in 2011 and the storyline it was supposed to lead to and why it was made.

    We look at the real long-term goal, the note on the ratings, the portrayal of Sheamus leading up to the title change, the plans for the TLC show, what has been messed up, the women’s division, the WWE blaming Charlotte on a bad taste angle, ESPN and WWE, plus match-by-match coverage of Survivor Series with poll results and star ratings.

    We look at the TNA deal with Pop TV, both the good and the bad of it, plus the tapings in Bethlehem, the economics of the deal and note on the station.

    We’ve got a look at the New Japan tag team tournament, with current standings, goals of the tournament, who probably can’t win the tournament, and coverage of the tournament so far.

    We also look at why Genichiro Tenryu is one of the biggest stars of the past 40 years in wrestling, with a look at his career in wrestling, his days in sumo, his early U.S. run, his rise in All Japan, why he left All Japan, how his leaving led to a boom period for All Japan, the real story behind his Tokyo Dome match with Hulk Hogan, the story behind his rise.

    We also have an update on Randy Orton, Cesaro, notes and thoughts on new WWE signing La Sombra, WWE week on USA and changes this year, WWE Network shows, Brock Lesnar’s return to Raw, legal briefs filed by WWE, why Stephanie McMahon has been gone from TV and why she’s back regularly, next Takeover special, HHH talks Hogan’s return, John Cena talks his departure, WWE star teases retirement in a few years, Mick Foley upset with creative direction and notes from the developmental shows over the weekend,.

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    TODAY’S DAILY UPDATE

    WWE

    • In addition to the recently added episodes of NWA World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Mid South Wrestling, the WWE Network has added AWA All Star Wrestling to its lineup. They’ve also resumed adding WCCW shows after a long break. It appears that they’re focusing on shows featuring big name WWE legends to start with.
    • NXT Women’s Champion Bayley was on this week’s Kevin Gill podcast.
    • Former WWE manager Armando Estrada thinks he knows what is wrong with WWE creative.

    Other Wrestling

    • What does Terry Funk think of the Roadhouse remake with Ronda Rousey? Glad you asked. He’d also like to get her in the ring as “it wouldn’t take me 10 rounds to kick her ass.” Ok then.
    • Here’s a chat with Ric Flair podcast co-host Conrad Thompson about the podcast, Reid Flair, and other news.
    • On the latest Between the Sheets podcast, Kris Zellner and David Bixenspan are joined by Brian Last to talk about November 24 though December 7, 1985. They discuss all of the Thanksgiving shows from around the United States, Billy Jack Haynes’ reliability or lack thereof, UWF guys coming home to New Japan, a historic mask match in Mexico, Gordon Solie vs. Nick Gulas & Mario Savoldi, and much more.
    • Here’s a Slam Wrestling article on the late Stan Holek.
    • Here’s your daily dose of pro wrestling history.
    • Canadian senator Patrick Brazeau interfered in a TLC match for Great North Wrestling Friday that resulted in a title change. Here’s the story.
    • Rhino is attempting to help out a Michigan VFW hall by doing a benefit show.
    • Here is today’s FULL Daily Pro Wrestling History which includes International as well!  

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    Here is today’s FULL Daily Pro Wrestling History which includes International as well!  

  • Brad Maddox on his WWE release: “I tend to take chances at stupid times.”

    By Gary Mehaffy for WrestlingObserver.com

    Last week, WWE released Brad Maddox from his contract after the SmackDown tapings. This week, I had the opportunity to catch up with him for an exclusive interview to see how life is treating him now that he is out of the WWE and what he has planned for the new chapter in his career.

    Some highlights from the interview that can be seen below:

    – Whether using the word ‘prick’ in a dark match promo got him fired:

    “It was because of that…That particular night was a bad decision on my behalf…I didn’t think anything of it, but Vince wasn’t happy about that. I don’t know if it’s a generational word that maybe used to be worse than it is now….I didn’t really think it through, but I should have been more careful in that moment because I knew Vince was watching. I tend to take chances at stupid times.”

    – Being frustrated in WWE:

    “It has been a long couple of years for me, working on angles and ideas trying to get (back) in. I’ve always wanted to wrestle…Absolutely, I wanted to wrestle from the get go…I could have talked to Vince more than I did, rather than sitting around in catering hoping that the writers were coming up with something for me.”

    – Practicing promos with Vince and Stephanie:

    “I’ve got to do some cool stuff. Going over promos with Vince in his office, or the bathroom of his office – for some reason! – with him and Daniel Bryan and Stephanie.”

    – Why he choose OVW as a path into WWE:

    “I researched on where to go. I didn’t want to waste my time, there are hundreds of thousands of indy promotions. I was either going to move to Atlanta – which was a good move because they shut down shortly after! – and I went to Louisville. Back then it was a lot different, you could actually train with the (WWE) contracted guys.”

    – Additionally, we discussed why he watched WCW growing up, how he considers Joey Mercury a mentor, learning promos from Dusty Rhodes, being involved in angles with CM Punk, what he intends to do with his spare time and much, much more, especially in relation to his recent release and his frustrations around it.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (12/02): Von Erichs win WCCW Six Man Titles

    Additional info provided by Graeme Cameron

    1947

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Sandor Szabo drew Buddy Rogers (world title defense)
    – Joe  Pazandak beat Gino Vagnone
    – Abe Kashey beat Ken Fenelon

    1965

    Mankato, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff
    – The Crusher beat Jack Pesek
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Harley Race

    1966

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Killer Kowalski beat Dick the Bruiser dq
    – Reggie Parks & Doug Gilbert beat Mad Dog Vachon & Big K
    – Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig dq
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Harley Race
    – Jim Raschke drew Billy Red Cloud

    Japan:
    – Michiaki Yoshimura & Kintaro Oki d Eddie Morea (Jack Clayborne) & Tarzan Zorro (Hans Mortier) in Tokyo to win the AJW All-Asian tag title

    1967

    Mexico:

    – El Goliath d Henry Pilusso in Monterrey to win the National HW title

    1969

    Australia:
    – Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard d Lars Anderson & Dick Murdock in Brisbane to win the IWA tag title

    1970

    Japan:
    – Gene Kiniski d Giant Baba in Osaka to win the JWA NWA Int. title 

    1972

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff dq
    – Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat George Scott & Joe Scarpello
    – Don Muraco beat Big K
    – Larry Hennig drew Rene Goulet (sub Billy Robinson)

    1974 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Blackjack Lanza defeated Fritz Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title

    Kagoshima, Japan:

    – Giant Baba defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title

    1975

    Japan:
    – The Destroyer d Abdullah the Butcher in Kiryuu to win the AJ PWF US title

    1978

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Texas Death match: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum (sub Nick Bockwinkel) & Bob Orton Jr
    – Mask At Stake: Super Destroyer Mark II beat Larry Hennig 
    – Bobby Duncum beat Frank Hill 
    – Steve Olsonoski beat Iron Sheik dq 

    1979

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Assassins defeated Steve Regal & Hector Guerrero for the AWA Southern Tag Team Title 

    1983 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – The Von Erichs (David, Kevin & Kerry) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds for the World Class Six-Man Championship (Michael Hayes had lost a “loser leaves town match”, so Ric Flair wrestled in his place).

    Mexico:
    – El Satanico d Lizmark in Mexico City to win the NWA MW title

    1985

    Mexico:
    – Fuerza Guerrera d El Dandy in Mexico City to win the National WW title

    1989

    Mexico:
    – Sangre Chicana d Perro Agauyo to win the WWF UWA LHW title

    1991 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Tom Prichard defeated Eric Embry to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Kamala to win the USWA Unified World Championship

    1993

    Japan:
    – Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi won in Tokyo by a point from Giant Baba & Stan Hansen, thus winning the vacant Unified tag title in the AJPW Real World Tag Team Tournament.

    1999

    Japan:
    – Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama d Stan Hansen & Akira Taue in Tokyo in the AJPW Real World Tag Team Tournament.

    2000

    Japan:
    – Ayoko Hamada d Aja Kong in Tokyo to win the Queen of Arsion title On the same show, AKINO d Chapparita Asari to win the Sky High title and Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita d GAMI & Rie Tamada to win the Twin Star title

    2001

    Mexico
    – Loco Max d Ricky Marvin in Puebla to win the National LW title

    2003

    Japan:
    – Eagle Sawai & Amazing Kong d Shinobu Kandori & Takako Inoue in a tournament final in Tokyo to win the first LLPW tag title

    2014

    Japan:
    – T-Hawk & Eita d CIMA & Gamma in Tokyo to win the DG Twin Gate title

  • WWE RAW ratings up by 210,000 viewers

    Going against a lower-rated Monday Night Football game, the ratings for the Monday, November 30th edition of WWE Raw were up to 3.16 million viewers, up from last week’s record low by 210,000 viewers.

    To put the number in perspective, 3.16 million viewers tied the November 9th show for the second lowest watched non-holiday episode of the show since 1997. The Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens game on ESPN drew 10.11 million viewers, down four million from the week before when the New England Patriots played the Buffalo Bills.

    The third hour dropped by 300,000 viewers from the first hour. The main event of the show was the new League of Nations faction (WWE Champion Sheamus, King Barrett, U.S. Champion Alberto del Rio and Rusev) teaming with WWE Tag Team champions The New Day to battle Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and The Usos in a handicap match.

    The three hour breakdown was:

    – 8 p.m. 3.31 million viewers

    – 9 p.m. 3.19 million viewers

    – 10 p.m. 3.01 million viewers

  • NJPW World Tag League results: Okada & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Sakuraba & Yano

    World Tag League action is still going strong, as on December 1, NJPW landed in Fukuoka for more tag league action. We’re only covering two matches today as AJ Styles was once again pulled from this card. That gives the Kingdom two more points as that is an automatic forfeit. No word on AJ Styles’ status in this tournament but at this point it looks doubtful he’ll return.

    Block A: Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga

    It picked up towards the end, but rather boring and short for the most part. Fale and Nakanishi did big guy spots people were into. Nakanishi actually got Fale in the torture rack in a cool spot. Tonga cut him off which allowed Fale to go for the grenade but Nakanishi grabbed his throat. It soon became 2 on 1 with Tonga helping Fale. Nakanishi fell to Bad Luck Fale’s spear, giving them the win.

    Block A: Kazushi Sakuraba and Toru Yano vs. Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi

    Not a great workrate match or anything, but I liked this for what it was. Really it was just every other tag league match you’ve seen, but with Yano’s tricks that have scored him big wins in the past. He avoided the rain maker at one point with a pin attempt. He shoved Okada into a referee, low blowed him, Sakuraba kicked him and tried for another pin but Okada kicked out. Eventually Okada managed to land the rainmaker on Yano and pinned him.

    Current Standings:

    Block A:

    Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin- 6

    Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma- 6

    Kazuchika Okada and Yoshi-Hashi- 6

    Christopher Daniels and Kazarian- 4

    Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata- 4

    Kazushi Sakuraba and Toru Yano- 2

    Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga- 2

    Block B:

    Evil and Tetsuya Naito- 6

    Hirooki Goto and Katsuyori Shibata- 6

    Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson- 4

    Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima- 4

    Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii- 4

    AJ Styles and Yujiro Takahashi- 2

    Matt Taven and Michael Bennett- 2