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  • WWE Lake Charles, LA, live results: Sami Zayn vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

    Submitted by Anthony LeBato

    – Enzo and Cass def. The Dudleyz

    Show opened with Enzo & Big Cass “Sawft” chant being interrupted by Dudleyz. They f​inished the chant after winning. 

    – Goldust beat Fandango

    R-truth and Goldust did some stuff with the crowd, and then Tyler Breeze showed up and attacked Goldust.

    – US Champion Rusev def. Titus O’Neil

    Rusev hits the Accolade and finishes Titus. Rusev proceeds to say he is the best champion after he wins, hits Titus with the mic, and puts him in the Accolade again. The Lucha Dragons run out and beat up Rusev. Titus and Lucha dapped each other up.

    – Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan vs. Big Show and Kane

    Nothing particularly exciting besides Show chasing Rowan around the outside of ring with a chair and not using it. Rowan tries to antagonize crowd and runs into a chokeslam from Big Show when he turns around. Braun then comes in after the bell and attacks Show. He turned around and Kane and Show double chokeslammed Braun.

    – Eva Marie, Lana & Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks, Summer Rae & Becky Lynch

    Eva comes out first, demands better introduction from announcer. As everyone else was fighting outside the ring, Sasha does a double knee backbreaker into the Banks Statement and makes Brooke tap out.

    – Viktor vs Zack Ryder

    Ryder hits the elbow drop from top rope to win.

    – Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn vs Dean Ambrose

    Dean received the loudest pop of the night. Match starts with KO immediately rolling out of ring. Sami and Dean wait for KO to get back in, KO comes back in immediately rolls out, Dean goes for roll up on Sami. Dean out of ring for most of match, with KO and Sami mostly fighting in ring. Dean does between rope dive outside onto KO. Sami and Dean fighting on top rope, KO comes under and Sami powerbombs him while Sami suplexs Dean off top rope. Dean hit the top rope elbow drop to KO, KO kicks out, gets up, and runs off the ropes into Dirty Deeds for the win. Zayn was outside the ring due to an Owens kick.

  • RevPro Wrestling live results: Kurt Angle vs. Zack Sabre Jr.; Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay

    Submitted by Murdo MacKenzie

    Sold out show tonight. Stacked card, hot crowd, and hot building.

    Marty Scurll def. Noam Dar via submission (chicken wing) at 17:22

    They started with some good ol’ World of Sport style catch as catch can wrestling. Dar got the upper hand early. Scurl played the ‘villain’ really well while Dar was the babyface. Yet, the crowd is 50/50 for both guys. This was a very good match. I’m a big fan of the ‘villain’ gimmick. Scurll has lots of nice little spots that work the gimmick perfectly. Example: setting up the superkick, then just as he calls for it, he faints and stiff kicks his opponent’s shin. Great stuff.

    Pete Dunne def. Martin Stone after hitting a pump handle fallaway slam at 12:28

    Dunne is the British Cruiserweight Champion but the belt is not on the line this evening. This was very much a tough guy, punch/kick match. A good match. After, Stone cut a promo to say thank you to the fans for supporting him. Despite him not living in the UK, he will always be a British wrestler. He puts over Dunne as well.

    – Big Damo submitted Big Daddy Walter at 13:30

    This a battle of the big guys with both wrestlers trying to…well, I guess out ‘big’ the other guy. This match was ok for a big guy brawl.

    – Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr announced for the Rev Pro Summer Sizzler in July.

    – Will Ospreay def. “Speedball” Mike Bailey after hitting the Springboard stunner at 17:25

    Incredible reaction for Ospreay with chants of “You deserve it”. He’s truly given a ‘heros return’ ovation. They worked a karate vs wrestling/lucha story for the match. “They are artists” chants along with “F*ck you Vader” chants. Ospreay hits a Vader bomb at one point. Looks like that’s a new part of his arsenal.

    Ospreay gets on the mic and thanks the UK fans and Rev Pro for being his home. He puts over Rev Pro booker Andy Quildan for always believing in him. Osprey states even though he’s only been wrestling for 4 years, this style will take a toll on his body and he most likely won’t work as many dates next year. However, he’ll always find time to come back home to Rev Pro. Nice touch.

    Josh Bodom def. Chris Hero at 17:33

    Bodom wins after the ref takes a bump from a hero stumble. Bodom hits a low blow while the ref is down and then a spinning back fist for the win.

    Redman & Garrett def. British Tag Team Champions The Revolutionists at 8:46 to win the titles

    This match started out pretty good with a nice top rope dive from Garret onto James Castle by the entrance, but the match went a bit crazy when all 4 guys were having a free for all in the ring including double pins. Not sure if the match was a NO DQ or tornado rules but it ended in a bit of a mess with Redman & Garrett picking up the victory and becoming NEW Undisputed British Tag Champions

    Kurt Angle def. Zack Sabre Jr via submission at 9:03

    Big reaction for Sabre, huge reaction for Kurt. They played Kurt’s WWE theme and the fans chanted, “You suck”. They begin by trading holds and reversals with Zabre getting the better of Angle and subsequently Angle taking charge. Dueling chants throughout the match. The match started at a slow pace with the expectation that they were building to something special. However, they quickly went to near falls/submissions. After a trio of rolling German suplexes, Angle clamped on the ankle lock and it was over.

    Mutual respect at the end. Angle cuts a promo to say he was amazed at the level of talent at Rev Pro this evening and thanked the fans. He put over Sabre as one of the best guys on the indie scene. He than apologised for not being able to go at 100% , but he has a knee injury. He said he would be back and we will see him again, “Oh it’s true”, etc.

    This show is available on RevPro’s OnDemand service on Tuesday for those wanting to check it out.

  • Daily Update: TNA Slammiversary in Orlando, Adam Cole, and Trump

    Just want to express my sadness and sympathy for the horrible tragedy in Orlando. That goes ahead and beyond any other news.

    If you are in Orlando, the Red Cross is asking for blood donations, especially O negative, O positive and AB. From what I understand, the lines of people volunteering to give blood were long all over the city.

    By coincidence, TNA is running in Orlando tonight with its Slammiversary show and it must be tough to do so under the circumstances. The show is the biggest show TNA has done in a long time, built up for several weeks. We’ll be doing live coverage on the site starting at 8 p.m.

    For those in France, TNA will air live on SFR Sports 2 tonight at 2 a.m. local time. SFR Sports is the new name of MCS, which has aired TNA programming for the past six years.  It will be replayed on 6/19 at 8:40 p.m.

    TNA usually announces the newest member of its Hall of Fame at the Slammiversary show, but there is talk the announcement will be delayed until Tuesday night’s Impact and teased tonight.  

    We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s TNA Slammiversary show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match Dave@WrestlingObserver.com.

    We’re looking for reports on today’s WWE shows in Baton Rouge (Dean Ambrose, Kevin Owens, Rusev, Enzo, Cass, Kane, Big Show, Braun Strowman, Erick Rowan, Sami Zayn, Dudleys, Lane, Sasha Banks), Lake Charles, LA (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, A.J. Styles, Sheamus, Dolph  Ziggler, Charlotte, Alberto Del Rio,Natalya, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Usos, New Day), Progress in London, NXT in Derby, UK, at the Download Festival, Lucha Underground in Los Angeles and ROH in Milwaukee at the Turner Hall Ballroom (Finals of tag wars with Mark & Jay Briscoe vs. Beer City Bruiser & Silas Young vs. All Night Express, Christopher Daniels vs. Kamaitachi plus the finals of Tag Wars) to NewsTips@WrestlingObserver.com.

    TNA SLAMMIVERSARY PPV FROM UNIVERSAL IN ORLANDO AT 8 P.M.

    • Bobby Lashley vs. Drew Galloway for the TNA title – match can only be won via knockout or submission
    • Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy full metal mayhem
    • Jade vs. Sienna for Knockouts title
    • Abyss & Crazzy Steve vs. Jessie Godderz & Robbie E for tag titles
    • Trevor Lee vs. Eddie Edwards vs. DJ Zema Ion vs. Andre Everett for X title
    • Eli Drake vs. Bram for King of the Mountain title
    • Ethan Carter III vs. Mike Bennett
    • Grado & Mahabali Shera vs. The Tribunal

    Raw will be Monday in New Orleans including the return of Shane McMahon. It’ll be the go-home show for Money in the Bank. NXT also runs in Belfast, Northern Ireland. There are also TNA tapings in Orlando.

    Smackdown and Main Event will be taped Tuesday in Biloxi, MS and NXT runs in Dublin, Ireland. There is also an almost live Impact in Orlando as well as the taping for the following week’s show.

    TNA tapings will continue on Wednesday in Orlando. NXT will be in Liverpool, England

    THE ROUND-UP

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    Figure Four Weekly 6/9/2016: Will Christopher Nowinski testify in WWE concussion lawsuit? – The latest battleground in the WWE concussion litigation is whether or not Christopher Nowinski can be compelled to testify. Issues cited in a WWE opposition to the plaintiffs’ effort are included in the lawsuit.

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    READ IT HERE: June 13, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Deaths of Muhammad Ali and Kimbo Slice, Brock Lesnar returning to UFC, more

    A look at the lives and careers of Muhammad Ali and Kimbo Slice, the return of Brock Lesnar to UFC and the story behind it and coverage of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament are the lead stories in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

    Our Ali story talks about the changes in public opinion on him going through the years, his place in culture, the Ali-Frazier fight, the Ali-Liston fights, his being banned from boxing, the creation of different world titles, the Ali-Foreman fight, the Thrilla in Manila, the inspiration of the movie Rocky, what Ali took from pro wrestling, Gorgeous George and Fred Blassie, and what he gave back to pro wrestling, the Ali vs. Inoki story, Ali’s appearances in relation to pro wrestling, Ali’s pro wrestling matches that are often forgotten, Ali working the first WrestleMania and the Superdome in New Orleans for Bill Watts, the sad ending of his career and the fraud on the public that was the Larry Holmes fight.

    The death of Kimbo Slice is also covered. Read about the circumstances leading to the death, how he became famous, his real background, what he did between football and MMA, the Sean Gannon fight, Elite XC, his television ratings records, the crazy night that was supposed to be the Ken Shamrock fight, the death of Elite XC and how media a misunderstanding ended the promotion, Kimbo’s days in UFC, the highest rated season of Ultimate Fighter, and sustaining the drawing power.  Plus, a look at Kimbo Slice and pro wrestling and why it was about to happen, and how it fell apart, is covered. There’s also look at Slice in boxing, and the Dada 5000 fight.

    Finally, read about the Brock Lesnar to UFC deal, what Lesnar said about why he’s coming back should it be believed, the choice of Mark Hunt as the opponent, why the deal took so long to be announced, how this affects pro wrestling, Lesnar’s regrets about re-signing with WWE but why you can question that, the drug testing issue and the Ariel Helwani issue that reporting the story first turned into.

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    SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

    For those of you who are hockey fans, or aren’t I want to mention the passing of Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey. He was one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, and the biggest star of the long era between Rocket Richard and Bobby Orr.

    Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio covering the news from the weekend including TNA, WWE plus taking e-mail questions you can send tomailbag@wrestlingobserver.com.

    Adam Cole will be off tonight’s ROH show in Milwaukee as he was last night’s show in Hopkins, MN, due to being hospitalized with pneumonia.

    A story I did on Marc Ratner, who was elected to the boxing Hall of Fame today. A few pro wrestling tidbits in it including some back story on Vince McMahon’s going to Ratner for credibility to do a legit show featuring some big names in 2003.

    Donald Trump at a rally in Richmond, VA on Friday talked about having sports celebrities speak at the Republic convention instead of politicians like usual. Trump talked about getting great sports people who like him a lot, mentioning Bob Knight, the former Indiana basketball coach, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Brian France and Dana White. Interesting is he didn’t mention Vince McMahon. He specifically asked the crowd if they knew who Dana White was, and then said all of those guys were winners and champions. Trump made a jab at Chris Christie, who spoke at length at the 2012 convention saying how he spent more time promoting himself than the nominee. Trump said that our country needs to see winners, and that we don’t see winners anymore. He said we have clowns running our country and people who don’t know what they’re doing.

    We’ve got Revolution Pro results and hopefully a report up later on the big show in London at York Hall:  Marty Scurll b Noam Dar, Pete Dunne b Martin Stone to keep the cruiserweight title, Big Damo b Big Daddy Walter, Will Ospreay b Mike Bailey, Josh  Bodom b Chris Hero, Charlie Garrett & Joel Redman wont he British tag titles from Sha Samuels & James Castle, Kurt Angle b Zack Sabre Jr.  Angle vs. Sabre was about 9:00.  Ospreay vs. Bailey evidently tore the house down.  Announcements were made for upcoming matches with Bodom vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Sabre vs. Katsuyori Shibata.

    WWE

    • Dwayne Johnson will be appearing Thursday night on the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the movie “Central Intelligence” which debuts this coming weekend. He’ll also be on the Graham Norton show on Thursday night at 11:30 p.m. on BBC America. 
    • Tomorrow’s go-home Raw show is going to have a tough time as there is no return of John Cena to counteract what could be the deciding game of the NBA Championship series with the Warriors up 3-1 over the Cavs. 
    • Paul Levesque left the NXT tour after yesterday’s shows to head to China for WWE business. Levesque was honored yesterday at the Download Festival with the Golden Gods Spirit of Lemmy Award. Levesque and Lemmy were friends and Lemmy performed his entrance music, including on some WrestleManias.
    • Levesque will be interviewed by bodybuilder and trainer Dave Palumbo on the RX Muscle web site live tomorrow at Noon Eastern time. Palumbo is the nutrition guy for Levesque, Stephanie McMahon and has also worked with Linda McMahon in the past. He’s very well informed on the subject. (thanks to Jim Kerr)
    • From the Evolve stuff over the weekend it’s confirmed that Tony Nese has been added to the cruiserweight classic tournament.
    • A very controversial interview from Rene Dupree and also quotes from the former Rodney Mack regarding Chris Nowinski and his business relationship with WWE which Nowinski has said has no foundation here.
    • Darren Young of WWE is participating in today’s Gay Pride parade in Los Angeles. This takes on more meaning after the news of earlier today.
    • Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and ROH’s Taeler Hendrix will be signing autographs at the Houston Comicpalooza on 6/18 and 6/19.
    • LeBron James was wearing an Undertaker shirt shooting around today on the NBA network 
    • UFC
    • Brock Lesnar not only will be wearing a Reebok uniform when he fights Mark Hunt, but his nationality listed on his uniform will be Canadian with a Canadian flag. Lesnar now lives on a farm in Saskatchewan. I wonder if he can now be the next Gene Kiniski as a pro wrestler called Canada’s Greatest Athlete. Mike Sharpe doesn’t count because he was a spoof and when Kiniski got the name the reporter who gave it to him was serious. 
    • Josh Barnett talks his new movie “Never Back Down” at the G-1 Climax tournament.

    MISCELLANEOUS

    • Kazuchika Okada was backstage yesterday at the Lucha Underground tapings. He did a photo posing with Rey Mysterio Jr. He was in California on a vacation between dates as New Japan is off until Sunday’s Dominion show.
    • The incredible A.J. Styles vs Hiroshi Tanahashi match from last year’s G-1 Climax tournament is being advertised on AXS for thiscoming Friday night.
    • Mike Mooneyham talks Dan Miller.
    • Combat Zone Wrestling had its 15th annual Tournament of Death yesterday in Townsend, DE at Markland’s Little Acres: Rickey Shane Page beat Tim Donst in a fans bring the weapons match, Conor Claxton beat Masada in a madness match, Alex Colon beat Danny Havoc in a light tube bundles match, Matt Tremont beat Jeff Cannonball in a Home Run Derby match, Aaron Williams beat Ron Mathis, Rickey Shane Page beat Conor Claxton in a barefoot rites of passage match, Matt Tremont beat Alex Colon in a Sharp Shit death match, Lucky 13 & Devon Moore beat Dale Patricks & G-Raver, Josh Crane beat DJ Hyde in a panes of glass match with help from Zandig and BLK OUT, Rickey Shane Page beat Matt Tremont to win the tournament
    • I want to again list a Go Fund Me for Shadow Jackson, a Georgia independent wrestler who suffered a massive heart attack last week. 
    • Bellator announced new Fights for the 6/24 Dynamite show in St. Louis, with a women’s 125 pound kickboxing match with Denise Kielholtz (44-2) vs. Gloria Piertore (10-1-1) and a featherweight fight with Kevin Ross (31-9) vs. Justin Houghton (7-2).
    • Freelance Wrestling from Friday night in Chicago before 300 fans. It was noted the atmosphere for this promotion is tremendous: Prince Mustafa Ali won six-way scramble match for title shot over Alex Ohlson, GAP, Craig Mitchell, Suge D, and Brubaker, Matt Knicks b Chris Castro, Robert Ego Anthony over Jeff Cobb, Mr. 450 Hammet and Kobe Durst, Space Monkey & Rey Furia b Brothers of Funstruction, Sally Stitches (Heidi Lovelace) won over Masked Character and JJ Garrett, Beauty & The Beat b The N Words, Prince Mustafa Ali b Isaias Velasquez to win the Freelance title. I was told it was a great show with a really spectacular main event. (thanks to Lance LeVine)
    • Mid Missouri Wrestling Alliance from Saturday night in St. Louis: Brandon Aarons b Tyler Copeland, Brandon Espinosa b Danny Adams, J-Mal Swagg & Damion Cortess b Ace Hawkins & Barackus, Moondog Rover b Matt Kenway, Brian James b Big Jim Hoffarth, Shaft b Jimmy D, Da’Marius Jones and A.J. Williams co-win a three-way over Gary Jackson and the title was held up. (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
    • Cody Rhodes and Jushin Liger are scheduled to appear for Northeast Wrestling on 8/28 in Bethany, CT.
    • Cody Rhodes vs. Tommaso Ciampa is scheduled for 9/18 for XWA in Providence, RI at the John Hope Center.
    • Revolution Pro Wrestling on 7/9 in Petaluma, CA at 7 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building.
    • Insane Championship Wrestling on 7/29 in Manchester, UK at the O2 Ritz, 7/30 in Birmingham, UK at the O2 Institute and 7/31 in Glasgow, Scotland at the O2 ABC.
    • The Globe tabloid has a brief story on the Jimmy Snuka case (thanks to Paul Kacprzak)
    • Lucha Xtreme TV from last night in Fresno: Dark Usag b Eli Everly, Big Dogg b Cresenzo, Homicide b Danny Suarez (thanks to Jon Southerland)
    • WrestleMerica from last night in Barnesville,GA before 250 fans:  Merica Strong b Scotty Beach in an intergender match, David Tita b Johnny Nixx, Iceberg b Scotty Bullwinkle in a first blood match, Tyler Dean b Zane Stevens-DQ, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa b Corey Hollis & Johnny Skyler.  Next show is 7/9 with Gangrel. (thanks to Kris Zellner)
    • Jeff Cobb vs. JR Kratos and Timothy Thatcher vs. Rocky Romero headlined for Fighting Spirit Pro on 7/19 in Atwater, CA. Atwater is between Turlock and Merced, about two hours from San Jose and 2 1/2 hours from San Francisco.

    TODAY in professional Wrestling History: Bockwinkel and Stevens win AWA Tag TeamTitles in a steel cage

  • WWE Jackson, MS, live results: Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins

    Submitted by Andrew Harrison

    – Apollo Crews beat Sheamus in a good opener.

    – The Shining Stars beat Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger in a lousy match. Swagger was pinned after finally getting the hot tag.

    – Karl Anderson beat Jey Uso. Gallows was ringside, but didn’t wrestle. He did interfer. Lots of Usos signs, and there were a few Bullet Club chants.

    – WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day got the biggest pop of the night, and beat the Vaudevillians in a long match. Everybody sold a lot.

    – WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte pinned Natalya by using the ropes for leverage on a roll-up.

    – Cesaro beat Alberto Del Rio in a decent match.

    – In a three-way match with Seth Rollins, WWE Champion Reigns pinned AJ Styles after a ton of near falls in the main event. Crowd was three quarters behind Reigns with the rest behind Styles. AJ gave a quick smile when he heard people chanting for him. Rollins looked great. Match drew “this is awesome” chants. 

  • Evolve 63 results: ECIII open challenge; cruiserweight five-way; memorable ref spot

    Submitted by Stephen Darrow

    The show opened with the announcer telling us there were two changes: Tony Nese being added to the cruiserweight match to make it a 5 way elimination match and the non-title Hot Sauce v Tim Thatcher match would now be a title match.

    – Dark Match: Joe Coffey def. Rory Gulak via submission

    Gulak did some sort of a Tye Dillinger gimmick where he would evade a move and yell “amazing” or something similar. Coffey put him in a ridiculous standing boston crab and Gulak tapped instantly.

    – Cedric Alexander def. Fred Yehi via pin

    I thought this ended up being the best singles match on the show. It had the stiffest forearms/chops of the evening, and that is saying a lot. It looked like Cedric forearmed Yehi a little too hard and Yehi started to lay them in which looked pretty real to me. There was a dive spot where Alexander knocked the barricade back into the people in the first row. They went into the ring and started exchanging big moves, finally ending with a flurry from Cedric that gave him the victory. Yehi stayed in the ring in shock while Cedric celebrated, Cedric went down to the mat and they exchanged a very manly handshake.

    – Bravado Brothers def. Jason Cade and Darby Allin via pin

    After some standard tag work in the ring, Bravados took them outside and smashed them into the barricades a few times. Action went back into the ring where Cade threw one of the brothers out of the ring. He then went over the barricade into the crowd. The spot of the night happened when Cade leaped from the apron onto a basketball hoop that was left down in the gym, then hit a hurricanrana on one of the Brothers (I still don’t know which one is which). Action found its way back into the ring where Bravado brothers hit their finish and got the pin.

    – Matt Riddle def. Trevor Lee via submission

    Pretty blah match except for a spot where Riddle was thrown into one of the barricades and they broke apart, crashing into the people in the first row. Riddle tapped him with the Bro-Mission.

    – Evolve Champion Timothy Thatcher def. Hot Sauce Williams via submission

    Hot Sauce sent the rest of Catch Point to the back because he didn’t want an asterisk next to his name when he won the title. Thatcher then entered with no title belt as Riddle had stole it from him. Thatcher was very technical and kicked out of a few moves that looked devastating. He ended up catching Hot Sauce in an armbar and tapped him.

    After the match, Riddle entered with the belt and cut a promo on Thatcher saying he deserved a title shot. Stokely Hathaway then entered and told him his boy TJP earned a spot in the cruiserweight series and neither of the other two had one. He felt TJP deserved the next shot. Thatcher said he would give TJP the next shot, then it would be Riddle in a Last Man Standing match. Thatcher then exited the ring without trying to get his title belt from Riddle.

    – Cruiserweight Elimination Match: Tony Nese pinned TJP in a match involved Drew Gulak, Lince Dorado, and Johnny Gargano

    Tony Nese entered first and cut a promo on how all he wants is a shot to show to the world what he can do in the WWE cruiserweight tourney. They implied that if he won he would be in the series. All the other entrants came in one by one and cut similar promos. Gargano made some vague WWE references.

    Very good match, non-stop action. Gargano was eliminated early via roll-up by Gulak. Lots of dive spots, the barricades were knocked silly this match. Dorado did a moonsault onto the 3 remaining competitors and right as he was setting it up, Drew Galloway and EC3 entered and beat up Gargano. They cut a promo but the mic wasn’t quite working. After the moonsault spot, Gulak slept outside for about 5 minutes. Back in the ring, Dorado was pinned. Next, Gulak was eliminated by TJP. Nese and TJP then battled for a solid 10 minutes. TJP kicked out of a sit out tombstone piledriver. Nese started yelling “I am not losing this match”, went into a hulk-up mode, and hit TJP with another piledriver then a 450 for the pin.

    With the win, Nese is now in the WWE cruiserweight tournament.

    – Drew Galloway def. Ethan Page via pin — Anything Goes

    Match almost immediately left the ring and they fought all over the gym. They tossed a plastic trash can around and Drew grabbed a half full Coke bottle out of it and smashed it on Ethan’s head. Drew went for a suplex on the outside and Page reversed it. Action went back to the ring and Drew emptied the ring of chairs, another barricade, then grabbed a fan’s plastic chair. Page then went outside and grabbed a tiny ladder. He Irish whipped Galloway into the ladder, which was propped up on the ring and barricade. The ladder went flying about 10 feet almost into the crowd. Match went back into the ring and Drew hit his dirty deeds finisher onto a couple of steel chairs for the pin.

    After the match, EC3 came out to celebrate with Drew. He said his open challenge was off because he already beat everyone up in the back and there was no one left. Gargano then came out and cut more WWE related promos, said something about him being “best for business” and he “knows how to play the game”. Gargano then said he didn’t want to pin EC3 so this would be a last man standing match. EC3 accepted the challenge and Drew went to the back.

    – Johnny Gargano def. EC3 via KO in a Last Man Standing match

    Back and forth match, good action. EC3 got mad at the ref for not counting fast enough so he knocked him out. He beat Gargano up and went to the back for another ref. The second ref counted to 9, Gargano got to his feet and EC3 whacked him with a chair. The ref started counting from 1 and EC3 told him “no that’s not 1, its 10”. The ref disagreed and EC3 then knocked that ref out as well.

    Galloway came in, and then the Catch Point stable came in to help Gargano. They cleared Drew from the ring and it was left with EC3 surrounded by three men and the third ref. EC3 pleaded to the ref who just patted him on the face, EC3 then turned around to eat a bunch of superkicks. The match ended with EC3 being superkicked into the ref who gave him the Stone Cold salute, then a pretty well executed stunner. EC3 was then tossed over the top onto a table that was at ringside that didn’t break and the ref counted to 10.

    At that point, the four men in the ring celebrated and the ref got a nice pop for his stunner. After the cameras were off, the ref attempted a spin-a-roonie and The Worm…which weren’t great. 

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/12): Bockwinkel and Stevens win AWA Tag TeamTitles in a steel cage

    1933 

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos defeated Ray Richards

    1938

    Waterloo, Iowa:
    – Al Bisignano went to a 60 minute draw with Earl Wampler
    – Otto Kuss beat Alford Johnson

    1944 

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – Earl Wampler beat Tom Zaharias in 2 out of 3 falls

    1947 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – MWA Champion Orville Brown beat Lee Wykoff 2 falls to 1
    – Sailor Fred Blassie beat Jack McDonald on a third fall DQ

    1952 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Heart of America Champion Sonny Myers beat Roy Graham 2 out of 3 falls
    – Ronnie Etchison and Bob Orton Sr. wrestled to a draw
    – Doug Henson defeated Bob Clay 
    – Larry Hamilton beat Jack Hader via DQ

    1958 

    Orange City, Iowa:
    – United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Ernie Dusek in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Emil Dusek defeated Jack Pesek in 2 out of 3 falls

    1962

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Mr. M beat Larry Hennig 
    – Pat O’Connor & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski

    1964 

    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Fritz von Erich dq
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Mitsu Arakawa dq 
    – The Crusher beat Doug Gilbert

    1971 

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Red Bastien & Hercules Cortez beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
    – Midwest Champion The Claw (Tom Andrews) beat Dr. Big Bill Miller 
    – Midwest Tag Team Champions Bob Ellis & Alberto Torres beat Ox Baker & Ali Ben Kahn

    1974

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel to regain the AWA Tag Team Title in a Steel Cage Match 
    – Ivan Putski beat Superstar Billy Graham via dq
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz
    – Kay Noble (sub Cora Combs) beat Vivian Vachon 
    – Larry Hennig beat Paul Perschmann (Playboy Buddy Rose)

    1975 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Billy Robinson by countout
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan & Ray Stevens
    – Dusty Rhodes beat Siegfried Steinke
    – Ivan Putski beat Buddy Wolff by dq 
    – Roddy Piper beat Scotty Campbell

    1976 

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – In a No DQ Match; Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Larry Hennig & Jos LeDuc
    – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne beat Bobby Heenan & Ray Stevens

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Chris Taylor
    – The Crusher beat Bobby Duncum by dq
    – Blackjack Lanza beat Red Bastien 
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Billy Red Cloud

    1980

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
    – In a Ladder Match; Dino Bravo beat Jerry Blackwell
    – The Crusher & Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan 
    – Steve Olsonoski beat Super Destroyer Mark II

    1983 

    Las Vegas, Nevada:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Wahoo McDaniel
    – Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke 
    – AWA Light Heavyweight Champion Mike Graham beat Buck Zumhofe

    1991

    WCW Clash of Champions: Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – IWGP Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiroshi Hase
    – WCW U.S. Champion Lex Luger defeated The Great Muta 
    – WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Bobby Eaton in a two out of three falls match

    1998 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Kenta Kobashi defeated Toshiaki Kawada for the All-Japan Triple Crown 

    2001

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Test defeated Rhyno for the WWF Hardcore Title 

    2012

    TNA Slammiversary:
    – Mr. Anderson defeated Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Title

  • New Japan on AXS results: G1 Climax ’15 continues with Goto vs. Okada

    Yujiro Takahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima

    Yujiro had Mao with him as she proceeded to do a very rated R dance. I don’t think we’ve seen her or any girl with Yujiro since the G1. They aired the match in full, and was fine. Very physical. Yujiro is one of those that are hit and miss as he can be very sloppy at times, but he was fine here for the most part. He got the sneaky win after Cody Hall interfered, allowing him to low blow Kojima and pin him with the Miami Shine.

    Kojima says no matter how bad he looks, he promises to never give up. No matter how he does it, he will fight to the end.

    Goto said that looking back, G1 25 was hard, but liked the breaks and this type of schedule fit him the most. He desires the belt that Okada had. Facing the Heavyweight champion as the Intercontinental champion…he never experienced that.

    Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada

    This was another match where it started slow, turned into a pretty good back and forth match and evolved into something great.  The crowd were into it and I think were genuinely interested in seeing the IWGP champion (at the time) face the Intercontinental champion (also at the time). Titles still mean a lot in Japan, unlike in US where I couldn’t tell you a lot of the current champions off the top of my head. Nice back and forth match with Hirooki Goto getting the clean win with the shouten kai. Hey, when the IWGP title is on the line he always has a better chance of winning. When it is on the line, well..

    Goto says “I’VE CONQUERED IT!” to massive cheers. He wants the crowd to celebrate with three cheers, and they do. He says accidents don’t happen twice, we’ll beat the rest. Goto feels that he’s opened a new door. He welcomes anyone to challenge him for the IC title. He had mixed feelings beating Okada. 2015 was a year of change for him, and he’d like to challenge for the belt again.

    Interestingly, a ROH commercial for Best in the World aired near the end of the program. Might not be too unusual, but it’s the first time I’ve seen during this show.

  • WWE College Station, TX, live results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

    Submitted by Sara Tuitau from College Station, TX

    Enzo and Cass vs. The Dudleyz

    Enzo and Cass were so over with the crowd of course. A lot of comedic bits going in the match. The Dudleys were in charge most of the match until the hot tag to Cass. Then another hot tag to Enzo and eventually the finisher for the win.

    Fandango vs. Goldust

    There was some technical difficulties with the screen. Breeze came out to cause a distraction. Then, R-Truth came to Goldust’s aid which led to the pin on Fandango for the win. Then there’s a bit of dancing and rapping to close it out.

    U.S. Champion Rusev (w/Lana) vs. Titus O’Neil

    Pretty good match with a lot of “USA” chants but in the end, Rusev makes Tius tap out. Afterwards, Rusev keeps beating up on Titus when the Lucha Dragons come out for the save.

    The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan/Braun Strowman) vs. Big Show and Kane

    Pretty good pops for both Show and Kane. Kinda of a slow match but in the end, Kane pinned Rowan for the win. Then both Kane and Big Show do a double choke slam on Strowman.

    – Intermission

    Eva Marie, Lana, and Dana Brooke vs. Summer Rae, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks

    Lana did most of the work on her team and Becky took most of the shots. Sasha gets the hot tag, Bank Statement on Lana and she taps out.

    Viktor vs. Zack Ryder

    Pretty good match with some good spots. In the end, Zack hits his finisher and pins Viktor.

    Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dean Ambrose

    Good match as always with these three. Everyone gets their spots and hit their signature moves. Dean hits Kevin with Dirty Deeds for the pin.

  • ROH Hopkins, MN, live results: Adam Cole hospitalized with pneumonia; Young Bucks return

    Submitted by Christopher Falken

    – Bullet Club member Adam Cole is in the hospital with pneumonia and has been pulled from tonight’s show and Sunday’s show in Milwaukee, WI. Will Ferrara takes his place to face Chris Sabin tonight.

    – Dalton Castle def. Juice Robinson

    Lots of comedy early on. It got more physical as it went on and lots of back and forth. They shake hands after the match, and TV Champion Bobby Fish comes out for a live Fish Tank with Dalton. Dalton requests for it to be a sitdown interview but they don’t have any chairs. Dalton has 2 more Boys come out and they form human chairs for them to sit on. Lots of comedy. They promise to remain friends after their match at Best in the World, but Fish says he doesn’t see Dalton as a champion, making him storm off. Neither one came off like a heel.

    – Chris Sabin def. Will Ferrara

    Decent match. Daniels comes out for commentary to lead into the next match.

    – Silas Young/Beer City Bruiser def. War Machine and Moose/Lio Rush

    Excellent match and easily the match of the night with nonstop action. Rush was the star despite being there to take the pin and the crowd came alive after being dead nearly the whole show so far.

    – ACH def. Alex Shelly

    Solid match. ACH cut a promo afterwards and calls Shelley one of his idols. Shelley puts him over to bring the show into intermission.

    – Steve Corino comes for an interview after intermission.  He cuts a promo on BJ Whitmer, who has been on commentary all night.  He says a lot of nothing.

    – Donovan Dijak def. Cheeseburger

    About the match you’d expect with Cheeseburger getting little bursts of offense in only to be cut off seconds later and tossed around. Kaz’s turn to do commentary for the next tag match.

    – ANX def. The Young Bucks and RPG Vice

    Both ANX and RPG Vice work heel over the returning Bucks who haven’t missed a beat. King stole the pin on Trent after he got hit with a Meltzer Driver and said ANX was going to make wrestling great again.

    – Michael Elgin def. Kamaitachi

    Not a lot of people in the crowd were familiar with Kamaitachi, but got behind him when he was on offense. They raise each other’s arms after the match.

    – Daniels comes out for one last time and cuts a promo hyping the main event.  Quick promo, just some cheap heat and out come the tag teams.

    – Briscoe Brothers def. ROH Champion Jay Lethal/Roderick Strong and ReDRagon

    Fans were tired out by this point but got back into it towards the end. Bucks interfere and interrupt the Lethal Injection while Jay hits the Jay Driller on Strong to end the show.

    Overall, there were no bad matches.  The attendance seemed down from the last few shows run in Hopkins.  No return date announced.

  • NXT Download Festival results: Bobby Roode makes in-ring debut; surprise return

    Photo: Jason Elliott & additional notes from Josh Nason

    Bobby Roode made his WWE in-ring debut Saturday at the NXT show at the Download Festival in Derby, United Kingdom, defeating Angelo Dawkins.

    Roode had very briefly been advertised for the tour, before it was pulled because they wanted his debut to be a surprise. He had appeared briefly on the last two NXT Takeovers in a backstage segment on Wednesday and in the crowd in Dallas.

    It is expected the 39-year-old will work the remainder of the tour.

    Here’s what happened Friday:

    – Hugo Knox defeated Sawyer Fulton after hitting a split-legged moonsault

    – Nikki Glencross defeated Peyton Royce after clamping on a swinging fisherman’s suplex.

    – Baron Corbin returned to defeat Angelo Dawkins & Alexander Wolfe in a handicap match via End of Days. Corbin put Wolfe through a table after the match.

    Here’s what happened Saturday for the first of two 90 minute sessions:

    – No Way Jose def. Alex Wolfe

    – Tye Dillinger def. Sawyer Fulton

    – Carmella def. Nikki Glencross

    – Bobby Roode def. Angelo Dawkins

    – NXT Women’s Champion Asuka def. Peyton Royce

    – Finn Balor and Hugo Knox def. NXT Tag Champions The Revival in a non-title match

    Here are the results for the second 90-minute session:

    – Bayley & Carmella def. Nikki Glencross & Nia Jax

    – Angelo Dawkins def. Wesley Blake

    – Triple H did a promo, talking about the Golden Gods Spirit Of Lemmy Award.

    – Alexa Bliss def. Peyton Royce

    – American Alpha def. Saywer Fulton & Alexander Wolfe

    – Shinsuke Nakamura & Andrade “Cien” Almas def. NXT Champion Samoa Joe & Baron Corbin

    Reports from any and all shows can be sent to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.