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  • TNA Impact Wrestling taping results: Drew Galloway vs. Matt Hardy; Jeff Hardy ladder match

    Here’s the results and notes from Sunday night’s TNA Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando, FL. This was for the show that look to be airing on 5/31 and 6/7 — the latter as the go-home show for the 6/12 Slammiversary PPV:

    – Matt Hardy came out with a contract for a Full Metal Mayhem (essentially a TLC match) match against Jeff Hardy. Tyrus and Rockstar Spud tried to talk Matt out of signing the contract. Somehow, this led to a ladder match where Jeff wrestled Spud & Tyrus and if they won, Jeff wouldn’t get his match with Matt.

    – Jeff Hardy beat Tyrus & Spud in the handicap ladder match so Jeff vs. Matt is on for the PPV.

    – Trevor Lee won an Ultimate X match over DJ Zema Ion, Eddie Edwards and Andrew Everett

    – Sienna beat Madison Rayne. The winner was to get a shot at the Knockouts title held by Jade on the PPV.

    – Ethan Carter III beat Matt Hardy via DQ when Mike Bennett attacked Carter.

    – Basile Baracca & Baron Dax (Sylvester Lefort & Marcus Louis in NXT) & Abyss & Crazzy Steve beat Grado & Mahabali Shera & Robbie E & Jessie Godderz

    – Trevor Lee beat Eddie Edwards to retain the X title.

    – Ethan Carter III & Gail Kim beat Mike Bennett & Allie. Allie is Laura Dennis, the former Cherry Bomb. It was advertised as Bennett & Maria but the gimmick is that Maria always gets out of it when it’s her time to wrestle.

    – There was an angle where Matt Hardy claimed Jeff was injured and their match at the PPV was off.

    – TNA Champion Drew Galloway beat Matt Hardy via DQ when Bobby Lashley attacked Galloway. A ton of Willows showed up, one of which was Jeff, so the idea is that it was poetic justice as Matt had pretended to be injured weeks back and showed up as a Willow to attack Jeff.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (04/25): Patera wins Missouri State Title; NWA and WWF Champion on same card

    1922

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Stanislaus Zbyszko in 2 out of 3 falls

    1945

    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Iowa State Heavyweight Champion Earl Wampler 2 out of 3 falls
    – Ray Eckert and Vic Holbrook wrestled to a draw

    1966

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – The Crusher beat Chris Tolos
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Pat O’Connor
    – Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey
    – Reggie Parks beat Bob Morgan
    – Bob Kappel beat Mark Starr

    1967

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Non Title: Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race
    – Danny Hodge beat Mad Dog Vachon
    – Johnny Powers beat Killer Kowalski
    – Johnny Valentine beat Bob Boyer
    – Rene Goulet beat The Alaskan
    – Johnny Powers won battle royal

    1970 

    Boston, Massachusetts:
    – WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Ivan Koloff in a Texas Death Match 

    1973

    Fargo, North Dakota:
    – Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel in a No Time Limit No DQ Match

    1974 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco wrestled Harley Race to a time limit draw
    – Central States Heavyweight Champion Mike George defeated Don Fargo 
    – World Tag Team Champions Lord Alfred Hayes & Bob Brown defeated Chris Taylor & Omar Atlas

    1976

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – Verne Gagne & Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Heenan & Bobby Duncum
    – Khosrow Vaziri no contest Mad Dog Vachon
    – Larry Hennig beat Jimmy Valiant
    – Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk
    – Russ Francis beat Blackjack Lanza dq
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Scott Irwin

    1977

    Madison Square Garden:
    – WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Baron Von Raschke 

    1980 

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – WWF champion Bob Backlund defeated Bulldog Bob Brown 
    – NWA champion Harley Race defeated Ric Flair
    – Ken Patera defeated Kevin Von Erich to win the Missouri State Championship

    1981 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Jerry Blackwell
    – The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura via DQ
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

    1982

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – NWA Champion Ric Flair went to a DDQ with Harley Race

    1989

    WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event: Des Moines, Iowa:
    – Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated WWF World Tag Team Champions Demolition via DQ
    – Hacksaw Duggan defeated Intercontinental Champion Rick Rude via countout 
    – Hulk Hogan defeated Big Bossman in a steel cage match
    – Randy Savage defeated Jim Neidhart
    – Jimmy Snuka defeated Boris Zhukov

    1992

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Two separate Battle Royales were held: Sal Bellomo won the first and Jimmy Snuka won the second
    – Snuka then defeated Bellomo to become the first ECW Champion

    1999

    WWF Backlash: Providence, Rhode Island:
    – The Acolytes & Mideon defeated The Brood (Edge, Christian & Gangrel) 
    – Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Title 
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion The Godfather defeated Goldust 
    – The New Age Outlaws defeated Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett 
    – Mankind defeated Big Show in a Boiler Room Brawl 
    – Triple H defeated X-Pac 
    – The Undertaker defeated Ken Shamrock
    – WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated The Rock in a No Holds Barred match

    2000

    Charlotte, North Carolina:
    – Dean Malenko defeated Scotty 2 Hotty to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Title 
    – Crash Holly defeated Matt Hardy to win the WWF Hardcore Title

    2009

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – The American Wolves defeated Kevin Steen and Jay Briscoe in a two-out-of-three falss match to retain the ROH World tag team titles 
    – Jerry Lynn defeated Colt Cabana to retain the ROH World Title

    2010 

    WWE Extreme Rules: Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler
    – The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) (with Natalya and Bret Hart) defeated ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz), John Morrison and R-Truth, and The World’s Strongest Tag Team (Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry) in a Gauntlet match
    – CM Punk (with Luke Gallows and Serena) defeated Rey Mysterio in a Hair match
    – JTG defeated Shad Gaspard in a Strap match    
    – Jack Swagger defeated Randy Orton in an Extreme Rules match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship    
    – Sheamus defeated Triple H in a Street Fight    
    – Beth Phoenix defeated Michelle McCool in an Extreme Makeover match to win the WWE Women’s Championship    
    – Edge defeated Chris Jericho in a Steel cage match
    – John Cena defeated Batista in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Championship

  • WWE Main Event results: Apollo remains in the Outcasts orbit; Kane and Big Show

    Apollo Crews def. Curtis Axel by pinfall

    Is Crews stuck in an infinite booking loop, or what? Having beaten all four Social Outcasts since his debut against Tyler Breeze, Crews is then given the rematch against Curtis Axel that we were all clamouring for. It’s worth noting that Axel entered alone here, which meant no pre-match Outcasts promo. Crying shame.

    Despite dispatching Axel in short order in their Smackdown match a couple of weeks ago, Crews takes 13 long minutes to dispense with the now-chainless wonder here. It was a dull match, most notable for a Crews vertical suplex, with an extended delay to showcase his power. Lawler also referred to Axel as Heath Slater at one point, which drew Rich Brennan’s mirth and derision.

    Axel eventually missed a fist drop from the top rope to spur Crews’ comeback, which saw him counter the Perfectplex with a standing enziguri and follow up with the spinning sitout powerbomb for the win.

    Summer Rae def. Alicia Fox by pinfall

    Yeesh, this was bad. And the crowd, who chanted for New Day, knew it too. Summer Rae at least provided some entertainment during her entrance, singing along to her theme and proclaiming: “It’s the best song!”. Alicia, meanwhile, who is no longer a Bella, was bedecked in sky-blue ring gear and accompanied by her old generic theme.

    This lasted four minutes, but felt like fourteen. The seams of the match were very visible, with a lot of awkward spots and miscommunication. Summer eventually won by tossing Foxy neck first onto the ropes and following up with her leg-assisted reverse DDT – the Summer Crush, apparently.

    The Big Show and Kane def. Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman

    Kane’s entrance gets a big pop, simply by dint of him being the first star that this London crowd had seen at the taping so far. The Big Show gives Kane an uncertain thumbs up upon entering the ring, for fear that Kane might goozle him over the top rope again. Like he did only last month. 28 writers, folks.

    The Vintner and Braun enter to Luke Harper’s music and TitanTron, without the injured Bray Wyatt. The match is as dreadful as you might expect, coming in at 15 minutes with TWO (yes, two) hot tags. The lengths they go to avoid having Braun work on television are amusing, with all his part in getting the heat on Show taking place during the commercial break. When we return, Braun immediately tags out!

    The first hot tag, to Kane, is quickly cut off by Braun, as he performs his first two actual moves of the match (a bodyslam and an elbow drop!). Then, the heels get the heat on Kane for a while, including the Vintner using my favourite submission – the double noogie. Mark for it every time, bro.

    Kane immediately hits Braun with a DDT when he tags in to further prevent the big man from exposing the business. He then crawls to Show to make the second hot tag of the match, which culminates in both babyfaces creaming Rowan with a double chokeslam for the victory.

    Final Thoughts

    An appalling edition of the show this week, with very little of merit to recommend it by.

  • Conor McGregor claims he is back on UFC 200, Dana White says not so fast

    Photo: Sherdog

    The silliness that lasted all week may or may not be over with Conor McGregor claiming he is back on UFC 200.

    Early Monday morning, McGregor tweeted, “Happy to announce that I am back on UFC 200!  Shout out to Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta on getting this one done for the fans.”

    However, Dana White contradicted that claim Monday morning, sending a text message to Los Angeles Times reporter Lance Pugmire that read, “Not true.  We haven’t talked (to) Conor or his manager since the press conference.  I don’t know why he
    would tweet that.”

    McGregor’s tweet was done early enough West Coast time (where UFC operates) where the promotion would have theoretically confirmed such a story. After hours went by with no confirmation, it raised questions as to not just the veracity of the McGregor tweet as well as the reason.

    As noted on previous shows we’ve done, McGregor is playing a dangerous game because if the fanbase starts thinking of him as someone who makes stories up, he just becomes another attention seeking worker.

    McGregor’s trainer John Kavanagh was on The MMA Hour today with Ariel Helwani where the situation was addressed.

  • NXT Tampa and Jacksonville weekend notes: Nicholls and Haste debut

    Here’s some news, notes, and results from the NXT weekend shows in Florida that got a bit overlooked with everything big that was happening up North.

    Tampa — 

    – Patrick Clark beat Murphy

    – Selmani & Dhinsa – The Authors Of Pain – beat Gabriel & Uriel Ealy who are the large twin security guards who usually man the doors at events. Selmani & Dhinsa have scary masks now, similar to what SANADA wore to the ring recently in Japan. These four are huge. The Authors of Pain have even been getting a lot of angry foreigner heat for their promos when I’ve seen them.

    – Adrien Reese beat Daria. They’re still allowing Reese to use the top rope in to a stunner finish that she used on the indies which always gets a huge reaction. Daria works as an MMA fighter: leg kicks, holds, quiet intensity.

    – No Way Jose beat Josh Woods. This was said to be a lot of fun with Woods playing the straight man to Jose’s fiesta antics.

    – Sawyer Fulton & Alexander beat Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls. TMDK were said to be smooth and great in the ring. People may not have known who they were, yet it was the match of the night by the finish.

    – Alex Reyes interviewed Cezar in the ring. He’s from Brazil and was the positive face, happy to be in NXT.

    – Tino Sabbatelli beat Angelo Dawkins. Good match, Tino has been improving greatly, and carries himself like a star. The match got derailed because Tino was busted open. They even had to change the apron or the mat after the match!

    – Aliyah & Liv Morgan beat Mandy Rose & Nikki Storm. Good reaction for the debuting Nikki. Morgan hit her standing moonsault on Storm for the win.

    – Alex Riley beat Tye Dillinger in the main event. Riley also got busted open, causing them to halt the match.

    Jacksonville —

    – Adrien Reese & Sara Lee beat Aliyah & Mandy Rose

    – Patrick Clark beat Kishan Raftaar from India, making his Florida NXT debut. He worked the Arnold Classic and those WWE events in his home country. 

    – Dylan Miley beat Noah

    – Angelo Dawkins beat Tino Sabbatelli

    – Alex Riley beat Murphy

    – Liv Morgan beat Daria

    – Alex Reyes interviewed Mada from Tough Enough.

    – Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste beat Alexander Wolfe & Sawyer Fulton. Like in Tampa, this was also said to be the match of the night.

    – No Way Jose beat Tye Dillinger in the main event. There was a dance off that even included referee Drake Wuertz. Jose won with the big wind-up pitch punch.

  • New Japan on AXS report: AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada

    This week’s show was our final look at Dominon, held last July at Osaka Jo Hall.

    Okada is this week’s interview subject. The interviewer mentions how this is the first wrestling card in over 20 years. Okada says he should be thanked for that, but it also felt good to see the arena packed. As far as AJ goes, he wanted his title back. He’s a great wrestler. It was tough, no doubt about it.

    I loved the early parts of this match with the interference. Now, Bullet Club freely interferes on many occasions; this is hardly news. But this felt like the culmination of every other time they ever interfered because this time, Red Shoes had enough of their shenanigans. He told the Bullet Club to suck it, then told AJ to suck it. It’s a little detail in this match, but I thought it was a nice touch.

    As for the match itself, it was awesome. It was just two guys who know how to have a great match going out there and giving it everything. Once the Bullet Club was ejected the workrate was high, and they totally delivered. The last few minutes were excellent with Styles and Okada trading some high profile offense until Okada hit his second or third Rainmaker for the win. Another nice touch was that even though Okada laid out Styles with multiple rainmakers, he didn’t pin Styles until he knew he had him beat. In an era where finishers are spammed to death, it’s nice to know New Japan protects them for when it’s most important.

    It kinda hit me while watching this match that as good as AJ Styles was in New Japan, he’s never going to be that good in WWE. Not that he won’t have good matches, he’s already proven that in spades. But even if WWE gives someone like AJ enough time to have a PPV quality match, he’s bound to a bunch of road agents who are commanded to tell people how to work a certain way. AJ came to his own in New Japan as a ring general and flourished. In WWE, that ain’t happening. It’s a shame, but this match proved just how much AJ upped his profile within a years’ time in New Japan.

    Gedo cuts his usual promo after the match, saying Okada’s at a whole other level and that the future of pro wrestling is in his hands. Okada has three things to say. His first two points is as champion, he’ll definitely compete and win in the G1. The third point…well, he doesn’t have a third point. He promises that it’ll rain money all over New Japan as a big confetti celebration starts

    AJ didn’t have anything to say backstage. Okada said it was a great fight, and seeing so many people live was awesome. He was happy to get the result he wanted, and hopes NJPW can do it every year. They have a toast with some beer, with Okada jokingly noting that Gedo is really washing it down.

    He was nervous going into the match, but was happy with the result. AJ was a tough person to beat, and was also happy to do it in front of so many people. A lot of wrestlers watch his matches, so he is grateful he faced such a great wrestler as it brought up his caliber.
    Great show this week. Check it out if you haven’t seen this match before.

  • Angelico possibly injured during Lucha Underground tapings

    Angelico from AAA appeared to be injured today at the Lucha Underground tapings.

    Those at the building reported that he landed badly doing a springboard move and appeared to suffer an elbow injury.

    The referee called for an “X” and the other wrestlers worked to the finish and he was taken to the back.

    This was the second injury suffered at the weekend tapings, with Matanza being injured last night at the tapings.  Matanza, played by Jeff Cobb, suffered an arm injury that saw him rushed to the hospital after punching through a glass window, similar to what nearly ended the career of Bill Goldberg and put him out of action for months.  The injury ended up not being as serious as it appeared, although there was a ton of blood involved.  Cobb is expected to be back wrestilng next week.

    We will update later with more details and check the next Wrestling Observer out for more details.

  • WWE results, Glasgow: Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus

    By Eoin Chyene

    Thanks also to Innes McVey

    Cesaro beat Stardust in the opening contest. Stardust hissed at a kid in the audience. Cesaro mocked Stardust’s thinking pose. 25-26 rotations of
    the Swing, which they had teased a couple times beforehand. Cesaro applied the sharpshooter after that for the win.

    Zack Ryder and Darren Young beat Social Outcasts (Heath Slater and Bo Dallas). Pre match promo from Social Outcasts about how lucky we were to be in their presence. Slater was great when he was on the outside recovering. He told us he was going in to make the save before he did it, and surprised a kid by actually following through with a high five. Rough Ryder for the win in this one.

    Rusev beat Swagger with the Accolade. Eye poke to gain the advantage, kick to the head and done. Both guys had flags. All American American Jack Swagger had… The Scottish saltire flag. “We The People” was an over chant whenever he went for it.

    New Day beat Dudleys and Usos in a match for the tag titles. Big Ending for the win. Running joke in this match was Xavier getting his back slapped all the time. First one was by an Uso, and Xavier oversold it for a while. Big E was telling him not to cry. Usos then slapped Xavier in tandem. Xavier is upset and dejectedly walks over to his corner to tag in Big E. Usos and Big E then accidentally slap Xavier on the apron. He decided to leave, Bubba chased him on the ramp, slapped his back and returned him to the ring. Great match, crowd loved it.

    After intermission, Sin Cara beat Tyler Breeze. Lucha chant was very popular. Senton from the top rope for the win.

    Charlotte beat Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch for the women’s championship. All three of these women were total stars. My last live event was in 2012, and the difference in class between those ladies compared to the 2016 trio is ridiculous. Super fun match, Ric Flair removed Sasha from the ring and Charlotte rolled up Becky for the win. Feet were on the ropes too. Charlotte asked Charles Robinson “what am I paying you for?” After a kickout earlier in the match, that got a few laughs ringside.

    Main event was Roman Reigns vs Sheamus. Not much more exciting than it sounds on paper. Reigns’ merch was fairly popular so I was expecting heavy cheers. Honestly, it was probably nearer 50/50. The boos were quite loud in my area despite being surrounded by Reigns gloves and t-shirts. He had more fan signs than anyone else too. Sheamus got on the mic before the match and said Scotland was the weaker, more immature brother of Ireland and mocked us for voting against our own independence. He said he’s been told many times that he looks stupid, but that we were the ones who really looked stupid after that. Worth noting that Glasgow was one of the areas that voted yes to independence. Reigns won with the spear and had previously kicked out after a Brogue Kick.

    Some general notes: New Day were probably the most represented in terms of merch at the show, followed by Reigns, Ambrose and Cena. Cesaro shirts were his old ones, signed by the man himself. They only had large sizes of them left for this show. Some really long lines at the various merch stands, even after the show had finished. The only thing they had a surplus of before I left were the empty New Day BootyOs boxes. Horns had sold out.

    Jojo and Greg Hamilton co-hosted, and told us that WWE was coming back in November… For Smackdown. Promo video said tickets went on sale at 9pm, which is when the intermission was due to end. They’d actually went on sale at 9am. They waited until before the main event to announce that RAW was also coming to Glasgow, and played it out like that was a shocking new announcement. Considering most tickets are gone for that one, probably not a surprise to the people in attendance.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (04/24): AWA Super Sunday: Big Van Vader wins IWGP Title

    1947

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – MWA Title: Orville Brown beat Vic Christy 2 falls to 1
    – Ralph Garibaldi beat Dan O’Connor 
    – Warren Bockwinkel beat Ed White 

    1967 

    – John & Chris Tolos defeated Don Leo Jonathan & Rocky Johnson to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

    1969

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Dick Murdoch defeated the Viking in a 2 out of 3 falls match

    1978

    Madison Square Garden:
    – WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Superstar Graham in a steel cage match 
    – WWWF Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo & Dominic DeNucci defeated Stan Stasiak & Johnny Rodz

    1979

    Raleigh, North Carolina:
    – Ricky Steamboat beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
    – Ernie Ladd beat Jimmy Snuka
    – Gene Anderson & Moose Morowski beat Leo Burke & Jay Youngblood
    – Herb Gallant beat Len Denton
    – Don Kernodle beat David Patterson

    1982

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Hulk Hogan dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
    – Bobby Duncum beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Ken Patera beat Spike Huber
    – Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan
    – Brad Rheingans beat Dr X
    – Tito Santana drew Rene Goulet

    1983 

    AWA Super Sunday: St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel defeated Hulk Hogan by DQ 
    – Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan
    – Ken Patera & Jesse Ventura & Blackjack Lanza beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Rick Martel
    – Jerry Lawler beat John Tolos
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Ed Boulder
    – Brad Rheingans beat Tom Stone
    – Joyce Grable & Wendi Richter beat Judy Martin & Velvet McIntrye

    1985

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – AWA World Champion Rick Martel defeated Mr. Saito 
    – steel cage match: Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Jerry Blackwell defeated The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering

    1989 

    Super Powers Clash: Tokyo, Japan:
    – Big Van Vader defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win the IWGP Title tournament (Lou Thesz special referee)
    – Shota Chochyashvili defeated Antonio Inoki to win the New Japan Martial Arts Title
    – Naoki Sano defeated Hiro Saito to win the Young Lions League
    – IWGP Tag Team Champions Super Strong Machine & George Takano defeated Hiro Hase & Shiro Koshinaka
    – Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Kuniaki Kobayashi.
    – Salman Hashimikov defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
    – Wahka Eveleov defeated Masa Saito

    1991 

    WWF UK Rampage: London, England
    – Jim Neidhart defeated The Warlord
    – Greg Valentine defeated Haku
    – Ted DiBiase defeated Kerry Von Erich via countout
    – The Rockers defeated The Orient Express
    – Jimmy Snuka defeated The Barbarian
    – Davey Boy Smith defeated The Bezerker
    – Earthquake defeated Jake Roberts via countout
    – WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter

    1994 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to win back the WCW World Title (title was held up) 

    2001

    – Steve Corino defeated Mike Rapada to win the NWA title

    2004 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Colt Cabana & CM Punk defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe to win the Ring Of Honor Tag Team Titles

    2005

    TNA Lockdown: Orlando, Florida:
    – 3 Live Kru (Konnan and Ron Killings) defeated David Young and Lex Lovett and The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) (with Chris Candido)    
    – Apolo and Sonny Siaki defeated Chris Candido and Lance Hoyt in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match    
    – Dustin Rhodes defeated Bobby Roode (with A-1 and Coach D’Amore)
    – Shocker defeated Chris Sabin, Michael Shane (with Trinity) and Sonjay Dutt1 ina Four Man Xscape match    
    – Jeff Hardy defeated Raven in a Six Sides of Steel Tables match    
    – America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Team Canada (Eric Young and Petey Williams) (with A-1) in a Six Sides of Steel Strap match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship    
    – Christopher Daniels defeated Elix Skipper    to retain the TNA X Division Championship    
    – Team Nash (B.G. James, Diamond Dallas Page and Sean Waltman) defeated Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Monty Brown and The Outlaw) in a Lethal Lockdown match    
    – A.J. Styles defeated Abyss to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match

  • NXT Poughkeepsie, NY, live results: Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries vs. Finn Balor

    Submitted by Kyle Litke from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center

    Building was full. It wasn’t exactly Madison Square Garden, but the intimacy of the venue was great. Tom Phillips noted WWE’s history in that building in the mid 80s during the show.

    – Chris Girard beat Mojo Rawley

    Mojo came out acting like a face, but jumped Girard while he was interacting with the fans and got booed. Short, perfectly fine match to get the crowd going. Girard won with a Blockbuster. 

    – Carmella & Bayley beat Dana Brooke & Peyton Royce

    Big pop for Carmella and an even bigger pop for Bayley. Brooke was great here on the outside during the entrances, shouting at the fans and really playing it up. Standard, solid tag match with Bayley getting the win with a Bayley to Belly.

    – Manny Andrade beat Tomasso Ciampa

    Manny got zero reaction coming out as no one knew him. This was a really good match with some great near falls. The crowd got way into it and was chanting for Manny by the end. Manny got the pin with double knees to the corner. 

    – Nakamura beat “The Drifter” Elias Samson

    Samson came out first and tried to sing a song but it was impossible to hear over the booing from the crowd. Nakamura’s music hit to an enormous pop. Samson kept bailing to the corner to kiss his guitar, which drew an exasperated reaction from Nakamura. Nakamura followed it up by playing air guitar, then tossing the air guitar to the ref. The ref tossed it back to him and he broke it over his knee, which angered Samson. A great example of Nakamura doing things to connect with the crowd regardless of what his first language is. Nakamura got the win with the Kinshasa.

    > Intermission

    – NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha beat the Revival in a 2/3 falls match

    Another really good match. American Alpha took the first fall with Grand Amplitude. The Revival managed to take the second fall by hitting a Shatter Machine while the ref was distracted keeping Jordan out of the ring. The third fall started with Dash and Dawson destroying Gable for an extended period of time, including a great spot with the ref distracted and not seeing Gable tagging in Jordan. Huge heat for that. Jordan finally got the hot tag. Jordan and Gable ended up winning with dual ankle locks, with both Dash and Dawson tapping.

    – NXT Women’s Champion Asuka beat Alexa Bliss by submission

    Asuka got a big pop. Alexa got a surprising amount of offense on Asuka. Strange crowd reactions as a big “Let’s Go Asuka, Let’s go Bliss” chant started, with a lot of people chanting for Bliss. Asuka won with the Asuka Lock.

    – NXT Champion Samoa Joe beat Finn Balor and Austin Aries in a triple threat

    Joe bailed to the outside immediately and spent a few minutes tripping Balor every time he came near the ropes. Really good ending with Balor going up top for the Coup de Grace on Joe. Aries intercepted him, then hit a 450 splash on Joe. He went for the pin, but Joe turned it into a Coquina Clutch. Balor then came off the top with the Coup de Grace on both guys. He hit 1916 on Aries, but Joe threw Balor out of the ring and stole the pin. 

    Post match, Balor teased coming to Raw (the crowd chanted “See you Monday” and he held up a finger to shush them while winking). He then said he had bad news for Joe, he wasn’t going anywhere and was staying in NXT. He then ended the show with finger guns and “Too Sweet” hand gestures, so take that for what it’s worth.