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  • WWE Smackdown/Main Event spoilers: Seth Rollins vs Sami Zayn; AJ Styles vs Jimmy Uso

    WWE Main Event (David Otunga out on commentary) —

    – Golden Truth def. Breezango

    Big pop for Truth. Goldust hit his normal drop to the knees, punch to the face spot a couple of times. The heels worked over Truth until the hot tag to Goldust. Goldust with a spinning suplex for the win.

    – Enzo and Cass def. The Ascension

    Konnor is back after his 60-day break due to a wellness policy violation. Usual opener by Enzo and Cass, ripping the heels by asking them where their pads were and if their mommy was bringing them so they (Ascension) could go and play pee wee football after the match. Heels worked over Enzo until the hot tag to Cass. Enzo with a splash, assisted by Cass, ends the night for the Ascension returning from suspension.

    – Baron Corbin def. Sin Cara

    Corbin played football for the Arizona Cardinals but the fans did not know this as he was soundly booed. Fans tried to get behind Sin Cara with the “Lucha” chants as Sin Cara tried to attack the legs of Corbin with kicks. Corbin kept the action on the ground and finished Sin Cara with The End of Days.

    – US Champion Rusev (with Lana) def. Zack Ryder

    Lana had her hair down instead of the usual bun. Ryder and Rusev locked up and then went into a series of amateur wrestling moves. Eventually, Rusev overpowered Ryder and started stalking him around the ring dealing out punishment. Ryder, however, is like a college hoops team that is the ultimate underdog. They hang around long enough to throw a scare into the opponent. Rusev botched a climb up the ropes when he tried to knock Ryder down. Ryder had a couple of near falls teasing a title change and eventually fell to the Accolade.

    Smackdown —

    – Seth Rollins opened the show with a promo, talking about the three-way match* at Battleground.

    He railed about no one outworking him and how unfair it was that he did not have the belt. He issued an open challenge to anyone in the back for the night’s main event. Challenge accepted by Sami Zayn. At first, Rollins scoffed at Zayn but then decided that Zayn was a perfect choice.

    Both men were interrupted by the Lunatic Fringe as the new champion hit the ring. He called for the set people and the workers rushed the ring to set up an impromptu Ambrose Asylum complete with Mitch The Plant. Rollins was angered, but Zayn was excited. Ambrose played the part of a host behind the scenes asking if everyone was ready and if they needed anything like water. Rollins ad-libbed and said that he was parched before catching himself and telling Ambrose to shut up. Zayn goaded Rollins to fight immediately, and Rollins dropped the mic and left in a huff.

    *All references to the title match at Battleground were for a three-way match, so the main event seems to be continuing with Reigns in it. None of the interviews acknowledged anything about Reigns.

    – Cesaro beat Alberto Del Rio

    Good, hard hitting match between the two. Del Rio started fast and went after Cesaro’s arm. Cesaro sold the beating and eventually fought back with a string of uppercuts. Del Rio hit the Backstabber and went for the Tree of Woe stomp which Cesaro countered. Cesaro climbed up and jumped off the ropes which Del Rio countered into an attempted cross arm breaker. This was countered by Cesaro who hit Del Rio with a pump handle slam and abruptly ended the match. Cesaro climbed onto the announcer’s table and bowed to the crowd to a large pop.

    – Sheamus beat Apollo Crews via countout

    Rematch from MITB with Sheamus all over Crews at the beginning while the rookie looked timid. Eventually Crews fought back but did not hit many aerial spots other than a sunset flip off of the ring apron. Sheamus pulled the steel steps into a vertical position and kicked Crews into them for the countout victory. 

    – The Usos returned, and did an angle backstage with Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson & A.J. Styles. This set up Styles vs. Jimmy.

    – A.J. Styles pinned Jimmy Uso

    Jey was ringside and played the role that Cena did on Monday, watching the back for signs of the club. AJ seemingly had a counter for Jimmy’s moves and mocked the Uso with his Phenomenal gesture. When it looked like Jimmy finally had caught AJ and had him in trouble, the Club came through the crowd to attack Jey. Jimmy jumped over the ropes and bowled the club over only to eat a Phenomenal Forearm onto the concrete floor. AJ rolled Jimmy back into the ring and hit another Phenomenal Forearm for good measure. 

    – WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day over The Vaudevillains

    The heels worked over Kofi as Big E could only watch. Xavier Woods took the night off and just played the trombone. The heels worked together to isolate
    Kofi until he could make the hot tag to Big E. Big E preceded to suplex everyone many times and the heels could not even hide outside of the ring as Kofi stalked the outside and splashed anyone hanging around outside the ring. Big E with the pinfall. The celebration was cut short by a Wyatt family promo in which Bray promised to bring pain to the New Day and that they would fall.

    – Dana Brooke beat Becky Lynch

    This was over in about a minute after Charlotte interfered, allowing Dana to take advantage and pin Becky. Charlotte entered the ring to add injury to insult when Sasha Banks’ music hit to a huge pop. Sasha sauntered down to the ring in her inimitable fashion and removed her bling. It looked like Charlotte was going to engage but then she ducked out the ring and laughed at Banks. Brooke tried a sneak attack but was stopped by the Banks Statement.

    – Seth Rollins pinned Sami Zayn with a pedigree

    Rollins toyed with Zayn at first, slapping him, countering his moves, and resting on the turnbuckle while Zayn recuperated. Eventually Zayn started hitting his spots. The two went back and forth in an entertaining match. Zayn took a power bomb fling into the turnbuckle but hit Rollins with an “Undertakeresque” walk up the ropes into a hurrincanrana.

    Both men had near falls. Rollins went for the pedigree but Zayn reversed it into a tornado ddt. Rollins bailed from the ring and Zayn did a flip over the ropes onto Rollins. Rollins staggered back into the ring and surprised Zayn with a pedigree as Zayn re-entered the ring. 

    Rollins gave Ambrose a cheap shot and Ambrose chased him through the ring. Ambrose laid out the belt in the ring motioning for Rollins to come back but Rollins stayed at the top of the ramp.

    After the cameras stopped rolling…

    Suddenly AJ’s music hit and the Club came out to the top of the ramp. AJ told Rollins that the Club was planning on hurting Ambrose and that he could
    join them if he (Rollins) wanted to. Rollins agreed and the four heels headed to the ring. Zayn rolled back into the ring to help Ambrose but they were quickly overwhelmed. The crowd was chanting for Cena but it was the Usos for the save. The faces cleared the heels out of the ring and Ambrose grabbed the mic and challenged the heels to an 8 man tag team match.

    The Club w/ Seth Rollins vs. WWE Champion Dean Ambrose, Sami Zayn, and the Usos.

    This match was quick with the heels isolating Jey at the outset. A hot tag to Ambrose brought the house down as each man entered the match and hit his
    spots that he was known for. Eventually Anderson ate Dirty Deeds and was pinned. The faces stayed around and celebrated with fans. Ambrose stayed around for at least ten minutes signing autographs, taking selfies with fans and letting kids hold his belt.

  • WWE Smackdown spoilers: Kevin Owens vs Cesaro; Roman Reigns vs. Luke Gallows

    – Kevin Owens beat Cesaro

    The Miz and Sami Zayn were on commentary. There was a bunch of distraction and it allowed Owens to win with the dreaded distraction schoolboy pin.

    – Dana Brooke beat Paige

    Becky Lynch was on commentary for this match.

    – Dolph Ziggler beat Sheamus

    Baron Corbin came out after the match and cut a promo talking about his match on Sunday against Ziggler.

    – Chris Jericho did an interview. They had the cage lowered. A guy who was dressed like one of the people helping lower the cage revealed himself to be Dean Ambrose.  He attacked Jericho from behind, climbed up and got a Kendo stick and nailed Jericho a few times before Jericho ran out the cage door.

    – The new Bob Backlund and Darren Young video aired.

    – WWE Tag Champions The New Day & Big Cass beat Dudleys & Vaudevillains when Cass pinned Bubba with the East River Crossing.

    – The Club came to the ring for the main event which was Roman Reigns vs. Luke Gallows.  The Family came out.

    – Roman Reigns NC Luke Gallows

    Everyone got involved in the match. It ended up with the Usos brawling with Gallows and Karl Anderson. Styles and Reigns were in the ring with chairs but Styles hit Reigns with a Pele kick and laid him out with a chair shot, so he was the last guy standing as the show ended.

  • WWE Smackdown & Main Event spoilers: Kevin Owens & Miz team up, Dana Brooke vs. Becky Lynch

    Submitted by David Andersen

    Dark Match:

    – Dolph Ziggler b Viktor

    WWE Main Event:

    • Big Cass b Curtis Axel (w/ Bo Dallas)
    • Apollo Crews b Stardust
    • Baron Corbin b Zack Ryder

    WWE Smackdown:

    – The show opened with a Dean Ambrose promo. He said they were now even as Jericho took out his plant, and Ambrose took out the jacket; “an eye for an eye”. He said he would take away everything from Jericho like his ego. Jericho’s pyro goes off and arena lights go out. Lights come back on and Jericho is in the middle of the ring standing over a fallen Ambrose. Jericho then puts Ambrose in a straight jacket.

    As Ambrose fights to get out and to his feet, Jericho pummels Ambrose with kicks and punches. Dean manages to get a few kicks in before taking a Codebreaker. Refs out to separate them. Jericho gets in the last shot before leaving the ring. He jumps on the announce table, grabs the mic, and says his gift to all of us is “The Gift of Jericho”. He continues to stand atop the table soaking up the boos.

    – Rusev is shown backstage slamming the lids shut on several rolling cases screaming as Lana follows behind.

    Rusev w/ Lana submitted Sin Cara w/ Kalisto with the Accolade

    – Renee interview with Emma. She asked Emma who Dana Brooke is. Dana cut her off and said she’s a fitness champion. She then ran down Becky Lynch.

    Dana Brooke w/ Emma b Becky Lynch

    – Backstage promo with The Club. AJ tells Anderson and Gallows to take out The Usos tonight.

    – New Day in ring promo. They recapped The Vaudevillains interfering on Raw, and said they put their noses in their BootyOOOOOOOOs, that the Vaudevillains “Kanye West’d” them, and interfered when the situation had nothing to do with them. It’s a dated reference but it’s ok because The Vaudevillains are from the 1830s. Out come Vaudevillains who said they are real men from a bygone era. English begins singing Xavier’s WWE Tag Team Champions line. Gotch states the sun will set on The New Day at Extreme Rules and the night belongs to The Vaudevillains.

    – Aiden English b Kofi Kingston

    – Backstage promo with The Family. Roman Reigns told The Usos that if AJ shows his face, he will be out there ASAP.

    – The Usos b Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows via DQ when Gallows hit an Uso with a chair on the outside. Roman Reigns has managed to turn 50% of the audience against The Usos as there were dueling chants of “Let’s Go Usos/Usos Suck”.

    – We got a “Life Lessons with Coach Backlund” segment based on managing time. Bob wants Darren Young to use his watch, calendar, mail, and desktop. Young said he had all that on his phone which upset Bob.

    – The Gorgeous Truth b GoldDango. After the match, Tyler Breeze and Fandango turned on their partners and put the boots to Truth and Goldust.

    – We got a Shining Stars vignette. They arrive next Monday on Raw.

    – We got a Renee interview with Charlotte and Ric Flair. Charlotte said what happened on Monday was a travesty, and how dare the McMahons treat him that way. Ric said he’s the dirtiest player in the game & taught Charlotte everything she knew.

    – Kevin Owens & The Miz w/ Maryse b Cesaro & Sami Zayn when Owens pinned Cesaro after a frog splash.

    No locally advertised main event took place.

  • NXT Full Sail tapings results: Bayley “injury”; Finn Balor returns; big debuts

    Photo credit @JJWilliamsWON ~!

    I was live at Full Sail University in Winter Park FL, alongside the usual sellout crowd of 450 in attendance for NXT TV.

    Dark Match –

    Manny Andrade beat Angelo Dawkins

    Dawkins made his way to the ring first, stirring it up and jawjacking with no one in particular. Huge star reaction for Andrade, wearing his vato style fedora and pants with suspenders over his normal gear. Fast paced match for the most part, Manny teased one dive, then reset himself as a teaser, then on the center so he could face hard camera he did the Tranquilo lounging on the middle ropes to taunt Dawkins. The finish saw the running double knees while Angelo was set in the corner for Manny to pick up the win.

    5/4/16 —

    Dasha Fuentes welcomes us to the show and then we have a Samoa Joe in ring promo. He says his title win was inevitable and he did exactly what he said he would. Before Joe could continue, he was interrupted by the debuting Eric Young, wearing street clothes. He says that Joe knows him and what he’s about, and points to the title on Joe’s shoulder adding I collect those. Joe then leaves but says Young doesn’t belong in his ring and the next time he sees him in it, he will beat his ass.

    Nia Jax beat Tessa Blanchard

    What you’d expect as they are building Jax up for Asuka. She won after hitting a huge leg drop center of the ring for the win directed at the hard camera.

    Austin Aries beat Tye Dillinger

    Good reactions for both men, and this is the best match Aries has had thus far in NXT as well. Dillinger seemed a little taken aback by how strong of a reaction he had as there were dueling chants for both while they had a very good match. Dillinger hit the Goto style knee to the back that AJ Styles has been using lately for a convincing near fall. Tye then lowered the knee pad to attempt his usual finisher but Aries caught him with the rolling back elbow for the win.

    Fuentes informs us that Mr. Regal has made Eric Young vs. Samoa Joe as tonight’s main event.

    The Revival beat The Hype Bros

    The Revival did an excellent job of controlling the ring and were able to get the win while not cheating, but still causing a distraction to their advantage. These two clearly study their classic tag team wrestling. Shatter machine for the strong win to get them back on track.

    No Way Jose beat Noah

    Big reaction for No Way Jose in Full Sail as you’d expect; he’s a fun personality with a lot of charm. The chants included “No Way, No Way, No Way Joseee” to the tune of the Sami Zayn “Ole’” chants and his song’s style “No Way Jose” chants as well. Salsa dance style offense and solid work before the big baseball pitch wind up punch and then a full nelson slam for the win. Post match, No Way Jose was able to convince referee Drake Wuertz to dance with him to a huge cheer. Some fancy footwork by Drake.

    NXT Champion Samoa Joe beat Eric Young

    They got over ten minutes here in our main event, hard hitting action with these as you’d expect. Joe was able to outlast Young in their battle, hit the muscle buster and instead of going for the pin Joe locks in the clutch for the choke out victory. Joe then wouldn’t release the hold for a very long time until officials were able to get the two separated.

    5/11/16 —

    In ring promo segment with Finn Balor who got great reaction, “Thank You, Finn” chants. He says he’s going to address the elephant in the room, Samoa Joe. He reminds us all that he beat Joe twice before and both matches could have gone either way. Then, we got The Drifter walking out singing a song about Finn, no words were comprehendable due to the loudest booing since Eva Marie challenging Bayley a few months back. Absolutely drowned out by booing here.

    Finn never even moved as Samson made his way in to the ring and once Samson was directly behind himm, Balor hit a Pele kick to a huge cheer. Finn then picks up the guitar and looks at the hard camera before throwing it towards the entrance way where Elias was after rolling out of the ring. Samson made the catch, saving his precious acoustic guitar. Very fun segment here as Finn was in no mood for The Drifter’s nonsense.

    NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha beat Corey Hollis and John Skyler

    Great reaction including “You Deserve It” chants for the tag champs. There was excellent wrestling early by Chad Gable before the heels were able to use distractions and take advantage. They worked Gable over for a bit before the Jason Jordan hot tag, after running wild and bringing the straps down, The Revival made their way to the ramp to get a closer look at the champs, there would be no distraction though. Jordan even raised the straps back up so he could lower them again, hit a spear in the corner, tag in Gable for the Grand Amplitude assisted suplex for the win. The champs and former champs stared at each other before making their way to the back.

    Shinsuke Nakamura beat Alex Riley

    Huge ovation for Shinsuke Nakamura who got an absolute superstar pop as you’d expect. Riley tried to trade big shots with Nakamura and that didn’t end well, big running knee to midsection by Shinsuke while Riley was set over the top rope. Kinshasa for the win and a mighty YeaOh in the center of the ring as celebration.

    Alexa Bliss beat Rachael Ellering

    Good showing by SWA’s own Rachael Ellering here, Alexa Bliss worked her match and won it with the splash off the top rope.

    Finn Balor beat Elias Samson

    The best match I’ve seen from The Drifter, a lot of fun seeing him mix it up with the top stars lately as the crowd absolutely hates him. Finn had his shoulder taped still yet was working an extra vicious style, a lot of action in between Samson headlocks, big dropkick through the ropes by Finn, strong kicks and finally hits the 1916 DDT for the win as he sits on Elias Samson and stares in to the hard camera wanting this to be Samoa Joe.

    Post match Finn continues his promo from earlier as he wants his rematch with Samoa Joe, as Joe comes out Mr. Regal runs to get between them, and standing on the ring apron with Finn still in the ring. Finn runs and dives over Mr. Regal on to Samoa Joe, then holds the NXT Championship in his hands before setting it on Joe who is laid out on the ground. William Regal then makes it official that at NXT Takeover June 8th we will in fact have NXT Champion Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor for the title.

    5/18/16 —

    NXT Women’s Champion Asuka beat Adrien Reese

    Dueling chants as both are fan favorites to the Florida NXT fans, Asuka has some who have turned on her after dethroning Bayley so there was a light mixed reaction. Not too much but noticable. Excellent work by these two, Reese is an incredible athlete and Asuka thrives on facing great talents. Reese went for a move off the top rope but Asuka caught her arm and transitioned it in to the Asuka Lock for the win.

    Dasha Fuentes told us that Blake and Murphy would be facing Austin Aries and a partner of his choosing next, I’d expect this to be built up with backstage promos.

    Austin Aries and Shinsuke Nakamura beat Blake and Murphy w/ Alexa Bliss

    As expected, another huge superstar reaction for Nakamura. When he wrestles, everything seems like a blur because the crowd is so in to him. Aries did a lot of work with Blake and Murphy before Shinsuke got the tag and set up for the Kinshasa. Aries however had his hand out for the tag which Shinsuke did not give before hitting the move and scoring the pin. The referee raised Aries and Nakamura’s hands the victor yet Aries was still subtly talking to Nakamura as if he wanted that tag. Also after this match Alexa Bliss walked away angrily leaving her team, then Blake looked back at Murphy and left him as well. We may have seen the last of BAMF.

    Carmella beat Peyton Royce

    Carmella introduced herself as only she can and now she allows the crowd to finish her promo for her by raising the mic as everyone else says “Hottest Chick In The Ring” how you doin? Nice touch as she’s quite over. This is Peyton’s first singles match under her new Poison Ivy type persona, holding a flower, maneuvering herself through the ropes, very fluid motions. At one point Peyton hit two vertical suplexes and a third with a bridge for a near fall, Carmella then fired up for her comeback which is now a superkick, bronco buster, face first drop and her leglock submission for the win.

    Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano beat Danny Birch and Rob Rizin

    Showcase match for Ciampa and Gargano, yet some very fun strong exchanges by Danny Birch who goes by Martin Stone on the indie scene these days, laying in strikes with the always ferocious Tommaso Ciampa. Finish was Gargano and Ciampa hitting double superkicks on Rizin who was on his knees in the center of the ring.

    Nia Jax beat Bayley

    This match went about fifteen minutes, Nia was destroying Bayley at every turn. We had enough hope spots to keep us believing that Bayley could get this win like she did in London yet that was not the case. Jax would stomp on the arm of Bayley, then Bayley would try to lock in the submission that beat Nia once before, Nia would then slam her down again, Bayley mustered up the strength to make it to the top yet it was Nia’s evening.

    Towards the end of the match, Nia stomped on Bayley’s leg and after making it to her feet and fighting back some, Bayley then in the corner buckled her leg and collapsed for a moment before Jax was able to set her in the center of the ring, drop a big leg on the back of Bayley’s head, roll her over and score the convincing win. Post match the referee and two men in black shirts checked on Bayley, after a while they helped her to the back with her keeping all weight off her leg.

    NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha beat The Revival

    This was a non title match yet Revival needed this one if they had any hope of getting the titles back. Excellent work as you’d expect, yet the crowd was clearly drained by Bayley losing and being helped to the back just prior to this match. Great wrestling by four of the best tag team workers we have seen in NXT, with a new finish for the team Alpha locked in stereo Ankle Locks for the double tap out submission on both men. This was a definitive victory by American Alpha who now await their next challengers.

    This concludes three weeks of TV NXT will be back at Full Sail University on May 19th to get us to the June 8th NXT Takeover live special.

  • Ongoing WWE RAW Spoilers, London, ENG: New feud rumors and results

    There is talk that the feud between HHH and Stephanie McMahon vs. Shane McMahon will kick off on tonight’s Raw show from London’s O2 Arena.

    Even though Shane McMahon lost the match, he is now official as in charge for the third straight week.  HHH and Stephanie were scheduled to return to Raw this week as well and a feud between the two sides was on the books.

    There has been talk the past few days that Finn Balor will debut, which given the location, makes sense for a debut.  This has not been officially confirmed.

    What is confirmed for today’s show are the semifinals of the tag team tournament for a title shot at the Payback show, with the Usos vs. Vaudevillains and Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Dudleys, as well as a singles match with Emma vs. Becky Lynch.

    As it turns out, a lot was changed beacuse the singles match ended up as an eight-person match.

    Thanks to Chris Fox:

    Superstars results

    Big Show beat Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas

    The live crowd booed Show even though he was the face.  Show won after choke slamming both at the same time.

    Kalisto beat Tyler Breeze.  Breeze got good heat.  Salida del Sol for the finish,

    Raw opened with Dean Ambrose out with them trying to put over the fans as the Ambrose Asylum.  He made a joke about Braun Strowman, points out James Corden’s parents in the front row and then introduced Shane McMahon.  Shane put over that the WWE fans deserve better than what they’ve been getting.  Kevin Owens came out and said this new Shane McMahon era is hte same old crap and how Shane has been punishing him for being an honest man in saying  Sami Zayn never deserved to be put in the world title picture.  Sami Zayn came out and said he was signed by WWE before Owens and if it wasn’t for him, Owens would have never made it to WWE.  Chris Jericho came out and said that Shane was drunk with power for taking the Highlight Reel segment away from him.

    Shane announced Jericho vs. Zayn for Raw.

    Chris Jericho beat Sami Zayn clean with the codebreaker.

    A.J. Styles hugged with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.  They acknowledged their past.

    Enzo & Cass beat The Dudleys to advance in the tournament clean with the rocket launcher.

    Roman Reigns came out and was heavily booed.  He put over A.J. Styles who came out.  Styles said he’ll need to have the match of his life to beat Reigns.  Gallows and Anderson came out to attack Reigns and left without Styles.

    Backstage, Styles told Reigns that he had no idea Gallows & Andeson were going to attack him.  Reigns told Styles that it won’t matter how many friends Styles brings, he’s not winning the title.

    Baron Corbin beat Fandango with the End of Days.

    Dolph Ziggler was on commentary.  Fandango was really over in London.  Corbin threw Fandago onto Ziggler which led to a brawl between the two.  Corbin then hit the End of Days on Ziggler outside the ring.

    Next was Miz TV with Maryse.  Miz made fun of Prince George, calling him plain and generic, and said his baby, referring to his IC title belt, is pristine.  Cesaro came out and called Miz a royal pain in the ass.  This segment drew “boring” chants and Miz said that the crowd was jealous because they could never get a woman who looked like Maryse, and he also couldn’t understand what they were chanting.  He tried to do a scene from “Taken” and Cesaro cut a line from “They Live.”  This led to an eight-man tag.’

    New Day & Cesaro beat Alberto Del Rio &  Rusev & Sheamus & Miz.  Cesaro pinned Sheamus using the Neutralizer.

    Charlotte and Natalya were talking.  It was annnounced that Bret Hart would be in Nataya’s corner in the match at Payback, to counter Ric Flair, so they are doing the same scenario as their NXT match.

    Paige & Sasha Banks & Becky Lynch & Natalya beat Naomi & Tamina & Summer Rae & Charlotte when Natalya made Charlotte tap to the sharpshooter.

    Vaudevillains beat Usos.  Vaudevillains didn’t get much of a reaction.  They won with the whirling dervish.

    The Social Outcasts, or at least the three left, tried to add Apollo Crews to their stable.  He said he would join if one of them could beat him.

    Apollo Crews beat Heath Slater with the spinning power bomb.

    Kevin Owens pushed that he’d be back tomorrow for Smackdown tapings to big cheers.

    Dean Ambrose pinned Kevin Owens with Dirty Deeds.  After the match, Jericho laid out Ambrose with the codebreaker.  Styles then made the save.

    They did a dark match where Styles & Ambrose beat Jericho & Owens.

    So no Authority and no  Finn Balor this week, no big feud, no big anything.

  • WWE Smackdown spoilers: Cesaro & AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens

    Dark match:

    • Dolph Ziggler beat Stardust with a superkick

    Main Event:

    • WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) beat The Ascension with the Midnight Hour
    • Baron Corbin beat Fandango with the End of Days
    • Paige beat Emma with the Ram-Paige. Good match. They had time, much more than the three previous matches. The crowd was really behind Paige. Greg Hamilton announced the match as a women’s division match

    SmackDown:

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns opened the show. Because it’s more of a casual crowd than the ones for Mania and Raw, he got a lot more cheers than the previous nights. Actually, it might have been 50-50, with kids and women cheering for him. He used the “I’m not a bad guy. I’m not a good guy. I’m THE guy” line again. He said what matters to him was to beat AJ Styles.

    Styles came out to a huge pop and a big chant of “AJ Styles” when he got in the ring. He shook hands with Reigns congratulating him for the title, saying Roman had a good WrestleMania, but that he had a heck of a Monday Night Raw. Reigns told him that to be THE champ, he needs to beat THE guy. He said that Styles beat guys all over the world, but he never beat him, and he will never be. He tapped him on the shoulder and left. 

    – The Vaudevillans beat Lucha Dragons with the Gentleman’s Congress

    Weird thing. The Vaudevillains’ music started, but after 20 seconds or so, it stopped. Then, after a minute, the Lucha Dragons’ theme started and they made their entrance. Obviously, someone messed up in the back and mixed up the order. Apparently, the music mess-up was not a mistake and just a teaser. The Vaudevillains got very little reaction. Those who were reacting were clapping to the sound of the music, only to realize that they were not babyfaces. Clearly, a lot of the fans didn’t know who they were. 

    – Natalya beat Summer Rae with the Sharpshooter in a short match. Charlotte and Ric were doing commentary for this match. They are building Natalya as the next contender. 

    – Intercontinental champion The Miz beat Zack Ryder 

    Maryse removed one of the bottom corners and threw it in the ring. As Charles Robinson was trying to put it back, Miz raked Ryder’s eyes and hit the Skull-Crushing Finale for the win. Good match, and the crowd got into it. 

    Maryse got her own entrance, the old one she used to have. She cut a promo, saying her name was Maryse, but that everyone should know that, and that she’s the living proof that behind every great man there’s a great woman and there’s no greater man than her husband. She then introduced The Miz. Ryder didn’t get much of a reaction during his entrance, but it got better during the match. Maryse got some heat during her promo. 

    – Social Outcasts played a game of rock, scissors and paper to decide who would face Apollo Crews. Curtis Axel had paper while the others all had scissors, but said it was actually an axe, therefore he’s in the match. 

    – Apollo Crews beat Curtis Axel with a spin-out power bombeat in a total squash match. 

    – We got two big screen interviews: Baron Corbin did a short one saying the end of days is here, and Becky Lynch saying she would be back in the title picture. Emma cut her off and made fun of her black eye. I guess that’s the next program for both of them. We also got another Colon “Greetings from Puerto Rico” vignette. 

    – Dean Ambrose beat Tyler Breeze in basically a squash match.

    – Cesaro & AJ Styles beat Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens

    Cesaro clotheslined Jericho and both ended up outside. Cesaro then hit a European uppercut on Jericho. As Owens was to throw Styles in the ropes for the pop up powerbomb, Sami Zayn made his way to the ring. He had his left elbow wrapped up and was followed by some referees trying to stop him. Styles schooled boy Owens for the pin. Following that, they did a pull apart between Owens and Zayn. 

    – The Dudleys then came to the ring and attacked AJ. Roman Reigns came to clean house. Reigns and Styles were alone in the ring and looked at each other for a long time before they finally shook hands. Jericho took the mic and asked AJ to shake his hands in apology for calling him Y2Jackass. Styles hit the Styles Clash on him, followed by Reigns’ Superman punch. 

  • WWE Smackdown Spoilers: A.J. Styles vs Tyler Breeze, Roman Reigns vs Bubba Ray Dudley

    Sasha Banks beat Charlotte in a non-title match with a roll-up.  Becky Lynch attacked Charlotte after the match.

    Sheamus beat Kofi Kingston with the Brogue kick.

    The Usos beat The Ascension

    Sami Zayn & Dolph Ziggler beat The Miz & Kevin Owens.  After the match, everyone from the ladder match got in a brawl, which naturally included ladders.  Zack Ryder climbed to the top of the ladder.

    Roman Reigns no contest Bubba Ray Dudley.  The crowd cheered Reigns, believe it or not.

    A.J. Styles beat Tyler Breeze

    Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman were out doing an interview. The Wyatt Family came out.  Lesnar & Dean Ambrose worked together in fighting The Wyatt Family.  Lesnar and Ambrose went at it after and the show ended with Lesnar leaving Ambrose laying.

    Another key note is that during Main Event, in a Naomi vs. Paige match, Tamina, Lana, Natalya, Fox, Summer Rae and Emma all got involved.  Summer Rae and Emma were both on the heel side.  So it would appear there will be a 5th babyface to be announced and a ten person match with Brie Bella on the face side and another person.

  • TNA Impact tapings: Matt Hardy, Drew Galloway, Bobby Lashley

    The first part of the show were matches taped for the 3/29 episode of Impact.  The second part are matches taped for something else, whether it be Xplosion or PPV shows.

    For 3/29:

    Jeff Hardy beat Eric Young in a cage match.  The big spot was Hardy doing a swanton off the top of the cage putting Young through a table.

    There was an interview segment with Matt Hardy’s crew including Tyrus and Rockstar Spud, and Drew Galloway (the new champion) along with Jeremy Borash.  Hardy wanted his rematch with Galloway but Tyrus noted that he has the ability to cash in his briefcase for a title shot any time he wants.

    Bobby Lashley beat The Pope in a no DQ match pretty much destroying him

    EC III issued a challenge to Mike Bennett

    Jade won the Knockouts title in a three-way over champion Gail Kim and Madison Rayne.  Maria Kanellis caused Kim to lose.

    Drew Galloway beat Matt Hardy to retain the title

    Other matches taped:

    Robbie E & Jessie Godderz beat Tom LaRuffa & Pierre Marceau – LaRuffa & Marceau were with WWE as Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis.

    James Storm beat Bram

    Pepper Parks issued an open challenge against anyone.

    Bobby Roode beat Pepper Parks

    Trevor Lee beat Eddie Edwards

    Chris Melendez beat Beauregarde.

  • WWE Smackdown Spoilers: Kevin Owens vs AJ Styles

    Roman Reigns came out first and was heavily booed for a short promo.

    Renee Young interviewed A.J. Styles saying that fans can chant whatever they want.  Kevin Owens came in and they talked to set up their match later in the show.

    Dolph Ziggler beat The Miz with a superkick.

    Michael Cole interviewed Kalisto, who accepted the match with Ryback for WrestleMania.

    Dean Ambrose was heavily cheered, since he’s from Cincinnati.  He did a big promo putting over Cincinnati.

    Bubba Ray Dudleys beat Goldust with a low blow.  R-Truth tried to make the save but he was beaten down by the Dudleys until the Usos made the save.

    Next was the Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks segment.  Lynch said she was going to take the title.  Charlotte first said that they were like the Four Horsemen, except Horsewomen, but then apologized to her feather for even comparing Lynch and Banks to the Horsemen.

    New Day challenged The League of Nations to a WrestleMania match.

    Kofi Kingston pinned King Barrett.  Both sides interfered.

    They showed a clip of Dean Ambrose at a bar saying he’s going to bring Cincinnati with him for his fight with Brock Lesnar.

    The Social Outcasts came out and said they would be winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.  Dean Ambrose came out with a Kendo stick and beat down all four of them, and said that Brock Lesnar would be on Smackdown next week and vowed a confrontation.

    Kevin Owens beat A.J. Styles in a non-title match.  Chris Jericho distracted Styles and Owens got the pin after a pop up power bomb. Jericho then laid out Styles with a codebreaker after the match.  Owens came back out (this is probably off TV) and Ambrose then ran in and cleaned house on Owens and Jericho, ending the night by giving Owens Dirty Deeds.

  • Smackdown spoilers: Dean Ambrose & Dolph Ziggler & Usos vs The Wyatt Family

    – At a WWE press conference today, John Cena said that he would not be ready to return at WrestleMania.

    – A New Day vs. King Barrett & Sheamus tag team title match has been added to Roadblock on Saturday in Toronto.  We are checking to see if this change in the show is related to a change in WrestleMania plans where this match was originally scheduled.

    – The show opened with Miz TV with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.  Owens tried to walk out and Neville showed up and then Miz attacked Zayn to set up a tag team match.

    – Sami Zayn & Neville beat Owens & Miz. Owens walked out and Zayn pinned Miz.

    – Brie Bella beat Summer Rae and then Lana attacked Brie and once again hit the X Factor on her.

    – Chris Jericho came out and set fire to a Y2AJ T-shirt.  Jericho said he hates people cheering Styles.  Styles went after Jericho but The Ascension came out and Styles laid them both out. 

    – Wade Barrett & Sheamus beat Lucha Dragons when Barrett pinned Sin Cara.

    – Ryback did an interview challenging Sin Cara

    – Dean Ambrose & Dolph Ziggler & Usos beat The Wyatt Family (Bray, Harper, Rowan, Braun)