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  • WWE NXT results, Largo, FL 12/4: Cameron works and wins a match

    Thanks to Chris Hughes and J.J. Williams

    – Samoa Joe and Bayley were advertised but didn’t appear.
    – Return date is January 29.

    1. Levis Valenzula Jr. def. Angelo Dawkins with a knockout punch.  Some comedy with Valenzula dancing while applying a headlock and Dawkins losing his headbands.

    2. Chad Gable & Jason Jordan def. The Vaudevillans when they hit their finisher on English.  Jordan has a towel that says “CALL ME JAY JAY” to go along with Gable’s. Vaudevillans were working as the heels. Great hot tag spot to Jordan where he cleaned house with a t-bone suplex and a belly to belly.

    3. Nia Jax def. Daria the Jersey Devil (from Tough Enough).  Daria was dressed as an MMA fighter. Nice hope spot where Daria got a triangle on but Nia power bombed her out of it. Total squash otherwise. Nia cut a promo on Bayley afterwards.

    4. Hugo Knox def. Tino Sabatelli. Knox is huge but can move.  He hit a jumping enziguri and a split leg moonsault off the top for the win.

    5.  Bull Dempsey def. Sawyer Fulton.  Tons of comedy.  Bull had a Santa hat and Fulton stomped on it for heat.  The story was Bull couldn’t slam him all match, but after a hulk up, he slammed him and hit the Whoopie cushion.

    6. Asuka and Carmella def. Emma and Alexa Bliss.  Asuka got Bliss with the chicken wing on a roll-up reversal.  Asuka got a star reaction.

    7. Apollo Crews def. Noah (Kekoa).  Quick match.

    8. Cameron def. Peyton Royce with some sort of neckbreaker.  Not a lot of heat on Cameron for someone who was on the main roster for so long.

    9. Finn Balor, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady def. Tye Dillenger, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson.  Long heat segment on Enzo.  Dash and Dawson have become great tag workers.  They should have a great match at Takeover.  Balor won with the foot stomp on Dillenger.  Match of the night by far.

  • WWE Holiday Tour 2015 house show results Kansas City, MO 11/28

    By Greg Merreighn Jr.

    Decided at the last minute to take my son Ian (whose birth got a shoutout by Dave on wrestlingobserver.com a little over 7 years ago) to his first WWE event at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO.

    Ryback vs. Erick Rowan.

    Ryback won via Shellshock.

    Bo Dallas vs. Zack Ryder.

    Zack Ryder won via Ruff Ryder.

    Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin.

    Balor won via top rope double foot stomp.

    Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler vs Dean Ambrose.

    Ambrose got huge pop.  Owens was on the floor when Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds on Ziggler in the ring. Owens pulled Ambrose out of the ring and threw him into the steps and pinned Ziggler.  Best match of the night.

    Usos & Kane vs. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper & Braun Strowman.

    Kane pins Harper with a chokeslam.  Good match.

    Naomi & Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch & Charlotte. 

    Charlotte submitted Naomi with the Figure Eight.  Good short match.

    Alberto Del Rio vs. Neville.  No Zeb Colter.

    Del Rio won with the top rope foot stomp with Neville lying in the ropes in the corner.  Good match.

    Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns.  

    Biggest pop of the night for Reigns. Huge “You look stupid” chant at Sheamus.  Sheamus was the most hated man in the building and has the cocky heel persona down. Good match with Reigns kicking out of all of Sheamus’s big moves..  Kevin Owens ran in and attacked Reigns for the DQ leading to Ambrose making the save.  Sheamus missed a Brogue Kick leading to Reigns hitting his spear to send everyone home happy.

    Overall a fun house show.

  • Combat Zone Wrestling Night of Infamy iPPV report 11/21

    By Bob Magee

    Combat Zone Wrestling returned  to the Flyers Skate Zone last night live, and on iPPV for Night of Infamy 2015, its go-home show leading up to the annual Cage of Death: 

    The pre-show opened with Dave Crist and the remaining members of OI4K cutting a promo on behalf of Jake Crist .

    * Xavier defeated Aaron Williams

    * Post-match Neiko Sozio came out with a kendo stick directed at OI4K….This segued into Sozio vs. Dave Crist. Crist defeated Sozio after repeated interference by OI4K, including a somersault plancha off the top rope to knock Sozio out. Post-match, apaprently just for fun, Dave Crist super kicked one of the CZW security stafft. 

    Night of Infamy

    * Bad Boy Joey Janela defeated Lio Rush to successfully defend his CZW Wired Television Title after caught him with an inside pinfall out of nowhere. 

    * Greg Excellent (with Chrissy Rivera) submitted “Wrench” Conor Claxton. with a double leg submission.

    * TV Ready (Pepper Parks/Blk Jeez with Cherry Bomb with her arm in a sling at ringside) defeated Nation of Intoxication’s Lucky 13 and Devon Moore, as Parks got the pinfall after a BLK Jeez top rope double stomp.

    * Chainsaw Joe Gacy and Tim Donst went to a no-contest after an out of control brawl. The crowd didn’t seem happy with a match being thrown out in CZW. Joe Gacy says he wants another match with Donst at Cage of Death on December 12…an I quit match.

    * AR Fox defeated Nation of Intoxication’s Danny Havoc by pinfall

    * Bill Carr and Dan Barry of Team Tremendous successfully defended their CZW World Tag Team Titles over IWA Mid South’s The Hooligans (Devin Cutter and Mason Cutter).

    Post match, Cherry Bomb ballshotted Dick Justice, then TV Ready jumped Team Tremendous and challenged them for the CZW Tag Team Titles next month at Cage of Death. 

    *  MASADA defeated Drew Gulak (with Rory Gulak) with a knockout after several knee strikes by MASADA

    * The main event saw a Squared Circle of Sacrifice match with Bulldozer Matt Tremont successful defended his CZW World Heavyweight Title against DJ Hyde after a Death Valley Driver on a barbed wire board. A Squared Circle of Sacrifice match turned out to be two sides of the ring with barbed wire ropes, two sides exposed with chairs and barbed wire boards, not to mention staple guns, cinder blocks, glass panels, and light tubes in or around the ring.

  • WWE Survivor Series 2015 Reader Feedback

    Thumbs way down.
    All the talent and possibilities they have and those are the final two standing? Shows who the bosses want, we get. Sheamus and Reigns. Wow. Couldn’t have booked it worse if they wanted to lose viewers tomorrow night and the foreseeable future as fast as possible.
    Awful.

    Brian Mazza

    Thumbs uppish.

    Best match: Ambrose v Owens

    Worst: Undertaker/Kane v The Wyatts

    The matches were mostly entertaining if not especially memorable. The curse of the show was match endings seemingly : the traditional Survivors match (pretty good until New Day walks out, hen… well…), Charlotte/Paige, Ziggler/Breeze & the Reigns/Ambrose final were all marred by it. Only Reigns/Del Rio & Ambrose/Owens built to a satisfying payoff.

    The “surprise” Sheamus win makes sense from a story perspective, but I can’t say it makes me interested in future directions, & it didn’t do Roman any favors. For a second it looked like they were doing a double-turn with him & Triple H…

    Steven Grant

    Henderson NV

    Dave,

    This show sucked, thumbs down.

    Best match ADR vs Reigns
    Worst match 10 man tag w/Shameus

    Ambrose’s upper body is awful. Needs to get on the main event gimmicks. He looks like me when I work out and I should not be a wwe main eventer.

    I don’t know if it’s too late for this but I loved the Tenryu retirement show, big thumbs up.

    Best match Tenryu vs Okada
    Worst match tag w/Ogawa

    Thanks, Erin Hotovy

    Hi Dave,
      Just thought I would provide some Feedback on Survivor Series. I gave the show a thumbs in the middle, not that bad, good in spots, but not really that great either. Better then a “B” show, but not by much. I would have to say the best match of the night would probably be the Taker/Kane match VS The Wyatts since it was a cool spectacle but mostly just big spots at the right time, and the worst match of the night would have to be the 5 on 5 elimination match during the main show. I missed the elimination match on the pre show.

    Roman / Del Rio – I thought this was a pretty good match, my two choices for the winning the title when the tournament began was both of these guys, I think Alberto would be a great heel champ, and I think Roman would have also made for a great heel champ as well, but more on that later. Good win for Roman.

    Ambrose / Owens – Was not all that surprised to see Ambrose win, even though I was pulling for Owens since I think he is one of the most talented guys on the roster right now. But they have been building on the friendship between Roman and Dean during the tournament and what would happen if they met in the finals, so I saw the Ambrose win coming. Ah well.

    New Day / Sheamus / Barrett VS Lucha Dragons / Usos / Ryback – Match was entertaining and good for comedy because of the New Day, but also got my vote for worst match of the night because it was just a comedic throw away match. It’s hard to watch matches like this where it’s just built around the comedy segments. And I’m a fan of New Day and they have won me over with their comedy spots, but hard to take them seriously as a result and they are tag champs right now so it dilutes the title as a result.

    Paige / Charlotte – Not a bad match for the Divas title, was very good in spots and very physical, but have seen better. I think the whole angle with Flair and her late brother really just ruined the match for me, so it was hard for me to get into this match as a result. Although WWE really retracted on the angle they used on Raw and tried to back track and utilize damage control, the match was really ruined in my opinion from that tasteless angle which still has me dumbfounded why they would go that route and mention Reid Flair the way they did. Just bad taste and was not necessary at all to get the match over. But good to see Charlotte retain since Paige is starting to get annoying in my opinion as they are making her character a little too whiney and complaining. Just stick to having good matches and get the ball back rolling on the Divas revolution.

    Ziggler / Tyler – Didn’t really care who won this match since the whole feud has really been pointless. But good win for Breeze since it would be dumb to have him lose after just making his main roster debut. However having him with Summer Rae is not doing him any favors. Poor Summer just seems to be the career killer for everyone, lol.

    Taker /Kane VS the Wyatt Family – I thought this was a very good match for what it was and who was involved. I knew Taker and Kane couldn’t really do much to carry the match that long in this latter stage of both their careers and the Wyatts would really have to step up and make it look good. I think it would have been better and really a no brainer to have a traditional 5 on 5 elimination match since it would make everyone look that much better, but this seemed to work out just fine too. Really cool entrance by Undertaker, was expecting more in general throughout the night in honor of the Taker since they were celebrating his 25 years since his debut in WWE in 1990 but this match served it’s purpose well. I thought a good angle they could have utilized if they went for a traditional elimination match would be to have mystery surprise partners for Taker and Kane, possibly Sting, Batista, and Brock as his partners would have been awesome. But that’s just me playing fantasy league booker, lol. But good match otherwise.

    Roman / Dean – Not sure what to say about this match. I think Roman as a face is going nowhere fast. Evident by crowd starting to boo him. Was hoping Roman would turn heel during the match on Dean and win the title as a heel champion. I think Roman as a heel champion would be awesome. Face Roman not so much. When Roman did win the title, I automatically thought something was up since they still had plenty of time left on the show for something to happen, which I knew would not bode well for Roman. And of course that’s exactly what happened when Triple H came to the ring then Sheamus cashed in and won the title. Kind of lazy in my opinion. And Roman gets screwed out of the title again since WrestleMania. Face Roman is just not going to get over. Heel Roman will make a great champion. But Shemaus as champ? Wasn’t he just in a comedy filler mid match card? Well it was an entertaining show but not the greatest. They can only improve from this point. Go heel Roman!

    Thanks,
    Jon Southerland
    Clovis, Ca.

    WWE Survivor Series

    Thumbs in the middle: Not that great of a show, it started good but lost steam down the line. Way too many video packages and outside the ring stuff. Between the end of the Ziggler vs Breeze match and the start of the main event there were 37 minutes with just ten of in-ring action for the Taker match, only to do a rushed final. 

    Best Match: Ambrose vs Owens

    Worst Match: Tag Opener 

    1. Goldust, Neville, O’neill & Dudleys vs Dallas, Miz, Stardust & Ascension. A total throwaway match. 

    2. Reigns vs ADR. Good opener. Finally Del Rio had a good match. ***1/2

    3. Ambrose vs Owens. Very good but these two can be better; given the result, it’s possible they’ll have a feud. ***3/4

    4. Ryback, Lucha Dragons & Usos vs. Barrett, Sheamus & New Day. It started good but once the New Day walked away the match died. In fact, they never got the crowd fully back for the rest of the show. **3/4

    5. Charlotte vs Paige. They really tried and did some cool spots but the crowd was dead. Maybe it was the New Day walk out effect, the Charlotte’s brother angle effect or that people just don’t care about the divas. Maybe a bit of all. ***

    6. Breeze vs Ziggler. Too short to be something. **

    7. Taker & Kane vs Wyatt & Harper. They put Harper there to take the bumps. Taker did his thing so it was fine. Hopefully this is the end of their feud. **1/2

    8. Reigns vs Ambrose. What they did was good but way too rushed. It was clear that there was an angle coming. ***

    9. Sheamus vs Reigns. In 2015 Sheamus is the WWE champion once again. Those title matches vs Ryback (given the result of the tag match) will be great. What’s next, Barrett turning on him? I just hope that this is not an excuse to do the dreaded Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan match at Mania (N/R)

    Leonardo Mendes Toledo

    Thumbs Up
    Best Match: Reigns v Ambrose
    Worst Match: Charlotte v Paige

    I think they made a big mistake with the succesful cash in. Could sense that was coming for Triple H to sucker him with a handshake and when Reigns is a face who sees right through it, made him stand out. If he was able to beat Sheamus too, I have to think that would have really cemented him. “This guy survived a tourney, hunter, and a cash in? Wow”. Not like they have to protect the briefcase anymore since two people have failed. This would get the case off Sheamus and potentially also allow an opponent for TLC by The Authority sending Sheamus against Reigns. But no, now Reigns is champion for a moment now has to chase *again*. No matter how the storyline spins it most audience members will now see reigns as a guy who blew it *again*

    Anyway this was another good event. At this point I forget the last PPV I didnt like. Had technical issues first 10-15 of the preshow, as a lot folks did apparently on Twitter. All three tournament matches were great. Im a sucker for Owens but thought Ambrose-Owens was the weakest of the three just slightly off but still good. Liked both elimination matches, The New Day one more. The trombone moment was priceless especially with Wade. The divas match should have started with Charlotte going balistic and there wasnt enough of that. More stiff than WWE womens matches but just lacking a little. Glad to see Breeze win after the tourney handling.

    Think WWE was hoping the crowd would take over singing for Lilian as many other sports teams have done at times like these but they didnt get going.

    So TLC will likely be the aforementioned Sheamus-Reigns match and guessing basically they “have” to have Sheamus retain which frankly sucks, makes Reigns keep choking. If theres some title held up or other wackiness its Bryan-Orton/Authority all over again.

    Reigns may not be perfect right now but they had the chance to strap a triple rocket to the guy and see what happens ans they went the other way here. Too bad.

    Michael O’Brien

    WWE Survivor Series Feedback

    Thumbs Up

    Best Match: Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio

    Worst match: Goldust, Dudleys, Titus O’Neal and Neville vs Acension, The Miz, Bo Dallas and Stardust

    I enjoyed the show as a whole and am glad to have watched it. I am however disappointed in the finishing Money In The Bank angle. WWE had a chance to light a spark tonight with a great match between Reigns and Ambrose if they were given time but they went with booking that wasn’t really for me. I do hope they move toward Reigns winning the title from Sheamus at TLC or Rumble as I don’t see it as a Mania main event but they will probably want The Authority involved no matter what. They really need to move on from the booking of MITB surprise wins as it is played out after ten years. They could keep MITB and just get rid of the rule that it is any time and place.

    All that being said the in-ring action was good tonight. The semi-finals were good. Charlotte and Paige had a much better match than I expected and was the best stuff from Charlote since she came to the main roster. I liked the main show elimination match as a showcase for The New Day, Xavier Woods is one of my favorites to watch right now.

    I didn’t have a lot of interest in Undertaker and Kane, but did think that Luke Harper made the most of the showcase.

    Dave Musgrave

    Oshawa, Ontario

    Thumbs way down.

    Best match:  Ambrose/Owens or Reigns/Del Rio

    Worst match:  Reigns and Ambrose or that atrocious tag match between BOD and Wyatts.

    I don’t know what I expected from this clueless company.  The worst part is this show was good until the last two matches.  They were both so bad that it just invalidated the rest of the show.  If I didn’t enjoy the network as an entity and NXT so much I’d cancel my subscription tonight.  I sure as hell have zero interest in watching Raw now.  I mean, I was glad Sheamus cashed in but I don’t care about him as a champion, I don’t hate it like I hate Roman Reigns as a champion, but I really don’t care at all.

    And I don’t mind Reigns as a worker, I usually enjoy his matches.  The match with Del Rio was great.  But once he’s in the Cena spot you know WWE is going to write the same shitty stories with Reigns that they do with Cena.  That match with Ambrose should have been great, but it was completely devoid of any drama and suspense and the finish was flatter than Pepsi. 

    I like that guys like Owens, Neville, and Breeze are making main roster money but I selfishly wish they’d just stayed in NXT instead of being on Raw.  No wonder Finn Balor says he doesn’t want to be on the main roster.  I don’t blame him.

    By the way I didn’t think it possible since I loved him as a kid but I absolutely hate the Undertaker now and can’t wait for him to retire already.

    – Ben Brennan

    Best match Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio

    Worst match Sheamus vs Roman Reigns

    Almost gave it a thumbs in the middle due to the ending but I really did enjoy everything else on the show…but they Lex Lugered Reigns, he will never be the guy after this.

    Wade Hauge

    Overall: Thumbs up show. Going into the event WWE had two main objectives; crown a new champion and cement a #1 heel. When Sheamus cashed in the briefcase and defeated Reigns, he achieved the objectives and in doing so provided a needed change to the landscape of WWE. All of the tournament matches were meaningful, different and enjoyable.  The Undertaker match was pure nostalgic fun. The rest of the card was take it or leave it. I would have left the WWE Divas title match.

    Best Match: I would provide a slight edge to Ambrose/Owens over Reigns/Del Rio, though both matches were very good.

    Worst Match: The Divas match was long and missable. They tried and failed.

    Preshow Survivor Series Match: Neville, Dudley Boys, Titus and Goldust vs. The Ascension, Bo Dallas, Stardust, and The Miz. Entertaining addition to the Survivor Series pre show. I am glad to have Goldust back. The wrestlers looked like they were having a good time at the onset. The crowd was tame for the majority of the match and the heat segment did wane. Nonetheless, it was a crowd pleasing finish with the babyface team getting a strong victory. **

    WWE World Championship Semifinal Match: Alberto Del Rio vs. Roman Reigns. Good match. Pedestrian and somewhat clunky beginning with some well timed and unexpected transitions going down the stretch. Crowd was only lukewarm for Reigns, but they appreciated the action and effort in the ring. If the plan is to make Reigns earn the belt with two long and hard fought matches. Step one was successful. ***

    WWE World Championship Semifinal Match: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens. Very good match. They went back and forth to start, settled into some formula heat during the middle, and took it home with an awesome closing sequence. The crowd is interested, but they don’t seem invested in cheering one wrestler and booing the other. ***1/2

    WWE Divas Title Match: Charlotte vs. Paige. Disappointing contest.  The action was okay at best and the story was inconsistent and difficult to follow. Many contrast the difference in presentation of women in NXT compared to WWE. Not enough emphasis is placed on the disparity of in ring quality between women in NXT and WWE.  The fact that the same women who shined in the ring in NXT look confused and uncoordinated in WWE is baffling. *1/2

    Tyler Breeze vs. Dolph Ziggler. The action was crisp, the crowd was cold. Call it the crowd, call it the spot on the card, call it whatever you want; the reaction and crowd response was absent. **

    Survivor Series Match: Ryback, Lucha Dragons, and The Usos vs. The New Day, Shemus, and King Barrett. Bizarre layout for a heel vs. face Survivor Series match. Up to the point that the New Day left, the action was strong. Once the New Day left, the air was let out of the room. The most unlikeable character in the match, Sheamus, was the most valiant and courageous of the ten.  The last five minutes felt like dead air. **

    Brother of Destruction vs. Wyatt Family. Fun nostalgia match that served as another enjoyable pit stop on the Undertaker retirement tour. Taker looked good and Kane, Harper, and Wyatt fulfilled their respective roles sufficiently. An angle closing match that ended with an emphatic exclamation point that pleased the live crowd. ***

    WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose. Shorter than expected, but intense and competitive while it lasted. The match ended before they reached the peak, which made the finish less predictable. All of the after the bell shenanigans, from the show of respect, to the confetti, followed by the spear to Triple H, and concluding with the MITB cash in and Sheamus victory were all spot on. **3/4 for the match.

    Derrick Hubbard

    Definitely a THUMBS UP.  A solid show all the way around.

    Good tournament matches, a good backstage promo by Kevin Owens, a surprisingly good women’s match sans Sasha Banks, and a good surprise to close the show.  I *swear* when I saw that confetti, so evocative of Daniel Bryan’s title victory where he immediately lost the belt, I knew that Sheamus would be cashing in.  (I was less sure he would win, but I saw the cash in, especially with so much time left.)  I’m not sure I understand Reigns being angry with HHH, or how this is going to play out in a way that makes sense.  Also, I can’t wait until some heel or wise baby face gets intentionally counted out or disqualified at one of these unfair cash-ins.

    BEST MATCH:  I honestly think it was Reigns-Del Rio.  Del Rio looked great, and worked well with Reigns.

    WORST MATCH: Breeze-Ziggler was technically good, but lacked a bit of emotion for me.  Still, I do like Prince Pretty.  (He needs some work on promos though, as we saw in the Social Media Lounge.)

    Richard Orloski

  • ICW Fear and Loathing VIII Results: Grado vs. Drew Galloway

    Submitted By Tony Cottam

    Results and notes from the ICW Fear And Loathing VIII show.

    Results:

    — ICW Zero G Championship
    Davey Boy (w/ The Wee Man) defeated Stevie Boy (c)

    — 6 man Tag 
    Joe Hendry, Noam Dar & Kenny Williams defeated Liam Thomson, Lionheart & Doug Williams (Jimmy Havoc run in attack on the Thomson, Lionheart & Doug Williams team; after the match Carmel challenged Liam Thomson to a match at the next show, Square Go)

    — Tournament final for the new ICW Women’s Championship
    Mick Foley banned any ringside interference and added Viper to the match, making it a Three Way Dance
    Viper defeated Nikki Storm and Kay Lee Ray to become the first ICW Women’s Champion

    — Joe Coffey defeated Rhyno

    — ICW Tag Team Championship
    Polo Promotions (c) – Jackie Polo & Mark Coffey (w. Coach Trip & DCT) defeated The 55 – Kid Fite and Sha Samuels (w/ James R Kennedy and Timm Wylie to retan their titles

    — 6 Man Steel Cage Tag
    Teams win by all three members escaping.
    The New Age Kliq – Chris Renfrew, Wolfgang & BT Gunn eventually defeated The Legion – Tommy End, Dante & Mikey Whiplash. Order of Elimination: Wolfgang, Dante & Tommy End, Chris Renfrew and then Gunn & Whiplash crashed through tables at ringside at the same to make it a draw; Whiplash demanded that Gunn face him one on one and the match restarted as sudden death, with a pinfall to finish – Gunn pinned Whiplash for the victory.

    — Big Damo defeated Jack Jester

    — ICW World Heavyweight Championship
    Grado defeated Drew Galloway (c)
    Suspended GM Red Lightning tried to get involved, but was stopped by Mick Foley; ICW owner Mark Dallas counted the pinfall after a ref bump.

    Notes:

    — Legitimate sold out and packed 4000 crowd in Hall 3 of the SECC (Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre) the second biggest venue in Scotland.
    — Mick Foley as guest GM for the night, the only other import was Rhyno, who has a history of working ICW shows – no one shot big names to help pad the card.
    — Owner Mark Dallas announced next year’s Fear And Loathing would be in the larger SSE Hydro – on paper, the second busiest venue in the world after the O2 Arena in London. This is absolutely HUGE for ICW, the same arena that TNA ran their televised shows from and that the WWE run on their tours now.
    — Show started on time at 7pm, no mean feat with the size of the queues outside when the doors opened at 6.30pm
    — Stars of Scottish TV police sitcom “Scot Squad” appeared after the first 6 man tag match and “arrested” Lionheart to a big reaction.
    — The Grado vs. Galloway match had a legitimate “big match feel” to it – there was an atmosphere like nothing else I’ve ever experienced at any wresting show I’ve been too.
    — Mick Foley’s involvement was minimal, but he was well used.
    — Excellent show, well worth checking out on the ICW On Demand service.

  • ROH Survival of the Fittest report 11/15: Roderick Strong out with concussion

    By Kristian Marinello

    Shaheem Ali def. Kevin Lee Davidson via pinfall

    Fun opening match, Davidson hit a monster clothesline and a Finlay roll early. Ali hit a powerbomb and got the pin with a frogsplash.

    Cedric Alexander def. Will Ferrara via pinfall

    Alexander came out minus Veda Scott, which was kind of a bummer. Alexander hit some big spots early landing a huge knee and a backwards enziguri. Ferrara gained some momentum and performed an impressive DDT of the turnbuckle for a near fall. The two trashed talked and Alexander literally blew his nose on Ferrara before a lumbar check to get the win.

    An ROH staff member took the mic in the ring and announced that while Roderick Strong won his match in night 1 of Survival Of The Fittest, he would not be wrestling tonight as he sustained a concussion in his win. Roderick then came out mentioning how he would wrestle injured, but for safety he needs to be cleared first. He went on to say upon his return he would be taking challengers from all over the world for the TV title.

    Dalton Castle def. Adam Page via pinfall

    Match went outside almost immediately, fans were fanning the very over Castle. Match made its way back into the ring. Blows are traded and Page builds some momentum. BJ Whitmer comes out and in the distraction, castle hits a Bang-A-Rang and gets the pin.

    Mark Briscoe def. Frankie Kazarian via pinfall

    Match starts with Kazarian hitting Briscoe during the handshake. Briscoe gets angry and beats on Kazarian. Kazarian rakes the eyes and almost pins Briscoe. Kazarian is arguing with the ref about the two count and almost gets rolled up. Briscoe got strung up on the ropes and kicked the the outside. Kazarian beat on Briscoe to a near count out. After Kazarian hit a diamond cutter, he attempted a flux capacitor. Briscoe reversed and hit an elbow drop off the top for the pin.

    Adam Cole, Michael Bennett and Matt Taven defeated Moose, Raymond Rowe and Hanson via pinfall

    Match started with Taven and Rowe in the ring. Rowe no sold an impressive looking dropkick from Taven. The two had a staredown and Taven spit on Rowe before tagging in Hanson and Bennett. The two were in a very short time before Moose and Cole were tagged in. Moose gets thrown out and all of the partners followed in a huge brawl. Moose got back in the ring and dazed Cole, Bennett, and Taven in a row in time with the “Moose” chant before getting superkicked by all three. Hanson has a few cool spots in which he stacks three men on a turnbuckle before starting his 10 punch count, hits a splash of the top rope, and then does a suicide dive. Moose hit a powerbomb off the top rope before the ring getting cleared out and Adam Cole hitting an assisted piledriver on Rowe.

    Joey Daddiego def. Cheeseburger via pinfall

    Match after the intermission. Not a very good one at that.

    Young Bucks def. All Night Express via pinfall

    Match started with the Young Bucks superkicking the All Night Express to the outside in tandem. They followed up with tandem dives to the outside. Back in the ring Matt gets beat up pretty good by the Express before the hot tag. Nick cleans house, gives the crotchchop and lands a facebuster on Titus. The ref gets superkicked and is out cold. The Express regain command of the match and pinned Matt but the ref was out cold. Young Bucks turned it around and hit a Meltzer driver before waking the ref up and getting the pin.

    AJ Styles def. Matt Sydal

    Match started methodically with the two grappling and trading holds. The pace picked up after Sydal landed a couple of huracanranas. The match turned in Styles favor after getting his knees up before Sydal connected on a standing moonsault. Styles delivered a spinning backbreaker as well as brainbuster. Sydal mounted a comeback before Styles reversed a powerbomb with a hurricanrana into a near fall pin. Styles pinned Sydal after landing a Styles clash.

    Kyle O’ Reilly and Bobby Fish def. Jay Lethal and Donovan Dijak

    Lethal began the match by stalling outside with Truth Martini. Lots of crowd interaction with the wrestlers going back and forth with louder fans. O’Reilly and Fish pummeled Dijak for ahwile after knocking Lethal outside. Lethal breaks up an armbar on Dijak from O’Reilly. They gain some momentum and Dijak performs a brutal chokeslam into a backbreaker on Fish from Lethal’s shoulders. O’Reilly raises some hell and Lethal gets thrown out of the ring before O’Reilly and Fish hit a 3-D-like combo move and O’Reilly pins Dijak.

    Michael Elgin defeated Jay Briscoe, ACH, Silas Young and Christopher Daniels in a 45-minute main event

    • ACH pinned Silas Young with a german suplex.
    • Christopher Daniels pinned ACH after a low blow followed by standing moonsault.
    • Jay Briscoe pinned Christopher Daniels after a Jay Driller.
    • MIchael Elgin pinned Jay Briscoe after a Burning Hammer.

    Daniels and Silas seemed to have an alliance at the beginning and often broke holds on the other throughout the match. They start beating on Briscoe until he hits a double clothesline on them. Elgin German suplexes all four of his opponents and fighting moves outside. ACH dove on all four from the ring. Christopher Daniels put Elgin with Briscoe on his shoulders through a table from the apron. The match rules get changed to a “tornado style match due to the chaos”. Elgin dominated this match including a fallaway slam/Samoa drop combo with Daniels on his chest and Briscoe on his back.

  • WWE House Show Results, 11/14 Stuttgart, Germany, Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

    Submitted By Julian Schmid

    – 3-on-2 Handicap Tables Match: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) beat The New Day (Xavier Woods, Big E & Kofi Kingston)

    – Zack Ryder beat Darren Young

    – Cesaro beat The Miz

    – WWE Divas Championship Triple Threat Match: Charlotte (c) beat Paige and Alicia Fox

    – Demon Kane beat Big Show in a tables match

    – Curtis Axel beat Bo Dallas

    – Bo Dallas‘ Open Dance Off Challenge: R-Truth beat Bo Dallas

    – Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze (w/ Summer Rae)

    – Dean Ambrose beat WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens (c) via DQ. Faces make the save afterwards.

  • WWE Nottingham, England house show results (11/13): Roman gets biggest reaction for main event

    Submitted by Peter Leivers

    Neville vs. Stardust

    Loud pop for Neville and good heat Stardust. A good back and forth match finishing with Neville hitting the red arrow for the win.

    Fandango & Damien Sandow vs. Adam Rose & Heath Slater

    Another big pop for Fandango/Sandow and good heat Adam Rose pretty quiet for Heath Slater. Fandango wins with a roll-up on Slater.

    King Barrett vs. Jack Swagger vs. WWE U.S. Champion Alberto del Rio

    Barrett got really good heat. Lots of Rooney chants after Raw on Monday.  Mix of boos and cheers for Swagger and similar for ADR although not as big a reaction. It’s a strange situation as no one seems to know who to get behind as although Barrett is in his home country he is definitely playing heel. Del Rio came out to his face music but was acting a mix of face and feel and Swagger was acting the face. All a bit confusing. ADR got the win with the arm bar on Swagger.

    Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman vs. Usos and Ryback

    Again a good back and forth match with the Wyatts breaking character to be more traditional classic heels Wyatts get the win with Strowman submissin after four good Uso superkicks.

    Naomi & Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch & NXT Women’s Champion Bayley

    Unfortunately the crowd weren’t too hot for this. The only reason I can think is that there won’t be many people are NXT in the U.K so might not be familiar of the history of Sasha, Bayley and Becky. The crowd picks up with the hot tag to Becky who wins with the arm bar.

    Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension vs. Los Matadores

    One of Los Matadores hit an Eddie Guerrero Three Amigos to Sin Cara followed by the shimmy and chest beating which sadly didn’t get a massive reaction as I don’t think it landed that it was 10 years since Eddie’s death.  George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone” hits and El Tortito enters and attacks Los Matadores causing confusion leading to Kalisto hitting the Salida del Sol to eliminate Ascension.  Lucha Dragons get the win via another Eddie tribute with a Sin Cara frog splash.

    No Holds barred: Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt

    Reigns got the biggest pop of the night. A good match between both guys using the stairs, a kendo stick, 2 tables and chairs. Wyatt played a more classic heel role at one point shouting to the crowd, “Look at my muscles,” whilst he had Reigns in a rest hold. Both guys went though tables in good spots.  Reigns eventually got the win after Bray a hit chair placed in corner between the ropes and then spear for the 123.

    Notes:

    – A good show unfortunately no proper mention of Eddie Guerrero just the couple of spots in the triple threat tag match.

    I was at the Nottingham show in April and this was a much better show and much better crowd than last time. It was a full house and the show was announced by Eden. Pre-show, we had to vote to view a classic match on the TitanTron. We got Taker vs. Mankind at Survivor Series.

  • WWE Brighton, England house show results (11/11): Roman Reigns tour

    By Tony Earnshaw

    Neville pinned Stardust 

    Damien Sandow & Fandango beat Heath Slater & Adam Rose.

    Alberto Del Rio beat Jack Swagger & King Barrett in a Triple Threat to retain the US Title.

    Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan & Luke Harper beat Usos & Ryback.

    Bayley & Becky Lynch beat Sasha Banks & Naomi.

    Lucha Dragons beat Los Matadores & The Ascension in a tag elimination match.

    Roman Reigns beat Bray Wyatt in a no holds barred match.

  • WWE NXT Jacksonville, FL house show results: Rich Swann & Biff Busick debut

    Submitted by Ross Blair

    – From the Maxwell Snyder Armory 

    – Tough Enough’s Sara Lee made an appearance. She came out with Solomon Crowe & Hugo Knox to mingle with fans for the pre-show autograph session.

    – Hugo Knox (dancing wildly — I guess like a Euro party raver) pinned Angelo Dawkins after a flying crossbody and sunset flip.

    – Gionna Daddio & Adrienne Reese defeated Emma & Aliyah when Daddio pinned Aliyah after a good looking top rope moonsault.

    – Next up was the double interview debut of top shelf indy wrestlers turned NXT newbies Rich Swann & Biff Busick. Ring announcer Dasha Fuentes welcomed “NXT’s latest signee” Swann, who quickly introduced his “good friend who I’ve travelled around the world with: Christopher Gerard,” not mentioning his apparently dropped ring name of Biff Busick. Gerard announced his quest for NXT championship. Swann interjected that he wants the NXT title, and “we may be friends outside the ring, but inside the ring we are competition,” followed by a nose-to-nose stare down. 

    – “The Drifter” Elias Sampson pinned Levis Valenzuela. Sampson established himself as the heel before the bell rang by serenading the crowd, guitar in hand, with a tune he titled “Jacksonville Is A Joke”.

    – Solomon Crowe pinned Josh Woods after a spinning heel kick and brainbuster.

    – The Vaudevillains got the win over Tino Sabbatelli & Steve Cutler when Aiden English pinned Sabbatelli after the whirling dervish.

    – Enzo Amore pinned Tucker Knight.

    – Billie Kay, managed by Sylvester Lefort this night, got an upset victory over Nia Jax. Kay, who spent the majority of the match on defense, rolled up Jax from behind with a schoolboy. Jax left both Kay & Lefort laying after a pair of Samoan drops.

    – Chad Gable & Jason Jordan def. NXT Tag Team Champions Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson by DQ. Wilder pulled the ref out of the ring to break up a Gable pinfall before the count of three. A tremendous match as all four men brought their working shoes. The crowd chanted “save the Gable” as a parody of Xavier Woods’ “save the table” whenever Gable was in trouble. Enzo came out to help clear the ring and to end the show with three most over babyfaces of the night raising each others’ hands in victory.