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  • WWE Superstars results (11/7): Neville relegated to singles action; Bo Dallas gets a rare win.

    The Big Takeaway: Neville beats Slater with his move and Bo Dallas gets a rare win over Zack Ryder in a good main event.

    Neville beat Heath Slater (4:02)

    Watching last week’s Table for 3, it was interesting to see Neville up close. He’s a very low-key guy who loves wrestling and takes great care of himself, but he was clearly pretty sad about not being apart of NXT anymore. And when you see him used like this on Superstars, you can sympathise with him.

    They lock up and Neville takes a shoulder barge to the mat and Slater poses and gyrates his hips. Neville regroups and they start again and this time Neville takes down Slater for a quick cover and then catches him and face plants him into the mat. Neville then flips between the ropes and catches Slater with a diving cross body off the second turn buckle and covers him for two.

    Slater charges Neville into the corner and beats him down. Slater locks in a chin lock and Neville works out into a neckbreaker but he then runs right into Slater’s boot. Slater tries the cover but can only get two and so goes back to the chin lock. This time it is more effective and Neville has to work out with punches. Slater runs into Nevilles boot, who now gets the heat with kicks and an enzugiri which allows him to set up and hit the Red Arrow for the win.

    Bo Dallas beat Zack Ryder (7:54)

    Ryder tries to get the crowd going early but the reaction is tepid. Dallas immediately goes for a roll up at the bell and Ryder kicks out, but that is enough for Dallas to take a victory lap. He goes back into the ring and eats and drop kick and then Ryder uses a headlock takedown for a quick two count. He then flips him with a fireman’s carry into a wrist lock and rings the arm until Dallas uses the ropes to break the hold.

    Dallas goes outside and Ryder hits him through the ropes with a missile drop kick. They go back in the ring but Dallas rolls back outside and plays possum and sweeps Ryder’s legs on the apron. He then side Russian leg sweeps Ryder into the dasher boards. We go to a break as Dallas is in the ring waiting for Ryder to get back up.

    As we return, Ryder is trying to shake off the beating but takes a forearm to the mat. Dallas goes outside and uses a series of forearms to the back of Ryder’s neck. He covers Ryder for two and then puts on a rear chin lock. Ryder fights out but takes a high knee to the jaw and is then able to face plant Dallas to get some space.

    Ryder gets the heat with a flying forearm, gets his knees up as Dallas charges at him and then goes for a missile drop kick off the second rope. Dallas dodges it and Ryder takes a flat back bump and Dallas gets a two count. Dallas uses a neckbreaker but again Ryder kicks out. Dallas is frustrated and yells “come on!” Ryder hits an enzugiri and then sets up and hits the Broski Boot. Dallas rolls outside and Ryder hits him with a drop kick which sends him into the barricade. Ryder goes up top but is crotched and Dallas hits his new finisher, the rope-hung whiplash neckbreaker, for the win. This was very good.

  • WWE Leeds, England, house show results (11/7): Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

    The “Rollins tour” headed to the Frist Direct Arena in Leeds, England, last night with a newly shuffled line-up. Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens main evented a show that was full but not a sell out. They had the top section tarped off with probably around 8,000 in attendance. 

    – Ric Flair opened the show to a nice pop. He looked frail as he moved down the small ramp to the ring. He anounced that Seth Rollins was injured and that, therefore, the main event was Ambrose v Owens.

    – The Dudley Boyz b WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day in a non-title tables Match when The Dudleys used the 3D on Xavier Woods through a table.

    – Cesaro b The Miz in a long match. Miz was a great heel here.

    – WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor b Sheamus in an non-title match. Sheamus took most of the match but Balor was tremendous. These two worked extremely well together, and probably had the best match of the night.

    – Curtis Axel b Bo Dallas in under a minute. There were kids around me commenting on how big Dallas has gotten. Dallas got on the mic and called out for some more opposition and R-Truth came out and they had a dance off. Truth took a cheap shot from Dallas but eventually this turned into a match, somehow, and Truth pinned him.

    – Kane b Big Show in a tables match with a chokeslam through a table. This was just what you’d expect. I’d have been seriously annoyed if I’d been In Cardiff on Thursday when this was the main event.

    – Dolph Ziggler b Tyler Breeze (w/ Summer Rae) in a very good match. Rae was sent to the back by the ref after she hit Ziggler with one of her shoes.

    – Becky Lynch & Divas Champion Charlotte b Brie Bella & Alicia Fox. Paige was the special guest referee. After the match, Paige attached Becky and Charlotte. They fought her off and celebrated on the ramp.

    – Dean Ambrose b WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens by DQ after Owens used a chair. After a good match, Owens used the chair twice and Ziggler came out to make the save. Then the ring filled with Sheamus, Cesaro, The New Day and The Dudley Boyz all coming out. The faces stood victorious to send people home happy.

    Notes:

    Merchandise on sale was Cena, Balor, Reigns, Rollins and tour shirts. Programmes were a ridiculous £20. Kids were eveywhere drenched in Cena merchandise and many clearly had no idea that he was going to be there. Every year, I find this so irritating that they don’t do more to communicate to parents who is going to be there.

  • WOR 11/8: UFC in Brazil, Fedor update, New Japan Power Struggle, Seth Rollins update, more!

    We have a packed weekend edition of Wrestling Observer Radio tonight! Tons to discuss including UFC from Brazil with the Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort main event, more on New Year’s Eve in Japan with Fedor Emelianenko, New Japan Power Struggle, Alberto actually gets cleared to do a non-WWE match, Seth Rollins surgery and comeback update and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • WWE TLC 2010 – A look at the New December Classic

    Tables, Ladders, and Chairs… Oh My! – Part 2

    By: PeachMachine (@hendosfoodblog and @parkingcone)

    This week…

    TLC 2 – December 19,2010 – Houston Texas – Toyota Center

    Dark Match – Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Ted DiBiase (with Maryse) for the WWE United States Championship

    • Not on the network, but let’s start our tally of current WWE employees versus goners – D. Bryan still with the company (barely), but DiBiase and Maryse are gone, so it’s 1-2.
    • U.S. Champion D. Bryan in the dark slot.  Ya. 

    Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger in a triple threat ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

    • Stryker, Cole and Lawler again.  Cole has his Slammies.  Remember when the Slammies were real, or something like that?
    • Of the four performers involved in the first match, yes for Kofi, yes for Dolph, yes-ish for Swagger, and no for Vicki, so it’s 4-3.
    • A pretty average three way and a pretty average ladder match with a super flat finish of Dolph picking the title up off the ground that was dropped by Kofi and Swagger.

    Natalya and Beth Phoenix defeated LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool) in a tag team tables match

    • Natalya is the only one still remaining, so we’re at 5 in and 6 out.
    • I’ve haven’t heard as many hi-yas in one place since my 6 year old birthday party where we all were dressed as ninjas.
    • Stryker just sounds like a complete dork.
    • I enjoyed the painted table because I have no idea if it was supposed to be flattering or insulting to LayCool.
    • I see why they haven’t done another one of these since.
    • The double Sharpshooter by Natalya actually looked pretty good.
    • Natalya having to do the cross body off the top because the table didn’t break made the ending at least enjoyable.

    Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov (c) defeated The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Health Slater) (with Husky Harris and whatever Curtis Axel was before, something McGuillicutty?) by DQ for the WWE Tag Team Championship

    • Santino is not wrestling anymore, Kozlov is gone, Gabriel quit, Slater is a jobber, Harris is now Bray Wyatt, and Axelmania is, well, unclear at best.  That puts us at 8 on the roster and 9 not, and the biggest current player of this match is Husky Harris.
    • Remember Kozlov?

    John Morrison defeated King Sheamus in a ladder match to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship

    • Wow, Michael Cole really stepping up his annoyingness putting himself over in this one.  Nothing I like more than hearing the announcers talk about how great they are personally.
    • Sheamus is still around, and Morrison is doing stand up comedy.  Who came out better?  9 still here, 10 gone. 
    • Let’s toss the announce team into our tally, so we have Cole and King still around and Stryker gone.  Now we’re even at 11. 
    • Pretty wild ladder match.  I like when they build stuff out of the ladders. 
    • Do you think Morrison really did Parkour?   Like in his free time, would he go run in the park and jump off of picnic tables?  Or did he just go to the gym like a normal person.
    • I like to think that all contract disputes are settled this way.  “Alright, we’ve acquired the Donaldson contract.  Let’s all thank Gary for winning that ladder match.”
    • Michael Cole, “That steel ladder bent in half!”  WWE Director, “And now lets got a shot of those wood shards from where the wooden section of the ladder broke.”
    • This is actually a dang good match.  Really fun stuff here.

    The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated Randy Orton in a tables match for the WWE Championship

    • Miz is still around and now wearing a cape, Orton is around but injured, and A-Ry?  MIA.  I can’t count him as a current roster member… Well I just checked the WWE Superstars page, and he’s there, so I have to count him.  14 yes – 11 no.  Oh wait, I forgot to add Josh Matthews to the no list.  14-12. 
    • I once pitched a tag team idea for Zach Ryder and Alex Riley.  They would have been called A Ri to Z Ry… And by pitched I mean, said to myself alone in the car and giggled. 
    • Did you do your Randy Orton body research from last week?  One day when I figure out how to screen shot something I’ll do it myself.  Nah, I won’t.  Regardless, he looks better in 2010 than 2009.  Bigger for sure.  And it looks like he finally got those wonderful tattoo sleeves completed. 
    • A Ry took the table bump and Miz put a lifeless Randy Orton through the remains, and Mike Chioda didn’t see it because he had been bumped. 
    • Chioda saw the replay on the big screen and restarted the match.  Let’s start the 90-second timer… Way less.
    • So now Orton falls off the apron and into a table and the match is over. 
    • So the ref can use replay but only if they happen to notice it.  It can’t be done officially, I guess.  Cole was yelling about how instant replay is illegal.
    • They showed a replay of Chioda watching the replay.  Whoa!  Trippy.

    Edge defeated Kane (c), Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) in a Fatal-4-Way TLC match for the World Heavyweight Championship

    • Rosa Mendes and Del Rio chatted it up before the match.  Strangely, they are both still on the roster.
    • Edge is gone, Rey is gone, Ricardo is gone, Kane is now two people, but he’s fired.  Whatever.  17 yes and 15 no.
    • This is just after the “Edge is a psychopath father torture” angle. 
    • Edge took a ladder and threw it near the announcers and you could see Stryker do the “stop short” arm move for the King.  That was nice.
    • Then Stryker says that Edge chose the biggest ladder because of his experience.  Ok?
    • Some pretty inventive stuff here.  Rey jumped off one of the prop tables that were hung over the stage.
    • Ricardo took a big bump from Kane. 
    • This was a heck of a TLC match.  Just sort of brutal and realistic.  When the spots get too inventive, it takes me out of it.
    • It also takes me out of it when at the start of every ladder match the guys have to stare at the title longingly. 
    • Hellacious bump by Del Rio coming off the big ladder through a table out of the ring.
    • Kane’s back up and looks to have a trickle of blood on his head.  Better go to that wide shot.
    • Edge spanked Kane with a chair.
    • Remember the Con-Chair-To?
    • Kane took a pretty solid bump to the floor through a table after a spear by Edge.
    • Really excellent TLC match. 

    An unbelievably embarrassingly bad comedy Santa skit…

    • Dashing Cody Rhodes came out to speak.  He’s still on the roster, sort of.  18 and 15. 
    • Fat material.  Jowl puns.  Wow.
    • Michael Cole’s fake laugh is sickening.  “Irritable Jowl Syndrome.” Haha!  Good stuff Cody. 
    • I enjoy the old school heel running down the audience, but this material is “Boy Meets World” level bad.
    • Then the Bellas came out as elves and Big Show as Santa.
    • Big Show is out to plug Knucklehead.  I hope that ends up in my stocking this year.
    • The Bellas and Show are still on the roster.  21-15
    • Big Show’s finish is a punch.  How is he not the Champion on an amazing undefeated streak if all he has to do is punch?

    John Cena defeated Wade Barrett in a chairs match

    • CM Punk comes to the ring to announce.  He’s out.
    • Cena is still the man even though he’s off TV for a bit, and Barrett probably wishes he were fired a long time ago.  23 yes, and 16 no.
    • There are literally dozens of chairs at ringside and Cena can’t seem to pick one up.
    • “We Hate Cena” T-Shirt guy in the front row.  Speak for yourself!
    • This match is just silly. 
    • Chair use in this match is idiotic.  Wade continually tries to decapitate him but keeps missing, and then gently swipes him on the side later when he had him dead to rights.
    • Red Hat guy in the crowd
    • This PPV is dragging. 
    • Cena “knocked out” Barrett, then poured cold water on his face to wake him up, just so he could zoom him down the ramp on a rolling chair into the propped up ring steps.  That’s really what happened. 
    • Now I’m supposed to take this match seriously.
    • Oh, remember earlier when Cena knocked out all five other Nexus guys earlier in the night?  He’s concussed a half a dozen men this evening. 
    • Cena wins by giving Barrett an Attitude Adjustment onto 8 chairs. 
    • That match was pretty stupid.  It had a zany finish of Cena putting Barrett under a protective table, and then pulling down the prop chairs and they all fell on Barrett. 

    Summary:  This was a much better show than the year before.  Actually, I just went through the card again, and I’m wrong.  It’s not as good.  The terrible stuff was just the dirt worst, and there were some cringe worthy matches.  The TLC match was really good.  Go watch that. 

  • WWE Madrid, Spain, house show results (11/7): Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns street fight

    Submitted by Carlos Gascó

    From the sold-out Barclays Center. Yesterday’s Barcelona show was also sold out.

    – Lilian Garcia welcomes us to the show singing in Spanish.

    – Neville defeated Stardust after the Red Arrow, and gets a standing ovation.

    – Damien Sandow defeated Heath Slater with a roll up in less than a minute.

    – The Wyatt Family defeated Ryback and The Usos after Jay Uso tapped to a submission by Strowman.

    – Fandango defeated King Barrett with a roll up. Before the match, Barrett did a speech talking about being the real king of Spain.

    – The Lucha Dragons defeated The Ascension and Los Matadores after Salida del Sol from Kalisto to Viktor. During the match, Matadores wore Spanish soccer team t-shirts that, in the middle of the match, they threw out. doing a turn heel. Torito interfered to help the Dragons.

    – Natalya & Bayley defeated Team Bad (Sasha & Naomi) w/Tamina. People are chanting “NXT NXT”. Natalya submitted Naomi with the Sharpshooter.

    – WWE U.S. Champion Alberto del Rio def. Jack Swagger. ADR did a pre-match promo in Spanish. ADR retained after a foot stomp from the top rope.

    – Roman Reigns def. Bray Wyatt in a street fight match that featured chairs, tables and kendo stick shots. Reigns wins after a spear.

  • WOR 11/6: Booking around Seth Rollins’ injury, every bad fight ever made in one day

    Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with a very long breaking news audio show on a bunch of different stories — every bad idea fight you can imagine being put together all at once for Bellator and Rizin, how Seth Rollins going down may lead to a breath of fresh air for the entire company with so many booking options and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • 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.

  • WWE London 11/6 house show results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

    Submitted by Gary Sweetapple

    – From London’s O2 Arena

    – Dudleys over WWE Tag Team Champions New Day in a non-title handicap tables match when Xavier took the 3D through the table. Crowd was hot for this and was a good start to the evening. Both teams worked very professionally.

    – Cesaro over the Miz with the sharpshooter after a short swing. This was a standard and safely worked house show match, good crowd work by both men.

    – Becky Lynch over Brie Bella with the armbar. Funny that people still Yes the Daniel Bryan spot with the kicks from Brie. Crowd felt a bit flat for this, it was ok.

    – Curtis Axel over Bo Dallas in a short match. He lost quickly and then asked someone to come out from the back to fight as the first fight wasn’t fair. R Truth came out and Bo wanted a dance contest. He danced to “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred with some goofy moves. Then, as R Truth went to dance, Bo attacked but was quickly beaten again. You can mark this under fun filler.

    – Kane over Big Show in a street fight. Ending was a top rope choke slam through a table. Kane was over and Big Show even got a respectable round of a applause as he left. The match was well worked.

    – WWE Divas Champion Charlotte over Paige. She got the win with the figure eight. Paige was over with the crowd, Charlotte was booed. Both girls worked hard and put on a respectable match. Much better from these women.

    – NXT Champion Finn Balor over Sheamus. Finn won with the double diving foot stomp. Both guys worked well together and worked hard to put on a show. Finn didn’t get the superstar reaction but Sheamus did. However, Finn won over a few people by the end. Match of the night.

    – Dolph Ziggler over Tyler Breeze with the zig zag outta nowhere. Tyler, much like Finn, didn’t get a superstar reaction but Ziggler was a welcome star for the crowd. Summer played her part well and both guys worked hard. Good little match.

    – Dean Ambrose over WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens by DQ. Well worked with the usual Ambrose & Owens spots, which are always good. They worked well together but a chair shot DQ ending was lame. Cesaro, Sheamus, Ziggler, New Day and Dudleys all came out for the brawl at the end, ending with Big E taking a 3D, then Owens surrounded by the babyfaces and taking Dirty Deeds before Ambrose’s music hit, sending the crowd home fairly satisfied.

    Notes:

    – Well attended. The o2 was pretty much full, although the show ran a little long and people started to leave during the main event. It’s not the fault of the guys or the quality of the main event. It’s was a little late (10:30 local time) and with it being a very young crowd, people need to get home Everybody worked well, especially the last few matches of the night.

  • WWE Wrestlemania party news & notes including NXT mini-show

    Submitted by Cory Van Kleeck

    At Thursday’s Wrestlemania 32 on-sale party at Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, there was a free NXT show:

    – Samoa Joe b Baron Corbin (Billy Gunn joined in for the surprise pop to save Joe from a post match beat down)

    – Apollo Crews b Tye Dillinger

    – Asuka b Peyton Royce

    – Zack Ryder & Mojo Rawley b Blake & Murphy

    – Carmella b Alexa Bliss

    Notes:

    – Announced attendance was 7137 which they touted strongly as a record for the onsale event.

    – The ring was on the 50-yard line midfield with almost everyone standing on the field around the ring, while a few sat in the stands.

    – The evening featured numerous q&a’s with Steve Austin, Booker T, Mark Henry and Lita.  Lana was also in attendance (showing no injury signs) but got no mic time. Austin was in tremendous shape and form and was clearly having a great time before and during the event. He mentioned twice that he would not be coming back to wrestle, but if he did he’d prefer Brock or Cena.

    – Booker T brought the Spinaroonie out of retirement when three Dallas Cowboys called him out.

    – Contests were held with trivia and impressions for t-shirt giveaways, and there was face painting along with autographs with Cowboys, cheerleaders, WWE and NXT stars.

    – Ticket sales started at 4 PM, doors opened at 5 PM, the event started at 6 PM, and ended at 9 PM.  I heard of people there at 4 AM, so it was a LONG day for some folks standing almost the entire way.

  • FREE TODAY! WOL 11/6: Seth Rollins injury, Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame discussion

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with a FREE show today talking all the news in WWE regarding Seth Rollins and where they go from here, the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame issue available now for subscribers and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

    Information on how to read the new Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2015 Hall of Fame issue is here!

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