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Impact Wrestling
Date: October 19, 2017
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Jeremy Borash, Josh Matthews
Hopefully with more wrestling this week. Were less than a month away from Bound For Glory 2017 and that means its time to really crank things up. The big story is Johnny Impact becoming #1 contender to Eli Drakes World Title. Well at least thats the big story on the wrestling side. On the MMA side, Moose has been joined by Stephan Bonnar to go after American Top Team. Lets get to it.
Moose and Stephan Bonnar arrive with everything they stole from the American Top Team facilities.
American Top Team is here as well. Its going to be another one of those shows.
Recap of Chris Adonis attacking Johnny Impact last week.
Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact
Adonis slugs away at Johnny to start but gets kicked in the ribs. We hit the bearhug on Impact for a bit before a spinebuster gets two. The Adonis Lock goes on but Johnny is able to dive over the top for the break in a unique idea. Back in and Impact slugs away in the corner, including a kick to the head. The flip neckbreaker gives Impact two, followed by a springboard corkscrew kick to the head for another near fall and we take a break. Back with Impact breaking up a superplex attempt and hitting the countdown 450 (Countdown to Impact) for the pin at 10:15.
Post match Eli Drake runs in but gets his pants ripped off. The double teaming takes Impact down but Garza Jr. runs in for the save because HE is the one who rips the pants off around here.
Alberto El Patron is back at Bound For Glory. Again I say: PLEASE NO!
Hijo de Fantasma vs. James Storm vs. Texano vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Ethan Carter III
This is from Cancun, Mexico, the winner goes on to a match we wont be seeing and its one fall to a finish. Its a brawl to start with Storm being sent outside as JB talks about how Team Impact needs to work as a unit. Again, one fall and singles matches of course so lets talk about teamwork. Carter clotheslines Texano down and its time for some triple teaming until Carter doesnt want Storm to get the pin. Fantasma crossbodies Eddie for two but its Storm up again to take over.
Thats still not cool with Carter, who says he should be getting the fall. We hit a parade of big moves until Carter and Texano hit a double clothesline to put everyone down. Back up and Texano posts Edwards, leaving Fantasma to piledrive Carter. Storm and Texano tease going after Fantasmas father at ringside but the distraction just lets Texano pin Carter at 8:22.
OVE is in Tijuana, Mexico to find Konnan, who agrees to meet with them in exchange for a title defense in the Crash promotion.
Carter, Storm and Edwards bicker about the loss in Cancun.
American Top Team yells at Jim Cornette over the stolen property. You have breaking and entering, destruction of property and theft on tape/national TV and you go to the wrestling boss?
Dezmond Xavier vs. Andrew Everett
Everett takes him down by the neck for two to start and a snap suplex gives him the same. Xavier is sent outside as we hear that Taryn Terrell wont be in the Knockouts Title match at Bound For Glory. Sounds like an injury or someone else leaving the company. Thats enough talking about the Knockouts so the announcers discuss Alberto El Patron returning.
Xavier makes his comeback with some kicks and a backdrop to the floor, followed by the running flip dive to take out Everett and Trevor Lee. Speaking of Lee, he offers another distraction but Xavier misses a charge into the corner. The moonsault kick to the head gives Xavier the pin at 4:37.
Preview of Lee going to Tijuana next week to defend the title. GOOD GRIEF ENOUGH WRESTLING FROM MEXICO ALREADY! These are just matches for the sake of having matches and this is now the third story on the show set in Mexico. I get that a partnership is cool but this is taking over the show.
Oh hey lets go to Mexico again where OVE is looking for Konnan. Theyll have to defend the titles tonight.
Bonnar and Moose have the Bellator gear in the back. Yes they really brought it here with them and were supposed to believe this is real.
Long recap of the issues between Grado and Joseph Park with Park exploiting Grado and taking his money.
Heres Grado to call out Park. Grado is ready to prosecute Park for stealing from him (or maybe just taking whatever Grado agreed to give him in the contract) and hes going to be Parks executioner. We hear a rant about how Grado has been worked ragged for Parks benefit and Grado doesnt want to hear any jokes. Park admits that the money was too tempting for him and he gave in. However, the visa keeps Grado in the country so he pretty much has nothing to say right now.
Grado wants the visa handed to him but Park has a better idea: a match at Bound For Glory for Grados freedom. Grado immediately signs and Park is rather happy. See, Grado still hasnt learned about reading the fine print. It turns out that the match is going to be Monsters Ball and against the monster Abyss.
Recap of Moose/Bonnar vs. American Top Team. My goodness this show loves its recaps.
A panicked Grado gets in his car when someone changes the radio to Abyss theme. Its Father James Mitchell of all people, who scares Grado away.
Tag Team Titles: OVE vs. Black Diamond/Black Danger
OVE is defending and this is in Tijuana for the Crash promotion. Jake, in most of a suit, crossbodies Diamond to start and its OVE firing off some kicks to the ribs. We finally settle down to Danger being sent into Diamond, only to have Danger catapult Jake into a spear out of the air. Cool spot if nothing else. A superplex into a powerbomb gets two on Danger and its a spike tombstone (with a top rope double stomp) to put Diamond away at 3:44.
JB is in the ring for what sounds like the Hall of Fame announcement when American Top Team interrupts. Dan Lambert says this isnt how it was supposed to be. This was supposed to be a thing with Jeff Jarrett but now hes the villain in the story, despite being a huge wrestling fan for forty years. He got into MMA through Japanese shoot professional wrestling promotions and has the biggest collection of wrestling memorabilia in the world.
Lambert pulls out Bruno Sammartinos first WWWF World Title belt, the National Tag Team Titles from Georgia, the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles, and Jerry Lawlers AWA World Title (which I believe Lawler said he still had on the AWA documentary). Lambert talks about Moose and Bonnar taking their stuff and showing no respect.
Therefore, at Bound For Glory, we should have a fight with the two of them facing King Mo and Lashley. Thats a fight that wrestling cant win because theyre not real fighters. Cue Moose and Bonnar with the Bellator titles but theyre quickly beaten down. Lambert runs his mouth about how horrible wrestling is and American Top Team beats down security and the invading roster.
This was a better segment than any other from the MMA guys but EGADS the level of focus this story is receiving is getting very old. Its a bunch of guys who arent going to wrestle plus Lashley and King Mo, who wrestled like three times and wasnt interesting. Lambert is a decent heel manager but I get really, really tired of hearing about how awesome mixed martial arts is every single week. As usual, this company has no idea what draws fans in and just goes with an idea that they like for months on end, probably leading to a tag match which should be a regular match, but that would imply that the wrestlers are the interesting ones.
OVE gets to meet Konnan and want their pay for the night. Uh, Konnan never said hed pay them. He said hed talk to them in exchange for them wrestling. Konnan basically says as much and here are the Crash guys to beat OVE down. Who decided to have two beatdown segments in a row?
Global Forged videos, as we continue to have ANYTHING but Impact on this show.
Recap of Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary.
Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary
Rosemary wastes no time in charging at Taya in the corner and throwing her across the ring. Taya chokes her in the corner a bit and we take a break. Back with Rosemary stomping in the corner as the announcers make a not so subtle reference to Sexy Star injuring Rosemary in Mexico. Rosemarys modified Tarantula slows Taya down but Valkyrie throws her into the corner to take over again.
A quickly broken chinlock keeps Rosemary in trouble but she grabs a release German suplex. They loudly slug it out with Rosemary screaming a lot, only to be taken down by some hard kicks to the chest. Rosemary is dropped with her legs bent underneath her, only to come back up with an Undertaker style situp. Not that it matters as Taya hits a double stomp for the pin at 10:55.
Post match Taya loads up the Road to Valhalla but gets misted for her efforts. Rosemary says they make each other see red so it can be a different shade of red at Bound For Glory: blood red. That sounds like a first blood challenge, though Im more curious about why Tayas face looks completely normal after taking red mist to the face.
Results
Johnny Impact b. Chris Adonis Countdown to Impact
Texano b. Hijo de Fantasma, James Storm, Eddie Edwards and Ethan Carter III Piledriver to Carter
Dezmond Xavier b. Andrew Everett Moonsault kick to the head
OVE b. Black Danger/Black Diamond Spike tombstone to Diamond
Taya Valkyrie b. Rosemary Double stomp
Friday
Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt are off Tables Ladders and Chairs due to medical reasons. Kurt Angle and Finn Balor will be taking their places.
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Tables Ladders and Chairs 2017
Date: October 22, 2017
Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Booker T.
Now this one has my attention as the card has almost been thrown out the window due to a string of medical issues. AJ Styles is replacing Bray Wyatt to face Finn Balor, but in a bigger story its Kurt Angles first WWE match in over eleven years as he replaces Roman Reigns in the shows namesake match. Lets get to it.
Kickoff Show: Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks
Rematch from Raw. Fox bails to the floor to start before taking her down and grabbing a way too early chinlock. Sasha fights up and knocks Alicia outside and we take a break without much having happened so far. Back with Fox messing with Banks hair and shoving her off the top in a heap. Alicia pulls at her hair a bit and its mostly one sided so far. Back in and Fox slams Sasha right back to the floor but theres no immediate count. Fox to the fans: EVERYBODY HELP THE REFEREE DO HIS JOB!
A backbreaker gives Fox two and Booker compares her to the Missing Link of all people. Sasha kicks her to the floor without much effort and a headscissors takes Fox down back inside. Another backbreaker has Banks in trouble but only for two, meaning Fox screeches a lot. Not that it matters as the ax kick misses and its the Bank Statement makes Fox tap at 10:12.
The opening video looks at all of the changes to the card with a focus on Angle, as you would probably expect. The rest of the card gets a shorter look.
Emma vs. Asuka
Asuka is making her main roster debut and the fans are VERY excited for her entrance. An early cross armbreaker has Emma in early trouble and the hip attack puts her down again. Asuka cant get the ankle lock and Emma kicks her down for two, meaning its time for the confidence to start. A hard shot to the back gives Emma two more and the fans are all behind Asuka.
Emma slaps on a seated full nelson but makes the mistake of slapping her in the face. That earns Emma a sliding knee to the face, only to have Emma hit a sliding kick of her own for two. Its time for the pain though as Asuka snaps off a German suplex, only to have Emma head outside and pull Asuka outside by the hair. Not that it really matters as Asuka kicks her in the head and slaps on the Asuka Lock for the tap out at 9:21.
Miz gives the Bar a pep talk until Strowman comes in to yell at them. Kane comes in as well and promises to turn the main event into a nightmare.
Heres Elias to talk about how awesome he is and play a little song. As hes playing though, vegetables are thrown into the ring by .Jason Jordan. This goes nowhere and is as fillerish as you can get.
Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick vs. Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann
Kendrick has turned Gallagher evil and they targeted Alexander. Swann came in to help out his buddy. Cedric and Gallagher start things off but its already off to Swann to speed things up (not the worst idea when you need a shot of adrenaline) with his flips. Jack is sent outside where he trips Cedric, only to be taken down by a Swann flip dive from the apron. Cedric isnt about to be outdone and hits a flip dive of his own over the top.
Back in and Kendrick cravates Swann to slow things down and Rich is sent head first into the buckle. Swann escapes a belly to back and brings Cedric in off the hot tag. Cedric cleans house, including a spinning kick to Gallaghers head. Kendrick takes him outside and scores with a northern lights suplex, to put Cedric in trouble. Back in and the Captains Hook is broken up as Swann drops a Phoenix splash. The Lumbar Check ends Kendrick at 7:57.
Alexa Bliss thinks Mickie James is only mad at her over the age jokes, but the truth is that Bliss idolized Mickie growing up. Mickie has gone toe to toe with Hall of Famers, but after tonight the good old days will just be old.
Womens Title: Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James
James is challenging and headlocks Bliss to start, much to the champs annoyance. Bliss pulls the hair to escape a few times before snapping Mickies arm across the top rope. That means its time to rip at the arm and slap on an armbar for good measure. You can feel Bliss confidence here, which is exactly how this story should go. A near fall only frustrates Bliss more and Mickie fights out of the corner with a good looking hurricanrana.
They slap it out until a forearm from Bliss and a high kick from Mickie connect at the same time. Its Mickie getting the better of it and hitting some running forearms. Bliss goes to the arm again but Mickie slugs her down and nips up. Mickie gets crotches on top but Twisted Bliss only hits mat. A bad looking missile dropkick gives Mickie two but Bliss seems to be hurt. Mickie goes for it of course and gets pulled shoulder first into the corner. Bliss adds the DDT to retain at 11:30.
Post match Mickie says shes disappointed but shell be back. We get a thank you to the fans and Mickie is out.
Angle is getting ready in the back when Ambrose and Rollins come in. Theyre ready for the match but have a gift for Angle: his own riot squad gear. Angle says hes in all the way.
Heres Elias to try his song again but one more time hes delayed by Jordan throwing vegetables, this time from a shopping cart. Even Graves mentions that were filling time.
We recap Enzo Amore vs. Kalisto. Enzo won the Cruiserweight Title last month but Kalisto won it in a big surprise. That wasnt cool with Amore, who said that he was the only real star in the division. Tonight is the rematch.
Cruiserweight Title: Enzo Amore vs. Kalisto
Kalisto is defending. Before the match, Enzo, with a hoarse voice, does his usual shtick and says hes not going to be one of those people who stands around while everyone else gets whatever they want. Enzo bails into the corner to start and the chase is on with Kalisto grabbing a headscissors for his first big offense. Another spin sends Enzo bailing to the floor and we hit the stall button. Back in and Enzo sends him head first into the top turnbuckle to take over for the first time.
A hard kick to the ribs keeps Kalisto down and theres the baseball punch for two. We hit the chinlock with Enzo grabbing the mask to pull Kalisto right back down. Kalisto finally fights back up and sends him hard into the corner, followed by a springboard seated senton. Enzo gets two off a middle rope DDT but the Jordunzo is broken up. Not that it matters as Enzo pokes him in the eye and hits the Jordunzo for the pin and the title at 9:02.
Post match Enzo thanks himself.
The announcers give all the preview they can for AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor. Theres no story here but they had to give us a huge match with so many last minute changes. For once, this actually lives up to the term Dream Match and thats a nice change of pace.
Finn Balor vs. AJ Styles
Balor is the Demon and the fans are split here. A lockup goes nowhere so they trade shoulders for no advantage either. They try a technical sequence and its a standoff as the fans are very pleased. Balor goes to the apron and scores with a kick to the head, setting up a kind of awkward sequence where Balor didnt seem to realize that AJ was on his stomach and tried to cover.
Its a surfboard instead though with Balor starting in on the leg. Back up and AJ catches him with a hard forearm, followed by a slingshot Phenomenal Forearm for two. The fans are split as Balor comes back with a series of shots in the corner, including a hard shot to knock AJ off the top and to the floor. That means a big flip dive, which the fans think is awesome. Back in and Balor scores with the Sling Blade but AJ grabs the firemans carry backbreaker to cut him off.
The Styles Clash is broken up so its a belly to back faceplant to give AJ two of his own. Now its Balor back up and stomping away in the corner, followed by a running kick to the face. That just earns Balor the Calf Crusher until he has to grab AJs head and slam it into the mat for the break. The Phenomenal Forearm is loaded up again but this time its Balor shoving him off the top for a big crash to the floor.
Balor follows him up with a running dropkick to send AJ into the barricade, only to have AJ drive him over the announcers table. They dive back in at nine and stereo crossbodies put them both down. The Phenomenal Blitz staggers Balor but hes right back with the Pele to give us another standoff. A reverse implant DDT takes AJ down but a Pele cuts off the Coup de Grace. AJ isnt about to be outdone so its a super springboard hurricanrana. He misses the springboard 450 though and the shotgun dropkick puts AJ in the corner. The Coup de Grace ends AJ at 17:54.
They shake hands post match and we get the TOO SWEET that will be talked about to a completely unnecessary degree.
Elias is out here a third time and this time hes in the ring. At least theres a match this time around.
Jason Jordan vs. Elias
Bonus match. Jordan wastes no time in powering Elias down to the mat so Elias shoves him in the face. Elias bails to the floor for a breather, followed by a headlock back inside. Something like a powerslam takes Elias down but Jordan gets sent hard into the post. Elias grabs a seated abdominal stretch as Booker changes his mind on Elias in the span of a minute. A regular abdominal stretch keeps Jordan in trouble until he powers Elias into the corner.
Theres the belly to belly and a swinging Saito suplex gets two more. Jordan cant hit the belly to belly superplex so Elias slams him into the corner instead. Elias tries a suplex but gets reversed into a small package. Jordan lets him go at two but the referee counts the pin anyway at 9:54. It looked like Elias shoulder was up and Booker is borderline livid.
Quick video on Angles career, followed by a recap of the main event. The Shield members were dealing with Miz and company and decided there was strength in numbers. Ambrose made the mistake of saying the team could face three, four or five men so Miz took him up on it. Then Reigns got sick so Angle is taking his place.
Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins/Kurt Angle vs. Miz/Braun Strowman/Kane/The Bar
Tables, ladders and chairs but you win by pinfall or submission. Angle is in Shield gear for a nice touch and its Rollins diving on the pile, allowing his partners to grab some chairs and take over to start. Strowman gets chaired down and Kane gets the same treatment, allowing Ambrose and Rollins to hit stereo dives. Sheamus and Cesaro remember that theyre in the match and save Kane from going through the announcers table.
The Shield guys take over again though and Kane is set on the table, only to have Strowman fight back. Rollins saves Kurt from going through a table and Strowman is chaired down again. Its double ladder time with Strowman and Kane being laid on the tables, setting up a splash and elbow drop for the first big spot of the match. With everyone else down, Angle throws Miz back inside but gets met by Cesaro and Sheamus. Ambrose and Rollins get back in to break up the TripleBomb, leaving Angle to roll some German suplexes on Miz.
Cesaro and Sheamus take one each as Angle is all fired up. Speaking of fire being up, Kane sits up but gets taken right back down with an ankle lock. Strowman makes the save and its a running powerslam through a table to knock Kurt silly. The villains come back with chair shots and its Angle being taken to the back by medics, only to fall to his knees in the aisle. Booker actually rants about how selfish Angle was as Rollins is thrown head first into a chair in the corner.
The beating continues for a good while as the fans want Lesnar. Ambrose and Rollins try to fight back and Kane accidentally chairs Strowman. For some reason the Shield guys break it up, which is enough to end the brawl. Its table time but the double Razors Edge sends Ambrose bouncing off the table in a SICK crash. Miz has the Bar take Rollins up the ramp and its a garbage truck backing into the arena. Ambrose and Rollins fight out of the truck though and hit dives onto everyone but Miz in the big hope spot.
Kane gets beaten down but Strowman is back up to stop a suplex through a table. For some reason Kane slugs away at Strowman, setting up a chokeslam through the stage. Strowman is still getting up so Kane grabs the chairs hanging from the ceiling and pulls about eight of them down, burying Strowman on the floor. Kane isnt done yet and chokeslams Ambrose and Rollins onto tables (neither breaks AGAIN). The Bar helps carry them to the truck...and Strowman is up.
Miz begs him to stop but Strowman takes out all of his partners, setting up the fight with Kane. Everyone gets together and Strowman is thrown into the truck, which turns on. Rollins is thrown back into the ring and its Miz/the Bar doing the Shield entrance. A springboard assisted White Noise plants Seth but Dean makes the diving save at two. Kane calls for a chokeslam .and heres Angle back again.
The Bar takes Angle Slams on the floor but Kane takes him down with a clothesline. Ambrose and Rollins come back in with chairs before driving Kane through the barricade. The Skull Crushing Finale takes Angle down from behind for a heck of a near fall. The ankle lock has Miz in trouble but Miz sends Kurt outside for the break. Rollins gets back in for the wind-up knee into Dirty Deeds into the Angle Slam and Miz is basically done. The TripleBomb is good for the pin at 35:23.
Results
Asuka b. Emma Asuka Lock
Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann b. Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick Lumbar Check to Kendrick
Alexa Bliss b. Mickie James DDT
Enzo Amore b. Kalisto Jordunzo
Finn Balor b. AJ Styles Coup de Grace
Jason Jordan b. Elias Small package
Kurt Angle/Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins b. The Miz/Braun Strowman/The Bar/Kane TripleBomb to Miz
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Jason Jordan/Titus ONeil/Apollo Crews b. Elias/The Club Toss Powerbomb to Anderson
Cedric Alexander b. Jack Gallagher Lumbar Check
Sasha Banks b. Alicia Fox Bank Statement
Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose b. The Bar Dirty Deeds to Cesaro
Mickie James/Bayley b. Alexa Bliss/Emma Superkick to Bliss
Braun Strowman b. Roman Reigns Running powerslam
Smackdown
Charlotte/Naomi/Becky Lynch b. Lana/Tamina/Natalya Figure Eight to Lana
Sin Cara b. Baron Corbin via countout
Dolph Ziggler b. Bobby Roode Rollup with a handful of trunks
Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens b. Randy Orton/Shinsuke Nakamura Helluva Kick to Orton
NXT
Ember Moon b. Sonya DeVille and Ruby Riot Pin on Riot
Aleister Black b. Raul Mendoza Black Mass
Kassius Ohno b. Cezar Bononi Rolling elbow
Sanity b. Undisputed Era via DQ when the Authors of Pain interfered
Impact Wrestling
Johnny Impact b. Chris Adonis Countdown to Impact
Texano b. Hijo de Fantasma, James Storm, Eddie Edwards and Ethan Carter III Piledriver to Carter
Dezmond Xavier b. Andrew Everett Moonsault kick to the head
OVE b. Black Danger/Black Diamond Spike tombstone to Diamond
Taya Valkyrie b. Rosemary Double stomp
Tables Ladders and Chairs 2017
Asuka b. Emma Asuka Lock
Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann b. Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick Lumbar Check to Kendrick
Alexa Bliss b. Mickie James DDT
Enzo Amore b. Kalisto Jordunzo
Finn Balor b. AJ Styles Coup de Grace
Jason Jordan b. Elias Small package
Kurt Angle/Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins b. The Miz/Braun Strowman/The Bar/Kane TripleBomb to Miz
Impact Wrestling
Date: October 19, 2017
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Jeremy Borash, Josh Matthews
Hopefully with more wrestling this week. Were less than a month away from Bound For Glory 2017 and that means its time to really crank things up. The big story is Johnny Impact becoming #1 contender to Eli Drakes World Title. Well at least thats the big story on the wrestling side. On the MMA side, Moose has been joined by Stephan Bonnar to go after American Top Team. Lets get to it.
Moose and Stephan Bonnar arrive with everything they stole from the American Top Team facilities.
American Top Team is here as well. Its going to be another one of those shows.
Recap of Chris Adonis attacking Johnny Impact last week.
Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact
Adonis slugs away at Johnny to start but gets kicked in the ribs. We hit the bearhug on Impact for a bit before a spinebuster gets two. The Adonis Lock goes on but Johnny is able to dive over the top for the break in a unique idea. Back in and Impact slugs away in the corner, including a kick to the head. The flip neckbreaker gives Impact two, followed by a springboard corkscrew kick to the head for another near fall and we take a break. Back with Impact breaking up a superplex attempt and hitting the countdown 450 (Countdown to Impact) for the pin at 10:15.
Post match Eli Drake runs in but gets his pants ripped off. The double teaming takes Impact down but Garza Jr. runs in for the save because HE is the one who rips the pants off around here.
Alberto El Patron is back at Bound For Glory. Again I say: PLEASE NO!
Hijo de Fantasma vs. James Storm vs. Texano vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Ethan Carter III
This is from Cancun, Mexico, the winner goes on to a match we wont be seeing and its one fall to a finish. Its a brawl to start with Storm being sent outside as JB talks about how Team Impact needs to work as a unit. Again, one fall and singles matches of course so lets talk about teamwork. Carter clotheslines Texano down and its time for some triple teaming until Carter doesnt want Storm to get the pin. Fantasma crossbodies Eddie for two but its Storm up again to take over.
Thats still not cool with Carter, who says he should be getting the fall. We hit a parade of big moves until Carter and Texano hit a double clothesline to put everyone down. Back up and Texano posts Edwards, leaving Fantasma to piledrive Carter. Storm and Texano tease going after Fantasmas father at ringside but the distraction just lets Texano pin Carter at 8:22.
OVE is in Tijuana, Mexico to find Konnan, who agrees to meet with them in exchange for a title defense in the Crash promotion.
Carter, Storm and Edwards bicker about the loss in Cancun.
American Top Team yells at Jim Cornette over the stolen property. You have breaking and entering, destruction of property and theft on tape/national TV and you go to the wrestling boss?
Dezmond Xavier vs. Andrew Everett
Everett takes him down by the neck for two to start and a snap suplex gives him the same. Xavier is sent outside as we hear that Taryn Terrell wont be in the Knockouts Title match at Bound For Glory. Sounds like an injury or someone else leaving the company. Thats enough talking about the Knockouts so the announcers discuss Alberto El Patron returning.
Xavier makes his comeback with some kicks and a backdrop to the floor, followed by the running flip dive to take out Everett and Trevor Lee. Speaking of Lee, he offers another distraction but Xavier misses a charge into the corner. The moonsault kick to the head gives Xavier the pin at 4:37.
Preview of Lee going to Tijuana next week to defend the title. GOOD GRIEF ENOUGH WRESTLING FROM MEXICO ALREADY! These are just matches for the sake of having matches and this is now the third story on the show set in Mexico. I get that a partnership is cool but this is taking over the show.
Oh hey lets go to Mexico again where OVE is looking for Konnan. Theyll have to defend the titles tonight.
Bonnar and Moose have the Bellator gear in the back. Yes they really brought it here with them and were supposed to believe this is real.
Long recap of the issues between Grado and Joseph Park with Park exploiting Grado and taking his money.
Heres Grado to call out Park. Grado is ready to prosecute Park for stealing from him (or maybe just taking whatever Grado agreed to give him in the contract) and hes going to be Parks executioner. We hear a rant about how Grado has been worked ragged for Parks benefit and Grado doesnt want to hear any jokes. Park admits that the money was too tempting for him and he gave in. However, the visa keeps Grado in the country so he pretty much has nothing to say right now.
Grado wants the visa handed to him but Park has a better idea: a match at Bound For Glory for Grados freedom. Grado immediately signs and Park is rather happy. See, Grado still hasnt learned about reading the fine print. It turns out that the match is going to be Monsters Ball and against the monster Abyss.
Recap of Moose/Bonnar vs. American Top Team. My goodness this show loves its recaps.
A panicked Grado gets in his car when someone changes the radio to Abyss theme. Its Father James Mitchell of all people, who scares Grado away.
Tag Team Titles: OVE vs. Black Diamond/Black Danger
OVE is defending and this is in Tijuana for the Crash promotion. Jake, in most of a suit, crossbodies Diamond to start and its OVE firing off some kicks to the ribs. We finally settle down to Danger being sent into Diamond, only to have Danger catapult Jake into a spear out of the air. Cool spot if nothing else. A superplex into a powerbomb gets two on Danger and its a spike tombstone (with a top rope double stomp) to put Diamond away at 3:44.
JB is in the ring for what sounds like the Hall of Fame announcement when American Top Team interrupts. Dan Lambert says this isnt how it was supposed to be. This was supposed to be a thing with Jeff Jarrett but now hes the villain in the story, despite being a huge wrestling fan for forty years. He got into MMA through Japanese shoot professional wrestling promotions and has the biggest collection of wrestling memorabilia in the world.
Lambert pulls out Bruno Sammartinos first WWWF World Title belt, the National Tag Team Titles from Georgia, the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles, and Jerry Lawlers AWA World Title (which I believe Lawler said he still had on the AWA documentary). Lambert talks about Moose and Bonnar taking their stuff and showing no respect.
Therefore, at Bound For Glory, we should have a fight with the two of them facing King Mo and Lashley. Thats a fight that wrestling cant win because theyre not real fighters. Cue Moose and Bonnar with the Bellator titles but theyre quickly beaten down. Lambert runs his mouth about how horrible wrestling is and American Top Team beats down security and the invading roster.
This was a better segment than any other from the MMA guys but EGADS the level of focus this story is receiving is getting very old. Its a bunch of guys who arent going to wrestle plus Lashley and King Mo, who wrestled like three times and wasnt interesting. Lambert is a decent heel manager but I get really, really tired of hearing about how awesome mixed martial arts is every single week. As usual, this company has no idea what draws fans in and just goes with an idea that they like for months on end, probably leading to a tag match which should be a regular match, but that would imply that the wrestlers are the interesting ones.
OVE gets to meet Konnan and want their pay for the night. Uh, Konnan never said hed pay them. He said hed talk to them in exchange for them wrestling. Konnan basically says as much and here are the Crash guys to beat OVE down. Who decided to have two beatdown segments in a row?
Global Forged videos, as we continue to have ANYTHING but Impact on this show.
Recap of Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary.
Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary
Rosemary wastes no time in charging at Taya in the corner and throwing her across the ring. Taya chokes her in the corner a bit and we take a break. Back with Rosemary stomping in the corner as the announcers make a not so subtle reference to Sexy Star injuring Rosemary in Mexico. Rosemarys modified Tarantula slows Taya down but Valkyrie throws her into the corner to take over again.
A quickly broken chinlock keeps Rosemary in trouble but she grabs a release German suplex. They loudly slug it out with Rosemary screaming a lot, only to be taken down by some hard kicks to the chest. Rosemary is dropped with her legs bent underneath her, only to come back up with an Undertaker style situp. Not that it matters as Taya hits a double stomp for the pin at 10:55.
Post match Taya loads up the Road to Valhalla but gets misted for her efforts. Rosemary says they make each other see red so it can be a different shade of red at Bound For Glory: blood red. That sounds like a first blood challenge, though Im more curious about why Tayas face looks completely normal after taking red mist to the face.
Results
Johnny Impact b. Chris Adonis Countdown to Impact
Texano b. Hijo de Fantasma, James Storm, Eddie Edwards and Ethan Carter III Piledriver to Carter
Dezmond Xavier b. Andrew Everett Moonsault kick to the head
OVE b. Black Danger/Black Diamond Spike tombstone to Diamond
Taya Valkyrie b. Rosemary Double stomp
Friday
Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt are off Tables Ladders and Chairs due to medical reasons. Kurt Angle and Finn Balor will be taking their places.
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Tables Ladders and Chairs 2017
Date: October 22, 2017
Location: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Booker T.
Now this one has my attention as the card has almost been thrown out the window due to a string of medical issues. AJ Styles is replacing Bray Wyatt to face Finn Balor, but in a bigger story its Kurt Angles first WWE match in over eleven years as he replaces Roman Reigns in the shows namesake match. Lets get to it.
Kickoff Show: Alicia Fox vs. Sasha Banks
Rematch from Raw. Fox bails to the floor to start before taking her down and grabbing a way too early chinlock. Sasha fights up and knocks Alicia outside and we take a break without much having happened so far. Back with Fox messing with Banks hair and shoving her off the top in a heap. Alicia pulls at her hair a bit and its mostly one sided so far. Back in and Fox slams Sasha right back to the floor but theres no immediate count. Fox to the fans: EVERYBODY HELP THE REFEREE DO HIS JOB!
A backbreaker gives Fox two and Booker compares her to the Missing Link of all people. Sasha kicks her to the floor without much effort and a headscissors takes Fox down back inside. Another backbreaker has Banks in trouble but only for two, meaning Fox screeches a lot. Not that it matters as the ax kick misses and its the Bank Statement makes Fox tap at 10:12.
The opening video looks at all of the changes to the card with a focus on Angle, as you would probably expect. The rest of the card gets a shorter look.
Emma vs. Asuka
Asuka is making her main roster debut and the fans are VERY excited for her entrance. An early cross armbreaker has Emma in early trouble and the hip attack puts her down again. Asuka cant get the ankle lock and Emma kicks her down for two, meaning its time for the confidence to start. A hard shot to the back gives Emma two more and the fans are all behind Asuka.
Emma slaps on a seated full nelson but makes the mistake of slapping her in the face. That earns Emma a sliding knee to the face, only to have Emma hit a sliding kick of her own for two. Its time for the pain though as Asuka snaps off a German suplex, only to have Emma head outside and pull Asuka outside by the hair. Not that it really matters as Asuka kicks her in the head and slaps on the Asuka Lock for the tap out at 9:21.
Miz gives the Bar a pep talk until Strowman comes in to yell at them. Kane comes in as well and promises to turn the main event into a nightmare.
Heres Elias to talk about how awesome he is and play a little song. As hes playing though, vegetables are thrown into the ring by .Jason Jordan. This goes nowhere and is as fillerish as you can get.
Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick vs. Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann
Kendrick has turned Gallagher evil and they targeted Alexander. Swann came in to help out his buddy. Cedric and Gallagher start things off but its already off to Swann to speed things up (not the worst idea when you need a shot of adrenaline) with his flips. Jack is sent outside where he trips Cedric, only to be taken down by a Swann flip dive from the apron. Cedric isnt about to be outdone and hits a flip dive of his own over the top.
Back in and Kendrick cravates Swann to slow things down and Rich is sent head first into the buckle. Swann escapes a belly to back and brings Cedric in off the hot tag. Cedric cleans house, including a spinning kick to Gallaghers head. Kendrick takes him outside and scores with a northern lights suplex, to put Cedric in trouble. Back in and the Captains Hook is broken up as Swann drops a Phoenix splash. The Lumbar Check ends Kendrick at 7:57.
Alexa Bliss thinks Mickie James is only mad at her over the age jokes, but the truth is that Bliss idolized Mickie growing up. Mickie has gone toe to toe with Hall of Famers, but after tonight the good old days will just be old.
Womens Title: Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James
James is challenging and headlocks Bliss to start, much to the champs annoyance. Bliss pulls the hair to escape a few times before snapping Mickies arm across the top rope. That means its time to rip at the arm and slap on an armbar for good measure. You can feel Bliss confidence here, which is exactly how this story should go. A near fall only frustrates Bliss more and Mickie fights out of the corner with a good looking hurricanrana.
They slap it out until a forearm from Bliss and a high kick from Mickie connect at the same time. Its Mickie getting the better of it and hitting some running forearms. Bliss goes to the arm again but Mickie slugs her down and nips up. Mickie gets crotches on top but Twisted Bliss only hits mat. A bad looking missile dropkick gives Mickie two but Bliss seems to be hurt. Mickie goes for it of course and gets pulled shoulder first into the corner. Bliss adds the DDT to retain at 11:30.
Post match Mickie says shes disappointed but shell be back. We get a thank you to the fans and Mickie is out.
Angle is getting ready in the back when Ambrose and Rollins come in. Theyre ready for the match but have a gift for Angle: his own riot squad gear. Angle says hes in all the way.
Heres Elias to try his song again but one more time hes delayed by Jordan throwing vegetables, this time from a shopping cart. Even Graves mentions that were filling time.
We recap Enzo Amore vs. Kalisto. Enzo won the Cruiserweight Title last month but Kalisto won it in a big surprise. That wasnt cool with Amore, who said that he was the only real star in the division. Tonight is the rematch.
Cruiserweight Title: Enzo Amore vs. Kalisto
Kalisto is defending. Before the match, Enzo, with a hoarse voice, does his usual shtick and says hes not going to be one of those people who stands around while everyone else gets whatever they want. Enzo bails into the corner to start and the chase is on with Kalisto grabbing a headscissors for his first big offense. Another spin sends Enzo bailing to the floor and we hit the stall button. Back in and Enzo sends him head first into the top turnbuckle to take over for the first time.
A hard kick to the ribs keeps Kalisto down and theres the baseball punch for two. We hit the chinlock with Enzo grabbing the mask to pull Kalisto right back down. Kalisto finally fights back up and sends him hard into the corner, followed by a springboard seated senton. Enzo gets two off a middle rope DDT but the Jordunzo is broken up. Not that it matters as Enzo pokes him in the eye and hits the Jordunzo for the pin and the title at 9:02.
Post match Enzo thanks himself.
The announcers give all the preview they can for AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor. Theres no story here but they had to give us a huge match with so many last minute changes. For once, this actually lives up to the term Dream Match and thats a nice change of pace.
Finn Balor vs. AJ Styles
Balor is the Demon and the fans are split here. A lockup goes nowhere so they trade shoulders for no advantage either. They try a technical sequence and its a standoff as the fans are very pleased. Balor goes to the apron and scores with a kick to the head, setting up a kind of awkward sequence where Balor didnt seem to realize that AJ was on his stomach and tried to cover.
Its a surfboard instead though with Balor starting in on the leg. Back up and AJ catches him with a hard forearm, followed by a slingshot Phenomenal Forearm for two. The fans are split as Balor comes back with a series of shots in the corner, including a hard shot to knock AJ off the top and to the floor. That means a big flip dive, which the fans think is awesome. Back in and Balor scores with the Sling Blade but AJ grabs the firemans carry backbreaker to cut him off.
The Styles Clash is broken up so its a belly to back faceplant to give AJ two of his own. Now its Balor back up and stomping away in the corner, followed by a running kick to the face. That just earns Balor the Calf Crusher until he has to grab AJs head and slam it into the mat for the break. The Phenomenal Forearm is loaded up again but this time its Balor shoving him off the top for a big crash to the floor.
Balor follows him up with a running dropkick to send AJ into the barricade, only to have AJ drive him over the announcers table. They dive back in at nine and stereo crossbodies put them both down. The Phenomenal Blitz staggers Balor but hes right back with the Pele to give us another standoff. A reverse implant DDT takes AJ down but a Pele cuts off the Coup de Grace. AJ isnt about to be outdone so its a super springboard hurricanrana. He misses the springboard 450 though and the shotgun dropkick puts AJ in the corner. The Coup de Grace ends AJ at 17:54.
They shake hands post match and we get the TOO SWEET that will be talked about to a completely unnecessary degree.
Elias is out here a third time and this time hes in the ring. At least theres a match this time around.
Jason Jordan vs. Elias
Bonus match. Jordan wastes no time in powering Elias down to the mat so Elias shoves him in the face. Elias bails to the floor for a breather, followed by a headlock back inside. Something like a powerslam takes Elias down but Jordan gets sent hard into the post. Elias grabs a seated abdominal stretch as Booker changes his mind on Elias in the span of a minute. A regular abdominal stretch keeps Jordan in trouble until he powers Elias into the corner.
Theres the belly to belly and a swinging Saito suplex gets two more. Jordan cant hit the belly to belly superplex so Elias slams him into the corner instead. Elias tries a suplex but gets reversed into a small package. Jordan lets him go at two but the referee counts the pin anyway at 9:54. It looked like Elias shoulder was up and Booker is borderline livid.
Quick video on Angles career, followed by a recap of the main event. The Shield members were dealing with Miz and company and decided there was strength in numbers. Ambrose made the mistake of saying the team could face three, four or five men so Miz took him up on it. Then Reigns got sick so Angle is taking his place.
Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins/Kurt Angle vs. Miz/Braun Strowman/Kane/The Bar
Tables, ladders and chairs but you win by pinfall or submission. Angle is in Shield gear for a nice touch and its Rollins diving on the pile, allowing his partners to grab some chairs and take over to start. Strowman gets chaired down and Kane gets the same treatment, allowing Ambrose and Rollins to hit stereo dives. Sheamus and Cesaro remember that theyre in the match and save Kane from going through the announcers table.
The Shield guys take over again though and Kane is set on the table, only to have Strowman fight back. Rollins saves Kurt from going through a table and Strowman is chaired down again. Its double ladder time with Strowman and Kane being laid on the tables, setting up a splash and elbow drop for the first big spot of the match. With everyone else down, Angle throws Miz back inside but gets met by Cesaro and Sheamus. Ambrose and Rollins get back in to break up the TripleBomb, leaving Angle to roll some German suplexes on Miz.
Cesaro and Sheamus take one each as Angle is all fired up. Speaking of fire being up, Kane sits up but gets taken right back down with an ankle lock. Strowman makes the save and its a running powerslam through a table to knock Kurt silly. The villains come back with chair shots and its Angle being taken to the back by medics, only to fall to his knees in the aisle. Booker actually rants about how selfish Angle was as Rollins is thrown head first into a chair in the corner.
The beating continues for a good while as the fans want Lesnar. Ambrose and Rollins try to fight back and Kane accidentally chairs Strowman. For some reason the Shield guys break it up, which is enough to end the brawl. Its table time but the double Razors Edge sends Ambrose bouncing off the table in a SICK crash. Miz has the Bar take Rollins up the ramp and its a garbage truck backing into the arena. Ambrose and Rollins fight out of the truck though and hit dives onto everyone but Miz in the big hope spot.
Kane gets beaten down but Strowman is back up to stop a suplex through a table. For some reason Kane slugs away at Strowman, setting up a chokeslam through the stage. Strowman is still getting up so Kane grabs the chairs hanging from the ceiling and pulls about eight of them down, burying Strowman on the floor. Kane isnt done yet and chokeslams Ambrose and Rollins onto tables (neither breaks AGAIN). The Bar helps carry them to the truck...and Strowman is up.
Miz begs him to stop but Strowman takes out all of his partners, setting up the fight with Kane. Everyone gets together and Strowman is thrown into the truck, which turns on. Rollins is thrown back into the ring and its Miz/the Bar doing the Shield entrance. A springboard assisted White Noise plants Seth but Dean makes the diving save at two. Kane calls for a chokeslam .and heres Angle back again.
The Bar takes Angle Slams on the floor but Kane takes him down with a clothesline. Ambrose and Rollins come back in with chairs before driving Kane through the barricade. The Skull Crushing Finale takes Angle down from behind for a heck of a near fall. The ankle lock has Miz in trouble but Miz sends Kurt outside for the break. Rollins gets back in for the wind-up knee into Dirty Deeds into the Angle Slam and Miz is basically done. The TripleBomb is good for the pin at 35:23.
Results
Asuka b. Emma Asuka Lock
Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann b. Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick Lumbar Check to Kendrick
Alexa Bliss b. Mickie James DDT
Enzo Amore b. Kalisto Jordunzo
Finn Balor b. AJ Styles Coup de Grace
Jason Jordan b. Elias Small package
Kurt Angle/Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins b. The Miz/Braun Strowman/The Bar/Kane TripleBomb to Miz
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Jason Jordan/Titus ONeil/Apollo Crews b. Elias/The Club Toss Powerbomb to Anderson
Cedric Alexander b. Jack Gallagher Lumbar Check
Sasha Banks b. Alicia Fox Bank Statement
Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose b. The Bar Dirty Deeds to Cesaro
Mickie James/Bayley b. Alexa Bliss/Emma Superkick to Bliss
Braun Strowman b. Roman Reigns Running powerslam
Smackdown
Charlotte/Naomi/Becky Lynch b. Lana/Tamina/Natalya Figure Eight to Lana
Sin Cara b. Baron Corbin via countout
Dolph Ziggler b. Bobby Roode Rollup with a handful of trunks
Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens b. Randy Orton/Shinsuke Nakamura Helluva Kick to Orton
NXT
Ember Moon b. Sonya DeVille and Ruby Riot Pin on Riot
Aleister Black b. Raul Mendoza Black Mass
Kassius Ohno b. Cezar Bononi Rolling elbow
Sanity b. Undisputed Era via DQ when the Authors of Pain interfered
Impact Wrestling
Johnny Impact b. Chris Adonis Countdown to Impact
Texano b. Hijo de Fantasma, James Storm, Eddie Edwards and Ethan Carter III Piledriver to Carter
Dezmond Xavier b. Andrew Everett Moonsault kick to the head
OVE b. Black Danger/Black Diamond Spike tombstone to Diamond
Taya Valkyrie b. Rosemary Double stomp
Tables Ladders and Chairs 2017
Asuka b. Emma Asuka Lock
Cedric Alexander/Rich Swann b. Jack Gallagher/Brian Kendrick Lumbar Check to Kendrick
Alexa Bliss b. Mickie James DDT
Enzo Amore b. Kalisto Jordunzo
Finn Balor b. AJ Styles Coup de Grace
Jason Jordan b. Elias Small package
Kurt Angle/Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins b. The Miz/Braun Strowman/The Bar/Kane TripleBomb to Miz