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Monday
There will be a new hour long WWE show debuting on ION Network in October. It looks like another Superstars level show.
Smackdown got a 2.0, the best since March 9.
Monday Night Raw
Date: June 25, 2012
Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Tonight should be an eventful night. Jericho is back tonight and we should begin the build to the ladder matches. From what I understand we're going to have specified title ladder matches instead of brand ones, meaning that the brands will mix even further. So far all we have is Big Show in the Raw Title match so we need to start filling in some of those spots. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the AJ saga and dang she is cute.
We go live and AJ is talking to all three of the guys she's involved with, although we can't see any of them. She tells “Daniel” that they need to drift apart. When she sees Kane she wants to get wild, but Kane is a monster instead of a man. She thinks of herself and Punk as soul mates but it's best if they go their separate ways. The camera pans around to show she's looking in a mirror.
Theme song.
Brodus vs. Show tonight.
Here's Vickie because she's in charge tonight. She thinks she'll become GM on the 1000th episode of Raw. Here's the first match.
Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. CM Punk
This is under elimination rules but I think it's non-title. Kane takes them both down to start but Bryan goes for his leg. They double team the monster just like at the PPV and send him to the floor, only for Bryan to grab a rollup for two on Punk. Punk hooks a kind of curb stomp for two and knocks Kane back to the floor. The suicide dive meets an uppercut and AJ is watching in the back. Bryan dives into Kane and is rammed into the barricade as we take a break.
Back with Kane in control but the small guys double team him. That goes nowhere as Punk plays Animal to Kane's Hawk, but the clothesline misses as Bryan rolls up Punk for two. They suplex Kane down and speed things up, doing their usual strike off. Kane charges over the top and Bryan gets launched on top of him. Punk dives onto both of them and heads back in. Punk dives into a YES Lock attempt but he rolls out of it. The high kick gets two on Bryan who gets his foot on the ropes.
He loads up the GTS but Kane kicks him down for two. Side slam gets the same. There's the top rope clothesline and Kane loads up the chokeslam, but here's AJ to skip around the ring. Chokeslam is countered and there's the GTS to eliminated the big fried freak. Bryan comes in and kicks Punk in the head to win it at 10:10.
Alberto comes in to see Vickie and has Ricardo present her with roses. Del Rio says he's #1 contender but Ziggler comes in and says he's #1 contender. Vickie makes a match between them and it's a contract on a pole for the title shot on Smackdown. Ziggler breaks the vase and flowers.
Brodus Clay vs. Big Show
Brodus jumps Show to start and hits the headbutt to the chest, but Show goes after the bad knee to take over. The knee gets wrapped around the post and there's a Vader Bomb. Brodus fights back but Show falls on his slam attempt, giving Big Show the first win over Brodus at 2:35. I tell you, this Big Show kid is going places you hear?
Video on Cena's 300th wish being granted.
Another Raw moment is Bob Barker on Raw.
During the break Big Show knocked Brodus out. Brodus is going to be gone for awhile I'd bet.
We get the HHH challenge to Brock from the PPV as well as the reaction from Heyman from last week. Brock will answer HHH next week.
AJ hits on Kane some more. Kane says she makes him feel things. That's not good either because he isn't boyfriend material. He thinks she's crazy and says they need to stay away from each other. AJ laughs and cries at the same time.
US Title: Jack Swagger vs. Santino Marella
This is the first defense on Raw for Santino since April 16. Swagger runs away from the Cobra and slams Santino down for two. A legdrop sets up an armbar but Santino gets fired up again. Santino comes back with the usual and loads up the Cobra. Swagger picks him up but gets caught in a DDT. The Cobra retains at 2:39.
Cena finds a Johnny Ace shirt in a donation bin but Ryder throws it in the trash.
Here's Cena for his major announcement. For the past month the company has been turned upside down to the point where it's been like a bad Star Wars movie. Cena talks about the last month in Star Wars terms, such as Darth Show, Han Soul-Bro, the R2-A-RI and Cena Skywalker. That wasn't bad. Apparently winning the match was easier than bullseyeing womp rats back in Beggar's Canyon.
He goes to make the announcement....and here's Jericho. We see Fozzy performing in Europe which is the explanation for his absence. Jericho says get on with your announcement because tonight is Jericho's night. Cena says Jericho is back and makes the announcement that he'll be in the MITB ladder match for the Raw World Title. He's doing it so that Show won't win the title. Cena says he'll win the whole fudging thing, resulting in an argument over the show being PG.
Jericho doesn't like the idea of Cena thinking he can walk into MITB and win in the first try. Jericho invented the match and has been in three of them, with Cena pointing out that he's never actually won one. If Cena is looking for fun, go in a Bouncy House. Jericho enters as well, and here's Vickie. She says there are two MITB matches and no one can place themselves in them. I guess Big Show gets grandfathered in?
Jericho cuts her off and Vickie freaks out. Only former WWE Champions will be in the Raw World Title match: Jericho, Kane, Big Show and Cena. Thank goodness as four people in there is WAY better and easier to work with. She makes Jericho vs. Cena for the main event.
Heath Slater vs. Psycho Sid
Sid slaps him down to start and slaps him off the top rope. A BAD looking spinebuster puts Slater down so Heath works on the knee a bit. Sid shrugs that off and hits a legdrop followed by the powerbomb for the pin at 1:29. Sid is no Vader.
Someone will be tweeting about Raw during the 1000th episode and they're a celebrity. WWE.com says it's....Charlie Sheen?
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler
Contract on a pole, winner gets Sheamus on Smackdown. Del Rio pulls him down off the pole to start and Ziggler does the same to him. Del Rio climbs the corner but Ziggler climbs Del Rio, only to get caught in a Samoan Drop from the middle rope. They both go up again and the contract winds up on the mat. You have to control the contract and it becomes a game of who can get possession of it first. Both guys and the contract is down and Ricardo goes for it, only to have Ziggler kick it to the floor.
They tumble to the other side of the ring and here's Sheamus to say it'll be a triple threat match for the title. So the match is just kind of thrown out I guess, meaning no rating as I have no idea when it ended, but Sheamus came out after maybe 3:30 or so.
Punk vs. Bryan for the title is official for MITB.
AJ comes up to see Punk (AJ: “Guess who?” Punk: “King Kong Bundy?”
and suggests they go out after the show. Punk wants to have a talk with her but AJ misinterprets his meaning.
Another Raw Moment: This Is Your Life Rock.
Divas Battle Royal
They're all in bikinis and Vickie enters it as well. You can go through the ropes to be eliminated here. It says a lot that I have no idea who half of these girls are. Everyone goes after Vickie to start and it's a big brawl. Someone goes out and the announcers don't bother to say who it is. Aksana is out and it's your usual mess. Alicia and Kaitlyn are out as is Rosa. Beth puts out Tamina and accidentally knocks out Natalya. Layla puts out Beth so we have AJ, Layla and Vickie. AJ knocks out Layla with some help from Beth and Vickie tries to throw out La Psycho. AJ goes off and eliminates her to win at 2:13. This was AWFUL.
AJ does Bryan's YES chant post match.
Smackdown is live next Tuesday and it's the Great American Bash.
Chris Jericho vs. John Cena
Jericho bails from an AA attempt as we take a break. Back with Cena fighting out of a chinlock but getting dropkicked down for two. Cena hits a suplex to put Jericho down but he lowers his head for a boot to the face. Off to a chinlock but Cena escapes and this the spinning mat slam. Walls and AA are countered into the ProtoBomb and the Shuffle....but here's Big Show. AA is countered into the Walls but Show drops the leg on Cena for the DQ at 8:18.
Results
Daniel Bryan b. CM Punk and Kane – Bryan pinned Punk after a kick to the head
Big Show b. Brodus Clay – Show pinned Clay when Clay tried to slam him
Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger – Cobra
Psycho Sid b. Heath Slater – Powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a no contest
AJ won a Divas Battle Royal last eliminating Vickie Guerrero
John Cena b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Big Show interfered
Tuesday
Raw got a 3.3.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: June 27, 2012
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Byron Saxton Jim Ross
We're back again after last week's great debut episode. Tonight we're going to get a lot of new people debuting which is a cool idea. The perk of NXT being merged with FCW is that there are a ton of guys that the masses haven't seen before and they're letting them trickle in, which is a good way to keep people watching. Let's get to it.
Seth Rollins vs. Jiro
Rollins is Tyler Black from ROH. Jiro is a Japanese guy who looks to be a jobber. Regal isn't on commentary this week which makes this show go down a bit already. They chop it out and Rollins sends him into the corner. Rollins hits a kind of running curb stomp called The Blackout for the pin at 1:32.
Rollins says he's here to rip the roots out of the ground and the clouds out of the sky and change the world. Jinder Mahal comes out and glares at him on his way to the ring for the next match.
Jinder Mahal vs. Jason Jordan
Jordan is regarded as a top prospect according to JR. The bell rings twice for no apparent reason. Mahal pounds him down in the corner and hits a neckbreaker for two. Off to a chinlock followed by a butterfly suplex for two. Jordan tries a comeback but is quickly kneed down. Camel Clutch ends this at 2:51.
Mahal says he's going to remake NXT in his vision. My goodness why does WWE think we care about this guy?
Leo Kruger is coming. He comes off like a smarmy heel from Africa. He says he's the alpha male lion. So he's a white Monty Brown? Apparently he debuts tonight.
The first Raw is a Raw moment.
Leo Kruger vs. Aiden English
Kruger pounds him down but English hits a quick dropkick. That's the extent of his offense though as Kruger chokes away in the corner and hits a snap suplex. Kruger looks like a psycho Al Snow with curlier hair. Rear naked choke/sleeper gets the pin at 1:25.
Richie Steamboat says he's not trying to fill his father's shoes, but rather his own. He looks JUST like his daddy too.
Usos vs. The Ascension
Regal and Chris Russo are on commentary now along with JR. You know the Siva Tao is popular here with a college crowd. The Usos take over to start and double team Cameron for two. Cameron goes insane and pounds both Usos down until he brings in O'Brien for the same kind of stuff. They tag in and out a lot and pound away on Jey with a bunch of pounds and stomps. Jey hits a headbutt to bring in Jimmy who runs over Cameron a bit. Samoan Drop puts him down as does the Umaga Attack in the corner. Jey gets sent to the floor and Jimmy walks into the Downcast for the pin at 3:40.
Richie Steamboat vs. Rick Victor
Man they don't waste any time around here do they? Papa Steamboat is in the front row. Richie armdrags Victor down a few times and hooks an armbar. Steamboat chops in the corner and the fans chant WOO, so apparently we have an educated crowd here. A clothesline gets two for Richie and it's back to the armbar. Richie hits a crossbody and some clotheslines followed by elbows in the corner. A running spinning mat slam (Heath Slater used to use it) called the Slingblade gets the pin at 4:25.
Antonio Cesaro is a dangerous man.
Raw ReBound is about the end of the show.
Dante Dash vs. Antonio Cesaro
Dash is a big muscular black guy. Cesaro takes him to the mat almost immediately and rubs his face in the mat. A gutwrench suplex puts Dash down and it's off to a chinlock. A spinebuster puts Dash down again and the Neutralizer gets the pin at 1:48.
Bray Wyatt video with him talking about real love.
Derrick Bateman vs. Johnny Curtis
Curtis slaps him in the face and runs away almost immediately. Bateman chases him back inside and dropkicks him down. Curtis takes over and goes after the leg and we're told Kassius Onoo debuts next week. Curtis hooks an inverted Indian Deathlock but Bateman chops his way out of it. There's a spinning toehold by Johnny but Derrick escapes pretty quickly. He comes back with a falling forward DDT and the falling bulldog which he calls the DVD for the pin at 3:45.
Results
Seth Rollins b. Jiro – Blackout
Jinder Mahal b. Jason Jordan – Camel Clutch
Leo Kruger b. Aiden English – Rear Naked Choke
Richie Steamboat b. Rick Victor – Slingblade
Antonio Cesaro b. Dante Dash – Neutralizer
Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis – DVD
Thursday
Maxine has quit WWE.
Impact Wrestling
Date: June 28, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Back to the Impact Zone for another live show. The main thing tonight is a tag title rematch from the PPV which was great in the first place so hopefully it'll be the same here tonight. Other than that we have the fallout from Gut Check which isn't anything of note so far. Also we'll build up more towards Destination X. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of last week's events.
Dixie and AJ say they're ready to move on.
Bound For Glory Series: Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam
Anderson has 9 points coming in while Van Dam has zero. They're already tweeking the rules as all matches are now fifteen minutes. That's probably a very good idea as the matches last week were really short. They go to the mat for some near falls off small packages to start. Anderson hits a snap suplex for two but Van Dam comes back with a bridging Indian Deathlock with a chinlock as well.
They go to the mat and Van Dam hooks some freaky hold with Anderson getting all tied up. It's hard to describe actually but it's kind of like an abdominal stretch on steroids. Russian legsweep gets two for Anderson as does a northern lights suplex for Van Dam. A cartwheel into a moonsault gets two for RVD as well. The split legged moonsault hits knees so Anderson hits his neckbreaker for two again. Van Dam grabs a crucifix rollup out of a fireman's carry for the pin and seven points at 5:57.
Here are the updated standings:
Storm 36
Joe 17
Angl 10
Dnderson 9
RVD 7
Pope 7
Magnus
Jeff Hardy 7
Christopher Daniels 5
Bully Ray 0
Robbie E 0
AJ Styles 0
Here's Aries to talk about his path to get here. He's graduated from the X Division and has beaten up heavyweights, but he still respects the title. That's why he came up with Option C and it's why he's facing Bobby Roode for the world title at Destination X. But what happens to the title? There's going to be a tournament at the PPV and it'll have old and new faces of the Division.
Cue the world champ who says that what he's holding is the real title. It's the real world title because he's made it that way. There are 12 people waiting for a shot at this at Bound For Glory because the title matters so much. Aries gets his shot because of Hulk Hogan and because of Hulk Hogan alone. Option C is a failure, now get out of his ring. Aries says this is his ring, and if Roode wants him out of it, make him get out. Roode bails.
We get a clip from the end of the show last week with Clair admitting she's an addict.
Clair and Dixie are in the back and Clair says that she met Dixie at a party. She says she has no idea who Kaz and Daniels are but she can't believe they would use her to get at Dixie and AJ.
Kaz yells at Daniels who he really has no reason to be with anymore. Kaz says this ends tonight and walks out on Daniels. See? It's not hard to be logical.
X-Division Tournament Qualifying Match: Sonjay Dutt vs. Rubix
No idea who Rubix is but he's in a mask so it might be someone I've seen before. He's got long limbs. This is one of four qualifying matches so it's a four man tournament at the PPV. Rubix flies around a bit and sends Sonjay to the floor for a suicide dive. Back in and Sonjay hits a springboard splash for two. Rubix hits a German for two but gets caught in a tornado DDT. A moonsault into a double stomp (FREAKING OW MAN) gets the pin for Sonjay at 3:15.
We hear from the Gut Check people who talk about Taeler. They aren't sure about her but they think she's been through a lot. Apparently her cancer diagnosis was a false one.
We get a clip from last week with Joseph Park and Ray having another confrontation.
Bound For Glory Series: Samoa Joe vs. Bully Ray
Ray gets in his face so Joe gets right back in his face and it's a standoff. Ray stalls some more as you would expect him to. They ram into each other a few times but Ray drops him with an elbow smash. There's a suplex and a falling headbutt for no cover for Ray and we take a break. Back with Joe making a comeback by running at Ray a few times. He slugs Ray in the head but a double clothesline puts both guys down.
Joe tries a suplex but hurts his shoulder in the process. Ray goes after it as the fans chant for the fat boy. Allow me to adjust that statement: they chant for the fat Samoan. Ray works on the arm for awhile but Joe takes it to the floor. That goes badly for him as well as the arm gets rammed into the steps. They've been going almost ten minutes here so the time is starting to become a factor.
Ray misses a splash and Joe pounds away with right hands. An atomic drop puts Ray down and the senton backsplash gets two. By my math they're over 11 minutes in now as Ray hits a Rock Bottom for two. Ray's middle rope splash misses and he rolls to the floor. Joe hops out and gets his head kicked off....but here's Joseph Park. He pops Ray with a right hand and Joe grabs the choke for the tap at 13:00.
Park says he's Joseph Park but Ray is a jackass bully. He talks about being bullied his whole life and it stops tonight. He's tired of Ray imposing his will on everyone and the people are sick of it too. Park says that in two weeks, he'll fight Ray again and he's bringing the fight to Ray.
Tazz and Tenay say to go to the website to listen to the full unedited version of Dixie and AJ's phone call from a few weeks ago.
Back to Dixie and Clair with Dixie explaining the photo. It was the time that AJ explained how bad it was to Dixie and she kind of snapped. They were going to the hotel to see Clair after she got out of rehab too. The call about Serg was about his birthday. I CALLED THAT ONE WEEKS AGO!
Kaz pleads his case to Daniels and says he can't tag with him tonight. He wants the tag match but not with Daniels. Hogan says prove that you're a new man when you're out there tonight with Daniels. Please, not tag champions that hate each other.
Madison goes up to Garrett and looks very nervous. She says she has a crush on someone and asks what he's like. It's not Garrett apparently but she whispers the name in his ear. Garrett says good luck with that and leaves.
Brooke gives Tessmacher a campaign with Direct Auto Insurance. Gail comes up to complain and talks trash. Hogan continues her bad acting and tells Gail that she gets her rematch next week.
X-Division Tournament Qualifying Match: Rashad Cameron vs. Mason Andrews
Cameron has a BIG afro while Mason looks almost identical to Percy Watson. They speed things up to start and Andrews sends him to the floor. He hits a HUGE dive but trips on the rope and hits Rashad in the head. If he wasn't out cold I'm amazed. Back in they speed things up again and Cameron dropkicks him out of the air for two. Apparently Mason is Scorpio Sky from PWG.
They go back and forth a bit with Andrews hitting a jumping knee to the head and a springboard cross body for two. Cameron knocks him to the floor and hits a BIG flip dive. Back in he goes up but gets ranaed down for two. Andrews is almost sent into the corner but as he turns around Cameron hits a jumping Downward Spiral (think R-Truth's Little Jimmy) for the pin at 4:04.
Cameron says this is the beginning of the Rashad Cameron movement.
Hogan is on the phone and talking about Sting. Storm and Hardy are with him and want to know what's going on with Sting. Hogan doesn't quite know what's going on. Storm says he's ready and Hardy says he's feeling the Series. They fight next week.
Gut Check time. Taeler says last week she gave it her best and she's ready to shine. The fans chant YES and Tazz agrees with them. Snow says he's been around Taeler a lot and here's Joey Ryan to yell at Tazz. He's in the front row and yells a lot but we can't really hear what he's saying. Security gets him out as the segment grinds to a halt. Ok back in the ring now and Snow says no. Taeler gets 30 seconds to convince Pritchard. She says someone gave every one of them a shot and that's all she wants. Bruce says he isn't sure if she's ready yet but he'll give her a yes anyway.
Angle says the old AJ is back and that's a great thing. AJ says he's ready. He gets Daniels at Destination X in a last man standing match.
Tag Titles: Kurt Angle/AJ Styles vs. Kazarian/Christopher Daniels
Daniels and Kaz are challenging but Kaz doesn't like Daniels all that much right now. He and AJ start and AJ takes him down followed by a kick to the back. Off to Angle and Kaz tags out, almost by slapping the taste out of Daniels' mouth. Kurt charges into a boot and Daniels hits his slingshot elbow. Off to Kaz who covers off that elbow for some reason. Daniels yells at Kaz and tags himself back in but runs from AJ. The challengers argue on the floor as we take a break.
Back with Daniels in control of AJ and hitting his running STO for two. Angle comes in and cleans house. He fires off Rolling Germans on Kaz and does the same to Daniels. Kaz grabs a TKO for two on Kurt but gets caught in the ankle lock. That gets broken up quickly and everything breaks down. AJ clotheslines Kaz down but gets caught in a Blue Thunder Bomb. Angle gets sent into the referee by Daniels so Chris grabs a chair. Kaz pulls it away and lets AJ hit the Pele. Kaz tells AJ to finish this, but then hits AJ in the back with a chair, giving Daniels the pin and the titles at 11:34.
Daniels says Clair didn't tell all of the truth because her baby's daddy is AJ. Let the soap opera continue.
Results
Rob Van Dam b. Mr. Anderson – Crucifix
Sonjay Dutt b. Rubix – Moonsault into a double stomp
Samoa Joe b. Bully Ray – Koquina Clutch
Rashad Cameron b. Mason Andrews – Jumping Downward Spiral
Kazarian/Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle – Daniels pinned Styles after a chair shot from Kazarian
Friday
Impact got a .97, the same as last week.
Smackdown
Date: June 29, 2012
Location: Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
It appears to be time to start the MITB build as they did that over on the Raw show. Now over there we had people that had only been WWE Champion, but there aren't that many candidates for the Smackdown World Title. Also I'm not sure if there are going to be more people in the Raw match or not, but they have more time to change it if they want. Sheamus defends against Ziggler and Del Rio in a triple threat tonight too. Let's get to it.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is yet again this heat wave. Four straight days of over 100 degrees in Kentucky? That needs to be destroyed.
We open with a recap of the triple threat elimination match from Raw.
AJ vs. Layla
Layla has Tiffany's old music now because....I have no idea actually. AJ takes her to the mat but Layla runs her over and blows a kiss. A rollup gets two for the champ (non-title here though) and she works on the arm. AJ comes back with a dropkick and corner clothesline for two. Layla comes back with a spinning facejam but AJ kicks her head off. Cue Bryan to shout YES a lot and skip around the ring ala AJ. Layla rolls up AJ for the pin at 3:31.
AJ snaps on Layla post match. Bryan tells her to calm down and says there's something that needs to be done. He demands to talk to Vickie and threatens to hold the show hostage unless she comes out here. Bryan says YES a lot and AJ does the same. We take a break for a Raw Moment of Tyson joining DX and come back with dueling YES shouts. Vickie comes out and says everyone is tired of hearing Bryan's catchphrase over and over again.
Bryan says he's the #1 contender to Punk's title and he thanks Vickie for getting him that shot. He proposes an alliance once she becomes GM. He wants AJ banned from ringside because she's a liability. Vickie yells at AJ a lot but Bryan says this is about him, not AJ. Vickie talks about some poll on WWE.com and based on that, AJ is going to be guest referee.
This comes off as incredibly lame to me, as it's taking WAY too long to make this announcement. Instead of wasting time like this, just announce this stuff and say the Board of Directors made the decision. It saves like ten minutes that you can use on other stuff. Bryan yells NO and leaves. Vickie STILL isn't done because she announces that there will be MITB qualifying matches over the next two weeks and everyone is eligible to enter.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Zach Ryder vs. Damien Sandow
Sandow does his usual stuff on the way to the ring. Booker says that Sandow needs to stop idolizing Leaping Lanny Poffo. So there is something to that theory I guess. Anyway Ryder takes him down to start but Sandow reverses him into the corner and stomps away. A Russian legsweep puts Ryder down and Sandow drops an elbow which has some Latin name apparently. Sandow ducks his head and gets caught in a facejam followed by the knees in the corner. A kind of powerbomb gets two for Ryder and there's the Broski Boot. Rough Ryder is countered into a hot shot and that double arm neckbreaker gets the pin at 2:25.
Bryan goes to the Divas locker room looking for AJ but finds Kaitlyn instead. She doesn't know where AJ is but suggests that Bryan find her and get on AJ's good side because she's a bit crazy.
Summerslam hype video.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Jack Swagger vs. Tyson Kidd
Swagger quickly takes him to the mat but gets caught in a pair of rolling cradles for two. He bails to the floor in frustration but gets dropkicked in the face for his troubles. Back in and Kidd charges into a wheelbarrow suplex for two. Jack works on the arm and drops a leg on it for two. Vader Bomb gets two. Swagger hooks a Fujiwara Armbar but Kidd quickly gets up and hits a DDT to put both guys down. A dropkick to the side of the head gets two. A victory roll attempt is countered and there's the ankle lock but Kidd escapes. Another dropkick sets up a Blockbuster for the pin at 4:30.
We get the McMahon in the hospital moment AGAIN.
We recap the mess that was the contract on the pole match from Monday.
Ziggler wants to know why Vickie isn't doing anything but she can't because the Board is watching her. Dolph wants the Brogue Kick and Cross Armbreaker banned. She says that'll make her look bad which makes Ziggler freak out. She slaps him in the face but agrees to be out there with him tonight.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Christian/Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes/David Otunga
The winning team will both get into the match. David gets a fanfare of music while he poses in the ring now. Santino and Cody start but it's quickly off to Christian. Christian gets in some right hands but Cody takes him down with a knee to the ribs. Off to Otunga who hits a seated shoulder block for two. Off to a chinlock for a few seconds, but Cody jumps into a punch to the ribs.
Off to Otunga vs. Marella with the champion hitting his usual stuff. He loads up the Cobra but Cody pulls Otunga to the floor before Santino can cover. Rhodes comes in legally and gets a few two counts before throwing the Cobra sock to the floor. Otunga comes in and drops an elbow for two, followed by a modified camel clutch.
Santino suplexes his way out of it and tags in Christian who cleans house. A flapjack and jumping back elbow to Cody look to set up the Killswitch but Cody escapes. Another attempt is countered but the reverse DDT connects. Otunga breaks up the spear but heel miscommunicatio lets Christian spear Otunga down for the pin at 6:23.
Sheamus says he could win tonight and make it to MITB, only to get cashed in on. Or he could walk outside and get hit by a car driven by Lindsay Lohan. He doesn't live by what if's, and therefore he doesn't worry.
Time to waste another minute and a half by talking about This Is Your Life Rock.
Bryan comes up to AJ in the back and says he's worried about her well being. AJ attacking Layla isn't like her and maybe she should seek professional help. Bryan knows a doctor that could help her, because people that care about each other help each other out. AJ says she'll take the number. Well actually she says YES a lot but you get the idea.
Dan Barone/Brendan Burke vs. Ryback
The jobbers are from Kentucky (YAY!) and they combine to weigh 350lbs. Where do they find these singing jobbers? Is there a farm where they're grown? Barone takes a HUGE powerbomb and Shell Shocked (that's the official name for it) ends this at 1:50.
Aksana and Cesaro are kissing in the back when Teddy interrupts them. He's the GM for both shows next week and on the live Smackdown this Tuesday they're facing Layla and Great Khali. Teddy has power again for 20 seconds and he's already made a tag match.
The Raw ReBound is about the ending and the MITB match.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Justin Gabriel vs. Tensai
This is quite the downgrade for Tensai. Cody is officially protesting not being in the MITB match because he didn't lose. Tensai runs him over with his usual stuff and hits a butterfly suplex for two. A bearhug is quickly broken up as is Gabriel's sunset flip. Gabriel fires off some kicks but can't even drop Tensai. A springboard missile dropkick puts him down though and a Lionsault gets two. Not that it matters as he jumps into the Baldo Bomb and the running backsplash gets the pin at 2:45.
The THIRD Raw Moment of the night is HHH returning from his quad injury in 2002.
Smackdown World Title: Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Del Rio still wants a one on one match and doesn't like competing in this little town. Vickie interrupts him and does Dolph's intro. We go to a break before the match and this is either something only on the international version or they're REALLY going overboard, as the fourth Raw Moment is Barker on Raw. Sheamus knocks them both down to start and sends Ziggler to the floor. Del Rio jumps the champion from behind but walks into the Regal Roll for one.
Ziggler tries to jump Sheamus and gets glared at. Sheamus chases him around the ring and runs over Del Rio on the way back in. Del Rio hits the DDT on the arm to take over and hooks an armbar. Sheamus gets sent to the floor and Ziggler follows him out, beating up both guys on the floor. He covers Alberto for two in the ring and dropkicks Sheamus to the floor again.
Del Rio misses a charge into the corner and Ziggler gets two off the collision into the buckle. The fans are behind Sheamus even though he's on the floor. Del Rio breaks up a superplex attempt but gets knocked off the top to the floor. Sheamus comes back in and hits an electric chair drop on Dolph as we take a break. Back with Del Rio knocking Sheamus to the floor again. The challengers both fall outside on their own and work over the champion at the same time.
They beat on him behind the announcers' desk and send him into the steps before going back inside for more beating. Alberto double crosses Dolph and tries to steal the title, resulting in a slug out between the two of them. Sheamus comes off the top with a double shoulder block and everyone is down. Ziggler gets thrown to the apron for the ten forearms to put him down. The DDT to the arm is countered and the Irish Curse gets two. Ziggler comes back in but the Fameasser is avoided and there's White Noise.
Del Rio breaks up the Brogue Kick and gets two on Sheamus. The Armbreaker is broken up but Sheamus charges into the post. Ziggler dropkicks the arm into the post but Del Rio kicks him to the floor. There's the Armbreaker but Ziggler makes the save. Fameasser gets two on Alberto but Ricardo gets on the apron. Ziggler rolls up Del Rio but Sheamus kicks his head off for the pin at 11:15 shown of 14:45.
Results
Layla b. AJ – Rolling Cradle
Damien Sandow b. Zach Ryder – Neckbreaker
Tyson Kidd b. Jack Swagger – Blockbuster
Christian/Santino Marella b. David Otunga/Cody Rhodes – Spear to Otunga
Ryback b. Dan Barone/Brendan Burke – Shell Shocked
Tensai b. Justin Gabriel – Running Backsplash
Sheamus b. Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler – Brogue Kick to Ziggler
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Actually something: Angelina Love is gone from TNA.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Daniel Bryan b. CM Punk and Kane – Bryan pinned Punk after a kick to the head
Big Show b. Brodus Clay – Show pinned Clay when Clay tried to slam him
Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger – Cobra
Psycho Sid b. Heath Slater – Powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a no contest
AJ won a Divas Battle Royal last eliminating Vickie Guerrero
John Cena b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Big Show interfered
NXT
Seth Rollins b. Jiro – Blackout
Jinder Mahal b. Jason Jordan – Camel Clutch
Leo Kruger b. Aiden English – Rear Naked Choke
Richie Steamboat b. Rick Victor – Slingblade
Antonio Cesaro b. Dante Dash – Neutralizer
Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis – DVD
Impact Wrestling
Rob Van Dam b. Mr. Anderson – Crucifix
Sonjay Dutt b. Rubix – Moonsault into a double stomp
Samoa Joe b. Bully Ray – Koquina Clutch
Rashad Cameron b. Mason Andrews – Jumping Downward Spiral
Kazarian/Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle – Daniels pinned Styles after a chair shot from Kazarian
Smackdown
Layla b. AJ – Rolling Cradle
Damien Sandow b. Zach Ryder – Neckbreaker
Tyson Kidd b. Jack Swagger – Blockbuster
Christian/Santino Marella b. David Otunga/Cody Rhodes – Spear to Otunga
Ryback b. Dan Barone/Brendan Burke – Shell Shocked
Tensai b. Justin Gabriel – Running Backsplash
Sheamus b. Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler – Brogue Kick to Ziggler
There will be a new hour long WWE show debuting on ION Network in October. It looks like another Superstars level show.
Smackdown got a 2.0, the best since March 9.
Monday Night Raw
Date: June 25, 2012
Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Tonight should be an eventful night. Jericho is back tonight and we should begin the build to the ladder matches. From what I understand we're going to have specified title ladder matches instead of brand ones, meaning that the brands will mix even further. So far all we have is Big Show in the Raw Title match so we need to start filling in some of those spots. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the AJ saga and dang she is cute.
We go live and AJ is talking to all three of the guys she's involved with, although we can't see any of them. She tells “Daniel” that they need to drift apart. When she sees Kane she wants to get wild, but Kane is a monster instead of a man. She thinks of herself and Punk as soul mates but it's best if they go their separate ways. The camera pans around to show she's looking in a mirror.
Theme song.
Brodus vs. Show tonight.
Here's Vickie because she's in charge tonight. She thinks she'll become GM on the 1000th episode of Raw. Here's the first match.
Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. CM Punk
This is under elimination rules but I think it's non-title. Kane takes them both down to start but Bryan goes for his leg. They double team the monster just like at the PPV and send him to the floor, only for Bryan to grab a rollup for two on Punk. Punk hooks a kind of curb stomp for two and knocks Kane back to the floor. The suicide dive meets an uppercut and AJ is watching in the back. Bryan dives into Kane and is rammed into the barricade as we take a break.
Back with Kane in control but the small guys double team him. That goes nowhere as Punk plays Animal to Kane's Hawk, but the clothesline misses as Bryan rolls up Punk for two. They suplex Kane down and speed things up, doing their usual strike off. Kane charges over the top and Bryan gets launched on top of him. Punk dives onto both of them and heads back in. Punk dives into a YES Lock attempt but he rolls out of it. The high kick gets two on Bryan who gets his foot on the ropes.
He loads up the GTS but Kane kicks him down for two. Side slam gets the same. There's the top rope clothesline and Kane loads up the chokeslam, but here's AJ to skip around the ring. Chokeslam is countered and there's the GTS to eliminated the big fried freak. Bryan comes in and kicks Punk in the head to win it at 10:10.
Alberto comes in to see Vickie and has Ricardo present her with roses. Del Rio says he's #1 contender but Ziggler comes in and says he's #1 contender. Vickie makes a match between them and it's a contract on a pole for the title shot on Smackdown. Ziggler breaks the vase and flowers.
Brodus Clay vs. Big Show
Brodus jumps Show to start and hits the headbutt to the chest, but Show goes after the bad knee to take over. The knee gets wrapped around the post and there's a Vader Bomb. Brodus fights back but Show falls on his slam attempt, giving Big Show the first win over Brodus at 2:35. I tell you, this Big Show kid is going places you hear?
Video on Cena's 300th wish being granted.
Another Raw moment is Bob Barker on Raw.
During the break Big Show knocked Brodus out. Brodus is going to be gone for awhile I'd bet.
We get the HHH challenge to Brock from the PPV as well as the reaction from Heyman from last week. Brock will answer HHH next week.
AJ hits on Kane some more. Kane says she makes him feel things. That's not good either because he isn't boyfriend material. He thinks she's crazy and says they need to stay away from each other. AJ laughs and cries at the same time.
US Title: Jack Swagger vs. Santino Marella
This is the first defense on Raw for Santino since April 16. Swagger runs away from the Cobra and slams Santino down for two. A legdrop sets up an armbar but Santino gets fired up again. Santino comes back with the usual and loads up the Cobra. Swagger picks him up but gets caught in a DDT. The Cobra retains at 2:39.
Cena finds a Johnny Ace shirt in a donation bin but Ryder throws it in the trash.
Here's Cena for his major announcement. For the past month the company has been turned upside down to the point where it's been like a bad Star Wars movie. Cena talks about the last month in Star Wars terms, such as Darth Show, Han Soul-Bro, the R2-A-RI and Cena Skywalker. That wasn't bad. Apparently winning the match was easier than bullseyeing womp rats back in Beggar's Canyon.
He goes to make the announcement....and here's Jericho. We see Fozzy performing in Europe which is the explanation for his absence. Jericho says get on with your announcement because tonight is Jericho's night. Cena says Jericho is back and makes the announcement that he'll be in the MITB ladder match for the Raw World Title. He's doing it so that Show won't win the title. Cena says he'll win the whole fudging thing, resulting in an argument over the show being PG.
Jericho doesn't like the idea of Cena thinking he can walk into MITB and win in the first try. Jericho invented the match and has been in three of them, with Cena pointing out that he's never actually won one. If Cena is looking for fun, go in a Bouncy House. Jericho enters as well, and here's Vickie. She says there are two MITB matches and no one can place themselves in them. I guess Big Show gets grandfathered in?
Jericho cuts her off and Vickie freaks out. Only former WWE Champions will be in the Raw World Title match: Jericho, Kane, Big Show and Cena. Thank goodness as four people in there is WAY better and easier to work with. She makes Jericho vs. Cena for the main event.
Heath Slater vs. Psycho Sid
Sid slaps him down to start and slaps him off the top rope. A BAD looking spinebuster puts Slater down so Heath works on the knee a bit. Sid shrugs that off and hits a legdrop followed by the powerbomb for the pin at 1:29. Sid is no Vader.
Someone will be tweeting about Raw during the 1000th episode and they're a celebrity. WWE.com says it's....Charlie Sheen?
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler
Contract on a pole, winner gets Sheamus on Smackdown. Del Rio pulls him down off the pole to start and Ziggler does the same to him. Del Rio climbs the corner but Ziggler climbs Del Rio, only to get caught in a Samoan Drop from the middle rope. They both go up again and the contract winds up on the mat. You have to control the contract and it becomes a game of who can get possession of it first. Both guys and the contract is down and Ricardo goes for it, only to have Ziggler kick it to the floor.
They tumble to the other side of the ring and here's Sheamus to say it'll be a triple threat match for the title. So the match is just kind of thrown out I guess, meaning no rating as I have no idea when it ended, but Sheamus came out after maybe 3:30 or so.
Punk vs. Bryan for the title is official for MITB.
AJ comes up to see Punk (AJ: “Guess who?” Punk: “King Kong Bundy?”
and suggests they go out after the show. Punk wants to have a talk with her but AJ misinterprets his meaning.Another Raw Moment: This Is Your Life Rock.
Divas Battle Royal
They're all in bikinis and Vickie enters it as well. You can go through the ropes to be eliminated here. It says a lot that I have no idea who half of these girls are. Everyone goes after Vickie to start and it's a big brawl. Someone goes out and the announcers don't bother to say who it is. Aksana is out and it's your usual mess. Alicia and Kaitlyn are out as is Rosa. Beth puts out Tamina and accidentally knocks out Natalya. Layla puts out Beth so we have AJ, Layla and Vickie. AJ knocks out Layla with some help from Beth and Vickie tries to throw out La Psycho. AJ goes off and eliminates her to win at 2:13. This was AWFUL.
AJ does Bryan's YES chant post match.
Smackdown is live next Tuesday and it's the Great American Bash.
Chris Jericho vs. John Cena
Jericho bails from an AA attempt as we take a break. Back with Cena fighting out of a chinlock but getting dropkicked down for two. Cena hits a suplex to put Jericho down but he lowers his head for a boot to the face. Off to a chinlock but Cena escapes and this the spinning mat slam. Walls and AA are countered into the ProtoBomb and the Shuffle....but here's Big Show. AA is countered into the Walls but Show drops the leg on Cena for the DQ at 8:18.
Results
Daniel Bryan b. CM Punk and Kane – Bryan pinned Punk after a kick to the head
Big Show b. Brodus Clay – Show pinned Clay when Clay tried to slam him
Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger – Cobra
Psycho Sid b. Heath Slater – Powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a no contest
AJ won a Divas Battle Royal last eliminating Vickie Guerrero
John Cena b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Big Show interfered
Tuesday
Raw got a 3.3.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: June 27, 2012
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Byron Saxton Jim Ross
We're back again after last week's great debut episode. Tonight we're going to get a lot of new people debuting which is a cool idea. The perk of NXT being merged with FCW is that there are a ton of guys that the masses haven't seen before and they're letting them trickle in, which is a good way to keep people watching. Let's get to it.
Seth Rollins vs. Jiro
Rollins is Tyler Black from ROH. Jiro is a Japanese guy who looks to be a jobber. Regal isn't on commentary this week which makes this show go down a bit already. They chop it out and Rollins sends him into the corner. Rollins hits a kind of running curb stomp called The Blackout for the pin at 1:32.
Rollins says he's here to rip the roots out of the ground and the clouds out of the sky and change the world. Jinder Mahal comes out and glares at him on his way to the ring for the next match.
Jinder Mahal vs. Jason Jordan
Jordan is regarded as a top prospect according to JR. The bell rings twice for no apparent reason. Mahal pounds him down in the corner and hits a neckbreaker for two. Off to a chinlock followed by a butterfly suplex for two. Jordan tries a comeback but is quickly kneed down. Camel Clutch ends this at 2:51.
Mahal says he's going to remake NXT in his vision. My goodness why does WWE think we care about this guy?
Leo Kruger is coming. He comes off like a smarmy heel from Africa. He says he's the alpha male lion. So he's a white Monty Brown? Apparently he debuts tonight.
The first Raw is a Raw moment.
Leo Kruger vs. Aiden English
Kruger pounds him down but English hits a quick dropkick. That's the extent of his offense though as Kruger chokes away in the corner and hits a snap suplex. Kruger looks like a psycho Al Snow with curlier hair. Rear naked choke/sleeper gets the pin at 1:25.
Richie Steamboat says he's not trying to fill his father's shoes, but rather his own. He looks JUST like his daddy too.
Usos vs. The Ascension
Regal and Chris Russo are on commentary now along with JR. You know the Siva Tao is popular here with a college crowd. The Usos take over to start and double team Cameron for two. Cameron goes insane and pounds both Usos down until he brings in O'Brien for the same kind of stuff. They tag in and out a lot and pound away on Jey with a bunch of pounds and stomps. Jey hits a headbutt to bring in Jimmy who runs over Cameron a bit. Samoan Drop puts him down as does the Umaga Attack in the corner. Jey gets sent to the floor and Jimmy walks into the Downcast for the pin at 3:40.
Richie Steamboat vs. Rick Victor
Man they don't waste any time around here do they? Papa Steamboat is in the front row. Richie armdrags Victor down a few times and hooks an armbar. Steamboat chops in the corner and the fans chant WOO, so apparently we have an educated crowd here. A clothesline gets two for Richie and it's back to the armbar. Richie hits a crossbody and some clotheslines followed by elbows in the corner. A running spinning mat slam (Heath Slater used to use it) called the Slingblade gets the pin at 4:25.
Antonio Cesaro is a dangerous man.
Raw ReBound is about the end of the show.
Dante Dash vs. Antonio Cesaro
Dash is a big muscular black guy. Cesaro takes him to the mat almost immediately and rubs his face in the mat. A gutwrench suplex puts Dash down and it's off to a chinlock. A spinebuster puts Dash down again and the Neutralizer gets the pin at 1:48.
Bray Wyatt video with him talking about real love.
Derrick Bateman vs. Johnny Curtis
Curtis slaps him in the face and runs away almost immediately. Bateman chases him back inside and dropkicks him down. Curtis takes over and goes after the leg and we're told Kassius Onoo debuts next week. Curtis hooks an inverted Indian Deathlock but Bateman chops his way out of it. There's a spinning toehold by Johnny but Derrick escapes pretty quickly. He comes back with a falling forward DDT and the falling bulldog which he calls the DVD for the pin at 3:45.
Results
Seth Rollins b. Jiro – Blackout
Jinder Mahal b. Jason Jordan – Camel Clutch
Leo Kruger b. Aiden English – Rear Naked Choke
Richie Steamboat b. Rick Victor – Slingblade
Antonio Cesaro b. Dante Dash – Neutralizer
Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis – DVD
Thursday
Maxine has quit WWE.
Impact Wrestling
Date: June 28, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Back to the Impact Zone for another live show. The main thing tonight is a tag title rematch from the PPV which was great in the first place so hopefully it'll be the same here tonight. Other than that we have the fallout from Gut Check which isn't anything of note so far. Also we'll build up more towards Destination X. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of last week's events.
Dixie and AJ say they're ready to move on.
Bound For Glory Series: Mr. Anderson vs. Rob Van Dam
Anderson has 9 points coming in while Van Dam has zero. They're already tweeking the rules as all matches are now fifteen minutes. That's probably a very good idea as the matches last week were really short. They go to the mat for some near falls off small packages to start. Anderson hits a snap suplex for two but Van Dam comes back with a bridging Indian Deathlock with a chinlock as well.
They go to the mat and Van Dam hooks some freaky hold with Anderson getting all tied up. It's hard to describe actually but it's kind of like an abdominal stretch on steroids. Russian legsweep gets two for Anderson as does a northern lights suplex for Van Dam. A cartwheel into a moonsault gets two for RVD as well. The split legged moonsault hits knees so Anderson hits his neckbreaker for two again. Van Dam grabs a crucifix rollup out of a fireman's carry for the pin and seven points at 5:57.
Here are the updated standings:
Storm 36
Joe 17
Angl 10
Dnderson 9
RVD 7
Pope 7
Magnus
Jeff Hardy 7
Christopher Daniels 5
Bully Ray 0
Robbie E 0
AJ Styles 0
Here's Aries to talk about his path to get here. He's graduated from the X Division and has beaten up heavyweights, but he still respects the title. That's why he came up with Option C and it's why he's facing Bobby Roode for the world title at Destination X. But what happens to the title? There's going to be a tournament at the PPV and it'll have old and new faces of the Division.
Cue the world champ who says that what he's holding is the real title. It's the real world title because he's made it that way. There are 12 people waiting for a shot at this at Bound For Glory because the title matters so much. Aries gets his shot because of Hulk Hogan and because of Hulk Hogan alone. Option C is a failure, now get out of his ring. Aries says this is his ring, and if Roode wants him out of it, make him get out. Roode bails.
We get a clip from the end of the show last week with Clair admitting she's an addict.
Clair and Dixie are in the back and Clair says that she met Dixie at a party. She says she has no idea who Kaz and Daniels are but she can't believe they would use her to get at Dixie and AJ.
Kaz yells at Daniels who he really has no reason to be with anymore. Kaz says this ends tonight and walks out on Daniels. See? It's not hard to be logical.
X-Division Tournament Qualifying Match: Sonjay Dutt vs. Rubix
No idea who Rubix is but he's in a mask so it might be someone I've seen before. He's got long limbs. This is one of four qualifying matches so it's a four man tournament at the PPV. Rubix flies around a bit and sends Sonjay to the floor for a suicide dive. Back in and Sonjay hits a springboard splash for two. Rubix hits a German for two but gets caught in a tornado DDT. A moonsault into a double stomp (FREAKING OW MAN) gets the pin for Sonjay at 3:15.
We hear from the Gut Check people who talk about Taeler. They aren't sure about her but they think she's been through a lot. Apparently her cancer diagnosis was a false one.
We get a clip from last week with Joseph Park and Ray having another confrontation.
Bound For Glory Series: Samoa Joe vs. Bully Ray
Ray gets in his face so Joe gets right back in his face and it's a standoff. Ray stalls some more as you would expect him to. They ram into each other a few times but Ray drops him with an elbow smash. There's a suplex and a falling headbutt for no cover for Ray and we take a break. Back with Joe making a comeback by running at Ray a few times. He slugs Ray in the head but a double clothesline puts both guys down.
Joe tries a suplex but hurts his shoulder in the process. Ray goes after it as the fans chant for the fat boy. Allow me to adjust that statement: they chant for the fat Samoan. Ray works on the arm for awhile but Joe takes it to the floor. That goes badly for him as well as the arm gets rammed into the steps. They've been going almost ten minutes here so the time is starting to become a factor.
Ray misses a splash and Joe pounds away with right hands. An atomic drop puts Ray down and the senton backsplash gets two. By my math they're over 11 minutes in now as Ray hits a Rock Bottom for two. Ray's middle rope splash misses and he rolls to the floor. Joe hops out and gets his head kicked off....but here's Joseph Park. He pops Ray with a right hand and Joe grabs the choke for the tap at 13:00.
Park says he's Joseph Park but Ray is a jackass bully. He talks about being bullied his whole life and it stops tonight. He's tired of Ray imposing his will on everyone and the people are sick of it too. Park says that in two weeks, he'll fight Ray again and he's bringing the fight to Ray.
Tazz and Tenay say to go to the website to listen to the full unedited version of Dixie and AJ's phone call from a few weeks ago.
Back to Dixie and Clair with Dixie explaining the photo. It was the time that AJ explained how bad it was to Dixie and she kind of snapped. They were going to the hotel to see Clair after she got out of rehab too. The call about Serg was about his birthday. I CALLED THAT ONE WEEKS AGO!
Kaz pleads his case to Daniels and says he can't tag with him tonight. He wants the tag match but not with Daniels. Hogan says prove that you're a new man when you're out there tonight with Daniels. Please, not tag champions that hate each other.
Madison goes up to Garrett and looks very nervous. She says she has a crush on someone and asks what he's like. It's not Garrett apparently but she whispers the name in his ear. Garrett says good luck with that and leaves.
Brooke gives Tessmacher a campaign with Direct Auto Insurance. Gail comes up to complain and talks trash. Hogan continues her bad acting and tells Gail that she gets her rematch next week.
X-Division Tournament Qualifying Match: Rashad Cameron vs. Mason Andrews
Cameron has a BIG afro while Mason looks almost identical to Percy Watson. They speed things up to start and Andrews sends him to the floor. He hits a HUGE dive but trips on the rope and hits Rashad in the head. If he wasn't out cold I'm amazed. Back in they speed things up again and Cameron dropkicks him out of the air for two. Apparently Mason is Scorpio Sky from PWG.
They go back and forth a bit with Andrews hitting a jumping knee to the head and a springboard cross body for two. Cameron knocks him to the floor and hits a BIG flip dive. Back in he goes up but gets ranaed down for two. Andrews is almost sent into the corner but as he turns around Cameron hits a jumping Downward Spiral (think R-Truth's Little Jimmy) for the pin at 4:04.
Cameron says this is the beginning of the Rashad Cameron movement.
Hogan is on the phone and talking about Sting. Storm and Hardy are with him and want to know what's going on with Sting. Hogan doesn't quite know what's going on. Storm says he's ready and Hardy says he's feeling the Series. They fight next week.
Gut Check time. Taeler says last week she gave it her best and she's ready to shine. The fans chant YES and Tazz agrees with them. Snow says he's been around Taeler a lot and here's Joey Ryan to yell at Tazz. He's in the front row and yells a lot but we can't really hear what he's saying. Security gets him out as the segment grinds to a halt. Ok back in the ring now and Snow says no. Taeler gets 30 seconds to convince Pritchard. She says someone gave every one of them a shot and that's all she wants. Bruce says he isn't sure if she's ready yet but he'll give her a yes anyway.
Angle says the old AJ is back and that's a great thing. AJ says he's ready. He gets Daniels at Destination X in a last man standing match.
Tag Titles: Kurt Angle/AJ Styles vs. Kazarian/Christopher Daniels
Daniels and Kaz are challenging but Kaz doesn't like Daniels all that much right now. He and AJ start and AJ takes him down followed by a kick to the back. Off to Angle and Kaz tags out, almost by slapping the taste out of Daniels' mouth. Kurt charges into a boot and Daniels hits his slingshot elbow. Off to Kaz who covers off that elbow for some reason. Daniels yells at Kaz and tags himself back in but runs from AJ. The challengers argue on the floor as we take a break.
Back with Daniels in control of AJ and hitting his running STO for two. Angle comes in and cleans house. He fires off Rolling Germans on Kaz and does the same to Daniels. Kaz grabs a TKO for two on Kurt but gets caught in the ankle lock. That gets broken up quickly and everything breaks down. AJ clotheslines Kaz down but gets caught in a Blue Thunder Bomb. Angle gets sent into the referee by Daniels so Chris grabs a chair. Kaz pulls it away and lets AJ hit the Pele. Kaz tells AJ to finish this, but then hits AJ in the back with a chair, giving Daniels the pin and the titles at 11:34.
Daniels says Clair didn't tell all of the truth because her baby's daddy is AJ. Let the soap opera continue.
Results
Rob Van Dam b. Mr. Anderson – Crucifix
Sonjay Dutt b. Rubix – Moonsault into a double stomp
Samoa Joe b. Bully Ray – Koquina Clutch
Rashad Cameron b. Mason Andrews – Jumping Downward Spiral
Kazarian/Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle – Daniels pinned Styles after a chair shot from Kazarian
Friday
Impact got a .97, the same as last week.
Smackdown
Date: June 29, 2012
Location: Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
It appears to be time to start the MITB build as they did that over on the Raw show. Now over there we had people that had only been WWE Champion, but there aren't that many candidates for the Smackdown World Title. Also I'm not sure if there are going to be more people in the Raw match or not, but they have more time to change it if they want. Sheamus defends against Ziggler and Del Rio in a triple threat tonight too. Let's get to it.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is yet again this heat wave. Four straight days of over 100 degrees in Kentucky? That needs to be destroyed.
We open with a recap of the triple threat elimination match from Raw.
AJ vs. Layla
Layla has Tiffany's old music now because....I have no idea actually. AJ takes her to the mat but Layla runs her over and blows a kiss. A rollup gets two for the champ (non-title here though) and she works on the arm. AJ comes back with a dropkick and corner clothesline for two. Layla comes back with a spinning facejam but AJ kicks her head off. Cue Bryan to shout YES a lot and skip around the ring ala AJ. Layla rolls up AJ for the pin at 3:31.
AJ snaps on Layla post match. Bryan tells her to calm down and says there's something that needs to be done. He demands to talk to Vickie and threatens to hold the show hostage unless she comes out here. Bryan says YES a lot and AJ does the same. We take a break for a Raw Moment of Tyson joining DX and come back with dueling YES shouts. Vickie comes out and says everyone is tired of hearing Bryan's catchphrase over and over again.
Bryan says he's the #1 contender to Punk's title and he thanks Vickie for getting him that shot. He proposes an alliance once she becomes GM. He wants AJ banned from ringside because she's a liability. Vickie yells at AJ a lot but Bryan says this is about him, not AJ. Vickie talks about some poll on WWE.com and based on that, AJ is going to be guest referee.
This comes off as incredibly lame to me, as it's taking WAY too long to make this announcement. Instead of wasting time like this, just announce this stuff and say the Board of Directors made the decision. It saves like ten minutes that you can use on other stuff. Bryan yells NO and leaves. Vickie STILL isn't done because she announces that there will be MITB qualifying matches over the next two weeks and everyone is eligible to enter.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Zach Ryder vs. Damien Sandow
Sandow does his usual stuff on the way to the ring. Booker says that Sandow needs to stop idolizing Leaping Lanny Poffo. So there is something to that theory I guess. Anyway Ryder takes him down to start but Sandow reverses him into the corner and stomps away. A Russian legsweep puts Ryder down and Sandow drops an elbow which has some Latin name apparently. Sandow ducks his head and gets caught in a facejam followed by the knees in the corner. A kind of powerbomb gets two for Ryder and there's the Broski Boot. Rough Ryder is countered into a hot shot and that double arm neckbreaker gets the pin at 2:25.
Bryan goes to the Divas locker room looking for AJ but finds Kaitlyn instead. She doesn't know where AJ is but suggests that Bryan find her and get on AJ's good side because she's a bit crazy.
Summerslam hype video.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Jack Swagger vs. Tyson Kidd
Swagger quickly takes him to the mat but gets caught in a pair of rolling cradles for two. He bails to the floor in frustration but gets dropkicked in the face for his troubles. Back in and Kidd charges into a wheelbarrow suplex for two. Jack works on the arm and drops a leg on it for two. Vader Bomb gets two. Swagger hooks a Fujiwara Armbar but Kidd quickly gets up and hits a DDT to put both guys down. A dropkick to the side of the head gets two. A victory roll attempt is countered and there's the ankle lock but Kidd escapes. Another dropkick sets up a Blockbuster for the pin at 4:30.
We get the McMahon in the hospital moment AGAIN.
We recap the mess that was the contract on the pole match from Monday.
Ziggler wants to know why Vickie isn't doing anything but she can't because the Board is watching her. Dolph wants the Brogue Kick and Cross Armbreaker banned. She says that'll make her look bad which makes Ziggler freak out. She slaps him in the face but agrees to be out there with him tonight.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Christian/Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes/David Otunga
The winning team will both get into the match. David gets a fanfare of music while he poses in the ring now. Santino and Cody start but it's quickly off to Christian. Christian gets in some right hands but Cody takes him down with a knee to the ribs. Off to Otunga who hits a seated shoulder block for two. Off to a chinlock for a few seconds, but Cody jumps into a punch to the ribs.
Off to Otunga vs. Marella with the champion hitting his usual stuff. He loads up the Cobra but Cody pulls Otunga to the floor before Santino can cover. Rhodes comes in legally and gets a few two counts before throwing the Cobra sock to the floor. Otunga comes in and drops an elbow for two, followed by a modified camel clutch.
Santino suplexes his way out of it and tags in Christian who cleans house. A flapjack and jumping back elbow to Cody look to set up the Killswitch but Cody escapes. Another attempt is countered but the reverse DDT connects. Otunga breaks up the spear but heel miscommunicatio lets Christian spear Otunga down for the pin at 6:23.
Sheamus says he could win tonight and make it to MITB, only to get cashed in on. Or he could walk outside and get hit by a car driven by Lindsay Lohan. He doesn't live by what if's, and therefore he doesn't worry.
Time to waste another minute and a half by talking about This Is Your Life Rock.
Bryan comes up to AJ in the back and says he's worried about her well being. AJ attacking Layla isn't like her and maybe she should seek professional help. Bryan knows a doctor that could help her, because people that care about each other help each other out. AJ says she'll take the number. Well actually she says YES a lot but you get the idea.
Dan Barone/Brendan Burke vs. Ryback
The jobbers are from Kentucky (YAY!) and they combine to weigh 350lbs. Where do they find these singing jobbers? Is there a farm where they're grown? Barone takes a HUGE powerbomb and Shell Shocked (that's the official name for it) ends this at 1:50.
Aksana and Cesaro are kissing in the back when Teddy interrupts them. He's the GM for both shows next week and on the live Smackdown this Tuesday they're facing Layla and Great Khali. Teddy has power again for 20 seconds and he's already made a tag match.
The Raw ReBound is about the ending and the MITB match.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Justin Gabriel vs. Tensai
This is quite the downgrade for Tensai. Cody is officially protesting not being in the MITB match because he didn't lose. Tensai runs him over with his usual stuff and hits a butterfly suplex for two. A bearhug is quickly broken up as is Gabriel's sunset flip. Gabriel fires off some kicks but can't even drop Tensai. A springboard missile dropkick puts him down though and a Lionsault gets two. Not that it matters as he jumps into the Baldo Bomb and the running backsplash gets the pin at 2:45.
The THIRD Raw Moment of the night is HHH returning from his quad injury in 2002.
Smackdown World Title: Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler
Del Rio still wants a one on one match and doesn't like competing in this little town. Vickie interrupts him and does Dolph's intro. We go to a break before the match and this is either something only on the international version or they're REALLY going overboard, as the fourth Raw Moment is Barker on Raw. Sheamus knocks them both down to start and sends Ziggler to the floor. Del Rio jumps the champion from behind but walks into the Regal Roll for one.
Ziggler tries to jump Sheamus and gets glared at. Sheamus chases him around the ring and runs over Del Rio on the way back in. Del Rio hits the DDT on the arm to take over and hooks an armbar. Sheamus gets sent to the floor and Ziggler follows him out, beating up both guys on the floor. He covers Alberto for two in the ring and dropkicks Sheamus to the floor again.
Del Rio misses a charge into the corner and Ziggler gets two off the collision into the buckle. The fans are behind Sheamus even though he's on the floor. Del Rio breaks up a superplex attempt but gets knocked off the top to the floor. Sheamus comes back in and hits an electric chair drop on Dolph as we take a break. Back with Del Rio knocking Sheamus to the floor again. The challengers both fall outside on their own and work over the champion at the same time.
They beat on him behind the announcers' desk and send him into the steps before going back inside for more beating. Alberto double crosses Dolph and tries to steal the title, resulting in a slug out between the two of them. Sheamus comes off the top with a double shoulder block and everyone is down. Ziggler gets thrown to the apron for the ten forearms to put him down. The DDT to the arm is countered and the Irish Curse gets two. Ziggler comes back in but the Fameasser is avoided and there's White Noise.
Del Rio breaks up the Brogue Kick and gets two on Sheamus. The Armbreaker is broken up but Sheamus charges into the post. Ziggler dropkicks the arm into the post but Del Rio kicks him to the floor. There's the Armbreaker but Ziggler makes the save. Fameasser gets two on Alberto but Ricardo gets on the apron. Ziggler rolls up Del Rio but Sheamus kicks his head off for the pin at 11:15 shown of 14:45.
Results
Layla b. AJ – Rolling Cradle
Damien Sandow b. Zach Ryder – Neckbreaker
Tyson Kidd b. Jack Swagger – Blockbuster
Christian/Santino Marella b. David Otunga/Cody Rhodes – Spear to Otunga
Ryback b. Dan Barone/Brendan Burke – Shell Shocked
Tensai b. Justin Gabriel – Running Backsplash
Sheamus b. Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler – Brogue Kick to Ziggler
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Actually something: Angelina Love is gone from TNA.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Daniel Bryan b. CM Punk and Kane – Bryan pinned Punk after a kick to the head
Big Show b. Brodus Clay – Show pinned Clay when Clay tried to slam him
Santino Marella b. Jack Swagger – Cobra
Psycho Sid b. Heath Slater – Powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler went to a no contest
AJ won a Divas Battle Royal last eliminating Vickie Guerrero
John Cena b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Big Show interfered
NXT
Seth Rollins b. Jiro – Blackout
Jinder Mahal b. Jason Jordan – Camel Clutch
Leo Kruger b. Aiden English – Rear Naked Choke
Richie Steamboat b. Rick Victor – Slingblade
Antonio Cesaro b. Dante Dash – Neutralizer
Derrick Bateman b. Johnny Curtis – DVD
Impact Wrestling
Rob Van Dam b. Mr. Anderson – Crucifix
Sonjay Dutt b. Rubix – Moonsault into a double stomp
Samoa Joe b. Bully Ray – Koquina Clutch
Rashad Cameron b. Mason Andrews – Jumping Downward Spiral
Kazarian/Christopher Daniels b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle – Daniels pinned Styles after a chair shot from Kazarian
Smackdown
Layla b. AJ – Rolling Cradle
Damien Sandow b. Zach Ryder – Neckbreaker
Tyson Kidd b. Jack Swagger – Blockbuster
Christian/Santino Marella b. David Otunga/Cody Rhodes – Spear to Otunga
Ryback b. Dan Barone/Brendan Burke – Shell Shocked
Tensai b. Justin Gabriel – Running Backsplash
Sheamus b. Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler – Brogue Kick to Ziggler