klunderbunker
Welcome to My (And Not Sly's) House
Monday
Lana has injured her hand/wrist and will be out of action for four months. No word on whether or not she will be off TV.
Monday Night Raw
Date: September 7, 2015
Location: Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton, Michael Cole
It's a holiday show, which means we might not be in for the most action packed episode this week. Coming out of this weekend, the question is what does John Cena's potential injury mean for Seth Rollins and his double title defenses? WWE has said Cena isn't injured, but there's always a chance it's going to be addressed. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Seth Rollins gets things going this week and tells us about how special he is. Until he cashed in Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania, everyone believed Brock Lesnar was invincible. Then he knocked John Cena off the pedestal and became the first man to hold both the US and World Titles at the same time. Yes Seth we know. Much like everyone else in WWE, you feel the need to repeat the same lines over and over because it gets them talking on Facebook or something.
Anyway, he had a statue, Sting stole it, and now Rollins wants to crush Sting's legacy as a result. Seth can do that by beating Sting at Night of Champions, but then he has to deal with Cena, who has politicked his way into the title scene again. That presented a problem but then Rollins remembered who he was. This has been his year so he'll solve this problem just like any other.
Rollins wants his statue back so here's Sting on screen, standing next to the statue. Come and get it he says, so Rollins says he's not afraid. Cue Sheamus instead who asks if Seth is worried about Sunday. Seth is worried about his statue instead but he makes sure to call Sheamus Ronald McDonald with a bad haircut. Sheamus: “Leave my family out of this.” Sheamus teases cashing in at Night of Champions.
Post break Seth goes to see Stephanie to ask if HHH has a plan. After Stephanie gets annoyed at Seth for not thinking she can handle this (you have to get that Stephanie praise in there you see), HHH comes in and Rollins is relieved. HHH makes things even worse though as he makes Rollins vs. Ryback and Rollins/New Day vs. Prime Time Players/John Cena. Stephanie says she thought Rollins should go after Sting but Rollins wanted to hear HHH's idea.
Paige vs. Sasha Banks
Rematch from last week where Paige only had about a minute and a half to beat Sasha, meaning she came up short. Paige throws Sasha around to start and elbows her in the corner, only to have her kick caught, setting up Sasha's double knees in the corner for two. Back from a break with Sasha getting another near fall and throwing on a chinlock.
Paige quickly fights out but gets pulled off the middle rope to give Sasha another near fall. Sasha's cross body is nearly countered into the Rampaige but Banks gets to the floor. Back in and a quick wheelbarrow suplex gives Paige two but Naomi comes in for a distraction, allowing Paige to grab a small package for the pin at 9:56.
Ascension vs. Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose
Now, on Smackdown, Ascension was made to look tough again when they beat up Neville. I'm sure WWE wouldn't totally waste that by having them get squashed here and act like Smackdown meant nothing. Dean beats Viktor up to start before it's off to Roman for more of the same. That's fine with Reigns who punches out both Ascension members with ease before Dean comes in with a suicide dive. The apron boot to Viktor sets up the Superman Punch and a Doomsday Device of all things, which sets up the spear. Dirty Deeds puts Viktor away at 2:53.
Post match the Wyatts come on screen to say the apocalypse is at Night of Champions.
That being said, SCREW YOU WWE! You set something up on Smackdown and you can't send out Los freaking Matadores do job here? No of course not, because why do that when Ascension is there? Geez they make Smackdown worthless by their own actions.
Ryback says Rollins whines a lot and is an architect but tonight, Ryback's plans are a Meathook and Shell Shock. Kevin Owens comes up to wish Ryback good luck and warns him not to bite off more than he can chew.
We recap Lana/Dolph Ziggler/Rusev/Summer Rae. There's even a narrator for this.
Ryback vs. Seth Rollins
Non-title and in a VERY cool thing, Ryback lets a kid hold the Intercontinental Title. The announcers are too busy getting in their talking points to notice of course. Rollins bails outside and hits the stall button to start. A shoulder sends Rollins right back to the floor but Ryback is patient enough to stay inside. Rollins gets rammed into the corner as the announcers argue over whether or not Sting stole the statue. As in the thing he doesn't own that he took.
Ryback stays on the arm before chopping Seth down with ease. The delayed vertical suplex, with Ryback walking around the ring, gets two on Seth. Rollins gets Ryback out to the floor and tries a suicide dive, only to have Ryback catch him in midair. Ryback is whipped into various metal objects and it's time for another break. Back with Seth getting two off a neckbreaker and putting on a chinlock.
Ryback punches him in the face and sends Seth flying with a backdrop. A powerbomb and the low superkick are both countered but the second attempt at the powerbomb connects for two. For some reason Ryback goes to the top but has to break up Seth's superplex attempt. The top rope splash misses and Rollins baseball slides Ryback outside.
There's the suicide dive but Ryback is still able to beat the count. Back in and Seth charges into a spinebuster but he escapes Shell Shock and nails an enziguri. This brings up Sting to say the statue is waiting for Rollins, allowing Ryback to grab a small package for the pin at 18:45, good for the second distraction into a small package finish of the night.
Sting pops up again and puts a Sting mask on the statue.
Rollins (yes again with Rollins) is looking for his statue but here's New Day to interrupt with a trombone recital. Seth yells at them but runs into Edge and Christian who are here for the Steve Austin Show. Edge brings up Rollins threatening to kill him to get the Authority back and wants a fight right now. Rollins bails so Woods wants a musical battle. This means the return of the KAZOO!
Edge thinks New Day sucks but Big E. eats the kazoo. Well he stuck it in his mouth and threw it out but we'll say he ate it. The Dudleyz come up and tell New Day that the Prime Time Players get a title shot next week. The winners of that face the Dudleyz at Night of Champions. New Day freaks out but Bubba says now they can leave. Oh and the Dudleyz have a new song: GET! THE TABLES! GET! THE TABLES! With rhythmic clapping of course. Well that was awesome.
Here's Summer Rae, who is sad over everything that happened last week. We get the recap again, with Cole saying it “gripped the world.” No Cole, it didn't. Also, Ziggler and Lana are WWE's power couple. Yes, he said power couple. Summer wants to apologize to the person who has been hurt so much in all this: Rusev.
This brings Rusev out so Summer can thank him for all of his inspiration. Last week when Ziggler invited her into his locker room, everything was just too much for her and she temporarily betrayed him. Rusev forgives her so Lana says “thank you Ru Ru.” Rusev rips on Ziggler a bit, so here's Dolph with a message from Lana (who is out with a broken wrist) in the form of a superkick. I hate myself for starting to love this story.
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus
Yes, AGAIN. Orton quickly takes him down in an armbar, likely because he's so bored by this pairing that he needs a rest. Back up and they're still in the feeling out process until a shoulder puts Sheamus on the floor. Sheamus gets back in and heads outside almost immediately (same idea as Rollins earlier). He yells at the fans on the mic but catches Orton coming out with the Irish Curse as we take a break.
Back with Sheamus holding a chinlock, followed by the Regal Roll. He demands that everyone respect the hawk and snaps Orton's throat across the top. The battering ram from the top gets two and the fans are really not interested here. The Cloverleaf doesn't work so Sheamus resurrects the Edgeucator (a Sharpshooter but with Sheamus pushing on the legs instead of pulling). Orton makes the ropes and comes back with the hanging DDT, only to charge into White Noise for two. The Brogue Kick misses though and the RKO ends Sheamus at 15:49.
Post match the Wyatts surround Orton, who was seen talking to Reigns and Orton earlier. Orton gets destroyed by all three monsters and Reigns/Ambrose aren't even nice enough to come out for a save.
Cole calls next week the season premiere, which of course is taking place on the show before a pay per view because THEY CAN'T EVEN GET A SCHEDULE RIGHT WHEN THEY MAKE UP THESE ARBITRARY DATES IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!
Los Matadores vs. Dudley Boyz
Diego takes Bubba down to start and the masked men get in some quick fast paced offense. That's the extent of the good for them though as D-Von comes in to clean house and 3D ends Fernando at 1:38.
Post match Los Matadores blame El Torito so the Dudleyz make the save. Fernando goes through a table.
Cesaro vs. The Miz
This is fallout from earlier tonight when Cesaro turned down Miz's offer to help publicize the Cesaro Section. Cesaro takes him down to start and easily throws Miz to the floor for some more of the beating. The fans are behind Cesaro as you might expect but Miz kicks Cesaro in the still banged up ribs to take over. Cesaro flips over the top rope because he's athletic like that, only to get dropped ribs first onto the top rope. Miz kicks him to the floor and sends Cesaro into the barricade a few times but here's Big Show to chase Miz around, causing a double countout at 4:17.
Back from a break and it's Bella time. Nikki shows off the Bellatron and invites us all to the Bellabration next week when she breaks the record. This brings out PCB, with Charlotte making the announcement that she'll be challenging Nikki for the title next week instead of at Night of Champions. A brawl ensues and Nikki taps to the Figure Eight.
John Cena/Prime Time Players vs. New Day/Seth Rollins
A fan tries to follow Rollins to the ring but he's quickly stopped by security. Cena and Rollins get things going but it's off to Big E. before anything can happen. The NEW DAY SUCKS headlock goes on as Woods plays the trombone. Woods: “Cena's gonna learn today what some tricep meat feels like!” E. shoves Cena around as JBL does his best JR impression by making some football analogy that doesn't go anywhere. The belly to belly gets two on Cena and it's off to Rollins for some stompings. Big E. tags himself back in for the rotating stomps and Seth doesn't get the idea.
Back from a break with Kofi getting two on Cena off a high cross body. The SOS gets two more and Rollins breaks up a hot tag attempt. It's back to Big E. as Woods sits on the steps for some tromboning. E. misses the Warrior Splash and Titus finally gets the tag to clean house. Everything breaks down and Darren gives Woods the Gut Check, only to have Big E. suplexes Titus down. Cena and Rollins get tags and the Pedigree is countered into the STF, only to have Rollins get to the corner for the tag to Kofi. The second high cross body is rolled through into the AA to put Kofi down at 13:08.
Cena does the Millions of Dollars dance before leaving Rollins alone in the ring. Sting appears on screen in front of the statue. The lights come up and the statue is in front of a garbage truck. I think you can guess what happens. Rollins grabs his titles to end the show.
Results
Sasha Banks b. Paige – Small package
Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns b. Ascension – Dirty Deeds to Viktor
Ryback b. Seth Rollins – Small package
Randy Orton b. Sheamus – RKO
Dudley Boyz b. Los Matadores – 3D to Fernando
Cesaro vs. The Miz went to a double countout
John Cena/Prime Time Players b. New Day/Seth Rollins – Attitude Adjustment to Kingston
Tuesday
Kurt Angle will be taking a break from wrestling and not re-sign with TNA this January.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: September 9, 2015
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Corey Graves
The Dusty Classic continues this week as we get to see a few more first round matches tonight. The tournament has taken the promotion by storm and it's already more interesting than I was hoping for it to be. We're also just about a month away from the next Takeover, which needs a card built up in a hurry. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Peyton Royce vs. Carmella
Royce used to be K.C. Cassidy but this is billed as her debut. Feeling out process to start as they trade rollups, followed by Carmella busting out a moonwalk. A suplex gets two more on Carmella and we hit the chinlock. Carmella fights back up an elbows Royce in the jaw before slapping on a chinlock of her own. Back up and Royce fires off some nice kicks in the corner, followed by a middle rope cross body for two. They're already showing more energy than the Bellas have displayed in a long time. Carmella comes right back with that crossface with her legs for the submission at 5:03.
Samoa Joe asked Finn Balor if he's ready. The champ certainly is but Joe tells him not to forget his belt. Joe hands him the title, after staring at it a bit first.
In other first round matches, Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady beat Sawyer Fulton/Angelo Dawkins and Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder beat Elias Sampson/Tucker Knight. It's really smart to not air the whole thing on TV as we don't need to every single first round match.
Nia Jax is still coming.
Dusty Classic First Round: Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano vs. Bull Dempsey/Tyler Breeze
Ciampa and Breeze get things going with Tommaso getting in a great slap to the jaw. It's off to Bull, who is dubbed as gorgeous by the crowd. Ciampa takes him down to the mat so it's quickly back to Breeze, who is taken into the corner and rolled up for two by Gargano. Tyler is trying to recover in the corner and tags out to the big man, who gets kicked in the head upon arrival. Ciampa's running knee to the head gets two and we hit the chinlock.
Back from a break with Ciampa on Bull's back in a sleeper, so Dempsey just falls backwards for the break. Use the natural assets man. Gargano comes in and knocks Breeze off the apron, meaning there's no one there for Bull to tag. Bull fights back on his own with a Bionic Elbow but knocks his partner off the apron again. Gargano grabs a sunset flip and Ciampa makes it a jackknife rollup to pin Dempsey at 8:44.
The Lucha Dragons are ready for their match and warn Joe/Balor to not overlook them because these dragons breathe fire.
Dana Brooke is mad (though not because she hasn't patted Devon on the head recently) for having to see Bayley win that Women's Title. She turned down a spot in the Arnold Classic in Spain to be here and now she wants her title.
Video on Tye Dillinger.
Dana Brooke vs. Billie Kay
They trade headlocks to start with Billie taking it down to the mat. A headscissors messes Brooke up even more as a weak Total Diva chant breaks out. Brooke slams her into the corner for some shoulders to the ribs as the confidence is back. The handstand choke sets up a chinlock on Kay which quickly switches to a headscissors choke. Brooke stops a comeback with an enziguri and the fireman's carry driver is good for the pin at 5:23.
Apollo Crews calls the fans the Apollo Nation. They're ready to take over NXT. Can we please stop calling everything a nation or a team? You can come up with something more creative than that.
Bayley's biggest fan Izzy was at the WWE Performance Center to meet Bayley in person. That's always cool.
Bayley is back next week.
Dusty Classic First Round: Samoa Joe/Finn Balor vs. Lucha Dragons
This is from a Smackdown taping in Providence, Rhode Island with Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso on commentary. Balor and Cara get things going and a loud NXT chant starts up. The champ tries to slow things down with an armbar but gets caught in a headlock instead. Jimmy is asked advice on how to win the tournament. Jimmy: “Don't get kicked in the face like that!” Balor sends Cara to the floor and dives on both guys and we take a break.
Back with Joe tagging Balor in and the champion being slammed down in the corner. Kalisto gets two off a flipping splash and puts on a waistlock. Finn fights up and gets in enough shots to make the tag to Joe. The Dragons are thrown all over the ring but Cara comes back with a sloppy tornado DDT for two. Cara tries to charge at Joe in the corner and has to slip out of the Muscle Buster. Kalisto tags himself in and gets two off a quick hurricanrana, only to charge into the release Rock Bottom. The Muscle Buster into the Coup de Grace eliminate the Dragons at 11:16.
Results
Carmella b. Peyton Royce – Crossface leg lock
Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano b. Tyler Breeze/Bull Dempsey – Jackknife rollup to Dempsey
Dana Brooke b. Billie Kay – Fireman's carry driver
Samoa Joe/Finn Balor b. Lucha Dragons – Coup de Grace to Kalisto
Impact Wrestling
Date: September 9, 2015
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: D'Angelo Dinero, Josh Matthews
The invasion is on in full force but there's a chance we're just a week away from it ending. Last week both sides agreed to a winner take all match to air a week from tonight with the winning side owning all of TNA. Other than that we're just a few weeks away from Bound For Glory and the card hasn't been announced yet. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of last week's events, including the challenge for the winner take all match, as well as Ethan Carter III retaining over Matt Hardy and winning Jeff Hardy in the process.
The announcers talk for a bit before Ethan and Tyrus come to the ring. Ethan talks about the invasion before saying he really doesn't care. There's a rare instance of a wrestler speaking for the masses. Last week Ethan entered God Mode and defeated Matt Hardy to earn Jeff, so now he would like his personal assistant out here. Jeff isn't allowed music but is asked to bring Ethan and Tyrus some water.
Unfortunately he gets the temperature wrong with a totally unacceptable 73 degrees instead of 72. Ethan throws the water on him in a “first day rib” before handing him a big Ethan Carter head on a stick to hold up. Jeff has to read an introduction off a card, making sure to call Ethan very handsome. The champ approves before announcing himself/Tyrus vs. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud.
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III vs. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud
Matt beats Tyrus up to start before getting to do the same to Ethan. A Russian legsweep gets two and it's off to Spud for some Poetry in Motion, though Carter catches him in midair. Matt helps him out though and a double suplex gets two on Ethan. Tyrus does his job by pulling Spud out to the floor and drives him spine first into the apron to take over. Back in and both villains work over the ribs and back to show some common sense. Spud tries to fight back but gets taken down again with a drop toehold.
Jeff is told to get in a shot with the sign but he holds it up instead. The distraction lets Matt come in off the tag and house is cleaned, including a clothesline for two on Tyrus. Spud doesn't have the same level of luck on Tyrus as he's thrown across the ring with ease. Ethan pulls Jeff in the way of Matt's right hand and tells his new assistant to hit Spud with a chair. Jeff won't do it so Tyrus picks Spud up and hits the spike to the throat for the pin at 7:30.
We recap Brian Myers and Trevor Lee stealing the Tag Team Titles from the Wolves last week.
Drew Galloway and the Wolves are ready for war.
Taryn tells Rebel to take out one of the Beautiful People.
The Dollhouse jump Madison Rayne until the Beautiful People make the late save.
Here are the Jarretts for their weekly interview. Tonight they start by winning the man advantage in next week's winner take all match and then next week they complete the hostile takeover. First up though, he wants Bobby Roode to come out here and return the King of the Mountain Title. Roode brings out the belt and says he's not giving the belt up because it belong to TNA and the fans.
Bobby takes his shirt off but Karen tells them to chill out because they're acting like children. Karen reminds Jeff that he's a week away from everything he wants and tells Roode that everyone in TNA is outnumbered. The two of them have worked together a lot over the years and Roode needs to think about that.
Eli Drake talks to Kenny King and Jesse Godderz about the invasion but Galloway comes up and says it's time to get serious. They question how good he is in a war so Galloway introduces them to three men who will stand up for TNA: Micah, Tigre Uno and Robbie E., who are promptly beaten down.
Ethan yells at Jeff Hardy for not hitting Spud with the sign. As punishment, Jeff gets to sell some new EC3 merchandise.
Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake vs. Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno
So I guess Bram beat the face turn out of King last week. Micah and King start but a single butterfly suplex sends King off for a tag to Jesse, who is run over by Robbie. Tigre comes in for some headscissors on Drake before it's back to Micah to start in on the arm. Micah is taken into the corner and some triple teaming has him in trouble. That only lasts a few seconds before a double clothesline allows the tag to Uno. Tigre grabs a tornado DDT on King before the BroMans are both tagged in. Everything breaks down and we hit the parade of secondary finishers, capped off by the Boom Drop finishing off Jesse at 7:00.
Knockouts Title: Gail Kim vs. Brooke
Brooke is defending but the announcers immediately start bowing down to Gail, just in case we forget that she's the most awesome and amazing Knockout of all time. A headlock has Gail in trouble to start and Brooke kicks her out to the floor. Back in and a middle rope X Factor gets two for the champ but Gail grabs an armbar/headscissors combo to slow things down.
They roll around on the mat until Brooke lays on Gail's back and puts on a chinlock at the same time. It's kind of like a bad Last Chancery but the way she's looking makes it look like the hold wouldn't have much effect. Both of them try cross bodies but here's Lei'D Tapa to grab the title belt. The Tess Shocker gets two but Brooke lets up when she sees Tapa with the title. She dives on Tapa but stops to pose, allowing Tapa to hit her with the belt for the DQ at 6:08.
Post match Awesome Kong comes out and beats up Tapa before picking up the title.
Jeff Jarrett gives Team GFW a pep talk.
Jeff Hardy talks to Galloway about standing up for TNA but Ethan comes in to give him gear to clean. Hardy tells Galloway to take the title away soon. That sounds like a Bound For Glory tease.
Tag Team Titles: Brian Myers/Trevor Lee vs. Wolves
Myers and Lee are defending after winning the belts last week. The Wolves meet them in the aisle and clean house, followed by a double suicide dive to take the champs down. Back in and the brawling continues with Trevor hitting a kind of running belly to belly (that's a very new one) for two on Edwards as we get into a standard formula. Eddie fights out of the double teaming and makes the tag to Davey for the “make a guy DDT his partner” spot, followed by a superplex for two on Lee.
An enziguri into a German suplex gets the same with Myers making a save. Myers hits a quick downward spiral to set up Lee's German suplex for two on Edwards as the tagging has already been forgotten. Edwards avoids a running knee to the face and the powerbomb/Backstabber combination plants Lee. Sonjay Dutt makes the save and decks the referee but here's Earl Hebner to shove Dutt down, leaving Edwards to tombstone Lee to regain the belts at 7:10.
Here's Sgt. Chris Melendez to say he doesn't mind missing his leg. He's still on his last leg so he's willing to fight Eric Young one more time. Young brings out the leg with the words “my leg” written on it like a trophy. If Melendez is a hero, Young never wants to be one because heroes always fail. Kurt Angle learned what it was like to face Eric Young and now he's out on his couch. Melendez says he'll never quit because he's always here to fight. Young offers to fight right now but shoves Melendez down. He'll fight Chris again but Eric will never give the leg back.
Team TNA is ready for the captains' match tonight.
Josh Matthews sits down with Mahabali Sheera, who can't believe he's here. He arrived and met Manik, who introduced him to James Storm and the Revolution. Sheera promises that he's coming for James Storm and will get his revenge. Some of this was in whatever foreign language he speaks but thankfully there were some subtitles. He gets Abyss next week.
Drew Galloway vs. Chris Mordetzky
Lumberjack match and the winner's team gets the one man advantage next week. Drew clotheslines him down and we take a break less than a minute in. Back with Galloway and Mordetzky taking turns being sent outside for some interference from the lumberjacks before Chris scores with a big clothesline. A camel clutch doesn't get Chris very far so he plants Drew with a Sky High for two. Both guys go outside again and the lumberjacks stand around because they can't even get that job right.
Back in and the Future Shock puts Mordetzky down but the GFW lumberjacks pull Drew to the floor. The Wolves take them down with suicide dives but Jarrett runs in with the guitar. Cue Eric Young to take it away though, only to have him knock Drew cold to give Mordetzky the pin at 11:58.
Results
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III b. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud – Spike to Spud's throat
Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno b. Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake – Boom Drop to Godderz
Brooke b. Gail Kim via DQ when Lei'D Tapa interfered
Wolves b. Brian Myers/Trevor Lee – Tombstone to Lee
Chris Mordetzky b. Drew Galloway – Pin after Eric Young hit Galloway with a guitar
Thursday
Smackdown
Date: September 10, 2015
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Booker T., Jerry Lawler
We finally got to the point and had Sting destroy the statue on Raw to end the teasing for the last few weeks. Other than that we also have John Cena vs. Seth Rollins II coming up, which should be a better match and might even get us the US Open Challenges back on Raw. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Here's the Wyatt Family to get things going. Harper says Bray's words will show you the way. Bray talks about how smart Roman Reigns really is but he doesn't care about any single fan or about what any of the fans think about him. If Reigns is ever to fulfill his destiny and become WWE World Heavyweight Champion, the people must get on their hands and knees to bow down to Reigns. Anyone but you Roman.
Dean Ambrose on the other hand is cursed with loyalty to someone he believes to be his brother. Ambrose is missing a few pieces upstairs and deserves a warning. The two groups have become a modern day Hatfields and McCoys and will fight each other forever. It doesn't matter who is joining Reigns and Ambrose at Night of Champions and everyone will fall to the Wyatts. Run.
Cesaro vs. The Miz
Rematch from Monday when Big Show interfered. Miz takes a few moments to take the glasses off so Cesaro, with his ribs taped again, hiptosses him down. The big dropkick knocks Miz off the top and out to the floor, leading to a chase scene. Back in and Miz starts kicking at the ribs before dropping Cesaro across the top rope. Off to a waistlock with Miz's legs but Cesaro turns around and muscles Miz up into a suplex. As usual, that's scary strength. Some more shots to the ribs have Cesaro in trouble but he grabs the leg and rolls over into the Sharpshooter for the submission at 4:38.
Jimmy Uso is very excited to be Reigns and Ambrose's partner tonight.
Paige vs. Sasha Banks
Again. Both teams get in a brawl before the match and the other four are ejected. Paige grabs a quick rollup and backslide for two each and a sunset flip gets another near fall. With the quick wins not working, Paige knees Sasha in the face to send her outside. Sasha gets in a shot to the ribs to leave Paige laying as we take a break. Back with Sasha choking on the ropes and getting two off the double knees in the corner.
We hit a quickly broken chinlock before a shot to the ribs sets up chinlock's sequel. Paige fights up with a running knee in the corner and some kicks to the face but Sasha pokes her in the eye. Paige bails into the corner before spearing Sasha down, triggering a brawl for the double DQ at around 9:00.
Both groups come out to brawl until referees break it up.
We see most of the end of Monday's six man tag and Sting destroying his statue. This eats up ten minutes.
Rollins calls Monday the low point of his career because Sting destroyed the proof of his talent. He's requested a lumberjack match with Ryback tonight so all of the lumberjacks can see that he's still the best in the world. Sheamus comes up and says Rollins might have three matches at Night of Champions. Or maybe two matches tonight.
New Day vs. Jimmy Uso/Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns
No trombone this week. Woods goes behind Reigns to start but eventually gets his jaw jacked by an uppercut. Off to Ambrose who stalks Woods around the ring until Big E. comes in and takes Dean's head off with a clothesline. That goes nowhere until Jimmy comes in to clean house as Ambrose takes Woods out with a suicide dive. Uso dives on Woods and Kingston but Big E. pulls Jimmy over the top and out to the floor as we take a break. There's really no reason for this match to continue, other than this match needs to fill in time on this meaningless show.
Back with Jimmy in trouble and Woods busting out the trombone. Kofi slams Jimmy head first onto the mat but Woods charges into a superkick. Roman gets the hot tag and cleans house with a nice tilt-a-whirl slam to Xavier, followed by a string of clotheslines in the corner. The apron kick knocks Woods even sillier and the Samoan drop puts Big E. down. Dirty Deeds does the same to Woods and there's a Superman Punch for good measure. Jimmy goes up top for the splash but the lights go out. When they come back, Jimmy is out cold on the stage. Wyatt's voice says “they all fall down” and the match is a no contest at 13:08.
Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension
Stardust is with the Ascension and we're just supposed to forget that they got squashed on Monday. Or maybe we're supposed to forget everything they do here because only Raw counts. I lose track sometimes. Cara hits his springboard cross body to Viktor before it's off to Kalisto for some kicks to the face. Everything breaks down for a few moments until Viktor takes Kalisto down with the STO. The Fall of Man puts Kalisto away at 1:40.
The Dragons get beaten down until Neville makes the save.
Nikki Bella accuses Charlotte of being jealous of her. Charlotte comes in and says Nikki's record attempt ends Monday. Nikki can call her whatever she likes tonight because on Monday, she'll be calling Charlotte champion.
Seth Rollins vs. Ryback
Lumberjack match and non-title in a rematch of Ryback pinning Rollins on Monday. A shoulder puts Rollins down to start but the champ flips out of a suplex. That's fine with Ryback as he throws Seth to the floor, only to have Rollins run back inside and send Ryback into the post. All of the lumberjacks are about to fight and we take a break. Back with Rollins getting two off a Sling Blade but charging into a fall away slam. Ryback starts cranking it up with clotheslines and a sitout powerslam for two.
Big Show starts beating people up at ringside and knocks Mark Henry out. All the other lumberjacks tell him to get out, leaving about half of them left at ringside. A spinebuster puts Rollins down again and Ryback backdrops him onto the remaining people. The heel lumberjacks come in and beat Ryback down until the good lumberjacks make the save. Neville dropkicks Stardust to the floor and moonsaults onto everyone......this match is continuing. Apparently lumberjack matches are No DQ, meaning Kevin Owens is allowed to trip Ryback, allowing Rollins to hit the Pedigree for the pin at 11:55.
Results
Cesaro b. The Miz – Sharpshooter
Paige vs. Sasha Banks went to a double DQ when both women brawled
Jimmy Uso/Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. New Day went to a no contest when the Wyatt Family interfered
Ascension b. Lucha Dragons – Fall of Man to Kalisto
Seth Rollins b. Ryback – Pedigree
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Sasha Banks b. Paige – Small package
Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns b. Ascension – Dirty Deeds to Viktor
Ryback b. Seth Rollins – Small package
Randy Orton b. Sheamus – RKO
Dudley Boyz b. Los Matadores – 3D to Fernando
Cesaro vs. The Miz went to a double countout
John Cena/Prime Time Players b. New Day/Seth Rollins – Attitude Adjustment to Kingston
NXT
Carmella b. Peyton Royce – Crossface leg lock
Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano b. Tyler Breeze/Bull Dempsey – Jackknife rollup to Dempsey
Dana Brooke b. Billie Kay – Fireman's carry driver
Samoa Joe/Finn Balor b. Lucha Dragons – Coup de Grace to Kalisto
Impact Wrestling
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III b. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud – Spike to Spud's throat
Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno b. Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake – Boom Drop to Godderz
Brooke b. Gail Kim via DQ when Lei'D Tapa interfered
Wolves b. Brian Myers/Trevor Lee – Tombstone to Lee
Chris Mordetzky b. Drew Galloway – Pin after Eric Young hit Galloway with a guitar
Smackdown
Cesaro b. The Miz – Sharpshooter
Paige vs. Sasha Banks went to a double DQ when both women brawled
Jimmy Uso/Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. New Day went to a no contest when the Wyatt Family interfered
Ascension b. Lucha Dragons – Fall of Man to Kalisto
Seth Rollins b. Ryback – Pedigree
Lana has injured her hand/wrist and will be out of action for four months. No word on whether or not she will be off TV.
Monday Night Raw
Date: September 7, 2015
Location: Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton, Michael Cole
It's a holiday show, which means we might not be in for the most action packed episode this week. Coming out of this weekend, the question is what does John Cena's potential injury mean for Seth Rollins and his double title defenses? WWE has said Cena isn't injured, but there's always a chance it's going to be addressed. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Seth Rollins gets things going this week and tells us about how special he is. Until he cashed in Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania, everyone believed Brock Lesnar was invincible. Then he knocked John Cena off the pedestal and became the first man to hold both the US and World Titles at the same time. Yes Seth we know. Much like everyone else in WWE, you feel the need to repeat the same lines over and over because it gets them talking on Facebook or something.
Anyway, he had a statue, Sting stole it, and now Rollins wants to crush Sting's legacy as a result. Seth can do that by beating Sting at Night of Champions, but then he has to deal with Cena, who has politicked his way into the title scene again. That presented a problem but then Rollins remembered who he was. This has been his year so he'll solve this problem just like any other.
Rollins wants his statue back so here's Sting on screen, standing next to the statue. Come and get it he says, so Rollins says he's not afraid. Cue Sheamus instead who asks if Seth is worried about Sunday. Seth is worried about his statue instead but he makes sure to call Sheamus Ronald McDonald with a bad haircut. Sheamus: “Leave my family out of this.” Sheamus teases cashing in at Night of Champions.
Post break Seth goes to see Stephanie to ask if HHH has a plan. After Stephanie gets annoyed at Seth for not thinking she can handle this (you have to get that Stephanie praise in there you see), HHH comes in and Rollins is relieved. HHH makes things even worse though as he makes Rollins vs. Ryback and Rollins/New Day vs. Prime Time Players/John Cena. Stephanie says she thought Rollins should go after Sting but Rollins wanted to hear HHH's idea.
Paige vs. Sasha Banks
Rematch from last week where Paige only had about a minute and a half to beat Sasha, meaning she came up short. Paige throws Sasha around to start and elbows her in the corner, only to have her kick caught, setting up Sasha's double knees in the corner for two. Back from a break with Sasha getting another near fall and throwing on a chinlock.
Paige quickly fights out but gets pulled off the middle rope to give Sasha another near fall. Sasha's cross body is nearly countered into the Rampaige but Banks gets to the floor. Back in and a quick wheelbarrow suplex gives Paige two but Naomi comes in for a distraction, allowing Paige to grab a small package for the pin at 9:56.
Ascension vs. Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose
Now, on Smackdown, Ascension was made to look tough again when they beat up Neville. I'm sure WWE wouldn't totally waste that by having them get squashed here and act like Smackdown meant nothing. Dean beats Viktor up to start before it's off to Roman for more of the same. That's fine with Reigns who punches out both Ascension members with ease before Dean comes in with a suicide dive. The apron boot to Viktor sets up the Superman Punch and a Doomsday Device of all things, which sets up the spear. Dirty Deeds puts Viktor away at 2:53.
Post match the Wyatts come on screen to say the apocalypse is at Night of Champions.
That being said, SCREW YOU WWE! You set something up on Smackdown and you can't send out Los freaking Matadores do job here? No of course not, because why do that when Ascension is there? Geez they make Smackdown worthless by their own actions.
Ryback says Rollins whines a lot and is an architect but tonight, Ryback's plans are a Meathook and Shell Shock. Kevin Owens comes up to wish Ryback good luck and warns him not to bite off more than he can chew.
We recap Lana/Dolph Ziggler/Rusev/Summer Rae. There's even a narrator for this.
Ryback vs. Seth Rollins
Non-title and in a VERY cool thing, Ryback lets a kid hold the Intercontinental Title. The announcers are too busy getting in their talking points to notice of course. Rollins bails outside and hits the stall button to start. A shoulder sends Rollins right back to the floor but Ryback is patient enough to stay inside. Rollins gets rammed into the corner as the announcers argue over whether or not Sting stole the statue. As in the thing he doesn't own that he took.
Ryback stays on the arm before chopping Seth down with ease. The delayed vertical suplex, with Ryback walking around the ring, gets two on Seth. Rollins gets Ryback out to the floor and tries a suicide dive, only to have Ryback catch him in midair. Ryback is whipped into various metal objects and it's time for another break. Back with Seth getting two off a neckbreaker and putting on a chinlock.
Ryback punches him in the face and sends Seth flying with a backdrop. A powerbomb and the low superkick are both countered but the second attempt at the powerbomb connects for two. For some reason Ryback goes to the top but has to break up Seth's superplex attempt. The top rope splash misses and Rollins baseball slides Ryback outside.
There's the suicide dive but Ryback is still able to beat the count. Back in and Seth charges into a spinebuster but he escapes Shell Shock and nails an enziguri. This brings up Sting to say the statue is waiting for Rollins, allowing Ryback to grab a small package for the pin at 18:45, good for the second distraction into a small package finish of the night.
Sting pops up again and puts a Sting mask on the statue.
Rollins (yes again with Rollins) is looking for his statue but here's New Day to interrupt with a trombone recital. Seth yells at them but runs into Edge and Christian who are here for the Steve Austin Show. Edge brings up Rollins threatening to kill him to get the Authority back and wants a fight right now. Rollins bails so Woods wants a musical battle. This means the return of the KAZOO!
Edge thinks New Day sucks but Big E. eats the kazoo. Well he stuck it in his mouth and threw it out but we'll say he ate it. The Dudleyz come up and tell New Day that the Prime Time Players get a title shot next week. The winners of that face the Dudleyz at Night of Champions. New Day freaks out but Bubba says now they can leave. Oh and the Dudleyz have a new song: GET! THE TABLES! GET! THE TABLES! With rhythmic clapping of course. Well that was awesome.
Here's Summer Rae, who is sad over everything that happened last week. We get the recap again, with Cole saying it “gripped the world.” No Cole, it didn't. Also, Ziggler and Lana are WWE's power couple. Yes, he said power couple. Summer wants to apologize to the person who has been hurt so much in all this: Rusev.
This brings Rusev out so Summer can thank him for all of his inspiration. Last week when Ziggler invited her into his locker room, everything was just too much for her and she temporarily betrayed him. Rusev forgives her so Lana says “thank you Ru Ru.” Rusev rips on Ziggler a bit, so here's Dolph with a message from Lana (who is out with a broken wrist) in the form of a superkick. I hate myself for starting to love this story.
Randy Orton vs. Sheamus
Yes, AGAIN. Orton quickly takes him down in an armbar, likely because he's so bored by this pairing that he needs a rest. Back up and they're still in the feeling out process until a shoulder puts Sheamus on the floor. Sheamus gets back in and heads outside almost immediately (same idea as Rollins earlier). He yells at the fans on the mic but catches Orton coming out with the Irish Curse as we take a break.
Back with Sheamus holding a chinlock, followed by the Regal Roll. He demands that everyone respect the hawk and snaps Orton's throat across the top. The battering ram from the top gets two and the fans are really not interested here. The Cloverleaf doesn't work so Sheamus resurrects the Edgeucator (a Sharpshooter but with Sheamus pushing on the legs instead of pulling). Orton makes the ropes and comes back with the hanging DDT, only to charge into White Noise for two. The Brogue Kick misses though and the RKO ends Sheamus at 15:49.
Post match the Wyatts surround Orton, who was seen talking to Reigns and Orton earlier. Orton gets destroyed by all three monsters and Reigns/Ambrose aren't even nice enough to come out for a save.
Cole calls next week the season premiere, which of course is taking place on the show before a pay per view because THEY CAN'T EVEN GET A SCHEDULE RIGHT WHEN THEY MAKE UP THESE ARBITRARY DATES IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!
Los Matadores vs. Dudley Boyz
Diego takes Bubba down to start and the masked men get in some quick fast paced offense. That's the extent of the good for them though as D-Von comes in to clean house and 3D ends Fernando at 1:38.
Post match Los Matadores blame El Torito so the Dudleyz make the save. Fernando goes through a table.
Cesaro vs. The Miz
This is fallout from earlier tonight when Cesaro turned down Miz's offer to help publicize the Cesaro Section. Cesaro takes him down to start and easily throws Miz to the floor for some more of the beating. The fans are behind Cesaro as you might expect but Miz kicks Cesaro in the still banged up ribs to take over. Cesaro flips over the top rope because he's athletic like that, only to get dropped ribs first onto the top rope. Miz kicks him to the floor and sends Cesaro into the barricade a few times but here's Big Show to chase Miz around, causing a double countout at 4:17.
Back from a break and it's Bella time. Nikki shows off the Bellatron and invites us all to the Bellabration next week when she breaks the record. This brings out PCB, with Charlotte making the announcement that she'll be challenging Nikki for the title next week instead of at Night of Champions. A brawl ensues and Nikki taps to the Figure Eight.
John Cena/Prime Time Players vs. New Day/Seth Rollins
A fan tries to follow Rollins to the ring but he's quickly stopped by security. Cena and Rollins get things going but it's off to Big E. before anything can happen. The NEW DAY SUCKS headlock goes on as Woods plays the trombone. Woods: “Cena's gonna learn today what some tricep meat feels like!” E. shoves Cena around as JBL does his best JR impression by making some football analogy that doesn't go anywhere. The belly to belly gets two on Cena and it's off to Rollins for some stompings. Big E. tags himself back in for the rotating stomps and Seth doesn't get the idea.
Back from a break with Kofi getting two on Cena off a high cross body. The SOS gets two more and Rollins breaks up a hot tag attempt. It's back to Big E. as Woods sits on the steps for some tromboning. E. misses the Warrior Splash and Titus finally gets the tag to clean house. Everything breaks down and Darren gives Woods the Gut Check, only to have Big E. suplexes Titus down. Cena and Rollins get tags and the Pedigree is countered into the STF, only to have Rollins get to the corner for the tag to Kofi. The second high cross body is rolled through into the AA to put Kofi down at 13:08.
Cena does the Millions of Dollars dance before leaving Rollins alone in the ring. Sting appears on screen in front of the statue. The lights come up and the statue is in front of a garbage truck. I think you can guess what happens. Rollins grabs his titles to end the show.
Results
Sasha Banks b. Paige – Small package
Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns b. Ascension – Dirty Deeds to Viktor
Ryback b. Seth Rollins – Small package
Randy Orton b. Sheamus – RKO
Dudley Boyz b. Los Matadores – 3D to Fernando
Cesaro vs. The Miz went to a double countout
John Cena/Prime Time Players b. New Day/Seth Rollins – Attitude Adjustment to Kingston
Tuesday
Kurt Angle will be taking a break from wrestling and not re-sign with TNA this January.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: September 9, 2015
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Corey Graves
The Dusty Classic continues this week as we get to see a few more first round matches tonight. The tournament has taken the promotion by storm and it's already more interesting than I was hoping for it to be. We're also just about a month away from the next Takeover, which needs a card built up in a hurry. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Peyton Royce vs. Carmella
Royce used to be K.C. Cassidy but this is billed as her debut. Feeling out process to start as they trade rollups, followed by Carmella busting out a moonwalk. A suplex gets two more on Carmella and we hit the chinlock. Carmella fights back up an elbows Royce in the jaw before slapping on a chinlock of her own. Back up and Royce fires off some nice kicks in the corner, followed by a middle rope cross body for two. They're already showing more energy than the Bellas have displayed in a long time. Carmella comes right back with that crossface with her legs for the submission at 5:03.
Samoa Joe asked Finn Balor if he's ready. The champ certainly is but Joe tells him not to forget his belt. Joe hands him the title, after staring at it a bit first.
In other first round matches, Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady beat Sawyer Fulton/Angelo Dawkins and Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder beat Elias Sampson/Tucker Knight. It's really smart to not air the whole thing on TV as we don't need to every single first round match.
Nia Jax is still coming.
Dusty Classic First Round: Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano vs. Bull Dempsey/Tyler Breeze
Ciampa and Breeze get things going with Tommaso getting in a great slap to the jaw. It's off to Bull, who is dubbed as gorgeous by the crowd. Ciampa takes him down to the mat so it's quickly back to Breeze, who is taken into the corner and rolled up for two by Gargano. Tyler is trying to recover in the corner and tags out to the big man, who gets kicked in the head upon arrival. Ciampa's running knee to the head gets two and we hit the chinlock.
Back from a break with Ciampa on Bull's back in a sleeper, so Dempsey just falls backwards for the break. Use the natural assets man. Gargano comes in and knocks Breeze off the apron, meaning there's no one there for Bull to tag. Bull fights back on his own with a Bionic Elbow but knocks his partner off the apron again. Gargano grabs a sunset flip and Ciampa makes it a jackknife rollup to pin Dempsey at 8:44.
The Lucha Dragons are ready for their match and warn Joe/Balor to not overlook them because these dragons breathe fire.
Dana Brooke is mad (though not because she hasn't patted Devon on the head recently) for having to see Bayley win that Women's Title. She turned down a spot in the Arnold Classic in Spain to be here and now she wants her title.
Video on Tye Dillinger.
Dana Brooke vs. Billie Kay
They trade headlocks to start with Billie taking it down to the mat. A headscissors messes Brooke up even more as a weak Total Diva chant breaks out. Brooke slams her into the corner for some shoulders to the ribs as the confidence is back. The handstand choke sets up a chinlock on Kay which quickly switches to a headscissors choke. Brooke stops a comeback with an enziguri and the fireman's carry driver is good for the pin at 5:23.
Apollo Crews calls the fans the Apollo Nation. They're ready to take over NXT. Can we please stop calling everything a nation or a team? You can come up with something more creative than that.
Bayley's biggest fan Izzy was at the WWE Performance Center to meet Bayley in person. That's always cool.
Bayley is back next week.
Dusty Classic First Round: Samoa Joe/Finn Balor vs. Lucha Dragons
This is from a Smackdown taping in Providence, Rhode Island with Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso on commentary. Balor and Cara get things going and a loud NXT chant starts up. The champ tries to slow things down with an armbar but gets caught in a headlock instead. Jimmy is asked advice on how to win the tournament. Jimmy: “Don't get kicked in the face like that!” Balor sends Cara to the floor and dives on both guys and we take a break.
Back with Joe tagging Balor in and the champion being slammed down in the corner. Kalisto gets two off a flipping splash and puts on a waistlock. Finn fights up and gets in enough shots to make the tag to Joe. The Dragons are thrown all over the ring but Cara comes back with a sloppy tornado DDT for two. Cara tries to charge at Joe in the corner and has to slip out of the Muscle Buster. Kalisto tags himself in and gets two off a quick hurricanrana, only to charge into the release Rock Bottom. The Muscle Buster into the Coup de Grace eliminate the Dragons at 11:16.
Results
Carmella b. Peyton Royce – Crossface leg lock
Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano b. Tyler Breeze/Bull Dempsey – Jackknife rollup to Dempsey
Dana Brooke b. Billie Kay – Fireman's carry driver
Samoa Joe/Finn Balor b. Lucha Dragons – Coup de Grace to Kalisto
Impact Wrestling
Date: September 9, 2015
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: D'Angelo Dinero, Josh Matthews
The invasion is on in full force but there's a chance we're just a week away from it ending. Last week both sides agreed to a winner take all match to air a week from tonight with the winning side owning all of TNA. Other than that we're just a few weeks away from Bound For Glory and the card hasn't been announced yet. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of last week's events, including the challenge for the winner take all match, as well as Ethan Carter III retaining over Matt Hardy and winning Jeff Hardy in the process.
The announcers talk for a bit before Ethan and Tyrus come to the ring. Ethan talks about the invasion before saying he really doesn't care. There's a rare instance of a wrestler speaking for the masses. Last week Ethan entered God Mode and defeated Matt Hardy to earn Jeff, so now he would like his personal assistant out here. Jeff isn't allowed music but is asked to bring Ethan and Tyrus some water.
Unfortunately he gets the temperature wrong with a totally unacceptable 73 degrees instead of 72. Ethan throws the water on him in a “first day rib” before handing him a big Ethan Carter head on a stick to hold up. Jeff has to read an introduction off a card, making sure to call Ethan very handsome. The champ approves before announcing himself/Tyrus vs. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud.
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III vs. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud
Matt beats Tyrus up to start before getting to do the same to Ethan. A Russian legsweep gets two and it's off to Spud for some Poetry in Motion, though Carter catches him in midair. Matt helps him out though and a double suplex gets two on Ethan. Tyrus does his job by pulling Spud out to the floor and drives him spine first into the apron to take over. Back in and both villains work over the ribs and back to show some common sense. Spud tries to fight back but gets taken down again with a drop toehold.
Jeff is told to get in a shot with the sign but he holds it up instead. The distraction lets Matt come in off the tag and house is cleaned, including a clothesline for two on Tyrus. Spud doesn't have the same level of luck on Tyrus as he's thrown across the ring with ease. Ethan pulls Jeff in the way of Matt's right hand and tells his new assistant to hit Spud with a chair. Jeff won't do it so Tyrus picks Spud up and hits the spike to the throat for the pin at 7:30.
We recap Brian Myers and Trevor Lee stealing the Tag Team Titles from the Wolves last week.
Drew Galloway and the Wolves are ready for war.
Taryn tells Rebel to take out one of the Beautiful People.
The Dollhouse jump Madison Rayne until the Beautiful People make the late save.
Here are the Jarretts for their weekly interview. Tonight they start by winning the man advantage in next week's winner take all match and then next week they complete the hostile takeover. First up though, he wants Bobby Roode to come out here and return the King of the Mountain Title. Roode brings out the belt and says he's not giving the belt up because it belong to TNA and the fans.
Bobby takes his shirt off but Karen tells them to chill out because they're acting like children. Karen reminds Jeff that he's a week away from everything he wants and tells Roode that everyone in TNA is outnumbered. The two of them have worked together a lot over the years and Roode needs to think about that.
Eli Drake talks to Kenny King and Jesse Godderz about the invasion but Galloway comes up and says it's time to get serious. They question how good he is in a war so Galloway introduces them to three men who will stand up for TNA: Micah, Tigre Uno and Robbie E., who are promptly beaten down.
Ethan yells at Jeff Hardy for not hitting Spud with the sign. As punishment, Jeff gets to sell some new EC3 merchandise.
Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake vs. Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno
So I guess Bram beat the face turn out of King last week. Micah and King start but a single butterfly suplex sends King off for a tag to Jesse, who is run over by Robbie. Tigre comes in for some headscissors on Drake before it's back to Micah to start in on the arm. Micah is taken into the corner and some triple teaming has him in trouble. That only lasts a few seconds before a double clothesline allows the tag to Uno. Tigre grabs a tornado DDT on King before the BroMans are both tagged in. Everything breaks down and we hit the parade of secondary finishers, capped off by the Boom Drop finishing off Jesse at 7:00.
Knockouts Title: Gail Kim vs. Brooke
Brooke is defending but the announcers immediately start bowing down to Gail, just in case we forget that she's the most awesome and amazing Knockout of all time. A headlock has Gail in trouble to start and Brooke kicks her out to the floor. Back in and a middle rope X Factor gets two for the champ but Gail grabs an armbar/headscissors combo to slow things down.
They roll around on the mat until Brooke lays on Gail's back and puts on a chinlock at the same time. It's kind of like a bad Last Chancery but the way she's looking makes it look like the hold wouldn't have much effect. Both of them try cross bodies but here's Lei'D Tapa to grab the title belt. The Tess Shocker gets two but Brooke lets up when she sees Tapa with the title. She dives on Tapa but stops to pose, allowing Tapa to hit her with the belt for the DQ at 6:08.
Post match Awesome Kong comes out and beats up Tapa before picking up the title.
Jeff Jarrett gives Team GFW a pep talk.
Jeff Hardy talks to Galloway about standing up for TNA but Ethan comes in to give him gear to clean. Hardy tells Galloway to take the title away soon. That sounds like a Bound For Glory tease.
Tag Team Titles: Brian Myers/Trevor Lee vs. Wolves
Myers and Lee are defending after winning the belts last week. The Wolves meet them in the aisle and clean house, followed by a double suicide dive to take the champs down. Back in and the brawling continues with Trevor hitting a kind of running belly to belly (that's a very new one) for two on Edwards as we get into a standard formula. Eddie fights out of the double teaming and makes the tag to Davey for the “make a guy DDT his partner” spot, followed by a superplex for two on Lee.
An enziguri into a German suplex gets the same with Myers making a save. Myers hits a quick downward spiral to set up Lee's German suplex for two on Edwards as the tagging has already been forgotten. Edwards avoids a running knee to the face and the powerbomb/Backstabber combination plants Lee. Sonjay Dutt makes the save and decks the referee but here's Earl Hebner to shove Dutt down, leaving Edwards to tombstone Lee to regain the belts at 7:10.
Here's Sgt. Chris Melendez to say he doesn't mind missing his leg. He's still on his last leg so he's willing to fight Eric Young one more time. Young brings out the leg with the words “my leg” written on it like a trophy. If Melendez is a hero, Young never wants to be one because heroes always fail. Kurt Angle learned what it was like to face Eric Young and now he's out on his couch. Melendez says he'll never quit because he's always here to fight. Young offers to fight right now but shoves Melendez down. He'll fight Chris again but Eric will never give the leg back.
Team TNA is ready for the captains' match tonight.
Josh Matthews sits down with Mahabali Sheera, who can't believe he's here. He arrived and met Manik, who introduced him to James Storm and the Revolution. Sheera promises that he's coming for James Storm and will get his revenge. Some of this was in whatever foreign language he speaks but thankfully there were some subtitles. He gets Abyss next week.
Drew Galloway vs. Chris Mordetzky
Lumberjack match and the winner's team gets the one man advantage next week. Drew clotheslines him down and we take a break less than a minute in. Back with Galloway and Mordetzky taking turns being sent outside for some interference from the lumberjacks before Chris scores with a big clothesline. A camel clutch doesn't get Chris very far so he plants Drew with a Sky High for two. Both guys go outside again and the lumberjacks stand around because they can't even get that job right.
Back in and the Future Shock puts Mordetzky down but the GFW lumberjacks pull Drew to the floor. The Wolves take them down with suicide dives but Jarrett runs in with the guitar. Cue Eric Young to take it away though, only to have him knock Drew cold to give Mordetzky the pin at 11:58.
Results
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III b. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud – Spike to Spud's throat
Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno b. Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake – Boom Drop to Godderz
Brooke b. Gail Kim via DQ when Lei'D Tapa interfered
Wolves b. Brian Myers/Trevor Lee – Tombstone to Lee
Chris Mordetzky b. Drew Galloway – Pin after Eric Young hit Galloway with a guitar
Thursday
Smackdown
Date: September 10, 2015
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Rich Brennan, Booker T., Jerry Lawler
We finally got to the point and had Sting destroy the statue on Raw to end the teasing for the last few weeks. Other than that we also have John Cena vs. Seth Rollins II coming up, which should be a better match and might even get us the US Open Challenges back on Raw. Let's get to it.
Opening sequence.
Here's the Wyatt Family to get things going. Harper says Bray's words will show you the way. Bray talks about how smart Roman Reigns really is but he doesn't care about any single fan or about what any of the fans think about him. If Reigns is ever to fulfill his destiny and become WWE World Heavyweight Champion, the people must get on their hands and knees to bow down to Reigns. Anyone but you Roman.
Dean Ambrose on the other hand is cursed with loyalty to someone he believes to be his brother. Ambrose is missing a few pieces upstairs and deserves a warning. The two groups have become a modern day Hatfields and McCoys and will fight each other forever. It doesn't matter who is joining Reigns and Ambrose at Night of Champions and everyone will fall to the Wyatts. Run.
Cesaro vs. The Miz
Rematch from Monday when Big Show interfered. Miz takes a few moments to take the glasses off so Cesaro, with his ribs taped again, hiptosses him down. The big dropkick knocks Miz off the top and out to the floor, leading to a chase scene. Back in and Miz starts kicking at the ribs before dropping Cesaro across the top rope. Off to a waistlock with Miz's legs but Cesaro turns around and muscles Miz up into a suplex. As usual, that's scary strength. Some more shots to the ribs have Cesaro in trouble but he grabs the leg and rolls over into the Sharpshooter for the submission at 4:38.
Jimmy Uso is very excited to be Reigns and Ambrose's partner tonight.
Paige vs. Sasha Banks
Again. Both teams get in a brawl before the match and the other four are ejected. Paige grabs a quick rollup and backslide for two each and a sunset flip gets another near fall. With the quick wins not working, Paige knees Sasha in the face to send her outside. Sasha gets in a shot to the ribs to leave Paige laying as we take a break. Back with Sasha choking on the ropes and getting two off the double knees in the corner.
We hit a quickly broken chinlock before a shot to the ribs sets up chinlock's sequel. Paige fights up with a running knee in the corner and some kicks to the face but Sasha pokes her in the eye. Paige bails into the corner before spearing Sasha down, triggering a brawl for the double DQ at around 9:00.
Both groups come out to brawl until referees break it up.
We see most of the end of Monday's six man tag and Sting destroying his statue. This eats up ten minutes.
Rollins calls Monday the low point of his career because Sting destroyed the proof of his talent. He's requested a lumberjack match with Ryback tonight so all of the lumberjacks can see that he's still the best in the world. Sheamus comes up and says Rollins might have three matches at Night of Champions. Or maybe two matches tonight.
New Day vs. Jimmy Uso/Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns
No trombone this week. Woods goes behind Reigns to start but eventually gets his jaw jacked by an uppercut. Off to Ambrose who stalks Woods around the ring until Big E. comes in and takes Dean's head off with a clothesline. That goes nowhere until Jimmy comes in to clean house as Ambrose takes Woods out with a suicide dive. Uso dives on Woods and Kingston but Big E. pulls Jimmy over the top and out to the floor as we take a break. There's really no reason for this match to continue, other than this match needs to fill in time on this meaningless show.
Back with Jimmy in trouble and Woods busting out the trombone. Kofi slams Jimmy head first onto the mat but Woods charges into a superkick. Roman gets the hot tag and cleans house with a nice tilt-a-whirl slam to Xavier, followed by a string of clotheslines in the corner. The apron kick knocks Woods even sillier and the Samoan drop puts Big E. down. Dirty Deeds does the same to Woods and there's a Superman Punch for good measure. Jimmy goes up top for the splash but the lights go out. When they come back, Jimmy is out cold on the stage. Wyatt's voice says “they all fall down” and the match is a no contest at 13:08.
Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension
Stardust is with the Ascension and we're just supposed to forget that they got squashed on Monday. Or maybe we're supposed to forget everything they do here because only Raw counts. I lose track sometimes. Cara hits his springboard cross body to Viktor before it's off to Kalisto for some kicks to the face. Everything breaks down for a few moments until Viktor takes Kalisto down with the STO. The Fall of Man puts Kalisto away at 1:40.
The Dragons get beaten down until Neville makes the save.
Nikki Bella accuses Charlotte of being jealous of her. Charlotte comes in and says Nikki's record attempt ends Monday. Nikki can call her whatever she likes tonight because on Monday, she'll be calling Charlotte champion.
Seth Rollins vs. Ryback
Lumberjack match and non-title in a rematch of Ryback pinning Rollins on Monday. A shoulder puts Rollins down to start but the champ flips out of a suplex. That's fine with Ryback as he throws Seth to the floor, only to have Rollins run back inside and send Ryback into the post. All of the lumberjacks are about to fight and we take a break. Back with Rollins getting two off a Sling Blade but charging into a fall away slam. Ryback starts cranking it up with clotheslines and a sitout powerslam for two.
Big Show starts beating people up at ringside and knocks Mark Henry out. All the other lumberjacks tell him to get out, leaving about half of them left at ringside. A spinebuster puts Rollins down again and Ryback backdrops him onto the remaining people. The heel lumberjacks come in and beat Ryback down until the good lumberjacks make the save. Neville dropkicks Stardust to the floor and moonsaults onto everyone......this match is continuing. Apparently lumberjack matches are No DQ, meaning Kevin Owens is allowed to trip Ryback, allowing Rollins to hit the Pedigree for the pin at 11:55.
Results
Cesaro b. The Miz – Sharpshooter
Paige vs. Sasha Banks went to a double DQ when both women brawled
Jimmy Uso/Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. New Day went to a no contest when the Wyatt Family interfered
Ascension b. Lucha Dragons – Fall of Man to Kalisto
Seth Rollins b. Ryback – Pedigree
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Sasha Banks b. Paige – Small package
Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns b. Ascension – Dirty Deeds to Viktor
Ryback b. Seth Rollins – Small package
Randy Orton b. Sheamus – RKO
Dudley Boyz b. Los Matadores – 3D to Fernando
Cesaro vs. The Miz went to a double countout
John Cena/Prime Time Players b. New Day/Seth Rollins – Attitude Adjustment to Kingston
NXT
Carmella b. Peyton Royce – Crossface leg lock
Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano b. Tyler Breeze/Bull Dempsey – Jackknife rollup to Dempsey
Dana Brooke b. Billie Kay – Fireman's carry driver
Samoa Joe/Finn Balor b. Lucha Dragons – Coup de Grace to Kalisto
Impact Wrestling
Tyrus/Ethan Carter III b. Matt Hardy/Rockstar Spud – Spike to Spud's throat
Robbie E./Micah/Tigre Uno b. Jesse Godderz/Kenny King/Eli Drake – Boom Drop to Godderz
Brooke b. Gail Kim via DQ when Lei'D Tapa interfered
Wolves b. Brian Myers/Trevor Lee – Tombstone to Lee
Chris Mordetzky b. Drew Galloway – Pin after Eric Young hit Galloway with a guitar
Smackdown
Cesaro b. The Miz – Sharpshooter
Paige vs. Sasha Banks went to a double DQ when both women brawled
Jimmy Uso/Roman Reigns/Dean Ambrose vs. New Day went to a no contest when the Wyatt Family interfered
Ascension b. Lucha Dragons – Fall of Man to Kalisto
Seth Rollins b. Ryback – Pedigree