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Thursday
Impact Wrestling
Date: May 2, 2013
Location: Kovalchick Complex, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Todd Keneley, Taz, Mike Tenay
It's another taped show tonight and shockingly enough, Sting is back. Yes for probably the tenth time in his TNA history, Sting has made a big return to take up the TNA torch and save the company from whatever the latest threat is. In this case it's the bikers of Aces and 8's, who still are pretty lame aside from Bully Ray. Let's get to it.
After the usual recap, here's Hogan to open things up. He immediately calls out Sting for a face to face chat to clear the air up to this point. Hogan talks about how they almost came to blows last week, but he knows when he's right and when he's wrong. He's had a lot of stuff going on lately and he made a big mistake by pushing Sting away. They should have been working together the entire time and that's on Hogan as well.
Sting says that they're together right now and that's what the fans want to see. He wants another six man tag with himself and two other guys against Aces and 8's. Hogan says sure but tonight, we need a new #1 contender for Slammiversary. This brings out Morgan who says this is where Sting is handed another title shot. Hogan says no more mistakes and no more handouts, so tonight it's Sting vs. Morgan for the title shot.
Chris Sabin is back next. He talks about doing whatever it took to get back to the ring. That was his goal and he was going to accomplish it no matter what.
Kurt Angle has issued an open challenge to Aces and 8's for tonight.
Chris Sabin vs. Zema Ion vs. Sonjay Dutt
The winner is in the next three way title match along with King and whoever didn't get pinned in the last title match. Sabin has the Hail Sabin music here instead of the Motor City Machine Guns' music. The referee camera is back for this match again. Ion gets caught in between the other two guys before being knocked out to the floor.
Dutt snaps off a quick rana on Sabin and hooks an armbar, but has to stop to knock Zema to the floor. An enziguri puts Dutt down for two for Sabin but Ion comes in with a sunset flip, sending Dutt flying via a German suplex from Sabin. With Sabin down, Ion drops Dutt onto the top rope as we're told that Suicide will be in the next X-Division qualifying match.
We get some overly complicated three way near falls followed by a sliding dropkick to Ion's head. A spinning DDT puts Sabin down and a running shooting star press gets two for Sonjay. Ion hits a snap DDT for two on Dutt as we see that X-Cam thing. Dutt hits a low superkick on Ion but gets powerbombed down by Sabin, but Chris picks him back up into a Death Valley Driver onto Ion for no cover. With Dutt in the Tree of Woe, Sabin throws Ion into Sonjay before hitting a scoop sitout brainbuster on Ion for the pin at 4:02.
Robbie E and Jesse plot against Rob Terry. Their plan: get Joey Ryan to help them.
Bully yells at Aces and 8's for Hogan and Sting mocking them earlier. Ray says he can beat either Sting or Morgan. As for tonight, it's about Kurt Angle. Ray wants him taken out tonight and D'Lo steps up to do the deed.
Robbie E/Joey Ryan/Jesse Godderz vs. Rob Terry
Ryan gets to start and backs in to the monster. A quick backdrop puts Ryan down but Godderz pulls Rob's trunks for a distraction. They try to triple team Terry until it's Joey going after the big man's knee. Off to Robbie for some shots to a downed monster followed by a sleeper. Terry stands up and backs Robbie into the corner to escape. Robbie takes him down again and it's off to Joey but all three guys wind up coming in. Robbie shrugs all of them off and runs them all down before picking up Robbie and Jesse at the same time. The over the shoulder spinebuster ends Ryan at 3:34. Apparently it's called the Beast Bomb.
Here are Aries and Roode to talk about Bad Influence trying to restart Fourtune. Roode isn't thrilled with the idea and Aries thinks they were lying. Roode and Aries don't like each other like Bad Influence does....and here are Daniels and Kazarian. Daniels says that Roode and Aries are right in that it's about the titles but they're wrong by saying they're the best tag team in the world. Roode and Aries knows they're just a pale imitation of Bad Influence. Roode says they're awesome but Kaz calls Roode and Aries Bad Influence Lite.
This brings out the tag champions who says that there's a special referee for the #1 contenders tag match next week. It's James Storm for no apparent reason whatsoever, but it's yet another reason he can't move up on the card. Storm hands out beers and stands with the champion.
Sting goes in to see Angle behind closed doors.
Tara and Gail complain about Taryn Terrell. They're in a tag match tonight apparently. Tara leaves and Gail says she's going to make sure she gets the victory.
Sabin says it's great to be back in the ring.
Kurt Angle vs. D'Lo Brown
Before the match, Brown says we make it an I Quit match. He jumps Angle to start but Kurt easily takes him to the mat as you would expect him to. Anderson tells the rest of the bikers to stay back as the guys head to the floor. Brown misses a hammer shot against the post but manages to pull Angle's arm into the post. Back inside and D'Lo goes after the arm with a bunch of basic stuff.
We get a wristlock into a cross armbreaker but Angle fights up into a quickly broken ankle lock. Off to a cobra clutch on Kurt but he Hulks Up and rolls some six straight German suplexes. Brown breaks the ankle lock again and busts out a Samoan drop of all things. D'Lo loads up a powerbomb but Angle rolls through into the ankle lock for the submission at 8:02.
Angle says he has his mind on AJ Styles and calls him out right now. Post break and Angle is still calling out AJ and finally gets him. Angle says AJ looks like he wants to take his head off, but that's a bad idea for Styles since we're in Angle's hometown. Kurt says everyone wants to recruit AJ and Styles isn't one to take the easy way. Right now though, Angle wants to know where AJ stands. If AJ is with TNA then that's cool, but if not then they're going to have some problems. He wants Styles to join him and Sting against Aces and 8's next week and leaves AJ to think about it.
We recap the opening segment which set up Morgan vs. Sting tonight.
Matt Morgan says tonight he's taking the ball and then winning the world title.
Gail Kim/Tara vs. Taryn Terrell/Mickie James
Taryn gets double teamed to start until Mickie finally helps her out. The heels are rammed into each other before things get calmed down. Off to Mickie vs. Gail with James hooking a quick cross armbreaker, only to have Gail grab the rope. Gail pounds away for a bit by Mickie comes back with an enziguri knee to the head for two. Mickie is sent to the apron where she kicks Tara down, only to be knocked to the floor by Gail.
Back in and Mickie gets stomped down in the corner before Tara busts out a bridging Indian deathlock. Taryn comes in to break things up and it's off to Gail for more slow paced punishment. Both Mickie and Gail try cross bodies and go down from the collision. The hot tag brings in Taryn as everything breaks down. In the mess, Terrell rolls up Tara for the pin at 6:27.
Post match they keep brawling until Gail hits Eat Defeat on Taryn and puts her in the Figure Four around the post.
Ray yells at Aces and 8's for D'Lo tapping earlier. Next week it's the Dudleys and Anderson in the six man.
Roode and Aries say they'll win next week.
Matt Morgan vs. Sting
The winner gets Bully Ray at Slammiversary. Morgan pounds away in the corner as Taz talks about how great he is in Aces and 8's. Matt hits him with some hard clotheslines and right hands followed by a chokeslam for two. Back with Morgan ramming Sting into the barricade before heading back inside for some choking. Sting fights back on the floor with some shots into the barricade and steps. We head inside again but Sting walks into the side slam for two.
Morgan misses an elbow drop and gets caught by the Stinger Splash in the corner. Matt fights back with the rapid fire elbows and the Carbon Footprint....for two. Another Footprint hits the buckle and there's the Scorpion Deathlock. Matt is in big trouble but never taps out. He finally makes the rope so Sting puts the hold right back on. Morgan blacks out from the pain to send Sting to Slammiversary at 13:07.
Ray stares down Sting to end the show.
Results
Chris Sabin b. Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt Scoop Michinoku Driver
Rob Terry b. Robbie E/Jesse Godderz/Joey Ryan Beast Bomb to Ryan
Kurt Angle b. D'Lo Brown Ankle Lock
Sting b. Matt Morgan Scorpion Deathlock
Friday
Smackdown
Date: May 3, 2013
Location: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
We're back stateside for Smackdown now with a main event of Ambrose vs. Kane. I'm liking the idea of the Shield having some singles matches as it's the next logical step for the group at this point. You can only have so many three man combinations they can fight before the idea gets stale. Also we're likely to get more on the triple threat title match at Extreme Rules. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the end of Raw with Shield pinning Cena after Ryback walked out on Cena earlier in the night.
Here's Ryback to open the show. He says he couldn't tag with Cena on Raw because he knew Cena was hurt. Ryback isn't Cena's keeper and it was Cena that lost the match against the Shield. After the match, Cena was hobbling around and in the law of the jungle, the bigger animals like Ryback always eat the smaller ones.
Ryback vs. Daniel Bryan
Bryan fires off some quick kicks to start but gets caught in the corner. Daniel goes back to the kicks to the legs but gets caught in the corner again. A powerslam puts Bryan down but Ryback spends too much time celebrating and gets kicked in the leg some more. Now Bryan is sent to the floor but he suckers Ryback down, allowing Daniel to hit the suicide dive. Back in and Ryback pounds Bryan into the corner but Daniel fires off even more kicks to the leg.
Ryback finally catches a kick coming in and shoves Bryan down. He loads up a suplex but Bryan drives knees upside down onto Ryback's head to escape. Ryback will have none of that and throws Bryan to the floor as we take a break. Back with Ryback steadily pounding Bryan down, including blocking a sunset flip and slamming Bryan's head into the mat over and over.
Bryan fires off about his seventh set of kicks to the leg before countering a Thesz Press into a half crab on the weakened leg. Ryback kicks away so Bryan goes with even more kicks to the leg to keep Ryback in trouble. A pair of running dropkicks in the corner stagger Ryback and a missile dropkick takes him down for two. The crowd is getting way into this.
Bryan tries another kick but gets caught in a powerbomb position, only to catch Ryback in a rana out to the floor. Ryback catches Bryan diving at him through and sends him spine first into the post. Back in and Ryback plants him down with a slam followed by the Meathook. Bryan gets Shell Shocked down for the pin at 9:39 shown of 13:09.
We look at the triple threat from Monday and Del Rio announcing the triple threat at the PPV to be a ladder match.
Ricardo Rodriguez says a lot of stuff in Spanish very quickly until Del Rio comes up to say calm down.
Fandango vs. Zach Ryder
Ryder takes him down with an armdrag for two but Fandango kicks him in the head to take over. Fandango ties him up in the ropes and fires off some hard forearms to the back of Ryder's head for two. Ryder gets up a pair of knees in the corner and hits the middle rope missile dropkick for two. The Broski Boot connects for another near fall but the Rough Ryder is countered into a hot shot. Fandango's guillotine legdrop ends Ryder at 2:20.
Kaitlyn is in the back with a bouquet of roses and has gotten a love text. Natalya and Khali tell her to relax like Khali does.
We recap the Make-A-Wish stuff with Cena from Raw.
Zeb Colter tells Rhonda Young that he was sick on Monday when he lost in the triple threat match. Also, Ricardo Rodriguez stole from him on Monday so tonight they have a rematch.
Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter
Ziggler and AJ are on commentary with Langston next to them. In other words, all seven people are here. Colter slaps him to start so Ricardo grabs his beard. Zeb goes to the mat on all fours so Ricardo rides him like a horse for a bit. Colter comes back with some right hands but Ricardo sends him into the corner. Thankfully this boring match is ended with Swagger running in to take out Ricardo for the DQ at 1:50.
Del Rio knocks Swagger to the floor and here's Teddy to make it a tag match.
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger
This is joined in progress after the break with Swagger working over Ricardo. The tag brings in Del Rio for the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Codebreaker onto the arm but Swagger blocks the armbreaker. Not that it matters as Ziggler and Langston run in for the DQ at 1:50.
Now Teddy makes it a triple threat tag match.
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger vs. Big E. Langston/Dolph Ziggler
Del Rio and Swagger start things off with Alberto dropping him down with a clothesline and tagging in Ricardo. After Rodriguez does little of note it's back to Del Rio who walks into a dropkick from Ziggler. Off to Langston as our brilliant commentators talk about how Del Rio and Swagger are favored in the ladder match because they've both won MITB before. As their short term memory failure melts my brain, Langston runs over Del Rio in the corner and it's back to the world champion.
Del Rio launches Ziggler into the air and lets him crash down to the mat. He's too spent to follow up though and Dolph takes him down with a neckbreaker. Back to Langston for more of his power, including ramming Del Rio into the corner. Ziggy misses a splash though and Del Rio gets the hot tag. House is cleaned and it's Colter left all alone with Alberto. Ziggler makes the save for Colter for no apparent reason and DDTs Alberto for two. Langston runs over Ricardo but gets powerslammed down by Swagger. Alberto enziguris Swagger to the floor and gets rolled up by Swagger for two. The cross armbreaker makes Dolph tap at 4:50.
We hear someone getting beaten up off camera followed by Shield popping up. They say they took out Undertaker and after tonight, Kane will believe in the Shield. The camera pans down to show that it was Bryan who was attacked.
Video on HHH accepting Lesnar's challenge.
Bryan gets looked at in the back.
Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow
Orton hits a quick shot to the jaw and Sandow is frustrated early. A shoulder block puts Sandow down but he comes back with a knee to the ribs and a knee drop for two. Randy easily fights out of a chinlock (is there a bigger expert on that hold than Orton?) and there's the powerslam on Damien. The Elevated DDT is broken up with a backdrop to the apron and Sandow guillotines him onto the top rope.
We take a break and come back with Orton suplexing his way out of a headlock. A short DDT gets a delayed two count for Sandow as JBL says Sandow has been in his element these last few months. Is there another modern Genius running around that I've been missing? Wind-Up elbow gets two but Orton fires off some headbutts to escape. A dropkick puts Sandow down as does a backdrop, followed by the Elevated DDT. RKO ends this at 5:05 shown of 8:35.
Post match here's Big Show to tell Orton that he's awesome in singles matches, but he's terrible in a team. When Orton is in a team it's all about him. At Wrestlemania, if Show had gotten the tag, they might have won and Orton wouldn't have been knocked out. Sandow uses the distraction to hit the Terminus. Big Show laughs a lot and says that's nothing compared to what he'll do to Orton at Extreme Rules. I think that was a challenge.
Kane walks out of the trainer's room and says he'll make the Shield pay for what they did to Daniel and Undertaker. He knows he's going to get beaten up tonight but he's taking down as many of them as he can with him.
The Raw Rebound is the same thing that opened the show: the end of the six man tag and Ryback reappearing.
Now we get an arm wrestling contest between Sheamus and Mark Henry. On the way to the ring, Cole and JBL drop the names of famous arm wrestlers that no one will remember in a few seconds. Henry of course dominates but Sheamus wants to try it left handed. After a lot of goading, Henry finally agree. The fans chant for Henry as they're getting ready. As he's about to lose, Sheamus punches him in the face and lays Henry out with the Brogue Kick. The fans did seem to like the kick.
We get a clip of Shield taking out Undertaker last week.
Video on the European tour.
Kane vs. Dean Ambrose
Reigns has Bryan's tag title belt. Kane swings his belt to chase the Shield off and throws Reigns over the announce table and Rollins into the crowd. Now we head inside for the actual match and Kane pounds Ambrose down into the corner. They head to the floor where Ambrose is dropped throat first onto the barricade and kicked in the side of the head before they head back in. A running elbow puts Dean down and Kane throws him to the floor again as we take a break.
Back with Ambrose working on Kane's leg as momentum has shifted. Ambrose snaps the leg down and bends it around the rope. Dean says this is justice as he works over the leg. Rollins and Reigns are back up and talking trash of their own as Ambrose hits a running clothesline in the corner. The bad leg is wrapped around the post but the referee makes Dean let him go.
Back in and Kane fires back before hitting the side slam for two. The top rope clothesline puts Ambrose down and Kane is smiling evily. Ambrose escapes the chokeslam but Kane escapes the DDT. A chokeslam puts Ambrose down but Kane doesn't cover. Instead we get a throat slit and it's time for a Tombstone but Kane has to kick Rollins off the apron. They head to the floor and Kane sends Reigns into the steps. Back in and Dean takes the leg out before hitting a falling forward bulldog for the pin at 7:03 shown of 10:33. I really hope that isn't his finishing move.
Post match Kane tells all of the Shield to come get him and it goes exactly as you would expect it to go. The TripleBomb ends the show and Shield takes both title belts.
Results
Ryback b. Daniel Bryan Shell Shock
Fandango b. Zack Ryder Guillotine Legdrop
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger via DQ when Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler/Big E. Langston Cross armbreaker to Ziggler
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow RKO
Dean Ambrose b. Kane Falling bulldog
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter and Big E. Langston Rollup to Colter
Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes RKO
Naomi b. Brie Bella via DQ when Nikki Bella interfered
Dolph Ziggler b. Kofi Kingston Zig Zag
Jack Swagger b. Zack Ryder Gutwrench powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio b. Antonio Cesaro Cross Armbreaker
Shield b. John Cena/HELL NO Spear to Cena
NXT
Wyatt Family b. Epico/Primo and Bo Dallas/Adrian Neville Discus lariat to Neville
Paige b. Summer Rae Paige Turner
Chris Jericho b. Bray Wyatt Walls of Jericho
Main Event
Kofi Kingston b. Antonio Cesaro Trouble in Paradise
Justin Gabriel b. Heath Slater 450 Splash
Impact Wrestling
Chris Sabin b. Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt Scoop Michinoku Driver
Rob Terry b. Robbie E/Jesse Godderz/Joey Ryan Beast Bomb to Ryan
Kurt Angle b. D'Lo Brown Ankle Lock
Sting b. Matt Morgan Scorpion Deathlock
Smackdown
Ryback b. Daniel Bryan Shell Shock
Fandango b. Zack Ryder Guillotine Legdrop
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger via DQ when Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler/Big E. Langston Cross armbreaker to Ziggler
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow RKO
Dean Ambrose b. Kane Falling bulldog
Impact Wrestling
Date: May 2, 2013
Location: Kovalchick Complex, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Todd Keneley, Taz, Mike Tenay
It's another taped show tonight and shockingly enough, Sting is back. Yes for probably the tenth time in his TNA history, Sting has made a big return to take up the TNA torch and save the company from whatever the latest threat is. In this case it's the bikers of Aces and 8's, who still are pretty lame aside from Bully Ray. Let's get to it.
After the usual recap, here's Hogan to open things up. He immediately calls out Sting for a face to face chat to clear the air up to this point. Hogan talks about how they almost came to blows last week, but he knows when he's right and when he's wrong. He's had a lot of stuff going on lately and he made a big mistake by pushing Sting away. They should have been working together the entire time and that's on Hogan as well.
Sting says that they're together right now and that's what the fans want to see. He wants another six man tag with himself and two other guys against Aces and 8's. Hogan says sure but tonight, we need a new #1 contender for Slammiversary. This brings out Morgan who says this is where Sting is handed another title shot. Hogan says no more mistakes and no more handouts, so tonight it's Sting vs. Morgan for the title shot.
Chris Sabin is back next. He talks about doing whatever it took to get back to the ring. That was his goal and he was going to accomplish it no matter what.
Kurt Angle has issued an open challenge to Aces and 8's for tonight.
Chris Sabin vs. Zema Ion vs. Sonjay Dutt
The winner is in the next three way title match along with King and whoever didn't get pinned in the last title match. Sabin has the Hail Sabin music here instead of the Motor City Machine Guns' music. The referee camera is back for this match again. Ion gets caught in between the other two guys before being knocked out to the floor.
Dutt snaps off a quick rana on Sabin and hooks an armbar, but has to stop to knock Zema to the floor. An enziguri puts Dutt down for two for Sabin but Ion comes in with a sunset flip, sending Dutt flying via a German suplex from Sabin. With Sabin down, Ion drops Dutt onto the top rope as we're told that Suicide will be in the next X-Division qualifying match.
We get some overly complicated three way near falls followed by a sliding dropkick to Ion's head. A spinning DDT puts Sabin down and a running shooting star press gets two for Sonjay. Ion hits a snap DDT for two on Dutt as we see that X-Cam thing. Dutt hits a low superkick on Ion but gets powerbombed down by Sabin, but Chris picks him back up into a Death Valley Driver onto Ion for no cover. With Dutt in the Tree of Woe, Sabin throws Ion into Sonjay before hitting a scoop sitout brainbuster on Ion for the pin at 4:02.
Robbie E and Jesse plot against Rob Terry. Their plan: get Joey Ryan to help them.
Bully yells at Aces and 8's for Hogan and Sting mocking them earlier. Ray says he can beat either Sting or Morgan. As for tonight, it's about Kurt Angle. Ray wants him taken out tonight and D'Lo steps up to do the deed.
Robbie E/Joey Ryan/Jesse Godderz vs. Rob Terry
Ryan gets to start and backs in to the monster. A quick backdrop puts Ryan down but Godderz pulls Rob's trunks for a distraction. They try to triple team Terry until it's Joey going after the big man's knee. Off to Robbie for some shots to a downed monster followed by a sleeper. Terry stands up and backs Robbie into the corner to escape. Robbie takes him down again and it's off to Joey but all three guys wind up coming in. Robbie shrugs all of them off and runs them all down before picking up Robbie and Jesse at the same time. The over the shoulder spinebuster ends Ryan at 3:34. Apparently it's called the Beast Bomb.
Here are Aries and Roode to talk about Bad Influence trying to restart Fourtune. Roode isn't thrilled with the idea and Aries thinks they were lying. Roode and Aries don't like each other like Bad Influence does....and here are Daniels and Kazarian. Daniels says that Roode and Aries are right in that it's about the titles but they're wrong by saying they're the best tag team in the world. Roode and Aries knows they're just a pale imitation of Bad Influence. Roode says they're awesome but Kaz calls Roode and Aries Bad Influence Lite.
This brings out the tag champions who says that there's a special referee for the #1 contenders tag match next week. It's James Storm for no apparent reason whatsoever, but it's yet another reason he can't move up on the card. Storm hands out beers and stands with the champion.
Sting goes in to see Angle behind closed doors.
Tara and Gail complain about Taryn Terrell. They're in a tag match tonight apparently. Tara leaves and Gail says she's going to make sure she gets the victory.
Sabin says it's great to be back in the ring.
Kurt Angle vs. D'Lo Brown
Before the match, Brown says we make it an I Quit match. He jumps Angle to start but Kurt easily takes him to the mat as you would expect him to. Anderson tells the rest of the bikers to stay back as the guys head to the floor. Brown misses a hammer shot against the post but manages to pull Angle's arm into the post. Back inside and D'Lo goes after the arm with a bunch of basic stuff.
We get a wristlock into a cross armbreaker but Angle fights up into a quickly broken ankle lock. Off to a cobra clutch on Kurt but he Hulks Up and rolls some six straight German suplexes. Brown breaks the ankle lock again and busts out a Samoan drop of all things. D'Lo loads up a powerbomb but Angle rolls through into the ankle lock for the submission at 8:02.
Angle says he has his mind on AJ Styles and calls him out right now. Post break and Angle is still calling out AJ and finally gets him. Angle says AJ looks like he wants to take his head off, but that's a bad idea for Styles since we're in Angle's hometown. Kurt says everyone wants to recruit AJ and Styles isn't one to take the easy way. Right now though, Angle wants to know where AJ stands. If AJ is with TNA then that's cool, but if not then they're going to have some problems. He wants Styles to join him and Sting against Aces and 8's next week and leaves AJ to think about it.
We recap the opening segment which set up Morgan vs. Sting tonight.
Matt Morgan says tonight he's taking the ball and then winning the world title.
Gail Kim/Tara vs. Taryn Terrell/Mickie James
Taryn gets double teamed to start until Mickie finally helps her out. The heels are rammed into each other before things get calmed down. Off to Mickie vs. Gail with James hooking a quick cross armbreaker, only to have Gail grab the rope. Gail pounds away for a bit by Mickie comes back with an enziguri knee to the head for two. Mickie is sent to the apron where she kicks Tara down, only to be knocked to the floor by Gail.
Back in and Mickie gets stomped down in the corner before Tara busts out a bridging Indian deathlock. Taryn comes in to break things up and it's off to Gail for more slow paced punishment. Both Mickie and Gail try cross bodies and go down from the collision. The hot tag brings in Taryn as everything breaks down. In the mess, Terrell rolls up Tara for the pin at 6:27.
Post match they keep brawling until Gail hits Eat Defeat on Taryn and puts her in the Figure Four around the post.
Ray yells at Aces and 8's for D'Lo tapping earlier. Next week it's the Dudleys and Anderson in the six man.
Roode and Aries say they'll win next week.
Matt Morgan vs. Sting
The winner gets Bully Ray at Slammiversary. Morgan pounds away in the corner as Taz talks about how great he is in Aces and 8's. Matt hits him with some hard clotheslines and right hands followed by a chokeslam for two. Back with Morgan ramming Sting into the barricade before heading back inside for some choking. Sting fights back on the floor with some shots into the barricade and steps. We head inside again but Sting walks into the side slam for two.
Morgan misses an elbow drop and gets caught by the Stinger Splash in the corner. Matt fights back with the rapid fire elbows and the Carbon Footprint....for two. Another Footprint hits the buckle and there's the Scorpion Deathlock. Matt is in big trouble but never taps out. He finally makes the rope so Sting puts the hold right back on. Morgan blacks out from the pain to send Sting to Slammiversary at 13:07.
Ray stares down Sting to end the show.
Results
Chris Sabin b. Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt Scoop Michinoku Driver
Rob Terry b. Robbie E/Jesse Godderz/Joey Ryan Beast Bomb to Ryan
Kurt Angle b. D'Lo Brown Ankle Lock
Sting b. Matt Morgan Scorpion Deathlock
Friday
Smackdown
Date: May 3, 2013
Location: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
We're back stateside for Smackdown now with a main event of Ambrose vs. Kane. I'm liking the idea of the Shield having some singles matches as it's the next logical step for the group at this point. You can only have so many three man combinations they can fight before the idea gets stale. Also we're likely to get more on the triple threat title match at Extreme Rules. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the end of Raw with Shield pinning Cena after Ryback walked out on Cena earlier in the night.
Here's Ryback to open the show. He says he couldn't tag with Cena on Raw because he knew Cena was hurt. Ryback isn't Cena's keeper and it was Cena that lost the match against the Shield. After the match, Cena was hobbling around and in the law of the jungle, the bigger animals like Ryback always eat the smaller ones.
Ryback vs. Daniel Bryan
Bryan fires off some quick kicks to start but gets caught in the corner. Daniel goes back to the kicks to the legs but gets caught in the corner again. A powerslam puts Bryan down but Ryback spends too much time celebrating and gets kicked in the leg some more. Now Bryan is sent to the floor but he suckers Ryback down, allowing Daniel to hit the suicide dive. Back in and Ryback pounds Bryan into the corner but Daniel fires off even more kicks to the leg.
Ryback finally catches a kick coming in and shoves Bryan down. He loads up a suplex but Bryan drives knees upside down onto Ryback's head to escape. Ryback will have none of that and throws Bryan to the floor as we take a break. Back with Ryback steadily pounding Bryan down, including blocking a sunset flip and slamming Bryan's head into the mat over and over.
Bryan fires off about his seventh set of kicks to the leg before countering a Thesz Press into a half crab on the weakened leg. Ryback kicks away so Bryan goes with even more kicks to the leg to keep Ryback in trouble. A pair of running dropkicks in the corner stagger Ryback and a missile dropkick takes him down for two. The crowd is getting way into this.
Bryan tries another kick but gets caught in a powerbomb position, only to catch Ryback in a rana out to the floor. Ryback catches Bryan diving at him through and sends him spine first into the post. Back in and Ryback plants him down with a slam followed by the Meathook. Bryan gets Shell Shocked down for the pin at 9:39 shown of 13:09.
We look at the triple threat from Monday and Del Rio announcing the triple threat at the PPV to be a ladder match.
Ricardo Rodriguez says a lot of stuff in Spanish very quickly until Del Rio comes up to say calm down.
Fandango vs. Zach Ryder
Ryder takes him down with an armdrag for two but Fandango kicks him in the head to take over. Fandango ties him up in the ropes and fires off some hard forearms to the back of Ryder's head for two. Ryder gets up a pair of knees in the corner and hits the middle rope missile dropkick for two. The Broski Boot connects for another near fall but the Rough Ryder is countered into a hot shot. Fandango's guillotine legdrop ends Ryder at 2:20.
Kaitlyn is in the back with a bouquet of roses and has gotten a love text. Natalya and Khali tell her to relax like Khali does.
We recap the Make-A-Wish stuff with Cena from Raw.
Zeb Colter tells Rhonda Young that he was sick on Monday when he lost in the triple threat match. Also, Ricardo Rodriguez stole from him on Monday so tonight they have a rematch.
Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter
Ziggler and AJ are on commentary with Langston next to them. In other words, all seven people are here. Colter slaps him to start so Ricardo grabs his beard. Zeb goes to the mat on all fours so Ricardo rides him like a horse for a bit. Colter comes back with some right hands but Ricardo sends him into the corner. Thankfully this boring match is ended with Swagger running in to take out Ricardo for the DQ at 1:50.
Del Rio knocks Swagger to the floor and here's Teddy to make it a tag match.
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger
This is joined in progress after the break with Swagger working over Ricardo. The tag brings in Del Rio for the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Codebreaker onto the arm but Swagger blocks the armbreaker. Not that it matters as Ziggler and Langston run in for the DQ at 1:50.
Now Teddy makes it a triple threat tag match.
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger vs. Big E. Langston/Dolph Ziggler
Del Rio and Swagger start things off with Alberto dropping him down with a clothesline and tagging in Ricardo. After Rodriguez does little of note it's back to Del Rio who walks into a dropkick from Ziggler. Off to Langston as our brilliant commentators talk about how Del Rio and Swagger are favored in the ladder match because they've both won MITB before. As their short term memory failure melts my brain, Langston runs over Del Rio in the corner and it's back to the world champion.
Del Rio launches Ziggler into the air and lets him crash down to the mat. He's too spent to follow up though and Dolph takes him down with a neckbreaker. Back to Langston for more of his power, including ramming Del Rio into the corner. Ziggy misses a splash though and Del Rio gets the hot tag. House is cleaned and it's Colter left all alone with Alberto. Ziggler makes the save for Colter for no apparent reason and DDTs Alberto for two. Langston runs over Ricardo but gets powerslammed down by Swagger. Alberto enziguris Swagger to the floor and gets rolled up by Swagger for two. The cross armbreaker makes Dolph tap at 4:50.
We hear someone getting beaten up off camera followed by Shield popping up. They say they took out Undertaker and after tonight, Kane will believe in the Shield. The camera pans down to show that it was Bryan who was attacked.
Video on HHH accepting Lesnar's challenge.
Bryan gets looked at in the back.
Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow
Orton hits a quick shot to the jaw and Sandow is frustrated early. A shoulder block puts Sandow down but he comes back with a knee to the ribs and a knee drop for two. Randy easily fights out of a chinlock (is there a bigger expert on that hold than Orton?) and there's the powerslam on Damien. The Elevated DDT is broken up with a backdrop to the apron and Sandow guillotines him onto the top rope.
We take a break and come back with Orton suplexing his way out of a headlock. A short DDT gets a delayed two count for Sandow as JBL says Sandow has been in his element these last few months. Is there another modern Genius running around that I've been missing? Wind-Up elbow gets two but Orton fires off some headbutts to escape. A dropkick puts Sandow down as does a backdrop, followed by the Elevated DDT. RKO ends this at 5:05 shown of 8:35.
Post match here's Big Show to tell Orton that he's awesome in singles matches, but he's terrible in a team. When Orton is in a team it's all about him. At Wrestlemania, if Show had gotten the tag, they might have won and Orton wouldn't have been knocked out. Sandow uses the distraction to hit the Terminus. Big Show laughs a lot and says that's nothing compared to what he'll do to Orton at Extreme Rules. I think that was a challenge.
Kane walks out of the trainer's room and says he'll make the Shield pay for what they did to Daniel and Undertaker. He knows he's going to get beaten up tonight but he's taking down as many of them as he can with him.
The Raw Rebound is the same thing that opened the show: the end of the six man tag and Ryback reappearing.
Now we get an arm wrestling contest between Sheamus and Mark Henry. On the way to the ring, Cole and JBL drop the names of famous arm wrestlers that no one will remember in a few seconds. Henry of course dominates but Sheamus wants to try it left handed. After a lot of goading, Henry finally agree. The fans chant for Henry as they're getting ready. As he's about to lose, Sheamus punches him in the face and lays Henry out with the Brogue Kick. The fans did seem to like the kick.
We get a clip of Shield taking out Undertaker last week.
Video on the European tour.
Kane vs. Dean Ambrose
Reigns has Bryan's tag title belt. Kane swings his belt to chase the Shield off and throws Reigns over the announce table and Rollins into the crowd. Now we head inside for the actual match and Kane pounds Ambrose down into the corner. They head to the floor where Ambrose is dropped throat first onto the barricade and kicked in the side of the head before they head back in. A running elbow puts Dean down and Kane throws him to the floor again as we take a break.
Back with Ambrose working on Kane's leg as momentum has shifted. Ambrose snaps the leg down and bends it around the rope. Dean says this is justice as he works over the leg. Rollins and Reigns are back up and talking trash of their own as Ambrose hits a running clothesline in the corner. The bad leg is wrapped around the post but the referee makes Dean let him go.
Back in and Kane fires back before hitting the side slam for two. The top rope clothesline puts Ambrose down and Kane is smiling evily. Ambrose escapes the chokeslam but Kane escapes the DDT. A chokeslam puts Ambrose down but Kane doesn't cover. Instead we get a throat slit and it's time for a Tombstone but Kane has to kick Rollins off the apron. They head to the floor and Kane sends Reigns into the steps. Back in and Dean takes the leg out before hitting a falling forward bulldog for the pin at 7:03 shown of 10:33. I really hope that isn't his finishing move.
Post match Kane tells all of the Shield to come get him and it goes exactly as you would expect it to go. The TripleBomb ends the show and Shield takes both title belts.
Results
Ryback b. Daniel Bryan Shell Shock
Fandango b. Zack Ryder Guillotine Legdrop
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger via DQ when Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler/Big E. Langston Cross armbreaker to Ziggler
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow RKO
Dean Ambrose b. Kane Falling bulldog
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Nothing.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter and Big E. Langston Rollup to Colter
Randy Orton b. Cody Rhodes RKO
Naomi b. Brie Bella via DQ when Nikki Bella interfered
Dolph Ziggler b. Kofi Kingston Zig Zag
Jack Swagger b. Zack Ryder Gutwrench powerbomb
Alberto Del Rio b. Antonio Cesaro Cross Armbreaker
Shield b. John Cena/HELL NO Spear to Cena
NXT
Wyatt Family b. Epico/Primo and Bo Dallas/Adrian Neville Discus lariat to Neville
Paige b. Summer Rae Paige Turner
Chris Jericho b. Bray Wyatt Walls of Jericho
Main Event
Kofi Kingston b. Antonio Cesaro Trouble in Paradise
Justin Gabriel b. Heath Slater 450 Splash
Impact Wrestling
Chris Sabin b. Zema Ion and Sonjay Dutt Scoop Michinoku Driver
Rob Terry b. Robbie E/Jesse Godderz/Joey Ryan Beast Bomb to Ryan
Kurt Angle b. D'Lo Brown Ankle Lock
Sting b. Matt Morgan Scorpion Deathlock
Smackdown
Ryback b. Daniel Bryan Shell Shock
Fandango b. Zack Ryder Guillotine Legdrop
Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger via DQ when Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston interfered
Alberto Del Rio/Ricardo Rodriguez b. Zeb Colter/Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler/Big E. Langston Cross armbreaker to Ziggler
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow RKO
Dean Ambrose b. Kane Falling bulldog