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Monday
Buff Bagwell is out of ICU.
Smackdown got a 1.7, down from last week.
Monday Night Raw
Date: April 30, 2012
Location: Wright State University Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Extreme Rules was last night and it's time for the road to Over the Limit to begin. Cena talked about taking some time off last night at the end of the show which is something he's certainly earned. It's been three and a half years since his last break and giving him some time to heal up and recharge his batteries is definitely a good idea. We're coming off a great show last night so let's get to it.
We open with clips from Lesnar vs. Cena and the post match promo from Cena saying he was taking a break.
Here's the theme song and the new intro says it's starring Brock Lesnar.
Here's Ace to open things up. He brags about how great last night was and how awesome Lesnar was in his dominance last night. Cena was proven to be a mortal last night apparently and Lesnar got rid of him. Here's Brock who says last night the world saw Brock bring the pain. Cue HHH who looks mad. He says that if Lesnar wants all these perks, a lot of them are on his own dime. Oh and the show has always and will always be Monday Night Raw (except for when it was Raw Is War).
The contract stuff he made Ace agree to last week weren't run by HHH so they don't count. Ace pulls out the contract and HHH rips it up. HHH says that Ace knew that he didn't have that authority. The WWE wants Brock here as do the fans, and they want Lesnar vs. Cena II. They want to see him against Sheamus, Orton and Punk. If Brock is going to do that, it's going to be under the terms of the contract Brock signed. From what I understand, Lesnar isn't under contract right now. HHH says Lesnar can re-sign under the original terms or go home with his loss to Cena.
Ace keeps talking while HHH is trying to do business and HHH keeps telling him to shut up. Finally HHH turns to him and Lesnar jumps HHH. He beats him down and HHH can only get in a little offense at best. Lesnar throws on the armbar and HHH's arm turns. Some guys run in for the save and HHH says his arm is broken. That's probably Over The Limit. He walks up the ramp slowly to take us to a break.
HHH gets his arm looked at.
Eve, with some sexy glasses on, comes out and tells us that tonight it's a five man Beat The Clock Challenge for the #1 contender spot at the PPV. That means the first person in the challenge sets the time to beat and the fastest of the five times gets the show.
Beat The Clock Challenge: The Miz vs. Santino Marella
I guess either guy can set the time. Sweet I don't have to time these matches. Santino takes him down and tries some very fast covers. Brock has been escorted out of the building. They both keep trying quick pins including a rollup after Miz misses a charge. Santino walks into something like a Side Effect for two.
Corner clothesline hits for Miz and he goes up. Double ax hits for two. Chinlock goes on but it's quickly broken. Hot shot puts Miz down and Santino hits his usual stuff. Here comes the Cobra but Santino walks into an O'Connor Roll for two. Miz totally misses a big boot in the corner but hits the Finale for the surprise pin at 4:17. This just had to be the US Champion too right?
Divas Title: Nikki Bella vs. Layla
The Bellas argue over who is fighting so Layla dropkicks one into the other and rolls up Nikki for the pin at 10 seconds.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Chris Jericho vs. Big Show
Dang two matches in one segment. Oh of course not as we have a break before the match starts. Big Show charges right at him and the clock is counting down from 4:17. Show runs him over a few times but gets his knee kicked out. You know what would be nice? A reference to these two being former tag champions. It's not going to make the match or anything but a little history is nice at times. Jericho goes up but jumps into a chop. Vader Bomb misses and Jericho hits a Lionsault for two.
Show busts out a small package of all things and gets two. Chokeslam is countered into a low DDT for two. Spear gets two for Show and the clock is at 1:05 remaining. WMD misses and the Codebreaker is countered as well. Jericho pulls Show to the floor which doesn't mean anything. We've got 30 seconds to go and Jericho gets pulled to the floor. Show misses a charge and goes into the timekeeper's area. Jericho gets back in but the clock runs out just before the ten count, but they say Jericho won with a second left. Bull freaking crap and the fans know it. Anyway the time was 4:17 obviously.
Post break they change it up again and say that Miz's time was actually 4:18 so neither guy made it. OH COME ON. Just freaking say that the countout didn't work and the referee was wrong. How hard is that??? Seriously???
Brodus Clay vs. JTG
Back to the old school Brodus I guess. JTG apparently has a surprise for Brodus. The surprise is a kick to the ribs but Brodus headbutts him down. Slam and elbow put JTG down and the headbutt to the chest does as well. Avalanche and t-bone suplex set up the splash for the pin at 1:39.
Brodus brings in some kids for a dance, JYD style.
We get the opening video again as well as the Lesnar attack for the third time tonight.
Eve gives Ace a pep talk in the back and Ace says that Cena isn't going to like his next opponent.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger
Remember the time is now officially 4:18. Orton keeps trying rollups but gets kicked down and the Vader Bomb gets two. Orton hits his backbreaker for two as we're under 3:00 to go. Swagger hits a shoulder for two and then works on the arm. Lawler points out the stupidity of this and we have 90 seconds to go. Orton comes back with his powerslam and the elevated DDT with 40 seconds left. RKO is countered into the ankle lock but Orton rolls out and the RKO gets the pin at 4:16, giving him the new time to beat.
Cena's match is later tonight apparently.
We get a clip of Santino and Ryder pinning the tag champions last week. This naturally leads to the following.
Tag Titles: Primo/Epico vs. R-Truth/Kofi Kingston
Before the match we're told that the Bellas have been fired. Epico kicks Little Jimmy so Truth goes off on him. Truth cleans out the ring as we take a break. Back and it's official that HHH's arm is broken. The champs are in control and it's time to ignore the match. Truth takes them both down and makes the hot tag to Kofi. Everything breaks down and after some Rosa interference, Trouble in Paradise pins Epico and we have new champions.
The former champions talk to Washington in the back.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Great Khali vs. Kane
It's your standard battle of the big men: Khali hits Kane, Kane hits Khali, Kane puts him down and hits the top rope clothesline for two. The time was set at 4:16 and we have less than two minutes left. Low dropkick gets two. Under a minute to go as Khali comes back with some big man offense. The chop hits Kane and he rolls to the floor. They brawl to the floor and back inside they both try a chokeslam the clock runs out for a no contest at 4:16.
Apparently Cena will be here to find out who his opponent at Over the Limit is.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Jerry Lawler vs. Daniel Bryan
4:16 is the time to beat. Bryan goes right at Lawler and beats him down in the corner. Running dropkick gets two. Lawler gets a boot up and drops the middle rope fist for two but the piledriver is countered. A kick to the head sets up the YES Lock and Jerry taps at 2:29 to get the title shot. Let the internet explode.
Punk comes out and applauds Bryan.
We see Lesnar attacking HHH for a fourth time.
Here's Cena with his arm in a sling for the showdown with Ace. Cena says he's here and there's no breaks in his arm and no muscle tear. Everything is strained, but he's here. He says that if you're hurt, you get to keep coming out here and doing what you do best so he's here. Cue Ace and Cena instantly makes fun of him, as well as confirming the DVD release of No Holds Barred. I'd LOVE a commentary from Hogan on that but it's not going to happen.
Ace says that he brought Brock in to motivate Cena which Cena doesn't buy at all. Ace calls it a success but Cena still doesn't believe him. Cena responds to the WHAT chants and makes fun of Ace some more. Ace says he can make Cena's life difficult or easy. Cena: “YOU ARE AN IDIOT!” Here's Tensai, which shouldn't shock anyone. Cena, with one good arm, stays in the ring but Ace hits him with the mic and.....the opponent is actually going to be Ace. Tensai's manager kicks Ace in the arm and Tensai helps in the attack. They all attack the arm with Tensai holding it over the steps and Ace crushes it with a chair to end the show.
Results
The Miz b. Santino Marella – Skull Crushing Finale
Layla b. Nikki Bella – Rollup
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show went to a time limit draw
Brodus Clay b. JTG – Splash
Randy Orton b. Jack Swagger – RKO
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Epico/Primo – Trouble In Paradise to Epico
Great Khali vs. Kane went to a no contest
Daniel Bryan b. Jerry Lawler – Yes Lock
Tuesday
The Bellas are officially gone with WWE. They simply chose not to re-sign.
Anarquia is no longer on the TNA roster page, meaning he may be gone.
Raw got a 3.3.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: May 2, 2012
Location: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Commentators: William Regal, Josh Matthews
Regal is back from scouting talent so we may have some new names popping up this week. The show has gotten better with the change in talent recently so I have some hope for this show. Now if they can get a singles title in here then things would almost be set. Also Josh is back from his Brock beating so let's get to it.
Striker are in the ring to open things up. Josh and Regal are both welcomed back. Regal says we'll be having some new faces in the next few weeks. Cue Curtis who looks different along with Maxine who he's still handcuffed to. They yell at each other and have issues getting in the ring. Maxine falls getting in but they get cut off by JTG. He's been trying to get ahold of Regal but Regal won't respond. Regal says all three of these people were thorns in Horny's side last week so tonight, Curtis and JTG will be a team.
Tyson Kidd/Alex Riley vs. JTG/Johnny Curtis
Maxine sits in on commentary for this. Kidd and Curtis start and Tyson frustrates him on the mat. A slick armdrag puts Johnny down as Maxine complains about being handcuffed to him. Kidd hooks an armbar and it's off to Riley for a big pop. JTG comes in and walks into an armdrag for two. Spinebuster puts JTG down but Riley takes out Curtis instead of covering.
JTG gets kicked in the face as he tries to help his partner and Riley goes up, only for Curtis to shove him off for two. We take a break and come back with JTG getting two on Riley after a neckbreaker. Maxine says she might become a new Maxine and it's chinlock time. Riley grabs a suplex but Curtis makes a save and hooks a chinlock of his own. Maxine keeps complaining about what Regal did and Regal replies with a great line: “I'm a villain. Why would you expect me to be nice?”
The double teaming continues for a few minutes but Riley breaks up a superplex. This match is getting a lot of time for an NXT match as it's already over ten minutes. Middle rope dropkick allows the tags to Kidd and JTG. Kidd hits a dropkick for two and the heels go to the floor. Riley backdrops Kidd over the top onto both of them and almost everyone is down. Kidd throws JTG back in and the Dungeon Lock gets the tap at 12:00.
McGillicutty makes fun of Watson in the back and Watson maintains that he was attacked. They have a match tonight because Watson thinks McGillicutty jumped him last week. McGillicutty says he would have finished him off and that he'll see Watson out there.
Raw ReBound is Lesnar injuring HHH.
Hawkins and Reks are in the front row with Regal Sucks signs. Great. Regal goes over to them and they hold up their ticket stubs. Regal throws them out anyway and they argue with security the whole way. This is going to keep going isn't it?
JTG is mad in the back when he runs into Alicia Fox. He's mad about losing all the time and she says look in a mirror because he looks like he's stuck in Brooklyn from 1998. She thinks he needs a makeover and asks for a week to change him and make him a future champ. He says no then comes back and says she has one week.
Bateman and Kaitlyn are fired up about Bateman's match on Smackdown. They find Riley with a bad knee. He says it was McGillicutty but Kaitlyn thinks it wasn't. They carry him off to get help.
Percy Watson vs. Michael McGillicutty
We have almost fifteen minutes for this match. Watson controls to start and hits a butterfly suplex for two. McGillicutty comes back with some forearms and works on the bandaged knee of Watson. Watson knocks him away but gets caught in a dragon screw leg whip and we take a break. Back with Michael working on the knee even more. He rams it into the apron and puts on a Figure Four. Regal points out how it's on the wrong leg, making me love him even more.
Watson sends him to the floor and comes back with an elbow but he's only got one good leg to work on. Elbow takes McGillicutty down and a facebuster into a neckbreaker gets two. Watson can't follow up quickly because of the knee. He loads up Persecution but McGillicutty slips down the back and hits a chopblock. McGillicutter gets the pin at 11:32.
Post match Striker comes out with what looks like a piece of paper that has gone through a shredder. He hands it to Regal who is mad. Oh it's a tassel off Percy's boot. McGillicutty had been making fun of them earlier in the back. Security wants to talk to Watson in the back. Striker escorts him out as we go off the air.
Results
Alex Riley/Tyson Kidd b. JTG/Johnny Curtis – Dungeon Lock to JTG
Michael McGillicutty b. Percy Watson – McGillicutter
Thursday
Impact Wrestling
Date: May 3, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
It's time for another TNA show but it's hard to say where things go from here. We had Open Fight Night last week which was nothing special at all in my eyes. The end of the show was Eric Bischoff being covered in human waste and since he's gone FOREVER, it doesn't really give any indication of where things are going next. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the end of last week's show.
Flair is in the ring complaining about Hogan and how Hulk ran Eric Bischoff out of the building. You spell his name R-i-c G-o-d F-l-a-i-r. That's an awesome line. He calls out Hogan and eventually here's Hulk. Flair says this is good vs. evil and Hogan is good, while Flair is the “most evil man in the planet.” Flair says he'll get power back. Hogan says he isn't here to fight him, but he's here to step the game up. The real evil one is Eric though because he did everything. Hogan says he hung up his boots when the GM position came open and he's here to make this the longest running company.
Hogan says he's Flair's boss and offers Flair a spot as a judge on the Gut Check stuff. So wait they had a guy come in and compete without having the judges already picked? Flair can teach anyone more than they could ever learn and he'd love Flair to head up the judging. Flair actually says he'll do it.
Roode and RVD pick each others' opponents tonight.
Velvet thinks Gail is a cheater. Tessmacher says she never got a shot.
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne/Gail Kim
Gail and Velvet start with Brooke being knocked to the floor. The May 31 time slot change is confirmed and there's going to be a huge surprise on that show. Velvet gets double teamed and it's Madison in now, humping the mat as usual. Back to Gail who hammers her down for two. A top rope rana is countered and Velvet comes off the middle rope with a bulldog kind of move to set up the tag. The ring gets cleared out and Brooke winds up hitting Eat Defeat on Gail for the pin at 4:45.
Since we're coming up on the ten year anniversary of the company, we get some clips of the previous ten years, including sabu showing up and costing Raven a title match against Jarrett which was a big deal at the time.
Here's RVD to face whoever Roode picks for him. RVD says that he's one of a kind and he'll win the title from Roode. Cue Roode who says RVD always has his head in the clouds and was on a HIGHatus, and at Sacrifice RVD will be added to the list of everyone that Roode has beaten. Roode says RVD can announce Roode's opponent first. RVD implies Storm for a bit but it's Mr. Anderson. Roode picks Jeff Hardy.
TV Title: D-Von vs. Robbie T
This is fallout from Lockdown. Robbie jumps him in the corner and takes over quickly. He slams D-Von down for two but runs into a boot in the corner. D-Von comes back with his usual stuff like shoulders and punches. Swan Dive headbutt gets two. Robbie E is brought in and does nothing so D-Von spears T down. E hits him in the head with The List for the DQ at 2:45.
Snow and Flair meet in the back and the third judge is the Senior Vice President of Talent Relations: Bruce Pritchard (Brother Love).
After a quick recap of Silva's performance last week, the judges talk with overly dramatic music playing. Pritchard and Flair aren't thrilled but Snow pleads his case. Flair says he isn't big enough so Snow suggests the X-Division. Flair still isn't sold and Pritchard seems to have no idea what side he's on. We'll get the decision later I guess. So they sat there talking for four minutes for nothing?
Hogan tells Anderson his match tonight is No DQ and no countout.
Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam
They fight over a wristlock to start and RVD takes him into a rollup for two. Jeff sends him to the floor and hits a clothesline off the apron which gets two back in. Whisper in the Wind gets two. Van Dam takes out the knee and hits Rolling Thunder for two. Cue Roode with the belt but the referee sees him coming. Jeff gets sent into the ropes and Roode hits him in the back with the belt, allowing Rob to superkick Jeff down for the pin at 3:40.
Ray is walking through the back and runs into Joseph Park who says he'll prove that Ray had something to do with Abyss' disappearance. Ray shoves him away and threatens Park if he doesn't back off.
JB says that he did what he did to Bischoff last week because of the last two and a half years of stuff he's had to put up with. Bully Ray shows up and drags JB to the ring, saying they'll talk about it out there. Out in the ring, Ray says that he's tired of this anti-bullying nonsense and goes off on JB (never hitting him) about how JB is the kind of guy that guys like Bully pick on.
Cue Austin Aries who goes off on Ray, saying that Ray has picked on him for his size like everyone else has. Aries says that Ray was fat for most of his career and now he's in shape and....Ray knocks the mic out of his hand and yells at Aries until Aries blasts him in the head. Aries beats him into the corner and beats him down in the corner. Security comes out to stop Aries and Ray kicks him low to end this.
Kaz and Daniels talk about getting the tag titles until Angle yells at them. They're in a six man tonight. Angle isn't thrilled about being their partner.
Roode isn't worried about facing Mr. Anderson.
Kurt Angle/Christopher Daniels/Kazarian vs. Samoa Joe/Magnus/AJ Styles
AJ has those stupid black gloves again. The champs hit the ring and the brawl is on. Those four head to the floor so it's AJ vs. Angle in the ring. This certainly works. AJ does the dropdown into a dropkick sequence but Daniels comes in to jump him. Angle doesn't like it so he shoves Daniels into the corner. Joe comes in and pounds Angle down before tagging Magnus back in.
Kurt takes him down and we hit the chinlock. Magnus fights up and hits a clothesline for the tag to AJ. Styles cleans house and loads up the Clash but Daniels breaks it up with an enziguri. Everything breaks down and Magnus makes a blind tag. Daniels is sent to the floor with Magnus following him. Suicide elbow takes Daniels out. AJ sets for a dive but Angle picks the ankle and hooks the lock but Kaz tags himself in while the hold is on. Joe runs Angle into Daniels and Magnus breaks up Fade to Black, allowing Styles to hit the Clash on Kaz for the pin at 4:30.
Daniels says next week, AJ needs to reveal the secret or he'll do it himself.
Time for the Gut Check deal. Snow introduces the three judges (himself, Pritchard and Flair). This is straight out of a reality show as Silva stands there in a spotlight while the guys talk about him. Flair says no, Snow says yes, Pritchard says....something, and Silva gets thirty seconds to talk.
He's from Quebec so he has a thick accent. This is his dream and he gets cut off with Flair saying to talk to them, not the marks. Silva says that he stands up for himself every single night and that he's here for his contract. Flair says ok you're in. Shouldn't that do it? Pritchard says that sways him so it's all three now and he gets a contract.
We run down the card for Sacrifice.
Mr. Anderson vs. Bobby Roode
This is No DQ. They start on the floor with Roode in control but Anderson sends him into the post. The Regal Roll puts Bobby down and we take a break. Back with Roode pulling the referee in front of him as a shield and then hitting a low blow to take over. Out to the floor again and Roode knocks Anderson around. Roode gets a chair and slides it in where it gets wedged between the top and middle rope.
Since this is a wrestling match, Anderson sends Roode into it instead. Anderson makes the comeback and hits the high kick for two. Mic Check is broken up and Anderson charges into a boot. Roode counters another Regal Roll into a spinebuster for two. Here's Hardy out of nowhere to beat up Roode but as he goes to get Anderson up he takes the Mic Check. There's another Sacrifice match I guess. Roode hits Anderson with the chair and this the fisherman's for the pin at 11:10, a lot of which was in a commercial.
Roode lays them both out with the chair until Van Dam comes in for the save. Roode leaves but comes back to beat down RVD, hitting a DDT onto the chair to end the show.
Results
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky b. Gail Kim/Madison Rayne – Eat Defeat to Kim
D-Von b. Robbie T via DQ when Robbie E interfered
Rob Van Dam b. Jeff hardy – Superkick
AJ Styles/Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Kurt Angle – Styles Clash to Kazarian
Bobby Roode b. Mr. Anderson – Fisherman's Suplex
Friday
Impact got a 1.0, the same as last week.
Smackdown
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
This is the first show after Extreme Rules and Sheamus has retained the title against Daniel Bryan. Other than that there isn't much other than Orton beating Kane in the falls count anywhere match. Sheamus needs a new challenger now and all signs point to it being Del Rio which is nothing that I'm interested in but this is WWE so who cares? Let's get to it.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is whatever lunkhead turned on the lights in the middle of the Avengers.
Here's Sheamus to open things up. He says he's doing what he loves to do: fight. He doesn't care where he is, because he just loves fighting. Bryan almost tore his shoulder off at Extreme Rules so tonight, Bryan can try to finish it. He was asked if he wanted to fight Bryan, and his answer was YES. Sheamus starts a YES chant and here comes Bryan for a gimmick infringement complaint. Sheamus says YES probably 40 times here, which is probably a record.
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan
This is non-title I think. Sheamus tries for a headlock as Bryan goes for the arm. Bryan takes it to the mat but Sheamus fires off a punch to break that up. A single arm DDT takes Sheamus down as Booker breaks his vow from a few weeks back and calls him D. Bry. Off to an armbar but Sheamus gets up pretty quickly. He comes with the power and starts pounding Bryan down in the corner. A running knee lift sends Bryan to the floor but Ricardo Rodriguez jumps off the top onto Sheamus for the DQ at 2:48. This was an angle rather than a match.
Del Rio comes in with the cross armbreaker and Bryan throws on the YES Lock to leave Sheamus laying. Bryan yells at Del Rio as referees hold back Sheamus.
After a break Sheamus is getting his arm looked at.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Hunico/Camacho
Epico, Primo, AW and Rosa watch from the ramp. AW has officially signed the former champs. Truth and Hunico start things off with Hunico slapping Little Jimmy. Is that child abuse? Off to Kofi who comes in off a springboard clothesline for two. Kofi gets sent to the apron and Hunico gets in a shot to send him outside. Camacho gets in a clothesline on the floor and Hunico adds the hilo for two.
Camacho comes in and gets two off a legdrop. Back to Hunico who comes in with a slingshot dropkick to Kofi who is seated in the corner. A monkey flip by Kofi sets up the hot tag and Truth comes in with the pelvic thrusts. Lie Detector gets two on Camacho and everything breaks down. A rana sends Hunico and Kofi to the floor so the Little Jimmy can get the pin at 4:09.
Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger
Brodus hits a quick belly to belly suplex for two and runs Swagger over with ease. Ziggler offers a distraction and Jack hits something like a spear to take over. Ziggler tries something off the steps but runs into the headbutt. Back in the ring the suplex looks to set up the splash but Jack rolls to the floor and takes the countout at 1:43.
More annoying kids get to dance with Brodus post match.
Video on the Cena vs. Lesnar match on Sunday. This transitions into the end of Raw where Ace revealed himself as Cena's next opponent.
Del Rio and Bryan are arguing in the back and Eve has to break it up. Ace is taking a day off for some reason so she and those great glasses of hers are in charge. Bryan wants to continue his match with Sheamus and she says maybe. Eve throws both of them out.
Damien Sandow vs. Derrick Bateman
Sandow comes out to the Hallelujah Chorus and in a Bob Backlund robe and towel. He's introduced as the Intellectual Savior of the Masses. Sandow says that he won't do anything here tonight because it won't teach the masses anything, so he's out of here.
Bateman wants the match he earned the right to on NXT. We have a replacement for him.
Ryback vs. Derrick Bateman
Ryback has some pyro now. Booker thinks of Devastation Inc. when he looks at Ryback. There's a stable I never want to think of again. Big boot, Over the Shoulder Boulder Holder, clothesline, MuscleBuster, 1:11.
Kane/Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton/Big Show
Cody and Randy get us going. Cody goes into the buckle quickly and cowers away from Show. The big bald comes in to crush Cody in the corner and brings back Randy. A knee drop gets two as does a dropkick. Off to Kane for a slugout with Orton and the Viper is in trouble. Kane sends him into the corner and it's off to Big Show. He comes in with a spear to Kane and takes down Cody as well.
Kane gets a DDT to Big Show and we take a break. Back with Cody stomping on the former champion and then tagging Kane back in. The low dropkick gets two and it's time for the chinlock. Show comes back with a belly to back suplex and it's the hot (I guess?) tag to Orton. He powerslams Cody but Kane breaks up the elevated DDT.
Instead it's the Big Fried Freak taking the DDT and Randy sets up the RKO. Kane shoves him off and Cody low bridges Orton to the floor. Kane follows him out and hits a big boot which gets two. Back to Rhodes for some knee drops and a dropkick for two. Kane comes in again and walks into the backbreaker.
A clothesline breaks up the hot tag and the champ is in again. Cody hooks a quick chinlock and tries Cross Rhodes but Orton shoves him off. There's the tag to Big Show who cleans house. Kane breaks up the chokeslam with the top rope clothesline but Orton hits an RKO on the masked one. WMD gets the pin on Rhodes at 10:47 shown of 14:17.
Post match we're told that Big Show will get his rematches at live events this weekend. There's a rarity.
Sheamus is taped up and says he's fighting tonight.
Layla vs. Natalya
They go to the mat and it's a standoff. Natalya works on the arm and hits a discus lariat for two. Abdominal stretch goes on but Layla gets a sweet rolling counter for two. Layout ends this quickly at 1:58. Layla is more interesting than most of the other girls but giving her two minutes a night isn't going to get anyone anywhere.
Antonio Cesaro and Aksana are taking publicity photos in the back under Eve's supervision. She thinks Antonio needs oil and makes Teddy put it on. Teddy says no but does it eventually.
Alicia and Kaitlyn are standing around doing nothing when AJ comes up. Alicia leaves and AJ asks for Kaitlyn's forgiveness. Kaitlyn says she felt betrayed and was just trying to be her friend. She tells AJ to stop feeling sorry for herself and earns another slap.
Raw ReBound is about HHH vs. Lesnar.
Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus
Del Rio is on commentary. Sheamus' shoulder is taped up. There sure are a lot of arm injuries floating around this company lately. Sheamus basically has to fight from his right side here. He shoves Bryan down and fires off some elbows in the corner. Bryan comes back with a kick to the shoulder to take control. Sheamus keeps trying to play defense so Bryan keeps going for the arm.
Sheamus manages a tilt-a-whirl slam but the Brogue Kick is ducked and he falls to the floor. We take a break and come back with Bryan hitting the running knee off the apron. Back inside Bryan ties the arm up in the ropes and kicks Sheamus down to the floor. The shoulder goes into the post and back inside a Swan Dive to the shoulder gets two. The tape is ripped off now and Sheamus is in trouble.
Bryan drives knees into the shoulder and hooks both arms on the mat. The champ tries to fire off some elbows to the head but can't break through. Bryan goes to send him into the post but Sheamus reverses to send Bryan's shoulder in and give himself a breather. Here are the forearms to the chest and a suplex back in gets two. Bryan charges into the Irish Curse with the left (the bad) arm for two.
Sheamus goes after Daniel but gets his arm draped over the rope. A missile dropkick gets two and Bryan is frustrated. Sheamus hits the double ax out of nowhere and loads up the Cross but here's Del Rio for a distraction. He doesn't interfere though so it isn't a DQ. Bryan tries to sneak in the YES Lock but Sheamus shoves him into Del Rio. Sheamus sends Alberto to the floor and Bryan goes up. That goes badly though as he dives into the Brogue Kick (most of one at least) for the pin at 9:25 shown of 12:55.
Results
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Ricardo Rodriguez interfered
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Hunico/Camacho – Little Jimmy to Camacho
Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger via countout
Ryback b. Derrick Bateman – MuscleBuster
Randy Orton/Big Show b. Cody Rhodes/Kane – WMD to Rhodes
Layla b. Natalya – Layout
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan – Brogue Kick
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Goldust was released.
Quick Results
Raw
The Miz b. Santino Marella – Skull Crushing Finale
Layla b. Nikki Bella – Rollup
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show went to a time limit draw
Brodus Clay b. JTG – Splash
Randy Orton b. Jack Swagger – RKO
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Epico/Primo – Trouble In Paradise to Epico
Great Khali vs. Kane went to a no contest
Daniel Bryan b. Jerry Lawler – Yes Lock
NXT
Alex Riley/Tyson Kidd b. JTG/Johnny Curtis – Dungeon Lock to JTG
Michael McGillicutty b. Percy Watson – McGillicutter
Impact Wrestling
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky b. Gail Kim/Madison Rayne – Eat Defeat to Kim
D-Von b. Robbie T via DQ when Robbie E interfered
Rob Van Dam b. Jeff hardy – Superkick
AJ Styles/Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Kurt Angle – Styles Clash to Kazarian
Bobby Roode b. Mr. Anderson – Fisherman's Suplex
Smackdown
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Ricardo Rodriguez interfered
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Hunico/Camacho – Little Jimmy to Camacho
Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger via countout
Ryback b. Derrick Bateman – MuscleBuster
Randy Orton/Big Show b. Cody Rhodes/Kane – WMD to Rhodes
Layla b. Natalya – Layout
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan – Brogue Kick
Buff Bagwell is out of ICU.
Smackdown got a 1.7, down from last week.
Monday Night Raw
Date: April 30, 2012
Location: Wright State University Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Extreme Rules was last night and it's time for the road to Over the Limit to begin. Cena talked about taking some time off last night at the end of the show which is something he's certainly earned. It's been three and a half years since his last break and giving him some time to heal up and recharge his batteries is definitely a good idea. We're coming off a great show last night so let's get to it.
We open with clips from Lesnar vs. Cena and the post match promo from Cena saying he was taking a break.
Here's the theme song and the new intro says it's starring Brock Lesnar.
Here's Ace to open things up. He brags about how great last night was and how awesome Lesnar was in his dominance last night. Cena was proven to be a mortal last night apparently and Lesnar got rid of him. Here's Brock who says last night the world saw Brock bring the pain. Cue HHH who looks mad. He says that if Lesnar wants all these perks, a lot of them are on his own dime. Oh and the show has always and will always be Monday Night Raw (except for when it was Raw Is War).
The contract stuff he made Ace agree to last week weren't run by HHH so they don't count. Ace pulls out the contract and HHH rips it up. HHH says that Ace knew that he didn't have that authority. The WWE wants Brock here as do the fans, and they want Lesnar vs. Cena II. They want to see him against Sheamus, Orton and Punk. If Brock is going to do that, it's going to be under the terms of the contract Brock signed. From what I understand, Lesnar isn't under contract right now. HHH says Lesnar can re-sign under the original terms or go home with his loss to Cena.
Ace keeps talking while HHH is trying to do business and HHH keeps telling him to shut up. Finally HHH turns to him and Lesnar jumps HHH. He beats him down and HHH can only get in a little offense at best. Lesnar throws on the armbar and HHH's arm turns. Some guys run in for the save and HHH says his arm is broken. That's probably Over The Limit. He walks up the ramp slowly to take us to a break.
HHH gets his arm looked at.
Eve, with some sexy glasses on, comes out and tells us that tonight it's a five man Beat The Clock Challenge for the #1 contender spot at the PPV. That means the first person in the challenge sets the time to beat and the fastest of the five times gets the show.
Beat The Clock Challenge: The Miz vs. Santino Marella
I guess either guy can set the time. Sweet I don't have to time these matches. Santino takes him down and tries some very fast covers. Brock has been escorted out of the building. They both keep trying quick pins including a rollup after Miz misses a charge. Santino walks into something like a Side Effect for two.
Corner clothesline hits for Miz and he goes up. Double ax hits for two. Chinlock goes on but it's quickly broken. Hot shot puts Miz down and Santino hits his usual stuff. Here comes the Cobra but Santino walks into an O'Connor Roll for two. Miz totally misses a big boot in the corner but hits the Finale for the surprise pin at 4:17. This just had to be the US Champion too right?
Divas Title: Nikki Bella vs. Layla
The Bellas argue over who is fighting so Layla dropkicks one into the other and rolls up Nikki for the pin at 10 seconds.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Chris Jericho vs. Big Show
Dang two matches in one segment. Oh of course not as we have a break before the match starts. Big Show charges right at him and the clock is counting down from 4:17. Show runs him over a few times but gets his knee kicked out. You know what would be nice? A reference to these two being former tag champions. It's not going to make the match or anything but a little history is nice at times. Jericho goes up but jumps into a chop. Vader Bomb misses and Jericho hits a Lionsault for two.
Show busts out a small package of all things and gets two. Chokeslam is countered into a low DDT for two. Spear gets two for Show and the clock is at 1:05 remaining. WMD misses and the Codebreaker is countered as well. Jericho pulls Show to the floor which doesn't mean anything. We've got 30 seconds to go and Jericho gets pulled to the floor. Show misses a charge and goes into the timekeeper's area. Jericho gets back in but the clock runs out just before the ten count, but they say Jericho won with a second left. Bull freaking crap and the fans know it. Anyway the time was 4:17 obviously.
Post break they change it up again and say that Miz's time was actually 4:18 so neither guy made it. OH COME ON. Just freaking say that the countout didn't work and the referee was wrong. How hard is that??? Seriously???
Brodus Clay vs. JTG
Back to the old school Brodus I guess. JTG apparently has a surprise for Brodus. The surprise is a kick to the ribs but Brodus headbutts him down. Slam and elbow put JTG down and the headbutt to the chest does as well. Avalanche and t-bone suplex set up the splash for the pin at 1:39.
Brodus brings in some kids for a dance, JYD style.
We get the opening video again as well as the Lesnar attack for the third time tonight.
Eve gives Ace a pep talk in the back and Ace says that Cena isn't going to like his next opponent.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger
Remember the time is now officially 4:18. Orton keeps trying rollups but gets kicked down and the Vader Bomb gets two. Orton hits his backbreaker for two as we're under 3:00 to go. Swagger hits a shoulder for two and then works on the arm. Lawler points out the stupidity of this and we have 90 seconds to go. Orton comes back with his powerslam and the elevated DDT with 40 seconds left. RKO is countered into the ankle lock but Orton rolls out and the RKO gets the pin at 4:16, giving him the new time to beat.
Cena's match is later tonight apparently.
We get a clip of Santino and Ryder pinning the tag champions last week. This naturally leads to the following.
Tag Titles: Primo/Epico vs. R-Truth/Kofi Kingston
Before the match we're told that the Bellas have been fired. Epico kicks Little Jimmy so Truth goes off on him. Truth cleans out the ring as we take a break. Back and it's official that HHH's arm is broken. The champs are in control and it's time to ignore the match. Truth takes them both down and makes the hot tag to Kofi. Everything breaks down and after some Rosa interference, Trouble in Paradise pins Epico and we have new champions.
The former champions talk to Washington in the back.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Great Khali vs. Kane
It's your standard battle of the big men: Khali hits Kane, Kane hits Khali, Kane puts him down and hits the top rope clothesline for two. The time was set at 4:16 and we have less than two minutes left. Low dropkick gets two. Under a minute to go as Khali comes back with some big man offense. The chop hits Kane and he rolls to the floor. They brawl to the floor and back inside they both try a chokeslam the clock runs out for a no contest at 4:16.
Apparently Cena will be here to find out who his opponent at Over the Limit is.
Beat The Clock Challenge: Jerry Lawler vs. Daniel Bryan
4:16 is the time to beat. Bryan goes right at Lawler and beats him down in the corner. Running dropkick gets two. Lawler gets a boot up and drops the middle rope fist for two but the piledriver is countered. A kick to the head sets up the YES Lock and Jerry taps at 2:29 to get the title shot. Let the internet explode.
Punk comes out and applauds Bryan.
We see Lesnar attacking HHH for a fourth time.
Here's Cena with his arm in a sling for the showdown with Ace. Cena says he's here and there's no breaks in his arm and no muscle tear. Everything is strained, but he's here. He says that if you're hurt, you get to keep coming out here and doing what you do best so he's here. Cue Ace and Cena instantly makes fun of him, as well as confirming the DVD release of No Holds Barred. I'd LOVE a commentary from Hogan on that but it's not going to happen.
Ace says that he brought Brock in to motivate Cena which Cena doesn't buy at all. Ace calls it a success but Cena still doesn't believe him. Cena responds to the WHAT chants and makes fun of Ace some more. Ace says he can make Cena's life difficult or easy. Cena: “YOU ARE AN IDIOT!” Here's Tensai, which shouldn't shock anyone. Cena, with one good arm, stays in the ring but Ace hits him with the mic and.....the opponent is actually going to be Ace. Tensai's manager kicks Ace in the arm and Tensai helps in the attack. They all attack the arm with Tensai holding it over the steps and Ace crushes it with a chair to end the show.
Results
The Miz b. Santino Marella – Skull Crushing Finale
Layla b. Nikki Bella – Rollup
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show went to a time limit draw
Brodus Clay b. JTG – Splash
Randy Orton b. Jack Swagger – RKO
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Epico/Primo – Trouble In Paradise to Epico
Great Khali vs. Kane went to a no contest
Daniel Bryan b. Jerry Lawler – Yes Lock
Tuesday
The Bellas are officially gone with WWE. They simply chose not to re-sign.
Anarquia is no longer on the TNA roster page, meaning he may be gone.
Raw got a 3.3.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: May 2, 2012
Location: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Commentators: William Regal, Josh Matthews
Regal is back from scouting talent so we may have some new names popping up this week. The show has gotten better with the change in talent recently so I have some hope for this show. Now if they can get a singles title in here then things would almost be set. Also Josh is back from his Brock beating so let's get to it.
Striker are in the ring to open things up. Josh and Regal are both welcomed back. Regal says we'll be having some new faces in the next few weeks. Cue Curtis who looks different along with Maxine who he's still handcuffed to. They yell at each other and have issues getting in the ring. Maxine falls getting in but they get cut off by JTG. He's been trying to get ahold of Regal but Regal won't respond. Regal says all three of these people were thorns in Horny's side last week so tonight, Curtis and JTG will be a team.
Tyson Kidd/Alex Riley vs. JTG/Johnny Curtis
Maxine sits in on commentary for this. Kidd and Curtis start and Tyson frustrates him on the mat. A slick armdrag puts Johnny down as Maxine complains about being handcuffed to him. Kidd hooks an armbar and it's off to Riley for a big pop. JTG comes in and walks into an armdrag for two. Spinebuster puts JTG down but Riley takes out Curtis instead of covering.
JTG gets kicked in the face as he tries to help his partner and Riley goes up, only for Curtis to shove him off for two. We take a break and come back with JTG getting two on Riley after a neckbreaker. Maxine says she might become a new Maxine and it's chinlock time. Riley grabs a suplex but Curtis makes a save and hooks a chinlock of his own. Maxine keeps complaining about what Regal did and Regal replies with a great line: “I'm a villain. Why would you expect me to be nice?”
The double teaming continues for a few minutes but Riley breaks up a superplex. This match is getting a lot of time for an NXT match as it's already over ten minutes. Middle rope dropkick allows the tags to Kidd and JTG. Kidd hits a dropkick for two and the heels go to the floor. Riley backdrops Kidd over the top onto both of them and almost everyone is down. Kidd throws JTG back in and the Dungeon Lock gets the tap at 12:00.
McGillicutty makes fun of Watson in the back and Watson maintains that he was attacked. They have a match tonight because Watson thinks McGillicutty jumped him last week. McGillicutty says he would have finished him off and that he'll see Watson out there.
Raw ReBound is Lesnar injuring HHH.
Hawkins and Reks are in the front row with Regal Sucks signs. Great. Regal goes over to them and they hold up their ticket stubs. Regal throws them out anyway and they argue with security the whole way. This is going to keep going isn't it?
JTG is mad in the back when he runs into Alicia Fox. He's mad about losing all the time and she says look in a mirror because he looks like he's stuck in Brooklyn from 1998. She thinks he needs a makeover and asks for a week to change him and make him a future champ. He says no then comes back and says she has one week.
Bateman and Kaitlyn are fired up about Bateman's match on Smackdown. They find Riley with a bad knee. He says it was McGillicutty but Kaitlyn thinks it wasn't. They carry him off to get help.
Percy Watson vs. Michael McGillicutty
We have almost fifteen minutes for this match. Watson controls to start and hits a butterfly suplex for two. McGillicutty comes back with some forearms and works on the bandaged knee of Watson. Watson knocks him away but gets caught in a dragon screw leg whip and we take a break. Back with Michael working on the knee even more. He rams it into the apron and puts on a Figure Four. Regal points out how it's on the wrong leg, making me love him even more.
Watson sends him to the floor and comes back with an elbow but he's only got one good leg to work on. Elbow takes McGillicutty down and a facebuster into a neckbreaker gets two. Watson can't follow up quickly because of the knee. He loads up Persecution but McGillicutty slips down the back and hits a chopblock. McGillicutter gets the pin at 11:32.
Post match Striker comes out with what looks like a piece of paper that has gone through a shredder. He hands it to Regal who is mad. Oh it's a tassel off Percy's boot. McGillicutty had been making fun of them earlier in the back. Security wants to talk to Watson in the back. Striker escorts him out as we go off the air.
Results
Alex Riley/Tyson Kidd b. JTG/Johnny Curtis – Dungeon Lock to JTG
Michael McGillicutty b. Percy Watson – McGillicutter
Thursday
Impact Wrestling
Date: May 3, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
It's time for another TNA show but it's hard to say where things go from here. We had Open Fight Night last week which was nothing special at all in my eyes. The end of the show was Eric Bischoff being covered in human waste and since he's gone FOREVER, it doesn't really give any indication of where things are going next. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the end of last week's show.
Flair is in the ring complaining about Hogan and how Hulk ran Eric Bischoff out of the building. You spell his name R-i-c G-o-d F-l-a-i-r. That's an awesome line. He calls out Hogan and eventually here's Hulk. Flair says this is good vs. evil and Hogan is good, while Flair is the “most evil man in the planet.” Flair says he'll get power back. Hogan says he isn't here to fight him, but he's here to step the game up. The real evil one is Eric though because he did everything. Hogan says he hung up his boots when the GM position came open and he's here to make this the longest running company.
Hogan says he's Flair's boss and offers Flair a spot as a judge on the Gut Check stuff. So wait they had a guy come in and compete without having the judges already picked? Flair can teach anyone more than they could ever learn and he'd love Flair to head up the judging. Flair actually says he'll do it.
Roode and RVD pick each others' opponents tonight.
Velvet thinks Gail is a cheater. Tessmacher says she never got a shot.
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne/Gail Kim
Gail and Velvet start with Brooke being knocked to the floor. The May 31 time slot change is confirmed and there's going to be a huge surprise on that show. Velvet gets double teamed and it's Madison in now, humping the mat as usual. Back to Gail who hammers her down for two. A top rope rana is countered and Velvet comes off the middle rope with a bulldog kind of move to set up the tag. The ring gets cleared out and Brooke winds up hitting Eat Defeat on Gail for the pin at 4:45.
Since we're coming up on the ten year anniversary of the company, we get some clips of the previous ten years, including sabu showing up and costing Raven a title match against Jarrett which was a big deal at the time.
Here's RVD to face whoever Roode picks for him. RVD says that he's one of a kind and he'll win the title from Roode. Cue Roode who says RVD always has his head in the clouds and was on a HIGHatus, and at Sacrifice RVD will be added to the list of everyone that Roode has beaten. Roode says RVD can announce Roode's opponent first. RVD implies Storm for a bit but it's Mr. Anderson. Roode picks Jeff Hardy.
TV Title: D-Von vs. Robbie T
This is fallout from Lockdown. Robbie jumps him in the corner and takes over quickly. He slams D-Von down for two but runs into a boot in the corner. D-Von comes back with his usual stuff like shoulders and punches. Swan Dive headbutt gets two. Robbie E is brought in and does nothing so D-Von spears T down. E hits him in the head with The List for the DQ at 2:45.
Snow and Flair meet in the back and the third judge is the Senior Vice President of Talent Relations: Bruce Pritchard (Brother Love).
After a quick recap of Silva's performance last week, the judges talk with overly dramatic music playing. Pritchard and Flair aren't thrilled but Snow pleads his case. Flair says he isn't big enough so Snow suggests the X-Division. Flair still isn't sold and Pritchard seems to have no idea what side he's on. We'll get the decision later I guess. So they sat there talking for four minutes for nothing?
Hogan tells Anderson his match tonight is No DQ and no countout.
Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam
They fight over a wristlock to start and RVD takes him into a rollup for two. Jeff sends him to the floor and hits a clothesline off the apron which gets two back in. Whisper in the Wind gets two. Van Dam takes out the knee and hits Rolling Thunder for two. Cue Roode with the belt but the referee sees him coming. Jeff gets sent into the ropes and Roode hits him in the back with the belt, allowing Rob to superkick Jeff down for the pin at 3:40.
Ray is walking through the back and runs into Joseph Park who says he'll prove that Ray had something to do with Abyss' disappearance. Ray shoves him away and threatens Park if he doesn't back off.
JB says that he did what he did to Bischoff last week because of the last two and a half years of stuff he's had to put up with. Bully Ray shows up and drags JB to the ring, saying they'll talk about it out there. Out in the ring, Ray says that he's tired of this anti-bullying nonsense and goes off on JB (never hitting him) about how JB is the kind of guy that guys like Bully pick on.
Cue Austin Aries who goes off on Ray, saying that Ray has picked on him for his size like everyone else has. Aries says that Ray was fat for most of his career and now he's in shape and....Ray knocks the mic out of his hand and yells at Aries until Aries blasts him in the head. Aries beats him into the corner and beats him down in the corner. Security comes out to stop Aries and Ray kicks him low to end this.
Kaz and Daniels talk about getting the tag titles until Angle yells at them. They're in a six man tonight. Angle isn't thrilled about being their partner.
Roode isn't worried about facing Mr. Anderson.
Kurt Angle/Christopher Daniels/Kazarian vs. Samoa Joe/Magnus/AJ Styles
AJ has those stupid black gloves again. The champs hit the ring and the brawl is on. Those four head to the floor so it's AJ vs. Angle in the ring. This certainly works. AJ does the dropdown into a dropkick sequence but Daniels comes in to jump him. Angle doesn't like it so he shoves Daniels into the corner. Joe comes in and pounds Angle down before tagging Magnus back in.
Kurt takes him down and we hit the chinlock. Magnus fights up and hits a clothesline for the tag to AJ. Styles cleans house and loads up the Clash but Daniels breaks it up with an enziguri. Everything breaks down and Magnus makes a blind tag. Daniels is sent to the floor with Magnus following him. Suicide elbow takes Daniels out. AJ sets for a dive but Angle picks the ankle and hooks the lock but Kaz tags himself in while the hold is on. Joe runs Angle into Daniels and Magnus breaks up Fade to Black, allowing Styles to hit the Clash on Kaz for the pin at 4:30.
Daniels says next week, AJ needs to reveal the secret or he'll do it himself.
Time for the Gut Check deal. Snow introduces the three judges (himself, Pritchard and Flair). This is straight out of a reality show as Silva stands there in a spotlight while the guys talk about him. Flair says no, Snow says yes, Pritchard says....something, and Silva gets thirty seconds to talk.
He's from Quebec so he has a thick accent. This is his dream and he gets cut off with Flair saying to talk to them, not the marks. Silva says that he stands up for himself every single night and that he's here for his contract. Flair says ok you're in. Shouldn't that do it? Pritchard says that sways him so it's all three now and he gets a contract.
We run down the card for Sacrifice.
Mr. Anderson vs. Bobby Roode
This is No DQ. They start on the floor with Roode in control but Anderson sends him into the post. The Regal Roll puts Bobby down and we take a break. Back with Roode pulling the referee in front of him as a shield and then hitting a low blow to take over. Out to the floor again and Roode knocks Anderson around. Roode gets a chair and slides it in where it gets wedged between the top and middle rope.
Since this is a wrestling match, Anderson sends Roode into it instead. Anderson makes the comeback and hits the high kick for two. Mic Check is broken up and Anderson charges into a boot. Roode counters another Regal Roll into a spinebuster for two. Here's Hardy out of nowhere to beat up Roode but as he goes to get Anderson up he takes the Mic Check. There's another Sacrifice match I guess. Roode hits Anderson with the chair and this the fisherman's for the pin at 11:10, a lot of which was in a commercial.
Roode lays them both out with the chair until Van Dam comes in for the save. Roode leaves but comes back to beat down RVD, hitting a DDT onto the chair to end the show.
Results
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky b. Gail Kim/Madison Rayne – Eat Defeat to Kim
D-Von b. Robbie T via DQ when Robbie E interfered
Rob Van Dam b. Jeff hardy – Superkick
AJ Styles/Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Kurt Angle – Styles Clash to Kazarian
Bobby Roode b. Mr. Anderson – Fisherman's Suplex
Friday
Impact got a 1.0, the same as last week.
Smackdown
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
Commentators: Michael Cole, Booker T, Josh Matthews
This is the first show after Extreme Rules and Sheamus has retained the title against Daniel Bryan. Other than that there isn't much other than Orton beating Kane in the falls count anywhere match. Sheamus needs a new challenger now and all signs point to it being Del Rio which is nothing that I'm interested in but this is WWE so who cares? Let's get to it.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is whatever lunkhead turned on the lights in the middle of the Avengers.
Here's Sheamus to open things up. He says he's doing what he loves to do: fight. He doesn't care where he is, because he just loves fighting. Bryan almost tore his shoulder off at Extreme Rules so tonight, Bryan can try to finish it. He was asked if he wanted to fight Bryan, and his answer was YES. Sheamus starts a YES chant and here comes Bryan for a gimmick infringement complaint. Sheamus says YES probably 40 times here, which is probably a record.
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan
This is non-title I think. Sheamus tries for a headlock as Bryan goes for the arm. Bryan takes it to the mat but Sheamus fires off a punch to break that up. A single arm DDT takes Sheamus down as Booker breaks his vow from a few weeks back and calls him D. Bry. Off to an armbar but Sheamus gets up pretty quickly. He comes with the power and starts pounding Bryan down in the corner. A running knee lift sends Bryan to the floor but Ricardo Rodriguez jumps off the top onto Sheamus for the DQ at 2:48. This was an angle rather than a match.
Del Rio comes in with the cross armbreaker and Bryan throws on the YES Lock to leave Sheamus laying. Bryan yells at Del Rio as referees hold back Sheamus.
After a break Sheamus is getting his arm looked at.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Hunico/Camacho
Epico, Primo, AW and Rosa watch from the ramp. AW has officially signed the former champs. Truth and Hunico start things off with Hunico slapping Little Jimmy. Is that child abuse? Off to Kofi who comes in off a springboard clothesline for two. Kofi gets sent to the apron and Hunico gets in a shot to send him outside. Camacho gets in a clothesline on the floor and Hunico adds the hilo for two.
Camacho comes in and gets two off a legdrop. Back to Hunico who comes in with a slingshot dropkick to Kofi who is seated in the corner. A monkey flip by Kofi sets up the hot tag and Truth comes in with the pelvic thrusts. Lie Detector gets two on Camacho and everything breaks down. A rana sends Hunico and Kofi to the floor so the Little Jimmy can get the pin at 4:09.
Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger
Brodus hits a quick belly to belly suplex for two and runs Swagger over with ease. Ziggler offers a distraction and Jack hits something like a spear to take over. Ziggler tries something off the steps but runs into the headbutt. Back in the ring the suplex looks to set up the splash but Jack rolls to the floor and takes the countout at 1:43.
More annoying kids get to dance with Brodus post match.
Video on the Cena vs. Lesnar match on Sunday. This transitions into the end of Raw where Ace revealed himself as Cena's next opponent.
Del Rio and Bryan are arguing in the back and Eve has to break it up. Ace is taking a day off for some reason so she and those great glasses of hers are in charge. Bryan wants to continue his match with Sheamus and she says maybe. Eve throws both of them out.
Damien Sandow vs. Derrick Bateman
Sandow comes out to the Hallelujah Chorus and in a Bob Backlund robe and towel. He's introduced as the Intellectual Savior of the Masses. Sandow says that he won't do anything here tonight because it won't teach the masses anything, so he's out of here.
Bateman wants the match he earned the right to on NXT. We have a replacement for him.
Ryback vs. Derrick Bateman
Ryback has some pyro now. Booker thinks of Devastation Inc. when he looks at Ryback. There's a stable I never want to think of again. Big boot, Over the Shoulder Boulder Holder, clothesline, MuscleBuster, 1:11.
Kane/Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton/Big Show
Cody and Randy get us going. Cody goes into the buckle quickly and cowers away from Show. The big bald comes in to crush Cody in the corner and brings back Randy. A knee drop gets two as does a dropkick. Off to Kane for a slugout with Orton and the Viper is in trouble. Kane sends him into the corner and it's off to Big Show. He comes in with a spear to Kane and takes down Cody as well.
Kane gets a DDT to Big Show and we take a break. Back with Cody stomping on the former champion and then tagging Kane back in. The low dropkick gets two and it's time for the chinlock. Show comes back with a belly to back suplex and it's the hot (I guess?) tag to Orton. He powerslams Cody but Kane breaks up the elevated DDT.
Instead it's the Big Fried Freak taking the DDT and Randy sets up the RKO. Kane shoves him off and Cody low bridges Orton to the floor. Kane follows him out and hits a big boot which gets two. Back to Rhodes for some knee drops and a dropkick for two. Kane comes in again and walks into the backbreaker.
A clothesline breaks up the hot tag and the champ is in again. Cody hooks a quick chinlock and tries Cross Rhodes but Orton shoves him off. There's the tag to Big Show who cleans house. Kane breaks up the chokeslam with the top rope clothesline but Orton hits an RKO on the masked one. WMD gets the pin on Rhodes at 10:47 shown of 14:17.
Post match we're told that Big Show will get his rematches at live events this weekend. There's a rarity.
Sheamus is taped up and says he's fighting tonight.
Layla vs. Natalya
They go to the mat and it's a standoff. Natalya works on the arm and hits a discus lariat for two. Abdominal stretch goes on but Layla gets a sweet rolling counter for two. Layout ends this quickly at 1:58. Layla is more interesting than most of the other girls but giving her two minutes a night isn't going to get anyone anywhere.
Antonio Cesaro and Aksana are taking publicity photos in the back under Eve's supervision. She thinks Antonio needs oil and makes Teddy put it on. Teddy says no but does it eventually.
Alicia and Kaitlyn are standing around doing nothing when AJ comes up. Alicia leaves and AJ asks for Kaitlyn's forgiveness. Kaitlyn says she felt betrayed and was just trying to be her friend. She tells AJ to stop feeling sorry for herself and earns another slap.
Raw ReBound is about HHH vs. Lesnar.
Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus
Del Rio is on commentary. Sheamus' shoulder is taped up. There sure are a lot of arm injuries floating around this company lately. Sheamus basically has to fight from his right side here. He shoves Bryan down and fires off some elbows in the corner. Bryan comes back with a kick to the shoulder to take control. Sheamus keeps trying to play defense so Bryan keeps going for the arm.
Sheamus manages a tilt-a-whirl slam but the Brogue Kick is ducked and he falls to the floor. We take a break and come back with Bryan hitting the running knee off the apron. Back inside Bryan ties the arm up in the ropes and kicks Sheamus down to the floor. The shoulder goes into the post and back inside a Swan Dive to the shoulder gets two. The tape is ripped off now and Sheamus is in trouble.
Bryan drives knees into the shoulder and hooks both arms on the mat. The champ tries to fire off some elbows to the head but can't break through. Bryan goes to send him into the post but Sheamus reverses to send Bryan's shoulder in and give himself a breather. Here are the forearms to the chest and a suplex back in gets two. Bryan charges into the Irish Curse with the left (the bad) arm for two.
Sheamus goes after Daniel but gets his arm draped over the rope. A missile dropkick gets two and Bryan is frustrated. Sheamus hits the double ax out of nowhere and loads up the Cross but here's Del Rio for a distraction. He doesn't interfere though so it isn't a DQ. Bryan tries to sneak in the YES Lock but Sheamus shoves him into Del Rio. Sheamus sends Alberto to the floor and Bryan goes up. That goes badly though as he dives into the Brogue Kick (most of one at least) for the pin at 9:25 shown of 12:55.
Results
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Ricardo Rodriguez interfered
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Hunico/Camacho – Little Jimmy to Camacho
Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger via countout
Ryback b. Derrick Bateman – MuscleBuster
Randy Orton/Big Show b. Cody Rhodes/Kane – WMD to Rhodes
Layla b. Natalya – Layout
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan – Brogue Kick
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Goldust was released.
Quick Results
Raw
The Miz b. Santino Marella – Skull Crushing Finale
Layla b. Nikki Bella – Rollup
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show went to a time limit draw
Brodus Clay b. JTG – Splash
Randy Orton b. Jack Swagger – RKO
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Epico/Primo – Trouble In Paradise to Epico
Great Khali vs. Kane went to a no contest
Daniel Bryan b. Jerry Lawler – Yes Lock
NXT
Alex Riley/Tyson Kidd b. JTG/Johnny Curtis – Dungeon Lock to JTG
Michael McGillicutty b. Percy Watson – McGillicutter
Impact Wrestling
Brooke Tessmacher/Velvet Sky b. Gail Kim/Madison Rayne – Eat Defeat to Kim
D-Von b. Robbie T via DQ when Robbie E interfered
Rob Van Dam b. Jeff hardy – Superkick
AJ Styles/Samoa Joe/Magnus b. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian/Kurt Angle – Styles Clash to Kazarian
Bobby Roode b. Mr. Anderson – Fisherman's Suplex
Smackdown
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Ricardo Rodriguez interfered
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth b. Hunico/Camacho – Little Jimmy to Camacho
Brodus Clay b. Jack Swagger via countout
Ryback b. Derrick Bateman – MuscleBuster
Randy Orton/Big Show b. Cody Rhodes/Kane – WMD to Rhodes
Layla b. Natalya – Layout
Sheamus b. Daniel Bryan – Brogue Kick