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Monday
Monday Night Raw
Date: July 4, 2011
Location: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Were still in Vegas as this show was taped last week. Its the 4th of July so expect a lot of Vinces patriotism to shine through. We have the Punk promo that everyone has been talking about to get through tonight which should definitely be interesting. Vince himself might bere here too so lets get to it.
We open with a recap of last week which is the same as the Raw ReBound from Smackdown.
Theres a triple threat match for the #1 contender spot: R-Truth vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio.
Riley vs. Miz tonight .again.
Heres Cena to open the show and hes very serious it seems. He talks about how Punk has said some stuff that has ticked off WWE management. Due to those comments hes been suspended indefinitely and loses his title shot. Theres a triple threat match tonight and were just supposed to forget Punk existed. Cena thinks that sucks. The two of them have never seen eye to eye but Punk has been suspended for speaking his mind.
Cena says its unfair that someone has had his freedom of speech taken away. He references the Bryan tie choking incident and the removal of various signs. If the WWE Universe is silenced and Punk is silenced, whats next? The fans chant 1st Amendment and Cena agrees. If they can sweep Punk under the rug, whats next? He wants answers and he wants them from Vince himself. Vince is on the way and Cena will get his answers tonight. Solid opening.
Bella Twins vs. Eve Torres/Kelly Kelly
All of the girls looking good of course. Eve starts with well call that Brie. Eve dominates to start and makes fun of the Bellas. She gets tossed over the top though and might have hurt her shoulder. Off to Nikki who works over the arm. Eve finally escapes for the hot tag to Kelly who cleans house. She hits the headscissors and the Stink Face. Bulldog gets two. K2 ends this clean at 3:14.
Video on Andy Levine of Tough Enough. Its a bunch of trainers and him talking about Silent Rage and how they need to get him to let it out more often.
Truth is on the phone with what sounds like an insurance company. Scott Sanford comes up to ask him about the triple threat. Truth says hes happy because he just saved 15% on his car insurance by switching to Geico. Oh and hell win as Alberto comes up. First Little Jimmy, now Senor Jimmy? Alberto says its about destiny and Truth isnt that impressed.
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Michael McGillicutty/David Otunga
Apparently Mason Ryan is hurt. Santino and Otunga start us off with Otunga in control briefly. Santino tries the Cobra but David bails. Off to McGillicutty who doesnt do that well either. Kozlov comes in and manhandles McGillicutty a little bit. Double teaming by the champions takes Kozlov down and work their basic offense on the Russian. He blocks a double suplex and brings in Santino. Marella takes down everyone and loads up the Cobra, but McGillicutty manages to get a boot to the ribs and the McGillicutter ends this at 4:20.
Post match, Zack Ryder comes out and says Woo Woo Woo You Know It and thats it. Literally, he came out, said the catchphrase and smiled at the ring.
Miz is in the back and says theres a golden opportunity to get a shot at Cena but because of Alex Riley, Miz doesnt get a chance to get the shot. Tonight hes taking Riley out for good.
Evan Bourne is in the back with Sergeant Slaughter. Hes going to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. Swagger comes up and says that he should get to do it. We even get a reference to the Gulf War angle back in 91. Slaughter says everyone makes mistakes, like Swaggers parents when they didnt use birth control. A match is made for later.
Vinces plane arrived earlier.
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Jack Swagger
Slaughter is very bald. If youve seen any Sarge match where hes a legend youll seen this one. Sarge gets the jump on him a few seconds into the match and gets the Cobra Clutch but Swagger escapes and a Vader Bomb ends this at 1:18.
Post match Sarge gets put in the ankle lock and Evan Bourne makes the save. Sarge gets to do the Pledge of Allegiance.
We get a clip of the pretty cool destruction of the cage last week by Henry.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio vs. R-Truth
No entrance for Del Rio. Whoever wins this is replaced by someone else in MITB. Alberto takes over to start and a kick to the back of the head gets two on Rey. Del Rip misses a charge and heads to the floor as Truth comes back in. The spinning forearm gets two. Everyone is on the floor now with Truth in control. He sends both guys into the railing and gets two on Rey back in the ring.
After beating Rey down a bit more he hits a dive to keep Del Rio down. Spinning side slam gets two on Rey as Del Rio is back in. Truth hammers on Rey some more but Del Rio gets Truth onto his shoulders as we get a modified Doomsday Device with Truth taking the majority of the blow. We take a break with everyone down.
Back with Del Rio choking Rey on the ropes and Truth nowhere to be seen. Rey tries to fight back but gets caught in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two. Del Rio sets for an OConnor Roll but Truth pops up to hit Alberto in the face. In a cool spot, Truth hits a sunset flip on Del Rio who still has his hands on Rey, meaning Rey takes a German suplex. Backstabber to Truth for two. Axe kick gets two but Del Rio breaks it up. Alberto is sent to the floor as Rey hits the top rope splash to Truth. Alberto runs back in and throws on the cross armbreaker for the tap from Rey at 13:07.
Back with a recap video of the first MITB match and cash-in.
Theres a party setup in the ring and the cake says Happy Birthday Dolph. Oh ok its because hes US Champion and this is the birthday of the US. Vickie sings Happy Birthday to Dolph. Ziggler says there will never be another him and hes awesome. Forget Punk and Cena and the WWE Title because as long as hes US Champion, its the only title that matters.
Heres Kofi because we havent seen them fight enough. Kofi says he should have been invited to the party. He also says that Dolph cant beat him without Vickie. His eyes are very bloodshot. Dolph says beat it so Kofi shoves him into Vickie who goes into the cake. They brawl a bit and Vickie is knocked into it again.
Video on Mizs MITB stuff last year.
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
We get a quick video about Riley during his entrance. Riley gets all aggressive and takes over but messes up an attempt to throw Miz over the top. He takes him out there anyway and keeps hammering. Miz catches him coming back in though and takes over. Off to a cravate and then a short DDT for two. Vince is on his way to the arena. Riley gets in some punches but walks into a flapjack for two.
Miz keeps hammering away and gets a reverse DDT for two as we take a break. Back with Riley ramming Mizs head into the mat to take over. He gets all fired up and hits a spinebuster for two. Inverted DDT is countered by a northern lights suplex though and hits the corner clothesline. Miz tries the Reality Check but gets caught in a backslide for the pin at 9:10.
Post match Miz snaps and beats Riley down, including Riley having his head rammed into the steps while Miz yells at him. A running boot puts Riley over the announce table.
We see the same video from the beginning of the show.
Heres Vince to talk about Punk. Vince says that Punk was suspended because he deserved it. He has a story about Punk. Punks contract is expiring very soon and Punk wanted to have limos, first class flights, to be on DVDs etc. Punk was suspended because he deserved it. Punk is just that: a punk. Vince goes to leave and heres Cena to say not so fast my friend.
Cena says thats not enough for Punk and says Punk was using his freedom of speech. Vince is very pro-freedom of speech right? Thats why your microphone is still working pal. Cena remembers that when Vince used to walk down the aisle every week (required Vince walk impression included) and took on whatever was in front of him. Vince took down Turner but he just suspended Punk for talking about him.
Cena wonders if the grapefruits are gone. He still wants to fight Punk and if Vince doesnt want to fight, maybe he should hang it up old man. Vince says he really suspended Punk out of fear. Hes afraid that Cena cant beat him and Punk takes the title away with him wherever he goes. Cena says he wants the match and so do the people. God forbid we risk embarrassing Vince.
To Cena this is the biggest PPV of the year because of everything up against him. We get a reference to Punk riding on Cenas car at Mania 22 in Chicago. However, Vince wont let it happen because Vince didnt like what Punk said. Would Vince ever do that to Cena? Vince says we dont do this in public. Dont be Hogan. Vince says its his company, not Cenas, so does it really matter?
Cena says thats not what he signed up for. He gets that everyone is replaceable and that he shouldnt be afraid of losing. Cena hands the title to Vince and walks away. Vince freaks out and more or less begs Cena to come back. Vince says wait a minute and takes the belt with him up the ramp to Cena. Vince hates this but the match is back on and Punk is reinstated. However, if Punk walks out of Chicago with the title, Cena is fired. Cenas stunned look at Vince ends the show.
Results
Eve Torres/Kelly Kelly b. Bella Twins K2 to Brie Bella
David Otunga/Michael McGillicutty b. Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov McGillicutter to Marella
Jack Swagger b. Sgt. Slaughter Corner pump splash
Alberto Del Rip b. Rey Mysterio and R-Truth Cross Armbreaker to Mysterio
Alex Riley b. Miz Backslide
Tuesday
Smackdown got a 1.6, which is likely due to the holiday weekend starting.
NXT
Date: July 5, 2011
Location: Tucson Arena, Tucson, Arizona
Commentators: Todd Grisham, William Regal
Were at episode 18 here and Im truly starting to wonder something. Ill be at the Smackdown/NXT tapings on August 2 and Im honestly not sure if the new season will have started yet. This is already the longest season of the show so far and now all of a sudden we have three finalists instead of two. This could go on for awhile. Lets get to it.
We recap the eliminations this season and the return of Derrick Bateman and his pro Daniel Bryan from last week. I still dont get how this is fair or really needed.
Striker and Maryse bring out the rookies and pros. We go over the Redemption Points with Bateman of course in third place. Time for the Talk the Talk Challenge with the topic of why should you win. Young talks about how unfair it is to put Bateman back in after Young has spent 17 weeks working to get here and now without a pro.
Titus says hes dominated the competition all over and actually makes it rain redemption points. That was kind of funny. Bateman says ONeil said his football team is better than the local one. Bateman says he and Bryan are the best things to happen to the internet since kitten videos. He gets booed loudly and Titus wins, further proving that these Redemption Points are totally pointless.
We get a quick recap of Yoshi freaking over the broken action figure last week. Cant say theyre repeating stuff with that one.
Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd
Well it was great last week so I cant complain on a rematch. Grisham says it was five stars. The show is on the internet so that fits perfectly. Yoshi fires off some kicks (actually called Kawada kicks by Regal) and we go to the floor for a bit. Back inside Tyson hammers him down in the corner but cant get a rollup. They head to the apron and Kidd blocks a suplex.
Kiss manages to kick him off the apron back first into the post. We take a break to talk about Thats What I Am which really shouldnt stun me. Back with Kidd working on the back until Tatsu reverses a suplex into a cross body for two. Kidd hits a suplex and locks on a double chickenwing on the mat. Yoshi fights up and chops away including a kick to put Kidd down.
Tatsu goes up so Kidd tries the Kurt Angle run up for a (vertical in this case) suplex but gets dropped. Spinwheel kick catches Kidd in the hands so badly that Regal has to say it didnt really hit. That gets two and Kidd dropkicks the shin. That sets up a Moss Covered Three Handled Family Credenza for the pin at 9:09. For those of you unfamiliar with the general insanity of Perry Saturn, its a fishermans suplex but instead of bridging back you spin the guy around like a neckbreaker.
Profile on Derrick Bateman, who really shouldnt have been eliminated last season, especially not while Johnny so bland that white paint on growing grass calls you bland Curtis was around.
Horny is still trying to give Maryse flowers. They happen to be dead and include Twizzlers and banana peels. She says that should get him a kiss but she hits him with the flowers instead. Titus cant console him.
Titus ONeil/Darren Young vs. Daniel Bryan/Derrick Bateman
According to Todd, Bateman was supposed to be part of this season but tore his MCL. Bateman and Young start us off with Bateman sending him to the floor. Off to Bryan for a little Nexus on Nexus violence. DB and DB work on Youngs arm but hes able to fight off Bateman and bring in Titus.
That doesnt last long and neither guy really gets anything going. Back to Young for a chinlock. Grisham says Regal could make a burning orphanage sound funny. When I woke up today, I didnt think Id hear that line. Titus slams Bateman down as the beating continues.
Young doesnt do as well, allowing the hot tag to Bryan. He hits a running dropkick in the corner to Young, followed by a suplex and swan dive headbutt. Bryan backflips out of a suplex and staggers into the corner, tagging Bateman which Im not sure was intentional. Bryan takes out ONeil and Bateman grabs a headlock and drives Youngs head into the mat like a Skull Crushing Finale for the pin at 6:22.
The last 13 minutes of the show are used to completely reair the Vince/Cena closing segment from last night, which was good but I dont want to see it all over again just 24 hours later.
Results
Titus ONeil won the Talk the Talk Challenge
Tyson Kidd b. Yoshi Tatsu Fishermans neckbreaker
Derrick Bateman/Daniel Bryan b. Darren Young/Titus ONeil Headlock into a facejam to Young
Wednesday
The WWE guys were apparently robbed in South Africa. Locks were cut off their bags.
Raw got a 2.4, which is due to the 4th of July.
Thursday
Impact Wrestling
Date: July 7, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Its the last show before Destination X and we have a final push towards the PPV with another triple threat to determine who goes to the four way at the PPV. There are only 5 matches by my math (Kaz vs. Joe, AJ vs. Daniels, RVD vs. Lynn, the four way and Abyss vs. Kendrick) and weve heard of an Ultimate X match but no one has been named. Maybe thatll be the contract match? We should find out tonight so lets get to it.
We open with a recap of the ending of last weeks show and Angle making the save for Sting, perhaps joining him in the war with Immortal.
Ray, Gunner and Steiner are in the ring to open the show and Ray calls out Anderson. Heres Anderson and he does his usual intro. Ray makes fun of it and threatens Anderson with a Steiner beating if he doesnt shut his mouth. Ray says tonight Anderson is going to join Immortal for his own good because Sting has been nuts lately. The Bully says they need each other and joining Immortal will make everyone happy.
Steiner says its time for him to screw some people and tells Anderson hes either with them or against them. He has to decide tonight or hell deal with Steiner. Gunner says tonight its all of Immortal vs. Sting and Angle. Anderson has until the end of the match to decide. Gunner says hit their music but Stings comes on instead. The lights go out but a spotlight shows Sting in the rafters. They come back up and Angle is in the ring. He clears out Immortal and tells Anderson not to make a decision that makes things hard on himself.
Storm asks Roode if his arm is ok. Roode says not really but he needs to get the points in the Series. He gets Crimson so things dont look great for him.
Bound For Glory Standings:
Crimson 24
Gunner 21
Matt Morgan 14
AJ Styles 14
James Storm 14
Rob Van Dam 14
Bully Ray 14
D-Von 14
Scott Steiner 7
DAngelo Dinero 0
Bobby Roode 0
Samoa Joe 0
Bound For Glory Series: Bobby Roode vs. Crimson
Roode hammers away to start with some shoulders in the corner and a Hennig neck snap for two. Crimson takes over with his power stuff and grabs the cravate which he turns into a swinging neckbreaker for two. Crimson starts snapping off some suplexes but Roode goes up and hits his Blockbuster. The shoulder gives out though and he cant capitalize. Crimson shows some intelligence by kicking him in the arm. He hits the ropes and walks into the Roode spinebuster for two. Roode grabs a Fujiwara armbar but Crimson makes the rope. Slingshot shoulder block takes Roode down and the Red Sky ends this at 4:50.
Tony Nees says he wants to compete against the best and will do so in the three way tonight.
Abyss is still looking for his mask. We cut to Kendrick who is wearing it.
Jack Evans wants the contract. He can do flips really well.
Heres Kendrick in the ring with the mask in hand. He says hell give it back and doesnt want violence. What he wants is a word and hell share his thoughts on those if Abyss will come out here. Kendrick talks about various religions and philosophies and their takes on things. He asks what that has to do with wrestling. Apparently hes trying to restore the X-Division and says Abyss can help him do that.
His ego is holding him back though and Abyss can give up his pain this Sunday. Kendricks mission is to defeat him though and he gives Abyss his mask back. Abyss drills him and beats the tar out of him on the floor. Back in the ring Kendrick gets in some shots but Abyss shrugs them off. Shock Treatment hits as does the Black Hole Slam.
Jesse Sorensen says its time for the new guys to rise up in the X-Division. Guys like him of course.
Tony Nees vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Jack Evans
Evans does a standing moonsault on the stage and break dances in the ring. Big chant for Evans and we get a three way test of strength to start. It follows the same formula as the other matches have so far, with two guys staying in the ring while a third is down on the floor. Sorensen hits a big flip dive to the floor to take out Nees but Evans hits a bigger one off the top rope, hitting a 450 to take out both guys.
Nees gets a running knee to Evans for two as Jesse saves. Sorensen gets a modified Overdrive to Evans for two so its Sorensen vs. Nees for a bit. German gets two for Nees as Evans hits a standing moonsault to break it up. Sorensen gets sent to the floor by Evans and Nees gets dropped off the top. Evans hits a 630 to pin Nees at 5:37.
The Brits say Mexican America is doing what the Brits did a few years ago. Douglas Williams issues an open challenge for Sunday.
Shannon Moore, Robbie E, Amazing Red and Alex Shelley are in Ultimate X.
Velvet says shes going to get rid of Jackie and ODB. We can only hope.
Angle is walking into a locker room and Sting is laying on top of the lockers, singing modified versions of Rocky songs. Angle says we have to get through tonight and Sting goes a bit nuttier. He says this is all to get to Hogan.
Velvet Sky vs. ODB/Jackie
If Velvet wins, the two annoying girls leave TNA, despite technically not being in it right now. Velvet comes in through the crowd with a chair and takes out Jackie with a shot to the back. She and ODB start us off and Velvet is dominating. Jackie gets back in and the numbers start catching up with Velvet. We finally get down to regular tagging and never mind that as were back to the two on one at once. ODB tries to bring the chair back in but hits Jackie by mistake. A DDT by Velvet pins Jackie at 5:00.
ODB shouts that Velvet hasnt gotten rid of her yet.
D-Von tells Pope not to screw him over tonight.
Daniels talks about how AJ has had a better career in TNA than hes had and that hes been lost in the shuffle since coming back.
AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
They have to tag in and out here and its Lynn vs. Daniels to start us off. Lynn speeds up a headscissors and AJ tags himself in. They exchange arm drags and then both try it at the same time, resulting in a stalemate. The fans cant decide if they like RVD or Lynn. Jerry wants RVD and here they are. They exchange a lot of counters with very little contact being made.
Off to RVD vs. Daniels and RVD kind of messes up Rolling Thunder, landing on his neck instead of his back. Daniels gets sent to the floor and its AJ vs. RVD for a bit. A very short bit as AJ knocks RVD into the corner which is classified as a tag to Lynn. Jerry hits an enziguri to put AJ in the corner, followed by a hurricanrana. Daniels comes in off an iffy tag.
Boot to the chest of Lynn gets two and everything starts breaking down. Springboard forearm by AJ sends Van Dam to the floor. Lynn sends AJ to the floor and a releases Rock Bottom looks to set up the BME. Rob tags himself in as Lynn hits something like an Celtic Cross (Finlays old move) on Daniels. Rob fires off the Five Star on Daniels for the pin at 7:13.
Eric Young says to the victor go the spoils because hes apparently gotten a trailer somehow. Hes a TV star now and is going to Hollywood to defend the title.
Bound For Glory Series: Matt Morgan/James Storm vs. D-Von/DAngelo Dinero
Only one person gets points, kind of defeating the point of the team aspect. Pope gives his glasses to D-Vons kid which D-Von isnt thrilled with. D-Von and Storm start us off. That doesnt go much of anywhere so its off to Morgan who runs over D-Von. Pope plays cheerleader and shouts encouragement. Morgan sets for the elbows but Storm tags himself in.
Pope finally gets in so he can hammer on Storm a bit. Storm fires back and Pope falls out of the ring, tagging D-Von as he goes. Back to Morgan who gets to hit his elbows now. Theres a side slam for two. Back to Storm as D-Von is in trouble. Pope gets back in and has a bit better luck this time, taking Storm down and Morgan as well.
Storm gets a Backstabber for two as Morgan (Storms partner mind you) makes the save. D-Von and Morgan go to the floor with Morgan possibly hurting his knee. Storm and Pope ram heads and Pope is outside too. He gets Storms title belt and clocks him with it then tags D-Von in so he can get the points at 6:00. The plot thickens I guess.
Anderson is mad.
The Jarretts say Jeff is now King of Mexico and theyll be back next week with a big fiesta.
We run down the card for the PPV. The Ultimate X match is #1 contender for the X-Division Title.
Hogan is punching Sting out in the back and Sting says thats the Eye of the Tiger. Hogan picks up the bat and Sting says aw crap. He hits Sting in the face with it and Sting is out. Hogan says he told Sting hed never embarrass Hogan again.
Kurt Angle/Sting vs. Immortal
Its Abyss, Steiner, Ray and Gunner. And theres no Sting so this is a handicap match.
Kurt Angle vs. Immortal
Steiner starts with Kurt and doesnt do that well, taking a belly to belly for two. Off to Ray who talks trash about Mexico, hitting a neckbreaker for two. Bubba Bomb doesnt work so Kurt snaps off a German. Heres Gunner who Angle runs through as well. Lets try Abyss and Angle is 4-0 as he gets an ankle lock. Ray breaks it up and here comes Abyss. Scott comes in to beat Angle down as Immortal takes over.
Gunner in now for some basic stuff before bringing Abyss back in. Back to Ray quickly and he has the chain. Here comes Anderson though and the distraction lets Angle get an Angle Slam to Ray. Anderson gets in the corner as Kurts partner and takes a tag. Anderson beats on Immortal and basically cleans house. Mic Cehck is loaded up on Ray but he hits Angle with it instead. Anderson tags Kurt back in and Ray pins him at 6:00.
Anderson joins Immortal post match and Hogan comes out to cheer.
Results
Crimson b. Bobby Roode Red Sky
Jack Evans b. Jesse Sorensen and Tony Nees 630 Splash to Nees
Velvet Sky b. Jackie and ODB DDT to Jackie
Rob Van Dam b. Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn Five Star Frog Splash to Daniels
DAngelo Dinero/D-Von b. Matt Morgan/James Storm D-Von pinned Storm after a shot with a title belt
Immortal b. Kurt Angle Ray pinned Angle after a Mic Check from Mr. Anderson
Monday Night Raw
Date: July 4, 2011
Location: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler
Were still in Vegas as this show was taped last week. Its the 4th of July so expect a lot of Vinces patriotism to shine through. We have the Punk promo that everyone has been talking about to get through tonight which should definitely be interesting. Vince himself might bere here too so lets get to it.
We open with a recap of last week which is the same as the Raw ReBound from Smackdown.
Theres a triple threat match for the #1 contender spot: R-Truth vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio.
Riley vs. Miz tonight .again.
Heres Cena to open the show and hes very serious it seems. He talks about how Punk has said some stuff that has ticked off WWE management. Due to those comments hes been suspended indefinitely and loses his title shot. Theres a triple threat match tonight and were just supposed to forget Punk existed. Cena thinks that sucks. The two of them have never seen eye to eye but Punk has been suspended for speaking his mind.
Cena says its unfair that someone has had his freedom of speech taken away. He references the Bryan tie choking incident and the removal of various signs. If the WWE Universe is silenced and Punk is silenced, whats next? The fans chant 1st Amendment and Cena agrees. If they can sweep Punk under the rug, whats next? He wants answers and he wants them from Vince himself. Vince is on the way and Cena will get his answers tonight. Solid opening.
Bella Twins vs. Eve Torres/Kelly Kelly
All of the girls looking good of course. Eve starts with well call that Brie. Eve dominates to start and makes fun of the Bellas. She gets tossed over the top though and might have hurt her shoulder. Off to Nikki who works over the arm. Eve finally escapes for the hot tag to Kelly who cleans house. She hits the headscissors and the Stink Face. Bulldog gets two. K2 ends this clean at 3:14.
Video on Andy Levine of Tough Enough. Its a bunch of trainers and him talking about Silent Rage and how they need to get him to let it out more often.
Truth is on the phone with what sounds like an insurance company. Scott Sanford comes up to ask him about the triple threat. Truth says hes happy because he just saved 15% on his car insurance by switching to Geico. Oh and hell win as Alberto comes up. First Little Jimmy, now Senor Jimmy? Alberto says its about destiny and Truth isnt that impressed.
Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Michael McGillicutty/David Otunga
Apparently Mason Ryan is hurt. Santino and Otunga start us off with Otunga in control briefly. Santino tries the Cobra but David bails. Off to McGillicutty who doesnt do that well either. Kozlov comes in and manhandles McGillicutty a little bit. Double teaming by the champions takes Kozlov down and work their basic offense on the Russian. He blocks a double suplex and brings in Santino. Marella takes down everyone and loads up the Cobra, but McGillicutty manages to get a boot to the ribs and the McGillicutter ends this at 4:20.
Post match, Zack Ryder comes out and says Woo Woo Woo You Know It and thats it. Literally, he came out, said the catchphrase and smiled at the ring.
Miz is in the back and says theres a golden opportunity to get a shot at Cena but because of Alex Riley, Miz doesnt get a chance to get the shot. Tonight hes taking Riley out for good.
Evan Bourne is in the back with Sergeant Slaughter. Hes going to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. Swagger comes up and says that he should get to do it. We even get a reference to the Gulf War angle back in 91. Slaughter says everyone makes mistakes, like Swaggers parents when they didnt use birth control. A match is made for later.
Vinces plane arrived earlier.
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Jack Swagger
Slaughter is very bald. If youve seen any Sarge match where hes a legend youll seen this one. Sarge gets the jump on him a few seconds into the match and gets the Cobra Clutch but Swagger escapes and a Vader Bomb ends this at 1:18.
Post match Sarge gets put in the ankle lock and Evan Bourne makes the save. Sarge gets to do the Pledge of Allegiance.
We get a clip of the pretty cool destruction of the cage last week by Henry.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio vs. R-Truth
No entrance for Del Rio. Whoever wins this is replaced by someone else in MITB. Alberto takes over to start and a kick to the back of the head gets two on Rey. Del Rip misses a charge and heads to the floor as Truth comes back in. The spinning forearm gets two. Everyone is on the floor now with Truth in control. He sends both guys into the railing and gets two on Rey back in the ring.
After beating Rey down a bit more he hits a dive to keep Del Rio down. Spinning side slam gets two on Rey as Del Rio is back in. Truth hammers on Rey some more but Del Rio gets Truth onto his shoulders as we get a modified Doomsday Device with Truth taking the majority of the blow. We take a break with everyone down.
Back with Del Rio choking Rey on the ropes and Truth nowhere to be seen. Rey tries to fight back but gets caught in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for two. Del Rio sets for an OConnor Roll but Truth pops up to hit Alberto in the face. In a cool spot, Truth hits a sunset flip on Del Rio who still has his hands on Rey, meaning Rey takes a German suplex. Backstabber to Truth for two. Axe kick gets two but Del Rio breaks it up. Alberto is sent to the floor as Rey hits the top rope splash to Truth. Alberto runs back in and throws on the cross armbreaker for the tap from Rey at 13:07.
Back with a recap video of the first MITB match and cash-in.
Theres a party setup in the ring and the cake says Happy Birthday Dolph. Oh ok its because hes US Champion and this is the birthday of the US. Vickie sings Happy Birthday to Dolph. Ziggler says there will never be another him and hes awesome. Forget Punk and Cena and the WWE Title because as long as hes US Champion, its the only title that matters.
Heres Kofi because we havent seen them fight enough. Kofi says he should have been invited to the party. He also says that Dolph cant beat him without Vickie. His eyes are very bloodshot. Dolph says beat it so Kofi shoves him into Vickie who goes into the cake. They brawl a bit and Vickie is knocked into it again.
Video on Mizs MITB stuff last year.
The Miz vs. Alex Riley
We get a quick video about Riley during his entrance. Riley gets all aggressive and takes over but messes up an attempt to throw Miz over the top. He takes him out there anyway and keeps hammering. Miz catches him coming back in though and takes over. Off to a cravate and then a short DDT for two. Vince is on his way to the arena. Riley gets in some punches but walks into a flapjack for two.
Miz keeps hammering away and gets a reverse DDT for two as we take a break. Back with Riley ramming Mizs head into the mat to take over. He gets all fired up and hits a spinebuster for two. Inverted DDT is countered by a northern lights suplex though and hits the corner clothesline. Miz tries the Reality Check but gets caught in a backslide for the pin at 9:10.
Post match Miz snaps and beats Riley down, including Riley having his head rammed into the steps while Miz yells at him. A running boot puts Riley over the announce table.
We see the same video from the beginning of the show.
Heres Vince to talk about Punk. Vince says that Punk was suspended because he deserved it. He has a story about Punk. Punks contract is expiring very soon and Punk wanted to have limos, first class flights, to be on DVDs etc. Punk was suspended because he deserved it. Punk is just that: a punk. Vince goes to leave and heres Cena to say not so fast my friend.
Cena says thats not enough for Punk and says Punk was using his freedom of speech. Vince is very pro-freedom of speech right? Thats why your microphone is still working pal. Cena remembers that when Vince used to walk down the aisle every week (required Vince walk impression included) and took on whatever was in front of him. Vince took down Turner but he just suspended Punk for talking about him.
Cena wonders if the grapefruits are gone. He still wants to fight Punk and if Vince doesnt want to fight, maybe he should hang it up old man. Vince says he really suspended Punk out of fear. Hes afraid that Cena cant beat him and Punk takes the title away with him wherever he goes. Cena says he wants the match and so do the people. God forbid we risk embarrassing Vince.
To Cena this is the biggest PPV of the year because of everything up against him. We get a reference to Punk riding on Cenas car at Mania 22 in Chicago. However, Vince wont let it happen because Vince didnt like what Punk said. Would Vince ever do that to Cena? Vince says we dont do this in public. Dont be Hogan. Vince says its his company, not Cenas, so does it really matter?
Cena says thats not what he signed up for. He gets that everyone is replaceable and that he shouldnt be afraid of losing. Cena hands the title to Vince and walks away. Vince freaks out and more or less begs Cena to come back. Vince says wait a minute and takes the belt with him up the ramp to Cena. Vince hates this but the match is back on and Punk is reinstated. However, if Punk walks out of Chicago with the title, Cena is fired. Cenas stunned look at Vince ends the show.
Results
Eve Torres/Kelly Kelly b. Bella Twins K2 to Brie Bella
David Otunga/Michael McGillicutty b. Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov McGillicutter to Marella
Jack Swagger b. Sgt. Slaughter Corner pump splash
Alberto Del Rip b. Rey Mysterio and R-Truth Cross Armbreaker to Mysterio
Alex Riley b. Miz Backslide
Tuesday
Smackdown got a 1.6, which is likely due to the holiday weekend starting.
NXT
Date: July 5, 2011
Location: Tucson Arena, Tucson, Arizona
Commentators: Todd Grisham, William Regal
Were at episode 18 here and Im truly starting to wonder something. Ill be at the Smackdown/NXT tapings on August 2 and Im honestly not sure if the new season will have started yet. This is already the longest season of the show so far and now all of a sudden we have three finalists instead of two. This could go on for awhile. Lets get to it.
We recap the eliminations this season and the return of Derrick Bateman and his pro Daniel Bryan from last week. I still dont get how this is fair or really needed.
Striker and Maryse bring out the rookies and pros. We go over the Redemption Points with Bateman of course in third place. Time for the Talk the Talk Challenge with the topic of why should you win. Young talks about how unfair it is to put Bateman back in after Young has spent 17 weeks working to get here and now without a pro.
Titus says hes dominated the competition all over and actually makes it rain redemption points. That was kind of funny. Bateman says ONeil said his football team is better than the local one. Bateman says he and Bryan are the best things to happen to the internet since kitten videos. He gets booed loudly and Titus wins, further proving that these Redemption Points are totally pointless.
We get a quick recap of Yoshi freaking over the broken action figure last week. Cant say theyre repeating stuff with that one.
Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd
Well it was great last week so I cant complain on a rematch. Grisham says it was five stars. The show is on the internet so that fits perfectly. Yoshi fires off some kicks (actually called Kawada kicks by Regal) and we go to the floor for a bit. Back inside Tyson hammers him down in the corner but cant get a rollup. They head to the apron and Kidd blocks a suplex.
Kiss manages to kick him off the apron back first into the post. We take a break to talk about Thats What I Am which really shouldnt stun me. Back with Kidd working on the back until Tatsu reverses a suplex into a cross body for two. Kidd hits a suplex and locks on a double chickenwing on the mat. Yoshi fights up and chops away including a kick to put Kidd down.
Tatsu goes up so Kidd tries the Kurt Angle run up for a (vertical in this case) suplex but gets dropped. Spinwheel kick catches Kidd in the hands so badly that Regal has to say it didnt really hit. That gets two and Kidd dropkicks the shin. That sets up a Moss Covered Three Handled Family Credenza for the pin at 9:09. For those of you unfamiliar with the general insanity of Perry Saturn, its a fishermans suplex but instead of bridging back you spin the guy around like a neckbreaker.
Profile on Derrick Bateman, who really shouldnt have been eliminated last season, especially not while Johnny so bland that white paint on growing grass calls you bland Curtis was around.
Horny is still trying to give Maryse flowers. They happen to be dead and include Twizzlers and banana peels. She says that should get him a kiss but she hits him with the flowers instead. Titus cant console him.
Titus ONeil/Darren Young vs. Daniel Bryan/Derrick Bateman
According to Todd, Bateman was supposed to be part of this season but tore his MCL. Bateman and Young start us off with Bateman sending him to the floor. Off to Bryan for a little Nexus on Nexus violence. DB and DB work on Youngs arm but hes able to fight off Bateman and bring in Titus.
That doesnt last long and neither guy really gets anything going. Back to Young for a chinlock. Grisham says Regal could make a burning orphanage sound funny. When I woke up today, I didnt think Id hear that line. Titus slams Bateman down as the beating continues.
Young doesnt do as well, allowing the hot tag to Bryan. He hits a running dropkick in the corner to Young, followed by a suplex and swan dive headbutt. Bryan backflips out of a suplex and staggers into the corner, tagging Bateman which Im not sure was intentional. Bryan takes out ONeil and Bateman grabs a headlock and drives Youngs head into the mat like a Skull Crushing Finale for the pin at 6:22.
The last 13 minutes of the show are used to completely reair the Vince/Cena closing segment from last night, which was good but I dont want to see it all over again just 24 hours later.
Results
Titus ONeil won the Talk the Talk Challenge
Tyson Kidd b. Yoshi Tatsu Fishermans neckbreaker
Derrick Bateman/Daniel Bryan b. Darren Young/Titus ONeil Headlock into a facejam to Young
Wednesday
The WWE guys were apparently robbed in South Africa. Locks were cut off their bags.
Raw got a 2.4, which is due to the 4th of July.
Thursday
Impact Wrestling
Date: July 7, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Its the last show before Destination X and we have a final push towards the PPV with another triple threat to determine who goes to the four way at the PPV. There are only 5 matches by my math (Kaz vs. Joe, AJ vs. Daniels, RVD vs. Lynn, the four way and Abyss vs. Kendrick) and weve heard of an Ultimate X match but no one has been named. Maybe thatll be the contract match? We should find out tonight so lets get to it.
We open with a recap of the ending of last weeks show and Angle making the save for Sting, perhaps joining him in the war with Immortal.
Ray, Gunner and Steiner are in the ring to open the show and Ray calls out Anderson. Heres Anderson and he does his usual intro. Ray makes fun of it and threatens Anderson with a Steiner beating if he doesnt shut his mouth. Ray says tonight Anderson is going to join Immortal for his own good because Sting has been nuts lately. The Bully says they need each other and joining Immortal will make everyone happy.
Steiner says its time for him to screw some people and tells Anderson hes either with them or against them. He has to decide tonight or hell deal with Steiner. Gunner says tonight its all of Immortal vs. Sting and Angle. Anderson has until the end of the match to decide. Gunner says hit their music but Stings comes on instead. The lights go out but a spotlight shows Sting in the rafters. They come back up and Angle is in the ring. He clears out Immortal and tells Anderson not to make a decision that makes things hard on himself.
Storm asks Roode if his arm is ok. Roode says not really but he needs to get the points in the Series. He gets Crimson so things dont look great for him.
Bound For Glory Standings:
Crimson 24
Gunner 21
Matt Morgan 14
AJ Styles 14
James Storm 14
Rob Van Dam 14
Bully Ray 14
D-Von 14
Scott Steiner 7
DAngelo Dinero 0
Bobby Roode 0
Samoa Joe 0
Bound For Glory Series: Bobby Roode vs. Crimson
Roode hammers away to start with some shoulders in the corner and a Hennig neck snap for two. Crimson takes over with his power stuff and grabs the cravate which he turns into a swinging neckbreaker for two. Crimson starts snapping off some suplexes but Roode goes up and hits his Blockbuster. The shoulder gives out though and he cant capitalize. Crimson shows some intelligence by kicking him in the arm. He hits the ropes and walks into the Roode spinebuster for two. Roode grabs a Fujiwara armbar but Crimson makes the rope. Slingshot shoulder block takes Roode down and the Red Sky ends this at 4:50.
Tony Nees says he wants to compete against the best and will do so in the three way tonight.
Abyss is still looking for his mask. We cut to Kendrick who is wearing it.
Jack Evans wants the contract. He can do flips really well.
Heres Kendrick in the ring with the mask in hand. He says hell give it back and doesnt want violence. What he wants is a word and hell share his thoughts on those if Abyss will come out here. Kendrick talks about various religions and philosophies and their takes on things. He asks what that has to do with wrestling. Apparently hes trying to restore the X-Division and says Abyss can help him do that.
His ego is holding him back though and Abyss can give up his pain this Sunday. Kendricks mission is to defeat him though and he gives Abyss his mask back. Abyss drills him and beats the tar out of him on the floor. Back in the ring Kendrick gets in some shots but Abyss shrugs them off. Shock Treatment hits as does the Black Hole Slam.
Jesse Sorensen says its time for the new guys to rise up in the X-Division. Guys like him of course.
Tony Nees vs. Jesse Sorensen vs. Jack Evans
Evans does a standing moonsault on the stage and break dances in the ring. Big chant for Evans and we get a three way test of strength to start. It follows the same formula as the other matches have so far, with two guys staying in the ring while a third is down on the floor. Sorensen hits a big flip dive to the floor to take out Nees but Evans hits a bigger one off the top rope, hitting a 450 to take out both guys.
Nees gets a running knee to Evans for two as Jesse saves. Sorensen gets a modified Overdrive to Evans for two so its Sorensen vs. Nees for a bit. German gets two for Nees as Evans hits a standing moonsault to break it up. Sorensen gets sent to the floor by Evans and Nees gets dropped off the top. Evans hits a 630 to pin Nees at 5:37.
The Brits say Mexican America is doing what the Brits did a few years ago. Douglas Williams issues an open challenge for Sunday.
Shannon Moore, Robbie E, Amazing Red and Alex Shelley are in Ultimate X.
Velvet says shes going to get rid of Jackie and ODB. We can only hope.
Angle is walking into a locker room and Sting is laying on top of the lockers, singing modified versions of Rocky songs. Angle says we have to get through tonight and Sting goes a bit nuttier. He says this is all to get to Hogan.
Velvet Sky vs. ODB/Jackie
If Velvet wins, the two annoying girls leave TNA, despite technically not being in it right now. Velvet comes in through the crowd with a chair and takes out Jackie with a shot to the back. She and ODB start us off and Velvet is dominating. Jackie gets back in and the numbers start catching up with Velvet. We finally get down to regular tagging and never mind that as were back to the two on one at once. ODB tries to bring the chair back in but hits Jackie by mistake. A DDT by Velvet pins Jackie at 5:00.
ODB shouts that Velvet hasnt gotten rid of her yet.
D-Von tells Pope not to screw him over tonight.
Daniels talks about how AJ has had a better career in TNA than hes had and that hes been lost in the shuffle since coming back.
AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
They have to tag in and out here and its Lynn vs. Daniels to start us off. Lynn speeds up a headscissors and AJ tags himself in. They exchange arm drags and then both try it at the same time, resulting in a stalemate. The fans cant decide if they like RVD or Lynn. Jerry wants RVD and here they are. They exchange a lot of counters with very little contact being made.
Off to RVD vs. Daniels and RVD kind of messes up Rolling Thunder, landing on his neck instead of his back. Daniels gets sent to the floor and its AJ vs. RVD for a bit. A very short bit as AJ knocks RVD into the corner which is classified as a tag to Lynn. Jerry hits an enziguri to put AJ in the corner, followed by a hurricanrana. Daniels comes in off an iffy tag.
Boot to the chest of Lynn gets two and everything starts breaking down. Springboard forearm by AJ sends Van Dam to the floor. Lynn sends AJ to the floor and a releases Rock Bottom looks to set up the BME. Rob tags himself in as Lynn hits something like an Celtic Cross (Finlays old move) on Daniels. Rob fires off the Five Star on Daniels for the pin at 7:13.
Eric Young says to the victor go the spoils because hes apparently gotten a trailer somehow. Hes a TV star now and is going to Hollywood to defend the title.
Bound For Glory Series: Matt Morgan/James Storm vs. D-Von/DAngelo Dinero
Only one person gets points, kind of defeating the point of the team aspect. Pope gives his glasses to D-Vons kid which D-Von isnt thrilled with. D-Von and Storm start us off. That doesnt go much of anywhere so its off to Morgan who runs over D-Von. Pope plays cheerleader and shouts encouragement. Morgan sets for the elbows but Storm tags himself in.
Pope finally gets in so he can hammer on Storm a bit. Storm fires back and Pope falls out of the ring, tagging D-Von as he goes. Back to Morgan who gets to hit his elbows now. Theres a side slam for two. Back to Storm as D-Von is in trouble. Pope gets back in and has a bit better luck this time, taking Storm down and Morgan as well.
Storm gets a Backstabber for two as Morgan (Storms partner mind you) makes the save. D-Von and Morgan go to the floor with Morgan possibly hurting his knee. Storm and Pope ram heads and Pope is outside too. He gets Storms title belt and clocks him with it then tags D-Von in so he can get the points at 6:00. The plot thickens I guess.
Anderson is mad.
The Jarretts say Jeff is now King of Mexico and theyll be back next week with a big fiesta.
We run down the card for the PPV. The Ultimate X match is #1 contender for the X-Division Title.
Hogan is punching Sting out in the back and Sting says thats the Eye of the Tiger. Hogan picks up the bat and Sting says aw crap. He hits Sting in the face with it and Sting is out. Hogan says he told Sting hed never embarrass Hogan again.
Kurt Angle/Sting vs. Immortal
Its Abyss, Steiner, Ray and Gunner. And theres no Sting so this is a handicap match.
Kurt Angle vs. Immortal
Steiner starts with Kurt and doesnt do that well, taking a belly to belly for two. Off to Ray who talks trash about Mexico, hitting a neckbreaker for two. Bubba Bomb doesnt work so Kurt snaps off a German. Heres Gunner who Angle runs through as well. Lets try Abyss and Angle is 4-0 as he gets an ankle lock. Ray breaks it up and here comes Abyss. Scott comes in to beat Angle down as Immortal takes over.
Gunner in now for some basic stuff before bringing Abyss back in. Back to Ray quickly and he has the chain. Here comes Anderson though and the distraction lets Angle get an Angle Slam to Ray. Anderson gets in the corner as Kurts partner and takes a tag. Anderson beats on Immortal and basically cleans house. Mic Cehck is loaded up on Ray but he hits Angle with it instead. Anderson tags Kurt back in and Ray pins him at 6:00.
Anderson joins Immortal post match and Hogan comes out to cheer.
Results
Crimson b. Bobby Roode Red Sky
Jack Evans b. Jesse Sorensen and Tony Nees 630 Splash to Nees
Velvet Sky b. Jackie and ODB DDT to Jackie
Rob Van Dam b. Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn Five Star Frog Splash to Daniels
DAngelo Dinero/D-Von b. Matt Morgan/James Storm D-Von pinned Storm after a shot with a title belt
Immortal b. Kurt Angle Ray pinned Angle after a Mic Check from Mr. Anderson