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Impact Wrestling
Date: July 12, 2018
Location: St. Clair College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Commentators: Josh Matthews, Don Callis
With Slammiversary less than two weeks away, there isnt much left to be done. Most of the card is already set up but last weeks show saw a big angle in the return of the original LAX. Im sure that will set up a match at the pay per view, which is starting to look like a heck of a show. Lets get to it.
We open with a recap of the LAX split, which has been far better than I was expecting.
Opening sequence.
OGs vs. ???/???
That would be Homicide/Hernandez and its a complete squash with a Border Toss ending one of the jobbers at 58 seconds.
Post match King says Konnans time is done so King decided to take him out. Konnan is a smart man though so King brought in the OGs. When Konnan restarted LAX, he went with the young boys instead of these two guys who dont need your cheers. Thats why at Slammiversary, its a street fight. Good followup here as they didnt waste time and set up the match in short order. Thats what you should have done and if we get a fired up response, everything will be copacetic.
Shotzi Blackheart recently impressed at a RISE event and gets to face Allie tonight. Shes ready to go.
Video on Blackheart.
OVE talks about how great they are and theyre ready to show their greatness in six man matches in tonights main event.
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Allie
Shotzi has long green hair and is from the Black Lagoon so Im already a fan. A shoulder puts Allie down to start and Blackheart grabs something like a Muta Lock but pulls on Allies arms instead of her face. This is getting more and more promising. Back up and they chop it out until Allie misses a charge in the corner and we hit a quickly broken chinlock. Shotzi misses a missile dropkick and Allie gets two off a German suplex. The running Codebreaker puts Shotzi away at 5:45.
Post match Tessa Blanchard comes out to beat Allie down.
Grado annoys Eli Drake, who hits on Katarina. A match is set for tonight.
Tessa is tired of Allie interfering in her business so she took Allie out.
Long recap of Tommy Dreamer vs. Eddie Edwards. Eddies turn has been great, but Dreamer being involved has sucked away a lot of the interest I had in the story.
The silhouetted woman is still coming but seems to have red hair.
Austin Aries knows Moose isnt going to beat him and doesnt think much of a retired, washed up football player (Im not talking about Moose.) being here tonight. Hes looking forward to hearing what DeAngelo Williams has to say.
From Slammiversary 2013, Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell had a heck of a Last Man Standing match.
Josh Matthews brings out Williams, who happens to be Mooses friend. If nothing else I could go for seeing him have another match. Williams has been training with Moose and thinks Aries is trash. We see a clip of the training and heres Aries with a rebuttal. The fans chant for Aries, who says he knows his own name.
Aries asks why Williams isnt in training camp and realizes its because no one wanted to sign him. He and Moose can bond over their lack of winning championships and Aries has a message for Moose. That would be a left hand but Aries misses a chair shot. Williams takes it away so Aries kicks him low and blasts him in the back. With Moose not around, this was about as good as it could have been.
KM and Fallah Bahh are having the same talk they have every week when the Desi Hit Squad comes in. They want to bring glory to India (we know) so KM yells at him. Gama Singh says thats typical of North Americans. Well thats irony.
Eli Drake vs. Grado
Grado has Katarina and Joe Hendry in his corner. Drake jumps him from behind and fires off the shoulders in the corner. A hurricanrana out of the corner of all things puts Drake down and Grado slugs away. Drake fires off a clothesline and the Gravy Train is good for the pin at 2:06.
Post match Drake accuses Hendry of trying to steal Katarina. I mean, yeah.
Video on Aries vs. Moose.
Killer Kross is ready to end Petey Williams next week.
Matt Sydal says his third eye is open and he isnt an underdog at Slammiversary. Size doesnt matter because if it did, he wouldnt have a career. Good line.
Moose calls in to say hell be here next week to face Aries face to face.
We get a sitdown interview with Madison Rayne, who cant believe what shes going to be doing at Slammiversary. The lights flicker and Madison gets up to look for Su Yung. The interviewer disappears and THE TIME HAS COME is written on a wall. Yungs dress is seen leaving the room and Madison opens a door to follow her but the camera cuts off.
OVE vs. Fenix/Pentagon Jr./Rich Swann
Tornado rules. Pentagon and Sami get in each others faces to start until six superkicks stagger everyone. Swann and Sami are the only ones left standing and Swann flips over him to speed things up. They kick each other as well though and its another knockdown. The Lucha Brothers beat up the Crist brothers and kick Dave in the face in the corner for two. Sami low blows Pentagon and suplexes Fenix into him, followed by a heck of a clothesline to take Fenixs head off.
Swann is right back with a dive though, only to have Jake flip dive onto everyone. Not to be outdone, Fenix springboards into a twisting dive of his own, giving us a pretty awkward IMPACT WRESTLING chant. Dave superplexes Swann onto the pile and we take a well deserved break.
Back with the Tower of Doom into a powerbomb from Jake for two on Fenix. Jake puts Fenix up top but gets punched back down, setting up a very high angle Swanton. Swann starts kicking Sami down but eats a piledriver for two with Pentagon making the save. The Pentagon Driver gets two on Sami and Pentagon is stunned.
A series of cutters take almost everyone down, including Jake diving off one corner to cutter Swann, who was diving off another for an awesome visual. Sami gets caught in a spike Fear Factor for two in a rather ridiculous kickout. Another Fear Factor onto the apron destroys Jake and Swann kicks Callihan in the head. Swanns super hurricanrana is countered into a powerbomb though and Callihans Get Out Of Here is good for the pin at 17:51.
Back to Madison, who follows Yung outside and gets surrounded by the bridesmaids. They come up to her but disappear, leaving Yung to grab Rayne to end the show.
Results
OGs b. ???/??? Border Toss
Allie b. Shotzi Blackheart Running Codebreaker
Eli Drake b. Grado Gravy Train
OVE b. Rich Swann/Fenix/Pentagon Jr. Get Out Of Here to Fenix
Friday
Nothing.
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Extreme Rules 2018
Date: July 15, 2018
Location: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Michael Cole, Jonathan Coachman
Its the extreme pay per view that forgot its extreme. Tonights show features ten matches and only a handful have any kind of gimmick attached, including the likely main event of the completely standard Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley. WWE hasnt done much to make the show feel special but maybe theyll surprise me. Lets get to it.
Kickoff Show: Sin Cara vs. Andrade Cien Almas
Rematch from Smackdown. Cara starts fast with a headscissors to send Almas outside but the suiide dive reinjures the elbow that kept Almas out for about a month. An elbow to the face puts Cara on the floor again and we get the double pose in the ropes/on the apron from Almas and Zelina Vega. Back from a break with Cara fighting out of an armbar and grabbing a hurricanrana out of the corner. Cara shoves him off the top and hits a frog splash but Vega offers a distraction. Back up and Almas hits a charge in the corner, setting up the running knees. The hammerlock DDT finishes Cara at 7:00.
Kickoff Show: New Day vs. Sanity
Tables match. New Day clears the ring just after the bell and its already time to look for a table. Big E. gets double teamed inside until Young hits Wolfe by mistake. The spear through the ropes is broken up and Young drops the top rope elbow. Back from a break with Big E. still getting double teamed until Woods and Kofi send Wolfe and Young to the floor. Stereo suicide dives take them out but Killian Dain hits a dive of his own to crush them against the barricade.
Two more tables are set up on the floor and one is stacked upside down on top of another. Woods and Big E. fight their way out though and its a modified Tower of Doom with Kofi hitting a top rope double stomp instead of getting superplexed. Dain comes back in to flatten Woods and Big E. until Trouble in Paradise puts him back on the floor. Kofi and Wolfe fight on the apron above a table until Young comes off the top to drive Kofi through for the win at 7:36.
The opening video looks at a little bit of everything tonight, almost none of which feels like an important match in the slightest.
Raw Tag Team Titles: Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt vs. B Team
The B Team is challenging. Matt takes Dallas down to start with his zany screaming offense and Bo is already rolling to the floor. Back in and its off to Bray for the showdown with Dallas, who immediately tags instead. Bray has no problem pounding Axel down and Matt comes back in for his ten rams into the buckle. Matt gets two off a clothesline but runs into a boot to give the B Team their first opening. It also gives us our first dueling chant of the evening as the fans are split on the challengers.
Dallas whips Hardy into a DDT for two and its off to a neck crank. The comeback doesnt take long and its Wyatt coming in to clean house. The release Rock Bottom plants Dallas but Axel breaks up the Kiss of Deletion. Dallas sends the champs together and the hanging swinging neckbreaker is enough to pin Hardy for the titles at 7:58.
The B Team compares this to Stretch Armstrong landing on the moon. Ok maybe I do like these two a bit more.
General Manager Kurt Angle is in the back and talks about how tired he is of Brock Lesnar refusing to defend the title. Therefore, Lesnar needs to show up tomorrow night to set up his next title defense or hell be stripped of the belt. Im not sure what it says to think of that as a big relief.
Baron Corbin vs. Finn Balor
Another Im better because Im bigger feud. Balor starts fast but gets caught in the corner for some running clotheslines. Corbin punches him down for two and stomps on the back while making sure to mention that hes bigger. It works so well that Corbin breaks up a springboard with another right hand for two more and its off to the chinlock.
Balor slugs away for a breather and kicks Corbin down but its way too early for the Coup de Grace. Instead its a chokebreaker for two and Deep Six is good for the same. A quick double stomp stuns Corbin but Balor cant follow up. The End of Days are reversed into a small package to give Balor the fast pin at 8:20.
In the back, the Bludgeon Brothers attack HELL NO with Kane taking a mallet shot to the knee.
We recap Asuka vs. Carmella. Asuka got cheated out of the title last month by the returning James Ellsworth (who just had to be cast in the role) so tonight hes locked in a shark cage to ensure a fair fight.
Smackdown Womens Title: Asuka vs. Carmella
Asuka is challenging and starts kicking away as soon as the shark cage goes up. Ellsworth is already dropping a chain down less than thirty seconds in but Asuka kicks it away. Carmella gets in a few shots so this time Ellsworth drops some mace. That doesnt work either as the hip attack gets two and the Asuka Lock sends Carmella straight to the ropes.
Ellsworth manages to pick the lock but his pants get caught in the door, leaving him hanging upside down. Asuka beats on him like a punching bag and lets stop the match so Ellsworth can be put back in the cage. Instead of letting the production people do their jobs, Asuka beats them up and leaves the cage hanging there. Carmella sneaks in, rams her into the cage, and gets the pin to retain at 5:37.
Asuka beats up Ellsworth to blow off some steam.
Quick recap of tonights happenings.
US Title: Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Hardy is defending and gets hit low before the bell. He says he can go so the bell rings and Kinshasa gives Nakamura the pin and the title at 5 seconds. That has to be an injury or something.
Post match Randy Orton is back .to stomp Hardy low as Nakamura is stunned.
We recap Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman. Owens tried to get everyone to go after Strowman in Money in the Bank so Strowman destroyed Owens car, then locked him in a portable toilet. The result: a cage match of course.
Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
Pin, submission or escape. Owens bolts for the cage early on but Strowman pulls him back down. Strowman: YOU SAY FIGHT OWENS FIGHT! FIGHT ME! Owens slugs away and actually drops Strowman with a superkick. The frog splash gets two so Owens goes for the door, only to be pulled back in screaming for mercy. Strowman throws him into the cage a few times and stands over Owens as the fans want someone to GET THESE HANDS.
A Stunner of all things gets Owens out of trouble and back to back superkicks put Strowman down on one knee. Owens busts out some handcuffs to attach Strowman to the ropes but hammers away instead of leaving. I really dont see this ending well. A chokeslam drops Owens again but he rolls away and mocks Strowman before going up. Strowman breaks the handcuffs and runs up the wall to catch Owens, who he chokeslams off the cage onto the announcers table (with the crash pad showing), giving Owens the win at 8:50.
Post match Owens is taken out on a stretcher while Strowman laughs about how Owens won.
We look at the US Title match and Ortons return.
We recap the Smackdown Tag Team Title match. Bryan annoyed the Bludgeon Brothers so they beat him down a few times. Kane made his return to help his former partner, setting up the title match here. Its pure nostalgia but its been fun.
Smackdown Tag Team Titles: HELL NO vs. Bludgeon Brothers
Bryan, with bad ribs, is challenging on his own as Kane is too injured to compete. The rapid fire kicks give Bryan some early hope and Rowan gets knocked outside. A hurricanrana sets up the YES Lock on Harper but Rowan makes a quick save. Rowan gets two off a running splash and rips at Bryans face. Harper comes back in and eats some kicks, only to have Rowan catch the Flying Goat. He cant hold Bryan long enough though and Harpers suicide dive hits Rowan instead.
Cue Kane with a cast on his foot to limp down the aisle and take a diving tag. A pair of weak chokeslams drop the Brothers but Harper kicks him in the leg. Bryan tags himself back in for a missile dropkick and its time for the YES Kicks to Harper. A blind tag brings Rowan in and he spinwheel kicks Bryan down. Rowan whips Bryan into Kane, setting up a powerbomb/top rope clothesline combination to pin Bryan at 8:18.
Roman Reigns is walking in the back when he runs into the still celebrating B Team. He can be part of the team tonight if he Beats Lashley and they can all celebrate together. Roman walks away and the booing intensifies.
We recap Reigns vs. Lashley (which actually isnt main eventing). It was about the #1 contendership but Lesnar wasnt feeling that so it became the two bickering about who should fight Lesnar. Reigns called Lashley out for leaving and Lashley bragged about being awesome. They had a huge brawl on Raw which went very well but other than that, it feels like two kids arguing about beating up the bigger kid who would probably flatten them.
Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley
Reigns powers him into the corner to start and shrugs off the first suplex. The apron dropkick sets up an early chinlock as theyre going fast but not really at a high pace if that makes sense. Reigns takes it outside again and they fight over the steps with Lashley (minus the headband) getting the better of it.
Back in and the fans call this boring as Lashley hits a belly to belly suplex but charges into a boot in the corner. Reigns is favoring his ribs as he hits the corner clotheslines so Lashley grabs a powerslam to hurt the ribs even worse. An ax handle from the top puts Reigns down again but hes back up with something like an AA to put Lashley on the floor in a big crash. Back in and a legdrop gives Reigns two, followed by Lashleys vertical suplex for the same.
Lashleys spear is cut off by a Superman Punch, sending him rolling to the floor. Reigns tries a charge but gets caught in a belly to belly onto (not through) the announcers table. That doesnt have much of an effect though as he Superman Punches Lashley off the top. The spear is loaded up but Lashley spears him down instead for the pin at 14:54.
We recap Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss. Jax was defending against Ronda Rousey at Money in the Bank when Bliss cashed in her briefcase. Rousey snapped and attacked Bliss, earning herself a suspension. Therefore, tonight Rousey is in the front row instead of being in the ring but it might not matter as Bliss is defending in an Extreme Rules match.
Raw Womens Title: Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss
Bliss is defending, anything goes, and Natalya and Mickie James are the seconds. Nia goes into stalking mode to start so its time for weapons, all of which Nia throws away without much effort. Bliss chair is pulled out of her hands and a gorilla press drop puts her onto a trashcan. Some trashcan shots have Nia down and Bliss wedges a chair in the corner.
Mickie and Natalya get in a fight on the floor with Bliss heading outside to send Natalya into the barricade. Rousey jumps the barricade and sends Mickie inside for a twisting Samoan drop (not bad). James gets sent over the announcers table and Rousey runs Bliss down but James is back up with a kendo stick. Back in and James hits Jax in the back to break up a Samoan drop. Bliss chairs Nia down and DDTs her on the chair to retain at 7:21.
Rousey chases Bliss and James off.
We recap AJ Styles vs. Rusev because the Intercontinental Title match really is main eventing. Rusev Day has become one of the hottest things in the company but Styles is still the Phenomenal One. Its Rusevs first ever singles match for the title and hes ready to make the most of it.
Smackdown World Title: AJ Styles vs. Rusev
Rusev is challenging and has Aiden English singing him to the ring. AJ starts fast with some kicks to the leg but gets kneed in the ribs to cut him off. A backdrop puts him down and a belly to back suplex works on the ribs a bit more to start the setup for the Accolade. We hit the bearhug for a few moments until Rusev puts him on top. You dont do that to AJ though as he slips between Rusevs legs and kicks him to the floor with Rusev holding his leg.
Back in and a running seated forearm has Rusev in trouble, followed by a reverse DDT for two. AJ gets sent to the apron but doesnt seem to mind as he snaps off a kick to the head. The springboard 450 misses and neither submission hold can go on. Instead AJ kicks him down but the running forearm is countered by a kick to the head from the mat (thats kind of impressive).
A belly to belly on the floor sets up the Machka Kick for two and the roundhouse kick to the head gets the same. Rusev loads up the Accolade but the leg gives out from earlier. The one legged version of the Accolade doesnt work very well so Aiden English rips off a turnbuckle pad. AJ slips out of another Accolade attempt and Rusev charges into the buckle. The springboard 450 gets two so Styles decks English and hits the Phenomenal Forearm to retain at 15:35.
Seth Rollins is ready to burn it down and get his Intercontinental Title back.
Intercontinental Title: Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
Thirty minute Iron Man match with Ziggler defending and Drew McIntyre in his corner. Feeling out process start with Rollins taking it to the mat and working on a hammerlock. That goes nowhere so Rollins tries a rollup for two instead. Ziggler takes him to the mat as well but Rollins pops back up with a Buckle Bomb. La majistral gives Rollins the first fall at 4:35.
1-0 Rollins
Rollins hits a slingshot dive to the floor as Coach talks about John Cena and Shawn Michaels having an Iron Man match (wrong). The fans have a new annoying idea: counting down the time like the Royal Rumble clock, but on every minute. Back in and Ziggler hits an elbow but Rollins slips out of a suplex, setting up Stomp for the second fall at 7:57.
2-0 Rollins
Ziggler is rocked so McIntyre comes in to jump Rollins for the DQ at 8:45.
3-0 Rollins
McIntyre beats on him even more and gets ejected but theres no second DQ, not even after a Claymore to Rollins as we hit ten minutes. Ziggler covers to get a fall back at 10:28.
3-1 Rollins
A superkick gives Ziggler another fall at 11:09.
3-2 Rollins
The fans arent happy that the clock has been taken off the Titantron (Ill be happy for them) so Ziggler hits a Zig Zag to tie things up at 12:09, hopefully getting their attention back.
3-3 Tied
We get a WHERES THE CLOCK chant because fans dont understand the concept of having something taken away from you if you abuse it. Therefore, they just start randomly counting down, even if it doesnt match the clock on the screen. Rollins sends him outside but the suicide dive hits a forearm, allowing Ziggler to get a rollup with feet on the ropes for the pin at 14:07.
4-3 Ziggler
Ziggler grabs an armbar as were halfway through. With Rollins running out of time, Ziggler grabs a long sleeper with a grapevine to eat up a few minutes. Rollins fights up and sends him outside for a suicide dive and a springboard clothesline gets two as we have ten minutes left. The clock comes back on so we get a YES chant as Ziggler dropkicks Rollins off the top. Normally a big bump like that would get a reaction, but the fans were too busy counting down again.
They fight to the corner and on top until Rollins headbutts him back down. The frog splash gets two on the champ so Ziggler gets smart by grabbing the bottom rope. Rollins kicks him free and loads Ziggler up for the superplex into the Falcon Arrow for two with four minutes left. Ziggler breaks up the Stomp but gets sunset flipped to tie it up at 26:51.
4-4 Tied
Rollins wastes no time in pulling him down into a Sharpshooter and then a Crossface. With that not working, Rollins misses a Stomp and Ziggler rolls outside with a minute left. Back in and a quick Fameasser gets two to put them both down. Ziggler tunes up the band but walks into a superkick, setting up the Stomp but time expires on Seth at 30:10 (not sure how they messed that up) and its a draw.
Actually hang on a second here as Kurt Angle comes out to say were going to overtime.
Intercontinental Title: Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins
McIntyre runs in for a distraction and Ziggler hits the Zig Zag to retain at 14 seconds.
Results
B Team b. Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt Hanging swinging neckbreaker to Hardy
Finn Balor b. Baron Corbin Small package
Carmella b. Asuka Carmella rammed her into the cage
Shinsuke Nakamura b. Jeff Hardy Kinshasa
Kevin Owens b. Braun Strowman Owens escaped the cage
Bludgeon Brothers b. HELL NO Powerbomb/Top rope clothesline combination to Bryan
Bobby Lashley b. Roman Reigns Spear
AJ Styles b. Rusev Phenomenal Forearm
Dolph Ziggler b. Seth Rollins 5-4
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Nia Jax/Natalya b. Alexa Bliss/Mickie James Legdrop to James
Mojo Rawley b. No Way Jose Alabama Slam
Bo Dallas b. Matt Hardy Hanging swinging neckbreaker
Ember Moon b. Liv Morgan Jackknife rollup
Baron Corbin/Elias b. Bobby Roode/Finn Balor End of Days to Roode
Drew McIntyre b. Seth Rollins Claymore
Smackdown
AJ Styles b. Shinsuke Nakamura via DQ when Rusev interfered
Rusev/Shinsuke Nakamura b. AJ Styles/Jeff Hardy Machka Kick to Hardy
Asuka b. James Ellsworth Asuka Lock
Andrade Cien Almas b. Sin Cara Running knees in the corner
HELL NO/New Day b. Sanity/Bludgeon Brothers Running knee to Young
NXT
Adam Cole b. Danny Burch Last Shot
Kairi Sane b. Vanessa Borne Anchor
Undisputed Era b. Moustache Mountain via referee stoppage when Bate threw in the towel
Impact Wrestling
OGs b. ???/??? Border Toss
Allie b. Shotzi Blackheart Running Codebreaker
Eli Drake b. Grado Gravy Train
OVE b. Rich Swann/Fenix/Pentagon Jr. Get Out Of Here to Fenix
Extreme Rules 2018
B Team b. Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt Hanging swinging neckbreaker to Hardy
Finn Balor b. Baron Corbin Small package
Carmella b. Asuka Carmella rammed her into the cage
Shinsuke Nakamura b. Jeff Hardy Kinshasa
Kevin Owens b. Braun Strowman Owens escaped the cage
Bludgeon Brothers b. HELL NO Powerbomb/Top rope clothesline combination to Bryan
Impact Wrestling
Date: July 12, 2018
Location: St. Clair College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Commentators: Josh Matthews, Don Callis
With Slammiversary less than two weeks away, there isnt much left to be done. Most of the card is already set up but last weeks show saw a big angle in the return of the original LAX. Im sure that will set up a match at the pay per view, which is starting to look like a heck of a show. Lets get to it.
We open with a recap of the LAX split, which has been far better than I was expecting.
Opening sequence.
OGs vs. ???/???
That would be Homicide/Hernandez and its a complete squash with a Border Toss ending one of the jobbers at 58 seconds.
Post match King says Konnans time is done so King decided to take him out. Konnan is a smart man though so King brought in the OGs. When Konnan restarted LAX, he went with the young boys instead of these two guys who dont need your cheers. Thats why at Slammiversary, its a street fight. Good followup here as they didnt waste time and set up the match in short order. Thats what you should have done and if we get a fired up response, everything will be copacetic.
Shotzi Blackheart recently impressed at a RISE event and gets to face Allie tonight. Shes ready to go.
Video on Blackheart.
OVE talks about how great they are and theyre ready to show their greatness in six man matches in tonights main event.
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Allie
Shotzi has long green hair and is from the Black Lagoon so Im already a fan. A shoulder puts Allie down to start and Blackheart grabs something like a Muta Lock but pulls on Allies arms instead of her face. This is getting more and more promising. Back up and they chop it out until Allie misses a charge in the corner and we hit a quickly broken chinlock. Shotzi misses a missile dropkick and Allie gets two off a German suplex. The running Codebreaker puts Shotzi away at 5:45.
Post match Tessa Blanchard comes out to beat Allie down.
Grado annoys Eli Drake, who hits on Katarina. A match is set for tonight.
Tessa is tired of Allie interfering in her business so she took Allie out.
Long recap of Tommy Dreamer vs. Eddie Edwards. Eddies turn has been great, but Dreamer being involved has sucked away a lot of the interest I had in the story.
The silhouetted woman is still coming but seems to have red hair.
Austin Aries knows Moose isnt going to beat him and doesnt think much of a retired, washed up football player (Im not talking about Moose.) being here tonight. Hes looking forward to hearing what DeAngelo Williams has to say.
From Slammiversary 2013, Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell had a heck of a Last Man Standing match.
Josh Matthews brings out Williams, who happens to be Mooses friend. If nothing else I could go for seeing him have another match. Williams has been training with Moose and thinks Aries is trash. We see a clip of the training and heres Aries with a rebuttal. The fans chant for Aries, who says he knows his own name.
Aries asks why Williams isnt in training camp and realizes its because no one wanted to sign him. He and Moose can bond over their lack of winning championships and Aries has a message for Moose. That would be a left hand but Aries misses a chair shot. Williams takes it away so Aries kicks him low and blasts him in the back. With Moose not around, this was about as good as it could have been.
KM and Fallah Bahh are having the same talk they have every week when the Desi Hit Squad comes in. They want to bring glory to India (we know) so KM yells at him. Gama Singh says thats typical of North Americans. Well thats irony.
Eli Drake vs. Grado
Grado has Katarina and Joe Hendry in his corner. Drake jumps him from behind and fires off the shoulders in the corner. A hurricanrana out of the corner of all things puts Drake down and Grado slugs away. Drake fires off a clothesline and the Gravy Train is good for the pin at 2:06.
Post match Drake accuses Hendry of trying to steal Katarina. I mean, yeah.
Video on Aries vs. Moose.
Killer Kross is ready to end Petey Williams next week.
Matt Sydal says his third eye is open and he isnt an underdog at Slammiversary. Size doesnt matter because if it did, he wouldnt have a career. Good line.
Moose calls in to say hell be here next week to face Aries face to face.
We get a sitdown interview with Madison Rayne, who cant believe what shes going to be doing at Slammiversary. The lights flicker and Madison gets up to look for Su Yung. The interviewer disappears and THE TIME HAS COME is written on a wall. Yungs dress is seen leaving the room and Madison opens a door to follow her but the camera cuts off.
OVE vs. Fenix/Pentagon Jr./Rich Swann
Tornado rules. Pentagon and Sami get in each others faces to start until six superkicks stagger everyone. Swann and Sami are the only ones left standing and Swann flips over him to speed things up. They kick each other as well though and its another knockdown. The Lucha Brothers beat up the Crist brothers and kick Dave in the face in the corner for two. Sami low blows Pentagon and suplexes Fenix into him, followed by a heck of a clothesline to take Fenixs head off.
Swann is right back with a dive though, only to have Jake flip dive onto everyone. Not to be outdone, Fenix springboards into a twisting dive of his own, giving us a pretty awkward IMPACT WRESTLING chant. Dave superplexes Swann onto the pile and we take a well deserved break.
Back with the Tower of Doom into a powerbomb from Jake for two on Fenix. Jake puts Fenix up top but gets punched back down, setting up a very high angle Swanton. Swann starts kicking Sami down but eats a piledriver for two with Pentagon making the save. The Pentagon Driver gets two on Sami and Pentagon is stunned.
A series of cutters take almost everyone down, including Jake diving off one corner to cutter Swann, who was diving off another for an awesome visual. Sami gets caught in a spike Fear Factor for two in a rather ridiculous kickout. Another Fear Factor onto the apron destroys Jake and Swann kicks Callihan in the head. Swanns super hurricanrana is countered into a powerbomb though and Callihans Get Out Of Here is good for the pin at 17:51.
Back to Madison, who follows Yung outside and gets surrounded by the bridesmaids. They come up to her but disappear, leaving Yung to grab Rayne to end the show.
Results
OGs b. ???/??? Border Toss
Allie b. Shotzi Blackheart Running Codebreaker
Eli Drake b. Grado Gravy Train
OVE b. Rich Swann/Fenix/Pentagon Jr. Get Out Of Here to Fenix
Friday
Nothing.
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Extreme Rules 2018
Date: July 15, 2018
Location: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Michael Cole, Jonathan Coachman
Its the extreme pay per view that forgot its extreme. Tonights show features ten matches and only a handful have any kind of gimmick attached, including the likely main event of the completely standard Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley. WWE hasnt done much to make the show feel special but maybe theyll surprise me. Lets get to it.
Kickoff Show: Sin Cara vs. Andrade Cien Almas
Rematch from Smackdown. Cara starts fast with a headscissors to send Almas outside but the suiide dive reinjures the elbow that kept Almas out for about a month. An elbow to the face puts Cara on the floor again and we get the double pose in the ropes/on the apron from Almas and Zelina Vega. Back from a break with Cara fighting out of an armbar and grabbing a hurricanrana out of the corner. Cara shoves him off the top and hits a frog splash but Vega offers a distraction. Back up and Almas hits a charge in the corner, setting up the running knees. The hammerlock DDT finishes Cara at 7:00.
Kickoff Show: New Day vs. Sanity
Tables match. New Day clears the ring just after the bell and its already time to look for a table. Big E. gets double teamed inside until Young hits Wolfe by mistake. The spear through the ropes is broken up and Young drops the top rope elbow. Back from a break with Big E. still getting double teamed until Woods and Kofi send Wolfe and Young to the floor. Stereo suicide dives take them out but Killian Dain hits a dive of his own to crush them against the barricade.
Two more tables are set up on the floor and one is stacked upside down on top of another. Woods and Big E. fight their way out though and its a modified Tower of Doom with Kofi hitting a top rope double stomp instead of getting superplexed. Dain comes back in to flatten Woods and Big E. until Trouble in Paradise puts him back on the floor. Kofi and Wolfe fight on the apron above a table until Young comes off the top to drive Kofi through for the win at 7:36.
The opening video looks at a little bit of everything tonight, almost none of which feels like an important match in the slightest.
Raw Tag Team Titles: Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt vs. B Team
The B Team is challenging. Matt takes Dallas down to start with his zany screaming offense and Bo is already rolling to the floor. Back in and its off to Bray for the showdown with Dallas, who immediately tags instead. Bray has no problem pounding Axel down and Matt comes back in for his ten rams into the buckle. Matt gets two off a clothesline but runs into a boot to give the B Team their first opening. It also gives us our first dueling chant of the evening as the fans are split on the challengers.
Dallas whips Hardy into a DDT for two and its off to a neck crank. The comeback doesnt take long and its Wyatt coming in to clean house. The release Rock Bottom plants Dallas but Axel breaks up the Kiss of Deletion. Dallas sends the champs together and the hanging swinging neckbreaker is enough to pin Hardy for the titles at 7:58.
The B Team compares this to Stretch Armstrong landing on the moon. Ok maybe I do like these two a bit more.
General Manager Kurt Angle is in the back and talks about how tired he is of Brock Lesnar refusing to defend the title. Therefore, Lesnar needs to show up tomorrow night to set up his next title defense or hell be stripped of the belt. Im not sure what it says to think of that as a big relief.
Baron Corbin vs. Finn Balor
Another Im better because Im bigger feud. Balor starts fast but gets caught in the corner for some running clotheslines. Corbin punches him down for two and stomps on the back while making sure to mention that hes bigger. It works so well that Corbin breaks up a springboard with another right hand for two more and its off to the chinlock.
Balor slugs away for a breather and kicks Corbin down but its way too early for the Coup de Grace. Instead its a chokebreaker for two and Deep Six is good for the same. A quick double stomp stuns Corbin but Balor cant follow up. The End of Days are reversed into a small package to give Balor the fast pin at 8:20.
In the back, the Bludgeon Brothers attack HELL NO with Kane taking a mallet shot to the knee.
We recap Asuka vs. Carmella. Asuka got cheated out of the title last month by the returning James Ellsworth (who just had to be cast in the role) so tonight hes locked in a shark cage to ensure a fair fight.
Smackdown Womens Title: Asuka vs. Carmella
Asuka is challenging and starts kicking away as soon as the shark cage goes up. Ellsworth is already dropping a chain down less than thirty seconds in but Asuka kicks it away. Carmella gets in a few shots so this time Ellsworth drops some mace. That doesnt work either as the hip attack gets two and the Asuka Lock sends Carmella straight to the ropes.
Ellsworth manages to pick the lock but his pants get caught in the door, leaving him hanging upside down. Asuka beats on him like a punching bag and lets stop the match so Ellsworth can be put back in the cage. Instead of letting the production people do their jobs, Asuka beats them up and leaves the cage hanging there. Carmella sneaks in, rams her into the cage, and gets the pin to retain at 5:37.
Asuka beats up Ellsworth to blow off some steam.
Quick recap of tonights happenings.
US Title: Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Hardy is defending and gets hit low before the bell. He says he can go so the bell rings and Kinshasa gives Nakamura the pin and the title at 5 seconds. That has to be an injury or something.
Post match Randy Orton is back .to stomp Hardy low as Nakamura is stunned.
We recap Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman. Owens tried to get everyone to go after Strowman in Money in the Bank so Strowman destroyed Owens car, then locked him in a portable toilet. The result: a cage match of course.
Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
Pin, submission or escape. Owens bolts for the cage early on but Strowman pulls him back down. Strowman: YOU SAY FIGHT OWENS FIGHT! FIGHT ME! Owens slugs away and actually drops Strowman with a superkick. The frog splash gets two so Owens goes for the door, only to be pulled back in screaming for mercy. Strowman throws him into the cage a few times and stands over Owens as the fans want someone to GET THESE HANDS.
A Stunner of all things gets Owens out of trouble and back to back superkicks put Strowman down on one knee. Owens busts out some handcuffs to attach Strowman to the ropes but hammers away instead of leaving. I really dont see this ending well. A chokeslam drops Owens again but he rolls away and mocks Strowman before going up. Strowman breaks the handcuffs and runs up the wall to catch Owens, who he chokeslams off the cage onto the announcers table (with the crash pad showing), giving Owens the win at 8:50.
Post match Owens is taken out on a stretcher while Strowman laughs about how Owens won.
We look at the US Title match and Ortons return.
We recap the Smackdown Tag Team Title match. Bryan annoyed the Bludgeon Brothers so they beat him down a few times. Kane made his return to help his former partner, setting up the title match here. Its pure nostalgia but its been fun.
Smackdown Tag Team Titles: HELL NO vs. Bludgeon Brothers
Bryan, with bad ribs, is challenging on his own as Kane is too injured to compete. The rapid fire kicks give Bryan some early hope and Rowan gets knocked outside. A hurricanrana sets up the YES Lock on Harper but Rowan makes a quick save. Rowan gets two off a running splash and rips at Bryans face. Harper comes back in and eats some kicks, only to have Rowan catch the Flying Goat. He cant hold Bryan long enough though and Harpers suicide dive hits Rowan instead.
Cue Kane with a cast on his foot to limp down the aisle and take a diving tag. A pair of weak chokeslams drop the Brothers but Harper kicks him in the leg. Bryan tags himself back in for a missile dropkick and its time for the YES Kicks to Harper. A blind tag brings Rowan in and he spinwheel kicks Bryan down. Rowan whips Bryan into Kane, setting up a powerbomb/top rope clothesline combination to pin Bryan at 8:18.
Roman Reigns is walking in the back when he runs into the still celebrating B Team. He can be part of the team tonight if he Beats Lashley and they can all celebrate together. Roman walks away and the booing intensifies.
We recap Reigns vs. Lashley (which actually isnt main eventing). It was about the #1 contendership but Lesnar wasnt feeling that so it became the two bickering about who should fight Lesnar. Reigns called Lashley out for leaving and Lashley bragged about being awesome. They had a huge brawl on Raw which went very well but other than that, it feels like two kids arguing about beating up the bigger kid who would probably flatten them.
Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley
Reigns powers him into the corner to start and shrugs off the first suplex. The apron dropkick sets up an early chinlock as theyre going fast but not really at a high pace if that makes sense. Reigns takes it outside again and they fight over the steps with Lashley (minus the headband) getting the better of it.
Back in and the fans call this boring as Lashley hits a belly to belly suplex but charges into a boot in the corner. Reigns is favoring his ribs as he hits the corner clotheslines so Lashley grabs a powerslam to hurt the ribs even worse. An ax handle from the top puts Reigns down again but hes back up with something like an AA to put Lashley on the floor in a big crash. Back in and a legdrop gives Reigns two, followed by Lashleys vertical suplex for the same.
Lashleys spear is cut off by a Superman Punch, sending him rolling to the floor. Reigns tries a charge but gets caught in a belly to belly onto (not through) the announcers table. That doesnt have much of an effect though as he Superman Punches Lashley off the top. The spear is loaded up but Lashley spears him down instead for the pin at 14:54.
We recap Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss. Jax was defending against Ronda Rousey at Money in the Bank when Bliss cashed in her briefcase. Rousey snapped and attacked Bliss, earning herself a suspension. Therefore, tonight Rousey is in the front row instead of being in the ring but it might not matter as Bliss is defending in an Extreme Rules match.
Raw Womens Title: Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss
Bliss is defending, anything goes, and Natalya and Mickie James are the seconds. Nia goes into stalking mode to start so its time for weapons, all of which Nia throws away without much effort. Bliss chair is pulled out of her hands and a gorilla press drop puts her onto a trashcan. Some trashcan shots have Nia down and Bliss wedges a chair in the corner.
Mickie and Natalya get in a fight on the floor with Bliss heading outside to send Natalya into the barricade. Rousey jumps the barricade and sends Mickie inside for a twisting Samoan drop (not bad). James gets sent over the announcers table and Rousey runs Bliss down but James is back up with a kendo stick. Back in and James hits Jax in the back to break up a Samoan drop. Bliss chairs Nia down and DDTs her on the chair to retain at 7:21.
Rousey chases Bliss and James off.
We recap AJ Styles vs. Rusev because the Intercontinental Title match really is main eventing. Rusev Day has become one of the hottest things in the company but Styles is still the Phenomenal One. Its Rusevs first ever singles match for the title and hes ready to make the most of it.
Smackdown World Title: AJ Styles vs. Rusev
Rusev is challenging and has Aiden English singing him to the ring. AJ starts fast with some kicks to the leg but gets kneed in the ribs to cut him off. A backdrop puts him down and a belly to back suplex works on the ribs a bit more to start the setup for the Accolade. We hit the bearhug for a few moments until Rusev puts him on top. You dont do that to AJ though as he slips between Rusevs legs and kicks him to the floor with Rusev holding his leg.
Back in and a running seated forearm has Rusev in trouble, followed by a reverse DDT for two. AJ gets sent to the apron but doesnt seem to mind as he snaps off a kick to the head. The springboard 450 misses and neither submission hold can go on. Instead AJ kicks him down but the running forearm is countered by a kick to the head from the mat (thats kind of impressive).
A belly to belly on the floor sets up the Machka Kick for two and the roundhouse kick to the head gets the same. Rusev loads up the Accolade but the leg gives out from earlier. The one legged version of the Accolade doesnt work very well so Aiden English rips off a turnbuckle pad. AJ slips out of another Accolade attempt and Rusev charges into the buckle. The springboard 450 gets two so Styles decks English and hits the Phenomenal Forearm to retain at 15:35.
Seth Rollins is ready to burn it down and get his Intercontinental Title back.
Intercontinental Title: Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
Thirty minute Iron Man match with Ziggler defending and Drew McIntyre in his corner. Feeling out process start with Rollins taking it to the mat and working on a hammerlock. That goes nowhere so Rollins tries a rollup for two instead. Ziggler takes him to the mat as well but Rollins pops back up with a Buckle Bomb. La majistral gives Rollins the first fall at 4:35.
1-0 Rollins
Rollins hits a slingshot dive to the floor as Coach talks about John Cena and Shawn Michaels having an Iron Man match (wrong). The fans have a new annoying idea: counting down the time like the Royal Rumble clock, but on every minute. Back in and Ziggler hits an elbow but Rollins slips out of a suplex, setting up Stomp for the second fall at 7:57.
2-0 Rollins
Ziggler is rocked so McIntyre comes in to jump Rollins for the DQ at 8:45.
3-0 Rollins
McIntyre beats on him even more and gets ejected but theres no second DQ, not even after a Claymore to Rollins as we hit ten minutes. Ziggler covers to get a fall back at 10:28.
3-1 Rollins
A superkick gives Ziggler another fall at 11:09.
3-2 Rollins
The fans arent happy that the clock has been taken off the Titantron (Ill be happy for them) so Ziggler hits a Zig Zag to tie things up at 12:09, hopefully getting their attention back.
3-3 Tied
We get a WHERES THE CLOCK chant because fans dont understand the concept of having something taken away from you if you abuse it. Therefore, they just start randomly counting down, even if it doesnt match the clock on the screen. Rollins sends him outside but the suicide dive hits a forearm, allowing Ziggler to get a rollup with feet on the ropes for the pin at 14:07.
4-3 Ziggler
Ziggler grabs an armbar as were halfway through. With Rollins running out of time, Ziggler grabs a long sleeper with a grapevine to eat up a few minutes. Rollins fights up and sends him outside for a suicide dive and a springboard clothesline gets two as we have ten minutes left. The clock comes back on so we get a YES chant as Ziggler dropkicks Rollins off the top. Normally a big bump like that would get a reaction, but the fans were too busy counting down again.
They fight to the corner and on top until Rollins headbutts him back down. The frog splash gets two on the champ so Ziggler gets smart by grabbing the bottom rope. Rollins kicks him free and loads Ziggler up for the superplex into the Falcon Arrow for two with four minutes left. Ziggler breaks up the Stomp but gets sunset flipped to tie it up at 26:51.
4-4 Tied
Rollins wastes no time in pulling him down into a Sharpshooter and then a Crossface. With that not working, Rollins misses a Stomp and Ziggler rolls outside with a minute left. Back in and a quick Fameasser gets two to put them both down. Ziggler tunes up the band but walks into a superkick, setting up the Stomp but time expires on Seth at 30:10 (not sure how they messed that up) and its a draw.
Actually hang on a second here as Kurt Angle comes out to say were going to overtime.
Intercontinental Title: Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins
McIntyre runs in for a distraction and Ziggler hits the Zig Zag to retain at 14 seconds.
Results
B Team b. Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt Hanging swinging neckbreaker to Hardy
Finn Balor b. Baron Corbin Small package
Carmella b. Asuka Carmella rammed her into the cage
Shinsuke Nakamura b. Jeff Hardy Kinshasa
Kevin Owens b. Braun Strowman Owens escaped the cage
Bludgeon Brothers b. HELL NO Powerbomb/Top rope clothesline combination to Bryan
Bobby Lashley b. Roman Reigns Spear
AJ Styles b. Rusev Phenomenal Forearm
Dolph Ziggler b. Seth Rollins 5-4
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Nia Jax/Natalya b. Alexa Bliss/Mickie James Legdrop to James
Mojo Rawley b. No Way Jose Alabama Slam
Bo Dallas b. Matt Hardy Hanging swinging neckbreaker
Ember Moon b. Liv Morgan Jackknife rollup
Baron Corbin/Elias b. Bobby Roode/Finn Balor End of Days to Roode
Drew McIntyre b. Seth Rollins Claymore
Smackdown
AJ Styles b. Shinsuke Nakamura via DQ when Rusev interfered
Rusev/Shinsuke Nakamura b. AJ Styles/Jeff Hardy Machka Kick to Hardy
Asuka b. James Ellsworth Asuka Lock
Andrade Cien Almas b. Sin Cara Running knees in the corner
HELL NO/New Day b. Sanity/Bludgeon Brothers Running knee to Young
NXT
Adam Cole b. Danny Burch Last Shot
Kairi Sane b. Vanessa Borne Anchor
Undisputed Era b. Moustache Mountain via referee stoppage when Bate threw in the towel
Impact Wrestling
OGs b. ???/??? Border Toss
Allie b. Shotzi Blackheart Running Codebreaker
Eli Drake b. Grado Gravy Train
OVE b. Rich Swann/Fenix/Pentagon Jr. Get Out Of Here to Fenix
Extreme Rules 2018
B Team b. Matt Hardy/Bray Wyatt Hanging swinging neckbreaker to Hardy
Finn Balor b. Baron Corbin Small package
Carmella b. Asuka Carmella rammed her into the cage
Shinsuke Nakamura b. Jeff Hardy Kinshasa
Kevin Owens b. Braun Strowman Owens escaped the cage
Bludgeon Brothers b. HELL NO Powerbomb/Top rope clothesline combination to Bryan