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Friday
Smackdown
Date: September 7, 2012
Location: I Wireless Center, Moline, Illinois
Commentators: Josh Matthews, Michael Cole
The main story tonight is the potential legal action that Del Rio and Otunga are going to be taking against Sheamus. For those of you keeping score, this would be the second time in roughly a month that legal action has been part of this feud. When they can't even keep fresh ideas going in a single feud, it may be a sign that there's a problem. Let's get to it.
We open with a video from Raw of Sheamus' Brogue Kick to Ricardo and the announcement of Otunga taking legal action for it.
Otunga, Ricardo and Del Rio leave Booker's office.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is Alberto Del Rio who is the anchor Smackdown is trying to run with.
Here's Del Rio and company in the arena to start things off. Del Rio talks about being on the roll of his career after beating Orton and Kane in back to back weeks. I would have thought beating Punk and Cena at the same time in the Cell for the world title would be better than that but what do I know? Del Rio says he'll win the title at Night of Champions but that's not enough. He wants the Brogue Kick banned because kicking someone in the head is a criminal act.
Ricardo isn't just his servant. He's Del Rio's friend. The Brogue Kick has hurt dozens of people, but the cross armbreaker is elegant and pure. Otunga says he's the only Harvard educated attorney in the history of WWE. He's been hired because what happened to Ricardo was predetermined and intentional. We get a highlight reel of the Brogue Kick and all the people it's beaten. I wonder if they're actually going to get rid of it. I mean, they got rid of the Punt.
Otunga talks about meeting with Booker T, which brings out the GM himself. Booker says that was supposed to be confidential but Otunga brought it out to the people. Booker asks the people if the Brogue Kick should be banned and after a lot of booing, the kick is declared to be legal.
We get a throwaway line from Josh, saying that Kane has been fined an undisclosed amount for attacking him recently.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. The Miz/Cody Rhodes
Miz and Mysterio start things off. The champion pounds Mysterio down but Rey comes back with some kicks to the leg and a tag is made to Cara. A double kick from the masked men gets two on Miz as we take a break. These breaks a minute into the match need to stop. Back with Cara armdragging Cody across the ring and the tag being made to Mysterio. Miz pulls Cody away from the 619 and distracts Rey in the back to let Cody get control.
Rey drop toeholds Cody into the buckle and makes the tag to Cara. Sin (I guess I can call him that) speeds things way up but Coach Miz tells Cody to duck, allowing Miz to get the tag and a shot to the back of Cara to take over. The corner clothesline sets up the double ax off the top for two for Miz. Cody comes in with a delayed release gordbuster for two. The announcers are talking about Cody's obsession with the masks which is all I've been wanting from this feud. They've touched on it a bit but hearing them flat out say it is nice.
Cody hooks a cravate but Cara gets into a bulldog position but backflips over to slam Cody's head into the mat. Nice counter. Hot tag brings in Rey to face Miz and speed things up again. Miz counters a headscissors and rolls through a sunset flip, followed by a kick to the face of Rey for two. That was a slick sequence. Mysterio and Miz trade control on a rollup, resulting in Cody kicking Miz in the head by mistake. Cody is sent to the floor and hit by a big dive from Cara. The 619 and a top rope splash pin Miz at 7:38 shown of 11:08.
Horny wants to hug it out with Bryan but settles for a handshake instead. Horny kicks Bryan in the shin and runs off. Bryan has to breathe and calm down.
Otunga threatens Booker with legal action if he doesn't rethink his decision. Booker looks at some pictures and says he'll think about it. Otunga isn't pleased and asks Booker to meet him in the training room.
We get a recap of the hugging from Raw. In other words, we're standing around reminiscing about the times we stood around. Miz giving commentary about the rules is kind of funny. In the video when the hug happens, a song that sounds like it belongs on The Wiggles comes on and bright colors come on the screen. Ok, that's kind of awesome.
Daniel Bryan vs. Zach Ryder
Bryan fighting his inner demons on the way to the ring is awesome stuff. Ryder grabs a quick rollup for two and Bryan fires off some NO Kicks to come back. More kicks to the chest have Ryder in a lot of trouble. Ryder hits a face jam and gets up the knees in the corner. Broski Boot hits but Bryan begs off before the Rough Ryder. Bryan begs for understanding and asks for a hug, but he suckers Ryder into the NO Lock for the tap at 2:58. That was good stuff.
Bryan won't let go of the hold and the referee reverses the decision.
There's a match about to start but here's Sandow instead. He sees his loss via countout last week as justice. He wasn't prepared for that match and doesn't like what social media had to say about it. Sandow says he was being intelligent last week, not being a coward. The people that TOUT IT OUT are cowards. No one would call him a coward to his face. Instead of tweeting, why not read a book? When Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity, I assure all of you he did not TOUT about it! I love this man. Anyway, Orton interrupts him and it's time for Sandow to rub elbows with another big name.
Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow
Orton looks different for some reason. The bell rings and here are Dolph and Vickie. The bell rings again for no apparent reason and Orton takes him to the mat with a headlock. They fight for control in a collar and elbow tieup but Sandow punches Orton in the face to escape. Orton shrugs it off and Damien bails to the floor. Back in and Sandow avoids the backbreaker and heads to the floor again, only to get clotheslined down by a following Orton.
Ziggler gets up on the table and distracts Randy, allowing Sandow to ram Randy into the apron and take over. Back in and Sandow works on the arm as we take a break. Sandow putting on a chinlock. A Russian legsweep sets up the spinning elbow from Sandow for two. Orton avoids a charge and starts his comeback with the usual clotheslines and powerslam. Elevated DDT puts Sandow down but as Orton loads up the RKO, Sandow heads to the floor and sprints up the ramp for the countout win for Orton at 6:53 shown of 10:23.
Orton cuts Ziggler off as Dolph is leaving and they have a staredown. Orton punches him down and throws him into the ring, only for Dolph to get the advantage back. Randy powerslams him down but as he loads up the RKO, Sandow runs back in and takes the RKO. Ziggler bails and Orton stands tall.
Otunga shows Booker some x-rays of necks to prove how damaging the Brogue Kick is. If Booker doesn't do what Otunga says, WWE is getting sued. Booker says he'll think about it and makes Otunga vs. Sheamus. This would be a lot more compelling stuff if it didn't build up Del Rio vs. Sheamus.
Prime Time Players vs. Primo/Epico vs. Usos
Winners get the title shot at Night of Champions. The only team to get an intro here is the Kofi/Truth who are on commentary. This is WCW rules with three people in the ring at once. Epico and Primo stomp on I think Jey in the corner while Young is down in the other corner. This is moving around too fast to keep up with. Titus gets the tag and cleans house before trying a release suplex to his partner onto Jey, but Jey gets his knees up.
Epico dropkicks Jey to the floor but walks into a northern lights suplex from Darren for two. Epico comes out of the corner with a tornado DDT to Young but walks into a double clothesline with Jey. Jimmy gets the hot tag and cleans house as everything breaks down. A Samoan Drop puts Young down and Jimmy dives on Titus and Primo. Jey hits the top rope splash on Epico but Young steals the pin and the title shot at 4:20.
Raw ReBound is about Punk vs. Cena of course.
Eve TOUTS IT OUT about the safety issues going on. This would annoy me more if she wasn't gorgeous.
Teddy talks to Kaitlyn about the potential lawsuit when Ziggler and Vickie show up. They go to see Booker but Teddy says Booker is busy. Ziggler wants to face Orton again because the win on Monday wasn't a fluke. He wants the fight at Night of Champions and after some banter, Teddy says he'll advise Booker to make the match. It's so refreshing to see a heel step up and challenge someone.
Wade Barrett vs. Yoshi Tatsu
I think Barrett has new music but I'm not sure. For the first time that I can ever remember, Barrett starts in a boxing stance and throws some punches. Tatsu gets stuck between the ropes and Barrett kicks him in the face to take him down. Barrett fires off more punches and a kick to the ribs followed by a big elbow to the head for the pin at 1:48.
Barrett says he has no interest in meaningless matches like this. If he's not instantly in the title picture, he's going to do something to make his life easier on him. He declares Wade Barrett open for business. That sounds interesting. Barrett has a different style here and I'm not sure if I like it yet or not.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga
Sheamus pounds him down to start but the Brogue Kick misses and Sheamus gets caught in the ropes. Otunga guillotines him on the top rope to take over and it's off to a chinlock. Sheamus escapes and hits some running ax handle smashes to take over. There are the ten forearms in the ropes from the champ and Otunga is in trouble. Sheamus hits White Noise and loads up the Brogue Kick, but Booker comes out and says the Brogue Kick is banned. Instead Sheamus hits a modified Irish Curse and the Texas Cloverleaf gets the submission at 4:59.
Sheamus stares at Del Rio to end the show.
Results
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/The Miz Top rope splash to Miz
Zach Ryder b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Bryan wouldn't release the NO Lock
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow via countout
Prime Time Players b. Epico/Primo and Usos Young pinned Epico after a top rope splash from Jimmy Uso
Wade Barrett b. Yoshi Tatsu Elbow to the head
Sheamus b. David Otunga Texas Cloverleaf
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
No Surrender 2012
Date: September 9, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz
We're back in Orlando for a PPV and it's a month before the biggest show of the year in Phoenix with Bound for Glory. Since we're a month away from it we need a main event. That's where tonight comes in as the BFG Series ends tonight with the final four being Joe, Hardy, Bully Ray and Storm. It really could be any of those four which is what makes this a fun show. The rest of the card doesn't really matter other than Aries vs. a member of Aces and 8's. Let's get to it.
The opening video is exactly what you would expect: all about the BFG Series. I think the song is that Taproot one they've been playing on Impact every week.
Bound For Glory Series: Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy
The points are no longer a factor as this is winner advances and loser is done. Jeff grabs a headlock to start but Joe shrugs him off with ease. Hardy is sent to the floor and holds his arm as things slow down almost immediately. Back in and Jeff hits a quick headscissors to send Joe to the floor but the fat man is just getting mad now. Hardy hits a running attack on the floor but back inside the fat power man offense runs over Hardy with the backsplash getting two.
Joe puts on a nerve hold and an elbow to take Hardy down when Jeff tries a comeback. As always, Hardy looks like he's dead. Off to a chinlock followed by the snap powerslam for no cover by Joe. Hardy is sent to the floor and taken out by a suicide elbow as Joe continues to dominate. Back in and Hardy gets punched in the corner a few times before starting his comeback. The legdrop between the legs sets up a clothesline to put both guys down.
The low dropkick gets two for Hardy but the Twist of Fate is countered. Whisper in the Wind gets two but Joe gets up first. Joe is still having issues with his arm from Thursday so he can't hit the MuscleBuster. Hardy grabs a Twist of Fate out of nowhere but Joe crotches him before the Swanton can be launched. A sunset flip gets two for Hardy and it's back to the armbar that he won the match with on Thursday. Joe counters into a rollup but Jeff counters into a crucifix for the pin at 12:45.
Storm says he'll right the wrong of last year and beat Bully Ray.
Bound For Glory Series: Bully Ray vs. James Storm
Ray stalls to start and heads to the floor to beat up a sign. After two minutes of stalling, Ray slaps Storm in the chest and gets slapped in the face for his efforts. Storm goes after him and Ray heads to the floor again, tripping a bit on his way down. We're four minutes into this so far and they've barely touched each other. Back in and Ray takes it to the corner but Storm has had enough and pounds the Bully repeatedly in the head.
Storm pounds away some more but the Last Call misses and Ray hits him in the leg to take over. Ray throws on a bearhug which is quickly broken but a big boot takes Storm's head off for two. Ray gets in Hebner's face but is shoved away in the signature Earl bit. Instead, Bully splashes Storm in the corner and pounds him down some more from the middle rope. Storm crotches him and a powerbomb gets two.
They slug it out from their knees and Ray misses a charge in the corner. A top rope cross body gets two for Storm as does a sidewalk slam for Ray. Storm charges into the referee and walks into the Bubba Bomb for two from a new referee. Ray misses the middle rope backsplash (duh) and Storm fires a forearm, taking out referee #2. Last Call hits but there's no referee. Bobby Roode comes out with a beer bottle to Storm's head and Ray gets the pin to advance at 14:08.
Tessmacher says exactly what you would expect her to say.
Knockouts Title: Tara vs. Miss Tessmacher
Tara is her mentor and beat the champ on Impact a few weeks ago and that's it. They fight over the arm to start with Tara controlling with a top wristlock. Tara keeps taking over with power and outmaneuvering Tessmacher. A backslide gets two for the challenger but Tessmacher tries a rolling cradle, only to get tangled in the ropes. As they come back in Tara gets two off a rollup and the champ grabs the arm to take over.
Tara finally slaps her to start the brawl with Tessmacher taking over. A cradle sends Tara into the mat and things speed up. Tara's spinning side slam gets two as does the floatover suplex that got Tara the pin on Impact a few weeks back. Widow's Peak is countered into a rollup for the pin by Tessmacher to retain at 6:39.
Hogan tells Roode that he's arrested when Storm comes up and beats Roode up. Storm is thrown out too.
We recap Aces and 8's vs. Aries and the breaking of the world champion's arm. Tonight it's the first real match for the group as Aries gets to fight the armbreaker. There was a torture session involved as well.
Austin Aries vs. Arm Breaker
This is non-title of course and Aries is in workout clothes instead of trunks. Before the match, Aries talks about this being a war which is fine with him, because Aries is the God of War. Aries calls out the big man but he won't let the masked man in. He does the HBK laying on the top rope to sucker the Arm Breaker in. The champ pounds the guy down and hits the suicide dive.
Back inside Aries pounds away some more but gets crotched to give the Arm Breaker the advantage. The Arm Breaker keeps pounding away and takes over even more on the champ. This isn't a match mind you as there's no referee and the bell never rang. A clothesline spins Aries around and the Arm Breaker loads up a powerbomb but Aries throws powder in his face. A dropkick sends the Arm Breaker to the floor and Aries dives out onto him.
The Arm Breaker gets in a shot and grabs a chair, but back in the ring Aries hits him with a roll of coins and the brainbuster. Aries goes for the mask but here comes the gang. The locker room empties out and it's a big brawl. In case you care, the fight ran just under ten minutes or so.
Aces and 8's get run off and Hogan comes out. He gets in the ring with the ball bat and Hardy is down on the floor for some reason. Apparently he's hurt his shoulder. Hogan tells the security to lock the place down as Hardy is taken to the back. Ray seemed to come out a bit later than everyone else so maybe he's the lead suspect now. We get a clip from the brawl of Hardy having his shoulder rammed into the post by a masked guy.
They actually try to give us a package on Dutt vs. Ion. That's just amusing. In short, there is no story as this match was added on to fill in time on the card.
X-Division Title: Sonjay Dutt vs. Zema Ion
Ion is defending. Feeling out process to start with Sonjay taking over. Taz praises him and they head to the floor with Sonjay hitting a slick roll across the apron into a rana on the floor. Back in and Ion takes over with some basic stuff and puts on a chinlock. We cut to the back where cops are coming to lock down the building. Sonjay makes his comeback with a headscissors and then another. He goes up but gets stopped by Zema, only for the champ to get release suplexed out to the floor.
A middle rope moonsault to the outside puts the champ down and back inside Sonjay gets two. Ion counters a rana into a powerbomb on the bad arm Sonjay came in with and it's Rings of Saturn time. Dutt makes the rope and takes the champ down again, only to miss the moonsault into the double stomp. We get a pinfall reversal sequence resulting in a backslide into a Gory Bomb from Ion to retain at 11:38.
BFG video.
Hogan talks to the cops about the lockdown.
Hardy is getting his shoulder looked at. Magnus pops up and says Hardy is suffering from a lack of common sense.
Rob Van Dam vs. Magnus
Another thrown on match but at least this has a story behind it: Magnus got in RVD's business at a promo on Impact and the match was made as a result. Simple but it works I guess. Magnus plays the cowardly heel to start and they go to the mat with Van Dam sitting out on Magnus to frustrate him again. Some kicks knock Magnus to the floor The spinning kick to the back while Magnus is on the barricade misses and the knee hits the steel.
Back in and Magnus takes over by stomping away like a British heel. A Texas Cloverleaf keeps RVD down even longer as Magnus stays on the leg. A sleeper is quickly broken by Rob and a spinwheel kick puts Magnus down. Van Dam speeds things up and goes after Magnus' knee before hitting Rolling Thunder for two. Magnus gets in a shot to take over but spends too much time on top, allowing Van Dam to take over again. Rob tries the monkey flip out of the corner but Magnus kills him dead with a clothesline for two. Not that it really matters as Van Dan kicks him down and hits the Five Star for the pin at 10:05.
Kaz and Daniels say they should have called the cops because of the injustice they've gone through.
We get a recap of the whole Daniels/Kaz vs. Angle/Styles. This is just the last few weeks because the whole thing would be longer than the whole PPV tonight.
Tag Titles: Kurt Angle/AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian
Angle is legit hurt so we're looking at more of a handicap match here. Daniels (one of the champions) starts with Angle so maybe he's not that badly hurt. Daniels pounds him into the corner and the announcers talk about how Angle is hurt. Angle and AJ ping pong Daniels between the two of them and it's off to Styles. That goes nowhere so Angle comes back in and helps launch Kaz into the air before Kurt comes in legally.
Kurt goes after Daniels and tags AJ back in before the champs take over for the first time in the match so far. Since this is a TNA PPV, we get Daniels vs. AJ for awhile with the former in control. Kaz puts on a double arm chinlock but AJ comes back with right hands. A clothesline gets two for Kaz and it's back to Daniels for a chinlock.
AJ fights out and makes the hot tag to Angle who cleans house as only he can. Well ok so a lot of people probably could but he does it quite well. It's suplexes all around, including the Rolling Germans to Kaz. Kurt turns his attention to Daniels and after suplexing him down, Angle turns around into a slingshot DDT from Kaz to give the champions control. A slingshot elbow from Daniels and a slingshot legdrop from Kaz get two and it's cravate time from Kaz.
Kaz goes up but Angle runs the ropes and hits a freaky kind of Olympic Slam off the top to put both guys down. Hot tag #2 brings in AJ who beats on Daniels after the champions tag as well. The moonsault into the reverse DDT gets two but Kaz hits a big dropkick to send AJ into the corner. Angle tags himself in again and hits a top rope splash to Daniels for two. It's Angle Slams for both guys but the cover on Daniels only gets two. Ankle lock to Daniels is broken up by an enziguri from Kaz and AJ tags himself in again.
The springboard forearm takes Daniels down and a Pele gets two on Kaz. Now this is cranking up again. The springboard 450 gets a VERY close two on Kaz so AJ goes up. Kaz follows him up for a top rope C4 (backflip Rock Bottom) for another close two. Angle and Daniels go to the floor with Angle grabbing his injured areas. AJ loads up the Clash but Daniels throws the appletini in his face so Kaz can roll him up for the pin to retain at 19:37.
We recap the events of the main event stuff earlier tonight.
Hogan gives the cops another lecture.
There's no update on Hardy.
Ray says he would have beaten Hardy anyway so this doesn't mean much. You have to respect him and he's reinvented himself. Jeff is on the tracks and Ray is the locomotive. Everyone may be bound for glory, but he's destined for greatness. Great promo here.
Cops surround the ring.
Bound For Glory Series Finals: Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy
Hardy's music hits and Hogan comes out instead. Hogan implies Ray is behind Aces and 8's but Ray denies it. Ray says if Hardy can't go, what option is there other than for Ray to win by forefit? Hogan says that the ball is in the GM's court and asks for four more days for this match to happen on Impact, drawing more booing than in his entire time in Immortal. Ray isn't cool with that but here's Hardy anyway so it doesn't matter. Predictable, but that's fine in this case as it is in a lot of cases but that's an argument for another time.
Hardy has one arm so he's wrestling very tentatively. He tries as well as he can to drive Ray into the corner but Jeff gets knocked to the floor where he holds the arm even more. As he comes back in, Ray pounds away on the bad arm and Jeff bails to the floor again. Ray slams Hardy down and puts on an armbar as Hardy is reeling. Jeff can barely defend himself here. Ray misses a splash and Jeff hits the mule kick. Twisting Stunner sets up the Swanton but it only gets two. That might be Jeff's one chance.
Ray hits Jeff in the shoulder and the Bubba Bomb gets two. Whisper in the Wind out of nowhere gets two and both guys are down. Another Whisper attempt misses and the Bubba Cutter....only gets two. Another Twisting Stunner hits but the Swanton misses. The second Bubba Cutter only gets two again and the crowd isn't popping for these kickouts now. Twisting Stunner #3 and #4 hit back to back but he gets crotched going up. Scratch that as he knocks Ray off and hits the Swanton for the pin and the BFG main event spot at 12:42.
No Aces and 8's.
Results
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Crucifix
Bully Ray b. James Storm Pin after Bobby Roode hit Storm with a beer bottle
Miss Tessmacher b. Tara Sunset flip
Zema Ion b. Sonjay Dutt Gory Bomb
Rob Van Dam b. Magnus Five Star Frog Splash
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle Kazarian pinned Styles after Daniels threw a drink in Styles' face
Jeff Hardy b. Bully Ray Swanton
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Dolph Ziggler b. Randy Orton Rollup
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/Tensai Swanton Bomb to Rhodes
Sheamus b. Jack Swagger Texas Cloverleaf
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Swinging Neckbreaker
Ryback b. Jinder Mahal Shell Shock
Antonio Cesaro b. Santino Marella Neutralizer
Zach Ryder b. Heath Slater Rough Ryder
Alberto Del Rio b. John Cena Pin after an attack from CM Punk
NXT
Richie Steamboat b. Kassius Ohno via DQ when Ohno raked Steamboat's eyes
Paige b. Audrey Marie Fisherman's DDT
Leo Kruger b. Percy Watson Twisting neckbreaker
Brodus Clay b. Ryan Collins Big Splash
Ascension b. Usos Running Jawbreaker to Jey
Impact Wrestling
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Arm trap headlock
Tara b. Gail Kim Widow's Peak
Bully Ray b. Rob Van Dam Bubba Cutter
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. Hernandez/Chavo Guerrero Rollup after a belt shot to Hernandez
Smackdown
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/The Miz Top rope splash to Miz
Zach Ryder b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Bryan wouldn't release the NO Lock
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow via countout
Prime Time Players b. Epico/Primo and Usos Young pinned Epico after a top rope splash from Jimmy Uso
Wade Barrett b. Yoshi Tatsu Elbow to the head
Sheamus b. David Otunga Texas Cloverleaf
No Surrender 2012
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Crucifix
Bully Ray b. James Storm Pin after Bobby Roode hit Storm with a beer bottle
Miss Tessmacher b. Tara Sunset flip
Zema Ion b. Sonjay Dutt Gory Bomb
Rob Van Dam b. Magnus Five Star Frog Splash
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle Kazarian pinned Styles after Daniels threw a drink in Styles' face
Jeff Hardy b. Bully Ray Swanton
Smackdown
Date: September 7, 2012
Location: I Wireless Center, Moline, Illinois
Commentators: Josh Matthews, Michael Cole
The main story tonight is the potential legal action that Del Rio and Otunga are going to be taking against Sheamus. For those of you keeping score, this would be the second time in roughly a month that legal action has been part of this feud. When they can't even keep fresh ideas going in a single feud, it may be a sign that there's a problem. Let's get to it.
We open with a video from Raw of Sheamus' Brogue Kick to Ricardo and the announcement of Otunga taking legal action for it.
Otunga, Ricardo and Del Rio leave Booker's office.
Do You Know Your Enemy? Mine is Alberto Del Rio who is the anchor Smackdown is trying to run with.
Here's Del Rio and company in the arena to start things off. Del Rio talks about being on the roll of his career after beating Orton and Kane in back to back weeks. I would have thought beating Punk and Cena at the same time in the Cell for the world title would be better than that but what do I know? Del Rio says he'll win the title at Night of Champions but that's not enough. He wants the Brogue Kick banned because kicking someone in the head is a criminal act.
Ricardo isn't just his servant. He's Del Rio's friend. The Brogue Kick has hurt dozens of people, but the cross armbreaker is elegant and pure. Otunga says he's the only Harvard educated attorney in the history of WWE. He's been hired because what happened to Ricardo was predetermined and intentional. We get a highlight reel of the Brogue Kick and all the people it's beaten. I wonder if they're actually going to get rid of it. I mean, they got rid of the Punt.
Otunga talks about meeting with Booker T, which brings out the GM himself. Booker says that was supposed to be confidential but Otunga brought it out to the people. Booker asks the people if the Brogue Kick should be banned and after a lot of booing, the kick is declared to be legal.
We get a throwaway line from Josh, saying that Kane has been fined an undisclosed amount for attacking him recently.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. The Miz/Cody Rhodes
Miz and Mysterio start things off. The champion pounds Mysterio down but Rey comes back with some kicks to the leg and a tag is made to Cara. A double kick from the masked men gets two on Miz as we take a break. These breaks a minute into the match need to stop. Back with Cara armdragging Cody across the ring and the tag being made to Mysterio. Miz pulls Cody away from the 619 and distracts Rey in the back to let Cody get control.
Rey drop toeholds Cody into the buckle and makes the tag to Cara. Sin (I guess I can call him that) speeds things way up but Coach Miz tells Cody to duck, allowing Miz to get the tag and a shot to the back of Cara to take over. The corner clothesline sets up the double ax off the top for two for Miz. Cody comes in with a delayed release gordbuster for two. The announcers are talking about Cody's obsession with the masks which is all I've been wanting from this feud. They've touched on it a bit but hearing them flat out say it is nice.
Cody hooks a cravate but Cara gets into a bulldog position but backflips over to slam Cody's head into the mat. Nice counter. Hot tag brings in Rey to face Miz and speed things up again. Miz counters a headscissors and rolls through a sunset flip, followed by a kick to the face of Rey for two. That was a slick sequence. Mysterio and Miz trade control on a rollup, resulting in Cody kicking Miz in the head by mistake. Cody is sent to the floor and hit by a big dive from Cara. The 619 and a top rope splash pin Miz at 7:38 shown of 11:08.
Horny wants to hug it out with Bryan but settles for a handshake instead. Horny kicks Bryan in the shin and runs off. Bryan has to breathe and calm down.
Otunga threatens Booker with legal action if he doesn't rethink his decision. Booker looks at some pictures and says he'll think about it. Otunga isn't pleased and asks Booker to meet him in the training room.
We get a recap of the hugging from Raw. In other words, we're standing around reminiscing about the times we stood around. Miz giving commentary about the rules is kind of funny. In the video when the hug happens, a song that sounds like it belongs on The Wiggles comes on and bright colors come on the screen. Ok, that's kind of awesome.
Daniel Bryan vs. Zach Ryder
Bryan fighting his inner demons on the way to the ring is awesome stuff. Ryder grabs a quick rollup for two and Bryan fires off some NO Kicks to come back. More kicks to the chest have Ryder in a lot of trouble. Ryder hits a face jam and gets up the knees in the corner. Broski Boot hits but Bryan begs off before the Rough Ryder. Bryan begs for understanding and asks for a hug, but he suckers Ryder into the NO Lock for the tap at 2:58. That was good stuff.
Bryan won't let go of the hold and the referee reverses the decision.
There's a match about to start but here's Sandow instead. He sees his loss via countout last week as justice. He wasn't prepared for that match and doesn't like what social media had to say about it. Sandow says he was being intelligent last week, not being a coward. The people that TOUT IT OUT are cowards. No one would call him a coward to his face. Instead of tweeting, why not read a book? When Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity, I assure all of you he did not TOUT about it! I love this man. Anyway, Orton interrupts him and it's time for Sandow to rub elbows with another big name.
Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow
Orton looks different for some reason. The bell rings and here are Dolph and Vickie. The bell rings again for no apparent reason and Orton takes him to the mat with a headlock. They fight for control in a collar and elbow tieup but Sandow punches Orton in the face to escape. Orton shrugs it off and Damien bails to the floor. Back in and Sandow avoids the backbreaker and heads to the floor again, only to get clotheslined down by a following Orton.
Ziggler gets up on the table and distracts Randy, allowing Sandow to ram Randy into the apron and take over. Back in and Sandow works on the arm as we take a break. Sandow putting on a chinlock. A Russian legsweep sets up the spinning elbow from Sandow for two. Orton avoids a charge and starts his comeback with the usual clotheslines and powerslam. Elevated DDT puts Sandow down but as Orton loads up the RKO, Sandow heads to the floor and sprints up the ramp for the countout win for Orton at 6:53 shown of 10:23.
Orton cuts Ziggler off as Dolph is leaving and they have a staredown. Orton punches him down and throws him into the ring, only for Dolph to get the advantage back. Randy powerslams him down but as he loads up the RKO, Sandow runs back in and takes the RKO. Ziggler bails and Orton stands tall.
Otunga shows Booker some x-rays of necks to prove how damaging the Brogue Kick is. If Booker doesn't do what Otunga says, WWE is getting sued. Booker says he'll think about it and makes Otunga vs. Sheamus. This would be a lot more compelling stuff if it didn't build up Del Rio vs. Sheamus.
Prime Time Players vs. Primo/Epico vs. Usos
Winners get the title shot at Night of Champions. The only team to get an intro here is the Kofi/Truth who are on commentary. This is WCW rules with three people in the ring at once. Epico and Primo stomp on I think Jey in the corner while Young is down in the other corner. This is moving around too fast to keep up with. Titus gets the tag and cleans house before trying a release suplex to his partner onto Jey, but Jey gets his knees up.
Epico dropkicks Jey to the floor but walks into a northern lights suplex from Darren for two. Epico comes out of the corner with a tornado DDT to Young but walks into a double clothesline with Jey. Jimmy gets the hot tag and cleans house as everything breaks down. A Samoan Drop puts Young down and Jimmy dives on Titus and Primo. Jey hits the top rope splash on Epico but Young steals the pin and the title shot at 4:20.
Raw ReBound is about Punk vs. Cena of course.
Eve TOUTS IT OUT about the safety issues going on. This would annoy me more if she wasn't gorgeous.
Teddy talks to Kaitlyn about the potential lawsuit when Ziggler and Vickie show up. They go to see Booker but Teddy says Booker is busy. Ziggler wants to face Orton again because the win on Monday wasn't a fluke. He wants the fight at Night of Champions and after some banter, Teddy says he'll advise Booker to make the match. It's so refreshing to see a heel step up and challenge someone.
Wade Barrett vs. Yoshi Tatsu
I think Barrett has new music but I'm not sure. For the first time that I can ever remember, Barrett starts in a boxing stance and throws some punches. Tatsu gets stuck between the ropes and Barrett kicks him in the face to take him down. Barrett fires off more punches and a kick to the ribs followed by a big elbow to the head for the pin at 1:48.
Barrett says he has no interest in meaningless matches like this. If he's not instantly in the title picture, he's going to do something to make his life easier on him. He declares Wade Barrett open for business. That sounds interesting. Barrett has a different style here and I'm not sure if I like it yet or not.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga
Sheamus pounds him down to start but the Brogue Kick misses and Sheamus gets caught in the ropes. Otunga guillotines him on the top rope to take over and it's off to a chinlock. Sheamus escapes and hits some running ax handle smashes to take over. There are the ten forearms in the ropes from the champ and Otunga is in trouble. Sheamus hits White Noise and loads up the Brogue Kick, but Booker comes out and says the Brogue Kick is banned. Instead Sheamus hits a modified Irish Curse and the Texas Cloverleaf gets the submission at 4:59.
Sheamus stares at Del Rio to end the show.
Results
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/The Miz Top rope splash to Miz
Zach Ryder b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Bryan wouldn't release the NO Lock
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow via countout
Prime Time Players b. Epico/Primo and Usos Young pinned Epico after a top rope splash from Jimmy Uso
Wade Barrett b. Yoshi Tatsu Elbow to the head
Sheamus b. David Otunga Texas Cloverleaf
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
No Surrender 2012
Date: September 9, 2012
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz
We're back in Orlando for a PPV and it's a month before the biggest show of the year in Phoenix with Bound for Glory. Since we're a month away from it we need a main event. That's where tonight comes in as the BFG Series ends tonight with the final four being Joe, Hardy, Bully Ray and Storm. It really could be any of those four which is what makes this a fun show. The rest of the card doesn't really matter other than Aries vs. a member of Aces and 8's. Let's get to it.
The opening video is exactly what you would expect: all about the BFG Series. I think the song is that Taproot one they've been playing on Impact every week.
Bound For Glory Series: Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy
The points are no longer a factor as this is winner advances and loser is done. Jeff grabs a headlock to start but Joe shrugs him off with ease. Hardy is sent to the floor and holds his arm as things slow down almost immediately. Back in and Jeff hits a quick headscissors to send Joe to the floor but the fat man is just getting mad now. Hardy hits a running attack on the floor but back inside the fat power man offense runs over Hardy with the backsplash getting two.
Joe puts on a nerve hold and an elbow to take Hardy down when Jeff tries a comeback. As always, Hardy looks like he's dead. Off to a chinlock followed by the snap powerslam for no cover by Joe. Hardy is sent to the floor and taken out by a suicide elbow as Joe continues to dominate. Back in and Hardy gets punched in the corner a few times before starting his comeback. The legdrop between the legs sets up a clothesline to put both guys down.
The low dropkick gets two for Hardy but the Twist of Fate is countered. Whisper in the Wind gets two but Joe gets up first. Joe is still having issues with his arm from Thursday so he can't hit the MuscleBuster. Hardy grabs a Twist of Fate out of nowhere but Joe crotches him before the Swanton can be launched. A sunset flip gets two for Hardy and it's back to the armbar that he won the match with on Thursday. Joe counters into a rollup but Jeff counters into a crucifix for the pin at 12:45.
Storm says he'll right the wrong of last year and beat Bully Ray.
Bound For Glory Series: Bully Ray vs. James Storm
Ray stalls to start and heads to the floor to beat up a sign. After two minutes of stalling, Ray slaps Storm in the chest and gets slapped in the face for his efforts. Storm goes after him and Ray heads to the floor again, tripping a bit on his way down. We're four minutes into this so far and they've barely touched each other. Back in and Ray takes it to the corner but Storm has had enough and pounds the Bully repeatedly in the head.
Storm pounds away some more but the Last Call misses and Ray hits him in the leg to take over. Ray throws on a bearhug which is quickly broken but a big boot takes Storm's head off for two. Ray gets in Hebner's face but is shoved away in the signature Earl bit. Instead, Bully splashes Storm in the corner and pounds him down some more from the middle rope. Storm crotches him and a powerbomb gets two.
They slug it out from their knees and Ray misses a charge in the corner. A top rope cross body gets two for Storm as does a sidewalk slam for Ray. Storm charges into the referee and walks into the Bubba Bomb for two from a new referee. Ray misses the middle rope backsplash (duh) and Storm fires a forearm, taking out referee #2. Last Call hits but there's no referee. Bobby Roode comes out with a beer bottle to Storm's head and Ray gets the pin to advance at 14:08.
Tessmacher says exactly what you would expect her to say.
Knockouts Title: Tara vs. Miss Tessmacher
Tara is her mentor and beat the champ on Impact a few weeks ago and that's it. They fight over the arm to start with Tara controlling with a top wristlock. Tara keeps taking over with power and outmaneuvering Tessmacher. A backslide gets two for the challenger but Tessmacher tries a rolling cradle, only to get tangled in the ropes. As they come back in Tara gets two off a rollup and the champ grabs the arm to take over.
Tara finally slaps her to start the brawl with Tessmacher taking over. A cradle sends Tara into the mat and things speed up. Tara's spinning side slam gets two as does the floatover suplex that got Tara the pin on Impact a few weeks back. Widow's Peak is countered into a rollup for the pin by Tessmacher to retain at 6:39.
Hogan tells Roode that he's arrested when Storm comes up and beats Roode up. Storm is thrown out too.
We recap Aces and 8's vs. Aries and the breaking of the world champion's arm. Tonight it's the first real match for the group as Aries gets to fight the armbreaker. There was a torture session involved as well.
Austin Aries vs. Arm Breaker
This is non-title of course and Aries is in workout clothes instead of trunks. Before the match, Aries talks about this being a war which is fine with him, because Aries is the God of War. Aries calls out the big man but he won't let the masked man in. He does the HBK laying on the top rope to sucker the Arm Breaker in. The champ pounds the guy down and hits the suicide dive.
Back inside Aries pounds away some more but gets crotched to give the Arm Breaker the advantage. The Arm Breaker keeps pounding away and takes over even more on the champ. This isn't a match mind you as there's no referee and the bell never rang. A clothesline spins Aries around and the Arm Breaker loads up a powerbomb but Aries throws powder in his face. A dropkick sends the Arm Breaker to the floor and Aries dives out onto him.
The Arm Breaker gets in a shot and grabs a chair, but back in the ring Aries hits him with a roll of coins and the brainbuster. Aries goes for the mask but here comes the gang. The locker room empties out and it's a big brawl. In case you care, the fight ran just under ten minutes or so.
Aces and 8's get run off and Hogan comes out. He gets in the ring with the ball bat and Hardy is down on the floor for some reason. Apparently he's hurt his shoulder. Hogan tells the security to lock the place down as Hardy is taken to the back. Ray seemed to come out a bit later than everyone else so maybe he's the lead suspect now. We get a clip from the brawl of Hardy having his shoulder rammed into the post by a masked guy.
They actually try to give us a package on Dutt vs. Ion. That's just amusing. In short, there is no story as this match was added on to fill in time on the card.
X-Division Title: Sonjay Dutt vs. Zema Ion
Ion is defending. Feeling out process to start with Sonjay taking over. Taz praises him and they head to the floor with Sonjay hitting a slick roll across the apron into a rana on the floor. Back in and Ion takes over with some basic stuff and puts on a chinlock. We cut to the back where cops are coming to lock down the building. Sonjay makes his comeback with a headscissors and then another. He goes up but gets stopped by Zema, only for the champ to get release suplexed out to the floor.
A middle rope moonsault to the outside puts the champ down and back inside Sonjay gets two. Ion counters a rana into a powerbomb on the bad arm Sonjay came in with and it's Rings of Saturn time. Dutt makes the rope and takes the champ down again, only to miss the moonsault into the double stomp. We get a pinfall reversal sequence resulting in a backslide into a Gory Bomb from Ion to retain at 11:38.
BFG video.
Hogan talks to the cops about the lockdown.
Hardy is getting his shoulder looked at. Magnus pops up and says Hardy is suffering from a lack of common sense.
Rob Van Dam vs. Magnus
Another thrown on match but at least this has a story behind it: Magnus got in RVD's business at a promo on Impact and the match was made as a result. Simple but it works I guess. Magnus plays the cowardly heel to start and they go to the mat with Van Dam sitting out on Magnus to frustrate him again. Some kicks knock Magnus to the floor The spinning kick to the back while Magnus is on the barricade misses and the knee hits the steel.
Back in and Magnus takes over by stomping away like a British heel. A Texas Cloverleaf keeps RVD down even longer as Magnus stays on the leg. A sleeper is quickly broken by Rob and a spinwheel kick puts Magnus down. Van Dam speeds things up and goes after Magnus' knee before hitting Rolling Thunder for two. Magnus gets in a shot to take over but spends too much time on top, allowing Van Dam to take over again. Rob tries the monkey flip out of the corner but Magnus kills him dead with a clothesline for two. Not that it really matters as Van Dan kicks him down and hits the Five Star for the pin at 10:05.
Kaz and Daniels say they should have called the cops because of the injustice they've gone through.
We get a recap of the whole Daniels/Kaz vs. Angle/Styles. This is just the last few weeks because the whole thing would be longer than the whole PPV tonight.
Tag Titles: Kurt Angle/AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels/Kazarian
Angle is legit hurt so we're looking at more of a handicap match here. Daniels (one of the champions) starts with Angle so maybe he's not that badly hurt. Daniels pounds him into the corner and the announcers talk about how Angle is hurt. Angle and AJ ping pong Daniels between the two of them and it's off to Styles. That goes nowhere so Angle comes back in and helps launch Kaz into the air before Kurt comes in legally.
Kurt goes after Daniels and tags AJ back in before the champs take over for the first time in the match so far. Since this is a TNA PPV, we get Daniels vs. AJ for awhile with the former in control. Kaz puts on a double arm chinlock but AJ comes back with right hands. A clothesline gets two for Kaz and it's back to Daniels for a chinlock.
AJ fights out and makes the hot tag to Angle who cleans house as only he can. Well ok so a lot of people probably could but he does it quite well. It's suplexes all around, including the Rolling Germans to Kaz. Kurt turns his attention to Daniels and after suplexing him down, Angle turns around into a slingshot DDT from Kaz to give the champions control. A slingshot elbow from Daniels and a slingshot legdrop from Kaz get two and it's cravate time from Kaz.
Kaz goes up but Angle runs the ropes and hits a freaky kind of Olympic Slam off the top to put both guys down. Hot tag #2 brings in AJ who beats on Daniels after the champions tag as well. The moonsault into the reverse DDT gets two but Kaz hits a big dropkick to send AJ into the corner. Angle tags himself in again and hits a top rope splash to Daniels for two. It's Angle Slams for both guys but the cover on Daniels only gets two. Ankle lock to Daniels is broken up by an enziguri from Kaz and AJ tags himself in again.
The springboard forearm takes Daniels down and a Pele gets two on Kaz. Now this is cranking up again. The springboard 450 gets a VERY close two on Kaz so AJ goes up. Kaz follows him up for a top rope C4 (backflip Rock Bottom) for another close two. Angle and Daniels go to the floor with Angle grabbing his injured areas. AJ loads up the Clash but Daniels throws the appletini in his face so Kaz can roll him up for the pin to retain at 19:37.
We recap the events of the main event stuff earlier tonight.
Hogan gives the cops another lecture.
There's no update on Hardy.
Ray says he would have beaten Hardy anyway so this doesn't mean much. You have to respect him and he's reinvented himself. Jeff is on the tracks and Ray is the locomotive. Everyone may be bound for glory, but he's destined for greatness. Great promo here.
Cops surround the ring.
Bound For Glory Series Finals: Bully Ray vs. Jeff Hardy
Hardy's music hits and Hogan comes out instead. Hogan implies Ray is behind Aces and 8's but Ray denies it. Ray says if Hardy can't go, what option is there other than for Ray to win by forefit? Hogan says that the ball is in the GM's court and asks for four more days for this match to happen on Impact, drawing more booing than in his entire time in Immortal. Ray isn't cool with that but here's Hardy anyway so it doesn't matter. Predictable, but that's fine in this case as it is in a lot of cases but that's an argument for another time.
Hardy has one arm so he's wrestling very tentatively. He tries as well as he can to drive Ray into the corner but Jeff gets knocked to the floor where he holds the arm even more. As he comes back in, Ray pounds away on the bad arm and Jeff bails to the floor again. Ray slams Hardy down and puts on an armbar as Hardy is reeling. Jeff can barely defend himself here. Ray misses a splash and Jeff hits the mule kick. Twisting Stunner sets up the Swanton but it only gets two. That might be Jeff's one chance.
Ray hits Jeff in the shoulder and the Bubba Bomb gets two. Whisper in the Wind out of nowhere gets two and both guys are down. Another Whisper attempt misses and the Bubba Cutter....only gets two. Another Twisting Stunner hits but the Swanton misses. The second Bubba Cutter only gets two again and the crowd isn't popping for these kickouts now. Twisting Stunner #3 and #4 hit back to back but he gets crotched going up. Scratch that as he knocks Ray off and hits the Swanton for the pin and the BFG main event spot at 12:42.
No Aces and 8's.
Results
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Crucifix
Bully Ray b. James Storm Pin after Bobby Roode hit Storm with a beer bottle
Miss Tessmacher b. Tara Sunset flip
Zema Ion b. Sonjay Dutt Gory Bomb
Rob Van Dam b. Magnus Five Star Frog Splash
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle Kazarian pinned Styles after Daniels threw a drink in Styles' face
Jeff Hardy b. Bully Ray Swanton
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Dolph Ziggler b. Randy Orton Rollup
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/Tensai Swanton Bomb to Rhodes
Sheamus b. Jack Swagger Texas Cloverleaf
Eve Torres b. Kaitlyn Swinging Neckbreaker
Ryback b. Jinder Mahal Shell Shock
Antonio Cesaro b. Santino Marella Neutralizer
Zach Ryder b. Heath Slater Rough Ryder
Alberto Del Rio b. John Cena Pin after an attack from CM Punk
NXT
Richie Steamboat b. Kassius Ohno via DQ when Ohno raked Steamboat's eyes
Paige b. Audrey Marie Fisherman's DDT
Leo Kruger b. Percy Watson Twisting neckbreaker
Brodus Clay b. Ryan Collins Big Splash
Ascension b. Usos Running Jawbreaker to Jey
Impact Wrestling
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Arm trap headlock
Tara b. Gail Kim Widow's Peak
Bully Ray b. Rob Van Dam Bubba Cutter
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. Hernandez/Chavo Guerrero Rollup after a belt shot to Hernandez
Smackdown
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara b. Cody Rhodes/The Miz Top rope splash to Miz
Zach Ryder b. Daniel Bryan via DQ when Bryan wouldn't release the NO Lock
Randy Orton b. Damien Sandow via countout
Prime Time Players b. Epico/Primo and Usos Young pinned Epico after a top rope splash from Jimmy Uso
Wade Barrett b. Yoshi Tatsu Elbow to the head
Sheamus b. David Otunga Texas Cloverleaf
No Surrender 2012
Jeff Hardy b. Samoa Joe Crucifix
Bully Ray b. James Storm Pin after Bobby Roode hit Storm with a beer bottle
Miss Tessmacher b. Tara Sunset flip
Zema Ion b. Sonjay Dutt Gory Bomb
Rob Van Dam b. Magnus Five Star Frog Splash
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian b. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle Kazarian pinned Styles after Daniels threw a drink in Styles' face
Jeff Hardy b. Bully Ray Swanton