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    205 Live Results - June 11, 2019

    Posted: 13 Jun 2019 12:32 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/205-live-results-june-11-2019/


    205 Live

    Date: June 11, 2019

    Location: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

    Commentators: Aiden English, Nigel McGuinness, Vic Joseph

    Things are getting a little more interesting around here as there is a
    small army ready to challenge Tony Nese for the Cruiserweight Title. This
    could set up a variety of title matches at Stomping Grounds, which could certainly use the extra help. Other than that we have Drake Maverick
    chasing R-Truth, because that’s what General Managers mean around here. Let’s get to it.

    Maverick opens the show and addresses the criticisms against him for
    chasing the 24/7 Title. Therefore, tonight he’s made a fatal four way match to crown a new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Title at Stomping Grounds.

    Opening sequence.
    Jack Gallagher vs. Chad Gable

    Gable is a surprise addition to the roster. Gallagher takes him to the mat
    to start and puts on a leglock, but throws in a little smile to show it’s
    ok. That’s escaped with a roll out and Gable spins to his feet for a standoff. The handstand walk gets Gallagher out of a headlock so they fight over a test of strength, giving us the exchange of monkey flips into the
    stereo neck bridges.

    Back up and Gable tries to take out the legs but gets rolled over, allowing Gallagher to dropkick him to the floor. A whip sends Gallagher into the
    steps and seems more than pleased with a countout. That’s only good for a nine though so Gallagher starts bending the fingers back (English: “Don’t let an Englishman get a hold of your fingers!!!”). Gallagher’s rather delayed vertical suplex gets two but Gable whips him hard into the corner.

    Some rolling belly to belly suplexes into a dragon suplex gets two on
    Gallagher and we hit the ankle lock. That’s reversed into a loose Fujiwara armbar from Gallagher, which is reversed into a tiger driver for two. Back
    up and Gallagher blasts him with a clothesline and they’re both down. Gable gets sent outside but catches a suicide dive and hits a release German
    suplex. Gallagher gets up at seven, falls down at eight, and can’t dive
    back inside in time for the countout at 11:55.

    Result: Chad Gable b. Jack Gallagher via countout (11:55)

    Yeah hell do:

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    Mike and Maria Kanellis come in and rant to Maverick about how Mike should
    have faced Gable instead of Gallagher. Maverick is tired of their whining
    so Maria hints that Maverick might be losing his job.

    We look back at Drew Gulak attacking Noam Dar last week and taking his spot
    in a match.

    Dar doesn’t feel safe working here and wants to be in NXT UK permanently. Singh Brothers vs. Dos Locales

    They’re Sacramento’s Best Luchadors, but more importantly, the Singh Brothers have won the Boscar, which may or may not be an award the two of
    them invented. Sumir starts with we’ll say #1 but stops for some dancing. Sunil comes in and dances with #1 before getting dropkicked down. #2 comes
    in and gets kicked in the face but we need to stop for some dancing.
    Stomping in the corner sets up a superkick and the Bollywood Blast
    (Demolition Decapitator from the top) is good for the pin on #2 at 3:25.

    Result: Singh Brothers b. Dos Locales Bollywood Blast to #2 (3:25)

    I Prefer Dos Hombres:

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    Tony Nese would be happy to face any of the four people in tonight’s #1 contenders match, though Drew Gulak seems to intrigue him more than anyone else.
    Drew Gulak vs. Humberto Carrillo vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Oney Lorcan

    One fall to a finish and the winner gets the Cruiserweight Title shot
    against Nese at Stomping Grounds. Gulak dropkicks Carrillo at the bell and it’s Gulak and Lorcan catching a springboarding Carrillo for good measure. Carrillo is right back up to knock Tozawa down and hit a standing moonsault
    for an early two. Tozawa fights out of the half and half and hits a release
    F5 on Lorcan.

    A sitout version hits Carrillo and, after a shot to the face, it’s another sitout version to Gulak. It’s Lorcan back up with the running uppercuts though, followed by a standing version to knock Carrillo out of the air.
    Gulak puts Tozawa in a torture rack and tosses him into an uppercut to the
    back of the head as we get an alliance. It lasts all of ten seconds before
    they start fighting each other but Carrillo breaks it up.

    Gulak German suplexes Carrillo for two with Tozawa making the save. Another suplex gets another two on Carrillo and it’s off to the neck crank. Gulak
    has to roll out of a half and half suplex attempt so Carrillo superkicks
    him instead. Tozawa and Lorcan double hiptoss Carrillo into Gulak in the
    corner but then get in the required argument over who can have the pin. Carrillo’s Gory Bomb is countered into a rollup for two and it’s a superkick each for Carrillo and Gulak.

    Lorcan breaks up the top rope backsplash though, followed by a half and
    half to Castillo onto Gulak. It’s Tozawa breaking up the cover with a top rope backsplash though and all four are down. Everyone winds up on the
    apron and Carrillo is the only one who doesn’t get knocked to the floor so that means a big running flip dive onto Lorcan. Back in and Lorcan hits a double running Blockbuster on Castillo and Tozawa to send them outside
    again.

    That leaves us with a Lorcan vs. Gulak showdown where they chop the heck
    out of each other but Lorcan dives onto the other two at ringside instead.
    Cue Ariya Daivari to chair Lorcan down though, leaving Tozawa to hit
    Trouble in Paradise on Carrillo. The top rope backsplash is broken up again though, only to have Gulak shove Carrillo to the floor. Gulak actually hits
    a top rope superplex on Tozawa but they lock their legs and it’s a double
    pin at 13:34.

    Result: Akira Tozawa and Drew Gulak b. Humberto Carrillo and Oney Lorcan
    Double pin (13:34)

    This is where this show shines:

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    The referees argue as Maverick comes out to see what’s going on. There is
    no winner announced (Fans: “ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!”) to end the show.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since
    2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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    KBs Review: What Youre Watching Doesnt Matter

    Posted: 12 Jun 2019 11:10 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-youre-watching-doesnt-matter/


    I’ve been watching wrestling for over thirty one years now. I’ve been around for nearly every modern star, every latest era and a lot of the old
    ones as well (Hulk Hogan’s first title reign ended two days after I was
    born so I was even around for that). In that time, I’ve seen a lot of wrestlers, stories, angles and even promotions come and go. Of all the
    time I’ve watching, one thing has never been clearer to me than it is right now: what you’re watching at the moment does not matter in the slightest.

    Think back back with me to Friday’s Super ShowDown. The top matches on
    that show were Goldberg vs. Undertaker, Seth Rollins defending the
    Universal Title against Baron Corbin and Kofi Kingston defending the WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler. Now on paper, that’s not the worst
    card ever (though it’s not exactly a thrilling one), but then you got to actually watching the show.

    Consider what happened on the show. Rollins defeated Corbin to retain (and thwarted a Brock Lesnar Money in the Bank cash in attempt, which we’ll get back to later), Kingston successfully defended against Ziggler, and
    Undertaker and Goldberg managed to not kill each other in one of the
    scariest exchanges of botches (understandable given the circumstances, but
    they still happened).

    First and foremost, let’s get the easiest thing out of the way first. Undertaker vs. Goldberg is never going to happen again because WWE isn’t going to allow that kind of a mess in the ring again. It’s over for these two (at least in this combination) and there is no point in running them
    out there again when one of them could seriously hurt the other, if not themselves. The match isn’t likely to be mentioned again, as is the case with most of these top matches from Saudi Arabian shows.

    Round One:
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    Then you have the World Title matches, with both champions retaining. Both champions won their titles at WrestleMania 35 and are about nine weeks into their reigns. Therefore, these are some of their earlier big title
    defenses, and they both survived their threats. Oh wait though. These
    wins don’t mean much, because both rematches were announced for sixteen
    days later at Stomping Grounds because WWE feels the need to run them again rather than moving on to ANYTHING else but Corbin and Ziggler as the challengers to the World Titles.

    So all the hype that was built up for these matches? Don’t worry about it, because you’re going to get to see the same matches again, just in an American arena with a gimmick each. Ziggler will get his rematch inside a cage, because that cage match at Money in the Bank was a whole four weeks earlier and that’s MORE than enough time to have another one right? Ignore how many times these two have fought, because now they’re fighting in a gimmick match you saw a month ago in a rematch of a match you saw about two weeks ago. Totally worth your time you see.

    Then you get into the other match, which has even more issues then Ziggler
    vs. Kingston. Corbin claimed that he was cheated by the referee and
    because reasons that aren’t important enough to explain, he has been
    granted a rematch with a special guest referee of his choosing. Who is
    that referee going to be? Well that’s what we get to spend two weeks worth of Monday Night Raw figuring out. We didn’t find out last night because
    the main event of the show was just a tryout for Sami Zayn as guest
    referee. In a related story, Monday Night Raw drew a non-holiday edition record low number of viewers.

    Are you surprised whatsoever by the low number? To be fair the show was up against the potential series clinching Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but WWE didn’t exactly help itself with a main event featuring a tryout for a guest referee for a rematch where the most boring main eventer of all time gets
    his rematch. Let me repeat that: the big angle for Monday Night Raw was an audition for a guest referee for a rematch from two weeks ago, featuring an ex-middle management lackey who looks like he works at a middle of the road family restaurant and whose career highlight is a forgettable United States Title reign.

    And yes, that is what WWE thinks you should be watching. But wait, in
    addition to that, remember that the winner gets to deal with Lesnar’s Money in the Bank contract, because nearly TWO YEARS of Lesnar in the World Title scene just wasn’t enough and we need to wait on him to get back into the title picture.

    It’s not even just the main event scenes. Consider the United States Title situation. Samoa Joe was just handed the US Title back, but this week’s Monday Night Raw saw five challengers coming for the title. That would be Cesaro, Ricochet, Braun Strowman, the Miz and Bobby Lashley. Ignore the
    fact that Ricochet won a series against Cesaro two matches to one and
    Strowman pinned Lashley clean at Super ShowDown, because none of those
    results matter and they’re all going after the US Title on equal footing.

    Looks cool, doesnt mean much:
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    That’s where we get back to the problem: it doesn’t matter if you watch Goldberg vs. Undertaker, because they’re both going to be gone from TV. It doesn’t matter if you watch Super ShowDown, because you’ll get to see the matches again later. It doesn’t matter who wins the Universal Title
    because Lesnar is right there hovering over their head and he’s what REALLY matters. But it doesn’t matter what happens there, because it’s all about who takes the title off of Lesnar. Then we REALLY get to what matters,
    even if it takes a few years to get there.

    The interesting thing is this is far from the first time a company has done this. Off the top of my head, you have the infamous Dusty Finish, where
    you would have a title change or a big moment take place and the decision
    was overturned sometimes weeks later (including the main event of
    Starrcade) because of some technicality. Eventually the fans gave up
    because they knew what was going on, to the point where some crowds chant
    DUSTY FINISH to this day because they know what’s coming.

    The same thing was true in the AWA with Hulk Hogan, who won the AWA Title probably a dozen times before it was taken away because of some
    technicality. Believe it or not, this didn’t go well for the AWA because
    the fans figured out what was going to happen and didn’t buy the false finishes anymore. They also didn’t buy tickets, because why would they
    waste their money on something if they knew it wasn’t going to matter past the next hour?

    Does any of this sound familiar? WWE is making it very clear that nothing you’re watching is going to matter in the long term because there is always something else going on. Even WrestleMania doesn’t matter because we’ll just do a rematch (Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre, Miz vs. Shane McMahon)
    or have the former champion chase the title again (Lesnar) no matter how
    tired people are of him.

    Another match youve seen before and youll see again:
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    So where does that leave us? Heck if I know, but it’s not a place that
    many fans want to be. At the moment, the fans are leaving in droves and a
    lot of that has to do with the creative direction. It feels like WWE has
    no idea where they want to go with a lot of this stuff and that has been
    old for a long time now.

    I’m not sure how WWE can fix this situation, but it would be nice if they
    had an actual direction for a change. Or if it felt like we weren’t stuck
    on some endless loop that keeps passing the same things over and over again
    as we look for a way off. It’s not fun to watch WWE at the moment and contrary to what they may seem to think, that’s something that does matter.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

    Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up
    for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES
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    available for Android and also on iOS. Thank you for reading!

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    Ring Of Honor TV Results - June 12, 2019

    Posted: 12 Jun 2019 11:01 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/ring-honor-tv-results-june-12-2019/


    Ring of Honor

    Date: June 12, 2019

    Location: The Odeum, Chicago, Illinois

    Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Nick Aldis

    It’s a big week this time around as we have hometown boy and NWA National Champion Colt Cabana defending the title against James Storm. I’m not sure how smart it is to have another promotion tying in to ROH but I’m also not sure if the company knows how to survive otherwise. Let’s get to it.

    Opening sequence.
    NWA National Title: Colt Cabana vs. James Storm

    Cabana is defending. They lock up to start with Storm missing a right hand
    in the corner, prompting Colt to tell the referee to admonish him. Cabana
    grabs a headlock as they’re firmly in half gear so far. A cartwheel over Storm lets Colt go right back to the headlock but Storm is right back with
    a Sling Blade. Last Call misses as Cabana bails to the floor and we take a break.

    Back with Cabana working on the arm, followed by a falling splash. Storm
    trips him down though and gets in a kick to the head. Some right hands to
    the same general area keep the champ in trouble, setting up a running knee
    to the face. Cabana fights out of a chinlock and blocks the Eye of the
    Storm.

    A headscissors puts Storm down but Colt can’t follow up. Cabana gets up for his running shoulder in the corner, setting up the double jump splash for
    two. Back from another break with Storm sending him into the barricade and
    then sending him into the barricade again.

    Storm stops to glare at Aldis on commentary before breaking the count like
    a veteran. The delay lets Cabana get in a hiptoss onto the concrete and
    it’s a moonsault for two back inside. Storm hits a pair of Last Calls but puts on the Cloverleaf to mess with Aldis even more. The bell rings without
    a tap….because the fifteen minute time limit has expired (at 16:34).

    Result: James Storm vs. Colt Cabana went to a time limit draw (16:34)

    Post match Cabana says he’ll go five more minutes but here are the Briscoes to beat down Cabana to vent some frustrations with the NWA. The Briscoes
    say everyone has been screwing them so it’s time for them to do some
    screwing of their own. They call out Aldis (Nick: “Oh we’re going there?”)
    so the tie comes off and the fight is on. The Briscoes take care of Aldis
    with no trouble and stand tall over he and Cabana.

    Back with a recap of what we just saw as we’re now over halfway through the show.

    We run down the Best in the World card.

    We get the second half of Jeff Cobb’s biographical video, now focusing on
    his journey into pro wrestling. He didn’t know it existed in Hawaii but he knew he had to get into it and started training. War Machine got him into
    Ring of Honor and here he is. Then he won the TV Title in three minutes and
    he can do the same with the World Title.

    Here’s Silas Young for a match but first, he talks about how he’s a changed man. He isn’t going to keep taking shortcuts because there isn’t a better pure wrestler in the world than him. Sure he could have a mat classic
    against anyone in the back right now, but he’s found a guy who has beaten
    Lou Thesz, Johnny Saint and Billy Robinson. That would be….THE SQUID.
    Silas Young vs. The Squid

    It’s a guy in trunks and a mask. Squid works on a wristlock to start so
    Young does a bunch of nipups to escape. That sets up a handshake as Squid
    keeps waving his hands. They go to the mat with Silas’ half crab sending Squid over to the ropes. Another handshake gets Squid pulled into a
    headlock, followed by a shoulder. An abdominal stretch makes Squid tap at
    2:03.

    Result: Silas Young b. The Squid Abdominal stretch (2:03)

    Post match Young keeps the hold on and lights up a cigarette at the same
    time.

    We recap Bully Ray vs. Lifeblood.

    Here’s Mark Haskins for a chat. He talks about wanting to be a professional wrestler instead of an entertainer. A few months ago, he and Bandido tore
    the house down and Juice Robinson was watching. That was enough to set up Lifeblood and the ranks were formed, including Tenille Dashwood. Then Bully
    Ray powerbombed her through a table, so Ray needs to get out here right now.

    Post break here’s Ray, to say he’ll take Haskins up on his challenge. He wants the ring announcer and the referee out of the ring first and the two scamper off. Ray gets in and asks if Haskins is going to bite with the
    barking. He talks about his retirement last year in this very arena,
    drawing a RETIRE AGAIN chant. Ray brings up the fans refusing to let him
    leave last year and the grown men crying in the front row. They cried
    because they’re suckers just like Haskins.

    See, he lied because that’s what he’s been doing for his entire career. No one has been able to stop him so why can Haskins be the one to shut him up? Haskins wants to fight but here’s Shane Taylor to interrupt. Tracy Williams comes out to even things up before anything gets physical. Ray tells the referee to get back in the ring and start the match.
    Bully Ray/Shane Taylor vs. Mark Haskins/Tracy Williams

    And no match as the Soldiers of Savagery run in to jump Haskins for the DQ
    at 28 seconds.

    Result: Mark Haskins/Tracy Williams b. Bully Ray/Shane Taylor via DQ when
    the Soldiers of Savagery interfered (0:28)

    Post match the big beatdown is on but PJ Black runs in with a chair. The numbers get the better of Black though and Ray superbombs him through the
    table to end the show.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since
    2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

    Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up
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    NXT UK Results - June 12, 2019

    Posted: 12 Jun 2019 10:46 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/nxt-uk-results-june-12-2019/


    NXT UK

    Date: June 12, 2019

    Location: Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland

    Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness

    Tonight is a huge show as we have British Strong Style vs. Imperium, which should be the awesome match that everyone is expecting it to be. It’s not exactly a secret that there should be something big happening at the end
    but the question is what. Hopefully they can live up to the hype, which
    almost always tends to be the case. Let’s get to it.

    We open with a recap of the six man tag, including a quick history of both teams. Tonight it’s their first showdown.

    Opening sequence.
    Xia Brookside/Isla Dawn vs. Jinny/Jazzy Gabbert

    Jinny and Dawn take turns working on the arm to start with Dawn getting the better of it. Brookside comes in for an aggressive headlock and a dropkick
    to send Jinny into the corner….for the tag to Gabbert. Xia actually tries a sunset flip but gets powered down, allowing Jinny to come in for the stomps
    in the corner. A quick crawl across the ring lets Dawn come back in but
    Gabbert swats away the strikes. The Dominator plants Dawn but Jinny demands
    the tag so she can get the pin at 4:16.

    Result: Jinny/Jazzy Gabbert b. Xia Brookside/Isla Dawn Dominator to Dawn (4:16)

    Video on Ligero, who only had sight in one eye until he was eight years old
    due to his eye not opening. It caused other kids to pick on him so he
    decided to wrestle under a mask so he wouldn’t have to worry about how his face looked during his career. The mask is his identity and that’s what people are going to remember.

    Kenny Williams says Noam Dar can be annoying but he still likes him. What
    Dar does doesn’t affect him and it won’t affect him next week against Kassius Ohno.
    Joseph Conners vs. Ilja Dragunov

    They lock up rather hard to start with Conners’ forearm to the back
    annoying Dragunov. The strike to the face sets up a neck crank with
    Dragunov making some rather strange noises at the same time. Back up and a jumping enziguri drops Conners, but he’s able to duck a running crossbody
    to send Dragunov into the ropes.

    The chinlock goes on but Dragunov powers out and stares Conners down,
    setting up a knee to the face. A sunset bomb into the corner has Dragunov
    in some trouble but he counters a slingshot into a Death Valley Driver into
    the corner. The Torpedo Moscow finishes Conners at 4:49.

    Result: Ilja Dragunov b. Joseph Conners Torpedo Moscow (4:49)

    Toni Storm has beaten all comers and if Kay Lee Ray wants some Toni Time,
    come get it. Either way, the shiny shiny stays at home.

    Video on Travis Banks, who talks about having such a strong work ethic. His time in NXT UK has been a mixed bag with great experiences but his injury
    held him back. Jordan Devlin was a thorn in his side but then he defeated
    him once and for all. Now he’s the #1 contender and it would be pretty cool to beat Walter for the United Kingdom Title.

    The Hunt wants Gallus.
    British Strong Style vs. Imperium

    Dunne goes right at Aichner for some stomping in the corner to start but Aichner comes right back out with a hard clothesline. Bate comes in and
    it’s time for a double arm crank on Aichner. Barthel comes in and gets dropkicked but Bate takes too much time messing with the mustache, allowing Barthel to take over. That doesn’t last long though as Bate brings him into the corner for the tag from Seven.

    Trent gets taken into the wrong corner though and Walter comes in to a lot
    of booing. Seven’s chop just annoys Walter so Seven does it again to a bit
    of success. Walter’s one chop puts Seven down though and it’s back to Aichner to keep Seven down in the corner. A swinging Rock Bottom gives
    Walter two on Seven and it’s back to Barthel to start in on the arm. Seven slugs away but walks into a spinebuster from Aichner to take him right back down.

    A jawbreaker and enziguri get Seven out of trouble and it’s Dunne coming
    back in for an enziguri of his own. Dunne’s middle rope dropkick to the
    knee takes Walter down but he has to backflip out of the sleeper hold. The German suplex drops Walter again but he’s right back with a suplex of his own. Bate and Aichner come back in with Tyler taking over off a knee out of
    the corner.

    An exploder suplex sends Barthel onto Aichner and it’s time for the
    airplane spin to various villains. Bop and Bang staggers Walter but Aichner saves him from an airplane spin of his own. A brainbuster gets two on Bate
    with Dunne making the save. The Backstabber into the top rope double stomp combination is good for the same but it’s back to Seven for some fresh
    strong style blood.

    The Seven Star Lariat into the Bitter End into Spiral Tap gets two on
    Barthel with Walter making the save this time. Walter gets sent into the
    steps though and we’ve got a masked man. With the referee getting knocked
    to the floor, the masked man unmasks as Alexander Wolfe (formerly of
    Sanity). He knocks Bate out with a powerbomb and Barthel steals the pin at 14:03.

    Result: Imperium b. British Strong Style Barthel pinned Bate after a
    powerbomb from Alexander Wolfe (14:03)

    Meet the new member:
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    The now four man Imperium poses to end the show.

    Results

    Jinny/Jazzy Gabbert b. Xia Brookside/Isla Dawn – Dominator to Dawn

    Ilja Dragunov b. Joseph Conners – Torpedo Moscow

    Imperium b. British Strong Style – Barthel pinned Bate after a powerbomb
    from Alexander Wolfe

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since
    2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

    Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up
    for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES
    to sign up. We are proud to offer our popular Wrestling Rumors app and encourage you to download it for an optimized user experience. It is
    available for Android and also on iOS. Thank you for reading!

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    REVIEW: Monday Night Raw - June 14, 1999: Get Aboard The Russo Train

    Posted: 12 Jun 2019 10:25 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-monday-night-raw-june-14-1999-get-aboard-russo-train/


    Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net, starting today. It could be anything from modern WWE
    to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using
    letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be?
    Monday Night Raw

    Date: June 14, 1999

    Location: Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
    So everything has changed (again) with Vince McMahon being revealed as the Higher Power. Yes believe it or not, Vince is the big bad all over again
    and he’s fighting against CEO Steve Austin, who is right there to balance
    him out. We’re also coming up on King of the Ring and that means things
    could get even nuttier than usual in a hurry. Let’s get to it.
    We open with a recap of last week’s events, followed by a look at what
    Vince put his family (mainly Stephanie, even back then) through to stick it
    to Austin.
    Austin has officially taken over Vince’s corporate parking spot.
    Opening sequence.
    Earlier today, Austin went to the corporate headquarters. After telling a
    bunch of people with wheelbarrows to hang on a second, he goes in to talk
    to his secretary. He’s not happy with how she answers the phone and wants
    it to be “who the h*** is this and what the h*** do you want?” Austin shows her how it’s done and tells whoever it is that he’s fired Vince. She can barely keep from laughing and likes the new direction.
    Here’s the Corporate Ministry (with its more than ten members) for a chat. Vince couldn’t believe that there could be anything worse than Steve Austin as the WWF Champion but now he’s the WWF CEO. Last week was supposed to be the culmination of three months of the greatest plan in the history of the company, but sometimes plans go awry (ignore the fact that the plan was to
    get the title off of Austin and have Vince in control, WHICH WAS ALREADY
    THE CASE THREE MONTHS AGO).
    There are some who think the Corporate Ministry is going to dissolve but that’s not happening tonight. They’re setting their sights on the future, starting at the King of the Ring. Austin has challenged Vince and Shane to
    a handicap match so the McMahons accept, albeit with a stipulation. They’ve been debating various things and Vince likes a Dog Pound match. What’s a
    Dog Pound match? Well that would be a dog collar match and we’ll see one tonight between Road Dogg and Billy Gunn.
    Shane thinks King of the Ring is like David vs. Goliath, so let’s have a David vs. Goliath match tonight with X-Pac vs. Big Show. As for the
    handicap idea, let’s have the Acolytes vs. Kane. Vince has one more idea
    for the Austin match: a Blind Date match, which means a blindfold match
    tonight between Test (blindfolded) vs. Big Boss Man, who will be able to
    see clearly. Or maybe King of the Ring should be a straitjacket match. We

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