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    205 Live Results - June 18, 2019

    Posted: 20 Jun 2019 02:30 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/205-live-results-june-18-2019/


    205 Live

    Date: June 18, 2019

    Location: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California

    Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Tom Phillips, Aiden English

    Last week’s show ended in some controversy with a double pin in a four way
    #1 contenders match. Akira Tozawa and Drew Gulak pinned each other at the
    same time, meaning we need to come up with something to set up Sunday’s Cruiserweight Title match. I’m not sure what they’re going to do, but it’s
    likely going to be one of two options. Let’s get to it.

    Drake Maverick’s opening gets right to the point: Tony Nese will defend against both Tozawa and Gulak. Tonight’s show gets a preview as well.

    Opening sequence.
    Singh Brothers vs. Lucha House Party

    It’s Gran Metalik/Lince Dorado for the House Party here. Dorado and Sunil start things off with Lince flipping over him but missing a moonsault
    press. For some reason we go to a weird camera angle from behind the
    announcers as it’s Metalik coming in for an assisted bulldog. The Brothers head outside and the House Party backflips into the middle of the ring.
    Nigel: “I know how to win a match! I’ll do a flip in the ring!”

    The backsplash into the planking splash gets two on Sumir as the weird
    camera angles continue. Sumir offers a distraction so Dorado can be knocked
    off the ropes to put him in trouble. The stomping in the corner sets up the Singh dancing and we hit the chinlock. Nigel tries to explain the Boscars
    as Dorado gets pulled back downand there’s the camera change again. Sunil gets sent outside but he pulls Metalik off the apron so there’s no tag.

    Back in and a Russian legsweep/superkick combination gets two with Metalik making the save. The Golden Rewind gets Dorado out of trouble and it’s back to Metalik so the pace can pick up. An assisted dropkick puts the Singhs on
    the floor for the big dive. Back in and the shooting star gets two on
    Sunil, but Sumir gets serious by DESTROYING PENELOPE. Metalik is so upset
    that he gets rolled up for the pin at 8:30.

    Result: Singh Brothers b. Lucha House Party Rollup to Metalik (8:30)

    Its a culture battle:

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    Noam Dar is having some me time as his injuries heal up. He’ll come back, assuming Drake Maverick has fixed things around 205 Live. Brian Kendrick
    comes in and mentions that they’re in California. Actually make that Spain, where Dar insists that they are. Kendrick says Dar is right but he has to
    go catch a private jet to California for his match….in like two minutes. Brian Kendrick vs. Russ Taylor

    Taylor won’t shake hands and even forearms him in the jaw, earning himself
    a yell into the corner. Kendrick hammers away and hits a running forearm. A dropkick sets up Sliced Bread to complete the squash at 2:24.

    Its a bad night for the locals:

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    We look back at Chad Gable debuting last week and beating Jack Gallagher
    via countout.

    Gallagher thinks he and Gable have unfinished business when Mike and Maria Kanellis come in. They mock Gallagher for not being able to get back in the ring and want some better treatment IF they stick around 205 Live. People
    like Gallagher are dead weight and need to get out of the way. Gallagher
    issues a challenge for next week and it seems to be on.
    Ariya Daivari vs. Oney Lorcan

    Fallout from last week when Daivari cost Lorcan the #1 contenders match. Daivari turns his back on Lorcan to start and gets knocked into the corner
    as Lorcan is ticked off (never tick off a guy named Oney). That’s enough
    for Daivari as he tries to bail into the crowd but gets thrown back in,
    meaning it’s time for another attempt to run.

    Back in again and Lorcan hammers away but it’s too early for the half and half. A superkick gives Daivari a breather and it’s a super DDT on the arm
    as Daivari is finally able to get his shirt off. The armbar goes on,
    followed by a ram into the buckle. Daivari does it again and stomps away, though he does make sure to slip in a SHUT UP to the fans.

    It’s back to the armbar for a bit, followed by the Million Dollar Dream to keep Lorcan in trouble. Lorcan gets up and sends him into the corner for
    the break but a shot to the arm cuts him off. An Iconoclasm plants Lorcan
    again but the frog splash misses. Lorcan uses the running elbows in the
    corner and the running Blockbuster gets two. They slug it out with Lorcan getting the better of it until a superkick gives Daivari a breather. The
    half and half drops Daivari on his head but Daivari bails to the floor.
    Lorcan hits a flip dive but Daivari hits him with a chair for the DQ at
    10:46.

    Result: Oney Lorcan b. Ariya Daivari via DQ when Daivari used a chair
    (10:46)

    Notice the Hulk Hogan tribute attire:

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    Post match Daivari destroys him on the announcers’ table and sends him into the stage set. The hammerlock lariat connects to leave Lorcan laying.

    Tony Nese (oh yeah he has a title match on Sunday) talks about how far he’s come and now he’s ready to defend against both Tozawa and Gulak. He doesn’t care about the odds, as he never has before.

    Akira Tozawa says he’s tenacious and knows he has to beat two men. He’ll be a two time Cruiserweight Champion.

    Drew Gulak says terror waits patiently instead of sleeping. He spent too
    long trying to make this place better but the only thing that matters is a better Gulak. You can call him cold and vicious, but after Stomping
    Grounds, you can call him champion.

    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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    NXT UK Results - June 19, 2019

    Posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:42 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/nxt-uk-results-june-19-2019/


    NXT UK

    Date: June 19, 2019

    Location: Download Festival, Leicestershire, England

    Commentators: Vic Joseph, Aiden English

    Things are shaking up around here as Imperium has added its fourth member
    with Alexander Wolfe. That is likely to set up a fourth member of British Strong Style, or at least a friend or two, to help fight off the villains.
    We could get something very good out of this and I’m rather pleased. Let’s get to it.

    We open with a recap of Wolfe joining Imperium last week.

    Opening sequence.
    Kenny Williams vs. Kassius Ohno

    Ohno goes to the arm to start (the right one for a change) and cranks on it again to take Williams down to the mat. Back up and Williams flips over him
    but Ohno is too big for a sunset flip. For some reason Williams ties
    himself in the ropes, allowing Ohno to kick him in the face. The chinlock
    sets up a double arm crank as the fans implore Ohno to not eat Williams.

    The backsplash hits Williams’ raised knees, which hurts the knee a bit due
    to Ohno’s girth. It’s fine enough to flip out of a belly to back suplex and grab a rollup for two. Ohno gets knocked outside for the dropkick through
    the ropes and a suicide dive. Back in and Ohno breaks up a springboard,
    setting up the discus elbow to the back of the head for the pin at 7:25.

    Result: Kassius Ohno b. Kenny Williams Discus elbow (7:25)

    Post match here’s Imperium, now with their own graphic and matching track suits, so Ohno makes a hasty retreat.

    Post break, Marcel Barthel is rather heavily booed before being able to say that the people seem to think Imperium is here to entertain them. That’s
    not true, because they’re here to restore the honor of their sport. The
    fans want wrestling as Barthel talks about their numbers increasing. Fans: “WHO ARE YA???” After being told to respect their values, the fans say that they want Pete Dunne.

    Wolfe gets cut off by a SANITY chant before saying that he wanted wrestling
    to be treated with respect. Walter brings up #1 contender Travis Banks, who
    has an upcoming title shot but Imperium will decide how things will be
    done. The title match is next week and Banks is a fool for thinking he has
    a chance against Walter. Cue Banks to say he’s down for a title match next week and Walter needs to bring everything he’s got.

    We look back at Gallus attacking the Hunt two weeks ago.

    Noam Dar was on the phone when a cameraman interrupted him to ask if Dar
    took a drive recently. Dar doesn’t like that accusation and mockingly applauds Kenny Williams for his loss. There is room for Williams under
    Dar’s arm but Williams threatens to treat his arm like his knee.
    The Hunt vs. Gallus

    It’s Mark Coffey/Wolfgang for Gallus here with Joe Coffey in the corner.
    The brawl is on in a hurry with the Hunt sending them outside for double suicide dives. We settle down to Boar and Coffey with Mark getting in a
    full nelson slam. It’s off to Wolfgang for a neck crank, a tag to Coffey
    for some stomping, and a seated full nelson from Wolfgang.

    Coffey slaps on a cobra clutch on the mat as we run the full list of neck related holds. Boar finally flips out of another full nelson and brings
    Primate in to beat up Wolfgang. Everything breaks down and Boar gets driven into the steps. Back in and the enziguri/powerslam combination finishes
    Primate at 6:14.

    Result: Gallus b. The Hunt Enziguri/powerslam combination to Primate (6:14)

    Post match Joe joins in for the big beatdown. Dave Mastiff makes the save.

    Moustache Mountain is getting a Tag Team Title shot in two weeks. They’re focused on Imperium, but getting the titles is what matters most.
    Battle Royal

    Xia Brookside, Jinny, Jazzy Gabbert, Kay Lee Ray, Piper Niven, Isla Dawn,
    Nina Samuels, Killer Kelly, Candy Floss, Rhea Ripley, Rhio, Kanji

    The winner gets a future Women’s Title match. Everyone but Jazzy go to the ropes to start before three of them go after Jazzy instead. That means Rhio
    and Kanji being tossed out, followed by a Dominator to Floss. Jinny gets
    rid of her and the ring has cleared out in a hurry. Ray is sent outside
    (not over the top) and comes up holding her knee. Niven picks Jazzy up and
    puts her on the apron, allowing Brookside to get in a sliding dropkick for
    the elimination.

    That leaves Jinny surrounded so it’s a triple team from Brookside, Dawn and Niven. Jinny is thrown over the top but Jazzy catches her and slides the
    boss back in. Jazzy is ejected so Xia gets rid of Jinny a few seconds
    later. Ripley muscles Kelly out and we’re down to five. Brookside and Dawn
    go after Ripley but Xia gets tied in the Tree of Woe for her efforts.

    There goes Dawn and it’s the Ripley vs. Niven showdown. Hang on though as Samuels is tossed and it’s Ripley, Niven, Brookside and Ray on the floor. A Cannonball crushes Ripley but she shoves Ripley over the top to the apron. Niven pulls her out with her and Brookside eliminates them both with a dropkick. The celebration is on but Ray comes back in and dumps Brookside
    for the win at 8:40.

    Result: Kay Lee Ray won a battle royal last eliminating Xia Brooks (8:40)

    This is a big one:

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    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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    Ring Of Honor TV Results - June 19, 2019

    Posted: 20 Jun 2019 12:34 AM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/ring-honor-tv-results-june-19-2019/


    Ring of Honor

    Date: June 19, 2019

    Location: The Odeum, Chicago, Illinois

    Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Colt Cabana

    The Chicago run continues as we move towards Best in the World. That can
    mean a few different things, but tonight it’s a four corner survival match with no connection to the pay per view. Never let it be said that Ring of
    Honor spends all of its time before a pay per view getting ready for the
    show. Let’s get to it.

    Opening sequence.
    Hikuleo vs. Hirooki Goto

    They grapple a bit and it’s off to an early break. Back with Goto’s Saito suplex being blocked with elbows to the head and some hard chops. A knee to
    the head cuts Hikuleo off though and Goto heads up top.

    As expected, that’s not a good idea as a superplex brings him right back down. They trade clotheslines until Hikuleo gets the better of it but Goto
    is right back with a headbutt. The fireman’s carry backbreaker drops
    Hikuleo again and the GTR (kind of the Eye of the Hurricane onto a knee)
    gives Goto the pin at 9:36.

    Result: Hirooki Goto b. Hikuleo GTR (9:36)

    Kenny King showed that he was the better man in their first match and he’ll win the second too. Maybe he’ll just use the Lethal Injection again.
    Kelly Klein/Jenny Rose vs. Allure

    It’s Mandy Leon/Angelina Love for Allure here. And never mind as Allure
    jumps them from behind during the break and there’s no match.

    The tag match will take place at Best in the World instead.

    We look back at the Briscoe Brothers going nuts and coming after the NWA,
    both at the Crockett Cup and last week.

    Best in the World rundown, including some clips for some of the matches. Shinobi Shadow Squad vs. PJ Black/Mark Haskins/Tracy Williams

    Williams throws Cheeseburger down without much effort so Cheeseburger spins around into a headlock. That goes nowhere so it’s off to Black vs. Isom
    with Eli jumping around and hitting a knee to the chest. Back from a break
    with Haskins kicking Nova into the wrong corner to take over.

    Black adds a top rope stomp, followed by Haskins’ guillotine legdrop to the back of the head. A missed charge in the corner allows the tag to Isom so
    house can be cleaned for a bit. That means a moonsault to the floor to take Black down and Cheeseburger’s Swanton gets two on Haskins. Back up and Haskins hits a sitout Samoan driver on Isom. Black adds the moonsault
    double stomp for the pin at 9:53.

    Result: PJ Black/Mark Haskins/Tracy Williams b. Shinobi Shadow Squad
    Moonsault double stomp to Isom (9:53)

    Post match handshakes abound and Haskins calls out Bully Ray for a fight anywhere.
    Jeff Cobb vs. Rush vs. PCO vs. Jay Lethal

    One fall to a finish with Matt Taven on commentary. Rush won’t shake hands
    to start because he’d rather forearm PCO in the face. An exchange of shoulders gives us a big staredown, followed by Lethal’s chops having no effect on PCO. A hiptoss into the cartwheel dropkick works just fine but
    PCO is waiting on the dive. Lethal isn’t sure what to do and neither is
    Cobb. Rush rolls into a tranquilo pose so Lethal knocks him down and hits a dive.

    Lethal’s dive is caught by PCO with a chokeslam onto the apron and a Vader Bomb gets two on Rush. There’s a chokeslam for two on Cobb as Rush makes
    the save and suplexes Lethal. Rush runs PCO over but walks into a superkick from Cobb. The very delayed vertical suplex slam doesn’t worry Taven but
    Cobb suplexing PCO does a bit. Cobb pulls Lethal out of the corner into the swinging belly to back suplex as we take a break. Back with Lethal hitting
    a DDT on Cobb and a Downward Spiral on Rush at the same time.

    Both Lethal and PCO head up top so Cobb goes up with them, meaning it’s a Tower of Doom with Rush powerbombing all three down. Rush can’t cover so
    the bloody PCO sits up. The Lethal Injection is countered with a pop up powerbomb for two with Cobb making the save. Rush’s overhead belly to belly gets two on Cobb but the strikes have little effect on PCO. PCO’s top rope flip dive only hits apron and it’s the Lethal Injection to Rush. Cue Kenny King to yell at Lethal for stealing his moves and Cobb hits the Tour of the Islands to finish Lethal at 13:16.

    Result: Jeff Cobb b. Jay Lethal, Rush and PCO Tour of the Islands to
    Lethal (13:16)

    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: One Small Step For Monday Night Raw

    Posted: 19 Jun 2019 11:38 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-one-small-step-monday-night-raw/


    I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Monday Night Raw was pretty good this week. It was certainly the best show they’ve had in a few months, with a solid C rating. I know that might not sound like much, but considering how terrible the shows have been lately, this is quite the upgrade. The show wasn’t all that different, but it was just different enough to make the
    night a lot better than the most recent episodes.

    That’s what we’re going to look at today: what did WWE do that made this week better and why was it better. Some of the things were as simple as
    doing more good things than bad, but at the same time there were a few
    things that were just interesting in general. I’ll be ignoring the
    negatives because that’s almost all we’ve been looking at over the last few weeks (for good reason) and it would be nice to change things up, even if it’s just for a week before WWE does something else to mess it up.

    Aside from the first two, these are in no particular order.

    We’ll start with the biggest and arguably the most important part of the show: there was a story running throughout the evening. That would be Seth Rollins going after Baron Corbin’s choices for guest referee at Stomping Grounds and attacking all of them with a chair. This might not be the most thrilling thing in the world, but what mattered here was the scheduling.

    How many times have you seen an episode of either Monday Night Raw or
    SmackDown Live where a story is set up to start the show and then almost nothing happens until the end of the show? Fans tend to either get bored waiting on the payoff for what is supposed to happen and go elsewhere or they’ll just go away and wait until the main event and come back then.

    Rollins wasnt happy at all:

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    Instead, we had Rollins hitting person after person with chair to the point where it was almost funny. While I’m not wild on seeing who the guest
    referee is going to be on Sunday, I’m much more likely to remember Rollins blasting everyone with a chair, which also ties back into the chair shots
    to Brock Lesnar both at WrestleMania 35 and Super ShowDown. They’re
    actually giving us something to carry throughout the night and make you
    want to stick around for a little bit longer, even it it’s in increments
    over the course of the entire show.

    Moving on, and with the other aspect that might have been the most
    important, the opening sequence was short and to the point, meaning it
    wasn’t a twenty minute talking segment with the sole purpose of setting up the main event. Less than fifteen minutes into the show, we were into a
    match (and one that mattered) instead of waiting around all day for people
    to say the same things that they say every week. There’s more to it than
    just getting to a match though.

    This set the table and the feel for the rest of the night. Having the show start with a bunch of talking is boring. It gives you the feeling that you
    can watch something else for fifteen minutes and come back later, with the possibility that the same people will still be talking. How is that must
    see television? Something like this can work well in a special moment
    (first show after a title win, a big angle or some pay per views) but
    Monday Night Raw (and SmackDown Live to a lesser extent) have gotten WAY
    too obsessive with it and going in a different direction was a nice switch.

    Speaking of the match, that was another smart move as Ricochet goes over
    and advances to the title match at Stomping Grounds. This is a simple one
    as Ricochet is fun to watch and the fans like him. He’s won some matches so now let’s put him into a match with something on the line. That’s the kind of booking that has been badly missing from the show as it feels like stuff happens and there are no consequences or rewards. Ricochet wins, then he
    wins again, and now he’s getting a title match out of it. Well done and logical booking.

    He has good reason to be excited:

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    I’m going to couple some odd choices together here and go with Becky Lynch and the Viking Raiders. Both of their segments were quick and to the point
    with the Raiders destroying a pair of jobbers and Lynch cutting off the
    same promo that Lacey Evans has cut for months with a Bexploder. They got
    in, they got out and they did what they were supposed to do without wasting
    any time.

    And why should they? The Raiders (somehow making their first appearance in almost two months) are designed to be close to the modern day Legion of
    Doom and Lynch isn’t one to talk when she can fight. There’s no need to drag these segments out longer than they had as the point can be made
    without wasting the fans’ time and attention. It was nice to keep things moving for once instead of having the same segments with the same results.
    The Raiders aren’t supposed to need long in the ring and Lynch is a fighter first. Why is that so complicated?

    In the easy positive, there’s the Firefly Fun House, which is one of the nearly can’t miss segments of the week. This one seemed to turn the corner and that could mean that we’ll be seeing Bray Wyatt back in the ring at
    some point in the near future. One idea that I liked was to have Wyatt open
    the door to Aleister Black’s room, but then one of them has to lose and
    that defeats the purpose (expect it next week then). For now though, just
    enjoy what you can from the wacky mind of Wyatt, who is clearly having the
    time of his life in these things.

    And then theres.this:

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    Finally we have one of the fun moments of the week: Shane McMahon finally
    gets beaten up. This is more about setting up Roman Reigns vs. Drew
    McIntyre (you have to get McMahon in there somehow though) but for once, McMahon took a beating and didn’t get in the last word. I know it’s just a temporary smile but it’s almost cathartic to see him get part of what’s coming to him. That’s what WWE wants in the long run, but for now it was
    nice to see McMahon get taken down a few pegs.

    Sidebar: how much better is it to have the Revival as McMahon’s lackeys? I know it’s not the most thrilling thing in the world, but it’s something that fits them well enough. Above all else, THEY’RE NOT BEING HUMILIATED. It’s a standard roll for a pair of goons and they’re even the Tag Team Champions again. This isn’t their saving grace, but it’s something for them to do that isn’t a terrible way to go and I’ll take that in a heartbeat.

    There were a lot of problems with this week’s Monday Night Raw, but to go from the all time disasters that we’ve been seeing in the previous few
    weeks to a completely watchable show is a huge upgrade. They have a LONG
    way to go to get things back to where they need to be (or even close to it)
    but this show was proof that they know how to do things if they actually
    put their mind to it for more than two seconds. Don’t have the long
    opening, keep things moving and give us a reason to stick around throughout
    the show rather than just coming back for the end. It works, it always has worked and it worked on Monday.

    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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    REVIEW: Monday Night Raw - July 13, 2015: The Revolution Has Begun

    Posted: 19 Jun 2019 11:33 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-monday-night-raw-july-13-2015-revolution-begun/


    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: July 13, 2015

    Location: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia

    Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
    Its the go home show for Battleground and thankfully Brock is here,
    hopefully to beat up a pair of cars in a handicap match this week. Other
    than that we have the rest of the build towards Wyatt vs. Reigns, possibly
    even including why theyre fighting and what it has to do with Reigns
    daughter, and more stuff including whatever Ambrose might be doing on
    Sunday. Lets get to it.
    We open with a recap of last weeks Lesnar beatdown, complete with Heyman reusing the Dudleys commandment of dont screw with Brock. Its fair to erase
    the Dudleys from history at this point so its not that big a deal. Heyman
    might have written that line in the first place.
    Here are Brock and Heyman to get things going, drawing a SUPLEX CITY chant.
    For some reason the crushed car is brought out as Heyman proclaims Brocks impending dominance over Rollins this coming Sunday. Paul lists off Brocks accomplishments and the various people hes conquered before promising to
    have Lesnar suplex Rollins all over the place, put his foot on Seths chest
    and be proclaimed the champion once again.
    Cue Rollins and Kane because YAY KANE IS BACK FROM HAWAII OR WHATEVER THAT STUPID STORY WAS! Rollins talks about how Brock is frustrated over his inability to be champion and stumbles over trying to say “an inanimate object” in a funny goof. Brock has been carrying the car around the country (in a truck or on his back?) like a symbol and thats just fine, because
    Suplex City is burned to the ground tonight.
    Brock offers to take Rollins to Suplex City tonight but Kane intervenes
    with the threat of a contract signing. Kane threatens Lesnar if he messes
    up the contract signing but Heyman laughs off the threats from “Undertakers baby brother.” Kane is of course annoyed as Heyman goes on about Brock smashing stuff with one final promise of pain to Rollins if he provokes the Beast tonight.
    Its going to be a big one:
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    Ryback/Randy Orton vs. Sheamus/Big Show
    Miz is on commentary and this is billed as an All-Star match. Id prefer we
    go play that over the top video game instead but have it your way. This is
    the old standard idea of taking two feuds and combining them into a tag
    match, which is an idea that stays around because it still works. Ryback
    knocks Sheamus to the floor to start and were in a very early break.
    Back with Sheamus bailing into the floor to hide from Orton. Apparently
    Randy is really bad at hide and seek so its back to Ryback vs. Big Show
    with the latter stomping Ryback down onto the mat to take over. Sheamus
    tries a bearhug and is easily driven into the corner for the tag to Orton. Remember the days when Sheamus was like, really really strong? What
    happened to that?
    Back from a second break with an Irish Curse (backbreaker. OH THE SCANDAL!)
    for two on Orton but he counters Big Shows chokeslam into a DDT for a
    breather. Miz gets off of commentary and shouts on a mic as Ryback comes in
    and cleans house. Big Show has enough of Miz though and chases him up the
    ramp, leaving Sheamus to take an RKO and top rope splash from Ryback for
    the pin at 15:21.
    Rating: C+. Nice long tag match here and again, a good way to set up both matches at once. I would have liked a countout or DQ finish instead of
    having Sheamus take a pin, but its a plus that he took two finishers for a
    pin so its hardly clean. Sheamus vs. Orton does nothing for me and the
    triple threat isnt much better, but at least theres something on the line
    and Ryback has started looking good again.
    Network ad.
    Rollins doesnt like the idea of the contract signing but Kane has a plan.
    Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt
    Good grief people build a midcard already. Wyatts name graphic is just
    letters on a screen now instead of in a box like everyone else. During the entrance though, Reigns appears and lays out Wyatt as Ambrose is just kind
    of forgotten. Bray finally gets in a lantern shot to escape. No match.
    Heres one that would be a very different match later:
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    The Bellas have been nominated for Choice Female Athletes in the Teen
    Choice Awards. Dear goodness I dont want to know who else they are.
    Here are the Bellas and Alicia Fox with something to say. Nikki brags about holding the title forever because AJ Lee MUST be eliminated from history.
    Shes defended against every single Diva there is and has given them all a chance. A quick search shows that, at least in TV matches, Nikki has
    defended against AJ, Naomi and Tamina (whose one shot came at Beast in the East) and thats it. She calls the three of them Team Bella, because all you have to do these days is put the word Team in front of a name. Come up with something more interesting, please.
    Nikki goes on about how awesome she is and how dominant they are.and heres Stephanie McMahon because she hasnt laid waste to the Divas yet. Stephanie
    is a face tonight too because theres something cool coming and therefore
    she just MUST be there to get a piece of the action. The legacy of the WWE rests on her shoulders (yes, Stephanie says this companys history is on HER

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