Tuesday, June 27, 2017

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of the controversy in the Women's MITB match and how it led to a rematch tonight.
Daniel Bryan comes out to kick off the show.
Carmella interrupts Bryan, with her chinless lapdog following close behind. She says SmackDown isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of injustice.
Carmella freaks out at Bryan about being stripped of the MITB briefcase last week. Bryan asks what the crowd thinks and they clearly want the rematch to happen. Ellsworth calls Bryan a spineless coward who can't cut it in the ring anymore, and even claims he made up his injury to keep himself safe. Bryan laughs at him and says he should just fire him, but tonight isn't about him. It's about the REAL Superstars of SmackDown.
Bryan says he isn't banning Ellsworth from ringside, but he is banning him from the entire arena. He calls for security to come remove him.
Four security guards come to get him and James tries to escape through the crowd unsuccessfully. They pick him up and carry him up the ramp to the back.

The Usos vs. The Hype Bros
The Usos won
The New Day's music hits and they dance their way onto the stage.Woods says they want a rematch at Battleground, but The Usos don't think they deserve one. They end up accepting the challenge, but warns New Day to be careful what they wish for.

Lana vs. Naomi (c) for the SDLive Women's Championship
Naomi won


Aiden English is shown singing in the ring. He is interrupted by Randy Orton's music

We return to seeing Aiden getting a RKO during commercial break and then he remains sitting on a chair in the ring says he won't leave until he gets what he wants. He has a clip played of him destroying Mahal and the Singhs last week. Orton threatens to find Mahal and beat him up every chance he gets until he gets a rematch for the title. He is about to leave to find Jinder, Shane McMahon makes his way to the ring.
Shane reminds Orton that he has used the same tactics as Mahal in the past, and it even led to them having a match. He gives Orton his rematch, but says Mahal will get to choose the stipulation. Jinder comes out with Singh Brothers to address the situation.
Jinder says he is going to take a page from his hero's playbook and declares they will fight in a Punjabi Prison match. It's nice to hear him credit The Great Khali.


Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn
Baron Corbin won

Charlotte vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Becky Lynch vs Carmella In A Women's MITB Match
Carmella won all by herself this time. Carmella is the Ms. MITB.

The show ended with Carmella on the ladder holding up the briefcase.


Rating 80/80
Awesome show and matches as we look on to Battleground.

Monday, June 26, 2017

RAW

Roman Reigns opens RAW.
He talks about Samoa Joe putting him to sleep before Braun came out and attacked him while he was down. He accepts the challenge for an Ambulance match at Great Balls of Fire and promises to take Strowman straight to hell, because this is his yard. An ambulance with its sirens on starts backing into the arena.
Reigns goes to check out the ambulance. He opens the door and it's empty. Then Strowman attacks him from behind and throws him on the stage. Roman fights back, but Strowman grabs him and throws him into the side of the ambulance like it was nothing. He tosses Roman in the back and closes the doors.

As Elias Samson is preparing to play a song with Sheamus and Cesaro, The Hardy Boyz' music interrupts.



The Hardys and Finn Balor vs. Elias Samson, Cesaro and Sheamus

The Hardy Boyz and Finn Balor won 

Goldust comes out for his match with R-Truth with his own cameraman dresses in a gold suit.
Goldust attacks Truth before the bell and proceeds to demolish him while the cameraman films the whole thing. He stands over Truth in the corner and poses as his music plays.

While Paul Heyman is giving an interview, Samoa Joe grabs him by the neck. He doesn't 
apply the full hold and says he is saving the Coquina Clutch for Brock Lesnar tonight

MizTV
The Miz and Maryse come out for MizTV. She rebuffs a kiss to show they still have some tension. He brings out the Ball family.
The Miz and Lavar quickly get into an argument. Lavar is trying to get the better of him on the mic, but nobody gets the better of The Miz on the mic. Lavar tells his sons to take over and The Miz says "So now you're going to release all the balls on me."
The Lunatic Fringe comes out wearing a Big Baller Brand shirt saying he is repping BBB at Great Balls of Fire against The Miz.


Dean Ambrose and Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas and Miz.
Miz and Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel won

WWE plays a video package showing Big Cass and Enzo Amore's segments leading up to Cass' betrayal

Enzo comes out after the break to talk about Big Cass turning on him. He is still wearing an Enzo and Cass shirt. He says he has been trying to get Cass on the phone all week and calls him out to the ring to finally settle 
their issues. Cass comes out to the same music the team.

Enzo says he knows the boos hurt Cass because he knows him better than anyone in the world. Amore says despite Cass being hurtful, he was right about a lot of the things he said, especially when it comes to him having a big mouth.
Cass politely reaches for the mic and says Enzo never knows when to shut up, but he is ashamed of what he did last week. He says he knows they both won't change and they are brothers. He actually says he is sorry for everything he said and did over the past five weeks and asks Enzo to accept his apology.
Enzo accepts the handshake and they embrace while the crowd chants No over and over. They do their SAWFT routine and celebrate with another hug. They pose on the ramp before Big Cass lays Enzo out with a clothesline. He taunts the crowd while Amore tries to recover. He picks up his former partner above his head and throws him down the ramp.


Seth Rollins vs. Curt Hawkins
Seth Rollins won

Wyatt appears on the thron and does his promo and challenging Rollins at Great Balls of Fire.


Heyman says Joe is stupid for not fearing Lesnar. He then brings out The
Beast.

Joe attacks Lesnar on the stage and locks in the Coquina Clutch. Brock tries to break the hold a few times, but Joe never releases his grip. A few Superstars and officials come out to break up the fight. Joe tells at Brock as he struggles to catch his breath. The crowd chants "Let them fight" as Joe is dragged to the back.

Neville vs.
Lince Dorado
Neville won
Titus O'Neil announced that Great Balls of Fire that it will be Tozawa vs. Neville for the Cruiserweight.


The Women's Gauntlet Main Event

Nia Jax beat Bayley and Emma and Mickie James and Dana Brooke 

Nia Jax 
Sasha Banks won and is the number one contender to the WWE Raw's Women's Championship and will face Alexa Bliss at Great Balls of Fire.

Kurt Angle comes out after the match to congratulate Banks on her win. Jax lasted over half an hour in what might be her most impressive performance to date. Alexa Bliss comes out to confront her next challenger.
Bliss holds up the title in Banks' face, so The Boss dropkicks her out of the ring. 
The show ends with Sasha celebrating while Alexa looks angry in the aisle.

Rating: 80/80
That main event though. Incredible match that included the women and it was action packed and I look forward to seeing Great Balls of Fire.
Props to all the women tonight. Jax was on fire. Very exciting to see Banks back in the Women's Championship feud again.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

SmackDown Live

The post-Money in the Bank show opens with a quick recap of the ending of the women's MITB match before we go backstage to see Natalya, Charlotte, Tamina and Becky waiting outside Daniel Bryan's office. He comes out and says he wants to hear from Carmella and Ellsworth before he makes his decision.

Carmella and James Ellsworth come out to a chorus of boos as she holds up the MITB briefcase she tells the crowd to show the first Ms. MITB some respect. He is really hamming it up with the heel character.

Carmella trashes her critics and says it doesn't matter what they think because she has the briefcase. She says being the last pick in the draft lit a fire under her and she doesn't care about girl power. The Princess of Staten Island runs down the entire women's division one by one and says none of their accomplishments mattered because she was the smarter competitor. She brings up when Seth Rollins won in 2014 thanks to Kane's help and Bray Wyatt interfering two years ago to allow Sheamus to win over Roman Reigns.

Carmella leaves the ring and we see Bryan watching on a monitor backstage. Charlotte walks in and tells Bryan he needs to do the right thing and take the briefcase away from Carmella.

Jimmy Uso vs. Big E

Big E won 

Lana walks up during Naomi's interview and asks for a rematch. Naomi runs her down, but agrees to defend the title because she is a fighting champion.

During a backstage interview, Orton threatens to go to India and RKO everyone in Mahal's family to get retribution for the Singhs putting their hands on Cowboy Bob.


Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura won


Owens comes out and says he would have won the MITB match if everyone hadn't ganged up on him. He says he is going to give one lucky individual from Dayton a chance at his title. AJ Styles' music hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Owens says he is only opening this challenge to a local resident from Dayton. Then American Alpha's music hits and Gable walks out while Jordan stays behind. Owens says Gable isn't from Dayton either, but Gable says he just moved there this morning. He makes up an address and Styles says he knows the place.
Gable comes to the ring and claims he just moved to Dayton. Styles backs him up and the match gets going.


Chad Gable vs. KO (c) for the US Title W/ AJ Styles at commentary 
KO won


Daniel Bryan comes out to discuss the end of the MITB ladder match. He says he has to take his emotions out of it and stick to the rule book. He brings out every competitor from Sunday's match before revealing his decision.
Bryan says people may have interfered in past MITB matches, but nobody has ever done what Ellsworth did. Ellsworth starts making fun of Bryan and his vegan baby. Bryan says if he brings up his baby girl one more time he is going to punch him in the face and fire him.
Bryan says he is taking back the briefcase and there will be another MITB ladder match next week on SmackDown. He takes the briefcase and leaves the ring while Carmella freaks out.


Luke Harper vs. Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal won
Baron Corbin teases cashing in, but he changes his mind.
Orton destroys Mahal all around the ring, but when he coils up for an RKO, the Singhs pounce on him. He easily takes on both men, but Mahal gets away in the chaos. One of the Singhs takes an RKO after diving off the top rope to end the show as Mahal is staring within the crowd holding the WWE Title.


Rating 70/70
The fact we'll be getting a second Women's MITB match NEXT WEEK is awesome and great way to give what the women the match they truly deserve now I only hope Ellsworth doesn't get involved again or is banned from the match. Other than that the show was pretty great and great matches.

Monday, June 19, 2017

RAW

Raw opens with Roman Reigns coming out to reveal his SummerSlam plans.
Reigns says he cannot be defeated one on one, He runs through a list of the top stars he has beaten over the past year, including The Undertaker and Seth Rollins.
Reigns says he doesn't care who wins at Great Balls of Fire because he will be the No. 1 contender for the title at SummerSlam simply because this is his yard and he makes the rules. Samoa Joe's music hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Joe says Reigns has never beaten him. He introduces himself as the true No. 1 contender and the next universal champion. Reigns aays he will never be Samoa Joe, he will just be Joe. The Destroyer delivers a headbutt to driver Reigns out of the ring. He beats Roman all around the ring while slamming him into anything.
Reigns counters the Coquina Clutch and hits a Superman Punch to send Joe back out of the ring and up the ramp. They stare at each other to end the segment.

The Hardy Boyz vs. Anderson and Gallows

The Hardy Boyz won

Before Elias Samson can play his newest song, he decides to tune his guitar.


Balor and Samson size each other up for a moment. The Drifter smiles and backs up to leave through the ropes. Balor's music plays and that's the end of the segment. Then Finn Balor's music interrupts him.


Bo Dallas vs. Finn Balor

Dallas attacks Balor before the bell to get the early advantage.
Finn Balor won

We see a WWE 2K18 Trailer and we know Rollins will be the cover of it.

know look forward to getting it.

Rollins talks about his road to being on the cover of WWE 2K18 and how it almost didn't happen because he fell in with The Authority. He is about to promise something to the crowd when Bray Wyatt comes on the tron and taunts him for being a hypocrite.

Rollins says Wyatt thinks he knows everything, but life doesn't work that
way. Seth talks about the past few years being crazy for him and how he
is more excited to face an alleged god than he has been for anything else. Wyatt says he warned Rollins about disrespecting him, so it's time to make a sacrifice. The lights go out and his music starts to play.
Wyatt slowly makes his way to the ring while the arena is lit up by his followers. When the lights come on, Rollins is on the top rope and leaps on Wyatt. His music plays as he celebrates getting the better of Bray on the ramp.


TJP vs. Akira Tozawa

Titus O'Neil comes out before the match starts and says we can't have a contest like this without the proper hype. He gives new introductions, as brought to us by The Titus Brand.
Akira Tozawa

Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe won thanks to distraction by Braun Strowman
Strowman comes to the ring while Reigns is trying to wake up. He tells Roman he isn't finished with him and picks him up for a reverse chokeslam. He says if Reigns is man enough, he will meet him at Great Balls of Fire in an Ambluance match.  

MizTv with the guest of Maryse

The Miz tries to make nice with Maryse, but she gives him the cold shoulder. He apologizes over and over for everything he has done to hurt her in recent weeks.
He asks her to open the gift he got her.
The gift is the grandfather clock she got him all fixed up. He says it's perfect again just like her. He says Ambrose is just jealous of what they 
have together. He asks for her forgiveness, but when she is about to kiss 
him, Ambrose's music hits and he walks out on the stage.
Maryse is accidentally covered in champagne when Ambrose gets in the 
ring. Miz tries to attack, but he ends up knocking over the clock he fixed
and breaking it again. Maryse pushes him and leaves the ring. He begs 
her to come back, but she doesn't listen. He turns around and tries to 
attack again. Ambrose clotheslines him out of the ring. The two bears 
attack Ambrose from behind, and it turns out to be Axel and Dallas.


Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Titus O'Neil and Apollo Crews

Sheamus and Cesaro won

We see a video package hyping Samoa Joe vs, Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at Great Balls of Fire



Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax w/ Alexa Bliss on commentary

Emma goes after Alexa Bliss while she is on commentary and the champ runs to the ring and hides behind Jax. Emma and Banks end up being put down, and then Emma teams up with the heels to beat up Sasha. Mickie and Dana run to the ring to even the odds. Bayley comes out and joins the fight to tip the scales in the babyfaces' favor. She hits big moves on Emma and Bliss before Jax plants her in the corner. It takes four women to finally put down Jax to end the segment.

Kurt Angle comes out to reveal who has been attacking Enzo and Cass

Angle also brings out The Revival and Big Show as suspects. Big Show 
is offended by the accusation.


Big Show implies he may leave Raw if Angle is serious about the accusation. The Giant leaves, but The Revival are still there. They maintain their innocense.

Graves stands up and says Cass is lying about being treated by WWE officials when he was attacked. He also brings up how Cass claimed he wasn't cleared to compete last week. He offers to show some security camera footage.
The footage shows Cass setting up his own attack scene last week. It also shows him kicking a box and then laying down and pretending to be injured.
Cass admits it and says it is horrible teaming up with Enzo because he keeps running his mouth and getting them in fights. He runs down his former friend for not being liked. Cass says it all caused him to snap, and it felt good when he attacked Enzo from behind.
Cass says he is the star of the team and Enzo is why he has never held a title in WWE. He says they are over before delivering a big boot to the face. Angle backs him off as the crowd boos Cass while he walks up the ramp.

The show ends with Cass leaving the arena while Angle checks on Amore.


Rating 60/60

Great show and matches other then the fact not much time for the women and the ending was awesome and sad at the same time but I know I am not the only one who knew it was going to happen. Now we're on the road to Great  Balls Of Fire and SummerSlam.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Money In The Bank

The MITB Kickoff panel is on the air.
Renee, Booker and Sam Roberts have been doing the usual rundown of all the matches.

The Hype Bros vs. The Colons

The Hype Bros won


MITB IS LIVE



Charlotte vs. Carmella vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Becky Lynch (First Ever Women MITB Match)
Ellsworth climbed the ladder and drops it to Carmella and then their was controversy of the hole situation and I guess the refs was discussing the actions and Ellsworth announces Carmella is the winner and the first women MITB Winner. (Like is she or what? Interesting I guess we'll find out on SDLive).


The Usos (C) vs. The New Day  for the Tag Team Titles 
The New Day won by count out but still the Tag Team Champions is Usos



Naomi (C) vs. Lana for The Women's Championship 

Naomi won 

It looks like Carmella is going to cash in, but then she decides to let the match play out. Lana gets tied up in a submission and is forced to tap out. Naomi celebrates with the title while Carmella holds up the briefcase to taunt the champ. She chooses not to cash in right now and walks off.


Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis come out, and Mike introduces himself using Maria's last name.



WWE gives several legends introductions while they sit at ringside

Jinder Mahal (C) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship
Jinder Mahal won (sadly).


Breezango vs. The Ascension
Breezango won


AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. KO vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Sami Zayn in a MITB Match
Baron Corbin attacks Shinsuke Nakamura during his entrance and uses some ladders on the stage to beat him to a pulp. Several officials come out and get him to go to the ring while they look at Nakamura.
The bell rings and everyone starts brawling.

Baron Corbin won and is the MITB winner.

It ended with Corbin standing tall with the MITB briefcase.


Rating 70/70

The main event was intense and awesome, like can we get AJ Styles vs. Nakamura please? That was on fire. SDLive should be interesting with the whole Carmella thing.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

SmackDown Live

The New Day are accompanied to the ring by a group of musicians from New Orleans playing a modified version of their entrance music. Kofi says they are called The Soul Rebels

Usos and The Colons vs. Breezango and New Day
New Day and Breezango won


Naomi vs. Tamina w/ Lana at ring side.
Naomi won
Lana attacks Naomi after the match and hits a sitout spinebuster, all while wearing an evening gown.


Mahal tells everyone to stand up and show him some respect, which just makes the crowd boo him even louder. He talks about Randy Orton and how he has yet to confront him like a man because he is afraid. Then he delivers the same promo in Punjabi.
Orton's music hits, but when the Singhs go to the aisle to cut him off, 

Orton appears behind Mahal and hits a RKO out of nowhere.
Orton does a quick victory lap before celebrating in the crowd.


Charlotte vs. Natalya
Charlotte won


KO and Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler vs. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn won
The fight isn't over though!
Corbin sends Owens and Ziggler out of the ring before climbing a ladder to grab the MITB briefcase. Nakamura pushes the ladder over and delivers a Kinshasa. He climbs the ladder and grabs the case to end the show.

Rating 75/75

Great show and matches as we look to MITB!

Monday, June 12, 2017

RAW

The show opens with a recap of Joe's attack on Paul Heyman last week.

Brock Lesnar comes out with a big smile on his face, but Heyman doesn't look quite as happy. He introduces himself before saying he is here to unleash the beast. Heyman says he and Brock have discussed what happened last week and The Beast is now focused on taking out Samoa Joe.

Heyman says Joe is the one Samoan no other Samoan wants anything to do with in a business where all the Samoans are related and support each other. He claims Joe is not the proud warrior his countrymen are, but his Coquina Clutch was just as dangerous as he said it would be.
Samoa Joe's music hits and he marches his way down to the ring. Lesnar dares him to step in side, and Joe doesn't hesitate for a second. They stare at each other for a few seconds before Joe takes the first shot. They go at it all over the ring. They both take out several security members before engaging again.
The Raw roster comes out to separate them.

Elias Samson is in the ring when we return and he sings a song about how much he dislikes Louisiana and Dean Ambrose.


Dean Ambrose vs. Elias Samson

The Miz comes out and causes a distraction, but he recovers and hits his trademark
clothesline. He leaves the ring to confront Miz, who promptly hides behind Maryse before trying to run away. Ambrose catches him and throws him into the barricade. He almost gets 
counted out, but Samson takes advantage with a knee to the head and a swinging neckbreaker to get the win.

Elias Samson won



Noam Dar vs. Cedric Alexander

Cedric Alexander won



Bray Wyatt comes out to a sea of lights for a promo.

Wyatt says anyone who blasphemes his name will have to pay the price.

He says it took one dose of truth to bring Seth Rollins' glass house
crashing down around him. He says he judged Rollins, and he will make 
us all learn to live by his law.

Rollins says everything he said last week about Wyatt was the truth, and it forced Wyatt to look at himself in a new light. Wyatt disappears from 

the ring and reappears on the tron. he taunts Rollins and laughs at him from his undisclosed location.

Kalisto vs. Apollo Crews

Apollo Crews won

Alexa Bliss is out after the break to talk about what happened last week in her match 

against Nia Jax.
Nia Jax comes out



Mickie James and Dana Brooke come out to stir the pot and put Jax and Bliss against each other by reminding her of what she said last week.

Emma comes out and says she is back and ready to take her place at the top of the division. Bliss laughs and tries to convince Nia it's them against everyone else. This brings out Sasha Banks.
Banks starts a brawl by taking a cheap shot at Bliss. We head to a break with everyone fighting.


Bliss, Jax and Emma vs. James, Banks and Brooke

James and Banks and Brooke won

Bayley sits down with Corey Graves after the break to talk about coming up short against Bliss at Extreme Rules. She says she is here to be herself and won't change anything about her to please anyone else.


Heath and Rhyno vs. Miz and The Miz Bear 
The Miz got the bear mascot from last week to be his partner, but this time it was Dean Ambrose inside. Maryse was accidentally pushed off the apron and she yelled at Miz before leaving. Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds and put Slater on him for the cover to give Slater and Rhyno the win.
Heath Slater and Rhyno won

Neville attacks Rich Swann before their scheduled match and puts him in the Ring of Saturn. He grabs a mic and lists off the people he has decimated while holding onto his title.
Neville says he has been hearing a lot about Akira Tozawa, so he warns him to tread lightly or risk being beaten by The King of the Cruiserweights.

We go backstage and see Big Cass on the ground after apparently being attacked again. He says someone took one shot in the back of his head and he was out.


The Club vs. Enzo and Cass

The Club won


Sheamus and Cesaro (C) vs. The Hardy Boyz  in 2 out of 3 falls for the Tag Team Titles 
Sheamus and Cesaro retains the Tag Team Titles 

The show ends with Sheamus and Cesar standing tall while holding their Titles.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches as we look on to Great Balls of Fire.

RAW Aftershow 

https://youtu.be/FEN52qGZvSU