WWE NXT

The show opens with a recap of "Takeover: The End" and a backstage promo from NXT Champion Samoa Joe. Joe says tonight is the beginning of his dominance and there's no question who the true champion is now


The Authors of Pain with Paul Ellering defeated jobbers. in there first match in WWE NXT.



Carmella vs. Tessa Blanchard

Carmella won



TM61 defeated Blake and Murphy

Andrade "Cien" Almas defeated Tye Dillinger in a NXT Takeover rematch

Finn Balor comes out for a promo in street clothes and talks about the first time he saw NXT, and that NXT became a part of who he is. He asks what's next for Finn Balor? Fans start a huge Balor Club chant and he responds with "Too Sweet." Shinsuke Nakamura interrupts. He says Balor wants some, and he wants some. He watched Balor become the icon of NXT and Balor is still an icon. Nakamura wants a match and says to be champion, he has to beat Balor. Balor says he knows what's next, it's Shinsuke vs. Finn!

I actually look forward to Shinsuke vs. Finn.


Rating: 40/40


Pretty awesome show, with great matches, and matches that look like to be soon, and that excites me and I look forward to that.


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Raw

RAW opened up with a moment of silence for Orlando.


WWE announced Apollo Crews vs. Sheamus will take place at MITB



The New Day came out, and they talked about the Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Match at MITB for the Tag Team Championships. And That they will walk out still with the titles.

Than Enzo Amore and Big Cass interrupted and they say this Sunday,
they will going to walk out with the titles, and they mock Kofi Kingston over his shoes, Big Cass then brings up Francesca, Woods' trombone. Big Cass claims the trombone was with Enzo last night, and they make some suggestive jokes about the trombone.
Just as Kofi hypes a verbal joust of wits,
The Vaudevillians come out and said that they will be the tag team champions after MITB, and Anderson and Gallows came out and said they'll be the only team holding up the Tag Team Championships in the ring at MITB and it will be them and then New Day and Enzo Amore and Big Cass call Vaudevillians and Anderson and Gallows SAWFT.


Enzo Amore and Big Cass and The New Day vs. The Vaudevillians and Anderson and Gallows

The Vaudevillians and Anderson and Gallows won


Video of  the impact that "The Shield" had on WWE. "The Shield" in the same ring tonight for The Ambrose Asylum with the guest of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.

Shane and Stephanie have a conversation backstage. Stephanie says she wants to run both Raw and SmackDown.
Kane walks up in his suit and tries to mediate. He makes a case for himself being in charge of one of the shows. He even has a letter of recommendation from The Undertaker.



Ryder and Sheamus have a confrontation backstage, and Ryder mocks him for being knocked out by Apollo Crews last week.


Highlights of "The Shield" is shown.


Titus O'Neil came out but not to long when Rusev came out and attacked Titus O'Neil from behind, and officials came out to try to get Rusev to get off of O'Neil and holds the United States Champion above O'Neil.



The Ambrose Asylum w/ the guests of Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins


Ambrose talks about MITB

He introduces the guests of Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins

There is a long moment of silence when all three men get in the ring until Ambrose breaks the tension. Ambrose makes a joke about Rollins face
Ambrose tells Rollins not to be a party pooper, so the fans start chanting party pooper at him. They talk about all the good times they had, until Rollins brings up when he turned on them.
Rollins admits Reigns earned the title while he was gone, but he never beat Rollins, which makes Rollins the rightful champion.
Reigns and Rollins each give a great promo about why they will leave MITB with the title.
Ambrose mentions how he could win the MITB contract and cash in at the end of their match. Rollins shoves Ambrose into Reigns, knocking him out of the ring.
Reigns takes out Rollins with a Superman Punch, and then Ambrose takes out Reigns with Dirty Deeds to end the segment standing tall.

I have to say this segment was pretty awesome, it was nice to see the three of them together in the same ring again makes me miss, "The Shield", and I look forward to see MITB.

Stephanie told Dean Ambrose will face Chris Jericho tonight on RAW

Becky Lynch and Natalya vs. Charlotte and Dana Brooke will take place at MITB.


Paige vs. Charlotte W/ Natalya and Becky Lynch at commentary and Dana Brooke at ring side

Paige won

Sheamus vs. Zack Ryder

Sheamus won

Sheamus then goes to attack Zack Ryder, but then Apollo Crews came out for the save


Kane tells Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens that they need a building exercise and they will team together against the Lucha Dragons, and if they lose the match they will be replaced with the lucha dragons  in the ladder match at MITB and Shane McMahon agreed to Kane's idea, so it will happen tonight.


Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro

Sami Zayn won.


Contract signing for John Cena vs. AJ Styles at MITB

Cena brings up a couple promotions when he is putting over Styles as deserving of his place in WWE, including PWG and ROH

Styles comes out after Cena says they are going to do something a little different in this contract signing.
Cena says there are two contracts. One is for a singles match between the two, and the other is for a handicap match with the entire Club.

Styles said had he been there when Cena got to WWE, Cena wouldn't have had any of his success. Cena makes a jab at guys who think their entitled.

Styles signs the contract for the singles match before walking off.


Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio vs. Lucha Dragons

Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio Won and then after the match Del Rio kicked Kevin Owens in the head.

Shane and Stephanie McMahon talk back stage about their decisions tonight and how Kane is isn't the one who should be in charge of SmackDown, Shane says, he will be in charge of SmackDown, and they both will do RAW.


Sami Zayn and Dean Ambrose  and Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens and Jericho and Alberto Del Rio will like place this week on SmackDown


Chris Jericho Vs. Dean Ambrose w/ Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens at commentary and Alberto Del Rio as the time keeper and Cesaro as the announcer.

Dean Ambrose won, After the match, they all brawl, than Jericho climbs a ladder to the MITB briefcase and gets it off the hook and holds it up to end the show

Will this be the seen come MITB?



Rating: 30/30

it was a decent show, it wasn't incredible, but it was an really entraining show and had decent matches and promos leading us to MITB. My favorite part had to been The Ambrose Asylum w/ Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.



RAW After Show Podcast: http://wresting101withkaren.blogspot.com/2016/06/raw_13.html

SmackDown

The Club kicked the show off, discussing the events of Monday Night Raw and talked about MITB, Enzo Amore and Colin "Big Cass" Cassady interrupted, referred to them as "SAWFT" and set up the night's opening match. Tag team champions The New Day seat on commentary.


Amore and Big Cass vs.  Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows ended in a double disqualification when The Vaudevillains and The New Day interfered, a brawl started between all the 4 tag teams that will be in the match at MITB, and it ended with Enzo Amore and Big Cases standing tall in the ring.

I'm looking forward to this fatal 4 way tag team match for the tag team titles at MITB


Tribute video for Muhammad Ali is seen

They talk about both Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns at MITB, but they also talked about AJ Styles vs. John Cena at MITB



Titus O'Neil, who took exception to the United States champion disgracing the memory of Muhammad Ali, interrupted Rusev's backstage interview. He vowed to beat Rusev and take the title at Money in the Bank.



Cesaro and Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio

During the match Sami Zayn, and Kevin went after each other to the back and then came back fighting each other and go back to the ring, Alberto Del Rio, wasn't to happy with him leaving him in the match, and then Kevin Owens and Alberto started pushing each other around.


Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio won


I am also looking forward to the MITB ladder match



Becky Lynch vs. Dana Brooke w/ Charlotte and Natalya at ringside

The ref send Natalya and Charlotte out the arena

Becky Lynch won




Baron Corbin vs. Kalisto w/ Dolph Ziggler at commentary

Baron Corbin won


Apollo Crews retained revenge from a few weeks back, attacking Sheamus backstage after finding himself the butt of The Celtic Warrior's joke.



Chris Jericho defeated Dean Ambrose

Pretty excited for Ambrose Asylum to return on RAW, with the guest of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns


After the match, Dean Ambrose attacked Y2J with a ladder and stands tall in the ring to end the show.

Rating:

20/20

It was a decent show, and had action packed matches, and had some great heat leading to MITB. 

SmackDown: After Show Podcast-
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NXT TakeOver: The End

NXT "Takeover: The End" Kickoff pre-show opens
with Renee Young, lita and Corey Graves live from Full Sail University. They go over tonight's card. They go to Mike Rome and Cathy Kelley outside with fans. They hype the show and Triple H's post-show Facebook Live video. They lead us to a video for tonight's NXT Women's Title match.
We come back to the panel to talk about Nia Jax vs. Asuka. Graves picks Nia Jax and Lita goes with Asuka. We also get hype for the debut of Andrade "Cien" Almas and Austin Aries vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. Graves and Lita both pick Nakamura to win. We see the video from earlier today of NXT Champion Samoa Joe arriving. We take another break and come back to a promo for tonight's NXT Tag Team Title match. We go back to The Revival and Andrea DiMarco. They are confident in taking back the titles tonight. Graves believes American Alpha will retain. We get a video for tonight's steel cage main event and go back to the panel. Graves says this will not end well for Balor. Lita says never being in a cage match could be an advantage for Balor. Graves predicts tonight will be the end of Balor in NXT but Lita believes Joe's title reign will end tonight.

That is all for the Pre-show


Now NXT TakeOver: The End opens up with a video package, which was pretty awesome


Andrade, ‘’Clen’’ Almas vs. Tye Dillinger 

Andrade, "Clen" Almas wins

Was was a pretty decent match, and debut for Almas.

American Alpha (c)  vs. The Revival for the NXT Tag Team Championships 

The Revival won and is the New NXT Tag Team Champions

After the match, American Alpha was attacked by a mystery pair, led by Paul Ellering

These dudes were huge, Who was they?

Austin Aries vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura won, this match was awesome, and insane.


Asuka (c) vs. Nia Jax  for the NXT Women's Championship

Asuka won.

We see Bobby Roode  backstage during William Regal's interview and appeared to be going to William Regal's office

Video package for Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor for the NXT Championship

Samoa Joe (C)  vs. Finn Balor in a Steel Cage Match for The NXT Championship

Samoa Joe won and retained the NXT Championship and standing tall holding up the NXT Championship at the top at the ramp and we see medical staff working on Finn Balor to close the show.

Pretty awesome match, as it was the first steel cage match in NXT.

Rating:

100/100

Over all tonight's NXT TakeOver: The End, was indeed incredible, insane, and awesome,

all the matches, was very entertaining.

NXT TakeOver: The End Podcast:

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NXT TakeOver: The End Predictions

Andrade, ‘’Clen’’ Almas vs. Tye Dillinger

We’ll we all know this is the first for Almas in a NXT Takeover match, but I think he may win in his début, I’m going to go with Almas winning.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Austin Aries

Nakamura all the way, this match will be pretty awesome.

Asuka vs. Nia Jax (Woman’s Championship)

Asuka retains the Woman’s Championship

This will be very interesting match to see.

American Alpha vs. The Revival (Tag Team Championship)

American Alpha retains the tag team championships

Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor (NXT Championship)- Steel Cage Match

I think Samoa Joe retains, as I think Balor may be making his debut soon to WWE’s  main roster, but this match alone, will be a moment we’ll never forget, so it will be a great way to end Balor’s NXT’s career and move up to WWE’s Main roster.

I just can’t wait for NXT TakeOver: The End, it will be very incredible, and a must watch in my opinion.

New Blog and Podcast following NXT TakeOver : The End tonight- Stay tuned.

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NXT TakeOver: The End Predictions Podcast:

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Raw

All the participants for Money In The Bank Ladder Match that being Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Jericho, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose are on top of ladders in the ring to start off Raw

Kevin Owens drops a few names like The Nation of Domination and Jean Pierre Lafitte when talking about all the people he will beat when he becomes champion.
Ambrose says he will fight a polar bear or aliens. He doesn't care.

Jericho pulls out the classic gem, "I know you are, but what am I?" when the crowd calls him an idiot
Everyone gets off their ladder when Jericho says to enjoy him as usual, Ambrose starts climbing Jericho's ladder and then knocks him down.
As expected, everyone starts fighting until Teddy Long comes out. You read that right, Teddy comes out dancing to his entrance music.
He talks about what kind of match he would make this, and Stephanie comes out to cut him off. 

Stephanie McMahon makes the matches: Owens vs. Ambrose, Del Rio vs. Zayn, and Jericho vs. Cesaro, Next on Raw.


Cesaro vs. Jericho

Cesaro won


We see a recap of John Cena on Raw last week, and then he ends getting attacked by the club and then AJ Styles vs. John Cena is made for MITB.


The New Day vs. The Club will take place later tonight.


We see a tribute video for Muhammad Ali. May he Rest In Peace, he was the greatest.


We see a video package of Seth and Roman's history, this focused on Seth's version. from the Shield's debut through his surgery and injury up to now as he returned and leading us up to MITB

Rusev vs. Jack Swagger w/ Titus O'Neil

Rusev won via count out

Rusev through Swagger into O'Neil and then Swagger got mad that he lost via count out and went after Rusev but Rusev kicked him then lead to both Swagger and O'Neil going after Rusev and Rusev escaping and both of them staring down Rusev.

John Cena came out


Cena talks about what it was like to be in the ring with Styles for the first time last week. He gets his own "Let's go Cena, Cena suck" chant going as he talks about how rowdy the crowd can be.
He compares the feeling last week to being in the ring with The Rock.


He calls out Styles to explain himself, and Styles wastes no time coming out with Gallows and Anderson.

Styles says his plan was always to shake Cena's hand before punching him right in the face. He says Cena insults him every time the bell rings.
Cena says Styles' jokes are as outdated as his shorts

He says Styles has started second guessing himself because he got to WWE and has been a bust.
Styles says he can go anywhere and sell out the arena because that is what he does. He says he has nothing to lose, and that makes him dangerous.
Styles says guys like Cena bury guys like him, and he is using Gallows and Anderson as an insurance policy. The Club starts to head to the ring.
They surround the ring. The New Day run to the ring before anything can happen, saving Cena from a beat down.

This segment was pretty incredible just to see the both of Cena and Styles in the same ring together is just a moment we'll never forget.

After the break, Enzo Amore and Big Cass head to the ring to face The Vaudevillains.


Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. The Vaudevillians

The Vaudevillians won via DQ due to the fact they were trying to injure Enzo and then Big Cass lost it and started to beat down The Vaudevillians and leaded up the ref to call for the bell


Teddy Long dances in Stephanie's office to his own theme song playing on his phone. He pitches himself as SmackDown GM again by suggesting a Fatal 4-Way match for the tag titles.
She makes Teddy leave and then steals his idea, and makes it official at MITB

The New Day vs. Anderson and Gallows vs.The Vaudevillians vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass


Alberto Del Rio vs. Sami Zayn
Alberto Del Rio won


Video package of Roman Reigns And his version on his history with Seth Rollins and the début into WWE as the shield, and taking us through his journey of finally getting the WHC and always defending it, and says, I came into WWE with brothers. Now, I stand alone. He then talks about Seth Rollins returning and attacking him from behind and said there is no more running, and after MITB the champion, will be the guy.


Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

Dean Ambrose wins

After the match, Dean gets a ladder and climbs up the ladder to get the briefcase but then Kevin Owens gets in the ring and pushes him off the ladder, and said it is his and points to it.

They show where Charlotte split up with Rico Flair, 2 weeks ago on Raw.


Charlotte came out with Dana Brooke

Charlotte says she needs to apologize for something. She says she is sorry to her father, who is watching at home, but she also says what she said needed to be said.
She says she still wants to be family with her father, but she doesn't want to deal with him professionally. Natalya's music hits and she comes out with Becky Lynch


Natalya and Lynch try to convince Dana Brooke she will eventually get stabbed in the back by Charlotte. Brooke looks like she is actually thinking about it.
Brooke slowly backs away from the champ, but then she attacks Natalia, She teams up with Charlotte to take out both women.
All four brawl, They leave Natalya and Becky laying in the ring as they leave.

I'd like to see a really incredible match/feud for the women's title

The announcers plug NXT TakeOver: The End

Tyler Breeze vs. R-Truth

Ends in No Contest


Teddy long came out again and wanted to restart the match but make it a tag match but then security came out and took teddy out, and then Stephanie told him they wasn't gonna close anyone old or crazy who dances to run SmackDown Live, and said it would be her, and then she told him to get out if her building for good.

video tribute shown for Muhammad Ali, always the greatest.

The Ambrose Asylum returns next week on Raw with special guest of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns


Becky Lynch vs. Dana Brooke will take place on SmackDown

Dean Ambrose vs. Jericho will also take place on SmackDown


The club vs. The new day

The club won

After the match, the club attacks the new day and then John Cena comes out for the save, and then,
Aj retreats and then John knocks Anderson and Gallows off the ropes and then Aj hits John Cena, and then The New Day and John Cena stand tall and the club stares at them to close the show.



Rating: 50/50

Incredible show leading up to MITB, however if I had to change anything I would rather of had some more woman matches, some promos, and feuds to the Women's Championship for MITB, but we've yet to see anything for the Women's Championship, but hopefully we'll see that soon. But other then that tonight's Raw was so much better than last week, and I look forward to MITB.


Raw Podcast

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SmackDown

They show the recap of John Cena returning on Raw, and then AJ Styles coming out and standing face to face with Cena and then Gallows and Anderson came out and that led to The Club beating down John Cena.

New Day comes out to do a promo on Anderson and Gallows, but they are interrupted by The Club, and New Day challenges them to a match. AJ Styles accepts, and Kofi versus Styles will take place later in the show. 

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte

Becky won via DQ

Dana Brooke interfered and caused the disqualification, but Natalya made the save for Becky

After the match, Natalya and Becky beat down Charlotte and Dana Brooke.

The Dudley Boys vs. R-Truth and Goldust

The Dudley Boys won with the help of the distraction from Tyler Breeze and Fandango

Dean Ambrose & Sami Zayn defeated Kevin Owens & Alberto Del Rio

After the match, Owens set up a ladder in the ring, but Cesaro ran out and chased Owens away, then took the briefcase down from the rafters and posed with it. 

Rusev defeated Jack Swagger
Rusev attacked Swagger after the bell, but Titus O’Neil ran out and chased Rusev away.

They show a recap of Seth Rollins playing mind games with Reigns on Raw

And they again show AJ Styles and The Club beating down John Cena on Raw.

AJ Styles defeated Kofi Kingston

New Day and The Club ended up getting into a fight at ringside at the end of the match.

30/30

Great show leading up to Money In The Bank.

SmackDown After Show Podcast: I apologize for any like weird sound buzz it took me forever for me to be okay for that recording and it sounded awesome before I uploaded I'm going to have to invest in a mic or something.

Anyways check it out: See you Monday

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