SmackDown

Roman Reigns and Heyman open SmackDow.

Paul Heyman saying that "he" Roman Reigns brought him back, not the other way around.

Roman says "send them in and I'll feed on them" and "this is my island." 

Heavy Machinery vs. Miz and John Morrison 

Heavy Machinery won

Backstage, Big E has a cake for Xavier Woods, who is returning tonight and will be hosting Talking Smack. Sadly, he's not back from injury just yet. A security guard tells E that Woods has arrived, and when E goes to the parking lot to greet him with the cake, he's blindsided by Sheamus. 

Nia Jax and Shayna (c) vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks for the Women Tag Titles 

Nia Jax & Jax won and retains the Women’s Tag Team Titles

After the match, the medical team checks on Sasha and tries to gingerly get her to her feet while Bayley looks on with tears in her eyes. 

Back from the break, Banks is still getting help from the ring crew. Banks shoves everyone away, but Bayley comes in and says she'll take care of her. Bayley helps Banks to the apron, but then attacks her! 

Bayley bounces Sasha's knee off the steps and stomps it out before bouncing her off the barricade again. Bayley brings her in the ring for some more punishment. Bayley seems to blame Michael Cole for what she's doing, as Cole planted seeds of doubt for nearly a year in their friendship. 

Bayley says Banks deserves all of this, before continuing the attack on the knee, this time with a steel chair.

Sami Zayn came out.

Sami Zayn demands that he gets treated correctly, and wants to be called "Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn." 

Jeff Hardy comes out, claiming that he would've given Sami Zayn a shot at the IC Championship if he'd just asked. Sami says that's impossible, because he's the Intercontinental Champion. AJ Styles, a man with no leg to stand on, comes to the ring and claims that he's the champ. 

Styles attacks Hardy, and Zayn thinks he'll join in on it, but Styles kicks him in the neck. Hardy stops a Styles Clash, dropping Styles with the Twist of Fate. Zayn pushes Hardy into the corner and hits the Helluva Kick, walking away as the lone IC Champion standing. 

Baron Corbin vs. Matt Riddle vs. Jey Uso vs. Sheamus in a Fatal 4 Way

Jey Uso won and will be facing Roman Reigns at Clash of Champions 

Rating:

70/70

Great show and matches 

SmackDown

SmackDown opens with an tribute to WWE Hall of Famer "Bullet" Bob Armstrong. 

Adam Pearce is with the security team backstage, saying that tonight is a volatile concoction waiting to explode. Roman, Bray, and Strowman are here, Retribution is always looming, and Vince McMahon is here as well! 

McMahon gives Pearce a mission tonight. Have all three participants sign the contract for the WWE Universal Championship match for Payback. 

Jeff Hardy comes out.

Last week, Hardy was able to steal the Intercontinental Championship from AJ Styles when he accidentally landed a blow to Styles' face with his knee brace, allowing him to hit the Swanton Bomb. 

Styles says that Hardy faked the severity of the injury so he could get an "illegal object" in the match. What a monster. 

Styles is unable to compete tonight, as he's not medically cleared. Jeff says that's too bad, as he's issuing an open challenge to the IC Championship for anybody in the SmackDown locker room. Of course everyone but Styles. 

Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship

Jeff Hardy won and retains the Intercontinental Championship

Sami Zayn has returned! The Original Intercontinental Champion is back and sets up for an IC Unification match. Styles distracts Hardy, allowing Zayn to hit the Helluva Kick on Hardy. 

Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House starts, with Wyatt and the puppets celebrating. 

Wyatt holds up the Universal Championship, happy to be holding it again. As far as Roman? It's great to see him again, Wyatt says. Suddenly, a doorbell rings, and it's Postman Pearce! 

Pearce is able to get Bray Wyatt to sign "for The Fiend." That's one down for Pearce, two to go. 

Matt Riddle challenges King Corbin to a match. Corbin is only a distraction for Chad Gable to lay him out. Corbin accepts Riddle's offer on behalf of Gable. 

Chad Gable vs. Matt Riddle 

Matt Riddle won

After the match, Corbin attempts to take Riddle out, but is sent packing by the King of Bros. 

Braun Strowman vs. Drew Gulak 

Braun Strowman won

Braun Strowman did sign the contract for WWE Payback.

Cesaro vs. Kalisto 

Cesaro won

Big E and Heavy Machinery vs. The Miz and John Morrison and Sheamus 

Big E and Heavy Machinery won

Roman Reigns is backstage and says that at Payback, he'll Wreck Everyone & Leave with the Universal Championship that he never lost. 

That's not a prediction...that's a spoiler. The camera pans out and Paul Heyman is sitting beside him! Roman Reigns is a Heyman Guy!

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches 

SmackDown

SmackDown opened with an recap of the actions from Retribution.

Big E vs. John Morrison

There are the flickering lights and one of the Retribution members has entered the ring. Oh, the entire ringside area has been taken over! Michael Cole and Corey Graves runway while Big E and John Morrison attempt to fight them off. 

Bayley and Sasha Banks comes out.

Bayley and Sasha kick the ring announcer out, saying just like everything else in WWE, they can do it better than anybody else.

The WWE Women's Tag Team Champions are introducing everyone. IIconics first, Tegan Nox & Shotzi Blackheart next. Both of these teams have been beaten by Bayley and Sasha for the belts. 

Lacey Evans is out, followed by Asuka! 

Women’s Battle Royal 

Asuka lastly eliminates Shayna Baszler and is now the #1 Contender to both RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships. 

Sheamus vs. Chad Gable

Sheamus won

Big E vs. John Morrison 

Big E won

Sheamus takes out Big E with a Brogue Kick.

Braun Strowman emerges and calls out The Fiend, reminding him that he said when he emerged from the swamp, he'd be the meanest S.O.B. that anyone had ever seen. 

Braun follows up, claiming that he would eat The Fiend's entrails.

Alexa Bliss runs down to the ring to confront the Universal Champion, wanting a conversation. Bliss says that they've been friends for years, but Strowman claims that he's been a pawn for her instead. 

Everyone that comes in contact with The Fiend changes, including you. Now get out of my ring. I want The Fiend." 
Alexa Bliss says that she needs to slap some sense into Strowman, and does so. Strowman laughs it all off before picking up Bliss for a military press. 

The Fiend seemingly saves Bliss from any harm, appearing and swapping places with Strowman. Or...did Strowman swap places with him? 

Rating:

70/70

Great show and matches.

RAW - Aug 10

RAW kicked off with the contract signing of Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio for the SummerSlam match. Samoa Joe was moderating and said that it was shameful that a Superstar like Rollins would force a newbie like Dominik to face him in a match.

Rollins played the victim and then mocked Dom before telling him that he can bring the Kendo Stick and any other weapon because he wouldn't last 10 seconds in the ring with Rollins. They both signed the contracts and Rollins told Dom to leave his ring before his match with Humberto Carrillo.

Seth Rollins vs. Humberto Carrillo

Seth Rollins won

After the match, Murphy and Rollins attacked Dominik. Dom tried to fight back but Rollins caught him with the Kendo stick and kept beating him with it in the ring. They tied him up on the ropes and hit him in the chest while Rollins mocked Rey and his son.

Murphy took out a bunch of Kendo sticks and they started hitting him from both sides till Dom broke free and Rollins went for the stomp but decided to retreat instead.

We got a recap of Retribution's attacks on RAW and SmackDown last week before the show continued. 

Andrade, Vega, and Garza were out and Zelina Vega said that she was not involved in poisoning Montez Ford.

Angelo Dawkins vs. Andrade

Angelo Dawkins won

Zelina Vega vs. Bianca Belair

Bianca Belair won

After the match, Belair and Dawkins said Montez was recovering and would be ready to fight at SummerSlam.

MVP was out next on RAW and went on a rant about 'mysterious happenings' in the WWE, referring to the Retribution who apparently caused his loss last week by blinking the lights.

Apollo Crews came out and made fun of MVP for losing his title before threatening him and his crew. Apollo went on the attack and made MVP, Lashley, and Benjamin retreat from the ring.

 Apollo Crews vs. Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Benjamin won

After the match, Bobby Lashley went for a Full Nelson on Crews but MVP stopped him, in fear that he gets injured before SummerSlam. Apollo instead took out MVP and ran off.

The Retribution apparently threw a cinderblock through a glass door.

Mickey James was back on RAW and Lana and Natalya came out to make fun of her not having a TikTok. 

Viking Raiders, Ricochet & Cedric Alexander vs. Akira Tozawa & the Ninjas

Viking Raiders, Ricochet & Cedric Alexander won

As Tozawa was retreating on RAW, a Ninja attacked him and made the pin to win the 24/7 championship. As the treacherous ninja took off his mask, it turned out to be none other than R-Truth!

Backstage, Drew McIntyre said that Randy Orton will realize that Evolution has passed him by.

Peyton Royce vs. Liv Morgan

Peyton Royce won

We were back with RAW Underground in its second appearance on RAW. Riddick Moss was demolishing some random guy all around the arena before getting a knockout win in the no rules competition.

Asuka vs. Bayley

Asuka won and will face Sasha Banks at SummerSlam for the RAW Women’s Championship.

Back on RAW Underground, Arturo Ruas was pummeling a guy in the ring. He picked up the second Underground win on the show tonight.

Dabba Kato was back for a second night and destroyed a guy using questionable submission holds. Shayna Baszler was out to challenge someone and attacked a random person before all the women in the arena came out to fight her at the same time.

Shayna destroyed all of them before picking up the next win on RAW Underground.

Outside RAW's venue, Retribution flipped a car in the parking lot and ran away.

Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens 

Randy Orton won

After the match, Randy said he had to talk to Ric Flair before RAW headed for a break.  Randy was mad at Flair and called him a liability before talking about his health issues and that he was addicted to the spotlight.

Flair said he took it very personally and said he wanted Orton to beat his title record someday. Ric broke down and talked about him being in coma and waking up before Randy hugged him, only to hit a low blow as he turned around.

Randy was about to hit the punt but the lights went out just as he was doing it but it looked like he had hit it when they came back on. Drew McIntyre came out and chased Randy out before Flair was being checked up on. Drew vowed to hurt Randy at SummerSlam as RAW went off air.

Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches.

SummerSlam

Miz & The Miztourage vs. Jason Jordan and the Hardy Boyz 

Miz & The Miztourage won

Akira Tozawa (C) vs. Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship 
Neville won and is the new Cruiserweight Champ.


New Day (c) vs. The Usos for the SD Live Tag Team Titles 
The Usos  won and is the New Tag Team Champions


John Cena vs. Baron Corbin 
John Cena won 


Noami (c) vs. Natalya for the SD Live Women's Championship 
Natalya won and is the New SDLive Women's Champion
(Surprising no Carmella cash in) 


Big Show vs. Big Cass w/ Enzo Amore suspended above the ring 
Big Cass won


Randy Orton vs. Rusev 
Rusev attacks Randy Orton from behind prior to the match starting 
Randy Orton won


Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Sasha Banks for the RAW Women's Championship 
Sasha Banks won and is the New Womens Champion


The Demon King vs. Bray Wyatt 
The Demon King 


Cesaro and Sheamus (c) vs. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins for the
RAW Tag Team Titles 
Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins won and is the NEW Tag Team Champions = YES


AJ Styles (c) vs. KO for the US Title w/ Shane O'Mac the special guest referee 
AJ Styles retains the US Title 


Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship 
Jinder Mahal retains the WWE Championship thanks to Singh brothers. (stupid)


Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman in a Fatal 4 Way for the Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar retains the Universal Championship 

Rating: 90/90
 INSANE MATCHES. I mean we had some pretty lame parts but most of the show was pretty awesome. 

The show ends with Lesnar with the title along side Heyman as they pepare to walk up the ramp and look back towad the ring. 

SmackDown Live

We start with several people in the locker room talking when AJ Styles walks in and declares himself the new face that runs the place.
He ends up insulting Dolph Ziggler and a fight breaks out. The heels hold back Styles while the babyfaces hold back Ziggler.

Shane McMahon making his way to the ring with Daniel Bryan.
We get our first look at the new tag and women's titles in the ring. They are similar to Raw's belts, but have blue in the design instead of red. Also, the tag titles have silver plates instead of bronze.

6-Pack Challenge Match will determine the first-ever SmackDown Women's Champion at Backlash

Tag Team Tournament for the new SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship

They reveal the new champions will be crowned at Backlash in a few weeks.

Slater he says he wants to win a title, and Bryan says he doesn't have the right equipment to challenge for the women's title.
Slater says he was talking about the tag titles and says he can find a partner. Bryan says if he can find a partner, he will get a spot in the tournament. Shane adds he has to win the tournament to win a spot on the roster.
Then AJ Styles comes out and is immediately attacked by Dolph Ziggler. Shane orders the roster to break them up.

Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch w/ Natalya and Naomi at commentary

Becky Lynch won

Tag Tournament

The Usos vs. The Ascension

The Usos won and advances.

AJ Styles makes his way to the ring.

He grabs a mic and brags about beating Cena at SummerSlam. He shows off the armband Cena left in the ring at SummerSlam as a memento.
He claims he should be the No. 1 contender for the WWE title. We see Ziggler trying to come down the ramp and being held back by officials, including Billy Kidman.
Bryan comes out and says he won't let them ruin the show. Bryan books them in a match against each other.

Nikki Bella vs. Carmella

Renee Young tries to interview Nikki before the match, but Carmella attacks her turning heel. She grabs Nikki and drops her face into the mat.
It looks like she is going to leave, but then she comes back and delivers a Bella Buster.

Photo recap of Lesnar vs. Orton, The Viper makes his way out to the ring.

He shows off the 10 staples he received at the hands of Lesnar at SummerSlam and says he knew what he was getting into, but he would have rather left on a stretcher than have the match end the way it did.
As he is saying he will see Lesnar again, the lights go out and Bray Wyatt's music hits.
Wyatt sits in his rocking chair in the aisle and asks how Orton's head is. He says Orton is just a man while calling himself a god.
The lights drop out again, and when they come back on, Wyatt is gone. Orton looks around for a moment.
We go backstage to see Shane talking to Charles Robinson.
Shane is interviewed about Lesnar and he doesn't seem to want to talk about it. He says his feud with Lesnar is far from over.

Brock Lesnar did get fined 500 dollars for his actions at SummerSlam


Slater is shown asking Arn Anderson to be his tag team partner. Anderson is unhappy to find out he wasn't the first choice and walks away.
We see Rhyno walk up and suggest he and Slater partner up.


Dean Ambrose is interviewed backstage and he says he doesn't care who he faces at Backlash. He is wearing a foam cowboy hat and has a coffee delivered by a waitress while he is talking


Tag Team Tournament

Breezango vs. American Alpha

American Alpha won and advances to round 2



Dolph Ziggler vs. AJ Styles w/ Dean Ambrose at commentary


AJ Styles won.  The match at backlash is just between AJ and Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Championship.

They stare each other down to close the show.

AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Championship at backlash, Do you think Dean Ambrose will drop it to AJ or will he continue being champion? let me know your thoughts


40/40

Great show. Awesome start to lead us to Backlash, and we got new championship titles which is awesome.

SmackDown Live : After show- http://wrestling101withkaren.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-23T19_28_52-07_00

RAW

We see a recap of Finn Balor defeating Seth Rollins last night at SummerSlam for the Universal Championship.


Finn Balor will relinquish the Universal Title due to his injuries at SummerSlam and will be out of action for at least six months.



Stephanie and Mick Foley introduce the Universal Champion Finn Balor to the ring, and he is wearing a sling on his arm.


Balor says the title represents a lifetime of sacrifices and the ability to achieve anything. He says he wants to thank WWE for the opportunity, and the talent in the back. He actually thanks Rollins.

He relinquishes the belt to Foley, with some hesitation.

As Balor is leaving up the ramp, Seth Rollins comes out  He smirks as he passes Balor on his way to the ring.

Seth suggest he get the title, but then Sami Zayn came out

Before Zayn can even say anything, Chris Jericho comes out , Kevin Owens is not far behind.
Then Enzo and Cass come out.

Roman Reigns come out.
Foley says everyone in the ring deserves a shot, so they will hold a series of matches to crown a new champion next week, and the first one will happen right now.
Sami Zayn will take on Rollins in the first match.


Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins 
Seth Rollins won and advances to the fatal 4 way match on RAW to determine the Universal Champion


Neville vs .Kevin Owens.
Jericho does come out to play a distraction but Neville took him out.


Kevin Owens won and advances to the fatal 4 way match on RAW to determine the Universal Champion


KO vs. Seth Rollins would be awesome.



The New Day came out they've been tag team champions for exactly one year as of today. They have a pinata and a kendo stick with them to celebrate

They thank the fans for being vocal during the good times and the bad. Before they can break the pinata, Gallows and Anderson come out to spoil their fun.
They remind New Day they lost by DQ last night and say they deserve a rematch for the tag titles.


Big E vs. Karl Anderson
Big E won



Titus O'Neil is in the ring. He reminds us how it was PTP who lost the titles to New Day one year ago.
He says it was the best thing that could have happened because he was able to drop Darren Young. 

He says Bob Backlund can't make Young great again since he wasn't great to begin with. He blames all his problems on Young.

He invites Young to the ring but nothing happens.

Backlund runs to the ring and Titus goes after him. Backlund puts him in the Cross Face Chicken Wing, but Titus gets out of it and slams him to the mat. 
Young runs to the ring and checks on Backlund. O'Neil grabs him and hits Clash of the Titus. 



We see a recap of what happen in Brock vs. Orton at SummerSlam

Stephanie says Lesnar crossed a line and there will be repercussions



Big Cass vs. Rusev w/ Lana, and  Enzo Amore at ring side.
Big Cass won and advances to the fatal 4 way match on RAW to determine the Universal Champion


The New Women's Champion Charlotte comes out with Dana Brooke

Charlotte says she is greatest athlete in the world and brags about exposing Sasha for what she really is.
It's a quick promo. As she tries to leave, Mick Foley comes out. He says Banks will get a rematch after she is cleared. Charlotte says she should get the night off since she won last night.
He says they have signed the hottest free agent of the new era, and he brings out Bayley.
Bayley says she can't believe this is happening and asks if Foley will give her a hug. Charlotte says there is a reason Bayley was left behind when the rest of the Four Horsewomen were called up. 
Bayley challenges her to a title match. Charlotte says she has to earn it, and she suggests a match with Dana. Foley agrees and books the match.


Bayley vs. Dana Brooke w/ Charlotte at ring side


Bayley won


Sheamus is interviewed about his Best of Seven series with Cesaro. He says Cesaro is like the Suicide Squad, full of hype, but he underdelivers.


Cruiserweight Division begins Sept. 19.



Braun Strowman vs. Johnny Knockout

Braun Strowman won

Strowman makes the ref count to three again after he takes out the jobber with another big move.



The Dudley Boyz come out to say goodbye to WWE Universe.

Bubba says he might get emotional tonight and talks about how they returned one year ago in this very building, they returned to WWE. 
They talk about making history for the past 20 years, and bring up the TLC match with the Hardys and Edge and Christian.
They thank the crowd and say they are honored to end their careers in front of their hometown crowd. Then The Shining Stars' music hits and they come out
Primo and Epico say they got Bubba and D-Von economy tickets to Puerto Rico, but they pit the people who will have to sit next to them.
The Dudleys take them out and hit the 3D and the Wasssup headbutt. Bubba calls for a table.
They set up Primo to put him through the table, but they are attacked by Anderson and Gallows.

Was that truly the last we seen of the Dudley Boyz? I feel they truly didn't retire on their terms.


Roman Reigns vs. Jericho

Kevin Owens came out to try to cause distraction but Reigns still won.


Roman Reigns won and advances to the fatal 4 way next week on RAW for the Universal Title.

Roman Reigns vs. Big Cass vs. KO vs. Seth Rollins in Fatal 4 Way for the Universal Championship


Rating 30/30


it was a decent show. Great matches. But why didn't we get anything answer as to what Brock Lesnar's punishment is. But we'll probably get it soon. But it was decent show as I said.

RAW: Aftershow - http://wrestling101withkaren.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-22T20_56_22-07_00