CONTENTS
All the News Items Of The Week / Custom Artwork of Seth Rollins / The weekly show results feat TNA IMPACT Wrestling, ROH TV, Lucha Underground S3, WWE RAW, SmackDown and NXT / PPV Results & Other Shows Results feat WWE SmackDown Backlash, CMLL Arena Mexico, Evolve 68 & 69, CZW Down with Sickness, CWF Mid Atlantic - Almost Famous and AIW BloodSport / Interviews feat Frankie Kazarian, TNA President Billy Corgan, Ricochet and Sean "X-PAC" Waltman Part 2 (18+)!
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
CODY RHODES BOUND FOR TNA AND ROH
Following the recent TNA signing of Aron Rex, fka Damien Sandow, will be Cody Rhodes. The son of the legendary Dusty and brother of bizarre Goldust. Cody will be following in their footsteps and joining the IMPACT Wrestling roster. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer spoke to Cody at the 2016 PWG Battle of Los Angeles tourney, Cody said that he has a TNA deal in place and is intending to compete for both TNA and ROH, however will be signed to neither. Cody's first TNA feud will be with "The Miracle" Mike Bennett. As well as Cody, Wife Brandi may also be working with him in TNA, And possibly in a feud of her own with Maria Kanellis Bennett, Wife of Mike Bennett.
However, Possible complications regarding Cody using the Rhodes name on television may have arisen. WWE currently have been claiming ownership of merchandise rights to the Dusty Rhodes name. While There are currently talks on going about Cody being allowed to use the Rhodes name, and because Cody is writing a book on his father, Something will have to be done with WWE to use the Rhodes name in that also.
PAIGE - WWE UPDATE AND RECAP
As featured in the last newsletter, WWE's Mark Carrano approached Paige and Del Rio individually and harassed them about their relationship. It was indicated that the office wanted them to end the relationship, which is the sole reason they were split up in the WWE Draft. The company threatened to fire Paige if she didn't break up with Del Rio. The Wrestling Observer reports that WWE is denying the harassment to Del Rio and Paige, and the threat to fire her. Apparently there is also a claim going around that Del Rio called Carrano on the subject but Carrano just went silent during the conversation.
Paige has now hired a legal representative, Which seems to put her place in WWE under question.
CM PUNK LIVED THE DREAM, FELL, BUT WILL GET BACK UP
On Saturday 10th September, CM Punk made his long awaited and much hyped UFC debut against Mickey Gall. CM Punk was forced to submit after 2:14 of the first round to the rear naked choke by Gall. But after the fight, Punk made a very passionate speech which raised the roof. "In life you go big or you go home, I just like to take challenges, This was a hell of a mountain to try to climb and I didn't get to the summit today, but that doesn't mean I'm going to give up."I will be back, believe it or not, this was the most fun I've ever had, It was the second best day of my life after marrying my wife. I know there's a lot of doubters, but life's about falling down and getting up. It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, it's about getting back up. So if there's any kid out there who's told be a parent, a teacher or a coach or somebody that they're supposed to look up to, somebody that's supposed to push them and believe in them and they're told no, don't listen to them. Believe in yourself. Sometimes the outcome isn't always what you desire it to be, but the true failure in life is not trying at all. I know that sounds preachy and kind of weird for a guy that just got beat up, but f**k it. This is the time of my life, thank you Cleveland!"
Fellow Pro Wrestlers have commented on Punk living his dream in the Octogon, here are some of the best;
- Samoa Joe: "Stand up, dust off, onto the next one. Love you good brother."
- Mick Foley: "These words are going to stay with me for a while. I'm proud of CM Punk for taking a risk, for making a statement."
- Lance Storm: "Pulling for @CMPunk tonight. I Respect the balls it takes to do what he's doing. #UFC203. Better than all of those who thought about it and never tried. #UFC203"
- Alberto Del Rio: Don't worry amigo, CM Punk it's all good, you'll be back stronger... No pasa nada amigo, regresaras a lo grande #muchrespect"
- Chavo Guerrero jr: "In my opinion, @CMPunk has already won by just stepping foot into the Octagon. #respect"
- Hulk Hogan: "Glad to see CM PUNK tell his fans he's going to continue his UFC journey,he will learn and come back strong!! Time to fix that ear! HH"
- The Iron Sheik: "THE CM PUNK HAS THE REAL BALLS. GOD BLESS YOU BUBBA".
ETHAN CARTER III RE-SIGNS WITH TNA WRESTLING
The brightest and biggest Superstar in recent TNA history, Ethan Carter III, and this years Bound for Glory Headliner has re-signed with TNA Wrestling and has signed to the new Deal put in place by the company that grants them full control of its talents' Indie appearances. Carter has reportedly told the Indie promoters that they must book him through TNA from now on, Which confirms the new contract has been signed.
ALBERTO DEL RIO OFFICIALLY LEAVES WWE, PRESS CONFERENCE NOTES
.After months of anticipation as to the end result of the Alberto Del Rio-WWE divorce, Many were expecting big fireworks, But it appears as if things ended different than we were all lead to believe, with Del Rio even saying to Vince McMahon, Dont rule out a call from him down the line. WWE and Del Rio have since commented on the separation, WWE said the following; "WWE releases Alberto Del Rio. STAMFORD, Conn. — WWE and Jose Rodriguez (Alberto Del Rio) have mutually agreed upon the terms of his release as of today, September 9, 2016." And Alberto saying; "My business relationship with WWE has come to an end in good terms...thanks for the opportunities they gave me. Termine mi relación con WWE."
Alberto, On the 9th of September took part in a Press Conference in Mexico City, Mexico, To discuss his release and plans. Here are the key items from the conference, Girlfriend Paige was also in attendance despite not being seated by Del Rio;
- He will be using the name Alberto El Patron once again, because WWE owns the “Del Rio” name.
- He does not regret this run with WWE. They gave him everything I asked for, but he couldn’t keep up with the schedule. He had nothing left to accomplish in WWE and he was starting to lose his passion for pro wrestling. He is leaving on very good terms and told Vince, ‘Don’t rule out a call from me someday’.
- Alberto is free to work in Mexico immediately. He can work anywhere in the United States starting next month. There is no 90-day no-compete clause.
- Alberto does not plan on being exclusive to one promotion. He has meetings lined up with Elite, AAA, CMLL and others. He plans to wrestle a reduced schedule over the next two years and is already thinking about retirement, and he has plans to spend more time with his father and brother in Luis Potosi.
- He’s already in talks with an MMA promotion to be part of their board of directors and also to be an announcer.
JOEY STYLES WORKING WITH EVOLVE WRESTLING
Joey Styles is now working with EVOLVE Wrestling. The ECW commentator is a valuable asset to any company he goes to, and EVOLVE are most humbled to have him among their ranks as they released this statement hyping the big acquisition; "September 7th: Joey Styles has graciously proposed a unique role for himself to the EVOLVE office. We were quick to accept. Joey brings over 20 years experience to EVOLVE with experience in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes in ECW and WWE. He is a wealth of knowledge. At this point in time, Joey wants to cement his legacy in wrestling. In order to do that, he is going to share his knowledge on EVOLVE events with the goal of making EVOLVE a better place. Styles has been given the "go ahead" to interject himself on events when he feels he can make the show better for the wrestlers and the fans. This isn't a typical commissioner or GM role. It's about Joey paving a legacy of unselfishly giving back to the pro wrestling business and the fans. There are many possibilities ahead for Joey Styles and EVOLVE. It starts this Saturday at EVOLVE 68 and Sunday at EVOLVE 69."
WWE SIGNS SEVEN CHINESE TO PC DEALS
WWE has signed seven new talents to train at their performance Centre. The seven are all from China, The following have been signed; Big Boa, Gu Guangming, Gao Lei, Zhao Xia, Wang Xiaolong, Yifeng and Cheng Yuxiang are all brought in for a developmental contract. The new signees will begin training at the WWE Performance Centre in Orlando, Florida, starting around January 2017.
Triple H commented on the signings; “WWE is dedicated to finding the most talented athletes and entertainers from around the world. The seven athletes identified at WWE’s first-ever tryout in China will be given the opportunity to train at the WWE Performance Centre, in the hopes of becoming the next big WWE Superstar, while also helping to inspire future WWE Superstars and continue the global success of WWE.”
The Signees' background;
- Big Boa (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was named the 2016 Brazilian jiu-jitsu China Open Gi/No-Gi champion and represented China at the 2013 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships.
- Gu Guangming (6-foot-8, 287 pounds) is an amateur boxer from Mudanjiang, ranking among the top amateurs in his weight class since 2012. He won the National Men’s Championship in his weight class in 2014.
- Gao Lei (5-foot-10, and 320 pounds) is a champion in various Beijing traditional wrestling promotions and was the team leader of Mongolian University’s wrestling team.
- Zhao Xia (5-foot-4, 136 pounds) has trained in martial arts and is the co-founder of her own fitness studio. Zhao has multiple first-place finishes in various martial arts and fitness competitions, including the Second World Traditional Chinese Wushu Championship, Nike Challenge Competition and First China Throw Down: Battle on the Bund.
- Wang Xiaolong (6-foot-3, 243 pounds) of Beijing has a background in basketball and dance, and he studied at the Shandong University of Technology and the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy for music production.
- Yifeng (6-foot-2, 238 pounds) is an actor from Shanghai and a graduate of the Shanghai Theatre Company. Yifeng was most recently featured in the movie “Lady and Tiger” in 2014.
- Cheng Yuxiang (6-foot-2, 226 pounds) is an expert-level fitness trainer from Beijing, certified by the Beijing Zhuo Zhonghua International Fitness Academy. Cheng also participates in various Chinese boxing competitions across the country..
SCOTTY 2 HOTTY NOW FULLTIME WORKER IN WWE PERFORMANCE CENTRE
Former WWE Tag Team Champion Scott Garland, Who made his name as Scotty Too Hotty, has accepted a Full time position as a coach at the WWE Performance Centre..
JEREMY BORASH ON WWE'S WYATT FAMILY COMPOUND SEGMENT
TNA star Jeremy Borash was a guest on The Wrestling Observer Live this past week and said he watched WWE's segment where the Wyatt Family invited The New Day to come down to their compound, with a smile on his face the entire time. The WWE's timing of the segment couldn't have been more poorly timed, With the Final Deletion performed by The Hardy's in their home of North Carolina being taped literally months in advance, and shown just days before WWE's attempt at going outside of the norm. WO Host Bryan Alvarez continued talking about the two matches and Borash Said the following; "Well I can't divulge what I actually know, but you're dead-on and the fact it was done, I actually know who suggested it and who got it on, who made it. If you compare the numbers in terms of budget and effectiveness or whatever, I'll just say I watched it with a smile on my face the entire time.
RICK RUDE'S SON PASSES AWAY AFTER ROAD ACCIDENT
Nineteen year old Colton Rood, the son of the late WWE legend “Ravishing” Rick Rude, passed away from injuries sustained in a motorcycle wreck on Floyd Springs Road on Saturday afternoon, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Gene Proctor.Rood, of 22 Norman Lane in Rome, played basketball for Armuchee High School and graduated in 2015. He was pronounced dead at 3:37 p.m. Saturday in Floyd Medical Centre, Proctor said.Floyd County police officer Ron Hunton said Rood was travelling south on Floyd Springs Road on a 2014 Yamaha 950 motorcycle when a 2010 silver Toyota Camry turned into his path at around 2:50 p.m.The driver of the Camry, 58-year-old Tonita Jo Rudd of Kennesaw, was northbound and was trying to turn left into a driveway, Hunton added.She was charged with misdemeanour vehicular homicide and failure to yield and was being held in jail on a $2,600 bond Saturday night.“We ask drivers to be wary,” Hunton said. “It is the holiday weekend and more cars and motorcycles are on the road. ”He asked drivers to make sure they look both ways and keep an eye out for motorcycles.Rood’s body will be sent to the GBI Crime Lab for an autopsy. Proctor said it’s a routine “fact-finding” procedure that is standard procedure when a driver is charged with a crime.
TNA PRESIDENT BILLY CORGAN DISCUSSES HIS TNA POSITION
New TNA President, Billy Corgan, Has said that their business "has been pretty complicated" over the past several years and that sorting some of it out has "definitely been a challenge." Corgan said that he is running the creative department, and that everything that is shown on TNA television is his responsibility. He said that the creative team consists of Madison Rayne, John Gaburick, David Lagana and Matt Conway. He said that they have been as a team for a while now, with the only difference being that he is now in charge of it. Corgan says he is "actively engaged" in trying to buy the company. He said that it doesn't mean that he will buy the company, but he is trying to. He called it a complicated process that he hopes to pull off and that he not only wants to run the culture of the company, but the company itself.
WWE OFFICIALS HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION
Vince McMahon is said to be pushing for RAW and SmackDown to have the same number of champions. There are early plans for SmackDown to get their own cruiserweight division too, Thats if things go well with the RAW cruiserweight division that re-debut's on 19th September.
While WWE is still considering talents for the RAW cruiserweight roster, most have been confirmed. They do have a list of other cruiserweights, most who worked the recent Cruiserweight Classic Tourney, that they would try and bring in for the SmackDown cruiserweight division. However, There are many people in WWE that have serious doubts on the Cruiserweight division and how it will work out. A source revealed that there isn't much faith in Vince McMahon keeping the division to the standards that are expected.
CROSSFACE MOVIE GETS NEW DIRECTOR
The biopic of the late Chris Benoit and the tragedy deaths of himself, his wife and his son, has finally found a new director, and the film is now back on the rails again after the given feeling that the project was abandoned. Director Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, Marvel's Punisher: War Zone, Lifted) confirmed on Twitter that she has signed on to direct the biopic. The movie was at one point scheduled to be directed by Vicente Amorim (Dirty Hearts, Good, The Middle of the World). She revealed on Twitter the announcement; "Wow. I was supposed to wait for the press release until I can talk about it...I guess someone else didn't wait… Well, if you know me a little bit...then you can imagine I wouldn't have said yes to an irresponsible script."
SASHA BANKS' PROMO CAUSES UPSET AT RAW
While the upset isn't caused by Sasha per say, The writers of the Promo that Sasha Banks delivered on last weeks RAW caused a lot of upset due to the history of the "Bad News" promo's, Which have been delivered by those with serious injuries that have caused early retirements, This promo was in bad taste to many backstage. The feeling among those upset was that her promo tried to use the emotion of the Daniel Bryan retirement speech but they ended up with a bad angle instead. The Observer notes that one veteran talent mentioned the Edge retirement segment and another name mentioned was Tyson Kidd, who has been out of action for more than a year with a neck injury. Both Kidd and Bryan are well-liked across the board by other WWE talents. There are also obvious comparisons to the Mark Henry fake retirement speech but that was just an angle and not based on an injury. It comes down to career-ending injuries being a sensitive subject to friends of the injured wrestlers.
THE JOSH MATHEWS SHOW CANCELLED
Lead TNA commentator Josh Mathews in July of this year launched his own hour long sports show on ESPN, But after no more than three months, his show has been cancelled.
CUSTOM ARTWORK OF THE WEEK
"THE ARCHITECT" SETH ROLLINS
Created by Jack Williams
WEEKLY SHOW RESULTS
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING - 08/09/16
Show starts with Senor Benjamin reading a disclaimer in Spanish for tonight’s main event. Vanguard 1 informs us that no animals were harmed in the documentation of the invasion. An opera version of “Obsolete” plays while Senor Benjamin digs three graves for Decay. Broken Matt, Jeff, Reby, Maxel, and Benjamin will go to the zoo so they can get in touch with their instincts. / In the Impact Zone, Mike Bennett and Knockouts Champion Maria make their way to the ring. Bennett fired Moose in a text message and said he can now focus on becoming TNA World Champion. Dixie Carter came out and announced that Moose will face Bennett at Bound for Glory. Moose came out and set Bennett up for the Go To Hell, but Maria distracted him and Bennett escaped. / Backstage, The Miracle and Maria demanded Dixie call off the match. Dixie says that if she calls it off, Bennett will be in breach of contract. Dixie stripped Maria of her power as leader of the Knockouts because she can't be the division's leader while being Knockouts Champion. / GAIL KIM & JADE DEFEATED SIENNA & ALLIE (Match Notes: Sienna bullied Allie and wouldn't tag her in. The end came when Allie made a blind tag and accidently hit Sienna. Sienna hit Allie with the Silencer and left. Jade reluctantly pinned Allie to win the match.) After the match, Jade and Gail felt bad for Allie and helped her up. / Jeremy Borash interviewed TNA President Billy Corgan. Corgan has a huge announcement that he says will change wrestling. / The Hardy Family are at the zoo. Matt got some valuable advice from the first President George Washington. which was actually a giraffe. Jeff and Matt sparred with “Smokin' Joe Frazier,” which was a kangaroo, But both Matt and Jeff ended up getting beat up. Next, Matt and Jeff watched a cage of monkeys hanging around. Matt claimed to be a spot monkey whisperer. He introduced the monkeys as DJ Z, Andrew Everett, and Mandrews. Matt called the last two monkeys, Nick and Matt, the Bucks of Youth. Matt spoke to his pet tiger, Genghis Khan, who informed him that Decay were on their way to the Hardy compound. / Billy Corgan came to the ring. He's retiring the King of the Mountain title and introduced the new TNA Grand Championship. Drew Galloway came out and said he should be champion. Corgan said it would be an evolution and a new type of match. Each match consists of three 3-minute rounds, and they can end by pinfall or submission. Each match will also have judges using a 10-point scoring system. If the match ends in a draw, its goes to the judges for a decision. An 8-man single elimination tournament to determine the first Grand Champion that will be crowned at Bound for Glory will start tonight. Aron Rex came out and wanted to fight Galloway. Corgan informed them that both will be in the tournament to crown a new champion. Galloway's first round match is next. / TNA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY ROUND ONE MATCH - DREW GALLOWAY DEFEATED BRAXTON SUTTER (Match Notes: The judges are scoring based on aggressiveness, controlling the match, and physicality. / Round One awarded to Galloway, Round Two awarded to Sutter, Round Three, Galloway submitted Sutter) After the match, Rockstar Spud attacked Sutter. / A man drove down a dark road and He saw Rosemary walking in the distance. He pulled over and flirted with her, then Abyss and Crazzy Steve appeared and attacked. Decay stole his car and are headed towards Cameron, NC. The man was left face down on the road with his pants pulled down around his ankles. / Bound for Glory press conference, The press conference took place earlier at the Impact Zone in front of a VIP audience. Corgan sat in between EC3 and Lashley at a table. Corgan said there are going to be changes under his new leadership. EC3 and Lashley got a chance to speak their mind. They went face-to-face and eventually brawled all over the empty Impact Zone. They fought in the stands, in the entrance way for the fans, and outside in the back. Lashley threw EC3 into a pile of wood to end the brawl. / Backstage, Jade finds Allie crying alone. Allie feels she let Maria down and everything is all her fault. Jade is shocked and calls her crazy. / TNA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY ROUND ONE MATCH - ELI DRAKE DEFEATED JESSE GODDERZ (Match Notes: Round One awarded to Godderz, Round Two awarded to Godderz, Round Three, Drake pinned Godderz) / Decay arrived at the Hardy compound. DELETE VS DECAY - Matt, Jeff, and Reby attacked Decay with fireworks. Matt sent Reby back to the house to protect Maxel. Decay hid behind the dilapidated boat. Abyss sent Rosemary and Steve to the house. Jeff dropkicked the boat and sent Abyss into the lake, and Joseph Parks emerged from it. Benjamin knocked him out, took him away, and tried to bury him. Jeff fought Steve in a pool while Abyss returned and attacked Benjamin. Matt stalked Rosemary until Abyss showed up with Janice. Abyss went to hit Matt, but Jeff sacrificed himself and was hit by Janice instead. Abyss and Steve cornered Matt, but Vanguard 1 made the save setting the whole field on fire. At the house, Reby was knocked out on the ground. Rosemary tried to escape with Maxel but Vanguard 1 stopped her. She spit the mist into Vanguard 1, sending it offline. Matt showed up and Rosemary spit the mist at him. Matt sucked the mist up and spit it into Rosemary’s face and she ran off. Maxel was reunited with his parents. Senor Benjamin is laid unconscious in the back of the truck, Then Crazzy Steve and Abyss drove off, this ends the show..
WWE RAW - 05/09/16
Stephanie McMahon is backstage, New champion Kevin Owens wants a proper celebration tonight and Stephanie wants to make sure everything is over the top for him. Mick Foley says her husband Triple H made him look like a fool last week and she won't return Foley's calls. She insists she doesn't know about Triple H interfering. / In the ring, Steph and Foley introduce the new Universal Champion Kevin Owens. He comes to the ring in a suit as balloons fall from the roof. He cuts a heel promo on how he deserves this moment and the title, and the fans are making it about them by chanting you deserve it. He runs down the crowd. Owens admits Triple H gave him a little nudge at the end of the match but he already did 98% of the work. He says all Triple H did was make things right and put him where he belongs, at the top. Owens says tonight, RAW is officially known as The Kevin Owens Show. He raises the title and Seth Rollins interrupts. Owens asks why he's here and Rollins tells him to shut up, this isn't about Owens. Rollins is upset, He asks Stephanie why was he screwed. Seth questions if Foley is in Steph's pocket, He says he has her back. Owens says The Architect has only been designing blueprints for a total failure since coming back from his injury. Rollins attacks Owens and beats him down. Owens rolls to the floor. Stephanie yells at Rollins to stop and listen. Owens comes to the apron but Rollins knocks him off. Stephanie announces that Rollins is suspended indefinitely. Foley says he is not suspended. Foley says she's acting if this is personal but it's not. This is RAW, we don't hand out suspensions when someone's upset, we hand out rematches. This leads to Foley making Rollins vs. Owens for Clash of Champions. / Stephanie is backstage with Foley. She did hire him to make matches but threatens to fire him if he goes over her head again. They get heated again before Owens walks up. He's also not happy with Foley. Foley puts him in a match against Sami Zayn tonight. Chris Jericho walks up and rips into Foley for putting Sami in the match. Foley then makes Jericho vs. Rollins for tonight. / BAYLEY DEFEATED CHARLOTTE (W/DANA) / Cruiserweight division promo feat Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher and Gran Metalik. / Backstage, Charlotte is furious with Dana Brooke for what just happened. Dana begs and promises to make it up to Charlotte. Charlotte slaps her. / BO DALLAS DEFEATED KYLE ROBERTS / SETH ROLLINS DEFEATED CHRIS JERICHO / BEST OF SEVEN SERIES MATCH 3 - SHEAMUS DEFEATED CESARO / THE SHINING STARS DEFEATED ENZO AND CASS / Backstage with Sami and Kevin, Owens says the title proves he's better than Sami. Sami reminds Owens that he pinned him at Battleground. Sami says their story will never be over and he will win the WWE Universal Title but when he does, he won't need Triple H to hand it to him on a silver platter. / NIA JAX DEFEATED ANN ESPOSITO / A Gallows and Anderson mock up parody of The Old Day. A slower version of their theme hits with an older Big E giving the intro. Three old men come out using a cane, a walker and a scooter. Gallows and Anderson help them into the ring. The New Day come out and scare Gallows and Anderson off. The New Day then attacks the Old Day. / DARREN YOUNG (W/MR BACKLUND) DEFEATED JINDER MAHAL (Match Notes: Titus O'Neal is on commentary) After the match, Titus goes to attack Backlund, But Young gets to him in time and beats down Titus, Not even the referee's can keep Young away as he keeps on attacking Titus. / Sin Cara says he requested this match with Braun Strowman due to Braun disrespecting the Lucha Culture by ripping off the wrestlers mask last week. / BRAUN STROWMAN DEFEATED SIN CARA VIA COUNTOUT / Sasha Banks returns and cuts a promo on the Revolution of WWE women. Just as Sasha is about to reveal some bad news, Dana Brooke interrupts. She says the only champion we need is Charlotte and she made a promise to Charlotte that she's going to keep. Dana goes to attack but Sasha counters and lays her out. Sasha says the bad news was for Charlotte because The Boss is back and she's coming for the title at Clash of Champions. / KEVIN OWENS DEFEATED SAMI ZAYN, After the match, Owens' title celebration is ruined by Roman Reigns. Reigns stares down Owens, But Chris Jericho comes out to be with Owens. Then Mick Foley comes out and says he see's Reigns wants a piece of Owens and his title. So he makes Roman Reigns versus Kevin Owens for next week, If Reigns wins, the match at Clash of Champions will be Owens defending against Rollins and Reigns in a Triple Threat. After Foley's announcement, Jericho tries to attack Reigns but Reigns spears him. RAW ends with Reigns holding the ring.
WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE - 06/09/16
Daniel Bryan is in the ring with the new Women's title sitting on the podium. Bryan talks about the Six-Pack Challenge to crown the new champion at Sunday's Backlash pay-per-view. He announces there will be a six-women tag match later tonight but first, we're having a Women's Championship Forum. A big six way promo trade off begins with Becky, Followed by Natalya, Then Alexa Bliss, Then Carmella and then Naomi. Then Nikki Bella heads to the ring. A team show down takes place with Natalya, Bliss and Carmella squaring off with Nikki, Naomi and Lynch. It ends with Nikki getting floored by Carmella who gets away and Lynch and Naomi clearing out Bliss and Natalya from the ring. / Backstage, WWE Champion Dean Ambrose approaching a member of staff, then pouring a ton of sugar in his coffee. / Daniel Bryan is backstage talking to Shane McMahon when WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz walks in with Maryse. He's still not happy about facing Dolph Ziggler at Backlash. Bryan says he can hand the title over if he doesn't like the match. / THE MIZ (W/MARYSE) DEFEATED APOLLO CREWS (Match Notes: Dolph Ziggler is on commentary.) After the match, Ziggler is in the ring with Miz's title, and Miz sends in Maryse to get it for him. Ziggle calls Miz a coward. / Renee Young is at the Talking Smack set. She's with AJ Styles. He talks about Dean Ambrose and ends up berating a production member of staff. / Bray Wyatt cuts a cryptic promo on Randy Orton, He says Orton is no longer the great predator he once was. Wyatt goes on and says the predator becomes prey at Backlash and all that will be left of Orton is chunks of meat stuck to the teeth of the Eater of Worlds. Wyatt tells all to run. / NATALYA, ALEXA BLISS & CARMELLA DEFEATED NIKKI BELLA, NAOMI & BECKY LYNCH / SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNEY SEMI FINAL MATCH - AMERICAN ALPHA DEFEATED THE USO'S, After the match, The Usos come in the ring and applaud them. They go to shake hands but The Usos turn on them and beat them both down. They injure Gable's leg. Jordan and referees hit the ring to check on Gable as The Usos leave the ring. / In the ring, Fandango says Tyler Breeze is unable to be here tonight because he's in Dubai gathering material for their upcoming fashion line. Fandango brings in a woman to dance with but it doesn't work out and she leaves the ring. Fandango asks if anyone else can come handle his hips and Demon Kane heads to the ring. Fandango wants to feel Kane's fire and dance. Kane chokeslams him. Kane mocks the Fandango dance before leaving. / AJ Styles is backstage. He breaks the phone of a staffer after accusing them of taking a picture of him. AJ shouts about being the face that runs the place before telling them to pick the phone pieces up. / Curt Hawkins promo for his return next week. / SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLE TOURNEY SEMI FINAL MATCH - RYHNO & HEATH SLATER DEFEATED HYPE BRO'S (Match Notes: Heath's Family is at ringside watching the match) / Renee Young delivers an update on Chad Gable. Shane McMahon told her that his status is questionable for Backlash but Shane will have another update during Talking Smack. The Uso's appear and cut a heel promo, saying they've busted ass for years and shown respect but they're done with that. / Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles segment in the ring. Charly tries to interview them but Ambrose asks her to leave the ring because AJ gets nervous around beautiful women and this could get ugly. Ambrose gives AJ an old bowling participation trophy that he received. Ambrose felt bad for AJ and wanted him to have something. Ambrose says that's the only trophy AJ will ever get from him. AJ says everything is always a joke to Ambrose. AJ says Ambrose has no idea who he's dealing with because if he did, he wouldn't make AJ out to be a joke. Ambrose shows us footage of what happened last week with AJ getting crotched on the top rope. Things get heated. AJ hits Ambrose with a low blow. AJ talks trash and stands over Ambrose to end the show.
WWE NXT - 07/09/16
TM61 DEFEATED TONY NESE & ARIYA DAIVARI / Tom Phillips sits down with Asuka for an interview. She says the Brooklyn crowd was crazy and she was excited. Asuka says Bayley was the heart of NXT, but she fought harder. She says the four horsewomen have been saved because they don't have to face her. She said she's very proud to be a champion of Japanese descent and sends a message to her home country in Japanese. When asked if she thinks anyone is ready for her, she says no one is ready for Asuka. / Ember Moon is preparing outside of Full Sail for her match. / Backstage with Steve Cutler. He says Shinsuke hasn't sacrificed anything to be in NXT. He says he gave up four years of his life to be here and Shinsuke will at least respect him. / EMBER MOON DEFEATED LEAH VON / Backstage with No Way Jose. He says Bobby Roode disrespected him. He says this is not the first time someone has disrespected him and he still hasn't changed. Jose says Roode will soon find out not to mess with No Way Jose. / In the training room with Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. The trainer says with a couple more days rest, Ciampa can wrestle next week. Gargano announces that William Regal will give them a tag match at the CWC Finale if he is cleared to compete. They say they will be back for The Revival. / AUSTIN ARIES DEFEATED ANDRADE ALMAS / No Way Jose will take on Bobby Roode next week on NXT. / Samoa Joe joins the commentary team for this match. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA DEFEATED STEVE CUTLER. The show ends with Nakamura celebrating as Joe heads to the back.
RING OF HONOR TV - 07/09/16
Highlights of Adam Cole winning the ROH World Title from Jay Lethal at Death Before Dishonor. / In the arena, The Bullet Club arrive, Lead by the new World Champion Adam Cole. Followed behind by Hangman Page, Tama Tonga, Tanga Roa and Yujiro Takahashi. Cole makes it clear that when the Bullet Club makes a promise, They keep it. He said he would be World Champion again, and he has done it. He says he knows that he is a target because of being champion, but he doesn't care who the next group of challengers are. He proclaims that he is going to be the greatest ROH World Champion of all time. Jay Lethal then interrupts and heads to the stage. Lethal says he's glad that the crowd still love him after a great reaction to his return. He says that if Cole thinks the feud between them is over, He is dead wrong. Cole is laughing at Jay and mocks him by saying that Lethal's comment is code for "Please give me a rematch". Adam tells Jay that he will always be better than him. He can tell that Jay wants to go after him but tonight is the champ's night off. If in the future, Jay comes after him. Lethal is going to have to go through The Bullet Club. Jay responds and says that he will let Cole have his night off and celebration but to remember that he has friends too. Out comes Los Ingobernables De Japon to join him on stage. Tetsuya Naito and EVIL stand side by side with Jay Lethal. / ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuinness announces that next week's ROH TV main event will be a 6 man tag featuring Adam Cole, Hangman Page and Yujiro Takahashi taking on Jay Lethal, Tetsuya Naito and The 'King of Darkness' EVIL. / Exclusive footage is shown from last weeks ROH TV main event of The Addcition and The Young Bucks. / The Addiction come to ringside and start griping with Kelly and McGuinness. They say that the footage is doctored to make them look bad. That Nigel chopped it up on his laptop. That the only footage they should have shown is them retaining the titles. The Addiction accuse Nigel of libel and slander and that he will hear from their lawyers. As they leave. Kevin Kelly recaps the recent "trilogy of evil" storyline in ROH involving Kevin Sullivan, BJ Whitmer, Steve Corino and last weeks debut of Punisher Martinez. / Nigel McGuinness announces a TV title match with Bobby Fish defending against Katsuyori Shibata. / DALTON CASTLE (W/THE BOYS) DEFEATED CAPRICE COLEMAN (W/THE CABINET) (Match Notes: The Cabinet is banned from ringside.) / The Addiction are back out to complain again. This time, They are both with a ladder on The ROH stage. Christopher Daniels says that Nigel and ROH are trying to embarrass them by showing doctored footage. Daniels says that the ladder they are on represents tag team wrestling and that the top rung represents them. That every tag team is beneath them. Daniels says that they have beaten The Motor City Machine Guns, The Young Bucks and every team that ROH has put against them. The Addiction pose with the titles. Nigel at ringside tells Kelly that he has something planned for The Addiction in the future. / Bobby Fish is in front of the ROH banner backstage hyping next week's TV title match between he and Shibata. He states that he can beat Shibata in any fashion. That there will be no way to protect Shibata from what Fish is going to do to him. / DONOVAN DIJAK (W/PRINCE NANA) DEFEATED MANNY LEMONS, After the match, Prince Nana says that Dijak has been ready to be TV champ since he won ROH's top prospect tournament nearly two years ago. He doesn't care who wins next weeks TV title match between Bobby Fish and Shibata. His client is going to be the next ROH World Television Champion. / ROH TV MAIN EVENT - THE BRISCOES DEFEATED JAY WHITE & LIO RUSH, After the match, A graphic promotes the first round match in the ROH 6 man title tournament between The Briscoes and Toru Yano vs Jay White, Lio Rush and ACH. That will take place at The All Star Extravaganza PPV on 30/09. Back in the ring. All 4 men involved in the previous match shake hands. / At ringside, ROH matchmaker Nigel McGuinness announces that The Addiction will defend the ROH tag titles at The All Star Extravaganza PPV against The Young Bucks and The Motor City Machine Guns in a ladder match dubbed "Ladder War VI". Backstage, The Addiction are furious screaming in anger at Nigel's announcement.
LUCHA UNDERGROUND S3 PREMIERE - 07/09/16
Dario Cueto in his jail cell. Doing chin ups as a guard comes to him and says You must have friends in high places. Cueto leaves the cell and says You have no idea. Cueto is leaving prison and getting back his belongings. The prison guard handing Cueto his items is being played by The Honky Tonk Man. He hands Cueto his belongings. The last of which is The giant key to The Temple. Cueto is leaving the prison and a limo pulls up to drive him away. Once inside the limo, Cueto is told by his lawyer that the charges against him have been dropped. Inside the darkened area of the limo is a man who starts speaking Spanish to Cueto. The man in the dark reaches out with what appears to be an iron hand and tells Cueto Waste my time again, and your next sentence will be death, Cueto nervously responds by saying that it's time to spread the news that The Temple is back in business. / Matt Striker and Vampiro are at ringside and welcome all to tonight's premiere episode. Vampiro addresses what happened at the end of last season and says he is no longer anyone's master and that he is just here to do the job of announcing this season. / Dario Cueto is in the ring with his brother, The Lucha Underground Champion Matanza. Cueto says he is out to share some news with the believers in The Temple. But first, He is going to announce the main event for tonight. Cueto announces that Rey Mysterio will be in the main event, and Rey will face the man who tried to break Dario's arm at Ultima Lucha Dos, Pentagon Dark. Cueto mocks Vampiro at ringside. Dario then says, No one can beat his brother, But he'll let them try. Cueto announces that he has a new concept this season. Dario's Dial Of Doom. Cueto unveils a roulette wheel with his name written in blood in the centre. Lucha Underground stars are listed on the dial. Cueto will spin the wheel and everyone on the wheel is eligible to face Matanza right now for the title. Dario spins the wheel and it lands on Son of Havoc. / LUCHA UNDERGROUND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - THE MONSTER MATANZA (c) DEFEATED SON OF HAVOC (STILL CHAMPION) / Dario Cueto is in his office. Worldwide Undergound enters his room. Johnny Mundo calls Son of Havoc a D-Bag loser and wants a world title match. Cueto brings up the fact that the last time Mundo was in the ring. He lost the trios title. Mundo says that it was only because of Angelico. Mundo and Worldwide Undergound start laughing when Mundo mentions that they took care of Angelico. Footage is then shown from the night of Ultima Lucha Dos where Angelico was attacked and beaten down and bloodied by WU. Angelico is dragged to Mundo's car and the car door is slammed into Angelico repeatedly. Cueto tells Mundo that he likes the story but Mundo will still not get a title shot. Mundo says fine. Then give me a match with Sexy Star, Cueto says no to that option as well because Underground lost at Ultima Lucha Dos. Cueto eventually decides to book Taya vs Sexy Star for the gift of the gods tonight. / Ivelisse is in the ring. She calls out Katrina for what she did to her at Lucha Dos. She talks about how badly she wants to face Katrina at Ultima Lucha Tres. The lights go out and Katrina comes out and accepts the match. / GIFT OF THE GODS CHAMPIONSHIP - SEXY STAR (c) DEFEATED TAYA (STILL CHAMPION) (Match Notes: Worldwide Underground trys to interfere but it backfires.) After the match. Star is attacked by The Underground group. But the current Trios champs, Aerostar, Drago and Fenix make the save. / Marty The Moth is now in Dario Cueto's office. Marty tells Dario that he wants to conquer the temple. Dario tells Marty that if he wants to conquer, He has to be ready for a war. Cueto tells Marty that he needs to face the man he stole dog tags from. Killshot. Cueto books a weapons of mass destruction match between The Moth and Killshot next week. / LUCHA UNDERGROUND MAIN EVENT - REY MYSTERIO DEFEATED PENTAGON DARK, After the match, A furious Pentagon attacks Rey from behind and tries to break Rey's arm, But Prince Puma makes the save. / Prince Puma is shown backstage sitting down with a concerned look. Highlights are shown of Puma's loss to Rey Jr. at last seasons Ultima Lucha Dos. Vampiro appears and tells Puma that he knows what he is feeling. He tells Puma that he knows that he is lost and that he needs help. Puma tells Vampiro that he doesn't need his help. Vampiro says that he wants to give Puma some advice. He tells Puma that he hasn't been the same since he lost to Mil Muertes. That Puma hasn't been the same since he lost his mentor Konnan. If Puma wants to get back to who he was. He needs to take out Mil Muertes. Puma responds by saying, he is surprised that Vampiro is not asking him to take out Pentagon Dark. Vampiro says this isn't about him. Its all about you. This ends the show.
PPV RESULTS AND OTHER SHOWS RESULTS
WWE SMACKDOWN BACKLASH - 11/09/16
A Pre-show set up match between Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin backstage due to Orton and Wyatt clash being cancelled.
PRE-SHOW MATCH
Baron Corbin Defeated Apollo Crews
Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan came down to the ring to start the PPV. Shane thanked the fans and says it's all about the WWE Superstars on SmackDown getting an opportunity.
Six Pack Challenge
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Becky Lynch defeated Carmella, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss and Naomi (New Champion)
Miz was backstage when he came across Nickelodeon star Jagger Eaton's dressing room. Jagger said he'd love to have Miz on his show, unless they can get John Cena. Miz got mad but had the door shut in his face before he could do anything.
Bray Wyatt destroyed Orton's leg backstage, repeatedly slamming it on a door, then walked away. Storyline reason for Orton's removal from the card.
Winner Replaces American Alpha in Tag Team Tourney Finale
The Usos Defeated The Hype Bros
The Miz is with Daniel Bryan backstage, He says he wants to renegotiate his contract. After he retains his championship tonight.
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Miz (c) (w/Maryse) Defeated Dolph Ziggler (Still Champion)
(Match Notes: Serious tension between Miz and Daniel Bryan during the match, With Miz taunting Bryan from in the ring.)
Bray Wyatt is in the ring, and The announcer said that Randy Orton could not be cleared to fight tonight, and that Wyatt has demanded the referee count Orton out and make it official. The referee counted to ten and Wyatt was declared the victor. However, the announcer reveals that Wyatt will compete in an No Holds Barred match against... Kane!
No Holds Barred Match
Kane Defeated Bray Wyatt
(Match Notes: Randy Orton, Whose foot was all taped up, near the end of the fight emerged and layed out Wyatt with the RKO, Allowing Kane to take the Win after a Chokeslam.)
AJ Styles was backstage when he came across two Indie wrestlers. He says you guys know my story. You guys are destined for failure, but don’t let it bother you. You can say you met AJ Styles, the face that runs the place, the Phenomenal AJ Styles that will become WWE World Champion.
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Rhyno & Heath Slater Defeated The Usos (New Champions)
WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
AJ Styles Defeated Dean Ambrose (c) (New Champion)
(Match Notes: The finish came when Ambrose went for the Dirty Deeds, but AJ pushed Ambrose into the referee, Styles then hits a low blow on Ambrose and hits the Styles Clash to pin Ambrose and win the title.)
CMLL ARENA MEXICO - 10/09/16
Two out of Three Falls
Stukita & Astral Defeated Pierrothito & Pequeno Nitro
1st Fall: Stukita & Astral
2nd Fall: Pierrothito & Pequeno Nitro
3rd Fall: Stukita & Astral
Two out of Three Falls
Blue Panther Jr, Pegasso & Soberano Jr. Defeated Tiger, Virus & Okumura
1st Fall: Tiger, Virus & Okumura
2nd Fall: Blue Panther Jr, Pegasso & Soberano Jr.
3rd Fall: Blue Panther Jr, Pegasso & Soberano Jr.
Two out of Three Falls
Angel de Oro, Titan & Rey Cometa Defeated Ephesto, Hechicero & Vangellys Via DQ
1st Fall: Ephesto, Hechicero & Vangellys
2nd Fall: Angel de Oro, Titan & Rey Cometa
3rd Fall: Angel de Oro, Titan & Rey Cometa Via DQ
One Fall to a Finish
El Felino Defeated El Valiente
(Match Notes: Felino brought a toilet seat to the ring with him. He held it up like it was a title belt.)
Two out of Three Falls
Mr. Niebla, Matt Taven & Shocker Defeated Volador Jr, Maximo Sexy & Mascara Dorada
1st Fall: Volador Jr, Maximo Sexy & Mascara Dorada
2nd Fall: Mr. Niebla, Matt Taven & Shocker
3rd Fall: Mr. Niebla, Matt Taven & Shocker
Two out of Three Falls
Mistico, Caristico & Dragon Lee Defeated La Mascara, Negro Casas & Euforia Via DQ
1st Fall: Mistico, Caristico & Dragon Lee
2nd Fall: La Mascara, Negro Casas & Euforia
3rd Fall: Mistico, Caristico & Dragon Lee Via DQ
(Match Notes: After losing his mask last week, Mascara unmasked Dragon Lee. Mascara was immediately disqualified)
PWG BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES 2016 - 02-04/09/16
Night One
- Tourney Matches -
Marty Scurll Defeated Pentagon Jr.
Ricochet Defeated Jeff Cobb
John Hennigan Defeated Matt Sydal
Will Ospreay Defeated Fenix
Zack Sabre Jr. Defeated Tommy End
Chris Hero Defeated Jushin "Thunder" Liger
- Non Tourney Matches -
Adam Cole and The Young Bucks Defeated Dalton Castle, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly
Night Two
- Tourney Matches -
Dalton Castle Defeated Tommaso Ciampa
Mandrews Defeated Pete Dunne
Cody Rhodes Defeated Sami Callihan
Trevor Lee Defeated Kamaitachi
Kyle O'Reilly Defeated Matt Riddle
Mark Haskins defeated Cedric Alexander
- Non Tourney Matches -
Fenix and Pentagon Jr. Defeated Tommy End and Chris Hero
Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Will Ospreay Defeated Adam Cole and The Young Bucks
Night Three
- Tourney Matches -
Trevor Lee Defeated Dalton Castle
Mandrews Defeated Chris Hero
Ricochet Defeated John Hennigan
Marty Scurll Defeated Cody Rhodes
Mark Haskins Defeated Kyle O'Reilly
Will Ospreay Defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
- Battle of Los Angeles 2016 Semi-Final Matches -
Trevor Lee Defeated Mandrews
Will Ospreay Defeated Ricochet
Marty Scurll Defeated Mark Haskins
- Non Tourney Matches -
PWG TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Young Bucks (c) Defeated Fenix & Pentagon Jr (Still Champions)
Tommy End, Cedric Alexander, Jushin Liger, Chuck Taylor & Jeff Cobb Defeated Sami Callihan, Matt Riddle, Pete Dunne, Tommaso Ciampa and Brian Kendrick
- Battle of Los Angeles 2016 Final -
Triple Threat Elimination Match
Marty Scurll Defeated Trevor Lee and Will Ospreay
(Match Notes: Ospreay was eliminated first, Then Lee was submitted for the win for Scurll)
Winner of the PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2016 - Marty Scurll
EVOLVE 68 - 10/09/16
Dark match
Travis Gordon Defeated Elia Markopoulos
Fred Yehi Defeated Jigsaw
"All Ego" Ethan Page Defeated Dan Barry
If Darby Wins, he gets a EVOLVE Contract
TJ Perkins Defeated Darby Allin
Tracy Williams Defeated DUSTIN
(Match Notes: As the match started, Drew Galloway attacked Williams with a chair and he and DUSTIN attacked Williams in the corner before Fred Yehi and Drew Gulak come out for the save. This prompted Joey Styles to come out and comment that he does not want to see thirty second matches that end in disqualifications. He ordered Yehi, Gulak, and Galloway to the back and called for the match to restart, telling the two to make the match extreme!.)
Triple Threat
Tony Nese Defeated Matt Riddle and Ricochet
(Match Notes: Gargano came out just as the match was about to start and spoke about he was there to deliver a message. He excluded Ricochet, who he said didn’t need to hear the message, because Riochet is already the present of professional wrestling and recounted the great matches that the two have had. He spoke to Tony Nese, who is said is the best pure athlete in professional wrestling. He then commented that matt Riddle has grown by leaps and bounds since his debut and he challenged both men to step up and take his spot after he leaves EVOLVE tomorrow night.)
After the particapents left the ring, Drew Galloway came back out to implore Matt Riddle to join him and help him save EVOLVE. Riddle seemed to be considering the offer until Drew Gulak attacked him from behind.
Drew Galloway Defeated Drew Gulak
Main Event
Zack Sabre Jr. Defeated Johnny Gargano
After the match, Sabre Jr. thanked Garagano for all he has done to helped build EVOLVE and intimated that he would be staying in the company himself as he has decided that it is what is best for his career right now. Ricochet joined the two and praises Gargano for not just being a good wrestler, but a better person outside the ring. The three embraced and Gargano even called Gene Sapolsky to the ring for a brief embrace that showcased the true real friendship between them. The fans chanted for Gargano as the show ended, but not before he circled the ring for one last time.
AIW BLOODSPORT - 09/09/16
AIW Women’s Championship
Shayna Baszler Defeated Heidi Lovelace (c) (New Champion)
Josh Prohibition Defeated Ethan Page
AIW Intense Championship
Alex Daniels (c) Defeated Michael Elgin (Still Champion)
Louis Lyndon Defeated Matt Riddle
Steve Pain and Gringo Loko Defeated Nasty Russ and Cheech
Colt Cabana Defeated Grado
Dan Severn Defeated Eddie Kingston
Candice Lerae Defeated Britt Baker
BJ Whitmer Defeated Dominic Garrini
Fatal Four Way
Tim Donst Defeated Eric Ryan, Facade, Shawn Shultz
CWF MID ATLANTIC - ALMOST FAMOUS - 10/09/16
Smith Garrett Defeated Joey Rogers
Eight man Tag Team Match
Dirty Daddy, Kool J, Aaron Biggs & Mecha Mercenary Defeated Jeremiah the Prophet, Q, Him & Sis
Six man Tag Team Match
Ethan Alexander Sharpe, Otto the Wrestling Machine & Number Man Defeated Mitch Connor, Beau Crockett & Isaiah Santero
Chet Sterling & Nick Richards Defeated Aric Andrews & Zane Dawson (w/Lee Valiant)
Andrew Everett Defeated Rayo
Golden Ticket Submission or KO Only
CWF MID ATLANTIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Trevor Lee (c) Defeated Joshua Cutshall (Still Champion)
EVOLVE 69 - 11/09/16
If Darby Wins, He Gets a Contract with EVOLVE
Darby Allin Defeated Tony Nese
After the match: Joey Styles came out and offered Darby a contract. Nese told Allin that he wouldn’t be so nice the next time they meet.
New Talent Test
Fred Yehi Defeated Travis Gordon
New Talent Test
“Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams Defeated Chuck O’Neil
(Match Notes: Drew Galloway came to the ring with a chair near the end of the match and while he distracted the ref, DUSTIN go hold of the chair, Hit Gulak with it and stole the win wth a pinfall over Gulak.)
After the match, Williams' celebration was cut short by EVOLVE’s saviours Drew Galloway and DUSTIN, They ambushed the Williams until Fred Yehi and Drew Gulak made the save. Gulak demanded a match with DUSTIN.
DUSTIN Defeated Drew Gulak
New Talent Test
Ethan Page Defeated David Starr
Matt Riddle Defeated TJ Perkins
(Match Notes: Before the match started, Drew Gulak came out to ask where they were while he was being attacked by Galloway and DUSTIN. He then went on to say that his neck may be injured and that Tracy Williams may have a serious knee injury. Stokely spoke on behalf of TJP, saying that Perkins is headed to RAW and that he isn’t about to risk that opportunity. Riddle responded by saying that he just wanted to wrestle and Gulak stared him down before leaving.)
After the match, Stokely Hathaway brought out two women, some bottles of wine and fake money that TJP rolled around in as he had his last EVOLVE moments.
Ricochet Defeated Zack Sabre. Jr.
Cody Rhodes & Johnny Gargano Defeated Drew Galloway and Chris Hero
After the match, Cody lauded Gargano before leaving the ring for the Icon for a proper farewell between Gargano and the audience. As Johnny is about to start speaking, Ethan Page attacked him and revealed that the entire time he had been working everyone after his earlier display of kindness with Star. Page called out two heavies to watch his back as he pummeled Gargano repeatedly. Page left Gargano outcold on the mat offered him to anyone Galloway and DUSTIN grabbed the ring apron with the EVOLVE logo and draped it over Gargano’s body and then posed over his body until Riddle came out. Galloway once again asked Riddle to join him and just as it seemed Riddle would, a swift kick to Galloway’s head signalled that Riddle was not there to attack Gargano. Riddle helped Gargano up, shaking hands as a sign of mutual respect. Gargano showed some love to the EVOLVE logo before telling Riddle that he knows he found the person who he can pass the torch to. Riddle proclaimed that EVOLVE is bro!
CZW - DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS - 10/09/16
CZW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Homicide [Stand-in for Dan Maff] & Monsta Mack (c) Defeated #TVReady (BLK Jeez & Pepper Parks) (Still Champions)
Four Way Match
Tony Deppen Defeated Anthony Henry, Joey Lynch and Ryan Taylor
Shane Strickland Defeated Dezmond Xavier (w/JT Davidson)
Eight man Tag Team Match
Team IWA MS (Dale Patricks, John Wayne Murdoch, Josh Crane & Reed Bentley) Defeated The Nation Of Intoxication (Conor Claxton, Danny Havoc, Devon Moore & Lucky 13)
Rickey Shane Page Defeated Sami Callihan (w/JT Davidson)
No Disqualification Match
David Starr Defeated Dave Crist (w/JT Davidson)
Four Way Death Match
CZW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Jonathan Gresham Defeated Greg Excellent and Joe Gacy and Matt Tremont (New Champion)
Ladder Match
CZW WIRED CHAMPIONSHIP
Joey Janela defeats Lio Rush (c) (New Champion)
WRESTLER INTERVIEWS
FRANKIE KAZARIAN
- Have you, Daniels, Joe and AJ ever gotten into any trouble outside of the wrestling business: “If any of us were to get in trouble, it’d probably be Chris Daniels and myself! Maybe Joe. AJ Styles is a standup dude outside of the ring and would be the least likely to be in that situation. There’s been hairy situations, but if anyone were to get into trouble…it’d be me and my partner in crime.”
- How many years do you think you will continue to wrestle for: “I used to always tell myself twenty years, but it’ll be twenty years in about a year and a half. So the easy answer is…I don’t know. I feel better than I ever have and I look better than I ever have, so I’m not gonna put a limitation on that.”
- On the experience of portraying the Suicide character in TNA: “You’d have to ask Suicide that question. I’ve already heard that Suicide gets very upset when I claim that I was him. Out of respect to Suicide Jones…his last name…I will not be answering that question. Suicide is getting quite sick of a rogue like me claiming that I was him. Out of respect to him, I will not answer that.”
- If you could “steal” one move from a current or former wrestler, which one would he'd choose: “Tough question, good question. It’d have to be the Stone Cold Stunner or the RKO. I do a version of the Diamond Cutter, but it’s not a version I could hit on absolutely anybody. The nature of that move, I love that you can hit it on anybody and out of nowhere. It’s so simplistic, it’s great. It’s just like the Superkick, something you can pop on somebody out of nowhere.”
- On what was it like working with Vince Russo: “I don’t know if my wrestling style effected the way he booked me. I just think there’s certain guys that he did and did not like writing for. My relationship with him, I always tried to be on the same page and have a dialogue. Often times, it seemed like he was interested with what I said. And often times, he seemed like he was bothered. I feel that I was asked to play a character in mind, rather than me coming up with something on my own. Ironically, when he left, that’s when Christopher Daniels and I had our most success in TNA.”
- On the WWE Cruiserweight Classic: “I dig the concept. Glad they finally came around to giving that classification of wrestlers a chance. Have not seen any of it. But very happy for a lot of those guys. I’m friends with a lot of those guys and thrilled that they’re getting the opportunity to shine on that stage.”
TNA PRESIDENT BILLY CORGAN
- On Dixie Carter still being the majority owner of TNA Wrestling: I am the President, I do have an ownership stake. It is a fluctuating situation, which I cannot talk about certain details because of it, but I would say it is moving progressively into the right direction, because a the end of the day, the company needs resources and the funding to continue, and I think those are good decisions that have been made so, whether or not at the end of the day I, or somebody else ends up owning the majority stake or Dixie keeps her majority stake, that has yet to be remain seen, but I see all the moves that are happening as good moves, but the one thing that I can tell you is that I am the President and I am running the operational part of the company. As you know, there are different parts of the company, that are not necessarily bigger than the President role, because the President sets the tone for the company, but there are other deals that get made that don’t have necessarily have to deal with the day to day product and the day to day running of the wrestling company.
- On having complete control over Creative: That is the role. That is the power I have inherited and that is the power I intend to execute. With that said, I am a person because of my musical background, which I have been doing for over 30 years, and that includes working with video directors, and Presidents of record labels and things like that. I am a firm believer that if you can’t get everyone into the same direction, power doesn’t mean much anyway. You can use your power, you can throw your power around, and you can intimidate, but it doesn’t really mean something on the other end of it then you are not going to get your message across, so I believe that TNA lacks a systematic approach from creative down and that runs through the business, and because of that you get kind of these weird things that people don’t know who is calling the shots, who to turn to, and I think that has really hurt the business. That has hurt the business from the time that I got into the business, essentially as an employee, underneath that structure, so I have every intention of synergising the business from Creative to the Talent, and back through. I think we have an incredible roster of talent. I want their input but at the same time I have to balance out the business concerns, which are plenty well documented, but it is my job to sort of synergise their position that will help the company grow. I believe that I know how to do that and believe that I am tough enough to not only take the heat when I make a mistake, and to raise my hand and admit to when I make a mistake, but at the end of the day, I only took that spot because I have the control and the power to make those calls, and without those calls I wouldn’t have taken it.
- On his experience in the professional wrestling business: Honestly, nothing is hitting me for the first time. It is just getting into a place where I am making decisions that are best for the company. In regards to the [Smashing] Pumpkins, if there is an issue, creatively I can fix it myself, so the only difference here in the wrestling business is that I cannot fix everything by myself creatively. I cannot go into the ring, I cannot wrestle 5star matches to make it all go away. I have to understand and work with everybody involved to get the best of the company; so there is a different dynamic here, but to me it’s fairly similar; it’s about resources, understanding the resources, but again, I will say that organisationally TNA is behind the curve, so my first job is really to get some sort of consistent organisational flow so we can maximise the opportunities we do have, and then I have to go out into the world and have to beat that drum and have to bring people to the table and I do believe that the tech future and wrestling future is going to be very bright. You see WWE kind of turning the corner on that. I think some people would argue that it is a success story, I actually think we are still in the very early days of wrestling and technology and with virtual reality on any number of things, so I’m trying to keep it simple, but I need to get some sort of organisational consistent creative flow through the company that creates the vision I have so I can turn around and take that 21st century and get people back and invested into wrestling as something that can drive their businesses, whether that’d be advertising or something else.
- On any plans to raise the TNA viewership back to 2 million: Absolutely, I plan on hitting the gas pedal as soon as I am affirmed into the driver’s seat. That is the way I have always run my life, and I have no problem doing it here. The thing I would say though, it is a very difficult question that is not easily answered. As we enter into this new age, ratings are not the bible on everything that happens within a wrestling company at this point. There was the TV deals that you have and how they reflect the ratings, then there are of course the sponsors. Right now, what the major issue with TNA is that we have not attracted sponsors that can help stabilise our financial situation. We are way behind the curve on that. So, if you have to dip it with a question of, do you need to bring partners to the table to support the product and help support the long term stability vs doing a bunch of stuff that will drive up ratings but will not change your bank book because of the way things are structured at the moment, those are difficult decisions to make, but absolutely i want to get more ratings, I want to get more talked about, I want the buzz; and it has shown in some of the stuff, in particular to the Final Deletion and where Matt and Jeff Hardy are into their careers and still be able to draw, we have shown that we can go up in those ratings quite easily if we have things people really want to see. The difficult part on the creative side, and I am on the booking committee, so I bare this responsibility as well, but when we drive stuff up, we have good shows coming, and the ratings still go back down; we are not able to hold those viewers, and that is something that I would focus on right away, on why we are not holding those numbers."
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- On if he'd like to work for WWE in the future: "Of course, I mean, I would love to. Even all the people that I know that have been there, they always tell me, 'you've got to at least experience it once'. But they tell me 'you've got to go there and experience it at least once - whether you like it or not, it's up to you, but you've got to go there and you've got to experience it once'. And, of course, I would love to go there one day. So hopefully, all my ducks get in line and get in order and I can make it happen, but, I mean, of course, I would love to, but right now, I'm still just kind of doing my thing, doing the New Japan thing, I still [have] got the Lucha [Underground] going on right now. But, of course, one day, I'd really, really, really enjoy to be there one day."
- On choosing Lucha Underground over WWE at the moment: "Obviously, I'd love to go experience and do the WWE experience, but honestly Lucha is going really good too, so it is a hard decision, but I've got some decisions to make right now. I mean, like, right now, I'm in a position where decisions are needing to be made, so it's actually something that [has] been on my mind here recently. I think I've already made my decision, which one I want to do, if that gives you some suspense, I guess. I think I've already made my mind up, like, which one I want to do. Definitely between now and 2017 some decisions are going to have to be made and stuff's going to have to happen, so I'm just hoping for the best."
- On his favourite wrestlers and inspirations: "Even since [WrestleMania 15], I've been the biggest fan of The Rock ever and then as time progressed, you had your Eddie Guerrero's, your Rey Mysterio's, those guys that really opened my eyes up to a different form of wrestling. And so, yeah, I guess, like, I can always ask the question and if anyone asks me 'who [are] your favourite wrestlers?', I can say, 'The Rock, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio'. Without even thinking about it, those are my favourite wrestlers. Growing up, those were my three guys."
SEAN "X-PAC" WALTMAN PART 2 (18+)
- On the reaction from Triple H when he and Chyna started dating: "I had a breakup right before I saw her, so I was kind of down. I was really kind of the 'boohoo', that 'woe is me' s**t. And she was there to scoop me up. Things just happened, man. I don't even know how to explain it, but I just remember Hunter texting me, like, 'hey man, hey kid, what kind of psycho s**t are you getting yourself into now?' Yeah, it wasn't like he was mad or 'hey, what are you doing?' He was just worried about me. Yeah, well, he had his experiences with her that I don't want to get too much into. But he was just going by what his experiences were. I'll leave it at that."
- On the regrettable Adult Video: "My best recollection, we were living in Beverly Hills [California] over here off of Beverly Glen [Boulevard] and Wilshire [Boulevard] in one of Donald Sterling's buildings. One of the people that worked there was always coming up and hanging out and it was a female security guard. I think she floated the idea about [making a sex tape] because of the Paris Hilton thing. And it just kind of built from there and she was down for it. And I was in, at that point, 'okay, I'll do whatever', whatever made her happy. It was both of our [idea]. I would never blame anything on her. I felt like dog s**t. My kids, man, my family. Not at all [proud of it], man. I try not to be ashamed of things because shame is not a good f**king thing to have. Right, but it is okay to not feel good about s**t you did in the past. And I can't, obviously, it goes without saying that we can't change it, man. But, man, I really wish that wouldn't have happened. And it hurt her, man. Even though we both were in on it, like, the artwork on the cover of the DVD was so humiliating for her and the s**t that was written on it. So I get it, man. And really, that was one of the things that led to the downward spiral and she's dead now, man." "I'm pretty sure [the motivation behind making the sex tape was financial]. It's hard to put yourself in someone else's head. I'm not sure. As far as my own motivation, sure, it was financial. Also, 'hey, she wants to do it, then, okay. I'm fine with it. Okay. it's six figures and I got $50k up front. She got $100. But what happened was, I came back after rehab and we actually filmed after the deal was made, they wanted more footage and we filmed it after. And then, I flew to China and filmed some footage over there, so they could add it to the video."
- On Chyna going into the WWE Hall of Fame: "It's important to me that she gets in there. I mean, she was part of the reason, like, she was really disappointed when it didn't happen before when she wanted it. But they wanted her to get cleaned up, get some help. Come on, from their vantage point, when they get somebody to come up on the stage and accept the Hall Of Fame, to be inducted in the Hall Of Fame, they want to not worry about what they might say or make sure they're kind of stable, so I get it from that point of view. But she deserves to be in there, man. And I don't know if I'd want to go in without her going in. She deserves that sooner rather than later, man, I hope."
Through The Ropes Grand Slam Newsletter / Issue #7 Monday 12th September 2016
Written By the Through The Ropes Team / Next Issue: Monday 19th September 2016
This Issue is dedicated Joanie "Chyna" Laurer
1969 - 2016
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