Thursday, December 15, 2016

Midweek wrestling

WWE Tribute To The Troops

-Commentators:  Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, & John Bradshaw Layfield.
-Antonio Cesaro & Sheamus O'Shaunessy won a four-corner match with The Bullet Club(Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows), The Golden Truth(Goldust & "R-Truth" Ron Killings), and The Shining Stars(Primo & Epico Colon) when Sheamus pinned Primo after the Brogue Kick (5:46 aired).  Cesaro & Sheamus will challenge The New Day(Big E Langston & Kofi Kingston) for the Raw Tag Team Titles at Roadblock.
-Apollo Crews(w/ Gabriel Iglesias) d. Intercontinental Champion "The Miz" Mike Mizanin(w/ Maryse Ouellet-Mizanin)(non-title) via rollup after Miz was distracted by Iglesias taking selfies at ringside (2:24).
-Smackdown Tag Team Champions The New Wyatt Family(Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, & Luke Harper) d. Dolph Ziggler & American Alpha(Jason Jordan & Chad Gable) when Orton pinned Gable after the RKO (6:42 aired).
-Bayley Rose d. Dana Brooke(w/ Charlotte Flair) after the Belly-To-Bayley Hugplex (2:29).
-Cruiserweight Champion "The Outlandish" Rich Swann, T.J. Perkins, & "The Extraordinary Gentleman" Jack Gallagher d. "The" Brian Kendrick, Drew Gulak, & "The Premiere Athlete" Tony Nese when Swann pinned Gulak after the spinning crescent kick (5:31).
-U.S. Champion Roman Reigns & "Big Cass" Colin Cassady(w/ Enzo Amore) d. Universal Champion Kevin Owens & Alexander Rusev(w/ Lana Rusev-Perry) when Reigns pinned Rusev after the spear (9:17 aired).

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Tom Phillips, "Showtime" Percy Watson, & Corey Graves.
-From Melbourne, Australia:  Shinsuke Nakamura d. Samoa Joe in a cage match to retain the NXT Title, hitting a Kinshasa(flying knee strike) off the top rope and then following up with two more Kinshasas for the pinfall (9:16 aired).
-Backstage:  Billie Kay & Peyton Royce noted that it was Daria Berenato who lost that six-woman tag match...but Daria decided to add her own two cents.  She didn't want to be in their future plans, but she did want to hurt one of them on next week's show.
-"The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger d. Eric Young(w/ Alexander Wolfe & Nikki Cross) by DQ when Nikki interfered (1:18).  Dillinger fought off Young, Wolfe, & Cross, but Big Damo appeared out of nowhere to lay out Dillinger with a fireman's-carry slam and senton.
-Andrade "Cien" Almas d. "No Way" Jose Valenzuela after the hammerlock DDT (3:56).
-Roderick Strong d. "The Drifter" Elias Samson with the fireman's-carry double-knee gutbuster followed by the Sick Kick (3:18).
-"The Glorious" Bobby Roode d. Oney Lorcan via elevated DDT (5:15).
-Next week:  Dillinger vs. Almas vs. Strong vs. Roode, plus Daria Berenato vs. Billie Kay.

Lucha Underground Season 3 Episode 15

-Commentators:  Matt Striker & Vampiro.
-Battle Of The Bulls Tournament:  Jeremiah Crane won a four-corner match with Killshot, Mariposa, and Dante Fox when he pinned Fox after the Cranial Contusion(double-underhook piledriver) (10:59).  After the match, Killshot approached the fallen Fox with his hand extended, but he delivered a basement dropkick and double-stomp off the top rope.
-Backstage:  The Worldwide Underground members(Jack Evans, P.J. Black, & Taya Valkyrie) continued their documentary filming, but Heavyweight Champion Johnny Mundo told them to focus on winning their Battle Of The Bulls matchup.
-Elsewhere backstage:  Sexy Star trained in preparation for her Heavyweight Title cage match with Johnny Mundo next week...but she found a large spider in her locker.
-Trios Champion Drago d. Kobra Moon by DQ when one of Moon's minions(Pindar) pushed Drago off the top rope (2:43).  Pinder dropped Drago with a pop-up powerbomb, but Fenix and Aero Star made the save...until Moon summoned her other, much larger minion(Vibora) to clean house.  Vibora took out Fenix and Aero Star with a double chokeslam, then dragged Drago to the center of the ring for a Tombstone.  The Snake Clan left the ring area with Vibora carrying Drago's lifeless form...
-Backstage:  Mariposa crossed paths with Sexy Star and tauntingly yanked her hair...but Sexy Star was in no mood for her games.  Sexy Star accused her of putting the spider in her locker, though Mariposa claimed she didn't know what she was talking about...she said she wouldn't leave something ugly like that in her locker, but something beautiful like a butterfly.  Sexy angrily punched a hole in the wall out of frustration.
-Battle Of The Bulls Tournament:  "The Darewolf" P.J. Black won a four-corner match with Angélico, Son Of Havoc, and Jack Evans; Black laid down and offered to let Jack pin him, but Black small-packaged Evans for the three-count (8:49).
-Elsewhere:  Dragon Azteca Jr. visited Rey Misterio Jr. as he was recovering from his injuries...Azteca claimed that he now understood his destiny, but Rey didn't think he could win a fight with Matanza Cueto.  Azteca said that he didn't care about winning and Rey stopped him from leaving, saying that it was his fight.  Azteca said that he wouldn't listen to him any more and he would finish off Matanza...

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