Saturday, December 3, 2016

Weekend wrestling

NJPW On AXS

-Commentators:  Jim Ross & Josh Barnett.
Episode 1:
-Katsuyori Shibata d. Hiroyoshi Tenzan with the Penalty Kick to retain the NEVER Openweight Title.
-Yujiro Kushida d. Will Ospreay with the Hoverboard Lock(kimura) to retain the Jr. Heavyweight Title.
Episode 2:
-The Guerrillas Of Destiny(Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) d. Great Bash Heel(Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles; Tonga pinned Honma after a double-team elevated DDT.
-Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, & Yoshi Tatsu d. IWGP Intercontinental Champion Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) to win the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions when Elgin pinned Nick Jackson after a sitout superbomb.

Why We Wrestle TV Episode 8

-Commentator:  Michael Gentry.
-The Monarchy(Prince Apollo & Black Baron) d. "The Wretched" Trever Aeon & "The Hype Train" Chris Henry to retain the Tag Team Titles; Baron pinned Henry after he and Apollo hit a wheelbarrow pickup/leapfrog Fameasser double-team (13:54).  Gentry interviewed the champs afterwards about their next challengers on December 17th:  The Lynch Mob(Matt & Joey Lynch).
-"Hit For Hire" Bobby Moore(subbing for Cyrus The Destroyer) d. "The War God" Odinson by DQ when the referee was bumped; Moore threw a hammer to Odinson and fell down like he'd been hit with it, causing the recovering ref to call for the bell (5:16).
-Backstage:  Team TAG("The Encore" Kevin Blue, "Wild" Billy Buck, & Chris Spectra vowed to make an impact...but LIGHTS OFF LIGHTS ON and Slim J(w/ gladiator helmet) appeared in front of them to beat them down.  LIGHTS OFF LIGHTS ON again and Slim J was gone.
-"The Lethal Dose" Stryknyn d. "The No Pain Train" Iceberg(w/ Agent/Attorney Jeff G. Bailey) by DQ when Iceberg jabbed him in the head with his potato peeler (7:26).  Stryknyn was left bloody from the post-match assault; Iceberg capped off the beating with two Ground Zero splashes.

ROH TV

-Commentators:  Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness.
-The Tempura Boyz(Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu) d. Cheeseburger & Will Ferrara(w/ Joey "Diesel" Daddiego on commentary) when Sho pinned Cheeseburger after he and Yohei delivered a package piledriver/superkick combo (5:30 aired).  After the match, Prince Nana sent in Donovan Dijak to clear the ring...causing Daddiego to confront Dijak and demand an impromptu match.
-Donovan Dijak(w/ Prince Nana) d. Joey "Diesel" Daddiego after Nana crotched Daddiego on the top turnbuckle behind the referee's back, allowing Dijak to finish with the Feast Your Eyes(torture-rack Go 2 Sleep) (2:27).
-War Machine(Todd Hanson & Raymond Rowe) fought B.J. Whitmer & "Punishment" Damian Martinez(w/ Kevin Sullivan) to a double DQ when Rowe and Whitmer both shoved the referee (4:33 aired).  Afterwards, Martinez chokeslammed Rowe off the apron and through two tables; Sullivan and company then had a confrontation with Steve Corino.
-The Motor City Machineguns(Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley), Jay White, & Lio Rush d. Jay Lethal, "The Last Real Man" Silas Young, & The Briscoe Brothers(Jay & Mark) when White pinned Mark Briscoe with the Kiwi Crusher(cross-legged fisherman driver) (13:26 aired).

SICW Wrestling Explosion

-Commentator:  Drew Abbenhaus.
-Ron Powers d. Brandon Espinosa(w/ Travis Cook) by DQ to retain the Classic Title when Vic The Bruiser(w/ Big Daddy) attacked Powers.
-Drew interviewed Vic The Bruiser & Big Daddy about Vic's upcoming Classic Title match with Powers on December 10th.  Vic claimed to be tougher than Dick The Bruiser and would win a major championship (unlike Dick).
-"Ironman" Ken Kasa & "Dead Sexy" Daniel Gunner d. Superstar Steve Fender & Waco(w/ Big Daddy) when Gunner pinned Waco after a kneelift followed by a reverse neckbreaker.
-Drew interviewed Classic Champion Ron Powers about his title defense against Vic The Bruiser on December 10th.  He said he knew Big Daddy very well and he was one of the only people in SICW who concerned him.  He knew Dick The Bruiser very well and Vic is no Dick The Bruiser.

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