Thursday, August 30, 2018

Rasslin flood

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, & "Showtime" Percy Watson.
-Backstage:  General Manager S. William Regal announced that he's starting an investigation into who attacked Aleister Black...
-Johnny Gargano made his way to the ring on a crutch, saying he didn't deserve the fans' support after his recent mistakes and he didn't know what to do any more.  He admitted that Tommaso Ciampa had gotten into his head and he didn't know how to get him out...but he had to be better for his wife Candice LeRae and his fans.  Regal entered the scene to ask him if he had attacked Aleister Black; Gargano gave him a non-answer in response.  Enter "The Velveteen Dream" Patrick Clark, who said we had heard enough from "Johnny Failure"...Regal told Gargano to return to the backstage area and Dream to go to his office, as they would face each other on next week's show.
-Dakota Kai d. Aliyah Areebi with the sunset flip-into-backcracker (5:12).
-Backstage:  Regal wrapped up his interrogation of Velveteen Dream...next up were The Forgotten Sons(Wesley Blake, Steve Cutler, & Jaxson Ryker(fka Phil Gunner)).  They said they had nothing to do with the attack on Aleister Black, taking the time to ask for an opportunity on television.  Regal dismissed them, but not without saying that they would get a tag match on next week's show.
-Backstage:  Referees found Ethan Carter III laid out...and Lars Sullivan just happened to be leaving the scene.
-Backstage:  Regal interrogated Nikki Cross, who preferred to entertain herself by spinning in her chair and trying to answer a non-ringing phone.  Bianca Belair(wearing a "No, You Cannot Touch My Hair" shirt) walked into the room, saying that the priority should be on giving her an NXT Women's Title shot.  Nikki said she wanted to play with Bianca...heh.
-Ethan Carter III vs. Raul Mendoza never officially started as Lars Sullivan came out, fully admitting that he had beaten down EC3 and saying that it was payback for EC3 trying to implicate him in the Aleister Black attack.  He made the most of his TV time by laying out Mendoza with the Freak Accident(waistlock uranagi)...while areferee was in the ring, the bell never rang so it wasn't an official match.
-Elsewhere:  NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa talked about exceeding expectations by ending the "Gargano fairy tale" and becoming the champion...
-"Limitless" Keith Lee d. Luke Menzies with the Spirit Bomb(pop-up sitout powerbomb) (3:02).
-Returning in two weeks:  Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch.
-Next week:  New NXT Women's Champion Kairi Sane will be in action, plus Johnny Gargano vs. Velveteen Dream.
-Adam Cole & NXT Tag Team Champion Roderick Strong(w/ Kyle O'Reilly) d. NXT North American Champion Ricochet & United Kingdom Champion "The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne; Ricochet accidentally took out his partner with a suicide dive, leading to Cole pinning Dunne after the Last Shot v2.0(Shining Wizard to the back of the head) (9:50).  The Undisputed Era trio beat down Ricochet and Dunne until The War Raiders(Todd Hanson & Raymond Rowe) hit the ring and the Era members retreated.

Lucha Underground Season 4 Episode 12

-Commentators:  Matt Striker & Vampiro.
-Backstage:  The Worldwide Underground prepared for the Johnny Mundo/Taya Valkyrie wedding, with a surprise addition to the wedding party:  Mundo's old tag team partner "Joey Wrestling"(Mercury)!  Ricky Mundo was demoted to ring bearer, something which didn't sit well with him or his doll...
-"The Savage" Jake Strong d. Drago with the anklelock (4:50); Aero Star saved Drago from a potential post-match ankle-breaking.
-X.O. Lishus d. Jack Evans in a "No Más" Match via cross-armbreaker (11:16); Joey Ryan and Ivelisse Velez prevented Evans from breaking Lishus' neck during the bout, leading to the finish.
-The show closed with the Mundo/Taya wedding; the wheelchair-bound Famous B(still filling in as ring announcer) officiated the ceremony.  Beautiful Brenda and Cheerleader Melissa(!) were the bridesmaids as "The Darewolf" P.J. Black and Joey Wrestling were the groomsmen.  Ricky Mundo, having been insulted by his stablemates, went to release Matanza Cueto from his cell as revenge...in the meantime, promoter Antonio Cueto brought out tacos as a wedding gift.  Once Ricky made his entrance with the rings, the pronouncement of the couple as man and wife was interrupted by Matanza showing up to destroy everybody (including suplexing Famous B while he was still in his wheelchair!).  Black and Mundo were both thrown through tables, then a bloody Taya was sent through the table with the wedding cake.

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Josh Mathews & Don Callis.
-"They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage d. Fenix(w/ Pentagon Jr.) after a top-rope powerbomb to retain the X-Division Title (12:16 aired).  Sami Callihan & Ohio Vs Everything(Jake & Dave Crist) attacked the Lucha Brothers after the match...Cage thought about walking away, but changed his mind and ran back to the ring to fight off the trio.
-Eli Drake d. Brandon Tidwell(w/ Mr. Atlantis) with the Gravy Train(Air Raid Crash) (0:24).  Drake took out Atlantis with another Gravy Train after the match.
-Tessa Blanchard won a triple threat match with "The Undead Bride" Su Yung(w/ Bridesmaids)(C) and Allie Dennis(w/ "The Girl On Fire" Kiera Hogan) to win the Women's Title when she rolled up Allie for the pin with a handful of tights (6:21).
-Rich Swann d. Petey Williams after a running shooting star press (6:00).
-Eddie Edwards & Moose vs. Heavyweight Champion Austin Aries & Killer Kross ended in a no-contest; Moose had been attacked backstage and didn't appear for the start of the match.  Moose arrived later in the bout and tagged into the bout, but then turned around and speared Edwards...the trio destroyed Edwards and threw the referee out of the ring (no closing bell; about 7:20).  Alisha Edwards ran out to check on her husband and slapped Moose before the rulebreaking trio departed.

WWE Main Event

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, & "Showtime" Percy Watson.
-"No Way" Jose Valenzuela d. Tyler Breeze with the pop-up knockout punch (5:16).
-Ruby Riot(w/ Sarah Logan & Liv Morgan) d. Ember Moon by pulling her down off the top rope into the short-arm soccer kick (6:02 aired).

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