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Former ECW, WCW and WWE star Perry Satullo aka Perry Saturn has come into contact with TNA officials regarding an appearance at upcoming Hardcore Justice pay-per-view according to The Figure Four Weekly Newsletter . It's being said that TNA officials came into contact with Mr. Satullo whilst at a bar in Montgomery, Alabama.
Satullo, part of successful tag team 'The Eliminators' along with now passed away George Caiazzo aka John Kronus, is believed to have accepted the offer on a one night appearance basis. This is seen as a major breakthrough by TNA officials considering Satullo's disappearance from wrestling in 2004, and having not been seen since 2004.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Tag Champion Injured, TNA In Talks With Former WWE ECW Star, More:
Source: F4WOnline.com
- TNA is in tentative talks to bring in former ECW talent Steve Lewington (aka DJ Gabriel) as a part of the upcoming Hardcore Justice PPV.
- TNA Tag Team Champion Alex Shelley injured his knee during the iMPACT tapings earlier this week. As a result, he will miss tonight’s Pro Wrestling Guerrila “Seven” event. Chris Sabin is still scheduled to appear at the event, which is being held in Reseda, California.
- There is talk of Tommy Dreamer taking over the head booking job in TNA which is currently held by Vince Russo who wants to move on to another area in the company. Dreamer has only been head booker once before in his career and this was in OVW which didn't go over very well. Dreamer's style was said to be around the same as Russo's and during his run as OVW booker the ratings suffered a huge drop off.
- TNA is in tentative talks to bring in former ECW talent Steve Lewington (aka DJ Gabriel) as a part of the upcoming Hardcore Justice PPV.
- TNA Tag Team Champion Alex Shelley injured his knee during the iMPACT tapings earlier this week. As a result, he will miss tonight’s Pro Wrestling Guerrila “Seven” event. Chris Sabin is still scheduled to appear at the event, which is being held in Reseda, California.
- There is talk of Tommy Dreamer taking over the head booking job in TNA which is currently held by Vince Russo who wants to move on to another area in the company. Dreamer has only been head booker once before in his career and this was in OVW which didn't go over very well. Dreamer's style was said to be around the same as Russo's and during his run as OVW booker the ratings suffered a huge drop off.
WWE stars and crew off to Australia:
Credit: gerweck.net
WWE Superstars and crew are on the way to the other side of the world to start a six day tour in Australia and New Zealand. This is a Smackdown tour although there will be some RAW Superstars involved as well. The tour starts tomorrow with a show in Sydney then on Sunday in Melbourne, Monday in Brisbane, Tuesday to Adelaide, Wednesday in Perth and finally Thursday in Auckland. Everyone will be back stateside for the weekend to get ready for the next set of RAW and Smackdown tapings. This coming Monday's RAW was taped this week so it will not be airing live.
WWE Superstars and crew are on the way to the other side of the world to start a six day tour in Australia and New Zealand. This is a Smackdown tour although there will be some RAW Superstars involved as well. The tour starts tomorrow with a show in Sydney then on Sunday in Melbourne, Monday in Brisbane, Tuesday to Adelaide, Wednesday in Perth and finally Thursday in Auckland. Everyone will be back stateside for the weekend to get ready for the next set of RAW and Smackdown tapings. This coming Monday's RAW was taped this week so it will not be airing live.
TNA star opens Youtube channel:
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TNA star and founder Jeff Jarrett has opened his own Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/JeffJarrettTNA. It features some very interesting videos of Jeff on the road, doing interviews and more.
TNA star and founder Jeff Jarrett has opened his own Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/JeffJarrettTNA. It features some very interesting videos of Jeff on the road, doing interviews and more.
TNA Announces Card For "Whole F'N Show" Impact Special:
Credit: wrestlezone.com
TNA is advertising the following matches for the August 12th Impact special called "The Whole F'N Show:"
-Rob Van Dam vs. Abyss for the TNA Title.
-Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles.
-Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love.
-Jeff Hardy's open challenge.
-D'Angelo Dinero vs. Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson in a three-way match.
-If needed, Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money in the final match of their best of five series. -Ink, Inc. vs. Generation Me in a No. 1 contender's match.
TNA is advertising the following matches for the August 12th Impact special called "The Whole F'N Show:"
-Rob Van Dam vs. Abyss for the TNA Title.
-Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles.
-Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love.
-Jeff Hardy's open challenge.
-D'Angelo Dinero vs. Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson in a three-way match.
-If needed, Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money in the final match of their best of five series. -Ink, Inc. vs. Generation Me in a No. 1 contender's match.
TNA iMPACT Results - 7/29/10:
Credit: PWInsider.com
We open this week's episode with Tommy Dreamer and the ECW crew in the ring, and Tommy says in the eight weeks he's been in TNA, this is the loudest he's heard the Impact Zone, and he knows there's been a lot of buzz, and asks if we're all ready for Hardcore Justice or what? Tommy says that due to some legal issues with some certain letters, they're now going to call themselves EV 2.0. Tommy says he'd like to thank Brother Devon for rejoining the family, and Tommy wants to know what's going on with Brother Ray. Devon says he doesn't know what's going on, but he'd like to call Brother Ray out here right now to settle this once and for all. He calls "Bubba" out to the ring because they have something to talk about. Devon says they should put all their differences aside because these guys (pointing to EV 2.0) are his family, and they are the guys who have had their back since day one, and he wants to ask Ray if he's in or if he's out. Bubba turns to leave, so Tommy says seriously, he's Tommy's best friend, and this is something bigger, this is the original KISS getting back together and putting the makeup on for the fans without the political stuff. Tommy wants one last night to thank the fans, and the fans start chanting "one more time". Mick Foley takes the mic and says that make no mistake, they're going to have a hell of a show with or without him, but in Foley's opinion, the show would be just that much better with him on it. Foley says that when Bubba looks back on his career, if he chooses not to do this show, it'll be the thing he regrets more than anything, and right now he wants Bubba in the ring. Now Taz gets up and takes a house mic and tells Bubba to just do it. Bubba goes to the ring and grabs a mic and tells Devon to answer him one question: are they going to light somebody on fire? Devon nods yes as the crowd starts chanting EV 2.0, and Bubba says what the hell, he's in, and Bubba and Devon embrace and then Bubba goes around and high fives everyone.
Wait a second, here comes Hulk Hogan AND HE'S ALIVE!! Oh, if only this was in the ECW Arena in 1995. The Glomster says that they're going to ride again and thanks them for doing it in TNA, and he wishes he had known because he'd have had a few extra surprises for them, but this is real cool, man. Hogan gets the whole hardcore thing, but these guys are going to take it to another level, and Dixie said to these guys were to the 90s what Hogan was to the 80s, and Hogan agrees 110%, but he missed the whole thing because while they were tearing it up in the 90s, he had a black beard and was ruling his world, but now he's going to get a chance to see it at Hardcore Justice and nobody does it better than these guys. Since everyone's in such a giving mood, he and Eric have a special surprise for everyone and Eric's going to reveal it later, and...oh wait, here comes Abyss with Janice, and he hates to break up the extreme reunion, but he's here to tell you that they are not happy, and they are downright pissed off because this reunion was never a part of their plan and wasn't supposed to happen, and there's one person they hold responsible, and it's not Tommy Dreamer, it's not Mick Foley, and it's not any of the fans or even Hulk Hogan, the one person they hold responsible is Dixie Carter. Hogan says he could care less what they say, and as far as he's concerned, Abyss should hit the road and get his head checked because right now, Tommy Dreamer is a guest of theirs at TNA and nothing's going to go down until the PPV. Abyss says they have given him strict orders tonight to take Tommy Dreamer out, and therefore there will be no Hardcore Justice. Hogan repeats that Dreamer is their guest and he's not going to step up until he's good and ready...but wait, Dreamer says that he would love to fight Abyss tonight, so if Dixie and Hulk will allow it, he says let's do it for everybody. Looks like we have our main event for tonight!
Backstage, Lacey Von Erich is telling Velvet Sky this has to stop right now and Velvet says it will never end, and then Madison Rayne comes in and says none of this will end unless they stay BFFs. Madison says they have all the Knockouts Titles and asks why they can't stick together. Velvet comes up with several reasons, not the least of which is Madison hanging out with Dumpy Ass and Sarita. Madison tries to reason with them and Velvet isn't having it, and says it's going to take a lot more than sorry. Madison and Lacey keep apologizing and finally Velvet says they have a truce and they share a group hug.
Meanwhile, back in the ring...
#1 Contender's Match: Sarita vs Angelina Love
Sarita is so much better than Angelina that it's not even funny. She's also WAY hotter, but maybe that's just me. Angelina with a shoulderblock right off the bat and they do a pinfall exchange sequence and do the indy standoff. Sarita hides behind the ref and nails Angelina, whipping her into the ropes but Angelina ducks a clothesline and gets a rollup for 2. Sarita drop toeholds Angelina into the ropes and kicks her in the gut. Sarita works Angelina over in the corner and snapmares her for 2. That reminds me of how Marty Jannetty used to try beating people off a snapmare and how ridiculous I thought it was. Sarita takes Angelina down and drops several elbows before getting a rear chinlock. Angelina fights out but Sarita with a full rotation back suplex for 2. Sarita tries another rollup with a handful of tights but the ref catches her and refuses to count. Angelina escapes another suplex attempt and spears Sarita, then gets a running elbow, spinkick, and a flying clothesline, and she gets the Botox Injection for 3. What a crime.
Winner: Angelina Love
So now Angelina Love is, yet again, the #1 contender to the Knockouts Title.
Meanwhile, Eric Young is backstage goofing around and Orlando Jordan, ORLANDO JORDAN, says he needs Young to be focused and stop goofing around. Eric says he's not all there right now because of all the head trauma he's suffered recently, and Orlando says "Yeah, and they say I have problems."
After a clip from Xplosion of Eric Young taking a bump off the top rope and landing on his head and going loopy, we're back to the ring for...
Ink Inc vs Orlando Jordan & Eric Young
Orlando Jordan comes to the ring and puts his gum in So Cal Val's mouth, and he is followed by Eric Young carrying...a naked mannequin with a feather boa, whic he props up next to him in his corner, so I guess this is a handicap match. Jordan goes right to work on Jesse Neal and beats him down, then snapmares him and we HIT THE CHINLOCK! Jordan with a swinging neckbreaker as we see that both Young and the mannequin are reaching out for the tag. Jordan straddles Jesse, but Shannon Moore comes in and boots Jordan, and one chinbreaker later, Jesse has made the hot tag, and the mannequin is legal! Young tosses him off the top rope and he burts into pieces, so Ink Inc knock Young off the top rope and Moore hits the Mooregasm for the win.
Winners: Ink Inc
Young crawls over to the destroyed mannequin and throws up the X to indicate that the mannequin is badly injured and needs a stretcher as we go to commercial.
We're back, and Ric Flair is in the ring with AJ Styles, Frankie Kazarian, and Beer Money, and he says that we all know that Flair is a wrestling god and genius, so he always has a return match clause, and next week it's going to be Jay Lethal and Ric Flair in a Street Fight with no rules. Flair is prepared to bleed and sweat, which is good because that's all he can do anymore. Now, it's time to introduce the final two members of Fortune: Beer Money. So basically, it's the four guys we all knew it would be. Flair hands Bobby Roode the mic and he says it's an honor, but they knew it was only a matter of time before they joined up with Flair since they're the greatest team in the business today (not named Briscoes or Kings Of Wrestling...that's my opinion, anyway), and tonight they're going to beat the Motor City Machine Guns for the third time in a row, and will become four time (WOO), four time (WOO), four time (WOO), four time (WOO) TNA World Tag Team Champions. Now Flair introduces the new Global Champion AJ Styles and Frankie Kazarian, and Kazarian says they're not a gang of angry rookies, they're four seasoned vets who are the best in the TNA Galaxy. AJ takes the mic and says that they're the best because Ric Flair deserves the best and deserves respect, and out of that respect, he's going to restore credibility to the Global Title. He renames it the Television Title, and starting next week and every week and PPV after that, he will defend the title and it starts next week with Rob Terry...that is, if Terry can get past Kazarian tonight. Flair closes it by telling the girls that they'll be at the hotel tonight and will be running all night long.
Uh oh, wait a minute...here comes Kurt Angle and he looks serious. Angle says he's glad to hear that AJ will honor that title, but he should know that Angle needs to honor his commitment as well, which means climbing the ladder in TNA and regaining the TNA World Title. Unfortunately for AJ, he's next in line, and that's real...that's damn real.
After a short commercial, it's time for the next match...
Best Of Five Series Match Three: TNA World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns vs Beer Money
Damn, they got that cage up quick! The Guns dive off the cage onto Beer Money to start, then ram both members of Beer Money into the cage. Series of fast double team moves on Storm, and then a springboard dropkick on Roode sends him crashing into the cage and he's busted open already. Shelley goes for Sliced Bread #2, but Storm escapes and gets a hanging neckbreaker off the second rope for 2. Storm rams Shelley into the turnbuckle and pounds him in the face as we see Roode bleeding, then tags in Roode, who comes in with a stiff kick to the guy of Shelley. Beer Money with a slam/elbowdrop/kneedrop combo for 2. Storm comes in and pops Shelley in the mouth then tags Roode back in and we HIT THE CHINLOCK! Shelley fights his way free, but Roode nails him and puts him up top and goes for a superplex, but Shelley rams Roode into the cage several times and hits a top rope Frankensteiner. Shelley makes the hot tag and Sabin comes in and cleans house, hitting a top rope dropkick on both men. Sabin puts Roode in the corner, hangs Storm upside down in front of him, hits a Yakuza Kick to Roode, a delayed baseball slide to Storm, and then Shelley tries Sliced Bread #2 on Roode but Roode escapes and kills Sabin with a lariat. Roode and Shelley go up top but Shelley rams Roode facefirst into the cage and hits a double stomp off the top onto Roode. MCMG with more double team moves on Beer Money but Sabin misses one and then Storm hits a Spinning slam on Shelley and powerbombs Sabin into the cage, and then Storm follows that with a lungblower for a very close 2. Beer Money tries to escape but Shelley goes up and tosses Roode off, then gives Storm a jawbreaker off the top. Sabin climbs to the top of the cage and hits a crossbody off the top on both men and all four are down. That should have been the finish. Storm goes for a shot with the beer bottle, but Sabin moves and Storm nails Roode, and the MCMG hit the doubler stomp/neckbreaker to pick up the win.
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
What a match! That was absolutely awesome, and now the MCMG have their choice of the type of match next week.
After commercial, we are introduced to Mr Anderson...wait, it's Matt Morgan coming out to Anderson's music. I bet he's going to impersonate him. He goes for the mic and the guy who controls the mic refuses to drop it, so Morgan yells at the guy and finally he drops it and Morgan can grab the mic. Yep, he impersonates Anderson and introduces himself. Now Anderson's music hits again, and here he comes for real and when he puts his hand up, he gets a damn mic, and he demonstrates how easy it was by having it raise up, and then calling for it to drop again, and says he doesn't know what Morgan's problem is but he's coming down to the ring to find out. Morgan asks if he finds it ironic that the mic in Morgan's hand was what left Anderson in a pool of his own blood. Morgan says Anderson wants to hit him and take out the Big Bad Wolf, and Morgan offers to bend over and put his jaw out and Anderson can pop him in the jaw for free, but he knows that Anderson is too scared to do it. Morgan keeps egging Anderson on, so Anderson drops down and punches Morgan in the nuts instead. Anderson jumps on Morgan and rains rights down onto Morgan's head and starts mocking him, but Morgan catches Anderson with a clawhold and starts choking him out, then puts the boots to him. Morgan takes the mic and uses the cord to choke Anderson out, but now Jeff Hardy comes out to make the save and he kicks the crap out of Morgan, and then Anderson recovers and he joins in. Security comes out and pulls Anderson and Hardy off, and Morgan uses the opening to cheapshot Anderson. Hardy and Anderson dive back on Morgan and security gets a little too physical trying to pull them back off, leading to the TNA agents coming out and breaking the brawl up and chewing security out.
We go to commercial, and we come back to Ken Anderson and Jeff Hardy backstage with Christy Hemme, and Anderson says they've been trying to get into wrestling for the last ten years and they wanted to be seen, so tonight they get their wish because they get to face Anderson and Hardy, and Anderson wants them to bring Morgan with them.
Back to the ring...
Frankie Kazarian vs Rob Terry
The ref kicks AJ out of ringside, and Kazarian dropkicks Terry from behind, but Terry shrugs Kazarian off and gives him a really ugly chokeslam for a disgustingly easy win.
Winner: Rob Terry
This is just ridiculous, Terry's beating Kazarian that quickly? Oh, here's why, we need to make time for Bischoff's big announcement up next! Jerk.
Oh wait, it's not up next, first we have another match...
Matt Morgan & The Miracle Security Jobbing Connection vs Jeff Hardy & Ken Anderson
For the record, the security job team's names are Murphy and Gunner, so we'll know which one does the job. Morgan starts and he wants Anderson, so Anderson obliges. They circle one another...and Morgan tags Murphy in. Then Murphy tags Gunner in, and they finally tie up, Gunner fires Anderson off into the ropes and Anderson takes him down with a shoulderblock and a swinging neckbreaker for 2. Gunner tags to Murphy who comes in and starts pounding away on Anderson and rams some shoulders into Anderson's midsection in the corner, but tries one time too many and Anderson moves and rolls Murphy up for 2. Hardy tags in and they go for Poetry In Motion but Murphy clotheslines Hardy out of midair and tags Gunner in, but Hardy catches him with the Whisper In The Wind for 2. Tag back out to Anderson and the Security Jobbers double team Anderson but Hardy breaks it up. Morgan gets bored and decides to wander off and leave the jobbers all alone, so Anderson hits the Mic Check on Gunner, followed by a Swanton from Hardy for the win.
Winners: Jeff Hardy & Ken Anderson
Christy is backstage and wants to find out from Hulk Hogan what Eric Bischoff's big announcement is going to be, but Hogan's leaving for a big meeting in New York, presumably to try and leverage a better deal out of Vince, but he'll be back next week and he'll have a few things to say about Bischoff's announcement then.
So instead, we go to Eric Bischoff in the ring with Miss Tessmacher, and it's time for his big announcement: on August 12th at 9pm EST, we'll see something we've never seen before, because Dixie Carter inspired Eric Bischoff by announcing Hardcore Justice, and he was inspired because Dixie gave back to the fans, and Hogan and Bischoff can give back too, so they called up SpikeTV and arranged for a PPV quality show right here on Impact, so on August 12th, the main event will be...uh oh, here comes Abyss with Janice and Bischoff looks somewhat uncomfortable. Abyss grabs Bischoff's mic and says that he just got done talking to Them and They want him to make the main event for August 12th, and that will be Abyss challenging Rob Van Dam in a Ladder Match with Janice hanging above the ring. Bischoff tries to protest, but Abyss says They have told him that Bischoff is the only one who can make it happen, so he asks if Bischoff will make it happen, or does he want to feel the wrath of Janice? Bischoff says all right, he'll make the match, so Abyss tells him he chose wisely and Abyss starts to leave, but then stops and tells Bischoff that Abyss is okay with him, but Janice doesn't appreciate when he bitchslapped Abyss recently, so she's going to show him what a real bitch is. Suddenly, RVD's music hits and here comes the champ with a chair, and he jumpkicks Abyss off the top rope and puts the boots to him. RVD beats Abyss down in the corner and baseball slides a chair into him, and Abyss bails to the floor, so RVD goes after him again and dives off the ropes, but Abyss moves and RVD crashes hard onto the guardrail. The TNA agents come out to back Abyss off, and here comes Tommy Dreamer, and Al Snow hands Janice to Tommy as he comes to the ring for the main event, which is up...NEXT!
Okay, we're back and it's main event time!
Hardcore Match: Abyss vs Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer is creaming Abyss with a trashcan lid when we come back from commercial, but Abyss picks him up and crotches him on the guardrail. They head back in the ring, which is full of plunder, and Abyss wedges a chair in the corner, but turns around into a trashcan, but Abyss barely registers it before picking Dreamer up and giving him a side suplex onto another trashcan. Abyss whacks him with a cookie sheet, then follows that with a shot from a Singapore Cane. Abyss with a neck vice and Dreamer fights his way out, but Abyss throttles him for a chokeslam, Dreamer fights his way out and hits a crossbody and nails him with another...metal thing. Dreamer with a big clothesline lays Abyss out for 2, but eats elbow on a charge and gets rammed into the chair in the corner. Abyss goes up top, but Tommy knocks him off and crotches him, then hangs Abyss in the Tree of Woe and nails him in the nuts with the Singapore Cane, then puts the trash can in front of Abyss and baseball slides the can into his face. Dreamer goes under the ring and grabs a barbed wire board and tosses it in the ring, then gets back in and nails Abyss with the cane again. He sets up the board and goes to pick up Abyss, but his leg gives out and Abyss clotheslines him. Abyss goes out to ringside and grabs Janice and does "YOU!" and swings Janice, but Tommy moves and rolls Abyss up for 2. He sets Janice up in the corner and whips Abyss into her, but Abyss puts on the breaks and punches a trash can into Tommy's face, then chokeslams him on the barbed wire board for the win.
Winner: Abyss
Raven's music hits and he comes running outwith a chair and he and Abyss face off, but Raven turns around and nails Tommy, then gives him the DDT on a chair and with that, we're off the air.
We open this week's episode with Tommy Dreamer and the ECW crew in the ring, and Tommy says in the eight weeks he's been in TNA, this is the loudest he's heard the Impact Zone, and he knows there's been a lot of buzz, and asks if we're all ready for Hardcore Justice or what? Tommy says that due to some legal issues with some certain letters, they're now going to call themselves EV 2.0. Tommy says he'd like to thank Brother Devon for rejoining the family, and Tommy wants to know what's going on with Brother Ray. Devon says he doesn't know what's going on, but he'd like to call Brother Ray out here right now to settle this once and for all. He calls "Bubba" out to the ring because they have something to talk about. Devon says they should put all their differences aside because these guys (pointing to EV 2.0) are his family, and they are the guys who have had their back since day one, and he wants to ask Ray if he's in or if he's out. Bubba turns to leave, so Tommy says seriously, he's Tommy's best friend, and this is something bigger, this is the original KISS getting back together and putting the makeup on for the fans without the political stuff. Tommy wants one last night to thank the fans, and the fans start chanting "one more time". Mick Foley takes the mic and says that make no mistake, they're going to have a hell of a show with or without him, but in Foley's opinion, the show would be just that much better with him on it. Foley says that when Bubba looks back on his career, if he chooses not to do this show, it'll be the thing he regrets more than anything, and right now he wants Bubba in the ring. Now Taz gets up and takes a house mic and tells Bubba to just do it. Bubba goes to the ring and grabs a mic and tells Devon to answer him one question: are they going to light somebody on fire? Devon nods yes as the crowd starts chanting EV 2.0, and Bubba says what the hell, he's in, and Bubba and Devon embrace and then Bubba goes around and high fives everyone.
Wait a second, here comes Hulk Hogan AND HE'S ALIVE!! Oh, if only this was in the ECW Arena in 1995. The Glomster says that they're going to ride again and thanks them for doing it in TNA, and he wishes he had known because he'd have had a few extra surprises for them, but this is real cool, man. Hogan gets the whole hardcore thing, but these guys are going to take it to another level, and Dixie said to these guys were to the 90s what Hogan was to the 80s, and Hogan agrees 110%, but he missed the whole thing because while they were tearing it up in the 90s, he had a black beard and was ruling his world, but now he's going to get a chance to see it at Hardcore Justice and nobody does it better than these guys. Since everyone's in such a giving mood, he and Eric have a special surprise for everyone and Eric's going to reveal it later, and...oh wait, here comes Abyss with Janice, and he hates to break up the extreme reunion, but he's here to tell you that they are not happy, and they are downright pissed off because this reunion was never a part of their plan and wasn't supposed to happen, and there's one person they hold responsible, and it's not Tommy Dreamer, it's not Mick Foley, and it's not any of the fans or even Hulk Hogan, the one person they hold responsible is Dixie Carter. Hogan says he could care less what they say, and as far as he's concerned, Abyss should hit the road and get his head checked because right now, Tommy Dreamer is a guest of theirs at TNA and nothing's going to go down until the PPV. Abyss says they have given him strict orders tonight to take Tommy Dreamer out, and therefore there will be no Hardcore Justice. Hogan repeats that Dreamer is their guest and he's not going to step up until he's good and ready...but wait, Dreamer says that he would love to fight Abyss tonight, so if Dixie and Hulk will allow it, he says let's do it for everybody. Looks like we have our main event for tonight!
Backstage, Lacey Von Erich is telling Velvet Sky this has to stop right now and Velvet says it will never end, and then Madison Rayne comes in and says none of this will end unless they stay BFFs. Madison says they have all the Knockouts Titles and asks why they can't stick together. Velvet comes up with several reasons, not the least of which is Madison hanging out with Dumpy Ass and Sarita. Madison tries to reason with them and Velvet isn't having it, and says it's going to take a lot more than sorry. Madison and Lacey keep apologizing and finally Velvet says they have a truce and they share a group hug.
Meanwhile, back in the ring...
#1 Contender's Match: Sarita vs Angelina Love
Sarita is so much better than Angelina that it's not even funny. She's also WAY hotter, but maybe that's just me. Angelina with a shoulderblock right off the bat and they do a pinfall exchange sequence and do the indy standoff. Sarita hides behind the ref and nails Angelina, whipping her into the ropes but Angelina ducks a clothesline and gets a rollup for 2. Sarita drop toeholds Angelina into the ropes and kicks her in the gut. Sarita works Angelina over in the corner and snapmares her for 2. That reminds me of how Marty Jannetty used to try beating people off a snapmare and how ridiculous I thought it was. Sarita takes Angelina down and drops several elbows before getting a rear chinlock. Angelina fights out but Sarita with a full rotation back suplex for 2. Sarita tries another rollup with a handful of tights but the ref catches her and refuses to count. Angelina escapes another suplex attempt and spears Sarita, then gets a running elbow, spinkick, and a flying clothesline, and she gets the Botox Injection for 3. What a crime.
Winner: Angelina Love
So now Angelina Love is, yet again, the #1 contender to the Knockouts Title.
Meanwhile, Eric Young is backstage goofing around and Orlando Jordan, ORLANDO JORDAN, says he needs Young to be focused and stop goofing around. Eric says he's not all there right now because of all the head trauma he's suffered recently, and Orlando says "Yeah, and they say I have problems."
After a clip from Xplosion of Eric Young taking a bump off the top rope and landing on his head and going loopy, we're back to the ring for...
Ink Inc vs Orlando Jordan & Eric Young
Orlando Jordan comes to the ring and puts his gum in So Cal Val's mouth, and he is followed by Eric Young carrying...a naked mannequin with a feather boa, whic he props up next to him in his corner, so I guess this is a handicap match. Jordan goes right to work on Jesse Neal and beats him down, then snapmares him and we HIT THE CHINLOCK! Jordan with a swinging neckbreaker as we see that both Young and the mannequin are reaching out for the tag. Jordan straddles Jesse, but Shannon Moore comes in and boots Jordan, and one chinbreaker later, Jesse has made the hot tag, and the mannequin is legal! Young tosses him off the top rope and he burts into pieces, so Ink Inc knock Young off the top rope and Moore hits the Mooregasm for the win.
Winners: Ink Inc
Young crawls over to the destroyed mannequin and throws up the X to indicate that the mannequin is badly injured and needs a stretcher as we go to commercial.
We're back, and Ric Flair is in the ring with AJ Styles, Frankie Kazarian, and Beer Money, and he says that we all know that Flair is a wrestling god and genius, so he always has a return match clause, and next week it's going to be Jay Lethal and Ric Flair in a Street Fight with no rules. Flair is prepared to bleed and sweat, which is good because that's all he can do anymore. Now, it's time to introduce the final two members of Fortune: Beer Money. So basically, it's the four guys we all knew it would be. Flair hands Bobby Roode the mic and he says it's an honor, but they knew it was only a matter of time before they joined up with Flair since they're the greatest team in the business today (not named Briscoes or Kings Of Wrestling...that's my opinion, anyway), and tonight they're going to beat the Motor City Machine Guns for the third time in a row, and will become four time (WOO), four time (WOO), four time (WOO), four time (WOO) TNA World Tag Team Champions. Now Flair introduces the new Global Champion AJ Styles and Frankie Kazarian, and Kazarian says they're not a gang of angry rookies, they're four seasoned vets who are the best in the TNA Galaxy. AJ takes the mic and says that they're the best because Ric Flair deserves the best and deserves respect, and out of that respect, he's going to restore credibility to the Global Title. He renames it the Television Title, and starting next week and every week and PPV after that, he will defend the title and it starts next week with Rob Terry...that is, if Terry can get past Kazarian tonight. Flair closes it by telling the girls that they'll be at the hotel tonight and will be running all night long.
Uh oh, wait a minute...here comes Kurt Angle and he looks serious. Angle says he's glad to hear that AJ will honor that title, but he should know that Angle needs to honor his commitment as well, which means climbing the ladder in TNA and regaining the TNA World Title. Unfortunately for AJ, he's next in line, and that's real...that's damn real.
After a short commercial, it's time for the next match...
Best Of Five Series Match Three: TNA World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns vs Beer Money
Damn, they got that cage up quick! The Guns dive off the cage onto Beer Money to start, then ram both members of Beer Money into the cage. Series of fast double team moves on Storm, and then a springboard dropkick on Roode sends him crashing into the cage and he's busted open already. Shelley goes for Sliced Bread #2, but Storm escapes and gets a hanging neckbreaker off the second rope for 2. Storm rams Shelley into the turnbuckle and pounds him in the face as we see Roode bleeding, then tags in Roode, who comes in with a stiff kick to the guy of Shelley. Beer Money with a slam/elbowdrop/kneedrop combo for 2. Storm comes in and pops Shelley in the mouth then tags Roode back in and we HIT THE CHINLOCK! Shelley fights his way free, but Roode nails him and puts him up top and goes for a superplex, but Shelley rams Roode into the cage several times and hits a top rope Frankensteiner. Shelley makes the hot tag and Sabin comes in and cleans house, hitting a top rope dropkick on both men. Sabin puts Roode in the corner, hangs Storm upside down in front of him, hits a Yakuza Kick to Roode, a delayed baseball slide to Storm, and then Shelley tries Sliced Bread #2 on Roode but Roode escapes and kills Sabin with a lariat. Roode and Shelley go up top but Shelley rams Roode facefirst into the cage and hits a double stomp off the top onto Roode. MCMG with more double team moves on Beer Money but Sabin misses one and then Storm hits a Spinning slam on Shelley and powerbombs Sabin into the cage, and then Storm follows that with a lungblower for a very close 2. Beer Money tries to escape but Shelley goes up and tosses Roode off, then gives Storm a jawbreaker off the top. Sabin climbs to the top of the cage and hits a crossbody off the top on both men and all four are down. That should have been the finish. Storm goes for a shot with the beer bottle, but Sabin moves and Storm nails Roode, and the MCMG hit the doubler stomp/neckbreaker to pick up the win.
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
What a match! That was absolutely awesome, and now the MCMG have their choice of the type of match next week.
After commercial, we are introduced to Mr Anderson...wait, it's Matt Morgan coming out to Anderson's music. I bet he's going to impersonate him. He goes for the mic and the guy who controls the mic refuses to drop it, so Morgan yells at the guy and finally he drops it and Morgan can grab the mic. Yep, he impersonates Anderson and introduces himself. Now Anderson's music hits again, and here he comes for real and when he puts his hand up, he gets a damn mic, and he demonstrates how easy it was by having it raise up, and then calling for it to drop again, and says he doesn't know what Morgan's problem is but he's coming down to the ring to find out. Morgan asks if he finds it ironic that the mic in Morgan's hand was what left Anderson in a pool of his own blood. Morgan says Anderson wants to hit him and take out the Big Bad Wolf, and Morgan offers to bend over and put his jaw out and Anderson can pop him in the jaw for free, but he knows that Anderson is too scared to do it. Morgan keeps egging Anderson on, so Anderson drops down and punches Morgan in the nuts instead. Anderson jumps on Morgan and rains rights down onto Morgan's head and starts mocking him, but Morgan catches Anderson with a clawhold and starts choking him out, then puts the boots to him. Morgan takes the mic and uses the cord to choke Anderson out, but now Jeff Hardy comes out to make the save and he kicks the crap out of Morgan, and then Anderson recovers and he joins in. Security comes out and pulls Anderson and Hardy off, and Morgan uses the opening to cheapshot Anderson. Hardy and Anderson dive back on Morgan and security gets a little too physical trying to pull them back off, leading to the TNA agents coming out and breaking the brawl up and chewing security out.
We go to commercial, and we come back to Ken Anderson and Jeff Hardy backstage with Christy Hemme, and Anderson says they've been trying to get into wrestling for the last ten years and they wanted to be seen, so tonight they get their wish because they get to face Anderson and Hardy, and Anderson wants them to bring Morgan with them.
Back to the ring...
Frankie Kazarian vs Rob Terry
The ref kicks AJ out of ringside, and Kazarian dropkicks Terry from behind, but Terry shrugs Kazarian off and gives him a really ugly chokeslam for a disgustingly easy win.
Winner: Rob Terry
This is just ridiculous, Terry's beating Kazarian that quickly? Oh, here's why, we need to make time for Bischoff's big announcement up next! Jerk.
Oh wait, it's not up next, first we have another match...
Matt Morgan & The Miracle Security Jobbing Connection vs Jeff Hardy & Ken Anderson
For the record, the security job team's names are Murphy and Gunner, so we'll know which one does the job. Morgan starts and he wants Anderson, so Anderson obliges. They circle one another...and Morgan tags Murphy in. Then Murphy tags Gunner in, and they finally tie up, Gunner fires Anderson off into the ropes and Anderson takes him down with a shoulderblock and a swinging neckbreaker for 2. Gunner tags to Murphy who comes in and starts pounding away on Anderson and rams some shoulders into Anderson's midsection in the corner, but tries one time too many and Anderson moves and rolls Murphy up for 2. Hardy tags in and they go for Poetry In Motion but Murphy clotheslines Hardy out of midair and tags Gunner in, but Hardy catches him with the Whisper In The Wind for 2. Tag back out to Anderson and the Security Jobbers double team Anderson but Hardy breaks it up. Morgan gets bored and decides to wander off and leave the jobbers all alone, so Anderson hits the Mic Check on Gunner, followed by a Swanton from Hardy for the win.
Winners: Jeff Hardy & Ken Anderson
Christy is backstage and wants to find out from Hulk Hogan what Eric Bischoff's big announcement is going to be, but Hogan's leaving for a big meeting in New York, presumably to try and leverage a better deal out of Vince, but he'll be back next week and he'll have a few things to say about Bischoff's announcement then.
So instead, we go to Eric Bischoff in the ring with Miss Tessmacher, and it's time for his big announcement: on August 12th at 9pm EST, we'll see something we've never seen before, because Dixie Carter inspired Eric Bischoff by announcing Hardcore Justice, and he was inspired because Dixie gave back to the fans, and Hogan and Bischoff can give back too, so they called up SpikeTV and arranged for a PPV quality show right here on Impact, so on August 12th, the main event will be...uh oh, here comes Abyss with Janice and Bischoff looks somewhat uncomfortable. Abyss grabs Bischoff's mic and says that he just got done talking to Them and They want him to make the main event for August 12th, and that will be Abyss challenging Rob Van Dam in a Ladder Match with Janice hanging above the ring. Bischoff tries to protest, but Abyss says They have told him that Bischoff is the only one who can make it happen, so he asks if Bischoff will make it happen, or does he want to feel the wrath of Janice? Bischoff says all right, he'll make the match, so Abyss tells him he chose wisely and Abyss starts to leave, but then stops and tells Bischoff that Abyss is okay with him, but Janice doesn't appreciate when he bitchslapped Abyss recently, so she's going to show him what a real bitch is. Suddenly, RVD's music hits and here comes the champ with a chair, and he jumpkicks Abyss off the top rope and puts the boots to him. RVD beats Abyss down in the corner and baseball slides a chair into him, and Abyss bails to the floor, so RVD goes after him again and dives off the ropes, but Abyss moves and RVD crashes hard onto the guardrail. The TNA agents come out to back Abyss off, and here comes Tommy Dreamer, and Al Snow hands Janice to Tommy as he comes to the ring for the main event, which is up...NEXT!
Okay, we're back and it's main event time!
Hardcore Match: Abyss vs Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer is creaming Abyss with a trashcan lid when we come back from commercial, but Abyss picks him up and crotches him on the guardrail. They head back in the ring, which is full of plunder, and Abyss wedges a chair in the corner, but turns around into a trashcan, but Abyss barely registers it before picking Dreamer up and giving him a side suplex onto another trashcan. Abyss whacks him with a cookie sheet, then follows that with a shot from a Singapore Cane. Abyss with a neck vice and Dreamer fights his way out, but Abyss throttles him for a chokeslam, Dreamer fights his way out and hits a crossbody and nails him with another...metal thing. Dreamer with a big clothesline lays Abyss out for 2, but eats elbow on a charge and gets rammed into the chair in the corner. Abyss goes up top, but Tommy knocks him off and crotches him, then hangs Abyss in the Tree of Woe and nails him in the nuts with the Singapore Cane, then puts the trash can in front of Abyss and baseball slides the can into his face. Dreamer goes under the ring and grabs a barbed wire board and tosses it in the ring, then gets back in and nails Abyss with the cane again. He sets up the board and goes to pick up Abyss, but his leg gives out and Abyss clotheslines him. Abyss goes out to ringside and grabs Janice and does "YOU!" and swings Janice, but Tommy moves and rolls Abyss up for 2. He sets Janice up in the corner and whips Abyss into her, but Abyss puts on the breaks and punches a trash can into Tommy's face, then chokeslams him on the barbed wire board for the win.
Winner: Abyss
Raven's music hits and he comes running outwith a chair and he and Abyss face off, but Raven turns around and nails Tommy, then gives him the DDT on a chair and with that, we're off the air.
WWE Hall Of Famer Bobby Heenan Suffers Several Major Injuries :
PWInsider.com reports that there was an announcement made by T-Mart Promotions on the official message board of the NWA Legends Convention that WWE Hall of Famer Bobby “The Brain” Heenan had to pull out of his scheduled appearance due to several injuries he has suffered during the past week.
The announcement noted that Heenan would be undergoing surgery on August 4th for a broken shoulder. Heenan had fallen several weeks ago, breaking his hip. While in rehabilitation, he slipped and suffered a broken shoulder as well as the fractured pelvis. Heenan had originally planned to attend the signing via wheelchair but due to the surgery, that will not be possible.
The announcement noted that Heenan would be undergoing surgery on August 4th for a broken shoulder. Heenan had fallen several weeks ago, breaking his hip. While in rehabilitation, he slipped and suffered a broken shoulder as well as the fractured pelvis. Heenan had originally planned to attend the signing via wheelchair but due to the surgery, that will not be possible.
New SummerSlam Match Revealed, Update On NXT's Future, More:
Credit: http://ringsidexcess.viviti.com/
- Big Show vs. CM Punk, Luke Gallows and Joey Mercury in a 3 on 1 Handicap match has been confirmed for the SummerSlam pay-per-view next month. The match was announced during Wednesday's SmackDown taping before a promo featuring the Straight-Edge Society.
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston, with help from Vickie Guerrero, to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion at Wednesday's SmackDown tapings. This is Dolph's first major singles championship in WWE, though it's not his first taste at gold, as he won the World Tag Team Titles as Nicky from The Spirit Squad.
- It was revealed during the closing segment of Wednesday's SmackDown taping that Kane was the real person behind The Undertaker's attack, and not Rey Mysterio who he had blamed the week before. The segment of Kane blaming Mysterio will air tonight on SmackDown, while Kane being revealed as the true culprit next Friday. Many people expect Taker to show up following the World Title match at SummerSlam to set up a feud between himself and Kane for Night of Champions.
- Christian was noticeably missing from being involved in Wednesday's WWE tapings, though he was backstage. He was kept off of the TV's for next week to sell injuries of an attack by Drew McIntyre following their match at Tuesday's tapings, set to air tonight on SmackDown. He is expected to return to television at the next set of tapings to begin his program with McIntyre.
- WWE is wanting to continue on with their NXT show following the end of the second season, which is tentative to end in late September or early October. There is no word if WWE is still in negotiations to reach a TV deal for the show, or if they will simply air it via WWE.com . The company is also under a lot of pressure to keep signing new developmental talents because of this, as they want more and more talents to eventually be called up to the main roster.
- Big Show vs. CM Punk, Luke Gallows and Joey Mercury in a 3 on 1 Handicap match has been confirmed for the SummerSlam pay-per-view next month. The match was announced during Wednesday's SmackDown taping before a promo featuring the Straight-Edge Society.
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Kofi Kingston, with help from Vickie Guerrero, to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion at Wednesday's SmackDown tapings. This is Dolph's first major singles championship in WWE, though it's not his first taste at gold, as he won the World Tag Team Titles as Nicky from The Spirit Squad.
- It was revealed during the closing segment of Wednesday's SmackDown taping that Kane was the real person behind The Undertaker's attack, and not Rey Mysterio who he had blamed the week before. The segment of Kane blaming Mysterio will air tonight on SmackDown, while Kane being revealed as the true culprit next Friday. Many people expect Taker to show up following the World Title match at SummerSlam to set up a feud between himself and Kane for Night of Champions.
- Christian was noticeably missing from being involved in Wednesday's WWE tapings, though he was backstage. He was kept off of the TV's for next week to sell injuries of an attack by Drew McIntyre following their match at Tuesday's tapings, set to air tonight on SmackDown. He is expected to return to television at the next set of tapings to begin his program with McIntyre.
- WWE is wanting to continue on with their NXT show following the end of the second season, which is tentative to end in late September or early October. There is no word if WWE is still in negotiations to reach a TV deal for the show, or if they will simply air it via WWE.com . The company is also under a lot of pressure to keep signing new developmental talents because of this, as they want more and more talents to eventually be called up to the main roster.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
WWE Superstars Results - 7/29/10:
Credit: PWInsider.com
We start off tonight’s show with the Raw brand and your announcers are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler.
Match Number One: Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov versus William Regal and Primo
Regal and Santino start things off and Santino swings wildly at Regal and misses. Then he does the same with a kick. Regal works on the arm and Santino rolls through but Regal takes him down to the mat. Santino rolls through and reverses. Santino with a cartwheel and then he does some race walking across the ring and Regal wonders what is going on. Santino with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Regal tags in Primo and he punches Santino. Primo goes to the arm and applies a hammer lock. We see a few reversals and then Santino tries to formulate an escape and he reverses. Kozlov tags in and he connects with shoulders in the corner and then he punches Primo. Kozlov gets Primo on his shoulders and then he puts Primo on the turnbuckles and connects with head butts followed by kicks to get Primo off the turnbuckles. Kozlov tries for a power slam but Primo with a clip and leg sweep. Regal tags in and he kicks Kozlov and works on the leg. Regal with a knee to Kozlov’s leg and then he puts the leg against the ropes and connects with a knee to the leg. Regal with a kick to the leg in the ropes. Kozlov with a kick and he makes the tag.
Santino has a that look in his eyes and he summons the cobra and hits it but Regal goes to the floor. Santino goes for Primo but he gets to the floor as well and we go to commercial.
We are back and Primo with a side head lock on Santino. Primo with a shoulder tackle and Santino with a hip toss and arm drag. Santino with a slam to Primo and then he tries for a diving splash but he lands on Primo’s knees. Primo with a head butt to Santino and Regal is tagged back in. Regal with a kick to Santino. Regal with a head butt to Santino. Santino with a sunset flip attempt but Regal drops down onto Santino’s chest. Primo is tagged back in and he kicks Santino. Primo with a hard Irish whip to Santino and then he stomps on Santino’s chest. Primo runs Santino into the corner again and Regal tags back in. Regal with knees to Santino. Regal and Primo double team Santino while the referee deals with Kozlov. Regal with an abdominal stretch but Santino escapes with a hip toss. Regal with a knee drop to Santino and he tags Primo back in.
Primo slams Santino and then he goes to the turnbuckle but he hits Santino’s knees on a frog splash attempt. Santino crawls to his corner and he makes the tag to Kozlov. Kozlov with a head butt and then he throws Primo into the corner followed by a series of kicks. Kozlov with a running power slam but Regal breaks up the cover. Santino forces Regal out of the ring with the cobra. Primo goes to the turnbuckles but Kozlov catches him and hits a spinebuster for the three count.
Winners: Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella
We take a look back at this week’s NXT when Eli Cottonwood was eliminated.
We are back and it is time for the Smackdown half of the show and your announcers are Matt Striker and Todd Grisham.
We see highlights of the feud between the Dudebusters and Chris Masters.
Match Number Two: Chris Masters versus Caylen Croft with Trent Barreta
Croft with a punch to Masters and Masters does not like that. Masters with a punch of his own followed by a kick and delayed vertical suplex and he gets a near fall. Masters with a chop and then he Irish whips Croft but misses a splash into the corner. Croft with punches in the corner. Masters gets a boot up but Croft blocks the kick and then drops down and works on the leg. Croft with kicks to Masters and he gets a near fall. Croft with a leaping knee drop to Masters’ leg and he gets a near fall. Croft with a spinning toe hold but Masters kicks Croft into the corner. Masters with a reverse atomic drop followed by a few clotheslines. Croft with a kick and a power slam for a near fall. Masters presses Croft over his head but he cannot hold him because of the work done on the knee. Masters clotheslines Croft over the top rope to the floor. He goes out to the floor and he punches Barreta and puts Trent in the Master Lock for a moment. Masters returns to the ring and Croft clips Masters and hits a DDT for the three count.
Winner: Caylen Croft
We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that WWE and Make A Wish have been working together for 25 years.
It is time for the Raw Rebound.
We run through the card for SummerSlam.
Match Number Three: Montel Vontavious Porter with Percy Watson versus Chavo Guerrero
Chavo backs into the ropes and the referee pulls Porter away. They lock up and Chavo works on the arm and takes Porter down. Porter with a head scissors and Chavo tries to escape. Chavo does get out and he puts Porter in a side head lock. Porter with a rollup but Chavo escapes before a one count. Porter with a cravate and Porter adds some knees. Chavo with a forearm and then he punches Porter. Porter punches back and hits a drop kick for a near fall. Porter with a front face lock but Chavo with a knee to the face. Porter with a drop toe hold and then he hits a running knee to the back of the head for a near fall. Porter with an arm bar on Chavo but Chavo with Latino uppercuts. Porter with punches to Chavo and Porter with a flying forearm and a back body drop. Porter sends Chavo over the top rope to the floor and we go to commercial.
We are back and Chavo punches Porter but Porter with an Irish whip. Porter goes to the floor when Chavo moves out of the way. Chavo sends Porter to the floor with a drop kick. Chavo goes to the floor and he kicks Porter on the floor. Chavo punches Porter. They return to the ring and Chavo gets a near fall. Chavo with an arm bar and he adds pressure to Porter’s back. Porter with forearms and a kick to Chavo. Porter tries to float over but Chavo anticipates it and hits a drop kick to the back that sends Porter into the turnbuckles. Chavo with a short arm clothesline for a near fall. Chavo with a chin lock to Porter and the referee checks on Porter. Porter gets Chavo on his shoulders and he hits an electric chair drop and both men are down.
Porter with an Exploder suplex to Chavo and then he avoids a punch from Chavo and connects with punches of his own followed by a double thrust and then he tosses Chavo into the air and down to the mat. Porter with the facebuster and then he sets for the Ballin’ Elbow. Chavo escapes the Play of the Day and he sends Porter into the turnbuckles. Chavo waits for Porter to get up and Chavo sets for the Three Amigos but Porter blocks the third one and hits a German suplex with a bridge for a near fall. Chavo with a spinning heel kick and he gets a near fall. Chavo goes to the turnbuckles but Porter punches Chavo and they both go up but Chavo sends Porter to the mat. Chavo comes off into a boot and Chavo is able to kick out. Porter tries for a delayed vertical suplex but Chavo with a knee and he gets a near fall with a rollup. Porter hits the Play of the Day for the three count.
Winner: Montel Vontavious Porter
We go to credits.
We start off tonight’s show with the Raw brand and your announcers are Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler.
Match Number One: Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov versus William Regal and Primo
Regal and Santino start things off and Santino swings wildly at Regal and misses. Then he does the same with a kick. Regal works on the arm and Santino rolls through but Regal takes him down to the mat. Santino rolls through and reverses. Santino with a cartwheel and then he does some race walking across the ring and Regal wonders what is going on. Santino with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Regal tags in Primo and he punches Santino. Primo goes to the arm and applies a hammer lock. We see a few reversals and then Santino tries to formulate an escape and he reverses. Kozlov tags in and he connects with shoulders in the corner and then he punches Primo. Kozlov gets Primo on his shoulders and then he puts Primo on the turnbuckles and connects with head butts followed by kicks to get Primo off the turnbuckles. Kozlov tries for a power slam but Primo with a clip and leg sweep. Regal tags in and he kicks Kozlov and works on the leg. Regal with a knee to Kozlov’s leg and then he puts the leg against the ropes and connects with a knee to the leg. Regal with a kick to the leg in the ropes. Kozlov with a kick and he makes the tag.
Santino has a that look in his eyes and he summons the cobra and hits it but Regal goes to the floor. Santino goes for Primo but he gets to the floor as well and we go to commercial.
We are back and Primo with a side head lock on Santino. Primo with a shoulder tackle and Santino with a hip toss and arm drag. Santino with a slam to Primo and then he tries for a diving splash but he lands on Primo’s knees. Primo with a head butt to Santino and Regal is tagged back in. Regal with a kick to Santino. Regal with a head butt to Santino. Santino with a sunset flip attempt but Regal drops down onto Santino’s chest. Primo is tagged back in and he kicks Santino. Primo with a hard Irish whip to Santino and then he stomps on Santino’s chest. Primo runs Santino into the corner again and Regal tags back in. Regal with knees to Santino. Regal and Primo double team Santino while the referee deals with Kozlov. Regal with an abdominal stretch but Santino escapes with a hip toss. Regal with a knee drop to Santino and he tags Primo back in.
Primo slams Santino and then he goes to the turnbuckle but he hits Santino’s knees on a frog splash attempt. Santino crawls to his corner and he makes the tag to Kozlov. Kozlov with a head butt and then he throws Primo into the corner followed by a series of kicks. Kozlov with a running power slam but Regal breaks up the cover. Santino forces Regal out of the ring with the cobra. Primo goes to the turnbuckles but Kozlov catches him and hits a spinebuster for the three count.
Winners: Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella
We take a look back at this week’s NXT when Eli Cottonwood was eliminated.
We are back and it is time for the Smackdown half of the show and your announcers are Matt Striker and Todd Grisham.
We see highlights of the feud between the Dudebusters and Chris Masters.
Match Number Two: Chris Masters versus Caylen Croft with Trent Barreta
Croft with a punch to Masters and Masters does not like that. Masters with a punch of his own followed by a kick and delayed vertical suplex and he gets a near fall. Masters with a chop and then he Irish whips Croft but misses a splash into the corner. Croft with punches in the corner. Masters gets a boot up but Croft blocks the kick and then drops down and works on the leg. Croft with kicks to Masters and he gets a near fall. Croft with a leaping knee drop to Masters’ leg and he gets a near fall. Croft with a spinning toe hold but Masters kicks Croft into the corner. Masters with a reverse atomic drop followed by a few clotheslines. Croft with a kick and a power slam for a near fall. Masters presses Croft over his head but he cannot hold him because of the work done on the knee. Masters clotheslines Croft over the top rope to the floor. He goes out to the floor and he punches Barreta and puts Trent in the Master Lock for a moment. Masters returns to the ring and Croft clips Masters and hits a DDT for the three count.
Winner: Caylen Croft
We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that WWE and Make A Wish have been working together for 25 years.
It is time for the Raw Rebound.
We run through the card for SummerSlam.
Match Number Three: Montel Vontavious Porter with Percy Watson versus Chavo Guerrero
Chavo backs into the ropes and the referee pulls Porter away. They lock up and Chavo works on the arm and takes Porter down. Porter with a head scissors and Chavo tries to escape. Chavo does get out and he puts Porter in a side head lock. Porter with a rollup but Chavo escapes before a one count. Porter with a cravate and Porter adds some knees. Chavo with a forearm and then he punches Porter. Porter punches back and hits a drop kick for a near fall. Porter with a front face lock but Chavo with a knee to the face. Porter with a drop toe hold and then he hits a running knee to the back of the head for a near fall. Porter with an arm bar on Chavo but Chavo with Latino uppercuts. Porter with punches to Chavo and Porter with a flying forearm and a back body drop. Porter sends Chavo over the top rope to the floor and we go to commercial.
We are back and Chavo punches Porter but Porter with an Irish whip. Porter goes to the floor when Chavo moves out of the way. Chavo sends Porter to the floor with a drop kick. Chavo goes to the floor and he kicks Porter on the floor. Chavo punches Porter. They return to the ring and Chavo gets a near fall. Chavo with an arm bar and he adds pressure to Porter’s back. Porter with forearms and a kick to Chavo. Porter tries to float over but Chavo anticipates it and hits a drop kick to the back that sends Porter into the turnbuckles. Chavo with a short arm clothesline for a near fall. Chavo with a chin lock to Porter and the referee checks on Porter. Porter gets Chavo on his shoulders and he hits an electric chair drop and both men are down.
Porter with an Exploder suplex to Chavo and then he avoids a punch from Chavo and connects with punches of his own followed by a double thrust and then he tosses Chavo into the air and down to the mat. Porter with the facebuster and then he sets for the Ballin’ Elbow. Chavo escapes the Play of the Day and he sends Porter into the turnbuckles. Chavo waits for Porter to get up and Chavo sets for the Three Amigos but Porter blocks the third one and hits a German suplex with a bridge for a near fall. Chavo with a spinning heel kick and he gets a near fall. Chavo goes to the turnbuckles but Porter punches Chavo and they both go up but Chavo sends Porter to the mat. Chavo comes off into a boot and Chavo is able to kick out. Porter tries for a delayed vertical suplex but Chavo with a knee and he gets a near fall with a rollup. Porter hits the Play of the Day for the three count.
Winner: Montel Vontavious Porter
We go to credits.
Non-Spoiler Match Listing For Tonight's WWE Superstars:
The following matches will air on tonight's edition of WWE Superstars:
-William Regal and Primo vs. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov.
-Chris Masters vs. Caylen Croft.
-MVP vs. Chavo Guerrero.
-William Regal and Primo vs. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov.
-Chris Masters vs. Caylen Croft.
-MVP vs. Chavo Guerrero.
Non-Spoiler Match Listing For Tonight's TNA Impact:
The following matches will air on tonight's edition of TNA Impact:
-Angelina Love vs. Sarita.
-Orlando Jordan and Eric Young vs. Ink, Inc.
-The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money in a Steel Cage Match: third match of the best of five series.
-Rob Terry vs. Kazarian.
-Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson vs. Matt Morgan and two TNA security guards.
-Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss in a hardcore match.
-Angelina Love vs. Sarita.
-Orlando Jordan and Eric Young vs. Ink, Inc.
-The Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money in a Steel Cage Match: third match of the best of five series.
-Rob Terry vs. Kazarian.
-Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson vs. Matt Morgan and two TNA security guards.
-Tommy Dreamer vs. Abyss in a hardcore match.
Cancer scare for a former WWE world champion?
Credit: gerweck.net
JBL posted on his Twitter page:
My last test was today, after 3 months of worrying and doctor visits-I got a clean bill of health today and no sign of cancer!!!
JBL posted on his Twitter page:
My last test was today, after 3 months of worrying and doctor visits-I got a clean bill of health today and no sign of cancer!!!
Orton Explains Why He Won't Allow Pics Of His Daughter Leak:
Credit: wrestlezone.com
The following is a new tweet from the official Twitter page of WWE Superstar Randy Orton. In the tweet, Orton replies to a question sent to him by a fan asking why he went out of his way to keep photographs of his daughter Alanna from leaking to the internet.
Orton tweeted, "One day I'll show her on Twitter. At first I wouldn't allow a pic of her to go out. It's weird, I just feel I'm protecting her."
The following is a new tweet from the official Twitter page of WWE Superstar Randy Orton. In the tweet, Orton replies to a question sent to him by a fan asking why he went out of his way to keep photographs of his daughter Alanna from leaking to the internet.
Orton tweeted, "One day I'll show her on Twitter. At first I wouldn't allow a pic of her to go out. It's weird, I just feel I'm protecting her."
*SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results For Next Friday:
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Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Chavo Guerrero
WWE SmackDown (Airing Next Friday):
* The show opens with Rey Mysterio in the ring talking about the things Kane accused him of last week. He says he did not take out The Undertaker. Mysterio is about to continue, but is interrupted by Drew McIntyre who comes out and challenges Rey to a match. Rey accepts and Drew says he’s going to take out Mysterio just like he did to Christian last week.
* “Dashing” Cody Rhodes b. Matt Hardy with Cross Rhodes.
* SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long is in his office with Layla and Michelle McCool about the Womens Title situation stemming from last week. He demands that on of them give up one of the belts. Michelle hands Long her belt as she starts to argue with Layla about the decision. They fight over the other one, and eventually break it.
* Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero b. Kofi Kingston to become the new Intercontinental Champion after interference from Vickie. After the match, Kofi attacks Dolph much like he did following their match last week, this time beating him up worse.
* CM Punk and the rest of the Straight-Edge Society make their way to the ring. Punk shows footage of them beating up Big Show last week and brags about it. Punk cuts a promo on his fellow SES members and says they better prove themselves for their 3 on 1 Handicap match against Big Show at SummerSlam.
* The Straight-Edge Society w/Serena b. Chris Masters, JTG & MVP after Gallows hits the Gallows Pole for the win.
* Rey Mysterio b. Drew McIntyre with a roll-up. After the match, Kane comes down and there’s a casket. Rey escapes from Kane and says he wasn’t the one who took out Undertaker, revealing that Kane was the attacker. Kane stares up to the sky for a long time, crying or laughing to himself as the show ends.
Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Chavo Guerrero
WWE SmackDown (Airing Next Friday):
* The show opens with Rey Mysterio in the ring talking about the things Kane accused him of last week. He says he did not take out The Undertaker. Mysterio is about to continue, but is interrupted by Drew McIntyre who comes out and challenges Rey to a match. Rey accepts and Drew says he’s going to take out Mysterio just like he did to Christian last week.
* “Dashing” Cody Rhodes b. Matt Hardy with Cross Rhodes.
* SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long is in his office with Layla and Michelle McCool about the Womens Title situation stemming from last week. He demands that on of them give up one of the belts. Michelle hands Long her belt as she starts to argue with Layla about the decision. They fight over the other one, and eventually break it.
* Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero b. Kofi Kingston to become the new Intercontinental Champion after interference from Vickie. After the match, Kofi attacks Dolph much like he did following their match last week, this time beating him up worse.
* CM Punk and the rest of the Straight-Edge Society make their way to the ring. Punk shows footage of them beating up Big Show last week and brags about it. Punk cuts a promo on his fellow SES members and says they better prove themselves for their 3 on 1 Handicap match against Big Show at SummerSlam.
* The Straight-Edge Society w/Serena b. Chris Masters, JTG & MVP after Gallows hits the Gallows Pole for the win.
* Rey Mysterio b. Drew McIntyre with a roll-up. After the match, Kane comes down and there’s a casket. Rey escapes from Kane and says he wasn’t the one who took out Undertaker, revealing that Kane was the attacker. Kane stares up to the sky for a long time, crying or laughing to himself as the show ends.
WWE Stars Leaving For Tour, More:
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- The dark match before last night’s NXT and SmackDown tapings saw Alberto Del Rio defeat Chavo Guerrero. The dark main event saw Rey Mysterio defend the World Title against Kane and Jack Swagger in a cage match.
- R-Truth and Dusty Rhodes will be appearing at the WWE developmental show this Friday night in Punta Gorda, Florida at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.
- John Morrison and Eve Torres will be appearing this Saturday at the Daytona Lagoon Water Park in Daytona Beach, Florida starting at 3pm.
- The WWE SmackDown crew will be leaving the United States today for a tour of Australia. The brand will run shows down under from Saturday through Wednesday. The RAW brand will be leaving the US this week for shows in Japan on Friday and Saturday.
- The dark match before last night’s NXT and SmackDown tapings saw Alberto Del Rio defeat Chavo Guerrero. The dark main event saw Rey Mysterio defend the World Title against Kane and Jack Swagger in a cage match.
- R-Truth and Dusty Rhodes will be appearing at the WWE developmental show this Friday night in Punta Gorda, Florida at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.
- John Morrison and Eve Torres will be appearing this Saturday at the Daytona Lagoon Water Park in Daytona Beach, Florida starting at 3pm.
- The WWE SmackDown crew will be leaving the United States today for a tour of Australia. The brand will run shows down under from Saturday through Wednesday. The RAW brand will be leaving the US this week for shows in Japan on Friday and Saturday.
*SPOILERS* WWE NXT Taping Results For Next Tuesday:
Credit: gerweck.net
Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Chavo Guerrero
WWE NXT (Airing Next Tuesday):
* The show opens with the Pros on the stage as Matt Striker introduces the Rookies coming to the ring. Striker announces there will be a kissing contest right now hosted by Layla and Michelle McCool. Husky Harris is up first. McCool tells him to kiss her but he has to think about it. McCool interrupts his thinking and brings out Laredo’s own Margarita and out comes a large Mexican woman. All the Rookies kissed her. She picked Lucky Cannon as the best kisser, making him the winner of the challenge. LayCool tell the Rookies that they each just won herpes.
* Husky Harris w/“Dashing” Cody Rhodes b. Kaval w/ LayCool after hitting his finisher.
* There was a backstage segment with Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty talking about fighting The Miz. They are interrupted by Lucky Cannon who says he wants to face Miz instead. Miz is watching everything and accepts the challenge to face the winner of McGillicutty vs. Lucky.
* Michael McGillicutty w/Kofi Kingston b. Lucky Cannon w/Mark Henry
* Alex Riley b. Percy Watson w/MVP
* The Miz b. Michael McGillicutty with the Skull Crushing Finale.
Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Chavo Guerrero
WWE NXT (Airing Next Tuesday):
* The show opens with the Pros on the stage as Matt Striker introduces the Rookies coming to the ring. Striker announces there will be a kissing contest right now hosted by Layla and Michelle McCool. Husky Harris is up first. McCool tells him to kiss her but he has to think about it. McCool interrupts his thinking and brings out Laredo’s own Margarita and out comes a large Mexican woman. All the Rookies kissed her. She picked Lucky Cannon as the best kisser, making him the winner of the challenge. LayCool tell the Rookies that they each just won herpes.
* Husky Harris w/“Dashing” Cody Rhodes b. Kaval w/ LayCool after hitting his finisher.
* There was a backstage segment with Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty talking about fighting The Miz. They are interrupted by Lucky Cannon who says he wants to face Miz instead. Miz is watching everything and accepts the challenge to face the winner of McGillicutty vs. Lucky.
* Michael McGillicutty w/Kofi Kingston b. Lucky Cannon w/Mark Henry
* Alex Riley b. Percy Watson w/MVP
* The Miz b. Michael McGillicutty with the Skull Crushing Finale.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Recent TNA Attendance Figures:
TNA attendance figures courtesy of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
7/23 house show in Bloomington, Illinois drew 850 fans.
7/24 house show in LaPorte, Indiana drew 850 fans.
7/23 house show in Bloomington, Illinois drew 850 fans.
7/24 house show in LaPorte, Indiana drew 850 fans.
Recent WWE attendance figures:
- Raw on 7/23 in Houston drew 13,000 fans and a live gate of $400,000.
- 7/24 in Shreveport, LA drew 5,000 and $150,000,
- 7/25 in Beaumont, TX did 3,500 fans and $100,000.
credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 7/24 in Shreveport, LA drew 5,000 and $150,000,
- 7/25 in Beaumont, TX did 3,500 fans and $100,000.
credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
John Cena Has Harsh Words For NXT Rookie, Praises The Miz, More:
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John Cena expressed his deep disappointment in NXT Season 2 Rookie Percy Watson on his Twitter account earlier today, saying the NXT Rookie has “gone downhill” in recent weeks. He also expressed praise for the work of The Miz, Alex Riley and Husky Harris.
“CeNation. Alex riley, and husky both strong showings last night. Give credit to miz, he’s a damn good coach. If percy watson makes another one of those faces where I’m supposed to think he’s mad but it looks like he just crapped himself…ill eliminate him. He has gone downhill.. Every single week. Dissapointing. He is really one hell of an athlete. I think he may be suffering from yep yep syndrome. Looking for something special when all he needs is what he’s got. (This fortune cookie moment brght 2 u by, schwin penny farlings).”
John Cena expressed his deep disappointment in NXT Season 2 Rookie Percy Watson on his Twitter account earlier today, saying the NXT Rookie has “gone downhill” in recent weeks. He also expressed praise for the work of The Miz, Alex Riley and Husky Harris.
“CeNation. Alex riley, and husky both strong showings last night. Give credit to miz, he’s a damn good coach. If percy watson makes another one of those faces where I’m supposed to think he’s mad but it looks like he just crapped himself…ill eliminate him. He has gone downhill.. Every single week. Dissapointing. He is really one hell of an athlete. I think he may be suffering from yep yep syndrome. Looking for something special when all he needs is what he’s got. (This fortune cookie moment brght 2 u by, schwin penny farlings).”
EVOLVE Wrestler Works Tryout Match At TNA Tapings:
Credit: wrestlezone.com
According to reports from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida, Bobby Fish worked a tryout dark-match prior to tonight's TNA Impact television tapings.
Fish, who is currently wrestling for the EVOLVE promotion, worked against Rob Eckos in the dark match.
According to reports from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida, Bobby Fish worked a tryout dark-match prior to tonight's TNA Impact television tapings.
Fish, who is currently wrestling for the EVOLVE promotion, worked against Rob Eckos in the dark match.
SUPERSTARS SPOILERS:
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Results from tonight's TV tapings in Corpus Christi, TX:
-Alberto Del Rio defeated Matt Hardy in a dark match
-Caylen Croft beat Chris Masters in a match taped for WWE Superstars.
- MVP defeated Chavo Guerrero.
Results from tonight's TV tapings in Corpus Christi, TX:
-Alberto Del Rio defeated Matt Hardy in a dark match
-Caylen Croft beat Chris Masters in a match taped for WWE Superstars.
- MVP defeated Chavo Guerrero.
*SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Taping Results For Friday:
Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Matt Hardy with an armbar submission.
WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):
* The show opened with an in-ring segment that featured Kane with a casket, much like the set up when The Undertaker was first revealed in a vegetative state in June. A video recapped last week's show and Rey Mysterio becoming the number 1 contender. He said he sits by everyday waiting for him to awake. He said he moved and opened his eyes for the first time yesterday. He said Taker could only say two words, which were the name of the person who attacked him.
* Kane said anger went through his body when he heard the name. He said he couldn't believe that Rey Mysterio was the person who attacked his brother. He said Rey's name hangs in the air like a demon, repeatedly asking why Mysterio would do it. Kane said beating Mysterio at SummerSlam won't be enough. He said Rey must pay for his sins and experience what Undertaker endured. He said he will stuff Kane inside the casket. The lights went out and Kane was still in the ring with the casket to close the segment.
* It was announced that Jack Swagger will face Rey Mysterio in a No Disqualification match is announced.
* Christian b. Drew McIntyre with a small package after reversing the Future Shock DDT.
* Layla will defend the WWE Women's Championship against Tiffany later tonight.
* “Dashing” Cody Rhodes delivered another round of grooming tips while wearing an avocado face mask. He talked about how we can get rid of wrinkles said he was bringing us one step closer to being dashing.
* An Alberto Del Rio video package is shown.
* CM Punk is backstage asking the rest of the Straight-Edge Society which one was going to let him down. He smells Serena's breath and tells her thanks for showing up sober. The then complains about Joey Mercury losing his mask last week and says none of them would be anything without him. He pleaded with them to actually do something and said they should pack their bags if they don't.
* Big Show b. Luke Gallows via disqualification when he's attacked by SES. After the match, the Society continues the beatdown including ramming Show into the steel steps. CM Punk removes his sling to show that his arm is in good condition.
* Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero in a non-title match by disqualification after Vickie purposely slapped Ziggler. After the match, Kofi went crazy and started beating up Ziggler. Referees eventually come out to restrain Kingston.
* Jack Swagger was interviewed by Josh Mathews backstage and said he wasn't in the mood for stupid questions. He said he's going to beat up Rey, break his arms, and throw him in the Gulf of Mexico.
* Vickie Guerrero came out and announced that Michelle McCool would replace Layla in the Womens Championship match against Tiffany.
* Michelle McCool w/Layla b. Tiffany w/Kelly Kelly to retain Layla's Title after Layla interfered. After the match, SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long came out and said there only needs to be one women's champion. He said they can decide for themselves or he will make the decision next week. McCool and Layla argued.
* Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio in a No Disqualification match ended in a no contest after Kane interfered. Both men battled outside of the arena near the Gulf of Mexico. Mysterio caused Swagger to fall into the water, then Kane chokeslammed Rey into the water to close the show.
WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):
* The show opened with an in-ring segment that featured Kane with a casket, much like the set up when The Undertaker was first revealed in a vegetative state in June. A video recapped last week's show and Rey Mysterio becoming the number 1 contender. He said he sits by everyday waiting for him to awake. He said he moved and opened his eyes for the first time yesterday. He said Taker could only say two words, which were the name of the person who attacked him.
* Kane said anger went through his body when he heard the name. He said he couldn't believe that Rey Mysterio was the person who attacked his brother. He said Rey's name hangs in the air like a demon, repeatedly asking why Mysterio would do it. Kane said beating Mysterio at SummerSlam won't be enough. He said Rey must pay for his sins and experience what Undertaker endured. He said he will stuff Kane inside the casket. The lights went out and Kane was still in the ring with the casket to close the segment.
* It was announced that Jack Swagger will face Rey Mysterio in a No Disqualification match is announced.
* Christian b. Drew McIntyre with a small package after reversing the Future Shock DDT.
* Layla will defend the WWE Women's Championship against Tiffany later tonight.
* “Dashing” Cody Rhodes delivered another round of grooming tips while wearing an avocado face mask. He talked about how we can get rid of wrinkles said he was bringing us one step closer to being dashing.
* An Alberto Del Rio video package is shown.
* CM Punk is backstage asking the rest of the Straight-Edge Society which one was going to let him down. He smells Serena's breath and tells her thanks for showing up sober. The then complains about Joey Mercury losing his mask last week and says none of them would be anything without him. He pleaded with them to actually do something and said they should pack their bags if they don't.
* Big Show b. Luke Gallows via disqualification when he's attacked by SES. After the match, the Society continues the beatdown including ramming Show into the steel steps. CM Punk removes his sling to show that his arm is in good condition.
* Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston b. Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero in a non-title match by disqualification after Vickie purposely slapped Ziggler. After the match, Kofi went crazy and started beating up Ziggler. Referees eventually come out to restrain Kingston.
* Jack Swagger was interviewed by Josh Mathews backstage and said he wasn't in the mood for stupid questions. He said he's going to beat up Rey, break his arms, and throw him in the Gulf of Mexico.
* Vickie Guerrero came out and announced that Michelle McCool would replace Layla in the Womens Championship match against Tiffany.
* Michelle McCool w/Layla b. Tiffany w/Kelly Kelly to retain Layla's Title after Layla interfered. After the match, SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long came out and said there only needs to be one women's champion. He said they can decide for themselves or he will make the decision next week. McCool and Layla argued.
* Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio in a No Disqualification match ended in a no contest after Kane interfered. Both men battled outside of the arena near the Gulf of Mexico. Mysterio caused Swagger to fall into the water, then Kane chokeslammed Rey into the water to close the show.
WWE NXT Results - 7/27/10:
Credit: PWInsider.com
We are live from Corpus Christi, Texas and your announcers are Josh ‘ I get to talk to real people, not a computer ’ Mathews and Michael ‘ Who is the NXT general manager ’ Cole.
The pros are on the stage and it is time to go to Matt Striker, who is in the ring. The rookies come to the ring. Matt mentions that one of the seven men in the ring will be gone at the end of the night. Matt reminds everyone that the poll is a combination of the WWE Universe and the NXT Pros.
Matt says that most of them will be able to prove themselves physically, but now it is time to prove themselves verbally. They will have a minute to talk about anything other than why they shouldn’t be eliminated.
Lucky Cannon goes first and his topic is friends. He says that he didn’t have a lot of friends growing up. When he did well in school and sports, nobody seemed to care. When he was hurt and down, nobody really cared about him. Now that he is this close to making it into the WWE, people seem to care. He says that he lost a childhood friend. Thanks to nobody, he has become a somebody.
Eli Cottonwood is next and his topic is eyes. He says that there is something that I can do that nobody else in the ring can do. There is something I can do that nobody in the arena can do. There is something that I can do that nobody else in the WWE Universe can do. He can look in the eyes of the giant. He can also look in the eyes of the Dead Man . . . The Undertaker.
Husky Harris is next and his topic is husky. He says that he sees a bunch of big bodies, abs, and tans. They look like Tarzan and they fight like Jane. Husky says that if you want to know about him, you can ask MVP. He says that he is like a tank with a Ferrari engine.
Kaval’s topic is dreams. He asks if anyone had a dream that it hurt. He says that he had a dream in Brooklyn to fight on the greatest stage. There were people who told him that he didn’t have what it took. He says that he fought for a decade as Low Ki and he says that it wasn’t about the size of the fighter, but the size of the fight.
Michael McGillicutty is not going to give his topic. Michael mentions that he won the challenge last week so he is the man to beat. He talks about the video package where the pros commented on his progress. He says that it was good except for one man. Michael asks Miz if he called him mediocre. Miz says that he did and he meant it. Michael wants to show Miz that he is mediocre and that Michael is the one who is awesome.
Miz tells McGillicutty to talk to him when he gets a Raw or Smackdown contract.
Alex Riley’s subject is Starbucks. Alex says that if it was up to the pros or anyone with an education, he would have won by a country mile. Since it is being decided by the democracy of dorks, he is competing with a man trying out for the voice of God or as a poor man’s Eddie Murphy. Alex says that he is the sun of the NXT galaxy. He says that everything revolves around him and there are no stars around, just a bunch of Star . . . bucks.
Percy Watson’s topic is having a good time. Percy says that people tell him that he always talks about having a good time. Percy says that life is hard and you have to work hard to get where you are in life. He says that his motto is work hard, but play harder. He says that life is short so you need to shake and groove.
It is time for a video package on Percy Watson. MVP says that Percy has a lot of showmanship. Henry says that he wants to see what is next from Percy. They talk about the connection he has with the crowd. Miz mentions that Percy has no lenses in his glasses so why is he wearing them. Cody says that under the surface is a solid athlete. Zack doesn’t get him. Miz says that you need to be serious in the ring. Porter says that if he shows the dedication, he will teach Percy. Cody says that Percy has more going for him than glasses and a goofy smile.
Match Number One: Percy Watson with Montel Vontavious Porter versus Zack Ryder
Ryder wants Porter off the apron and Ryder with a knee and forearm followed by a side head lock. Ryder with a shoulder tackle but Watson with a back elbow. Ryder with a double leg take down and punches to Watson. Ryder sends Watson into the turnbuckles and kicks him. Ryder with a running face wash to the head for a near fall. Ryder with a knee drop and he gets a near fall as Porter gives Watson some more advice. Ryder with a reverse chin lock. Watson with elbows and punches but Ryder sends Watson into the turnbuckles and he tries for another facewash but Watson moves. Watson with a drop kick or two. Watson with a flying clothesline and Ryder goes to the apron. Ryder drops Watson on the top rope and then he tries for the Rough Rider but Watson hits the floatover DDT and then he hits the twisting Oh Yeah splash for the three count.
Winner: Percy Watson
John Morrison gives some advice to Eli and Morrison says that Eli is doing great. He wants Eli to watch a video tape from last week’s obstacle course. We see the problems that Eli had with the course. John starts to laugh and Eli says that he isn’t an acrobat. Morrison says that people are calling him Eli Rottonwood. Morrison says that Eli has an opportunity against Michael McGillicutty. Eli has one word for Michael. Morrison asks if it is intensity and Eli says that it is mustache.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Michael and Josh talk about the elimination that will take place. However, there is one rookie who has immunity. In case you missed last week’s obstacle course challenge, we have a recap. The challenge was won by Michael McGillicutty and he has immunity.
Match Number Two: Michael McGillicutty with Kofi Kingston versus Eli Cottonwood with John Morrison
Cottonwood sends Michael into the corner but Michael with punches and forearms. Cottonwood with a shoulder tackle. Cottonwood sends Michael into the turnbuckles and then connects with elbows and a forearm. Cottonwood with a an Irish whip and a side slam for a near fall. Eli chokes Michael in the ropes and the referee warns him. Eli stands on Michael’s foot. Eli with a short arm clothesline and he gets a near fall. Eli with a neck vise on Michael but Michael with punches and he sends Michael to the mat. Eli with a leg drop and slam and he gets a near fall. Eli with an arm bar on Michael and Michael with punches followed by a running clothesline but Eli stays on his feet. Eli with a reverse atomic drop but he misses a big boot in the ropes and Michael with kicks to the leg and then he hits a single leg DDT. Michael with a drop kick to Eli and then he hits a swinging neck breaker for the three count.
Winner: Michael McGillicutty
It is time to go to the back where Ashley Valence mentions that we will have the next NXT poll later tonight. The pros comment on Kaval. Miz says that he is very good in the ring. Mark Henry says that he is probably the most polished in the ring. Kofi says that he has a quiet confidence about him. They also talk about his kicks. Cody and Mark talk about Kaval’s pros. Layla and Michelle . Miz says that Kaval needs to be bigger than life. Morrison says that Kaval takes himself too seriously. Michelle and Layla talk about turning the frown upside down. MVP says that Kaval has made an impact. Cody says that in a fair world, Kaval would be the next breakout star. Michelle and Kaval say that they love Kaval.
Michelle and Layla want to know why he isn’t smiling. Husky bumps into Kaval and Kaval asks Husky if he has a problem. Husky says that he didn’t see Kaval standing there. He says that Kaval is not noticeable. Michelle and Layla mention that Kaval was number one. Husky wants to know if Kaval is going to let his girlfriends do all of the talking. Kaval says that he lets his talking take place in the ring. Husky says that if Kaval brings that intensity to the ring, he will have fun in the ring. Kaval says that they are going to have a lot of fun in the ring.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Kaval with Layla and Michelle McCool versus Husky Harris with Dashing Cody Rhodes
Kaval with a kick as he avoids Husky. Husky throws Kaval into the corner and he punches Kaval. Husky with a hip toss but Kaval rolls through. Kaval with a kick and a heel kick for a near fall. Kaval with a kick to the chest and then to the leg. Husky with a head butt. Kaval with a kick but Husky hits a short arm clothesline. Husky with a waist lock to Kaval but Kaval with elbows and a kick followed by a European uppercut. Husky with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner. Kaval with a leg sweep followed by a kick to the back of the head. Kaval with an Irish whip but Husky with a clothesline out of the corner for a near fall. Harris with an Irish whip and he sends Kaval to the apron and then Michelle and Layla go to the floor. Harris sends Kaval into the ring post and then Harris hits an inverted suplex on Kaval. Harris with the Fat Boy Senton for the three count.
Winner: Husky Harris
After the match, Matt Striker comes out and he wants the pros to tabulate their votes so we can find out which rookie gets to take the walk of shame (until they form a group of their own after the end of Season Two?).
We go to commercial.
We are back and more people watched NXT than a lot of other networks’ shows.
We see the Raw Rebound featuring on the split among the CenArmy (or is it JeriChORPS)
Time to run through the card for SummerSlam.
We go to commercial and it is nail biting time for all of the rookies except Michael McGillicutty.
We are back and it is time for the moment that you have been waiting for. Who joins Titus O’Neil in NXT Limbo?
The rookies are at ringside.
Matt says that only one can win NXT and earn a title match on pay per view. Matt also tells us that the rookie at the bottom of the poll will be eliminated, that is unless Michael McGillicutty finishes in seventh.
The new poll is ready.
In first place is Michael McGillicutty. He is followed by Kaval in second place. Third place is Alex Riley.
Fourth place is Percy Watson. Fifth place goes to Lucky Cannon.
That means that Husky Harris or Eli Cottonwood will be eliminated.
The man in sixth place is Husky Harris so Eli Cottonwood is eliminated.
Matt asks Eli if he has anything to say before he takes the walk of shame and turns in his knives. Eli decides to attack Husky Harris and some of the other rookies join in the attack while Kaval and McGillicutty watch from a distance. Eli walks up the ramp and Morrison tries to calm him down and he pushes Morrison.
Matt asks Husky if there is anything that is not connecting with the WWE Universe. Husky says that they have seen the warpath he has made over the last few weeks. He says that it is his competition to win.
Matt asks Micahel what it feels like to be number one. Michael says that he came here to win NXT. He is on the right path. Michael says that he will not lose on NXT and he will become a World Champion.
Matt asks if he was concerned about Eli jumping him. Alex says that he is a better athlete than Eli and he knows that he is better than Michael and Kaval. He says that he will be number one.
Michael and Alex push each other and they brawl at ringside. Lucky tries to hold them off. Eli comes back despite being eliminated.
There is pandemonium as we go to credits.
We are live from Corpus Christi, Texas and your announcers are Josh ‘ I get to talk to real people, not a computer ’ Mathews and Michael ‘ Who is the NXT general manager ’ Cole.
The pros are on the stage and it is time to go to Matt Striker, who is in the ring. The rookies come to the ring. Matt mentions that one of the seven men in the ring will be gone at the end of the night. Matt reminds everyone that the poll is a combination of the WWE Universe and the NXT Pros.
Matt says that most of them will be able to prove themselves physically, but now it is time to prove themselves verbally. They will have a minute to talk about anything other than why they shouldn’t be eliminated.
Lucky Cannon goes first and his topic is friends. He says that he didn’t have a lot of friends growing up. When he did well in school and sports, nobody seemed to care. When he was hurt and down, nobody really cared about him. Now that he is this close to making it into the WWE, people seem to care. He says that he lost a childhood friend. Thanks to nobody, he has become a somebody.
Eli Cottonwood is next and his topic is eyes. He says that there is something that I can do that nobody else in the ring can do. There is something I can do that nobody in the arena can do. There is something that I can do that nobody else in the WWE Universe can do. He can look in the eyes of the giant. He can also look in the eyes of the Dead Man . . . The Undertaker.
Husky Harris is next and his topic is husky. He says that he sees a bunch of big bodies, abs, and tans. They look like Tarzan and they fight like Jane. Husky says that if you want to know about him, you can ask MVP. He says that he is like a tank with a Ferrari engine.
Kaval’s topic is dreams. He asks if anyone had a dream that it hurt. He says that he had a dream in Brooklyn to fight on the greatest stage. There were people who told him that he didn’t have what it took. He says that he fought for a decade as Low Ki and he says that it wasn’t about the size of the fighter, but the size of the fight.
Michael McGillicutty is not going to give his topic. Michael mentions that he won the challenge last week so he is the man to beat. He talks about the video package where the pros commented on his progress. He says that it was good except for one man. Michael asks Miz if he called him mediocre. Miz says that he did and he meant it. Michael wants to show Miz that he is mediocre and that Michael is the one who is awesome.
Miz tells McGillicutty to talk to him when he gets a Raw or Smackdown contract.
Alex Riley’s subject is Starbucks. Alex says that if it was up to the pros or anyone with an education, he would have won by a country mile. Since it is being decided by the democracy of dorks, he is competing with a man trying out for the voice of God or as a poor man’s Eddie Murphy. Alex says that he is the sun of the NXT galaxy. He says that everything revolves around him and there are no stars around, just a bunch of Star . . . bucks.
Percy Watson’s topic is having a good time. Percy says that people tell him that he always talks about having a good time. Percy says that life is hard and you have to work hard to get where you are in life. He says that his motto is work hard, but play harder. He says that life is short so you need to shake and groove.
It is time for a video package on Percy Watson. MVP says that Percy has a lot of showmanship. Henry says that he wants to see what is next from Percy. They talk about the connection he has with the crowd. Miz mentions that Percy has no lenses in his glasses so why is he wearing them. Cody says that under the surface is a solid athlete. Zack doesn’t get him. Miz says that you need to be serious in the ring. Porter says that if he shows the dedication, he will teach Percy. Cody says that Percy has more going for him than glasses and a goofy smile.
Match Number One: Percy Watson with Montel Vontavious Porter versus Zack Ryder
Ryder wants Porter off the apron and Ryder with a knee and forearm followed by a side head lock. Ryder with a shoulder tackle but Watson with a back elbow. Ryder with a double leg take down and punches to Watson. Ryder sends Watson into the turnbuckles and kicks him. Ryder with a running face wash to the head for a near fall. Ryder with a knee drop and he gets a near fall as Porter gives Watson some more advice. Ryder with a reverse chin lock. Watson with elbows and punches but Ryder sends Watson into the turnbuckles and he tries for another facewash but Watson moves. Watson with a drop kick or two. Watson with a flying clothesline and Ryder goes to the apron. Ryder drops Watson on the top rope and then he tries for the Rough Rider but Watson hits the floatover DDT and then he hits the twisting Oh Yeah splash for the three count.
Winner: Percy Watson
John Morrison gives some advice to Eli and Morrison says that Eli is doing great. He wants Eli to watch a video tape from last week’s obstacle course. We see the problems that Eli had with the course. John starts to laugh and Eli says that he isn’t an acrobat. Morrison says that people are calling him Eli Rottonwood. Morrison says that Eli has an opportunity against Michael McGillicutty. Eli has one word for Michael. Morrison asks if it is intensity and Eli says that it is mustache.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Michael and Josh talk about the elimination that will take place. However, there is one rookie who has immunity. In case you missed last week’s obstacle course challenge, we have a recap. The challenge was won by Michael McGillicutty and he has immunity.
Match Number Two: Michael McGillicutty with Kofi Kingston versus Eli Cottonwood with John Morrison
Cottonwood sends Michael into the corner but Michael with punches and forearms. Cottonwood with a shoulder tackle. Cottonwood sends Michael into the turnbuckles and then connects with elbows and a forearm. Cottonwood with a an Irish whip and a side slam for a near fall. Eli chokes Michael in the ropes and the referee warns him. Eli stands on Michael’s foot. Eli with a short arm clothesline and he gets a near fall. Eli with a neck vise on Michael but Michael with punches and he sends Michael to the mat. Eli with a leg drop and slam and he gets a near fall. Eli with an arm bar on Michael and Michael with punches followed by a running clothesline but Eli stays on his feet. Eli with a reverse atomic drop but he misses a big boot in the ropes and Michael with kicks to the leg and then he hits a single leg DDT. Michael with a drop kick to Eli and then he hits a swinging neck breaker for the three count.
Winner: Michael McGillicutty
It is time to go to the back where Ashley Valence mentions that we will have the next NXT poll later tonight. The pros comment on Kaval. Miz says that he is very good in the ring. Mark Henry says that he is probably the most polished in the ring. Kofi says that he has a quiet confidence about him. They also talk about his kicks. Cody and Mark talk about Kaval’s pros. Layla and Michelle . Miz says that Kaval needs to be bigger than life. Morrison says that Kaval takes himself too seriously. Michelle and Layla talk about turning the frown upside down. MVP says that Kaval has made an impact. Cody says that in a fair world, Kaval would be the next breakout star. Michelle and Kaval say that they love Kaval.
Michelle and Layla want to know why he isn’t smiling. Husky bumps into Kaval and Kaval asks Husky if he has a problem. Husky says that he didn’t see Kaval standing there. He says that Kaval is not noticeable. Michelle and Layla mention that Kaval was number one. Husky wants to know if Kaval is going to let his girlfriends do all of the talking. Kaval says that he lets his talking take place in the ring. Husky says that if Kaval brings that intensity to the ring, he will have fun in the ring. Kaval says that they are going to have a lot of fun in the ring.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Kaval with Layla and Michelle McCool versus Husky Harris with Dashing Cody Rhodes
Kaval with a kick as he avoids Husky. Husky throws Kaval into the corner and he punches Kaval. Husky with a hip toss but Kaval rolls through. Kaval with a kick and a heel kick for a near fall. Kaval with a kick to the chest and then to the leg. Husky with a head butt. Kaval with a kick but Husky hits a short arm clothesline. Husky with a waist lock to Kaval but Kaval with elbows and a kick followed by a European uppercut. Husky with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into the corner. Kaval with a leg sweep followed by a kick to the back of the head. Kaval with an Irish whip but Husky with a clothesline out of the corner for a near fall. Harris with an Irish whip and he sends Kaval to the apron and then Michelle and Layla go to the floor. Harris sends Kaval into the ring post and then Harris hits an inverted suplex on Kaval. Harris with the Fat Boy Senton for the three count.
Winner: Husky Harris
After the match, Matt Striker comes out and he wants the pros to tabulate their votes so we can find out which rookie gets to take the walk of shame (until they form a group of their own after the end of Season Two?).
We go to commercial.
We are back and more people watched NXT than a lot of other networks’ shows.
We see the Raw Rebound featuring on the split among the CenArmy (or is it JeriChORPS)
Time to run through the card for SummerSlam.
We go to commercial and it is nail biting time for all of the rookies except Michael McGillicutty.
We are back and it is time for the moment that you have been waiting for. Who joins Titus O’Neil in NXT Limbo?
The rookies are at ringside.
Matt says that only one can win NXT and earn a title match on pay per view. Matt also tells us that the rookie at the bottom of the poll will be eliminated, that is unless Michael McGillicutty finishes in seventh.
The new poll is ready.
In first place is Michael McGillicutty. He is followed by Kaval in second place. Third place is Alex Riley.
Fourth place is Percy Watson. Fifth place goes to Lucky Cannon.
That means that Husky Harris or Eli Cottonwood will be eliminated.
The man in sixth place is Husky Harris so Eli Cottonwood is eliminated.
Matt asks Eli if he has anything to say before he takes the walk of shame and turns in his knives. Eli decides to attack Husky Harris and some of the other rookies join in the attack while Kaval and McGillicutty watch from a distance. Eli walks up the ramp and Morrison tries to calm him down and he pushes Morrison.
Matt asks Husky if there is anything that is not connecting with the WWE Universe. Husky says that they have seen the warpath he has made over the last few weeks. He says that it is his competition to win.
Matt asks Micahel what it feels like to be number one. Michael says that he came here to win NXT. He is on the right path. Michael says that he will not lose on NXT and he will become a World Champion.
Matt asks if he was concerned about Eli jumping him. Alex says that he is a better athlete than Eli and he knows that he is better than Michael and Kaval. He says that he will be number one.
Michael and Alex push each other and they brawl at ringside. Lucky tries to hold them off. Eli comes back despite being eliminated.
There is pandemonium as we go to credits.
Another NXT/SD Taping Tonight,Smackdown Houseshow:
-The SmackDown house show on October 16th, 2010 will be held at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado . This is the same arena that feuded with WWE last year when their event got cancelled causing the “Denver Debacle.” Tickets go on sale August 28th, 2010 at noon.
- WWE will be taping next week's episodes of NXT and SmackDown tonight in Laredo, Texas. They will be taping next week’s show now due to their upcoming international tour of Australia. No matches have been announced for NXT or SmackDown.
- WWE will be taping next week's episodes of NXT and SmackDown tonight in Laredo, Texas. They will be taping next week’s show now due to their upcoming international tour of Australia. No matches have been announced for NXT or SmackDown.
Favorite To Win NXT Season 2?, More:
Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Goldust was believed to have injured his knee during the 7-on-7 match on RAW last night. He worked during the second RAW tapings last night, so it looks like he is going to be fine. He posted a note on Twitter today that said, “My knee is ok, just scared me last night, its sore.” Though later that day he said he was “just fine.”
- WWE newcomers Jey and Jimmy Uso have received much praise amongst company officials. The twin sons of former WWE star Rikishi have quickly risen up the ranks in the company as they were signed to developmental contracts just last January.
- There are no RAW guest hosts that are expected to be scheduled until after the SummerSlam pay-per-view next month. The only two names that have been booked for after the PPV are child star Bobb’e J. Thompson, who stars alongside Big Show in the upcoming WWE Studios film Knucklehead, and country music artist Toby Keith who have been booked to host episodes of RAW in October.
- Many within WWE are predicting Michael McGillicutty or Alex Riley to win the second season of NXT, though there is always a possibility of a dark horse winning the competition. It should be noted that Husky Harris has unanimously impressed a good amount of people in the company.
- Goldust was believed to have injured his knee during the 7-on-7 match on RAW last night. He worked during the second RAW tapings last night, so it looks like he is going to be fine. He posted a note on Twitter today that said, “My knee is ok, just scared me last night, its sore.” Though later that day he said he was “just fine.”
- WWE newcomers Jey and Jimmy Uso have received much praise amongst company officials. The twin sons of former WWE star Rikishi have quickly risen up the ranks in the company as they were signed to developmental contracts just last January.
- There are no RAW guest hosts that are expected to be scheduled until after the SummerSlam pay-per-view next month. The only two names that have been booked for after the PPV are child star Bobb’e J. Thompson, who stars alongside Big Show in the upcoming WWE Studios film Knucklehead, and country music artist Toby Keith who have been booked to host episodes of RAW in October.
- Many within WWE are predicting Michael McGillicutty or Alex Riley to win the second season of NXT, though there is always a possibility of a dark horse winning the competition. It should be noted that Husky Harris has unanimously impressed a good amount of people in the company.
WWE & TNA DVD release schedule for the rest of 2010:
8/10: WWE Raw: The Beginning: Best of Season One and Two
8/17: WWE Money in the Bank 2010
8/24: TNA Slammiversary 2010
9/14: WWE Summerslam 2010
9/21: TNA Best of the Asylum Years Vol. 1
9/21: WWE Chris Jericho: The Highlight Reel
10/12: WWE Best of the High Flyers 10/21: TNA Wrestlings Greatest Moments
10/19: WWE Night of Champions 2010
10/26: WWE The Best of Smackdown 2010
11/19: WWE John Cena: Never Give Up
11/19: TNA Cross the Line Vol. 4 (Victory Road, Hard Justice and No Surrender 2010)
12/14: WWE The All Time Craziest Moments
12/28: WWE Bobby Heenan (Name TBA)
12/28: WWE Survivor Series 2010
8/17: WWE Money in the Bank 2010
8/24: TNA Slammiversary 2010
9/14: WWE Summerslam 2010
9/21: TNA Best of the Asylum Years Vol. 1
9/21: WWE Chris Jericho: The Highlight Reel
10/12: WWE Best of the High Flyers 10/21: TNA Wrestlings Greatest Moments
10/19: WWE Night of Champions 2010
10/26: WWE The Best of Smackdown 2010
11/19: WWE John Cena: Never Give Up
11/19: TNA Cross the Line Vol. 4 (Victory Road, Hard Justice and No Surrender 2010)
12/14: WWE The All Time Craziest Moments
12/28: WWE Bobby Heenan (Name TBA)
12/28: WWE Survivor Series 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
*SPOILERS* TNA iMPACT Taping Results For Next Thursday:
TNA iMPACT (Airing Next Thursday): * The show opens with Tommy Dreamer calling out Raven to explain his actions from last week's main event. Dreamer asks why he attacked him last week and said that his kids call him “Uncle Scotty” and now he has to explain to them what happened. Raven says he attacked Dreamer because he’s been waiting to get at Dreamer since Dreamer stole his girl and married her. Dreamer went after Raven but Abyss showed up to make it a two on one. RVD hit the scene to make the save and brawled with Abyss. Raven DDT’d Dreamer on the stage. Mick Foley came out to help Dreamer and announced at the PPV it will be Dreamer vs. Raven in a Final Showdown with Foley as the guest referee. *Hamada & Taylor Wilde b. Lacey Von Erich & Velvet Sky to become to new TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions. The finish occurred when Madison Rayne and the mystery motorcycle woman show up together on the ramp, distracting the Von Erich and Sky.
*AJ Styles b. Rob Terry to retain the TNA TV Championship after hitting Terry with a low blow.
* Later tonight is Abyss and Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam.
* Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne are shown backstage being restrained by security because Velvet is pissed over the loss of the Knockouts Tag titles earlier.
* Beer Money comes out for the next match. Robert Roode cuts a promo before the match saying that The Guns have proven they are great and even though it's their type of match, Beer Money are taking the titles tonight. The Guns come out and respond that the only way they are taking the belts is from their cold, dead hands.
* The Motor City Machine Guns b. Beer Money in a Ultimate X Match in the Best of 5 Series. There are lots of great spots to open the match and some nice back and forth wrestling. Beer Money gets the upper hand but can't get the X because Roode is afraid of heights and Storm appears to have had a little too much to drink. Another great match between the two teams, with the end being Alex Shelley sliding acrossd the ropes while Roode walked across like a tight rope. They fought near the X and Roode got crotched and bumped into the ring while Shelley grabbed the X. They are tied 2-2.
* Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Miss Tessmacher come to the ring. He announced RVD vs. Abyss match on the big iMPACT will be a “Stairway to Janice” match as a takeoff on the old ECW Stairway to Hell bout. He announces the final Beer Money vs. Motor City Machineguns bout, Mr. Anderson vs. Pope Dinero and Jeff Hardy having an open challenge that night as well.
* Kevin Nash comes out and says he's finally got some face time with Hulk and Eric. Hogan tells Nash it's time to step out of the spotlight and let the younger talents take over. Nash says he doesn't like that and lays out Bischoff. Hogan and Nash go face to face and Nash takes him out. Nash grtabs a chair but Jeff Jarrett hits the ring. He gets the chair and is about to use it but suddenly Sting shows up, in red facepaint and lays out Jarrett with a bat. Nash and Sting leave everyone laying.
* “The Pope” D'Angelo Dinero b. Orlando Jordan after a distraction by Eric Young. After the match, Matt Morgan attacks Pope but Ken Anderson makes the save. Pope isn't happy Anderson did. The TNA security guards from last week show up and yell at Anderson as well.
* Backstage, Christy Hemme informs Ric Flair that if any member of Fortune interferes in his match with Jay Lethal, Flair will be suspended for 90 days without pay.
* Ric Flair b. Jay Lethal in a Street Fight with help from Douglas Williams. Flair is busted open early. His clothes are ripped off, leaving him battling in underwear and one sock. Flair finally gets the pin on Lethal after Williams pushes Jay's leg off the ropes.
*AJ Styles b. Rob Terry to retain the TNA TV Championship after hitting Terry with a low blow.
* Later tonight is Abyss and Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam.
* Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne are shown backstage being restrained by security because Velvet is pissed over the loss of the Knockouts Tag titles earlier.
* Beer Money comes out for the next match. Robert Roode cuts a promo before the match saying that The Guns have proven they are great and even though it's their type of match, Beer Money are taking the titles tonight. The Guns come out and respond that the only way they are taking the belts is from their cold, dead hands.
* The Motor City Machine Guns b. Beer Money in a Ultimate X Match in the Best of 5 Series. There are lots of great spots to open the match and some nice back and forth wrestling. Beer Money gets the upper hand but can't get the X because Roode is afraid of heights and Storm appears to have had a little too much to drink. Another great match between the two teams, with the end being Alex Shelley sliding acrossd the ropes while Roode walked across like a tight rope. They fought near the X and Roode got crotched and bumped into the ring while Shelley grabbed the X. They are tied 2-2.
* Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Miss Tessmacher come to the ring. He announced RVD vs. Abyss match on the big iMPACT will be a “Stairway to Janice” match as a takeoff on the old ECW Stairway to Hell bout. He announces the final Beer Money vs. Motor City Machineguns bout, Mr. Anderson vs. Pope Dinero and Jeff Hardy having an open challenge that night as well.
* Kevin Nash comes out and says he's finally got some face time with Hulk and Eric. Hogan tells Nash it's time to step out of the spotlight and let the younger talents take over. Nash says he doesn't like that and lays out Bischoff. Hogan and Nash go face to face and Nash takes him out. Nash grtabs a chair but Jeff Jarrett hits the ring. He gets the chair and is about to use it but suddenly Sting shows up, in red facepaint and lays out Jarrett with a bat. Nash and Sting leave everyone laying.
* “The Pope” D'Angelo Dinero b. Orlando Jordan after a distraction by Eric Young. After the match, Matt Morgan attacks Pope but Ken Anderson makes the save. Pope isn't happy Anderson did. The TNA security guards from last week show up and yell at Anderson as well.
* Backstage, Christy Hemme informs Ric Flair that if any member of Fortune interferes in his match with Jay Lethal, Flair will be suspended for 90 days without pay.
* Ric Flair b. Jay Lethal in a Street Fight with help from Douglas Williams. Flair is busted open early. His clothes are ripped off, leaving him battling in underwear and one sock. Flair finally gets the pin on Lethal after Williams pushes Jay's leg off the ropes.
*SPOILERS* WWE NXT Taping Results For Later Tonight:
Dark Match: Alberto Del Rio b. Matt Hardy with an armbar submission.
WWE NXT (Airing Tonight):
* The show opened with the pros onstage, while the rookies were in the ring. Matt Striker says the rookies will be given 30 seconds to talk about anything other than why they shouldn't be eliminated. Eli Cottonwood said he can take on The Undertaker, Husky Harris spoke about beating MVP, Kaval spoke about dreams and mentioned that he fought for decades as Low-Ki, Michel McGillicutty said not to worry about his topic because he won the immunity challenge last week. He recalled Miz saying he's mediocre. Miz told him to get a contract and then come talk to him. Alex Riley spoke about Starbucks. He also dissed Kaval and Percy Watson and said everything revolves around him. Percy spoke about having a good time, and said his motto is work hard, play harder.
* Percy Watson w/MVP b. Zack Ryder with a DDT followed by a standing 180 splash.
* John Morrison and Eli Cottonwood are shown backstage watching a recap from the obstacle course challenge last week. Morrison tells Cottonwood he has a match with McGillicutty up next. Cottonwood brushes it off and says he's not worried about it.
* Mike McGillicutty w/Kofi Kingston b. Eli Cottonwood w/John Morrison after hitting a neck breaker.
* Backstage, Husky Harris bumps into Kaval. He said he'll have fun tonight and referrers to him as a 'small fry.' Kaval agrees that they'll have fun.
* Husky Harris b. Kaval w/LayCool after hitting an inverted suplex. Husky accidently bumped LayCool off the apron during the match. * Matt Striker tells the Pros to get ready because the elimination ceremony is up next. The poll went Michael McGillicutty, Kaval, Alex Riley, Percy Watson, Lucky Cannon, Husky Harris, and then Eli Cottonwood. Thus, Cottonwood has been eliminated.
* Striker asked Eli for his thoughts about his NXT experience, but he just gave the mic back to Striker and attacked Husky. Riley got involved, but Eli took him out too then walked up the ramp. On the stage, Morrison comforted Cottonwood, however, Eli shoved him and walked away. Husky got on the mic and drew big heat after saying this is his dream and he deserves to win. McGillicutty said he'll be undefeated and win NXT. Cottonwood returns, but is confronted by Riley who slams him, then said he knows he's better than McGillicutty and Kaval. McGillicutty and Riley start brawling. Eli attacked Harris, then he attacked Lucky Cannon leaving McGillicutty and Kaval clueless to end the show.
WWE NXT (Airing Tonight):
* The show opened with the pros onstage, while the rookies were in the ring. Matt Striker says the rookies will be given 30 seconds to talk about anything other than why they shouldn't be eliminated. Eli Cottonwood said he can take on The Undertaker, Husky Harris spoke about beating MVP, Kaval spoke about dreams and mentioned that he fought for decades as Low-Ki, Michel McGillicutty said not to worry about his topic because he won the immunity challenge last week. He recalled Miz saying he's mediocre. Miz told him to get a contract and then come talk to him. Alex Riley spoke about Starbucks. He also dissed Kaval and Percy Watson and said everything revolves around him. Percy spoke about having a good time, and said his motto is work hard, play harder.
* Percy Watson w/MVP b. Zack Ryder with a DDT followed by a standing 180 splash.
* John Morrison and Eli Cottonwood are shown backstage watching a recap from the obstacle course challenge last week. Morrison tells Cottonwood he has a match with McGillicutty up next. Cottonwood brushes it off and says he's not worried about it.
* Mike McGillicutty w/Kofi Kingston b. Eli Cottonwood w/John Morrison after hitting a neck breaker.
* Backstage, Husky Harris bumps into Kaval. He said he'll have fun tonight and referrers to him as a 'small fry.' Kaval agrees that they'll have fun.
* Husky Harris b. Kaval w/LayCool after hitting an inverted suplex. Husky accidently bumped LayCool off the apron during the match. * Matt Striker tells the Pros to get ready because the elimination ceremony is up next. The poll went Michael McGillicutty, Kaval, Alex Riley, Percy Watson, Lucky Cannon, Husky Harris, and then Eli Cottonwood. Thus, Cottonwood has been eliminated.
* Striker asked Eli for his thoughts about his NXT experience, but he just gave the mic back to Striker and attacked Husky. Riley got involved, but Eli took him out too then walked up the ramp. On the stage, Morrison comforted Cottonwood, however, Eli shoved him and walked away. Husky got on the mic and drew big heat after saying this is his dream and he deserves to win. McGillicutty said he'll be undefeated and win NXT. Cottonwood returns, but is confronted by Riley who slams him, then said he knows he's better than McGillicutty and Kaval. McGillicutty and Riley start brawling. Eli attacked Harris, then he attacked Lucky Cannon leaving McGillicutty and Kaval clueless to end the show.
Jesse Neal On His Time With Team 3D, His Progression In TNA, More:
Credit: http://ringsidexcess.viviti.com/
Jesse Neal recently sat down with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald where Neal had some words to say about his time with Team 3D and his wrestling progression. “I like how I’m progressing with TNA because it’s naturally progressing. I went back to see my very first match, which was seven or eight months into my training. There was like 30 people. Transitioning from that guy to who I am right now is incredible.”
“I was so nervous. I mean I always get butterflies every time I go out there. Anything can happen. It’s not ballet. Anything can happen out there. That’s what drives me. It’s like doing a 180. My Mohawk was maybe only a half an inch then. Now it’s... I don’t know how long it is.”
He also had this to say regarding on half of his mentors, Brother Ray of Team 3D's Wrestling Academy. “He is pretty intimidating because he is huge and a tough dude,” Neal said. “The main thing is he wants to make the business better. That’s what won me over.”
He says has no plans of slowing down any time soon. “I live life like any day could be my last. That holds true in not only the wrestling business but any profession that you’re in,” he said. “I think everybody should live each day to their fullest because you never know; it could be your last. I mean we always try to be safe, but we lay our stuff in. Personally, I really hit people. With me and Bubba, we really fight. We attack each other.” To read the rest of this interview visit MiamiHerald.com .
Jesse Neal recently sat down with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald where Neal had some words to say about his time with Team 3D and his wrestling progression. “I like how I’m progressing with TNA because it’s naturally progressing. I went back to see my very first match, which was seven or eight months into my training. There was like 30 people. Transitioning from that guy to who I am right now is incredible.”
“I was so nervous. I mean I always get butterflies every time I go out there. Anything can happen. It’s not ballet. Anything can happen out there. That’s what drives me. It’s like doing a 180. My Mohawk was maybe only a half an inch then. Now it’s... I don’t know how long it is.”
He also had this to say regarding on half of his mentors, Brother Ray of Team 3D's Wrestling Academy. “He is pretty intimidating because he is huge and a tough dude,” Neal said. “The main thing is he wants to make the business better. That’s what won me over.”
He says has no plans of slowing down any time soon. “I live life like any day could be my last. That holds true in not only the wrestling business but any profession that you’re in,” he said. “I think everybody should live each day to their fullest because you never know; it could be your last. I mean we always try to be safe, but we lay our stuff in. Personally, I really hit people. With me and Bubba, we really fight. We attack each other.” To read the rest of this interview visit MiamiHerald.com .
Raw Rating:
Last night's Raw rating - 3.5. Both hours above 5.0 million viewers for the first time since HBK send-off night after WM26.
Current TNA HardCORE Justice Card, List of Appearing Talent:
Credit: wrestlezone.com
The following two matches have been announced for TNA's Hardcore Justice PPV:
-Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn
-Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven
Additionally, the following list of former ECW names are confirmed to appear on the show:
-Mick Foley -Team 3D -Raven -Rhino -Stevie Richards -Simon Diamond -Al Snow -Taz -Tommy Dreamer -Sabu -2 Cold Scorpio -CW Anderson -The Sandman
The following two matches have been announced for TNA's Hardcore Justice PPV:
-Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn
-Tommy Dreamer vs. Raven
Additionally, the following list of former ECW names are confirmed to appear on the show:
-Mick Foley -Team 3D -Raven -Rhino -Stevie Richards -Simon Diamond -Al Snow -Taz -Tommy Dreamer -Sabu -2 Cold Scorpio -CW Anderson -The Sandman
Legendary Japanese superstar Manami Toyota to make U.S. Debut
Credit: gerweck.net
CHIKARA: Legendary Japanese superstar Manami Toyota to make U.S. Debut! The month of September will see the greatest female wrestler of all time finally arrive in the United States! CHIKARA is proud to present legendary Hall of Famer Manami Toyota, Japan's "Flying Angel," when we make our first visits to Baltimore and New York City! Tickets for both events are on sale now! Get advance tickets right here: http://www.chikarapro.com/store.shtml
CHIKARA: Legendary Japanese superstar Manami Toyota to make U.S. Debut! The month of September will see the greatest female wrestler of all time finally arrive in the United States! CHIKARA is proud to present legendary Hall of Famer Manami Toyota, Japan's "Flying Angel," when we make our first visits to Baltimore and New York City! Tickets for both events are on sale now! Get advance tickets right here: http://www.chikarapro.com/store.shtml
Matches For This Week's TNA House Shows In Mid-Atlantic Area:
TNAwrestling.com has announced some of the matches for the house shows in Virginia & North Carolina on July 29th to August 1st.
The matches are:
RVD vs. AJ Styles for the World Heavyweight Title with Mick Foley as referee
Beer Money vs. Ink Inc.
Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love for the Knockouts Title
Also appearing are Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Matt Morgan, Douglas Williams & Desmond Wolfe.
The matches are:
RVD vs. AJ Styles for the World Heavyweight Title with Mick Foley as referee
Beer Money vs. Ink Inc.
Madison Rayne vs. Angelina Love for the Knockouts Title
Also appearing are Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Matt Morgan, Douglas Williams & Desmond Wolfe.
Spoiler: Big Lumberjack Match With A WWE Legend In 2 Weeks:
Credit: wrestlezone.com
It was revealed in the WWE Raw spoilers for August 2nd , which were taped this past Monday night in San Antonio, that in two weeks on Raw (August 9th) there will be a big Lumberjack match.
In a move made by the Raw general manager during the show, it was revealed that on the 8/9 Raw it will be Edge and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, with the Nexus members serving as the lumberjacks of the match.
It was revealed in the WWE Raw spoilers for August 2nd , which were taped this past Monday night in San Antonio, that in two weeks on Raw (August 9th) there will be a big Lumberjack match.
In a move made by the Raw general manager during the show, it was revealed that on the 8/9 Raw it will be Edge and Chris Jericho vs. John Cena and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, with the Nexus members serving as the lumberjacks of the match.
WWE RAW Results - 7/26/10:
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We start off with John Cena’s confrontation with Wade Barrett and Nexus last week. Then we see footage of the systematic destruction of the WWE Superstars. But then we saw the six men who would join John Cena at SummerSlam.
We are live from San Antonio, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘ Where is the basement in the Alamo ’ Cole and Jerry ‘ Did Tony Parker bring his wife tonight ’ Lawler.
John Cena comes to the ring and he is going to talk to the WWE Universe. John says that they are right that everything is bigger in Texas. He says that seven weeks ago, a group called Nexus, without any warning at all came to Raw and destroyed everything in its past. Nobody was safe. If Nexus wanted you hurt, then they would hurt you. That was until last Monday. Finally, the Raw Superstars said that they have had enough. They stood side by side in the ring. It did not matter if they were friends or enemies because they had a common goal. They are going to beat Nexus at SummerSlam and they are going to end Nexus. Nexus is not invincible. He says that with more power, Nexus gets more influence. The more influence they get, they will take over this show. Cena says that if that is the case, it might be the end of Monday Night Raw. Cena says that his team is not the Superfriends. He is not Superman. He says that he is more like Aquaman. He says that Edge and Jericho are like Batman and Robin. He says that Khali is not going to put on Wonder Woman’s attire.
Chris Jericho interrupts and comes to the ring. Cena mentions that Chris Jericho is on the SummerSlam team. Jericho says that he was standing backstage biding his time until Cena would say what he knew Cena would say. John Cena talked about his team. Jericho says that people told him that they were glad to see that Jericho had changed his ways to join Cena’s team. Jericho tells Cena and the hypocrites. He did not get involved in this to be part of Cena’s team. He did not do this to bask in the glory of heroes. He did not do this to pander to parasites. He did this because of the issues he has with Nexus, especially Wade Barrett, who he groomed and his teachings helped Barrett to form Nexus. Jericho says that this is his team.
John Cena says that the team can be Jericho’s.
Jericho tells Cena never to patronize him. He wants to be honest with Cena. The team lives or dies on his whims. Cena slaps the mic from Jericho.
Cena tells Jericho it is not about Jericho. It is not about him. It is about this damn business. He says that Nexus has taken over this company. Cena tells Jericho if he doesn’t like him fine, the thing is that Jericho loves the business. He says that they have to co-exist. Jericho knows Wade Barrett better than anyone. He says that Jericho is essential to this team.
Jericho picks up his mic and he tells Cena never to knock the microphone out of his hands again. Jericho then tells Cena that he knows how essential he is to this team. The only chance to beat Nexus is to have the best in the world standing beside you. Jericho says that he knows more than that because he sees the big picture. Nexus isn’t the only threat to this company. The other threat is John Cena. Cena is like Nexus. He interrupts whoever he wants and does whatever he says. However, Cena does it with the support of the drones and people that he dances around for like a puppet on a string. At SummerSlam, as soon as the threat of Nexus is abolished, he is going to take the next logical threat and turn his sights on the next threat in the company. He is going to get rid of Cena. He will either do it with the help of his team, or he will do it by himself.
Cena tells Jericho to take his best shot.
It is time for an e-mail from the General Manager. Cole says that the match at SummerSlam will be an elimination match. As a preview, Nexus will face seven men in an elimination match. Additionally, Cena and Jericho will be in a tag team match. The General Manager says that if they aren’t down for that, he has two words for Cena and Jericho.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Sheamus defeating Evan Bourne and Miz trying to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase only to be stopped by R Truth.
Sheamus comes to the announce table to join Cole and Lawler for our first match of the night.
We see footage from last week’s Triple Threat match when Randy Orton returned to the number one contender spot with a win over Edge and Chris Jericho.
Match Number One: Randy Orton versus Jey Uso with Jimmy Uso and Tamina
They lock up and Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orotn looks at Sheamus before returning to Jey and kicks and punches him. Orton slingshots Jey into the bottom rope. Orton with a forearm across Jey’s chest. Jey drops Orton across the top rope and then Jey kicks Orton in the chest. Jey with a diving head butt for a near fall. Uso with a chin lock as Orton gets back to his feet. Orton with punches but Jey responds with punches of his own. Orton with a knee and clotheslines. Orton with a power slam and then he punches Jimmy off the apron. Orton sets for the IEDDT and he hits it. Orton punches the air before twisting into the RKO push ups. Orton with an RKO for the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
After the match, Jimmy attacks Orton but Orton punches Jimmy and kicks him. Sheamus tries to attack Orton from behind but Orton moves and Sheamus hits the pump kick on Jimmy. Orton with an RKO to Sheamus.
Miz comes out and he has his referee and briefcase. We are going to have our Money in the Bank match . . .
Before the referee calls for the bell, Orton hits an RKO on Miz.
Edge is in the back and he says that on the one hand he can’t wait for SummerSlam to get his revenge. He tells Ted DiBiase that he would rather have Ted on the team than Khali. Cena told him that he had an unstoppable team and Khali was on it. He says that Khali is clumsy and uncoordinated.
Ted says that when he beats Morrison tonight, Cena will see that he deserves to be on the team. Edge says that he might have to force his hand and face the Great Khali himself.
Edge walks away from Ted and Maryse and we see Runjin Singh. Will he tell Khali what he heard?
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus and Miz are in the ring and they are arguing. Miz is holding his head while we get an e-mail.
The General Manager has found the team to face John Cena and Chris Jericho. It will be a team of champions, The Miz and Sheamus.
Sheamus and Miz decide to talk some strategy in the ring before we go to Cole and Lawler.
It is time to take a look at a SummerSlam Moment: From 1988, Ultimate Warrior versus Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title.
Edge is on the phone and he says that they are going to see things his way. Great Khali comes in and he yells something at Edge. Runjin says that he heard what Edge said earlier and he told Khali. Edge says that he has nothing but the utmost respect for Khali. Khali calls Edge obnoxious, delusional, and a complete nincompoop. He challenges Edge to a match right now.
Edge tells Singh to translate that if Khali loses, he is off the team. We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot more people watch Raw than Baseball on Monday Nights.
Cole tells us that Jerry Lawler is part of the team that will face Nexus tonight.
Match Number Two: Great Khali with Runjin Singh versus Edge in an If Edge wins, Khali is out of the main event at SummerSlam Match
Edge backs up into the corner and then he escapes Khali. Edge with a punch and Khali does not feel it. Khali sends Edge into the corner and he chops Edge. Khali with a hard Irish whip. Edge punches Khali but Khali with a short arm clothesline. Khali misses a leg drop.
Nexus come to the ring and Edge leaves through the crowd. Nexus circle the ring and they get on the apron. Nexus enter the ring and they circle Khali and then they give him the chance to leave and Khali leaves the ring.
We see the team that will face Nexus tonight as we go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Nexus versus Jerry Lawler, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Mark Henry, Yoshi Tatsu, Goldust, and Evan Bourne in an Elimination Match
Yoshi and Tarver start things off and they lock up. Tarver with a clean break but Yoshi with chops. Tarver with a kick and he works on the shoulder. Yoshi with kicks to Tarver but Tarver with a kick of his own. Tarver with an Irish whip but Yoshi with a kick. Tarver with a power slam to pin Yoshi.
Yoshi Tatsu eliminated
Bourne comes in and Tarver kicks him. Gabriel tags in and he punches Bourne. Bourne back body drops Gabriel and Lawler is tagged in. Jerry punches Gabriel and then hits a drop kick. Lawler goes to the turnbuckles and hits the fist drop but he can only get a two count. Barrett pulls Gabriel out of the ring so they can discuss strategy.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kidd with a side head lock on Slater. We see Lawler get eliminated during the break by Slater. Kidd kicks Slater in the corner and the referee pulls him off. Smith tags in and he hits a delayed vertical suplex on Slater and gets a near fall. Smith with a back breaker on Slater followed by a leg drop. Smith with a punch and kick in the corner. Smith with a forearm to Slater followed by an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Smith with a forearm to Slater who does to the turnbuckles. Smith tries for a power slam but Slater escapes and then Slater pins Smith with Sweetness.
David Hart Smith eliminated
Goldust comes in and Goldust with a clothesline and reverse atomic drop followed by a punch. Otunga tags in and he punches Goldust but Goldust with the drop down uppercut. Young interferes and then Otunga with the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster on Goldust.
Goldust eliminated
Mark Henry presses Otunga over his head and drops him. Slater comes back in and Henry with a clothesline. Henry slams Slater and Young tags in. Henry with a clothesline and boot to the head. Sheffield tags in and he kicks and punches Henry. Sheffield tries for a clothesline but Henry with a slam. Henry with a second slam and then he brings Gabriel into the ring. Henry with a splash into the corner but Sheffield with the clotheslines from Hell Junior to get the three count.
Mark Henry eliminated
Sheffield charges into the corner and Kidd and Bourne with kicks. Kidd tries for a springboard move but Sheffield with a clothesline. Young tags in and pins Kidd.
Tyson Kidd eliminated
Wade Barrett comes in and he misses a clothesline but Bourne with a knee and then he goes after the rest of Nexus. Barrett with a fireman’s carry slam for the three count.
Winners: Nexus
After the match, they pick up Bourne and it is time for Sheffield to hit the Clothesline from Nexus. It is them time for Otunga to his the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster. Justin Gabriel goes up top for his delayed 450 splash.
Wade Barrett says that what we just saw was an act of total domination. The Nexus have always been 100% behind a common purpose. John Cena’s team . . . or Chris Jericho’s team already has cracks. It is because of their individual egos and agendas. Wade says that at SummerSlam those cracks will destroy the foundation of that team.
Skip says that Cena has a team of individuals who do not have a singular focus. No member will sacrifice themselves for the betterment of the group. That is what they have done. Skip says that what you see is the Nexus. They are unbreakable.
Michael Tarver says that SummerSlam will be no different. They will eliminate each member until they are down to one member. Tarver says that he hopes it will be Cena so they can treat him like a piece of meat and sink their teeth into Cena’s flesh.
They leave the ring.
Miz is in the locker room and he is staring at his Money in the Bank briefcase. Sheamus enters and he tells Miz that it has been two weeks that he has tried to cash in the briefcase. Sheamus tells Miz it will never happen. There is no way that Miz can beat him. Sheamus tells Miz to name the time and place and he will leave Miz black and blue.
Miz suggests that they do it tonight after they beat Cena and Jericho. He will put Sheamus back in the ring so Cena can hit the Attitude Adjustment and Jericho will put Sheamus in the Walls of Jericho. Then Sheamus will be screaming and saying to make the pain stop because you can’t take it any more . . . fella. Then he cashes it in and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to become the WWE Champion.
Sheamus tells the fella to stop it or he will make him regret it. Sheamus punches the briefcase and leaves.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler is back at the announce table.
Match Number Four: Brie Bella with Nikki Bella versus Alicia Fox
Alicia sends Brie into the turnbuckles and works on the back. Alicia with a hard Irish whip and then she kicks Brie in the corner. The referee warns Alicia and Nikki tries to switch but Jillian stops her. Brie with a rollup for a near fall. Alicia with a kick and scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
After the match, Jillian congratulates Alicia for her win. She says that the twins finally got what they deserved. He has a gift for Alicia. She is going to sing for Alicia. Alicia kicks Jillian and hits the scissors kick before leaving the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and R Truth is rapping at ringside. We see footage from last week when Maryse claims she was robbed only to see John Morrison attack Ted DiBiase.
Match Number Five: Ted DiBiase with Maryse versus John Morrison
They lock up and Ted backs John into the corner and then Maryse grabs John’s foot to allow Ted to attack Morrison. Ted with punches to John and then he gets a near fall. Ted gets another near fall on Morrison. Ted with a reverse chin lock but Morrison with punches. Ted with a knee and punch to stop Morrison’s come back. Morrison with forearms and punches to DiBiase followed by a clothesline. Morrison with a single leg lariat and Ted backs into the corner. Morrison runs into a boot but Morrison with an enzuigiri. Morrison thinks about the corkscrew split legged moonsault but Maryse distracts him. DiBiase with a rollup and he tries to use the ropes but Truth pushes his feet off as Morrison kicks out. DiBiase with a drop toe hold that sends Morrison into Truth and DiBiase gets the three count.
Winner: Ted DiBiase
After the match, Morrison and Truth talk about what just happened and Morrison walks away. Truth stops Morrison on the ramp and John Cena is watching his team potentially implode as we go to commercial.
We are back with a video package from last week’s show when John Cena announced his Super Team for SummerSlam.
Cole talks about how good Nexus looked while Cena’s team is falling apart from within.
Josh Mathews is in the interview area with Randy Orton. Josh asks Randy about what he did to prevent Miz from cashing in the briefcase. Josh wants to know if Randy has chosen who he wants to face at SummerSlam. Orton says that before he RKOed Miz, he did the same thing to Sheamus. Orton says that he sent a clear message. It does not matter who the champion is going into SummerSlam does not matter because they will be answered with an RKO.
Match Number Six: The Miz and Sheamus versus John Cena and Chris Jericho
Jericho and Cena argue over who is going to start the match and so do Miz and Sheamus. Miz goes after Cena but Cena moves. Cena with a bulldog and Miz goes to the floor. Miz returns to the ring and he tags in Sheamus. They lock up and Sheamus with a side head lock on Cena but Cena takes Sheamus down and applies a side head lock of his own. Cena with a shoulder tackle and he punches Sheamus. Jericho tags in and he punches Sheamus. Jericho with more punches in the corner but Sheamus with punches and kicks of his own. The referee warns Sheamus. Jericho with forearms and a drop kick followed by one to the back and Jericho chokes Sheamus on the apron. Sheamus kicks and punches Jericho. Jericho drops down and Sheamus goes to the floor when he charges at Jericho. We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus with a clothesline to Cena and he backs into Sheamus’ corner and Miz tags in. Miz with kicks to Cena. Cena with punches and a suplex for a near fall. Jericho tags in and connects with a knee lift. Jericho with a rollup and then he tries to put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho. Miz escapes but Jericho with a drop kick to Sheamus on the apron. Miz with a kick to Jericho. Miz with a front face lock and kicks to the chest in the corner. Sheamus tags in and he kicks Cena in the corner. Miz chokes Jericho while Sheamus distracts the referee. Sheamus with a short arm clothesline to Jericho for a near fall. Sheamus with an arm bar and chin lock on Jericho. Jericho gets to his feet and Jericho punches Sheamus. Sheamus with an uranage back breaker for a near fall. Sheamus punches Jericho but Jericho punches Sheamus as well. Miz tags in and he kicks Jericho in the back. Miz with elbows to Jericho and a punch to the neck. Miz chokes Jericho in the ropes and then he hits a running splash to the back. Miz gets a near fall and Jericho gets to the ropes. Jericho with a kick to Miz’s chin. Jericho goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick and both men are down. Sheamus tags in and he keeps Jericho from making the tag. Sheamus with a camel clutch and then he puts Jericho in a reverse chin lock. Jericho with elbows but Sheamus with a knee. Miz tags in and he connects with a forearm to the kidneys. Miz kicks Jericho in the corner and he punches him. The referee pulls Miz out of the corner and Miz yells at the referee. Miz misses the clothesline into the corner.
Cena and Sheamus tag in and Cena hits the two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb and then it is time for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Jericho gets behind Cena and Jericho with a Codebreaker while Miz distracts the referee. Miz makes the blind tag and gets the three count.
Winners: Miz and Sheamus
After the match, Chris Jericho returns to the apron and then gets back into the ring. Jericho puts Cena in the Walls of Jericho. Cena reverses and he puts Jericho in the STF and Jericho taps even before Cena locks in the hold.
Great Khali comes out to play peacemaker but Edge with a spear to Khali. Cena and Edge argue. R Truth and John Morrison come in the ring and all six men are arguing. Khali chops Morrison and Edge as we go to credits with Jericho arguing with anyone he can talk to in the ring.
We start off with John Cena’s confrontation with Wade Barrett and Nexus last week. Then we see footage of the systematic destruction of the WWE Superstars. But then we saw the six men who would join John Cena at SummerSlam.
We are live from San Antonio, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘ Where is the basement in the Alamo ’ Cole and Jerry ‘ Did Tony Parker bring his wife tonight ’ Lawler.
John Cena comes to the ring and he is going to talk to the WWE Universe. John says that they are right that everything is bigger in Texas. He says that seven weeks ago, a group called Nexus, without any warning at all came to Raw and destroyed everything in its past. Nobody was safe. If Nexus wanted you hurt, then they would hurt you. That was until last Monday. Finally, the Raw Superstars said that they have had enough. They stood side by side in the ring. It did not matter if they were friends or enemies because they had a common goal. They are going to beat Nexus at SummerSlam and they are going to end Nexus. Nexus is not invincible. He says that with more power, Nexus gets more influence. The more influence they get, they will take over this show. Cena says that if that is the case, it might be the end of Monday Night Raw. Cena says that his team is not the Superfriends. He is not Superman. He says that he is more like Aquaman. He says that Edge and Jericho are like Batman and Robin. He says that Khali is not going to put on Wonder Woman’s attire.
Chris Jericho interrupts and comes to the ring. Cena mentions that Chris Jericho is on the SummerSlam team. Jericho says that he was standing backstage biding his time until Cena would say what he knew Cena would say. John Cena talked about his team. Jericho says that people told him that they were glad to see that Jericho had changed his ways to join Cena’s team. Jericho tells Cena and the hypocrites. He did not get involved in this to be part of Cena’s team. He did not do this to bask in the glory of heroes. He did not do this to pander to parasites. He did this because of the issues he has with Nexus, especially Wade Barrett, who he groomed and his teachings helped Barrett to form Nexus. Jericho says that this is his team.
John Cena says that the team can be Jericho’s.
Jericho tells Cena never to patronize him. He wants to be honest with Cena. The team lives or dies on his whims. Cena slaps the mic from Jericho.
Cena tells Jericho it is not about Jericho. It is not about him. It is about this damn business. He says that Nexus has taken over this company. Cena tells Jericho if he doesn’t like him fine, the thing is that Jericho loves the business. He says that they have to co-exist. Jericho knows Wade Barrett better than anyone. He says that Jericho is essential to this team.
Jericho picks up his mic and he tells Cena never to knock the microphone out of his hands again. Jericho then tells Cena that he knows how essential he is to this team. The only chance to beat Nexus is to have the best in the world standing beside you. Jericho says that he knows more than that because he sees the big picture. Nexus isn’t the only threat to this company. The other threat is John Cena. Cena is like Nexus. He interrupts whoever he wants and does whatever he says. However, Cena does it with the support of the drones and people that he dances around for like a puppet on a string. At SummerSlam, as soon as the threat of Nexus is abolished, he is going to take the next logical threat and turn his sights on the next threat in the company. He is going to get rid of Cena. He will either do it with the help of his team, or he will do it by himself.
Cena tells Jericho to take his best shot.
It is time for an e-mail from the General Manager. Cole says that the match at SummerSlam will be an elimination match. As a preview, Nexus will face seven men in an elimination match. Additionally, Cena and Jericho will be in a tag team match. The General Manager says that if they aren’t down for that, he has two words for Cena and Jericho.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Sheamus defeating Evan Bourne and Miz trying to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase only to be stopped by R Truth.
Sheamus comes to the announce table to join Cole and Lawler for our first match of the night.
We see footage from last week’s Triple Threat match when Randy Orton returned to the number one contender spot with a win over Edge and Chris Jericho.
Match Number One: Randy Orton versus Jey Uso with Jimmy Uso and Tamina
They lock up and Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orotn looks at Sheamus before returning to Jey and kicks and punches him. Orton slingshots Jey into the bottom rope. Orton with a forearm across Jey’s chest. Jey drops Orton across the top rope and then Jey kicks Orton in the chest. Jey with a diving head butt for a near fall. Uso with a chin lock as Orton gets back to his feet. Orton with punches but Jey responds with punches of his own. Orton with a knee and clotheslines. Orton with a power slam and then he punches Jimmy off the apron. Orton sets for the IEDDT and he hits it. Orton punches the air before twisting into the RKO push ups. Orton with an RKO for the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
After the match, Jimmy attacks Orton but Orton punches Jimmy and kicks him. Sheamus tries to attack Orton from behind but Orton moves and Sheamus hits the pump kick on Jimmy. Orton with an RKO to Sheamus.
Miz comes out and he has his referee and briefcase. We are going to have our Money in the Bank match . . .
Before the referee calls for the bell, Orton hits an RKO on Miz.
Edge is in the back and he says that on the one hand he can’t wait for SummerSlam to get his revenge. He tells Ted DiBiase that he would rather have Ted on the team than Khali. Cena told him that he had an unstoppable team and Khali was on it. He says that Khali is clumsy and uncoordinated.
Ted says that when he beats Morrison tonight, Cena will see that he deserves to be on the team. Edge says that he might have to force his hand and face the Great Khali himself.
Edge walks away from Ted and Maryse and we see Runjin Singh. Will he tell Khali what he heard?
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus and Miz are in the ring and they are arguing. Miz is holding his head while we get an e-mail.
The General Manager has found the team to face John Cena and Chris Jericho. It will be a team of champions, The Miz and Sheamus.
Sheamus and Miz decide to talk some strategy in the ring before we go to Cole and Lawler.
It is time to take a look at a SummerSlam Moment: From 1988, Ultimate Warrior versus Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title.
Edge is on the phone and he says that they are going to see things his way. Great Khali comes in and he yells something at Edge. Runjin says that he heard what Edge said earlier and he told Khali. Edge says that he has nothing but the utmost respect for Khali. Khali calls Edge obnoxious, delusional, and a complete nincompoop. He challenges Edge to a match right now.
Edge tells Singh to translate that if Khali loses, he is off the team. We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot more people watch Raw than Baseball on Monday Nights.
Cole tells us that Jerry Lawler is part of the team that will face Nexus tonight.
Match Number Two: Great Khali with Runjin Singh versus Edge in an If Edge wins, Khali is out of the main event at SummerSlam Match
Edge backs up into the corner and then he escapes Khali. Edge with a punch and Khali does not feel it. Khali sends Edge into the corner and he chops Edge. Khali with a hard Irish whip. Edge punches Khali but Khali with a short arm clothesline. Khali misses a leg drop.
Nexus come to the ring and Edge leaves through the crowd. Nexus circle the ring and they get on the apron. Nexus enter the ring and they circle Khali and then they give him the chance to leave and Khali leaves the ring.
We see the team that will face Nexus tonight as we go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Nexus versus Jerry Lawler, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Mark Henry, Yoshi Tatsu, Goldust, and Evan Bourne in an Elimination Match
Yoshi and Tarver start things off and they lock up. Tarver with a clean break but Yoshi with chops. Tarver with a kick and he works on the shoulder. Yoshi with kicks to Tarver but Tarver with a kick of his own. Tarver with an Irish whip but Yoshi with a kick. Tarver with a power slam to pin Yoshi.
Yoshi Tatsu eliminated
Bourne comes in and Tarver kicks him. Gabriel tags in and he punches Bourne. Bourne back body drops Gabriel and Lawler is tagged in. Jerry punches Gabriel and then hits a drop kick. Lawler goes to the turnbuckles and hits the fist drop but he can only get a two count. Barrett pulls Gabriel out of the ring so they can discuss strategy.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kidd with a side head lock on Slater. We see Lawler get eliminated during the break by Slater. Kidd kicks Slater in the corner and the referee pulls him off. Smith tags in and he hits a delayed vertical suplex on Slater and gets a near fall. Smith with a back breaker on Slater followed by a leg drop. Smith with a punch and kick in the corner. Smith with a forearm to Slater followed by an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Smith with a forearm to Slater who does to the turnbuckles. Smith tries for a power slam but Slater escapes and then Slater pins Smith with Sweetness.
David Hart Smith eliminated
Goldust comes in and Goldust with a clothesline and reverse atomic drop followed by a punch. Otunga tags in and he punches Goldust but Goldust with the drop down uppercut. Young interferes and then Otunga with the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster on Goldust.
Goldust eliminated
Mark Henry presses Otunga over his head and drops him. Slater comes back in and Henry with a clothesline. Henry slams Slater and Young tags in. Henry with a clothesline and boot to the head. Sheffield tags in and he kicks and punches Henry. Sheffield tries for a clothesline but Henry with a slam. Henry with a second slam and then he brings Gabriel into the ring. Henry with a splash into the corner but Sheffield with the clotheslines from Hell Junior to get the three count.
Mark Henry eliminated
Sheffield charges into the corner and Kidd and Bourne with kicks. Kidd tries for a springboard move but Sheffield with a clothesline. Young tags in and pins Kidd.
Tyson Kidd eliminated
Wade Barrett comes in and he misses a clothesline but Bourne with a knee and then he goes after the rest of Nexus. Barrett with a fireman’s carry slam for the three count.
Winners: Nexus
After the match, they pick up Bourne and it is time for Sheffield to hit the Clothesline from Nexus. It is them time for Otunga to his the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster. Justin Gabriel goes up top for his delayed 450 splash.
Wade Barrett says that what we just saw was an act of total domination. The Nexus have always been 100% behind a common purpose. John Cena’s team . . . or Chris Jericho’s team already has cracks. It is because of their individual egos and agendas. Wade says that at SummerSlam those cracks will destroy the foundation of that team.
Skip says that Cena has a team of individuals who do not have a singular focus. No member will sacrifice themselves for the betterment of the group. That is what they have done. Skip says that what you see is the Nexus. They are unbreakable.
Michael Tarver says that SummerSlam will be no different. They will eliminate each member until they are down to one member. Tarver says that he hopes it will be Cena so they can treat him like a piece of meat and sink their teeth into Cena’s flesh.
They leave the ring.
Miz is in the locker room and he is staring at his Money in the Bank briefcase. Sheamus enters and he tells Miz that it has been two weeks that he has tried to cash in the briefcase. Sheamus tells Miz it will never happen. There is no way that Miz can beat him. Sheamus tells Miz to name the time and place and he will leave Miz black and blue.
Miz suggests that they do it tonight after they beat Cena and Jericho. He will put Sheamus back in the ring so Cena can hit the Attitude Adjustment and Jericho will put Sheamus in the Walls of Jericho. Then Sheamus will be screaming and saying to make the pain stop because you can’t take it any more . . . fella. Then he cashes it in and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to become the WWE Champion.
Sheamus tells the fella to stop it or he will make him regret it. Sheamus punches the briefcase and leaves.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler is back at the announce table.
Match Number Four: Brie Bella with Nikki Bella versus Alicia Fox
Alicia sends Brie into the turnbuckles and works on the back. Alicia with a hard Irish whip and then she kicks Brie in the corner. The referee warns Alicia and Nikki tries to switch but Jillian stops her. Brie with a rollup for a near fall. Alicia with a kick and scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
After the match, Jillian congratulates Alicia for her win. She says that the twins finally got what they deserved. He has a gift for Alicia. She is going to sing for Alicia. Alicia kicks Jillian and hits the scissors kick before leaving the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and R Truth is rapping at ringside. We see footage from last week when Maryse claims she was robbed only to see John Morrison attack Ted DiBiase.
Match Number Five: Ted DiBiase with Maryse versus John Morrison
They lock up and Ted backs John into the corner and then Maryse grabs John’s foot to allow Ted to attack Morrison. Ted with punches to John and then he gets a near fall. Ted gets another near fall on Morrison. Ted with a reverse chin lock but Morrison with punches. Ted with a knee and punch to stop Morrison’s come back. Morrison with forearms and punches to DiBiase followed by a clothesline. Morrison with a single leg lariat and Ted backs into the corner. Morrison runs into a boot but Morrison with an enzuigiri. Morrison thinks about the corkscrew split legged moonsault but Maryse distracts him. DiBiase with a rollup and he tries to use the ropes but Truth pushes his feet off as Morrison kicks out. DiBiase with a drop toe hold that sends Morrison into Truth and DiBiase gets the three count.
Winner: Ted DiBiase
After the match, Morrison and Truth talk about what just happened and Morrison walks away. Truth stops Morrison on the ramp and John Cena is watching his team potentially implode as we go to commercial.
We are back with a video package from last week’s show when John Cena announced his Super Team for SummerSlam.
Cole talks about how good Nexus looked while Cena’s team is falling apart from within.
Josh Mathews is in the interview area with Randy Orton. Josh asks Randy about what he did to prevent Miz from cashing in the briefcase. Josh wants to know if Randy has chosen who he wants to face at SummerSlam. Orton says that before he RKOed Miz, he did the same thing to Sheamus. Orton says that he sent a clear message. It does not matter who the champion is going into SummerSlam does not matter because they will be answered with an RKO.
Match Number Six: The Miz and Sheamus versus John Cena and Chris Jericho
Jericho and Cena argue over who is going to start the match and so do Miz and Sheamus. Miz goes after Cena but Cena moves. Cena with a bulldog and Miz goes to the floor. Miz returns to the ring and he tags in Sheamus. They lock up and Sheamus with a side head lock on Cena but Cena takes Sheamus down and applies a side head lock of his own. Cena with a shoulder tackle and he punches Sheamus. Jericho tags in and he punches Sheamus. Jericho with more punches in the corner but Sheamus with punches and kicks of his own. The referee warns Sheamus. Jericho with forearms and a drop kick followed by one to the back and Jericho chokes Sheamus on the apron. Sheamus kicks and punches Jericho. Jericho drops down and Sheamus goes to the floor when he charges at Jericho. We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus with a clothesline to Cena and he backs into Sheamus’ corner and Miz tags in. Miz with kicks to Cena. Cena with punches and a suplex for a near fall. Jericho tags in and connects with a knee lift. Jericho with a rollup and then he tries to put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho. Miz escapes but Jericho with a drop kick to Sheamus on the apron. Miz with a kick to Jericho. Miz with a front face lock and kicks to the chest in the corner. Sheamus tags in and he kicks Cena in the corner. Miz chokes Jericho while Sheamus distracts the referee. Sheamus with a short arm clothesline to Jericho for a near fall. Sheamus with an arm bar and chin lock on Jericho. Jericho gets to his feet and Jericho punches Sheamus. Sheamus with an uranage back breaker for a near fall. Sheamus punches Jericho but Jericho punches Sheamus as well. Miz tags in and he kicks Jericho in the back. Miz with elbows to Jericho and a punch to the neck. Miz chokes Jericho in the ropes and then he hits a running splash to the back. Miz gets a near fall and Jericho gets to the ropes. Jericho with a kick to Miz’s chin. Jericho goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick and both men are down. Sheamus tags in and he keeps Jericho from making the tag. Sheamus with a camel clutch and then he puts Jericho in a reverse chin lock. Jericho with elbows but Sheamus with a knee. Miz tags in and he connects with a forearm to the kidneys. Miz kicks Jericho in the corner and he punches him. The referee pulls Miz out of the corner and Miz yells at the referee. Miz misses the clothesline into the corner.
Cena and Sheamus tag in and Cena hits the two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb and then it is time for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Jericho gets behind Cena and Jericho with a Codebreaker while Miz distracts the referee. Miz makes the blind tag and gets the three count.
Winners: Miz and Sheamus
After the match, Chris Jericho returns to the apron and then gets back into the ring. Jericho puts Cena in the Walls of Jericho. Cena reverses and he puts Jericho in the STF and Jericho taps even before Cena locks in the hold.
Great Khali comes out to play peacemaker but Edge with a spear to Khali. Cena and Edge argue. R Truth and John Morrison come in the ring and all six men are arguing. Khali chops Morrison and Edge as we go to credits with Jericho arguing with anyone he can talk to in the ring.
WWE RAW Results - 7/26/10:
Credit: PWInsider.com
We start off with John Cena’s confrontation with Wade Barrett and Nexus last week. Then we see footage of the systematic destruction of the WWE Superstars. But then we saw the six men who would join John Cena at SummerSlam.
We are live from San Antonio, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘ Where is the basement in the Alamo ’ Cole and Jerry ‘ Did Tony Parker bring his wife tonight ’ Lawler.
John Cena comes to the ring and he is going to talk to the WWE Universe. John says that they are right that everything is bigger in Texas. He says that seven weeks ago, a group called Nexus, without any warning at all came to Raw and destroyed everything in its past. Nobody was safe. If Nexus wanted you hurt, then they would hurt you. That was until last Monday. Finally, the Raw Superstars said that they have had enough. They stood side by side in the ring. It did not matter if they were friends or enemies because they had a common goal. They are going to beat Nexus at SummerSlam and they are going to end Nexus. Nexus is not invincible. He says that with more power, Nexus gets more influence. The more influence they get, they will take over this show. Cena says that if that is the case, it might be the end of Monday Night Raw. Cena says that his team is not the Superfriends. He is not Superman. He says that he is more like Aquaman. He says that Edge and Jericho are like Batman and Robin. He says that Khali is not going to put on Wonder Woman’s attire.
Chris Jericho interrupts and comes to the ring. Cena mentions that Chris Jericho is on the SummerSlam team. Jericho says that he was standing backstage biding his time until Cena would say what he knew Cena would say. John Cena talked about his team. Jericho says that people told him that they were glad to see that Jericho had changed his ways to join Cena’s team. Jericho tells Cena and the hypocrites. He did not get involved in this to be part of Cena’s team. He did not do this to bask in the glory of heroes. He did not do this to pander to parasites. He did this because of the issues he has with Nexus, especially Wade Barrett, who he groomed and his teachings helped Barrett to form Nexus. Jericho says that this is his team.
John Cena says that the team can be Jericho’s.
Jericho tells Cena never to patronize him. He wants to be honest with Cena. The team lives or dies on his whims. Cena slaps the mic from Jericho.
Cena tells Jericho it is not about Jericho. It is not about him. It is about this damn business. He says that Nexus has taken over this company. Cena tells Jericho if he doesn’t like him fine, the thing is that Jericho loves the business. He says that they have to co-exist. Jericho knows Wade Barrett better than anyone. He says that Jericho is essential to this team.
Jericho picks up his mic and he tells Cena never to knock the microphone out of his hands again. Jericho then tells Cena that he knows how essential he is to this team. The only chance to beat Nexus is to have the best in the world standing beside you. Jericho says that he knows more than that because he sees the big picture. Nexus isn’t the only threat to this company. The other threat is John Cena. Cena is like Nexus. He interrupts whoever he wants and does whatever he says. However, Cena does it with the support of the drones and people that he dances around for like a puppet on a string. At SummerSlam, as soon as the threat of Nexus is abolished, he is going to take the next logical threat and turn his sights on the next threat in the company. He is going to get rid of Cena. He will either do it with the help of his team, or he will do it by himself.
Cena tells Jericho to take his best shot.
It is time for an e-mail from the General Manager. Cole says that the match at SummerSlam will be an elimination match. As a preview, Nexus will face seven men in an elimination match. Additionally, Cena and Jericho will be in a tag team match. The General Manager says that if they aren’t down for that, he has two words for Cena and Jericho.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Sheamus defeating Evan Bourne and Miz trying to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase only to be stopped by R Truth.
Sheamus comes to the announce table to join Cole and Lawler for our first match of the night.
We see footage from last week’s Triple Threat match when Randy Orton returned to the number one contender spot with a win over Edge and Chris Jericho.
Match Number One: Randy Orton versus Jey Uso with Jimmy Uso and Tamina
They lock up and Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orotn looks at Sheamus before returning to Jey and kicks and punches him. Orton slingshots Jey into the bottom rope. Orton with a forearm across Jey’s chest. Jey drops Orton across the top rope and then Jey kicks Orton in the chest. Jey with a diving head butt for a near fall. Uso with a chin lock as Orton gets back to his feet. Orton with punches but Jey responds with punches of his own. Orton with a knee and clotheslines. Orton with a power slam and then he punches Jimmy off the apron. Orton sets for the IEDDT and he hits it. Orton punches the air before twisting into the RKO push ups. Orton with an RKO for the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
After the match, Jimmy attacks Orton but Orton punches Jimmy and kicks him. Sheamus tries to attack Orton from behind but Orton moves and Sheamus hits the pump kick on Jimmy. Orton with an RKO to Sheamus.
Miz comes out and he has his referee and briefcase. We are going to have our Money in the Bank match . . .
Before the referee calls for the bell, Orton hits an RKO on Miz.
Edge is in the back and he says that on the one hand he can’t wait for SummerSlam to get his revenge. He tells Ted DiBiase that he would rather have Ted on the team than Khali. Cena told him that he had an unstoppable team and Khali was on it. He says that Khali is clumsy and uncoordinated.
Ted says that when he beats Morrison tonight, Cena will see that he deserves to be on the team. Edge says that he might have to force his hand and face the Great Khali himself.
Edge walks away from Ted and Maryse and we see Runjin Singh. Will he tell Khali what he heard?
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus and Miz are in the ring and they are arguing. Miz is holding his head while we get an e-mail.
The General Manager has found the team to face John Cena and Chris Jericho. It will be a team of champions, The Miz and Sheamus.
Sheamus and Miz decide to talk some strategy in the ring before we go to Cole and Lawler.
It is time to take a look at a SummerSlam Moment: From 1988, Ultimate Warrior versus Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title.
Edge is on the phone and he says that they are going to see things his way. Great Khali comes in and he yells something at Edge. Runjin says that he heard what Edge said earlier and he told Khali. Edge says that he has nothing but the utmost respect for Khali. Khali calls Edge obnoxious, delusional, and a complete nincompoop. He challenges Edge to a match right now.
Edge tells Singh to translate that if Khali loses, he is off the team. We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot more people watch Raw than Baseball on Monday Nights.
Cole tells us that Jerry Lawler is part of the team that will face Nexus tonight.
Match Number Two: Great Khali with Runjin Singh versus Edge in an If Edge wins, Khali is out of the main event at SummerSlam Match
Edge backs up into the corner and then he escapes Khali. Edge with a punch and Khali does not feel it. Khali sends Edge into the corner and he chops Edge. Khali with a hard Irish whip. Edge punches Khali but Khali with a short arm clothesline. Khali misses a leg drop.
Nexus come to the ring and Edge leaves through the crowd. Nexus circle the ring and they get on the apron. Nexus enter the ring and they circle Khali and then they give him the chance to leave and Khali leaves the ring.
We see the team that will face Nexus tonight as we go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Nexus versus Jerry Lawler, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Mark Henry, Yoshi Tatsu, Goldust, and Evan Bourne in an Elimination Match
Yoshi and Tarver start things off and they lock up. Tarver with a clean break but Yoshi with chops. Tarver with a kick and he works on the shoulder. Yoshi with kicks to Tarver but Tarver with a kick of his own. Tarver with an Irish whip but Yoshi with a kick. Tarver with a power slam to pin Yoshi.
Yoshi Tatsu eliminated
Bourne comes in and Tarver kicks him. Gabriel tags in and he punches Bourne. Bourne back body drops Gabriel and Lawler is tagged in. Jerry punches Gabriel and then hits a drop kick. Lawler goes to the turnbuckles and hits the fist drop but he can only get a two count. Barrett pulls Gabriel out of the ring so they can discuss strategy.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kidd with a side head lock on Slater. We see Lawler get eliminated during the break by Slater. Kidd kicks Slater in the corner and the referee pulls him off. Smith tags in and he hits a delayed vertical suplex on Slater and gets a near fall. Smith with a back breaker on Slater followed by a leg drop. Smith with a punch and kick in the corner. Smith with a forearm to Slater followed by an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Smith with a forearm to Slater who does to the turnbuckles. Smith tries for a power slam but Slater escapes and then Slater pins Smith with Sweetness.
David Hart Smith eliminated
Goldust comes in and Goldust with a clothesline and reverse atomic drop followed by a punch. Otunga tags in and he punches Goldust but Goldust with the drop down uppercut. Young interferes and then Otunga with the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster on Goldust.
Goldust eliminated
Mark Henry presses Otunga over his head and drops him. Slater comes back in and Henry with a clothesline. Henry slams Slater and Young tags in. Henry with a clothesline and boot to the head. Sheffield tags in and he kicks and punches Henry. Sheffield tries for a clothesline but Henry with a slam. Henry with a second slam and then he brings Gabriel into the ring. Henry with a splash into the corner but Sheffield with the clotheslines from Hell Junior to get the three count.
Mark Henry eliminated
Sheffield charges into the corner and Kidd and Bourne with kicks. Kidd tries for a springboard move but Sheffield with a clothesline. Young tags in and pins Kidd.
Tyson Kidd eliminated
Wade Barrett comes in and he misses a clothesline but Bourne with a knee and then he goes after the rest of Nexus. Barrett with a fireman’s carry slam for the three count.
Winners: Nexus
After the match, they pick up Bourne and it is time for Sheffield to hit the Clothesline from Nexus. It is them time for Otunga to his the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster. Justin Gabriel goes up top for his delayed 450 splash.
Wade Barrett says that what we just saw was an act of total domination. The Nexus have always been 100% behind a common purpose. John Cena’s team . . . or Chris Jericho’s team already has cracks. It is because of their individual egos and agendas. Wade says that at SummerSlam those cracks will destroy the foundation of that team.
Skip says that Cena has a team of individuals who do not have a singular focus. No member will sacrifice themselves for the betterment of the group. That is what they have done. Skip says that what you see is the Nexus. They are unbreakable.
Michael Tarver says that SummerSlam will be no different. They will eliminate each member until they are down to one member. Tarver says that he hopes it will be Cena so they can treat him like a piece of meat and sink their teeth into Cena’s flesh.
They leave the ring.
Miz is in the locker room and he is staring at his Money in the Bank briefcase. Sheamus enters and he tells Miz that it has been two weeks that he has tried to cash in the briefcase. Sheamus tells Miz it will never happen. There is no way that Miz can beat him. Sheamus tells Miz to name the time and place and he will leave Miz black and blue.
Miz suggests that they do it tonight after they beat Cena and Jericho. He will put Sheamus back in the ring so Cena can hit the Attitude Adjustment and Jericho will put Sheamus in the Walls of Jericho. Then Sheamus will be screaming and saying to make the pain stop because you can’t take it any more . . . fella. Then he cashes it in and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to become the WWE Champion.
Sheamus tells the fella to stop it or he will make him regret it. Sheamus punches the briefcase and leaves.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler is back at the announce table.
Match Number Four: Brie Bella with Nikki Bella versus Alicia Fox
Alicia sends Brie into the turnbuckles and works on the back. Alicia with a hard Irish whip and then she kicks Brie in the corner. The referee warns Alicia and Nikki tries to switch but Jillian stops her. Brie with a rollup for a near fall. Alicia with a kick and scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
After the match, Jillian congratulates Alicia for her win. She says that the twins finally got what they deserved. He has a gift for Alicia. She is going to sing for Alicia. Alicia kicks Jillian and hits the scissors kick before leaving the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and R Truth is rapping at ringside. We see footage from last week when Maryse claims she was robbed only to see John Morrison attack Ted DiBiase.
Match Number Five: Ted DiBiase with Maryse versus John Morrison
They lock up and Ted backs John into the corner and then Maryse grabs John’s foot to allow Ted to attack Morrison. Ted with punches to John and then he gets a near fall. Ted gets another near fall on Morrison. Ted with a reverse chin lock but Morrison with punches. Ted with a knee and punch to stop Morrison’s come back. Morrison with forearms and punches to DiBiase followed by a clothesline. Morrison with a single leg lariat and Ted backs into the corner. Morrison runs into a boot but Morrison with an enzuigiri. Morrison thinks about the corkscrew split legged moonsault but Maryse distracts him. DiBiase with a rollup and he tries to use the ropes but Truth pushes his feet off as Morrison kicks out. DiBiase with a drop toe hold that sends Morrison into Truth and DiBiase gets the three count.
Winner: Ted DiBiase
After the match, Morrison and Truth talk about what just happened and Morrison walks away. Truth stops Morrison on the ramp and John Cena is watching his team potentially implode as we go to commercial.
We are back with a video package from last week’s show when John Cena announced his Super Team for SummerSlam.
Cole talks about how good Nexus looked while Cena’s team is falling apart from within.
Josh Mathews is in the interview area with Randy Orton. Josh asks Randy about what he did to prevent Miz from cashing in the briefcase. Josh wants to know if Randy has chosen who he wants to face at SummerSlam. Orton says that before he RKOed Miz, he did the same thing to Sheamus. Orton says that he sent a clear message. It does not matter who the champion is going into SummerSlam does not matter because they will be answered with an RKO.
Match Number Six: The Miz and Sheamus versus John Cena and Chris Jericho
Jericho and Cena argue over who is going to start the match and so do Miz and Sheamus. Miz goes after Cena but Cena moves. Cena with a bulldog and Miz goes to the floor. Miz returns to the ring and he tags in Sheamus. They lock up and Sheamus with a side head lock on Cena but Cena takes Sheamus down and applies a side head lock of his own. Cena with a shoulder tackle and he punches Sheamus. Jericho tags in and he punches Sheamus. Jericho with more punches in the corner but Sheamus with punches and kicks of his own. The referee warns Sheamus. Jericho with forearms and a drop kick followed by one to the back and Jericho chokes Sheamus on the apron. Sheamus kicks and punches Jericho. Jericho drops down and Sheamus goes to the floor when he charges at Jericho. We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus with a clothesline to Cena and he backs into Sheamus’ corner and Miz tags in. Miz with kicks to Cena. Cena with punches and a suplex for a near fall. Jericho tags in and connects with a knee lift. Jericho with a rollup and then he tries to put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho. Miz escapes but Jericho with a drop kick to Sheamus on the apron. Miz with a kick to Jericho. Miz with a front face lock and kicks to the chest in the corner. Sheamus tags in and he kicks Cena in the corner. Miz chokes Jericho while Sheamus distracts the referee. Sheamus with a short arm clothesline to Jericho for a near fall. Sheamus with an arm bar and chin lock on Jericho. Jericho gets to his feet and Jericho punches Sheamus. Sheamus with an uranage back breaker for a near fall. Sheamus punches Jericho but Jericho punches Sheamus as well. Miz tags in and he kicks Jericho in the back. Miz with elbows to Jericho and a punch to the neck. Miz chokes Jericho in the ropes and then he hits a running splash to the back. Miz gets a near fall and Jericho gets to the ropes. Jericho with a kick to Miz’s chin. Jericho goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick and both men are down. Sheamus tags in and he keeps Jericho from making the tag. Sheamus with a camel clutch and then he puts Jericho in a reverse chin lock. Jericho with elbows but Sheamus with a knee. Miz tags in and he connects with a forearm to the kidneys. Miz kicks Jericho in the corner and he punches him. The referee pulls Miz out of the corner and Miz yells at the referee. Miz misses the clothesline into the corner.
Cena and Sheamus tag in and Cena hits the two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb and then it is time for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Jericho gets behind Cena and Jericho with a Codebreaker while Miz distracts the referee. Miz makes the blind tag and gets the three count.
Winners: Miz and Sheamus
After the match, Chris Jericho returns to the apron and then gets back into the ring. Jericho puts Cena in the Walls of Jericho. Cena reverses and he puts Jericho in the STF and Jericho taps even before Cena locks in the hold.
Great Khali comes out to play peacemaker but Edge with a spear to Khali. Cena and Edge argue. R Truth and John Morrison come in the ring and all six men are arguing. Khali chops Morrison and Edge as we go to credits with Jericho arguing with anyone he can talk to in the ring.
We start off with John Cena’s confrontation with Wade Barrett and Nexus last week. Then we see footage of the systematic destruction of the WWE Superstars. But then we saw the six men who would join John Cena at SummerSlam.
We are live from San Antonio, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘ Where is the basement in the Alamo ’ Cole and Jerry ‘ Did Tony Parker bring his wife tonight ’ Lawler.
John Cena comes to the ring and he is going to talk to the WWE Universe. John says that they are right that everything is bigger in Texas. He says that seven weeks ago, a group called Nexus, without any warning at all came to Raw and destroyed everything in its past. Nobody was safe. If Nexus wanted you hurt, then they would hurt you. That was until last Monday. Finally, the Raw Superstars said that they have had enough. They stood side by side in the ring. It did not matter if they were friends or enemies because they had a common goal. They are going to beat Nexus at SummerSlam and they are going to end Nexus. Nexus is not invincible. He says that with more power, Nexus gets more influence. The more influence they get, they will take over this show. Cena says that if that is the case, it might be the end of Monday Night Raw. Cena says that his team is not the Superfriends. He is not Superman. He says that he is more like Aquaman. He says that Edge and Jericho are like Batman and Robin. He says that Khali is not going to put on Wonder Woman’s attire.
Chris Jericho interrupts and comes to the ring. Cena mentions that Chris Jericho is on the SummerSlam team. Jericho says that he was standing backstage biding his time until Cena would say what he knew Cena would say. John Cena talked about his team. Jericho says that people told him that they were glad to see that Jericho had changed his ways to join Cena’s team. Jericho tells Cena and the hypocrites. He did not get involved in this to be part of Cena’s team. He did not do this to bask in the glory of heroes. He did not do this to pander to parasites. He did this because of the issues he has with Nexus, especially Wade Barrett, who he groomed and his teachings helped Barrett to form Nexus. Jericho says that this is his team.
John Cena says that the team can be Jericho’s.
Jericho tells Cena never to patronize him. He wants to be honest with Cena. The team lives or dies on his whims. Cena slaps the mic from Jericho.
Cena tells Jericho it is not about Jericho. It is not about him. It is about this damn business. He says that Nexus has taken over this company. Cena tells Jericho if he doesn’t like him fine, the thing is that Jericho loves the business. He says that they have to co-exist. Jericho knows Wade Barrett better than anyone. He says that Jericho is essential to this team.
Jericho picks up his mic and he tells Cena never to knock the microphone out of his hands again. Jericho then tells Cena that he knows how essential he is to this team. The only chance to beat Nexus is to have the best in the world standing beside you. Jericho says that he knows more than that because he sees the big picture. Nexus isn’t the only threat to this company. The other threat is John Cena. Cena is like Nexus. He interrupts whoever he wants and does whatever he says. However, Cena does it with the support of the drones and people that he dances around for like a puppet on a string. At SummerSlam, as soon as the threat of Nexus is abolished, he is going to take the next logical threat and turn his sights on the next threat in the company. He is going to get rid of Cena. He will either do it with the help of his team, or he will do it by himself.
Cena tells Jericho to take his best shot.
It is time for an e-mail from the General Manager. Cole says that the match at SummerSlam will be an elimination match. As a preview, Nexus will face seven men in an elimination match. Additionally, Cena and Jericho will be in a tag team match. The General Manager says that if they aren’t down for that, he has two words for Cena and Jericho.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the Slam of the Week: Sheamus defeating Evan Bourne and Miz trying to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase only to be stopped by R Truth.
Sheamus comes to the announce table to join Cole and Lawler for our first match of the night.
We see footage from last week’s Triple Threat match when Randy Orton returned to the number one contender spot with a win over Edge and Chris Jericho.
Match Number One: Randy Orton versus Jey Uso with Jimmy Uso and Tamina
They lock up and Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orotn looks at Sheamus before returning to Jey and kicks and punches him. Orton slingshots Jey into the bottom rope. Orton with a forearm across Jey’s chest. Jey drops Orton across the top rope and then Jey kicks Orton in the chest. Jey with a diving head butt for a near fall. Uso with a chin lock as Orton gets back to his feet. Orton with punches but Jey responds with punches of his own. Orton with a knee and clotheslines. Orton with a power slam and then he punches Jimmy off the apron. Orton sets for the IEDDT and he hits it. Orton punches the air before twisting into the RKO push ups. Orton with an RKO for the three count.
Winner: Randy Orton
After the match, Jimmy attacks Orton but Orton punches Jimmy and kicks him. Sheamus tries to attack Orton from behind but Orton moves and Sheamus hits the pump kick on Jimmy. Orton with an RKO to Sheamus.
Miz comes out and he has his referee and briefcase. We are going to have our Money in the Bank match . . .
Before the referee calls for the bell, Orton hits an RKO on Miz.
Edge is in the back and he says that on the one hand he can’t wait for SummerSlam to get his revenge. He tells Ted DiBiase that he would rather have Ted on the team than Khali. Cena told him that he had an unstoppable team and Khali was on it. He says that Khali is clumsy and uncoordinated.
Ted says that when he beats Morrison tonight, Cena will see that he deserves to be on the team. Edge says that he might have to force his hand and face the Great Khali himself.
Edge walks away from Ted and Maryse and we see Runjin Singh. Will he tell Khali what he heard?
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus and Miz are in the ring and they are arguing. Miz is holding his head while we get an e-mail.
The General Manager has found the team to face John Cena and Chris Jericho. It will be a team of champions, The Miz and Sheamus.
Sheamus and Miz decide to talk some strategy in the ring before we go to Cole and Lawler.
It is time to take a look at a SummerSlam Moment: From 1988, Ultimate Warrior versus Honky Tonk Man for the Intercontinental Title.
Edge is on the phone and he says that they are going to see things his way. Great Khali comes in and he yells something at Edge. Runjin says that he heard what Edge said earlier and he told Khali. Edge says that he has nothing but the utmost respect for Khali. Khali calls Edge obnoxious, delusional, and a complete nincompoop. He challenges Edge to a match right now.
Edge tells Singh to translate that if Khali loses, he is off the team. We go to commercial.
We are back and Did You Know that a lot more people watch Raw than Baseball on Monday Nights.
Cole tells us that Jerry Lawler is part of the team that will face Nexus tonight.
Match Number Two: Great Khali with Runjin Singh versus Edge in an If Edge wins, Khali is out of the main event at SummerSlam Match
Edge backs up into the corner and then he escapes Khali. Edge with a punch and Khali does not feel it. Khali sends Edge into the corner and he chops Edge. Khali with a hard Irish whip. Edge punches Khali but Khali with a short arm clothesline. Khali misses a leg drop.
Nexus come to the ring and Edge leaves through the crowd. Nexus circle the ring and they get on the apron. Nexus enter the ring and they circle Khali and then they give him the chance to leave and Khali leaves the ring.
We see the team that will face Nexus tonight as we go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Nexus versus Jerry Lawler, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Mark Henry, Yoshi Tatsu, Goldust, and Evan Bourne in an Elimination Match
Yoshi and Tarver start things off and they lock up. Tarver with a clean break but Yoshi with chops. Tarver with a kick and he works on the shoulder. Yoshi with kicks to Tarver but Tarver with a kick of his own. Tarver with an Irish whip but Yoshi with a kick. Tarver with a power slam to pin Yoshi.
Yoshi Tatsu eliminated
Bourne comes in and Tarver kicks him. Gabriel tags in and he punches Bourne. Bourne back body drops Gabriel and Lawler is tagged in. Jerry punches Gabriel and then hits a drop kick. Lawler goes to the turnbuckles and hits the fist drop but he can only get a two count. Barrett pulls Gabriel out of the ring so they can discuss strategy.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kidd with a side head lock on Slater. We see Lawler get eliminated during the break by Slater. Kidd kicks Slater in the corner and the referee pulls him off. Smith tags in and he hits a delayed vertical suplex on Slater and gets a near fall. Smith with a back breaker on Slater followed by a leg drop. Smith with a punch and kick in the corner. Smith with a forearm to Slater followed by an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Smith with a forearm to Slater who does to the turnbuckles. Smith tries for a power slam but Slater escapes and then Slater pins Smith with Sweetness.
David Hart Smith eliminated
Goldust comes in and Goldust with a clothesline and reverse atomic drop followed by a punch. Otunga tags in and he punches Goldust but Goldust with the drop down uppercut. Young interferes and then Otunga with the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster on Goldust.
Goldust eliminated
Mark Henry presses Otunga over his head and drops him. Slater comes back in and Henry with a clothesline. Henry slams Slater and Young tags in. Henry with a clothesline and boot to the head. Sheffield tags in and he kicks and punches Henry. Sheffield tries for a clothesline but Henry with a slam. Henry with a second slam and then he brings Gabriel into the ring. Henry with a splash into the corner but Sheffield with the clotheslines from Hell Junior to get the three count.
Mark Henry eliminated
Sheffield charges into the corner and Kidd and Bourne with kicks. Kidd tries for a springboard move but Sheffield with a clothesline. Young tags in and pins Kidd.
Tyson Kidd eliminated
Wade Barrett comes in and he misses a clothesline but Bourne with a knee and then he goes after the rest of Nexus. Barrett with a fireman’s carry slam for the three count.
Winners: Nexus
After the match, they pick up Bourne and it is time for Sheffield to hit the Clothesline from Nexus. It is them time for Otunga to his the World’s Most Dangerous Spinebuster. Justin Gabriel goes up top for his delayed 450 splash.
Wade Barrett says that what we just saw was an act of total domination. The Nexus have always been 100% behind a common purpose. John Cena’s team . . . or Chris Jericho’s team already has cracks. It is because of their individual egos and agendas. Wade says that at SummerSlam those cracks will destroy the foundation of that team.
Skip says that Cena has a team of individuals who do not have a singular focus. No member will sacrifice themselves for the betterment of the group. That is what they have done. Skip says that what you see is the Nexus. They are unbreakable.
Michael Tarver says that SummerSlam will be no different. They will eliminate each member until they are down to one member. Tarver says that he hopes it will be Cena so they can treat him like a piece of meat and sink their teeth into Cena’s flesh.
They leave the ring.
Miz is in the locker room and he is staring at his Money in the Bank briefcase. Sheamus enters and he tells Miz that it has been two weeks that he has tried to cash in the briefcase. Sheamus tells Miz it will never happen. There is no way that Miz can beat him. Sheamus tells Miz to name the time and place and he will leave Miz black and blue.
Miz suggests that they do it tonight after they beat Cena and Jericho. He will put Sheamus back in the ring so Cena can hit the Attitude Adjustment and Jericho will put Sheamus in the Walls of Jericho. Then Sheamus will be screaming and saying to make the pain stop because you can’t take it any more . . . fella. Then he cashes it in and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to become the WWE Champion.
Sheamus tells the fella to stop it or he will make him regret it. Sheamus punches the briefcase and leaves.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler is back at the announce table.
Match Number Four: Brie Bella with Nikki Bella versus Alicia Fox
Alicia sends Brie into the turnbuckles and works on the back. Alicia with a hard Irish whip and then she kicks Brie in the corner. The referee warns Alicia and Nikki tries to switch but Jillian stops her. Brie with a rollup for a near fall. Alicia with a kick and scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
After the match, Jillian congratulates Alicia for her win. She says that the twins finally got what they deserved. He has a gift for Alicia. She is going to sing for Alicia. Alicia kicks Jillian and hits the scissors kick before leaving the ring.
We go to commercial.
We are back and R Truth is rapping at ringside. We see footage from last week when Maryse claims she was robbed only to see John Morrison attack Ted DiBiase.
Match Number Five: Ted DiBiase with Maryse versus John Morrison
They lock up and Ted backs John into the corner and then Maryse grabs John’s foot to allow Ted to attack Morrison. Ted with punches to John and then he gets a near fall. Ted gets another near fall on Morrison. Ted with a reverse chin lock but Morrison with punches. Ted with a knee and punch to stop Morrison’s come back. Morrison with forearms and punches to DiBiase followed by a clothesline. Morrison with a single leg lariat and Ted backs into the corner. Morrison runs into a boot but Morrison with an enzuigiri. Morrison thinks about the corkscrew split legged moonsault but Maryse distracts him. DiBiase with a rollup and he tries to use the ropes but Truth pushes his feet off as Morrison kicks out. DiBiase with a drop toe hold that sends Morrison into Truth and DiBiase gets the three count.
Winner: Ted DiBiase
After the match, Morrison and Truth talk about what just happened and Morrison walks away. Truth stops Morrison on the ramp and John Cena is watching his team potentially implode as we go to commercial.
We are back with a video package from last week’s show when John Cena announced his Super Team for SummerSlam.
Cole talks about how good Nexus looked while Cena’s team is falling apart from within.
Josh Mathews is in the interview area with Randy Orton. Josh asks Randy about what he did to prevent Miz from cashing in the briefcase. Josh wants to know if Randy has chosen who he wants to face at SummerSlam. Orton says that before he RKOed Miz, he did the same thing to Sheamus. Orton says that he sent a clear message. It does not matter who the champion is going into SummerSlam does not matter because they will be answered with an RKO.
Match Number Six: The Miz and Sheamus versus John Cena and Chris Jericho
Jericho and Cena argue over who is going to start the match and so do Miz and Sheamus. Miz goes after Cena but Cena moves. Cena with a bulldog and Miz goes to the floor. Miz returns to the ring and he tags in Sheamus. They lock up and Sheamus with a side head lock on Cena but Cena takes Sheamus down and applies a side head lock of his own. Cena with a shoulder tackle and he punches Sheamus. Jericho tags in and he punches Sheamus. Jericho with more punches in the corner but Sheamus with punches and kicks of his own. The referee warns Sheamus. Jericho with forearms and a drop kick followed by one to the back and Jericho chokes Sheamus on the apron. Sheamus kicks and punches Jericho. Jericho drops down and Sheamus goes to the floor when he charges at Jericho. We go to commercial.
We are back and Sheamus with a clothesline to Cena and he backs into Sheamus’ corner and Miz tags in. Miz with kicks to Cena. Cena with punches and a suplex for a near fall. Jericho tags in and connects with a knee lift. Jericho with a rollup and then he tries to put Jericho in the Walls of Jericho. Miz escapes but Jericho with a drop kick to Sheamus on the apron. Miz with a kick to Jericho. Miz with a front face lock and kicks to the chest in the corner. Sheamus tags in and he kicks Cena in the corner. Miz chokes Jericho while Sheamus distracts the referee. Sheamus with a short arm clothesline to Jericho for a near fall. Sheamus with an arm bar and chin lock on Jericho. Jericho gets to his feet and Jericho punches Sheamus. Sheamus with an uranage back breaker for a near fall. Sheamus punches Jericho but Jericho punches Sheamus as well. Miz tags in and he kicks Jericho in the back. Miz with elbows to Jericho and a punch to the neck. Miz chokes Jericho in the ropes and then he hits a running splash to the back. Miz gets a near fall and Jericho gets to the ropes. Jericho with a kick to Miz’s chin. Jericho goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick and both men are down. Sheamus tags in and he keeps Jericho from making the tag. Sheamus with a camel clutch and then he puts Jericho in a reverse chin lock. Jericho with elbows but Sheamus with a knee. Miz tags in and he connects with a forearm to the kidneys. Miz kicks Jericho in the corner and he punches him. The referee pulls Miz out of the corner and Miz yells at the referee. Miz misses the clothesline into the corner.
Cena and Sheamus tag in and Cena hits the two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb and then it is time for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Jericho gets behind Cena and Jericho with a Codebreaker while Miz distracts the referee. Miz makes the blind tag and gets the three count.
Winners: Miz and Sheamus
After the match, Chris Jericho returns to the apron and then gets back into the ring. Jericho puts Cena in the Walls of Jericho. Cena reverses and he puts Jericho in the STF and Jericho taps even before Cena locks in the hold.
Great Khali comes out to play peacemaker but Edge with a spear to Khali. Cena and Edge argue. R Truth and John Morrison come in the ring and all six men are arguing. Khali chops Morrison and Edge as we go to credits with Jericho arguing with anyone he can talk to in the ring.
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