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WWE Raw live results: Kurt Angle responds to SmackDown’s invasion

Posted on by Steve Khan

Date: October 30, 2017
Location: Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD

The Big Takeaway —

This was a night of returns, most notably Braun Strowman who reappeared from a garbage truck to ambush The Miz, Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas in spectacular fashion. Along with Strowman and Bo Dallas, tonight saw the returns of Nia Jax, Samoa Joe, and JoJo. Jax defeated Bayley and was added to the Raw women’s team by Alicia Fox. Joe beat Apollo Crews and choked out Titus O’Neil.

Stephanie McMahon returned too and made up for lost time. She berated Kurt Angle, made him the captain of Team Raw, and demanded retribution on Shane McMahon. Daniel Bryan showed up to reason with Angle later in the show, but was laid out by Kane (off-camera) and stretchered out of the arena. Kane also beat Seth Rollins, and laid out Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Finn Balor (with help from Sheamus and Cesaro).

Also, Alexa Bliss retained her women’s title over Mickie James in the main event, and Asuka killed a jobber.

Show Recap — 

They aired a recap of SmackDown’s invasion last week and Michael Cole let us know they’ve ramped up security tonight. The Raw roster was on the stage and Kurt Angle was in the ring.

Angle said Shane McMahon took the friendly competition too far and he apologized to the Raw roster as the crowd dumbly chanted “What.” He said he put the wrestlers in harm’s way but promised never to do it again.

Stephanie McMahon interrupted. Stephanie didn’t want the show to start off on such a depressing note and enthusiastically welcomed everyone to Raw. She also announced the 25th anniversary show in January.

Stephanie said she supported Vince McMahon’s decision to make Angle the GM and thinks he’s done a good job, despite the situation with Jason Jordan, the virus going around the roster, and what happened to Braun Strowman. She applauded his effort at TLC joining The Shield and the crowd chanted “You still got it.”

She said it takes years to gain a reputation but only seconds to lose it. Angle was about to respond but Stephanie cut him off. Stephanie wasn’t surprised by Shane’s actions and figured this was an attack on her personally. She said Shane embarrassed Angle and everyone on the show and put the blame directly on Angle.

Stephanie said Angle would have to prove himself and made him the Raw team captain at Survivor Series. Stephanie wanted SmackDown annihilated or she’d find a new GM.

Seth Rollins vs. Kane, Finn Balor vs. Cesaro, and Bayley vs. Alicia Fox were announced for tonight.

After a break, Angle was helping Stephanie with her car door and apologized for everything. He should take her dog for a walk while he’s at it. She reiterated what she said earlier and left.

As her limo pulled away, another one pulled up. It was The Miz with Curtis Axel and a returning Bo Dallas. Sounded like the crowd popped when Dallas appeared. Angle berated Miz for being late and for being absent when they were attacked last week. He said Miz would have to defend his IC title tonight but wouldn’t announce his opponent.

Nia Jax defeated Bayley (7:22)

Alicia was supposed to be Bayley’s opponent but she came out (wearing a sailor captains hat) and said she needed to take her duties as captain seriously, so she had a different opponent in mind for Bayley, which brought out Nia Jax.

Bayley made a brief comeback but Jax countered a guillotine by tossing her in the air and hit a running leg drop for the win. Afterwards, Fox announced that Jax would be on her Survivor Series team. I guess Kurt Angle has given Fox complete control over Raw’s women’s division.

As Jax walked up the ramp, Samoa Joe’s music hit and he entered to a big pop and “Joe” chants. Cole mentioned this was his first appearance since SummerSlam.

Joe asked if the crowd missed him and they popped big again. Joe found that amusing because he didn’t miss them. He claimed the fans didn’t reach out to him while was gone and said they didn’t care about him. Joe said the next time he’s beating down an opponent, he’ll be thinking of the fans.

Samoa Joe defeated Apollo Crews (w/Titus O’Neil) (3:40)

Cole said Crews demanded this match. He knew Joe was returning? Crews got more offense than you might expect, but Joe still won quickly via submission after an STO and Coquina Clutch.

O’Neil and Joe had a staredown after the match, but after it appeared Joe would leave, O’Neil checked on Crews. Joe then applied the Coquina Clutch on O’Neil. They pushed Joe pretty hard here.

The announcers plugged the 25th anniversary show on January 22nd and mentioned that SmackDown wrestlers would be there in addition to Undertaker, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels. They probably should’ve waited before announcing that SmackDown wrestlers would be on Raw. 

Just noticed JoJo has also returned.

The Miz (w/Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas) defeated Matt Hardy to retain Intercontinental Championship (13:01)

Matt made a comeback and got a two count after consecutive elbow drops. Matt then countered a clothesline into a Side Effect for a nearfall. Matt followed that with a moonsault off the top for another nearfall. “This is awesome” chants.

Miz drove Matt into the turnbuckle and followed with It Kicks. Matt ducked the last kick and hit a Twist of Fate but Miz rolled under the bottom rope. Matt went after him, so Miz snapped his neck over the top rope and nailed Skull Crushing Finale for the win. This ended up better than expected.

Alexa Bliss approached Kurt Angle backstage. She congratulated him on being named team captain and said his speech was inspiring. He asked her what she wanted. Bliss thought they should improve the women’s division by cutting dead-weight and getting rid of Mickie James.

Bliss figured they can replace her with someone from the Mae Young Classic, or just dig up Mae herself. Angle said James fought back against SmackDown last week while Bliss did nothing. Angle made a women’s title match for the main event tonight.

Asuka defeated Stacie Cullen (1:39)

Asuka completely destroyed her opponent and won with the Asuka Lock. This was perfect.

The crowd wasn’t that hot for Asuka but that’ll change if they keep doing this. Cole mentioned before the match that Asuka was off to a good start, but didn’t mention that she beat Emma twice. Not sure why they can’t say her name.

Angle was shown backstage when he suddenly freaked out and alerted security over radio that it was happening again. The camera panned back and Daniel Bryan was just standing there. The crowd exploded and chanted “Yes.” Angle asked what he was doing here and they cut to commercial.

After the break, Angle accused Bryan of showing up to finish the job. Bryan said he had nothing to do with last week. He was taking a risk being in a building filled with Raw guys ready to take him out and didn’t even tell Shane he was doing this. Angle didn’t think he should trust Bryan and said “I got my ass chewed out by Stephanie McMahon.”

Bryan apologized for what happened and didn’t agree with Shane’s actions. Angle decided to spare him a beating from Raw because he wanted Bryan to tell Shane that he was going to take out Shane and SmackDown at Survivor Series. Bryan wasn’t pleased.

They recapped the Paul Heyman promo from last week for the Brock Lesnar vs. Jinder Mahal match. They cut back to Bryan who was on the phone, still in Angle’s office (Angle was not there). The lights cut out and they went to commercial.

After the break, Bryan was ranting on the phone. The lights were still out, but the phone screen is lighting up his face. He admitted this wasn’t going as he wanted. Bryan thought he could reason with Angle, but now the lights are off and the door is locked.

Suddenly, Kane showed up and put his hand around Bryan’s neck. Bryan dropped his phone, which made the screen pitch black, and there was a loud noise, presumably Kane taking out Bryan. The announcers were concerned for Bryan, except for Booker T who said he got what he deserved.

Finn Balor defeated Cesaro (w/Sheamus) (11:24)

Balor was distracted by Sheamus, allowing Cesaro to take control. Later, Balor was distracted by Sheamus again, allowing Cesaro to hit a big uppercut. Cesaro then hit a crazy superplex, lifting Balor from the apron. Cesaro applied the Sharpshooter before switching to a crossface, but Balor slipped out and hit a foot stomp, sling blade and running dropkick.

Sheamus tried to get involved again, so Balor kicked him off the apron and sent Cesaro outside. Balor then nailed a flip dive to both men, tossed Cesaro back in the ring and hit him with a foot stomp to the head/neck (with Cesaro hunched over) for the pinfall win. Good match.

As the announcers talked about Balor as a potential member of team Raw, Kane came out. Balor went after him but Kane fought him off easily and gave him a tombstone on the stage.

Kane defeated Seth Rollins (w/Dean Ambrose) (5:42)

Sheamus and Cesaro remained at ringside for this match. It was four minutes into the match before Cole noticed they were still there, even though they were shown on camera several times.

The match was a clunky mess. Kane was in control until Rollins managed to hit a suicide dive. Rollins hit a second dive and Kane went down, but I’m not sure he was supposed to as he popped right back up. Booker tried to claim that Kane hit Rollins on impact. Rollins hit a couple of flying clotheslines back in the ring, but Kane no-sold them both.

Cesaro and Sheamus attacked Ambrose outside the ring, so Rollins hit them with a dive. Kane then hit Rollins with a chokeslam for the win. Ambrose jumped in the ring after the match and gave Kane a Dirty Deeds. Kane sat up and Ambrose was attacked again by Cesaro and Sheamus. Kane gave tombstones to both Ambrose and Rollins.

Backstage, Daniel Bryan was taken out on a stretcher. D-Von Dudley and Jamie Noble were there with him.

The Miz was ready to celebrate his win with Axel and Bo. When they entered his locker room, Miz noticed a funky smell. There was a full garbage bag in there and Miz thought it meant Strowman was back.

Axel said Strowman was never coming back. Bo assured Miz he had nothing to worry about, because even though he and Axel weren’t at TLC, they were with him now. Miz responded, “Ok, now I am a little worried.” That was funny.

After a break, Miz found Kane backstage and asked him if he thought there was a chance Strowman was back. Kane said Strowman knew where to find him. Miz felt better knowing Kane was on his side, but Kane laughed and told Miz he was on his own.

Trick or Street Fight: Heath Slater & Rhyno defeated Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson (4:51)

Slater was dressed as Santa Claus, Rhyno was dressed a Mrs. Claus (with makeup and lipstick), and Gallows & Anderson were dressed as their characters from Southpaw Regional Wrestling. Gallows and Anderson were in this same gimmick match last year on Halloween.

They lost last year and they lost here, too. Anderson put a pumpkin on his own head and tried a dive off the top, but Rhyno caught him and hit a spinebuster through a table for the win. Suffice it to say, Gallows and Anderson looked like clowns here.

There’s a new Table for 3 tonight featuring Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns.

Miz freaked out to Sheamus and Cesaro backstage. They assured him Strowman wasn’t coming back and told him to relax. Miz cheered up and was happy to be on their team. They laughed and told him he was on his own. Miz called Axel and told him they were leaving now.

Elias sang a song as they showed replays of him hitting Jason Jordan with a guitar. This was the longest he’s been able to perform in a while but he was still interrupted by Jordan, who ran down and suplexed him out of the ring. Jordan was about to smash the guitar but Elias pleaded with him not to (even though Elias willingly destroyed his own guitar last week). Jordan destroyed it anyway.

Miz, Axel and Bo were about to leave but Angle stopped them and demanded they stay until the end of the show.

Enzo Amore, whose voice has recovered, came out to a big pop and the crowd sang along with his promo. Drew Gulak was already in the ring and mentioned Stephanie McMahon calling Angle incompetent. Amore agreed and didn’t think Kalisto deserved another title match. Gulak attempted to do Cass’ usual bit but spelled out “S-O-F-T” instead. That part was funny, and Amore’s reaction to this was great.

Kalisto defeated Drew Gulak (w/Enzo Amore) (0:57)

Kalisto won quickly with Salida Del Sol. Immediately after the match, Amore attacked Kalisto with Eat Defeat.

Miz told Axel to tell the limo driver to get the car ready so they could leave as soon as the show was over.

Alexa Bliss defeated Mickie James to retain the Women’s Championship (11:13)

Perhaps they are running low on time, but they didn’t do the in-ring name announcements like they usually do for title matches, which they did earlier for the IC title match.

James made a comeback hitting kicks, flying forearm and neckbreaker for a two count. The crowd chanted “CM Punk” and my feed cut out for a moment. Bliss yanked James from the top but James followed by kicking her out of the ring.

Bliss tried to run away but James pulled her back in the ring and hit a few rollup variations, each for a two count. Bliss suddenly hit a punch to the face for the pinfall win.

They immediately cut backstage to Miz and his crew leaving. They cut back to Bliss who posed with the title. They showed replays of the finish and cut backstage again. Even though they were in a hurry, Miz still made the driver open the door for him. There’s a cameraman in the car so we can see them.

The car braked suddenly because there was a garbage truck in the way. The truck backed up and Miz somehow didn’t immediately suspect Strowman. He eventually figured it out and panicked.

They used several camera cuts to reveal Strowman appearing from the back of the truck in the most cartoonish manner possible. (This was very clearly a different truck than the one at TLC.) Strowman shouted and the Miztourage ran away. They cut back to Bliss in the ring and the Miztourage made their way to the stage.

Strowman followed them out and tossed them all over the place. Miz managed to escape so Strowman gave Axel a powerslam. The crowd chanted “one more time” so Strowman did it again. They chanted some more so Strowman gave him a third and fourth powerslam.

Miz and Bo ran to the back, so Strowman picked up Axel, walked up the ramp and gave him a powerslam through the announce table. He posed and the crowd cheered.

ROH Mt. Pleasant, MI, live results: The Soaring Eagle Cup

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Submitted by reader Zachary Watts

Ring of Honor was at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan on Saturday night for a show that included a one-night tournament to crown the first winner of the Soaring Eagle Cup. Here’s a rundown of the event:

– Jay Briscoe interrupted an opening match between a local wrestler and someone from the ROH school. Briscoe interfered, challenged them to a handicap match, and then destroyed both of them. He did some heel mic work after.

– Dalton Castle defeated Flip Gordon in a first round Soaring Eagle Cup match

This was a fun match and both guys were pretty over. The finish came out of nowhere, with Castle countering one of Gordon’s various flips into the Bang-a-Rang.

– Frankie Kazarian defeated Jay White in a first round Soaring Eagle Cup match

White was seemingly in control until Kazarian kicked him in the groin to steal the win. That was after they had a pretty good match that got some time.

– Matt Taven defeated Jay Lethal in a first round Soaring Eagle Cup match

Taven was better than I expected here and worked really hard to get heel heat. The fans didn’t care about him much at first, but he got some good boos later on. He won with another kick to the groin while the referee was distracted.

– ROH World Champion Cody and Christopher Daniels went to a time limit draw in a first round Soaring Eagle Cup match

Another solid match. It wasn’t spectacular but had solid work. Cody demanded five more minutes at the end, but Daniels said he wouldn’t wrestle him any longer unless the ROH title was on the line, plus Daniels said he wanted Kazarian to win the cup so both of them being eliminated was fine with him.

Cody offered to put his title on the line, but Daniels still refused. Cody then got the fans to cheer for his wife’s family at ringside, with him bringing in a young girl who pinned him to “win the title.”

– Silas Young defeated Cheeseburger in a first round Soaring Eagle Cup match

Young came out and said that they added a fifth qualifying match due to Cody and Daniels going to a draw. He then got the pin on Cheeseburger in an impromptu match. The people who knew Cheeseburger had a lot of fun with this, but there wasn’t much to the match.

– ROH World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns defeated The Dawgs (Rhett Titus & Will Ferrara) and Nick Jackson & Adam Page to retain their titles

Jackson and Page were very over, to the point that some people turned against the hometown MCMG. This was a really fun match in the typical Young Bucks style, even though there was only one of them.

There was lots of comedy and high flying. The Dawgs got fairly over comedy wise with a lot of miscommunication-based offense, but no one cared about them as much as the other teams. MCMG retained after pinning Ferrara. The Bullet Club’s stuff was insanely over, including tons of “One Sweet” and “One Buck” chants.

– Dalton Castle defeated Matt Taven, Frankie Kazarian, and Silas Young in an elimination match to win the Soaring Eagle Cup

This was a pretty fun main event. They started with some comedy as everyone (including the referee) got kicked in the groin. Kazarian’s facial reaction to the fans chanting “one more time” after that was pretty funny. Later, Castle and Taven did a long tombstone reversal exchange, ending when Castle hit the move and did the Undertaker pin with his tongue sticking out.

Castle ended up eliminating Young with a Bang-a-Rang and tapping Kazarian out with an ankle lock. That left Castle and Taven alone, with them having a good little match that ended when Castle hit the Bang-a-Rang to win the Soaring Eagle Cup.

After the match, Castle did a speech saying that ROH would come back to Mt. Pleasant and that everyone had a great time.

NXT Omaha, NE, live results: McIntyre vs. Almas vs. Cole

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Submitted by reader Stacy Krieger

– Roderick Strong defeated Brennan Williams

They had a very short match with Strong dominating throughout.

– Ember Moon defeated Vanessa Borne

– Killian Dain defeated Fabian Aichner

– Lars Sullivan defeated Kassius Ohno

The crowd loved Ohno. Sullivan was impressive here as well.

– NXT Tag Team Champion SAnitY (Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe) defeated The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) by countout

There was a lot of back and forth and great spots from everyone here, with the crowd getting really involved for the hot tag spot. It was a really good match, but the crowd was not thrilled with the finish.

– Kairi Sane defeated Bianca Belair

Sane’s flying elbow drop is truly amazing. Belair didn’t use her hair in the match.

– Aleister Black defeated Velveteen Dream

The crowd was hot for this match and Black was really over. There was a great staredown where Black would get closer and keep staring when Dream moved away. Dream got a lot of heat for yelling at the crowd to say his name and interacting with them throughout. Black eventually won with Black Mass.

– NXT Champion Drew McIntyre defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas (w/ Zelina Vega) and Adam Cole in a triple threat match to retain his title

Almas came out first, with Vega not allowing the ring announcer to do the introduction and Vega doing it herself. Both Cole and McIntyre got a tremendous reaction. They had the best match of the night and all three looked great as they took turns doing their moves.

There was a brief alliance between Almas and Cole to gang up on McIntyre, but it dissolved quickly. There was a great spot with a Tower of Doom where all three men fell to the mat from the corner off the ropes. 

A lot of near falls took place near the end, including Vega breaking up one pin and attacking McIntyre at one point. McIntyre made a strong comeback at the end and won with the Claymore.

Almas and Vega left the ring after the match, then Undisputed Era ran out for the beatdown on McIntyre. SAnitY made the save, with a short battle in the ring taking place until the heels retreated. McIntyre cut a brief promo thanking everyone for coming and he stayed ringside to pose for a lot of pictures and autographs.

NXT Cocoa, FL, live results: Johnny Gargano vs. Hideo Itami

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There were 250 people in attendance at last night’s house show.

– Chris Dijak (Donovan Dijak) defeated Kona Reeves (w/ Ming)

– Shayna Baszler & Sage Beckett defeated Dakota Kai & Liv Morgan

Baszler made Kai tap out to get the win.

– Buddy Murphy defeated Babatunde Aiyegbusi

Murphy slammed his much larger opponent to get the victory.

– Lio Rush and Chad Lail went to a no contest

The no contest was caused by some run ins, which led to a six-man tag match being made.

– Lio Rush & Heavy Machinery defeated Chad Lail, Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler

– Ruby Riot defeated Sonya Deville

– Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss defeated The Ealy Brothers

– Johnny Gargano defeated Hideo Itami

Gargano submitted Itami with the Gargano Escape to send everyone home happy.

UFC Fight Night 119 live results: Derek Brunson vs. Lyoto Machida

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Welcome to F4WOnline.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 119: Brunson vs. Machida, emanating from Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The event is headlined by the return of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida, who competes for the first time since June 2015, as he takes on Derek Brunson in a five-round middleweight main event.

Machida is looking to end a two-fight losing skid and place himself back into the title hunt in a crowded 185-pound division but he’ll have to get by the always tough Brunson, winner of six of his last eight fights.

In the co-main event, Demian Maia looks to work towards another title shot when he takes on Colby Covington, a rising welterweight who has won four straight fights. Also on the main card is a battle of rising bantamweight contenders Pedro Munhoz and Rob Font, exciting UFC veteran Jim Miller battles Francisco Trinaldo, and the always exciting John Lineker takes on Marlon Vera.

Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.

UFC FIGHT PASS PRELIMS | 7 PM ET/4 PM PT

> Marcelo Golm (5-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Christian Colombo (8-2-1, 0-1-1 UFC)
Heavyweights

Golm landed a big left hook right at the start of the fight. Golm then unleashed a combo on Colombo and had him rocked against the fence. Golm took Colombo down into the mount and was pounding away from the top. This fight is close to being stopped. Colombo gave up his back and Golm was unloading punches on a busted open Colombo. Golm gets a choke in and Colombo taps out! Golm with a quick win in his UFC debut. This looked like a mismatch.

Official Result- Marcelo Golm def. Christian Colombo by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:08 of Round 1

> Deiveson Figueiredo (12-0, 1-0 UFC) vs. Jarred Brooks (13-0, 1-0 UFC)
Flyweights

They have been trash talking each other since the weigh-ins. Figueiredo missed a spin kick right at the start. They were battling in the clinch early. Figueiredo stuffed two takedowns early but Brooks was able to pick him up and slam him to the mat. Brooks worked in the guard. Figueiredo was able to spin out to his feet and then had a quick drop down to the mat before they got to their feet and separated. Brooks got another slam takedown into the guard. Brooks with some punches from the top at the end of the round. 10-9 Brooks.

Figueiredo was stalking Brooks around the Octagon to start the second and landed a big right hand, then an upkick and an uppercut. Brooks was able to fight back with a takedown but Figueiredo had the neck for a guillotine but Brooks popped out. Figueiredo went for another guillotine attempt but Brooks got back out. They were scrambling and Brooks grabbed the shorts to grab the back and the referee stood them up and warned Brooks.Figueiredo got a late takedown. 10-9 Figueiredo, 19-19.

Brooks got a quick takedown but Figueiredo reversed and grabbed the neck for a choke but Brooks popped out. They scrambled to their feet. Brooks with another slam takedown but they got right back up. Brooks has the back and is landing knees to the body. Brooks with a suplex but they got right back up. Figueiredo attacked with a kimura but Brooks got his arm out. They got to their feet and Brooks is tired. Figueiredo landed some solid punches. Figueiredo is landing but he’s not attacking much and it might cost him a chance at winning the fight. Brooks missed a late takedown but got one with ten seconds left. Close fight. 10-9 Brooks, 29-28 Brooks.

Official Result- Deiveson Figueiredo def. Jarred Brooks by split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

FOX SPORTS 2 PRELIMS | 8 PM ET/5 PM PT

> Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (17-5, 3-1 UFC) vs. Max Griffin (13-3, 1-1 UFC)
Welterweights

They were firing back and forth to start. They both went for flying knees at the same time and clinched before breaking. They were trading punches and Griffin is bleeding under his right eye. Dos Santos is landing more. Griffin rocked Dos Santos with a right hand and dropped him and went into the guard. Dos Santos was able to recover and he got to his feet. Dos Santos then rocked Griffin with a right hand and Griffin is stumbling around the Octagon. Dos Santos is landing more and Griffin goes to the mat. Dos Santos gets on top and is landing from the back and looks for a choke. They get up and Dos Santos with a big knee and some big punches. Griffin looks out on his feet but he survived the round. That should have been stopped. 10-8 Dos Santos.

Griffin came out for the second round but still looks in trouble. Dos Santos throwing with a lot of power and he’s just missing some head kicks. They traded left hands and Dos Santos landed a following left hook. They are both throwing. Griffin landed two right hands. Griffin dropped Dos Santos with a right hand but Dos Santos got back to his feet. Griffin landed some more punches. Dos Santos is holding his hands low. Dos Santos landed an uppercut as they went into the clinch. They traded knees late. 10-9 Griffin, 19-18 Dos Santos.

Dos Santos was coming out with some kicks and was following them up with some punches. Griffin was strictly looking to land a big overhand right but was landing some. Dos Santos then landed a big right hand that rocked Griffin. Griffin came back landing some good punches. Dos Santos then started landing big right hands and had Griffin rocked again. Dos Santos landed some knees in the clinch before they broke. Dos Santos landed some punches and Griffin looks done in this fight. Griffin landed some soft knees in the clinch but Dos Santos was firing back with harder knees and punches. Dos Santos landed a right hand at the end. Fun fight. 10-9 Dos Santos, 29-27 Dos Santos.

Official Result- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Max Griffin by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)

> Hacran Dias (23-5-1, 3-4 UFC) vs. Jared Gordon (13-1, 1-0 UFC)
Lightweights

Dias was being the aggressive fighter in the opening minute and was landing punches and kicks. Gordon was firing back. Gordon got a takedown against the fence but Dias was able to get back to his feet and they broke. They traded punches. Dias landed a nice combo as they were in short range. They were trading and Gordon is having an issue with his right eye. It doesn’t seem to be affecting him much. Both were landing punches at the end of the round. Good round. 10-9 Dias.

They came out trading to start the second. Gordon went for a takedown but it was stuffed by Dias against the fence. They went to the mat for a moment with Dias in the better position but they got back to their feet and clinched. Gordon looks to be tiring due to his high output. They clinch again and Gordon is landing short punches. Gordon with some knees to the body and then punches to the body and head. He just misses a head kick on the break. Gordon gets a takedown and is working in the half guard. Gordon with hammerfists from the top but he grabbed the fence and was warned. More hammerfists from Gordon and he is looking for the finish. Gordon goes to the mount and is landing more punches. This could have been stopped several times. Dias survives. Big round for Gordon. 10-8 Gordon, 19-18 Gordon.

Dias had trouble getting to his feet at the end of the second round. Gordon is the fresher fighter and he is pushing the action early. Gordon went for a takedown but it was defended. They were battling for underhooks against the fence and Gordon tried another takedown but it was stuffed. They broke the clinch. We have a timeout due to an eye poke. Back to action and Gordon gets a takedown and is working in the half-guard and is landing punches. Complete domination from Gordon over the final two rounds. Gordon was landing punches and it looked like it was going to be stopped but the referee backed off. That was weird. Gordon with more ground and pound. This should have been stopped so many times. Dias grabbed the arm for a late armbar but time ran out. 10-8 Gordon, 29-26 Gordon.

Official Result- Jared Gordon def. Hacran Dias by unanimous decision (29-26, 29-27, 30-26)

> Antonio Carlos Junior (8-2 1 NC, 5-2 1 NC UFC) vs. Jack Marshman (22-6, 2-1 UFC)
Middleweights

They were both looking for openings to land strikes early in the fight. Carlos Junior lands a solid combination followed by a leg kick. He landed another but was caught by Marshman who let it go. They clinched against the fence and Carlos Junior tripped Marshman to the mat. Carlos Junior is working from the half-guard and looking to pass to mount. Carlos Junior is landed some punches and elbows. He gets to the mount position. Carlos Junior landing punches from the top. Marshman gives up his back and Carlos Junior locks in the rear-naked choke and gets the quick tap.

Official Result- Antonio Carlos Junior def. Jack Marshman by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:30 of Round 1

> Vicente Luque (11-6-1, 4-2 UFC) vs. Niko Price (10-0 1 NC, 2-0 1 NC UFC)
Welterweights

They were trading early with long punches. Luque was landing with leg kicks while Price was strictly punching. Luque looked to be landing with more power. They traded leg kicks. Luque landing the jab. Price just missed a front kick. Price is now landing the jab. They each landed left hands. Luque with a leg kick followed by a left hook. They traded left hands. Luque with a flying knee. Price with a flurry late. Close round. 10-9 Luque.

Luque started the second round attacking the legs of Price with kicks. Luque landed a nice combination ending with a left hook that had Price stunned. Price is bleeding from under his left eye and is fighting backwards. Luque really controlling the center of the Octagon. Luque then dropped Price with a left hand and is looking for the finish. Luque has a D’arce choke locked in and he gets Price to tap out! Big submission win for Luque.

Official Result- Vicente Luque def. Niko Price by submission (D’arce choke) at 4:08 of Round 2

FOX SPORTS 1 MAIN CARD | 10 PM ET/7 PM PT

> John Lineker (#5, 29-8, 10-3 UFC) vs. Marlon Vera (10-3-1, 4-2 UFC)
Bantamweights

Lineker has a huge size disadvantage but is an exciting fighter. Vera with a low kick. Vera with a high kick. Vera with another low kick. Lineker hasn’t done anything yet. They trade leg kicks. Lineker with a couple of leg kicks. Lineker lands a big left hook and then to the body and then back to the head. Lineker with a right hand. Lineker with a series of punches to the head and body and then lands a leg kick. Vera backing up towards the fence. Lineker with a late right hand. 10-9 Lineker.

Vera coming forward to start the second round. Vera with a leg kick. Lineker with a big leg kick and then a big combination. Lineker with a combo and they clinch against the fence. Lineker starting to tee off more but Vera lands a knee to the body. Vera with a leg kick. Lineker is just stalking Vera down. Vera with the jab but misses a flying knee. Vera with a body kick. Lineker with a combo to the body. Lineker with a leg kick that trips Vera to the mat. Lineker goes into the guard. Big elbows from the top by Lineker. 10-9 Lineker, 20-18 Lineker.

Lineker comes out firing away at the body of Vera. He throws every punch with the intention of it being the last one he throws. Vera went for a flying knee but missed and it threw Lineker off his gameplan for a moment. They clinched and Vera landed the knee on the break. Lineker with a right hand. Lineker with some more heavy right hands. Vera with a leg kick. Lineker with some big punches to the body. Vera with a knee to the body. Vera went for another flying knee to no success. Lineker lands a left hook followed by a right to the body. Lineker with a spin kick to the body. 10-9 Lineker, 30-27 Lineker.

Official Result- John Lineker def. Marlon Vera by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

> Thiago Santos (#15, 15-5, 7-4 UFC) vs. Jack Hermansson (16-3, 3-1 UFC)
Middleweights

Both men utilizing footwork to start the fight looking for openings. Santos slipped on a kick but got up and landed a liver kick. Santos rocked Hermansson with a big right hand and had him running backwards. Santos still has him in trouble. Santos is landing with more volume but Hermansson survived the onslaught. Hermansson with a body kick but eats a left hook from Santos. Santos with a jumping body kick and then drops him with a right hand and Santos finishes the fight at the bell! Big finish by Santos right at the end of the first round. It was a left uppercut that knocked Hermansson down.

Official Result- Thiago Santos def. Jack Hermansson by TKO (punches) at 4:59 of Round 1

> Francisco Trinaldo (21-5, 11-4 UFC) vs. Jim Miller (28-10 1 NC, 17-9 1 NC UFC)
Lightweights

Trinaldo landed a left hand early. Miller caught a kick from Trinaldo and landed a right hand and they went to the mat. Trinaldo got into the guard of Miller. Trinaldo got to his feet and Miller soon followed. Miller lands a left hand and then scores a takedown. Miller with an elbow from the top. Trinaldo trying to find an opening on the bottom but Miller is keeping him down. Miller with some punches to the body. The referee with a questionable standup at the end of the round. 10-9 Miller.

Miller landed a couple of left hands to start the second round. Miller lands a leg kick and then a right hook that stumbles Trinaldo. Trinaldo landed a hard left hand. Trinaldo with a left hand to the body. Trinaldo with a combo and then a body kick. They traded punches and Miller scored a takedown. Trinaldo jumped to half-guard and Miller had the neck but Trinaldo popped out. Trinaldo with some elbows from the top towards the end of the round. 10-9 Trinaldo, 19-19.

Trinaldo is on the attack to start the third. Miller went for a takedown but it was stuffed. Trinaldo started to attack the body and Miller is getting tired and on shaky legs. They clinch and Miller with an uppercut. They clinched against the fence and battled for underhooks but broke before anything big happened. Miller goes for a kick but Trinaldo grabs the leg and gets the takedown and is working in the guard and landing from the top. Trinaldo with some elbows as he rides out the fight on top. 10-9 Trinaldo, 29-28 Trinaldo.

Official Result- Francisco Trinaldo def. Jim Miller by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

> Pedro Munhoz (#12, 14-2 1 NC, 4-2 1 NC) vs. Rob Font (#13, 14-2, 4-1 UFC)
Bantamweights

Font came out the aggressor throwing right hands and high kicks. Munhoz with a heavy leg kick. Font firing with uppercuts. They trade leg kicks and Font fires back a right hand. Font with the jab and Munhoz counters with two left hooks. Munhoz with a left hook. Font is finding success with the jab. Munhoz with a combo but has a takedown attempt stuffed. Munhoz hurts Font with a right hand and then grabs the neck and locks in a guillotine choke and Font taps out! Super quick submission out of nowhere.

Official Result- Pedro Munhoz def. Rob Font by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:03 of Round 1

> Demian Maia (#3, 25-7, 19-7 UFC) vs. Colby Covington (#7, 12-1, 7-1 UFC)
Welterweights

Maia pressed forward and landed the first left hand. He landed another right over the ear. Covington is missing his punches as Maia continues to land the left hand. Maia landed more and had Covington on the run. Maia had a takedown stuffed. Covington landing now and he hits a leg kick. Maia is landing more left hands and Covington is cut open around his eye. They are trading and Covington lands a nice combo to the body. Maia’s leg is turning red from leg kicks. Both men landing left hands. Maia shoots for a takedown but it is stuffed. Close round. 10-9 Maia.

They traded left hands to start the second. Maia went for another takedown but it was again defended. Maia went for a single leg but Covington sprawled. Maia goes for another and it is defended again. Covington lands a couple of overhand lefts. Covington then lands an uppercut. They are scrambling around as Maia is looking to drag the fight to the mat but Covington is staying standing. Maia landed a couple of right hands. Both men landing strikes. Covington with some big punches at the end. 10-9 Covington, 19-19.

Maia looks tired heading into the third. Both landing punches in the first minute and Maia seems to have power left. Maia landed a right hand in close range. Covington landing more with combos. Maia has a takedown defended. Maia’s punches are coming so slow. Covington defends another takedown attempt. Maia lands a knee to the chin. Covington with a leg kick. Maia is bleeding everywhere and he can not get the fight to the mat. Fight ends with not a lot of action. Covington is flipping the crowd off. 10-9 Covington, 29-28 Covington.

Official Result- Colby Covington def. Demian Maia by unanimous decision (29-27, 30-27, 30-26)

> Derek Brunson (#7, 17-5, 8-3 UFC) vs. Lyoto Machida (22-7, 14-7 UFC)
Middleweights

Machida starts off with a leg kick. Brunson already looking to set up the left hand. Machida landed a straight left hand as Brunson tried to attack. Brunson with a leg kick. Machida lands a left hand as Brunson came forward. Brunson landed a left hand and Machida goes down and Brunson knocks him out cold with punches on the ground. Wow. Machida was out after the first punch on the mat and he took some extra un-needed punches as the referee was late stopping it.

Official Result- Derek Brunson def. Lyoto Machida by knockout (punches) at 2:30 of Round 1

NXT Des Moines, IA, live results: McIntyre vs. Almas vs. Cole

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– Roderick Strong defeated Fabian Aichner

For the finish, Strong picked up Aichner like he was going for a side suplex and then flipped him out so Aichner landed on his front side.

– Kairi Sane defeated Vanessa Borne

Sane won after hitting her elbow drop.

– Killian Dain defeated Brennan Williams

Williams was taller than Dain but lost after Dain hit a Vader Bomb.

– Lars Sullivan defeated Kassius Ohno

Ohno looked good and had the crowd on his side. Sullivan impressed as he was able to throw Ohno around. There was a great final sequence where Ohno hit multiple bicycle kicks and elbows, but Sullivan ducked the last one and hit the side spinebuster for the win.

– NXT Tag Team Champions SAnitY (Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe) defeated Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly by countout

They had a good match, which ended when Fish and O’Reilly decided they’ve had enough and took a countout loss. The crowd popped for SAnitY and required Wolfe to spin one of the tag titles over his head repeatedly before and after the match.

– Ember Moon defeated Bianca Belair

Belair controlled most of the match, showing some real athleticism. She had a great torture rack spot at one point. Moon eventually won with The Eclipse, with Belair bumping like a champ and flipping from the impact of the move.

– Aleister Black defeated Velveteen Dream

This was one of the matches of the night. They have great chemistry and played off each other well here. Early in the match, Black dodged a move and sat down — so Dream sat down and mocked him. Black leaned forward to get in Dream’s face and posed like he does, then both got back to their feet and went at it.

There was lots of crowd interaction in the match. Dream would scream at Black to “say my name” (and would tell the referee to ask Black to say his name when Black was in a submission) and the crowd would chant “Patrick” at him.

Black won after dodging a move and connecting with the Black Mass. After it was over, Dream had the only promo of the night when he said Black was no different than these “Iowa hicks” and they’d all learn to say his name.

– NXT Champion Drew McIntyre defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas and Adam Cole in a triple threat match to retain his title

Great main event. They had good chemistry and they all delivered some stiff shots. Cole started the match by rolling out of the ring and telling the other two to fight. Almas shouted that Cole took his idea, then Almas got blasted by McIntyre. Almas and Cole ended up on the outside yelling about who should go in and fight until they both went in and got doubled teamed by McIntyre.

There were lots of good spots. At one point, all three men got laid out after a powerbomb/suplex tower spot in the corner before they rose to their knees and began trading shots as they slowly came back to their feet.

After McIntyre retained with the Claymore Kick, Fish and O’Reilly laid out the champion. SAnitY’s music then hit and The Undisputed Era looked to the stage, but SAnitY came through the crowd and laid them out.

Wolfe and Dain held Cole so Young could attack him, but Young saw McIntyre stirring in the background and SAnitY left. Cole bragged, yelling at them for running off. He yelled “Adam Cole Bay-Bay!” before turning around into a Claymore from McIntyre. McIntyre ended the night with the title held high.

WWE Main Event results: Matt Hardy makes his show debut

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The Big Takeaway: Matt Hardy won his Main Event debut, taking Curt Hawkins’ loss tally to 120. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson also dispensed with Apollo Crews & Titus O’Neil in less than three minutes.

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Matt Hardy defeated Curt Hawkins (5:07)

Before he left WWE in 2010, Matt Hardy had become somewhat of a regular on WWE Superstars. To see him become such a success outside of WWE, re-sign with the company in 2017, and then wind up on Main Event (albeit Superstars under a different name) is vexing to say the least despite the circumstances with Jeff Hardy being out with an injury.

On commentary they made an effort to note that he was a successful singles performer, but in a way that sounded like the tag team division was where he was supposed to be. Hardy was still clearly a star given the reaction he got when he hit the Twist of Fate at the end of the match.

They are slowly pushing Hawkins’ losing streak on commentary, which after this was up to 120 matches without a win. He probably came closest this week to breaking the curse than any in recent memory, though, as the last minute of the match was a trading of near falls.

After a Michinoku Driver from Hawkins, Hardy kicked out at two. Hawkins made it look like he was going to finish things and got Hardy up into a fireman’s carry, where Hardy was able to elbow his way out. Hardy then reversed Hawkins’ grip into a Twist of Fate for the win.

Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson defeated Apollo Crews & Titus O’Neil (2:49)

Crews & O’Neil were just two challengers to a more established tag team in Anderson & Gallows here. Crews wasn’t given nearly enough in the match, either, with virtually no chance to shine in what was a really short bout.

Once they had gone through their early exchanges, Crews & O’Neil got the upper hand and managed to dump Anderson to the outside and then double team Gallows to send both men packing. 

They looked like they might have a chance as Nigel McGuinness was putting over Crews as the difference maker, calling him the “X-factor of this match.” But after the break, we returned to Anderson taking out Crews on the outside so that Gallows could nail O’Neil in the middle of the ring.

Gallows tagged in Anderson and they hit the Magic Killer on O’Neil for the win. This was way too short to have much of an impact.

NXT Sanford, FL, live results: Halloween costume rumble

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There were approximately 350 people in attendance at tonight’s show

– No Way Jose defeated Ming (w/ Kona Reeves)

This was an entertaining opener with a lot of crowd reaction. Jose won it with the pop-up punch. During the match, a cameraman was recording ringside footage of this one.

When it was over, Reeves told Ming that he’s going to show him how it’s done in his match

– Jason defeated Kona Reeves (w/ Ming)

The crowd loved Jason, who would pose and play to the people. He won it with a roll-up.

– Dan Matha defeated Tian Bing

Matha won with a chokeslam backbreaker after a back-and-forth match that got a lot of time.

– Shayna Baszler (dressed as Darth Vader) won a 15-woman Halloween costume rumble

The final elimination was Ruby Riot (dressed up like Waldo from “Where’s Waldo?”), which came after they had a Lightsaber battle earlier. Others in the match included Pajama Party Liv Morgan, Scarecrow Dakota Kai, Nikki Cross dressed as No Way Jose, Wesley Blake dressed as Piggles (Liv Morgan’s pet pig), Riddick Moss as Batwoman, and Rhea Ripley and Lacey Evans as the Street Profits.

This was unbelievably fun nonsense, with the crowd going wild for the finish. At one point, Baszler used the Force to chokeslam Moss.

– Lio Rush defeated Buddy Murphy

They had an excellent match. It was up there with anything else from the Florida house shows this year. There were dives to the outside, they used their speed, and they countered each other’s moves.

– Hideo Itami defeated Adrian Jaoude

Itami played to the crowd and demanded respect, eventually winning a physical match.

– The Street Profits defeated Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

The Street Profits won with a frog splash in another quality match that was given time. The teams embraced after it was over, closing a great show in a new venue.

Impact Wrestling results: Bobby Lashley vs. Moose

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Previously: Bobby Lashley, Dan Lambert, and American Top Team beat down Moose, Stephan Bonnar, and members of the Impact roster.

Tonight: It’s an International Impact featuring Bobby Lashley taking on Moose in the main event.

Show Recap — 

Ethan Carter III & James Storm defeated El Hijo Del Fantasma & Texano in a match from AAA in Irapuato, Mexico

The Impact team had the early advantage until AAA made a comeback. Fantasma set up for a dive before Texano tripped him up, with there being dissension within their team. Fantasma had EC3 pinned, but Texano broke it up and they fought over the pin. Storm then caught Fantasma with the Last Call superkick for the win.

– Backstage, Dutch Mantell was upset with Eli Drake for missing media appearances and not taking marketing’s calls. Drake was on the phone and told the person he was talking to that it was time for that person to return.

Mantell, Jim Cornette, and Scott D’Amore met in Cornette’s office and were trying to figure out how to deal with Drake.

Impact World Tag Team Champions OVE defeated Phil Atlas & Brent Banks in a match from BCW in Windsor, Canada

OVE were in control early, but the heels took over and gained the brief advantage. OVE then made a comeback and won the match with a version of the Meltzer Driver.

– In the back, Drake was approached to do an interview but told them to leave.

GHC Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards defeated Naomichi Marufuji in a match from Pro Wrestling NOAH in Tokyo, Japan

They traded stiff shots in the middle of the ring and gave each other German suplexes — but both got right back up. Edwards crotched Marufuji on the guardrail and nailed him with a suicide dive.

Marufuji was able to hit Edwards with a painful looking piledriver on the apron, but Edwards made a comeback and won the match with the Die Hard Flowsion.

– OVE is bringing backup to Bound for Glory to even the odds with LAX in their 5150 street fight.

– McKenzie Mitchell finally interviewed Eli Drake in the back, but he was annoyed and only let her ask one question.

Petey Williams defeated Idris Abraham, Tarik, and Kaito Kiyomiya in a match from BCW in Windsor, Canada

This was a wild four-way that ended when Williams nailed Tarik with the Canadian Destroyer to get the win.

Johnny Impact & Garza Jr. defeated Eli Drake & Chris Adonis in a match from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida

The heels cut Impact off from his corner and kept him on their side of the ring at the start. Impact fought back, with Garza and Impact both hitting standing moonsaults on Drake. The heels isolated Garza in their corner and worked him over until Impact got the hot tag and ran wild. Adonis accidentally hit Drake and Impact rolled up Adonis for the win.

X Division Champion Trevor Lee defeated Ultimo Ninja in a match from The Crash in Tijuana, Mexico

Ninja attempted a moonsault from the top turnbuckle, though Lee got his feet up. Lee followed up with the double knees for the win.

– Global Forged episode seven saw Hakim Zane and Mark Wheeler advance in the competition.

Moose (w/ Stephan Bonnar) defeated Bobby Lashley (w/ Dan Lambert) by DQ in a match from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida

Moose was in control after dropkicking Lashley to the floor from the turnbuckle, but Lambert interfered and gave the advantage to Lashley. Moose later made a comeback and ran wild. He connected with a hesitation dropkick, but Lambert ran in and nailed Moose with a trophy for the disqualification

After the match, Bonnar jumped in and took down Lashley. He went after Lambert, but American Top Team ran in and attacked Bonnar. Moose made the save with a chair and powerbombed one of the ATT guys onto the rest. The tag match between Lashley & King Mo against Moose & Bonnar at Bound for Glory will now be a Six Sides of Steel cage match.

Next Week: It’s the final Impact before Bound for Glory.

WWE NXT results: Women’s battle royal; Almas vs. Strong

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The Big News: Andrade “Cien” Almas moved one step closer to a showdown with Drew McIntyre at TakeOver: War Games by beating Roderick Strong in the main event.

The Medium News: Roderick Strong was invited to join The Undisputed Era.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Nikki Cross is the last participant in the fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship at TakeOver.

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Mr. Regal began the show by announcing that due to the shenanigans that happened in her qualifying match, Nikki Cross has been entered into the battle royal for the final spot in the TakeOver Women’s title match. If you recall, The Undisputed Era sent Taynara Conti to the ring to attack Cross and take her out of that match.

Also next week is SAnitY vs. The Authors of Pain for the Tag Team titles, and whichever member of SAnitY isn’t in the match is barred from ringside.

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Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan

Burch and Lorcan individually have two of the worst televised win-loss records in NXT history. Perhaps forming a tag team will lead to the success they couldn’t get on their own? Anyway, Sabbatelli & Moss brought their largeness and their matching gear to this match.

Moss caught Lorcan with a good shot early on, so Lorcan propelled himself off the ropes with a dropkick to the face. Everyone calmed down as Burch tagged in and the heels got the heat. Sabbatelli hit Burch with a dropkick and he stared at Lorcan — almost telling him how to not kick someone right in the face during said move.

Anyway, Lorcan got the hot tag and chopped down his larger foes. However, he got cut off and shockingly pinned with a combination Gory Special/bulldog. Somehow it’s shocking when a team is formed of two guys that never win and then they lose.

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Nikki Cross won a battle royal to earn the final spot in the NXT Women’s Championship match at TakeOver: War Games

Vanessa Borne, Bianca Belair, Sage Beckett, Mercedes Martinez, Candice LeRae, Billie Kay, and Cross were the only women to get televised entrances. Actually, only the last three got their own theme music, as everyone else came out to the NXT theme song.

Cross went right after Conti at the bell and eliminated her first. After being eliminated, Conti pulled Cross under the bottom rope and threw her into the barricade. Peyton Royce, who was at ringside, got in on the fun and pushed Cross into the ring steps.

Rhea Ripley was eliminated when Belair picked Zeda up for a body slam and threw her legs into Ripley, who was on the apron.

Most of this match was everyone trying to eliminate everyone else. The problem with doing much of anything else was that there was a lot of bad attempted offense. Cross finally got back in and dove onto about 10 people and she then eliminated Borne, Beckett, Santana Garrett, and Abbey Laith in quick succession.

I don’t want to imply that pro wrestling may not be on the up and up, but Lacey Evans sure looked like she dove over the top rope when it was time for her elimination. Belair showed her strength by heaving the tiniest person in the match (Candice LeRae) over the top rope onto the others who were milling about.

Belair then tried to eliminate Kay, but Kay grabbed her by her long ponytail and held on, avoiding being eliminated.

Martinez looked good and seemed at times to be the most competent grappler in the ring. The finish saw Martinez and Belair go over the top and fight on the apron (which is the hardest part of the ring) and Cross ran up and knocked them off, then Kay ran up to try to toss Cross over and began celebrating like she just won the WrestleMania main event. However, Cross did not drop, got back in the ring, and gave Kay the heave-ho for the win.

Nikki Cross is going to TakeOver. After the match, William Regal got in the ring to congratulate Cross, but Peyton Royce began screaming at her. Ember Moon came down to get involved in the argument, so Kairi Sane strolled to the ring to remind everyone that she was also in that match.

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Earlier this week, Drew McIntyre was trying to leave the Performance Center when he got harassed by people with microphones and cameras. Thankfully, someone was there to film it because Zelina Vega decided now was the best time to come and demand a title shot for Andrade “Cien” Almas.

McIntyre told her the same thing he said last week — and that was for Almas to come ask him himself.

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TakeOver: War Games may not officially have a main event yet (the worst kept secret ever), but it does already have an official theme song. “Play” by Marmozets is the answer to the question no one asked.

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As Aleister Black was coming to the ring to beat up some unsuspecting jobber, he was suddenly attacked by Velveteen Dream! Dream threw Black into the unforgiving steel steps. Dream threw Black into the ring and tied him in the ropes. Dream slapped Black and screamed at him to say his name.

Black kicked him out of the way and went for Black Mass, but Dream was able to run the other way. Dream became the first person to ever avoid Black Mass.

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We only have one official TakeOver match, but we have two official theme songs. “Executioner’s Tax” by Power Trip was announced as the other theme on the other side of the commercial break.

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Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Roderick Strong

Before the match, Zelina Vega said she is a very patient woman. She has waited an entire week for a contract for a title match against McIntyre and is now still waiting. Vega vowed that McIntyre will fail as NXT Champion the same way he failed the last time he was in WWE.

This was a very good back-and-forth match with strong storytelling by both men. Almas was trying to prove he’s worthy of his first NXT title match, while Strong was trying to get some momentum to get back in the title picture.

Strong used a backbreaker on the apron, which, again, is the hardest part of the ring, but Almas got back into it and hit a tornado DDT for a near fall. They exchanged hard strikes that each blocked with their face. Strong pieced together five or six big moves in a row and they ended up outside the ring.

Almas rolled back in and distracted the referee as Vega came off the apron with a hurricanrana to Strong! Strong crashed into the ring steps, which is the third time tonight that same set of steps got abused. Back in the ring, Almas picked up the big win with a hammerlock DDT.

After the match, Vega and Almas went to the announce table, stole Mauro Ranallo’s headset, and challenged McIntyre to meet them face-to-face next week.

Strong pulled himself to his feet when suddenly we were joined by The Undisputed Era. Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O’Reilly hit the ring. Cole told Strong he is not a loser and that he needs to join Undisputed Era. Cole handed Strong his armband, which Strong took, but didn’t put on as the show ended with Undisputed Era walking away.

So, that does it for this week. But before signing off, I wanted to say that I will be going to Australia on vacation and thus won’t be around for the next two episodes of NXT. But we do have a replacement who will be filling in for the next two weeks. Until then, thank you for reading and remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE 205 Live results: Enzo Amore defends against Kalisto

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The show started off with a recap of Enzo Amore beating Kalisto for the Cruiserweight Championship at TLC by using a thumb to the eye and then hitting Eat Defeat.

Rich Swann came down for a tag team match with Cedric Alexander, but their win from TLC was showcased before their opponents entered. Alexander and Swann were in matching black and green gear, which was a great touch. Noam Dar and Tony Nese provided the competition for them tonight. 

Rich Swann & Cedric Alexander defeated Tony Nese & Noam Dar

Nese posed, but Alexander grabbed him and flipped around to get an edge. A big dropkick sent Nese down so Alexander could pose to mock him. Alexander tagged Swann in, leading to a suplex/rolling thunder double team getting two for the babyface duo. Dar ate a dropkick, but Nese was still legal and bowled Swann over.

Dar came in legally and snapmared Swann into the ropes before attacking the knee, then Nese came in to attack with a tree of woe. Nese did the ab crunch kicks before Dar tagged in and did them poorly, so Nese told him how to do them properly and came back in.

Swann hit the knockout kick, but Dar pulled Swann off the cover and tagged himself in. Alexander got a hot tag and ran wild with a big elbow and the handspring enzuigiri kick hit for a near fall.

Brian Kendrick and Jack Gallagher came down and briefly distracted Alexander, giving Dar the chance to get a front choke. Swann superkicked him to make a save and dove to take out Nese on the floor. The Lumbar Check hit on Dar and ended it — so Swann and Alexander have now won two straight matches.

Kendrick and Gallagher said they aren’t here to hurt them — they are impressed by Alexander and his cruelty. He has a lot of potential — but can’t live up to it if he’s carrying Rich Swann on his back. Gallagher said that he was fighting for approval too, but the people don’t matter and neither does Swann. Wolves shouldn’t concern themselves with the sheep, because as cruel men, they can rise above them.

Gallagher said that he’ll give Alexander a week, because if he doesn’t make the right choice, Swann is next and will be victimized next week.

Drew Gulak walked backstage before coming out for a match

Gulak was out and said he believes in a better 205 Live and he is upset over his PowerPoint presentation being taken away at TLC. Gulak noted that due to the fans chanting Akira Tozawa’s “Ha!” at home tonight, he is canceling all of the matches. So to fill time, he will show all of the slides of his PowerPoint presentation!

Gulak only got through slide one before Gran Metalik interrupted. How very rude of him! Gulak told him to stay on the ground, but I bet Metalik will violate that rule too.

Drew Gulak defeated Gran Metalik

Metalik grounded him with a headscissors before Gulak escaped and got locked in an arm wringer. Gulak applied a headlock alongside an “Austin Aries” chant. Metalik hit a rana and, as a form of a flip, Gulak was angered greatly. A springboard missile dropkick then hit for Metalik, and Gulak went outside and ate a ropewalk moonsault.

Gulak grounded him with a kneeling chinbar before turning it into a hammerlock. Metalik superkicked Gulak and hit an inverted slingblade to send him down. Metalik hit the ropewalk splash. They went back and forth on cradles for two before a super rana hit and got a near fall for Metalik.

Gulak avoided the Metalik Driver and locked on the body-trapping dragon sleeper to win it. Gulak went to take the knee out from Metalik, but Tozawa returned and sent Gulak packing.

Kalisto cut a promo and said he’ll win tonight. Ariya Daivari entered and did Amore’s promo since he still can’t talk. Amore opted to do wacky dances, which he’s good at, before wrestling — which he isn’t quite as good at. Daivari did the best promo work of his career playing the role of Amore.

Nigel McGuinness talked about Kalisto’s young life and how his parents came to America as immigrants and lived in the attic of a friend’s house in a neighborhood full of violence. Wow, he actually made it very easy to care about a babyface and it only took 30 seconds.

Kalisto defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore by DQ

Kalisto started things off quickly and sent Amore outside. Amore tried to escape after being thrown in, but Kalisto stomped on his fingers. Kalisto went for corner mount punches, but Amore sent him outside. This got a pair of high-numbered counts, but Kalisto made it back in both times before Amore kicked him down.

Amore teased a superplex off the top to the floor but opted to send him down ribs-first on the top turnbuckle. Amore went for Eat Defeat on the apron, but Kalisto turned it into the windmill driver on the apron! Well, that was pretty crazy. This got a nine count on the floor and resulted in a “lucha” chant.

Amore went for the DDG until Kalisto hit a high kick. Amore ate a tornado DDT, but he then kicked the referee into the ropes to crotch Kalisto for a DQ. Kalisto charged after him and beat him down, but Amore got the mic and said he’s still Cruiserweight Champion — how you doin’?

WWE SmackDown live results: Will Raw be out for revenge?

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Show Recap —

Shane McMahon came out and said that he’s undergone serious rehab the last two weeks. McMahon mentioned the upcoming Survivor Series and was insulted that Kurt Angle didn’t think the SmackDown roster matched up to Raw. He brought up striking the Raw roster first and the crowd chanted “Under Siege”. He said that SmackDown wouldn’t be caught off guard like Raw was last night.

Sami Zayn interrupted and came down to the ring. Zayn said no hard feelings for Hell in a Cell and tried to shake McMahon’s hand. Shane said there are hard feelings. Zayn informed McMahon that he and Kevin Owens talked it over and they agree to represent SmackDown at Survivor Series. He said SmackDown needs them.

Shane turned down the offer and said he doesn’t need them. If Zayn wants to be on the team all he has to do is win his match later and he’ll be the first person on the team. McMahon informs him that his opponent will be Randy Orton.

Backstage, New Day was on their way to the ring when they saw a bunch of old fruit on a table with a sign that read “raw fruit”. They disposed of the fruit in the garbage.

Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin defeated New Day (w/ Big E)

The Usos joined in on commentary for the match and mentioned facing Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose at Survivor Series.

Gable and Benjamin took over after Kingston took a nasty fall to the floor. Big E tired to revive him using Booty-O’s. Finish came when Gable shoved Woods and Benjamin nailed him with a kick to the back behind the referees back. Gable made the cover to score the win.

In the back, Charlotte, Naomi, Becky Lynch, Lana and Tamina Snuka were all gathered in Daniel Bryan’s office. Carmella showed up and couldn’t find James Ellsworth but nobody cared.

Bryan arrived and said that all of them will be on the Survivor Series team. Lana pointed out that there are 6 of them. Bryan told her she’s not on the team.

Tonight the women will compete in match later with the winner being named the team captain.

Fashion Files “Fashion Dogs”

Breezango was arguing over which one of them is Mr. Pink from the movie Reservoir Dogs. James Ellsworth was tied up to a chair when Ascension showed up with gasoline. Carmella arrived with her briefcase. Fandango took the briefcase and pulled out Ellsworth’s dirty underwear.

Breezango celebrated solving the case but Ascension pointed out they didn’t solve anything. They said it must be The Bludgeon Brothers that are behind the attacks. Next week will be a Stranger Things parody.

Backstage, Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon met. Bryan was upset with McMahon for not informing him of the attack last night. He also said he didn’t approve of the attack. McMahon said he’s the commissioner and sometimes needs to make those decisions.

Sin Cara defeated U.S. Champion Baron Corbin by DQ

Sin Cara had the brief advantage but Corbin snapped and wouldn’t stop beating on Cara, which resulted in a disqualification. After the match, Corbin gave Cara the End of Days on the floor.

The Singh Brothers came out and did their intro for Jinder Mahal. They mocked Paul Heyman’s intro for Brock Lesnar and called themselves “advocates”.

Mahal called Heyman a liar and showed Heyman’s promo from last night. Mahal said he’s the most dominant world champion but the WWE universe doesn’t give him the same respect he gets from the people of India. Mahal proclaimed that the Maharaja era has just begun. AJ Styles interrupted Mahal’s promo.

AJ Styles defeated Sunil Singh (w/ Samir Singh)

Before the match, the referee sent Mahal to the back. Styles dominated the match and won easily with the Calf Crusher.

Backstage, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn met. Owens has a Survivor Series qualifying match against Shinsuke Nakamura next week. Zayn has no doubt they’ll both win their matches.

Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers charged into Bryan’s office. Mahal demanded and was granted a match for Samir Singh against AJ Styles next week.

Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Carmella (w/ James Ellsworth) and Tamina Snuka (w/ Lana) for the right to captain SmackDown’s women’s division Survivor Series team

Before the match, SmackDown Women’s Champion Natalya was introduced.

The match spilled to the floor and they brawled around ringside. Snuka tossed Charlotte into the crowd. Carmella scored a close near fall on Lynch. Lynch made a comeback and used the Dis-arm-her to win the match. Lynch will be the team captain at the Survivor Series for the women.

Another creepy promo for The Bludgeon Brothers aired.

Renee Young interviewed Dolph Ziggler in the back. He mentioned beating Bobby Roode last week. Roode showed up and challenged Ziggler to a 2 out of 3 falls match next week. 

Randy Orton defeated Sami Zayn to earn a spot on SmackDown’s men’s division Survivor Series team

Orton had the early advantage but Zayn took over after hitting a moonsault off the barricade on the floor. Orton made a comeback and dropped Zayn on the announce table.

Orton set up for the RKO when Kevin Owens ran out. Orton was distracted and Zayn scored a near fall. The referee was trying to send Owens to the back and missed Orton using a low blow on Zayn. He followed up with the RKO to win the match. Orton will be the team captain for the men at the Survivor Series.

Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon met once again in the back. Bryan pointed out that there was no Raw retaliation tonight but that doesn’t mean they won’t strike back eventually. When they do Shane will have to deal with the consequences.

Next Week: Kevin Owens takes on Shinsuke Nakamura in a Survivor Series qualifying match. In another qualifying match, Bobby Roode faces Dolph Ziggler in a 2 out of 3 falls match. Plus, AJ Styles battles Samir Singh.

WWE Raw live results: Fallout from TLC

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The Big Takeaway —

The Survivor Series build got off to a strong start which the closest thing the WWE can do to an invasion angle in this day and age. In the main event segment, Angle came out to announce the Raw team. Instead, Shane McMahon brought an entire crew of SmackDown Live wrestlers  (sans Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and a few others) out of the crowd and they laid waste to most of the Raw roster. The SmackDown crew went to the locker room and beat up several wrestlers, including Finn Balor, who has had better nights. Brock Lesnar accepted the challenge of Jinder Mahal at Survivor Series. Earlier, Angle announced Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins vs. The Usos, and the Miz would face Baron Corbin.

Show Recap —

Angle came out smiling though selling the beating from last night. He said it has been a whirlwind of a past week. Crowd chanted “You still got it.” Angle said every story has a beginning, a middle and an end, and last night he wrote a new chapter. When he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, he didn’t think it could get any better. Then he competed last night and said it was incredible. Next up, it’s Survivor Series. Angle said it would be Raw vs. SmackDown. Alexa Bliss would face Natalya. The Miz will take on Baron Corbin. The Raw Tag Team Champions Rollins and Dean Ambrose will go against The Usos. And he announced Lesnar vs. Mahal (who Angle called MAY-HALL). Angle said this year’s Survivor Series would have two elimination matches: a men’s match and a women’s match. 

The Miz came out with Curtis Axel and the Bar. Miz said he was sick of hearing Angle’s voice and said this was his show. Miz was mad about Angle stepping in for Roman Reigns and said Angle just wanted to have one last run in the spotlight. Miz said Angle doesn’t deserve to be in the ring as a Superstar or a General Manager and said Angle should resign immediately. Angle said that wasn’t happening and he wanted to go to his office. Miz told Angle he wasn’t going anywhere. The heels surrounded the ring just like the Shield, which naturally brought out Ambrose and Rollins from the crowd. No Reigns. That forced the Miz, Sheamus, Cesaro and Axel to back off.

Miz said Ambrose and Rollins were sucking up to management and sold off. Miz said the odds weren’t in their favor. Angle arranged Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus to face Rollins, Ambrose and a star who decided to stay an extra night that competed last night. A.J. Styles came out. 

A.J. Styles, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins defeated The Bar and the Miz (19:45)

Styles pinned Cesaro with the Phenomenal Forearm. Just before the finish, Cesaro tried to clothesline Ambrose and Rollins, who ducked under two attempts and then hit topes onto Sheamus and Miz. Very good match. Crowd was really hot for Styles. The first segment ended with Styles, Rollins and Ambrose doing a triple pescado onto the heels. Ambrose made a hot tag to Rollins, who gave the Miz a Falcon Arrow, leading to Cesaro making the save. Sheamus kicked Rollins from behind and Miz hit Yujiro Takahashi’s Pimp Juice (or Shiek Abdul Bashir’s WMD, for those who enjoy obscure TNA references) for a two count. Styles got the final hot tag and got the Ushigoroshi on Miz. Ambrose brawled into the crowd with Sheamus. 

Postmatch, Kane came out and took out Rollins, Styles and Ambrose by himself. Kane choke slammed Rollins as Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus got back in the ring to go after Ambrose and Styles. 

After a commercial, Kane was in the ring. They showed still photos of Kane’s attack on Braun Strowman, including his disposal of Strowman into the trash compactor. Kane said through hellfire and brimstone, he heard the stories about how Strowman wanted competition. How Strowman tossed Big Show through a steel cage and how he broke Reigns time and time again. Kane said he liked the stories about Strowman, but he had to see it for himself. What he saw was a pile of trash, 375 pounds of nasty refuge. So last night, Kane put Strowman where he belongs, in the back of a garbage truck. Kane said when he put Strowman in the truck, he saw fear in Strowman’s eyes, which no man was able to do before. When Strowman looked at him, he saw the truth. Kane said he will always be Raw’s only monster. Kane said Braun is gone, and now he wants competition, or else. Balor came out. 

Kane defeated Finn Balor (7:06) 

Kane pinned Balor after three choke slams. Balor hit the Woo dropkick and was going to the Coupe de Grace, but Kane grabbed him by the throat off the top rope, leading the 50-year-old to the victory. Balor got too little offense as they’re building Kane to a program with Strowman. 

Shane McMahon showed up to talk with Angle. They traded nice jabs about each other returning to the ring. Shane sold nothing from jumping off the cage at Hell in a Cell. They traded friendly barbs about how their brand would beat the other at Survivor Series. Shane finally said he would make sure Raw would go down. Angle didn’t seem offended and wished Shane luck. 

Asuka defeated Emma via tapout (5:13) 

Asuka got the win with the Asuka lock. Emma controlled the majority of the way. Asuka got a good response, but it wasn’t a blow away reaction that matched the quality of the vignettes. Asuka used a flying hip attack and her five-strike combination before the finish. 

Bliss came down after her victory over Mickie James, who she called a future Hall of Famer and leader of the old folks home. Now, she’s ready to put James in the past and she’s focused on Natalya at Survivor Series. She said she’s going to remind Natalya that there’s only one goddess. Bliss said she felt underappreciated after her performance at TLC, but Styles and Balor can stare at each other for ten minutes and the crowd would chant “This is awesome.” She wanted to know where was her chant? Was it because she doesn’t have a 3-year-old son at home like James? Bliss said everyone is jealous of her. Bliss said since they’re in the midwest, she’s going to have to spell everything out for them. Bliss said she was going to say a chant and the crowd would yell it back like the sheep they are. Bliss said the chant was “You deserve it.” Crowd booed. Bliss wondered if she was going slow enough. She demanded the fans chant it because she’s the goddess. 

James walked out, punched Bliss and gave her a Mick-DT on the Raw Women’s Championship belt and told Bliss she does deserve it. 

Bayley and Sasha Banks met with Angle backstage. Angle said the Raw women’s team at Survivor Series needs a captain and said those two were the best bet. Alicia Fox jumped in and screamed she would be the best choice. Angle ordered a triple-threat match with Banks vs. Bayley vs. Fox and the winner is the team captain. Angle reminded Fox that she saw her match with Banks last night and told her that pinfalls and submissions only count inside of the ring. Fox said Angle was so silly. 

Elias was out and made a crack about how Green Bay’s will was weaker than Aaron Rodgers collarbone. That got heat. Elias tried to sing a song that derided Green Bay, but someone kept messing with his wireless microphone. Jason Jordan came out. 

Jason Jordan defeated Elias by DQ (3:19) 

Jordan got more of a positive reception in this match than in previous cities. He was carrying Elias around and ramming him into the barricade until Elias hit him with his guitar for the DQ. Jordan has a bruise on his left tricep. 

Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to respond to Mahal. Heyman said it was funny when the fans react to the manner in which he introduces Lesnar. There is someone who has a problem who disputes Lesnar is Universal Champion, someone who has barely escaped the challenges of Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, and wishes to barely avoid the challenge of Styles. Meanwhile, Lesnar remains the undisputed Universal Champion despite facing the most stacked heavyweight class of challengers in WWE history. Heyman said it’s also undisputed that we live in the age of trash talk and everyone wants to brand their opponents losers instead of box office attractions. Heyman said the king of the trash talkers is the man with the microphone in his hands right now, but he doesn’t trash talk Lesnar’s opponents because any man who steps in the ring to fight Lesnar must be a real man. He didn’t trash talk Goldberg, Samoa Joe, Strowman, and rightfully so. But Mahal? Heyman called Mahal the make believe Modern Day Maharaja with the Singh-along brothers, who copies his shtick of introducing Mahal? Heyman said Mahal wasn’t Lesnar’s equal, he wasn’t his contemporary, he wasn’t even a worthy pretender of the throne of being WWE champion. 

When he thinks of WWE Champions, we think of Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, HHH, John Cena and Lesnar. We don’t think of Mahal, a consolation prize champion offered to SmackDown Live when Shane and Daniel Bryan realized they got the shaft in the Superstar Shakeup. Heyman said Lesnar wasn’t carrying the flag for Raw in the battle for brand supremacy because there is no battle for brand supremacy. The brand that bags Brock Lesnar is the flagship brand, and that is undisputed. And because Mahal disputes that, he’s going to Suplex City. But Heyman has even worse news for Mahal because the last time a SmackDown superstar stepped into the ring against Lesnar, they had to stop the match, everyone was in shock, even the Raw locker room. Because that night, Lesnar violated every single rule and boundary in the PG era. Heyman said Mahal’s challenge was accepted. His challenge was accepted number one champion in the WWE, by the reigning, defending, undisputed champion, Brock Lesnar. 

Kalisto did an interview with Charly Caruso and said he would invoke his rematch for the cruiserweight championship against Enzo Amore on 205 Live. Tonight, he said it was all about family. Mustafa Ali, Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann and Gran Metalik walked in. They’re teaming with Kailsto in a 10-man tag tonight. 

Alicia Fox pinned Bayley to win a three-way match that also included Sasha Banks to become the captain of the Raw Women’s Team at Survivor Series (11:16) 

Fox pinned Bayley after Banks had Fox in the Bank Statement, but Bayley broke it up. Then Fox threw Bayley into Banks, who hit the floor. The commentary highlight of the night came when Banks had Fox in the Bank Statement. Banks said Fox can’t break the hold by getting the ropes because there’s no-DQ in a Triple Threat match. The very next sentence was from Booker T, who said “Fox has to get to the ropes to break the hold.” Fox is back doing her crazy routine spots from 2014, where she grabbed the ring bell from the timekeeper and started ringing it, saying she was tired of playing this game. Banks and Bayley took turns dropkicking Fox out of the ring in the early minutes. 

Enzo, Drew Gulak, Ariya Daivari, Noam Dar and Tony Nese came out. Gulak did the microphone work and said that Enzo suffered a vocal cord injury and he couldn’t talk, so Gulak read Enzo’s introduction in the uncoolest way possible. 

Kalisto, Rich Swann, Gran Metalik, Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali defeated Ariya Daivari, Enzo Amore, Tony Nese, Noam Dar and Tony Nese (9:03)

Kalisto pinned Enzo with Salina del Sol. Enzo didn’t want to tag in, but Daivari was kicked into the corner by Kalisto, which was a tag. Swann and Alexander teamed for a stereo tope on Dar and Nese. Swann overshot his target. Then Gran Metalik did an moonsault off the top rope to the floor on Daivari. 

Angle came out to announce the Raw team for the Survivor Series. Before he could, Shane McMahon came out through the crowd and he was joined by practically the entire SmackDown Live roster. The New Day, Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Nakamura, Becky Lynch, Chad Gable, Natalya, Charlotte, Bobby Roode, Zack Ryder, Tye Dillinger, Styles, Tamina, Rusev, Mojo Rawley, and Carmella surrounded the ring. Shane got in the ring and told Angle “Under siege.” Angle left the ring and looked in shock going to the back. Shane told all of the SmackDown wrestlers to go after them.

The SmackDown roster went backstage and found Apollo Crews and Titus O’Neil. Xavier Woods approached them like they were old friends, then Styles jumped them and the entire crew went crazy beating them down. Rusev finished the assault with a flying kick on O’Neil. Corbin found a stagehand and assaulted him. Roode and Woods threw down an HDTV monitor. Lynch, Tamina, and Carmella chased away the make-up crew. Then Goldust, Axel and Curt Hawkins tried to stop them, but they were quickly disposed of. They continued the march into the locker room, where Styles, Big E. and Kofi Kingston jumped Jordan. Matt Hardy and Balor tried to stop them coming out of the bathroom, but Ziggler, Nakamura, Rusev and the rest left them laying. 

The SmackDown crew continued its charge into another locker room where Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows were  jumped. Nakamura speared Gallows, Elias was also left laying. They left that room where Fox, Bayley, James and Banks stood in their way. They led to a brawl with Carmella, Tamina, Lynch and Natalya, who quickly left the Raw team laying. Shane watched this unfold in the ring. As the SmackDown crew looked to continue their assault elsewhere, Rollins jumped off a stack of cases, and Ambrose joined in but they were outnumbered. Just hours after teaming with Ambrose, Styles threw him into a wall. Then Corbin and Rusev brought out Angle from hiding and showed him an unconscious Rollins.

Rusev and Corbin led Angle back in front of the main crowd. Shane motioned for them to bring Angle to the ring. Angle looked furious at Shane. Shane said “At Survivor Series, I want you to bring your gold medal, what’s left of your Raw roster, and we’re going to finish what we started. Oh it’s true, it’s damn true.” For what passes as an invasion angle nowadays, this was really good. 

WWE Santiago, Chile, live results: Triple H vs. Rusev

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Submitted by reader Miguel Traslvai

– The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) & Randy Orton defeated The Usos & Sami Zayn 

This was a fun match and was longer than the six-man tag from the first show in Santiago. They played to the crowd and the chants they were doing. The finish was Orton hitting an RKO on Zayn, who was coming off of the top rope.

After the match, New Day made Orton dance as they did typical fun house show stuff.

– Sin Cara defeated Aiden English

English came out to the same chants as he did the first night (the audience chanted a local singer’s name) but said he now understands them and the crowd laughed really hard. English also spoke a little Spanish, which the audience appreciated.

The match was okay, with Sin Cara getting a good reaction for his moves. He hit a frog splash from the top to win.

– SmackDown Women’s Champion Natalya defeated Naomi to retain her title

Natalya retained after submitting Naomi with the Sharpshooter.

– Triple H defeated Rusev

Rusev came out and started speaking in Bulgarian, then Triple H’s music hit and the place went nuts. There were huge chants for Triple H, with him staring out into the crowd and pointing at the people. Rusev did his job as a heel as no one cheered him at all. Triple H got constant chants, including an “NXT” one that he nodded at.

Rusev got most of the offense during the match and Triple H did a lot of good selling. Triple H eventually hit his signature moves and did a crotch chop, then got the pin after hitting the Pedigree. This was good stuff.

When it was over, The New Day came out and made Triple H dance. He danced for a bit before hitting Kingston with a Pedigree.

– Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch defeated Carmella & Tamina

Lynch got the biggest pop and Carmella was pretty funny with her screams and shenanigans. Charlotte ended up submitting Carmella with the Figure Eight to win it for her team.

– United States Champion Baron Corbin defeated Tye Dillinger and Bobby Roode in a triple threat match to retain his title

Roode and Dillinger got big reactions. Corbin received a lot of boos at first but then got some chants during the match. There was one chant in Spanish about how his stomach looks like a sad face. The crowd also did “NXT,” “10,” and “Glorious” chants. Roode really liked the reaction he got.

The match was a standard triple threat but it was good and very fluid. Corbin pinned Roode with an opportunistic roll-up after he had hit the Glorious DDT on Dillinger.

– WWE Champion Jinder Mahal (w/ The Singh Brothers) defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to retain his title

Mahal came out and asked us if we understood what he was saying in English. When the crowd said yes, he started speaking in Punjabi. His shoulder was taped up with kinesio tape both nights in Chile.

The match was better than the one they had at Hell in a Cell due to more interference from the Singhs. After Mahal retained, Nakamura was beaten down until he made a comeback and ended up hitting the Kinshasa on Mahal to close the show.

WWE TLC live results: Kurt Angle returns to the ring, Styles vs. Balor

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With a card that had to be revised due to a major shakeup in the days leading up to the show, WWE returns to pay-per-view as TLC takes place at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota tonight.

Both Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt had to be pulled from the PPV due to medical issues. In Reigns’ place, Kurt Angle will wrestle in a WWE ring for the first time in over a decade as he teams with Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose against The Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Kane in a tables, ladders, and chairs match.

Wyatt will be replaced by AJ Styles on the show, with Styles facing Finn Balor at the otherwise Raw-exclusive PPV. This will be the first time that Styles and Balor, both former leaders of the Bullet Club, have wrestled each other.

We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]

Also scheduled for tonight, Asuka will make her main roster debut against Emma, Alexa Bliss will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Mickie James, Enzo Amore challenges Kalisto for the Cruiserweight title, and Rich Swann & Cedric Alexander team up to take on Jack Gallagher & Brian Kendrick.

On the pre-show, Sasha Banks faces Alicia Fox and Drew Gulak’s PowerPoint presentation continues. Our coverage begins with that before the main card starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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Drew Gulak was told he was cut for time.  He was just doing a promo for the TV crowd.  He wants no more chanting, flying, flipping, coming off the top rope, chanting and then they went to a commercial while he complained that Elias has been given time on the PPV.  They teased the idea of an Elias vs. Jason Jordan angle.

SASHA BANKS VS. ALICIA FOX

Banks won a standard match using the bank statement after Fox missed an ax kick.  A few cool things, including Fox doing two great bridging Northern lights suplexes and a spinning backbreaker on the floor. 

ASUKA VS. EMMA

A little longer than I expected for Asuka’s debut but of course she won with a high kick and the Asuka lock.  The crowd seemed into her.  It was definitely slower moving than her NXT matches.  Emma got some good offesne with the biggest thing pulling her by the air off the apron and throwing Asuka to the floor.

Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus were backstage doing an interview.  Sheamus said he wanted to Brogue kicked a gold medalist.  Miz said Kurt Angle would never have stepped in for Sheamus and Cesaro.  He said Kurt Angle only cares out himself and waited for the perfect moment to put himself in a main event against me.  Miz was taunting Angle, said Angle thinks he’s a super hero but he’ll be meeting a monster among men.  Strowman said told them to stay out of his way as he’s snuffing  out Angle, Rollins and Ambrose.  Kane showed up and confronted Strowman.  Miz after tonight with Angle done and Ambrose & Rollins broken down they will rule raw.  Kane said he’s turning the match into hell on Earth.  The story here is Miz & Cesaro & Sheamus are together and the other two are for themselves.

Elias is out.  Jason Jordan was throwing vegetabels adn bannana peels at him.  So that’s a new program.  And then the segment ended.

BRIAN KENDRICK & JACK GALLAGHER VS. CEDRIC ALEXANDER & RICH SWANN

Good match, best so far.  Short but all action with some cool moves.  Kendrick had the captain’s hook on Alexander, but Swann broke it up with a Phoenix splash.  Swann gave Kendrick a spin kick and then Alexander pinned Kendrick after the Captain’s hook.  The highlight was Alexander doing a running flip dive onto both Gallagher & Kendrick, and actually pretty much missed both and landed on his feet.

The whole show is being pushed around Kurt Angle’s return.

Alexa Bliss did an interview.  She doesn’t know what biscuit butt means and she said she likes her butt and it’s cute.  Mickie is just a mom, when I was young I idolized Mickie James, she’s gone toe to toe with Trish Stratus, Lita and Beth Phoenix.  Bliss said James talks about her good old days but now it’s just old.

ALEXA BLISS VS. MICKIE JAMES FOR WOMEN’S TITLE

Bliss pulled James’ shoulder  into the turnbuckles and hit the DDT for the pin.  So far favorites are up 4-0 although these  were pretty easy bouts to  call.  Bliss worked over the left shoulder during the match.   Match told a story, there was a hot slapfest after kind of a slow open.  The crowd disrespected them with a “We want tables” chant for no reason.

Charly Caruso interviewed. James.  She said she’s proud of her perforrmance and said she gave her heart and soul and hoped she proved she was worthy of the title shot and it won’t be her last time getting a title shot and she’ll win the title again.  

Rollins, Ambrose and Angle were backstage.  Angle said he doesn’t know what he has left, but says he’ll give 100 percent.  Rollins gave Kurt a Shield jacket.  So he’ll be wearing the outfit and basically said Kurt was in The Shield.  The crowd popped for this. 

Elias is out again.  Crowd booed him pretty heavy.  Jordan threw lettuce  at him again. He was pelting Elias with food.  Weird that the heel commentator was backing Jordan (Graves) and Michael Cole was backing Elias.

Enzo’s voice is almost gone.  He joked that he lost his voice.  He said his voice is the only thing I’m losing.  There are three types of people, people who make things happen like me, those who watch things happen like you fans who are losers, and the third type of person is the one who sits around and wonders what happened.  He did the SAWFT deal with the fans.

KALISTO VS. ENZO AMORE FOR CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE

Amore regained the title with a thumb to the eye when Enzo pulled the apron drape into the ring and the ref tried to pull it out of the ring.  Enzo used tthe Jordanzo for the pin.  The fans cheered the title change.  Nothing much to the match.  Kalisto kept working for a Salida del Sol but never got it.  Enzo did a cool flying DDT for a near fall.  There was a very light “We Want Neville” chant.

Enzo said he wanted to thank himself and told the fans he’s giving them a no thank you.

DEMON FINN BALOR VS. A.J. STYLES 

Really good match.  Not close to a match of the year or anything but two great wrestlers both working hard.  Balor won witht he Wooo dropkick and a killer coup de gras for the clean pin.  They did the “too sweet” sign together after.  Balor did a running flip dive.  Styles tackled him over the German table.  They did most of their regular stuff.  Styles did a springboard Frankensteiner for a near fall.  It was very professional in the sense everything was good, everything made sense.  The crowd was very into it with “This is awesome chants” before the match even started..

JASON JORDAN VS. ELIAS

Elias was singing and said that he was having a match with Jordan.

The finish  Jrodan reversed a suplex into an inside cradle.  Samson kicked out before the three but his shoulder was actually down even though he kicked out.  But they will play it up like Elias had his shoudler up for controversy to set up a rematch and probably a longer program.  Jordan looked impressive here.  They were put in the death spot on the show but the work was solid and people were okay with it.

The Survivor Series commercial is built around Raw vs. Smackdown matches. 

The Miz said he had a surprise at the end and said they were going to treat the other team like garbage and send them to the dump.

KURT ANGLE & DEAN AMBROSE & SETH ROLLINS VS. BRAUN STROWMAN & KANE & THE MIZ & CESARO & SHEAMUS IN A TLC MATCH

Long crazy match which ended when Angle & Rollins & Ambrose gave Miz a triple power bomb and pinned him.  The match told a ton of different stories.  At first the faces had the edge with tons oof chair shots.  Then Cesaro &  Sheamus came back with chair shots.  Rollins & Ambrose both came off high on ladders to splash Strowman & Kane both through two different announcers tables.  Angle did a shine spot with Gemran suplexes on everyone until Strowman broke up an ankle lock and powerslammed Angle through a table.  Angle was carried to the back to make it 5 on 2.  Then Strowman and Kane argued and Strowman shove down Kane.  Ambrose, who took a ton of punishment, was given a double crucifix bomb and bounced off the table that didn’t break.  They set the table up in the corner and Strowman threw Ambrose through the table.  Kane turne on Strowman and choke slammed himi through a gimmicked part of the stage.  Kane pulled down chairs hanging from the ceiling and the chairs all fell on Strowman.  This looks to be the Strowman face turn to feud with Kane.  Kane choke slammed Ambrose & Rollins through a table.  Ambrose landed badly again.  Stormwn recovered and threw Miz iuto the wall.  Strowman was beating on the heels until Kane put Strowman down.  All the heels beat him down and threw him into the back of a garbage truck.  In theory, Strowman was crushed into a million pieces in the garbage truck but he’ll be fine.  The truck drove off and that was it for Strowman.  Angle then came back out and destoryed Sheamus & Cesaro.  Kane went to give Angle a tombsone piledriver but Rollins hit Kane with  a chair to the back.  Rollins & Amborse gave Kane a double tackle through the barricade.  Miz hit the skull crushing finale on Angle, who kicked out.  Angle got the ankle lock on Miz, but Miz kicked Angle out of the ring.  Rollins gave Miz the knee, Ambrose gave him Dirty Deeds, Angle gave Miz the Angle slam and then they used the Shield triple power bomb on Miz for the pin.