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WWE Raw live results: Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman return

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Last week was a Raw for the ages. Finn Balor got instant credibility by winning two matches in one night, including defeating Roman Reigns in the main event to earn a match against Seth Rollins for the new WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam.

Sasha Banks became the new WWE Women’s Champion after beating Charlotte. It was one of the best episodes of Raw in years, and tonight is the follow-up show in Atlanta.

It features the return of Brock Lesnar, making his first Raw appearance since March 28th, the go-home show for WrestleMania. Lesnar’s advocate will also be alongside him as Paul Heyman has reached a deal with the company and will appear on the show.

The WWE website is teasing another squash match for Braun Strowman, and the New Day’s new program with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows will continue, as well.

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The Big Takeaway —

It took only two weeks before a SmackDown performer showed up on Raw. Randy Orton gave Brock Lesnar an RKO in the main event segment, moments after Paul Heyman said Orton would never hit an RKO on Lesnar.

After one of the great Raws in recent memory last week, this week’s show wasn’t particularly newsworthy and had only one standout match.

Roman Reigns has been relegated to a program with Rusev for the U.S. Championship. Kevin Owens has a new gimmick of watching Chris Jericho’s back. Jindal Mahal is back on the Raw roster after beating Heath Slater in a match where the winner earned a roster spot. 

Show Recap — 

Sasha Banks started the show with an in-ring interview.

She got a “You deserve it” chant. She said it was about time Raw popped off with a statement, a Banks statement from the new WWE Women’s Champion. She talked about her match with Bailey at NXT Takeover in Brooklyn, and how they stole the show. 

Charlotte came out. She nearly tripped over her long robe on the ring steps. Crowd chanted “You tapped out” at her. Banks talked about how Charlotte looked different and couldn’t figure out why, then sarcastically said she has Charlotte’s gold.

Banks wondered where Dana Brooke was. Charlotte said she didn’t need Brooke or her father to beat Banks. She vowed to beat Banks at SummerSlam by herself.

Charlotte said she was the very best for over 300 days and Banks capitalized on one mistake. She said it’s one thing to take home the prom king, it’s another to get him to put a ring on your finger. She said Banks was just a one night stand. Banks reminded Charlotte she was the daughter of Ric Flair and if it wasn’t for a one-night stand, Charlotte wouldn’t be standing here. 

At this point, Chris Jericho walked out, saying “quiet” repeatedly.

He’s got a new villain style mustache and goatee. Jericho called Banks an “ungrateful, disrespectful little punk.” Jericho said Charlotte was royalty and looked like a princess. Jericho said Charlotte may be Flair’s daughter, but he’s surpassed anything that her father has ever done.

Jericho asked Banks what makes her the boss. Jericho said she was only the boss of purple haired stupid idiots. Or that she was a distant relative of Snoop Dogg. Jericho said she wasn’t a boss, she was a brat. 

Enzo Amore came out. Amore kissed Banks’ hand. He said Big Cass is usually by his side, but sometimes he likes to handle his business by himself. Amore said he’d like to make a Certified G deposit with Banks, “How you doin?”

Banks and Amore looked smitten with each other. Charlotte said Sasha should go for it because she’s heard about Amore’s love life, there’s only one word to describe him.

Amore said listening to Jericho speak, time passes like a kidney stone. It’s like having a text conversation on an iPhone and you wait for those three buttons flash waiting for them to respond, but they never do. 

Jericho called Amore a “hip hop hobbit” and said he better watch it. Amore said “Watch what?” Jericho said “It.” Amore said for him to watch his mouth before he speaks is like wiping his rear end before he poops. He called Jericho Bon Jovi and dropped several Bon Jovi song titles. 

Finally, Mick Foley showed up and said he may not be THE boss, but he is Jericho’s boss. He said Amore is a certified G and he is a GM. Foley said he can’t wait to see Charlotte and Banks in the ring again, and it would happen tonight. He arranged a mixed tag team match between Jericho and Charlotte vs. Banks and Amore immediately.  

Charlotte & Chris Jericho defeated Sasha Banks and Enzo Amore (9:57)

Charlotte pinned Banks after Natural Selection following a distraction by Brooke. Banks slapped Jericho before the finish. Highlight was Banks and Amore doing stereo topes on the heels before a commercial.

Kevin Owens was on commentary. First thing he did was steal Byron Saxton’s tie and draped it on himself. When Banks used a double kneedrop onto Charlotte’s abdomen, Banks called it a great move he started using on the indies in 2005. 

Post-match, Jericho gave Amore a codebreaker. Big Cass came out to confront Jericho, who walked off. 

Saxton did a pre-match interview with this week’s Braun Strowman’s squash victim, Evan Anderhold. When asked why he would get in the ring with Strowman, he said he gets $1,000 for showing up and $5,000 for winning. Saxton said Anderhold would have had a better chance playing the Powerball lottery. 

Braun Strowman defeated Evan Anderhold (1:01)

Strowman pinned Anderhold, who tried to run away at the opening bell, with the reverse chokeslam. 

Stephanie McMahon told Foley how great an idea the mixed tag team match was. Mark Henry walked in. Stephanie said Henry was the WWE’s ambassador for the Summer Olympics. Henry said he made some renovations in the Hall of Pain and said it is time for a reopening. Stephanie said one of the reasons they brought her back was more of an advisory role, not active wrestling.

Henry said she was wrong, he was the strongest man who ever lived, a former world champion and he wanted one more run as a wrestler. Foley suggested Henry face Rusev for the U.S. Championship tonight. Stephanie looked a little unhappy with Foley about that. 

R-Truth looked for Pokemon characters again backstage. Goldust suggested they wrestle tonight instead and he would help Truth find as many Pokemon characters as he wanted.  

The Shining Stars defeated the Golden Truth (2:00)

Primo pinned Goldust with a cradle. Goldust dove to Truth for a hot tag, but Truth moved because he was more focused on the Pokemon game than the match. Then he dropped his iPhone, but instead of making the tag, he went to get his phone. 

Michael Cole did an in-ring interview with Finn Balor.

Balor said when he heard his name called in the draft, he knew he had to come to Monday Night Raw and make an impact. Right away, Seth Rollins interrupted him. Rollins told Cole to take a hike. Rollins said Balor is a former NXT Champion, but not the first one, because that was him.

Rollins said Balor was among the first draft picks for Raw in the brand extension, but he wasn’t the first overall, because that was him.

Rollins said Balor pinned Roman Reigns last week, but he had done it two weeks ago. So really Rollins was the original and Balor was a bad remake, like the new Star Trek or the terrible Ghostbusters film. Rollins said he was Bill Murray and Balor was Melissa McCarthy. 

Balor said he was going to beat Rollins and become the first WWE Universal Champion. Rollins said that was as laughable as the Atlanta Braves winning the World Series, which got the crowd to bring back the Tomahawk Chop.

Rollins said this is Monday Night Raw, this was his house. Balor said he’s been to a lot of places where people have bragged they were the man. And he’s beaten every one of them. 

Rollins said Balor has never faced anyone like him. Balor said there’s one difference between him and Rollins. Balor said he earned his shot at the Universal Championship at SummerSlam, while Rollins had it handed to him.

Rollins said the only thing he’ll have handed to him is the Universal Championship when he beats Balor. That prompted Balor to say the only thing Rollins will have handed to him at SummerSlam is his ass. They had a staredown, Rollins tried to cheap shot Balor, who quickly responded with an overhand kick to send Rollins away. 

Lana was in the ring wearing a wedding dress and introduced Rusev as her new husband. Cory Graves said the dress cost $75,000. They showed pictures from the wedding in Malibu and said they would get married again next month in Bulgaria. 

US Champion Rusev defeated Mark Henry via submission to retain (6:34)

Rusev won with the Accolade. Henry played to the crowd and his facial expressions got people involved. Henry got more offense that he did last year, when he was basically a jobber. Better match than you would think. 

Post-match, Rusev did a promo about how the International Olympic Committee is rigged. Anyone who saw Real Sports last week certainly can’t question that. He said the IOC bans Russian and Bulgarian athletes so Americans can win medals. He kept blabbing away when Roman Reigns came out to more cheers than boos, maybe because the fans were surprised.

He got in a staredown with Rusev, who kept trying to walk away. Reigns wouldn’t let him leave. Reigns attacked Rusev, who quickly turned the tables and hit a kick. Reigns teased the Superman punch, but Rusev rolled out of the ring. Reigns left the ring and gave Rusev a Superman punch.  

Titus O’Neal defeated Darren Young (3:36) 

Titus O’Neal won with a schoolboy cradle while holding the trunks after Darren Young missed an elbow charge in the corner. O’Neal teased a heel turn. He worked heel throughout the match. In a pre-match promo, he told Young he liked the “Make Darren Young great again” campaign, but wondered when Young was ever great to begin with.

O’Neal got about 80% of the offense. The fact they were former tag team partners got some play. Crowd wasn’t into it at all. Bob Backlund was with Young again. 

They aired a promo piece with Nia Jax putting her over as the next monster heel. 

Backstage, Backlund screamed at O’Neal about cheating. O’Neal told him to stop screaming at him before he knocked his old ass out. Young ran in, knocked O’Neal down and told him not to talk that way to his coach. 

Nia Jax defeated Ariel Monroe (1:09)

Another squash. Jax won with a torture rack into a powerslam. Saxton did a post-match in-ring promo where he asked Jax how it felt to be on Raw so far. Jax gave Monroe a splash in the corner and told him to ask her. 

The New Day came out. Kofi Kingston said Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows complained to an unknown authority figure and got one member of the New Day banned from ringside. To determine who would be banned, they drew fruits out of a bag. Kingston and Big E. drew oranges, while Xavier Woods drew a banana, leaving him the odd man out.

Once they got in the ring, they held the banana and two oranges together to symbolize you know what. 

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day defeated Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows to retain (1:19)

Our third schoolboy cradle finish of the night. Big E. went for the hot tag for Kingston, but Gallows pulled Kingston off the apron. Anderson gave Gallows the too sweet sign, but Big E scored the schoolboy on Anderson for the pin.

The post-match beatdown was four times longer than the match. Anderson and Gallows gave the Boot of Doom to Kingston. Then they gave the same thing to Big E. Woods ran out, but Anderson and Gallows laid him out, as well.

Gallows and Anderson looked ready to leave, but they went back to the ring and crotched Big E against the post. Big E sold that huge. They showed medics checking on Big E. backstage while Kingston and Woods looked concerned. 

Cesaro defeated Sheamus (5:53) 

Cesaro won with the Gotch Neutralizer after escaping a spinning backbreaker. Good, physical match. Sheamus hit the 10 Beats of the Bodhran leading to the comeback spot, where Cesaro made an impressive reversal of a suplex. 

During a commercial break, Sheamus and Cesaro had a pull-apart brawl. We never actually saw the brawl, just Sheamus and Cesaro screaming at each other as referees separated them. 

Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal were in the ring. Slater said he was a free agent and introduced Mahal as his good friend. Foley came out and ordered a referee to get in the ring to officiate a match between the two, with the winner getting a spot on the Raw roster.

Slater acted like he didn’t want to wrestle his friend. While Slater had his back turned, Mahal ordered the referee to ring the bell. 

Jinder Mahal defeated Heath Slater to earn a spot on the Raw roster (:14) 

Mahal hit a big boot immediately and pinned Slater, who couldn’t believe his friend would do that to him. Foley shook Mahal’s hand and welcomed him to the Raw roster. 

Jericho did an interview saying he wasn’t a marked man, Amore was a marked man for comparing him to a kidney stone, saying he looked like Bon Jovi and making fun of his $700 scarf. He said Amore has Cass to watch his back, but Jericho has someone to watch his back.

The announcer wondered who was that person. Jericho mumbled something Jim. The announcer said Jim? Jericho mumbled Jimmarvin Luetter, who he claimed was from Winnipeg and set shotput records.

Owens showed up and shook his head knowing that Jericho made that person up, but told him not to worry because he would watch Jericho’s back. Jericho laughed and said “Just like I said, Kevin Owens.”  

Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn (11:38) 

Very good match where Rollins won with the Pedigree. Zayn used the Michinoku Driver and Blue Thunder Bomb for near falls, and also hit a flip tope. Zayn escaped one Pedigree attempt, but missed the Helluva Kick, leading to the finish. Rollins used the Buckle Bomb and teased a superkick, but Zayn hit his own kick to start his comeback. Crowd chanted “This is awesome” down the stretch.  

Paul Heyman came out to introduce Brock Lesnar.

He called Lesnar the single greatest attraction in combat sports history. He called him the Beast of the Brocktagon and the Viper Slayer. The announcers didn’t mention his UFC victory from three weeks ago.

Heyman built up the match against Randy Orton. He said Lesnar would entertain the fans because Lesnar’s form of entertainment isn’t the same type of entertainment the WWE likes to market and sell.

He said Lesnar’s brand of entertainment is poetically incorrect and violent, which may not be words he’s allowed to say. But he’s standing beside Brock Lesnar, so he can say anything he wants to say. 

Heyman said Lesnar doesn’t need to step up to the new era of the WWE, the new era of the WWE needs to step up to Lesnar. He isn’t here to court favor to Stephanie, Foley, Vince McMahon, anyone in the Raw locker room or the SmackDown Live locker room, especially Orton.

Heyman said Orton was a 12-time champion, possessor of the RKO, a third-generation wrestler. Heyman said he’s heard that Orton is one RKO away from victory at any moment.

Heyman said he wondered where Orton gets these ideas… perhaps from the voices in his head, which is mentioned in his theme song. Heyman wondered how many of the voices in his head tell him Lesnar will beat his ass at SummerSlam and drag him down to Suplex City. 

Heyman said if the voices aren’t telling him that, they are full of malarkey, in Joe Biden’s words. Heyman said if Orton’s voices are telling him that and he isn’t listening, then Orton should listen to Heyman: Lesnar will beat his ass at SummerSlam and drag him down to Suplex City.

Heyman said Orton has a chance of surviving against Lesnar only because of the RKO. But Heyman said Orton would never hit an RKO on Lesnar.

At that point, Orton ran out of the crowd and hit an RKO on Lesnar to a huge pop. Referees, Foley and Stephanie, and lots of security guards ran out to play up that Orton is a member of the SmackDown roster and was trespassing on Raw territory. Lesnar was back up in less than a minute after taking the move. Orton ran up the stands and posed with fans as the show ended. 

NXT Largo, FL, live results: Mojo Rawley vs. Buddy Murphy

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Results courtesy of @RobbyDeese who estimates 300 people in attendance

– Niko Bogojevic defeated Steve Cutler with the Vader Bomb

– Ember Moon defeated Liv Morgan with the top rope stunner

Both women hugged and raised each other’s arms after the match.

– Riddick Moss defeated Josh Woods with the swinging neck breaker

– Tucker Knight defeated Patrick Clark with the Thesz press

– TM61 defeated The Authors Of Pain with a roll-up

– Alexander Wolfe w/ Sawyer Fulton defeated Tino Sabbatelli by putting his feet on the ropes and using Fulton holding his feet as leverage

– Carmella & Aliyah defeated Mandy Rose & Daria Berenato when Carmella tapped Rose out with the Code of Silence

– Mojo Rawley defeated Buddy Murphy with the corner running forearm

WWE Rio Rancho, NM, live results: Dean Ambrose vs. Rusev; Kane & Big Show dance

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– Pre-show poll asked which match from WM32 to show before the event

  • Reigns def. HHH (11%)
  • The Undertaker def. Shane McMahon (40%)
  • Brock Lesnar def. Dean Ambrose (49%)

– Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks def. Emma & Lana – 18 min.

Crowd loved both the faces (Sasha might have had a bigger reaction due to the Eddie Guerrero connection). Sasha does The Banks Statement for the win while Lynch did her submission at the same time.

– Sin Cara def Epico – 9 min.

Guess worth noting that Los Matadores somewhat exist since that was his Titantron and attire for him. Some of the crowd seemed to boo that since at least some knew that’s a dead gimmick.

– Goldust def. Viktor with R-Truth as ref – 12 min match

R-Truth came out 1st with a decent pop. No reaction to Viktor, and fine reaction to Goldust. R-Truth played favor to Goldust and would often ignore Viktor’s attempted pinfalls or submissions. Finally, Goldust got an upper hand then won on a quick 3 count against him. Crowd enjoyed such mannerisms from R-Truth during the match (he ate some cotton candy from a fan from ringside) and after the match, both Goldust and R-Truth played along Truth’s theme song with the crowd.

– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) def. Kane & Big Show vs Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman in an elimination match – 17 min match

New Day came out first to a good reaction, then Rowan and Strowman came out to boos, biggest pops were to Kane then Big Show. Match was fun, Kane eliminated Wyatts, and then Xavier pinned Kane almost immediately. After Wyatts started to attack them, they then did a triple chokeslam by Kane and Show (with Xavier in between them). New Day then got the Big Show to dance, then Kane after 2 or so minutes.

INTERMISSION

– Hype Bros def. Social Outcasts – 10 min match

Decent pop for Ryder, and Mojo looks like he just enjoys it all. Outcasts were just there to do what they were to do, no fanfare.

– US Champion Kalisto def. Alberto Del Rio – 12 min match

Crowd was into both (“Si chants ” for Del Rio, “Lucha” for Kalisto) Match was pretty good. In the beginning, Del Rio attempted to not fight go back through the Titantron.

– Dean Ambrose def. Rusev – 17 min match

Dean probably got the biggest pop between him, women’s babyfaces, and Kane with Big Show. Crowd was into both him and Rusev until Lana came out to distract and got heat on Rusev then she was kicked out by the ref. Ambrose after a struggle wins after Dirty Deeds.

WWE Trenton, NJ, live results: Kane & Big Show battle Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan

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From the Sun National Bank Center, Trenton, NJ

Stardust vs. Sin Cara

The crowd was into this match more than you would think, considering how poorly these two are treated on TV week in and week out. Maybe the crowd was just excited for the show to finally get going? Either way, the crowd chanted “Cody” and “Lucha Lucha” a couple times throughout. Sin Cara pinned Stardust after a pretty basic back and forth match.

Mark Henry vs. Braun Strowman

Strowman was originally advertised for a tag team match with Luke Harper against Kane and Ryback. The match was just two big guys shoving into each other, headlock, bearhug, and shoving into each other some more.  Strowman eventually won when Henry passed out to Strowman’s standing triangle choke. That move never looked all that great to begin with, but it’s even worse when Strowman does it on someone as big as Henry who he can’t lift high into the air.

Bo Dallas vs. Goldust

All four Social Outcasts came out and did their basic spiel about how they’re not rejects or losers, but Trenton and the people in the audience were. Ouch. Goldust came out and the match was mostly Bo running from Goldust, and Bo and the other Outcasts would distract the referee and attack Goldust then. Goldust eventually pinned Bo, but the other Outcasts ganged up on Goldust and attacked him immediately.

R-Truth came out to make the save and he and Goldust cleaned house. Then R-Truth got the mic and asked the audience if the audience thought the two of them should be a tag team, which got a surprisingly loud and positive response considering how dead this angle seems on TV. R-Truth even asked what the team should be called, and again, a majority of the people yelled “Golden Truth.” R-Truth did his rap and he and Goldust danced for what seemed like forever. Maybe they had to kill some time.

U.S. Champion Kalisto vs Rusev

Alberto Del Rio was originally advertised to face Kalisto. Instead, Rusev and Lana came out waving the Bulgarian Flag with Rusev’s face on it. Lana told the audience to “shu-tup” as she always does and said Rusev was going to be the United States Champion once again. She also said she wanted to sing a song for her fiancee. It was “You are my Sunshine” except she replaced the word “sunshine” with the word “monster.” That’s not exactly complimentary, but Lana looked great as usual, so I doubt Rusev cared. 

Kalisto came out to what might have been the biggest pop of the night. (Either him or Big Show) Rusev started off by stealing the title, but Kalisto stole it back. The match itself was basically Kalisto getting in a few of his spots, and then Rusev overpowering Kalisto because of the size difference. Kalisto tried to body slam Rusev once, but Rusev stopped him. Kalisto eventually did slam Rusev later in the match, and it got a great pop. The match ended when Rusev ran at Kalisto in the corner but Kalisto jumped and Rusev hit an exposed turnbuckle, which Kalisto then turned into the Solida del Sol. 

There were many “Lucha Lucha” and “USA USA” (even though they’re both foreigners) chants throughout the match. This was probably the match the crowd was hottest for from start to finish during the whole night.

Summer Rae vs. Alicia Fox

Once Summer and Alica were both out, Summer starts getting in Alicia’s face, then yelling at the audience a bit, getting in Alica’s face again, and then yelling at the audience some more. During that time Alica gets the win with a surprise roll up. I’m being completely honesty when I say I think it took longer for their entrances than it did for this “match.” It was a comedy segment, the crowd laughed, and I didn’t have to watch these two attempt an actual match, so I think we were all winners here.

Ryback vs. Fandango

Like I said above, Ryback was originally advertised for a tag team match with Kane against Luke Harper and Braun Strowman, so this was another change due to Luke Harper’s knee. Ryback came out and cut a promo, but the mic and sound system weren’t that great, and he doesn’t have the best enunciation to begin with, so I have no idea what he said. 

I do know that the crowd didn’t really cheer for it, so either I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t understand him, or what he said was close to what he’s been saying on TV lately – which means it was some confusing promo that wasn’t really face or heel. Once the match got going it seemed like Ryback couldn’t decide whether he wanted to work as a face or heel. He worked over Fandango, dominating and tossing him around a bunch, and the crowd would cheer if Fandango managed to pull off a flip or kick.

However, Ryback kept doing all his babyface taunts to get his “Feed me More” chants, which the crowd chanted loudly. Then Ryback won with the Shellshock (minus the stomping around before hitting the move) and the crowd cheered the win, so I don’t know what was going on. After the win Ryback walked to the back, and then as Fandango walked to the back there was a CM Punk chant starting, and Fandango’s music came back on briefly which stopped the chant. He was the only person all night to lose their match but have their music play again as they walked to the back. 

Big Show and Kane vs. Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan

Bray came out with Rowan and Strowman, Big Show and Kane came out separately. Like I said before, Big Show got what might have been the biggest pop of the night. The match itself was average. Bray and Rowan got the heat on Kane, and Bray would pretty much only tag in when Kane was already hurt or on the ground. What a heel. The crowd was silent during most of the match, except they would really come alive the few times when Big Show would clap or stomp the steps to give Kane encouragement.

The match ended when Big Show choke-slammed Rowan and got the pin. Crowd popped. Strowman then got in the ring to attack Kane and Big Show, but Kane and Big Show worked together to give Strowman a double chokeslam. Crowd popped again. (It was a bit jarring to see Strowman flat on his back, as they’ve been very careful for the most part to keep him on his feet on TV.)

After that the action was done the crowd was quick to scurry out of the building.  The crowd seemed happy afterward, and all in all I enjoyed it more than I thought I would considering what the card was.

WWE Binghamton, NY, live results: Dean & Roman face the League of Nations

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– AJ Styles vs Tyler Breeze

Crowd into AJ.  AJ won with the Phenomenal Elbow around 12 minutes.

– Mark Henry vs. The Ascension

Henry wins a short 5 minute match. Mostly Mark and Viktor. Henry hit the World’s Strongest Slam on Conor.

– Stardust & Heath Slater & Adam Rose vs. Damien Sandow & Darren Young & Fandango

Heath and Darren start chain wrestling and Sandow is up on the second rope on the apron literally telling the people when to cheer and boo. Fun “everyone hits a finisher/big move” to end it in about nine minutes with Fandango winning with a sitout suplex slam.

– Promo shown on the big screen with Sheamus and Wade Barrett.

– Zack Ryder vs. Luke Harper

Harper is over with a group in the front row, since he wrestled for 2CW a lot. Basic match, crowd wasn’t really into Zack like they were 2 or 3 years ago when he was here last.  Harper won with his discus clothesline in about 10 minutes, crowd actually cheered the pin.  Before the finish, Ryder came off the top rope but missed, and kinda fell weird, he pulled down his knee pad, and got up into the clothesline and was helped to the back by the ref, not quite sure if he was really hurt or not.

– WWE Tag Champions The New Day (Kofi & Xavier) w/Big E. vs. Usos vs. Dudleyz

 Bubba Ray got the biggest heat so far by saying him and D’Von were from Brooklyn and were real New Yorkers. Big E on the outside was insanely entertaining at one point, humping the floor for a good five minutes. They did a comedy spot with Xavier getting slapped hard on the back by everyone in the match, including Kofi. Complete comedy match and highly entertaining. Xavier pinned D’Von after he tagged a Uso on the top rope, who proceeded to splash D’Von, Xavier then came in the ring and threw Uso to the outside and pinned D’Von. Went about 17 minutes.

– Intermission

– Divas Champion Charlotte vs. Natalya

Pretty basic match, lots of “Whoo”s and Charlotte sucks chants. Charlotte working the knee led to a nice spot where Charlotte went for the figure four, but stopped and put the Sharpshooter on.  Built up to Natalya getting the sharpshooter to a pretty good pop.  Charlotte eventually won with a roll up out of the corner with her feet on the ropes. Decent match.

– Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger

Jericho cut a promo on Binghamton saying the place sucks. Jericho got the heat when Charles Robinson was pulling Swagger out of the corner and Jericho punched him. Jericho got caught in the ankle lock and pulls the ring apron into the ring for a rope break. While the ref is fixing the apron, Jericho poked Swagger in the eye and hit the Codebreaker for the pin. After the match, Jericho put Swagger in the Walls Of Jericho which brought out AJ. He went for the Phenomenal Elbow, but Jericho bailed.

– Sheamus and Wade Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns

Sheamus didn’t even bother putting his Mohawk up. Place went nuts when Dean came out and a Roman got a decent pop as well. Heat on Dean as he went for the Nigel rope spot and Barrett just kicked him while standing on the apron. Reigns won with the spear in about 14 minutes in a basic match:

Most heat

  • Jericho’s promo on Binghamton
  • Bubba’s promo on Binghamton
  • League of Nations

Biggest pop

  • Reigns spear to win
  • Dean Amrose entrance
  • AJ Styles

WWE Wilkes-Barre, PA, live results: Bray & Braun vs. Kane & Big Show

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Ryback defeated Erick Rowan

The match was pretty good and even, lots of false finishes where Rowan was almost going to win, but Ryback came back with the shellshock to get the victory. The “Feed me more” chant must have broken out at least 10 times, and by the end people were going nuts for the Big Guy, save for one “Goldberg” chant that broke out before the finish by a bunch of drunk guys.

Goldust defeated Curtis Axel (w/ Bo Dallas)

Axel and Dallas came out to a meh reaction, and once they got into the ring Bo cut a promo on how the Outcasts were starting their new winning streak tonight. Goldust came out to a big pop. The match was pretty alright with Goldust winning via a roll up, which led to the Outcasts attacking him. Chants for R-truth started and low and behold he came out. Truth did his “Whats up?!” routine with the crowd and he and Goldust started dancing and hugged each other to the crowd chanting “Golden Truth”, it was pretty alright.

U.S. Champion Kalisto defeated Dolph Ziggler and Rusev to retain

No doubt the match of the night. Originally it was supposed to be Kalisto vs. Del Rio but Del Rio was nowhere to be found. Ziggler was the most over and people absolutely hated Rusev. Several USA chants broke out while Lana was trying to make the crowd stand in attention so she could sing Ru-Ru a heel version of “You are my Sunshine”.

The match started with Kalisto teaming with Ziggler to take out Rusev who then grabbed a mic and told the ref that the other two weren’t being fair. Some big triple threat spots and Kalisto’s flippy shit made the crowd go nuts, especially when all three men superkicked each other. Kalisto hit the Salida Del Sol on Rusev for the win. After the match Ziggler put his hand out to shake Kalisto’s, and he kicked it away before hugging him and the two left.

Sin Cara defeated Fernando (or Diego? I don’t remember)

This was right after intermission and absolutely no one cared. I felt kinda bad for both guys, but nothing really engaged the crowd except for when one of the Matadores got up on the turnbuckle and did some heely shit towards the crowd, which proved to be very effective.

Becky Lynch defeated Naomi (w/ Tamina) with Alica Fox as the special guest referee

Becky is super over, everyone went nuts when she came out, Naomi did a decent job in getting the crowd worked up for the match. It was rather quick, with Becky winning via DQ and Team B.A.D. proceeded to beat her down while a “We Want Sasha” chant broke out. Then the Boss’s music hit and down she came to clear house. After kicking B.A.D. out of the ring she challenged them to a tag team match, which they initially refused but Lynch and Sasha threw them back into the ring. A pretty fantastic tag team match followed where it made everyone look strong. Sasha hit the Bank Statement on Tamina for the win.

Kane and Big Show defeated Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman

 The Wyatts came out to a decent mix of cheers and boos. The place exploded when Big Show and Kane came out. What shocked me the most in this match was Bray, he was taking some pretty hard bumps throughout the whole match. There was a few instances where he sold his back as if something bad happened, and he had Strowman lift him up onto the apron several times but after a while he was wrestling as he normally would. I did notice he didn’t do his spider walk completely as Kane sat up and attacked him before he could do it.

Strowman was a beast in this match, up close he looks like a legitimate monster and beat up Show and Kane quite a bit. Several “Strowman” chants broke out throughout the match. It ended with the Eater of Pins being knocked out by the Big Show, to the biggest pop of the night.

NXT Wauchula, FL, live results: Sami Zayn vs. Manny Andrade; 3 title matches

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Rich Swann defeated “The Drifter” Elias Samson with a rollup

Before the match, Samson sang a heelish song about “Wachulula,” to ring announcer Dasha Fuentes, only to be interrupted by Swann’s music.  Average opener, with Samson milking the crowd for cheap heat by insulting the young children in the crowd and Swann playing a strong babyface with his comebacks.

Nia Jax defeated Carmella with her legdrop finisher

Carmella got a great reaction from the kids in attendance, but needed the 20 or so hardcore NXT fans in the crowd to help with her catchphrases. The attendance was under 200 for a venue set up with 230 seats, so chants were difficult to sustain all night.  Carmella’s in-ring presence has gotten stronger with time, but Nia Jax appears to have peaked after the Takeover match with Bayley in London.

Tye Dillinger defeated Riddick Moss with his single-knee facebreaker finisher

Dillinger is a talented live performer, engaging an audience that was not as familiar with him as the bigger stars on the card.  The “10” chant works as a hook in telling a story, and Moss was a good foil as they built to the finish.  If there was an award for “Biggest Overachiever” tonight, Dillinger would earn my vote.

– Aliyah came out for a promo. Unlike the other mid-card promos that recent Tough Enough contestants and new signees have been making, this ran under 30 seconds in length. She sounded like she was suffering from a head cold.  After she mentioned the Bayley/Asuka NXT women’s title match at TakeOver: Dallas, Aliyah said that she would be lined up for a title shot.

– NXT Women’s Champion Bayley defeated Emma with the Bayley-to-Belly

As my favorite performer in NXT, I continue to marvel at the phenomenon that Bayley has become at live events.  Her merchandise sells strongly, the number of fans who bring signs for her (especially young kids) are plentiful, and the connection she makes with an audience is special.  Well-worked match by both women, building to a dramatic closing sequence.  

– Sami Zayn defeated Manny Andrade with the Helluva Kick

Excellent mat work and counter wrestling from these two, as none of the performers were taking any unnecessary risks.  Both teased dives to the outside, but stuck to the basics.  Andrade is adapting well to the WWE style, after seeing him a number of times since his arrival.  After the match, Zayn put his opponent front and center with a handshake, retreating backstage for Andrade to get a warm reception from the crowd.

– American Alpha (Jordan/Gable) defeated The Revival (Dash/Dawson) by DQ in an NXT Tag Team Championship match

These two teams have crafted a solid story for their match at Takeover: Dallas, and I presume we saw the basic beats of that match, minus a few highspots to protect the participants.  Well-worked match, leading to the champions being disqualified for pulling the referee out of the ring after Gable/Jordan hit their finisher.  

– NXT Champion Finn Balor defeated Samoa Joe & Baron Corbin in a triple threat match with a double foot stomp onto both men, pinning Corbin

Big reactions for Joe & Balor as they entered, followed by a by-the-numbers Triple Threat match.  Baron Corbin is getting more comfortable in the main event slot, playing off of the crowd without losing his place in the match. Creative finish, as Balor gave the foot stomp to Corbin while Joe had him in the Kokina Clutch.

Following the main event, Finn Balor paid tribute to Sami Zayn, disclosing that this was his last appearance in front of an NXT crowd in Florida.  Zayn returned to the ring to a rousing ovation and gave a very sincere speech about how much NXT has meant to him, his feelings about performing at Wrestlemania, and how lucky the crowd was to see so many future stars on one night.  A classy sendoff to a world-class wrestler.

WWE White Plains, NY, live results: Big Show & Kane def. Bray Wyatt & Braun Stroman

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Crowd hot most of night, except for a Diego vs. Sin Cara match.

– Ryback def. Erick Rowan with the Shellshock. Fast-paced opener with a number of near falls

– Golddust def. Bo Dallas (w/Curtis Axel) after a roll-up.

– U.S. Champion Kalisto def. Rusev (w/Lana) and Dolph Ziggler to retain. Lots of near falls. Rusev hit a lot of power moves while Lana kept distracting the ref and Kalisto/Ziggler.

– Sin Cara def. Diego after a flip off the top rope. Diego tried to play heel, but the crowd wasn’t into it.

– Becky Lynch def. Naomi (w/Tamina) by DQ when Tamina interfered. Beatdown after the match which prompted Sasha Banks to run in and that led to…

– Sasha Banks & Becky Lynch def. Tamina & Naomi with a double submission.

– Big Show & Kane def. Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman. Wyatt worked most of the match. The faces threw Strowman out of the ring, doubled team Bray, leading to the KO punch from Show.

WWE Buffalo, NY, live results: Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus & Wade Barrett

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– AJ Styles beat Tyler Breeze

Styles won with the springboard forearm. Fine match. Styles was over.

– Mark Henry beat The Ascension in a handicap match

Henry pinned Konnor after the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry seemed to take his time soaking in the cheers afterward, almost as if he was nearing the end of his run.

– Fandango, Damien Sandow & Darren Young beat Stardust, Heath Slater & Adam Rose

Decent comedy match that was given some time. Stardust had Eden tell the crowd that he would beat them all up one-by-one if they didn’t stop chanting “Cody”. This got a lot of heat. Stardust teased not getting along with Slater and Rose before ultimately hugging but eating a comeback from the babyfaces. Fandango pinned Stardust with a Falcon Arrow.

– Luke Harper beat Zack Ryder

Harper got the win with the spinning lariat.

– WWE Tag Team Champions New Day (Xavier Woods & Big E) beat Dudleyz and Usos in a three-way match

Woods pinned one of the Usos after Dudleys hit a 3D and Woods got rid of Bubba with a roaring elbow. New Day worked as tweeners, playing face against the Dudleys but heel against the Usos.

– WWE Divas Champion Charlotte beat Natalya

Charlotte got the pin with a schoolboy with her feet on the ropes. Good reaction for Natalya as she rose to her feet after the match.

– Chris Jericho beat Jack Swagger

Jericho won with the Codebreaker. He did a long promo beforehand, mostly cheap heat, burying the town, much like he did in Toronto, but it got over strongly. After the match, he put Swagger in the Walls of Jericho. Styles ran out to make the save. Styles had Jericho setup for the springboard forearm, but Jericho bailed out.

– Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose beat Sheamus & Barrett

Reigns pinned Sheamus after the Spear. Reigns again did not enter through the crowd, just a normal entrance through the curtain. I heard this was the case in Syracuse the night before too. I wonder if he’ll be done with that entrance on TV too. Reigns was very over (here’s his entrance) and the most over wrestler on the show. Only very few boos which obviously was much different from anything on TV. Here’s the finish.

WWE Atlantic City, NJ, live results: AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens Ironman match

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They showed clips of Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at WM25 before the show started. No dark matches. As for the house, it was pretty good. Just the top tier of the Boardwalk Hall and a bit near the Titantron was unoccupied.

– Dolph Ziggler and The Usos vs Miz and the Dudley Boys

The faces win via pin with a triple superkick on the miz. 15 mins, fun spirited little opener.

– Kevin Owens promo to remind the fans about the 30 min Ironman match for the title. He calls AJ a rookie, and vows to make AJ disappear without him ever getting to pin KO.

– Sin Cara vs Rusev w/ Lana

Lana cuts a pre-match promo on AC, calling it a knockoff of Vegas. USA chants for Bulgarian Rusev and Mexican Sin Cara. Rusev dominates most of the match and wins with the Accolade in 7 mins.

– Social Outcasts (Slate & Axel) vs Damien Sandow and Neville

Social Outcasts cut a promo before match. Bo is ringside but there’s no Adam Rose tonight. Comedy match for the most part.  Neville pins Axel with Red Arrow in about 10 mins.

– Tyler Breeze vs Ryback

Ryback was a babyface in this match, which solidifies Breeze as an unloved jobber. Ryback pins Breeze with a Shellshock in a 7 minute squash match.

– Alberto Del Rio vs. U.S. Champion Kalisto

Kalisto retains with a Salida Del Sol after rana’ing ADR into an exposed turnbuckle that ADR undid himself in 10 mins.

– A short video package for WM 32 aired featuring the Rock. Chimel announced an intermission.

– Naomi and Tamina Snuka vs Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks

Paige was special guest referee. Tamina tapped to the Banks Statement in 9 mins.

– Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan vs. Big Show and Kane

No pyro. Big Show with probably the biggest face reactions of the night up to this point when he tagged in 2 mins into the march. House shows are weird. Slow big man match. Big Show was so seriously over that it weirded me out. Hot tag to Big Show and Show runs wild. Double chokeslam to Rowan by Kane and Show for the pin in 10 minutes.

– Short video thanking the fans before the final match of the evening.

– AJ Styles vs WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens in a 30 minute Ironman match

Nearly three minutes were spent on Owens stalling outside until AJ plancha’d KO. The next five or so minutes were spent on chinlocks and chinlock-counters. Lots of these throughout the match.

  • First fall: KO via countout when AJ got superkicked ringside with 13:20 left.
  • Second fall: KO via pinfall with the Pop-up Powerbomb with 12:50 left.
  • Third fall: AJ applies an Oklahoma roll pin with 11:20 left.
  • Fourth fall: KO counters the rolling pin attempt by AJ with a straddling pin of his own (like Bulldog over Bret at Summerslam 92) but while grabbing the ropes for another pinfall with 9:24 left.
  • Fifth fall: AJ counters pop-up Powerbomb with a rana pin with 7:30 left.
  • AJ applies the calf crusher with a minute left but KO does not tap. KO wins 3-2.

Overall, a good house show, but it was a house show so although there was a lot of good action, there also was a lot of stalling and showboating in every match. After the show ended, KO puts over AJ on the mic post-match and then put himself over as the greatest IC champ of all time until AJ returns and hits the springboard forearm on KO to close the show and send the people home happy. I did not consider the B-show to be that much inferior to Roadblock, and the talent that appeared and the matches themselves were quite good.

NJPW Beginnings live results: IWGP Heavyweight championship Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto

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This morning’s New Japan show puts current champion and potential new ace of the promotion Kazuchika Okada against perennial challenger Hirooki Goto. While Goto has had many opportunities at grabbing the top title in New Japan, he always seems to be just one win away from the coveted prize. He’s been on a more rebellious streak as of late, taking out Okada at every opportunity, including press confrences. Is this the edge he needs to win the gold?

Also tonight is Katsyuori Shibata taking on Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER title, Toru Yano and the Briscoes defending their six man NEVER titles against Bullet Club members Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi, as well as several matches aimed at building towards the next New Beginnings show, set to be held on Valentines Day.

Coverage provided by Dave Meltzer starts at 12AM PST tonight.

JAY WHITE VS. DAVID FINLAY

I loved this match  Just a perfect prelim opener, technically awesome.  Like usual with New Japan openers, it was too short.  White caught Finlay doing a cannonball, turned it into a half crab, then a full crab and finally a lion tamer for the submission.  

JUSHIN LIGER & TIGER MASK & RYUSUE TAGUCHI VS. KAZUSHI SAKURABA & YOSHI-HASHI & GEDO

Lots of buffering issues during this match.  Liger & Tiger & Taguchi won.  I think  Gedo lost the fall, which would make sense.  During intermission they’ll probably show a replay.  It looked fine, just like a usual match in that spot on the card.

YUJI NAGATA & MANABU NAKANISHI VS. SATOSHI KOJIMA & HIROYOSHI TENZAN

The match was good when Nakanishi wasn’t in.  Unfortunately, he was in a lot.  About  what you’d figure from these guys in this spot.  The crowd liked it.  Kojima & Tenzan used the 3-D on Nakanishi and Kojima pinned Nakanishi after two lariats.  They all shook hands after.  Nagata then issued a challenge and Kojima seemed to accept.  They all shook hands again.  The crowd popped for the mic work and all four stood on he ropes in four corners as the crowd cheered. 

MICHAEL ELGIN & KUSHIDA & JUICE ROBINSON VS. TETSUYA NAITO & EVIL & BUSHI

The heels won when Bushi blew mist and nailed Kushida with a toipe and Evil used an STO on Robinson for the pin.  Before the match, Naito started bullying TV announcer Shimpei Nogami and tore his Blue Justice shirt.  Elgin’s power moves when  he tagged in for the first time got over bigger than anything.  He pressed Bushi and then held him up for one arm before dropping him.

MARK & JAY BRISCOE & TORU YANO VS. BAD LUCK FALE & TAMA TONGA & YUJIRO TAKAHASHI FOR HE NEVER SIX MAN TITLES

Fale & Tonga & Yujiro won the titles.  They started off doing comedy and kind of lost the crowd and never got them back.  I think they feel the need to elevate the other Bullet Club members right now.  The finish saw Fale hit the grenade on Jay.  Yano gave Fale & Yujiro both low blows, but Tonga then gave Yano a low blow and a double arm DDT for the pin.

MATT & NICK JACKSON DEFEND IWGP JR. TAG TITLES AGAINST RICOCHET & MATT SYDAL AND BOBBY FISH & KYLE O’REILLY

Lots of streaming issues here.  Best match so far but how good I couldn’t really tell.  Ricochet & Sydal won the titles with Ricochet doing a shooting star press on Nick and Sydal doing the same move at the same time  on Matt.  Cody Hall interfered a few times and carried Kyle O’Reilly to the back before the finish.  Ricochet seemed the most popular.  A lot of good moves and dives, a tower of doom spot.  

KATSUYORI SHIBATA VS. TOMOHIRO ISHII FOR NEVER OPEN WEIGHT TITLE

This was fantastic.  The usual hard chops, elbows and clotheslines, cool submissions, no sell spots that you’d expect.  They were slapping the hell out of each other, Shbiata used a choke and then the penalty kick for the pin to retain.  Ishii was bleeding from the mouth from about halfway into the match.  Ishii doing his super sell job as he was carried to the back.  They did spots early where each guy allowed the other to suplex and then the guy would get up after being suplexed.  They did this about seven times and some great exchanges.  The crowd was more into Shibata.  Shibata also did a great flying armbar and triangles and armbars on the ground.  You got the sense Shibata is going to get the position Nakamura had.

HIROSHI TANAHASHI & TOGI MAKABE & TOMOAKI HONMA VS. DOC GALLOWS & KARL ANDERSON & KENNY OMEGA

This sets up the IC and tag title match on Valentine’s Day in Niigata.  The Bullet Club had to win this one.  They pretty much destroyed  them  Omega worked over Tanahashi’s bad shoulder.  After the match they destroyed Tanahashi.  They used chair shots to the shoudler, Matt Jackson came off the top with a chair to the shoudler.  Omega came off the top rope with a high fly flowwhile Tanahashi’s arm was held over a garbage can with the splash on the arm.  It was a total post-match destruction  They did what they had to do to get Omega over in the spot he’s in  For the match itself, Anderson used the gunstun on Honma, then they laid out Makabe with the Magic killer and Omega used a reverse Frankensteiner on Tanahashi before Omega finally used the one winged angel on Honma for the pin.  Pretty good, not off the charts.

KAZCHIKA OKADA VS.  HIROOKI GOTO FOR IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

Goto is all painted up like Hakushi. Very good match but this never got to the level of most IWGP title matches.  It’s really clear watching this show how much losing Nakamura hurts.  Okada kept going for the rainmaker and Goto kept head-butting him.  But finally Okada hit it, then followed with two more rainmakers and got the pin  Goto had nearly won with the shouten kai, but Okada barely got his hand on the rope.  I don’t think people believed Goto could win.  Gedo is now doing a promo for Okada.  Now Okada is doing the promo  One thing about this match is that the crowd was completely behind Okada but didn’t seem to care much about Goto. 

NXT TakeOver Respect live results: Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

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NXT TakeOver: Respect takes place tonight at Full Sail University at 8:00 pm EST. The main event will feature NXT Women’s champion Bayley defending her title against previous champion Sasha Banks in a 30 minute iron man match. Meanwhile, we’ll also see the conclusion of the Dustry Rhodes Tag Team Classic, with semifinals on the show being Finn Balor and Samoa Joe taking on Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, Jason Jordan and Chad Gable against Baron Corbin and Rhyno, and the finals featuring the winners of both semifinals. Asuka will make her in-ring NXT debut taking on Dana Brooke, and Apollo Crews will face off against Tyler Breeze.

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

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DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: NXT CHAMPION FINN BALOR & SAMOA JOE VS. DASH WILDER & SCOTT DAWSON

Joe & Balor won and advanced in a well-worked match. Joe got the hot tag and set up Wilder for the Muscle Buster. Balor told Joe he wanted to tag in and Joe hit the Muscle Buster, and then Balor used the Coup De Grace on Wilder for the pin. Most of the match saw The Mechanics work over Balor’s knee which he sold after hitting his finisher. Joe & Balor go to the finals with a hint of issues between them and Balor “injured”.

DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: JASON JORDAN & CHAD GABLE VS. BARON CORBIN & RHYNO

Rhyno & Corbin advanced when Rhyno hit the gore on Jordan, and Corbin pinned Gable after the End of Days  The crowd just loves Gable. He’s got something really special.  Jordan & Gable are such a great babyface team that they really made the match, which had super heat, and overcame the fact that Corbin is, at best, passable at this point. There were all kinds of funny chants like “Save the Gable” and the crowd singing Kurt Angle’s music and chanting “Gable” where people used to sing “You Suck”. Jordan has all the ability in the world and has finally started to come out of his shell in this team.

They showed Kevin Nash in the crowd.

ASUKA VS. DANA BROOKE

As a wrestler, Asuka is a level above every woman wrestler in WWE.  She looked super here with all her submissions, ring confidence, and total superstar presence. Brooke held her own and didn’t look out of place given this level of competition. The crowd was actually a lot hotter for this than the two tag matches. Asuka did an absolutely sweet flying armbar near the finish.  She ended up winning with the Asuka Lock — a chicken wing crossface with a body scissors. After the match, Asuka laid out Brooke with a high kick and then stared down Emma who turned her head like she was backing down. Excellent debut.

We got the same Nia Jax promo we’ve been seeing recently. She’s debuting next week.

APOLLO CREWS VS. TYLER BREEZE

This was another good match that was built around Breeze working over Crews’ back.  Breeze really looked good here. He got a great near fall as Crews did the press slam, went for the standing moonsault, but Breeze hooked the leg.  Crews then broke free and went for the standing moonsault again, but Breeze got his knees up. Crews came back after absorbing two running elbows from Breeze, charging out at the third attempt and hitting a running kick. He then hit an atomic drop into a power bomb for the pin. They tried to tell the story that Crews is showing how much guts he has as he sold most of the way.

They showed HIdeo Itami and Funaki in the stands.

They are doing a show-long story as to whether Balor will be able to come out for the finals due to his knee.

DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT FINALS: SAMOA JOE & FINN BALOR VS. BARON CORBIN & RHYNO 

No angle, but a solid match and the crowd was pretty hot. At one point, Rhyno hit the Gore on Joe, but Balor saved. He went for a second one but Joe kicked him in the face, gave him a Muscle Buster, and Balor used a double foot stomp on Rhyno for the pin.

Cody, Dustin, Michelle (Dusty’s wife) and his two daughters were all in the ring as well as Eden Stiles. Cody did a promo and talked about how Dusty died on the same day as John Wayne but 36 years later. Cody talked about how Dusty was referred to as “the oak of NXT” but to him, he was known as Dad. “Tonight, we are all Rhodes,” he said. They played Rhodes’ music and fans chanted “Thank you Dusty.”

They showed Stephanie McMahon, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Lita at ringside. Stephanie even chanted “women’s wrestling” along with the crowd.

30-MINUTE IRONMAN MATCH: NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPION BAYLEY VS. SASHA BANKS

Baley retained the title with a 3-2 margin by using a Fujiwara armbar at 29:57 to break the tie. 

Banks won the first fall with an eye poke and schoolgirl using the trunks, Bayley won the second fall with the Belly To Bayley, while the third fall saw Banks win by ramming Bayley into the LED board, causing Bayley to be counted out. The fourth fall saw Bayley use a roll-up out of nowhere. The last few minutes were really dramatic as Banks used the Bank Statement, but because Bayley had worked over her hand during the match, she didn’t have full power. Bayley tried to reverse out once, failed, but then reversed into the armbar and was stomping on Banks’ head. The tap came right before time ran out. 

It was pretty much what it should have been as far as a really good, well built match. Banks was great here, and Bayley was super over with the crowd so you had a great face/heel dynamic. Izzy at ringside was the other star of this match. They couldn’t create someone that good as her at ringside.

After the match, they sent everyone on the roster out on the stage to give a round of applause. HHH and Wlliam Regal gave Banks flowers as the fans chanted “Thank you Sasha” as Stephanie and Sara Amato congratulated her with Bayley cheering for her from the ring.  HHH then went into the ring and gave Bayley flowers.  They did a good job of making this feel special with the post-match. 

This really felt very close to, from an post-match atmosphere and setting, like a G-1 final or Arena Mexico Anniversary match.

WWE RAW TV 9-28 results and recap: John Cena U.S. Open Challenge

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Tonight’s Raw features the return of the John Cena U.S. Open Challenge. During Cena’s U.S. Championship reign after defeating Rusev, these matches marked the weekly highlights of Raw, with bouts ranging from Kevin Owens and Cesaro to Zack Ryder. Also, Charlotte is expected along with the latest in the Seth Rollins-Demonic Kane program.

Visit us after RAW ends for the full recap.

UFC Fight Night 75 live results: Josh Barnett vs. Roy Nelson

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Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 75: Barnett vs. Nelson from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event is headlined by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett returning from a long layoff to take on Roy Nelson. In the co-main event slot, it will be Gegard Mousasi taking on Uriah Hall in middleweight action. The action kicks off with preliminary card fights at 8 PM eastern time on FOX Sports 2. The action moves over to FOX Sports 1 at 10 PM eastern time for the main card. Enjoy the fights all.

Coverage provided by Dave Meltzer

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 2- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)

WELTERWEIGHTS- SHINSHO ANZAI VS. ROGER ZAPATA

First round:  Zapata tried a kick to the head.  Anzai working for a takedown.  Now throwing punches as he borke.  He went for another takedown.  Anzai again working for a takedown.  Anzai got him down.  Anzai keeping him down but doing no damage.  Anzai tried a takedown, Zapata held the cage to block but the ref missed it.  Anzai again working for a takedown.  Anzai 10-9.

Second round:  Zapata kicked the body.  Zapata with punches but Anzai  again working for a takedown.  Anzai landed a punch,  Zapata landed several back and Anzai took him down but  Zapata right back up.  Anzai took him down again even with Zapata grabbing the cage.  Anzai got his back now.  Zapata got back up and trying for a takedown himself.  Anzai 20-18.

Third round:  Anzai with a nice right.  They called a time out.  Zapata hurt his finger.  He didn’t want the doctor to look at it.  You’re not supposed to stop the fight due to an injury for a time out.  The ref realized it and he had to stop the fight since he can’t call a time out.

LIGHTWEIGHTS- NAOYUKI KOTANI VS. KAJAN JOHNSON

First round:   Johnson landed a right.  Johnson landed a left.  High kick by Johnson.  Johnson hurt him with a right and a high kick.  Kotani went for a takedown  but couldn’t get it.  Spin kick by Johnson.  Johnson 10-9.

Second round:   Kotani with a body kick.  Body kick by Johnson.  Johnson dropped him with a right.  Johnson landing punches from the top.  He’s landing several good shots from the top.  Kotani got back to his feet.  Crowd popped for that.  Knee by Johnson dropped Kotani.  Johnson on top landing punches and elbows.  Kotani in real trouble.  Kotani back up.  Johnson staggered him again.  Johnson,  I’d go 10-8, because he had him in trouble twice, so 20-17.

Third round:  Left by Johnson.   Kotani took him down.  Johnson went for the leg from the bottom.   Kotani on top but doing no damage.  Kotani  with punches and working  for a leglock but Johnson out of it.  Kotani shooting for  a takedown but didn’t get it.  Hard right by Johnson at the horn.  Kotani’s round, but Johnson should win 29-27.

Scores:  Johnson 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.  No  10-8s in round two.

Johnson said that he wanted to fight later this year on the South Korea debut.

LIGHTWEIGHTS- NICK HEIN VS. YUSUKE KASUYA

First round:  Kasuya threw him down and landed a high kick when Hein got up.  Hein kneed him hard in the groin.  Kasuya is hurt.  Kazuya is laying on his back while it was stopped.  He looks really hurt.  Kasuya finally got up after three plus minutes.  Hein only got a warning.  Left by Hein.  High kick by Kasuya.  Hein landing punches.  Hard left by Kasuya.  Kasuya shot for a takedown but didn’t get it.  Close round, Hein 10-9.

Second round:  Both throwing punches.  Left by Hein.  Hein landed another left.  Kasuya with a left and a high kick.  Left by Hein.  Right by Hein.  Kasuya is the one moving forward by Hein is landing more.  Hein 20-18.

Third round:  Left by Hein.  Right by Kasuya.  Left and right by Hein.  Hein with a low kick.  Takedown by Kasuya and Hein reversed and got back up.  Hein got his eye poked.  Rigth by Hein but a body kick by Kasuya.  Hein 30-27 but I actually could see a home town decision with a close first and third round.

Scores:  30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for Hein

WELTERWEIGHTS- KEITA NAKAMURA VS. LI JINGLIANG

First round:  Both throwing punches.  Nakamura dropped him with a left.  Jingliang working for a triangle from the bottom.   Nakamura landing hammer fists on the ground.  Totally boring round.  If we weren’t in Japan people would be booing like crazy.  A stand-up was ordered.  Nakamura landed a right and a knee.  Jingliang  back with punches.  Nakamura 10-9.

Second round:   Both throwing.  Left by Jingliang.  Hard right by Jingliang.  Jingliang landing more.  Jingliang landing a lot more.   Nakamura just standing there.  Right by Jingliang.  Nakamura with a bloody nose.  Jingliang hurting himn with punches and dropped him.  Jigliant working to finish him.  Jingliang with punches on the ground.  Trading punches.  Jingliang’s round so 19-19 going into the third.

Third round:  Jingliang still landing.  Nakamura went for a takedown and not even close.  Left by Nakamura.  Jingliang took him down.  Nakamura working for a takedown and didn’t get it.  Nakamura got his back.  Crowd going nuts and finished him with a choke.  Great come from behind win for Nakamura.    

MAIN CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT):

UFC: ROAD TO JAPAN FEATHERWEIGHT FINALS- MIZUTO HIROTA VS. TERUTO ISHIHARA

First round:  This is the final of the Road to UFC Japan tournament on Japanese television.  Winner gets  a six figure contract, which doesn’t really mean that much these days.  Hard body kick by Ishihara which was a cheap shot since he went to shake hands it seemed.  Left by Ishihara.  Ishihara landed low kicks.  Good left by Ishihara.  Left by Ishihara.  High kick by Hirota.  Right by Hirota.  Hirota has him pinned against the fence.  Good left by Ishihara.  Left by Hirota.  Nice right by Hirota.  Hard left by Ishihara.  Ishihara dropped him at the end of the round.  10-9 Ishihara.

Second round:  Ishihara with a left.  Now low kicks by Ishihara.  Ishihara dropped him with a left.  Good left by Ishihara.  Hirota landing.  Hirota connected with a right.  Left by Ishihara.  Hirota took him down.  Ishihara back up with no damage.  Spinning punch to the stomach by Ishihara.    Left by Ishihara.  Hirota landed several punches.  This is the best fight so far tonight.  Both landing punches now.  Ishihara 20-18.

Third round:  Ishihara dropped him again with a left.   Knee by Hirota.  Hirota landing punches now.  Hirota hurt him with a right.  Knee by Hirota.  Punches by Hirota and took him down.  Hirota has his back.  Ishihara back up.  Hirota took him down but Ishihara back up.  Knee by Hirota.  Both throwing and Hirota landed a solid punch.  Hirota is working for a takedown.  He gave it up.  Crowd really hot right now as both are swinging.  Hirota’s round, 29-28 for Ishihara.

Scores:   29-28 Ishihara, 29-28 Hirota, 29-29 draw.  Fans booing the decision.

FEATHERWEIGHTS- KATSUNORI KIKUNO VS. DIEGO BRANDAO

First round:  Brandao dropped him with a right and pounding on him.  He threw him down and a few more punches and it was over.  :28

BANTAMWEIGHTS- TAKEYA MIZUGAKI VS. GEORGE ROOP

First round:  Both trading punches.  Mizugaki with a knee from close range.   Body shot and right cross.  Roop back with punches.  Both trading punches.  Mizugaki with a right.  Mizugaki starting to land.  Good round.  10-9 Mizugaki.

Second round:  Mizugaki landing two solid punches.  Roop pressing him against the fence.    Roop with knees.  Mizugaki with punches and a knee and Roop pushed him against the fence.   Roop bleeding from the nose.  20-18 Mizugaki.

Third round:  Roop landed a right.  Roop took him down but Mizugaki immediately back to his feet.  Mizugaki landed a left.  Knee by Mizugaki.  Close round.  Mizugaki 29-28.

Scores:  All three have it 29-28 for Mizugaki.

They have just announced that both Hirota and Ishihara have gotten six figure contracts so they are co-winners of the Road to Japan.

FLYWEIGHTS- KYOJI HORIGUCHI VS. CHICO CAMUS

First round:  Body kick by Horiguchi.  Punches and a kick by Horiguchi.  Camus got behind him on a missed spin kick.  Body kick by Horiguchi.  Horiguchi with a body kick.  Horiguchi 10-9.

Second round:  Horiguchi came out fast landing a lot of punches and tried to get his back but Camus out of trouble.  Camus cut under the right eye.  Horiguchi continues to land.  Another flurry by Horiguchi.  Both landing and a body kick by Horiguchi.  Camus landed and Horiguchi bleeding from the nose.  Right by Horiguchi.  Horiguchi 20-18.

Third round:  Body kick by Horiguchi.  Horiguchi landed a series of punches.  Horiguchi got his back standing for a second.  Body kick by Horiguchi.  Knee by Horiguchi.  Body kick by Horiguchi.  Head kick by Horiguchi  Horiguchi trying to finish but Camus back with several punches that landed.  30-27 Horiguchi

Scores:  All three have it 30-27 for Horiguchi.  

MIDDLEWEIGHTS- GEGARD MOUSASI VS. URIAH HALL

First round:  Takedown by Mousasi.  Crowd is into Mousasi.  Mousasi working from the top.  He’s working for an arm triangle.  He’s got full mount.  Hall trying or a leglock but has nothing.  Mousasi moved to side control.  Hall has a Kimura.  Mousasi pulled out of it.  Mousasi has his back and throwing punches.  Mousasi working for a choke but doesn’t have it.  Crowd liked this round.  10-9 Mousasi.  

Second round:  Great spin kick landed right to the face on Mousasi and a hard knee.  He’s landing punches and Mousasi  is  in a lot of trouble.  Hall landing punches and Mousasi  is in a lot of trouble.  Hall with a ton of punches and it was stopped.  Big upset.  Crowd going nuts.  

HEAVYWEIGHTS- JOSH BARNETT VS. ROY NELSON

First round:  Barnett got a big pop.  Barnett landed  a kick.  Nelson took Barnett down.  Ref Steve Perceval ordered a standup.  Barnett with a knee.  Barnett with more knees.  Nelson landed to the body.  Anohter knee by Barnett.  Nelson didn’t get a takedown.  Barnett landing to the body.  Barnet landing from the clinch.  Nelson got a second takedown.  Nelson landed a few punches from the top.  10-9 Nelson.

Second round:   Nelson landed the right.  Nelson started  to land.  Low kick by Barnett but two uppercuts by Nelson.  Barnett landed a right and an uppercut.  Both traded punches.  Knee by Barnett.  Barnett  landing big punches and a knee.  Barnett landed several punches and a knee.  Elbows by Barnett.  Barnett with several knees.  Hard knee by  Barnett.   Uppercut and knees by Barnett.  Elbow and knee by Barnett.  Great head kick by Nelson.  Barnett back with punches.  More punches by Barnett.  Knees and uppercuts by Barnett.  Barnett stomping on his foot.  Barnett’s round 19-19.

Round three:   Uppercut by Barnett.  Nelson trying for a bodylock takedown.  Nelson throwing knees to the thigh.  Ref ordered a break.  Barnett moved in and landed  but both ended up by the fence.  Barnett with uppercuts,.  Barnett with knees.  Barnett landing.  Nelson landed and trying for a takedown and Barnett defending it.  Nelson tried for a takedown but Barnett blocked it.  The ref broke them up again.  Body kick and knee by Barnett, Nelson with a body shot.  Very close round.  Barnett 29-28.

Round four:   Elbow by Barnett.  Knees by Barnett and a punch.  Nelson got him down but Barnett right up.   Elbow by Barnett.  Knee and punches by Barnett.  Barnett with a lot of punches, knees and elbows.   Nelson seems in trouble. Nelson is taking them.  Hard elbow by Barnett.  Knee by Barnett.  Hard elbow by Barnett.  Elbow and backfist by Nelson with a takedown and Nelson has his back.  Barnett back up.  Another break called.  Barnett landing punches and knees.  These two aer exhausted.  Knee to the body by Barnett.  Barnett 39-37.

Fifth round:   Barnett with spinning back kick.  Body kick by Nelson.  Barnett moved and landed more punches.  Knee by Barnett.  Barnett landing all kinds of punches.  Elbow by Barnett.  Knee by Barnett.  Elbow by Barnett.  Elbow by Nelson.  Knee by Barnett.  Taekdown by Nelson.  Nelson punching the body.  Barnett back up.  Uppercut by Barnett.  The ref ordered a break.  Nelson with a body shot and punch. Barnett kicked the body.   Nelson landed punches.  Barnett with a body kick.  Very close round.  Nelson’s round so I’ve got 48-47 Barnett.  Could go the other way easily.

Scores:   48-47, 48-47 and 50-45 Barnett.

Barnett said it proves pro wrestling is strong.  He said his clinch work wasn’t good enough, nothing he did was good enough but it was a good staring point.  Barnett did his interview in Japanese.  He said he loves this country.  He called Nelson over.  He put over Roy Nelson.  He said Roy fights like a warrior and he gave Roy everything he had and Roy took it. 

Bellator 143 live results: Joe Warren vs. L.C. Davis

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis from the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. The event is headlined by a bantamweight title eliminator bout as former Bellator Bantamweight Champion Joe Warren takes on L.C. Davis. The co-main event is a middleweight contest between Joey Beltran and Kendall Grove. The main card airs on Spike TV at 9 PM ET with preliminary card action on Spike.com beginning at 6:30 PM ET. We will post prelims results as they happen and start live play by play when the Spike broadcast begins. 

Prelims results:

Jose Flores (5-0) 1st round KO (kicks) over Gilbert Jimenez in 2:17

John Teixeira (20-1-2) SD win over Gleristone Santos (28-29, 29-28 x 2)

Dan Charles (10-3) 2nd round KO (punches) over Chase Gormley

Darrion Caldwell (8-0) by 1st round submission at 2:35 (rear naked choke) over Shawn Bunch

Steve Garcia (6-0) by 1st round TKO at 4:59 (punches) over Eduardo Bustillos

Amador Ramirez (5-4) UD win over Saul Elizondo (29-28 x 3)

Abdul Razak (4-0) 1st round KO (punch) over Bryce Sheppard-Mejia in 1:26

And we’re live with the main card and the fighters are in the ring!

Heavyweights Vinicius Spartan (7-3) vs Ewerton Teixeira (3-0)

Big John is the referee for the opening bout. Spartan with a takedown 1:00 in. Quickly gets into side control and lands punches and elbows to the head. Teixeira sweeps into top position at 2:30. Spartan working for a triangle from the bottom but Teixeira out and to his feet. Standup is pretty even, with Spartan controlling the pace. Spartan with a flash takedown at 4:30 but Teixeira right back up. 10-9 Spartan

This is  the first action in over 2 years for each guy, Sean Grande informs us. Ken Shamrock is in the building. The announcers were going on about the “new scoring system” again in the prelims. Teixiera looks to be cut between the eyes from the damage done by Spartan in round 1. Spartan with a takedown at 1:45. Not much happening on the ground but Spartan is trying to advance and working for an armbar. Spartan landing elbows to the head and body around 3:30. Spartan gets an arm triangle and the tap after a series of elbows to the head to get the win.

WINNER – VINICIUS SPARTAN (8-3) by submission (arm triangle) at 4:00

Featherweights Emmanuel Sanchez (10-2) vs Henry Corrales (12-1)

Both guys are considered prospects but have losses to former Bellator champions. Randy Couture was just shown on camera at ringside in the background but not identified. His son was scheduled to fight in the prelims but his opponent missed weight by SEVENTEEN POUNDS.

Corrales getting the better of the standup early on, opening up a cut on the forehead of Sanchez. Sanchez with a flying triangle at 2:15 and it seems in pretty tight. Sanchez grabs an arm in an attempt to tighten the grip but Corrales escapes and ends up in top  position. Sanchez escapes and to his feet at 4:15. Sanchez’ face is all bloody but he’s winning the round. 10-9 Sanchez

They are going to re-air the Shawn Bunch/Darion Caldwell fight from the prelims. That was a great performance by Caldwell. Sanchez backs up Corrales with a punch/knee combo and takes him down at 1:30. Corrales to his feet at 2:30. They are going to announce Bobby Lashley’s opponent for Vengeance later tonight. Standup again is pretty even. Corrales with some bruising and swelling under his right eye. Sanchez takes Corrales’ back standing and takes him down right before the end of the round and gets a rear naked choke right at the end of the round. 10-9 Sanchez

Sanchez controlling the pace early in the round. Punches are coming much slower on both sides now. Sanchez connecting with a lot of kicks to the body and head while Corrales is almost exclusively punching. Corrales with a nice litle flurry of  punches at 4:00 and then defends a takedown attempt by Sanchez. Sanchez got a takedown right at the end of the round. Close but probably Sanchez’ as well. I’ve got it 30-27 Sanchez

WINNER – EMMANUEL SANCHEZ (11-2) by split decision (27-30, 30-27, 29-28). No idea how anyone in their right mind could give Corrales all 3 rounds there. That judge should not be judging MMA. 

They just announced Lashley’s opponent in November as James Thompson. Yup, they’re trying to sign that one again. We shall see. Thompson, of course, won the first matchup 3 1/2 years ago and they’ve been scheduled twice since then and Thompson has pulled out due to injury both times.

Middleweights Joey Beltran (16-11) vs Kendall Grove (21-15)

This could be a loser leaves town match with Beltran having lost 3 of his last 5 and Grove 2 of his last 3. Both likely have bigger price tags than the majority of the roster. Hard to believe Beltran was a heavyweight not all that long ago. Kerry Hatley is the ref, so expect some shenanigans.

Grove looks like the one who would be two weight classes above Beltran as he seriously looks like he could trim down to Welterweight, if not lightweight. Both guys keeping their distance early on. Crowd turning on the fight halfway through the first as they may not have landed 10 punches between them. Grove pushes him to the cage and lands a nice punch combo at 2:45. Announcer tonight are talking a lot about The Ultimate Fighter on Spike, in this case relating it to Grove. I find that interesting for some reason. Way more interesting than this fight. Beltran seems to be the aggressor so may be winning the round but neither guy has done much of anything. 10-9 Beltran, I guess.

Sean Grande called that an entertaining first round in his very best Tony Schiavone impersonation. Strikes landed were 27-8 for Grove in Round 1. They threw almost the same amount though. They were actually debating whether that first round could be 10-8 Grove. WHAT? Beltran with a takedown at 1:45 but lets Grove up right away. Nice punch exchange at 2:15. Beltran starting to control the cage at 2:45. Grove bleeding from the mouth after  the punch exchange. Beltran starting to land leg kicks at will. Grove just keeping away and throwing from distance. Grove’s leg starting to buckle every time he gets hit at the end of the round. Crowd booing again as Grove is essentially just running away. 10-9 Beltran

Grove landing from distance at the start of the round. Grove also throwing leg kicks of his own. Grove with a nice kick/punch combo at 1:30 that backs Beltran up. But Beltran still basically chasing him around the cage. Beltran gets inside the range and lands a nice combo at 2:15. Grove runs away again. Grove knocks Beltran down with a punch out of nowhere and he was out but got  one more punch in before Hatley stopped it. Nice finish but terrible fight.

WINNER – KENDALL GROVE (22-15) by KO (punch) at 2:27 of Round 3

They interviewed James Thompson at cageside. With his thick accent it was hard to make anything out but he seems eager to fight Lashley again. Might be #PlansChange as they are saying the main event is next, meaning no re-airing of the Bunch/Caldwell fight. 

Main Event – Bantamweights Joe Warren (12-4) vs LC Davis (13-6)

They aired the walkouts but nothing special. Warren gets a title shot with a win and could be done with a loss as this is the last fight on his contract. John McCarthy is the ref. He stopped the fight where Warren lost the title by verbally submitting where Warren took a tantrum afterward. Warren controlling the action early and gets a takedown 1:15 in. Warren just holding him down and doing just enough to avoid a standup. Warren postures up at 3:15 to land some hammerfists and then right back into Davis’ guard. Davis almost made it to his feet at 4:15 but Warren dragged him right down again. Crowd starting to boo. 10-9 Warren unless you’re going with the alleged “new scoring” and then it’s a 10-8

Davis hit with an accidental eye poke to start the round. Sean Grande does the Michael Cole fake laugh when John McCarthy asks Davis if he can see and then if he’s ugly. Warren takes Davis down immediately on the restart but Davis to his feet right away. Davis pressing the action in this round, connecting with more punches. Warren went for an angle slam at 1:45 but Davis slid off his shoulders. Warren with a takedown at 2:45. Davis landing light punches to the head and body from the bottom as Warren tries to pass. Davis to his feet but Warren takes his back and drags him back down with a Greco Roman throw. Warren back into top position at 4:15.  10-9 Warren

Warren with a takedown 30 seconds in. Davis up quickly but Warren stays on his back and brings him down again. Warren into top position at 1:15. Jimmy Smith gave round 2 to Warren. I guess it was closer than Round 1 but seemed pretty clearly for Warren to me. Davis up but Warren takes him down again at 2:30. Warren takes his back at 3:00, which allows Davis to get to his feet. Warren takes him down again at 3:45. Davis landing punches to the body and head from the bottom. Warren with a couple of hard elbows from the top. Warren into mount at 4:30. Davis works out of it but Warren still all over him. 10-9 Warren

WINNER – JOE WARREN (13-4) by unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)

Crowd booed the announcement but that was probably more for the fight than the decision itself. Warren gets a title shot with the win. 

Show started great but the co-main and main were kind of awful so it’s hard to give this show a recommendation. Maybe check out the prelims.

Thanks for joining me here for Bellator. See you next  time!