Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) beat The Bollywood Boyz (Harv and Gurv Sihra) to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Rich Swann beats Patrick Clark.
Peyton Royce and Billie Kay laugh at Livv Morgan for getting injured by Asuka.
Peyton Royce beats Danielle Kamela.
Charly Caruso interviews Bobby Roode and "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger. Dillinger and Roode are taking the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic seriously. Well, Roode is, anyway.
Dan Matha's debut is cut short by Samoa Joe, who attacks him in his quest to injure more of the NXT roster. Joe asks who will be next to get their head rocked, and says he won't stop until he gets the NXT Championship or "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura. As he leaves, Joe tells Regal he has one week, or else he will escalate things further.
No Way Joe and Rich Swann opened their ears to the NXT Universe, and that they have decided to tag together for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. It is evident that both men are fun lovers, but they plan to show what they're made of.
Sanity debuts next week!
The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) beat Andrade "Cien" Almas and Cedric Alexander to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. After the match, Almas snaps and turns on Alexander, giving Alexander a vicious beating and causing Almas to turn heel.
The show starts with Dario Cueto as Dario's Dial of Doom. Matanza Cueto's next victim? Prince Puma. Dario tells Puma he may be the first champion, but Matanza is the greatest champion, and at the end of the night, Puma will be the next in a long list of casualties to fall to Matanza.
Ivelisse beats Mariposa. Marty "The Moth" Martinez attacks Ivelisse after the match as payback for slapping him earlier in the match, then he and Mariposa double-team Ivelisse.
Dario Cueto is on the phone. He says that Matanza will not be defeated by Prince Puma tonight. Suddenly, Johnny Mundo shows up, irritated that Prince Puma has a title shot despite having a losing streak. Mundo demands a real, tangible title shot, and is able to get a shot at the Gift of the Gods title shot...for Jack Evans, due to him pinning Sexy Star in the Atomicos match last week. A fed-up Johnny Mundo leaves in frustration.
Follow the white rabbit...they'll be here soon...
Cage beats Texano to lead 2-0 in their Best of Five series.
Ivelisse meets a guy in the locker room, who finds out he's shown up to late to her match. That guy is none other than former NXT Superstar Solomon Crowe aka Sami Callihan. He doesn't like the fact that she got hurt in the match, and wants to provide back-up, saying that he likes to kick butt as much as he does. Ivelisse wants her personal and private lives to be kept separate, and says she already had a professional relationship Angelico and Son of Havoc, and that didn't work out too well.
Matanza Cueto retains the Lucha Underground Championship against Prince Puma after Mil Muertes hits Puma with a Spear and a choke slam and Dario Cueto immediately uses his authority to tell the referee that the match is a no-disqualification match.
In the locker room, Killshot gets a package from Joey Ryan, who says that some guy wanted him to give Killshot the package. Inside the package is a charred, tattered note simply stating "You left me for dead."
The series begins with Brie and Nikki explaining everything that leads up to the intro, which consists of John Cena laying down some house rules. Nikki has been forced to rehab a neck injury, and Nikki asks Brie to move in with her due to her needing more help as he and John Cena will need a nurse for her neck injury. We also learn that Nikki has a new puppy named Winston. Meanwhile, Bryan is preparing for his big comeback into WWE, but is forced to retire due to his injury, which crushes Brie as he knows that wrestling is Bryan's life.
Brie, Nikki, J.J. and their mom Kathy head to Tampa General Hospital. We then see Nikki in a hospital bed as she goes in for surgery. Kathy understandably fears for Nikki's life, hoping that the surgery does not get botched. Four hours later, the Bella clan finds out that everything went perfectly regarding Nikki's surgery.
We then see Brie and Bryan at home, having been invited to move in with Nikki and John Cena. Bryan is reluctant about this.
A few days have passed since Nikki's surgery, and John Cena is driving Nikki to the airport. John Cena does not want Nikki's family to bend house rules.
Brie, Bryan, Josey and J.J. are at the Tampa airport, with Kathy on the way there.
We learn that Kathy is now married to John Laurinaitis, and that Big Johnny lives close to John Cena and that Johnny and Kathy know each other because of the Bella Twins.
Brie, Bryan and Josey finally make it to Nikki and John Cena's house. As Josey meets Winston for the first time, we get a look at the guest house. It becomes apparent that Nikki will be needing help with a lot of stuff. We also learn that John Cena wants to do a formal dinner with the family at least once a week.
Brie and Bryan get ready for the formal dinner. Everyone is dressed for the occasion, yet Bryan and Brie are not wearing shoes due to the no shoes in the house rule. Cena gives the ground rules, and there quite a few of them: coffee in the morning and fireside chats in the evening, formal dinner once a week (usually Wednesday), Josie has to stay in the guest house due to shedding a lot. Brie thinks the house rules are a bit much. The formal dinner starts with a toast to family.
The women and the men are in different rooms of the guest house. John Cena asks Daniel Bryan if he has thought about what he wants to do after wrestling. Daniel feels it's too soon to think about what to do next, and is just trying to take it all in at the moment.
Bryan heads to New Orleans for Comic Con, as he has been doing appearances since being forced to retire. Meanwhile, Brie, Nikki, Kathy and J.J. head to a restaurant for happy hour - Nikki's first in two months - and there they meet John Cena. There, it leads to a rather awkward conversation about how John Cena and Nikki have sex.
Brie, Nikki, J.J. and Kathy have drinks at another restaurant. This time, Kama Sutra is brought up. Brie finds it preposterous that her mom and her sister are getting more than she is.
J.J. and Nikki are setting up an inner tube at the pool when John Cena shows up. Suddenly, Josie bites John Cena on the ankle, and he doesn't take it very likely. J.J. tells Bryan about what happened, and everything is chalked up to Josie being wound up.
J.J. is driving Nikki and Kathy around, with the environment of the house proving to be too much. All of a sudden, the three of them find out that a wild alligator is being handled by the local animal control, and they fear for Josie's safety.
Bryan makes it back, as does John Cena. Bryan mentions Josie's high anxiety problems, and Cena understands, but reminds Bryan that a dog can be a high liability.
J.J., Bryan and Brie try to figure out what to do about Josie. They consider building a dog park for Josie, but Nikki shows up and asks why they haven't asked John Cena for permission - which they obviously don't care about - to make it. The dog park idea is nixed, and the large amount of house rules is getting to the rest of the Bella clan, and Brie wants to go home at this point.
Bryan and Brie are dressed for a formal dinner - now with shoes. Brie asks Bryan if he is thinking about telling John Cena that he's heading back to Phoenix. Bryan asks Brie to be the one to bring everything, because if he does leave, it will be because of Brie.
At the formal dinner, the dog park incident is brought up, and Nikki tells John Cena that everyone feels like they have been walking on eggshells ever since they showed up. John admits that he is very difficult to live with and set in his ways, and apologizes is everyone feels unwelcome. He doesn't want there to be a dark cloud hanging over him that makes him difficult to talk to, and that he made the morning coffee and evening fireside chats to cover that. He says that there will be ups and downs, but everything will work out.
Bonus clip: Nikki talks to a doctor about neck surgery.
