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.
Dolph Ziggler beats Antonio Cesaro by disqualification after Jack Swagger interferes. Ziggler then has some fun with Cesaro, Swagger and Zeb Colter.
After Damien Sandow is knocked unconscious, Cody Rhodes takes him backstage, leaving Heath Slater high and dry as Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai) get the win against Slater and Team Rhodes Scholars (Sandow and Rhodes). Not even Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre of 3MB is able to prevent the inevitable.
Kane is now doubtful for Money In The Bank after being attacked by The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Owens, Luke Harper) on Raw this week.
The show starts with The Wyatt Family saying "We're coming." During the show, we saw some vignettes where a reporter looked for (and found) the Wyatt Family compound...as well as what happened inside.
Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox are in the ring. She talks about the ladder in the ring, and use it as a metaphor of her time in WWE and climbing the corporate ladder in a male-dominated corporate environment. Jerry Lawler then lets her know that according to the McMahons, "any and all factors" will make or break her job evaluation tonight, including a WWE App poll that lets the WWE Universe rate her performance! She then has four matches for tonight: John Cena vs. Mark Henry, Christian vs. Kane, Orton and CM Punk, and the first match which happens right now: Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus!
Daniel Bryan beats Sheamus with a surprise roll-up. Both men look at the briefcase, then shake hands.
AJ Lee and Big E Langston talk, then Dolph Ziggler shows up. Dolph and AJ Lee both plan to stay together and both win the World Heavyweight title and retain the Divas title respectively.
The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) beat Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai).
John Cena enters the ring. He calls out "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry, who shows up. Henry says that the WWE title will validate his career, all after selling out his family and friends. Cena tells Henry "you'd better win this, or it will be for nothing." After some more talk, both men want to fight. Mark Henry plays some mind games with Cena after the latter tells him to cross an imaginary line that he makes with his foot, then ends up destroying him. Cena tries to go for the Attitude Adjustment, but ends up getting flattened and put in a World's Strongest Slam. Henry then stands over Cena with the WWE title held up high.
Josh Mathews interviews Randy Orton. He plans on winning tonight and at Money In The Bank.
The Miz guests on commentary for the next match.
Paul Heyman mentions his black eye at the hands of Alberto Del Rio on last week's SmackDown, but says he is here to bask in the perfection that is Curtis Axel. Axel then makes fun of Chris Jericho before promising to retain the Intercontinental title at Money In The Bank.
Chris Jericho gives Curtis Axel his first ever loss since his debut and re-packaging after The Miz distracts Axel.
Josh Mathews interviews Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes, who are sure that Money In The Bank will not affect their friendship. Zeb Colter, Jack Swagger and Antonio Cesaro interrupt to spread their message, then Wade Barrett shows up. All five men argue, then Fandango shows up. Nobody wants to hear him, and when he finally tries to say his name, Barrett knocks Fandango out with a punch to the face. Rhodes and Sandow then stare Swagger and Cesaro down.
Dolph Ziggler shows up during Alberto Del Rio vs. Sin Cara. He tells Del Rio that he will win at Money In The Bank and regain the World Heavyweight Championship, then lambasts Ricardo Rodriguez's intro. Del Rio and Ziggler then brawl outside the ring before Sin Cara lands a top rope cross body on Del Rio.
Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox are in the ring. Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. They all see through her crap, but Vince still feels Vickie is a good General Manager while the other two think otherwise. They then let the WWE Universe vote decide her fate: 75% say she has failed, and Steph says the ever-famous "you're fired" line. Vicki loses it, then Vince tells the WWE Universe they failed before making Brad Maddox the new Raw GM. Vince escorts Vickie out as a confused Brad Maddox follows.
Vince McMahon consoles Vickie Guerrero, and when Brad Maddox thanks Vince, Vickie attacks him before having a mental breakdown.
Kane beats Christian...then Bray Wyatt shows up on the TitanTron. The Wyatt Family are here. They show up, and Erick Rowan and Luke Harper destroy Kane as Wyatt watches from a rocking chair.
Vickie Guerrero moves her stuff out. Ryback puts the box down, hugs her, then says "You deserve better, Vickie. It's going to be okay." He then gives her the box back.
The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) guest on commentary for the next match.
Kaitlyn and Layla vs. AJ Lee and Alicia Fox comes to a premature end when Kaitlyn destroys AJ.
Josh Mathews interviews CM Punk. Punk plans to win tonight and reclaim the WWE title.
CM Punk beats Randy Orton. After the match, Punk is attacked by Daniel Bryan, who then takes a ladder from underneath the ring and attacks Orton with it. He then uses the ladder to climb to the briefcase, take the briefcase off the hook and start a "Yes!" chant.
ODB beats Jackie Moore in a Hardcore Knockouts match.
The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez) beats The New Church (Sinn and Slash).
Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) beats Generation Me (Jeremy and Max Buck).
Shark Boy wins a Hardcore Gauntlet Match. Other participants include Crowbar, Nunzio, Crimson, Sam Shaw, Funaki, Johnny Swinger, Gunnar and 2 Cold Scorpio.
"The Cowboy" James Storm, Magnus, and Bob "Hardcore" Holly beat Aces and Eights (DOC, Knux, and Wes Brisco) in a six-man elimination tag match.
Joseph Park beats Judas Mesias in a Monster's Ball match. Father James Mitchell also appeared in Mesias's corner.
Jeff Hardy and Brother Runt beat Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) in a tag team tables match.
CM Punk comes out. After talking about Independence Day, he uses it as a metaphor for his career. Punk then address two things: he wants Brock Lesnar to pay for what he did two weeks ago, and he wants to win the Raw briefcase at Money In The Bank and become WWE Champion again. Alberto Del Rio shows up. He says SmackDown is his show, before making fun of Independence Day and the American people. CM Punk calls Del Rio the #1 contender to "Best In The World" and nothing more. Del Rio says he owns SmackDown, and tells Punk to get out. Punk tells Del Rio to make him get out. Teddy Long shows up and pits them against each other in the main event tonight.
CM Punk meets Paul Heyman, who wants Punk to ditch the match against Alberto Del Rio. He won't, and Punk tells Heyman to stay out of Money In The Bank as well.
Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes announce that one of them will be victorious at Money In The Bank.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Team Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes). The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) taunt the Usos from the TitanTron yet again.
AJ Lee shows up and skips around the ring...then climbs onto the ring apron only to be drop kicked by Kaitlyn! Alicia Fox takes advantage and beats Kaitlyn with a schoolgirl pin, and Kaitlyn chases after AJ after the match.
The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) tell AJ lee they're coming for the Divas title, then AJ and Big E Langston run out of the arena.
Renee Young interview both Randy Orton and Christian. Both men have every intent in tearing it up tonight and at Money In The Bank.
Randy Orton beats Christian.
Teddy Long tells Paul Heyman to join commentary in the main event, using CM Punk's self-proven "do the opposite" advice against Punk himself.
Dolph Ziggler gets the mic. He knows the WWE Universe has seen through Alberto Del Rio's facade, and promises to become World Heavyweight Champion again.
Dolph Ziggler beats Drew McIntyre, then beats Heath Slater and Jinder Mahal again in record time. McIntyre, Mahal and Slater tell Ziggler to get back in the ring, and he does, beating all three of them in record time yet again.
Fandango beats Justin Gabriel.
Paul Heyman guests on commentary for the next match.
Alberto Del Rio and CM Punk fight to a double count-out after Del Rio attacks Paul Heyman. This enrages Punk, who beats down Del Rio and lands the GTS on him as a result.
Austin Aries enters the ring. After talking about how he outsmarted everybody last week, he says he has every intention on cashing in the X Division title to get a World title shot. He then calls out Hulk Hogan. Hogan shows up. Aries cashes the belt in after Hogan gives him credit where credit's due, but Hogan says that Option C will happen at the end of the night. Aries will have to defend against Suicide (now known as Manik) and Chris Sabin. Sabin tells Aries he's going to lose tonight.
Kazarian plans on beating AJ Styles tonight.
Kazarian and Christopher Daniels dress up as Siegfried and Roy before the former's match against AJ Styles for Throwback Thursday.
AJ Styles beats Kazarian by submission to win ten points for the Bound For Glory Series.
Mickie James is here. She wants a ladder.
Chavo Guerrero tells Hernandez the Bound For Glory Series is his.
Mickie James is in the ring with a ladder. She uses it as a metaphor for climbing her way to the top. She wishes both Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell luck before saying they'll never reach her level...or her title.
Al Snow, Bruce Prichard and Danny Davis talk about last week's Gut Check match. Ryan Howe goes on to the decision, while Adam Ohriner is eliminated.
The Main Event Mafia is here...
Hernandez beats Jay Bradley to win seven points for the Bound For Glory Series thanks to Chavo Guerrero.
Bully Ray is ticked with the situation involving the X Division title...then asks "What if nobody wins it tonight?" The rest of Aces and Eights love the idea.
"The Cowboy" James Storm and Gunner beat The Bro Mans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz).
Jeff Hardy thinks Joseph Park shows some promise.
The Main Event Mafia (Kurt Angle, Sting) come out. After saying they have plans to bring down Aces and Eights and bring the TNA title back to TNA, they bring in Samoa Joe, who intends on winning the Bound For Glory Series and the World title. They then bring out their fourth member: Magnus. Sting challenges Aces and Eights to a match in Louisville, Kentucky for Destination X, then announces they have a solution to the X Division title match problem if Aces and Eights stick their nose in it.
Two weeks from now: Destination X is on Spike TV!
Jeff Hardy beats Joseph Park by disqualification when the latter bleeds...and Black Hole Slams the referee in a fit of rage! Hardy wins three points, while Joseph Park loses ten.
Ryan Howe does not get the TNA contract.
Aces and Eights head to the ring to watch the X Division title match from ringside. Bully Ray chides Mr. Anderson and DOC over who should be VP, saying that if they fought as much as they argued, they'd get something done.
During the X Division title match between Manik, Chris Sabin and Austin Aries, Aces and Eights attack Manik before surrounding Aries! But The Main Event Mafia show up...
Manik is placed on a stretcher and carried out of the match.
Chris Sabin beats Austin Aries to reclaim the X Division Championship. Bully Ray spouts out his disapproval as Sabin shakes hands with the Main Event Mafia, then Sabin tells Bully Ray he is looking at the future World champion!
Vickie Guerrero stars the show by announcing a Champion vs Champion match between John Cena and Alberto Del Rio.
Daniel Bryan shows up. He's not the weak link anymore, and he wants to be amongst the greats and win the WWE Championship. Sheamus shows up and says he wants the same thing after Bryan says it's been too long since he's held gold, saying the same applies to him. Randy Orton shows up and says it's been two years. D-Bry tells Randy he made him tap out, but Randy is still all too apt to drop him where he's standing. Kane and D-Bry over who will be WWE Champion, but Christian stops the proceedings to say he's had more experience with ladder matches than anyone else and that he's the best. This cause CM Punk to show up to say he's the Best in the World, and that he will win his third briefcase in two weeks. He also addresses Rob Van Dam (who is absent) and knows that he has a gameplan. D-Bry tells CM Punk to shut up before he makes him tap out faster than Orton, and Randy Orton gets in his face only for Kane to get in Orton's face. D-Bry argues with Kane for "fighting his battle for him," which gives Orton the opportunity to RKO Kane. Everyone except Kane and Daniel Bryan leaves the ring after a tense staredown.
We take a look at Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz - the first WWE and World Heavyweight champs ever respectively.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat Christian and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso).
Daniel Bryan apologizes to Kane. He's gotten with Vickie and has gotten Kane a rematch against Randy Orton...and D-Bry is the special guest referee. Kane is not happy about that last part.
Dolph Ziggler beats Jinder Mahal, then uses his agility to outsmart Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre!
We take a look at former WWE Champion Bruno Sammartino and former World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race.
Triple H shows up to tell Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox they're doing a great job...and to do what he says. Again.
We see a career retrospective for "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.
Randy Orton almost gets disqualified for shoving special guest referee Daniel Bryan, but Kane tells D-Bry to restart the match. He does.
Kane beats Randy Orton...but Daniel Bryan pulls a fast count, causing him and Kane to argue. Kane almost choke slams Bryan, but lets him go. Randy Orton then gets up and gives Bryan an RKO.
CM Punk still doesn't want Curtis Axel's help, nor does he trust him. Paul Heyman has to explain the logic behind their tag team match.
We take a look at former WWE champ Bob Backlund and former World champ Dusty Rhodes.
Sheamus beats Fandango by count-out after the latter runs back up the entrance ramp.
Chris Jericho guests on commentary for the next match.
The Miz beas Ryback after Miz aggravates Ryback's injured knee, and Ryback tells the ref he cannot continue. Chris Jericho then hits a Codebreaker on Jericho.
We look back at former WWE champ Hulk Hogan and former World champ Ric Flair.
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry comes out. He complains about never getting a real chance at the WWE Championship, and says that he will win it by any means necessary.
Vince McMahon talks with Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox. He complains about Daniel Bryan again, then praises the main event only to say it should be on pay-per-view and not on Raw. He wants Vickie to listen only to him.
CM Punk and Curtis Axel beat The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil), but Punk and Axel obviously cannot get along, and Axel even goes so far as to steal the pinfall from Punk. Punk tells Paul Heyman "I told you so," then Heyman celebrates with Axel as if Axel is now his new golden child.
Kaitlyn beats Alicia Fox, then AJ Lee and Big E Langston show up. AJ trashes Kaitlyn again by mentioning certain pics she made when she was broke and desperate. The pic shown is an unusually fat Kaitlyn blown up in size by Photoshop. Kaitlyn is not perturbed, and neither is Layla.
Vickie Guerrero and Brad Maddox get chewed out by Stephanie McMahon. Vickie tries to be funny with Steph after she finally listens to her demand for a stricter direction to follow, but Steph refuses to put up with it. She then schedules a job evaluation in the ring next week to see if she can continue, and become the official Raw General Manager.
Damien Sandow says he and Cody Rhodes will still be friends after Money In The Bank, much to the disappointment of the WWE Universe. Then, Zeb Colter comes out with Antonio Cesaro, complains about current affairs, and announces the return of Jack Swagger, who shows up.
Antonio Cesaro beats Cody Rhodes.
We look back at former WWE champ Triple H and former World champ Booker T.
The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) meet Jojo, Eva Marie, Cameron, Naomi and Natalya...then verbally dump all over them.
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) will debut next week!
CM Punk will show up on SmackDown this Friday!
"The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry shows up as John Cena faces Alberto Del Rio. Not long after this, Dolph Ziggler shows up and distracts Del Rio, giving Cena the Attitude Adjustment and the win. After this, Mark Henry enters the ring with the WWE title and plays mind games with Cena before walking away.
