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AEW, AEW Dynamite, Aleister Black, Andrade "Cien" Almas, Arn Anderson, Bayley, Braun Strowman, Buddy Murphy, Cesaro, Cody Rhodes, Dana Brooke, Daniel Bryan, Darby Allin, Dolph Ziggler, Dr. Britt Baker DDS, Hikaru Shida, Kenny Omega, King Corbin, Lacey Evans, Nyla Rose, Pac, Raw, Ricochet, Riho, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Shinsuke Nakamura, Smackdown Live, Street Profits, The Lucha Bros, The Miz, The New Day, The OC, The Young Bucks, WWE, WWE Raw, Zelina Vega
We are back again with another edition of The Top Matches of the week and this was an amazing week of wrestling especially in the WWE. There is so much wrestling at our fingertips that it’s absolutely mind blowing. There is Smackdown On Fox on Friday night, MLW Fusion every Saturday night, Raw on Mondays, Impact on Tuesdays, NXT on USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT on Wednesday nights, and Beyond Wrestling Uncharted Territory on Thursday nights. As you can see, you can occupy your week well if you try to watch all the wrestling promotions in the world right now, but my job is to give you what I thought was the best of every show that I watched during the week. So, get some refreshments, take a seat, and let me be your guide to the wonderful world of professional wrestling. Now the style is going to be a little different in the way that if there is more than one great match then they’ll just be short descriptions, but if not then we’ll go over the match. I also want to remind all of you that can catch my Top 5 of the week on the podcast Eddie Valiant’s Hot Take here. That is where I look at all the matches I have listed here and I pick the five best of all of them.
WWE Smackdown (12/27/2019)
The last Friday night Smackdown of 2019 kicked off with one heck of a match as The New Day and Braun Strowman took on the team of Sami Zayn, Cesaro, and Shinsuke Nakamura. For the most part, Nakamura and Cesaro did most of the work (Zayn never tagged in once) as they dominated Kofi for most of the match until he tagged in Braun who took care of business which included a huge powerslam that was enough to get the pinfall victory over Nakamura. The other great match of the night was the triple threat match that almost didn’t happen, but did as King Corbin, Daniel Bryan, and The Miz were all battling for a shot at Bray Wyatt. King Corbin made himself a presence in the match which included some help from Dolph Ziggler until Roman Reigns fixed that and took Corbin out of the picture. What followed was an excellent match between Bryan and The Miz as it was a battle of the LaBell lock vs the figure four leg lock and Daniel made The Miz tap to the LaBell Lock.
WWE RAW (12/30/3019)
Without a shadow of a doubt, the match of the night honors belongs to two men who tore it up at WWE TLC and they did the same thing on RAW, I am talking about the opening contest of the night as Aleister Black took on Buddy Murphy in a rematch and throughout the match it looked like Murphy was going to have the upper hand again, but after reversing Murphy’s Law into a near fall, Black would hit Murphy with not one, but two Black Masses for the 1-2-3. In a decent match, The Street Profits handed The OC a big loss making them the best tag team in the multiverse after Ford hit the frog splash on Anderson. Zelina Vega turned out to be a huge asset for Andrade as he took on Ricochet from exposing the concrete on the outside to knocking him off the top rope allowing Andrade to hit the Hammerlock DDT for the win.
AEW Dynamite (1/1/2020)
Thew first time Cody Rhodes and Darby Allin met the match ended in a 20 minute draw so the second match was promising to be a classic. This time around, Cody had Arn Anderson in his corner and he proved to be a great commodity especially when Darby went for the Coffin drop and Arn instructed Cody to lift his knees just in time. Cody rolled up the hurt and stunned Allin for the 1-2-3. In the very next match, Riho defended the AEW Women’s Championship in a fatal four way match against Nyla Rose, Dr. Britt Baker DDS, and Hikaru Shida and these women put themselves through hell, but after Baker was unable to lock in the lockjaw submission on Shida, Riho rolled her up for the 1-2-3. Jon Moxley took on Trent Baretta in a one on one match that was actually entertaining. The night ended with a tremendous six man tag match that saw The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) start the new year right with a huge victory over The Lucha Brothers and PAC.
Honorable Mention:
The women’s tag match on Smackdown Live that saw Dana Brooke and Lacey Evans lose to Sasha Banks and Bayley was a pretty decent match. Lacey has definitely been improving since her rivalry with Becky Lynch ended. Charlotte Flair vs Natalya on RAW looked like a decent match, but it went on for too long in my opinion.
We are back again with another edition of The Top Matches of the week and this was an amazing week of wrestling especially in the WWE. There is so much wrestling at our fingertips that it’s absolutely mind blowing. There is Smackdown On Fox on Friday night, MLW Fusion every Saturday night, Raw on Mondays, Impact on Tuesdays, NXT on USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT on Wednesday nights, and Beyond Wrestling Uncharted Territory on Thursday nights. As you can see, you can occupy your week well if you try to watch all the wrestling promotions in the world right now, but my job is to give you what I thought was the best of every show that I watched during the week. So, get some refreshments, take a seat, and let me be your guide to the wonderful world of professional wrestling. Now the style is going to be a little different in the way that if there is more than one great match then they’ll just be short descriptions, but if not then we’ll go over the match. I also want to remind all of you that can catch my Top 5 of the week on the podcast Eddie Valiant’s Hot Take 
It’s no secret that Ring Of Honor has been struggling since most of all their talent has been poached by the WWE or left to start AEW. Bully Ray took on Mark Haskins in what was a brutal battle as well as Bully Ray being the best heel in the world of wrestling. Unfortunately for him, he took a cheese grader to the nether regions courtesy of Mrs. Haskins and Mark took advantage to get the win. Dragon Lee went to battle with ROH TV Champ Shane Taylor. Taylor dominated most of the match, but those vicious knees from Lee was all it took for him to capture the TV Title. The Briscoes and Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham went to war at the event, but by hook or by crook, Lethal and Gresham were able to steal the tag team titles. I had to include this match in here because a 51 year old man who was blackballed in the industry had a spectacular 2019 and became the new Ring Of Honor World Champion as PCO did the unthinkable and beat Rush after Rush threw everything at him.
It’s hard to pick just one or two matches from the whole entire show because almost all of the matches were great. The night opened up with the NXT Championship match that saw Adam Cole defend the title against Finn Balor in what was a great match where both men showcased their athleticism. After a distraction from Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole was able to retain the title. Killian Dane and Damian Priest went to war, but unfortunately for Priest he had a constant target in his hurt ribs and Dane took advantage of it. Don’t count him out though because when things looked bleak, Priest pulled off the win after getting his knees up during an attempted Vader Bomb to which he finishes with The Reckoning. Cameron Grimes vs Kushida was an all out battle as well, but a vicious double stomp from Grimes was all it took for him to win. Last week, Travis Banks was successful against Jaxson Ryker, but this week he took on the Bruiserweight Pete Dunne in what was an all out battle. Dunne would get the win after a huge superplex that he was able to hit to which he followed up with a kick and the bitter end to seal the victory. In the final match, Rhea Ripley was willing to put it all on the line as she took on NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler. They threw everything at eahc other throughout the match, but we all know how dangerous Shayna is especially with the Kirifuda Clutch to which she locked in for several minutes. Rhea never gave up as she is able to get out of it. Baszler continues to work on her, but she makes the mistake of allowing the crowd to distract her. She sets Rhea up on the top turnbuckle, but when the crowd chants Rheas name, Baszler gets distracted and Rhea takes advantage by hitting a super riptide from the top which was all she needed to seal the victory and become the new NXT Women’s Champion.
Not the best episode they have put out all year, but a decent show. The night opened with The Lucha Brothers taking on Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, but this week they continued to struggle after Hangman makes the mistake of hitting his own partner which allowed Pentagon Jr. to hit the double stomp for the win. Kris Statlander was fantastic once again on AEW Dynamite as she grabbed a huge win over Dr. Britt Baker DDS earning her a shot at the AEW Women’s Champion Riho on New Years Day. Jungle Boy had to prove that he could wrestle and last ten minutes with the AEW Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho to which he did after spending the last 90 seconds of the ten minutes in the walls of Jericho. The Young Bucks and SCU did battle for the AEW Tag Team Championships, but SCU was just too good tonight after Kazarian was able to pin Matt Jackson after the SCU Later.
We are back again with another edition of The Top Matches of the week and this was an amazing week of wrestling especially in the WWE. There is so much wrestling at our fingertips that it’s absolutely mind blowing. There is Smackdown On Fox on Friday night, MLW Fusion every Saturday night, Raw on Mondays, Impact on Tuesdays, NXT on USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT on Wednesday nights, and Beyond Wrestling Uncharted Territory on Thursday nights. As you can see, you can occupy your week well if you try to watch all the wrestling promotions in the world right now, but my job is to give you what I thought was the best of every show that I watched during the week. So, get some refreshments, take a seat, and let me be your guide to the wonderful world of professional wrestling. Now the style is going to be a little different in the way that if there is more than one great match then they’ll just be short descriptions, but if not then we’ll go over the match.
It has been a while since the last time I did The Top Matches Of The Week, but we are back in business again. There is so much wrestling at our fingertips that it’s absolutely mind blowing. There is Smackdown On Fox on Friday night, MLW Fusion every Saturday night, Raw on Mondays, Impact on Tuesdays, NXT on USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT on Wednesday nights, and Beyond Wrestling Uncharted Territory on Thursday nights. As you can see, you can occupy youyr week well if you try to watch all the wrestling promotions in the world right now, but my job is to give you what I thought was the best of every show that I watched during the week. So, get some refreshments, take a seat, and let me be your guide to the wonderful world of professional wrestling. Now the style is going to be a little different in the way that if there is more than one great match then they’ll just be short descriptions, but if not then we’ll go over the match.
This might not have been the first pay per view for AEW, but it was definitely there first that was built up with a weekly show. The card was stacked with matches that had the potential to steal the show, but only two matches did that in my opinion with one being honorable mention. The night started out with an amazing slug fest between The Bastard PAC and Hangman Adam Page. At times, it looked like PAC was going to remain undefeated, but right in the end, Page was able to block PAC’s cheating ways en route to a win. The other match that was absolutely amazing, but in the end was absolutely insane was the Lights Out match between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega. These two put each through literal hell with a barbwired covered baseball bat, broken glass, a board with mouse traps, and even a barbwired bed, but when it was all said and done, Jon Moxley survived the insanity and was victorious.
On a night that featured short matches and great moments that build future rivalries, there were only two matches on the whole card that impressed me the most from AEW Dynamite. The rubber match between “The Bastard” PAC and Hangman Adam Page was almost just as good as their AEW Full Gear match and proved that these two can be exciting. PAC was his usual brutal self at the end of the match as he stomped away at Page’s head before putting on that Rings of Saturn like submission called the brutalizer for the win. The second match on the card that impressed me was the main event that saw AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevera take on AEW World Tag Team Champions SCU (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). Sammy Guevara put in a lot more work then Jericho did in the match, but it was competitive and Scorpio Sky continues to shine as he was able to get the pinfall victory over Jericho (the first time Jericho has been pinned).
As I have said many many times and I’ll say it again there is an abundance of wrestling at our disposal that it’s almost a dream come true because I remember being a teenager and wanting more wrestling than just the WWE and WCW because they were only on certain nights of the week. Now, we live in a world where you are getting WWE’s programming (RAW, Smackdown Live, 205 Live, NXT, NXT UK plus PPV’s when applicable), Impact Wrestling (free on Twitch), and so much independent wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor TV on Fite, or all the various independent promotions that are on Independent Wrestling TV like Beyond Wrestling and ICW New York to name a few. Now, we are in the midst of a revolution in wrestling especially since AEW debuted with Double Or Nothing and with the fact that they have a weekly show coming in September. So with all this wrestling going on, I am once again here to present to you guys what I consider to be the top matches of the week from all the promotions that I have watched. If there is any match I may have missed and you think I should check it out then tweet me 
It’s the tenth anniversary special from Evolve wrestling and what a way to start it off then two of the best in the indies in Josh Briggs and the Retrosexual Anthony Greene in our opening contest. For those of us that follow Indy wrestling, we know who these two are, but for those that don’t they were in for a treat as these two brought it right from the get go. Josh Briggs would use his size to his advantage for the beginning of the match and when he needed it later, it came in handy. Anthony Greene though was scrappy and he wasn’t going to let Josh walk away with an easy win as he did what any smart competitor does. He did his homework and for most of the match he worked on the once injured hip of Josh Briggs. We thought for sure at times that Anthony was some how going to steal a win, but Briggs wouldn’t quit as well and when the opportunity arose he took it in the form of a choke slam into a powerbomb that was all it took to declare Josh Briggs the winner.
When you think of these two men, the words that pop into your head is that this is going to be one intense heavyweight battle between Jeff Cobb and the “Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii and they did not disappoint. These two monsters of men were throwing everything they could at each other whether it be shoulder blocks by Cobb or some vicious slaps and forearm/elbow shots from Ishii that found their mark. It was truly a back and forth battle as both men were vying to get a 1st win in the G1 Climax 29 tournament. I mean they were literally throwing everything from dueling vertical suplexes, tons of exchanges like slaps and headbutts, and even more suplexes. At one point, Cobb would hit Ishii with a Urinagi suplex, but Ishii got right back up, countered the lariat, and hit Cobb with a dragon suplex. At one point, the action was just too much for Cobb who couldn’t hit his patent tour of the islands due to his back giving out and Ishii took advantage. They’d go through a few more exchanges that found Cobb hitting the mat and Ishii would follow up with a seated lariat and then a brainbuster that found it’s mark allowing Ishii to cover Cobb for the 1-2-3.
Out of all the matches that were on AEW’s Fight For The Fallen card, this was one of the matches that I wanted to see the most. It was hard to comprehend with all the experience that both Kenny Omega and Cima have that this was the first time these two would meet in action. This was also a match that had a lot riding on the line for both competitors in the match as Kenny was still looking for a singles win while Cima who trains all of the OWE wrestlers was looking to build off of his successful win over Christopher Daniels the month before. For the most part, it looked like Kenny had a gameplan as he attacked the knees of Cima, but after receiving a meteroa from Cima on top of the bell keepers table, Cima would be in control of the match. Despite receiving four more Meteroas during the match, Omega was not giving up. After knees to the back of the head and a tiger driver 98 from Omega, Cima would kick out, but unfortunately the one winged angel would put him away for good.
There was a lot of tension in the air when this match went underway because even at home I could feel it as I watched Dustin and Cody Rhodes take on the Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks. The two teams definitely matched the tension with intensity as both teams brought it as when the match began Cody and Nick went move for move. It was when Dustin was tagged in that momentum shifted and they began teeing away on Dustin, but eventually in the match one mistake almost changed the complexity of the match when Matt went to bury his shoulder into Cody and instead caught the ring post. In turn, being the savvy veterans that they are, you can bet your last bottom dollar that Cody and Dustin went after that shoulder. Despite everything they tried though, they couldn’t put the Young Bucks away and the Bucks eventually rose to the occasion hitting stereo superkicks and a Meltzer driver to Cody that put the match away leaving the Young Bucks undefeated in AEW.
Some time ago, The Dynasty had stolen one of the tag team belts off of a member of The Hart Foundation so a challenge was issued for a ladder match and the challenge was accepted. So, it was Teddy Hart and Brian Pillman Jr. defending the tag titles against The Dynasty’s Richard Holiday and MJF in a ladder match. Questions were swirling around the Dynasty especially in MJF who seemed to be scared of climbing the ladder and eventually it showed as MJF at one point made Aria Blake climb the ladder for him because Holiday was indisposed of at the time and it backfired. The two teams continued to go to war throwing everything at each other including MJF going through a door. It looked like it was Pillman’s time to climb the ladder, but then Alexander Hammerstone came and interfered in the match. Even though Davey Boy Smith Jr came down to even the odds, it wasn’t enough. Both Richard Holiday and Brian Pillman Jr. climbed the ladder, but Aria Blake would prove to be a worthy distraction as Holiday disposed of Pillman by hitting him with a chair. As Pillman hit the mat, Holiday reached out and grabbed the belts.
A match with a lot riding on the line as far as respect is concerned as the one common thread between Kenta and Hiroshi Tanahashi is Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata helped Tanahashi get into to shape to win last year’s G1 Climax tournament and he was here to do the same for Kenta this year. Tanahashi was in full control of the match when it started, but made the mistake of bringing the fight to the outside where Kenta took over. Throughout the match, Kenta was really stepping up his striking game with Tanahashi to the point that if looked like Tanahashi was about to have the advantage, Kenta was able to shut it down with a flurry of kicks. At one point in the match, it looked like Tanahashi was going to win the match with his flurry of sling blades and a huge cross body from the top rope that sort of landed, but on his last attempt at a splash from the top rope, Kenta was able to get his knees up. Kenta would follow it up with a PK and then his patent GTS (Go To Sleep) that left Tanahashi seeing stars as Kenta got the 1-2-3 and his second win of the tournament.
If there was ever physical evidence as to why two men should be at the top of the food chain in the WWE, then last night at WWE Extreme Rules Aleister Black and Cesaro provided said evidence. It was the first singles match in Aleister Black’s WWE PPV career and he asked for someone to knock on his door and the Swiss Cyborg did just that and the end result took your breath away. The match started with Black looking like he was in full control until Cesaro was able to dump him to the outside. Cesaro would then nail what had to be the move of the match with a springboard European uppercut that hit it’s mark. Cesaro brought the fight to Aleister, but Aleister held it together with his martial arts strikes. The other wow moment of the match once again belonged to Cesaro who took a Meterora attempt and turned into another Euro uppercut. After trading strikes back and forth, Aleister out of nowhere hits the black mass and gets the win. One thing will be said, Cesaro definitely proved in this match that he deserves to be a champion.
The first battle between Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Chad Gable was absolutely tremendous even though the match ended in a count out victory for Gable. I suppose that the result was eating away at the both of them as they wanted to prove who was the better man so on this week’s episode of 205 Live, they battled for a second time. Much like the action in the first fight, these two started the match going hold for hold and move for move as they tried to one up each other, but then the action heated up when Gable began focusing on the ankle and knee of Gallagher, but it didn’t phase him as they continued to go to war. At one point the action heated up as Gable went to the top to try and moonsault, but Gallagher was able to get his feet up just in time to catch Gable right on the chin sending him to the far corner where Gallagher then answered with an amazing missile drop kick. Gallagher then set up Gable right on the top turnbuckle where he proceeded to climb where he was looking to suplex Gable, but as soon as the two were in the air, Gable was able to readjust to hit a splash that sent Gallagher reeling. Gable being the professional that he is proceeded to grab Gallagher and he delivered a punishing rolling German suplex that was enough to secure the win for Chad Gable.
As I said last week, there is an abundance of wrestling at our disposal that it’s almost a dream come true because I remember being a teenager and wanting more wrestling than just the WWE and WCW because they were only on certain nights of the week. Now, we live in a world where you are getting WWE’s programming (RAW, Smackdown Live, 205 Live, NXT, NXT UK plus PPV’s when applicable), Impact Wrestling (free on Twitch), and so much independent wrestling whether it be Ring Of Honor TV on Fite, or all the various independent promotions that are on Independent Wrestling TV like Beyond Wrestling and ICW New York to name a few. Now, we are in the midst of a revolution in wrestling especially when AEW starts their weekly shows. So with all this wrestling going on, I am once again here to present to you guys what I consider to be the top matches of the week from all the promotions that I have watched. If there is any match I may have missed and you think I should check it out then tweet me 
I think I speak for most of us in saying what a debut Pay Per View that was from AEW (All Elite Wrestling) who presented their first event Double Or Nothing last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The event featured matches like Kenny Omega vs Chris Jericho 2, The Young Bucks vs The Lucha Bros, Cody Vs Dustin, and so many more matches. Although the review of the event stops here because if you want to here what we thought of the event, you’ll have to wait for the next episode of our 
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s annual WrestleMania like event Wrestle Kingdom 13 took place yesterday at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan with some sort of unrest in the air as some futures still lied uncertain. Nevertheless, the company did not disappoint the fans with the caliber of matches that were on the card and the wrestlers certainly delivered what would be one memorable night of wrestling. One word could be used to describe what we saw in the Tokyo Dome and that word is passion. That is exactly what was displayed in the ring and that was passion for the art and love of professional wrestling and that is why people will wake up at four in the morning eastern time just to watch this annual event. One match that definitely helped set the tone for the night was the very first match of the card that featured NEVER Openweight Champion Kota Ibushi who defended it against Will Ospreay in what ended in such a brutal fashion with Ospreay hitting Ibushi with a forearm that looked like it knocked Ibushi out. That match was followed by the first of two three way tag team matches with this one for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship as champions Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado defending against Roppongi 3K and Bushi and Shingo Takagi. It was definitely the better of the two matches as Bushi and Takagi were able to steal a victory.
The next match was a lesson in basic torture as Zack Sabre Jr. physically took apart and dissected “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii for The RevPro British Heavyweight Championship. If you love submission wrestling then Zack Sabre Jr. is the man to watch besides Jonathan Gresham. The next was the second of the three way matches and I just thought that while it did contain some good spots, it was just a little too sloppy for my liking as Sanada and Evil walked away the new champs. I didn’t know until after the event that Cody Rhodes shouldn’t have even been wrestling with the injuries he has, but he still gave a valiant effort even in defeat against Juice Robinson. Now we get to the matches that make it hard to choose just one for Match Of The Night. The first up was the very impressive match between “The Bone Solider” 
The next match featured the legendary “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada who took on what could be the future of pro wrestling and the Bullet Club in “Switchblade” Jay White. I have to say that the last five minutes or so of this match was the best wrestling I had seen in a very long time. I am very impressed with what Jay White brings to the table and he will continue to be on my radar. The next match was a no DQ match that pitted IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho against the very strange Tetsuya Naito in a match that was worth the price of admission. I continue to be impressed with Jericho and how he has been able to hang and reinvent himself once again in New Japan. Naito won the match in what should be the finale of this rivalry and what a good one it was. The last match of the night pinned the IWGP Heavyweight Champion and former Bullet Club Leader Kenny Omega against the legend of NJPW “The Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi who was looking to win the title for an eighth time. The match went almost 40 minutes in length falling just short of the mark and it never disappointed. Kenny Omega has mastered the art of fighting long matches and there never being a dull moment. Whether it was Tanahashi hitting Omega with the Styles Clash, Tanahashi going through a table, or just the high powered offense of Omega never left a dull moment in the ring.
Tanahashi would escape the clutches of the One Winged Angle to finish off Omega for good with a frog splash to claim the title for the eighth time. Both men left it all out in the ring as both men were visibly tired from what had transpired in the ring. The only question remaining now is where does Omega go from here? Does he take the same road that his predecessor AJ Styles took and go to the WWE? Or does he go with his mates in The Elite and sign with All Elite Wrestling? Only time will tell on what decision he makes in the coming months, but there is one more choice and that is he can resign with NJPW where he is considered a wrestling God. I am going to give the match of the night honors to Omega Vs Tanahashi, but just know that Ibushi vs Ospreay was a close second for me.
Last month, I tweeted all of my predictions for SummerSlam and it was not only because I was running out of time, but because I was disappointed in the product. I went into the night thinking that maybe the product wouldn’t totally suck, but they made some poor choices to go along with the really good ones. Nonetheless, I tried watching Raw the next night and I just could not take the product that they are producing. It’s so bad in my opinion that Smackdown Live is becoming the more appealing product. It’s becoming so bad that NXT is the supreme brand in that company and Cody Rhodes is looking more like a genius everyday. Did anyone happen to catch All In because that is how an event is done so the WWE should take notes. So to start out the convo about tonight’s pay per view which is Hell In A Cell, we have to look at what happened last month to lead to this one. For starters, we are getting the John Cena/Nikki Bella vs Miz and Maryse, but with Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella because why not? That in my opinion is a pre-show match because I don’t want to see it.
One of the biggest things I don’t understand is why did you have Ronda Rousey destroy Alexa Bliss in their first match to only give her a rematch? Is Ronda only going to destroy her again or is she going to have something up her sleeve this time around? It’s just frustrating because you want me to believe that Ronda is the baddest chick on the planet who just wrecks people, but tonight Alexa will have fought a better match this time around. Why give Braun Strowman the Money In The Bank briefcase for him to treat it like he is John Cena? We all knew a match between Strowman and Reigns was going to happen anyways, I’m just wondering if we are going to get an appearance from Brock tonight or what role will Mick Foley play as special guest referee. Can someone please tell me why in the hell are The New day tag team champions and why has it taken Rusev Day this long to be in the title picture? Can someone please help WWE creative get a clue already because Rusev Day has been hot for a while. The only thing I want to see is Rusev Day walking out with the WWE Smackdown Live Tag Team Titles.
Now let’s look at the things that they got right last month at SummerSlam and we’ll start with Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles. The match may have ended with AJ getting disqualified, but man you could feel the anger and tension at the end of that fight. These two want to kill each other in the ring and I am 100% buying into it. Becky Lynch’s heel turn last month was what everyone in the world wanted and they delivered. It’s the best programming going around right now in WWE Women’s wrestling and they have not disappointed a single soul yet. I want to see Becky Lynch continue with this mean streak well past this event and into the future because the lass kicker is here to take names. I like what Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler have been doing for a while together, but I am not sure if I like them being called Strowman’s Stooges. Nonetheless, all I want is for Dean to have his heel turn tonight and for Drew and Dolph to walk out as champions once again. I personally do not have any stock in the Orton/Jeff Hardy fight, but it’s nice to see that Jeff will finally have his first Hell In A Cell match ever. Check out my predictions below:
As I said in yesterday’s article, I have been scouring the web for different types of matches that the WWE or anyone other organization has hosted. After stumbling on the parking lot brawl, I also discovered that ten years later on the June 28, 2013 episode of Smackdown, they kicked off the show with a Dublin Street Fight that saw Sheamus take on Damien Sandow. Damien and Cody Rhodes had been pests to Sheamus over the past couple of weeks and Sheamus wanted some revenge on Sandow in a match that best serves his fighting spirit. The match started with Sandow coming at Sheamus with a new sense of viciousness that included a shot with a kendo stick. It wouldn’t matter much as Sheamus used his strength and punishing style to put Sandow on the mat very quickly. After slamming Sandow’s head on the bar tap table, he delivered the sweet sounds of the Beats of the Bodhrán. Sandow was no slouch either as he gave it back to Sheamus slamming him against one of the bar tap tables. He couldn’t keep the advantage for very long as he got hit with a keg toss and beat with a sack of potatoes. After beating each other with kendo sticks, brooms, and whatever else they could get their hands on, it was time that someone was going to win. That advantage would go to Sheamus who after setting up two chairs in the ring, hit Sandow into a seating position thanks to the Kendo stick and then proceeded to deliver a brogue kick that put the superior intellect out for good. Sheamus was the winner of the match.
