October Week 3, Year 1

NXT
Match 1. Damien Sandow vs. Curtis Axel vs. Ken Shamrock vs. Zack Ryder

Match 2. X-Pac vs. Fandango

Match 3. Asuka vs. Emma
The match quickly spilled to the outside. Asuka blocked a kick and kicked Emma in the back of the head. She later got a two count after a German suplex. Emma had Asuka in the Emma-lution. Asuka locked in the Asuka lock, but Emma escaped. Emma kicked out twice after about 10 kicks to the chest and head. Asuka landed a string of moves. Emma locked in the Emma lock, but Asuka escaped. She later hit the spin kick to the head and won.

Match 4. Lucha Dragons vs. The Dudley Boyz
The Dudleyz look to get back on track after losing the tag titles.

Match 5. Sami Zayn vs. Rusev
Zayn ducked a clothesline and landed a half-and-half suplex. After back-and-forth action, Zayn landed the Blue Thunder Bomb and got a near fall. Rusev landed a suplex and bicycle kick. He hit a back breaker and locked in The Accolade. Rusev continued with a huge spine buster. Zayn popped up with the exploder suplex, but couldn't capitalize. Rusev locked in another Accolade and got the win.

Good match. This could be a title match down the line. Rusev is a strong contender.

Match 6. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt
Bryan landed a double underhook suplex into an arm bar. He later hit a German suplex. Bray landed his own suplex and back suplex. Bray tossed Bryan around a bit. D-Bry came back with his signature kicks. A little later, he landed a diving elbow drop. Bray hit Sister Abigail, but Bryan kicked out. Bryan hit the diving headbut, but got a two count. Bray landed a super back suplex and senton splash. Bryan kicked out of a second Sister Abigail. Bryan got up and won with a northern lights suplex.

These two have a contrast in styles and it made a great match. I think Bryan needed this one more.

WWF
Match 1. R-Truth vs. Mikey Whipwreck vs. Adam Rose vs. Savio Vega
Wow. Surprising win.

Match 2. Prime Time Players vs. The Nation

Match 3. Stephanie McMahon vs. Nikki Bella
Nikki attacked Steph before the match.

Match 4. Roman Reigns and John Cena vs. Seth Rollins and Triple H
Reigns and Rollins traded slams in the early going. Reigns hit H with a back breaker and neck breaker before tagging in Cena. Cena caught Rollins with an AA, but Trips broke up the pin. Reigns slammed H down twice before connecting with the Superman punch, but H kicked out. Cena took Rollins to the outside. Reigns hit the spear and got the win.

Exciting tag match. Reigns pinned the former champ. Is he the next contender?

Match 5. Sheamus vs. Ryback vs. Christian
Ryback hit Sheamus with a big boot at the opening bell. Ryback powerbombed Christian and then hit Sheamus with a German suplex. Sheamus hit Christian with White Noise. Ryback hit Christian with the backpack stunner. Ryback kicked out of the Celtic Cross. Sheamus grabbed a sledgehammer and hit Ryback in the ribs. Sheamus hit Ryback with the Irish Curse. Christian snuck up and hit the Killswitch, but Sheamus kicked out. Ryback took out Christian and Sheamus landed White Noise on Ryback to win.

Excellent triple threat match. Sheamus took a big step up the ladder.

Match 6. Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle
Michaels took down Angle before the bell rang. Michaels hit a DDT and locked in the Sharpshooter. After escaping a leg lock, Michaels left the ring and took apart the announce table. Back in the ring, Angle landed a back suplex and wore down HBK's left leg. He then hit three German suplexes. Michaels threw Angle up in the air and hit the Sweet Chin Music on the way down. He busted Angle open with a piledriver. He hit a second super kick, but Angle kicked out again. Angle popped up and locked in the Angle Lock. He then hit the Angle Slam and won.

Wow! I thought Michales had this won with his two super kicks.

Heat
Match 1. Neville vs. Adam Rose

Match 2. Jimmy Uso vs. Darren Young

Match 3. R-Truth vs. Stardust vs. Titus O'Neil

Recap: SmackDown was a better show this week. There are a lot of Superstars gunning for Cena's title.