Friday, March 3, 2017

August Week 1, Year 3

The summer is heating up.

Raw
Match 1. Dean Ambrose vs. John Cena vs. JBL
Big win for the champ.

Match 2. Sasha Banks vs. Naomi

Match 3. Rusev vs. Wade Barrett

Match 4. The Club vs. The New Day

Main Event. Finn Balor vs. Batista
Batista hit a big boot and swinging slam. Balor hit the Slingblade on the outside. He connected with a diving elbow from the top to the floor. Balor landed the Coup de Grace, but Batista kicked out. Batista hit the spine buster and busted Balor up with punches. Balor came back with a GTS and Coup de Grace to win. 

After the match, Batista went to attack him, but Balor countered.

Balor picked up a huge win. He'll be in the title picture soon enough.

SmackDown
Match 1. Prime Time Players vs. Vaudevillains

Match 2. Natalya vs. Summer Rae

Match 3. Paige vs. Brie Bella
Nikki sent a message to Paige after the match.

Match 4. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyson Kidd
Kidd hit a front dropkick off the top. Ziggler followed it up with a super kick. After a sleeper hold attempt, Ziggler won with a second super kick.

The IC champ made quick work of his rival. Kidd needs momentum heading into the PPV.

Main Event. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton
Kevin Owens came out and he and Orton brawled after the match.


NXT
Match 1. Andrade 'Cien' Almas vs. Blake

Match 2. Tye Dillinger vs. Bo Dallas

Match 3. Adam Rose vs. Hideo Itami

Match 4. Apollo Crews vs. Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries vs. AJ Styles
Wow. This is a two main event show. AJ threw Aries into the steps. Crews hit Joe with a spine buster. Joe hit a back elbow and enzuigiri in the corner. Crews landed three straight powerbombs. All four men were back on the outside. Aries kicked out of the Muscle Buster. Crews won with a standing moonsault on Joe.

Great match and a big win for Crews, defeating three main eventers.

Main Event. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode vs. Elias Samson
Nakamura pulled out a sledgehammer and hit Roode in the ribs. He then caught Samson with a t-bone off the ropes. Nakamura hit Roode with a Michinoku Driver. Samson caught Nakamura with a gut buster. Roode then used the sledgehammer on Samson and hit the spine buster. All three men got near falls. Samson pulled out a suplex powerbomb. Nakamura took out Roode with a sick kick and pinned Samson after a reverse exploder suplex,

An amazing triple threat match. All three men had plenty of chances to win.


ECWCW
Match 1. Sting vs. Ricky Steamboat

Match 2. Rick Rude vs. Bret Hart vs. DDP
Rude took the match to the outside. Page hit Rude with a sit-out powerbomb. Rude followed it up with a piledriver and the Ravishing Neckbreaker. Bret laid out Rude with his own piledriver and pinned Page with a northern lights suplex.

A good main event. All three men have main event potential.

Match 3. Rey Mysterio vs. Tommy Dreamer

Match 4. Rhyno vs. Vader

Main Event. Lex Luger vs. Ric Flair
Dusty attacked Flair and threw him into the steps. The bell rang and Luger immediately left the ring. He was voluntarily counted out.

Why would Luger do such a thing? Doesn't he want to win?

TNA
Match 1. Jeff Hardy vs. Alberto Del Rio
Del Rio attacked Jeff after the match.

Match 2. Ken Shamrock vs. Raven vs. Damien Sandow

Match 3. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes
Christian countered a suplex and hit a reverse neck breaker. He then hit a wheel kick. Christian DDT'd Cody on the apron. Cody made a comeback with an Alabama Slam and Cross Rhodes to win.

Cody gets a big win in his climb up the ranks. 

Match 4. Eric Young vs. Ethan Carter III

Main Event. Kurt Angle vs. Drew Galloway
Cody appeared and attacked Angle. Galloway slammed Angle down a couple of times. Angle almost won with a grapevine ankle lock. He then hit three German suplexes. Drew connected with a buckle bomb. After White Noise, Angle kicked out of the Future Shock. Drew countered the Angle Slam and won with a second Future Shock.

Drew had this match won from the opening bell. Angle showed some fire, but he was feeling the effects of the attack.

After the match, Cody came back out and signaled he wants Angle's title. His reign could end soon.

ROH
Match 1. Charlie Haas vs. Mark Briscoe

Match 2. T.J. Perkins vs. Cedric Alexander

Match 3. ReDragon vs. War Machine

Match 4. CM Punk vs. Jay Lethal
Adam Cole walked out and sat at ringside. Lethal landed a sit-out face buster. He then made the mistake and went after Cole. Punk attacked him from behind. Lethal came back with two falling elbows. Punk connected with a piledriver and the GTS to win.

Lethal took his eyes off the match. The TV champ picked up a nice win.

Main Event. King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes


Recap: A good first week heading into SummerSlam. I'm interested with the Flair/Luger story.

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