Thursday, April 20, 2017

October Week 2, Year 3

NXT and ECWCW event at the end of this week, appropriately titled Halloween Havoc

Raw
Match 1. Neville vs. Ryback vs. Miz vs. Baron Corbin
All four of these men can challenge Cesaro at some point. Neville and Miz fought outside and Ryback and Corbin tested their strengths in the ring. Ryback hit the backpack stunner and the meathook clothesline. Corbin hit Neville with the End of Days. Ryback pinned Corbin after a second clothesline.

There are some tough stars on Raw and Ryback proved he is one of them.

Match 2. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

Match 3. R-Truth vs. Bo Dallas

Match 4. Chris Jericho vs. Cesaro

Main Event. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman
Lesnar and Braun are two more strong stars. Braun pulled out a sledgehammer and hit Lesnar. Dean and Braun worked over Lesnar. Brock recovered and took control. The two big men dominated Ambrose. Dean superplexed Lesnar. Strowman busted open Lesnar. Brock came back with three German suplexes. Strowman took out Brock and Dean hit Braun with Dirty Deeds to win.

Whoa! A huge win for Ambrose. He defeated two of the biggest men on the roster.

SmackDown
Match 1. Hype Bros vs. Prime Time Players

Match 2. Natalya vs. Tamina

Match 3. Jack Swagger vs. Heath Slater

Match 4. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyson Kidd 

Main Event. Daniel Bryan vs. Kevin Owens
Bryan lost last week but a win here will earn him another title shot. Bryan kept the pressure on Owens. Kevin hit a pump handle neck breaker. He then German suplexed Bryan on the ramp. After a back suplex, Bryan locked in the Yes Lock. He connected with the Yes Kicks for a near fall. Kevin countered and locked in his own crossface. Bryan landed more kicks and got the win.

Bryan's kicks were too much for Owens. It's better for Owens to lose now than to continue and risk injury.

NXT
Match 1. Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss
They traded forearms. Asuka landed a German suplex and locked in the Asuka Lock. She followed it up with a second German. After multiple kicks to the chest, Asuka connected with a huge kick to the head and won.

Alexa got some offense in but the NXT champ unleashed her power and won again.

Match 2. Summer Rae vs. Carmella

Match 3. Adam Rose vs. Brian Kendrick

Match 4. Elias Samson vs. T.J. Perkins vs. Rhyno vs. Cedric Alexander

Main Event. Apollo Crews vs. Samoa Joe

ECWCW
Match 1. Rey Mysterio vs. Ricky Steamboat
Steamboat showed some of his quickness with a running dropkick. He hit a diving forearm. Rey went for a hurricanrana but Steamboat countered with a powerbomb. He then landed a diving cross body and got the win.

Wow. I was expecting something a little more back-and-forth. Steamboat still has it.

Match 2. Dusty Rhodes vs. Brian Pillman

Match 3. Bret Hart vs. Dallas Page vs. Taz

Match 4. Sting vs. The Giant

Main Event. Roddy Piper vs. Ric Flair
They were brawling in the early parts. Not a lot of holds and manuevers. Piper took things to the outside and threw Flair into the steel post. He got a near fall after a superplex. Piper locked in a vicious sleeper hold. Flair came back with the Figure Four. Piper busted Flair open with a bulldog and won.

After the match, Page walked out and seemed a bit impressed with Piper.

Impact of Honor
Match 1. Jeff Hardy vs. King Cuerno

Match 2. Johnny Mundo vs. Damien Sandow
Bobby Lashley attacked Sandow from behind. Mundo hit the Moonlight Drive but Sandow kicked out. Sandow came back with a running knee to the head and back suplex. Mundo kicked out and hit a second Moonlight Drive to win.

As soon as the match was over, Sandow stared down Lashley and wanted revenge.

Match 3. Kassius Ohno vs. Aerostar

Match 4. Son of Havoc vs. Mil Muertes

Main Event. Kurt Angle vs. Cody Rhodes


Recap: Another good week with great matches. Raw had two good matches. SmackDown is the land of the rising stars.

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