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Edge and Christian host the Cutting Edge Peep Show again to start off Main Event. They announce that due to the actions of Seth Rollins, Big Show and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble), they have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit, and their crack team of lawyers will make sure Edge and Christian own and operate the WWE. They then announce their guest for tonight's Cutting Edge Peep Show: Adam Rose. After some joking around, Edge and Christian ask about The Bunny...and Adam Rose goes from cheerful to sour, calling them "lemons." Adam Rose says he put The Bunny down for good, and doesn't deserve to be in the Exotic Express anymore. Edge and Christian then want to do a five-second pose with the Exotic Express...but not Adam Rose. Rose says the Express only does what he tells them to, then tells them to head to the back with them. They stay in the ring instead. Edge and Christian does the five-second pose with them, much to Rose's chagrin.
Charlotte beats Sasha Banks.
Santino Marella is a man alone for his New Year's Eve party until Erick Rowan comes along, asking where the party is. At least he's not alone anymore.
Titus O'Neil beats Justin Gabriel.
Santino Marella laughs it up with Erick Rowan when R-Truth shows up. He quickly leaves due to the lack of people and music.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
The show starts off with Edge's retirement speech from the April 11, 2011 edition of Raw.
Edge and Christian start off the proceedings. They compromise and combine Peep Show and Cutting Edge to do a Cutting Edge Peep Show, with tonight's guest being Seth Rollins...who takes on Roman Reigns tonight. Also, Rusev will take on Dolph Ziggler in a Champion vs. Champion match, although neither of them will be naked, much to Christian's disappointment. Daniel Bryan will be here later to talk about his future. Edge and Christian then begin to do the five-second pose for all those with flash photography, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up. Lesnar isn't in the mood to destroy Edge or Christian; instead, he's more focused on John Cena, according to Heyman. Cena shows up. He promises to take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back at Royal Rumble, then puts his hands on Paul Heyman. Lesnar goes for Cena, but Cena has Lesnar read like a book. Lesnar breaks out of the Attitude Adjustment and retreats along with Paul Heyman.
Dolph Ziggler beats Rusev by disqualification when Rusev keeps Ziggler in the corner for too long. Rusev then locks the Accolade on Ziggler and uses the ropes to do more damage. As officials try to get him off Ziggler, Ryback shows up and forces Rusev to retreat.
Ryback talks about his road to where he is now: being a guest bell ringer as a kid at his first WWE live event in Las Vegas, $1,000,000 Tough Enough, going through depression, getting back in the groove and being re-signed by WWE, breaking his ankle in three places, beating the doctor's expectations, and becoming The Ryback. After a video package of Ryback, Ryback tells Rusev that this won't be just a USA vs. Russia, it's going to be a "big guy giving another big guy an ass-kicking thing" at Royal Rumble.
Nikki Bella beats Natalya after the distraction from Brie Bella.
Naomi thanks The Miz backstage, telling him that thanks to his connections to the music producer, she has future projects outside of WWE lined up. She wishes Miz luck on his tag team title match against The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso).
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Miz and Damien Mizdow to win the WWE Tag Team Championships! They celebrate with Naomi, and Jerry Lawler interviews The Usos after the match. They declare 2014 "the Year of the Usos," and they're throwing a party, with barbeque involved. Jerry Lawler is, of course, invited.
Cesaro is in the ring. He says 2014 should have been his year after winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 30, but WWE says he doesn't connect with the WWE Universe. He doesn't care about connecting with the Universe; he just cares about putting a show every night. He issues an open challenge to anyone who doubts him...and the person who answers is none other than Bad News Barrett, who is back after being on the injured list for six months.
Bad News Barrett beats Cesaro.
Luke Harper has a message for those who want to toss him aside like trash and cast him as a social pariah: he's a nightmare come to life. Sweet dreams.
Luke Harper beats Jack Swagger.
John Cena, Edge and Christian chat backstage about days gone by. Cena thanks Edge for everything he's done for him.
Big Show guests on commentary for the next match.
Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins ends with interference from Big Show, who tosses Reigns over the commentary table and topples the whole table on top of him.
Seth Rollins announces to J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) that he plans to have a New Year's toast to John Cena tonight on the Cutting Edge Peep Show and invites Cena to join him. He tells J&J Security to spread the word.
Next week on Raw: Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in an Ambulance Match!
Bray Wyatt says that everything must come full circle, and promises that he'll put Dean Ambrose in an ambulance and end this story.
Tomorrow night on Main Event: Santino Marella's New Year's Party!
Daniel Bryan shows up. After telling everyone that being in the ring with them has helped take the pain of being out of the ring away, Bryan announces he is not retiring and that he will be in the Royal Rumble.
The Miz and Damien Mizdow barge in on Christian playing the kazoo to demand a rematch against The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) for the WWE Tag Team Championships. Edge (and his stunt double puppet) gives them a match, but it's not against The Usos and it's not for the tag titles.
The Miz and Damien Mizdow's opponents are none other than The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor), now making their official debut on the main roster.
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) beat The Miz and Damien Mizdow.
Friday Night on SmackDown: The Cutting Edge Peep Show with Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt as special guests.
Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins, who confirms he's inviting John Cena to the Cutting Edge Peep Show for his "celebration"
It's the Cutting Edge Peep Show! Edge and Christian's guest tonight is Seth Rollins, who considers them heroes and an inspiration for him to start wrestling. He wants to ring in 2015, but he doesn't want to do it alone...so he calls out Big Show, who shows up. He also calls out John Cena, who doesn't come out immediately. Rollins then says he wants something from Cena, but when Cena doesn't show up, Rollins decides to force his hand by attacking Christian with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Edge shoves Rollins, and he is soon surrounded by Big Show, Rollins, and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble). Show forces Edge to the ground, and they all threaten to paralyze Edge for life. John Cena rushes in, but Rollins threatens to break Edge permanently if Cena doesn't bring back Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. John has no choice but to bring them back, but it's all a trick as Rollins attempts to Curb Stomp Edge. Cena fights everyone off but is easily outnumbered. After John Cena is taken down, Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar show up, and Rollins shakes hands with Heyman. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon then appear at the top of the ramp to end the show.
This episode is a "Final Battle Preview Special", hyping ROH's biggest event, Final Battle, which is on Sunday, December 7th LIVE on pay-per-view!
Match Recaps:
Six Man Tag Team Match: Caprice Coleman, Will Ferrera, Ta'Darius Thomas defeats The Decade (B.J. Whitmer, Roderick Strong, Adam Page)
ROH World Champhionship (8/31/2014): Michael Elgin retains the title against Tommaso Ciampa
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) unify the ROH World & IWGP Juniour Hvyweight Tag Team titles when they defeated New Japan Pro Wrestling's The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA)
Episode 2 (December 13, 2014)
This episode is a special Tag Wars Episode, where the three winning teams will go on to face reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) for the ROH World Tag Team titles in two weeks!
Qualifiers: The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) defeated House of Truth (TV Champion Jay Lethal & J. Diesel) (w/ Truth Martini) to advance
Qualifiers: The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) defeated The Decade (B.J. Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs) to advance
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) (who are now global double champions, winning the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships from the Time Splitters) cut a promo, saying that no matter what tag teams matchmaker Nigel McGuiness put in front of them, they will still be the champions.
Qualifiers: A.C.H. & "Reborn" Matt Sydal defeated The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) to advance
Match in Two Weeks:
ROH World Tag Team Championship:
reDRagon (c) vs. The Briscoes vs. The Addiction vs. A.C.H. & Matt Sydal
Episode 3 (December 20, 2014) This episode features Cedric Alexander taking on ROH's "Sicilian Psychopath" Tommaso Ciampa in a No Disqualification Match! Credit to fellow ROH fan Danesha Harney!
Roderick Strong defeated Papadon.
Micheal Elgin and Hanson fought to a no conest when Elgin DDT'ed Hanson off the ring apron through the table!
Will Ferrara & Caprice Coleman defeated Brutal Burgers (Cheeseburger & "Brutal" Bob Evans).
No Disqualification Match: Tommaso Ciampa defeated Cedric Alexander
Episode 4 (December 27th, 2014) The final episode of 2014 capitulates with the Tag Wars 2014 finals. Will reDRagon outlast three other tag teams in this four way elimination match for the coveted World Tag Team titles?
Adam Cole defeated Brian Kendrick (rare appearance).
Four Way Tag Team Elimination Match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly)(c) last eliminated A.C.H. & Matt Sydal to retain the titles and win Tag Wars 2014!
Order of Eliminations:
The Briscoes (Jay & Mark) eliminated by The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian).
The Addiction eliminated by A.C.H. & Matt Sydal.
A.C.H. & Matt Sydal eliminated by reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O"Reilly)
B.J. Whitmer refuses to wish the fans a Merry Christmas and says that Santa Claus is not real (haha).
**IMPORTANT: There will be some changes of how I will be posting ROH results. Starting on January 3rd 2015, I will no long post the results at the end of each month. I will be posting the results on the day that it is aired with a review to go along with it. Be on the lookout!**
The show begins with Hulk Hogan. He's running the show tonight. He reminisces about the good times until Seth Rollins shows up with J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble). He credits Hogan for him entering the ring, but tells him to get out of the ring because he doesn't belong in it anymore and the ring belongs to him. After arguing with Hogan, Seth Rollins complains about Triple H and Stephanie not being in power yet again. Hulk Hogan then reminds him that he lost out last week to Dolph Ziggler, who Hulk considers the future of WWE. Ziggler shows up, admits Rollins is the future of WWE, then tells Rollins that if he is then he shouldn't show his face for another ten years. Big Shows up and kisses up to Rollins before threatening to knock people out, but Roman Reigns shows up to warn him not to get in the ring unless he wants to get hit in the mouth again. Hulk Hogan makes a tag match between the team of Roman Reigns and Dolph Ziggler and the team of Seth Rollins and Big Show.
Ryback beats Kane despite the attempted interference and distraction from Rusev and Lana. After the match, Rusev and Ryback stare down, then Ryback has to fight off both Kane and Rusev. After two choke slams from Kane, Rusev puts Ryback in the Accolade.
Rusev and Lana run into Hulk Hogan backstage. Hulk Hogan puts the WWE United States Championship on the line later tonight in response to Rusev's attack on Ryback.
Naomi beats Alicia Fox. During the match, The Miz watches from backstage.
A new, angrier Adam Rose (who now has a mean streak and is no longer as celebratory with the Exotic Express) beats R-Truth.
Rusev and Lana show up. As Lana complains about Rusev being forced to defend the WWE United States Championship, Dean Ambrose shows up, confirming him to be Rusev's opponent.
Rusev vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE United States Championship ends when Ambrose is suddenly attacked by Bray Wyatt. Ambrose and Wyatt brawl, and Ambrose eventually gets the upper hand when he gets his hands on several steel chairs. Wyatt retreats before Ambrose can nail him with one.
The Miz tries to make a truce in the middle of the match against Jimmy Uso, but it only earns him a super kick to the moneymaker. Jimmy Uso beats The Miz.
Goldust and Stardust try to see the future, as Dolph Ziggler and Roman Reigns chat with Hulk Hogan.
Dolph Ziggler and Roman Reigns beat Big Show and Seth Rollins.
Corey Graves and Renee Young took a look back at the best of 2014.
We took a look back at NXT Arrival on the WWE Network.
Adrian Neville returning home to Newcastle, England for a WWE European tour.
Tyler Breeze wishes the NXT Universe a merry Christmas, and promises to bring home the gold in 2015.
We took a look back at Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: REvolution.
Curtis Axel tells William Regal he wants in on the action at NXT to recharge. Regal says he'll see what he can do, but tells him to make an appointment next time.
We took a look back at The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) vs. The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) for the WWE Tag Team Championships at NXT TakeOver: REvolution.
Hideo Itami and Finn Balor take on The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) next week! They were greeted by The Ascension on the way in, but Finn Balor and Hideo Itami are about to see them out.
We look back at the debuts of Baron Corbin, Bull Dempsey, Hideo Itami, Finn Balor and Kevin Owens.
Kevin Owens has put Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn in the hospital...and he plans to be the only one left standing.
We look back at the main roster debuts of Paige, Bo Dallas, Emma, Summer Rae, Adam Rose, Rusev and Lana.
Earlier this week, Rich Brennan interviewed Bayley. Bayley likened her comeback to Triple H's comeback from 2002.
Charlotte retains the NXT Women's Championship in a Christmas Day rematch against Sasha Banks with her father Ric Flair in her corner, after locking in a Figure Four Leg Lock with a bridge.
#10: Sting vs. Kurt Angle in an empty arena match (Impact, February 19, 2009)
#9: The Tag Team Series Full Metal Mayhem Match, Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) vs The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) vs The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) (Impact, October 9, 2014)
#8: Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell in a Last Knockout Standing match at Slammiversary XI
#7: Hulk Hogan's debut (Impact, January 4, 2010)
James Storm pours water on Mahabali Shera. Has Shera joined the Redneck Revolution?
#6: AJ Styles vs Magnus (Impact, January 9, 2014)
#5: Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan's Wedding (Impact, January 17, 2013)
#4: Bobby Roode vs. James Storm for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (Impact, November 3, 2011)
#3: Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship (Unbreakable 2005)
#2: Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson (Bound For Glory 2010)
#1: Bully Ray puts Dixie Carter through a table (Impact, August 7, 2014)
The show starts with Ho-Ho-Hogan...as Hulk Hogan shows up dressed as Santa Claus. He's got some gifts for tonight: Roman Reigns vs. Big Show, and a Miracle on 34th Street Fight between Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt. John Cena shows up, and says he wanted a Frozen Sing-Along Play Set until what happened last week in his match against Seth Rollins. He wants a rematch against Seth Rollins as his new Christmas wish, and after he asks Ho-Ho-Hogan for it, Rollins shows up, reminds everyone he's The Future of WWE, then whines about Triple H and Stephanie McMahon not running the show again while Ho-Ho-Hogan is and how he plans to attack Cena until he brings them back. He then wants Ho-Ho-Hogan to make his Christmas wish come true: bringing HHH and Stephanie back. John Cena tells Rollins to shut up, that he's not bringing them back, and that he can send some neon green tennis shoes up his ass and have him spitting out neon green for a week. This gives Ho-Ho-Hogan an idea: make Cena vs. Rollins the first match...and it happens next.
John Cena beats Seth Rollins.
Fandango beats Jack Swagger.
Tom Phillips interviews Dolph Ziggler. He has a much better idea of how far Luke Harper is willing to go for the Intercontinental title after TLC, but he plans to steal the show and retain the belt tonight.
R-Truth beats Adam Rose. After the match, The Bunny tries to console Rose, but Rose snaps and beats him up. He almost takes his anger out on the Exotic Express, as well.
Edge and Christian host next week's Raw!
Hulk Hogan runs SmackDown this Friday!
Roman Reigns beats Big Show by count-out.
Renee Young interviews Dean Ambrose. All he wants for Christmas is Bray Wyatt.
Natalya beats Brie Bella after pinning Brie down when the latter tries to counter the Sharpshooter into a roll-up. After the win, Nattie knocks Nikki Bella off the apron and holds up the Divas title.
Los Matadores (Fernando, Diego, El Torito) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Big E takes on Stardust tomorrow night on Main Event!
Dolph Ziggler retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Luke Harper. After the match, Jerry Lawler interviews Ziggler, who credits the WWE Universe for his iron will throughout the match.
It's time for Piper's Pit! "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's guests tonight are Lana and Rusev, who have a "special Christmas message" for the WWE Universe. Lana calls Christmas "a joke," and "the one time of the year where people pretend to be good." This gets Piper fired up. We then see footage from last week of Rusev jumping Ryback from behind, then Rusev asks if Piper believes he can crush Ryback as well as Piper himself. Piper tries to de-escalate the situtation by saying he has a present for them, and it's wrapped in a bow. The present is Ryback, who is actually wearing a big bow, and he charges Ryback. Rusev fights back, but Ryback quickly recovers and forces Rusev to retreat with a Meat Hook attempt.
Alicia Fox, Emma and Naomi beat Cameron, Paige and Summer Rae in a Santa's Helpers 6-Diva Tag Match.
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) debut next week!
The Miz beats Jey Uso by grabbing Jey's tights after reversing his roll-up.
Before his match, Bray Wyatt says Christmas is a facade to shield people from the real world - where he is king - made to make people feel safe. He plans to destroy Dean Ambrose once again.
Bray Wyatt beats Dean Ambrose in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight. After the match, Wyatt tries to attack Ambrose again only to be blasted with a fire extinguisher by Ambrose, who then elbow drops Wyatt from the top rope and through a table.
The show starts with Adrian Neville appearing. The crowd chants "Thank you, Neville" before he speaks. He says Zayn should be out here, and that their match at NXT TakeOver: REvolution was amazing. He gives credit where credit is due and says Zayn deserves to be the champ. He wants to shake Zayn's hand, but can't because of Kevin Owens' actions. He asks Owens if he's proud of himself, because Neville himself isn't. Not surprisingly, Kevin Owens shows up. Neville says Owens should be ashamed of himself for his actions, but Owens doesn't care, saying Neville's opinion is irrelevant himself. All he cares about is being here, and making his way to the top. He has no problem with Adrian Neville, but if he has to fight him on his way up, so be it.
Devin Taylor interviews Becky Taylor. Becky says that Sasha Banks opened her eyes up when it comes to stepping her game up to the next level.
Tyler Breeze is taking some time off from NXT to do some modeling in Europe. He'll be back...
Becky Lynch beats Bayley by submission.
Charlotte defends the NXT Women's Championship against Sasha Banks in a rematch next week.
The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) ask William Regal for a rematch against The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) for the NXT Tag Team Championships due to Simon Gotch not being the legal man when he was pinned at NXT TakeOver: REvolution. Regal tells them they'll get their rematch soon.
Bull Dempsey beats a random guy. Predictably, Baron Corbin shows up and destroys another random guy as Bull Dempsey watches. After they look at each other briefly, Corbin beats his opponent in 14 seconds then he and Demspey stare down until Dempsey shoves him and retreats.
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) beat Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. After the match, Konnor and Viktor tell Hideo Itami and Finn Balor that their war isn't over.
Kevin Owens and Adrian Neville fight to a double count-out. After the match, Kevin Owens power bombs Neville into the ring apron.
Hello, everyone! This is my first EVER review for any show from any wrestling company. The main reason that I chose Lucha Underground to review is that there is currently no wrestling website that I know of that actually reviews it (mostly due to the fact that they do not have the El Rey Network channel), so hope you guys enjoy it.
Opening Segment
First off, let me say that I am really digging the Hollywood-like scenery of the backstage segments and promo videos of previous episodes. A recap of last week’s episode was shown. Also, this week, the main promo was that of Cage (known in PWG and other indy promotions as Brian Cage), who will be making his debut very soon. If ya ask me, this dude is going to straight up dominate.
Then you have the beginning of the show before the opening match. Dario Cueto comes out and not only announces two big matches, but the two winners of the match are going to receive something special… and in case if you are wondering: NO MONEY BRIEFCASES!!!
Ten Man Match: Son of Havoc vs. Fenix vs. Prince Puma vs. Big Ryck vs. Super Fly vs. Mascarita Sagrada vs. King Cuerno vs. Drago vs. El Mariachi Loco vs. Pentagon, Jr. Winner: Fenix with the modified Tombstone Piledriver.
What a heated contested match this was! However, the match was not as long in time as I expected. Of course, in this match, the way you had to win was by either pin or submission, but since there was a large amount of participants, you would think the match would have lasted longer, right? Nah. Besides, from the get go, the action was fast paced, with awe-inspiring variations of common moves we see in wrestling. For instance, the Tower of Doom turned into a falling leg sweep tower of doom… it was a pretty cool move. We also saw Prince Puma hit a springboard 450 to the outside of the ring and land on his feet like a BOSS! But in the end, it was the up-and-coming Fenix who picked up the win with a nasty tombstone piledriver on Puma.
Needless to say, if you were to blink during this match, you would miss out on the rapid fire highlight reel.
Boyle Height Battle Royal! Winner: Mil Muertes (last eliminated Johnny Mundo)
Mil Muertes just continues to dominate! Since debuting on the November 5th episode of Lucha Underground against Blue Demon, Jr, he has been nearly unstoppable with his impressive power game and a beautiful, yet dangerous valet (who has a fetish for licking and apparently she and Mil Muertes are an item now), Catrina. Much like the ten man match before, very fast paced with some record eliminations, with rookies Famous B and Ricky Mantel not even lasting a full five minutes without getting blasted out of the ring. Poor rookies. Anyways, my pick for this match was Johnny Mundo, who’s been on a hot streak as late, capping it off with becoming $100,000 richer. However, you cannot forget how Lucha Underground is making it so Mil Muertes is the ultimate big guy, their resident giant (of some sorts), which in my opinion is a very good move. I mean, why build up a man Muertes’ size for dominance only to bring it to a halt?
Much like the ten man match, this one was a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” type match.
Dario Cueto’s Blockbuster Announcement!
So you have the winner of the two bouts tonight in Fenix and Mil Muertes, but what’s the reward for outlasting so many opponents? Out comes the ever swaggering Dario Cueto with a huge announcement! As promised at the beginning of the show, Dario was not going to reward the two winners with money-filled briefcases, but he has something even better… the Lucha Underground Championship! Now, for those of you that have been checking out the wrestling websites with articles about the taping news of Lucha Underground, the champion has already been crowned, but it will all unfold starting in January of 2015 in what Cueto bills as “Aztec Warfare”, which will comprise of the top stars of Lucha Underground (so yes, Sexy Star is can qualify for this tournament) competing in a tournament to crown the first ever Lucha Underground Champion. He then sets up an impromptu match of Mil Muertes vs. Fenix, where the winner will gain an advantage in “Aztec Warfare”!
Mil Muertes (w/ Catrina) vs. Fenix Winner: Mil Muertes with the flatliner.
With a shot at competing in Aztec Warfare, these two luchadors fought on despite competing in heated matches earlier in the night. On a side note, if Fenix were to defeat Mil Muertes, not only would he have a spot in the tournament, but he could be the first to defeat Mil Muertes since his debut. In the end, however, Mil Muertes would go on to pick up his second win of the night, and continue his undefeated streak and total dominance in Lucha Underground.
I am really growing to mark for both Mil Muertes and Fenix. Both utilize their strengths in their styles of wrestling. With Muertes’ unrelenting power and Fenix’s awe-inspiring ability, in my eyes, it’s like the best of both worlds.
Well, that’s it! Hope you guys enjoyed it, and I will be doing more in the near future. Follow me on Twitter @KiannaFury and be sure to check out all results here at diehardwrestling.blogspot.com! As I always say, more is to come!
Ring announcer Melissa Santos introduces the owner of Lucha Underground Dario Cueto, who announces two ten man matches, where the two winners will not receive a briefcase full of money this time, but something more special… The first ten competitors are already in the ring for the ten man match!
Ten Man Match: Fenix defeated Prince Puma, Big Ryck, El Mariachi Loco, Mascarita Sagrada, Drago, King Cuerno, Super Fly, Pentagon Jr, and Son of Havoc when he pinned Puma after a modified Tombstone Piledriver.
Konnan is outraged at Prince Puma for “missing an opportunity”. He says that many wrestlers kill to have a manager like him and warns him to not miss any opportunities next time.
Boyle Heights Battle Royal: Mil Muertes last eliminated Johnny Mundo to win the battle royal. -during this match, there was a mysterious woman in the audience (Angela Fong) who watched the match for a certain luchador(a)...
Mil Muertes and Fenix are the winners of their respective matches. What will Dario Cueto have in store for them?
Mil Muertes and Fenix are having a stand-off in the ring when Dario Cueto comes out. He says earlier tonight that he has a surprise for the two winners of the matches. What’s the surprise? The introduction of the Lucha Underground Heavyweight Championship, in which in his eyes, is the title that will make the wrestler the best in the world. He then announces that the winner of Mil Muertes vs. Fenix will have an advantage in becoming the first Lucha Underground Champion, in what he bills the “Aztec Warfare”, which will take place until January 2015, where the first champion will be crowned.
Mil Muertes defeated Fenix to enter “Aztec Warfare” at #20 to become the first ever Lucha Underground Champion. Fenix will enter at #1. After the match, he and Catrina stand over a betean Fenix and engage in a sloppy kiss fest.
Dario Cueto is backstage with the Lucha Underground title. The gold comes from the Aztec gold, making it not only priceless, but powerful. There is a person he does not want to see touch it, as he likes to "destroy pretty things..."
The show starts with a star-studded tribute to America's military.
Hulk Hogan shows up to start the show. After thanking America's miltary, The Miz and Damien Sandow show up, and Miz says "You're welcome," before going into a spiel about starring in TheMarine 3. This spiel ends when John Cena shows up, apologizes for The Miz's behavior, then says the American armed forces are the real deal compared to The Miz, who is "as metrosexual as Ryan Seacrest, except Seacrest would kick his butt." Miz fancies himself to Bob Hope on a USO tour, but Cena reminds him Hulk is in the ring with him. Miz chalks this up to Cena being jealous, but Cena makes it painfully clear that Miz just sucks. Miz tries to beat up Cena, but Cena knocks him out of the ring. When Sandow confronts Cena, he just does his stunt double duties. After this, J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble), Seth Rollins, Kane, Luke Harper and Big Show show up and surround Cena and Hogan. They fight them off as best they can until Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan show up. The good guys quickly stand tall and work as a team to toss Big Show out of the ring.
Angelina Jolie talks about the recently released movie, "Unbroken," which she has also directed. She thanks the American military.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Florida-Georgia Line perform.
Naomi wins the Divas Santa's Helper Battle Royal.
The WWE Superstars and Divas make life brighter for the men and women at Fort Benning.
Dean Ambrose beats Bray Wyatt in a Boot Camp Match after Wyatt mouths off at Sgt. Slaughter, giving Slaughter half a mind to hand Ambrose a steel toe boot, allowing him to set up the elbow drop onto Wyatt through the table for the win.
Rusev and Lana show up. Rusev says he has crushed the best America has to offer as they continue their American-bashing. At one point, most of the American armed forces members stand up as they chant "USA." Lana goes on to say that America would be a true superpower if Russian President Vladimir Putin was their leader. All of a sudden, Daniel Bryan returns. He says that no matter what, Americans fight for what they believe in, and if Rusev doesn't like it, he can go back to Russia. Rusev challenges Daniel Bryan after this, and in response, D-Bry says Americans can come from anywhere, like over the wall or down from the sky. Four American soldiers show up, dropping down from the ceiling and jumping over the barricade, to surround the ring apron. Daniel Bryan enters the ring, and after some time, Rusev and Lana retreat, and Daniel Bryan and the soldiers start a "YES!" chant.
Florida-Georgia Line perform "Cruise."
John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan beat Seth Rollins, Kane, Big Show and Luke Harper.
Courtesy of: The PrinceWatercress Blog, due to being tangled with watching Lucha Underground and Tribute To The Troops. Sadly, I did not get to tune in.
#20: Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle in a Six Sides of Steel Cage Match at Lockdown 2008
#19: Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X 2012
#18: Motor City Machine Guns vs Beer Money for the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championships at Victory Road 2010
#17: Ric Flair confronts Jay Lethal (Impact, July 7, 2010)
#16: The Ultimate X match at Bound For Glory 2009
#15: Bully Ray vs Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Lockdown 2013
Earlier in the week, Mahabali Shera was seen stumbling around outside in the dark and in pain.
#14: The Knockouts Battle Royal at Bound For Glory 2007
#13: The Jarrett Wedding (Impact, March 3, 2011)
#12: Bobby Roode vs. Lashley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (Impact, October 29, 2014)
Roman Reigns beats Fandango in his first match since September.
SmackDown moves to Thursdays on January 15th, 2015!
Dean Ambrose shows up. He knows he lost at TLC, but knows he got to Bray Wyatt. After saying that the fight continues tomorrow night at Tribute to the Troops, Wyatt appears on the TitanTron. He says Ambrose is still breathing because he enjoys the game they're playing, and it's obvious that Bray Wyatt plans to end him.
Erick Rowan and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Luke Harper, The Miz and Damien Mizdow. During the match, Miz and Mizdow argue after Mizdow mimicks Harper's Gator Roll, and Rowan hits the top rope splash instead of The Usos.
Naomi and Jimmy Uso chat backstage. The Miz is generally kicked to the curb now, Jimmy apologizes for his anger on Miz TV earlier on Main Event and Naomi tells Jimmy she wants to win the Divas title on her own, a wish that Jimmy respects.
Seth Rollins vs. Ryback ends before it can even begin after a sneak attack from Rusev at the top of the entrance ramp. Rusev kicks Ryback off the side of the top of the entrance ramp, then attacks Ryback again. Rollins uses this as an excuse to say that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon should come back, and then complains about his loss at TLC. He then decides to take the night off to celebrate his Raw victory last night with J&J Security (Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury) when Dolph Ziggler shows up, speaks the truth and challenges Rollins to a match. Rollins accepts his challenge.
Nikki Bella retains the WWE Divas Championship against Naomi after Jimmy Uso shows up and jumps The Miz, who showed up earlier in the match to cheer on Naomi. This distracts Naomi, and gives Nikki the roll-up victory.
Kane beats Adam Rose. After the match, Kane grabs The Bunny, who is wearing a neck brace after last night, and puts him in another Tombstone Piledriver.
Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust) hate Christmas.
Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins. Rollins says he plans to sabotage John Cena at every turn until he brings Triple H and Stephanie McMahon back to power. If he has to work with Paul Heyman to make it happen, so be it.
The show starts with Miz TV. Tonight's special guest is Naomi. She's about to give The Miz the boot, but Miz tells her that he's gotten a title shot against Nikki Bella lined up for her tonight on Super SmackDown Live. As Miz continues to kiss up to Naomi, The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) show up and charge the ring, causing Miz and Mizdow to retreat. Miz tells Jimmy he's ruining everything, but Jimmy warns him again to stay away from his wife. Miz then says Naomi is talented, but it's a shame that Jimmy doesn't feel the same, angering Jimmy further.
The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) beat Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.
Erick Rowan and Titus O'Neil play chess, and Paige watches. Titus gets frustrated with the game and leaves. Rowan is unperturbed by the situtation.
Paige beats Emma with the PTO.
Bray Wyatt takes on Dean Ambrose in a Boot Camp Match tomorrow night on the 2014 edition of Tribute To The Troops!
Titus O'Neil guests on commentary for the next match.
Kane beats Erick Rowan. During the match, Erick Rowan throws Kane into the commentary table and gets cups full of drink all over Titus O'Neil. After the match, Titus O'Neil leaves in disgust and Byron Saxton and Michael Cole argue over cleaning the mess up.
The show starts with special guest Chris Jericho. He's the General Manager for tonight. After talking about his Slammy Award victory last week, he mentions Fandango "accepted" it for him and demands Fandango return it. Instead of Fandango, he gets Paul Heyman. Heyman wants to be General Manager for Raw tonight, and says he should have accepted Jericho's award for him and not Fandango. While Jericho admits Heyman gave him his first big break, Heyman also owes him $200. Heyman then says he's here for the World Heavyweight title picture, and can't wait to see Seth Rollins. Rollins shows up, and he and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) are not amused that Heyman has dropped his name. Rollins tells Heyman that he saw him win against John Cena, even though the ref never saw it, Roman Reigns returned, and John Cena won with Reigns' help. He calls Cena a coward, and challenges him to a rematch in the near future. Cena shows up, and he's not in a good mood, either, and tells Rollins to quit making excuses and man up. As for the rematch, he plans to make it a reality. Chris Jericho makes the match official...for tonight...in a steel cage. Seth Rollins yells at Jericho, calling him the worst General Manager ever, saying he couldn't even beat the popcorn guy...or Paul Heyman. Jericho is in a good mood, and actually thinks he can beat Paul Heyman...so he makes the match official. The match type will be voted on with the WWE App.
Big Show and Luke Harper beat Erick Rowan and Dolph Ziggler.
Fandango meets up with Chris Jericho backstage and tells him that if he wants his Slammy Award back, all he has to do is take it from him. Jericho tells Fandango that he's going to dance all over him after he's done with Paul Heyman.
Renee Young interviews The New Day (Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Big E). They've just begun with Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Roman Reigns returns to action tomorrow night on Super SmackDown Live! on USA Network!
Natalya and Alicia Fox beat The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki Bella) with the Sharpshooter.
It's time for Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel! Tonight's guests are Rusev and Lana. After Jericho jokes around with them, Rusev wants to fight Jericho. Jericho knows somebody who wants to fight Rusev: Ryback, who shows up and stares down with Rusev. Rusev and Lana retreat.
The three options for Paul Heyman vs. Chris Jericho are Extreme Rules, No Holds Barred and Street Fight.
Kofi Kingston guests on commentary for the next match.
The New Day (Xavier Woods and Big E) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Renee Young interviews The Miz and Damien Mizdow. Miz proceeds to talk trash about Jimmy Uso.
Adam Rose and The Exotic Express are about to have an afterparty after tonight's match...only for Rose to run into Kane. Kane tells Rose his match is next...and it's against Kane himself.
Kane quickly beats Adam Rose. The Bunny also got a choke slam, and after the match, Kane gives The Bunny a Tombstone Piledriver.
Erick Rowan takes on Kane tomorrow night on Main Event, airing an hour earlier at 7 PM/6 PM Central, with Super SmackDown Live! airing afterwards on SyFy at 8 PM/7 PM Central.
Paul Heyman tries to talk his way out of his match with Chris Jericho, but Jericho has none of it. Heyman tries to write him a check for $200, but Jericho doesn't want it either. When it's revealed the match will be a Street Fight, Heyman asks Jericho if he can beat Brock Lesnar. Sure enough, Lesnar makes his first appearance on WWE television in months, minus the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar quickly destroys Jericho with an F5 before he and Heyman leave.
Fandango is in the ring. As soon as he tries to talk trash about Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns shows up and destroys him. Before Reigns can utter a single word, Big Show comes out. Reigns tells him that if he gets into the ring, he's gonna hit him in the mouth. Show dares him, and eats a Superman Punch as soon as he gets on the apron. Show tosses one of the steel steps before walking away.
Jimmy Uso beats The Miz after Damien Mizdow's interference backfires, allowing Jey Uso to hit The Miz in the gut with a Slammy Award to help his brother win.
The Miz invites Naomi to Miz TV tomorrow night on Main Event, and tells her not to tell Jimmy Uso.
Tomorrow night on Super SmackDown Live!: Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt!
Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins. He complain about the mess that he's in with the rematch tonight against John Cena and says he wants Triple H and Stephanie McMahon back in power. Again.
Next week on a special Christmas episode of Raw: Ho-Ho-Hogan! It's Hulk Hogan!
Seth Rollins beats John Cena in a cage match with the help of Brock Lesnar, who shows up with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship this time around, hits Cena with three German Suplexes and an F5. After this, Heyman and Rollins shake hands, and Rollins slowly ambles out of the cage after giving Cena a Curb Stomp.
Naomi tells The Miz and Damien Mizdow that, despite what happens tonight, she's making it on her own, whether it be a music career or her real #1 focus, the WWE Divas Championship. She also tells Miz that she's tired of wasting time with him.
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) beat Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Dolph Ziggler beats Luke Harper in a Ladder Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship!
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat The Miz and Damien Mizdow by disqualification when The Miz hits Jimmy Uso with his Slammy Award after he and Mizdow try to escape from the match. Miz and Mizdow retain the WWE Tag Team Championships.
Byron Saxton interviews Seth Rollins. Since Sting is nowhere to be found, Rollins plans to make John Cena pay for the downfall of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon starting with tonight, and plans to beat him up so badly he'll have no choice but to bring HHH and Stephanie back.
Big Show beats Erick Rowan in a Stairs Match.
John Cena beats Seth Rollins in a Tables Match after a match restart after both men go through a table at the same time and despite interference from Big Show, which is stopped by a returning Roman Reigns. All the while, Paul Heyman watches the match from ringside. As a result, John Cena is still #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Byron Saxton interviews Nikki Bella, who doesn't have a lot to say about AJ Lee...and neither does her sister Brie Bella.
Nikki Bella retains the WWE Divas Championship against AJ Lee after a distraction from Brie Bella allows Nikki to spray a mystery object into AJ's eyes for the victory.
Tom Phillips interviews Roman Reigns. Reigns is back, locked and loaded...and he's planning to do even more at the Royal Rumble next year.
Ryback beats Kane in a Chairs Match.
Rusev retains the WWE United States Championship against Jack Swagger with the Accolade, after Swagger loses consciousness.
Bray Wyatt beats Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match after the (plugged-in) monitor Ambrose tries to use as a weapon against Bray Wyatt shorts out, with the sparks blinding him and allowing Wyatt to hit a surprise Sister Abigail for the victory.
The show starts with John Cena. Before he can begin talking, Seth Rollins shows up. He says that John Cena is good because whenever he says he's going to get something done, it happens 99 times out of 100...but then says the tables will turn this Sunday when he wins and sets the new standard. Rollins goes on to say that the future does not exist without him. Cena says that Rollins has stepped up on his own, but Rollins isn't ready to take him on yet, even as Rollins calls himself "the embodiment of the future." Rollins plans to put Cena through a table this Sunday, which marks "the beginning of the end of Cena and the rise of Rollins." Cena tells Rollins to get in line with the rest of the Superstars who have tried to push him out the door.
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) are coming to the main roster!
The Miz and Damien Mizdow guest on commentary for the next match.
Midway through the next match, The Miz seemingly gets a cellphone call from Naomi...
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Tyson Kidd and Cesaro. After the match, The Miz and Damien Mizdow meet up with Naomi only for Naomi to confront them. Naomi knows they're trying to get into Jimmy and Jey Uso's heads with the whole agent thing, and The Miz says his agent is about ready to take his deal off the table due to Jimmy being in the way. Miz says it's not about Jimmy, and that he honestly believes she is talented.
Naomi meets The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) backstage, and Naomi tells Jimmy that she's more independent than he thinks she is and that he's made her doubt herself. Jimmy thinks this is The Miz's doing, but Jey think Naomi may feel that way for legitimate reasons. Jey tells Jimmy that he needs to focus for Sunday or else Miz and Damien Mizdow will win.
Bray Wyatt says in two thousand years, people will remember him and children will learn about him in school. He says that Dean Ambrose's defeat on Sunday will become his salvation.
AJ Lee guests on commentary for the next match.
Nikki Bella beats Alicia Fox. Nikki attacks Alicia Fox with another Rack Attack after the match to send a message to AJ Lee.
Big E beats Goldust.
Jack Swagger beats Titus O'Neil with the Patriot Lock. After the match, the Russian flag comes down and Rusev and Lana show up to gloat from the entrance ramp.
Dean Ambrose just wants to fight, and he'll do just that Sunday when he plans to destroy Bray Wyatt and crush his world.
Ryback, Dolph Ziggler and Erick Rowan beat Kane, Big Show and Luke Harper. After the match, Kane attacks Ryback with a steel chair, but the good guys stand tall in the end.
On the kick-off, Corey Graves announces his in-ring retirement after suffering several concussions while in NXT and is now an announcer for the brand.
Kevin Owens debuts tonight!
Rich Brennan interviews The Lucha Dragon (Sin Cara and Kalisto). They're ready for The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch).
Sasha Banks says she's ready for Charlotte, but Bayley shows up and thinks otherwise. Becky Lynch attacks Bayley from behind.
Kevin Owens destroys CJ Parker in his NXT debut.
The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) retain the NXT Tag Team Championships against The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch).
Baron Corbin demolishes Tye Dillinger. After the match, Corbin locks eyes with Bull Dempsey, who is watching from ringside. Corbin keeps his eyes locked on Dempsey as he leaves.
Finn Balor and Hideo Itami beat The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor).
Renee Young interviews Roman Reigns. Reigns predicts that Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn will bring the house down tonight, and that he'll be the first NXT alumni to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
Charlotte retains the NXT Women's Championship against Sasha Banks.
Sami Zayn beats Adrian Neville in a thrilling match to become the new NXT Champion! After the match, the NXT locker room - even Kevin Owens and Pat Patterson - celebrate with Zayn, and Zayn and Neville show post-match respect to one another. Kevin Owens shows up one more time and...manhandles Sami Zayn! A furious William Regal shows up to call for the trainer as Owens leaves.
Danny Trejo from Machete is on hand tonight at the Temple!
King Cuerno defeats the debuting Super Fly. During the match, Drago watches from the top of the balcony.
We look at the background of Pentagon, Jr., in which shows how the mixture of his lucha libre and various martial arts styles makes him have… zero fear!
Chavo Guerrero defeats Fenix. After the match, Sexy Star grabs the mic and says that Blue Demon, Jr. is coming back… for Pentagon, Jr.
Cage (Brian Cage) is coming to Lucha Underground!
$100,000 Ladder Match: Johnny Mundo defeats Big Ryck & Prince Puma to win the $100,000 briefcase, despite the fact Dario Cueto henchmen Cisco and Cortez Castro being heavily involved during the match (along with a strange guy emerging from the audience attacking Mundo). Dario Cueto comes out and congratulates Mundo and hopes that the two of them can have a good relationship moving forward. Cueto asks Mundo for the “insurance Policy” which is a big key, and orders him to put it around his neck. Mundo refuses, and lays Cueto out to end the show.
The second half of the 2014 recap. Selected matches include:
The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) vs. The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) for the TNA World Tag Team Championships
Austin Aries cashing in the TNA X Division Championship to take on Lashley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
James Storm and The Great Sanada vs. Tajiri and The Great Muta at Bound For Glory
Team Dixie vs. Team Bully, and Dixie Carter going through a table
The Tag Team Series between The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards), The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon)
Samoa Joe winning the vacant X Division Championship, as well as Samoa Joe vs Low Ki vs Kaz Hayashi at Bound For Glory.
Samoa Joe's vacating of the X Division title after being injured, and Low Ki winning the belt
Gail Kim vs. Taryn Terrell III.
Havok winning the Knockouts title, followed by Taryn Terrell winning from her in a triple threat match against her and Gail Kim a month later
The final match between Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon), The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) and The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards), in the Tag Team Series, which was a Full Metal Mayhem match
Bobby Lashley's rematch against Bobby Roode for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship with Kurt Angle as special guest referee
We also get more storyline advancement on Mahabali Shera joining James Storm's Redneck Revolution. Shera's indoctrination is close, and Shera's hand trembles as Manik hands him a message.
Due to Tribute to the Troops being taped prior to SmackDown, the whole show was a recap of everything that has been going on from just before Survivor Series to the aftermath. Topics covered are:
The feud between Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt
Brie Bella turning heel, joining her sister Nikki Bella and helping Nikki win the Divas title from AJ Lee
Dolph Ziggler's loss of the Intercontinental Championship to Luke Harper
Big Show's heel turn in the Traditional Survivor Series Match and the feud between Big Show and Erick Rowan
The Slammy Awards The road to John Cena vs. Seth Rollins in a Tables Match at TLC
Tell Me You Didn't Just Say That: Insult of the Year - The Rock insults Rusev and Lana
When Lana and Rusev accept their Slammy, Lana says the only insult is America itself, and Rusev says that next time The Rock enters his ring, he will crush him.
Fan Participation Award - Seth Rollins, with "You Sold Out!"
Double-Cross of the Year - Seth Rollins turning on The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Rollins, Roman Reigns)
Animal of the Year - The Bunny
Best Actor - The Rock
Tag Team of the Year - The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)
When The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) accept their award, they plan to take the tag titles back from The Miz and Damien Sandow on Sunday.
NXT Superstar of the Year - Sami Zayn
Anti-Gravity Moment of the Year - Seth Rollins leaps off the balcony at Payback Faction of the Year - The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) Best Twitter Handle/Social Champion - Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) Breakout Star of the Year - Dean Ambrose (Ambrose cannot accept the award due to the attack he suffered from Bray Wyatt last week on SmackDown.) Raw Guest Star of the Year - Hugh Jackman Best Couple of the Year - Brie and Daniel Bryan Rivalry of the Year - Daniel Bryan vs. The Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) Hashtag of the Year - #RKOOuttaNowhere Seth Rollins accepts the Hashtag of the Year Slammy, being the jerk that he is.
The show starts with Jerry Lawler introduces the guest host for the Slammy Awards, Seth Green. As Seth speaks, The Miz and Damien Mizdow show up. Miz wonders why Seth didn't meet him in his dressing room, and Seth says Mizdow is more awesome.
Seth Rollins beats Dolph Ziggler with the help of J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble).
Seth Green presents the "This Is Awesome" Moment of the Year Slammy Award.
"This Is Awesome" Moment of the Year - Sting appears at Survivor Series
When Seth Rollins finds out Sting wins the Moment of the Year Slammy, he is not happy at all. He "accepts" the award on Sting's behalf after cursing Sting for costing him the biggest victory of his career and putting Triple H and Stephanie McMahon out of power.
Kofi Kingston beats Stardust.
John Laurinaitis presents the "Surprise Return of the Year" Slammy Award. With Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, he proposes a return to "People Power."
Surprise Return of the Year - Ultimate Warrior
Seth Rollins and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) meet Paul Heyman, who expects Brock Lesnar to win all the awards he's nominated for. Rollins tells Heyman he'll beat
Natalya beats Charlotte in the latter's main roster debut appearance with a surprise roll-up.
Santino Marella presents the "OMG! Shocking Moment of the Year" Slammy Award.
OMG! Shocking Moment of the Year - Brock Lesnar conquers The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania 30
Paul Heyman accepts the "OMG! Shocking Moment of the Year" Slammy Award on Brock's behalf.
Bray Wyatt shows up. Bray looks back at the destruction of Sister Abigail's rocking chair, and says Dean Ambrose destroyed a piece of him that he could never replace, so he tried to take something of equal value from Ambrose. He then reveals his hatred towards the WWE Universe, and plans to destroy Ambrose this Sunday on TLC. Suddenly, an ambulance shows up. Dean Ambrose shows up in a neck brace and pulls out a table, a ladder and a chair, then rips off the brace and brings the chair and ladder to the ring. The two of them brawl, and when Wyatt is able to escape, Ambrose taunts him. Wyatt falls for this, and Ambrose makes him pay big time. Ambrose then tells Bray to look at the ambulance, as it will be the only way he leaves the ring this Sunday, when Ambrose becomes the monster.
Jerry Lawler presents the "Diva of the Year" Slammy Award.
Diva of the Year - AJ Lee
AJ Lee accepts the trophy, saying you can be a nerd and a tomboy and still be the best Diva of all time. She hopes for an NXT Diva to take the award next year, but she's not through being queen just yet...
Renee Young interviews John Cena. He's got Big Show tonight, but on Sunday he plans to put Seth Rollins through a table and stay #1 contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Erick Rowan beats Luke Harper by disqualification after Harper hits Rowan with a steel stepladder. The two brawl, but Rowan fights back and beats Harper down with the steel steps, causing Harper to make a hasty retreat.
Jimmy Uso finds out from Naomi that the agent that The Miz referred to her is legitimate, and that she's heading to Hollywood. She has a screen test in Los Angeles next week. Jimmy says he's going with her, as he still doesn't trust Miz. This drives a wedge between Naomi and Jimmy Uso.
Adam Rose presents the "LOL Moment of the Year" Slammy Award.
LOL Moment of the Year - Damien Sandow as The Miz's stunt double "Damien Mizdow"
The Miz speaks for Damien Mizdow as Mizdow accepts the award, because The Miz is a jerk.
Rusev is defending the WWE United States Championship against Jack Swagger this Sunday at TLC.
Rusev and Lana show up. Lana shows up and calls America the true LOL Moment of the Year. Jack Swagger shows up and says he's snapping Rusev's ankle. Swagger and Rusev brawl, and Swagger nearly destroys Rusev's ankle before officials break them up.
The TLC kick-off is official: The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E Langston, Xavier Woods) vs Gold & Stardust (Goldust and Stardust).
Seth Green guests on commentary for the next match.
Ryback and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) beat Kane, The Miz and Damien Mizdow.
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat presents the Slammy Award for Match of the Year.
Match of the Year - Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, Big Show, Ryback) vs. Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev, Luke Harper) at Survivor Series
Dolph Ziggler accepts the Match of the Year award. He says he joined Team Cena because the WWE Universe stood by him for all of these years, and as he thanks the fans, he says that the WWE Universe deserves the award, not him.
AJ Lee beats Summer Rae with the Black Widow.
Rob Van Dam is back! He presents the Slammy Award for Extreme Moment of the Year.
Extreme Moment of the Year - Chris Jericho hitting the cross body off the top of the steel cage against Bray Wyatt
Fandango "accepts" the award on Chris Jericho. By "accepts," he means "steals."
Saint Mick-olas (and daughter Noelle Foley) advertise for WWEShop.com again.
Renee Young interviews Big Show. He plans to knock out John Cena tonight...and Erick Rowan on Sunday, saying the latter is out of his league.
Booker T presents the Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year.
Chris Jericho will be General Manager for the night next week on Raw.
Superstar of the Year - Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns shows up to accept his award. It's not the brass ring, but he'll accept it.
John Cena vs. Big Show ends after Seth Rollins and J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) attack Cena. After a huge brawl that involves Rollins, Cena, Big Show, Erick Rowan, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper and Ryback, the show ends with Ziggler going through a table, John Cena being put through the commentary table, and the remnants of the Authority standing tall.
