Showing posts with label 6/17/15. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 6/17/15. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Wednesday Night iMPACT! - Impact Wrestling recap for June 17, 2015

The show begins with a tribute to Dusty Rhodes.


Mike Tenay hosts the contract signing for Ethan Carter III vs. Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After both men get in the ring, they get a chance to have their say prior to the bout. Ethan Carter III lays some sweet poetry about whom Kurt Angle has beaten in his career before telling him that unlike all those legends, he hasn't been beaten and that he will be Angle's endgame. Angle says the best matches are made for him, and that this one will be no different, especially when he plans to make this match a nightmare for EC3. According to the contract, both men will have "tune-up matches" prior to the match that will happen in 14 days' time, and EC3 finds out straight from Angle that he's facing Lashley.


Before The Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) and The Dirty Heels (Bobby Roode and Austin Aries) face off in Match 4 of their Best of Five Series, The Wolves say that the tag team titles are what counts as they signify who is the best tag team in the world, and that they have proven that before with every tag team that's been thrown in their path. After they call The Wolves call The Dity Heels out, Bobby Roode shows up and says Austin Aries isn't medically cleared due to his match with Kurt Angle last week, and that he and Aries call the shots. The Wolves then challenge Roode to a singles match, and Roode almost doesn't want to do it until he comes up with a grand idea in order to see how badly The Wolves want him in the ring: whoever wins the match gets to pick the stipulation for the fourth match in their Best of Five Series. They like the idea, and Eddie Edwards challenges Roode to a match, right here, right now. Roode accepts the challenge.

Eddie Edwards beats Bobby Roode when Austin Aries suddenly shows up and tosses a steel chair to Roode only for Davey Richards to take it from him, leading to Edwards stacking Roode up off the distraction. Richards and Edwards immediately pick Full Metal Mayhem as the stipulation for Match 4 of their Best of Five Series.


Jeremy Borash runs into Joseph Park, who has fallen on hard times since his ugly exit from Impact Wrestling. He plans to make a comeback by challenging Bram tonight.

Bram is backstage. He doesn't like cameras, apparently.

Bram beats Joseph Park after putting him through a table.


Taryn Terrell has set up a stipulation for tonight's tag match between The Dollhouse (Taryn, Jade, Marti Bell) and the team of Brooke and Awesome Kong. If Brooke and Kong win, they both get a shot at the Knockouts title. If they lose, they can never get a Knockouts title shot for as long as she holds the title.

The world is burning. Playtime's over...

Brooke and Awesome Kong beat The Dollhouse (Jade and Marti Bell) to secure title shots at Taryn Terrell and the TNA Knockouts Championship.


Chris Melendez shows up. He's not happy at all that Eric Young ripped his prosthetic leg and disrespected him and everything he represents. He calls out Eric Young, who shows up promptly. He shows impressive respect for Melendez' military career, but says he doesn't care about him, the fans or anybody except himself. As for ripping his leg out and choking him with it, he came up with the idea on the spur of the moment. When he asks how badly Melendez wants him alone in the ring next week, Melendez makes it clear he wants him very badly. The match is on for next week.


Jessie Godderz beats DJ Z with the Boston Crab. After the match, he tells DJ Z that his attack on him was no mistake, and tortures him as he puts himself on a pedestal, saying he's the reason that he and Robbie E won the tag team titles twice. As he goes for a press slam on DJ Z, Robbie E shows up and brawls with Jessie, forcing Jessie to retreat.


Magnus shows up and threatens to crack open some heads until "The Cowboy" James Storm comes out. Security shows up, followed by Storm. Storm tries to sow distrust between Magnus and Mickie James and make himself look like the bad guy, then pulls out a baby stroller that he plans to use as an "insurance policy" against Magnus. Magnus goes after Storm, and decks the security guards that hold him back only to find out that the stroller only has a doll inside and not his son Donovan. Storm runs away and Magnus gives chase.


Ethan Carter III beats Lashley despite three referees having to make the count due to Tyrus attacking all of them.

Generation NXT - NXT recap for June 17, 2015

The show begins with the tribute to Dusty Rhodes, a man critical to NXT's current success.


Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and Carmella beat Blake, Murphy and Alexa Bliss.


Samoa Joe is here tonight to give Kevin Owens the beating of his life. Even if he's not exactly the reason why he's here, he's a reason for Joe to stay a while.

We see Part 1 of "Where Is Finn Balor?", which looks into Finn Balor's childhood and early career, opening a wrestling school in Ireland, and leaving his friends and family behind for New Japan Pro Wrestling.



Charlotte beats Cassie McIntosh with the Figure Eight.

Dana Brooke is back from the Arnold Classic in Brazil, and she tells Charlotte she's replacing her and sending her back out the same door she came in.

Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Owens ends with the referee getting smacked as he tries to stop a brawl outside of the ring between them. Both security and officials have to stop both men from tearing each other apart, and Owens elbows a few security guards in the face before heading to the back as the show ends.

Underground Sound - Lucha Underground recap for June 17, 2015

In tonight's episode, Prince Puma defends the Lucha Underground Championsip against his arch-nemesis, Johnny Mundo, in which has been billed an "All Night Long" event. Lucha Underground owner Dario Cueto rules that the man with the most pinfalls and/or submissions by the end of the night will be the champion!

With a final score of 5-4, and just seven seconds to spare, Prince Pumas beats Johnny Mundo in an incredible match to retain the Lucha Underground Championship! During the match, Johnny Mundo tried to let time pass by getting the guest musicians to play music from atop of the stage, while Puma was laid out on the ground at ringside. Also, Alberto El Patron makes his return since he was brutally assaulted by Mundo to gt revenge on the latter. He grabs the mic and says that his problems with Mundo are far from over, and that if Puma retains the title tonight (which he ultimately did), he had better watch his back.

Here are the highlights from this incredible match!