Wednesday Night iMPACT! - Impact Wrestling recap for September 16, 2015

The show begins with Jeremy Borash hosting a contract signing for the Lethal Lockdown match between TNA and GFW between Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett appears first with his wife, Karen, followed by Dixie. Both sides are allowed a few words, starting with Dixie. She finds it sad that the situation has come down to this, and insists that she never removed Jeff Jarrett from power and that Jeff left, and that she was hopeful they would together rewrite the ending for this company, but it is now all in the past. She's at the table for TNA, the fans and the roster that she's willing to invest in, and signs her contract. Karen tells Dixie she's delusional, and Dixie retorts by saying "And I'm not speaking with you." Jeff says that tonight is a moment in history, and that tonight the professional wrestling business forging forward. He brings up Eric Young allowing Chris Mordetzky to beat Drew Galloway last week, saying that EY is investing in him and Karen while he was still under TNA contract. Jeff says that the first dollar invested in TNA was his, and he has the right to be at the table. But he insists that Dixie Carter made a fatal mistake in removing him from power, and setting the wheels in motion for the hostile corporate takeover, which he plans to complete tonight with the Lethal Lockdown victory so he can assume the mantle of two professional wrestling companies. He plans to send Dixie Carter back to the outside of the wrestling business looking in, then signs his contract. After both contracts are placed in the briefcase, Jarrett grabs the briefcase, but Jeremy Borash says that the briefcase will be in a safe location until there is a winner. Jarrett then attacks Jeremy Borash, and Karen tells JB to keep the briefcase as she and Jeff will be coming back for it later.

Jeff Hardy brings Ethan Carter III and Tyrus to the arena. EC3 has another gift for him in the back, and Hardy takes it. The whole time, EC3 has Hardy do every little thing for him.

Bigfoot is in the front row during Mahabali Shera's entrance for a plug for Alaska Monsters on Destination America.

Mahabali Shera beats Abyss after avoiding a attack from Abyss with Janice and an interference attempt from "The Cowboy" James Storm.

Ethan Carter III and Tyrus watch a cat video as EC3 says they plan to "party hardy at a Hardy party with Jeff Hardy."

Jeff Jarrett fires up the troops of GFW backstage.

Ethan Carter III and Tyrus show up. After talking about how he makes the TNA title look good, EC3 brings out Jeff Hardy, who is now in a suit with EC3's face plastered all over it as he carries the giant EC3 face on a stick to the ring. The fans chant "Hardy," and Hardy is told to ask the fans to stop chanting for him, and he does with little effort after initial reluctance, after EC3 tells him he needs the personal assistant job to support his family. Suddenly, Rockstar Spud appears and talks about how the current situation looks familiar, and says he'd wear the suit Hardy is wearing if it didn't have EC3's face on it. He says he came to EC3 for a job in TNA and did everything he had to do, but reminds him that his new personal assistant is, of course, Jeff Hardy, and says that he's garbage compared to Hardy. As the fans chant "You are garbage," he asks Spud if garbage is an undefeated TNA champion who has beaten everyone in his path and is something the company is built on, then hits Spud in the head with the mic. EC3, Hardy and Tyrus leave, but Spud attacks again as they do. Tyrus and EC3 attack Spud again, then EC3 orders Hardy to hit Spud...and he does, with Hardy telling Spud that he's sorry before he hits him.

Jeff Jarrett and Drew Galloway argue backstage, with Jarrett saying that the future of TNA rides on the Lethal Lockdown match tonight, and that he has a fifth man waiting in the wings.

Gail Kim beats Brooke, Awesome Kong and Lei'D Tapa with a Sunset Flip reversal on Brooke to win the TNA Knockouts Championship for the fifth time. Brooke and Gail Kim show respect after the match.

Team TNA (Drew Galloway, Lashley, Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards) meet backstage. They know that they are TNA's last stand, and know what they have to do to win.

Ethan Carter III and Tyrus meet with Jeff Hardy. EC3 is incensed that he has to defend the World title next week against Rockstar Spud. Hardy asks EC3 if he's afraid, and EC3 says he isn't as he has Hardy in his corner.

Team TNA (Davey Richards, Drew Galloway, Lashley, Eddie Edwards, Bram) beats Team GFW (Sonjay Dutt, Eric Young, Brian Myers, Chris Mordetzky, Jeff Jarrett) in a Lethal Lockdown match, allowing Dixie Carter total ownership of TNA. During the match, GFW's fifth man for Lethal Lockdown is revealed to be Eric Young, while Team TNA's fifth man is revealed to be Bram. After Team GFW leave, Team TNA receives the briefcase from the beginning of the show and Dixie Carter celebrates with Team TNA.
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Generation NXT - NXT recap September 16, 2015

NXT starts with Tyler Breeze making his appearance, followed by Adam Rose telling the NXT Universe he's ready to take a nice, big steaming poop all over their party. Before the match can happen, however, Bull Demspey shows up and calls out Tyler Breeze, telling him he's going to make him wish the retaliatory beating he's about to get for attacking him last week was an accident, unlike the on-purpose beating Breeze gave him. Breeze yells at Bull for interrupting the match, but Bull lays on the top rope Tyler Breeze-style. Breeze calls costing him the Tyler Breeze Tag Team Classic as well as the day Bull was born "accidents." Bull asks Adam Rose to give him the ring, but Adam refuses, as he plans to poop all over Breeze's party for what he did to him months ago. Rose fights with Bull, but Bull tosses him out of the ring. Breeze brawls with Bull, too, but Breeze ends up retreating, much to Bull's chagrin.

Tyler Breeze accepts Bull Dempsey's challenge for a match.

Tye Dillinger beats Martin Stone.

Rhyno and Baron Corbin aren't worried about an upset victory against them. They're more worried about the damange they're going to do to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

Well-known Japanese women's wrestling star Kana - now going by the name Asuka - comes to NXT next week!

Apollo Crews beats Solomon Crowe.

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa think their chances in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are pretty good, and plan to crush Rhyno and Baron Corbin to make it to the next round.

Emma and Dana Brooke have noticed that Bayley is back, new Divas are arriving, and they're missing out on the fun...so they've decided to shake things up by proving they're the ones in charge.

Sasha Banks has arrived at Full Sail University...

We recap the progress of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic so far. The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) beat Alexander Wolfe and Noah Kekoa to advance, while The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) beat Blake and Murphy to continue. The Vaudevillians will take on Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson in Texas for next week's show.

Baron Corbin and Rhyno beat Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) plan to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with the tag titles, but Alexa Bliss shows up with Blake and Murphy, announcing they are exercising their rematch clause next week.

Bull Dempsey vs. Tyler Breeze is official for next week.

Bayley appears on NXT for the first time since the winning the NXT Women's title. She parades through the NXT Universe with the championship and even gets 10-year-old front-row Bayley superfan Izzy a minute in the ring.

Bayley beats Sarah Dobson in her first NXT match since winning the NXT Women's Championship. After the match, Bayley gets the microphone but Sasha Banks shows up before she has much of a chance to speak. Banks congratulates Bayley, saying that ever since Brooklyn, all she's heard about is her and Bayley stealing the show, how it was match of the year and how it was the greatest women's wrestling match the company has ever seen, which is great for everyone...except for her. She's here to win titles and prove herself the best female wrestler in the company. She admits that Bayley earned her respect, and that Bayley was better than her for three seconds. Bayley knows that Banks wants to exercise her rematch clause, and Bayley says the rematch is on. Banks she wants to make a point: she wants to beat Bayley again...and again...and again. William Regal shows up and makes the championship rematch official for NXT TakeOver on October 7th, and for the first time in NXT history, their match will be the main event. That's not all, however, as for the first time in NXT history, two women will face each other in an Iron Man Match. Bayley and Sasha Banks shake hands after the announcement.

New Japan Pro Wrestling's Road to DESTRUCTION recap for September 16, 2015

Courtesy of Broiled Sports!

(1) Sho Tanaka vs. Jay White

◆Winner: Sho (8:48) with a Boston Crab.

(2) Jushin Thunder Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yohei Komatsu vs. Rocky Romero, Barreta & Gedo

◆Winner: Romero (10:01) following the Strong Zero on Komatsu.

(3) Yuji Nagata & Tomoaki Honma vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Mascara Dorada

◆Winner: Honma (10:02) following the Kokeshi on Dorada.

(4) Katsuyori Shibata [FREE] & Tiger Mask IV vs. Tetsuya Naito & Juice Robinson

◆Winner: Shibata (9:03) following the P.K. on Robinson.

(5) Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs. Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga

◆Winner: (9:05) following the Rainmaker on Tonga.

(6) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & KUSHIDA vs. Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows, Kenny Omega & Cody Hall

◆Winner: Kojima (11:21) following a Lariat on Hall.

(7) Hirooki Goto, Togi Makabe & Captain New Japan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

◆Winner: Nakamura (15:22) following the Boma Ye on Captain.

Match of the Day - 9/16/2015: A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki

Today's Match of the Day - A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki, which took place on August 1st, 2014 during the annual G1 Climax tournament. This highly-acclaimed match  was awarded 2014 Match of the Year by Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter. If ya ask me, this match not only cemented A.J. Styles' overall legacy as a wrestler, it also cemented him as a top gajin (foreign wrestler) in Japan. Oh, and we cannot forget the always incredible Minoru Suzuki, who - to his credit, has continued to be a top contender for every other major title in and out of New Japan Pro Wrestling. This is truly pro wrestling at its finest. Enjoy!

AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki from Jorge Rebelo on Vimeo.

Wrestler of the Day - 9/16: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly)

As I said, I will be posting not only about singles wrestlers, but tag teams as well. I'll deliver a short synopsis of the team, and a match that greatly depicts their awesomeness.

Today's "Wrestlers of the Day".... Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly of reDRagon!

This team was originally formed by Kyle O'Reilly as a way to get under his former Team Ambition partner, Davey Richard's skin. Who would have ever thought that they would go on to become one of the best tag teams on the planet today? Every since they won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time back at ROH's 11th Anniversary, they have gone on to win the titles twice more, and was at one point global double champions, as they held the former and IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships simultaneously. 

Here's a match from their time in New Japan Pro Wrestling against another great tag team, The Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA)! This match took place at Power Struggle on November 8, 2014.