Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Underground Sound - Lucha Underground recap for February 24, 2016

We look back on the history between Pentagon, Jr. and his master, El Vampiro from last season. Vampiro tells Pentagon not to let anything get in his way...not even "her."

"The Dragonslayer" Jack Evans takes the microphone from ring announcer Melissa Santos and announces his own ring entrance, much to the displeasure of the people in the temple. He also says that he'll make Drago "his little bitch" if he shows up again.

"The Dragonslayer" Jack Evans beats "The Darewolf" PJ Black after Drago, who shows up to distract Evans with some nunchaku, accidentally spits green mist into PJ Black's face. Black picks up the nunchaku as Drago slinks away, looks at them, then throws them down in digust.

Famous B is on a TV commercial, telling people to call the number on the screen so he can make them famous.

King Cuerno beats Killshot, the continues to attack him after the match. Fenix shows up and stops him from hitting Killshot with the same package piledriver that he took Gift of the Gods Championship from him with.

Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and The Crew (Cortez Castro and Mr. Cisco) beat Texano in a gauntlet match after Castro holds down Texano's feet with the latter's bullrope as Chavo gets the pinfall. After the match, they run off with the bullrope when Texano chases after them.

As Matanza destroys more victims, Black Lotus and Dario Cueto talk. Cueto talks about how his brother Matanza saved his life when their mother physically abused them. Cueto carries a figurine of a red bull, which Matanza used to hit their mother in the back of the head repeatedly, putting an end to the beatings. It was on that day that Cueto learned to love violence.

Pentagon Jr. confronts Catrina, saying Prince Puma humiliated him and must be taught a lesson. Catrina tells him to go and teach him on. Pentagon Jr. wants Prince Puma in the ring again, but Catrina is reluctant after Pentagon Jr. broke Mil Muertes' arm. The two fight, and Pentagon Jr. is close to breaking Catrina's arm when the lights go on and off and Catrina teleports away. She gives him the match for next week, but tells him that putting his hands on her was the biggest mistake he ever made.

Johnny Mundo beats Cage after using a lead pipe to hit Cage in the head behind the ref's back, thanks to AAA women's wrestler Taya Valkyrie, who supplies Mundo with the weapon and distracts the ref. They both attack Cage after the match

King Cuerno enters Catrina's office. He wants a shot at Mil Muertes and the Lucha Underground Championship next week, saying that he is tired of being hunted. Catrina tells him they had a deal, however, and says that he's already booked for a match next week against Fenix. This time, not only will the Gift of the Gods Championship be on the line, but it will also be a ladder match, after telling him that Fenix can fly and that she hopes King Cuerno can, too.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

TNA Lockdown 2016 - Impact Wrestling recap for February 23, 2016

All matches tonight are Six Sides of Steel Matches or Lethal Lockdown matches.



Beer Money ("The Cowboy" James Storm and Bobby Roode) beat Eric Young and Bram in Six Sides of Steel.



Madison Rayne is found backstage with a knee injury and will be unable to compete tonight.

Ethan Carter III shows up. He says that Six Sides of Steel separates men from boys, especially when his match with Matt Hardy is involved. He pledges to get his vengeance tonight, especially when Matt can't win on his own. He then asks Rockstar Spud to come out to the ring, and he does. He admits they have history together, and that he knew even then that Spud had more heart than brain, then thanks him for the assistance from last week. Spud says it was just the right thing to do, then calls Matt Hardy out for bossing him around. Spud says that Six Sides of Steel is where revenge happens and payback gets made. Matt Hardy then shows up and says he owns TNA. He tells Spud that if he even gets near the cage tonight, his life will never be the same. As for EC3, he plans to embarass him. EC3 tells Matt Hardy that tonight, Six Sides of Steel will be hell on earth.

We see the guy in white from last week. He says that Rosemary was his before she was Crazzy Steve and Abyss'. He says they don't know the half of it, and that Rosemary is dangerous. He says that he brings out the dangerous side of Rosemary.

Trevor Lee retains the TNA X Division Championship against Tigre Uno.



Maria Kanellis criticizes Gail Kim again and tells Gail "she can't go on like this" after mentioning what happened to Madison Rayne. Gail Kim tells her to either put on her boots, fight with her and Velvet Sky and prove her point tonight, or shut up.



The guy in white meets up with Rosemary and gives her a gift to remind her of what they had. He tells her he wants that feeling back. After he leaves, Crazzy Steve shows up and Rosemary shows him the gift, which is a white mask. They laugh.



During the Lethal Lockdown between The Dollhouse (Rebel, Jade, Marti Bell) and the team of Gail Kim and Velvet Sky, Maria Kanellis shows up only to turn on Gail Kim by not entering the cage, locking the cage door and leaving.



The Dollhouse (Rebel, Jade, Marti Bell) beat Gail Kim and Velvet Sky in a Lethal Lockdown match.

Kurt Angle tells Ethan Carter III he can be the face of the company and handle the responsibility, and is proud of what he has done in TNA. Ethan thanks him, saying he learned to take care of business from him and that he will do just that against Matt Hardy tonight.

Kurt Angle shows up. As he talks about how he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Lashley, Lashley shows up. He says Angle got in his head for a year, but he will soon get his revenge. Lashley then starts to trash talk Angle, and says he can beat Angle on Angle's best day. Angle tells him that if he wants to go, he can go now. Lashley teases doing just that, but then turns around and leaves.



Eli Drake is in the ring. He talks about how he got the King of the Mountain title shot at Feast or Fired, while Grado got fired and returned as the masked Odarg the Great. He plans to rip the mask off of his face tonight.

Crazzy Steve and Abyss beat up the guy in white when he explains himself, saying that Rosemary is his muse and that he's hardcore.



Odarg the Great beats Eli Drake in Six Sides of Steel with the help of Mahabali Shera, but not without falling out of his mask when Eli Drake grabs it. Odarg then covers his head in a towel and runs.





Odarg/Grado talks to Billy Corgan, but Eli Drake shows up with the Odarg mask. Security take Grado away again.



Next week: Kurt Angle vs. Bobby Roode! "The Miracle" Mike Bennett vs. Drew Galloway!





Matt Hardy retains the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Ethan Carter III in Six Sides of Steel after Rockstar Spud turns on EC3, slamming the cage door into his head. After the match, Spud then smashes a steel chair into the back of EC3's head.



Monday, February 22, 2016

Gettin' RAW - Monday Night RAW recap for February 22, 2016

It is announced on the pre-show that Brock Lesnar attacked Dean Ambrose shortly after he arrived in the arena before the show. Lesnar slams Ambrose into a nearby limousine a few times before walking away. Dean Ambrose is taken away in an ambulance.





Renee Young interviews Dolph Ziggler, who admits that Kevin Owens got the better of him at Fastlane. He promises to put the WWE Intercontinental Championship around his waist at WrestleMania 32. The Miz shows up and says Renee Young should be asking about his WrestleMania plans, since he headlined it five years ago. Dolph Ziggler tells him that was five years ago, and that everything he's done since then has been largely forgotten. After asking him what he's done lately, Ziggler tells Miz that if he thinks he deserves a shot at the Intercontinental Championship, then he himself doesn't deserve to be a WWE Superstar.

The Vincent J. McMahon Legacy of Excellence Award can be see in the center of the ring at the beginning of the show.

Vince McMahon shows up to present the Vincent J. McMahon Legacy of Excellence Award. Vince McMahon talks about his father, then awards the trophy to his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, who shows up to accept it. Vince tells her she was born for this business and embodies all the attributes of his father. As she thanks Triple H for making everything possible, Shane McMahon appears in the WWE for the first time in years. Vince tries to hug him and shake his hand, but Shane stops him, saying that this award is why he's here and that Stephanie isn't deserving of it. Stephanie tells Shane he doesn't know what he's talking about, especially when it comes to running a business like WWE, but Shane tells her that she and Triple H have run the company into the ground. Stephanie tells him to get out, but Shane tells her and Vince that Vince messed up big time a couple of years and he had to save his bacon. In the process, he was able to take some time off and save his place in line. As for Stephanie's rise atop the company ladder in WWE, Shane let it happen. Stephanie wants to know if this is true, and Vince says there's some truth to it. Shane then says it's all true, and at the time...it was best for business. Shane then tells Steph to leave the ring. Stephanie tells Shane she'll never forgive him. Vince tries to cut him a check, thinking it's about money, but Shane says it's not about money, it's about the McMahon legacy...and that he wants control of Monday Night Raw. Vince says if he controls Raw, he controls the entire company, and that he can't just pick up where he left off now that WWE is a publicly traded company. But he cuts him a deal: he'll give Shane what he wants if he has one match...one night...against an opponent of Vince's choosing. If he wins, he gets what he wants. If he loses, Vince wants everything in Shane's lockbox so that Shane can't hold anything over his head ever again. Shane agrees, and Vince names the time and the place: WrestleMania 32. The opponent of Vince's choice is The Undertaker...and it will be Hell in a Cell.





The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) beat Neville and The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) after Kofi grabs at Sin Cara's mask and pulls it off a bit, leading to a distraction that allows him to hit Trouble in Paradise.



Roman Reigns is concerned about Dean Ambrose. All he knows is that they're running tests on him. As for WrestleMania 32, it's just him and Triple H now, and he likes his odds. He promises to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship right then and there.

Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar show up. Heyman begins by putting Lesnar on a pedestal, and gets us up to speed on what happened at Fastlane before showing us that video of Lesnar decimating Dean Ambrose before the show. Heyman says nothing can protect Ambrose from Lesnar, who he says should be in the main event at WrestleMania 32. After Heyman says that Lesnar is looking for a new WrestleMania opponent, the ambulance is seen on the TitanTron returning to the arena...and out comes Dean Ambrose, still in the neck brace and still extremely weak from the beating Lesnar gave him. He drags himself towards the ring. Lesnar meets him outside, then leaves him alone. Ambrose then gets the mic and tells Lesnar to kiss his ass and that he's indestructible. He then says he wants Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32 in a no-holds-barred street fight. Lesnar then returns and hits Ambrose with an F5 outside the ring. Heyman then tells Ambrose his client accepts his challenge.



Before the next match, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) show up and tell The Usos they're the most decorated tag team in WWE history, not a nostalgia act, and that their legacy is definied by their tag team title reigns, not the tables, which they say we will never see again. D-Von then tells The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) that Rikishi should have taught them respect instead of buying thongs over and over again. The Usos are about to argue with them when The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) attack them from behind, getting their match underway.

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) quickly beat The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) approach the ring after the match, then back away.



University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh is in the crowd tonight.

Chris Jericho shows up. He talks about AJ Styles and their three matches including their last one at Fastlane. He has a few more things he wants to say to AJ Styles, so he calls him out. AJ Styles shows up. Jericho admits AJ beat him, then congratulates him for proving that he belongs in the WWE. He calls AJ "phenomenal," then he and AJ shake hands. Suddenly, The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel) show up and act sarcastic and unimpressed about the whole thing. They say nobody is buying this and tell them to get out of the ring as they are a real time. Jericho calls The Social Outcasts' bluff and challenges them right now.



Chris Jericho and AJ Styles beat The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater and Curtis Axel) with the Walls of Jericho on Axel as AJ Styles takes down the rest of The Social Outcasts (Slater, Bo Dallas, Adam Rose).



Triple H and Stephanie McMahon talk backstage. They call Shane McMahon a failure, and that the current situation will be no different. Meanwhile, they have a surprise in store for Roman Reigns...

Stephanie McMahon tells Roman Reigns he has a match with Sheamus, and makes fun of his friendship with Dean Ambrose.

Goldust apologizes to R-Truth for what happened last night with a chocolate frosted yellow cake saying "I'm sorry." He almost gets R-Truth to team up with him, but Truth pushes the cake into his face instead.



The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan) beat Ryback, Kane and The Big Show after Ryback walks out on his teammates.



Ryback says he left the match because he had nothing to prove in the rematch from Fastlane, and that he's done being part of tag teams. He wants to go solo again and break the glass ceiling there, and tells Big Show and Kane that it's nothing personal. He wants the spotlight to be on him.

Sasha Banks beats Naomi with the Banks Statement after Becky Lynch takes out Tamina. After the match, Charlotte shows up wearing a top that looks similar to Brie Bella's. She mocks both Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks, and tries to drive a wedge between them as she tries to figure which of them will get a title shot against her at WrestleMania 32.



Stephanie McMahon tells her father Vince McMahon that she doesn't want to work for her brother Shane McMahon. Vince tells her that with this calculated risk he's set up, she won't have to.



The Godfather is the next inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016. He will be inducted into the Hall by The Acolytes Protection Agency (JBL and Ron Simmons).



Triple H will be on SmackDown this Thursday night to address Roman Reigns!

Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus ends when Triple H shows up, this time in a T-shirt, blue jeans, boots and taped up hands. Roman Reigns and Triple H brawl. Triple H ends up winning this brawl by a long shot by ramming Roman Reigns into the commentary table multiple times to the point that Roman Reigns is bleeding from his nose and hitting him with a Pedigree on the steel steps.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Fastlane 2016 - The LIVE Results

Jojo interviews Dolph Ziggler. He plans to take the Intercontinental Championship from Kevin Owens regardless of whatever excuses Owens has up his sleeve.

Kalisto retains the WWE United States Championship against Alberto Del Rio in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match, two falls to one.



AJ Styles is in the Social Media Lounge. He plans to leave more of a legacy for himself in WWE, and says his time here so far has been a blast, and that nothing compares to it.

Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks beat Naomi and Tamina with the Banks Statement on Naomi.



Machine Gun Kelly is in the crowd tonight.

Kevin Owens retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler.



Big Show, Ryback and Kane plan to send The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman) back to Hell.

Big Show, Ryback and Kane beat The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman) after Kane is able to take down Bray Wyatt outside of the ring.

Jojo interviews Roman Reigns, who says nothing will be the same after tonight...not even his friendship with Dean Ambrose. Ambrose says he wants a taste of the gold, too, but Roman says he'll have to get past the Superman Punch to do it. As for Brock Lesnar, Ambrose says he isn't winning this match.

Charlotte retains the WWE Divas Championship against Brie Bella with the Figure Eight after Brie's left leg gives out during a single leg Boston Crab.



Jojo interviews Chris Jericho. He says that the pressure on AJ Styles gives him a slight advantage.

AJ Styles beats Chris Jericho with the Calf Crusher. After the match, Jericho pulls AJ Styles off the second rope and threatens to fight him again, but then extends his hand. Both men then shake hands.



It's time for The Cutting Edge Peep Show. Tonight's guests are The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods). After some shameless self promotion from hosts Edge and Christian, The New Day show up try to do another freestyle, but Edge and Christian aren't impressed with them, calling them rip-offs. The New Day say nobody is better than them, not even The League of Nations (Sheamus, Rusev, King Barrett, Alberto Del Rio), who they start to extensively make fun of when they show up. Sheamus dares Xavier Woods to say something about them, and Xavier Woods says it's the day of rest and that they will be turning the other cheek. As they leave, Edge and Christian are then threatened by The League of Nations until Edge and Christian leave. Edge then gives his and Christian's five seconds of flash photography to "The International House of Dumbasses," then Xavier Woods explains what he meant by "turning the other cheek" as he plays trombone while Kofi and Big E dance. Edge actually tosses money around as they dance.



The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel) show up and talk about what kind of vehicle each one of them would be before the next match, as they say they are in the driver's seat on the road to WrestleMania.

Curtis Axel beats R-Truth when Goldust, who shows up to fight off Heath Slater, Adam Rose and Bo Dallas, accidentally tosses Rose into the ring, distracting R-Truth. Truth shows his disappointment and disgust with Goldust after the match.



Roman Reigns beats Dean Ambrose and Brock Lesnar to become #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32. After the match, Triple H shows up and gets in the ring with Roman Reigns. He lifts up the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as he stares down Triple H.

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Thursday, February 11, 2016

SmackDown Hotel! - Thursday Night SmackDown recap for February 11, 2016

Chris Jericho starts tonight's show. He is excited to have his rematch at AJ Styles tonight. He respects him, but he doesn't like him. He wants to know yet again if AJ Styles is great, and after mentioning his WrestleMania match with Shawn Michaels in 2008, he calls Styles out. Styles shows up. This starts the rematch...almost. The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Curtis Axel) show up before it can begin. They say that Bo is still laying down tracks in the studio, then poke fun at AJ Styles and call themselves "The Phenomenal Three" before making fun of Jericho. As Axel and Rose argue over whether to call themselves "Axl Rose" or "The Social Housecats," Jericho tells them to shut up, and this eventually leads to a brawl where Jericho and Styles toss the Outcasts out of the ring. Jericho says that he and Styles will fight each other, but for now, they fight the Outcasts.


AJ Styles and Chris Jericho beat The Social Outcasts (Curtis Axel and Adam Rose). After the match, Styles and Jericho stare down, then the ref lifts their arms in victory just before Jericho hits Styles with a Codebreaker.


Next week on SmackDown: Brock Lesnar returns!

The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) are in the ring. They are tired of a lot of things, one of which is hearing about Daniel Bryan. They say that they're not a nostalgia act, and that they're here to add to their legacy. Bubba Ray tells the stage hands to get rid of the tables around the ring, saying this will be the last time we'll see them again. They say that tables didn't win nine tag team titles; they did. They want the WWE Universe to cheer for them, not the tables. Bubba Ray then tells D-Von to get the last table - the one in the ring - and get it out of the ring. They do.


Becky Lynch guests on commentary for the next match.

Sasha Banks beats Naomi with the Banks Statement after beating up Tamina for attacking Becky Lynch.


Jojo interviews AJ Styles, who says he is far from a "redneck rookie." He plans to show Jericho why he's called "The Phenomenal One."

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman) is here...

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman) shows up. Bray Wyatt talks about Greek mythology and the war against the Titans, and calls himself the king of the gods. The rest of the Family say that the rest of the Superstars are nothing compared to them.


Neville and The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) beat Stardust and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor).


Chris Jericho beats AJ Styles.