WWF Superstars of Wrestling 8/10/1991

WWF Superstars of Wrestling 8/10/1991

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We are in Edmonton, Canada.

Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper and Macho Man Randy Savage are our our hosts. Macho talks about getting married at Summerslam. Piper says cupid's arrows are headed to the match made in hell. Piper says he doesn't know what will happen

The Big Boss Man vs Mike Starr

Mike is Michelle Star and the announcers had a good time making fun of him last time. Mike hits some shots to the gut. Boss fires back. Boss hits a hard lariat. The Mountie and Jimmy Hart do an inset promo. Mountie tells Boss to get ready for the time of his life. He says get ready for the handcuffs and fingerprinting. He says he will lose his rep and jurisdiction. He says it'll be hard times.

Boss leg lariats Mike on the 2nd rope. Mike is thrown hard into the corner and bumps off of it. Boss hits a big punch. Boss hits a big boot and Mike takes a nice bump off of it. Boss yell at him to get up and asks where Mountie is at. Boss hits a side walk slam and wins.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with Mike not getting much in. Mike did a good job bumping around for Boss here.

Boss handcuffs Mike to the ropes in true face fashion after. 

WWF Update

Mean Gene Okerlund shows us clips from last week's interview with Sid, Warrior and Hulk where Sid says he will see that justice is served. The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan do a promo. Hulk says they saw the question marks of doubts in fan's minds. He says him and Warrior are still the strongest forces in the universe. Hulk says if Sid is not 50/50, he will lay with the rest of the skeletons him and Warrior left laying. Warrior says Sid walks a fine line. He says if he steps in his way, he steps in Hulk's way.

The Beverly Brothers (Beau Beverly & Blake Beverly) vs Brian Jewel & Louie Spicolli

Beau and Lou go at it. Lou's been making a lot of appearances lately. Lou side headlocks him and is backed up on the ropes. Lou talks trash to Blake and is lariated over the top. Coach blows his whistle at Lou and tells him to read his clipboard. Beau stomps on Lou then forearms him in the back. Beau lariats Lou over. Coach's clipboard says, "Beverly Brothers are #1". Lou takes a nice double hiptoss and goes flying.

Blake waistlock takedowns Brian then bangs his head off the mat. Blake oklahoma stampedes Brian. Brian takes a shaker heights spike and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a squash as expected here. Lou took a nice bump over the top. Coach blew his whistle endlessly here.

WWF Event Center

Sean Mooney talks Summerslam. British Bulldog, Texas Tornado and The Dragon do a promo. Kerry says they won't be beat. Davey says they are coming for Warlord and Power and Glory. Ricky says there will be so much power and strength but it won't overcome them. They announced this is happening at Summerslam.

The Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart do a promo. Hart says The LOD cried to Tunney to make this no DQ and no countout. Saggs says they are playing their game with no rules. Saggs says they can be as nasty as they want and can do anything they want to LOD. Knobbs says the heat is on hot and is melting the paint off LOD's faces. Knobbs says The LOD will get the nastiest beating of their life.

Irwin R. Schyster vs Chi Chi Cruz

IRS talks in the mic. He says being called a tax evader is a horrible thing but if the shoe fits, wear it. Piper says an old lady in the crowd paid her share of taxes. Vince accuses her of robbing 3 banks last week. IRS bangs Chi's head off the buckles then backdrops him. IRS euros him over.

IRS snapmares and elbow drops him. Macho says he's excited for IRS vs Valentine at Summerslam. IRS stomps on Chi. Greg Valentine does an inset promo. He says he has a deduction for IRS. He says IRS is good with figures and tells him when he puts the figure four on him to balance that account.

IRS guillotines Chi then punches him. IRS hits a samoan drop on Chi and grabs the win.

Thoughts: This was all IRS here with him mostly sticking to punches before picking up the win.

The British Bulldog vs Tim Patterson

Tim is actually taller than Davey. Davey pushes Tim back off the lock up. Tim knees him in the gut and side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and Davey hiptosses him. Davey powerslams him then chinlocks him.

Davey lariats Tim over then suplexes him. Tim hits some shots to the gut. Davey corner lariats him. Davey running powerslams Tim and picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Tim get a little bit of offense in before being put down. We have not had any of the jobbers get a chance to look competitive on this show lately. 

WWF Event Center

Sean Mooney officially announces The Dragon, The British Bulldog and Kerry Von Erich vs The Warlord and Power and Glory at Summerslam.

Ted Dibiase and Sherri do a promo. Sherri said Virgil shined the million dollar belt many times and likely had lots of dreams and ambitions. She says Virgil has to go through him to get to Ted.

Ted says Virgil was a millionaire when he held his title during matches. He says the dream is over and reality will soon set in.

Bret Hart does a promo. He says there's no such thing as perfect but there is excellence and The Hitman. He says he will be excellently executed at Summerslam.
 
The Nasty Boys vs Doug Carson and Ken Johnson

Knobbs says The LOD isn't nasty enough. Saggs clubs one of the jobbers over the back of the neck. The jobber is then sent to pity city. Knobbs hits some forearms then the jobber does a nice bump for his lariat. The LOD do an inset promo. Animal says they like that the match is no DQ. He says The Nasty Boys are theirs and they will be the champs. Hawk says all the ideas he had of things to do with them will be fulfilled.

Knobbs chinlocks a jobber then throws the other face first into Saggs' boot. Saggs stomps on the jobber. Knobbs hits a corner splash then a running powerslam for the win.

Thoughts: This was all squash here with the jobbers getting nothing in and taking a bunch of basic shots. They talked about who might be at Macho Man's bachelor party during this. Macho says Mean Gene caused all the trouble and doesn't want Sherri to be there.

We go to the cemetery with Jake "The Snake" Roberts and The Ultimate Warrior. Jake says it's not easy to take the same steps a snake takes. Jake says Warrior has begun his walk. Jake says Warrior feels the coldness and the stone. Jake says Warrior takes these steps, not because he wants to, but because he has to. He says Warrior is putting the puzzle together which is one of the hardest things a man can do. Jake says Warrior is currently digging up the past.

We see Warrior digging out a grave. Jake tells him to dig. Warrior says Jake is the only other one who is living amongst the dead. Warrior finds a casket. Jake tells him to crack the shell and break it open I guess. Jake says to pull it out and he grabs a skull. Jake says it smells nice doesn't it. Jake grabs the skull from Warrior and says this is just the beginning. Jake says he must bury Warrior in the same soil.

Warrior says he trusted him before and will again now. Warrior tells him to bury him and Jake says to stand your ground. We cut ahead and Warrior is buried up to his neck in dirt. Jake asks if Warrior trusts him and tells him to cast his eyes into the skull so he can understand the visions of the living. 

Thoughts: These segments are some of the best stuff WWF has done all year. They are creative and just something totally different than what we were seeing at the time. I just love Jake being Warrior's guide to the dark side.

Summerslam Report

Gene says he can't believe Warrior let Jake bury him and says Warrior is alive and well. Gene talks the Summerslam main event. Sgt. Slaughter, Adnan and Mustafa do a promo. Mustafa says he can't wait to face Hulk and Warrior. Sarge says his core of destruction is overwhelmed. He said they can't believe Sid will call things down the middle. Sarge says Sid has one choice only - to count the shoulders of either Hulk or Warrior and raise Sarge's teams hands as the victories.

Mr. Perfect and Coach do a promo. Perfect tells Hart to watch a rerun of Summerslam if he wants to see a perfect victory.

Bret Hart says Coach won't save Perfect and says we will see who has the perfect victory. 

Gene runs down the rest of the card. The Natural Disasters and Jimmy Hart do a promo. Quake says it's only 2 weeks until they feel the typhoon splash and the earthquake. The Bushwhackers and Andre the Giant talk. Butch says it's only 2 weeks until they take care of The Natural Disasters. Andre says The Disasters will be stopped.

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase vs Bobby Jones 

Ted side headlocks Jones then shoulders him over. Ted bangs Jones' head off the mat. Ted lariats Jones then fist drops him. Ted hits a nice suplex. Virgil does an inset promo. He says his domination of Ted is just beginning at Summerslam when he takes his title.

Ted stomps Jones and throws him out. Ted slams Jones on the floor. Ted powerslams Jones then puts him to sleep with the million dollar dream.

Thoughts: It was a typical Dibiase squash. Ted's execution was nice as always here and he picked up the win as expected.

Ted shoves money into Jones' mouth after.

WWF Event Center

Sean Mooney talks Summerslam. IRS does a promo. He says Summerslam is coming soon and it's time for Valentine to pay his dues. He says he's no better than the tax cheats around the country. He says it's time for him to pay IRS and he will pay big dues. He says Greg owes a lot of back taxes.

The Big Boss Man asks if Mountie ever wondered what it was like to spend hard time. Boss says millions will see Mountie go to jail and serve hard time. He says they will see him hurt Mountie.

 

Bobby Heenan has the NWA Title. He says he has the belt that belongs to the real world's champ - not Hulk Hogan. He says this man is under contract to another organization and may be arriving to the WWF soon. He said it would be his honor and privilege to represent this man. He says comparing this belt and the man who holds it would be like comparing ice cream to horse manure. He says the champ of the WWF is Hulk Hogan but the real champion holds this belt and it's Ric Flair. 

Thoughts: This was a cool segment. The WWF never acknowledged other feds and actually having the NWA's belt really made this even more special. 

Vince runs down next week's show. Jimmy Snuka will be on. We haven't seen him in a while. Vince says we will have more on Bobby Heenan's revelation on Ric Flair. They mention that something will happen with Jake and Warrior on Thursday and I think they are referring to the Summerslam Spectacular 1991. I'll cover it and find out.

Overall thoughts: This was all Summerslam hype here. We had a good Warrior/Jake Segment. Mike Starr did a nice job in his squash and we got to see Louie Spicolli again which was nice. Heenan appeared on this episode with the NWA Title and announced Ric Flair might be coming which is as big as it gets. I liked the show but it was all squashes and it probably wouldn't do much for most people. I do recommend seeing the Jake/Warrior segment though.

WOW Women of Wrestling 1/4/2025 Season 5, Episode 17

WOW Women of Wrestling 1/4/2025 Season 5, Episode 17

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wow-women-of-wrestling-12282024-season.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/wow-women-of-wrestling-1112025-season-5.html

The intro is missing to this one. I'm not sure what was missed.

Abilene Maverick brings out Paola Mayfield, who is a new wrestler. She's from 90 Day Fiance. I do not like this person and I don't know why WOW wants to be associated with that. Paola says she's the only Colombian in here and says she's coming for the WOW belt. Dave McLane says there's spot open in the WOW Championship Battle Royale match and says here and Ashley Blaze will have a match to see who gets in.

Championship Battle Royal Qualifying Match - "The Colombian Goat" Paola Mayfield vs Ashley Blaze

They lock up and PM dances. Blaze then dances at her. They lock up and roll on the ropes. They then roll to the mat while keeping the lock-up on. Blaze rolls her and keeps the lock-up on. PM gets a 2 count on her and basement dropkicks her for 2.

PM hits forearms on her. PM foot chokes her. PM running back elbows her in the corner and pulls her arms around the ropes. Blaze hits short arm clotheslines then a basement dropkick. PM germans her and gets the win.

Thoughts: This was not good. PM really can't do that much and half this match was spent on a lock-up. This was about as basic and simple as it can get.  

The Brat Pack (RK Rhythm and Gigi Gianni) vs Brittany Bay and Tiki Chamorro

BK does a pre-match rap. She says Brat Pack is #1 and the beach bums are done. BK says they are making waves and it's a Brat takeover.  Tiki armdrags BK twice then armlocks her. Bay low crossbodies BK then la magistral's her for 2. Bay corner splashes, armdrags and dropkicks her for 2. Tiki hits BK in the gut and misses a splash. Gigi whips Tiki into the corner and hits a corner lariat. Gigi tries to do a move but gets armdragged. Bay gets in and dropkicks Gigi.

Bay misses a dropkick. Gigi stomps on her in the gut. Bay sunset flips her for 2. Gigi lariats Bay and bangs her head off the buckles. BK suplexes Bay then elbow drops her for 2. BK bangs Bay's head off the buckles.

Gigi slams Bay. Gigi misses a flipping legdrop. Tiki gets in and hits offense. Tiki pulls Gigi down then 619's her. BK and Tiki argue. BK is swung down on the apron by Bay. Gigi does a one-legged codebreaker on Tiki and picks up the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. They limited what Bay did here and the other girls were fine enough to carry things. I wasn't surprised the heels won here as they are still new and need to pick up wins for credibility. 

The Mighty Mights (Sugar and Spice) vs Top Tier (Coach Campanelli and Kandi Krush)

Sugar grabs Coach's leg then Sugar flying headscissors her. Krush gets in and Sugar gets on her back with a sleeper. Krush blocks a headscissors and Sugar sunset flips her. Krush misses a corner splash. Sugar 2nd rope crossbodies her.

Spice gets in and rolls around. She hits shots on Coach and uppercuts her. Sugar then hits a stunner. Coach blocks Sugar's monkey flip then stomps on her. Krush kneelifts Sugar. Krush throws Sugar down backwards. Coach backsplashes Sugar in the corner then basement dropkicks her. Coach misses a corner attack and Sugar springboards into a sunset flip on her.

Sugar takes a double hiptoss for 2. Krush chinlocks Sugar. Sugar codebreakers Krush. Spice comes in and thesz presses Coach. She hits a running knee and running boot. Spice bangs Coach's head off the mat. Coach takes a bad looking leg slice from Spice for 2. Spice gets double teamed and takes a bad lariat + russian legsweep combo. Coach pins Spice.

Thoughts: The finishing stretch was really ugly here with the moves not connecting much at all. Spice did all kinds of weird rolls into strikes early on. It wasn't that bad until the finish, which brought this one down. They didn't push any of the issues between Krush and Coach here.

We get a package on the tag title match tonight. Miami's Sweet Heat says the belts belong on them and not trash hillbillies and pet dog wannabe's. Jinx and Goldie say they will walk away as tag champs and laugh.

Next week's episode will have the Championship Battle Royal.

WOW Tag Titles - Big Rigs and Bourbon (Jessie Jones and Big Rig Betty) (c) vs Miami's Sweet Heat (Lindsay and Laurie Carlson) vs Animal Instinct (Goldie Collins and Katarina Jinx)

All 6 girls fight to start. Jones takes a 2v1 from Instinct. Betty takes a samoan drop from Lindsay Carlson. Jinx codebreakers Lindsay. Jinx hanging armbars Laurie over the top rope. Laurie bangs Goldie's head off the buckles and foot chokes her.

Goldie takes a double gutbuster from MSH. Goldie's head is banged off the buckles by Lindsay.  Lindsay lariats Goldie for 2. Goldie's head is banged off the buckles and she takes a double boot. Laurie corner hip attacks Goldie. Laurie takes a headbuster from Jinx for 2. Jinx back rakes Laurie then chinlocks her. Jones breaks it up and bangs Jinx's head off the buckles. Jones dragon sleepers Laurie then hits back elbows.

Laurie hits Goldie and it is counted as a tag. Betty snapmares and kicks Goldie in the back. Goldie tries to pin her own partner Jinx. Betty rainmakers Laurie then Lindsay germans Betty. Goldie top rope diving lariats Lindsay. Jones pump kicks Goldie. Jinx spin kicks Jones then Laurie spinning lariats Jinx. Betty stunners Laurie for the win.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Miami's Sweet Heat get pinned cleaned here. That has to be leading to something because there's no reason for them to get another rematch after this. The match had the usual limits 3 and 4 team bouts have with people coming in and out but they did what they could with it. It was an acceptable main.

Overall thoughts: There was nothing must see on this one. Paola Mayfield debuted and did not impress. The opening match wasn't good. The second match was okay and the third match had a bad finish that brought it down. The main was okay. There weren't a lot of new happenings here storyline was and I'd give this one a 5 out of 10. You could skip this.

WWE Speed 1/1/2024

WWE Speed 1/1/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-speed-12272024.html

Women's #1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals - Natalya vs Michin

Nat goes for the sharpshooter and they try to dropkick each other at the same time. Mich backslides her and Mich tries a pin. Mich la magistrals her for 1. Mich trips her then basement dropkicks her for 2. Nat release germans her then spinning lariats her. Mich avoids a corner spear. Mich twerks for some reason then cannonballs her in the corner. Mich hits a codebreaker with one knee for 2. Nat backrolls her for 2. Nat rolls her up for the win at 2:16.

Thoughts: It was a quick one with a bunch of pin attempts. They went a little faster than they were able to handle so it wasn't great. 

Nat now gets a shot at Candice LaRae's Women's Speed Title.  

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match as usual. The match wasn't anything special and was only a little over 2 minutes long. I wouldn't recommend this but it was only 2 minutes long.

AEW Collision 1/4/2025

AEW Collision 1/4/2025

There was no Collision last week due to World's End. The show from 2 weeks ago is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/aew-collision-12212024.html 

We do the original Collision rapid fire promos:

Mark Briscoe does a promo. He says it's a new year and he's cranking up the new year with new violence. He says he will whip Garcia's butt tonight because he needs the TNT Title. Daniel Garcia says he likes Mark but everyone wants to see a fight tonight.

The Learning Tree says they are taking FTR to school. Keith says, "you're gonna flunk, dumb@ss". Rated FTR talk. Cash says they are "The Ugly Tree". Cope says "top guys, out".

AEW TNT Title - Daniel Garcia (c) vs Mark Briscoe

I believe this got started on the World's End pre-show. They lock up. DG snapmares him. Mark throws him out, slides out after him and DG gets back in. Mark stalls out there. DG wristlocks him. Mark trips him. DG headscissors him. DG rams Mark's knees into the mat. Mark side headlock takeovers him, DG then does the same. They then stand off. 

DG throws Mark out. DG holds the ropes open for Mark but Mark stalls outside. Mark hits chops in the corner then suplexes him. DG twists and shouts him DG hits corner punches and Mark knocks him down outside. Mark dropkicks him through the ropes. Mark cannonballs him off the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. They trade shots. Mark suplexes DG over the top and DG pulls him out with him. Mark uppercuts DG. They facekicks each other. DG backdrops him and Mark lariats him. Mark hits a lariat then fisherman busters him. Mark sitout powerbombs him for 2.

DG hits punches and they trade. DG hits corner punches in the corner and john woo's him. DG hits corner punches. DG piledrivers him. DG sharpshooters him. Mark punches him, knocking him off the buckles then Mark hits a froggy bow for 2. Mark hits a jay driller for 2.

DG jack knifes Mark then pins him to win.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. It wasn't great or memorable but there was nothing wrong with it. 

The Death Riders talk in the back. Yuta says Jay White had no business interfering on Dynamite and says Jay will be his. Mox cuts him off. Mox says FTR crossed the line and paid a stiff price. He says he considered the debt paid but FTR opened up a new mess with Adam Copeland. Mox says Cope has the title and trophies to prove how great of a champ he was. He says Cope spent a while on the shelf and found himself extinct in a new world. He said Cope came up the hard way. He says he has always been a front runner. He says in his world, survival comes at a cost. He says they will find nothing good if they want to go down this road. He says it's hell on earth.

We see clips of Jeff Jarrett's Dynamite promo.

Jeff Jarrett vs Aaron Solo

Solo clubs on JJ then back elbows him. Solo then does the fargo strut. Solo hits forearms and JJ hits lariats. JJ step up enzugiri's him then leg lariats him on the ropes. JJ back body drops him. JJ knees him in the gut and hits the stroke. JJ then hits a second stroke and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash with JJ winning as expected. I don't know how much this does for him but at least he didn't lose.

AEW Tag Titles - Private Party vs Lio Rush and Action Andretti

Zay and Lio start us off. Zay knocks AA off the apron and is hit from behind. they fight outside. Zay hits a step up enzugiri on AA then does one on Lio. AA takes a double back body drop. Zay takes a lariat and Quen is double suplexed on the apron edge.

Zay takes a double falcon arrow for 2. Zay takes a double basement dropkick. Zay takes a double suplex. We got to PiP break and return. Zay spinebusters Lio. Zay tags in Quen. Quen hits shots on AA then spin kicks him. Quen death valley drivers Lio onto AA for 2.

Zay takes a cutter and AA 2nd rope spanish flies Quen. Lio low topes Zay outside. AA and Lio hit a gin n juice on Zay for 2. Top Flight are in the front row. AA and Lio go up top together. They star down with their opponents. The four wrestlers fight. PP hit stereo lariats on Rush and AA. Zay cannonballs Lio off the apron and takes a seated moonsault from AA. Quen swantons off the buckles onto AA and Lio.

Quen top rope SSP's Lio and AA breaks it up. AA tries to sit on Zay out of a sunset flip attempt and Dante Martin breaks it up. Zay then gets the pin on AA.

Thoughts: Dante kind of botched the finish some. The match was all flying as you would expect. Selling wasn't a big priority here and I didn't think it was that great. It was very fast paced with lots of moves.

Cope is interviewed by Lexi. He said he attacked Mox because he attacked his friends. He says we don't know when Darby will be back from being thrown down the steps. He said he heard Mox say no one wants to be AEW champ. Cope says he wants to be champ for the 12th time. He says he will wear the title around his waist.

Chris Jericho comes in. CJ says he became a world champ too. Adam says he respect him and likes him. Cope talks about how they competed against each other and CJ says he doesn't remember that. He says he remembers CJ being an @sshole and CJ says, "cope is a dope".

Toni Storm vs Deonna Purrazzo

DP takes her down off the knuckle lock and tries to pin her. Toni monkey flips her. They bridge together and shake hands. DP then slaps her. DP stomps on her in the corner. Toni takes chops then shoulders her over. Dp goes out o stall and talk with Taya. Taya distracts Toni. Toni throws DP into the rails and chops her.

DP's head is banged off the apron. DP baseball slides Toni then dives on her off the apron. We go to PiP break and return.

Toni backbreakers her then hits a thesz press. Toni fisherman suplexes her and does an STF variation. DP ropebreaks. Toni corner hip attacks her. Taya distracts Toni on the apron. DP germans Toni then pump kicks her for 2. They trade shots. DP pump kicks her. Toni hits a ddt for 2. Toni hits Taya on the apron and DP rolls up Toni for 2. Toni cradles DP and gets the win.

Thoughts: It was an average match with Taya getting involved multiple times. Toni got the win here as expected.

We see clips from after Dynamite. Christopher Daniels is trying to tell Adam Page he's on his side. Daniels says Page could be champ and says he believes in him. Page says it doesn't mean anything. Page said he needed him at World's End. Page asks what he has given him, anyone or wrestling. Page says he sees an old man hanging onto a sport that left him behind a long time ago. He said if Daniels hadn't lost his mind to old age, he would have hung it up 5 years ago. Page then slaps him. Daniels jumps on him behind and hits headbutts. Daniels stomps on him and says he's the fallen angel.

Thoughts: I don't like Page getting his butt kicked by Daniels, even if it's off of a cheap shot. That doesn't really do either guy any favors.

Bowens is interviewed after Dynamite but says to ask Max Caster. Max says he took a 2v1 and calls The Hurt Syndicate cowards. He calls himself, "The Best Wrestler Alive". Bowens says Max got what he deserved and says Billy doesn't want to show up to deal with him. Max says f*ck Billy and Bowens says he hasn't punched him because Billy asked him not to.

$100,000 High Speed Match - The Beast Mortos vs Brian Cage vs Komander vs Dante Martin

Don Callis and Takeshita do an inset promo from earlier in the day. Don says Takeshita proved himself as the best wrestler in the world and said he's the Never Openweight champ. He says they will do what they do and win 1-2-3.

Mort takes pump kicks and a shoulder to start. Kom boots Cage. Cage pops up Kom into Dante, Dante catches him and Dante is flipped into a headscissors on Cage. Dante and Kom do stereo topes outside. Dante rolls up Kom and they trade pin attempts. Mort headbutts Dante.

Kom satellite headscissors Mort out. Kom walks up the ropes and corkscrew moonsaults outside. Dante then swantons off the top to the outside. Lio Rush comes out and nails Dante from behind. Dante is then sent into the rails. Action Andretti comes out with him and talks trash to Dante. Cage tells both of them leave. 

Cage throws Dante into the rails. Mort pop-up samoan drops Kom. Cage pump handle sitout slams Mort. We go to PiP break and return. Cage superkicks Dante off the apron. Mort headbutts Cage then corner euros him. Mort twists Cage's neck with his feet. Kom facebusters Mort. Kom then walks up the ropes and does a springboard canadian destroyer. Cage pops up Kom. Dante springboard swantons a standing Cage.

Dante suplexes Kom. Mort drops Dante face first onto his knees. Cage deadlift superplexes Mort in. Kom's asai moonsault is caught by Cage and Kom hits a ddt off of it. Kom poisonrana's Mort. Kom walks up the buckles and is alabama slammed off a springboard. Cage hits an F-5. Cage spinning lariats Dante then hits a flatliner off the gori special to win.

Thoughts: It went a little longer than it needed to. It was a spotfest as expected with lots of flips and people coming in and out. I didn't like Kom losing as he holds a title in ROH.

FTR talk to The Rock n Roll Express in the back. Dax apologizes for them doing a spike piledriver to Morton years ago. The Outrunners walk in. They say The RnR's owe them gas money from 1982. Morton says he doesn't think they were alive then. Morton says he's sorry if they did them over. They then shake hands.

FTR and Cope vs The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill and Bryan Keith)

Adam Copeland is now officially just being known as Cope. No one really likes it. BK has a singlet with pants on that kind of makes him look chubby.

Cope dropkicks BK. Cash is slingshotted into a shoulder on BK. Bill and Dax go at it. Dax hits corner spears then pulls Bill's leg around the ropes. Bill uppercuts him. Dax bangs Bill's leg off the post. Bill takes a double shoulder from FTR. He knocks both down and chokeslams Cash onto Dax's back.

We go to PiP break and return. Cope and CJ trade chops. CJ eye rakes him. Cope flying forearms him and flapjacks him. They botch a move. Bill hits shots on FTR and powerbombs Dax hard. Bill throws Cash over the top. Cope then throws Bill over the top. CJ gets a 2 count on Cope. Cope impaler ddt's him.

Cope run at CJ and takes a codebreaker for 2. Bill foot chokes Cope in the corner. CJ chokes Cope. BK catapult's Cope's throat into the bottom rope. BK chokes Cope over the middle rope. Cope pulls down BK from behind.

Cash and Bill get in. Cash hits forearms then dropkicks Bill. Cash top rope crossbodies Bill. Cash tornado ddt's him for 2. Bill gets caught up top. Dax superplexes Bill, Cash hits a top rope splash and Cope hits a top rope elbow drop on Bill for 2. 

Bill hits lariats and black hole slams Dax for 2. Bill misses a corner splash. Cash suplexes CJ for 2. Dax sharpshooters BK. CJ then crabs Cash at the same time. Dax and CJ butt heads while putting the holds on. They slap each other.

Bill and Cope hit facekicks. Bill facekicks Cope. Cope spears Bill off the apron. Cope hits a top rope plancha on Bill. BK is thrown over the top then Cash topes Bill. CJ and Dax trade forearms. CJ boots him then takes a lariat and punch.

Dax goes up top and is hit with a belt by BK. CJ gets a 2 count off of it. CJ lariats and asai moonsaults Dax. CJ lands on his face on Dax then takes a shatter machine.Cope spears CJ and gets the win.

Thoughts: It was a solid main. It was as you would expect. it wasn't anything great or memorable and there wasn't that much story behind it. If you've seen other FTR Collision matches, this was similar. CJ has to stop doing the asai moonsault. He just can't hit it that clean anymore and he's gonna hurt himself sooner or later.

Cope gets on the mic after. The Death Riders are then show on the tron. They have The Rock n Roll Express taped to some structure. Morton tells Mox he doesn't have the balls to do anything. The Outrunners go to help and get hit from behind by The Death Riders. The Death Riders then leave. FTR and Cope free The Express.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Collision. It was heavy on the wrestling and didn't have too much of importance happening. The matches were fine and the main was the best thing on here. You could skip this one. I'd give a 5 out of 10.

WWE Main Event 1/2/2025

WWE Main Event 1/2/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-main-event-12262024.html

Natalya vs Isla Dawn

Nat backs her up on the ropes and Isla hides between the ropes. Nat whips her down by the leg then is tripped by Alba Fyre outside. Isla basement dropkicks her and chokes her on the ropes. Isla snapmares her then meteora's her for 2.

Isla chinlocks her and throws her down backwards. Isla walks on her then Nat rolls her up. Nat hammerlocks her and Isla flurries on her. Isla high kicks her and gets a 2 count. They trade shots. Nat germans her then spinning lariats her for 2.

Isla cradles her for 2. Nat armbars her. Isla backrolls her then Nat sharpshooters her. Nat submits her for the win.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note. Nothing was bad here but there weren't many big highlights. Both took it easy in this one.

The LWO (Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde) vs The Authors of Pain

Akam shoves Cruz over. Cruz hits some punches. Cruz top rope dropkicks him. Akam takes a double superkick then Wilde is hiptossed into the ropes and splashes Akam. Razar is double lariated over the top. The LWO then do stereo dives out near the post.

We go to break and return. Razar chokes Wilde. Wilde flying forearms him. Razar pops him up and death valley drivers him into the buckles. Razar shoulders Wilde over. Wilde is thrown into a knee to the head from Razar.

Razar hits hammerfists on Wilde. Razar cranks Wilde's head. Wilde flips out of moves from Razar and tags out. Cruz springboard crossbodies Razar then hits flying lariats. Cruz walks the top rope and hits a dropkick.

Cruz hits an asai moonsault for 2. Cruz superkicks Razar in the side of the head. Cruz misses a to prope moonsault and Razar facekicks him. Cruz takes a powerbomb + neckbreaker combo. Akam pins Cruz.

Thoughts: It was a shorter midcard match. Cruz did a little more than usual but it was nobody's best effort. What we got was fine but hardly anything great. Wilde didn't even do his assisted springboarddive here.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches here as usual. The women's match was average and nothing of note. The main event was okay but nothing great. I wouldn't recommend this one.

Marigold 1/3/2025 First Dream 2025

Marigold 1/3/2025 First Dream 2025

Battle Royal

They had some surprises in Yuki Mashiro, Nightshade, Hamuko Hoshi, Flying Penguin, Momoka Hanazono and Riara. Rea Seto debuted some new black leather gear here that was an attention getter. Misa Matsui had new dark blue gear too which I think is a downgrade. Yuuki Mashiro ended up winning this one which was not expected. The match was your typical Japanese style battle royal rumble with it not being very serious and with there being a bunch of weak shots. The match also went long.

5/24/2025 is the next big show and will be called "Shine Forever Marigold".

We get a package on Seri Yamaoka who is debuting on this show. She's an amateur wrestler and she's already being called a super rookie.

MIRAI vs Seri Yamaoka

This is the debut match of Seri Yamaoka. She a rainbow singlet. Mirai has new gear.

They shake hands and lock up. Seri waistlock takedowns her. Mirai takes her down and goes for the armbar. Seri guillotines her. Seri escapes the front facelock and sits on Mirai's back while pulling her chin. Seri goes for the armbar.

Seri wristlocks her. Mirai side headlocks her then Seri wristlocks her again. Mirai rolls out and hits chest kicks. Seri escapes the guillotine and puts her own on. Mirai side headlocks her and Seri ropebreaks.

Mirai chest kicks her and gets her back and goes for the sleeper. Seri armbars her. Mirai headscissors her and Seri rolls her. Seri leglocks her. Mirai half crabs her then switches to the full crab. Mirai stands on her back. Mirai hits forearms and crabs her again. Mirai chest forearms Seri down. Seri hits a hard chest forearm back and drops her twice. They trade more forearms. Seri spinebusters her and hits mounted forearms. Seri slams her then hits karen's lift for 2. Seri pulls on Mirai's legs then crabs her.

Mirai up kicks her then hits a vader bomb corkscrew elbow drop. Mirai hits a reverse samoan drop. Seri soll off her shoulders and hits a gutwrench suplex. Mirai backdrops her  for 2. Mirai lariats her down. Seri germans her and we go to a draw.

Seri asks for more time and the match goes on. Seri double legs her then rolls her on the mat into a pin attempt. Seri rolls her by the legs then pulls on them. Mirai does a dragon screw and basement dropkicks her. 

Seri rams her into the buckles and does an air raid crash for 2. Mirai side headlock takeovers her. Mirai backdrops her. Mirai half-nelson suplexes her for 2. Mirai shoves her over and cradle shocks her for 1. Seri does a nice hard german on Mirai. Mirai lariats her over. Mirai hits a cradle shock then hits a big lariat for the win.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to and the crowd wasn't the best. It was a fantastic debut though for Seri and one of the better debuts ever. She had a full length back and forth match here. She didn't botch anything and is probably already one of the better girls on the roster. She really did meet the hype and is a total super rookie. Amateur wrestlers don't really need a lot of help in making things look real, which is what some of the girls like Yuuki, Rea and Naho struggle with. She does need to work on her selling and fire a bit. She will be an easy candidate for rookie of the year and the sky is the limit with her. Anything other than her being a main event girl is going to be a disappointment.

Mirai gets on the mic after and asks if it's her debut. She says you start wrestling by losing. She says use the uneasy feeling to make herself stronger and says let's meet again. Seri says she will grow to like wrestling more. Mirai slaps her after.

Marigold Superfly Title Match - Natsumi Showzuki (c) vs. Victoria Yuzuki

Yuz has new gear and a new hairstyle. I like it.

They grab each other by the hair and trade forearms. Nat side headlocks her. Yuz rolls her and misses a dropkick. Yuz flying headscissors her then hits a dropkick. Nat throws Yuz into the seats. Nat kicks her from the apron then double knee drops her off the apron to the floor. Nat does a fast running meteora.

Yuz 2nd rope tornillos her outside. Yuz springboard dropkicks her then dropkicks her. Yuz spin kicks her in the gut then flying euros her. Yuz northern lights suplexes her. Nat does an octopus on her. Nat armbars her. Nat hits double knee drops on her. Nat meteora's her on the bottom ropes. Nat ches kicks her.

Nat hits knees to the body. Yuz takes a superplex. Yuz tries her own superplex but slips and Nat falls down. They trade chest forearms and hit each other at the same time. They superkick each other and Yuz backdrops her. Nat fisherman suplexes her. Nat 2nd rope meteora's her for 2.

Yuz rolls her into a crucifix for 2. Nat does a bad fisherman's suplex for 2. Nat tries a double knee drop of the buckles but Yuz gets her knees up. Yuz punts her and hits a straightjacket german for 2. Yuz hits kicks to he head then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Yuz standing moonsaults her then moonsaults her off all 3 buckles for the win.

Thoughts: It was easily Yuzuki's worst match yet. Both girls had a lot of botches and just didn't match up that well together at all. Yuz busted out new moonsaults here and a tornillo off the 2nd rope. Nat showed a bit more fire than usual. 

Yuzuki talks on the mic after.  

She said she did it. She said she promises to forge a new generation. Yuuki Mashiro comes in. She says she wants to challenge for Yuz's belt. Yuz agrees. They then pull on each other's hair and Yuz shoves her away.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. Yuuki is the Ice Ribbon champ and should be far above this.

Marigold Twin Star Title Match - CHIAKI & Nagisa Nozaki (c) vs. Bozilla & Tank

They had Bulldozer Todoroki (they say they don't know who she is) come out with Boz and Tank. Boz had a face mask here that shot smoke out ala Vader. Tank is tall and wears all black. This is Tank's Stardom debut.

They fight before the bell. Tank and Nozaki trade forearms. Boz sends Chi into the seats outside. Tank forearms Nozaki over. Nozaki corner facekicks her. Tank shoulders Nozaki over. Nozaki facekicks her then chairs her. Tank hits lariats on Nozaki then suplexes her.

Bulldozer chokes Chi with a chain outside. Boz corner splashes Nozaki then sentons her. Boz gets caught on the 2nd rope and Nozaki kind of germans her off the 2nd rope. Nozaki basement dropkicks her. Chi hits facewash kicks on Boz.

Chi gets on Boz's back and sleepers her. Boz drops her backwards. Nozaki pendulum kicks Tank over the 2nd rope. Chi rolls up Boz for 2. Boz lariats Chi over. Nozaki takes a double flapjack. Chi hits chest forearms on Boz and Boz just shoves her over. Chi throws a chair at Boz and maybe hits a camera with it. Chi throws the chair at her again. Boz then chairs her hard. 

Boz 2nd rope moonsaults Chi for 2. Tank chokeslams Chi. Boz sitout powerbombs Chi and wins.

Thoughts: I don't like that Boz and Tank debuted as a team and got a title shot. This was a lose-lose booking wise. Nozaki and Chi losing here made their title reign look like a fluke and didn't really put them over. They basically were transitional champs. Tank wasn't impressive. She's big and is holding back on shots and they look bad because of it. I'm not real high on the Tank/Boz team. It's not going to do much for either girl or make for any good matches.

Bulldozer gets on the mic after. She says they are the strongest tag team in the world. The announcers again claim they don't know who Bulldozer is, which is really stupid since she wrestles and has been helping out on shows on camera for a while now.

Meiko Satomura & YUNA vs. Nanae Takahashi & Nao Ishikawa

I don't get this one. It's a humiliation ritual to me. Marigold took Rea from Satomura's Sendai Girls promotion. I don't get why Meiko's appearing on their show for them now unless they promised her a Nanae vs Meiko Sendai Girls match. But she should have still said no to them.

Nao shoulders Yuna over a couple of times. Yuna hits dropkicks on Nao. Yuna wristlocks her then Nao side headlocks her. Nao and Meiko go at it. Meiko armlocks her. Nanae gets in and double knuckle locks Meiko. Meiko side headlocks her. Meiko hits chest kicks then Nanae side slams her. Meiko takes chops from both opponents. Yuna hits dropkicks on Nanae that Nanae no sells. 

Nanae slams her. Nane hits shots on Yuna then Yuna codebreakers Nanae's arm. Nanae no sells a dropkick. Yuna takes a flying neckbreaker + backdrop combo. Nao crabs Yuna.  Nao slams Yuna then cartwheel splashes her for 2. Nao double underhook suplexes Yuna for 2. Yuna cradles Nao then low dropkicks her. Yuna dropkicks Nao off the buckles for 2.

Meiko comes in and kicks Nao. Meiko 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Meiko then STF's her. Nanae hits slaps on Meiko to break it. Meiko chest kicks Nao around. Meiko flying forearms Nao over. Nao slams Meiko. Nao top rope crossbodies Meiko for 2. 

Nanae lariats Meiko over then hits a low enzugiri for 2. Nane 2nd rope splashes Meiko for 2. Nane is stuck on the ropes and Meiko pele kicks her. They slap each other. Nanae figure fours her. Nanae hits chest forearms on Meiko.

Meiko and Nanae trade forearms. Meiko ddt's her then cartwheel double knee drops her. Nanae backdrops Meiko then Meiko death valley drivers her for 2. They slap each other and Meiko pele kicks her. Yuna hits dropkicks on Nanae. Nanae lariats her for 2. 

Nanae brainbusters Yuna and wins.

Thoughts: Yuna and Nao unfortunately brought nothing to this one. Yuna in particular did not have a strong showing. Nanae and Meiko were good together though as expected and made want to see them fight. The match was nothing special.

Meiko and Nanae stare down and grab each other by the hair after. 

GHC Women's Title Match - Kouki Amarei (c) vs. Chika Goto

Chika has new gear with much smaller trunks. Chika slaps her then hits forearms. Kouki facekicks her. Chika hits running knee in the corner. Kouki tries to block a giant swing but fails. Chika hip attacks Kouki on the ropes. Chika lays her on the 2nd rope then step-up butt presses her. Chika misses a corner hip attack and takes a facekick. Kouki facekicks her then jumping facekicks her.

Kouki flying knees her. Chika clubs on Kouki's back. Kouki holds her knee and rolls out. It seems like Kouki is injured. Chika hits mounted forearms on Kouki. Kouki backdrops her. Kouki 180 splashes her off the top and wins.

Thoughts: I think Kouki got her knee injured here and that's why this ended early. It wasn't good. It was never going to be good. And any prior matches they had together proved that. They had multiple missed shots here and weak offense. 

The girls talk on the mic after. Kouki says they should have a rematch and says she will win again.

Marigold United National Title Match - Miku Aono (c) vs. Mai Sakurai

Mai has new white and blue gear that doesn't really fit her.

They trade wristlocks and side headlocks. They do some mat wrestling. Mai misses a running facekick but Miku goes down anyway. Mai throws her out and they trade shots outside. Mai slaps her and bangs her head off a table. Miku slams Mai. Miku PK's Mai on the ramp, sending her rolling down it.

Mikue knee breakers Mai and hits kicks to the leg. Miku ties up one leg and crabs the other. Miku wraps her leg around the bottom rope and dropkicks it. Miku stands on her head. Mai facekicks Miku then corner facekicks her. Mai armbars her and Miku ropebreaks. Mai boots her in the head and facekicks her on the ropes. Mai backdrops her then leg slices her for 2. Miku swinging twisting slams her. Miku then half-crabs her while tying up the other leg.

Miku lariats her on the ropes. Miku PK's her from the apron. Mai tombstones her on the floor. Mai plancha's her off the buckles outside. Mai 2nd rope superplexes her. Mai top rope dropkicks her for 2. Mai goes for a top rope elbow drop and Miku gets her feet up. Miku blocks a hurricanrana on the buckles and hits a 2nd rope styles clash. 

They fight on their knees and trade forearms standing up. They trade slaps. Mai slap flurries her down then Miku does the same. Miku lariats her and hits chest kicks. Mai gordbusters her for 2. Mai top rope hurricanrana's her. Mai basement dropkicks her for 2. Mai slams her then top rope elbow drops her. Miku double underhook suplexes her then sliding lariats her for 2. 

Miku tiger drivers her for 2. Miku cloverleaf giant swings her then texas cloverleafs her. Mai STF's her. Miku short arm lariats her then Mai hurricanrana's her. Miku lariats her then hits a styles clash for 2. Miku hits kicks for 2. Mai STO's her and botches a dominator, turning it into a suplex. Mai hits another STO for 1. Mai then STF's her and submits her.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time at over 25 minutes. There were some good sections here and I liked some of it. They tried for a great match and I don't quite think they accomplished it.

Mai talks on the mic after. She puts Miku over and said she had hard kicks. She says she looks forward to facing her again.  She says she never beat Nagisa Nozaki and wants to set that straight. Nozaki comes in and says she wants to take a 2nd belt from her after taking the tag titles.

Marigold World Title Match - Sareee (c) vs. Utami Hayashishita

They waistlock each other and trade side headlocks. Sare side headlock takeovers her and they stare down. Utami shoulders her over. They both run the dopes and Utami dropkicks her. They trade chest forearms outside. Meiko chest forearms her down then sends her into the seats.

Utami bangs Sare's head off the apron then sends her into the seats. Sare double stomps her off the apron onto the floor. Sare top rope dropkicks Utami twice for 2. Sare ties up Utami's legs then indian deathlocks her. Sare crabs her.

Sare boots Utami hard in the head. Utami hits some hard boots to the back of the head after. Utami muso's her. Sare armdrags her off the ropes and hits a low dropkick. Utami release northern lights suplexes her. Utami sliding lariats her for 2. 

Sare bodyscissors rolls her into a double stomp. They trade shots. Sare dropkicks her, dropkicks her on the ropes then dropkicks her through the ropes. Sare fisherman suplexes her for 2. Utami superplexes her. Sare hits headbutts on Utami up top. Sare then fisherman suplexes Utami off the 2nd rope.

They trade germans. Sare slaps her and takes a side slam for 2. Sare step up enzugiri's her. Utami lariats her over then does an air raid crash for 1. Sare backdrops her for 1.

They trade forearms on their knees. Sare chest forearms her. Utami forearms her over then Sare knocks her over. Sare misses a double foot stomp but it is sold anyway. Sare top rope double foot stomps her for 2. Utami backdrops Sare. Utami lariats her over for 2. Sare is lawn darted into the buckles.

Sare sunset flips her out of a razor's edge. Sare then uranages her for 2. Sare hits another uranage for 2. Utami sleepers Sare. Utami does the shocking baszler for 2. Utami torture rack bombs Sare. Utami does a spinning razor's edge and wins it.

Thoughts: There were some good things here but it turned into a no-sell fest during the last third of it and I didn't like it. They both really stiffed each other hard and both took quite a beating. I'm not a fan of Sareee losing. She's the best women's worker in the world and Utami is nowhere near her level. It also likely means we will be seeing less of Sareee since she's not a regular roster member and shows without her are usually not so good. 

They talk on the mic after. Sare tells her she should have fought from the start like she did today. She tells her she is the ace and the person to lead Marigold forward. Utami says she is back. She asks the other singles title holders to come out. Utami says she hopes we enjoyed the show and says they will have more for us. She then closes the show by posing with Mai and Yuzuki.

Overall thoughts:  I didn't like the main or the result of the main. Miku/Mai was okay but should have been better. The Kouki/Chika match wasn't good as expected and may have ended before it was supposed to due to Kouki maybe getting injured. The tag title match wasn't that good and the tag match with Nanae was not as good as it should have been. Victoria Yuzuki had one of her worst matches to date. The rumble/battle royal was long and not a great way to start the show off. Seri had a great debut though and looked better than most of the roster in only her first match. I would give this a 4 out of 10 and would not recommend the show. I didn't expect to like the show that much and it was about what I imagined. The roster is just not talented enough in Marigold right now to really deliver on a show like this.

WWE Smackdown 1/3/2025

WWE Smackdown 1/3/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwe-smackdown-12272024.html

This is the start of Smackdown being 3 hours on USA. I like it as a fan, but as a reviewer, it means more work. And on nights when I'm tired or not enjoying the show, it means it's going to be a long night. I hope it means the midcard develops more, I hope it means we get to see more wrestlers and I hope it means the matches go longer.

We are in Phoenix, AZ. 

We see clips of the Nick Aldis/Cody Rhodes/Kevin Owens situation.

They have a blue ring mat which I think is new.

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. He says timing is a funny thing in life and says WWE is changing everything. Cody says he's not cleared to wrestle, thanks to Kevin Owens. Cody talks about the ladder match with KO then Drew McIntyre comes out. Drew hugs Cody and Cody makes a face.

Drew says he's here to help Cody and not hurt him. Drew says Cody isn't on his list and says he's about to screw up his life's work. Drew says this is the best time in WWE and says Cody is leading it all. Drew says Cody wants to fight and Aldis is holding him back. Drew says WWE is promoting KO as a champ while Cody's neck hangs by a thread.

Drew says Cody needs someone to watch his back and Cody interrupts. Drew says he's just here to tell the truth. Cody says he doesn't believe Drew. He says he knows this situation will devolve. He asks if he wants to throw hands and tells Drew to come and get his shot at the title. Drew says he's here to help him, not hurt him. Drew says Cody needs to watch his back then Kevin Owens hits Cody from behind.

KO stomps him and Cody fights back. They fight and officials and guards try to break it up.

We see Bloodline, Andrade, Bianca and Naomi arrive.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Andrade

SN = Shinsuke Nakamura

SN wrestled for Pro Wrestling NOAH on 1/1, beating Ulka Sasaki. They mentioned SN and Andrade fighting a decade ago in NJPW, which I also happened to cover here.

SN hits knees to the gut. He bends over and gets kicked. Andrade flying headscissors him then dropkicks him off the apron. Andrade 2nd rope moonsaults him and we go to PiP break. We return and Andrade hits forearms and back elbows. Andrade dragon screws him then flying forearms him.

SN knees him in the gut and spin kicks him in the head. They trade forearms. SN sliding germans him then 2nd rope flying knees him for 2. Andrade dropkicks him then corner meteora's him. Andrade does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault for 2.

SN spinning elbows him then Andrade spinning back elbows him for 2. Andrade's head is bamnged off the top of the post on a superplex attempt. SN kinshasha's him in the back of the head and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. SN kept Andrade in check here and didn't let him do anything too crazy and they matched up okay.

LA Knight runs down after and attacks SN. He hits mounted shots. LA goes for the BFT and SN slides out.

LA gets on the mic. He says you steal his title and things go crazy. He says what goes around, comes around and it's him stomping SN's @ss to dust. 

Pretty Deadly and Apollo Crews talk in the back. They call him, "Apollo Stooge" and say snitches do get stitches. Legado del Fantasma come in. Escobar calls them liars and PD says they aren't. Escobar says their lies will come back and beat the crap out of them. Los Garza grab PD and Nick Aldis breaks it up. Nick wants to talk to PD after.

Michin vs Piper Niven

Mich has her boot caught and is driven into the corner. Piper hits punches. Michin boots her out of the corner and headscissors her down. Michin flying headscissors her out. Mich then flying headscissors her off the apron. Mich jumps at Piper and gets thrown down on the floor.

We go to break and return. Mich bulldogs her off the casaodra. Piper corner splashes her. Piper misses a conrer cannonball then Mich hits her with one. Mich twerks for some reason then mule kicks and pele kicks Piper for 2.

Piper sitout slams Mich for 2. Piper goes for a vader bomb and Mich gets her feet up. Mich then wins with soul foot.

Thoughts: The ending was quick and surprisingly. I knew Michin would win but the soul foot isn't the best finisher ever. It was just average and nothing of note.

Paul Heyman arrives and avoids the metal detector for some reason.

We get a package on Naomi.

Paul Heyman comes out to talk. He say we will find out who the real tribal chief is on Monday. Paul says him and Roman taught Solo to become the tribal chief. Paul says Solo would have been tribal chief once Roman was ready to step down. He says Roman couldn't turn down the lust for revenge on Seth Rollins at Mania and Cody Rhodes took advantage of it to beat Roman. He says Solo stole the necklace and did not earn it.

Paul says there must be a winner and lose at tribal combat on Monday. He promises Roman will win. Solo then comes out as Paul goes to leave. Paul says he's 10 seconds away from peeing his pants. He says the last time they did this, Solo put him through a table. Solo holds his hand out and Paul gives him the mic.

Solo tells the crowd to acknowledge him. Solo says Paul owes Punk a favor but says to let him owe Paul a favor. He says he needs someone to hold the necklace during tribal combat. He says he needs someone who is trustworthy and loves his family. Solo says Paul can put the necklace around Roman's neck if he wins and Solo will acknowledge him. He says when he beats Roman, Paul will put the necklace around Solo's neck. Solo says then everyone will know he owns the necklace and Paul. He says Paul will be his wiseman forever and Roman will have to acknowledge him. Paul then leaves.

The Motor City Machine Guns do a promo. They say getting betrayed by a friend sucks, especially when it's someone who has experienced the same things as you. He says Johnny Gargano threw it all away for the tag titles. Alex says DIY forgot who they were. Alex says it took them 3 matches win the titles and only one to win them back.

WWE Tag Titles - DIY (c) vs The Motor City Machine Guns

JG = Johnny Gargano

Ciampa boots Sabin and wristlocks him. Sabin rolls, kips out and armdrags him. Ciampa takes a double team. JG takes a boot to the face and goes out. Ciampa takes a double team shot and Graves brings up M-Dogg 20 and Josh Prohibition. Sabin lariats Ciampa over the top then sends JG out. Sabin topes onto DIY between Alex's legs. 

We go to PiP break and return. Sabin is making a comeback on Ciampa. He takes a boot then flying kicks Ciampa. Alex hits punches on JG then running forearms him. Alex neckbreakers JG for 2. MCMG hit stereo baseball slides on DIY then do stereo plancha's.

JG fights off both opponents. He takes knees, a legsweep and a double spin kick for 2. Everyone gets some offense in and all 4 men are down. Ciampa takes a double team sequence ending in a baseball slide. Pretty Deadly come down and MCMG get distracted. Ciampa pumping knees Alex. Alex takes a superkicks into an angel's wings for 2.

Angel and Berto chase Pretty deadly away. Alex does the border city stretch on JG while Sabin stf's Ciampa. Angel then beats up Kit in the ring and the match is thrown out.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here at times as expected before the dirty finish. It was fine but nothing too great. I wasn't surprised DIY won here.

Nia Jax and LeRae talk in the back. Nia wants to know where Tiffany Stratton is. LeRae says she is here though. Nia tells LeRae to make sure Bianca stays out of her way tonight.

Sami Zayn talks to Carmelo Hayes in the back. Melo says he had him beat last week until Braun got involved. Sami said Melo almost got a kick to the face and then ran away. Melo says Sami and Braun can get this work anytime. The Uso's then walk up behind Melo and ask if there's a problem.

Sami tells Melo to tell him more about the work he's going to get. Melo then walks off without saying anything more. Sami says they got a big one and says let's get on the same page in a few minutes. Jey runs into Kevin Owens. Jey tells him to watch where he's going and KO says to watch his back.

Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes talk in the back. Nick asks if he's okay. Nick tell him to put aside his hatred of KO and think of the big picture. He says Cody isn't doing that so he will do it for him. Cody says he has the right to call his shot. Cody says Aldis should tell Drew he's welcome to SD and says Drew has his attention. Cody says if he sees Kevin Owens or someone who looks KO, he will drop them on sight.

WWE Women's Title - Nia Jax (c) vs Naomi

Naomi dropkicks her and hits a back kick in the corner. Naomi hits leg kicks and Nia headbutts her over. Nia throws Naomi then corner lariats her. Nia is tripped into the buckles and takes kicks.

Naomi goes to springboard and is headbutted down to the floor. We go to break and return. Nia misses a butt drop and Naomi hits a knee lift. Nia swinging side slams her for 2. Nia slams her then elbow drops her for 2. Nia chinlocks her and sends Naomi into the post.

Nia hip attacks her against the post for 2. Nia hits a lariat after taking a victory roll. Nia gets stuck hanging from the ropes and Naomi double stomps her down. Naomi split drops her off the 2nd rope for 2.

Nia spears the post when Naomi moves. Naomi pulls her through down over the top rope. Naomi topes her. Naomi springboard kicks her then samoan drops her for 2. Nia puts her in tree of woe and hip attacks her there. Nia 2nd rope legdrops Naomi for 2.

Naomi tornado ddt's her. Naomi hits knees to the face of Nia then does a heatseeker piledriver variation for 2. We go to break and return. Naomi 2nd rope blockbusters her for 2. Naomi hits a crucifix bomb for 2. Naomi chinlocks Nia on the mat. LeRae gets on the apron and Bianca sends her into the rail. Bianca pounds on LeRae. Nia throws her title at Bianca's gut then sends her into the steps.

Nia is up top and Naomi high kicks her. Nia tries the 2nd rope powerslam again and Naomi flips her just like she did a few weeks ago. Tiffany Stratton comes out with a ref. She teases cashing in but pushes the ref over the rail. Tiff then hits Naomi with her MITB briefcase. Nia banzai drops Naomi and pins her.

Thoughts: This was a long one that got a lot of time. It took a few minutes to get going but was a decent match. It wasn't the best they could have done though. The finish was a surprise but it stops Naomi from losing clean.

Nia beats up on Bianca after. Nia goes to the 2nd rope and Tiff hits her with the MITB briefcase. She then sends LaRae into the buckles. Bianca hits a KOD on Nia, which looked like a dangerous spot. Tiff throws Bianca over the commentary table.

Tiff cashes in her MITB contract.

WWE Women's Title - Nia Jax (c) vs Tiffany Stratton

Tiff hits a double jump moonsault on Nia and pins Nia. Tiffany Stratton is the new champ!

Thoughts: Now that was a surprise. I wonder why Tiff helped out Nia just to turn on her though? That didn't make much sense.

Tiff poses on the commentary after with the title and gets a big pop, seemingly turning face.

Jacob Fatu tells Solo he loves him in the back and says it's the first thing he thinks of when he wakes up. He says he will show the world what happens when you don't acknowledge the one and only tribal chief. He says the whole world will acknowledge Solo when he beats Roman.  

Byron Saxton interviews LA Knight. He says Nakamura has hell to pay. He says Nick Aldis asked why he attacked Nakamura. He says Nakamura blindsided him and got the US Title. He says Nakamura will get his head stomped in until he gets what he wants. He says he has a US Title match with him next week.

Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso vs The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu)

The faces enter through the concourse in the arena and come down the stands. The Uso's had a super long entrance here.

All 6 fight in the ring to start. They pair off and the heels are sent out. We go to break and return. Jey hits Fatu's arm off the buckles. Tama double axe handles Jey. Tama is sent hard into the buckles. Sami elbow drops Tama. Sami 2nd rope double axe handles Tama. Solo pulls Jimmy's neck down over the top rope. Solo hits punches on Jimmy then headbutts.

Solo trapezus holds Jimmy. Sami gets in and hits punches on Solo. Sami running lariats him and Solo his a shot. Sami lariats Solo. Sami hits corner punches. Sami comes off the top and takes a uranage. We go to PiP break and return.

Solo samoan drops Sami for 2 and hits some shots. Tama pounds on Sami and flurries him. Fatu corner hip attacks Sami. Solo gets back in and takes a blue thunder from Sami. Jey gets in and hits shots on Tama. Jey uppercuts Tama and euros him. Tama takes a double enzugiri in the corner. Tama takes a double back elbow and a double elbow drop. Fatu is double lariated over the top and Jimmy goes over as well. Jey backdrop lifts Tama into a neckbreaker for 2.

Sami dives off the steps onto Fatu outside. Tama hits a jumping ddt on Jey for 2. Jey superkicks Fatu. Fatu takes corner hip attacks from all 3 faces. Sami and JEy do topes outside. Jimmy top rope splashes Fatu for 2. Fatu hits a top rope splash on Jimmy then double jump moonsaults him for 2.

Fatu takes a double superkick for 2. Drew McIntyre comes out. Jey topes Drew. Fatu pop-up samoan drops Jey for 2. Fatu misses a conrer hip attack on Jey. Jey superkicks Sol out and hits a fling spear on Fatu. Jey top rope splashes Fatu. Solo then samoan spikes Jey and pins him to win.

Thoughts: It was a long tag match. They took it easy here at times and didn't go too crazy for this one. It was okay but they could have cut time off of this one and not much would have been missed.

Overall thoughts: It was the first three hour Smackdown and it was a bit of a long show. Just like how WWE needed time to figure out the pacing for 2 hour Raw's again, they need to figure the pacing out for 3 hour Smackdown's. There were only 6 matches in 3 hours. They were definitely stalling for time when the faces entered during the main. A lot people weren't on this show. Tiffany winning the women's title was the best part of the show and was a surprise. The main was the best match of the night. I'm not sure if SD really has the roster for a 3 hour show at the moment but hopefully they make some new stars to fill up that time. I can't say I'm looking forward to another 3 hours of this next week. I'd give this one a 6 out of 10 but I wouldn't recommend it.