Former WWE and TNA wrestler Zach Gowen took part in NBC’s American Ninja Warrior yesterday in the Indianapolis qualifying run.
Gowen showed up with his prosthetic leg but removed it before he started the difficult obstacle course. He managed to do the first two parts of the course which is obviously not built for anyone with one leg, with the announcers clearly behind the #OneLeggedWarrior. Other athletes had tried and did not even manage to get where Gowen arrived. However the third part of the course was deemed to difficult and he did not have enough momentum to skip from the first ring to the middle one.
Zach got famous when in 2003 he signed with the WWE after a short stint with TNA. He got attacked by Roddy Piper and Sean O’Haire after he tried to save Hulk Hogan who was under the Mr. America mask. Perhaps the most famous, and jaw-dropping, moment for him came when Brock Lesnar viciously attacked Gowen and threw him down a flight of stairs on Smackdown.
You can see Gowen’s attempt on America Ninja Warrior below.
The regular Raw video plays, then we go live to the arena. The roster is out on stage, with the Titantron displaying “We Stand With Orlando” and a ribbon with a combination of rainbow and the United States Flag colors, remembering yesterday’s tragedy. Lillian Garcia requests that everyone stand for a moment of silence.
Segment #2: Arena Promo
Tag-Team Champions The New Day talk about their Fatal-4-Way Tag-Team Championship Match at Money In The Bank this Sunday. Before Kofi can continue, Xavier and Big E. poke fun at his shoes, which they think are “old people” footwear.
Enzo Amore and Big Cass interrupt with their usual intro. After declaring that they will win the Tag Tiles at M.I.T.B., Cass insinuates that the unicorns on their head are used for something else, and also wonders about Kofi’s shoes. He goes on about Francesca – Xavier’s Trombone – saying that Amore had her “out all night.”
The double-entendres continue until The Vaudevillians stop them. Aiden English and Simon Gotch are not fond of these, but English does like singing out (very-well) that they will be the new Tag-Team Champions!
The last team involved – The Club – join. Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows make their presence known and want to get started now!
Commercials.
Match #1: Eight-Man Tag-Team – Tag-Team Champions The New Day (Big E. and Kofi Kingston) (with Tag-Team Champion/New Day partner Xavier Woods) and Enzo and Cass VS. The Vaudevillians (Simon Gotch and Aiden English) and The Club (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows)
Aiden and Kofi are wrestling, with Aiden monkey-flipping Kofi, who lands on his feet and hurricanranas English. Kingston backdrops Simon, and Big E. is in to work over Gotch, who is “unicorn-stomped” in the corner.
Enzo is tagged in but is quickly controlled by Gotch and company. He reverses on Aiden, and makes the hot-tag to Cass, who cleans house with E! Kofi somersaults over the ropes onto English and Gotch!
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Big has Gotch locked in an abdominal stretch and “rhythmically spanking” (thanks, Dad!) him! Simon soon regains and gets Luke to help; he and Anderson work over E in their corner. Kofi is tagged back in a bit later and clears the ring. he almost takes this on Karl, but Gallows tagged in and boots, then he and Anderson finish with their double-team ending. Luke covers for the victory!
Winners via Pinfall: The Vaudevillians and The Club
Later tonight, there will be a contract signing between A.J. Styles and John Cena; and The Shield reunite – in a way – as WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and his challenger Seth Rollins will be on their former partner Dean Ambrose’s show, “The Ambrose Asylum.”
Commercials.
Segment #3: Video Promo
The same “Make Darren Young Great Again” from Smackdown! between Darren and Bob Backlund airs.
Segment #4: Office Promo
Stephanie and Shane argue on who is going to control both Raw and Smackdown! when the latter starts its weekly live shows on July 19th. Former Director of Operations Kane, suit-and-all, walks in and presents his case on why he would make a good General Manager. They listen as he gives him
Titus O’Neil starts to make his entrance, but United States Champion Rusev hits him! He kicks Titus in the head and clutches on The Accolade until referees make him break it. Lana gives him the U.S. Championship, which Rusev shoves in O’Neil’s face.
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Segment #5: Video Promo
Primo and Epico – The Shining Stars – continue to promote Puerto Rico.
Segment #6: Arena Promo
Dean Ambrose asks for his former friends to come out; first is Seth Rollins, then WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns. All three recall the good times they had, but Seth then turns it into when he decided to quit The Shield and become a big superstar on his own. Reigns puts it back to Rollins that he did not accomplish anything on his own, as he had the help of The Authority, and J & J Security. Seth does put over Reigns’ instead of Ambrose, since Roman defeated Dean, Sheamus, and Triple H to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion, three times; but Rollins says Roman still hasn’t beat him.
Seth walks away but then pushes Dean into Roman; he goes for the Pedigree on Reigns but instead is hit by Ambrose, and then with a Superman Punch from Roman. Dean suddenly spins Reigns around and drives him to the mat with his Dirty Deeds DDT!
Commercials.
Segment #7: Backstage Promo
Stephanie is not pleased with how Dean Ambrose conducted The Shield’s reunion, so she books him to wrestle Chris Jericho tonight.
Match #2: Single – Women’s Champion Charlotte (with Dana Brooke) VS. Paige (Non-Title)
(Note: Natalya and Becky Lynch are on commentary.) This is fast-and-furious, as Paige and Charlotte trade holds and pin combos back-and-forth! Paige governs a lot of this, and when Charlotte is on the outside and distracted, Dana tries to interfere but is doesn’t work! Paige lifts Charlotte up and Ram-Paige DDT’s her, getting the 1 – 2 – 3!
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Segment #7: Backstage Promo
Women’s Champion Charlotte berates Dana for messing up her match; she warns Brooke to not let it happen this Sunday at Money In The Bank.
Segment #8: Backstage Promo
Rene Young is with Cesaro, but Sami Zayn interjects himself right away. Cesaro is not pleased with this, and the two bicker, deciding they will settle it in the ring!
Match #3: Single – Zack Ryder VS. Sheamus
Zack governs a lot of this, almost taking it following a top-turnbuckle elbow drop! Ryder measures for the RoughRyder, but Sheamus tosses him into the turnbuckle then hits a Brogue Kick to take this!
Winner via Pinfall: Sheamus
Post-match, Sheamus continues to kick away on Ryder until Apollo Crews, who Sheamus will face at the MITB kick-off shows, runs out and brawls with Sheamus!
Commercials.
Segment #9: Office Promo
Shane and Kane are talking about their history when Kevin Owens walks in. He wants to talk to Stephanie, but she isn’t available, so he rats out Alberto Del Rio for being late. Del Rio barges in, and he and Owens yell in Spanish and French, respectively. Kane tries to settle this by having them tag together against The Lucha Dragons; while they don’t like it, Shane does, and adds that if they lose, then Sin Cara and Kalisto will take their MITB spots instead!
Match #4: Single – Sami Zayn VS. Cesaro
Cesaro and Zayn lockup and trade armlocks. Sami flips over Cesaro and twirls him with a headscissors. Cesaro catches Zayn off a run with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a near-fall, then uppercuts him as Zayn springs off the rope!
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Cesaro has Zayn clamped in a hold, but Sami snapmares out of it and soars off the turnbuckle with a crossbody for two! Cesaro uppercuts Zayn a few times, then sweeps him up and double-stomps for a very-close one (Zayn looked like he forgot to kick out!) Sami catches a running Cesaro into a Michinoku-Driver, then drags him closer to the corner.
Zayn ascends but Cesaro enziguris and suplexes! Cesaro sets up for the Neutralizer, but Zayn flips out of it and tries the Blue Thunder Bomb; Cesaro gets out of that, but lands on his back after Sami flips over-and-up Cesaro, then into a sunset-flip-powerbomb for the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winner via Pinfall: Sami Zayn
Post-match, the two stare at each other and the briefcase.
Up next, A.J. Styles’ and John Cena’s contract signing!
Commercials.
Segment #10: Arena Promo
Michael Cole brings out John Cena first; he addresses the fans about Money In The Bank and A.J. Styles. He gives “The Phenomenal One” credit for his championships that he’s won across many wrestling promotions in the last fifteen years, and asks him to come out. Styles obliges and mocks Cena, but John dresses him down for not committing to one-on-one like so many people have wanted to see for the last fifteen years to prove who is “the best.”
A.J. retorts that if he was in WWE fifteen years ago, then Cena would not be where he is now! Cena offers two different contracts; one is just A.J. Styles VS. John Cena, and one is John Cena VS. A.J. Styles (w/ The Club). Cena demands Styles to “man-up” and prove that he can without help. Again, A.J. obliges and signs the paper without The Club’s name on it; they have agreed to a strictly one-on-one match at Money In The Bank!
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Match #5: Tag-Team – Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens VS. The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto)
(Stipulation: If Del Rio and Owens do not win, they will be replaced in M.I.T.B. with The Lucha Dragons.)
Alberto is aggressive right away on Kalisto, hanging him upside down in the corner and pounding away with kicks and punches. Owens orders him to stop so they don’t get disqualified, and then they switch. Kevin and Del Rio continue to play games with each other, until The Luchas double-dive through the ropes onto them to the floor!
Commercials.
Kalisto is perched on the top turnbuckle and soars off with a seated-senton to Alberto! He is quickly taken over, and Owens and Alberto dominate, albeit not cohesively. Del Rio shoves Owens to the outside, but eats Solida-Del-Sol right after! Alberto rolls to the floor, but Kevin puts him back in the ring to avoid the count-out.
Cara capitalizes with a Senton-Bomb, but Kevin breaks up the pin. Both Del Rio and Kalisto are hurled into the barricade, and Owens drives Sin to the canvas with his Pop-Up Powerbomb to retain their spots in MITB!
Winners via Pinfall: Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens
Post-match, Alberto smacks Kevin with a kick to his face!
Segment #11: Video Promo
Intercontinental Champion The Miz is on Facebook and says that he is working hard on his movie, “The Marine 5.”
Segment #12: Backstage Promo
Stephanie is fine with Kevin Owens being on commentary, since Sami Zayn is courtesy of Shane.
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Segment #13: Office Promo
Steph and Shane keep quarreling over running Raw and Smackdown!. They decide that Kane is not fit to be the one to do so, and Kane walks in, overhearing. He wonders from Shane if it had to do with that “cables to the testicles thing,” which Shane implies that had an effect on his decision. Kane walks away, and then Shane and Steph make Cesaro a ring announcer and Alberto a timekeeper for Jericho and Ambrose’s main-event match!
It is announced that Sami, Dean, and Cesaro will wrestle Jericho, Owens, and Del Rio this week on Smackdown!
Cesaro announces Chris Jericho for the main-event, next!
Commercials.
Match #6: Single – Chris Jericho VS. Dean Ambrose
Dean punches away on Jericho, but Chris chops back. He goes to the apron, but Dean hits him to the floor and follows with a dive through the ropes! Ambrose rips the headphones off Kevin Owens, but is chucked into the barricade by Jericho.
In the ring, Jericho tries Walls of Jericho, but Ambrose twists out of it. Chris dropkicks Dean to the floor, and Sami, Del Rio, Owens, and Cesaro faceoff!
Commercials.
Jericho and Ambrose go back-and-forth for a bit; Chris tries a move from the top turnbuckle, but Dean tosses him off. He dives, but Jericho traps him in the Walls of Jericho instead, but Ambrose manages to get to the bottom rope for a break! Jericho runs but gets a clothesline! “The Lunatic Fringe” climbs the turnbuckle again and kicks Jericho away; he subsequently dives with a standing-elbow for two!
Jericho and Dean roll through each other’s moves, and Dean finally plants Jericho with his Dirty Deeds DDT to get the victory!
Winner via Pinfall: Dean Ambrose
Post-match, all six men in the Money In The Bank Ladder match fight, and Jericho is left alone to climb the ladder and unleash the briefcase, symbolizing a potential victory this Sunday, to close the show!
All the 32 names of the competitors in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic were released today by WWE.COM. Two of these 32 are former WWE Superstars Tajiri and Brian Kendrick.
The others are Gran Metalik, Zack Sabre Jr, Noam Dar, Da Mack, Zumbi, Clement Petiot, Fabian Aichner, Harv Sihra, Gurv Sihra, Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander, Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Johnny Gargano, Tony Nese, Tommasi Ciampa, Ho Ho Lun, TJ Perkins, Anthony Bennett, Drew Gulak, Kota Ibushi, Tyson Dux, Lince Dorado, Sean Maluta, Raul Mendoza, Kenneth Johnson, Alejandro Saez, Damien Slater, Jason Lee, and Ariya Daivari.
The competition kicks off next month on the WWE Network with the whole series taped at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, the home of NXT. Tapings will last through September.
Walt Disney Animations Studios released the first teaser clip of Disney’s Moana, the upcoming animated movie featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auli’l Cravalho in the leading roles.
Johnson plays the character of Maui, the legendary demigod who sets off with Moana on her journey while Cravalho plays Moana, the daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators who sets sail to an island to help her family.
The highly anticipated musical fantasy animated movie will be released on November 23 in the United States. It has music by Opetaia Foaʻi, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda and yes, The Rock will be doing plenty of singing in the movie.
PWInsider.com is reporting – citing multiple sources – that Billy Corgan is in the final stages of purchasing a minority stake in TNA Wrestling.
The 49 year old frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins currently holds the position of Senior Producer of Creative and Talent Development for TNA, a position he held since joining the company in mid 2015.
Corgan’s stake will not change the major decisions as it relates to TNA business as Dixie Carter still holds the majority, however he will have a bigger say than he currently does. PWInsider did not say what percentage of the company he bought.
Billy Corgan is a life-long wrestling fan and in 2011 he founded Resistance Pro Wrestling, an indie wrestling group based in Chicago.
TNA has been in big financial problems for quite a while and recently the company has been looking for an injection of cash to keep it floating.
TNA will reveal its newest Hall of Fame inductee tomorrow during the live Impact episode on POP. Historically TNA revealed the latest inductee during the Slammiversary pay-per-view but yesterday during the show it was announced that the name will be revealed tomorrow.
The TNA Hall of Fame currently consists of Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner, and Team 3D. The celebration is held during the Bound For Glory weekend in October although last year the two inductees – Jeff Jarrett and Earl Hebner – had their induction ceremony during Impact and a non-televised live event respectively.
There are no hints of who will be joining the Hall of Fame.
Here are the results from last night’s Slammiversary 2016 pay-per-view which took place from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Eddie Edwards defeated Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett, and DJ Z in a four way match to become the new TNA X Division champion; The Tribunal defeated Grado and Makable Shera; Sienna defeated Jade and Gail Kim in a triple threat match to become the new TNA Knockouts title; James Storm defeated Braxton Sutter; Eli Drake defeated Bram to retain the TNA King of the Mountain title; Ethan Carter III defeated Mike Bennett; Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Hardy in a full metal mayhem match; The Decay defeated The BroMans to retain the TNA Tag Team titles; Lashley defeated Drew Galloway to become the new TNA World champion.
Ticketmaster.com is pretty much out of NXT Takeover: Brooklyn tickets and searches for a single ticket brings up no matches. Tickets went on sale yesterday morning to the general public while the pre-sale kicked off on Wednesday.
Tickets for the show have already popped up on secondary market websites such as VividSeats.com and TicketNetwork.com with prices reaching up to nearly $1,000 for floor seats. NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, the second Takeover in the city, will kick off the SummerSlam weekend and a three-night stay at the Barclays Center.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated’s website SI.COM, Jeff Hardy said that he has something big planned for tonight’s match against his brother Matt at Slammiversary and plans to out-perform Shane McMahon’s jump from the top of the Hell In A Cell cage at WrestleMania 32.
“Watching Shane, I knew I could top that,” said Hardy. “Every time I watched Shane, I was inspired to do something better. I’m planning something big for Sunday. I’ll take my own path and do it my own way.”
Jeff said that he still thinks that Mick Foley’s leap from the top of the HIAC match against the Undertaker is the best he’s ever seen and thinks it’s not possible to top but plans to give it a shot anyway and see how far his 38 year old body can go.
“This Sunday at Slammiversary, you’re going to see me put in a WrestleMania performance,” Jeff added. “So what if it’s in front of 2,500 people instead of 100,000? I don’t care. It’s all about the moment. That camera is going to be on, and it’s going to become a professional wrestling memory. That’s really important to me – creating moments that last forever.”
Live tonight from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, TNA presents Slammiversary 2016 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
Drew Galloway vs Lashley for the TNA World title in a match that must end in either a KO or tapout; Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy in a full metal mayhem match; Decay vs The BroMans for the TNA Tag Team titles; Eli Drake vs Bram for the TNA King of the Mountain title; Trevor Lee vs Andrew Everett vs Eddie Edwards vs DJ Z in a fatal 4 way for the TNA X Division title; Jade vs Sienna for the TNA Knockouts title; Mike Bennett vs Ethan Carter III; and The Tribunal vs Grado and Mahabali Shera.
Brock Lesnar’s UFC 200 gear by Reebok has been put on sale and just like any other fighter, there’s no special deal for Lesnar to have his personal sponsors on his fight gear.
Lesnar’s gear is red, white, and black with with his name written on the back along with the UFC logo, the same template used for Reebok gear. Lesnar will have the Canadian Maple Leaf on the right sleeve rather than the US flag as he will be announced as fighting from Saskatchewan, Canada since he is now a Canadian resident.
Merchandise released are men’s and women’s walk out jersey and a women’s walkout hoodie and are available either in white or black. You can see them below.
WWE Shop is running a big sale on replica title belts this weekend in a promotion they’re calling Black Friday in June since it started yesterday.
The new WWE World Heavyweight title replica is marked down to $349.99 from $429.99 and the NXT title is at $269.99 down from $329.99. The popular WWE Winged Eagle replica is at $309.99, down from $379.99 and the big gold belt made famous by Ric Flair, Sting, and others is at $319.99 from $399.99.
Other replica titles on sale include the Million Dollar Belt, the nWo spray-painted WCW World title, the WWE title with the old WWE scratched logo, the Intercontinental title, WWE and WCW Tag Team title, the Divas title, and more.
Some of the replica title side plates are also on sale for $69.99 from $99.99. The mini titles are now $34.99 and so are the finger rings. The new WWE Women’s title replica is the only one not on sale.
If you wanted to buy a replica title, now it’s the best time to get them! You can go to http://w-o.it/wweshopcom to purchase.
On June 22, friends, family and fans will say goodbye to Chyna in a memorial celebration which will be held at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center in Redondo Beach, California.
A total of 1,000 seats will be reserved for fans and tickets will be distributed randomly to fans registering their wish to attend at TheRealChyna.com. There will be celebrity guests as well as performances from artists during this celebration which will kick off at 7:30PM.
Chyna’s dead body was found in her apartment on April 20 and her manager said that she died from an accidental overdose of Valium and Ambient. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Office has not released an official cause of death yet.
NXT just delivered its first surprised in the United Kingdom as Bobby Roode made his NXT in-ring debut today during the live event at Download Festival, defeating Angelo Dawkins.
Several weeks ago the WWE UK Twitter account spilled the beans that Roode had been added to the NXT tour but the tweet was then quickly deleted as there was no official announcement that the former TNA champion had signed a deal yet.
Roode first showed up at NXT Takeover: Dallas prior to the main event and WWE acknowledged him on camera and then last week he was shown entering the office of NXT General Manager William Regal during a backstage segment at NXT Takeover: The End.
He won every TNA title you can imagine during his 12 year career with TNA including the TNA World title twice. You can see a video of his NXT debut below.
Maria Kanellis will not be wrestling at Slammiversary tomorrow due to a broken hand.
The self-proclaimed first lady of professional wrestling was scheduled to wrestle Gail Kim on the pay-per-view and it was the second Knockouts match on the card along with Jade vs Sienna for the Knockouts title.
Kanellis showed her broken hand in a video on Instagram yesterday and said that unfortunately she’s not cleared to wrestle because of it. TNA then showed the x-ray of Maria’s broken hand on Twitter which had a date of April 27.
The regular Smackdown! opener plays and we are greeted by Mauro Ranallo, Jerry “The King” Lawler, and Byron Saxton
Segment #2: Arena Promo
A.J. Styles’ music plays as he, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson walk out; replays of The Club defeating The New Day on Raw this past Monday are shown.
A.J. compares the upcoming Money In The Bank Pay-Per-View to WrestleMania, particularly for the dream match of A.J. Styles VS. John Cena. Styles says that “The New Era” begins when “takes out” Cena. He talks about the reputation The Club has left over the world, and claims that will continue when he defeats Cena and Anderson and Gallows win the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
Enzo and Big Cass interrupt and remind The Club that they are also involved in the Tag-Team Championship Fatal-4-Way. Cass nicknames Anderson and Gallows “The ‘Mr. Clean’ Dream Team,” and Enzo declares he and Cass to be the next Tag-Team Champions.
Commercials.
Match #1: Tag-Team – The Club (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) VS. Enzo and Big Cass
(Note: Tag-Team Champions The New Day are on commentary.) Enzo and Anderson start out, with Karl clamping on a standing side-headlock. He shoulder-blocks Amore, and kicks him in the corner. Enzo fires back with a headscissors and both crossbody each other, and then Luke comes in and boots Amore down. Gallows and Anderson take control for a bit.
Amore avoids a big boot from Luke on the outside, then goes for the tag to Cass, but Karl dropkicks him to stop. The Vaudevillians walk onto the stage and look on.
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The Club is still dominating until Enzo bulldog/DDT combos Gallows, and does get the hot-tag to Cass. The 7-footer cleans house, but this breaks down with all four teams, as Simon Gotch and Aiden English brawl on the outside with The New Day, and everyone gets involved, causing the referee to call for the bell and Enzo and Cass left alone in the ring!
Winners: None due to Referee Stoppage
Segment #3: Video Promo
A recalling of how Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose’s feud got started back in April airs.
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Segment #4: In Memoriam
Muhammad Ali’s tribute video from Raw plays.
Segment #5: Backstage Promo
Rene Young interviews Lana and United States Champion Rusev. They declare Rusev the greatest United States Champion of all-time, until Titus O’Neil walks up and they get into a verbal argument.
Cesaro and Sami Zayn make their entrances, as they will be teaming up against Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens, next.
Commercials.
Match #2: Tag-Team – Cesaro and Sami Zayn VS. Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens
Sami and Owens begin, with Kevin governing Zayn. They both switch out, and now it is Cesaro and Del Rio, who wants a tag but Owens leaves him! Sami follows and he and Owens fight to the back and Cesaro and Alberto are left alone.
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It is just Del Rio and Cesaro now wrestling well until Owens and Zayn battle back out to the ring. They actually get back in this, and after some encouragement, Kevin steals this from Alberto!
Winners via Pinfall: Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens
Segment #6: Video Promo
Another recap of Ambrose/Jericho’s rivalry is shown; this one is Jericho smashing the plant over Dean a month ago.
Becky Lynch enters with Natalya, and will wrestle Dana Brooke after the break!
Commercials.
Match #3: Single – Becky Lynch (with Natalya) VS. Dana Brooke (with Women’s Champion Charlotte)
Brooke controls early, with help from Charlotte, but Becky gains momentum with a clothesline and jumping calf-kick. Charlotte gets Lynch’s attention, and Brooke goes after Natalya until Charlotte spears Nattie. The referee sends Natalya and Charlotte to the back, and Dana rolls up Becky for a near-fall! Lynch rolls through and clutches on the Disarmer, forcing Dana to tap!
Winner via Submission: Becky Lynch
Baron Corbin is walking through the hall and is in a bout soon!
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Segment #7: Video Promo
Bob Backlund is giving Darren Young more advice on how to be “great again;” he wants to know how Darren celebrates after a win, and Young replies that he will stop going to the movies and eating popcorn. Darren wonders how Bob saves money, and Bob says that the suit he’s wearing is his only one. Backlund asks Young about putting on a bowtie.
Match #4: Single – Kalisto VS. Baron Corbin
Kalisto makes a valiant effort but Baron finishes with the End of Days!
Winner via Pinfall: Baron Corbin
Segment #8: Video Promo
The last footage of Dean and Chris’s rivalry airs with it being Ambrose tearing apart Jericho’s jacket on Raw before Extreme Rules in May.
Commercials.
Segment #9: Backstage Promo
Sheamus is admiring himself in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, but the Golden Truth, Summer Rae, and Zack Ryder are not impressed. Apollo Crews walks up and shoves Sheamus, to which everyone else laughs.
Match #5: Single – Chris Jericho VS. Dean Ambrose
Ambrose is aggressive early with quick punches. On the outside, he dives through the ropes and then tears apart the announce table; he tries to give Jericho Dirty Deeds on it, but Jericho reverses into a slingshot!
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They go back-and-forth, trading pins and moves. Jericho sweeps for The Walls of Jericho, but Dean reverses into a hurricanrana; Ambrose tries another slingshot, this time in the corner, but Chris lands on the ropes and springs off; Jericho attempts The Codebreaker, but Dean catches him and goes for Dirty Deeds DDT again, but Jericho shoves him into the corner. Ambrose halts before hitting referee Charles Robinson, but turns right around into a Codebreaker; Jericho covers for the victory!
Winner via Pinfall: Chris Jericho
Post-match, as Jericho is celebrating, Dean knocks him down and collects a ladder. He climbs it and dives off with an elbow-clothesline! Ambrose is standing to close the show!
End of Smackdown!
Reporter’s Rumblings
Raw was so much better than Smackdown! this week – mainly wrestling-wise and a bit storyline-wise. I’m liking most of the angles, it’s just the way Raw was put together versus how Smackdown! turned out that put Raw above. Onto the particulars of why:
Excellence: Promos from Money In The Bank wrestlers (Raw and Smackdown!), Teddy Long (Raw), Seth Rollins’/Roman Reigns’ videos (Raw), John Cena (Raw), The Club (Raw and Smackdown!), and Enzo and Big Cass (Raw and Smackdown!)
Matches between all six M.I.T.B. wrestlers (Raw and Smackdown!), Swagger/Rusev (Raw), Vaudevillians/Cass and Enzo (Raw), The Club/Enzo and Cass (Smackdown!), Becky and Dana (Smackdown!), and Kalisto/Corbin (Smackdown!)
Both video highlights and speeches from Rollins and Reigns were very well-done – although Seth’s talking was better – and really put meaning into this feud. I truly care and am not sure who’s going to win; that’s a good thing!
Same as above for the Money In The Bank Ladder Match; I don’t know (although I’d like Dean to win and have a full-circle Shield feud for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship through SummerSlam) who’s going to win, as I can really see any of them being legit since it’s a one-year contract.
Vaudevillians and Enzo/Cass’s rivalry is heating up nicely and very old-school over wrestling and each other! Again, can see any of the four teams walking out with the Tag-Team Championships!
Cena/Styles had great points and Styles is really good at being a little cocky/arrogant/comedic!
Bogus: while I like the feud between Titus and Rusev, I actually wish Swagger had won the U.S. Title on Raw, for a home-state pop/surprise, and I think the three of them would mix well together.
Do not care about The Shining Stars (one match and they’re back to video promos?) or Breezango/Golden Truth. Also, Corbin defeated Ziggler at the Extreme Rules kickoff; that should’ve been the end of their feud!
Dana’s having great wresting matches, but losing! I don’t like this; she needs wins to be credible and not just Charlotte’s lacky.
Could’ve done without the numerous Jericho/Ambrose recalls.
To end of on a sad but special note, the tribute videos to Muhammad Ali were very nice and commendable. May God rest his soul, and provide love and support to his family, friends, and fans at this time.
Smackdown has dropped below two million viewers for the first time in a long, long time with this week’s show pulling 1,996,000 viewers, losing 173,000 viewers from last week’s show. American Grit, the reality show with John Cena as host on FOX did 2,113,000 viewers for its season finale, beating Smackdown for the first time. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE Superstar the Big Show has been announced for Wizard World Comic Con Sacramento which will take place starting June 17 at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Big Show will pose for photo ops on Saturday, June 18 at 11AM, sign free autographs at 11:30AM, and then conduct an interactive Q&A session starting at 1:30PM. Photo ops with Big Show are not free and cost $50 per person and tickets can be purchased on-site. A 1-day ticket admission for Saturday will also cost $49.95.
“We love the fans in Sacramento, and we are excited to add WWE Superstar Big Show to the Sacramento event” said John Maatta, the Wizard World CEO. “We are thrilled to reward our loyal fans with free autographs from this larger-than-life personality as Big Show comes to the big show.”
Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Gawker’s motion to postpone the $140 million judgment against them pending a review from an appeals court has been granted by a judge today in another hearing. Shares from the company will be used as a security instead.
Meanwhile, Gawker has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following the case and is being held up in auction according to the Wall Street Journal. The auction will begin with an opening bid of $100 million. If you want to get help with car repossession case, then visit us today. In full Service bankruptcy work, the service of the non-lawyer debt relief agent or agency basically involves their staff gathering the various documents and required tons of papers and information together, and orderly arranging them and preparing all the legal forms and paperwork required by the debtor to file for bankruptcy with the bankruptcy court. For the better ones among them (they are not at all equal, some are far better than others, and quite a number of them are just about worthless!), these agencies use workers who are often highly trained and experienced paralegals (they average several years of work and/or training in the industry), and who are skilled at the preparation of legal documents and bankruptcy papers, and are often well versed and knowledgeable in bankruptcy filing law and procedures. With the Full Service bankruptcy petition preparers (at least those of them who are of the reputable and better categories), the debtor tends generally to get a better service and greater attention, and more one-on-one interaction for his or her case, along with the obvious far lower prices.
The two defendants, AJ Daulerio, who wrote the original Hogan sex tape post, and Nick Denton, CEO of Gawker Media, cannot afford to pay that amount of money so their shares in the company were pledged. Daulerio has 6,000 shares while Denton has 45 million shares according to the Tampa Bay Times. Under the current U.S. Bankruptcy Code or law, the system provides essentially TWO basic categories of outside assistance that a debtor filing for bankruptcy may use – assistance provided by an attorney, and assistance provided by a non-lawyer. And both of these parties come under what is called “Debt Relief Agents or Agencies.” Basically, the non-attorney assistance provider, who also goes by a name such as Bankruptcy Petition Preparer (BPP), preparers the documents upon which bankruptcy is filed with the Court for bankruptcy processing, while the attorney (or, more accurately, the help he hires that does such work) prepares the same set of documents, EXCEPT that the lawyer assistance-provider can supposedly give a debtor “legal advice,” and can appear, on the debtor’s behalf, in the administrative hearing on the bankruptcy case administered by the Court “Trustee” (who is not a Judge, but a court-appointed administrator) that will oversee the bankruptcy case. But what are the Costs of filing Bankruptcy using Bankruptcy attorney? Can debtors afford bankruptcy without lawyers? And, is there really any real, tangible, legitimate difference for the DEBTOR, both qualitatively and nominally, between the Full Service bankruptcy assistance that online-based non-attorney BPP agencies provide debtors, and that which is provided by online bankruptcy attorneys to debtors? One view of it, popular in certain quarters among non-attorney online providers of bankruptcy filing assistance, is simply that there is “no difference,” or “little to none,” in terms of the actual or qualitative value of their work products for the debtor. The principal argument is that for each side, the actual, principal work that each side does or turns up for the debtor – the relatively simple but time-consuming, paperwork required to be prepared for the debtor’s use in filing for bankruptcy – is more or less basically the same content and quality for the non-lawyer prepared document, as it is for the lawyer prepared. In each case, the argument goes, the same set of documents are turned up by people who are seemingly experienced and trained or skilled in document preparation, and, in deed, in many real instances, are one and the same paralegals who work, or might have previously worked, for the bankruptcy lawyer’s office or the non-lawyer document preparer’s company. Or for both.
After recording a month worth of tapings yesterday, the NXT crew flew to the United Kingdom where their tour started today and will go on till June 17.
From today through Sunday, June 12, the NXT Superstars will be at the Download Festival at Derby’s Donington Park. On June 13 NXT moves to Dublin’s 3Arena in Ireland and then heads up north to Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 14 for a show at the SSE Arena. On June 15 it’s Liverpool’s time with a show at the Echo Arena and the Bournemouth International Center will get its show on June 16. The final show will be on June 17 at Plymouth’s Pavilions Arena.
This is one of the busiest months ever since NXT’s inception with everyone getting a taste of what awaits them once they move to the main roster with back to back television tapings and overseas tours. Triple H is accompanying the crew on this tour.
