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*** WWE ***
- Brock Lesnar's First Universal Championship Defense: WWE announced this week that Brock Lesnar will be defending the WWE Universal Championship on July 9th at the WWE Great Balls of Fire pay per view, in Dallas, Texas.
- Charlotte Makes History: This past week, Charlotte became the first lady in WWE history to main event on RAW, Smackdown Live and on a pay per view.
- The Broken Universe Is Finally Coming To The WWE?
- Reby Hardy Says The Purchase Of The Broken Hardy Gimmick Is Fake: Matt Hardy's wife, Reby Hardy, who is always vocal on Twitter was at it again this week. Reby stated that the leaked story of the WWE buying The Broken Gimmick off of Anthem and Impact Wrestling is a lie. It's a lie because it's not Anthem's to sell, Matt Hardy owns all the rights to the Broken Universe. Reby stated that the whole selling to WWE story is Jeff Jarrett's way of trying to show people that Impact has power to do what they want now.
- Nikki Bella Retiring: Sources are saying that Nikki Bella recently stated that she will be retiring from professional wrestling once her and John Cena officially get married. Nikki has also said that she will be looking into getting in to acting and will also be appearing on Dancing With The Stars.
- WWE Releases: According to WrestlingNewsSource.com, WWE have released NXT trainee Josh Bredl and interviewer Andrea DiMarco from their contracts. They join Tajiri, Simon Gotch, and fellow NXT wrestler Chris Atkins on the unemployment line, all of whom have been given the "future endeavours" treatment this month.
** 205 Live Recap **
This week's main event saw WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville battle Jack Gallagher in a one on one non title match.
Winners: Rich Swann and Akira Tozawa, by pinfall.
Winner: Tony Nese, by DQ.
*** NXT ***
- Gunner Possibly Signing With NXT: Former Impact wrestler Gunner has been spotted working out at the WWE/NXT Performance Center in Orlando. According to reports Gunner is waiting for his physical test to come back and given the ok by WWE Doctors so he can officially sign with NXT.
*** Impact/Global Force Wrestling ***
** Impact TV Recap **
This week's main event saw LAX defend the Impact World Tag Team Championship against The Decay in a Street Fight Match.
- Josh Mathews Promo: Mathews arrives with three men in suits. Mathews says that this company will not tolerate Bully Announcers (Stab at JBL in WWE) and the three men with him have breaking news. Mathews says that due to Jeremy Borash striking Mathews last week, JB is suspended for the next 30 days. Mathews has JB escorted from the announcers table and takes over his commentator duties.
- "Reborn" Matt Sydal vs. Trevor Lee: The match closes out with Shane Helms trying to distract Sydal. Sydal kicks Lee who then crashes into Helms. Sydal hits a running knee on Lee and then finishes Lee off with the Shooting Star Press for the pinfall.
Winner: Matt Sydal, by pinfall.
- Backstage, Sienna tells Karen Jarrett she's looking for GFW Women's Champion Christina Von Eerie, but can't find her. Jarrett says Eerie is wrestling tonight so Sienna better pay close attention.
- Ethan Carter Promo: EC3 mocks the new Make Impact Great slogan. EC3 demands respect and he has in fact found himself like Bruce Prichard suggested. EC3 goes over his accomplishments, promises to send the new talent back where they came from and then mocks the fans. EC3 says he's winning back the Impact World Championship at Slammiversary and as for James Storm, he's a ghost of the companies past and an overrated piece of crap. James Storm interrupts and heads to the ring. Storm calls EC3 jealous and Storm has been out of the world title picture far too long. Storm calls EC3 "fugly", doesn't have the Carter Family to protect him anymore and he could beat EC3 anytime he wants. EC3 refuses to fight and walks away. Storm insults EC3 on the way out, forcing EC3 to change his mind and hit the ring. Both men trade shots until EC3 retreats again. EC3 uses a woman at ringside as a shield and sneaks a low blow in on Storm. EC3 lays Storm out with the One Percenter and says that Impact needs him because he's a Carter.
- "GFW Women's Championship Match": Christina Von Eerie vs. Ava Storie: The match closes out with Christina dominating Ava throughout the match. Christina hits a super backstabber off the ropes on Ava to score the pinfall to retain her title.
Winner: Christina Von Eerie, by pinfall, to retain the GFW Women's Championship.
- Backstage, Magnus interrupts Alberto El Patron and says El Patron doesn't deserve an Impact World Championship Match. Magnus and El Patron start shoving each other until Karen Jarrett interrupts and announces they'll face each other in two weeks for the GFW World Championship.
- "Impact Grand Championship Match": Moose (c) vs. Davey Richards: Gary Barnidge, former tight end of the Cleveland Browns and free agent DeAngelo Williams, formally of the Pittsburgh Steelers, are with Moose tonight. Richards wins Round #1 as all three judges vote 10-9 for Richards. Moose wins Round #2 with two of the three judges voting 10-9 for Moose. The match closes out with Richards hitting a double foot stomp for a near fall with a minute left in the final round. Richards traps Moose in an ankle lock submission, but Moose is hanging on and not tapping out. Eddie Edwards suddenly hits the ring and attacks Richards, getting the match thrown out by the referee. Impact Officials hit the ring and pull Edwards off Richards. After the match, Richards shoves DeAngelo Williams. Williams shoves Richards into Gary Barnidge, who lifts up Richards and slams him.
Winner: No Contest.
- Kongo Kong vs. Matt Sigmon: The match closes out with Kong making quick work of Sigmon with a corner cannonball and a top rope splash for the pinfall.
Winner: Kongo Kong, by pinfall.
- Veterans Of War (Mayweather and Wilcox) vs. Fallah Bahh and Mario Bokara: Mayweather is the man formally known as Crimson. The match closes out with Bahh and Bokara attempting a double team, suplexing Mayweather. Mayweather gets right back up and lays out both men. The VOW make quick work and score the pinfall.
Winners: Veterans of War, by pinfall.
- Swoggle, who's been teasing Spud at ringside all night, attacks Spud with the ringbell hammer until Impact Officials carry Swoggle away.
- Backstage, Eli Drake is angry that he wasn't on the live show last week. He's sick of seeing all the new talent getting special treatment. Tyrus asks Drake if he's jealous. Drake says no, but he needs to make something happen.
- "Impact World Tag Team Championship, Street Fight Match": LAX (c) vs. The Decay: The match closes out with Abyss getting sandwiched in between two barbed wire boards. Santana hits a splash on Abyss while he's sandwiched in between the boards. Crazzy Steve grabs Ortiz and hits a Death Valley Driver and gets a near fall after Konnan stops referee Brian Hebner from counting. Homicide tries to attack Steve, but gets tossed back out to the floor. Steve lays Ortiz on a table and dumps thumb tacks on top of him. Steve goes for a moonsault on Ortiz, but gets caught by Santana and Homicide. LAX hit a double team power bomb/neck breaker combo on Steve from the top rope, with everyone crashing through the thumb tack covered table. Ortiz falls on top of Steve and scores the pinfall to retain the titles.
- New Global Force Wrestling World Champion Crowned: This past week, Alberto El Patron defeated Magnus to win the GFW World Championship. This match is expected to be aired on Impact.
- Holla If You Hear Me!: This past week at the Impact TV tapings, Scott Steiner returned to Impact Wrestling. Steiner will team up with Josh Mathews and battle Jeremy Borash and Joseph Parks at Impact Slammiversary 15.
- Matt Sydal Debuts: Former WWE World Tag Team Champion Matt Sydal (Evan Bourne) made his official Impact debut this week at the Impact TV tapings. Sydal has worked for WWE, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, EVOLVE and several other promotions. Sydal looks to be a great edition to the X Division.
- Jack Swagger Coming To Impact?: Jack Swagger was recently interviewed this week and stated that he is very interested in signing with Impact Wrestling and is currently in talks with the company.
*** RING OF HONOR ***
** ROH TV Recap **
This week the Finals of the ROH Top Prospect Tournament took place. The main event of the show saw ROH Television Champion Marty Scurll defend his title against Kazarian.
- Christopher Daniels Promo: Daniels talks about defeating Dalton Castle at Supercard of Honor and will take on all comers. Daniels hypes the Fatal Four Way Match that will determine his #1 Contender for the ROH World Championship, states that he has some unfinished business with Cody Rhodes and wants to wrestle him tonight. Cody interrupts and is all for having the match now, but then backs out of it, because the fans aren't worthy enough and he'd rather have a title shot. Daniels suggests a triple threat match with whoever the next #1 Contender is, but Daniels can't make that decision. Cody says Daniels being the champion should be able to make decisions like that, because after all Cody listens to no one and does whatever he wants. Cody then leaves the fans to imagine someone who doesn't care about Ring of Honor, like Cody, as the next ROH World Champion.
- A highlight video is shown of Marty Scurll defeating Adam Cole at Supercard of Honor to retain his ROH Television Championship.
- Backstage, #1 Contender to the ROH Television Championship Kazarian says he's impressed with everyone Marty Scurll has beaten. Kazarian then warns Scurll to bring his umbrella when Kazarian gets his title shot because Kazarian is going to make it rain blood.
- Lio Rush vs. "The Notorious" Shane Taylor: The match closes out with Rush going for the Dragon's Call, but gets distracted by Caprice Coleman. Rush drops Coleman with a handspring elbow. Rush misses an aerial assault as Taylor moves. Taylor hits a lariat on Rush and then the Choke Buster to score the pinfall. After the match, The Motorcity Machine Guns check on Rush, but get jumped by Taylor. Taylor beats down both Shelley and Sabin and then hits a splash off the ropes on Sabin's leg.
Winner: Shane Taylor, by pinfall.
- "Top Prospect Tournament Final Match": Josh "The Goods" Woods vs. "The Southern Savior" John Skyler: The match closes out with Skyler hitting a slingshot spear on Woods. Skyler gets caught on the second one and laid out with a modified GTS by Woods for a near fall. Skyler hits a super kick on Woods, but Woods comes back with a german suplex on Skyler into a bridged pin for a near fall. Woods traps Skyler in a cross arm breaker submission and forces Skyler to tap out to win the tournament. After the match, David Starr attacks Woods from behind and lays Woods out with a forearm. Starr welcomes Woods to ROH then kicks Woods in the head.
Winner: Josh Woods, by submission, to win the Top Prospect Tournament Final and win an ROH contract.
- "ROH Television Championship Match": Marty Scurll (c) vs. Kazarian: The match closes out with Scrull grabbing a bag of white powder under the ring and puts some in his hands. Scurll throws it at Kazarian, misses and the powder goes into the referees eyes. Kazarian hits the Ace of Spades and covers Scurll, but there's no referee to count. Hangman Adam Page arrives with a steel chair, but gets sent flying off the apron by Kazarian. Scurll grabs Kazarian and goes for the Chicken Wing submission. Kazarian counters and gets a near fall rollup as the referee is back in the match. Scurll kicks Kazarian towards the ropes where Page unloads a steel chair shot right to the skull of Kazarian. Scurll rolls up a knocked out Kazarian and gets the easy pinfall to retain his title. After the match, Christopher Daniels tries to inform the referee of what happened, but the referee isn't listening. Scurll grabs a microphone and says there is no long left to beat in ROH. Matt Sydal suddenly interrupts, returning to ROH. Sydal wants a title shot, but Scurll retreats out of the ring to end the show.
Winner: Marty Scurll, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Championship.
- Cody Rhodes Signs With Ring of Honor: PWTorch announced this week that Cody Rhodes has officially signed a contract with Ring of Honor wrestling. Cody spent the past year since leaving the WWE, wrestling at different independent shows, ROH, Impact and NJPW. Cody stated last week that it was time to finally settle down with one promotion and he has chosen Ring of Honor.
- Adam Cole Looking At NXT: Adam Cole stated this week that once his ROH contract expires he wants to start his WWE career by signing with NXT. Cole feels that he can make a huge impact in NXT before moving on to the WWE main roster.
*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***
* Road To Wrestling Dontaku Recap *
Road To Wrestling Dontaku took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The main event of the show saw Bad Luck Fale and Kenny Omega battle IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii.
- Hirai Kawato vs. Syota Umino: The match closes out with Umino unloading forearm shots and then escapes a camel clutch submission attempt by Kawato. Kawato traps Umino in the Young Lion Crab submission, puts the knee into the back adding pressure and forces Umino to tap out in under five minutes.
Winner: Hirai Kawato, by submission.
- Tomoyuki Oka vs. YOSHI-HASHI: The match closes out with Oka landing shots on Yoshi and Yoshi demands him to hit him harder. Oka lands a spinebuster and a Saito Suplex on Yoshi. Yoshi comes back with a crab submission and then locks in the Butterfly Lock submission. Oka tries to escape, but taps out.
Winner: YOSHI-HASHI, by submission.
- Jado and Toru Yano vs. TAKA Michinoku and Takashi Iizuka: The match closes out with Taka getting trapped in a crossface submission, but Iizuka makes the save. Iizuka hits his finisher on Jado to score the pinfall.
Winners: Taka Michinoku and Takashi Iizuka, by pinfall.
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": The Bullet Club (Chase Owens, The Guerrillas of Destiny and Yujiro Takahashi) vs. David Finlay, Katsuya Kitamura and Team TenKoji: The match closes out with Finlay getting the beat down from The Bullet Club until finally hot tagging Kojima. Kojima cleans house with chops on The Bullet Club. Kitamura tags in next, but ends up eating a DDT from Takahashi, securing the win for The Bullet Club.
Winners: The Bullet Club, by pinfall.
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Hirooki Goto, Roppongi Vice and Will Ospreay vs. El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru: The match closes out with Roppongi Vice hitting suicide dives to the floor, taking out everyone. Ospreay and Desperado are left alone in the ring. Ospreay unloads offense on Desperado and then finishes him off with the Oscutter to score the pinfall.
Winners: Hirooki Goto, Roppongi Vice and Will Ospreay, by pinfall.
- "Ten Man Tag Team Match": Juice Robinson, YOSHITATSU, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito: The match closes out with Yoshitatsu getting trapped in the Skull End submission and tapping out. After the match, Naito attacked and beat down Juice. SANADA attacked Taguchi and tied him up.
Winners: BUSHI, EVIL, SANADA, Takahashi and Naito, by submission.
Winners: Bad Luck Fale and Kenny Omega, by pinfall.
Katsuyori Shibata Update: This past week, Katsuyori Shibata provided a blog with an update on his current condition. Shibata stated that the right side of his body is still handicapped and he will need another surgery in May. Shibata suffered a serious head injury during his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match against Kazuchika Okada, after delivering a head butt that went wrong causing Shibata to bleed from the forehead.
*** EVOLVE ***
Matt Riddle defended his newly won WWN World Championship against Timothy Thatcher. The main event of the show saw "All Ego" Ethan Page battle Darby Allin in a Last Man Standing Match.
- Matt Riddle Promo: Riddle is the first ever WWN World Champion now and knows he's got a target on him. Riddle challenges Timothy Thatcher as his first title defense so he can finally defeat Thatcher, who's beaten Riddle three times in the past. Stokely Hathaway interrupts and says that his client Timothy Thatcher accepts the challenge, but he wants the match now so he can get the hell out of this dump of a city.
Winner: Matt Riddle, by submission, to retain the WWN World Championship.
- ACH vs. Austin Theory: The match closes out with ACH catching Theory and taking him over with a fireman's carry neckbreaker on the knee. ACH places Theory on the turnbuckle, but Theory escapes and plants ACH with a backbreaker into a power bomb for a near fall. ACH counters a suplex from Theory, but eats an enziguri instead. ACH fires back with forearm shots and hits the Buster Call on Theory to take the match.
Winner: ACH, by pinfall.
- Drew Galloway Promo: The fans immediately chant "You Sold Out", as Galloway is now employed by WWE/NXT. Galloway gave everything, but was disrespected by everyone. He was suspended for no reason and screwed out of the EVOLVE World Championship. He's sick of this night club wrestling venue and is moving on to bigger and better things. He tells the fans that they can stick it and they all stink. Galloway then slaps the referee that screwed him in his match against Matt Riddle and then demands Zack Sabre Jr. to have their match right now. Sabre arrives and that match is now.
Winner: No Contest.
Winner: Kyle O'Reilly, by pinfall.
- "EVOLVE World Tag Team Championship Match": Fred Yehi and Hot Sauce Tracy Williams (c) vs. Chris Dickinson and Jaka: The match closes out with Yehi getting planted with the sit down Pazuzu Bomb, but Williams makes the save. Yehi lands a drop kick and trades punches with Dickinson. Jaka takes out Williams on the floor with a suicide dive. Yehi gets planted with an inverted DDT and laid out with the Death Trap, but somehow kicks out at two and a half. Yehi with a Stunner on Dickinson and then tags in Williams. Williams lands double drop kicks and goes for the piledriver on Jaka. Dickinson makes the save and grabs Williams. Williams gets laid out with the Pazuzu Bomb and pinned, giving Dickinson and Jaka the titles. After the match, both teams shake hands.
Winners: Chris Dickinson and Jaka, by pinfall, to win the EVOLVE World Tag Team Championship.
- Larry Dallas Promo: Before Williams and Yehi leave the ring, Larry Dallas interrupts and asks Faction Catch Point how they feel about Hot Sauce Tracy Williams being in talk with Stokely Hathaway to be their agent. Williams denies everything and storms off. Yehi grabs Dallas and drills him with three straight german suplexes. Dallas is carried off from the ring by EVOLVE Medical.
EVOLVE 83 saw Zack Sabre Jr. defend his EVOLVE World Championship against Lio Rush. In the main event of the show, Matt Riddle defended his WWN World Championship against Drew Galloway in an I Quit Match.
- "All Ego" Ethan Page vs. Austin Theory: The match closes out with Page hitting the Spinning Dwayne on Theory for the win. Gatekeeper Blaster was present, but Gatekeeper Flex is no longer with EVOLVE wrestling after announcing his retirement.
Winner: "All Ego" Ethan Page, by pinfall.
- Stokely Hathaway Promo: Hathaway is in the ring with Catch Point leader Hot Sauce Tracy Williams. Williams announces that the rumors are true, Hathaway is now Catch Point's agent. Fred Yehi, Chris Dickinson, and Jaka hit the ring. Yehi quits Catch Point, refusing to be teamed with Hathaway. Dickinson and Jaka agree to stay in Catch Point. Williams and Dickinson state that Catch Point is about competition and they're going to demonstrate that right now in a one on one match.
- "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams vs. Chris Dickinson: The match closes out with Dickinson attempting a springboard, but Williams catches him and traps Dickinson in a cross face submission forcing Dickinson to tap out. After the match, Team Catch Point all shake hands and appear to be on the same page with Stokely Hathaway leading them now.
Winner: "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams, by submission.
- Jaka vs. ACH: The match closes out with ACH setting Jaka up for the brain buster. Jaka counters out of it and plants ACH with a Tiger Bomb to score the pinfall.
Winner: Jaka, by pinfall.
Winner: Keith Lee, by pinfall.
- Kyle O'Reilly vs. Fred Yehi: Fred Yehi's first match after quitting Catch Point ended with O'Reilly hitting a brain buster on Yehi and then makes Yehi tap out to an arm bar submission.
Winner: Kyle O'Reilly, by submission.
- "EVOLVE World Championship Match": Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs. Lio Rush: The match closes out with Rush hitting the Spanish Fly and follows that up with a frog splash on Sabre and gets a very close near fall. Rush appears to be in control until Sabre catches Rush in a surprise pinfall rollup to retain the title. After the match, Ethan Page and Gatekeeper Blaster appear. Page debuts a new Gatekeeper and both Gatekeepers beat down Sabre. Page says this is a warning to Sabre that he's taking his title in May at the next EVOLVE shows.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr., by pinfall, to retain the EVOLVE World Championship.
Winner: Matt Riddle, by submission, to retain the WWN World Championship.
- Catch Point Confronts Matt Riddle: After the match, Stokely Hathaway, Tracy Williams, Chris Dickinson and Jaka hit the ring and congratulate their fellow Catch Point teammate Matt Riddle. Hathaway says he's excited to be the client of the WWN World Champion. Riddle interrupts and says "Bro, No Way", refusing his alliance with Catch Point. Galloway suddenly attacks Riddle from behind and beats Riddle down as Catch Point walk out on Riddle. Galloway goes to use the sledgehammer, but Keith Lee makes the save and tosses Hathaway over to Riddle. Riddle lays out Hathaway with Bro To Sleep and celebrates with Lee.
*** House of Hardcore ***
Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore returned for night #1 of the usual two night shows. House of Hardcore 24 was live in Metuchen, New Jersey, with the main event seeing former ECW Legends Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray teaming up to battle The Squad (WWE's The Spirit Squad)in a New Jersey Street Fight.
- Bull James vs. TJ Marconi: The match closes out with Marconi hitting a big boot on James. James comes back, slams Marconi, then hits Bombs Away from off the top rope to score the pinfall in under five minutes.
Winner: Bull James, by pinfall.
- Action Ortiz vs. Rhett Titus: The match closes out with Ortiz landing a german suplex and then a lariat on Titus for a near fall. Ortiz and Titus battle up to the top rope where Titus is sent flying off. Ortiz misses the Frog Splash as Titus moves. Titus connects with a big boot and then hits the Big Dog Splash on Ortiz to score the pinfall.
Winner: Rhett Titus, by pinfall.
- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Gigolo Justin, Vik Dalishus, and Hale Collins vs. Devon Storm, Pat Buck, and Little Guido: The match closes out with a six man brawl breaking out. Buck flies through the air and suicide dives everyone outside. Guido attempts a suicide dive, but one of Dalishus' girls lets him motorboat her chest. Collins drops Guido with a super kick and then trades shots with Storm on the top rope until Storm sends Collins flying off with a hurricanrana. Guido hits the Unprettier on Collins and then Buck follows up with a top rope splash for the pinfall.
Winners: Devon Storm, Little Guido and Pat Buck, by pinfall.
- Alex Reynolds vs. Matt Striker: The match closes out with Reynolds and Striker both attempting a series of roll ups, cradles and small packages for a bunch of near falls. Striker plants a super kick on Reynolds and then goes for the Pedigree. Striker gets distracted by Reynolds' manager, gets trapped in the crossface submission by Reynolds and ends up tapping out.
Winner: Alex Reynolds, by submission.
- Brian Cage vs. MVP: The match closes out with MVP delivering the facebuster and the Ballin' elbow. Two near falls by MVP with a fisherman's suplex and the Play of the Day. MVP tries a second Play of the Day, but Cage counters and lays MVP out with an F5 for a near fall. Cage unloads on MVP, hits a power slam, but misses a moonsault. MVP misses a running boot and gets hit by a Cage lariat. Cage hits Anticlimactic on MVP and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Brian Cage, by pinfall.
- Sami Callihan vs. Bobby Fish: The match closes out with both men trading shots in the corner. Fish hits an Xploder on Callihan and follows that up with a Falcon Arrow. Fish locks in the Heel Hook submission, but Fish reaches the ropes for the break. Callihan traps Fish in a Sharpshooter submission, but Fish counters out with a near fall roll up. Callihan plants Fish with a sit down power bomb and then traps Fish in the Stretch Muffler submission, forcing Fish to tap out. After the match, both men continued to brawl around ringside.
Winner: Sami Callihan, by submission.
Winner: No Contest.
- "New Jersey Street Fight Match": Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray vs. The Squad: The match closes out with Dreamer hitting a Cutter, tags in Bully and Bully cleans house. The Squad's Cheerleader in Training gets involved as does Bully's girlfriend Velvet Sky. Velvet lands a low blow and a spear. The Squad regroup with steel chair shots on Dreamer and Bully and then corner Velvet. The Sandman's music hits and Sandman hits the ring, kendo stick in hand. Sandman lights up The Squad with kendo stick shots to the head. Dreamer and Bully hit the 3D on Kenny and score the pinfall.
Winners: Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray, by pinfall.
Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore was live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania inside the old ECW Arena. The main event of the show saw the WWE allow the WWE RAW World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boys the opportunity to battle Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray even though The Spirit Squad tried to shut it down again.
- Chuckles vs. Matt Striker: The match closes out with Chuckles attempting to do a People's Elbow, but Striker countered with a Rock Bottom. Striker goes for a crossface submission, but Chuckles escapes and hits an AA on Striker. Striker fights back and hits a Pedigree on Chuckles to score the pinfall.
Winner: Matt Striker, by pinfall.
- Alex Reynolds vs. Little Guido: The match closes out with Reynolds sending Guido into the corner, but Guido lands a kick. Reynolds' girl Manic gets on the apron and challenges Guido. Guido grabs her and plants a big kiss on her. Guido goes for the Tokakaze on Reynolds, but Reynolds lands an unseen low blow. Reynolds traps Guido in a submission and makes Guido tap out.
Winner: Alex Reynolds, by submission.
- Alex Reynolds Promo: Reynolds calls the fans ECW rejects and gets a "Shut The F*** Up" chant out of them. Reynolds says that he's sick and tired of seeing wrestling legends still in the business and then points at Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat who's sitting in the crowd. Steamboat stands up and heads to the ring as the fans chant his name. Steamboat says that it's legends like Rick Rude, Ric Flair, Randy Savage and hardcore legends like Tommy Dreamer that paved the way to allow Reynolds to even have a job today. Reynolds and his buddy Feinstein surround Steamboat and look to attack. Steamboat makes the first move and unloads quick martial arts chops on both men, leaving them both laid out. Steamboat thanks the fans and then tells Reynolds that maybe this will open his eyes and appreciate what he has.
- "Six Man Tag Team Match": TJ Marconi, Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus vs. John Score, Pat Buck and Tom: The match ends quickly as Marconi tosses the referee out of the ring and his team beats down their opponents. Blue Meanie hits the ring to make the save, but gets beat down by Dalishus' three ladies. Velvet Sky hits the ring to take out the three ladies. The Sandman's music hits and out came The Sandman with his singapore cane. Sandman unloads cane shots on everyone and clears the ring.
Winners: No Contest.
- CW Anderson vs. Juventud Guerrera: The match closes out with Juvi countering a sunset flip and nails a knee to the head of CW for a near fall. Juvi hits a bulldog on CW for another near fall. CW comes back and hits a spinebuster on Juvi and gets a near fall. Juvi and CW trade shots on the top rope until Juvi takes CW out and then hits a moonsault. Juvi follows that up with a frog splash and gets another near fall. CW and Juvi trade more offense until Juvi is able to hit the Juvi Driver and score the pinfall.
Winner: Juventud Guerrera, by pinfall.
- Juventud Guerrera Promo: Juvi says it's an honor to be an ECW Original, ECW meant the world to him, thanks Raven, Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and of course Rey Mysterio who he had an amazing feud with 20 years ago in ECW.
- "Triple Threat, Elimination Match": Ben "Action" Ortiz vs. Rhett Titus vs. Brian Cage: Ortiz was the first man eliminated, as Titus scored a pinfall on him. The match closes out with Titus and Cage trading offense until Cage hits a TKO on Titus and gets a near fall. More offense traded until Cage scores the pinfall on Titus for the win.
Winner: Brian Cage, by pinfall.
- MVP vs. Bull James: The match closes out with MVP and James trading punches and forearms. Both men charged at each other and laid each other out with a double lariat not once, but twice. MVP hits a solo lariat on James and gets a near fall. James goes for a head butt off the top rope, but MVP dodges it. MVP hits the Shining Wizard on James and scores the pinfall.
Winner: MVP, by pinfall.
- Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray Promo: Dreamer thanks the fans and talks about winning the ECW World Championship 17 years ago in this building. Dreamer says he started House of Hardcore so he could have wrestling without the political backstage B.S., unfortunately politics played a huge part in tonight's main event almost not happening. Dreamer promises one night only contracts to his signed talent from now on so main events don't change and problems don't happen. The Spirit Squad suddenly interrupt and announce that Vincent Kennedy McMahon has sent them in again to cancel tonight's main event because The Hardy Boys are WWE property now. The Squad mock Bully because Devon Dudley is making a huge paycheck working backstage for WWE. The Squad then throw a roll of T.P. at Dreamer to cry in and call House of Hardcore a bulls*** company. The Hardy Boys suddenly arrive and head to the ring. The Hardy's call The Squad spot monkeys and demand them to leave or become obsolete. The Squad refused so they caught a quick Hardy Boys beat down and were tossed out of the ring. Matt says that Dreamer is in a tough spot....but The Hardy's are here to wrestle and they will deal with MEEKMahon on RAW!
- Tommy Dreamer and Bully Ray vs. The Hardy Boys: The match closes out with both teams brawling. Dreamer and Bully hit Whazz Up on The Hardy's. The Spirit Squad hit the ring again and attack both teams. The Squad catch the beat down and then both get put through tables by Dreamer and Bully. Dreamer, Bully and The Hardy's trade punches with each other until The Hardy's hit double Twists of Fate. Jeff hits the Swanton Bomb on Dreamer and scores the pinfall. After the match, Matt and Jeff thank Dreamer, the fans, HOH and the WWE for allowing them to wrestle tonight. Bully thanks the ECW faithful throughout the years and Dreamer tells the story on how he got the WWE to let him borrow The Hardy's for tonight. Dreamer thanks everyone to close out the show.
Winners: The Hardy Boys, by pinfall.
*** Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ***
The main event of the show saw ROH Television Champion Marty Scurll battle Chuck Taylor in a non title Street Fight Match. The show also presented former ROH wrestler Lio Rush, WWN World Champion Matt Riddle, ROH's Adam Cole, ROH and NJPW's Michael Elgin and EVOLVE World Champion Zack Sabre Jr. The show also had a champions vs. champions match with the ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks battling the IWGP World Tag Team Champions War Machine.
- Lio Rush vs. Rey Fenix: The match closes out with Rush hitting a Frog Splash off the top rope and scored the pinfall. One point in the match Rush took an accidental stiff double stomp to the back of the head from Fenix. Rush was out of it for a moment, but was able to finish the match.
Winner: Lio Rush, by pinfall.
Winner: Matt Riddle, by submission.
- Jeff Cobb vs. Keith Lee: The match closes out with Cobb hitting the Tour of the Islands on Lee and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Jeff Cobb, by pinfall.
- Michael Elgin vs. Kyle O'Reilly: The match closes out with Elgin planting O'Reilly with the Elgin Bomb to score the pinfall.
Winner: Michael Elgin, by pinfall.
Winners: The Young Bucks, by pinfall.
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Dick Togo: The match closes out with Sabre cradling Togo to score the pinfall.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr., by pinfall.
Winner: Chuck Taylor, by submission.
And that's this week's W3C! Join me every Sunday afternoon as I bring you news, recaps and rumors all around the wrestling world!
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