Weekend 3 Count 8/13/17

By Brandon Albright, @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE brings you the Weekend 3 Count. W3C brings you wrestling news, rumors and recaps from around the wrestling world. You'll find news rumors and recaps involving WWE, NXT, GFW, ROH, Lucha Underground, NJPW, House of Hardcore, NWA, ICW, CZW, FIP, PWG, AAW, EVOLVE, PROGRESS, SHINE, SHIMMER and any Indy promotion that I find an interesting story or a cool discovery in. Be sure to check out the W3C every Sunday afternoon at @TripleThreatCLE

** Theme Song Of The Week **
Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Degeneration X, I proudly bring you the DX theme song for this week's theme of the week!

*** WWE ***

- Bayley Injury Update: Bayley officially announced this week that she will be dropping out of her WWE RAW Women's Championship Match at WWE SummerSlam, due to her shoulder injury she suffered two weeks ago on RAW against Nia Jax.

- New #1 Contender Match On RAW: With current #1 Contender Bayley unable to compete at WWE SummerSlam, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax will battle on tomorrow's RAW to determine a new #1 Contender.

- Scott Dawson Injured: WWE announced this week that Scott Dawson of The Revival suffered a ruptured biceps tendon tear while competing at a WWE Live Event. The injury occurred during a tag team match with The Revival battling Cesaro and Sheamus. Dawson is expected to have surgery to repair the tear and it is unknown at this time when Dawson will be able to return to the ring.

- Vince McMahon Upset With Shinsuke Nakamura: According to Sports Illustrated, it was said that Vince McMahon was furious with Shinsuke Nakamura after Nakamura accidentally dropped John Cena on his head performing an Exploder suplex last week on Smackdown Live. Vince has stated that he hasn't given up hope on Nakamura, but another mistake like that may change Vince's mind on how he feels about Nakamura.

- DX Turns 20: Triple H tweeted out this week, celebrating Degeneration X's 20th anniversary. 20 years ago Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Chyna started one of the most controversial factions in WWE history. Throughout the years, Rick Rude, Mike Tyson, X-Pac, Road Dogg and Mr. Ass Billy Gunn would also become members.

** 205 Live Recap **
This week's main event saw TJ Perkins battle Rich Swann.

- Tony Nese vs. Cedric Alexander: The match closes out with Nese countering a move into a pump handle slam for a near fall on Alexander. Alexander with a handspring off the ropes and then he trades pin reversals with Nese. Nese rolls up Alexander, grabs a handful of tights and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Tony Nese, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Brian Kendrick says that Jack Gallagher doesn't have what it takes to beat Kendrick. Gallagher attacks Kendrick from behind and beats him down until he can finally escape.

- Noam Dar vs. Mark Thomas: The match closes out with Dar makes quick work of Thomas, unloading on him in the corner with kicks and punches. Dar hits his finisher and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Noam Dar, by pinfall.

- Akira Tozawa Interview: Corey Graves interviews Tozawa inside the ring. Before Graves can get into the full detail of the interview, Neville interrupts and demands to know why Graves isn't interviewing the champion. Neville says he's the hype and Tozawa is no match for a king. Tozawa tosses a chair, takes off his jacket and asks Neville a question, but Neville mocks Tozawa's english. Neville swings and misses at Tozawa with a cheap shot attempt and gets dropped by Tozawa. Neville tries to escape, but eats a kick to the face from Tozawa.

- TJ Perkins vs. Rich Swann: The match closes out with Perkins attempting a knee lock submission, but Swann counters with a handspring splash for a near fall. Swann goes for the Phoenix Splash on Perkins, but misses and hits nothing but mat. Swann ends up on Perkins' shoulders where Perkins drops Swann back of the head first on the turnbuckle. Perkins hits the Detonation Kick and scores the pinfall.
Winner: TJ Perkins, by pinfall.

- After the match backstage, Swann says he's sick of Perkins gloating about the victory and is starting to realize who Perkins really is. Swann leaves Perkins to end the show.

*** NXT ***

- Eric Young Returns: In case you missed NXT TV last Wednesday, Eric Young made his return to the company. EY has been off of TV since June 21st due to the passing of his mother.

- The Street Profits Debut: This past week on NXT TV, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins debuted their new team called The Street Profits.

* Final Card For NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 3: *

- "NXT World Championship Match": Bobby Roode (c) vs. Drew McIntyre

- "NXT World Tag Team Championship Match": The Authors of Pain (c) vs. SAnitY

- "NXT Women's Championship Match": Asuka (c) vs. Ember Moon

- Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas 

- Aleister Black vs. Hideo Itami

*** GFW ***

** GFW Impact Recap **
The main event of the show saw GFW Unified World Champion Alberto El Patron team up with GFW X Division Champion Sonjay Dutt and Matt Sydal and battle Bobby Lashley, Trevor Lee and Low Ki in a Six Man Tag Team Match.

- Outside of the building, LAX and The Veterans of War are brawling. The brawl continues until Konnan orders LAX to back off.

- Sienna Promo: Sienna says we're looking at the epitome of a true champion and she has taken out every obstacle that Karen Jarrett threw at her. Sienna announces that she has to face a mystery opponent at Destination X and is staging a protest against it from happening right now until Karen announces who her opponent is. Karen arrives tells Sienna how she's never liked her, but she let her know that her opponent will be Gail Kim. Gail arrives and promises to win the title and retire a champion. Sienna and Gail begin brawling throughout the arena until GFW officials break things up.

- Backstage, Grado is disappointed that Laurel Van Ness hasn't married him yet because of Kongo Kong. Joseph Park gives Grado a motivational speech about their match against Kong tonight. 

- El Hijo De Fantasma and Naomichi Marufuji vs. Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.: The match closes out with Garza hitting a GTS on Fantasma. El Hijo and Laredo trade kicks on each other. Laredo goes to the floor and gets hit with a suicide dive by Fantasma. Naomichi hits Sliced Bread on Garza and scores the pinfall.
Winners: El Hijo De Fantasma and Nomichi Marufuji, by pinfall.

- "Handicap Match": Kongo Kong vs. Joseph Park and Grado: The match closes out with Park and Grado double teaming Kong to the mat and then start celebrating. Kong choke slams Grado and then hits the cannonball on Park for the pinfall.
Winner: Kongo Kong, by pinfall.

- After the match, Kong beats down Park and Grado. Laurel Van Ness yells at Kong to stop and slaps Kong. Kong grabs Laurel as Tyrus hits the ring. Tyrus and Kong go face to face until Laurel pulls Kong away.

- Backstage, Trevor Lee says he's going to prove to Sonjay Dutt that he's the real GFW X Division Champion. Low Ki gives a message to Alberto El Patron that he made a mistake not joining LAX. Bobby Lashley tells Low Ki and Lee that they aren't his friends and need to stay out of his way.

- Dutch Mantell's Down And Dirty With Dutch": Dutch is sitting with Bobby Lashley and Matt Sydal. Lashley says he never disrespected Sydal, but was merely responding to what Sydal did to him. Sydal speaks highly of the X Division and speaks highly of Lashley. Sydal says that guys the size of Lashley have never intimidated him. Lashley says there's a reason there's an X Division and it's so smaller guys can compete and not get destroyed by men the size of Lashley. Lashley says he's sick of trying to prove himself to small X Division guys and then grabs Sydal by the throat. GFW Security rush in and separate both men.

- "GFW Unified World Tag Team Championship, Street Fight Match": LAX (c) vs. Veterans of War: The match closes out with Diamante low blowing Wilcox and then Santana drop kicks a steel chair into Mayweather. Low Ki handcuffs Mayweather to the ropes and then LAX beats him down. Wilcox takes out Ortiz and Santana, but gets cracked with a Singapore cane. LAX double team and beat down both members of VOW. Wilcox gets driven through a table and then Santana hits a cannonball on Wilcox to score the pinfall and retain the titles.
Winners: LAX, by pinfall, to retain the GFW Unified World Tag Team Championship.

- "Super X Cup Tournament Match": ACH vs. Taiji Ishimori: The match closes out with ACH goes for a suplex and then turns it into a Tombstone attempt, but Ishimori counters and drops ACH with a inverted gut buster. Ishimori hits a springboard 450 splash twice on ACH and scores the pinfall, to advance to the Finals.
Winner: Taiji Ishimori, by pinfall.

- After the match Ishimori and Dezmond Xavier shake hands in front of the Super X Cup Trophy, as they will meet in the Finals.

- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Alberto El Patron, Matt Sydal and Sonjay Dutt vs. Bobby Lashley, Low Ki and Trevor Lee: The match closes out with Lee and Dutt on the top rope. Lee is on Dutt's shoulders when Sydal flies and hurricanranas Lee off Dutt's shoulders. Lashley lays out Dutt, but then gets hit with a Si Kick from El Patron. El Patron hits another Si Kick on Low Ki and then all six men begin brawling. Lashley plants Dutt with a power slam and Low Ki follows with Warriors Way on Dutt to score the pinfall.
Winners: Bobby Lashley, Low Ki and Trevor Lee, by pinfall.

- Bound For Glory News: GFW announced this week that their yearly Bound For Glory pay per view will take place in November at The Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.

- Lockdown Possibly Returning: GFW announced this week that Lockdown might be the third pay per view that GFW brings back in 2018. GFW currently holds Slammiversary and Bound For Glory as their yearly pay per views. It was stated that Lockdown was always another big draw for the company when it was on pay per view in the past. If you've never seen Lockdown, every match on the card took place inside a steel cage.

*** RING OF HONOR ***

** ROH TV Recap **
This week's show saw Christopher Daniels finally get his rematch against Cody Rhodes for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship in a 2 Out of the 3 Falls Match.

- Christopher Daniels and Kazarian Promo From 3 Weeks Ago: It was stated that ROH originally banned this promo from TV, but have decided to show it. During the promo, Daniels and Kazarian take shots at ROH and the fans. Kazarian says he's pissed that Daniels was booed by the fans the night Cody Rhodes beat Daniels for the title. Kazarian says it makes him sick that the same fans that praised Daniels when he won the title turned their backs and booed Daniels. Daniels says he made ROH and he can't believe how quickly the fans turned on him after praising him. Daniels cusses out the fans, gives them the bird and says no one cheered Cody when he was Stardust. Daniels reminds the fans that he stayed loyal and signed a two year deal with ROH while Cody refuses to sign on. Daniels says he's never doing anything for the fans ever again and once he wins back the ROH World Title, he's demanding his release from ROH and he's taking the title with him.

- Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser Promo: Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser arrive and announce that it has now been 43 days since the last time we've seen Jay Lethal, who's been out after being injured by Young. Lethal's music hits and Lethal finally returns, hitting the ring. Lethal unloads on Young and Beer City with steel chair shots. ROH security hit the ring, but get destroyed by Lethal. Lethal goes back to beating down Young and Beer City with the steel chair. More ROH security hit the ring and they're laid out by Lethal as well. Lethal goes back to beating down Young and Beer City until finally stopping and leaving the ring.

- "ROH World Heavyweight Championship, 2 Out of 3 Falls Match": Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Christopher Daniels:

** First Fall: The referee gets knocked out in the match allowing Kazarian to toss Daniels a steel chair. Marty Scurll hits the ring and brawls with Kazarian all the way backstage. The referee is back up and grabs the steel chair away from Daniels. Daniels plays tug of war with the steel chair with the referee. Cody rolls up Daniels from behind, scores the pinfall and takes the 1-0 lead.

** Second Fall: Before the second fall can begin, Daniels unloads steel chair shots on Cody, beating him down. The match closes out with Daniels going for Angel's Wings, but Cody counters. Daniels hooks Angel's Wings again, hits it and gets a very close near fall on Cody. Daniels goes for the Best Moonsault Ever, but misses. Cody hits Cross Rhodes on Daniels and scores the pinfall to retain the title winning the match 2-0.
Winner: Cody Rhodes, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.

*** Lucha Underground ***

** Lucha Underground TV Recap **
This week's show saw more Quartefinals action of The Cueto Cup Tournament. Also 3 of the 7 Gift of the Gods Medallions were given out on this week's show.

- "Trios Match For Three Of Seven Gift Of The Gods Medallions": The Rabbit Tribe (Paul London, Saltador and Mala Suerte) vs. Worldwide Underground (Taya, PJ Black and Ricky Mandel): The match closes out with The Rabbit Tribe hitting high offense on WU, taking out Taya and Black. London goes to the top rope and hits a Shooting Star Press on Mandel and scores the pinfall.
Winners: The Rabbit Tribe, by pinfall, winning 3 of 7 Gift of the Gods Medallions.

- Backstage, WU agent Benji says if it was up to him WU would all be fired for losing, because his top client Johnny Mundo has enough stress right now. Mundo says Benji is working hard getting Mundo endorsement deals, so WU needs to make sure they help Mundo retain his title against Rey Mysterio.

- "The Cueto Cup Tournament Match": Mil Muertes vs. Jeremiah Crane: The match closes out with Crane grabbing a table, but Crane gets speared into the table by Muertes and then power bombed on top of it. Crane counters another spear and traps Muertes in a front face choke submission. Muertes powers out and hits a spinning choke slam on Crane for a near fall. Muertes sets up a table in the corner, but Crane hits a cannonball on Muertes through the table and gets a near fall. Crane climbs the ropes and leaps at Muertes, but Crane gets caught and drilled with the Flatliner, securing the pinfall for Muertes, advancing in the tournament. 
Winner: Mil Muertes, by pinfall.

- After the match, Catrina gives Crane the lick of death, but Crane grabs Catrina and kisses her. Muertes kicks Crane in the head and drills him with another Flatliner.

- An FBI agent arrives and talks to Dario Cueto. The Order have chosen him to replace Councilman Carlos Delgado. The agent says he’s a big Pentagon Dark fan but even his skin will burn when the war comes and all that matters is bringing the gods back to power.

- "The Cueto Cup Tournament Match": Texano vs. Pentagon Dark: The match closes out with Pentagon hitting a Backstabber on Texano. Texano traps Pentagon in an Indian Death Lock submission, but Pentagon escapes. Texano puts Pentagon in the tree of woe and lands a delayed drop kick. Famous B tosses Texano a horseshoe, but Pentagon intercepts it, knocks out Texano with it and scores the pinfall, to advance in the tournament.
Winner: Pentagon Dark, by pinfall.

- After the match, Pentagon breaks Famous B and Brenda's arm.
  
- Catrina meets Captain Vazquez. Vazquez says the Gods want to use Cage's gauntlet as a gateway. Vazquez and Catrina combine their medallions and it's discovered that Vazquez is Catrina's mother and only Catrina can take Cage's gauntlet. 

- Official Semi Finals of The Cueto Cup Tournament Bracket: The following matches have been made for The Cueto Cup Tournament Semi Finals.

** Pentagon Dark vs. Mil Muertes
** Prince Puma vs. Fenix

*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***

** G1 Climax Night #15 Highlights **
NJPW continued with more G1 Climax Tournament action this week.

~~~ BLOCK A HIGHLIGHTS ~~~

- Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
- Kota Ibushi defeated YOSHI-HASHI.
- Bad Luck Fale defeated Hirooki Goto.
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Togi Makabe.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Tomohiro Ishii.

* BLOCK A SCORES AFTER NIGHT #15*

- Tetsuya Naito 12
- Hiroshi Tanahashi 12
- Bad Luck Fale 10
- Kota Ibushi 10
- Zack Sabre Jr. 8
- Tomohiro Ishii 8
- Hirooki Goto 8
- Togi Makabe 6
- YOSHI-HASHI 4
- Yuji Nagata 2

** G1 Climax Night #16 Highlights **

~~~ BLOCK B HIGHLIGHTS ~~~

- Tama Tonga defeated Satoshi Kojima
- Juice Robinson defeated Toru Yano
- Michael Elgin defeated EVIL
- Kenny Omega defeated SANADA
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki ended in a 30 minute time limit draw.

* BLOCK B SCORES AFTER NIGHT #16*

- Kazuchika Okada 13
- Kenny Omega 12
- EVIL 10
- Minoru Suzuki 9
- SANADA 8
- Michael Elgin 8
- Toru Yano 6
- Tama Tonga 6
- Juice Robinson 6
- Satoshi Kojima 2

** G1 Climax Night #17 Highlights **

~~~ BLOCK A HIGHLIGHTS ~~~

- Bad Luck Fale defeated Yuji Nagata.
- Togi Makabe defeated YOSHI-HASHI.
- Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tomohiro Ishii.
- Hirooki Goto defeated Kota Ibushi.
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi.

* BLOCK A SCORES AFTER NIGHT #17*

- Tetsuya Naito 14: Winner
- Hiroshi Tanahashi 12
- Bad Luck Fale 12
- Kota Ibushi 10
- Hirooki Goto 10
- Zack Sabre Jr. 10
- Tomohiro Ishii 8
- Togi Makabe 8
- YOSHI-HASHI 4
- Yuji Nagata 2

** G1 Climax Night #18 Highlights **

~~~ BLOCK B HIGHLIGHTS ~~~

- Juice Robinson defeated Michael Elgin.
- Tama Tonga defeated SANADA.
- Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki.
- EVIL defeated Satoshi Kojima.
- Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada.

* BLOCK B SCORES AFTER NIGHT #18 *

- Kenny Omega 14: Winner
- Kazuchika Okada 13
- EVIL 12
- Minoru Suzuki 9
- SANADA 8
- Michael Elgin 8
- Toru Yano 8
- Tama Tonga 8
- Juice Robinson 8
- Satoshi Kojima 2

- Yoshihiro Takayama Paralyzed: According to the MMA website called Middle Easy, MMA fighter and former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Yoshihiro Takayama is reportedly paralyzed from the neck down. Back on May 6th, Takayama attempted a sunset flip on his opponent, however, botched the spot and ended up falling on his head. Thoughts and prayers go out to the Takayama family during this difficult new journey in life. 

*** CZW ***

** Once In A Lifetime Recap **
CZW returned this week with their Once In A Lifetime event, live in Voorhees, New Jersey. CZW World Champion Shane Strickland defended his title against Masada. The most talked about match on the card, however, was CZW icon Father Matt Tremont battling Japan's own Atsushi Onita.

- "Ten Man Aerial Assault Match": Ace Romero defeated Ken Broadway, Smiley, Mike Greca, Brandon Watts, Jason Gory, Anthony Bennett, Kit Osbourne, Pandita and Jimmy Lloyd.

- "CZW Wired Championship Match": Maxwell Jacob Friedman (c) defeated John Silver.

- "Triple Threat Match": The Storm Of Entrails (Dan O’Hare and SHLAK) defeated The Awakening (Stockade and G-Raver) and Hideki Hosaka and RAIJIN-Yaguchi.

- Tim Donst defeated Austin Shakespeare.

- "CZW World Championship Match": Shane Strickland (c) defeated MASADA.

- Lio Rush defeated Joey Janela.

- "Once In A Lifetime Match": Matt Tremont vs. Atsushi Onita ended in a No Contest after RAIJIN-Yaguchi and Hideki Hosaka attacked Matt Tremont. Danny Havoc and Rickey Shane Page hit the ring to make the save. The match was made into a Six Man Tag Team Match.

- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Atsushi Onita, RAIJIN-Yaguchi and Hideki Hosaka defeated Matt Tremont, Danny Havoc and Rickey Shane Page.

- After the match, Onita dares Tremont to come to Japan and face him in a match with real explosions. Tremont accepts the challenge.

*** AAW ***

** AAW Jawbreaker Recap **
AAW returned this week with AAW Jawbreaker, live from LaSalle, Illinois. AAW kicked off the first two matches in the AAW Women's Championship Tournament. Former WWE Superstar Bob "Hardcore" Holly made a special appearance as he battled Keith Lee. AAW World Champion Sami Callihan was in Six Man Tag Team action.

- Alex Daniels and Davey Vega defeated Ace Perry and Paco.

- "AAW Women's Championship Tournament Match": Jessicka Havoc defeated Leah Vaughan, to advance in the tournament.

- "AAW Women's Championship Tournament Match": Ivelisse defeated Samantha Heights, to advance in the tournament.

- Brubaker defeated CJ Esparza.

- Bucky Collins defeated Mike Hartenbower.

- "Six Pack Challenge Match": Myron Reed defeated Kody Rice, Brett Gakiy, Jake Something, Arik Cannon and Juntai Miller.

- Keith Lee defeated Bob "Hardcore" Holly.

- Chuck Taylor defeated Andrew Everett.

- "AAW World Tag Team Championship Match": Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier (c) defeated Stephen Wolf and Trey Miguel.

- Mat Fitchett defeated ACH.

- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Juventud Guerrera, Rey Fenix and AR Fox defeated Sami Callihan, Dave Crist and Jake Crist.

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!

Weekend 3 Count 6/4/17

By Brandon Albright, @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE brings you the Weekend 3 Count. W3C brings you wrestling news, rumors and recaps from around the wrestling world. You'll find news rumors and recaps involving WWE, NXT, Impact Wrestling, GFW, ROH, Lucha Underground, NJPW, House of Hardcore, NWA, ICW, CZW, FIP, AAW, EVOLVE, PROGRESS, SHINE, SHIMMER and any Indy promotion that I find an interesting story or a cool discovery in. Be sure to check out the W3C every Sunday afternoon at @TripleThreatCLE

** Theme Song Of The Week **
With WWE Extreme Rules live tonight on WWE Network, this week's song will be the official theme song of WWE Extreme Rules, "Hellfire", by Barns Courtney.

*** WWE ***

- The New Day Returns: If you missed Smackdown Live this passed Tuesday, check out my recap and see how The New Day finally returned and made their long awaited Smackdown Live debut.

- First Ever Women's Money In The Bank Made Official: Shane McMahon officially announced the first ever Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match to take place at WWE Money In The Bank between Charlotte, Carmella, Becky Lynch, Nattie Neidhart and Tamina.

- Lana Wants Included In Money In The Bank: This past week after Shane McMahon made the huge announcement of the first ever Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match, Lana went to Twitter. Lana tweeted the Smackdown Live commissioner and asked to be included in the ladder match. Shane has yet to comment.

- Who Texted Negativity About Kurt Angle?: This past week on Monday Night RAW, Angle received text messages from Corey Graves stating something was found out about Angle that could ruin his current run as RAW GM. If the storyline doesn't change, it'll be revealed to be Stephanie McMahon behind the whole thing.

- Who's Attacking Enzo?: For the past two weeks, Enzo has been attacked from behind and left laid out backstage, but has no clue who did it. As of right now WWE is going with two options as the attacker. The first idea is The Revival and the second and the one that is rumored to be the one they will go with is Big Cass. Sources are saying that Cass will be revealed as the attacker of Enzo and begin a heel run. Enzo, meanwhile, is being rumored to being moved over to 205 Live.

- Lince Dorado Possibly Injured: This past week while wrestling Drew Gulak, Lince Dorado may have suffered an injury. Dorado appeared to have landed bad on his knee after a tilt-a-whirl and looked to be legitimately injured. No official word has been announced yet.

- Possible Hulk Hogan Return: According to The Wrestling Observer, WWE has opened an internal dialogue regarding the possible return of Hulk Hogan to the WWE. WWE distanced itself from Hogan after he was caught making derogatory racial remarks, but apparently they considered bringing him back for WrestleMania 33 before deciding against it.

** 205 Live Recap **
Rich Swann/Sasha Banks build up their feud with Noam Dar/Alicia Fox leading into WWE Extreme Rules. Austin Aries also builds up his feud with WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville as they will also do battle at WWE Extreme Rules.

- Noam Dar/Alicia Fox Promo: Both mock the new friendship between Rich Swann and Sasha Banks, calling them friends with no benefits. Swann and Sasha interrupt and call Noam and Alicia a hot mess. Sasha and Alicia trade verbal shots with each other, forcing Swann and Noam to hold the ladies back before they start fighting. Noam and Swann decide to have a singles match to kick off 205 Live.

- Noam Dar vs. Rich Swann: The match closes out with Alicia tripping up Swann, forcing Sasha to confront Alicia and they both start brawling and hair pulling. Noam hits a running kick on Swann while he's distracted and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Noam Dar, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Cedric Alexander says karma will get Noam Dar and Alicia Fox. Alexander says he returned from his injury to make up for lost time not reopen his past relationship with Alicia Fox.

- Cedric Alexander vs. Corey Hollis: The match closes out with Alexander connecting with a forearm, a handstand enziguri and a springboard clothesline. Alexander hits the Lumbar Check on Hollis and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Cedric Alexander, by pinfall.

- Mustafa Ali vs. Drew Gulak: The match closes out with Ali hitting a rolling neck breaker, but pops back up favoring his leg. Ali misses a cross body block attempt off the ropes with the injured leg and gets rolled up for the pinfall by Gulak.
Winner: Drew Gulak, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Drew Gulak says that he just proved that high flying will cost you matches and staying grounded is the way.

- Austin Aries Promo: Aries mocks Neville and brags that he made Neville tap out. Aries shows the footage repeatedly until Neville interrupts. Neville says Aries got lucky, calls Aries scum and a disgrace to 205 Live and promises to make Aries suffer at WWE Extreme Rules. TJ Perkins suddenly tries to attack Aries from behind, but gets laid out with the Discus Five Arm. Neville hits the ring and goes after Aries' injured knee. Perkins holds up Aries and Neville demands Aries to bow to the king. Aries refuses and then takes the two on one beat down. Neville traps Aries in the Rings of Saturn submission as Perkins kicks Aries in his gut. WWE Officials finally break things up to end the show.

- Final Card For Tonight's WWE Extreme Rules: The following matches will be shown tonight at WWE Extreme Rules. If you can't catch the event, no worries, just check in to Triple Threat CLE Monday afternoon and I'll have the full recap of the show.

** WWE Extreme Rules Card **

- "#1 Contenders Fatal Five Way Match": Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt.
- "WWE Intercontinental Championship Match, If Dean Ambrose Gets DQ'ed He's Loses The Title": Dean Ambrose (c) vs. The Miz.
- "WWE RAW World Tag Team Championship, Steel Cage Match": The Hardy Boys (c) vs. Sheamus and Cesaro.
- "WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Submission Match": Neville (c) vs. Austin Aries.
- "WWE RAW Women's Championship, Kendo Stick On A Pole Match": Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Bayley. 
- "Mixed Tag Team Match": Rich Swann and Sasha Banks vs. Noam Dar and Alicia Fox.

*** NXT ***

- Tommaso Ciampa Injury Update: PWInsider reported this week that Tommaso Ciampa has suffered a torn ACL and will need surgery. No timeline on how long Ciampa will be out are available at the moment, but surgery and recovery time for a torn ACL isn’t usually a quick turnaround.

- Ember Moon Returns: If you missed this past weeks NXT episode, Ember Moon was officially cleared to wrestle by her doctors and will be returning soon. Ember was out for a month with a shoulder injury.

*** Impact/GFW Wrestling ***

** Impact TV Recap **
This week's main event saw Alberto El Patron defend his GFW Global Championship against Ethan Carter in Six Sides Of Steel, with the winner going on to Impact Slammiversary to battle Bobby Lashley for the Impact World Championship.

- Ethan Carter Promo: EC3 kicks off the show with a barbershop quartet in the ring. The quartet play music about how great EC3 is and being the #1 Contender. The quartet then play a song about Bobby Lashley and him saying goodbye to his Impact World Championship. Alberto El Patron interrupts as does Bruce Prichard with Tyrus, Karen Jarrett and Dutch Mantell. Prichard announces that tonight EC3 will battle Alberto El Patron for the GFW Global Championship in Six Sides Of Steel, with the winner going on to face Bobby Lashley at Impact Slammiversary.

- "Impact Grand Championship Match": Moose (c) vs. Eli Drake: Drake takes Round one 30-27. Moose takes Round two 29-28. The third round ends with Moose landing forearms on Drake. Chris Adonis reaches in and grabs Moose's leg, distracting Moose. Drake hits his finisher and covers Moose, but time runs out in Round three. After judges decision, Moose is rewarded the round and the victory to retain the title.
Winner: Moose, by decision, to retain the Impact Grand Championship.

- Backstage, Allie asks Rosemary why she helped her last week. Rosemary says she lost her Decay family, but she is here to protect those in danger.

- Allie vs. Amber Nova: The match closes out with Allie hitting an Allie Valley Driver on Amber to score the pinfall.
Winner: Allie, by pinfall.

- "GFW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals, No DQ Match": LAX vs. The Veterans of War: The match closes out with Diamante getting involved and distracting the referee. Mayweather goes after Diamante, but gets smacked in the leg by Konnan with a bat. Homicide hits the ring and smacks Wilcox in the head with the Impact World Tag Team Championship. LAX hit their double team power bomb, score the pinfall and win the GFW World Tag Team Championship.
Winners: LAX, by pinfall, to win the GFW World Tag Team Championship.

- Backstage, Jeremy Borash is terrified of Scott Steiner and is dropping out of the tag match at Impact Slammiversary. Joseph Park says he'll train JB and tries to give him a motivational speech. JB tells Park he's lost his mind.

- "Impact X Division Championship Match": Low Ki (c) vs. Andrew Everett: Sonjay Dutt is on commentary with an eye patch on. Dutt thinks that Low Ki purposely tried to blind him last week. The match closes out with Everett missing the Shooting Star Press, as Low Ki gets his knees up for the block. Low Ki hits a running double foot stomp and then Warrior's Way to score the pinfall and retain his title.
Winner: Low Ki, by pinfall, to retain the Impact X Division Championship.

- Rockstar Spud returns and viciously attacks Swoggle, who's sitting in the crowd, with a hammer. Swoggle is left busted open by Spud.

- "GFW Global Championship, Six Sides Of Steel Match": Alberto El Patron (c) vs. Ethan Carter: The match closes out with Patron countering the TK3 and traps EC3 in the cross arm breaker submission. EC3 escapes and hits the TK3 for a near fall. EC3 hits a Liger Bomb on Patron for another near fall. EC3 mocks Patron with a salute and then climbs the cage wall. Patron follows where both men trade shots from the top of the cage. EC3 ends up in the tree of woe and Patron hits the double foot stomp by leaping off the cage. Patron goes to the top rope and hits a frog splash on EC3 to score the pinfall and retain his title.
Winner: Alberto El Patron, by pinfall, to retain the GFW Global Championship and become the new #1 Contender to the Impact World Championship.

- Sonjay Dutt Wins Gold: This week during live tapings of Impact TV episodes, Sonjay Dutt walked out a champion. Dutt for the first time in his career won the Impact X Division Championship after defeating Low Ki. The episode is expected to air sometime in June.

*** RING OF HONOR ***

** ROH TV Recap **
This week's main event saw Cody Rhodes battle Frankie Kazarian. The Bullet Club officially welcome Marty Scurll to the group.

- The Bullet Club Promo: The Young Bucks officially welcome Marty Scurll to The Bullet Club, Scurll thanks them and promises big things for The Elite of The Bullet Club. Adam Cole interrupts, tells Bullet Club they were stupid to kick him out because he's the ROH franchise. Hangman Adam Page challenges Adam Cole to a match and promises to run Cole out of ROH. Cole accepts and we have a match for a future show.

- Josh Woods vs. David Starr: The match closes out with Woods unloading a knee strike on Starr and taking control of the match. Woods applies a rolling knee bar submission and makes Starr tap out.
Winner: Josh Woods, by submission.

- Silas Young/Beer City Bruiser Promo: Young says he's sick of Jay Lethal getting all the attention, considering Young beat Lethal a month ago because he has Lethal's number. Jay Lethal interrupts and brings a referee so he can shut Young's mouth tonight. Young backs down and volunteers Bruiser to fight tonight.

- Jay Lethal vs. Beer City Bruiser: The match closes out with Lethal suplexing Bruiser. Bruiser rolls outside as Lethal goes to the top rope. Lethal leaps off and takes out Bruiser with a cross body outside. Lethal then attacks Young and the referee throws out the match. Young and Bruiser double team Lethal until Bobby Fish hits the ring and makes the save.
Winner: No Contest.

- Cody Rhodes Promo: Cody says he should be ROH World Champion, but Christopher Daniels stole the win. Cody then blames ROH management, stating they don't want a free agent like Cody as their champion. Cody goes on about how he had Lethal pinned during the triple threat match, but they gave the win to Daniels. Kazarian finally interrupts and it's main event time.

- Cody Rhodes vs. Frankie Kazarian: The match closes out with Kazarian hitting a springboard cutter for a near fall. Kazarian counters Cross Rhodes and the Disaster Kick and connects with a heel kick. Cody rakes Kazarian in the eyes and connects with Cross Rhodes to score the pinfall. After the match, Hangman Adam Page attacks and beats down Kazarian until Christopher Daniels hits the ring and makes the save.
Winner: Cody Rhodes, by pinfall.

- Dalton Castle Contract News: Rumours have begun that ROH wrestler Dalton Castle may be heading to the WWE this summer as his ROH contract expires in June. WWE have apparently shown major interest in Castle. Rumors are stating that Castle will make the jump unless ROH offers a nice size contract.

*** Lucha Underground ***

** Lucha Underground TV Recap **

Lucha Underground finally returned this week with the second half of season three. Tonight's show saw Lucha Underground World Champion Johnny Mundo defend his title against The Mack in an All Night Long Match. The rules of the match were simple, the match kicked off the show and which ever wrestler had the most wins at the shows end walks out the Lucha Underground World Champion.

- "Lucha Underground World Championship, All Night Long Match": Johnny Mundo (c) vs. The Mack:

** First Fall: Mundo and Mack battle on the top rope. Mundo sends Mack to the mat and then hits End of the World to score the pinfall. Johnny Mundo leads 1-0.

** Second Fall: Mundo and Mack trade springboard leg lariats with each other. Mundo gets a cradle pinfall in on Mack, uses the ropes for leverage and steals another win. Johnny Mundo leads 2-0.

** Third Fall: Mack hits a release Exploder suplex on Mundo, forcing Mundo to roll outside. Mundo with a springboard cross body on Mack, but Mack catches Mundo in mid air and power bombs Mundo to score the pinfall. Johnny Mundo leads 2-1.

** Fourth Fall: Mundo hits Mack with a corkscrew plancha off the ropes and to the floor. Mundo, however, lands wrong on his leg and appears to have seriously injured it. Mack gets pushed back as medics check on how severe Mundo's injury is. Mundo is unable to continue as medics get ready to load Mundo onto a stretcher. Mundo suddenly pops up, low blows Mack and gets the pinfall. Mundo does jumping jacks, showing off his fake injury and takes a 3-1 lead.

** Fifth Fall: A very angry Mack beats down Mundo, chases him up The Temple's staircase in the crowd, straps Mundo onto the stretcher and then shoves him down The Temple's flight of stairs. Mundo is trying to unstrap himself at the bottom of the steps, but Mack flips Mundo off the stretcher, tosses him into the ring and then hits the Stunner on Mundo to score the pinfall. Johnny Mundo leads 3-2.

** Sixth Fall: PJ Black arrives and helps Mundo attack and beat down Mack with a kendo stick. Son of Havoc hits the ring and lays down stick shots of his own on Mundo and Black. Havoc gets beer from Dario Cueto and uses it to revive Mack. Mack unloads stick shots on Mundo and Black after coming to. Mundo and Black make a comeback, beat down Havoc and Mack, set up tables and then demand the in house Mariachi Band to play victory music. One of the Mariachi Band members hit a cross body on Mundo and Black and reveal themselves as Sexy Star. Mack grabs Mundo and hits a leaping Blue Thunder Driver through two tables and scores the pinfall. Johnny Mundo and The Mack are tied 3-3.

** The Last Fall: Mack lays down Mundo on a table and then climbs a ladder with 1 minute left. Ricky Mandel hits the ring and grabs Mack by the foot. Havoc and Sexy hit the ring again, where Havoc hits a springboard moonsault on Mandel. Mack frog splashes off the ladder and puts Mundo through the table with 30 seconds left. Mack can barely cover Mundo and when he finally does the match ends with the referee only getting a two count. The match ends tied 3-3.
Winner: No Contest

- Dario Cueto Promo: Cueto arrives, compliments both men on one hell of a match, but there are no ties in Lucha Underground. Cueto announces that next week the match will be restarted with the first person to score the pinfall winning the Lucha Underground World Championship. And if it goes all night until a victor is crowned, so be it. Mack hits a Stunner on Mundo and poses with the title to end the show.

*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***

- Best Of Super Juniors 24 Tournament Finals Announced: NJPW has been having their nightly shows the past few weeks to determine this year's Best of the Super Juniors winner. This year's Finals will be last year's winner Will Ospreay taking on KUSHIDA for the Super Juniors Trophy. I'll be sure to keep you posted on the winner of this match.

*** Defy Wrestling ***

** Defy 3: Swerve City Recap **
Defy 3: Swerve City was live in Seattle, Washington. CZW World Champion Lio Rush defended his title against Davey Richards, as CZW worked out a deal with Defy Wrestling to allow the CZW World Championship Match to take place at the event.

- Moose defeated Mike Santiago, by pinfall.

- The Cunninghams defeated Los Sexi-Mexis, by pinfall.

- "CZW World Championship Match": Davey Richards defeated Lio Rush (c), by submission, to win the CZW World Championship.

- Davey Richards sends a warning to CZW that if they want their World Championship back then they'll have to come back to Seattle and try to get it from him.

- Joey Ryan defeated Mr. Fitness, by pinfall.

- Taya defeated Christina Von Eerie, by pinfall.

- Shane Strickland defeated John Morrison, by submission.

*** CZW Wrestling ***

- Davey Richards Sets A Record: This past week at Defy 3: Swerve City, Davey Richards defeated Lio Rush to win the CZW World Championship. Davey Richards is now the only wrestle to become a CZW World Champion, PWG World Champion and an ROH World Champion.

*** ICW Wrestling ***

- Noam Dar Making A Special Appearance: ICW announced that current WWE Cruiserweight Noam Dar will make a special appearance at ICW Shug's Hoose Party 4 on July 29th. Dar will team up with Sha Samuels and battle Grado and ICW World Champion Joe Coffey.

- Kevin Nash Named Commissioner For One Night Only: Former WWE and WCW World Champion Kevin Nash announced this week that he will be at the ICW Fear and Loathing 10 event on November 19th. Nash will be the honorary Commissioner of ICW for that night at the event.

*** 5 Star Wrestling ***

- Tournament Canceled: 5 Star Wrestling made news again this week for the third week in a row, but it's not good news this time. 5 Star Wrestling has officially cancelled their huge 128 man tournament they had scheduled for this summer. The company stated that they will attempt to kick off the tournament in February of 2018. 5 Star Wrestling made news two weeks ago when they offered CM Punk $1 million to wrestle in the tournament, which Punk turned down. They again made news last week when they were able to sign Rob Van Dam for the tournament.

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!

Weekend 3 Count 5/21/17

By Brandon Albright, @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE brings you the Weekend 3 Count. W3C brings you wrestling news, rumors and recaps from around the wrestling world. You'll find news rumors and recaps involving WWE, NXT, Impact Wrestling, ROH, Lucha Underground, NJPW, House of Hardcore, NWA, ICW, CZW, FIP, AAW, EVOLVE, SHINE, SHIMMER and any Indy promotion that I find an interesting story or a cool discovery in. Be sure to check out the W3C every Sunday afternoon at @TripleThreatCLE

** Theme Song Of The Week **

This week's theme song of the week will also be a tribute. This past Wednesday, Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave sadly ended his own life. Chris played a huge part in the music I loved in high school and I still listen to today. Be Yourself, by Audioslave was used in the WWE's 2005 Diva Search Contest. RIP Chris and Say Hello To Heaven.....

*** WWE ***

- Brock Lesnar Universal Championship Defenses: Due to Braun Strowman being out for the next possible 6 months with his elbow injury, WWE had to switch things up storyline wise. Originally Braun Strowman was set to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at WWE Great Balls of Fire, however, that has all changed now. The winner of the Fatal Five Way Match at WWE Extreme Rules will now get the title shot against Lesnar at WWE Great Balls of Fire. Rumors are stating that if Strowman is able to return by August for WWE Summerslam than that will probably be the time Strowman gets his WWE Universal Championship Match.

- Original Plans For Chris Jericho: Chris Jericho was interviewed this week on Busted Open Radio and revealed the original plans that almost happened. Jericho stated that he originally was to defeat Kevin Owens at Wrestlemania 33 for the WWE Universal Championship and then go on to WWE Payback and lose it to Brock Lesnar. With all the Goldberg hype started up, the WWE decided to go with Goldberg dropping it to Lesnar instead.

- WWE Women's Tournament News: WWE announced this week that they are heavily preparing for their Women's 32 Superstar Tournament that will take place on the WWE Network this summer. WWE is expecting women from at least 17 different countries to compete in the tournament. Some of the promotions that WWE is looking at talent in are the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion in Japan, SHINE and SHIMMER. WWE is set to begin taping the tournament on Thursday, July 13th and Friday, July 14th at Full Sail University. The current plan is to release 3 or 4 episodes of the series at a time on the WWE Network, with the Finals being shown live  on Tuesday, August 29th.

- Braun Strowman Injury Update: Last week it was announced that Braun Strowman would miss 4 to 6 weeks due to issues with his elbow. This week things took a turn for the worse as now WWE is stating that Strowman will be out for 6 months, after receiving elbow surgery. Strowman had been dealing with elbow issues the past month and needed to get the problem addressed before it was too late.

- Emma Injury: WWE announced that Emma was recently sent home from the WWE European tour this past week after suffering an apparent shoulder injury at a live event in Liverpool, England. Emma tweeted out on Twitter that she has started rehab on her shoulder. WWE has yet to announce how serious the injury is or how long Emma will be out for.

- John Cena Update: WWE announced that John Cena will return for a special RAW and Smackdown Live edition on July 3rd and July 4th. Those are the only dates Cena is scheduled for with nothing permanent in the future at this time. Cena is currently following the Hollywood path and making movies. Cena is currently promoting his war movie called The Wall and is currently filming the comedy Daddy's Home 2 with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

- New Signee: F4WOnline.com is reporting that Io Shirai has accepted an offer with WWE and is expected to start at the WWE Performance Center soon. Shirai, who is said to be one of the top women's wrestling stars in Japan, was at the WWE tryouts in March. It's rumored that Shirai will join NXT to strengthen the Women's roster, but no official announcement has been made yet.

** Io Shirai Career Highlights:
- Was born and raised in Kamakura, Kanagawa.
- Was trained by Takashi Sasaki and Tomohiko Hashimoto.
- Made wrestling debut in 2007.
- Has wrestled for Japan's World Wonder Ring Stardom, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ice Ribbon Wrestling, NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling, SMASH, IWRG, AAA and Pro Wrestling Wave.
- 1 Time TLW World Young Women's Tag Team Champion, with Mio Shirai.
- 4 Time Artist of Stardom Champion,  with Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha (1), Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani (1), HZK and Momo Watanabe (1) and AZM and HZK (1).
- 1 Time Goddess of Stardom Champion, with Mayu Iwatani.
- 1 Time High Speed Champion.
- 1 Time SWA World Champion.
- 1 Time Wonder of Stardom Champion.
- 2 Time World of Stardom Champion.
- 1 Time Americas World Mixed Tag Team Champion, with Nosawa.

- WWE Signs Female Referee: This past week the WWE completed a first in wrestling history as they signed Indie wrestler  Kennadi Brink, which WWE plans to use as a first ever full time female referee. Kennadi is a graduate of The Dudley Boys' Team 3D Academy in Florida. Bully Ray recently sent out a tweet congratulating his graduate.

- Summer Rae Update: WWE announced this week that Summer Rae has been finally cleared to return to the ring. Summer has been out of action since last August due to neck and back injuries. She was training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando in March to get back into wrestling and working off ring rust.

- Work For Good Ol' J.R.: Jim Ross announced on the WWE UK Special this past Friday afternoon and he also announced the WWE United Kingdom Championship Match at NXT Takeover: Chicago. WWE has announced that Jim Ross will also do the announcing during this summer's Women's Tournament on WWE Network. Jim Ross recently signed a new WWE contract, but it was unknown at the time what kind of work JR would be doing.

- Final Card For Tonight's WWE Backlash Pay Per View: Tonight is WWE Backlash and as usual I will provide you with the shows recap on Monday afternoon if you miss the show.

- "WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match": Randy Orton (c) vs. Jinder Mahal.
- "WWE United States Championship Match": Kevin Owens (c) vs. AJ Styles.
- "WWE Smackdown Live World Tag Team Championship Match": The Usos (c) vs. Breezango.
- Dolph Ziggler vs Shinsuke Nakamura.
- "Six Woman Tag Team Match": Naomi, Charlotte and Becky Lynch vs. Carmella, Nattie Neidhart and Tamina.
- Erick Rowan vs. Luke Harper.
- Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn.
- Tye Dillinger vs. Aiden English.

** 205 Live Recap **
This week's main event saw Austin Aries battle TJ Perkins.

- Backstage, Austin Aries knows that Neville is using TJ Perkins and he plans to beat Perkins tonight even with his current knee injury.

- Noam Dar vs. Gran Metalik: The match closes out with Dar hitting the Supernova Kick to score the pinfall.
Winner: Noam Dar, by pinfall. 

- Backstage, Brian Kendrick is disappointed with Akira Tozawa because he's still catering to the fans instead of listening to Kendrick's life lessons. Kendrick will face Tozawa in a Street Fight Match next week.

- Mustafa Ali vs. Tony Nese: Before the match can even start, Drew Gulak attacks Ali from behind and tosses him into the ring post. Gulak holds Ali allowing Nese to hit the Running Knees. Gulak says he's making an example out of Ali.
Winner: No Contest.

- Backstage, Rich Swann says he's not worried about Noam Dar and Alicia Fox. A package arrives for Swann, he sends it to Ariya Daivari, Daivari denies it, so Jack Gallagher takes it. Daivari takes it back, opens it and gets powder shot into his face from inside.

- Austin Aries vs. TJ Perkins: The match closes out with Aries making Perkins tap out to the Last Chancery submission. After the match, Neville attacks Aries from behind and works over his knee injury. Neville wraps Aries' injured leg around the ring post and then applies the Rings of Saturn submission. Jack Gallagher hits the ring, makes the save and chases off Neville.
Winner: Austin Aries, by submission.

** WWE UK Special Recap **
This past Friday afternoon WWE held a special United Kingdom show which showcased some of the best talent in the United Kingdom and the Cruiserweights of the WWE. The main event of the show saw WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defend his title against Mark Andrews.

- Wolfgang vs. Joseph Conners: The match closes out with Conners unloading kicks on Wolfgang and a near fall lung blower. Conners with a slingshot flatliner on Wolfgang for another near fall. Conners works on the ribs and hits a spinebuster for a near fall. Wolfgang catches Conners coming off the ropes and nails a spear. Wolfgang goes to the top rope and hits the Senton Splash for the pinfall.
Winner: Wolfgang, by pinfall.

- TJ Perkins and Brian Kendrick vs. Rich Swann and Dan Moloney: The match closes out with Swann hot tagging and unloading. Swann gets a near fall front flip leg drop on Kendrick. Swann and Kendrick battle to the top rope where Swann hits an atomic drop on Kendrick. Moloney gets sent outside, but makes it back in to break up Kendrick's Captain's Hook submission on Swann. Perkins gets in a cheap shot and Kendrick gets a rollup pinfall to win the match.
Winners: TJ Perkins and Brian Kendrick, by pinfall.

- #1 Contenders Match For The WWE United Kingdom Championship": Pete Dunne vs. Trent Seven: The match closes out with Dunne countering a Dragon Suplex, but gets destroyed by Seven with a lariat for a very close near fall. Seven is holding his arm in pain that he hit the lariat with, as Dunne was working on it the whole match. Dunne goes for a hanging Kimura Lock submission, but Seven powers out and hits a Dragon Suplex. Dunne rakes Seven in the eyes, hits the Bitter End and scores the pinfall, earning Dunne a WWE United Kingdom Championship Match at NXT Takeover: Chicago.
Winner: Pete Dunne, by pinfall, to become the new #1 Contender to the WWE United Kingdom Championship.

- "WWE United Kingdom Championship Match": Tyler Bate (c) vs. Mark Andrews: The match closes out with Andrews going to the top rope, but Bate lands an enziguri. Bate goes up top and places Andrews on his shoulders. Andrews counters by hitting a hurricanrana on Bate. Andrews hits a running shooting star press on Bate and gets a near fall. Bate plants a super kick and then drills Andrews with a lariat. Bate counters a suplex by Andrews and hits Stundog Millionaire. Bate attempts a Shooting Star Press off the top rope, but Andrews blocks with the knees up. Bate comes back and plants a rolling front kick, stunning Andrews. Bate with the Tyler Driver 97 and the pinfall follows to retain the title. After the match, Pete Dunne hits the ring and beats down Andrews. William Regal arrives and forces Dunne to back off. Dunne and Bate stare each other down to end the show.
Winner: Tyler Bate, by pinfall, to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship.

*** NXT ***

- The Original Idea For SAnitY: Former NXT superstar Marcus Louis was interviewed this week and he revealed the original plan for the SAnitY stable that is currently led by Eric Young.

“Initially, SAnitY was supposed to be Sami Callahan, myself, and Sawyer Fulton. We were the the three people who were supposed to be SAnitY at first. I was told about this idea in late 2015. It was September 2015, I think, I was told by Triple H himself. He came and said, "I have this great idea for you guys. We’re gonna bring you in as a trio of sort of like punk-looking people, sort of like Mad Max." And then it was supposed to be Crowe, myself, and Fulton. But he was like long-term, and it was a long shot already. So Callahan left NXT, and then there was a different talk. They were talking about bringing in somebody new to be the leader of this faction.”

Obviously the original idea never worked out as former Impact World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young was signed to NXT and was made as the leader of SAnitY. SAnitY debuted as Eric Young, Sawyer Fulton, Alexander Wolfe and Nikki Cross. Fulton suffered an injury and was soon replaced by Damian Killian.

- Tommaso Ciampa Injured: This past week Tommaso Ciampa of #DIY was reportedly injured at Thursday night's NXT live event in Highland Heights, KY. Ciampa and his partner, Johnny Gargano, were facing Sanity at the show when a few minutes into the match, Ciampa dove off the ring apron onto Sanity and hurt his left leg. The match was quickly stopped and ruled a no contest. An upset Ciampa hopped to the back yelling, "get me the f**k out of here". It's unknown at this time on how severe the leg injury is.

- NXT Takeover: Chicago: If you missed last night's show, make sure to check out my full recap on Triple Threat CLE.

*** Impact/Global Force Wrestling ***

** Impact TV Recap **
This week the GFW World Tag Team Championship Tournament kicked off. The main event of the show saw Low Ki defend his Impact X Division Championship in an Ultimate X Match against Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett.

- "GFW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Match": LAX vs. The Lorado Kid and Garza Jr.: The match closes out with Santana hitting the Code Red on Garza Jr. LAX then hit their double team finisher to score the pinfall and advance in the tournament.
Winners: LAX, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Magnus blames Bruce Prichard and says it's Prichard's fault that he lost the GFW Global Championship last week. Prichard says it's his own fault. Magnus says he's going to prove what he can do.

- Kongo Kong vs. Braxton Sutter: The match closes out with Sutter going for a pump kick, but gets splashed in the corner by Kong. Kong hits an Island Driver on Sutter and scores the pinfall. After the match, KM and Sienna attack and beat down Sutter. Mahabali Shera hits the ring and makes the save. Sutter challenges Kong and KM to a tag match next week.
Winner: Kongo Kong, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Karen Jarrett announces Eddie and Alisha Edwards vs. Davey Richards and Angelina Love for next week. Magnus suddenly pushes past Karen, upsetting her.

- Ethan Carter vs. James Storm: The match closes out with EC3 hitting the TK3 and then grabs a belt. EC3 hits a second TK3 on Storm and then knocks out the referee, catching the DQ. After the match, EC3 whips the referee with the belt. Storm hits a Backstabber on EC3 as Magnus suddenly hits the ring. Magnus and EC3 start arguing with each other as Bruce Prichard hits the ring. Prichard restores order and announces a triple threat match for next week between EC3, Storm and Magnus with the winner getting a title shot against Bobby Lashley at Slammiversary.
Winner: James Storm, by DQ.

- "GFW Women's Championship Match": Sienna (c) vs. ODB: The match closes out with ODB unloading chops and then corner splashes Sienna. ODB sends Sienna head first into the turnbuckle. Sienna suddenly hits The Silencer out of nowhere on ODB and scores the pinfall to retain her title.
Winner: Sienna, by pinfall, to retain the GFW Women's Championship.

- Jeremy Borash Promo: JB announces that he has an attorney and he's been reinstated to Impact. JB introduces Joseph Park as his attorney. Park challenges Josh Mathews to find a tag team partner and face him and JB at Slammiversary. 

- "Impact X Division Championship, Ultimate X, Triple Threat Match: Low Ki (c) vs. Andrew Everett vs. Trevor Lee: The match closes out with Shane Helms trying to help Lee grab the title. Low Ki hits a springboard kick, taking out Lee and Helms. Low Ki climbs on top of the Ultimate X metal structure. Everett and Lee, meanwhile, both shimmy across the Ultimate X wire towards the title. Low Ki jumps off the metal structure and lands on the wire where the X connects and the title hangs. Low Ki kicks Everett off the wire and then stomps on Lee sending him off the wire. Low Ki reaches down and grabs the title for the victory. 
Winner: Low Ki, by title retrieval, to retain the Impact X Division Championship.

*** Ring Of Honor ***

** ROH TV Recap **
The main event of the show saw Bully Ray and The Briscoes defend their Six Man Tag Team Championship against The Rebellion.

- Search and Destroy (Chris Sabin and Jonathan Gresham) vs. Cheeseburger and Will Ferrara: The match closes out with Cheeseburger accidentally taking out Ferrara with the Shotei Strike. Gresham applies the Octopus submission on Cheeseburger and forces the tap out. After the match, Ferrara walks out on Cheeseburger. 
Winners: Chris Sabin and Jonathan Gresham, by submission.

- Backstage, Silas Young talks trash to Jay Lethal, calling him the ROH golden boy. Young attacks, hits Lethal with a forearm and tosses him head first into the lockers.

- Bobby Fish vs. Silas Young: The match closes out with Beer City Bruiser trying to interfere, forcing the referee and Fish to go after him. Young uses his knee brace to hit Fish with while the referee is distracted and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Silas Young, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Dalton Castle says alot of people think he hit rock bottom when he lost to Christopher Daniels, but he promises to keep fighting for the ROH World Championship.

- "Six Man Tag Team Championship Match": Bully Ray and The Briscoes (c) vs. The Rebellion: The match closes out with The Briscoes suicide diving The Rebellion. Rhett Titus blocks Froggie Bow by getting his knees up. Titus hits a drop kick but misses a frog splash. Bully and The Briscoes hit 3D and score the pinfall to retain the titles. After the match, Bully and The Briscoes set up a table and Bully hits the Bully Bomb on Caprice Coleman through the table.
Winners: Bully Ray and The Briscoes, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship.

** ROH War of the Worlds Recap **
ROH War of the Worlds was live at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City last weekend. Both ROH and NJPW were present for the show. The main event of the show saw ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels defend his title in a Triple Threat Match against Cody Rhodes and Jay Lethal.

** Dark Matches **

- The Kingdom defeated The Tempura Boyz, by pinfall, after TK O'Ryan hit Yohei with a crutch, allowing Matt Taven to score the pinfall.

- The Rebellion defeated Cheeseburger, Will Ferrara and Gedo, by pinfall, in a Six Man Tag Team Match. Shane Taylor hits a top rope splash on Cheeseburger for the pinfall.

** ROH War of the Worlds  **

- NJPW Officials Announcement: New Japan Pro Wrestling officials kicked off the show by announcing their newly created title called the IWGP United States Championship. A tournament will take place on July 1st and 2nd to crown the first ever champion. NJPW announced Jay Lethal as the first official wrestler in the tournament. Hangman Adam Page interrupted and disagreed with their decision on choosing Lethal. Page was held back by ROH officials and forced to leave.

- "Four Corner Survival Match": KUSHIDA vs. Bobby Fish vs. Dalton Castle vs. "The Last Real Man" Silas Young: The match closes out with Fish unloading with kicks and then sends Silas into KUSHIDA with an Exploder. Fish counters Castle's Bang A Rang and locks in a submission, but KUSHIDA breaks it up. KUSHIDA goes for the Hoverboard Lock on Fish, but Silas breaks it up. KUSHIDA counters Silas' Misery finisher and drives Silas into the mat. Castle ends up catching Fish, hits the Bang A Rang and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Dalton Castle, by pinfall.

- "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian vs. Hangman Adam Page: The match closes out with both men seriously spitting in each others faces and then trade strikes. Kazarian gets a near fall slingshot cutter. Page blocks the referees view and lands a cheap shot low blow on Kazarian. Kazarian comes back and goes for a sunset flip on Page. Page counters it, wraps up Kazarian in a rollup, grabs the ropes for leverage and steals the pinfall.
Winner: Hangman Adam Page, by pinfall.

- "Triple Threat Match": War Machine vs. EVIL and SANADA vs. Chris Sabin and Jonathan Gresham: The match closes out with Sabin hitting a double DDT on EVIL and SANADA. Sabin teases the New York crowd as they hit him with boos being a Detroit guy. Hanson tags in and unloads on everyone in his path. War Machine take control and go for Fallout. Sabin and Gresham counter and lay out Hanson and Rowe. Rowe gets double suplexed and then EVIL and SANADA take over the match, hitting a lariat on Hanson. SANADA distracts the referee allowing EVIL to drive a steel chair into Hanson's throat. All six men start brawling with War Machine hitting a Pop Up Power Slam on Sabin. Rowe scores the pinfall on Sabin as Hanson hits a suicide dive on EVIL and SANADA.
Winners: War Machine, by pinfall.

- Jay White vs. "The Aerial Assassin" Will Ospreay: The match closes out with Ospreay landing a double underhook front face suplex for a near fall. Both men go up top where Ospreay kicks White and then springboard moonsaults White outside. Back in the ring, Ospreay hits the springboard cutter off the ropes on White and scores the pinfall. After the match, Punishment Martinez comes out of nowhere and lays out both Ospreay and White with a choke slam.
Winner: Will Ospreay, by pinfall.

- "ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship, No DQ Match": The Briscoes and Bully Ray (c) vs. Hirooki Goto and Roppongi Vice: The match closes out with Jay unloading on Goto, but RPG make the save, delivering knees on Jay. Mark is in and lands a Pele Kick, a rolling DVD and goes for the Froggie Bow. Beretta stops it from happening and a corner pyramid is formed. Mark and Bully counter the pyramid and deliver double doomsday devices. Bully and The Briscoes hit Whazzz Up on Goto and then a table is set up in the ring. Bully grabs Beretta and power bombs him through the table. Romero gets laid out with the 3D and Bully and The Briscoes score the pinfall to retain their titles.
Winners: The Briscoes and Bully Ray, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship.

- "ROH Television Championship Match": "The Villain" Marty Scurll (c) vs. "Reborn" Matt Sydal: The match closes out with Scurll hitting a brain buster on Sydal, goes for the Chicken Wing submission, but Sydal escapes. Sydal attempts a standing moonsault, but Scurll breaks Sydal's fingers. Sydal counters the Chicken Wing submission again and gets a near fall hurricanrana. Scurll tries a third attempt at the Chicken Wing submission, but Sydal again counters and gets a near fall underhook driver. Scurll blocks the 450 Splash from Sydal with his knees up and is able to finally lock in the Chicken Wing submission for the tap out win to retain his title. 
Winner: Marty Scurll, by submission, to retain the ROH Television Championship.

- "ROH World Tag Team Championship Match": The Young Bucks (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito and Bushi: The match closes out with Matt countering Destino and Bushi countering the Meltzer Driver. Bushi spits green mist in Matt's eyes blinding him. Matt starts blindly super kicking everyone, even hitting his brother Nick and the referee. Matt clears his vision with water as Naito goes for Destino again. Nick makes the save and hits a Swanton Bomb on Naito. Both teams trade more offense and near falls until The Bucks finally hit the Meltzer Driver to score the pinfall and retain their titles.
Winners: The Young Bucks, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship.

- Adam Cole vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: The match closes out with Cole countering the High Fly Flow and hits The Last Shot for a near fall. Cole hits Tanahashi with his own version of High Fly Flow and gets another near fall. Tanahashi counters The Last Shot and drills a super kick on Cole. Tanahashi goes to the top rope and leaps off, but eats a mid air super kick from Cole on the way down. Cole hits a running knee and gets another near fall. Tanahashi counters The Last Shot and hits a suplex on Cole. Tanahashi finally hits the High Fly Flow on Cole and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi,  by pinfall.

- Adam Cole's Farewell: After the match, Cole receives the traditional streamer toss and gets the "Thank You Adam" chants from the crowd. Cole has been rumored to be leaving ROH for NXT and this was Cole's last ROH pay per view appearance. The Young Bucks hit the ring and tease a super kick attack on Cole, but laugh and hug Cole instead. The lights suddenly go out in the building and Kenny Omega appears on the big screen. Omega mocks Cole's farewell and is highly disappointed in The Bucks for going along with this considering Cole tried to fire The Bucks from The Bullet Club last month. Omega fires Cole from The Bullet Club, calls Cole's tenure in ROH and in The Bullet Club storied and in every story the story has a hero and.........a villain. The camera pans out and reveals "The Villain" Marty Scurll sitting beside Omega. The lights pop back on in the arena and Marty Scurll is inside the ring. Scurll opens his umbrella and reveals The Bullet Club logo on it as The Bucks turn and drill Cole with double superkicks. Scurll reveals that he's wearing a Bullet Club t-shirt as he hits Cole in the head with his umbrella. The Bucks then plant the kiss of death on Cole's cheeks, tell him goodbye and leave Cole laying. 

- "ROH World Championship, Triple Threat Match": Christopher Daniels (c) vs. "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes vs. Jay Lethal: The match closes out with Lethal and Cody trading strikes. Cody gets tossed into Daniels, who flies off the apron and through a table outside. Cody low blows Lethal, but misses the Beautiful Disaster Kick after Lethal hits a cutter on Cody in mid air and gets a near fall. Lethal goes for the Lethal Injection, but Cody counters with Cross Rhodes and gets a near fall. Cody traps Lethal in a figure four leg lock and it looks like Lethal is about to tap out. Daniels returns and nails the Best Moonsault Ever on Cody and scores the pinfall to retain his title, while Lethal was still trapped in the figure four leg lock.
Winner: Christopher Daniels, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Championship. 

- New Signee: ROH announced the signing of Travis “Flip” Gordon to an ROH contract. Gordon made his mark at a ROH tryout camp before getting an opportunity on Ring of Honor television. From there, the high-flying Gordon impressed the ROH Board of Directors and earned a contract.

** Travis "Flip" Gordon Career Highlights:

- Born and raised in Kalispell, Montana.
- Was trained at New England Pro Wrestling Academy.
- Made his wrestling debut in 2015.
- Has competed in NEPWA and Chaotic Wrestling.
- Has yet to win any titles in his career.

*** SHINE ***

** SHINE 42 Recap **
SHINE 42 was live in Ybor City, Florida. The main event of the show saw LaFisto defend her SHINE World Championship against Leva Bates.

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- Dementia D'Rose defeated Aja Perera, by pinfall, in a Sparkle Showcase Match.

- Maria Maria defeated Dynamite DiDi by pinfall, with a Gory Bomb.

- Kiera Hogan defeated Priscilla Kelly, by pinfall, with a lateral press, after Aria Blake and Candy Cartwright interfered and hit DDT's.

- ACR defeated Lindsay Snow, by pinfall, with a roundhouse kick.

- Aerial Monroe defeated Aria Blake, by pinfall, with Dirty Dancing.

- "SHINE Tag Team Championship Match": Las Sicarias (Ivelisse and Mercedes Martinez) defeated Gabi Castrovinci and Santana Garrett, by pinfall, with a high kick and a victory roll, to win the SHINE Tag Team Championship.

- Allysin Kay defeated Chelsea Green, by pinfall, with a counter Stunner on a dive.

- Renee Michelle defeated Candy Cartwright, by DQ, when Aria Blake and Kiera Hogan attack Renee. Aerial Monroe and Priscilla Kelly make the save. An impromptu tag match is made after a challenge is thrown out by Aerial.

- "Six Woman Tag Team Match": Aerial Monroe, Priscilla Kelly and Renee Michelle defeated Aria Blake, Candy Cartwright and Kiera Hogan, by pinfall, with a lateral press from Kelly onto Hogan.

- It's announced that a new title is being created for SHINE and it will be called the Nova Championship. The first champion will be crowned in Ybor City over two days on July 13th and July 14th.

- "SHINE World Championship Match": LuFisto (c) defeated Leva Bates, by pinfall, with the Burning Hammer to retain her Shine World Championship.

*** CZW ***

- Sami Callihan Takes Over Creative Team: Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Sami Callihan recently took over CZW's creative team to help lead them into the future. Sources stated that Callihan and his team will be handling creative/promotional decisions from now on, while CZW Prez DJ Hyde will focus on managing all the back-end business aspects of the company.

*** 5 Star Wrestling ***

- 5 Star Wants CM Punk: The Sun reported this past week that 5 Star Wrestling promoter Daniel Hinkles is offering $1 million to former WWE Champion CM Punk to make a return to the ring for 5 Star Wrestling's 128-man tournament that begins on June 10th in Liverpool, England. Hinkles stated the following. 

“We’ve been trying to contact CM Punk on and off for well over a year. We wanted him on the first show we did in Edinburgh in 2015. I’ve tried going through friends in the industry, I’ve gone through his website and sent dozens of emails but the opportunity has never been this big. We want to offer CM Punk $1 million dollars (£770,000) to come and join the 5 Star Wrestling tour starting June 10th. It’s a genuine offer. We’d love to hear back from the man himself. We want to do this with him.”

Punk who hasn't been apart of the wrestling world since 2014 is currently signed under UFC and is actually training for his second fight, but nothing has been announced.

*** Other ***

- Shelly Martinez Retires: Former WWE and ECW diva Shelly Martinez announced this week that she is officially retiring from all of professional wrestling  

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!