Weekend 3 Count 3/26/17

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, 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

*** WWE ***

- The Usos Win Gold: In case you missed Smackdown Live this past Tuesday, The Usos defeated American Alpha to become the new WWE Smackdown Live World Tag Team Champions.

- Finn Balor Update: The WWE Universe has anxiously been awaiting the return of Finn Balor ever since it was announced that Balor has been cleared to wrestle. Recent updates, however, now are saying that we may not see the return of The Demon King until the RAW after Wrestlemania, which leaves Balor off the biggest event of the year.

- Naomi Update: Naomi's father recently tweeted out this week that Naomi should be back in time for Wrestlemania 33 and has been on the DL with a sprained ACL. Naomi had to vacate her WWE Smackdown Live Women's Championship a few weeks back due to the injury.

- Kurt Angle Update: Kurt Angle was interviewed this week and stated that WWE have huge plans for Angle coming up after his induction into the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame. Angle wouldn't say what those plans were, but he did say that they will be un-wrestling related at the moment. There have been rumors circulating that Angle may take over as the new RAW General Manager after Mick Foley leaves to have hip surgery. Angle also said that Vince McMahon and Triple H may let Angle get a few more matches in sometime in the future.

- Diamond Dallas Page's Inductor Announced: WWE announced this past week that Eric Bischoff will induct Diamond Dallas Page into this year's WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017 during Wrestlemania 33 weekend.

- Beth Phoenix's Inductor Announced: WWE announced this past week that Nattie Neidhart will induct Beth Phoenix into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017 during Wrestlemania 33 weekend.

- Rock and Roll Express' Inductor Announced: WWE announced this week that former WWE manager Jim Cornette will induct Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017. Cornette had a major feud with the R&R Express in NWA in the 80's with his clients The Midnight Express.

- WWE Make Contract Offer To The Hardy Boys: This past week WWE reportedly offered new contracts to Matt and Jeff Hardy, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet. As of right now rumors are that all signs are pointing to an inevitable return. The Hardys are currently under a short term ROH contract and are the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions. The Hardys are also currently in a legal battle with Impact Wrestling over the likeness to their "Broken" gimmick. Impact Wrestling reportedly wants a percentage of any deal that the Hardys make using the likeness, which was the brainchild of Matt Hardy, although it first debuted on Impact television.

- Hardy Boys Contract Update: A day after the announcement of contract talks with the Hardy Boys were announced, a contract update was released. Rumors were stating that The Hardys were in the "When" they will return to WWE and not "If" they will return talks. One major obligation The Hardy's are looking to have in their contracts are a part time schedule, as they don't want to be on a full time travelling schedule again.

- WWE Talking With ROH: Sources are saying that WWE is in the early stages of talking with Sinclair Broadcast Group on a possible buyout of Ring of Honor Wrestling. WWE's plan is to show past ROH footage and pay per views in their vault on WWE Network and broadcast ROH's weekly TV show on the WWE Network.

- Wrestlemania Axxess: WWE announced this week that they will have talent from PROGRESS Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling at this year's Wrestlemania Axxess shows the weekend of Wrestlemania 33. Wrestlemania Axxess will also have NXT and 205 Live talent at the shows. As of now the list of PROGRESS and ICW wrestlers appearing are: Jimmy Havoc, Mark Haskins, TK Cooper, Travis Banks, Dahlia Black, Toni Storm and Jinny. WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate, PROGRESS Champion Pete Dunne and ICW Champion Trent Seven.

- WWE Badd Blood Returning: WWE announced this week that they will be bringing back the Badd Blood pay per view for a July event for RAW.

- AJ Styles' Original Wrestlemania 33 Opponent: Shawn Michaels was recently on The Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast and broke the news that he was asked to work with AJ Styles at Wrestlemania 33 and turned it down. Michaels stated the following on the podcast:

"I guess I'm breaking something with you and I don't even know if I should but look, I mean, I could have had that match. They did not have an opponent for AJ at Wrestlemania. It was just something 'hey, we don't have anybody to work with him and everybody would like to see you guys, are you interested?' And I said 'look, I wish that young man was here 10 years ago, man. I honestly do. I think he's very talented.' But I think him and Shane will have a pretty decent match."

- Conor McGregor Will Not Be At Wrestlemania 33: WWE have been working hard to land the Irish UFC Fighter for a Wrestlemania 33 special appearance, however, McGregor has stated that he will not be at the sports entertainment's version of the Super Bowl. McGregor is focusing only on boxing at the moment and getting his challenge to Floyd Mayweather locked down for this year. Many wrestling fans were hoping for a McGregor appearance after making insults about the wrestling industry and how scripted it is.

- Can Paige Bounce Back From All The Negatives In Her Career Right Now?: The past two weeks the most talked about wrestler in the WWE has been Paige, unfortunately it hasn't been good press. Paige is currently involved in the latest hacking of celebrities, as personal sex tapes were leaked with her in the act with past WWE superstar Brad Maddox and current WWE superstar Xavier Woods. One question that is on everyone's mind right now is "Should the WWE continue with Paige on their roster?"

This hasn't been Paige's only hiccup with the WWE, as she's had other problems in the past that has raised the WWE's eye. Last year, while fighting a nagging neck injury which ended up requiring surgery, Paige was busted twice for failing the WWE Wellness Policy. Paige and her family were very vocal about the suspension on Twitter, accusing the WWE doctors of knowing about the medication she was taking for her injury. Throughout the year, her father, brother and mother have each taken turns publicly criticizing the WWE leader for one reason or another every chance they get.

Paige then began dating Alberto Del Rio, which immediately caught heat with everyone, as everyone claimed that Del Rio would only continue to ruin Paige's career more. And now that brings us to the current sex tapes that were leaked out. With all the negative press that Paige has been attracting, the fact of the matter is should WWE consider letting Paige go? Can Paige bounce back from all of these set backs that have ruined her career the past two years?

** 205 Live Recap **
This week WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville battled Mustafa Ali in the main event.

1.) Backstage, WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville says he's fighting Mustafa Ali tonight to prove to the locker room that he annihilates anyone that dares to step up to the King of the Cruiserweights.

2.) TJ Perkins vs. Tony Nese: The match closes out with Nese nailing a dropkick on Perkins, but Perkins comes back and goes to the top rope. Nese moves, forcing Perkins to jump down and then goes for the Detonation Kick. Nese counters and german suplexes Perkins head first into the exposed steel turnbuckle. Nese then hits Running Kneese on Perkins and scores the pinfall.

3.) Backstage, Drew Gulak appears dressed in a suit and tie. Gulak apologizes for his outburst last week, but says there is a problem in 205 Live like he said last week. Gulak says the problem isn't the wrestlers, it's the fans who demand high spot maneuvers every week. Gulak says he has a solution to this problem.

4.) Akira Tozawa vs. A Local Talent: Tozawa makes quick work of the local, hits the snap german suplex and scores the pinfall. After the match, Tozawa demands Brian Kendrick to come out. Kendrick doesn't appear so Tozawa says he'll go find Kendrick than. Tozawa gets jumped from behind by a security guard that is really Kendrick in disguise. Kendrick beats Tozawa down and says that this is yet another lesson for Tozawa to learn.

5.) Backstage, Noam Dar and Rich Swann mock each other and agree to a match next week.

6.) Austin Aries Promo: Aries says he's out for an interview tonight, but instead of interviewing his guest Neville like originally planned, he decided to interview himself instead. Aries says that Neville has been right that Aries isn't on Neville's level because Aries is above the Neville level, on the A Double level. Neville interrupts and heads out for his match against Mustafa Ali as Aries goes to commentary.

7.) Mustafa Ali vs. Neville: The match closes out with Neville hitting a top rope release german suplex on Ali, laying Ali out. Neville drags Ali to the outside and swings Ali right into the ring post, right in front of Austin Aries, sending Aries a message. Neville stares down Aries, while holding Ali’s lifeless body at the commentary table. Neville tosses Ali into the ring, locks in the Rings of Saturn submission and wins by tap out. The show ends with Neville holding his WWE Cruiserweight Championship and staring down Aries.

*** NXT ***

- Shinsuke Nakamura Added To The UK Tour: Shinsuke Nakamura announced this past Monday that he will be in fact touring with NXT for their United Kingdom Tour this spring. Many were speculating that Nakamura would make his main roster debut the night after Wrestlemania. After this announcement, Nakamura is expected to be apart of NXT a little bit longer now.

- More NXT On The Network: Can't get enough of NXT? Well now you'll get more. WWE announced this week that they are adding more NXT episodes from 2012 and 2013 to the WWE Network. Now you'll get an even closer look at Triple H's brain child as it slowly began to develop into what it is today. Check out NXT's early days with Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Ethan Carter III aka Derrick Bateman, Kassius Ohno and more. 

- Top 10 NXT Superstars That Should've Been NXT World Champion: A top 10 list was recently posted this week of 10 former NXT superstars that felt should've been an NXT World Champion before jumping to the main roster or leaving the company all together. Looking at this list I probably disagree with 50% of the names chosen, but that's just my opinion. Here is the Top 10 names listed.

#10: Baron Corbin
#9: Curtis Axel
#8: CJ Parker
#7: Solomon Crowe
#6: Austin Aries
#5: Tye Dillinger
#4: Kalisto
#3: Tyson Kidd
#2: Tyler Breeze
#1: Apollo Crews

*** Impact Wrestling ***

** Impact Wrestling Recap **
The "She" that is running the company finally reveals herself. Tag team action took place this week as Impact Wrestling gets ready to crown new tag team champions next week.

1.) Davey Richards vs. Suicide: The match closes out with Richards hitting a suplex and then a running forearm on Suicide. Richards ends up connecting with a side kick to the head of Suicide and scores the pinfall.

2.) Backstage, Konnan says last week was just a warning, LAX are marksmen and never miss their targets. Konnan brings up The Hardy's, without name dropping them, taking his tag team titles out of Mexico last month and plans on LAX taking Impact Wrestling's in return.

3.) Backstage, a drunk Laurel Van Ness still in her wedding dress claims to be fine, then bursts into tears and says she's not fine. Laurel blames everyone including Maria Bennett and Sienna. Sienna arrives and tells Laurel the real enemies are Allie and Braxton Sutter and to go clean herself up.

4.) Idris Abraham, Fallah Bahh and Mario Bokara vs. Mahabali Shera, The Laredo Kid and Garza Jr.: The match closes out with Shera getting the hot tag and unloads on everyone. Shera hits Bahh with a Sky High and then follows that up with another Sky High on Bokara for the pinfall.

5.) The Decay vs. Reno Scum: The match closes out with Luster tossing Abyss into the steel steps. Crazzy Steve grabs Thornstowe and Rosemary spits mist. Thornstowe dodges the mist and it blinds Steve instead. Luster press slams Rosemary on top of Abyss outside. Reno Scum hit a double foot stomp on Steve to score the pinfall.

6.) Bobby Lashley Backstage Interview: Lashley talks about his career, how he almost made the 2004 Olympic Team, how he was in the military during that time, how he was robbed and assaulted while training for the Olympics and $40,000 was taken from him. Lashley says after that he's had a huge chip on his shoulder and changed the person he is today.

7.) "Impact Grand Championship Match": Moose (c) vs. Eli Drake: The match never happens as Cody Rhodes appears and attacks Moose from behind. Cody lays Moose out with Cross Rhodes and holds up Moose’s title as Impact Medical attend to Moose.

8.) LAX vs. The DCC: The match closes out with Storm fighting off LAX alone and nails a lung blower on Santana. Storm goes for The Last Call, but Ortiz grabs Storm's leg. Kingston goes after Ortiz, but accidentally hits Storm in the process. Santana and Ortiz hit a double team flapjack on Storm and score the pinfall. After the match, Storm and Kingston argue with each other and start shoving each other. Storm tells Kingston and Bram that he doesn't need their crap anymore because he's The Cowboy.

9.) Backstage, Braxton Sutter says he heard the threats that Sienna and Laurel Van Ness made against him and Allie. Sutter says he'll do whatever it takes to protect Allie.

10.) ODB vs. Rebel: The match closes out with Rebel irritated with referee Earl Hebner's slow count. Rebel tries to slap Hebner, but he blocks it and kisses Rebel. ODB hits a fall away slam and goes for her flask, but Hebner grabs it and takes a swig from it. ODB kisses Hebner, hits the TKO on Rebel and scores the pinfall.

11.) Bobby Lashley vs. Jake Holmes: Easy squash match for Lashley, who toys with Holmes until finally hitting the spear for the pinfall.

12.) Karen Jarrett Promo: Karen is revealed as the "She" running the company. Karen says the Jarretts had a lot to do with Impact being successful in the past, Impact had changed so much since the last time the Jarretts were in charge and the Jarretts will bring Impact Wrestling back to the great company that it once was. Ethan Carter interrupts, praises everyone and the fans, considers himself a leader of the locker room, claims to be the only great superstar that Impact has created and says he's on board with making Impact great again......but not for the Jarretts, for the Carters. Commentator Josh Mathews interrupts and rips into Karen about Bruce Prichard, Dutch Mantell and Jeremy Borash being stooges. Mathews makes fun of the fans and says the only reason they're here is because they couldn't afford a ticket. Mathews says his wife Madison Rayne has been put on the back burner and has been completely ignored by Impact Wrestling. Mathews says it'll only be a matter of time before the Jarretts screw things up and will be gone from Impact Wrestling again, but this time permanently. Karen slaps Mathews, which sends him flying to the mat. Impact ends with Karen and Mathews staring each other down.

- Impact Wrestling and AAA Mexico Make A Deal: Impact Wrestling and Anthem announced this week that a deal has been worked out with the Lucha Libre style promotion AAA in Mexico for both companies to work together in the future.

- Reby Hardy Continues Her War With Impact Wrestling: Just when you thought the current war between Reby Hardy and Impact Wrestling couldn't get anymore interesting...Reby Hardy returns. This past week, Reby Hardy made it well known that Impact Wrestling never once had her son Maxel included in The Hardy's contracts, which would be breaking child labor laws, as Maxel appeared on many occasions and even "wrestled" for the company. Reby Hardy is accusing the company of breaking television child labour laws by employing the services of her son, Maxel Hardy, without signing any legal documents that’d permit the company to use him as an on-screen character. We're still waiting for Impact Wrestling to respond.

*** RING OF HONOR ***

** ROH TV Recap **
The main feud advertised for this week was Lio Rush battling Kenny King, after Rush refused to join King and The Rebellion. The Top Prospect Tournament continued and Jay Briscoe battled Jay White in the main event.

1.) Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser vs. Will Ferrara and Cheeseburger: The match closes out with Bruiser delivering a frog splash on Ferrara and scoring the pinfall.

2.) "Top Prospect Tournament First Round Match": Josh Woods vs. Chris LeRusso: The match closes out with Woods getting the pinfall victory and advancing to the next round.

3.) Lio Rush vs. Kenny King: The match closes out with Rush hitting a frog splash on King and gets a near fall. King comes back and hits the TKO on Rush for a near fall. King ends up hitting the Royal Flush on Rush and scores the pinfall. After the match, Rush gets beat down by The Rebellion. Shane Taylor hits the ring to help Rush, but pulls a swerve, joins The Rebellion and helps beat Rush down. 

4.) Jay Briscoe vs. Jay White: The match closes out with Briscoe taking off White's head with a lariat and scores the pinfall to end the show.

- ROH Wrestlers Possibly Leaving The Company Soon: Wrestling Observer Newsletter recently reported that there is a list of wrestlers that have currently left ROH or their contracts are expiring soon and may be on their way out of ROH. The following are the names that dropped:

** The Broken Hardy's: According to sources they only signed on until April 1st. Rumors have already begun that the Hardys might be signing with the WWE and might be at Wrestlemania 33 on April 2nd.
** ROH World Champion Adam Cole: Rumors have said that Cole has already shown interest in jumping to the WWE when his contract expires soon.
** Bobby Fish: Fish announced that he is opening up his options to other independent companies.
** Lio Rush, Donovan Dijak, and Kyle O’Reilly all have departed from ROH. Out of the three, O'Reilly has been the only name that has been brought up as a possible future WWE signing.

*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***

** New Japan Cup Night #7 Recap **
Night #7 was upon us with the Semi-Finals to the New Japan Cup Tournament. EVIL battled Bad Luck Fale and Tomohiro Ishii battled Katsuyori Shibata. Which two wrestlers would move on to the Finals on Night #8 and battle for the New Japan Cup Trophy?

1.) "Six Man Tag Team Match": Hirai Kawato, Katsuya Kitamura and Yuji Nagata vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson and Yomoyuki Oka: The match closes out with Robinson hitting Pulp Friction on Kitamura and scoring the pinfall.

2.) Jado and Gedo vs. Taka Michinoku and El Desperado: The match closes out with Jado dropping Michinoku with the draping DDT and scoring the pinfall.

3.) "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki: The match closes out with Suzuki locking in a sleeper on Tiger Mask and then turning it into a Gotch Piledriver for the pinfall.

4.) "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi: The match closes out with Taguchi scoring the pinfall with the La Magistral cradle.

5.) "Eight Man Tag Team Match": YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa: The match closes out with Okada delivering the Rainmaker on Takahashi and scoring the pinfall.

6.) "New Japan Cup Semi-Finals Match": EVIL vs. Bad Luck Fale: The match closes out with EVIL countering the Grenade and BUSHI trying to interfere. BUSHI spits mist in Fale’s face, allowing EVIL to unload a series of clotheslines. Tama Tonga grabs the referee and pulls him to the floor. BUSHI unloads on Tonga and they brawl backstage. EVIL counters the Bad Luck Fall, but gets dropped with a Fale STO instead. EVIL sneaks a super kick in on Fale, but EVIL gets drilled with a Fale lariat. Fale hits the Grenade, follows that with the Bad Luck Fall, scores the pinfall and advances to the Finals.

7.) "New Japan Cup Semi-Finals Match": Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata: The match closes out with Ishii unloading kicks, but then gets drilled by a Shibata enziguri. Shibata applies a sleeper on Ishii and after Ishii tries to fight out of it, Shibata hits a sleeper suplex. Shibata hits the PK and follows up with a drop kick for a near fall. Ishii comes back with a big lariat on Shibata and gets a near fall. Shibata takes a headbutt, but comes back with some strikes and then goes back to the sleeper. Ishii tries to fight it, but Shibata hits another PK and then goes right back to the sleeper again. Shibata cinches the sleeper, applies a body lock on Ishii and puts Ishii to sleep for the win. Shibata advances to the Finals.

** New Japan Cup Night #8 Recap **
The Finals of the New Japan Cup have finally arrived, after a grueling week long tournament. The final two have come down to Katsuyori Shibata and Bad Luck Fale in the Finals. Which man will walk out the 2017 New Japan Cup Winner?

1.) Yomoyuki Oka vs. Hirai Kawato: The match closes out with Oka dropping Kawato with a shoulder block and then trades punches with him. Kawato gets a near fall small package on Oka when the bell suddenly rings. Both men have gone to a ten minute time limit draw, but continue to brawl with each other after the match.

2.) "Six Man Tag Team Match": Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger and David Finlay vs. Takashi Iizuka, Taka Michinoku and El Desperado: The match closes out with Tiger's team working over Michinoku. Finlay hits a Stunner and picks up the pinfall for the win.

3.) Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuya Kitamura and Yuji Nagata: The match closes out with Kojima and Tenzan attempting the TenKoji Cutter, but Nagata counters with an Xploder. Kojima hits the Koji Cutter on Kitamura, but Nagata stops the pinfall. Nagata gets taken care of and then Kojima hits a lariat on Kitamura to score the pinfall.

4.) "Six Man Tag Team Match": Hirooki Goto, Jado and Gedo vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru: The match closes out with Gedo landing a low blow on Kanemaru and then lays out Taichi with a microphone stand. Jado locks Taichi in a crossface submission and gets the tap out victory.

5.) "Ten Man Tag Team Match": Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, Juice Robinson and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and EVIL: The match closes out with Robinson getting a near fall on Naito with a jackhammer. Naito counters Pulp Friction and lands a low blow on Robinson. Naito hits Destino on Robinson and scores the pinfall.

6.) "Eight Man Tag Team Match": YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga and Tanga Roa: The match closes out with Ishii taking out Takahashi and Omega. Roa counters out of Okada's Rainmaker, but eats an Okada drop kick instead. HASHI lays out Omega as Okada hits the Rainmaker on Roa to score the pinfall.

7.) "New Japan Cup Finals Match": Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale: The match closes out with Shibata unloading kicks on Fale. Fale returns fire and drops Shibata with a lariat and a running splash for a near fall. Fale hits the Grenade, but Shibata kicks out at two and a half. Fale goes for the Bad Luck Fall, but Shibata leaps onto Fale’s back and applies the sleeper. Fale escapes with a side slam, but Shibata quickly gets up and drills Fale with a lariat. Shibata unloads a fury of kicks and then reapplies the sleeper. Fale is about to go out when Shibata releases the sleeper. Shibata hits a half conscious Fale with the PK and scores the pinfall. Katsuyori Shibata is the 2017 New Japan Cup Winner!

- IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match Announced: Immediately after the 2017 New Japan Cup winner was crowned, NJPW announced their main event for April's Sakura Genesis Show. Kazuchika Okada will defend his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against the New Japan Cup Winner Katsuyori Shibata.

*** AAW ***

** Homecoming Recap **
The main event of the show saw AAW World Champion Sami Callihan defend his title against independent wrestling icon and former Impact Wrestling X Division Champion Low-Ki. New AAW World Tag Team Champions were crowned. The show also included Impact Wrestling's Abyss, Impact Wrestling's Homicide, Impact Wrestling's DJ Z, former WWE and Impact Wrestling's Drew Galloway, ROH's ACH, Lucha Underground's Pentagon Jr., Impact Wrestling's Trevor Lee and many more independent wrestling greats.

1.) "AAW World Tag Team Tournament Semi-Finals Match": Jake Crist and Dave Crist [OI4K] defeated Chuck Taylor and Trent [Best Friends], by pinfall, to advance to the Finals of the tag team tournament.

2.) "No DQ Match": Abyss defeated Homicide, by pinfall.

3.) Drew Galloway defeated DJ Z, by pinfall.

4.) AR Fox defeated Shane Strickland, by pinfall, in Strickland’s debut with AAW.

5.) "AAW Heritage Championship Match": Pentagon Jr. defeated ACH, to win the AAW Heritage Championship. 

6.) "AAW World Tag Team Tournament Semi-Finals Match": Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz defeated Davey Vega and Matt Fitchett [Besties in the World], to advance to the Finals of the tag team tournament.

7.) The “Iron Manager” JT Davidson dared Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz to face his clients Jack and Dave Crist right now in the Finals of the tournament. Xavier and Wentz accept, get attacked from behind by the Crist brothers and the Finals are happening now.

8.) "AAW World Tag Team Tournament Finals Championship Match": Jake Crist and Dave Crist [OI4K] defeated Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz in a quick squash match, to win the AAW World Tag Team Championship.

9.) Rey Fenix defeated Trevor Lee.

10.) Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kyle O’Reilly.

11.) "AAW World Championship Match": Sami Callihan defeated Low-Ki, to retain the title. Lots of controversy in this match. Low-Ki fought off JT Davidson and Abyss from interfering. Callihan tosses powder in Low-Ki's eyes, blinding him. Abyss hits a choke slam off the top rope on Low-Ki which seals the win for Callihan.

*** Other ***

- Jan Ross Passes Away: This past Wednesday, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross suffered a major tragedy in his family. JR's wife Jan Ross was struck by a car why riding home from the gym on her scooter. Jan suffered major skull fractures, was placed on life support and later passed away. Deepest Condolences to one of the greatest commentators of my generation.

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 8.21.16 #WWE #NXT #TNA #ROH #NJPW

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 and recaps involving WWE, NXT, TNA, ROH, Lucha Underground, GFW, NJPW, House of Hardcore and any Indy promotion that I find an interesting story or a cool discovery in. Be sure to check out the W3C every Sunday at @TripleThreatCLE. 

*** WWE ***

- Alberto Del Rio Suspended: WWE announced this past Wednesday that Alberto Del Rio (Jose Rodriguez) has been suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE Talent Wellness Policy.

- Paige Suspended: WWE announced this past Wednesday that Paige (Saraya-Jade Bevis) has been suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE Talent Wellness Policy. Many find it a coincidence that both Paige and Alberto Del Rio were suspended for the same reasons considering they have been dating the past couple months.

- Eva Marie Suspended: WWE announced this past Thursday that Eva Marie (Natalie Coyle) has been suspended for 30 days for violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.

- Eva Marie's Husband Speaks Out: After the suspension of Eva Marie was announced, Eva's husband Jonathan Coyle made a comment on Twitter that stated that once the wrestling world finds out why Eva was suspended we'd all be outraged. Coyle quickly deleted the comment, possibly realizing he could be jeopardizing Eva's career if he went public with anything negative against the WWE.

- How RAW Almost Didn't Happen: Last Monday, RAW took place at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Due to horrible weather the arena lost power for most of the afternoon and there was fear that the lights weren't coming back on anytime soon. The lights did return by mid-afternoon and RAW was scheduled to continue as planned. Backstage interviewer Tom Phillips said that during the power outage the WWE makeup team were working on the Superstars by candlelight.

- RAW Intruder Arrested: Last Monday on RAW during Seth Rollins' promo, a fan jumped the barricade and entered the ring. The gentleman got in Rollins' face and was shoved away by Rollins as WWE security tackled the fan. TMZ has identified the man as 23 year old Edward Ferrero. Ferrero was arrested and charged with assault and criminal trespassing, according to the Corpus Christi Police. Ferrero bit one of the WWE security guards who took him down. The officer did not require medical attention. Fans on social media have reported seeing the man rambling before the show outside of the arena, appearing to be very unstable.

- Vince McMahon Sells Stock: WWE CEO Vince McMahon sold 1.547 million shares of WWE stock for purposes of estate planning this past Wednesday. The sale price was not revealed, however, WWE stock closed at $20.97. If you were to use that price, the sale would net McMahon over $32.44 million.

- Dean Ambrose Catching Backstage Heat: According to Dave Meltzer and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose may be catching some backstage heat from his recent appearance on the Steve Austin Show. The heat is being said to stem from his negativity toward creative, and being negative on creative means being negative on Triple H and Vince McMahon. WWE Officials also were not happy about Ambrose publicly talking about how Brock Lesnar didn't want to do anything for their match at WrestleMania 32.

- Cesaro Heading To Smackdown Live?: Last week it was reported that there might be a possibility that Kevin Owens gets traded to Smackdown Live and Randy Orton gets traded to RAW. This week there is talk of Cesaro possibly being traded to Smackdown Live as well. Cesaro has been in a storyline on RAW currently with Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon, with them mentioning how Cesaro wanted to be drafted to Smackdown Live. This may actually be the beginning stages of a future trade to Smackdown Live for Cesaro.

- Curt Hawkins Returning: This past Tuesday on Smackdown Live, it was made official that Curt Hawkins would be returning. Hawkins has a new gimmick that resembles Chuck Norris Facts. For example Curt Hawkins can count to infinity...twice. Curt Hawkins can slam a revolving door.

- Nikki Bella Cleared To Wrestle: Nikki Bella announced on Instagram this week that her doctor has marked her neck surgery as a success and has officially cleared Nikki to be able to wrestle again.

- Smackdown Live's First PPV: Tickets officially go on sale this weekend for Smackdown Live's first solo pay per view. WWE No Mercy will take place at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California on Sunday, October 9th.

- CM Punk Comments On The Conor McGregor Incident: The past few weeks UFC's Conor McGregor has been making negative comments toward the wrestling business, WWE in general. McGregor has been calling WWE and it's wrestlers a joke that he could defeat easily in a real life fight. McGregor's comments lit a fire under the wrestling world, as guys like Ric Flair, Kurt Angle and Roman Reigns quickly defended their business. Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk was reached to give his comments on the whole situation and Punk stated that he thinks McGregor's comments were all a work. Punk stated that Conor was just being Conor and seeing how much of a scene he could make out of the situation. Punk stated the following:

"I think the thing that shocked me the most about what Conor said was the number of people who work there who responded to him who should know better. I don’t feel they got worked, they got worked. Ric Flair, c’mon. Just stop. Just knock it off."

- Brock Lesnar Finally Comments On Conor McGregor: Brock Lesnar finally gave his opinion on Conor McGregor's comments towards him two weeks ago. Lesnar stated the following:

I take s**ts bigger than that kid, alright? I know you guys all play f**king video games and you live in this false sense of reality and s**t. I'm two hundred and f**king ninety pounds, alright? This guy's a hundred and forty five pounds if he's lucky and gets up and eats his f**king Wheaties, ok? If Conor McGregor wants to say some s**t to me, and get his name out there more than he already has by dropping my name, I got f**king about ten words for him. Come here, face to face Conor, and say it to my face. Otherwise leave me and the f**king WWE out of it, because I came to your arena and kicked ass. Now, if you want, and if you're so f**king tough, come to our arena and try and kick some ass. Now, get the f**k out of here!"

- Kota Ibushi News: Kota Ibushi announced to the Japanese media that he has turned down a full time deal offered by WWE. Ibushi stated that he may continue wrestling for WWE, but that his dream is to become the most famous wrestler in the world. Ibushi confirmed that he will continue wrestling in Japan.

- Cruiserweight Classic Episode #6 Recap: Second Round action in the tournament continued this week.
-- Akira Tozawa defeated Jack Gallagher, by pinfall, with a deadlift german suplex.
-- Noam Dar defeated HoHo Lun, by submission, with a kneebar submission.
-- Brian Kendrick defeated Tony Nese, by submission, with the Bully Choke submission.

*** WWE Summer Slam Card ***
- "WWE Universal Championship Match": Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
- "WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match": Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
- "WWE Intercontinental Championship Match": The Miz (c) vs. Apollo Crews
- "WWE United States Championship Match": Rusev (c) vs. Roman Reigns
- "WWE World Tag Team Championship Match": The New Day (c) vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
- "WWE Women's Championship Match": Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte
- Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton
- John Cena vs. AJ Styles
- Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens vs. Enzo and Big Cass
- "Best of Seven Series, Match #1": Sheamus vs. Cesaro
- "Six Women Tag Team Match": Becky Lynch, Carmella and Naomi vs. Nattie Neidhart, Alexa Bliss and Eva Marie
- The Dudley Boys vs. Neville and Sami Zayn
- "12 Man Tag Team Match": The Ascension, The Vaudevillains, Tyler Breeze and Fandango vs. The Usos, American Alpha and The Hype Bros

- Summer Slam Recap: If you can't catch tonight's WWE pay per view, be sure to check out my recap Monday afternoon.

- The Undertaker Possibly Returning At Summer Slam?: Though nothing is official at all, there have been rumors of The Undertaker possibly returning at tonight's Summer Slam to plant seeds for his Wrestlemania 33 match. Right now it is just a huge rumor, as The Undertaker already said Wrestlemania 32 against Shane McMahon was his last match. If and this is a big IF, Taker returns tonight, the rumors are that he will interfere in the John Cena vs. AJ Styles match and set up his WM33 match against Cena.

*** NXT ***

- WWE Wants Shawn Michaels As An NXT Trainer: PWInsider recently stated that WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels was now leading the "finishing class" at the WWE Performance Center after Terry Taylor, who is still with the company, recently had neck surgery. WWE have shown major interest in bringing Michaels in full time to help train new NXT superstars. The main issue is Michaels relocating his family from Texas to Orlando.

- Samoa Joe Interview: This week Forbes did an interview with NXT World Champion Samoa Joe. Joe was asked about Conor McGregor's recent comments on wrestling. Joe said until the day comes when Conor is under a WWE contract he doesn't care what Conor is saying. Joe also stated that he wants Brock Lesnar to defeat Randy Orton because Joe would love to get a shot at Lesnar at Wrestlemania 33. 

- NXT Tour: WWE officially announced that for the first time ever NXT will tour Australia and New Zealand. No dates or locations have been announced yet, but it's official and it will be a first for NXT.

- NXT Release: WWE NXT announced that they have released King Konstantine (Radomir Petkovic) from his deal today. The 29 year old former amateur wrestler from Serbia was signed back in April of 2015 but never made it to TV.

- NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 2 Recap: If you missed the NXT pay per view this past Saturday, be sure to check out my full recap of the show later today.

*** TNA ***
- TNA Impact Recap:
-- Bobby Lashley goes nose to nose with Aron Rex backstage.

-- James Storm demands a rematch against Bobby Lashley. TNA President Billy Corgan says otherwise and says that maybe Storm just can't win the big one. Storm threatens to take apart the company and Corgan brings in TNA Security. Storm hits a security guard with a beer bottle and tells Corgan he's been loyal to TNA unlike guys like AJ Styles and Bobby Roode. Storm threatens to beat up Corgan next time they cross paths. Corgan suspends Storm indefinitely.
-- Moose defeated Eddie Edwards, by pinfall, with his Go To Hell finisher off the top rope.
-- Maria Bennett tells Jade that if she doesn't beat Gail Kim tonight than she'll never get another chance at the TNA Knockouts Championship. Jade wants to attack Maria, but Maria tells her to save it for Gail Kim.
-- Gail Kim defeated Jade, by DQ. Gail hits Eat Defeat on Jade, but Sienna attacks Gail causing the DQ. Sienna lays out Gail with the AK-47 and then lays out Jade with The Silencer. Maria Bennett calls Jade a failure and will never get another title shot.
-- DJ Zema Ion defeated Rockstar Spud, Mandrews and Braxton Sutter, in a fatal four way match. DJZ drops Mandrews with a DDT to score the pinfall.
-- Drew Galloway and Ethan Carter meet face to face and accept the challenge to wrestle a match against each other. Aron Rex interrupts and says this is what everybody wants to see and just to make sure there is a clear cut winner, Rex got TNA Management to make him special guest referee.
-- Eli Drake defeated Mahabali Shera, by pinfall, with the Blunt Force Trauma.

-- Bobby Lashley tells Dixie Carter and Billy Corgan that he wants to unify all three of his titles and become the Undisputed World Champion. Corgan says he can defend them separately, but there will be no unification. Lashley throws down the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and calls it garbage. Lashley throws down the TNA X Division Championship and says the X Division has been destroyed. Dixie calls Lashley disrespectful and Corgan informs Lashley that he'll be defending his TNA World Title against the winner of a battle royal next week.
-- The Hardy Boys defeated The Tribunal, The Helms Dynasty and The BroMans in a Fatal Four Way Tag Team Ladder Match, to become #1 Contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Broken Matt Hardy lands a Side Effect on Trevor Lee onto a ladder. Everett climbs the ladder, but gets missile drop kicked off by Brother Nero. Broken Matt climbs the ladder and grabs the contract for the win.

- TNA Reveals TNA Grand Championship: Last weekend, TNA President Billy Corgan revealed the brand new TNA Grand Championship. Corgan announced that a tournament will be held to crown the first ever champion. The uniqueness of this championship is that it will be defended in matches that will feature MMA style rounds. There will be three rounds that will last three minutes long. If a winner isn't determined after all rounds are fought then there will be a team of judges that'll decide the winner. TNA also announced that the TNA King of the Mountain Championship is being retired and the TNA Grand Championship will replace it.

- James Storm Finished With TNA?: This past week James Storm had a match against Bram, Storm stated that he has finished up with all his commitments to TNA and told the fans he'd see them down the road after he joins up with his good friend. Rumors and speculations have begun that Storm is talking about returning to NXT and joining up with his best friend Bobby Roode.

- Drew Galloway Interview: Former WWE creative writer Kevin Eck of Press Box Online recently interviewed former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Drew Galloway. Galloway talked about his favorite TNA match being against Kurt Angle in his home country of England in Manchester. Galloway also stated that he wouldn't rule out a return to the WWE one day, but he is extremely happy where he is in TNA right now.

*** RING OF HONOR ***
- ROH TV Recap: 
-- Lio Rush defeated Donovan Dijak, by pinfall, with a reversal into a crucifix roll up.
-- Donovan Dijak attacks and beats down Lio Rush. Jay White makes the save for Rush. Kamaitachi hits the ring and joins Dijak in beating down White. ROH Security finally separate everyone.
-- The Cabinet try to take Dalton Castle's Boys for training, but Castle refuses.
-- Keith Lee and Shane Taylor are shown backstage beating down War Machine with steel chairs.
-- Hangman Adam Page insults and calls out Jay Briscoe. Briscoe hits the ring and brawls with Page as ROH Security try to restore order.
-- Nigel McGuinness announces The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice tonight to decide a new #1 contender to The Addiction and the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
-- The Young Bucks defeated Roppongi Vice, by pinfall, to become the #1 contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Beretta hits a running knee on Matt Jackson and covers. Matt counters the pin into his own pin for the win.
-- The Addiction attack and beat down The Young Bucks.
-- Jay Lethal and Adam Cole sign their contract, making their ROH World Championship Match official at Death Before Dishonor. Cole taunts Lethal through the whole segment until Lethal and Cole begin brawling. Lethal landed a low blow on Cole and then tried to cut Cole's hair. The Young Bucks saved Cole and pulled him to safety.

*** Death Before Dishonor 14 Recap ***

-- Donovan Dijak defeated Lio Rush, Jay White and Kamaitachi, in a Fatal Four Way Match, to become #1 Contender to the ROH Television Championship. Rush hit a springboard plancha, taking everyone out. Dijak hits Rush with a boot and then hits Feast Your Eyes for the pinfall.
-- Katsuyori Shibata defeated Silas Young, by pinfall. Shibata nails Young with the PK Kick and scores the pinfall. Young shows respect to Shibata after the match.
-- Chaos defeated The Bullet Club, by pinfall, in a Six Man Tag Team Match. Yano lands a low blow on Takahasi and then rolls him up for the pinfall. After the match, The Bullet Club attack Yano and drop him with Gorilla Warfare. Adam Page joins in and beats down Chaos. Jay Briscoe hits the ring and goes after Page, who rolls outside to escape.
-- "Hangman" Adam Page defeated Jay Briscoe, by pinfall, in an Anything Goes Match. Page hits Rite Of Passage on Briscoe through a table for a near fall. Page chokes Briscoe with his bull rope and hits another Rite Of Passage for the pinfall.
-- Kazuchika Okada defeated Dalton Castle, by pinfall. Okada counters the Bang A Rang and connects with a drop kick. Okada plants Castle with the Rainmaker to score the pinfall.

-- Bobby Fish defeated Mark Briscoe, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Championship. Fish knocks Briscoe off the top rope, hits an exploder suplex and finishes Briscoe with the Falcon Arrow.
-- The Addiction defeated Testuya Naito and EVIL and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin in a Triple Threat Match, to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Tanahashi hits the Sling Blade and the High Fly Flow on EVIL. Tanahashi goes for the pin, but Daniels tags himself in, hits the jack knife power bomb and scores the pinfall.

-- Adam Cole defeated Jay Lethal, by pinfall, to win the ROH World Heavyweight Championship. Cole kicks out of the Lethal Injection. Cole gives Lethal the middle finger before hitting a shining wizard. Cole plants Lethal with a Fireman’s Carry into a Neck Breaker to score the pinfall. After the match, Kyle O’Reilly returns, attacks Cole and plants him with a Brain Buster. O’Reilly poses with the world title to close the show.

- ROH Pledge: This past Monday, Ring Of Honor wrestling announced that they have made a pledge with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). All three promotions will bring their superior blend of styles and athletes found nowhere else in the wrestling world and work together in promoting each others promotions.

- Jay Lethal On The Ross Report With J.R.: This past week ROH World Heavyweight Champion Jay Lethal was on Jim Ross' The Ross Report Podcast. Lethal talked about wanting to work for WWE one day under the right circumstances, wanting to wrestle Chris Jericho at a Wrestlemania, his work in TNA and who he would pick for his personal Mount Rushmore of professional wrestling.

*** LUCHA UNDERGROUND ***

- Season 3 Poster: Lucha Underground have posted the following poster for season three. Season three will debut on September 7th.







*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***

- Kenny Omega Wins G1 Climax Tournament: For the past 26 days, NJPW have been holding their yearly G1 Climax Tournament. Last weekend the finals came down to Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto. The 27 minute main event ended with Omega hitting the One Winged Angel on Goto to score the pinfall and winning the G1 Climax Tournament Title. Omega became the first ever North American and Canadian to win the title. After the match, Omega slapped honor and tradition in the face by refusing to wave the G1 flag in his celebration. Instead, Omega hoisted The Bullet Club flag and waved it. By winning the G1 Climax Tournament Title, Omega has earned himself a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in January.

- Time Bomb Teaser: NJPW ran a cryptic teaser during their G1 Climax Tournament that said "Time Bomb Is Exploding Soon" on November 5th. November 5th is the promotion’s annual Power Struggle event, which takes place this year at the EDION Arena in Osaka. Dave Meltzer noted during a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Live that current rumors are that the teaser is for wrestling legend Minoru Suzuki, who will likely be making his return at Power Struggle to set up a match at Wrestle Kingdom 11. There were also rumors floating around that it may be the debuting Ryback in NJPW. Those rumors were soon shot down when it was announced that Ryback was already signed to an independent date in the United States on that same day. 

- J-Cup Tournament: In next Sunday's Weekend 3 Count edition I'll be bringing you the recap of this weekends NJPW J-Cup Tournament. The tournament took place live in Japan at 2:00am Sunday morning in the United States.

*** GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING ***

- GFW Partnering With The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: GFW owner Jeff Jarrett announced that GFW will be the first ever wrestling promotion to partner with a college football bowl game when it provides a night of entertainment for the teams at the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Players, Coaches and Team Officials will be treated to a meet and greet which at the moment includes Jeff and Karen Jarrett and Scott Hall. Jeff Jarrett had the following to say about the announcement:

“Give all of the credit to the folks at the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. They approached Global Force with the idea of giving the players something different than any other bowl game, and I think it’s a perfect fit. Males 18 to 24 are a huge part of our demographic, and we’ll be as hyped to put on a great show as they will be to see one. There are a lot of ties between football and wrestling. So many great football players at the collegiate level have come into the ring and been successful when they put the cleats away. Who knows, we might have a future wrestling superstar in the crowd that night.”

*** W3C Wrestler Of The Week ***

This week's Wrestler Of The Week goes to TNA's "Broken" one himself, Matt Hardy. Hardy has had a great career whether winning gold in WWE, WCW, ECW or TNA.

- WWE Hardcore Champion (1 time)
- WWE European Champion (1 time)
- WWE Cruiserweight Champion (1 time)
- WWE United States Champion (1 time)
- WWE World Tag Team Champion (6 times) - with Jeff Hardy
- WWE Smackdown World Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with MVP
- WCW World Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Jeff Hardy
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
- WWE Bragging Rights Trophy Winner (2009) – with Team Smackdown (Chris Jericho, R-Truth, Kane, Finlay, David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)
- Terri Invitational Tournament Winner - with Jeff Hardy
- TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)
- TNA World Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Jeff Hardy
- TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Winner (2014) - with Jeff Hardy

Matt Hardy has also won many independent wrestling championships and along with Jeff Hardy is the founding father of OMEGA Championship Wrestling based in North Carolina.

- "Steel Cage Match": Edge vs. Matt Hardy:

- Matt Hardy Wins His First TNA World Heavyweight Championship:

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!

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, 12.8.15: RAW Recap #RAW

By @B_Rock1978

Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, is back to kick off your week in wrestling recaps. As usual, we begin the week with the RAW recap from last night's show. We are just five short days away from WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs, this Sunday on the WWE Network. I'll provide you with the TLC pay per view preview a few days from now, once the final card is in place.

- This weeks RAW was live in North Charleston, South Carolina and was the WWE TLC go home show to this Sunday's pay per view. The Dudley Boys introduced their fourth member of Team Extreme in their war with The Wyatt Family. Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and The Usos continued their feud with Sheamus and his League of Nations. Dean Ambrose got one last look at his opponent at WWE TLC, as Kevin Owens faced Dolph Ziggler. Charlotte and Ric Flair were guests on Miz TV, as Charlotte prepares for Paige, this Sunday. Roman Reigns and Sheamus take each other to school before WWE TLC.

- League of Nations Promo: Sheamus and his band of merry fellas kick off RAW in the ring for a promo. Sheamus introduces all the members, states that he wanted to recruit an American, but honestly no American was good enough to join. They are the best of the best of the best in the WWE. The lights go out and pop back on, revealing The Wyatt Family in the ring. Bray states that this is his world he's just letting everyone else live in it. The Wyatts and the LON are about to go at it when suddenly The Dudley Boys and Tommy Dreamer interrupt. Bubba tells Bray that the ECW family is now four, as he introduces Rhyno as the fourth member. The ECW Originals head to the ring when suddenly Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and The Usos arrive from the crowd. Roman and his crew make it to the ring and we have a four faction fatal four way elimination match to kick off RAW.

- Team Reigns defeated The Wyatt Family, League of Nations and Team Extreme, in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match: The Usos go for a double suplex off the top rope on Rusev, however, Strowman enters and suplexes everyone off himself. Rowan tags in and goes for a spin kick on Dreamer. Dreamer ducks and hits the Dreamer DDT on Rowan to score the pinfall and eliminate The Wyatts. All three teams begin to brawl, leaving Rusev and Sheamus attacking Rhyno and Reigns. The Dudleys are back in the ring and hit the 3D on Rusev. Sheamus nails the Brogue Kick on Bubba, covers, scores the pinfall and eliminates Team Extreme. Reigns goes for the Superman Punch on Del Rio, but Barrett stops it.

Reigns drops Barrett with the Superman Punch instead and then hits the flying apron drop kick on Sheamus. Sheamus distracts Reigns, allowing Del Rio to lock Reigns in the cross arm breaker submission. Jimmy Uso hits the Uso Splash on Del Rio, breaking the submission. Sheamus charges in for the Brogue Kick, but eats a Reigns spear instead. Reigns covers, scores the pinfall and Team Reigns win the match.

- Backstage, Sheamus says there is a lesson to be learned after what happened tonight and he will teach that lesson to Roman Reigns before the nights over.

- Backstage, Stardust gets interrupted by Titus O'Neil again during his promo.

- Kevin Owens defeated Dolph Ziggler, by pinfall: Tyler Breeze and Summer Rae arrive and sit in the Tyler Breeze VIP Section before the match begins. Ziggler goes for the Famasser, but Owens counters with a german suplex. Owens misses the cannonball, Ziggler hits the Famasser and gets a near fall. Owens counters Zig Zag and hits a super kick on Ziggler. Ziggler bounces off the ropes, plants a super kick on Owens and gets a near fall. Ziggler runs the ropes, but gets planted with Owens' pop up power bomb. Owens covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, Dean Ambrose comes to the ring with popcorn and a pop. Owens and Ambrose go face to face, which ends with Ambrose throwing the popcorn and pop in Owens' face.

- Backstage, The Miz continues his quest in getting Neville to join him so he can make Neville a huge star.

- Sasha Banks and Naomi defeated Brie Bella and Alicia Fox, by pinfall: Tamina does her part for Team BAD by pulling Alicia down by her hair with the referee distracted. Sasha and Naomi double team Alicia, until Alicia makes the tag to Brie. Brie unloads Yes Kicks and nails the Brie charging knee. Tamina again gets on the apron to distract the referee and Brie. Naomi hits Brie with the Rear View, covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, The New Day come to the ring and celebrate with Team BAD, giving the girls unicorn horns.

- The Lucha Dragons defeated The New Day, by pinfall: The New Day work over Kalisto in the corner with stomps. Kalisto hot tags Sin Cara, who hits a series of springboard moonsaults on New Day. The Usos arrive and attack Xavier Woods on the outside of the ring, distracting Big E and Kofi. Sin Cara comes from behind and rolls up Kofi for the pinfall.

- Backstage, Roman Reigns says he'll teach Sheamus a very important lesson. He'll teach him how to be a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

- Miz TV With Special Guest, Charlotte and Ric Flair: Charlotte immediately gets on Miz for not giving her father, Ric Flair, a proper introduction, which Miz quickly fixes. Ric says his daughter is gaining more confidence, is living the champion's life and he will be in Charlotte's corner on Sunday. Charlotte says she's going to do what ever it takes to be the best, if she was a man, Miz would be praising Charlotte and says she feels sorry for Miz's wife. Charlotte says she'll meet Paige, whose stated that Charlotte's attitude has changed since winning the title, this Sunday at WWE TLC. Miz asks about her friendship with Becky, Ric tells Miz to shut up cause it's not the time for that and Miz asks Charlotte if she's going to continue to hide behind her dad's back. Charlotte says Paige is the lowest on the food chain, wished Paige was here and will destroy her this Sunday. Miz announces Paige is here and calls her to the ring. Paige gets in Charlotte's face and dares her to take a swing. Ric tells Charlotte to wait till Sunday. Paige slaps Ric and Ric tells Charlotte to attack Paige. Charlotte ground and pounds Paige until Paige rolls to the floor to escape.

- Ryback vs. Rusev goes to a Double Count Out: Ryback and Rusev brawl out to the floor. Ryback gives chase to Rusev, who tries to escape Ryback. Ryback causes Lana to fall down and hurt her leg again just like on last week's RAW. Ryback checks on Lana, but gets attacked from behind by Rusev. Rusev sends Ryback into the steel steps and then locks Ryback in The Accolade submission. Both men are counted out before Rusev finally releases the hold. Lana stands up, showing the world she was playing opossum and makes out with Rusev.

- Jack Swagger defeated Stardust, by submission: Titus O'Neil is on commentary. Alberto Del Rio and Zeb Colter arrive during the match. Swagger gets a near fall after hitting the Swagger Bomb. Swagger applies the Patriot Lock submission and forces Stardust to tap out. After the match, Del Rio attacks Swagger and Stardust with a steel chair. Titus distracts Del Rio allowing Swagger to regroup and grab his own steel chair. Swagger swings at Del Rio, but Del Rio drops his chair and runs away.

- Adam Rose has another Rosebush gossip segment.

- Backstage, Alberto Del Rio tells Zeb Colter to stay away from him because Del Rio has been a laughing stock ever since he sided with Colter. Colter says he's the reason Del Rio got his match with John Cena at Hell In A Cell. Del Rio threatens to hit Colter with a steel chair just like he'll do to Jack Swagger on Sunday. Colter leaves.

- Braun Strowman defeated Tommy Dreamer, by submission: Strowman works over Dreamers neck, but Dreamer returns with a boot on Strowman. Dreamer hits a series of clotheslines, but can't put the monster down. Dreamer tries for the Dreamer DDT, but Strowman counters and chokes Dreamer out for the victory with the Bear Hug/Sleeper submission.

- Roman Reigns Promo: Reigns is in the ring surrounded by tables, ladders and chairs and asks Sheamus where he is for his lesson. Reigns remembers his first TLC Match with The Shield, they earned their spot, he started at the bottom and climbed all the way up to WWE Champion within three years. Reigns promises to take back the WWE Title and isn't leaving tonight till Sheamus stops wasting time and comes out. Sheamus finally arrives, calls Reigns a storyteller, claims that TLC will end the same way Survivor Series ended, with Sheamus victorious. Reigns dares Sheamus to enter the ring, but Sheamus says he calls the shots and will enter if he feels like it. Reigns and Sheamus go back and forth about what they will do on Sunday and Reigns continues to try to get Sheamus in the ring. Sheamus says he would get in the ring, but there are too many weapons Reigns could use. Reigns tosses all the tables, ladders and chairs out and stands alone in the ring.

Sheamus finally gets in the ring and gets sent to the floor. Reigns sends Sheamus into the barricade. Sheamus sends Reigns into the barricade. Sheamus sends Reigns into a ladder and dumps Reigns over the barricade. Reigns sends Sheamus into trash cans and drops the cans on Sheamus. Reigns and Sheamus fight onto the RAW stage where Reigns sends Sheamus into a table. Sheamus counters a power bomb, lands a back body drop, sends Reigns into tables and chairs and then hits Reigns with a chair. Reigns hits Sheamus with a chair, but Sheamus sends Reigns into the barricade. Sheamus goes for a power bomb on Reigns, through a table, but Reigns escapes and hits the Superman Punch. Reigns misses the spear and flies over the table. Sheamus poses, thinking he's won, but eats a Reigns spear right through a table to end the show.