Weekend 3 Count 9/3/17

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 **
This week's theme song is the Mae Young tournament theme song as the Mae Young Classic Tournament kicked off on the WWE Network.

*** WWE ***

- Alexa Bliss Wins The WWE RAW Women's Championship: If you missed Monday Night RAW this week, Alexa Bliss defeated Sasha Banks to win the WWE RAW Women's Championship.

- Jeff Hardy Becomes #1 Contender: This past week on Monday Night RAW, Jeff Hardy won a 15 Man Battle Royal Match to become the new #1 Contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship. 

- Samoa Joe Injury: WWE announced this week that Samoa Joe will be out of action for the next 4-6 week's due to a knee injury.

- Xavier Woods Injury: WWE announced that Xavier Woods suffered a knee injury during a live event on Monday. It's unknown how long Woods will be out for. 

- John Cena vs. Roman Reigns Green Lit For WWE No Mercy: Due to Samoa Joe being injured, WWE have decided to pull the trigger on John Cena vs. Roman Reigns at WWE No Mercy. WWE's original plan was to have Samoa Joe vs. John Cena at WWE No Mercy.

- The Mae Young Classic Tournament Kicks Off: In case you're unaware, WWE Network have released the first four episodes of the Mae Young Classic Tournament, which includes the whole first round of action.

** 205 Live Recap **
This week Enzo made his official debut in wrestling action with 205 Live. Brian Kendrick and Jack Gallagher continued their feud in a No DQ Match.

- "No DQ Match": Brian Kendrick vs. Jack Gallagher: The match closes out with Gallagher getting busted open after getting sent into the steel steps repeatedly from Kendrick. Kendrick uses the ring bell on Gallagher and then locks in a kendo stick assisted Captain's Hook submission to get the win.
Winner: Brian Kendrick, by submission.

- Backstage, Noam Dar, Drew Gulak, and Tony Nese mock Enzo and claim that he'll be a disaster for 205 Live.

- Rich Swann vs. Ariya Daivari: The match closes out with Daivari grabbing TJ Perkins' crutch, who was sitting at ringside, but TJP grabs it back. Swann rolls up Daivari on the distraction and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Rich Swann, by pinfall.

- After the match, Daivari attacks Perkins. Perkins fires back with a spinning kick, proving his knee injury may be a fraud. Swann leaves the ring in disbelief as Perkins claims his leg still hurts. Perkins goes back to Daivari and hits a Detonation Kick.

- Backstage, Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik blow off Enzo as Enzo wants to game plan their match. 

- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, and Noam Dar vs. Enzo, Cedric Alexander, and Gran Metalik: The match closes out with Enzo tagging in, hits a cross body on Nese, tosses Dar outside and then rolls up Nese with his feet on the ropes to steal the pinfall.
Winners: Enzo, Cedric Alexander, and Gran Metalik, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Neville is shown laughing at Enzo to end the show. 

*** NXT ***

- NXT Women's Championship News: According to reports, Triple H is making plans to possibly crown the winner of the Mae Young Classic Tournament as the new NXT Women's Champion next month when the Finals take place. As reported last week, Asuka had to vacate the championship after suffering from a collar bone injury while wrestling Ember Moon at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 3.

*** GFW ***

** GFW Impact Recap **
The main event of the show saw GFW Undisputed Champion Eli Drake and Chris Adonis battle Eddie Edwards and Johnny Impact, with special rewards for Edwards and Impact if they won.

- Backstage Jeff Jarrett again gets into an argument with Bobby Lashley's MMA Fight Team for causing chaos last week.

- Eli Drake and Chris Adonis Promo: Drake says it took him 14 years to win a world championship and it pisses him off. Drake says no one, including Jim Cornette could stop him from this moment. Johnny Impact interrupts and demands a title shot. Eddie Edwards interrupts next and says he's speaking up for a title shot too. Edwards says he outranks the newbie Impact and wants his shot now. Drake tries to get Edwards and Impact to fight as Jim Cornette arrives. Cornette announces that tonight it's Drake/Adonis vs. Impact/Edwards. If Impact and Edwards win then they get title shots.

- Backstage, Allie introduces herself to Taryn Terrell and asks why she's so mean to Gail Kim. Taryn beats down Allie and tells Allie to give that message to Gail.

- oVe (Dave and Jake Crist) vs. Mario Bokara and Fallah Bahh: The match closes out with oVe hit double kicks on Bahh, sending him outside. oVe hit an elevation cutter on Bokara to score the pinfall.
Winners: oVe, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Ethan Carter interrupts Moose and Jim Cornette. Cornette announces that EC3 will defend his GFW Global Championship against new #1 Contender El Hijo del Fantasma. 

- Caleb Konley vs. Petey Williams: The match closes out with Williams going for the Canadian Destroyer, but Trevor Lee distracts Williams. Konley gets tossed into Lee, taking him out. Williams hits a hurricanrana on Conley and scores the pinfall with the Canadian Destroyer.
Winner: Petey Williams, by pinfall.

- After the match, Lee attacks Williams, but Sonjay Dutt makes the save.

- Backstage, Karen Jarrett interrupts Sienna and Taryn Terrell. Karen announces Sienna/Taryn vs. Allie/Gail Kim for next week.

- Richard Justice vs. Kongo Kong: The match closes out quick with Kong laying out Justice with a punch and then the top rope splash for the pinfall.
Winner: Kongo Kong, by pinfall.

- After the match, Kong beats down Justice until Mahabali Shera makes the save.

- Backstage, Johnny Impact makes it clear that he came to GFW for the Undisputed Championship.

- At LAX's Hideout, Konnan tells Low Ki to injure James Storm tonight, send him to the hospital and show the locker room that no one disrespects LAX.

- Low Ki vs. James Storm: The match closes out with Storm countering Warriors Way and hits Eye of the Storm for a near fall on Low Ki. Ortiz jumps on the apron and distracts the referee allowing Santana to hit Storm with the tag team title. Low Ki hits Warriors Way and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Low Ki, by pinfall.

- Backstage, Braxton Sutter checks on Allie. Garza Jr. also checks on Allie which makes Sutter jealous. Allie tells Sutter that Garza was just checking on her. Sutter says he knows what his real intentions were.

- Backstage, Joseph Park goes over the wedding list with Grado and Laurel Van Ness. Grado discovers that Laurel is actually from Canada which won't help Grado and he'll still get deported back to England.

- Its announced that former Lucha Underground wrestler and Johnny Impact's fiancee, Taya Valkyrie, will debut with GFW next week.

- Backstage, Bobby Lashley talks with his coach on his MMA Team. Lashley's coach tells Lashley that he needs to go back to MMA, but Lashley doesn't want to close the door on professional wrestling completely.

- Eli Drake and Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact and Eddie Edwards: The match closes out with Drake and Adonis double teaming Impact. Edwards is in and hits a top rope hurricanrana. Impact hits the Thursday Night Delight corkscrew elbow on Drake and covers, but Adonis stops the pinfall. Adonis gets tossed outside and Impact follows him. Drake hits the Bottom Rung on Edwards and scores the pinfall.
Winners: Eli Drake and Chris Adonis, by pinfall.

- After the match, Bobby Lashley's MMA Fight Team hit the ring and challenge all four men. Jim Cornette arrives and tells Lashley that he needs to keep his team in check and then announces that it'll be Matt Sydal vs. Eli Drake next week for the GFW Undisputed Championship, upsetting Lashley to close the show.

*** RING OF HONOR ***

** ROH TV Recap **
This week's show saw the ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defend their titles against the Motor City Machine Guns.

- War Machine defeated Jonathan Gresham and Jay White.

- Josh Woods defeated Shane Taylor, by pinfall with a rollup, after Taylor tried to use a steel chair. After the match, QT Marshall encourages Taylor to attack Woods, which he does and beats Woods down. Marshall hands Taylor an envelope of money for beating down Woods.

- Backstage, Kenny King says he's bringing out the best of himself when he challenges Kushida for the ROH Television Championship at Death Before Dishonor.

- The Young Bucks vs. The Motor City Machine Guns for the ROH World Tag Team Championship went to a No Contest. The Addiction hit the ring and attacked both teams, the referee and a fan in a Bullet Club shirt at ringside.

- Cody Rhodes' Next Opponent: Ring of Honor Wrestlimg announced this week that ROH World Champion Cody Rhodes will defend his title against NJPW Never Openweight Champion Minoru Suzuki at the next ROH pay per view, Death Before Dishonor, on September 22nd at Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas, NV.

*** Lucha Underground ***

** Lucha Underground TV Recap **
The main event of the show saw Son of Havoc battle Son of Madness with an Aztec Medallion on the line.

- In The Temple Dungeon, Dario Cueto admits to his caged brother Matanza Cueto that he was wrong about Rey Mysterio and realizes Matanza wanted to protect Dario. Dario announces Matanza vs. Rey in two weeks for LU's 100th episode.

- Son of Madness vs. Mascarita Sagrada: The match closes out with Madness hitting a kick and a suplex on Sagrada to score the quick pinfall.
Winner: Son of Madness, by pinfall.

- After the match, Son of Havoc attacks Madness and they brawl throughout The Temple. Dario Cueto announces Havoc vs. Madness tonight in a Biker's Brawl Match with the winner receiving Medallion #4.

- Marty The Moth vs. Argenis: The match closes out with Argenis getting busted open. Marty pounds on a bloody Argenis, counters a neck breaker and hits a Code Breaker for the pinfall.
Winner: Marty The Moth, by pinfall.

- After the match, Marty attempts to rip off Argenis' mask until he finally does it. Marty takes the mask to ring announcer Melissa Santos and throws it at her. Marty then promises to take Fenix's mask next. Fenix hits ringside and lays out Marty and Mariposa. Fenix accepts Marty's challenge of a Hair vs. Mask Match at Ultima Lucha Tres.

- Sexy Star vs. Joey Ryan: The match closes out with Taya arriving and taunting Sexy. Sexy plants Ryan with rolling suplexes and then attacks Taya outside. Ryan takes advantage, hits a super kick on Sexy and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Joey Ryan, by pinfall.

- After the match, Castro attacks Ryan with a kendo stick and chases him off.

- In Dario Cueto's office, Castro threatens to arrest Cueto for killing Mr. Cisco. Cueto talks Castro out of it by announcing Castro vs. Joey Ryan next week in a 5-0 Street Fight Match, for Medallion #5.

- "Boyle Heights Biker’s Brawl Match, For Medallion #4": Son of Havoc vs. Son of Madness: The match closes out with Madness unloading forearms and lands a brainbuster for a near fall on Havoc. Madness grabs a beer bottle, toolbox and a trash can. Madness hits a DVD on Havoc on the trash can for a near fall. Madness grabs a hammer, but Havoc counters by busting the beer bottle over Madness' head. Havoc hits a Shooting Star Press on Madness for the pinfall.
Winner: Son of Havoc, by pinfall, to win Medallion #4.

*** AAA ***

** TripleMania 25 Recap **

- Dragon Solar, Pardux, Solaris and Ashley defeated Bronco Gonzalez, Chicano, Fetiche and Hashtary.

- Angelikal, Hijo del Vikingo and The Tigger defeated Angel Mortal Jr., Tiger Boy and Villano III Jr.

- Hernandez, La Hiedra, Mamba and Mini Psycho Clown defeated Big Mami, Dinastía, Estrella Divina and Máscara de Bronce

- Sexy Star (c) defeated Ayako Hamada, Lady Shani and Rosemary, to retain the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship.

- Monster Clown and Murder Clown defeated Dark Cuervo and Dark Scoria (c), Aero Star and Drago, and Team GFW (DJZ and Andrew Everett), to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship.

- Team Parka (Argenis, Bengala and La Parka) defeated Team Relevos Increibles (Australian Suicide, Faby Apache and Pimpinela Escarlata), Ex-AAA (Heavy Metal, Pirata Morgan and Villano IV), Los OGT's (Averno, Chessman and Super Fly), Los Guapos (Decnnis, Scorpio Jr. and Zumbido), Team GFW (Jeff Jarrett, Bobby Lashley and Moose), Los Vipers (Histeria, Maniaco and Psicosis), Mexican Powers (Crazy Boy, Lanzelot and Ñino Hamburguesa), Los Perros del Mal (Halloween, Joe Líder and Mr. Águila) and Leyendas (Blue Demon Jr., El Cobarde and El Intocable)

- Pagano vs. El Mesías, in a Street Fight Match, ended in a no contest.

- Johnny Mundo (c) defeated Hijo del Fantasma and Texano Jr. in a Triple Threat TLC Match to retain the AAA Mega Championship, AAA Latin American Championship and AAA World Cruiserweight Championship.

- Psycho Clown defeated Dr. Wagner Jr., in a Mask vs. Mask Match.

- Sexy Star Incident At TripleMania 25: Sexy Star made the news this week at the AAA TripleMania 25 show for her accused unprofessionalism. According to reports, during the women's title defense, Sexy Star was delivering real blows on Lady Shani attempting to legitimately injure her. Then during the finish of the match, Sexy Star locked Rosemary in an arm bar submission for the tap out win. Sexy refused to release the hold after the tap out and purposely tightened the hold which popped Rosemary's elbow out of place. It's unknown why Sexy Star legitimately tried to injure both ladies, but I'll keep an eye out on this story as it unfolds. 

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 12.31.16: #BestOf2016 Special Edition

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 afternoon at @TripleThreatCLE. 

*** WWE *** 

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from WWE that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles: Extreme Rules.
#9: RAW vs. Smackdown Live Men's Elimination Match: WWE Survivor Series.
#8: John Cena vs. AJ Styles: WWE SummerSlam.
#7: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens: WWE Battleground.
#6: Kota Ibushi vs. TJ Perkins: Cruiserweight Classic Tournament.
#5: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch: Wrestlemania 32.
#4: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte: Falls Count Anywhere: RAW December.
#3: Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens vs. The Miz: Fatal Four Way: WWE Extreme Rules.
#2: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens: WWE Royal Rumble.
#1: Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz: WWE No Mercy.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: AJ Styles: Ever since his debut at WWE Royal Rumble, Styles has been on a rampage in the WWE. Having great matches against Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and John Cena and winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship have capped an amazing 2016 for the Phenomenal One.

- My Pick For Tag Team Of The Year: The New Day: Love them or hate them, The New Day were one of the best things going in the tag team division in 2o16. The New Day proved their dominance by winning and retaining the World Tag Team Championship for over 478 straight days, breaking the previous record set by Demolition. 

- My Pick For Women's Wrestler Of The Year: Charlotte: Charlotte has had an amazing 2016, winning the WWE Women's Championship 4 times and having a great feud with Sasha Banks. Charlotte had her Wrestlemania moment when she defeated Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch to become the first ever WWE Women's Champion. Then together with Sasha Banks, Charlotte competed in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Hell In A Cell Match and an Ironman Match throughout the summer and fall, helping to put the Women's Division back on the map in the WWE.

- New Tag Team Champions Crowned: In case you missed Smackdown Live this past Tuesday, American Alpha was crowned the new Smackdown Live World Tag Team Champions, after defeating The Wyatt Family, The Usos and Heath Slater and Rhyno in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match.

- La Luchadora's Identity: This past week the masked La Luchadora made another appearance as she helped Alexa Bliss defeat Becky Lynch. Rumors are stating that La Luchadora may eventually be revealed to be either Tamina Snuka, Mickie James or Deonna Purrazzo when she's finally unmasked.

- John Cena Returns: This past week on Smackdown Live, John Cena returned and cut what many are feeling was kind of a heelish promo. Cena stated he's sick of this new era and plans to make it his era again. Cena will challenge AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the WWE Royal Rumble. 

- Goldberg Returns: WWE announced that Goldberg will return to RAW tomorrow night for the first RAW of 2o17. Goldberg will more than likely begin his WWE Royal Rumble storyline in which Brock Lesnar will also be apart of.

- Kurt Angle Comeback?: According to PW Stream, many wrestlers were contacted to make surprise appearances in the Royal Rumble and one of those major stars was the Olympic Gold Medalist himself Kurt Angle. According to sources, Triple H, Vince McMahon and Kurt Angle have all met together and are all for an Angle return in 2017. Sources have also stated that Angle has turned down all independent wrestling promotion jobs after March, which means that Angle would be a lock for Wrestlemania 33.

- Cruiserweight Injury: This past week on 205 Live, Independent and WWE NXT enhancement talent "Mr. 450" John Yurnet made his WWE 205 live debut, lost and also suffered an injury. Yurnet posted on Twitter that he blew his knee out in his debut match.

- Big Show Death Hoax: Last week a fake story broke stating that The Big Show (Paul Donald Wight II) had been involved in a car accident and was taken to a hospital where he apparently died. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that the story was a poorly written article and The Big Show was alive and well. Chris Bellitti, who is a WWE spokesman, announced the story as false and that The Big Show is just fine. The Big Show then tweeted out a picture of himself working out at the gym and getting ready for his Wrestlemania 33 match against Shaq, putting all the rumors to bed.

- Axelmania Running Wild Again: Curtis Axel brought back his Axelmania gimmick this past Tuesday at a WWE Live show. WWE originally abandoned the gimmick after Hulk Hogan was fired from the company for making racist remarks in the past and WWE wanted to steer clear of anything Hogan related. Now that Hogan may be back in WWE's good graces, WWE have brought back Axel's old Axelmania gimmick.

** 205 Live Recap **
This week's show saw WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann battle Neville in a one on one non title match.

-- Cedric Alexander vs. Tony Nese: Drew Gulak accompanied Nese to the ring. The match closes out with Gulak at ringside and arguing with Alexander's girlfriend Alicia Fox. Alicia takes off her shoe to use, but Gulak gets the referee's attention on Alicia. The referee ejects Alicia from ringside. During the distraction, Nese hits a palm strike on Alexander and scores the pinfall.

-- Backstage, Noam Dar appears with mistletoe and stands by Alicia Fox. Alicia unloads two slaps on Dar and storms off.

-- Neville Interview: Neville says he was irritated that WWE officials passed him over for the Cruiserweight Classic, the WWE Universe and Americans are all discriminatory against him and he will take it out on the division.

-- Mustafa Ali vs. John Yurnet: The match closes out with Ali making quick work of Yurnet, hitting an inverted 450 Splash and scores the pinfall.

-- "A Gentlemen's Duel": Ariya Daivari vs. Jack Gallagher: Daivari chooses a lead pipe and Gallagher chooses an umbrella for their weapons. Both men go back to back and take five paces. Daivari gets to two and immediately attacks Gallagher from behind. Gallagher fights back and chases Daivari from the ring.

-- Tajiri returns to the WWE next week on 205 Live.

-- Neville vs. Rich Swann: The match closes out with Swann dodging the Red Arrow and getting a near fall Swann Song. Neville and Swann fight on the turnbuckle until Swann drops Neville off. Neville hits an enziguri on Swann and then a superplex off the ropes to score the pinfall. After the match, Neville viciously attacks Swann with punches and kicks and demands to be given the WWE Cruiserweight Championship even though it was a non title match.

*** NXT ***

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from NXT that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Takeover: Dallas.
#9: DIY vs. The Revival: Takeover: Toronto.
#8: The Revival vs. American Alpha: Takeover: Dallas.
#7: The Revival vs. American Alpha: Takeover: The End.
#6: The Revival vs. DIY: Takeover: Brooklyn 2.
#6: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Austin Aries: Takeover: The End.
#5: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe: Takeover: Toronto.
#4: Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor: Steel Cage Match, Takeover: The End.
#3: Asuka vs. Bayley: Takeover: Brooklyn 2.
#2: Asuka vs. Mickie James: Takeover: Toronto
#1: Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn, 2 Out of 3 Falls.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: Shinsuke Nakamura: Nakamura has had five star matches this year against Sami Zayn, Austin Aries and Samoa Joe. Nakamura also claimed the NXT World Championship twice in 2016.

- My Pick For Tag Team Of The Year: The Revival: The Revival became one of the most hated tag teams in NXT, but the fans love them. The Revival claimed the NXT World Tag Team Championship twice and had five star matches with both DIY and American Alpha.

- My Pick For Women's Wrestler Of The Year: Asuka: Since arriving in NXT, Asuka has buzz sawed her way through all comers, past and present. As of this writing Asuka is the first and only undefeated NXT Women's Champion in NXT history.

- NXT Two Hour Special: This past Wednesday, NXT showed their two hour special that took place in Osaka, Japan. This Wednesday, NXT will kick off the New Year by showing another two hour special of their live event that was taped in Melbourne, Australia on December 8th.

*** TNA Impact Wrestling ***

** TNA Impact Recap **
This week's show was a best of the Hardy's New Year's Special.

-- At the Hardy Estate, Vanguard 1 is drinking a mojito and everyone sings the 12 Days of Deletion. Broken Matt Hardy says the 7 deities will soon reveal the gender of their next child that Reby is pregnant with.

-- At the Hardy Estate, Matt Hardy asks Vanguard 1 and Senoŕ Benjamin to go to Brother Nero’s house with him. Vanguard 1 is drunk and Matt says he reeks of alcohol. Benjamin tries to defend Vanguard.

-- At Brother Nero’s House, Jeff doesn't answer the door so Vanguard 1 searches the grounds. Vanguard 1 finds Willow in a shack and then Matt finds Itchweed. Matt says he needs to speak to Brother Nero.

-- The Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy "I Quit Match" is shown, which caused the beginning of the Broken Matt Hardy gimmick.

-- The Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy match at TNA Slammiversary is shown.

-- The Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy Final Deletion match is shown.

-- At the Dome of Deletion, Matt points out the broken table that he put Jeff through. Matt says that the 7 Deities told him to do it and Jeff has grown back stronger since being deleted. Matt asks Jeff to carry the broken table and follow him.

-- At the Pit Of Rubbish, Matt says Jeff's debt is paid, he helped win the TNA World Tag Team Championship and helped defend The Hardy Compound in Apocalypto. Matt gives Jeff his essence and free will back, as Vanguard 1 transfers it back into Jeff. The 7 deities then make the broken table obsolete.

-- The Decay or Deletion Match is shown.

-- The Great War at Bound For Glory is shown.

-- Matt asks Jeff if he’d prefer him have a boy or girl. Jeff says he’s blessed either way.

-- At the Hardy Estate, Everyone is gathered by the volcano near the Lake of Transformation for the baby gender reveal. The volcano erupts in a blue smoke revealing a baby boy on the way. Matt announces the next generation of The Hardy Boys as the show closes.

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from TNA that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: Kurt Angle vs. Drew Galloway: February Impact.
#9: Trevor Lee vs. Andrew Everett vs. Eddie Edwards vs. DJ Z: TNA Slammiversary.
#8: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy, Falls Count Anywhere, Full Metal Mayhem: TNA Slammiversary.
#7: Bobby Lashley vs. Eddie Edwards, Title vs. Title, Six Sides of Steel: July Impact.
#6: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy, The Final Deletion: July Impact.
#5: The Broken Hardy's vs. The Decay, The Great War: September Impact.
#4: Bobby Lashley vs. Drew Galloway: TNA Slammiversary.
#3: The Broken Hardy's Tag Team Apocalypto Open Invitational Match: Total Nonstop Deletion.
#2: Ethan Carter vs. Matt Hardy: January Impact.
#1: Bobby Lashley vs. Eddie Edwards: November Impact.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: Matt Hardy: Whoever would have thought that with one gimmick change, Matt Hardy would become one of the most talked about stars, not only in TNA, but all over the world. With his new "Broken" gimmick, Final Deletions, Great Wars, Apocalyptos, 7 deities, fireworks and drones, Matt Hardy has become the staple of TNA. Oh and he also won a TNA World Heavyweight Championship and a TNA World Tag Team Championship within 2016.

- Bobby Lashley deserves an honorable mention.

- My Pick For Tag Team Of The Year: The Decay: Abyss, Crazzy Steve and Rosemary have been the tag team divisions dominate faction throughout 2016. The Decay feuded with Beer Money, The Wolves and The Broken Hardy's throughout 2016. The Decay captured the TNA World Tag Team Championship in March and held it up until October. Before the year closed out, Rosemary added the TNA Knockouts Championship to The Decay's resume.

- My Pick For Women's Wrestler Of The Year: Gail Kim: One of the legends in Women's professional wrestling today. Gail spent 2o16 winning another TNA Knockouts Championship and even being inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. Gail spent most of 2016 feuding with Maria Bennett. 

*** Ring of Honor Wrestling ***

** ROH TV Recap **
This week's show highlighted not one but two ROH Television Championship Matches that took place last month, in a best of 2016 show.

-- "ROH Television Championship Match": Bobby Fish (c) vs. Will Ospreay: The match closes out with Fish locking Ospreay in his knee bar submission. Ospreay counters out, bridges Fish in a pinfall and scores the three count to win the ROH Television Championship. After the match, Fish handed Ospreay his newly won title and raised Ospreay's hand in victory.

-- "ROH World Tag Team Championship": The Young Bucks (c) vs. Will Ospreay and Matt Scurll: The match closes out with Scurll getting hit, but kicking out of the More Bang For Your Buck finisher. The Bucks go for the Meltzer Driver, but Ospreay tries to block it with a hurracanrana. Ospreay gets taken out and Scurll gets hit with the Meltzer Driver, allowing The Bucks to score the pinfall and retain their tag team titles.

-- "ROH Television Championship Match": Will Ospreay (c) vs. Matt Scurll: The match closes out with Scurll trapping Ospreay in the cross face chicken submission with an added leg grapevine for extra leverage. Ospreay ends up tapping out and Scurll wins the ROH Television Championship.

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from ROH that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: The Young Bucks vs. The Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Briscoe Brothers vs. The Addiction: ROH Supercard of Honor X.
#9: Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe: ROH Best in the World.
#8: Hangman Adam Page vs. Jay Briscoe: ROH Death Before Dishonor.
#7: The Young Bucks vs. The Briscoe Brothers: ROH Final Battle.
#6: Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly: ROH Supercard of Honor 10.
#5: Adam Cole vs. Jay Lethal: ROH Death Before Dishonor.
#4: Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee: ROH Final Battle.
#3: Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly: ROH Final Battle.
#2: Jay Lethal vs. Lio Rush: ROH Supercard of Honor.
#1: The Addiction vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Young Bucks, Ladder Warfare: ROH Allstar Extravaganza.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: Jay Lethal: Jay Lethal held the ROH World Championship for over a year before losing it in a serious heated feud with Adam Cole. Lethal also held the ROH Television Championship at the same time as the ROH World Championship at one time, playing double champion. Lethal recently resigned with ROH after fending off offers from the WWE.

- Adam Cole deserves an honorable mention.

- My Pick For Tag Team Of The Year: The Addiction: Wrestling veterans Christopher Daniels and Kazarian dominated the tag team division throughout 2o16. The Addiction defeated War Machine to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship. The Addiction had great feuds throughout the year with The Young Bucks, The Briscoe Brothers and The Motor City Machine Guns.

- Jay Lethal Resigns With ROH: ROH announced this past week that Jay Lethal has resigned and will be staying in Ring of Honor for the time being. Lethal was one of many wrestlers that the WWE were looking at bringing in for NXT, but obviously missed their opportunity.

*** Lucha Underground ***

** Lucha Underground TV Recap **
This week Texano battled Cage in Match #4 and #5 to close out their Best Of 5 Series with the winner receiving an Ultimate Opportunity prize from Dario Cueto.

-- In an unknown location, Vampiro tells his resurrected student Prince Puma to rise and begin his journey into darkness. Puma says he's ready, gets grabbed by the throat by Vampiro and Vampiro demands Puma to pledge himself to Vampiro. Puma says he does.

-- Jeremiah Crane vs. Mil Muertes: The match closes out with Prince Puma arriving and attacking Muertes with a singapore cane. With the referee distracted by Catrina, Puma unloads cane shots on Muertes and it allows Crane to score the pinfall. After the match, Puma destroys Muertes with more cane shots and then kneels towards his new master Vampiro.

-- Backstage, an unknown fan approaches Sexy Star, offers her a present and states that he's given Johnny Mundo presents in the past. Inside is a spider, which scares Sexy, forcing her to scream in anger.

-- Backstage, Texano is working out when Famous B and Brenda offer their services. Texano threatens to kick Famous B's ass. Famous B tells Texano to think about it and Brenda flirts one more time to end the segment.

-- Jack Evans and PJ Black vs. Son of Havoc and Angelico: The match closes out with Angelico hitting a cross body on Evans and dislocating his own elbow, leaving Havoc to fend for himself. Havoc gets double teamed and Evans hits a corkscrew inverted splash on Havoc to score the pinfall.

-- In Dario Cueto's office, Sexy Star demands a match against Mariposa, thinking that's her spider stalker. Cueto grants it for next week. Cueto meanwhile opens a box that supposedly has a great treasure inside and will be awarded to either Texano or Cage later.

-- "Best of Five Ultimate Opportunity Match #4": Cage vs. Texano (Cage leads 2-1): The match closes out with both men fighting on the top rope. The top turnbuckle comes loose and Cage falls headfirst into the exposed turnbuckle steel, busting himself open. Texano hits a sit out power bomb on Cage, scores the pinfall and ties the series 2-2.

-- Dario Cueto Promo: Cueto exits his office and arrives at ringside. Cueto says he loves seeing all this violence in the Best Of Five Series so he announces that the fifth and final match will happen now and it'll be an Anything Goes Match.

Dario Cueto exits his office in The Temple. He says that he loves the violence between Cage and Texano in this series. How they both want to badly win the "Ultimate Opportunity". He calls for The 5th match to begin now. The show goes to break and when it returns, Dario Cueto is still in The Temple outside his office. He takes the mic again. He says that he forgot to mention that this upcoming match will be an anything goes match.

-- "Best of Five Ultimate Opportunity Match #5, Anything Goes Match": Cage vs. Texano (Series Tied 2-2): The match closes out with Texano trapping Cage in a crossface submission. Texano releases the submission after almost getting pinned by Cage and goes for the sit out power bomb. Cage hits a discus clothesline for a near fall and then whips Texano with his own bullrope. Cage lifts Texano into the air and hits a spiked brainbuster to score the pinfall and win the series 3-2. After the match, Dario Cueto invites Cage into his office to receive his Ultimate Opportunity prize.

-- Inside Dario Cueto's office, Cueto gives Cage the box with the treasure inside and Cage doesn't seem impressed. Cueto reveals it to be an iron glove called The Gauntlet and says it has powers that you wouldn't believe. Cage doesn't want it, but Cueto suggests that he try it on first. Cage puts on the glove, electricity shoots throughout the glove and Cage suddenly develops super human strength with that hand as he lifts Cueto up in the air by his throat. Cage decides he's keeping his prize as Cueto smiles to end the show.

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from Lucha Underground that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: Aztec Warfare III: Sexy Star wins Lucha Underground Championship. December 2016.
#9: Trios Title Elimination Match: Ivelisse and Son of Havoc vs. Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio Jr and Dragon Azteca Jr vs. Joey Ryan, Cortez Castro and Mr. Cisco vs. Fenix, Jack Evans and PJ Black: April 2016.
#8: No Mas Gift of the Gods Aztec Medallion Match: Sexy Star vs. Mariposa: May 2016.
#7:  Aztec Warfare II: March 2016.
#6: Lucha Underground Title Match: Mil Muertes vs. Pentagon Jr vs. Prince Puma: March 2016.
#5: Six to Survive #1 Contender’s Match: Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Ivelisse vs. Johnny Mundo vs. Taya vs. King Cuerno: June 2016.
#4: Lucha Underground Title Match: Mil Muertes vs. Fenix: March 2016.
#3: Lucha Underground Title Match: Matanza vs. Cage: June 2016.
#2: Prince Puma vs. Rey Mysterio: July 2016.
#1: Loser Leaves Lucha Underground Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero: November 2016.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: Matanza Cueto: Matanza has been an unstoppable force within the Lucha Underground Temple. Matanza became the Lucha Underground Champion in his very first match in Lucha Underground and has dominated the title scene, defeating all comers in one on one matches, up until his defeat in Aztec Warfare III.

- Johnny Mundo deserves an honorable mention. 

- My Pick For Women's Wrestler Of The Year: Sexy Star: Sexy Star became the first ever Gift of the Gods Champion and first ever Lucha Underground Champion all within the same year and has proved that even a lady can hang with the guys in professional wrestling.

- Wrestlers Growing Frustrated: According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, some Lucha Underground talents are reportedly frustrated since the company will not be taping Season 4 until the fall of 2017. Many of the LU talent are under contracts and can not compete in any other promotions such as WWE, TNA, ROH or NJPW while on break from LU tapings. This will leave many wrestlers without work throughout the first 8 months of 2o17. Some LU talent are reportedly looking to get a lawyer in place to see if there is any way to be released from their contract.

*** New Japan Pro Wrestling ***

- Best Of 2016: After looking far and wide and reading opinions from all the wrestling fans on the internet, I've come to the conclusion that these are in no order whatsoever, the top 10 matches everyone should see from NJPW that took place in 2016 and are all my personal favorites:

#10: Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay: NJPW Super Juniors Tournament 23.
#9: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata: Wrestle Kingdom 10.
#8: AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Wrestle Kingdom 10.
#7: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada: Wrestle Kingdom 10.
#6: The Bullet Club (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks) vs. ACH, Matt Sydal & KUSHIDA: ROH 14th Anniversary.
#5: Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin: Road To Wrestling Dontaku.
#4: KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay: NJPW Invasion Attack.
#3: KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O'Reilly: Best Of The Super Juniors.
#2: Will Ospreay vs. Ryuskue Taguchi: Best Of The Super Juniors Finals
#1: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito: NJPW Dominion.

- My Pick For Wrestler Of The Year: Kenny Omega: Omega spent 2016 becoming the leader of The Bullet Club after turning on AJ Styles. Omega would go on to win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship and then the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Championship with The Young Bucks. Omega capped off 2016 by winning the G1 Tournament and earning himself a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2017.

- My Pick For Tag Team Of The Year: The Young Bucks: The Bucks kicked off 2016 as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, lost them, then won them back later in the year for a record setting fifth time. Along with Kenny Omega, The Bucks would win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship. The Bucks also captured and are currently the ROH World Tag Team Champions. 

- Kenny Omega Comments On WWE: Kenny Omega recently was asked about his opinions on the WWE signing talent and was asked about being on the WWE's list of talent they want to sign. Omega stated that the WWE are signing people just to sign people and take over the professional wrestling world. Judging by Omega's comments he is staying in NJPW with no interest in signing with the WWE at all.

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Weekend 3 Count #WWE #NXT #TNA #ROH #LuchaUnderground #SexyStar #EVOLVE #Vader

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 afternoon at @TripleThreatCLE. 

*** WWE *** 

- New Champion Crowned: If you missed Smackdown Live this past Tuesday night, The Miz defeated Dolph Ziggler and became a 6 Time WWE Intercontinental Champion. 

- The Undertaker Returns: This past Tuesday on Smackdown Live, The Undertaker officially announced that he was back and made it clear that if anyone on Team Smackdown Live failed at tonight's WWE Survivor Series, he'd pay them a visit.

- Cruiserweight Signings: According to PWInsider, WWE have offered contracts to Tony Nese and Drew Gulak. Nese and Gulak were signed for the RAW Cruiserweight Division and for the upcoming 205 Live Cruiserweight show that starts at the end of November.

- More Conor McGregor News: According to WWE officials, they are trying to land an appearance from current UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. WWE would love to have McGregor appear on a future episode of RAW. Last weekend, Triple H was in attendance for UFC 205 on Saturday night to see McGregor become the first-ever simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history by defeating Eddie Alvarez for the Lightweight Title. McGregor made pro wrestling headlines earlier this year when he took a shot at several wrestlers while doing a UFC 202 Q&A. Triple H spoke to The Telegraph at the event and confirmed that WWE is interested in bringing McGregor in. Triple H stated the following:

"He could come over, he's got it all, he's got the personality, the skills, the talk. He's an entertainer, for sure. What does he walk around at? 180lbs? I have smaller guys now in the WWE. We have 200lb guys who are stars. You don't need to be 300lbs any more. He could do just as well as Floyd Mayweather when he fought the Big Show. That really worked. Conor could do it for sure."

- A McMahon In The White House?: NBC Connecticut reports that future President, Donald Trump, could be considering Linda McMahon for his Secretary of Commerce. Linda supported Donald Trump's bid for the Presidency, and donated $6M to his campaign in August. A spokesperson for McMahon said she would be honored to serve if Trump asks her, but his office has not reached out as of yet.

- Ashley Massaro Files A Lawsuit: Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro is the most recent former WWE talent to join in a lawsuit against the company, alleging sexual abuse and brain trauma. Massaro claims that she was sexually assaulted while visiting a US base in Kuwait on behalf of WWE in 2006. Massaro claims that company doctors examined her following the incident and reported their findings to WWE executives, who then persuaded Massaro to keep quiet as they handled the situation internally. Massaro also has claimed that she suffered several concussions, while performing for the WWE. One instance, Massaro states that she was at one time unconscious for five minutes and never received any care. Massaro claims that due to the sexual assault and concussions she now suffers from depression, anxiety, memory loss, migraines and has also been led to a subsequent drug addiction, which WWE helped her get past in 2010.

- 4 Nights Of Action: WWE recently announced that starting with Wrestlemania 33 next year, there will be a new package deal for the fans to purchase at one of the "Big 4" pay per views. WWE is planning to run an NXT pay per view, a WWE pay per view, RAW and Smackdown Live all from the same venue and fans can order a package deal to attend all four events. This will be planned for Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Summerslam and Survivor Series.

- 2017 WWE Survivor Series News: WWE officially announced this week that the 2o17 WWE Survivor Series will take place in Houston, Texas. WWE will also run NXT Takeover, RAW and Smackdown Live all in Houston that weekend.

- WWE Survivor Series: Tonight is the 30th Annual WWE Survivor Series. Be sure to check out my Recap of the results on Monday afternoon if you miss the show.

*** NXT ***

- WWE Superstars That Need NXT: While checking out the Internet this week, I came across a top 5 list of current WWE superstars that would be better off if they went back down to NXT to sharpen their gimmicks or even just to get noticed again. Here was that Top 5, do you agree with the choices?

#5: Neville
#4: Dana Brooke
#3: Tyler Breeze
#2: Enzo and Big Cass
#1: Sami Zayn

- NXT Takeover: Toronto: If you missed last night's great show be sure to check out my Recap of all the results, currently posted on Triple Threat CLE.

*** TNA ***

- TNA Recap:
-- Eddie Edwards cuts a promo. Edwards says he's always been a stand up guy, doesn't appreciate James Storm and his DCC buddies jumping him from behind and isn't leaving till he gets a face to face. The DCC arrive and Edwards goes after Storm. Eddie Kingston jumps Edwards from behind. Edwards fights back, hits a clothesline, a running elbow and then ground and pounds Kingston. The DCC three on one attack Edwards and beat Edwards down. Jeff Hardy hits the ring, drops Bram with a punch, hits a Twist of Fate on Kingston and then chases off Storm.
-- Aron Rex vs. Jesse Godderz: The match closes out with Godderz hitting a leg lariat on Rex for a near fall. Rex counters a back suplex and chop blocks Godderz. Godderz counters the Royal Arch, applies the Adonis Lock and makes Rex tap out.
-- TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim announces that due to injury she is vacating the title. A new champion will be crowned in the near future.
-- Sienna and Laurel Van Ness vs. Brandi Rhodes and Madison Rayne: The match closes out with Brandi hitting a rolling back elbow on Sienna and a knee strike for a near fall, as Laurel breaks up the pinfall. Madison takes out Laurel with a leg lariat and tosses her outside. Brandi counters the AK47 and hits a reverse STO on Sienna to score the pinfall. 
-- At the Hardy Estate, Reby Sky is disappointed with Broken Matt Hardy because he's eating candy and deleting emails instead of helping his brother fight. Matt says communication solves problems not violence. Reby wants to show Matt some videos to try to make him remember his life. 

-- "Fatal Four Way Match, To Determine A #1 Contender": Bobby Lashley vs. Ethan Carter vs. Trevor Lee vs. Mike Bennett: The match closes out with Lashley hitting a spinebuster on Bennett. Lee hits the Collision Course on Lashley and then boots Bennett. Lee hits a running punt on EC3, sending him outside and then follows up with a plancha on EC3 and Lashley both. Lee gets shoved off the ropes by Bennett, but Bennett gets blasted in the face by EC3. EC3 hits the TK3, traps Lee in a rear naked choke submission and makes Lee tap out to become the new #1 Contender.
-- At the Hardy Estate, Reby Sky shows Matt the Final Deletion video. Matt asks how much did Max's birthday cost, why did he destroy Jeff's front yard lawn and why would he ever shoot fireworks at his own brother. Matt gets disgusted with the violence and leaves the room.
-- Fact Of Life with Eli Drake: Drake's guest is Ethan Carter. Drake is annoyed that EC3 gets another TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match. Drake reminds EC3 that he choked the last two times he got title shots and wants to save EC3 from further embarrassment. Drake challenges EC3 to a match with EC3's #1 Contendership on the line and wants EC3 to prove that he's a real man. EC3 declines Drake's offer and walks out. Drake says he'll include that if Drake loses he is out of a world title shot for a whole year. EC3 says it's tempting, but again declines the match because Drake isn't ready to become a champion. EC3 challenges Drake to a match and if Drake loses, then he has to shut his mouth for a whole year. Drake accepts the match.
-- Basille Baraka vs. Mahabali Shera: The match closes out with Shera hitting a body slam on Baraka and then making Baraka tap out to the Camel Clutch submission. After the match, Baron Dax attacks Shera from behind. Dax hits the Final Judgment on Shera and Baraka lands a low blow. Al Snow hits the ring, but The Tribunal tell Snow to get lost. Snow unloads on Baraka and Dax and chase them from the ring. Snow and Shera shake hands.
-- Jade will battle Rosemary for the vacant TNA Knockouts Championship next week.


-- The DCC vs. Eddie Edwards and Jeff Hardy: The match closes out with Bram hitting a running clothesline on Edwards and then puts Edwards through a table at ringside with the Brighter Side of Suffering. Storm and Hardy trade shots until Hardy drops Storm with the Twist of Fate. Storm falls into the ropes, so Hardy goes for a second Twist of Fate. Storm counters, hits the Last Call and scores the pinfall to end the show. 

*** RING OF HONOR ***
- ROH TV Recap:
-- "ROH Six Man Tag Team Championship Tournament Match": Team CMLL vs. The Addiction: The match closed out with Kamaitachi in control, but Daniels tagged himself in and ended up getting pinned by Ultimo Guerrero. Disgusted, Kamaitachi walks out on Daniels and Kazarian for costing him a shot at the titles. Daniels apologizes, but Kamaitachi doesn't want to hear it.
-- Dalton Castle and Colt Cabana vs. Keith Lee and Shane Taylor: The match closes out with Castle and Cabana not on the same page as they have problems teaming. Castle accidentally hits Cabana with a boot that was meant for Lee. Cabana gets dropped with a power bomb and a middle rope splash from Taylor for the pinfall.
-- ROH Television Championship Match": Bobby Fish (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page: The match closes out with Fish countering the Rite of Passage and trapping Page in a knee bar submission and forcing Page to tap out, retaining the title. After the match, ROH World Champion Adam Cole hits the ring to attack, but Jay Lethal and Kyle O'Reilly make the save and chase off Page and Cole to end the show. 

- New Champion Crowned: This past Friday night, Will Ospreay made his ROH debut at a live show in Liverpool, England. Ospreay went on to defeat ROH Television Champion Bobby Fish to win the championship.  Ospreay had just signed a deal with ROH last week.

*** Lucha Underground ***

- Lucha Underground TV Recap: This week's whole show focused on the Lucha Underground Championship being defended in Aztec Warfare 3.
-- Johnny Mundo confronts Dario Cueto and promises to be the first ever Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Champion and Lucha Underground Champion both at the same time. Mundo also says that if he fails tonight he will cash in his Gift of the Gods title next week for a Lucha Underground Championship Match. Cueto calls Mundo an arrogant son of a bitch and says Mundo will enter Aztec Warfare at #2 instead of #12 and will need to fight for his life because Matanza Cueto is #1.
-- "Aztec Warfare 3 for the Lucha Underground Championship": The match features 20 Lucha Underground wrestlers and will be contested just like the WWE Royal Rumble, one entering every 90 seconds. The last person standing will win the Lucha Underground Championship.

** Order of Entrants **
Matanza Cueto
Johnny Mundo
Son of Havoc
Jeremiah Krane
Pentagon Dark
PJ Black
Mariposa
Rey Mysterio
Dr. Wagner Jr
Marty The Moth Martinez
Jack Evans
Sexy Star
Ricky Mandel
Mascarita Sagrada
Famous B
The Mack
Joey Ryan
Mil Muertes
Kobra Moon
Drago

** Order of Eliminations **

- Matanza eliminates Jeremiah Krane with a German suplex into a bridge pinfall.
- Matanza eliminates Mariposa by pinfall with a choke slam.
- Jack Evans eliminates Son of Havoc by pinfall with a corkscrew moonsault.
- Johnny Mundo eliminates Pentagon Dark, by pinfall, after Pentagon Dark gets jumped by Black Lotus and two Asian women.
- PJ Black eliminates Ricky Mandel, by pinfall,  after Pentagon Dark gave Mandel a package piledriver before he was jumped by Black Lotus' crew.
- Matanza eliminates Sagrada, by pinfall, with a spinning Wrath of the Gods.
- Rey Mysterio eliminates Famous B, by pinfall, with the 619 and West Coast Pop.
- Rey Mysterio eliminates Marty The Moth, by pinfall.
- Mil Muertes eliminates Joey Ryan, by pinfall, with the Flatliner.
- Matanza eliminates Dr. Wagner Jr, by pinfall, with the Wrath of the Gods.
- The Mack eliminates Jack Evans, by pinfall, with a stunner.
- The Mack and Sexy Star eliminate PJ Black, by double pinfall, after Mack hits a pop up stunner on Black.
- Drago eliminates Kobra Moon, by pinfall, with the Dragon Slayer.
- Matanza eliminates Drago, by pinfall, with the Car Bomb Slam.
- Rey Mysterio eliminates Matanza, by pinfall, after a sunset flip power bomb. Dario Cueto is pissed and stunned that his brother has been eliminated. We will be guaranteed a new Lucha Underground Champion.
- Johnny Mundo eliminates Rey Mysterio, by pinfall, after Matanza snaps and viciously attacks Rey for eliminating him. Matanza tosses Rey repeatedly into the outside barricade and then hits Wrath of the Gods on Rey. Dario Cueto tries to get his brother to stop, but Matanza shoves Dario down, as Rey is stretchered out of the Temple.

** Final Four **
Johnny Mundo, Sexy Star, The Mack and Mil Muertes.

- Sexy Star eliminates Johnny Mundo, by pinfall, after Angelico returns and helps Star, as she was being attacked by Mundo, PJ Black and Jack Evans.
- Mil Muertes eliminates The Mack, by pinfall, with The Flatliner.

** Final Elimination **
Muertes drags Sexy up to the top rope with him and goes for a choke slam through a table. Sexy fights back and sends Muertes crashing through the table below. Sexy hits a double stomp on Muertes, covers, scores the pinfall and wins the Lucha Underground Championship.

*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***

- King Haku Returns: This past week at an NJPW charity event in New Zealand, the wrestling legend known as King Haku returned and teamed up with his sons Tama Tango and Tanga Roa in a Six Man Tag Team Match. King Haku received a great reaction as the father/sons team defeated Juice Robinson, Hooligan Marcus Kool and Nasty Nate.

*** EVOLVE Wrestling ***

** EVOLVE 72 Recap **
-- Fred Yehi vs. Jason Kincaid: The match closes out with Kincaid hitting the coast to coast drop kick and then the double stomp on Yehi. Yehi comes back with a vertabreaker on Kincaid and then a flatliner. Yehi locks in the Koji Clutch submission and makes Kincaid tap out.
-- Darby Allin and Tony Nese vs. Jaka and Chris Dickinson: The match closes out with Nese tossing Dickinson into Jaka and then hitting a suicide dive on both. Nese goes for the 450 Splash, but Allin tags himself in. Jaka pulls Nese outside as Dickinson hits a dragon suplex on Allin. Jaka and Dickinson hit Total Elimination on Allin and score the pinfall.
-- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ethan Page: Page spent most of the match going after Sabre's injured arm. The match closes out with Sabre countering the Spinning Dwayne, but Page connects with a Buckle Bomb. Sabre unloads slaps on Page, but gets planted with a Page power bomb, that trapped his injured arm underneath. Sabre counters the RKEGO, but Page hits the Spinning Dwayne on Sabre to score the pinfall.
-- Chris Hero vs. Tracy Williams: The match closes out with Hero hitting a rolling elbow, but Williams hits a german suplex. Hero counters a sunset flip and hits a Gotch Piledriver on Williams for a near fall. Hero unloaded a series of elbows and Williams fired back with a series of strikes and two big boots. Williams hits a lariat on Hero for a near fall. Williams hits another lariat and then traps Hero in a crossface submission. Hero tries to fight out, but eventually taps out.
-- "The Squared Circle Of Survival Match, For The EVOLVE World Championship": Timothy Thatcher (c) vs. Drew Gulak: The rules for this match were simple, you could only win by pinfall, submission or knocking out your opponent. In an unbelievable sight, one that I've never seen before, Thatcher and Gulak tore the whole ring apart while wrestling. Ripping down the ropes, pulling up the canvas and wrestling on top of the exposed wood panels underneath. The match closes out with Thatcher and Gulak trading punches. Thatcher gets a near fall gut wrench suplex on Gulak after hitting three head butts. Gulak hits a series of suplexes and Thatcher falls into the hole that was created in the middle of the wood panels, falling underneath the ring. Thatcher gets pulled out of the hole, but he unloads more head butts on Gulak. Thatcher counters the piledriver and plants Gulak with a backdrop suplex to score the pinfall and retain the title.
-- Drew Gulak and Catch Point cut a promo and meet face to face with Drew Galloway and DUSTIN to end the show. Galloway and Matt Riddle trade verbal shots at each other, setting up a possible future match once Galloway is cleared to wrestle again.

** EVOLVE 73 Recap **
-- Stokely Hathaway announces that EVOLVE World Champion Timothy Thatcher is not here tonight as planned due to a concussion.
-- Darby Allin challenges Jaka to a match tonight, Jaka accepts and that match kicks off the show. 
-- Darby Allin vs. Jaka: The match closes out with Jaka in full control and beating down Allin. Jaka drops Allin on the top rope with a hot shot and then planted Allin with a German suplex. Allin tries to fight back and tries to pull off a series of different pinning combinations on Jaka. Jaka finally counters Allin's attempts, lands a spin kick on Allin and scores the pinfall.
-- Icarus vs. Jason Kincaid: The match closes out with Kincaid planting Icarus with a sunset flip bomb into the corner and follows that up with a coast to coast drop kick. Icarus hits a wheelbarrow German suplex on Kincaid and gets a near fall. Icarus and Kincaid fight out to the floor, where Kincaid hits a blockbuster on Icarus. Back in the ring, Kincaid hits a double stomp on Icarus and scores the pinfall.
-- Ethan Page vs. Chris Dickinson: The Gatekeepers were in Page's corner as Jaka was in Dickinson's corner. The match closes out with Dickinson unloading a series of clotheslines and then pounds on Page in the corner. Dickinson connects with an enziguri on Page and gets a near fall. Page goes to the apron, Dickinson charges, but Page counters with the RKEGO for a near fall. Dickinson counters a package piledriver and gets another near fall enziguri. Dickinson goes for a lariat, but Page counters, hits the Spinning Dwayne and scores the pinfall.
-- Drew Gulak vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: The match closes out with Sabre attacking Gulak's arm he worked on throughout the match. Sabre counters an arm bar submission attempt by Gulak, Gulak counters a guillotine submission attempt by Sabre and goes ground and pound on Sabre. Sabre counters a sunset flip and plants Gulak with a sitdown bulldog. Gulak returns and traps Sabre in the Dragon Sleeper submission and makes Sabre tap out.
-- Chris Hero vs. Matt Riddle: The match closes out with Riddle unloading kicks on Hero. Riddle hits Bro To Sleep, but Hero also hits the rolling elbow and both men are down. Hero is up first and unloads elbows on Riddle. Hero and Riddle counter tombstone attempts until Riddle plants the jumping tombstone piledriver on Hero. Riddle unloads punches on Hero, forcing Hero to retreat to the ropes. Hero counters the springboard knee, plants an elbow and then drops Riddle with a piledriver. Hero hits the Gotch Piledriver on Riddle and scores the pinfall.
-- Drew Galloway and DUSTIN appear and make fun of Matt Riddle for losing. Galloway says he's sold his soul for his career and is here to save EVOLVE. Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams arrive and want their tag title rematch. Galloway agrees, but says Chris Hero will substitute for Galloway since he's still not cleared to wrestle. Drew Gulak and Tony Nese arrive, as does The Gatekeepers and they all want included in this EVOLVE World Tag Team Championship Match too.
-- "EVOLVE World Tag Team Championship, Fatal Four Way Elimination Match": DUSTIN and Chris Hero (c) vs. Tony Nese and Drew Gulak vs. Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams vs. The Gatekeepers:
* First Elimination: Hero is in control and unloading strikes on both Gatekeepers. The Gatekeepers grab Hero and plant him with a double chokeslam. Allin runs in and attacks one of The Gatekeepers as DUSTIN also runs in, rolls up the other Gatekeeper and scores the pinfall.
* Second Elimination: Nese suplexes Williams and gets a near fall. DUSTIN and Hero run in and attack Nese in the corner. Nese fights back and Hero accidentally cracks DUSTIN with an elbow. Williams traps DUSTIN in the crossface submission and forces DUSTIN to tap out, insuring us that there will be new tag team champions tonight. Drew Galloway has a temper tantrum at ringside knowing he just lost his tag team championship.
* Final Elimination: Williams hits a drop down off the ropes into a DDT for a near fall on Nese. Nese comes back and hits a Michinoku Driver on Williams, but Yehi stops the pinfall attempt. Yehi unloads a series of forearms on Nese and then traps Nese in the Koji Clutch submission. Nese taps out, making Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams the new EVOLVE World Tag Team Champions to end the show.

- Joey Styles Fired From EVOLVE: EVOLVE president Gabe Sapolsky announced last weekend that they have fired former ECW and WWE announcer Joey Styles, for making a joke about the future president of the United States, Donald Trump. Styles was on commentary with Joanna Rose and made the remark to Joanna that she looked great and if Donald Trump was present he'd want to grab her by the p*ssy. Styles tweeted out an apology to everyone in EVOLVE on the following day.

- Timothy Thatcher Injured: PWInsider reported that Evolve World Champion Timothy Thatcher suffered a concussion at EVOLVE 72 during his match against Drew Gulak. Due to the injury, Thatcher was forced to drop out of EVOLVE 73, where he was set to face Tony Nese.

*** Other News ***

- Vader News: Former WCW and WWE wrestler Big Van Vader (Leon White) announced some sad news on Twitter this week. Vader stated that he visited two different doctors this week and both are giving Vader 2 years left to live. Vader's doctors stated that due to football and wrestling, Vader is suffering from terminal congestive heart failure and has only 2 years left to live.

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!