No Mercy Fantasy Booking

Here is a new version of my fantasy booking of WWE No Mercy so let me know what you think about this card.

Pre Show: Jack Swagger vs Baron Corbin

Reason: this would be a match that could help get Corbin going towards him being a challenger The Miz for the IC title later in the night.

Opening Match: Apollo Crews vs Kalisto

Reason: Kalisto and Apollo can show the smackdown fans they can do what the raw cruiserweights can do in the ring because they are both fast and lucha base style that can be a show opener that the fans would enjoy.

Tag Team Championship Match

Ladder Match

One Man Gore (Heath Slater and Rhyno) vs The Uso vs American Alpha( Jason Jordan and Chad Gable)

Reason: This ladder match could be a match that the fans wouldn’t expect to be a good match seeing how American Alpha have never been in a match of this caliber. I think this would be a way to get the titles on the usos without making American Alpha weak, this would be the perfect way to set them up in a feud for the belts.

Intercontinental Championship Match

Miz’ Open Challenge

The Miz vs Daniel Bryan Choice (Baron Corbin)

Reason: The Miz and Maryse come out and Miz cuts a promo on how he defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain his championship and that he was going to hold an open challenge which would cause Daniel Bryan to come out and say he has an opponent for The Miz to defend his IC championship and Baron Corbin theme hits which would shock the fans and the Miz.

Tag Team Match

Randy Orton and a Mystery Partner (Luke Harper) vs Erick Rowan and Bray Wyatt

Reason: seeing how Luke Harper is cleared for in ring action, this would be the perfect way for him to return being the decoy partner for Randy Orton just to turn on Orton during the hot tag and align with his brothers in the Wyatts.

Carmella vs Nikki Bella

Reason: Carmella has been pulling a page out of AJ Styles playbook by beating up Nikki Bella like AJ did with John Cena, this would be a perfect way to set this to be a number one contenders match for the smackdown’s women’s championship to face the winner of Becky and Alexia.

Women’s Championship Match

Fatal Fourway

Alexa Bliss vs Becky Lynch vs Naomi vs Natalya

Reason: Naomi and Natalya are the jealous veterans that are being tired of being overlooked when it comes to championships chances so they complain that it's not fair that Alexa Bliss just comes in from NXT to get a chance at Becky’s championship.

WWE World Championship

No DQ match

Dean Ambrose vs AJ Styles

Reason: If it is a Championship rematch then it should only be the current champion and the former champion not a triple treat featuring the man the current champion defeated at Summerslam, Yes John Cena was added to this match for some weird reason. If they wanted John Cena involved they could have made him the special guest referee. But WWE wanted it a triple threat match. But this is my opinion of what WWE should have done.

Wednesday Wrestling Roundup

What an episode of NXT this week was, it started out with a vicious attack by Samoa Joe after he called out NXT champion Shinsuke Nakamura and said once he was medically cleared to fight he was going to challenge him for the title again since he already had a rematch clause in his contract. Then you had a women's division match where Liv Morgan faced off against a local enhancement talent named Rachel Fazio, then Liv surprise people by challenging Asuka for the women’s championship, to the comments of Asuka clearing out the women’s division of NXT.

Dream match alert Drew Gulak vs Hideo Itami was a match that i was excited to see happen in NXT, I wish WWE would sign Gulak so that can be a feud that could lead to a  NXT championship feud. This match was hard hitting how i like dream matches to be, But in the end I knew that Hideo Itami would come out victorious by hitting the Go To Sleep. Then you saw pure domination happen on NXT when The Authors of Pain lead by legendary manager Paul Ellering as they took on two local talent that didn’t even have their names on the show this week that how fast and brutal the beatdown was.

Tye Dillinger talked about how he is still a Perfect Ten after his rough summer was with losing some matches and winning some matches. The main event of the week was The Glorious one himself Robert Roode facing off against the Latin Sensation No Way Jose. that match took me by Surprised because I thought Jose would have gone back to how he was before his feud with Austin Aries, but no that feud evolved him into a different side of him in the ring and that side was out during his match against Roode where he almost picked up the victory, but he lost to Roode’s Glorious Impaler DDT.

Yesterday was also the finals of the WWE CWC, we saw TJ Perkins win the Cruiserweight Classic and he became Cruiserweight Champion, that was an historic event because TJ Perkins was also in Impact Wrestling where he held the X Division championship which is an equivalent to the cruiserweight style championship.

My reaction to the finals of the CWC was that Kota Ibushi and Zack Sabre Jr who people said that were the final two just proved that they were wrong when TJ Perkins and Gran Metalik were the final two of the tournament.

So what are your thoughts of the tournament as an whole let me know on social media, you can follow me on twitter at @WarriorMW23 and @KTreyShow, you can follow me on Facebook at FranchizeMattWard, also you can give a like to my facebook fan page at MattWardCSR8723 you can also find me on ChicagoLandSportsRadio.com on Mondays and Fridays, Mondays from 7-9 PM Central on the KTrey Show and every other friday on the Bob Blob Show from 4-5 PM Central.

Raw Review

Monday Night Raw was turned into the Kevin Owens Show because Kevin Owens is the WWE Universe Championship. Kevin Owens celebration was cut short by Seth Rollins who was bashing Stephanie McMahon. This is going to be a money feud when Triple H starts to interject himself back into the picture. Seth said that Kevin was the prodigal son when Kevin was signed. Bayley defeated Charlotte when Dana Brooke invertedly interfered in the match to help Charlotte to get a roll up while Bayley reverse the pin sending Charlotte into punching Dana and which lead to a Bayley to Belly suplex for the victory. Now this is going to be interesting seeing how it appeared that Bayley was going to be the number one contender heading into Clash of Champions.

We have had our squash match central when Nia Jax,Braun Strowman, Darren Young, and Bo Dallas all winning their matches in quick fashion, but the Strowman was by count out when he defeated Sin Cara. Plus you also had the comedy segment which was Gallows and Anderson making fun of the new day with the old day. Shining Star shocked the world by defeating Enzo and Cass which shocked me because i thought this was going to be a match that was going to be an easy victory for the certified G’s Enzo and Cass.

Chris Jericho vs Seth Rollins was a match that was a dream match that I was happy that I got to witness, but the interesting thing about the match could this be leading to a shield reunion against JeriKO. Kevin Owens was watching backstage while watching the match that Seth Rollins picked up the victory.

Sasha Banks teased a retirement on Raw, while Dana Brooke came out to say that she was going to end Sasha Banks, which to the surprise of everyone that she was going to be leaving but she hit the Banks Statement on Dana which she told Dana the bad news was for Charlotte which means that she was going to be ready for her rematch at Clash of Champions. So what does this mean for BAYLEY now? Could Sasha win which could set up the Sasha and Bayley feud again.

Kevin Owens was shocked after his win against Sami Zayn when Roman Reigns came out to get into Owen's face which lead Chris Jericho to come out and Mick Foley to make a match if Reigns wins he will be added to the title match at Clash of Champions, but after the show the fans saw Seth saving Roman from JeriKO.

Overall i’m hyped for Clash of Champions, since only three titles will be on the line, since Rusev is on his honeymoon with is Ravishing bride Lana. So could Clash of Champions be the night were the New Day falls, and Charlotte is dethroned by the Boss again could Seth reclaim or will it be a triple treat and what other matches are going to be on the card for Clash of Champions.

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Wensday Night Wrestling Preview

This Week continues the second round of the CWC on the WWE Network where you have one half of DIY Johnny Gargano going up against TJ Perkins while Rich Swann will be going up against Lince Dorado. You have the modern day Dean Malenko in Zack Sabre Jr going up against Drew Gulak.

I am actually hyped to watch these matches because i want to see how their styles in the ring will mesh in their matches. Here are my predictions for this match up in this round of the CWC.

TJ Perkins will defeat Johnny Gargano, because if you have watched NXT and Takeover you know he is focusing on tag team wrestling. So him moving on in the tournament is pointless now that they are feuding with The Revival for the NXT tag team championships. TJ Perkins is someone that i have followed since he was in impact Wrestling as Manik, i have also watch the WWE vs TNA feud that happened through evolve wrestling where Johnny Gargano teamed up with Perkins too faced EC3 and Drew Galloway.

Zack Sabre Jr is going to defeat Drew Gulak, even thought i would like to see an upset here and have Drew moving on to the next round. But everyone is wanting a Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr finals.

Rich Swann vs Lince Dorado, this is a toss up match for me because i love both of these guys in ring work while they are on the independent scene. Lince is a member of the Lucha World Order which also another wrestler that has been on NXT which is Mr.450 if you don’t know who that is google him.

Now on to NXT we are having the aftermath of Takeover Brooklyn 2 what going to happen between Hideo Itami and Austin Aries is No Way Jose still going to be involved in that some how. What about Robert Roode and Andrade Cien Almas, what is going to happen after their match could Andrade want more of the Glorious one or will the Glorious one have a Glorious celebration. What is instore for the tag team champions the Revival after their victory of DIY. will the Authors of Pain get involved now or will ™ 61 get into the title picture.

What is instore for the women’s champion asuka now that she has defended her championship against Bayley in Brooklyn, who is going to be the one that challenges for her championship next. Could it be Ember Moon who was stunning in her debut with that Corkscrew Moonsault stunner.

What do you think is going to happen between both shows tonight let me know on social media at @WarriorMW23 on twitter and MattWardCSR8723 Facebook page.

Smackdown Review

Smackdown is getting set up for their first brand exclusive network show called backlash. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan announced new tag team and women's championships that will be crowned at Backlash.

In My opinion I actually like the new titles that smackdown has because they are a different colors of the versions that Monday Night Raw has currently. It looks like it is setting up for American Alpha to become the first tag team champions on Tuesday night Smackdown.

As for the women’s championship it looks like it could be on the waist of Nikki Bella, which i would be glad to see have it, but there's one women on that smackdown roster i think would benefit from a title reign and that is Natalya. Let Natalya be the one that is the first Smackdown women’s champion start feuds with the younger talent to help them get over with the crowd. For example of getting over with the fans Carmella turned heel by attacking Nikki Bella during an interview on Smackdown and then she attacked her during an interview on smack talk. That looks like a feud in the making to set up for the women’s division title tournament.

WWE is setting up a feud that will be money for backlash and that is a feud between the eater of worlds and the legend killer randy orton. I actually like this idea because this will give Bray Wyatt something on television sink his teeth into and will give Randy Orton something to go off his Brock Lesnar match at Summerslam that they actually used as starting point for this program.

AJ Styles defeated Dolph Ziggler to become the new number one contender to face Dean Ambrose for the WWE Championship at Backlash.

I am all for a AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose program, but what are they going to do with Dolph, are they going to put him in the IC title picture which would be a step down. But their could be a way that Dolph can still be relevant and be in the picture, he cost AJ his shot at Dean Ambrose to where they make it a triple threat match for the championship I wouldn’t mind seeing the Miz hold two championships again by winning the tag team titles with Dolph Ziggler and they could be called the Awesome Showoffs.

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The Miz and Daniel Bryan Smack Talk Segment Review

Last night on WWE Smack Talk The Miz went off in what people are saying is a shoot promo while some are doing a work shoot promo after what Daniel Bryan said about him being a cowardly wrestler which caused the Miz to snap on the show after the show aired The Miz’s wife Maryse took to twitter to press the issue saying Hero’s stand up for what they believe in and cowards walk away.

This is the best promo work the miz has done on WWE television weather or not this was scripted work shoot or this was real, by the look on his face it look like he was legit furious at Daniel Bryan. I hope WWE does run with this into a storyline where the Miz gets to prove that he is not a coward and a chance to prove Daniel bryan wrong. I remember when the Miz was on the show MTV Real World through his transition into Pro Wrestling through the show tough enough he has came along way from the man that he was on that show. Now he has been a WWE Champion, US Champion, Tag Team Champion on multiple occasions, and he is the current IC champion. So he is among the wrestlers that are in the Grand Slam Champion category in the history of the company, Ironically when Daniel Bryan first came into the company The Miz was his pro mentor on NXT when it was still a show about finding the next superstar not that glorious brand that it is today.

What are your thoughts on what happened between the miz and daniel bryan on smack talk.

Smackdown Preview

Daniel Bryan teased that their will be two Smackdown Exclusive Championship, People are wondering what titles are they going to be. Some are thinking the Women's and Tag Team Championships.

Here is what I would like to have happened instead. They need to have the women's championship be a dual brand championship as well as the tag team championships. I would like to see the WWE bring a TV title and European Championship to Smackdown Live instead of doing the same old tag team and women's championship like they have done in the past with the roster shakeups.

so what are your thoughts on this? let me know on twitter at @WarriorMW23 you can also find me Monday nights from 7-9 PM Central on the @KTreyShow on ChicagoLandSportsRadio.com 

Raw Recap

Monday Night Raw kicked off on a sad note with Finn Balor vacating his newly won Universal Championship due to an injury that he suffered on SummerSlam. Then Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley came up with a way to crown a new universal champion. Which was to do a quick 8 man tournament with the finals being a fatal four way next week on Monday Night Raw.

What I found interesting is that Roman Reigns, Big Cass, Kevin Owens, and Seth Rollins were all in the ring at the start of raw along with Sami Zayn and Chris Jericho and Enzo Amore. Now we know that Reigns, Big Cass, Kevin Owens, and Seth Rollins will fight for the Universal Championship next week on raw. Here were the matches that got us the fatal four way for next week, Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens defeated Neville, Big Cass defeated Rusev by countout, and Roman Reigns defeated Chris Jericho.

Bayley debuted on the Monday Night Raw brand as she faced Dana Brooke as Mick Foley called her up to be the one to face Charlotte for the Women’s Championship, But Charlotte doesn’t want to face Bayley so she said she had to face Dana Brooke first.

You also have Big E defeating Machine Gun Karl Anderson, Braun Strowman defeating Johnny Knockout, you also have Titus Oneil calling out Darren Young. Also the Shining Stars confronted the Dudley Boyz.

Speaking of Dudley Boyz last night was the night they said goodbye to the WWE fans, while saying Goodbye they were put through a table by Machine Gun Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows via the magic killer on Devon. So now what is going to happen with this will we get the match that the dudley boyz wanted when they first left TNA before signing with the WWE while Anderson and Gallows were in NJPW?

What are your thoughts on this let me know on twitter @WarriorMW23

Takeover Brooklyn 2 review

Saturday Night WWE NXT Takeover proved that they are the better brand than the main roster, Their show was superior compared to Summerslam. I legit got chills when Shinsuke Nakamura entrance happened with the violinist that did his entrance live. The whole crowd was singing along with the theme song.

Where do I begin to talk about the matches that happened on Saturday. Let's start with the NXT Tag Team Championship The Revival barely escaped Brooklyn with the tag team championships. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa better known as DIY, This match stole the show in my eyes of the Takeover Brooklyn card. DIY held their own against the champs, I actually thought that they were going to be the new champs.

Bayley she wrestled her heart out in the middle of the ring in her rematch with the “Empress of Tomorrow” Asuka, Asuka retain her women’s championship. This match was awesome it was better than their wrestlemania weekend match up where Asuka dethroned Bayley for the women’s championship. Now the question is who is going to be the one that ends the reign of Asuka?

Ember Moon Rising? That is going to be the name of her Stunner that she hit on Billie Kay. That match was Ember Moon debut in NXT and she showed WWE what she can do in the ring. Ember is one that could be ready to face Asuka now.

Shinsuke Nakamura, the King of Strong Style defeated the NXT Champion Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe was talking about how he is the Emperor of Strong Style. Shinsuke Dislocated Joe jaw with his Kinshasa, now rumors are going around that the NXT title is going to get a makeover like the IWGP IC title and have a white leather strap instead of the black one.

How Glorious was Robert Roode debut in NXT, that entrance was Glorious with him descending from the rafters like he was descending to earth from the heavens. He defeated Andrade Cien Almas. This match was better than i expected it to be when they announced this match.

Austin Aries vs No Way Jose, brought out a different style of No Way Jose. That side of him is something that i was waiting to see come out and i am glad it came out thanks to Austin Aries. Yes Aries wins his debut but after the match is what was more talked about it was Hideo Itami coming out and hitting the GTS on Aries. Now this is a feud that i can see money in leading into Takeover Respect.

What are your thoughts on Takeover Brooklyn 2 let me know on twitter at @WarriorMW23

ADR, Paige, and Eva Marie Suspended

Alberto Del Rio, Paige, and Eva Marie are three talent that have been suspended within 48 hours span. People are wondering what did all three of them take to get them suspended for the wellness policy.

My thoughts on this, it is crazy because you never know when WWE might be fooling the smart marks by using the eva marie suspension as part of your delaying debut angle that they have been running on smackdown, or is this a way for WWE to bring up a new women talent to the main roster for this six women tag match at SummerSlam.

Now for ADR and Paige, it has been a while that rumors have been swirling that WWE didn’t like the fact that ADR and Paige were dating and that their were rumors of management trying to get them to break them up. I can’t wait for their 30 days each to be up so they can come back and wreak havoc on the company in the ring.

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WWE 24 revolution of Women's Wrestling

The Revolution of the women’s division in WWE has been a thing of beauty since the matches between Sasha Banks and Bayley when they had their takeover match where Bayley became the women’s champion for the first time and their rematch at takeover respect in the main event of the show in an ironman match for the championship. They have came along way since Lita and Trish retired back in 2007,  In my years of watching wrestling the Women’s matches are what drawn me to the show, yeah they have had bad storylines but seeing them actually have the chance to compete is what made me respect their determination to staying with what creative gave them.

This WWE 24 episode sparked an idea in my head that maybe i will see in the future but on a different variation of my concept. But the idea in my head is to have the past face the present and the present face the future. Here are some match ideas that i have in mind, i know some might not be able to happen.

Trish and Lita vs Bayley and Sasha Banks, you might think why not two other divas like the bella twins, the reason why i want to see this match because Bayley and Sasha Banks are this generation's Trish and Lita in the women’s division.

Mickie James vs Charlotte, people think why would i want to see this match, Because Mickie James could bring out a side of charlotte in the ring that we have not seen in awhile like her match against Natalya for the vacant women’s championship.

Now this next one WWE 2K actually did in a showcase mode, but I actually would love to see Paige and Madusa actually wrestle in a match on tv not in a video game. I think these two could show the wrestling world a glimpse of the past like Bull Nakano vs Madusa for the WWF women’s championship because Paige as some style of Bull’s in her in ring work.

Those are some matches that I would love to see WWE have happen but it is a pipe dream. What are some of your WWE women wrestling dream matches hit me up on twitter at @WarriorMW23.

CWC Review

Akira Tozawa vs Jack Gallagher was an awesome start to the episode for the second round. The way this match is going with catch wrestling with mix of strong style wrestling. I laughed at Gallagher putting Tozawa in a ball and letting Tozawa try to fight his way out only leading to getting kicked in the ass by gallaher, Tozawa get the victory with a bridging snap suplex. I love this match the back and forth Tozawa snap german suplex are a thing of beauty that could rival brock’s suplex.

Noam Dar vs Hoho Lun: this match is back and forth paced with trading kicks and punches and moves, this is a match that i would love to see again on the main roster. Noam Dar got the victory with a Kneebar submission this match was phenomenal i wish we can see more of these two in the future in the WWE.

Thee Brian Kendrick vs Tony Nese: This match was awesome between these two verterns, Kendrick is an evolution of what he once was when he first came to WWE when he was 22 when he was teaming with Paul London, Tony Nese is a wrestler that i would love to see on Monday Night Raw facing guys like Cesaro. Thee Brian Kendrick is moving on to the next round of the tournament after beating tony nese.

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NXT Review

The go home show for Takeover Back to brooklyn started off with a bang with Mustafa Ali taking on Hideo Itami. This match was a good back and forth cruiserweight style match. There was a wicked baseball slide from Hideo to Ali when Ali was trying to get some air and to get away from Itami, Itami picked up the victory with the running knee.

My Honest Opinion WWE production video should be able to be nominated for Emmy’s because they are the best things going in television because the packages are so well planned out and the production value is spot on with the right amount of cutscenes with action scenes. Then you also had the takeover hype package which broke down the current card for take over. I am hyped for this show, this show is going to rival UFC 201 this weekend and i know people are going to be trying to watch both.

Then you had William Regal talking about the takeover card when he was interrupted by Billie Kay, who was saying that she wasn’t on the card and Regal was like oh you are absolutely right, how about you face off with the debuting Ember Moon.

Main Event Match of the Night, Carmella, Nikki Glencross (Nikki Storm), and Liv Morgan taking on the team on Alexa Bliss and Team Dandy which is the team of Mandy Rose and Daria Barrinado. This match was a showcase for the new crop of woman that are brought up to the show roster of NXT with the departures of Nia Jax, Eva Marie, Carmella, and Alexa Bliss to the main roster. Carmella ended up getting the victory for her team with her submission the code of silence on Mandy Rose.

Then you have the interview to hype up the main event of takeover which is Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe for the NXT championship, this match didn’t need the interview in my opinion because they have built this match up so much by not taking a lot that this interview was more of an over hyping of the match in my perspective because this is a dream match to some that people they weren’t going to see under the wwe banner.

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Evolution of Punk Episode One Review

What i have learned from this episode that punk journey from the wrestling ring to the octagon is going to be a hard transition for him. His wife is scared of his face getting bruised up but she is supporting him during his transition. CM Punk trains with Showtime Anthony Pettis. Punk tells his live story with his upbringing with his parents and their addictions. He is happy to hear when fans are being straight edge because they were inspired by him.

I Admire Phil “CM Punk” Brooks determination in becoming a UFC star because it helps people that want to follow their dreams that they can pursue them because he is doing what he has wanted to do since he was already a pro wrestler.

I love to see the rest of this documentary that fox sports is doing leading up to Punk's first UFC fight at UFC 203 as he is facing Mickey Gall.

So are you hyped for this fight or do you not care let me know on twitter @WarriorMW23

Back To Brooklyn Predictions

Saturday Night starts off the summerslam weekend with NXT Takeover Back To Brooklyn there's six matches on the card, it looks like it could rival summerslam this year again with Nakamura vs Samoa Joe, then you also have the debut of Ember Moon which i have been waiting for along with Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa vs The Revival for the NXT tag team championships. So here are my predictions for NXT takeover Back To Brooklyn.

1 Samoa Joe (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

Reason: It time for Joe to come up to the main roster and unleashed the samoan violence on the main roster against the likes of AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and John Cena.

2 Asuka (c) vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship

Winner: Bayley

Reason: I think it is time for Bayley to pull off the upset once again in brooklyn like she did with Sasha banks. I would love for lightning to strike twice for bayley.

3 Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Bobby Roode

Winner: Bobby Roode

Reason: It is his PPV debut for NXT what better way then make your debut more GLORIOUS than a victory over Andrade “Cien” Almas

4 The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) vs. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Tag Team Championship

Winner: Gargano and Ciampa

Reason: The Revival made history by becoming two time tag team champions, now it is time for them to head to the main roster and put a light force to the tag team scene on the main roster weather it is raw or smackdown live.

5 No Way Jose vs. Austin Aries

Winner: Aries

Reason: Aries is an awesome talent, he has what it takes to become the NXT champion.

6 Ember Moon vs. TBA

Winner: Ember Moon

Reason: Ember Moon is awesome when she was on the independents as Athena, I can’t wait to see what she brings to the women’s division of NXT.

New TNA President

Billy Corgan Named Impact Wrestling President

Yes you are reading this right, Billy Corgan has been named the President of Impact Wrestling while Dixie Carter will go back to the role that she had when she was partnered with Jeff Jarrett when she first came to Impact Wrestling back when it was NWA/TNA. People think that this is going to a dumb move because of the way that Impact Wrestling is going as of late.

Well I think it is a great move because The Final Deletion, and Decay are the best thing going on in Impact Wrestling, some are saying it wrong move because how they have Lashley booked as triple crown champion by holding the X-Division, King of the mountain, and World Championship right now, but I think it will mean more when Michael Bennett faces him at Bound for Glory for all three titles on the line.

With Dixie Carter not being an on screen talent, it will maybe help the company moving forward to focus on getting a new tv deal that is better than being on POP tv because the former TV guide channel is not really helping because not all cable and satellite providers have that channel so their ratings can improve from what they are right now on POP tv.

I believe Billy Corgan is going to piece to help change TNA/ Impact Wrestling for the better because with his vision of Decay it is doing better then the WWE is doing with the Wyatts and we know the last time TNA did something better WWE tried to recreate it for the wyatts against the new day.

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CWC review

This week WWE CWC had a match of the year candidate between Kota Ibushi and Cedric Alexander. That match was so good that it had the fans chanting fight forever and Thank you after the match towards Alexander and Please Sign Cedric after the match as well which caused Triple H to shake Cedric hand and to give the fans an yeah and a thumbs up about signing Cedric to a contract with the WWE. That match is going to be on the list of Match of the year Contenders in PWI under the WWE banner because this is something that has never happened two non WWE signed talent get a five star match.

Tajiri vs Gran Metalik is another match of the year contender in my eyes because it reminds me of the old school days of Super Crazy vs Tajiri in the ECW days with the back and forth chain wrestling that they had in the match mixed with the lucha libre as well. This match was so blended well it is not even funny, I wonder what else is going to happen in the second round when you have people like Zack Sabre Jr, Lince Dorado, Rich Swann, Akira Towza, Tony Neese, The Brian Kendrick, and Jack Gallaher still left to show the world what else they have left in their tank in this tournament.

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NXT recap

NXT started off with Robert Roode coming out of Mr. Regal office in a cut scene video, then the show started with the contract signing of Asuka and Bayley. Bayley showed a new side to her then we have normally seen from her in NXT where she is the lovable underdog.

First match of the night was The Authors of Pain vs Adrian Nailz and Rob Ryzin, this match was completely one sided where the Authors of Pain dished out the pain to Nailz and Ryzin. Then after the match TM61 came out to make the save only to get a beat down of their own with the Authors of Pain standing tall after all the match.

Andrade Cien Almas vs Angelo Dawkins in a match that only last two minutes which lead up to a segment with Robert Roode to set up a match for back to Brooklyn. Then Austin Aries was in regal office where he find out that he is going to be facing No Way Jose at Take Over Back to Brooklyn.

Liv Morgan tried to her best to defeat the long legged goddess Billie Kay as Billie Kay’s big boot got the victory.

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Tucker Knight and Patrick Clark in a match that showed why they are the number one contenders to face the revival for the nxt tag team championships at NXT takeover Brooklyn. This match people wonder if they would should that they couldn’t work well together after their match at the CWC opening round.

Main Event Time: Samoa Joe defeated Mojo Rawley in a match that showed a new side to Mojo Rawley that NXT or Smackdown Live has yet to see when he faced Joe, he brought the fight to the champ and was able to man handle him for a while until Joe decided that playtime was over and called out Nakamura name and made Rawley pass out with his submission. After the match Nakamura came out and security came out to prevent them two from fighting but Nakamura used that as playtime to get under Joe’s head by grabbing his nose and slapping him. That how the show ends.

As of right now here is the card for Takeover Back To Brooklyn

The Revival © vs Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano for the NXT tag team championship

Asuka ©  vs Bayley for the NXT women's championship

Samoa Joe © vs Nakamura NXT world Championship

Austin Aries vs No Way Jose

Robert Roode vs Andrade Cien Almas

The Debut of Ember Moon

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Smackdown Recap

Tuesday Night smackdown started with a ruckus between Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose and The Wyatts, which lead to a tag team match being made for the main event between the two teams. I am loving that they are using bray in the main title picture, but it is weird that no one is complaining like they did when reigns was put in wyatt's spot.

American Alpha won their tag team match against Local competitors, which was an mini lumberjack match you can say when you had all the tag teams that are on smackdown come out to watch their match to see if they can live up to what they said about being the best tag team on smackdown.

What is smackdown doing to Becky Lynch, first she is in a match that didn’t happen due to a wardrobe malfunction on Eva Marie, only to have another match where she loses against the birthday girl last night Alexa Bliss.

Randy Orton wins by Disqualification against Alberto Del Rio, Randy is getting ready to take on the beast at Summerslam so they are putting people in his way to see if he is rusty, but he is not rusty. Like he said it only takes one RKO to go to viperville.

Rhyno defeated Heath Slater to deny Heath an chance of being on the smackdown roster, this gimmick is the best thing going for Heath in the WWE since being in the Nexus, The Corre, 3MB, and Social Outcast.

Talk about an upset NXT darling Carmella defeated Natalya with her submission called Code of Silence, this match was supposed to have happened last week but Natalya attacked carmella instead which set up this week match. Its an upset because Natalya is a former women's champion, and she is a well known submission type wrestler, Carmella defeated her with a submission which is unlikely to see in a match against natalya unless you are Paige or Charlotte or Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks  who have submission moves

Kalisto was attacked by Baron corbin which is setting up something for summerslam in my opinion.

Main Event time you have Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose coming out victorious against the wyatt family. During the opening segment Dolph Super kicked Ambrose when he was going for Bray Wyatt. So is Dolph going to be a bad guy now we will have to wait and see.

Raw review

Chris Jericho vs Enzo Amore this match ended in a Disqualification which also lead to a challenge for summerslam by Enzo and Cass to Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho. This has potential to be a good match, this is a match that can show off Enzo mic skills against one of the best promo guys in Chris Jericho.

Braun Strowman vs a local talent in what wwe used to call Jobber Squash matches back in the early 90’s. They seem high on this talent because of his height, i would love for them to get mountain from game of thrones to see who is the better big man.

Darren Young vs Titus O’neil, really wwe this is going to be the feud for summerslam, really this is not money in my eyes, i would rather have prime time rebuild as being teached by Bob Backlund to become a better team.

Sheamus vs Cesaro, this match is a slobberknocker match, but sheamus loses via a roll up while yelling at the official. This could have been a different match for both of them if it lead to getting something like a future title shot, a little foreshadowing that Cesaro gets a US title shot on raw against Rusev.

Dudley Boyz vs Neville and Sin Cara, yes you are reading this right, Sin Cara goes from being the marty jannetty of the lucha dragons to being in another tag team with Neville against the dudley boyz, these guys picked up the victory which surprised me.

Kofi Kingston defeated Luke Gallows to set up the summerslam feud for the tag team titles, which is going to be interesting.

Sasha Banks defeated Dana Brooke, which sets up Dana to be banned during the rematch at summerslam vs Charlotte.

Rusev vs Cesaro, this match happened after daniel bryan stood up for cesaro saying he is underutilized on the raw roster, foley told daniel bryan to stay out of the situation, makes the title match. Rusev gets the victory against cesaro, now rusev is setting up to face reigns for the US title.

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Smackdown Recap

#1 Contender Triple Threat: Kalisto vs. Baron Corbin vs. Apollo Crews

Why is Apollo Crews in contention for the IC championship, I think he still needs more polish despite being an independent wrestler for a couple of years now as Uhaa Nation. Just because Kalisto is a former US Champion, that doesn’t mean that you can hotshot him into the IC title division. He should be on Monday Night Raw with the cruiserweights in my opinion. Barron Corbin he is one that I actually think could use the rub of winning the IC title to bounce off his Andre the giant battle royal win at WrestleMania 32. I actually wished Bray was in this match, but you will find out where Bray will be later on. But Apollo Crews is the new number one contender for the IC championship.

Next on smack down was Eva Marie versus Becky Lynch. Ok it is rant time folks, People are getting pissed that WWE is having Eva Marie fake an injury to set up an angle on the show, it taken too far when people are actually wishing she is injured. Come on now people. Then we had Carmella being interviewed by Carmella on the Smack Talk set where she calls Eva Marie injury fake, and she refers to her as a Kardashian wannabe, Natalya came up upset about Carmella being interviewed instead of her and challenges her to a fight.

American Alpha made their smack down debut by defeating the vaudevillians. Natalya attacked Carmella pre-match, Randy Orton took on fandango defeated Fandango due to an attack by Brock Lesnar.

then Dolph Ziggler defeated Bray Wyatt to keep his contendership to the wwe championship.

WWE Report

Last night monday night raw was in the Dirty South which refers to Atlanta Georgia the home of WCW, and the Atlanta Braves, Thrashers, Falcons, and Hawks. Raw started off with a bang with the women’s champion Sasha Banks talking on the mic which lead to Charlotte and Jericho to interrupt her which lead to Enzo Amore to come to her aid which set up a mix tag team match between the two teams.

Enzo and Sasha came up on the losing end thanks to the cheap shot by Dana Brooke, Then after the match Big Cass came to the aid of Enzo and Sasha but was to late, but something that was interesting is that Kevin Owens was on commentary during this match, could we be seeing a program with Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho against Enzo and Cass.

The Shining Stars picked up a victory in a way that last week they were caused a lost which was Pokemon Go, They picked up a victory over the Golden Truth. Then you have the challengers for the WWE Universal Championship in the middle of the ring, Seth Rollins got the cheap heat by bashing the Atlanta Braves, then Finn Balor said that the only thing that Seth Rollins is going to be handed will be his ass at Summerslam.

United States Champion Rusev defeated Mark Henry in a US Championship Match, after the match Rusev talked about the summer games saying that they are rigged for Team USA to win all the gold, he said he superstar is deserving to get a shot at his United States Championship which lead to a surprise of Roman Reigns coming out to the ring to confront Rusev.

Braun Strowman defeated Evan Anderholm in a squash match, in another squash match was Nia Jax defeating Ariel Monroe.

Titus O’neil defeated Darren Young, which surprised me in a lot of ways because I thought Darren Young would have been the one to get the victory between the two prime time players. Now I think they are setting up a feud between the two now after the backstage segment which showed Darren Young taking a cheap shot while Titus was yelling at Bob Backlund.

Cesaro defeated Sheamus, these two can work, I would love for Cesaro to get a shot at the Universal Championship in the future, even though people said that Cesaro should be on smackdown.

Jinder Mahal made his return to WWE by defeating Heath Slater in a match to get a contract to be on the Raw roster.

The Main Event Match of the evening was Seth Rollins defeating Sami Zayn. Seth was trying to send a message to Finn Balor by defeating Sami Zayn.

The shocker of the night comes from Tuesday Night Smackdown’s Randy Orton invading Raw to hit the RKO on Brock.

rumors are going around now that Daniel Bryan has stated in a interview that the women of smackdown are going to have their own championship. now here is what i think SHOULD happen is that WWE should have a tournament to crown this champion with having Alexa Bliss and Carmella being the final two women left in the tournament to crown the first ever smackdown women's championship.

What is going to happen between Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler.

who is going to challenge The Miz for the IC Championship. An idea I have is for Bray Wyatt to challenge The Miz by mind controlling Maryse into giving him a championship shot. Could Randy Orton be inline for the IC championship since he did defeat The Miz last week on smackdown.

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