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Triple H Offers Pete Dunne Update, Cody On NXT TakeOver: WarGames II

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Triple H Offers Pete Dunne Update

Triple H offered an update on WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne after wrestling in the headliner of NXT TakeOver: WarGames II. If you recall, Dunne had been pulled from a few appearances due to an undisclosed injury.

At one point, it was described as severe. “The Game” stated on the post-takeover media call that the WWE star had been working through a broken bone in his foot and as a result, needed to take a few weeks off from in-ring action to heal but he’s good to go now.

Cody On NXT TakeOver: WarGames II

Cody Rhodes kept an eye on the NXT TakeOver: WarGames event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network and even took to Twitter after the show, tweeted about his dad, the late WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes. For those who may not know, the pro wrestling legend was the one who came up with the original War Games concept. The former ROH World Heavyweight Champion tweeted out the following:

“So proud of Dad. Tonight a group of exceptional atheletes entertained a full house in Los Angeles, in a match inspired by his vision. So glad people enjoyed it. It feels cool being one of those out there that rememeber. #NXTTakeOver.”

Final WWE Survivor Series Betting Odds

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Betting odds for Sunday’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view have been released by sports betting service 5Dimes. There have been some changes in the odds since the initial odds were released.

Seth Rollins went from +280 into +200. As a result, Shinsuke Nakamura has moved from -400 into -280. Team Smackdown Women dropped from -160 favorites into -180 with Team RAW Women up to +140 from +120. Also, New WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan, is a +220 outsider for his match with Brock Lesnar, who is favored at -300.

The betting odds are historically accurate indicators of who will win each match. The favorites to win are listed as – while the underdogs are listed with +. Here are the betting odds:

WWE Survivor Series Odds

Universal Champion Brock Lesnar (-300) vs. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan (+220)

Ronda Rousey (-530) vs. Charlotte Flair (+350) – Non-Title Match

Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins (+200) vs. (-280) United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura – Champion vs. Champion Match

The Bar (+180) vs. Authors Of Pain (-280) – Champion vs. Champion Match

Team RAW (-385) vs. Team SmackDown (+265) – Men’s Elimination Tag Team Match

Team RAW (+120) vs. Team SmackDown (-180)- Women’s Elimination Tag Team Match

Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy (-400) vs. (+280) Mustafa Ali

Team RAW (+300) vs. Team SmackDown (-420) – Traditional 10-on-10 Elimination Tag Team Match (Kickoff Show)

Join us here tonight for WWE Survivor Series Results & Live Coverage.

WWE Survivor Series 2018 Results (11/18)

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WWE Survivor Series 2018 took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Kickoff Show:

– Jonathan Coachman welcomes us to the Kickoff Show, and he’s joined by Jerry Lawyer, Beth Phoenix, and Dave Otunga. They recap the Daniel Bryan/AJ Styles match on SmackDown, and how Bryan will now be facing Brock Lesnar tonight instead of Styles.

– We go backstage to the RAW women’s locker room, where Alexa Bliss is giving them a pep talk about taking on SmackDown tonight. Ruby Riott ends up talking trash to Natalya, which sparks a brawl. Alexa says if Ruby and Natalya can’t get along, they’re both off the team, which starts another pull-apart brawl.

– Paige and Baron Corbin join the kickoff show panel, and they’re quickly interrupted by Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush. Lio cuts a promo about Lashley. Lio talks about putting a statue of Lashley in front of the Staples Center.

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– We go to a video package looking at Becky Lynch’s injury, leading to Charlotte taking on Ronda Rousey tonight.

– Charlotte is backstage for an interview where she talks about Ronda. She says the ‘baddest woman on the planet’ is going to bow down to ‘the queen’ tonight.

– Naomi is backstage in the SmackDown women’s locker room giving them a pep talk for their match tonight. R-Truth walks in and claims to be the last member of their women’s team for Survivor Series, but then the real fifth member walks in – Mandy Rose.

– Drake Maverick joins the Kickoff Show panel to discuss the cruiserweight talent from 205 Live. The panel brings up Maverick’s involvement with the Authors of Pain on RAW. Drake thanks Baron Corbin for the fast thinking to put the AoP in ta Tag Title match on RAW. The panel gives Maverick a hard time about the fact Big Show will be in The Bar’s corner tonight. Maverick says he may be small but he has a giant sized brain, so he’s not scared of The Big Show.

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– WWE Hall of Famer Booker T joins the panel now to give his predictions for the traditional Survivor Series tag matches.

– The New Day comes out to the ring and they give out pancakes to fans at ringside. The New Day introduces Team SmackDown for the 10-on-10 match, and then Team RAW comes out and Chad Gable cuts a brief promo on The New Day before the match.

– Team Raw (Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, The Revival, The B-Team, Lucha House Party, and The Ascension) vs. Team SmackDown (The Usos, The New Day, Sanity, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and The Colóns): Epico and Calisto start this one off. Epico hits a stalling vertical suplex on Calisto for a two count. Kalisto appears to be selling a knee injury. Lince Dorado tags in and dropkicks Epico now, then Calisto tags back in for the double team. Epico comes back with a back suplex, then Primo tags in for a senton and a dropkick. Wilder tags in, and Dawson comes in with him and they hit the Shatter Machine on Epico for the three count. The Colons are now eliminated. Karl Anderson and Curtis Axel come in next and they trade blows in the corner. Bo Dallas comes in for the double team on Anderson for a two count. A distraction from Gallows leads to Anderson rolling up Dallas for the three count, and The B Team is now eliminated. Gable and Big E are about to go at it next, but Killian Dain tags himself in and goes after Gable. He drops Gable, then Eric Young tags in for the double team. Dain gets dumped outside, then Roode and Gable hit a double team neckbreaker and moonsault for the three count – and Sanity is now eliminated. Big E comes in and looks for the Big Ending on Roode, but Konnor tags in and breaks it up. Big E puts Konnor in the abdominal stretch and spanks him. Woods tags in and Konnor hits a fallaway slam on him. Viktor tags in and keeps Woods grounded with a side headlock. Big E tags in and hits the Big Ending on Viktor for the three count, and The Ascension is now eliminated. Gallows tags in and goes at it with Gran Metalik. Gallows goes for a chokeslam, but Metalik reverses into a stunner. Metalik dumps Anderson and Gallows outside, then he hits a moonsault in tandem with Lince Dorado. Metalik hits a Swanton Bomb on Anderson for the three count, and the Good Brothers are now eliminated. Jimmy Uso comes in now and beats on Metalik in the corner. Metalik comes back with a dropkick, then Dorado tags in and lays into Jimmy with chops to the chest. Dorado hits a springboard moonsault and then a hurricanrana on Jimmy. Jey tags in for the double team on Dorado for the three count, and Lucha House Party is now eliminated. Dawson and Woods come in now, and Dawson drops him with an elbow to the face. Gable tags in for the double team on Woods. Dawson tags in to continue the offense on Woods. Woods connects with a boot to the face for a two count. Woods knocks everyone off the RAW corner apron, then he hits a missile dropkick on Dawson. Big E gets the tag and hits some overhead belly to belly suplexes on Wilder. Gable tags in blind and hits a t-bone suplex on Big E. Roode tags in, and Gable hits a German suplex on Big E into a neckbreaker from Roode for a two count. Roode looks for the DDT, but Big E fights out and tags in Woods. They double team Roode and pin, but Gable breaks it up. Scott Dawson hits a suicide dive on The Usos at ringside, then Woods hits a dropkick through the ropes on Dawson. Wilder comes over and hits a tornado DDT on Woods on the floor. Big E then spears Wilder through the ropes to the floor, and Big E lands hard on his head. Roode then launches Gable out of the ring for a suicide dive on Team SmackDown at ringside. Roode goes for a dive, but Jey Uso runs in and superkicks Roode. Uso then hits suicide dive on Team RAW at ringside, but he ends up landing mostly on The New Day. Back in the ring, Gable and Jey fight on the top turnbuckle. Gable ends up German suplexing Jey off the top turnbuckle down onto the bodies on the ringside floor. Back in the ring, Gable and Roode look for the double team on Woods. Woods fights them off and Big E tags in. Woods drops Roode, then The New Day double teams Gable with the Up Up Down Down for the three count. Gable an Roode are now eliminated. Big E suplexes Wilder, then Dawson hits a DDT on Big E. Woods comes in and goes for a DDT on Dawson but doesn’t connect. Wilder tags in and fights with Woods in the corner. Woods fights off Wilder, then he goes flying off the top for a splash, but Wilder and Dawson catch Woods in the Shatter Machine for the three count. The New Day is now eliminated. It’s down to The Revival and The Usos. The Revival drops Jey, then they hit a Doomsday Device type double team move on Jimmy for a two count. Jimmy and Dawson fight on the turnbuckle, then Wilder tags in. Dawson superplexes Jimmy down, then Wilder immediately follows up with a splash off the top, but Jey breaks it up. The Revival goes for the double team on Jimmy, but Jey superkicks Wilder own, and Jimmy superkicks Dawson. They hit a double superkick on Wilder, and then they hit it on Dawson. Jimmy follows up with the big splash off the top for the three count.

Winners: Team SmackDown

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– Alexa Bliss does an interview backstage to talk about kicking Natalya and Ruby Riott off the team. Alexa says she is replacing them with Bayley and Sasha Banks to take their places.

Survivor Series 2018 Results:

– Women’s Elimination Match: Team Raw (Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Sasha Banks and Bayley) vs. Team SmackDown (Naomi, Carmella, Sonya Deville, Asuka, and Mandy Rose): Alexa Bliss is at ringside in Team RAW’s corner. Naomi and Tamina start this one off and Naomi connects with some kicks early on. Tamina dumps Naomi outside then starts hitting the Team SmackDown members on the apron, which leads to the aprons clearing an all 10 women brawling in this ring. When the dust settles, Tamina hits a superkick on Naomi for the three count, and Naomi is now eliminated. Carmella runs in and rolls up Tamina from behind for the three count, and Tamina is eliminated. Carmella has a dance break, then Nia Jax comes in. Nia throws Carmella by the hair, then she tags in Mandy. Nia clotheslines Mandy down for a two count. Mandy comes back with a flying knee to the face, then Mickie tags in and trades strikes with Mandy. Mickie hits a neckbreaker for a two count. Asuka tags in now and goes at it with Mickie. Asuka elbows Mickie in the face and then tags in Sonya Deville. Sonya and Mickie trade strikes in the corner until Mickie hits a hurricanrana. Bayley tags herself in and goes to work on Sonya. Mickie tags herself back in, but Sonya fires back with a spear and a knee to the face. Mandy Rose tags herself in and pins Mickie for the three count. Mandy and Sonya seem to argue now. Bayley comes in and goes at it with Mandy now. Carmella tags in and stomps on Bayley. Carmella hits a DDT on Bayley, but a distraction from Sasha leads to Bayley coming back with a suplex on Carmella for the three count, and Carmella is eliminated. Mandy comes in and stomps on Bayley in the corner now. Sasha gets the tag and she drops Mandy with a kick, but then she misses a shot in the corner. Sasha comes back with the back stabber and the Banks Statement for the submission, and Mandy is eliminated. Sonya comes in and goes at it with Sasha now. Bayley tags in and drops Sonya’s face into the turnbuckle, then she hits a running knee strike. Another runing knee in the corner from Bayley, but Sony comes back with a spinebuster. Nia comes in but Asuka takes her out. Bayley and Sonya continue to go at it in the ring as Sasha goes at it with Asuka at ringside. Bayley and Sonya fall to the outside, and Bayley hits a belly to belly suplex on the floor. The ref counts out Sonya and Bayley, so they’re both eliminated. Back in the ring, Asuka goes at it with Banks. Banks and Asuka trade kicks, then Asuka hits a knee strike and a German suplex. Nia tries to get involved, but Asuka bumps her down to ringside. Asuka then kicks Sasha off the apron to the floor. Back in the ring, Asuka hits the running hip attack for a two count. Sasha comes back with a running knee strike. Sasha tries to follow up, but Asuka catches her in the Asuka Lock for the elimination via submission. It’s down to Nia and Asuka. Nia quickly hits the Samoan Drop on Asuka for the three count.

Winners: Team RAW

– We go backstage to Baron Corbin and Stephanie McMahon talking about Team RAW’s win. Stephanie warns Corbin that he’s only the acting GM, and if he wants to keep his job he better make sure the men’s team wins later too. Shane McMahon and Paige walk in, and warn them that they’ll be feeling blue after the next elimination match. Corbin says SmackDown is like Lebron James – overrated and overhyped.

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– Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: Nakamura is wearing blue pants instead of his usual red tonight. The opening bell sounds and Rollins and Nakamura trade arm holds early on. Nakamura gets frustrated and rolls outside for a breather. Nakamura hits a knee to the body and throws Rollins down to the floor. Back in the ring, Nakamura stomps on Rollins and chokes him against the ropes. Nakamura lays into Rollins with knees to the face now, and keeps him grounded with a front face lock. Rollins blocks a kick and plants Nakamura face-first into the corner. Rollins hits the Sling Blade and then he boots Nakamura in the face. Nakamura comes back with a boot to the face, but Rollins grabs him and dumps him to the outside. Rollins follows up with two suicide dives on Nakamura. Rollins gets back in the ring and hits a third suicide dive on Nakamura. Rollins hits a springboard flying clothesline off the top on Nakamura for a two count. Nakamura comes back with a spinning heel kick and both men are down. Nakamura lays into Rollins with knee strikes in the corner for a two count. Rollins fires back with a superkick for a two count of his own. Rollins goes for a powerbomb, but Nakamura fights out and stomps on him. Nakamura goes for an arm bar, but Rollins turns it into a buckle bomb. Nakamura comes back with a Michinoku Driver for a two count. They fight up to the top rope and Rollins hits a superplex into a Falcon Arrow for a two count. Rollins and Nakamura trade strikes again now until Nakamura shuts him down with an axe kick. Nakamura follows up with a back suplex. Nakamura misses a shot in the corner, and Rollins fires back with a knee to the face for a two count. Rollins misses a frog splash off the top, and Nakamura hits the Kinshasa for a two count. Rollins and Nakamura trade kicks now, but Nakamura misses the Kinshasa and Rollins capitalizes with curb stomp for the three count.

Winner: Seth Rollins

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– We get a look at the RAW men’s locker room, where everyone is going over strategy for their Elimination match. Braun Strowman walks in and gives them a pep talk, saying he doesn’t like anyone there, except Finn Balor who is alright. Drew McIntyre says he’s the one who should be giving orders, since he’s the one who broke The Shield. Corbin gets in Strowman’s face, and Strowman throws Lio Rush into Corbin like a dart. R-Truth runs in and tries to get everyone to calm down. Corbin tells Truth to get lost, and asks why he’s even here since he’s on SmackDown.

– The Authors of Pain vs. The Bar: Drake Maverick and The Big Show are both at ringside. The Bar trades frequent tags to control the opening moments of this one. Cesaro goes to swing Akam, but Rezar breaks it up and clothslines Cesaro down. Akam and Rezar double team Cesaro now and hit repeated knee strikes on him in the corner. Akam hits a big spinebuster on Cesaro and then pummels on him. A distraction from Sheamus leads to Cesaro hitting a series of uppercuts on Akam, but Akam shuts him back down with a clothesline. Sheamus finally gets the tag, and Rezar tags in too. Rezar misses a shot in the corner, and Sheamus connects with two running knees to the face. Sheamus hits the 10 Beats of the Baron on Rezar in the corner until Akam breaks it up. Sheamus hits the big boot on Rezar, but Maverick pulls Rezar’s foot on the rope to break the pin. Sheamus gets distracted, and Cesaro circles the ring to chase Maverick. Maverick runs into Big Show and Big Show shoulder tackles him down. Big Show grabs MAverick by the throat and choeks him, and the referee is distracted. Drake appears to pee in his pants while Big Show is choking him, which gets a reaction from The Big Show and The Bar. The distraction leads to Rezar knocking Cesaro down and the Authors hit the Last Chapter for the three count.

Winners: The Authors of Pain

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– Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Mustafa Ali: Ali starts off strong with strikes and then he throws Murphy to the outside with a hurricanrana. Ali follows up with a dive off the top down onto Murphy on the floor. Murphy turns things around and slams Ali on the floor, then into the ring apron and the fan barricade. Back in the ring, Murphy puts the boots to Ali on the mat. Ali fires back with a boot to the face and then he slingshots Murphy into the ring post. Murphy misses a shot and Ali hits a series of kicks to the head. Ali follows up with a reverse hurricanrana for a two count. Ali and Murphy trade strikes now until Ali stuns him with a dropkick. Murphy falls out to the apron, and Ali DDTs him through the ropes on to the mat for a two count. Ali goes up top, but Murphy knocks him off down to the floor. They fight up to the announce tables and Ali hits a Spanish Fly off the table on to the floor. Back in the ring, Ali goes up top but Murphy grabs him by the hair. Murphy kicks Ali in the face then powerbombs him down. Murphy follows up with a second powerbomb for a two count. Ali looks to springboard off the middle rope with a moonsault, but Murphy knocks him out of the air with a knee to the face. Murphy follows up with his finisher for the three.

Winner & still Cruiserweight Champion: Buddy Murphy

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– We see a video package promoting Lars Sullivan’s main roster debut, ‘coming soon.’

– Team Raw (Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, and Bobby Lashley) vs. Team SmackDown (The Miz, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, and Jeff Hardy): Baron Corbin and Lio Rush are at ringside in Team RAW’s corner. Joe and Drew start off and Joe immediately goes for the Coquina Clutch, but Drew escapes. Drew immediately hits the big boot and covers Joe for the first three count of the match early on. Joe is eliminated. Jeff comes in next and brawls with Drew. Dolph comes in and looks for a superkick, but Jeff dodges it and tags in Shane. Ziggler dropkicks Shane down, then he looks for a superkick but Shane blocks it. Shane looks for a leaping elbow shot, but Ziggler catches him with the Zig Zag. The Miz breaks up the pin then he tags in. Ziggler drops Miz with a kick, then Strowman tags in. Before Strowman can do anything, McIntyre tags himself in. Braun and Drew start going at it, then the aprons clear and everyone starts brawling. Miz, Jeff and Rey start ganging up on Strowman. Braun fights them all off, but then Rey trips him on the ropes and gives hi the 619. Miz and Shane throw Braun outside. Both teams brawl at ringside now in front of the announce tables. Team SmackDown lays Braun on the announce table, then Shane goes flying off the top rope with a flying elbow on Braun through the table. Back in the ring, Miz lays into Drew with kicks. Stephanie and Paige are shown watching backstage. Drew headbutts Miz down. Finn wants the tag, but Drew won’t tag him. Drew punches Miz down, then Finn tags himself in on Drew’s back and he kicks Drew in the face. Finn and Miz go at it now, and Balor stomps on Miz’s face. Balor kicks Miz down, and Miz rolls outside then Balor follows up with a suicide dive. Balor then hits the Sling Blade on Hardy on the floor, then turns his attention back to Miz with a running dropkick. Back in the ring, Rey and Balor go at it now. Balor hits a neckbreaker for a two count. Rey drops Finn on the ropes and goes for the 619, but Finn dodges it and hits the Sling Blae. Balor dropkicks Rey down, then he goes up top. Finn misses the Coup De Grace, and Rey capitalizes with a huricanrana into the ropes and a 619. Rey follows up with a splash for the three count. Drew comes in now and pummels on Rey. Drew gets distracted with Finn and lariats him down. The distraction leads to Rey dropkicking Drew down. Lashley runs in now and boots Rey down. Lashley gorilla press slams Rey down. Rey misses a shot and Lashley throws Rey into the corner, then hits neckbreaker. Lashley goes for the stalling vertical suplex, but Rey fights out and hits a DDT. Ziggler comes in now an Rey kicks him down. Jeff tags in and trades blows with Dolph now. Jeff looks for the Twist of Fate, but Ziggler escapes. Drew causes a distraction, so Jeff knocks him down and hits a tornado DDT on the floor. Back in the ring, Ziggler hits a DDT on Jeff for a two count. Ziggler looks for the superkick, but Jeff blocks it and hits the Twist of Fate. Jeff goes up top for the Swanton Bomb, but Ziggler blocks it with his knees. Miz tags in and hits a running knee strike on Ziggler. Shane is finally up to his feet, and Miz orders him to get back in the ring and do a flying dropkick. Miz sits Ziggler down in the corner, and Shane goes up on the opposite corner. Shane hits the flying coast-to-coast dropkick on Ziggler in the corner for the three count, and Ziggler is now eliminated. Lashley comes in next and beats on Shane, then hits some suplexes on him. Miz tags in, and Lashley suplexes him too. Lashley misses a spear in the corner and hits the ring post. Miz hits a running clothesline on Lashley in the corner, then he sits Lashley down in the corner and he orders Shane up on the opposite corner again. Shane leaps for the dropkick, but Braun Strowman hops up on the apron and clotheslines Shane out of mid-air. Jeff and Braun both tag in and go at it now. Jeff looks for the Twist of Fate, but Braun blocks it and hits the running powerslam for the three count. Rey comes flying off the top at Braun, then hits several kicks to the leg. Rey drops Braun on the ropes and goes for the 619, but Braun catches him and hits the running powerslam for another three count. Braun charges around the ring now and tackles Shane at ringside. Back in the ring, Braun hits the powerslam on Miz for the three count. It’s down to Shane vs. Braun, Drew and Lashley. Shane tells Braun to bring it, so Braun dropkicks him into the corner and follows up with a splash in the corner. Braun hits the running powerslam on Shane for the three count.

Winners: Team RAW

– After the men’s elimination match, Baron Corbin attacks Braun from behind. Corbin drops Braun, then he flees form the ring and runs up the ramp. Strowman gets to his feet and stares a hole through Corbin on the ramp. Braun dares Corbin, Drew and Lashley to come at him, but they seem to decline.

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– Seth Rollins does an interview in the back where it’s revealed that he will defend his Intercontinental Title against Dean Ambrose at WWE’s TLC pay-per-view.

– Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair: The opening bell sounds and they trade strikes in the opening moments. Ronda looks for the armbar early on, but Charlotte fights out. Ronda looks for it again, but Charlotte breaks away again. Ronda tries to grab Charlotte from behind, but Charlotte takes her down with a side headlock. Ronda appears to be bleeding from the mouth after an elbow from the face. They fight over to the ropes and Ronda applies an arm bar until the referee calls for the break at 5 seconds. Back on the mat, Ronda looks for the armbar again but Charlotte wrestles away. Charlotte applies a Boston crab, then she goes for the Figure Four but Ronda kicks her away. Charlotte goes for the Natural Section, but Ronda catches her arm and looks for the armbar. Charlotte slams Ronda down and then goes up top for a moonsault, but Ronda gets her feet up to block it. Ronda hits a rolling Samoan drop, but Charlotte answers with a spear for a two count. Charlotte applies the Figure Four, but Ronda rolls out of it. They fall out to ringside and Ronda whips Charlotte into the barricade. Back in the ring, Ronda throws Charlotte down to the mat several times. Charlotte fires back with chops to the chest and kicks to the leg. Charlotte looks for a slam, but Ronda latches on to her a goes for the armbar. Charlotte escapes, but Ronda comes back with another Samoan Drop. Charlotte rolls outside and Ronda chases her, but Charlotte grabs a kendo stick out of nowhere and hits Ronda with it. The ref calls for the DQ.

Winner via DQ: Ronda Rousey

– Charlotte throws Ronda into the ring steps and then pummels on her with the kendo stick. Charlotte grabs a steel chair, but the ref takes it from her and chases her off. Charlotte screams and leaves the ring, but then she gets back in and hits the Natural Selection on Ronda on the chair. Referees come in to hold back Charlotte, but Charlotte shoves the referees away and beats them up. Charlotte puts the steel chair around Ronda’s head. Charlotte shoves another referee out of the ring, then she stomps on the chair around Ronda’s head. Charlotte finally leaves as trainers come to check on Ronda.

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– Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar: Paul Heyman is in Lesnar’s corner and he does Lesnar’s ring introduction. Bryan starts off with a dropkick to Lesnar’s leg, then he backs off. Bryan rolls outside and taunts Lesnar. Bryan dances around and evades Lesnar. Bryan throws a kick, but Lesnar catches it and clotheslines him down. Lesnar follows up with a German suplex, then he drags Bryan back to the middle of the ring by his leg. Bryan appears to be bleeding from the elbow. Brock throttles Bryan into the corner and then hits a belly to belly overhead suplex. Bryan rolls outside for a breather, and Brock follows him and throws him back in the ring. Brock locks him in a bear hug, then he hits a belly to belly suplex. Brock hits another suplex and Bryan is down. Brock follows up with the F-5. Instead of pinning, Brock continues to toy with Bryan. Bryan comes back with some kicks to the head. Brock goes for another F-5, but Bryan’s legs his the referee and the ref is down. Bryan kicks Brock below the belt, and Bryan follows up with a running knee to Brock for a two count. Bryan hits a series of kicks to Brock while he’s down. Bryan repeatedly stomps on Brock’s head now. Bryan goes for a running knee strike, but Brock blocks it. Brock goes for a clothesline, but Bryan ducks it and sends Lesnar outside. Bryan looks for a suicide dive, but Brock catches him. Bryan escapes and shoves Brock into the ring post, then Bryan follows up with a running knee to the face off the apron. Bryan goes for another suicide dive, but Brock catches him and slams him into the ring post this time. Brock picks up the ring steps and tries to hit Bryan but misses, and Bryan capitalizes with a knee to the face. Brock fights off Bryan and they get back in the ring. Bryan hits a running knee strike for a two count on Brock. Bryan follows up with a missile dropkick off the top. Bryan hits some knee strikes, and Brock tries to block one, but Bryan gets him down in the Yes Lock. Brock fights out, and Bryan looks for a triangle choke. Brock picks up Bryan and hits the F-5 for the three count.

Winner: Brock Lesnar

– Brock rolls out of the ring and Heyman hands him his Universal Title belt. Brock and Heyman head up the ramp as Survivor Series goes off the air.

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Shawn Michaels Talks If He Worked Crown Jewel Just For Money, His In-Ring Future

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WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels discussed working his latest match under the WWE banner during an appearance on E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. He teamed up with Triple H to beat The Undertaker and Kane in a tag team match at WWE Crown Jewel earlier this month.

When asked about if he wants to get into the ring again, he stated, “I’m glad to say that I did it, but I don’t want to try it again.” Michaels continued by stating that he could go in there and do his stuff but the only reason he said yes to this match was due to it being a special request by other people. He looked at it just like the Rolling Stones or KISS being asked to come out and play their greatest hits.

HBK also addressed wrestling fans who say he did it just for the money which is where he stated that he would make more money by doing a singles match at WrestleMania instead of this match because the brand is bigger.

“I didn’t want to be put in that position because I’m good with the performances that I’ve had at WrestleMania. I wanted to end those the way that I ended them, HBK stated.” He continued by noting that Crown Jewel was a special thing that he doesn’t think it would come up again and honestly the only reason why he said yes.

Kota Ibushi ‘Refuses’ To Face Hirooki Goto at Wrestle Kingdom

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New Japan’s World Tag League tour is now underway. Two shows in Korakuen Hall and Kanagawa have already taken place and you can check out the results here.

Kota Ibushi took part in today’s Korakuen Hall event in a featured six man bout. Ibushi’s team were successful when Yujiro Takahashi hit the Pimp Juice on Chuckie T. During the bout NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto appeared to once again challenge Ibushi.

Goto has been goading Ibushi for a shot at the NEVER Title this January. The CHAOS member Goto won the title from Taichi at Power Struggle. Since then Goto has been working towards a bout against the Golden Star Kota Ibushi.

Ibushi unequivocally stated that he ‘refused’ Goto’s challenge for January 4th, although with no confirmed match Ibushi may well be placed in a program with the NEVER Openweight Champion.

Will Ospreay was originally scheduled to face Taichi for the Openweight belt. Ospreay’s recent rib injury forced him to pull out of the match and Goto took the spot and won the Championship. If New Japan are looking to promote a blockbuster Ospreay vs Ibushi bout then the NEVER title could actually change hands BEFORE January, it all depends on if Ospreay is going to be ready in time for Wrestle Kingdom.

Tommaso Ciampa Reacts To NXT Takeover Win, WWE Mexico Matches Set

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Tommaso Ciampa Reacts To NXT Takeover Win

Tommaso Ciampa successfully defended his NXT Championship against Velveteen Dream in the co-headliner of the Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network. The finish of this title bout saw Ciampa hit Dream with a DDT on the steel partition plate between the two rings.

It will be interesting to see how WWE handles this feud going forward. WWE holds NXT TV tapings on Wednesday, November 28th in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University where WWE will have the fallout from this event as well as this match.

Ciampa tweeted out the following on his official Twitter account:

“WOW! WOW! WOW! I am so f’n good. #NXTTakeOver = #TheAShow.”

https://twitter.com/ProjectCiampa/status/1064001946871156736

WWE Mexico Matches Set

The following matches have been revealed for the WWE Supershow event on December 1st in Mexico City, Mexico:

WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins Dean Ambrose

WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura Rey Mysterio

RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax with Tamina Snuka

Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles – No DQ Match

Braun Strowman vs. Acting RAW General Manager Baron Corbin

Elias vs. Bobby Lashley with Lio Rush

Drew McIntyre vs. Finn Balor

The New Day vs. The Colons

Hulk Hogan Comments On The Velveteen Dream’s “Hollywood” Tribute

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WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan took notice of what The Velveteen Dream did over the weekend. As seen at Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network, Tommaso Ciampa successfully retained the title over The Velveteen Dream.

The WWE Legend gave props to Dream for his “Hollywood” tributes at the show. For those who may have missed it, he had a headband, t-shirt, tights, and boots that were similar to Hogan’s attire back in the day. He also had his Twitter account dedicated to the character prior to the match but has since changed things back. Hogan wrote, “yo Velvet thanks for keeping the dream alive my brother only love HH.”

Hogan made his first appearance with the company in years once he appeared as the host of the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event earlier this month at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame after Hogan was fired from WWE in the summer of 2015 after racially charged comments from a sex tape came to light. There’s still no word yet on when Hogan will make his next appearance for the company.

Triple H Teasing Big WWE NXT UK Announcement

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Triple H appeared after last night’s NXT Takeover event for his usual media conference. The ‘Game’ make some interesting points regarding the NXT UK brand and even teased a big announcement coming next week.

The COO of WWE stated that “Right now, as far as shows, we are focusing on the UK right now. You’ll see a lot of involvement in them obviously around WrestleMania weekend, whether that be via Axxess and creating content.” There were several UK based stars that appeared at Axxess last year, including Zack Gibson.

Triple H also alluded to news for the start of 2019, stating that “as we come into the beginning of the year, you’re going to see that brand begin to grow again. We’ll have a big announcement coming up.” It was also confirmed that the announcement will be imminent; “we have shows in Liverpool next week. It is hard to keep track, they are coming fast and furious. When we are in Liverpool, we’ll be making a big announcement about the first quarter of the year.”

State of the Brand

Triple H also commented on the health of the fledging brand, saying that “the brand has been wonderfully successful. It took us a while to get it rolling, we wanted it to be right,” The Game continued by stating that “we had a few glitches on our side regarding the timing of it all, but now that it is up and running, Wednesday has been this massive destination site on the Network for NXT UK, NXT itself and 205 Live. The traffic has been amazing, the response to NXT UK is amazing, people love the show. It has the same gritty feel as NXT, yet feels wholly unique. It feels, while still in the same vain of what you love, slightly different, and that was the goal. I’m obviously not happy with everything about it, but we’ll change that. You’ll see that happen towards the beginning of the year.

Credit to WrestlingINC for the transcription 

Jay Lethal Re-Signs With ROH

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Jay Lethal has re-signed with Ring of Honor as the company approaches their final two shows of the year. Final Battle will take place in New York on December 14th. The company will then travel to Philadelphia the following day for TV tapings.

According to PW Insider, Lethal re-signed with the company recently. Although the terms of the deal aren’t known, many ROH contracts tend to start in January and end in December. Some ROH stars are known to be on different deals, however. Flip Gordon is said to be locked in for 2 years. Marty Scurll is believed to have signed an extension to his deal until April 2019 as well.

Jay Lethal – Greatest ROH Champion Of All-Time Statistics

Jay Lethal is on pace to pass the most combined days spent as ROH champion record of 645 days on February 3rd, 2019. The record is currently held by Samoa Joe who held the title for 645 straight days on his only run with the belt. Lethal, who is on his second reign with the title, also needs 3 more title defenses to tie Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness’ record of 38.

Lethal will defend the title against Cody at Final Battle. Should Cody win, he is saying he’ll take the title with him into free agency.

NJPW World Tag League Korakuen Hall (11/18) Results

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New Japan Pro Wrestling’s November scheduling is usually dominated by the World Tag League shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature some of NJPW’s top stars, but there are some notable exceptions. Some of the shows will be available on NJPWWorld.

Here’s the results for the World Tag League in Korakuen Hall (11/18):

  • David Finlay and Juice Robinson b. Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji – Finlay took the win after hitting the Trush Panda on Uemura
  • Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga b. Ren Narita and Tomoaki Honma – Loa took the win after hitting the Apesh*t on Narita
  • Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toa Henare and Togi Makabe b. Shota Umino, Ayato Yoshida, Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata – Henare took the win after hitting the TOA Bottom on Umino
  • Yujiro Takahashi, Hangman Page and Kota Ibushi b. Chuckie T, Beretta and Hirooki Goto – Takahashi took the win after hitting the Pimp Juice on Chuckie T
  • SHO, YOH and Kazuchika Okada b. Shingo Takagi, BUSHI and Tetsuya Naito – Okada took the win after hitting the Rainmaker on BUSHI
  • 1st WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer b. Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki – Archer took the win after and Smith hit the Killer Bomb
  • 2nd WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr b. Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii – ZSJ and Taichi took the win due to referee stoppage
  • 3rd WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – SANADA and EVIL b. Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin – EVIL took the win after hitting his namesake move on Cobb

Lance Storm Shares Story Of Teaching The “619” To Rey Mysterio’s Son

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Lance Storm is training Dominic Gutierrez at the Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary, AB, Canada. According to Storm, Dominic was unaware of the trade secrets involved in delivering his father’s “619”.

Storm sent out the following in regards to teaching Dominic the move:

https://twitter.com/LanceStorm/status/1063938422262312961

“Today I had to show ’s son the trick to doing the 619. For some reason his Dad’s been kayfabin him.”

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Dominic Gutierrez Wrestling Training

As with many relatives of famous wrestlers, many are tracking Dominic’s development. He started training with the Storm Wrestling Academy in September but he’s been to other schools. Dominic trained with Jay Lethal as well.

In March, Mysterio was on Edge and Christian’s podcast and had the following to say regarding his son’s training.

“I’m going to have him train as much as he can in different countries,” Mysterio said. “Right now he’s training with Jay (Lethal). I want to get him out with Lance in Calgary. Is he in Calgary? Yeah, uh huh. And eventually, if I can get him to Japan and to Europe. And the final touch would be the Mexican side. That’s when I get ahold of him and we do one-on-ones, so eventually, when it’s time to tap out and hang up the mask, I would love to leave him set, so he can take over the name and the brand and take it to the next level.”

Bobby Fish Injury Update

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At last night’s NXT TakeOver: WarGames event from the Staples Center, Los Angeles, the War Raiders, Ricochet and Pete Dunne defeated The Undisputed Era in a WarGames match.

After the match, fans expressed concern over the status of Undisputed Era member Bobby Fish, who reportedly had to be helped out by officials.

During the conference call after the event, Triple H provided an update on Bobby Fish’s health condition. He said in the conference call that Bobby Fish was just fine and nothing serious happened.

Fish had just returned to the squared circle after several months as he was out with a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee in March. He underwent surgery for his knee and was out of action for six months. He returned to NXT in October and assisted his fellow Undisputed Era members in their match against The War Raiders.

NXT TakeOver: War Game 2018 Results

Ricochet Says NXT Is No.1 In Wrestling; Luke Harper Looks Back On His IC Championship Run

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Ricochet Says NXT Is No.1 In Wrestling

After his WarGames match at last night’s NXT TakeOver: Wargames pay-per-view event, NXT North American Champion Ricochet took to Twitter to express his belief that NXT is the number one brand in all of sports entertainment and wrestling according to him.

He wrote, “It gets thrown around a lot, but I firmly believe that @WWENXT is the #1 in sports entertainment/wrestling whatever you like to call it. Top to bottom, everyone always delivers.

Tonight was special. Thank you all.”

https://twitter.com/KingRicochet/status/1064025875971170305

Ricochet was a part in the WarGames match at TakeOver last night as Pete Dunne, War Raider and him defeated The Undisputed Era.

Luke Harper Looks Back On His IC Championship Run

Luke Harper has been in the WWE since around 2012 and has held a SmackDown Tag Team and NXT Tag Team title in the company. Apart from the tag titles, the only singles title he has held has been the Intercontinental Championship. The 38 year-old reflected on his reign as the IC Champion from four years ago as he won the title from Dolph Ziggler on Raw.

He tweeted the following:

“4 Years ago today I reversed a @heelziggler attempt at a Bella Buster and became @wwe Intercontinental Champion. It didn’t last long but man was it special. It also led to one of my greatest matches ever at TLC that year.”

Charlotte Flair Says Ronda Rousey Is Doing A Phenomenal Job In WWE

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Charlotte Flair has some high praises for Ronda Rousey. She recently spoke with ComicBook.com and talked about Rousey’s transition from UFC to WWE.

Charlotte said that Rousey has avoided a mistake that is a hurdle for most beginners in the WWE.

“Well, they’re just thinking about the moves and not the meaning behind them. Watching her, she looks like she’s been doing this for years. And that’s very hard to do. It looks effortless. It’s one thing to be an athlete, but it’s another to, just because you’re an athlete doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good WWE Superstar,” Flair told ComicBook.

Charlotte also praised whoever is teaching Rousey and said that they are doing a phenomenal job in teaching her the moves of the squared circle.

“Who’s ever talking to her or teaching her is doing such a phenomenal job, because the whole goal is to make it look like you’re not thinking. There’s not a second that you think she’s thinking,” said Flair.

Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey are set to go against each other at the Survivor Series pay-per-view event this Sunday.

Shayna Baszler Calls Herself ‘The Most Dominant Woman’ After Wargames Win

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The NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler went into the NXT TakeOver: Wargames pay-per-view event to defend her title against her challenger Kairi Sane in a 2 out of 3 falls match.

She scored the first fall in the match with the help of her fellow Horsewomen at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Dakota Kai and Io Shirai came to the aid of Kairi but Baszler was able to retain her title and won the match.

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In a backstage interview after the match, Baszler declared herself the most dominant woman in the division.

As Cathy Kelly mentioned the fact that Baszler was able to secure the win with the help of the Horsewomen, Baszler interrupted her mid-sentence.
“Listen, I am the most dominant woman that this division has ever seen. The only two-time defending champion. Ask me more about that and we can do these interviews, okay?”

She also expressed that she was more than confident about her victory when asked.

What do you think of Baszler’s claim that she is the most dominant woman in the division? Let us know in the comments!

Triple H Says Velveteen Dream Is ‘Unbelievable’

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Velveteen Dream had a memorable match with Tommaso Ciampa at the NXT TakeOver: Wargames pay-per-view where he challenged Ciampa for his NXT Championship. Dream laid it all out there and it looked like he was going to win the title last night.

After the event, a TakeOver post-show interview was conducted where Triple H spoke to Cathy Kelley and gave opinions about the superstars performances’ at the show.

Speaking of Velveteen Dream, Triple H said that he is unbelievable and it is scary that he is at this level at just 23 years of age.

“Here is where I sit with Velveteen Dream. Unbelievable. Everything about him is not to be believed that how good he is and then I remember he is only 23 years old. 23 years old, to take the champion with as much experience as he has, Tommaso Ciampa, to take him to that limit.

To make a little mistake and to lose in what could have gone either way at 23 years old. To have the whole world thinking this is yours at 23, it is scary how good he will be.

It is scary to think how dominant on every level that he will be. If he is not there now in a few years, you know, it is crazy to think that.”

Velveteen Dream is an amazing performer and we can’t help but agree with Triple H that it is surprising to see how talented he is at his age and how crazy he will be in a few years.

You can check out the results from NXT TakeOver: Wargames here.

5 Takeaways From NXT TakeOver: WarGames II

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WWE’s NXT TakeOver: WarGames II aired live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California tonight. Here are 5 takeaways from the show:

Matt Riddle Defeated Kassius Ohno

Matt Riddle NXT TakeOver

Matt Riddle kicked off TakeOver to a great reaction from the crowd. Matt said that he was not scheduled to have a match tonight at TakeOver. Matt brought up Ohno interrupting him during the Kickoff Show and challenged him to a match tonight.

Kassius Ohno came down the ramp and told Riddle that he was too stupid to know that he is not ready for TakeOver. Ohno told Riddle that he is not going to be able to remember this moment after the knocks him out.

Riddle hit a running knee to Ohno’s face right away to win the match.

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Shayna Baszler Retained The NXT Women’s Championship

Shayna Baszler NXT TakeOver

Shayna Baszler defended her NXT Women’s Championship against Kairi Sane in a 2 out of 3 Falls match. Sane attacked Shayna right away and sent her to the mat. Kairi hit back to back Neckbreakers and followed it up with a few chops.

Sane marched across the ring and hit Shayna with a sliding forearm and Baszler retreated out of the ring. Kairi leaped off the ring apron and connected with a flying elbow. Sane brought Shayna back inside the ring.

Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir attacked Kairi from behind while the referee wasn’t paying attention. They slammed Sane’s face into the ring post and then Baszler applied the Kirifuda Clutch and Kairi quickly tapped out.

Baszler connected with a running knee to Kairi’s face for a near fall as the crowd chanted “bullsh*t!”. Shayna applied the Kirifuda Clutch once again but Sane was able to break the hold by reaching the ropes.

Shayna shoved her boot on Kairi’s face and applied a Boston Crab. Shayna broke the hold and delivered a stomp to Kairi’s face. Sane rolled up Baszler for a two count and then Shayna once again applied the Kirifuda Clutch.

Sane countered into a roll-up for a two count and then the two Superstars traded shots in the corner. Shayna then went for a Suplex on the ring apron but Sane countered into a ridiculous DDT that spiked Shayna’s head on the apron.

Sane then hit an Insane Elbow onto Duke, Shafir, and Baszler outside the ring. Back in the ring, Kairi hit Baszler with another Insane Elbow for the pinfall victory. Sane and Baszler are now tied at 1-1.

Kairi hit three Interceptor Spears on Baszler and made her way to the top rope. Shayna got back up and joined Sane on the top rope. Sane and Baszler traded shots on the top turnbuckle. Sane hit a Sunset Flip Powerbomb off the top rope for a near fall.

Sane followed it up with an Alabama Slam and made her way to the top rope. Duke and Shafir interfered again and Dakota Kai rushed to the ring. Duke and Shafir beat her down. Io Sharai came down to the ring and hit a Moonsault onto everyone outside the ring. Sane then went for the Insane Elbow but Baszler countered into a roll-up for the victory. Shayna Baszler is still the NXT Women’s Champion.

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Aleister Black Got His Revenge In A Terrific Match Against Gargano

Aleister Black NXT TakeOver

Johnny Gargano faced Aleister Black tonight at TakeOver. Johnny came down to the ring with a smile on his face and said that the crowd still loved him to the camera. Gargano was revealed to be the Superstar that attacked Aleister Black in the parking lot.

Johnny slapped Black in the face to start off the match. Aleister exploded with a series of kicks and then beat the hell out of Gargano against the ring apron. Back in the ring, Gargano showed off his quickness by dodging Aleister’s strikes. Gargano then sat in the ring like Black and dodged another kick.

Gargano shoved Aleister to the corner of the ring and hit him with a chop to the chest. Black battled back with a knee to Johnny’s face that sent him out of the ring. Black tried to take pose in the middle of the ring but Gargano hit him with a kick to the face. Gargano then raised his fists in the air to a chorus of boos.

Johnny planted Black with a Neckbreaker for a near fall. Gargano followed it up with a few chops in the corner but Black battled back with a knee to the midsection. Gargano rolled to the ring apron and Black hit him with a kick to the face. Aleister then flipped onto Gargano outside the ring and rolled him back inside.

Aleister hit a springboard Moonsault and went for the cover but Gargano kicked out at two. Black hit a Superkick that sent Gargano to the outside. Gargano hit an awesome Tornado DDT after diving through the ropes and then hit a slingshot DDT in the ring for a two count.

Johnny shouted at Black that he was not the chosen and hit him with an Enziguri. Gargano hit a reverse Hurricanrana but Black shrugged it off and hit an awesome running knee to Johnny’s face. The crowd chanted “NXT!” as both Superstars regrouped on the canvas.

Aleister hit another knee to the face and followed it up with a German Suplex for a near fall as the crowd chanted “this is awesome!”. Gargano hit a Clothesline that turned Black inside out. Johnny locked in the Gargano Escape in the middle of the ring but Black countered into a roll-up.

Gargano kicked out at two and launched Black into the middle turnbuckle. Gargano went back to his DIY days with a pose and Black sat in the ring. Aleister dared Gargano to give him his best shot. Gargano exposed his knee and charged at Black.

Aleister countered into a roll-up but Gargano kicked out and hit a running knee to the face for a near fall. Gargano and Black traded shots in the middle of the ring. Gargano sent Black to the outside and went for a Suicide Dive but Aleister counted into a knee to the face while Johnny was in midair. The crowd immediately broke out into a “holy sh*t!” chant.

Back in the ring, Johnny begged for mercy but Aleister continued to walk towards him. Gargano pleaded with Aleister to just give him the Black Mass and put him out of his misery. Aleister went for Black Mass but Johnny countered into a roll-up for a two count.

Johnny locked in the Gargano Escape in the middle of the ring. Aleister reached for the ropes but Gargano brought him back to the center of the ring. Black escaped and hit Gargano with a knee to the face.

Aleister then took down his knee pad and hit him with a knee to the face. Aleister hit Gargano with the Black Mass but Aleister held him up. Aleister told Gargano that he will absolve Johnny of all his sins. Aleister then hit a second Black Mass for the pinfall victory.

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Tommaso Ciampa Defeated Velveteen Dream In An Instant Classic

Tommaso Ciampa NXT TakeOver War Games

Tommaso Ciampa defended the NXT Championship against Velveteen Dream tonight at TakeOver: WarGames. The crowd chanted “Velveteen!” right when the match started. The two Superstars locked up in the middle of the ring.

Ciampa took Dream to the mat but Velveteen escaped and smacked Tommaso in the back of the head. Velveteen drove Ciampa to the corner and Tommaso hit him with a poke to the eye. Dream hit another slap to Tommaso’s face.

Ciampa took Dream’s headband that read “Hollywood” on it and mocked Hulk Hogan. Velveteen got out of the ring and grabbed the NXT Championship. Ciampa chased Dream around a bit until the two got back inside the ring.

Dream hit a Body Slam and then danced in Ciampa’s face. Velveteen hit a Dropkick and then put the headband back on. Velveteen hit Ciampa with a big boot and went for the Hogan Leg Drop but Ciampa escaped out of the ring.

Velveteen hit a double axehandle off the top rope but Ciampa quickly battled back and slammed Dream onto the ring apron. Back in the ring, Ciampa delivered a running knee to Dream’s face. Tommaso followed it up with a Neckbreaker against the ropes and gave himself a round of applause after the move.

Ciampa draped Dream across the announce table and hit him with another running knee to the face. Tommaso brought Dream back inside the ring and applied a Headlock. Dream countered into a backslide pin for a two count.

Dream and Ciampa traded shots in the middle of the ring. Velveteen connected with a Neckbreaker and both Superstars fell to the mat. Dream hit the big boot and then three Leg Drops in a row. Dream then hulked up and planted Ciampa with a Spinebuster for a two count.

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Dream sent Ciampa out of the ring and hit him with a Crossbody. Velveteen followed it up slamming Ciampa’s knee into the ring apron and then locking in a Figure Four with Ciampa’s knee wrapped around the post. Ciampa tapped out but it wasn’t a legal move.

Velveteen Dream locked in the Figure Four in the middle of the ring. Ciampa screamed in pain but was able to reverse the hold. Dream then reversed the hold and booted Ciampa in the face for a two count. Tommaso finally was able to reach the ropes to break the hold.

Ciampa booted Dream into the barricade and then went for a Suplex in the ring. Dream then Suplexed Ciampa out of the ring but Ciampa didn’t let go and Velveteen fell out of the ring as well.

Dream brought Ciampa back into the ring to stop the referee’s count at 9. Ciampa and Dream traded shots in the middle of the ring. Velveteen went for a Superkick but Ciampa got out of the way. Dream almost struck the ref but Ciampa rolled him up and grabbed his tights for leverage. The referee noticed it at two and stopped the pinfall.

Velveteen then hit Ciampa with the Dream Valley Driver and went for the cover but Ciampa kicked out at two. Velveteen went for a Crossbody off the top rope but Ciampa countered with a knee to the face. Tommaso followed it up with the Project Ciampa and went for the cover but Dream was somehow able to kick out at two.

Ciampa rolled out of the ring and grabbed his NXT Championship. Tommaso brought the title in the ring. Dream hit Ciampa with a DDT on the title for a two count. Ciampa then hit Dream with a DDT while he was in the ropes and went for the cover but Dream once again kicked out at the last second.

Tommaso took off one of his boots and limped out of the ring. He then ripped up the padding to expose the concrete floor next to the ring. Ciampa went for a DDT off the apron and onto the concrete but Velveteen exploded off the apron and tackled Tommaso over the announce table.

Dream was the first Superstar to his feet. Ciampa threw something at Mauro Ranallo and started shouting at him. Dream hit the Dream Valley Driver on Ciampa onto the concrete and followed it up with the Purple Rainmaker Elbow Drop. Velveteen went for the cover but Ciampa somehow kicked out.

Velveteen went for another Purple Rainmaker Elbow Drop but Ciampa got out of the way and Dream crashed to the floor outside the ring. Tommaso then brought Dream back inside the ring and planted him with a DDT on the steel partition separating the two rings for the WarGames match. Ciampa then pinned Dream to retain the NXT Championship.

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War Raiders, Pete Dunne & Ricochet Won WarGames

War Games match

Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish) battled War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe), Pete Dunne & Ricochet in a WarGames match. It was the main event of the show.

Ricochet and Adam Cole started off the match as the rest of the remaining members of each team were locked in a cage on top of the entrance ramp. Undisputed Era won the advantage on this past Wednesday’s episode of NXT and will be the first team to have a Superstar unlocked from the cage. Ricochet and Pete Dunne also had war paint on like the War Raiders for the match tonight.

Cole and Ricochet stood in opposite rings as the 5-minute timer started. Cole dared Ricochet to come and fight him. Ricochet obliged and Cole attacked him right away. Ricochet battled back with an uppercut and then a chop to Cole’s chest.

Ricochet connected with a Dropkick and Cole rolled to the other ring to try and regroup. Ricochet followed him and beat Cole down in the corner of the ring. Cole countered while Ricochet was in midair and hit him with a Backstabber.

Cole blasted Ricochet several times and followed it up with a Neckbreaker. Adam Cole lifted Ricochet up in a Fireman’s Carry and then slammed him onto his knee. Cole brought Ricochet over to the other ring and continued to beat him down.

Adam Cole raked Ricochet’s face across the steel cage and then booted him in the midsection. Ricochet battled back with a knee to the face and a Dropkick that sent Cole to the second ring.

Ricochet hit an incredible springboard uppercut from the opposite ring as the timer counted down. Kyle O’Reilly left the cage and rushed down to the ring. O’Reilly and Cole then beat down Ricochet as the 3-minute countdown began.

Ricochet got on the partition between the rings and punched O’Reilly and Cole in the face a couple of times. O’Reilly took Ricochet down with a Dragon Screw and then Cole joined in with a few knees to Ricochet’s ribs. O’Reilly sent Ricochet down to the mat with a boot to the face.

Ricochet battled back for a moment but turned around into a kick from Cole. O’Reilly stuck out his knee and Cole slammed Ricochet on top of it. Hanson came down to the ring and shoved Cole and O’Reilly across the ring. Hanson planted Kyle with a Neckbreaker and followed it up with a Crossbody.

Hanson showed off his athleticism by dodging Cole and leveling him with a Clothesline. Hanson hit a bunch of Clotheslines to Cole and O’Reilly in the corners of the ring. Hanson ran corner to corner nonstop as the crowd cheered him on. Hanson then delivered a Bronco Buster onto both O’Reilly and Cole.

Ricochet springboarded off of Hanson’s back and hit a Shooting Star Press onto O’Reilly. O’Reilly hit Hanson from behind but turned around into a Clothesline from Ricochet. Ricochet beat Cole down in the corner as Roderick Strong was unlocked from the cage.

Strong sprinted to the ring and blasted Ricochet and Hanson with a series of chops. Strong followed it up with a Dropkick to Strong and then a running knee to the face. Strong connected with three awesome Backbreakers to Ricochet as the crowd erupted.

Roderick charged at Hanson but Hanson caught him. Cole hit Hanson with a kick to the face and then Roderick planted him with a Side Slam as the crowd chanted “Undisputed!”. O’Reilly hit a flying knee off the second rope to the back of Ricochet’s head.

Rowe got out of the cage and rushed down to the ring. Rowe hit a bunch of shoulder tackles and then an Exploder Suplex to Strong. Rowe kneed Cole in the face and then blasted Strong with a forearm.

O’Reilly locked in a Sleeper Hold on Rowe. Cole charged at him but Rowe somehow was able to slam him to the mat while stuck in the Sleeper Hold. Rowe escaped and Powerbombed Strong to the mat while Powerslamming O’Reilly at the same time.

Hanson launched Kyle into the steel cage as Rowe did the same to Roderick Strong. Cole retreated out to the second ring but didn’t realize Ricochet was waiting for him. War Raiders launched Cole into the steel cage as Ricochet got back into the other ring.

War Raiders beat Cole down as Ricochet hit Strong with a chop in the corner of the ring. Bobby Fish was then unlocked from the cage and attacked Pete Dunne in the opposite cage. Fish slammed Dunne’s face into the cage and then stole the key to the cage. Fish launched the key into the crowd and then grabbed a steel chair from under the ring.

Fish handed several chairs to O’Reilly and then brought one into the ring himself. Undisputed Era beat the hell out of War Raiders and Ricochet with steel chairs as the timer ticked down. O’Reilly and Cole held down the ropes as Strong and Fish launched Hanson into the steel cage.

Fish and Strong then slammed Rowe onto a steel chair. They followed it up by slamming Rowe into the cage and then doing the same to Hanson once again. Pete Dunne was supposed to be unlocked from the cage but the referees didn’t have the key for the new lock Bobby Fish put on.

Undisputed Era continued to beat everyone down as Dunne desperately tried to get out of the cage. Fish and Strong delivered Superplexes to War Raiders as Cole mocked Pete Dunne from inside the ring. The referees came down to the cage with bolt cutters and Pete Dunne was finally unlocked.

Dunne limped down to the ring with his injured knee and grabbed a kendo stick from under the ring. Pete hit Fish and O’Reilly in the hands with the stick as they were trying to keep the door closes. Dunne blasted Cole with the kendo stick and then slammed the door into Strong’s face. Ricochet then took out Undisputed Era with a Crossbody as Dunne started launching weapons inside the ring.

Dunne grabbed a table from under the ring and handed it to War Raiders. Dunne got another table as the crowd erupted. Dunne then finally got inside the ring and the match officially started.

Pete Dunne started hit everyone with the kendo stick as War Raiders set up a table in between the rings. War Raiders, Ricochet, and Dunne surrounded Undisputed Era and beat them down with chairs and kendo sticks.

Dunne bent O’Reilly’s fingers back and then stomped on his elbow. Dunne connected with an X-Plex to Strong and slammed him onto O’Reilly. Cole went after Dunne’s knee and then slammed him into the steel cage. Hanson kicked O’Reilly in the face while he was holding the steel chair.

Hanson put a trash can over Cole’s face and then Rowe slammed Hanson on top of the trash can. Rowe Body Slammed Hanson onto O’Reilly and then War Raiders took out Strong with a Clothesline. Hanson went for the cover but Bobby Fish broke it up at the second. Hanson went for the Clothesline on Fish but O’Reilly launched a trash can into his face.

Fish and O’Reilly booted Rowe in the face and then Undisputed Era isolated Richochet in the second ring. Strong kneed Ricochet in the face and Cole followed it up with a Backstabber. Undisputed Era then surrounded Pete Dunne.

Dunne connected with a few punches and planted Strong with a German Suplex. Dune hit O’Reilly with an Enziguri and then locked Fish in the Knee Bar. O’Reilly broke it up as Fish was screamed in pain.

Kyle then grabbed a steel chain and wrapped it around Dunne’s ankle and knee. Dunne countered into a Wrist Lock but Fish broke it up with a chair shot to Pete’s injured leg. O’Reilly wrapped the chain around Dunne’s ankle and applied an Ankle Lock.

Fish and Cole fended off the War Raiders as Strong and O’Reilly teamed up on Dunne. Ricochet flew through the air and took out Cole and Fish. Hanson hit Strong with a Back Body Drop that sent Strong flying into the other ring.

Hanson and Rowe perched O’Reilly and Strong on the turnbuckles next to the table set up on the partition between the rings. Dunne and Ricochet then hit Fish and O’Reilly with Hurricanranas at the same time.

Hanson set up a second table and put Cole on top of it. One of the legs gave out but Hanson set it back up. Rowe popped Cole up and Hanson planted him with a Powerslam. Bobby Fish hit Rowe with a kendo stick and then Speared him through the table on the partition between the rings.

Cole and Ricochet battled in the corner next to the second table. Cole perched Ricochet on the top turnbuckle and joined him up there. Ricochet escaped and hung Cole up in the tree of woe. O’Reilly attacked Ricochet from behind but Ricochet battled back and placed Kyle on top of the table.

Roderick Strong hit Ricochet with a knee and O’Reilly locked in the Triangle on top of the table. Hanson hit O’Reilly with a Splash and went for the cover but Roderick Strong broke it up by hitting Hanson with a trash can.

Adam Cole climbed to the top of the cage and Ricochet joined him up there. Cole and Ricochet traded shots on top of the cage as Strong climbed on to the top rope. They tried to shove Ricochet to the floor to win the match but Ricochet booted Strong to the mat.

Pete Dunne then climbed to the top rope too and grabbed Cole by the hand. Hanson then hit a Powerbomb while everyone else took each other out with Side Slams and a Superplex to Cole and Ricochet was the only Superstar still standing. Ricochet stood on the top of the cage and flipped onto everyone in ridiculous fashion as Mauro shouted “mama mia!”.

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Undisputed Era, War Raiders, Dunne and Ricochet then had a staredown from opposite rings as the crowd chanted “NXT!”. They then all got on the partition and traded shots as the crowd erupted. Fish leveled Rowe with a Clothesline and every Superstar was down again.

Rowe hit Fish with a knee to the face and then Hanson leaped off the top rope with a Leg Drop. Strong leveled Rowe with a kick and then Hanson hit them with an insane handspring double back elbow. Ricochet jumped into a Superkick from Cole. Adam then hit Dunne with a DDT and then the Last Shot.

Cole went for the cover but Dunne kicked out at two. Dunne battled back with the Bitter End and Ricochet came out of nowhere with the 450 Splash. Ricochet and Dunne then pinned Cole for the victory. After the match, Ricochet grabbed his North American Championship and Dunne grabbed his UK Championship. The two Superstars nodded their heads at each other in a show of respect. Ricochet and Dunne then posed on top of the cage to close the show.

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War Raiders, Ricochet & Pete Dunne Win WarGames Match

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As seen at Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network, War Raiders, Ricochet & Pete Dunne beat The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly, Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Roderick Strong) in a WarGames match. 

WWE decided to bring the match back for NXT TakeOver event that took place on November 18, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and aired on the WWE Network. Sanity vs. Undisputed Era vs. Authors Of Pain & Roderick Strong served as the main event in the gimmick match at the event. For those who may not know, the gimmick match was originally used in the NWA and later held annually in WCW.

In regards to the next NXT TakeOver event, fans will have to wait for NXT TakeOver: Phoenix on Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Are

WWE holds NXT TV tapings on Wednesday, November 28th in Winter Park, Florida at full Sail University where WWE will have the fallout from this event as well as this match, so stayed tuned for that as it will see the latest development in the feud between these stars.

What are your thoughts on the outcome of this match? Did WWE make the right call? Sound off in the comment section.

Tommaso Ciampa Retains NXT Title At TakeOver: WarGames II

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Tommaso Ciampa is still the WWE NXT Champion. As seen at Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network, Ciampa successfully retained the title over The Velveteen Dream.

Ciampa is the 16th champion in the history of the NXT Title that was created back in 2012 when the inaugural champion was Seth Rollins when the brand was first introduced to the WWE fans. Ciampa is also a former NXT Tag Team Champion under the WWE banner when he won the titles with Johnny Gargano.

WWE holds NXT TV tapings on Wednesday, November 28th in Winter Park, Florida at Full Sail University where WWE will have the fallout from this event as well as this match.

The next NXT special is NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, which with everything that has gone on in this brand lately, it will be interesting to see how WWE books the new few month of television for the NXT brand leading up to this event that is slated to go down on Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. This will be the night before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.

What are your thoughts on Ciampa retaining the title? Sound off in the comment section.

Shayna Baszler Retains NXT Women’s Title At TakeOver: WarGames II

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There is only one WWE NXT Women’s Champion and that’s Shayna Baszler. As seen at Saturday’s (November 17, 2018) NXT TakeOver: WarGames II event in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center on the WWE Network, Shayna Baszler beat Kairi in a Two-Out-Of-Three Falls Match. It’s likely that this feud is over and that this is the blowoff to this feud. 

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There is a lot of history between these two stars. Sane defeated Baszler in the tournament finals of the first Mae Young Classic that took place last year. She was then signed by the WWE and placed in the NXT brand. Sane beat Baszler at WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 event in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center to win the title. Baszler then won the title back at the Evolution pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in October.

Baszler is the ninth champion in the history of the NXT Women’s Title as the first champion was Paige in 2013. Baszler held the title during her first reign for 133 days after beating Ember Moon to win it at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans during WrestleMania 34 weekend on April 7, 2018 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

What are your thoughts on WWE keeping the title on Baszler? Sound off in the comment section.

NXT TakeOver: War Game 2018 Results & Live Coverage (11/17)

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WWE’s NXT TakeOver: War Games 2018 takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 2018. Live play-by-play coverage begins at 6:30 PM ET!

Kickoff Show results:

– Charlie Caruso welcomes us to the Kickoff Show as we see a shot of fans lined up out the door of the Staples Center. Renee is joined at the Kickoff Show panel by Sam Roberts and Pat McAffe.

– Matt Riddle and Kassius Ohno get into an argument at the Kickoff Show table. Riddle tells Ohno he’s bitter, and he walks off. Ohno walks off next.

– The panel runs down the card and the War Games match rules, and the pay-per-view is about to begin.

NXT TakeOver: War Games 2018 results:

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– Matt Riddle comes out to open up the show, and he talks trash about Kassius Ohno after their confrontation earlier. Ohno comes out and challenges Riddle to match right here and now. Riddle agrees, and Ohno hops in the ring and the ref calls for the opening bell.

– Kassius Ohno vs. Matt Riddle: The bell rings and Riddle immediately hits a running scissor kick and pins Ohno. Riddle scores the three count after a very short one-move match.

Winner: Matt Riddle

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– Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Kairi Sane: This one is a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Women’s Title. The opening bell sounds and Kairi starts off strong with a flurry of offense on Shayna. The fight spills out to ringside, and Shayna’s training partners attack Kairi on the outside when the ref isn’t looking. Back in the ring, Shayna immediately applies the choke hold and Kairi submits for the first fall of the match. Shayna follows up with a running knee to the face for a two count. Shayna stomps a mud hole in Kairi on the mat now. Kairi comes back with some strikes in the corner, and they fight out to the apron. Kairi hits a DDT on the apron and Shayna is down on the floor. Kairi hits a dive off the top rope onto Shayna and her Four Horsewomen partners. Back in the ring, Kairi hits a flying elbow drop for a three count. The fall count is now tied at 1-1. More interference from the outside, but Dakota Kai and Io Shirai come out for the save. Kairi goes for the flying elbow off the top on Shayna, but Shayna catches her and pins her down for the three count to twin the match.

Winner & still NXT Women’s Champion: Shayna Baszler

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– We see X-Pac sitting in the front row with his pet dog on his lap.

– Tommaso Ciampa is shown backstage with his NXT Title Belt.

– We go to a video package looking at the feud between Aleister Black and Johnny Gargano.

– Johnny Gargano vs. Aleister Black: Black and Gargano go back and forth with offensive attempts in the opening moments. The fight spills out to ringside and Black hits a big suicide dive on Gargano. Back in the ring, Black hits a springboard moonsault on Gargano for a two count. They fight up to the top rope, and Gargano looks for a slam but Black escapes. Gargano hits a back elbow, but Black answers with a kick to the face. Gargano rolls outside and Black looks for a moonsault off the apron, but Gargano dodges it. Gargano slides in the ring and runs back out to hit a torando DDT on Black on the floor. Back in the ring, Gargano hits another DDT for a two count. Gargano kicks Black while he’s down, until Black catches a kick and fires back with some strikes of his own. Gargano hits a hurricanrana and then runs the ropes, but Black gets up and fires back with a knee to the face. Black follows up with more strikes, and then a bridging German suplex for a two count. Black misses a couple shots and Gargano comes back with a lariat. Gargano drops Black again and applies the Gargano Escape, but Black reverses it. Gargano comes back with some kicks and then a running knee strikes for a two count. Black and Gargano fight up to their feet and trade strikes to the face now. Black hits a knee to the face and then he goes to springboard off the middle rope, but Gargano shoves him to the outside. Gargano looks for a suicide dive, but Black leaps up and knees Gargano in the face in mid-air. Back in the ring, Gargano seems to beg for mercy. Black goes for a kick, but Gargano ducks it and applies the Gargano Escape. Black reverses into a pin for a two count. Black follows up with a knee strike to the face for a two count. Black removes his knee pad and knees Gargano in the face, and then he follows up with the Black Mass. Black hits the Black Mass a second time for the three count.

Winner: Aleister Black

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– The Undisputed Era is shown backstage in their locker room going over strategy for tonight.

– Velveteen Dream vs. Tomasso Ciampa (c): Ciampa’s NXT Title is on the line in this one. Dream is dressed like Hollywood Hogan. The opening bell sounds and they trade holds on the mat in the opening moments until Dreams slams Ciampa on the back of the head and backs off. Dreams slaps Ciampa across the face and Ciampa fights back. Ciampa rips off Dream’s headband. Dreams wrestles Ciampa down and takes his headband back. Dream hits some strikes and a scoop slam, then taunts Ciampa. Dream hits a dropkick and a double axe handle off the top. Dream looks for a leg drop, but Ciampa rolls outside. Dream follows him and Ciampa drops him on the apron. Back in the ring, Ciampa hits a running knee strike in the corner. Instead of pinning, Ciampa wastes some time and lets Dream start to get up. Ciampa knocks Dream out to the apron and hits a neckbreaker over the top rope, and Dream falls down to the floor. Ciampa beats down Dream on the floor before taking him back in the ring. Dream comes back with a swinging neckbreaker and some strikes. Dream looks for a DDT but Ciampa escapes. Dream fires back with some punches and a big boot, then runs off the ropes and hits the leg drop. Dream hits some more leg drops off the ropes. Ciampa gets up and Dream hits a spinebuster for a two count. They fight out to ringside and Dream hits a suicide plancha. Back in the ring, Dream goes up top, but Ciampa rolls away so Dream hops down. Dream goes after Ciampa’s bad knee now and and he applies a Figure Four around the ring post. The referee hops outside to break the hold, and Ciampa taps out but the ref doesn’t see. Back in the ring, Dream looks for the Figure Four on the mat, but Ciampa fights out and hits a shot to the face. Dream comes back and successfully applies the Figure Four. Ciampa fights out and they brawl down to the ringside floor. Ciampa appears to be selling his knee on the floor, and he also unties his boot. Back in the ring, Dream hits a boot to the face of Ciampa. Dream goes off the top but Ciampa kicks him out of mid-air. Ciampa grabs his Title Belt from ringside to use as a weapon, but the ref grabs it and Dream comes back with a DDT. Dream pins but Ciampa kicks out at two. Ciampa comes back with a DDT for a two count of his own. They fight out to ringside again and brawl over the rannounce table. Ciapa throws something in Mauro’s face at the announce table. The distraction leads to Dream hitting the Death Valley Driver on the ringside floor. Back in the ring, Dream hits the flying elbow off the top for a two count. Ciampa rolls out to the apron and Dream looks for an elbow drop on the apron, but Ciampa moves and Dream crashes down to the floor. Back in the ring, Ciampa DDTs Dream onto the steel platform in between the two rings for the War Games match later. Ciampa pins Dream for the three count.

Winner & still NXT Champion: Tomasso Ciampa

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– The double-cage lowers from the ceiling over the two rings, and War Games is up next.

– Undisputed Era vs. Ricochet, Dunne & War Raiders: This one is a dual-ring War Games cage match. Adam Cole and Ricochet start this one off, and Ricochet takes control with a series of strikes. Ricochet goes for a springboard move off the middle rope, but Cole catches him with a backstabber in mid-air. Ricochet comes back with a flying clothesline and both men are down. The next entrant into the cage is Kyle O’Reilly. Kyle hits the ring and tackles Ricochet then pummels on him. Kyle and Adam double-team Riccochet now and stomp on him in the corner. Riccochet starts to fight back until Cole hits bicycle kick to the face, and then Kyle lays into Ricochet with more kicks. Cole hits a Death Valley Driver on to Kyle’s knee. Hanson from the War Raiders is the next one in the ring. Hanson cleans house and repeatedly slams down both members of the Undisputed Era. Hanson stacks them up in the corner and hits a bronco buster on both O’Reilly and Cole. Kyle and Adam finally fire up and drop Hanson with a double team kick. Ricochet is back up and he starts beating on Kyle and Adam, but then Roderick Strong is in next. Roderick hits a backbreaker and starts cleaning house. The Undisputed Era takes control of this one now until Hanson hulks up and starts throwing out kicks. Rowe comes in the ring next and helps Hanson clean house. They hit a double team powerslam and powerbomb on Strong and O’Reilly. Ricochet beats on Strong in the corner. Up on the cages at the stage, Bobby Fish and Dunne get into it, and Fish appears to steal the key for Dunne’s cage. Fish goes down to the ring and grabs steel chairs, and takes them in the ring with him. The Era members all gang up with steel chairs and War Raiders and Ricochet. Dunne is supposed to be in next, but the referees are unable to open his cage to let him out. Strong and Fish hit superplexes in tandem on the War Raiders off opposite corners. The referees take bolt cutters to Dunne’s cage, and Dunne runs down to ringside and grabs a kendo stick. Dunne lays out everyone who comes near him, then he goes under the ring for more weapons. Meanwhile in the ring, Ricochet comes off the top with a splash on the Era. Dunne throws some trash cans in the ring, then grabs tables from under the ring. Dunne finally enters the ring, so the match officiall starts now. Dunne and the War Raiders lay out everyone with their paths with kendo sticks and trash cans, and the War Raiders set up a table upright between the two rings. Hanson boots a chair into O’Reilly’s face, then he beats on Cole in the corner. The Era starts to fight back and Fish and O’Reilly hit a double team kick on Rowe. Cole hits backstabbers on Ricochet and and Hanson. All four Era members surround Dunne now but Dunne is able to fight them off. O’Reilly finally drops Dunne and he wraps a chain around Dunne’s bad knee. Dunne latches on to O’Reilly with an arm lock, but Fish breaks it up with a chair shot to Dunne. The War Raiders and Ricochet all get to their feet now and they brawl with Cole and Fish in between the rings. Strong and O’Reilly double team Dunne. Ricochet hits a dive on the Era in the other ring, but then Strong drops him with a chair shot. Strong charges at Hanson, but Hanson hits a big back body drop into the other ring. Dunne an Riccohet take Fish and Strong up to opposite corners and suplex them off for a two count. The War Raiders set up another table. Rowe looks to powerbomb Cole through a table, but Cole escapes, so the War Raiders hit a double team powerbomb on Cole on to the mat. Bobby comes over and hits the Raiders with a kendo stick, then he spears Rowe into the upright table between the rings. Hanson hits a splash on Fish through the table in the ring. Ricochet and Cole fight up to the top of the cage and trade punches. The other team members all gather around the cage near Ricochet and Cole, which leads to a big superplex/powerbomb pyramid, and everyone crashes down to the mat except for Ricochet. Ricochet comes flying off the top of the cage with a double-rotation moonault onto the pile of wrestlers below, and everyone goes down. The two teams finally get to their feet and start brawling in between the two rings. Rowe is the last man standing and he hits a knee to the face of Bobby. The War Raiders double team O’Reilly, but then Strong and Fish double team Rowe. Hanson then hits a springboard back elbow on Fish and Strong. Ricochet goes flying off the top towards Cole, but Cole kicks him out of mid-air. Cole hits a running knee to the face of Cole next for a two count. Dunne comes back with the Bitter End on Cole, and then Ricochet immediately comes off the top with a 450 splash on Cole for the three count.

Winners: The War Raiders, Ricochet, & Pete Dunn

– Everyone is selling the beating in the ring as Ricochet and Dunne slowly get to their feet. On commentary, Mauro announces the attendance at over 13,600. Ricochet is handed his North American Championship and Dunne is handed his U.K. Championship. Dunne and Cole climb to the top of the cage to celebrate the win as NXT goes off the air.

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ICW Announces Attitude Era WWE Star for Fight Club Event

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Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) will be heading to the Assembly in Aberdeen, Scotland on Sunday 25th. Several bouts have already been announced with a treat in store for the ICW faithful…

Former WWE Star Gangrel will be on hand for the event. The former Attitude Era star and leader of The Brood will be taking on Jack Jester in singles action. Jester is one half of the ICW Tag Team Champions alongside his Kinky Party tag team partner Sha Samuels. Gangrel has been extremely active on the independent scene since his WWE departure, his last bout for the company came in 2007 in a 15th Anniversary Battle Royal on Monday Night RAW.

Here is the full card for ICW Granite City Fight Club on November 25th:

  • ICW Women’s World Championship Match – Viper (c) vs Sammii Jayne
  • Grado vs Red Lightning
  • Jack Jester vs Gangrel
  • Liam Thomson vs Joe Hendry (w/ Leyton Buzzard)
  • Aaron Echo vs Kid Fite
  • The Purge (Krobar & Stevie James) & “The Revolutionary” Damien vs Kings Of Catch (Aspen Faith & Lewis Girvan) & Sugar Dunkerton
  • Just Justice vs Andy Wild
  • Crusher Craib vs Lionheart
  • BT Gunn vs Mikey Whiplash

ICW will also be hosting their biggest event of the year in December. Fear & Loathing XI will be taking place from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on December 2nd. You can check out our full coverage leading up to the historic event here.

Johnny Gargano Hypes Bout with Aleister Black at NXT TakeOver: WarGames II

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NXT’s Takeover: WarGames II takes place tonight from Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center and will air on the WWE Network.

One of the featured bouts sees Johnny Gargano take on Aleister Black in a long anticipated bout. Johnny ‘Wrestling’ turned heel when it was revealed that he attacked Black ending speculation on the long built storyline. The reveal took place back in October. Gargano has been spiralling more and more into the ‘delusional heel’ character with him writing in a recent tweet “The humble hard working kid who fights for what’s right vs The self-entitled guy who sits alone in a dark room filled with Birthday candles. You KNOW who the real hero of this story is and you KNOW what to do, Staples Center.” 

You can check out our live discussion and results on the main page tonight.

Gargano sent out a tweet with a short video outlining the feud and hyping the bout, check it out below.

NJPW World Tag League Korakuen Hall (11/18) Full Card

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New Japan Pro Wrestling’s November scheduling is usually dominated by the World Tag League shows – and 2018 is no different. This year’s lineup of shows will of course feature some of NJPW’s top stars, but there are some notable exceptions. Some of the shows will be available on NJPWWorld.

The main headline grabbers are once again the World Tag League bouts themselves. Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki will be taking on Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer. Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii will also be taking on Suzuki-gun’s Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. The interesting pairing of Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin will headline against SANADA and EVIL.

Here’s the full card for the World Tag League in Korakuen Hall (11/18):

  • David Finlay and Juice Robinson vs Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji
  • Ren Narita and Tomoaki Honma vs Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga
  • Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toa Henare and Togi Makabe vs Shota Umino,, Ayato Yoshida, Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
  • Chuckie T, Beretta and Hirooki Goto vs Yujiro Takahashi, Hangman Page and Kota Ibushi
  • SHO, YOH and Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi, BUSHI and Tetsuya Naito
  • 1st WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – Takashi Iizuka and Minoru Suzuki vs Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer
  • 2nd WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – Toru Yano and Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr
  • 3rd WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018: Tournament Match – Jeff Cobb and Michael Elgin vs SANADA and EVIL

Will Ospreay’s Frontline Promotion Announces 2019 Show

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NJPW star Will Ospreay has announced the next show for his Frontline Wrestling promotion.

CHAOS Restored will be taking place on 10th January at the Stratford Circus in London, England. The main event for the show has already been confirmed, it will be Mark Haskins versus David Starr.

Frontline revealed their new On Demand streaming service via the Pivotshare platform earlier this year. The service is available at a $4.99 per month cost and features the first two shows from the company. ‘Build Me An Empire’ and ‘S.P.I.R.I.T’ took place earlier this year and feature a stellar line up of talent.

Bulld Me An Empire is certainly worth the cost alone. The main event featured an outrageous bout between Chris Ridgeway and Japan’s KENOH. Ridgeway is an accomplished ‘strong style’ combatant in his own right but this match at the top of the card will be the bout that catapults him into the upper echelons of both the UK scene and, hopefully, Japan (much like how Ospreay’s bout against Okada for Rev Pro got him on a plane going East). We spoke to Ospreay earlier this year and he discussed his want to bring ‘puroresu‘ to the United Kingdom, this big time main event and the reaction from the crowd in attendance seems to solidify that strong style/puroresu has truly arrived in Britain.