Daniel Bryan recently did an interview with James Delow of Gorilla Position and discussed a possible match with The Miz at Wrestlemania 34. Daniel Bryan claimed that he is not sure he would want to wrestle someone like The Miz if he was to return to a WWE ring. Bryan stated that he would prefer to wrestle against AJ Styles or Shinsuke Nakamura. The likelihood of Daniel Bryan wrestling again in the WWE remains very low. Our friends over at WrestlingInc shared a clip of Daniel Bryan discussing a potential match with The Miz.
The WWE uploaded a video of Shinsuke Nakamura at Radio Row in Orlando earlier this morning. Nakamura stated that the match he is most looking forward to at Wrestlemania 33 is Shane McMahon versus AJ Styles. Nakamura is wrestling NXT Champion Bobby Roode at NXT Takeover: Orlando tomorrow night.
The WWE has posted a new video of 2017 Hall of Famers Teddy Long, Beth Phoenix, Rock ‘n’ Roll Express, Diamond Dallas Page and Kurt Angle receiving their rings from Triple H and Vince McMahon. Rick Rude’s family also received a Hall of Fame ring.
The WWE also uploaded a new 360 interview with Daniel Bryan and Kurt Angle. Bryan and Angle debated what would happen if a dream match were to take place between the two.
Bayley posted a photo of her and Scott Hall earlier today. Bayley was wearing a classic Razor Ramon jacket.
They did not start things slow here. Galloway took the mic away from the ring announcer and cut a promo about how WrestleMania weekend is really “wrestling weekend”.
This match spilled to the floor early and they spent most of their time out there. Eventually Galloway managed to piledrive Riddle through a table. He rolled him back in the ring, gave him a double arm DDT then another piledriver and pinned him. After the match Galloway looked to attack Riddle some more but Chris Dickinson and Jaka came in for the save. Riddle had to be helped to the back. Possibly the reason why Riddle was on first was because he was wrestling 58 year-old Dan Severn on a GCW show later the same evening. Winner: Drew Galloway
2. Chris Dickinson (Catch Point) vs. Timothy Thatcher
During the ring introduction the announcer did a worked flub by almost referring to Thatcher as the champion. This enraged Hathley.
This was Thatcher’s first match in Evolve since losing the title to Zach Sabre Jr. at Evolve 79. He had previously held the championship for 596 days.
Finish of the match came when Thatcher kicked Dickinson in the face and locked in his Thatcher stretch for the tapout. Winner: Thatcher via submission
3. Jaka (Catch Point) vs. Jason Kincaid vs. Lio Rush
Rush wasn’t originally announced as being in the match, but the ring announcer simply stated that Rush couldn’t wait to return to Evolve, so this match was now a 3-way.
Rush will wrestle Galloway at Evolve 81. It was a successful return to Evolve for Rush, he picked up the pin over Kincaid after a frog splash. After the match Kincaid stayed in the ring and meditated and chanted a little. Winner: Lio Rush (pinned Kincaid)
4. “All Ego” Ethan Page w/the Gatekeepers vs. Austin Theory
Page cuts a promo beforehand, basically just saying he demands to be in the Evolve title picture. Finish of the match came when Page hit a series of front kicks and then a Rock Bottom-like side slam for the 3 count.
After the match Priscilla Kelly sauntered down to ringside and just kind of wandered around Page in the ring. Then the camera cut to a large smoky area in the audience, which was never explained. After that, a bunch of people dressed as zombie like medics carried a bodybag, with a body in it, into the ring. Page ordered his two Gatekeepers to slam and beat up the bag until the body stopped moving. They finally unzipped the bag and inside was Darby Allin, who then spontaneously recovered and started hitting everyone with some type of pipe. Afterwards he got on the mic and said there would never be an “era of ego” while his heart was still beating. Winner: Ethan Page
5. Keith Lee vs. King Ricochet
Very good giant vs high flyer match. They did a great job of playing up the power difference between the two, with Ricochet not able to gain an inch in a lock up. Lee dominated early with power moves, but Ricochet fought back into it with kicks, a hurricanrana and even a 619-esque move.
The beginning of the end here was when Lee attempted, but missed, a moonsault. Ricochet then hit a springboard 450 for a 2 count. Then he hit a shooting star press for another 2 count. Ricochet then hit yet another shooting star press but Lee grabbed him by the throat this time and picked him up. Ricochet countered with a series of strikes however, and that set up the 630 senton to give him the win. Winner: King Ricochet
6. Evolve Tag Team Championship Match
Michael Elgin and Donovan Dijak vs. Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams (Catch Point)
Dijak really got to shine early in this match, with commentary putting over his athleticism. Finish of the match started when Yehi gave Michael Elgin the Code Red(Canadian Destroyer for the Petey Williams fans), then Tracy Williams locked Dijak in a crossface for the tapout.
After the match Larry Dallas came out and talked about how Catch Point allowed Riddle to get injured earlier. He tried to stir up trouble and mentioned how 3 members of Catch Point are all entered into the elimination match to crown the first ever WWN champion on Sunday. Tough to tell whether there was dissension or not there with the members of Catch Point. Winners Catch Point (Dijak tapped out to Williams’ crossface)
7. Evolve Championship Match Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. ACH
This was Sabre Jr’s first title defence since defeating Timothy Thatcher for the belt. After Zack won the title it was ACH who ran to the ring to defend him against Ethan Page, who attacked the new champion after the match. Not surprisingly there was a healthy amount of technical wrestling here. Sabre Jr. kicked out from ACH’s brainbuster and then countered a 450 splash into a triangle. He then transitioned from the triangle to a modified octopus stretch and ACH tapped.
The two opponents shook hands after and were all sportsmanlike about everything. Sabre Jr. cut a promo after the match thanking the fans when Michael Elgin got in the ring. Elgin sort of implied he would like a title shot and then dropped Zack with a backfist. Bit of a heel-ish move from Elgin there. Sabre Jr faces Elgin at Evolve 81. Winner: Sabre Jr. (1st title defence)
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has signed a new deal with WWE. He will reportedly return to TV at WrestleMania 33 this Sunday to call Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship. The news was first reported by Pro Wrestling Sheet.
The new deal will see Ross call more matches after WrestleMania but there’s no word yet on how often he will appear. He will also be used for WWE Network projects.
The contract was offered and signed about 5 weeks ago, before the unexpected passing of JR’s wife Jan.
The 2017 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony aired live on the WWE Network at from the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. A red carpet pre-show will aired immediately beforehand at 7 PM ET on the WWE Network. Join the discussion here on SEScoops.com and on the SEScoops app by commenting with your opinions!
Here’s the full lineup for the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017:
Kurt Angle
The Olympic gold medalist and former WWE World Champion will be inducted by John Cena.
“Ravishing” Rick Rude
The late Rick Rude will be inducted by Ricky Steamboat.
Beth Phoenix
The Glamazon will be inducted by Natalya.
Diamond Dallas Page
DDP will be inducted by Eric Bischoff.
Teddy Long
Former SmackDown general manager Teddy Long will be inducted by both JBL and Ron Simmons.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express
Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson will be inducted by Jim Cornette.
Eric LeGrand
Eric LeGrand will be presented The Warrior Award by Dana Warrior.
Several former WWE performers have arrived in Orlando and will be attending the ceremony, including Scott Hall, Ric Flair, Sting, Shawn Michaels, and Edge & Christian.
Dave Schilling of Bleacher Report has confirmed that this year’s Wrestlemania will be the Big Show’s last. Big Show is calling it a career after Wrestlemania 33. The article is a great read and you should definitely read it in it’s entirety by clicking here. Here is the quote Big Show gave Bleacher Report:
“My career is winding down. I didn’t mind being 480, 500 pounds when I was full-time as the Big Show,” he tells B/R Mag. “I liked being the monster that was bigger than everybody around me. As your career evolves, there are other monsters that are coming in—and my time is done.”
The Big Show made his WWE debut at St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1999. He emerged from under the ring in an effort to assist Vince McMahon try and win a steel cage match against Stone Cold Steve Austin. The plan backfired and Big Show launched Austin into the cage so hard that the cage broke and Austin won the match.
Since 1999, there have been many versions of the Big Show. He was a dominant heel one month and a crying babyface the next month. He always gave it his all and made the best out of every storyline that was given to him. Giants come and go in the WWE, but the Big Show managed to stick around for a long time.The Big Show has had many memorable moments throughout his career, but people still talk about the Suplex he received from Brock Lesnar that broke the ring.
The Big Show will be a part of the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 33 on Sunday. You’ve got to believe the odds of him winning it have just gone up a little bit.
MVP was Sean Waltman’s guest this week on his 12360 podcast. The 43-year old Hassan Hamin Assad shared many stories of his career, including training with the Miz and working as Kimbo Slice’s bodyguard.
Sean speaks about a conversation he had with Kevin Sullivan at a PCW event this passed weekend about John Morrison being involved in the main event of RVD VS MVP: “Well, Kevin came up to me, Joey, and forget who else, but they were telling me ‘Should John Morrison come out before the match starts or after’ you know, after the match finishes to challenge the winner…and you know, my intial react, like “they were asking me,” cause Kevin thinks they should do it before hand.”
MVP Talks about being in WWE developmental with the Miz: “I think it’s weird…umm. I’ll give you an example of the Miz. Very successful, very talented has reached of the highest highs, and I have the upmost respect for him. Cause when we were in developmental down in deep south, you had guys that been around, been a few places who were moaning and complaining about the training. I never heard Mike Mizanin complain not once. Ever. He ran the miles, the squats, the bumps never complained about anything.”
MVP on where he was during the earthquake that happened in Toyko, Japan: “I was in Sinbad but it was in Tokyo and uh 200 hundred miles away but even in Tokyo, Dude that shit was fucking insane, watching building rock and cracks open up in the side of the wall. I was in the shrine. My friend Acvio took me there to give me a tour and what not and we went to this under corner, went to this little kya and I had a big tank of beer. We’re eating and talking and like this is my dream come true, like “ I’m in japan, this is amazing”, and quake starts and at first I started smiling like oh shit my first Japanese earthquake this is cool. And then like shit just started falling off the wall, shit was crashing and Japan is like the third most scientifically active country.”
MVP Talks about how he became a bouncer with Kimbo Slice: “Yeah, that was my first job on South Beach(Miami-Florida)… Kimbo was the first guy that walked up and I saw him and he looked a lot different then too though but… I was like, ‘Hey man you guys hiring?’ and he said, ‘hold on let me check.’ I heard him say, ‘he’s a big dude we could probably use him.’ Then the head guy came out and said, ‘yeah come back tomorrow night in a black suit.'”
Waltman does a good job with these shows. You can also subscribe and download the shows on iTunes here.
In what appears to be a publicity stunt for Impact Wrestling, the promotion’s revamped LAX faction is aiming to disrupt non-WWE events throughout the weekend. Jeremy Borash announced the move on Twitter:
Konnan’s LAX stable had previously been a fixture on TNA programming from 2006-08. That version of the stable consisted of Konnan, Hernandez, Homicide and for a period Shelly Martinez. The new stable consists of Konnan, Homicide, Diamante, Angel Ortiz and Mike Draztik.
LAX recently won Impact Wrestling’s tag team championships in a match that aired on last night’s show.
Posted March 31st, 2017 in News, TNA. Tagged: LAX.
It’s WrestleMania weekend and we’ve got a treat for everybody: the premiere episode of the SEScoops Wrestling Podcast hosted by the one and only Brad Gilmore. More on him below.
Brad is joined by a special guest, wrestling legend Stevie Ray of Harlem Heat. Stevie Ray talks about his days working for WCW, never having aspirations to compete at WrestleMania, the memorable WWE Hall of Fame induction speech he gave for his brother Booker T and more.
Brad then runs down the full WrestleMania 33 card with ‘casual fan’ and Houston-based rapper Kyle Hubbard.
We have more guests lined up for the next few weeks, so stay tuned for what’s sure to be a fun [thrill] ride. Follow Brad on Twitter at @BradGilmore and let us know what you think in the comments section.
Intro by Brad Gilmore: What’s up internets?! I’d like to formally introduce myself and this podcast. My name is Brad Gilmore, I am a radio/TV host in Houston, TX. I have the absolute privilege of working in the professional wrestling business and have now for the past 5 years.
I broke into wrestling as a broadcaster with the WWE Hall of Famer and 5-time 5-time 5-time (I’ll let you finish the rest) Booker T. His company ‘Reality of Wrestling’ has been the flagship of Texas Wrestling for over a decade now as he carries on the great tradition of Houston Wrestling, following in the footsteps of the great Paul Boesch.
I started as a ring announcer, then to the color commentator then, being the co-host of Heated Conversations with Booker which you can download on iTunes (cheap plug, brother!) and now I am a member of the Reality of Wrestling the booking committee. But, imagine sitting in a room on a weekly basis with Booker T and Bruce (well, you know) Prichard to talk and write stories for a wrestling show. To say the very least you learn a lot about the ins and outs of the business and WHY things are done.
That’s the perspective I want to bring to this podcast, I want to talk about what happened, but I want to focus on why it’s happening, and look at the show through the “booking glass” (I should trademark that). Anyways, I hope you enjoy this WrestleMania prediction show. I talk my thoughts on this years WWE Hall of Fame, talk to 10-time WCW Tag Team Champion about Goldberg and Rick Rude, then speak with my good friend and super dope rappidy rapper, Kyle Hubbard and break down the entire, and extremely long, WrestleMania 33 card. Enjoy and send all tweets of love or hate to @BradGilmore.
There was some outrage within the WWE Universe when it was revealed that the Smackdown’s Women’s Championship Six-Pack Challenge match was on the Wrestlemania 33 Kickoff Show. The Raw Women’s Championship match was announced for the main show and people were upset that the Smackdown Women’s Championship wasn’t also going to be on the main card. Well, the WWE may have heard those complaints. The Smackdown Women’s Championship is no longer being advertised for the Kickoff Show. It appears that it has been added to the main card of Wrestlemania 33. Becky Lynch and Carmella sent out Tweets and thanked the WWE Universe for their support.
You spoke up. You're awesome. Thank you . #WrestleMania
Ring of Honor’ “Supercard of Honor XI” takes place Saturday at 630pm in Lakeland, FL. With over 3000 tickets already sold, the event is officially the biggest in the history of the promotion (in terms of live gate).
The main event will be the first title defence for Christopher Daniels, as he defends against Dalton Castle. It will be interesting to see who the fans cheer for between the loveable veteran, and the cult favourite Dalton Castle.
Cody Rhodes and Jay Lethal’s feud will come to a conclusion in a Texas Bull Rope match as well. In the most talked about match of the evening however, the Hardys will take on the Young Bucks in a ladder match. Could this be the last appearance by the Hardys before they show up in WWE?
Impact Wrestling
March 30th 2017
Universal Studios
Orlando, FL
Karen Jarrett Segment
Karen Jarrett opens the show by cutting a promo on Sienna. Jarrett says she hears Sienna is a bully and she doesn’t like bullies. She then bullies Sienna to leave the ring area. This brings out Sienna’s cousin KM who cuts a promo on Karen. That brought out Allie and Braxton Sutter and a match between KM and Sutter is made for later in the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiPklHiu1x8
1. Andrew Everett vs. DJ Z
First match of the show was in the X-division. The finish of the match came when DJ Z went for a DDT but was countered into a rollup by Everett for a 3 count. Speaking of 3-counts, after the match Gregory Helms and Lee came out and cut a promo on Everett. Helms says that next week Everett will have a chance to earn an X-division title match, though he is not told how. Winner: Andrew Everett
Rosemary “Knockouts Burial Celebration”
Member of Decay, Rosemary, also known on the indies as Courtney Rush, has been knockouts champ for 5 months now. She mentioned how many knockouts she has disposed of. This brought out pretty much everyone in the division, starting with ODB. A few more knockouts spoke and then everything broke down into a brawl. The long and the short of it is that there are many potential challengers for Rosemary’s title. Later we find out that next week the knockouts will have a gauntlet battle royal to determine the new #1 contender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKUc721rgWU
EC3 and James Storm Segment
EC3 cuts a promo and apologizes for his attitude towards Karen Jarrett last week. For some reason, this brings out James Storm, who was without his DCC teammates.
Storm says he built this company while EC3 was in high school or getting up to no good with his fraternity. Finally the two of them decide that the fans should decide who challenges for Bobby Lashley’s championship.
2. Impact Grand Championship Match Moose (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
Before the start of round 3, Brandi Rhodes gives it to Cody and walks out on the match. The judges awarded a split decision to Moose, and he retains his championship. Somehow, I don’t think this match will end the rivalry between the two. Winner: Moose (1st title defence)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INmfxjtxhfM
3. KM w/Sienna vs. Braxton Sutter w/Allie
We get our first look at Sienna’s cousin KM in this match. He came up with an impressive looking win here with a power bomb converted into a backbreaker for the pin.
KM is Kevin Matthews, a 35-year-old independent wrestler who generally competes on indies in the New York/New Jersey area.
After the match Laurel Van Ness, who looks more zombie than distraught bride now, came onto the entrance ramp. She stayed there and looked crazy for a bit until the segment ended. Winner: KM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbQfaS3c5Y
Before the main event we get an inside look inside LAX. The faction are seen drinking and playing cards. They appear to have made some money marketing 5150 tequila.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djkpGETqMSA
4. Impact Tag Team Championships Decay vs. Reno Scum vs. Graza Jr & Laredo Kid vs. LAX
LAX (Santana and Ortiz) became the new Impact tag team champions by pinning Laredo Kid here. Rosemary attempted to get involved but she was thwarted by Diamante. Finish of the match came when LAX used a powerbomb/flying neck breaker combo to get the pin. Afterwards LAX celebrated in the ring. Winners: LAX (new champions)
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon unveiled a bronze statue of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair tonight at Wrestlemania Axxess. Arn Anderson, Sting, Shawn Michaels, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Charlotte and many others were also there to congratulate Flair. Below is a video of the statue being unveiled and some photos from the event.
WWE has announced that NXT Superstar Tian Bing will make his WrestleMania debut on Sunday in Orlando as he will participate in the fourth-annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Advertised participants now include Bing, Big Show, Braun Strowman, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, Jason Jordan, Tyler Breeze, Fandango, Simon Gotch, Aiden English, Viktor, Konnor, Kalisto, Sin Cara, Curt Hawkins, Rhyno, Mojo Rawley, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, Goldust, R-Truth, Primo, Epico, Titus O’Neil and Mark Henry.
Below is a photo of WWE PC Coach Matt Bloom announcing the news to Tian in Orlando earlier today:
Shelton Benjamin was slated to make his return to the WWE last year but an injury prevented him from doing so. After a nine month rehab process, Benjamin is finally ready to return to the squared circle. Time will tell if his return to in-ring action will be in the WWE or not.
After 9 of the hardest months of my life, I'm happy to announce I have been OFFICIALLY CLEARED to return to action. Effective Immediately!
Noam Dar suffered an injury during his match with Austin Aries on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dar was scheduled to continue his feud with Rich Swann on this week’s episode of 205 Live but missed the show due to the injury. Dar is scheduled to be examined before Wrestlemania 33 to determine how long the injury will keep him out of action.
Hulk Hogan opened his second Hogan’s Beach Shop in Orlando yesterday. Hogan stated that he will not be appearing at Wrestlemania 33 at Camping World Stadium this Sunday. Hogan will be signing autographs at Hogan’s Beach Shop from 12-4pm on Sunday. The location of the new Hogan’s Beach Shop in Orlando is roughly 8 miles away from Camping World Stadium.
The WWE recently posted a video of Kurt Angle arriving in Orlando for Wrestlemania 33 weekend. Angle is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame tomorrow night. Angle stated that he was not expecting to be inducted right now and is very grateful.
This is the second time this week WWE has tweeted out video of old Matt and Jeff Hardy matches and included a subtle reference to Matt’s new character.
Raw Triple Threat Tag Team Ladder Championship Match at WrestleMania
The interactions between the Hardys and WWE’s social media accounts has led many to believe the Hardys are returning soon. It is also interesting to note that a ladder stipulation was recently added to the raw tag team championship match at WrestleMania. The Hardys were apart of the original WrestleMania triple threat ladder tag championship match, along with the Dudleyz and Edge & Christian. Ladder matches have been the signature Hardy match for some time now.
Additionally, King Maxel, tweeted out some photos which could be seen as a clue that his father plans on appearing in that ladder match.
Last night on NXT a new match was announced for the Takeover: Orlando show on Saturday night. This match should be the culmination of the feud between Eric Young’s Sanity faction and various NXT mid-carders.
Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolf, Sawyer Fulton, Killian Dain and Nikki Cross) vs. Roderick Strong, No Way Jose, Tye Dillinger and Ruby Riot
Sanity has been picking fights with NXT’s mid-card good guys for the last couple of months. Now those “good guys” have formed an alliance. Ruby Riot, aka Heidi Lovelace, completed the “good guy” team a week ago and could be beginning a program with Nikki Cross soon.
The 25-year-old had this to say regarding her decision to join the fight against Sanity:
This triple threat singles match was a preview for the DIY vs. AOP vs. Revival match at Takeover. After the Revival appeared to leave ringside it looked as though Akam had the match won after power-bombing Gargano. The Revival returned to the ring area however and Dawson grabbed Akam’s leg from the outside, allowing Wilder to pin Gargano. Winner: Dash Wilder (pinned Gargano)
2. Heavy Machinery vs. Jonathan Ortagun and Mike Marshall
Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight make up the husky tag-team of Heavy Machinery. The first time we saw this team was in the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Classic, when they lost to Austin Aries and Roderick Strong in the first round. They would also lose to the Revival on NXT television in early January. They picked up their first televised win here however, with a squash match victory over Ortagun and Marshall. Winners: Heavy Machinery
We got another vignette from Aleister Black, this time he gives an ominous preview of his match with Andrade “Cien” Almas at Takeover. Almas has been on quite a win streak, but he’ll be in tough against the debuting Dutch kick-boxer in Orlando.
3. Loser Leaves NXT Match
Kassius Ohno vs. Elias Samson
This match seemingly came out of nowhere. Samson made fun of Ohno for not defeating Bobby Roode for the championship a coupe weeks ago, and things escalated right to a loser-leaves-town match. Samson had apparently got the better of Ohno during a commercial break (it always baffles me they will go to commercial mid-match during a show on the Network..), but Ohno battled back. The finish of the match came when Samson was attempting his dragon sleeper into a neck breaker but Ohno countered with a discuss forearm (just like Aries has been using as his finish) and pinned him for the win.
After the match Samson was refusing to leave, but then asked if he could just get his guitar. Ohno motioned as though he was going to give the guitar back but instead just stepped on it. Winner: Kassius Ohno (Samson gone from NXT)
World of Sport (WOS) and IMPACT recently held a press conference to announce the return of wrestling on Saturday night UK Television. WOS will be running for 10 episodes on one of the UK’s biggest stations – ITV.
One of the most intriguing moves by WOS is the collaboration with IMPACT wrestling. This is easily the biggest platform that IMPACT has had outside of the United States and provides further opportunities for IMPACT to rebuild its brand after losing their slot on Challenge TV in the UK.
IMPACT recently released a highlights package of the press conference and you can see this below:
ROH TV
March 27th (on the Fite App)
Las Vegas, Nevada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9fUKteazus
Christopher Daniels World Title Celebration
45-year-old Christopher Daniels won his first world championship for a major promotion at the company’s 15 year anniversary show recently. This show was the first for the set of tapings which occurred after the IPPV.
Kazarian and Daniels came out and celebrated with “apple-tinis” to start the show. Daniels declared himself the “world champion…of the world”.
Dalton Castle, who will challenge Daniels this weekend at Supercard of Honor, came out to join in the celebration. He was very impressed with the Apple-tini he was given. The boys even gave him his own glass.
Adam Cole and the Young Bucks came out. Cole said he was screwed out of the championship and promises payback to the Addiction. A 6-man tag pitting Adam Cole & the Young Bucks vs. the Addiction & Dalton Castle is scheduled for later in the show.
* In the back Kenny King challenges Marty Scurll for the ROH TV title. Scurll accepted, so we should get that match sometime soon.
1. ROH Tag Team Championship Match the Hardys (c) vs. the Briscoes The Hardys retained after several near falls. Jay Briscoe kicked out a twist of fate and Matt Hardy kicked out of a froggy-bow. The finish of the match came when Jeff Hardy came in on a blind tag and used his leg-scissor pinning combination on Mark Briscoe for the win.
After the match the Young Bucks came out and challenged the Hardys to make their match at Supercard of Honor a ladder match. Interesting. Winners: the Hardys (2nd title defence)(Jeff Hardy pinned Mark Briscoe)
2. Adam Cole & the Young Bucks (Bullet Club) vs. Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Dalton Castle Finish of the match started when the Bucks accidentally superkick’ed Adam Cole. After that Castle clotheslined them both out of the ring, and Daniels hit them with a moonsault. In the ring Dalton Castle gave Adam Cole the Bang-a-rang and pinned him for the win. The idea was the two guys in Saturday’s main event came out looking the strongest here. Winners: the Addiction and Dalton Castle (Castle pinned Cole)
ROH’s Supercard of Honor will be available on IPPV on Saturday at 6pm.
Naomi returned to WWE SmackDown this week and announced that she’s cleared for WrestleMania 33 on Sunday. Naomi has been out of action for about a month after being forced to relinquish her newly-won SmackDown Women’s Title to Alexa Bliss.
Naomi will now join the SmackDown Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania 33, officially making it a Six-Pack Challenge. Bliss will defend against Naomi, Carmella, Natalya, Mickie James and Becky Lynch.
Check out video from her return below and Alexa Bliss’ reaction:
Posted March 29th, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: Naomi.