Monday
Smackdown got a 1.66, down from last week.
Monday Night Raw
Date: June 17, 2013
Location: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Arena
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're past Payback now and moving towards July's Money in the Bank. Cena retained his title but we had a very interesting development: the ultra rare double turn for Del Rio and Ziggler as Alberto won the World Heavyweight Championship by doing some very bad things to Ziggler's injured head. It should be interesting to see where things go over the summer. Let's get to it.
We open with the usual package of photos from Payback last night, complete with the voiceover.
Here's Del Rio to open things up. He asks us how his weekend was because his was excellent. Del Rio isn't pleased that the fans were cheering for Ziggler after he won the title back last night in controversial fashion. The fans chant for Ziggler again and Del Rio yells at them for chanting USA the night before.
He says this is what America is all about: pigs and cowards. He's he's spent the last five months fighting for us and he's gotten nothing but last night he fought for himself and won the world title. He's willing to give the people a second chance though so we have another chance to show him the respect that he deserves.
Cue Punk to an ERUPTION. He says it's been awhile since he beat Del Rio for the world title at Survivor Series 2011. Punk doesn't like hearing Del Rio call himself the best so Alberto holds up the belt. Punk challenges him to a title match but Heyman says that Punk doesn't fight for free. That's not cool with Punk though because he wants to fight no matter what.
Punk is banged up but when Del Rio was stealing the title, Punk was stealing the show. Punk still wants a match tonight but Del Rio says Punk doesn't want any of him. With that not being an option, Punk offers to fight Ricardo but here are Vickie and Maddox for an interruption. She says it's Del Rio vs. Punk tonight but makes no mention of the title being on the line.
Punk says that he respects Paul Heyman but he isn't a client. From now on, Punk doesn't want Heyman out there for his matches. Punk respects him but he doesn't want him there.
Intercontinental Title: Curtis Axel vs. Wade Barrett
Before Axel's entrance, Vickie interferes and makes it Barrett vs...CHRISTIAN!
Wade Barrett vs. Christian
Christian takes it to the floor to start and hits a BIG dive to take out Barrett. Back in and Barrett hooks a chinlock, only to have Christian fight up and hit a tornado DDT for two. Wade kicks him in the ribs for two but Christian avoids a charge in the corner. The Killswitch ends Barrett in 3:10.
You can pick No DQ, 2/3 falls or no countout for Bryan vs. Orton later on.
Wyatt Family promo.
Sheamus vs. Rhodes Scholars
The Scholars don't have to tag so they manage to stomp Sheamus down and hit a double snap suplex for two. A kick to the face sets up the Wind-Up Elbow for two on Sheamus. Cody slaps Sheamus in the face and the one on two beatdown begins. Rhodes is sent to the floor and Sheamus hits the Regal Roll on Sandow. The ten forearms crush Cody and White Noise crushes the crushed remains of Cody Rhodes even further. Sheamus loads up the Brogue Kick but gets rolled up by Sandow for the pin at 3:38.
Mark Henry might retire later tonight.
RVD is back at MITB.
HHH is in the back with Vickie and Brad. Vickie sucks up to him but HHH wants to know what the main event was going to be if Punk didn't question him. He also wants to know why Christian has been medically cleared for a month and a half and not been back until tonight. Also, why didn't he hear about either Brad or Vickie when he was negotiating for RVD's return? As for Shield, if they get involved then play tough with them. HHH thinks it's a stroke of genius to put 3MB on the show tonight as well. HHH's questions were HILARIOUS.
Bryan doesn't want to hear it from Kane that he told Bryan so. Kane thinks HELL NO should reunite but Bryan only wants to think about Team DB, Team Daniel Bryan. Kane: “Well that's good because you're acting like a D.B.” They both say they want to win the WWE Championship and they don't know if the team is done or not. Kane wishes him good luck tonight, which Bryan interprets as Kane saying he's the weak link.
Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
Before the match we hear Orton saying that Bryan is the weak link in the team and is the reason they lost the title match last night. The match is going to be No DQ with 54% of the vote. Bryan goes after the arm to start but Orton reverses into a hammerlock of his own. Daniel fights up and kicks away at the legs before hitting the double knee stomp out of the surfboard. Orton comes back to stomp Bryan down into the corner and puts Daniel down off the slingshot suplex.
Bryan counters the Thesz Press into a half crab but Orton grabs the ropes. More kicks in the corner put Orton down again but he comes back with a clothesline and a chinlock. Back up and Orton pounds away in the corner but Bryan comes back with the moonsault out of the corner and a running clothesline. A pair of running dropkicks in the corner get two for Daniel but Orton avoids the FLYING GOAT. Orton pulls out a kendo stick to pound on Bryan for two back in the ring and we take a break.
Back with Bryan blocking a superplex and hitting the missile dropkick for no cover. Orton comes back with the powerslam and Bryan goes to the apron for the Elevated DDT, only to have Bryan fight out and go for the NO Lock. Orton counters into a slingshot to send Bryan to the apron and a kick to the ribs puts him on the floor. It appeared to be a low blow so here's a trainer to check on Bryan. Back in and Bryan pounds away before they head to the floor again. Orton belly to back suplexes Daniel onto the barricade so the referee checks again.....and the match at 15:00.
Post match Orton helps Bryan up and nothing else happens, making me think it was a legit stoppage.
Here's AJ to brag about winning the Divas Title by crushing Kaitlyn's spirit. AJ says that she's the hero of the story because she's a woman that knows how to get what she wants. There isn't a woman in the audience or locker room who is as strong, brilliant or courageous as she is. AJ issues an open challenge to the locker room and gets.......STEPHANIE MCMAHON???
Stephanie compliments AJ on her victory but thinks what AJ was saying was degrading to women. It's time for AJ to start acting like a champion, about 23 hours since she won the title. AJ: “Instead of acting like a superstar, maybe I should marry one.” Stephanie says no one does crazy like the McMahons but AJ says she's the younger version of Stephanie, just without a fancy pantsuit. Cue an army of Divas but Stephanie cuts off Kaitlyn, threatening her with punishment for ever interrupting her again. The fans tell Kaitlyn that she tapped off while Kaitlyn yells at AJ. The beatdown is on but Langston makes the save.
US Title: Kane vs. Dean Ambrose
This is a rematch from last night with Dean defending. Kane hits some quick uppercuts and a powerslam for two. Apparently Bryan might have some nerve damage but is still being checked. Kane fires off some clotheslines in the corner and gets two off the side slam. Not that it matters as here's Reigns for the DQ at 1:35.
Shield beats Kane down post match with the TripleBomb.
Mark Henry is here.
Vickie yells at Shield in the back but Vince comes in and compliments their ruthless aggression, meaning Vince vs. HHH MUST CONTINUE!!!
We're now getting regular commercials for the WWE App. My girlfriend downloaded it the other day for fun and it's nothing. It's a string of videos and access to a social media thing where you can hashtag your city. There's also a breaking news section with nothing in it that we could see.
Zeb Colter says that he's bringing Antonio Cesaro to his team. In other words, he's now a jobber to the stars with a manager. Cole immediately buries the idea on commentary.
Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal
Cesaro pounds him down and hits the gutwrench suplex as the announcers ignore the match to bicker. A delayed backdrop gets two on Regal and Cesaro hooks a swinging chinlock of all things. The Neutralizer ends Regal at 2:43.
Cesaro drapes a Don't Treat On Me flag over Regal as Cole is literally laughing at this.
Here's Cena to say he loves being booed by the fans because they can cheer anyone they want. Some people love Punk and boo him all night and that's perfectly fine with him. He goes to war every time he defends the title and after putting Ryback in an ambulance last night, he gets to say the champ is here. For everyone who never left his side, thank you. He can take any challenge that anyone puts in front of him and can't wait for Money in the Bank.
Cena doesn't care who challenges him that night because he'll be ready. He knows he won't have the title forever but the next person to hold it will earn it because the champ is here. The fans seemed receptive to Cena tonight....and here's Mark Henry. He leaves a pair of boots on the stage and tells Cena he can put his guard down. Henry has watched Cena rise through the WWE and thinks Cena is doing a great job. The fans chant Sexual Chocolate as Henry says if you don't remember the moment, at least you'll remember his salmon colored coat.
Henry is proud of all of his success in the business as a former ECW Champion and World Heavyweight Champion. However, due to all of his injuries, he's going to have to retire. The fans chant one more match and Cena hands Henry the title. Henry holds up the belt but hands it back to Cena because he never earned it. Henry talks about his family and says they're going to get sick of them because he's coming home. Cena shakes his hand....AND GETS A WORLD'S STRONGEST SLAM? Henry shouts that he has a lot left in the tank and says that the title will be his.
Post break Henry says all the people are puppets and everyone bought it.
Heath Slater vs. Chris Jericho
Jericho pounds him down with ease but Jinder Mahal breaks up the Lionsault to give Slater two. If my memory is right, Slater beat Jericho back in the first season of NXT. Not that it matters as the Codebreaker ends Slater at 2:20. Nothing to see here.
Post match Jericho beats up the rest of the Band because he can.
Paul Heyman doesn't want to answer any questions about CM Punk. He says that he knows when to give his friends space and thinks we should be talking about the Intercontinental Champion. New catchphrase for Axel: he was born to be better than perfect. I think I like that one.
Sin Cara vs. Curtis Axel
Miz is on commentary. This is Axel's third match against Sin Cara in less than six months. A quick backbreaker puts Cara down and a shoulder block puts him down again. There's a quick belly to back suplex for two but Cara comes back with a DDT. Cara's Swanton hits knees and a spinning DDT ends Cara at 2:40. Total squash.
Vince approves Henry vs. Cena for MITB when Stephanie and HHH come in. Trips gets on Vickie for not listening to him and glares at Vince.
Heyman sucks up to Punk and says he'll be cheering for Punk tonight.
Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk
Non-title and Del Rio runs to the floor twice in the first minute. Punk finally goes to the floor but gets stomped down on the way back in. Del Rio kicks him in the head and pounds him to the floor, only to have Punk whip him into the barricade to take over again. Punk takes too long to shout at Ricardo on the way back in though, allowing Del Rio to snap Punk's arm over the top rope as we take a break.
Back with Del Rio kicking Punk in the head as we hear that Bryan will be ready to go on Friday. Alberto goes up for an ax handle but gets punched in the ribs on the way down. Del Rio gets in another kick to the arm to send Punk into the ropes for the Backstabber for two. The low superkick is countered into a rollup for two and now the low superkick connects for two for the champion. The cross armbreaker is countered into the GTS but Del Rio rolls to the outside. Alberto walks out for the countout at 11:30.
Post match Ziggler runs out and DESTROYS Del Rio to a mammoth face reaction.
Punk is still standing in the ring and LESNAR! He picks up a mic but says nothing. Instead he picks up Punk and lays him out with a massive F5 to end the show.
Results
Christian b. Wade Barrett – Killswitch
Rhodes Scholars b. Sheamus – Rollup
Randy Orton b. Daniel Bryan via referee stoppage
Kane b. Dean Ambrose via DQ when Shield interfered
Antonio Cesaro b. William Regal – Neutralizer
Chris Jericho b. 3MB – Codebreaker
Curtis Axel b. Sin Cara – Spinning DDT
CM Punk b. Alberto Del Rio via countout
Tuesday
Raw got a 3.0, up from last week.
Wednesday
NXT
Date: June 19, 2013
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Brad Maddox
We're into the Bo Dallas era on NXT as he won the title from Langston last week. Due to the title situation the rest of the main stories have been put on hold for the last few weeks. The only other major story going on is the Women's Title tournament which is only halfway through the first round. Hopefully things pick up a bit tonight. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of Langston losing the title to Dallas last week. They treat the title win like a big feel good moment even though the fans seem to universally hate Dallas.
Welcome Home.
Adrian Neville vs. Bray Wyatt
This is a result of the long feud the Wyatt Family had with Neville/Oliver Gray over the tag titles as well as Adrian eliminating Wyatt from the battle royal a few weeks ago. Neville pounds away to start but a hard shot to the face puts him down. Adrian fights out of the corner but gets elbowed down for two. Bray sends him to the apron but charges into a kick to the head, only to have the Wyatt Family break up the corkscrew shooting star for the DQ at 2:07.
The Family comes in for the beatdown but Kassius Ohno and Corey Graves come in for the save. Dusty Rhodes comes out to make a six man tag for the main event.
Dolph Ziggler tells us not to try this at home.
Angelo Dawkins vs. Sami Zayn
This is Angelo's debut. Dawkins tells Zayn to bring it on but gets caught in some crisp armdrags to send him into the corner. The powerfully built Dawkins slams Zayn down and we hit the chinlock. Sami fights up but Angelo knocks him into the corner with a hard elbow to the face. Dawkins charges into a leg lariat and Sami climbs the corner for the tornado DDT to pin Angelo at 2:57. Both guys looked good here.
Video on Leo Kruger who says he isn't as creepy as people think he is. He's lived a peculiar life which has made him an exotic human being. Everything is about to change.
NXT Women's Title Tournament First Round: Sasha Banks vs. Summer Rae
Rae gets a quick two off a Russian legsweep as the fans are behind Sasha. Summer stomps on her in the corner and pulls her to the middle for a two count. A modified Stroke gets two for Rae before she pulls on Sasha's arms and puts her feet on Sasha's shoulders for a painful looking submission hold. Banks counters into a rollup for two and the match turns into a catfight. They slap it out and Sasha hits a Sin Cara style armdrag out of the corner for two. Summer comes back with a reverse DDT into a standing legdrop for the pin at 3:32.
Here are the updated brackets:
Paige
Alicia Fox
Summer Rae
Emma/Aksana
Xavier Woods says we might remember him from episodes such as #151 where he beat El Local or #155 where he beat El Local. Tonight he makes his return and a beep of his wrist communicator (same ringtone as the communicators the Power Rangers) says it's time to go. “It's morphing time.”
Xavier Woods vs. Jake Carter
Woods has been gone becoming a Jenga world champion and winning a Nintendo 64 tournament. He takes Carter down by the arm but gets caught by a hard shoulder block and a headscissors. Off to an armbar on Carter as Maddox talks about Woods' plan to find and marry Topanga from Boy Meets World. I can't believe I've reached the age where my childhood has a nostalgia character. Carter fights up and hits a Hennig neck snap for two. Xavier comes back with a dropkick and the IT'S MORPHING TIME rolling clothesline before Lost in the Woods (Gail Kim's Eat Defeat) ends Carter at 3:10.
Sami Zayn says that the match with Dawkins wasn't impressive. It was a message for Antonio Cesaro because Zayn wants a rubber match because Cesaro attacked him after their match last week. Your move Antonio.
Dusty Rhodes comes in to see Sylvester LeFort. Next week Dawkins and Garrett have a #1 contenders match against Ohno and Graves for a shot at the Wyatt Family.
We get a video of Bo Dallas shouting in a car, saying that he won't be at the show this week because he's been doing so much stuff since winning the title. We get photos of him at Disney World like he promised. “Don't stop Bo-Leaving!.” He'll be back next week. This has to be a heel turn.
Langston is back next week as well.
Wyatt Family vs. Kassius Ohno/Adrian Neville/Corey Graves
Harper starts with Graves with Corey going straight at the big man. A headlock brings Harper to the corner and it's off to Ohno to pound away. Harper gets in a right hand and it's off to Rowan for a slugout. Ohno comes back with a running boot to the face and it's back to Adrian. Wyatt comes in and this a running splash in the corner but Neville counters a slingshot into a double stomp into Bray's chest to take over.
Bray punches him down and brings Harper back in but Adrian hooks a quick hurricanrana to take Luke down. Back to Graves as things stay fast. Graves goes to the corner and wraps Luke up in a figure four neck lock over the top rope but gets dragged into the wrong corner as we take a break. Back with Harper dragging Adrian to the corner for a heavy beating from Wyatt.
Off to a chinlock on Neville as Bray has a creepy look on his face. Graves fights up and tries a sunset flip but has to avoid a seated splash from Wyatt. The hot tag brings in Ohno to face Rowan with the Family member launching Kassius over the top and out to the floor. It's back to Harper for some choking and a hard uppercut. Ohno is down but Harper would rather stand around than go for a cover. Some elbow drops get two for Luke and it's back to Rowan to continue the beating.
A pumphandle backbreaker gets two on Kassius but they ram heads off an Irish whip and everyone is down. Double tags bring in Bray and Adrian with Neville cleaning house. A standing shooting star press gets two on Wyatt followed by a big dive from Neville to take out Rowan, Harper and Ohno. Back in and Harper pulls Bray away from the Red Arrow (corkscrew shooting star), allowing Wyatt to pin Adrian at 9:00 shown of 11:30.
Results
Adrian Neville b. Bray Wyatt via DQ when the Wyatt Family interfered
Sami Zayn b. Angelo Dawkins – Tornado DDT
Summer Rae b. Sasha Banks – Standing legdrop
Xavier Woods b. Jake Carter – Lost in the Woods
Wyatt Family b. Corey Graves/Kassius Ohno/Adrian Neville
Thursday
Matt Striker is no longer with WWE as his contract was not renewed.
Impact Wrestling
Date: June 20, 2013
Location: Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, Illinois
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Taz
Tonight is the start of the BFG Series which will run for the next three months heading into the biggest show of the year in October. Perhaps more interesting though is Sting reforming the Main Event Mafia tonight to aid him in his war against Aces and 8's. It's also the return of Open Fight Night as the summer begins for TNA. Let's get to it.
Sting arrives to open the show, dressed to the nines in a suit and sunglasses sans paint.
We open in the arena with every BFG Series member other than Hardy and Roode. Hogan comes out to hype up Open Fight Night before calling out the two missing competitors. Everyone in the Series will get to have a match tonight and it's Hardy who gets the first pick due to winning a fan vote. Before he can make his pick though, Austin Aries cuts him off.
Austin says he'd love to be the man that gets to face Hardy first but Jeff is too scared to do that. Christopher Daniels warns Hardy not to pick either he or Kazarian unless Jeffery wants to suffer the most demoralizing defeat of his career to start the Series. Hardy finally gets to talk and picks Bobby Roode in a not very surprising announcement. Jeff tells the Creatures to mount up and everyone brawls as we go to a break.
For clarity's sake, every match in the Series tonight comes with a callout beforehand. I won't bother recapping them as it's just guys saying who they want to fight. The person listed first is the person who got to call the second person out.
Here's how the scoring works for the Series:
10 – Submission
7 – Pin
5 – Countout
2 – DQ Victory
2 – Draw
-10 – DQ Loss
Each match has a 15 minute time limit.
Bound For Glory Series: Mr. Anderson vs. Joseph Park
Anderson takes him to the mat with a headlock to start before slapping Park in the back of the head. He lets Park grab his own headlock, only to counter just as easily. A legsweep takes Park down and Anderson is making this look easy. Park grabs his own headlock out of nowhere and wrestles Anderson down before slapping him in the back of the head in a cute bit. Anderson is ticked off and kicks Park's knee out before pounding him down in the corner. Park avoids a splash in the corner and gets two off a quick rollup as things pick up a bit.
A neckbreaker puts Park down and we hit the chinlock for a bit. Park's comeback is cut short by a pull of the hair but Anderson misses a Swanton. Joseph makes a quick comeback but misses a splash in the corner, allowing Anderson to hit the rolling fireman's carry slam. Park pulls Anderson's legs out for a Boston crab but here's Doc for a distraction to break it up. Park slams Anderson down but Doc shoves him off the middle rope while Anderson has the referee, allowing Anderson to hit the Mic Check for the pin and seven points at 5:06.
Post break Anderson and Doc argue over who is going to be the next VP of the club. Ray says we'll put it to a vote because tonight he has to deal with his wife Brooke.
Bound For Glory Series: Jay Bradley vs. Austin Aries
Aries takes it to the floor almost immediately and hits a big plancha off the top rope. Back in and Aries hits the slingshot elbow drop but can't hook the Last Chancery. Austin goes up again and gets kicked down to the floor before a knee drop to the chest gets a near fall for Bradley. Some fast elbow drops get two for Jay but he misses a running boot into the corner, getting himself caught on the top rope.
Aries fires off kicks to the leg and gets two off a missile dropkick. Bradley kicks Aries out of the air as he tries the corner dropkick but Austin blocks the Boomstick with a discus forearm. Another Boomstick is ducked and Aries grabs a quick powerbomb followed by the corner dropkick. The brainbuster to Bradley is good for the pin and seven points at 3:39.
We look at Sting announcing the Mafia's reformation last week.
Sting says the Mafia grows tonight.
Post break Sting asks someone if they're in the Mafia. The unseen guy shakes his hand and Sting has a deal.
Chavo gives Hernandez a pep talk for his match.
Bound For Glory Series: Hernandez vs. Christopher Daniels
Daniels goes right at him to start but gets caught in the overhead belly to belly from Hernandez. Chris takes the eyes to take over but Hernandez powers out and slugs Daniels down. The running dive from the apron takes Daniels down as Hernandez is bleeding from the mouth. Daniels dives into what appeared to be an Alpha Bomb (slam into a powerbomb) but slips away and hits a low blow to put SuperMex down. The BME pins Hernandez at 2:19 to give Daniels seven points.
Bound For Glory Series: Kazarian vs. Magnus
Magnus knocks him to the floor to start but Kaz comes back in with a forearm to the face and a cravate. Kaz's spinning crossbody is countered into a very modified powerslam/suplex for two as the crowd is into Magnus. The Brit no sells a missile dropkick (Kaz was supposed to miss but connected anyway), allowing Magnus to hook a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission at 2:54 for ten points. That's a good move that someone needs to bring back.
Hulk is on the phone and saying things feel perfect when Bully Ray comes up to him holding a hammer. Hogan grabs him by the throat and wants to fight right now. Hulk says Ray and Brooke are done tonight but Ray asks him why Brooke stopped the shot to the head with the hammer a few weeks back.
Here's Brooke Hogan for the state of the Knockouts division address. Eric Young and ODB have the KO Tag Title belts again. Dang it all. Mickie gets her own special entrance and thinks she's the one giving the speech tonight. She brags about being so awesome and says it's easier for her to carry the title on her shoulder than it is on Velvet's bad knee.
Brooke cuts her off and wants to start with Eric Young. She reminds him of a chat they had a year and a half ago and Eric says that technically he isn't a woman. He hands Brooke the KO tag belts and says that it's National Kissing Day. Eric kisses ODB and they run off to the back. As for Velvet, she gets her rematch next week because her knee is fine. Gail Kim wants her own rematch which she'll get in Las Vegas....against Taryn, in a ladder match.
After a quick talk from the announcers, Hulk sends Brooke home for the night due to fear of Ray.
Bound For Glory Series: AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
No callout here as these are the last two guys left but AJ has something to say. With all the lights dark, AJ says that this isn't about Aces and 8's, TNA, the fame, the glory or the money. It's about not needing a hero because he's tired of doing things for everyone else. Joe pounds him into the corner to start but AJ grabs a headlock to slow him down.
After a good while in the hold, Joe fights up but misses a running boot into the ropes. AJ pounds away in the corner and drops Joe with a clothesline. Joe misses a charge in the corner but catches AJ with the enziguri to put him on the floor. The Samoan tries a charge but has to land on his feet as AJ slides back in. AJ's dive lands on the apron but Joe kicks his leg out to ram AJ face first into the apron as we take a break.
Back with Joe elbowing AJ in the face and pounding in some headbutts. AJ hits a quick dropkick to send Joe to the floor where a baseball slide puts Joe into the announce table. We're told there are five minutes left which tells me TNA has a fast clock. Back in and AJ hits the springboard forearm but can't suplex the plump Samoan. Instead AJ charges into a snap powerslam but he rolls out of a cross armbreaker attempt.
Joe looks for a superplex but AJ falls on top of him in a kind of crossbody for no cover instead. Back up and AJ pounds away but Joe punches him into the corner and fires off knee lifts. AJ rolls him into the Calf Killer but Joe sits up into the Koquina Clutch. AJ rolls out of that into a cradle for two as we have a minute left. They slug it out with thirty seconds left and head to the mat but the clock runs out at 13:40 for a time limit draw, good for two points each.
Ray is on the phone with Brooke and talks her into coming back tonight. He sends D-Von, Doc and Knux out to get her here safely.
Hulk talks to Sabin, Suicide and Kenny King about their match next week and how the winner can trade in the title for a shot at Ray in July.
Bound For Glory Series: Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Roode
The brawl starts on the ramp with Hardy taking over as they get to the ring. Roode takes him straight down into the Crossface but Jeff makes a rope before too much damage is done. Bobby catapults him throat first into the bottom rope before stomping away on the downed enigma. A vertical suplex sets up a knee drop for two and Roode keeps pounding on Jeff.
Hardy gets up a boot in the corner and hits a middle rope splash for two as momentum swings. An atomic drop sets up the low dropkick for two on Bobby but he grabs a quick spinebuster for two of his own. Jeff counters the fisherman's suplex into the Twisting Stunner, but Roode rolls away from the Swanton. Bobby throws the Crossface back on but Hardy rolls through into a cradle for two. Another Twist hits for the pin on Roode and seven points at 6:15.
Sting says we have some Family business to tend to tonight.
Here's Ray to close the show. He talks to the three X Division guys who think they're going to take the title from him in July. He'll do whatever it takes to keep the title, but he has more important things to talk about tonight. Ray calls out Brooke but gets Sting with the Main Event Mafia music instead. Sting says he went back to his family because he can't wrestle for the title again. That doesn't mean he can't get retribution on Ray tonight though.
Sting takes off his jacket and gets ready to fight before taking off his shirt. Ray calls out for the bikers but we see all of them down in the back. Sting goes after Ray and chases him up the ramp, only to have Kurt Angle, rocking a suit, take Ray down and put him in the ankle lock as the show ends.
Results
Mr. Anderson b. Joseph Park – Mic Check
Austin Aries b. Jay Bradley – Brainbuster
Christopher Daniels b. Hernandez – BME
Magnus b. Kazarian – Texas Cloverleaf
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe went to a time limit draw
Jeff Hardy b. Bobby Roode – Twist of Fate
Friday
Impact got a .86, down from last week. The NBA Finals drew a monster number in the same timeslot.
Smackdown
Date: June 21, 2013
Location: Nutter Center, Dayton, Ohio
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield
We're past Payback now and the main story is the double turn by Ziggler and new world champion Alberto Del Rio. That's the best outcome as Del Rio was only working to an extent as a face while Ziggler was getting over more and more as a good guy. Other than that we have Bryan vs. Orton tonight in a continuation/rematch from their stopped match on Raw. Let's get to it.
We open with a recap of the results from Payback. That's one thing I liked about WCW: other than the main events, they made sure to not tell you who won a lot of the matches until the replays were off PPV. Now you have clips of the endings to most of the matches, leaving no reason to buy the replay.
Here's Daniel Bryan to open the show. Until Monday, he had never had a match stopped due to injury in his entire career. The doctor asked if he could continue and he said YES, but the company line was that they were worried for his health. Realistically though, they stopped the match because they think he's the weak link and not tough enough.
The worst person in all of this was Randy Orton and we get a clip of Orton helping Bryan up after the match. Bryan says that if Orton thought he was the strong link, he would have begged for the match to keep going. The match should have kept going, but Bryan's YES chant is cut off by Randy Orton.
Orton comes to the ring shaking his head and mouthing the words “you're wrong.” Randy says the match was stopped for Bryan's well being, not because anyone thought he was weak. Bryan kept coming during the match and that made Orton respect him even more. When Orton helped him up, it was out of respect, not pity. Bryan yells that Orton is patronizing him after giving Bryan respect for beating Shield last week. Orton says fine, if Bryan wants a rematch he can have one tonight. This time though, Bryan will be carried out.
Sheamus vs. Cody Rhodes
Cody drew the long straw to get this match tonight. Sheamus gets two off a quick suplex but Cody elbows out of the fireman's carry roll. Cody goes to the middle rope but gets snapmared down before rolling to the floor. Rhodes sends Sheamus into the barricade before stomping away back inside. A running knee to the head gets two for Cody and it's off to an armbar.
Sheamus fights up but misses a charge into the corner, giving Rhodes two off a rollup. The slingshot shoulder is countered into a Fujiwara Armbar but Cody just lets it go. Sheamus shrugs all of the offense off and hits a sledge to the Cody's face. The fireman's carry slam looks to set up White Noise but Cody rolls out, only to be pulled into the Cloverleaf for the tap out at 5:37.
Sandow jumps Sheamus.
Wyatt Family promo.
Intercontinental Title: Curtis Axel vs. Wade Barrett
Miz is on commentary for this rare heel vs. heel match. Axel grabs a headlock to start but Wade forearms him down for two. Curtis comes back with a good looking dropkick to take over and drops some elbows to the chest for two. Wade grabs a quick suplex for two of his own as the announcers debate if Barrett should have gotten his rematch on Monday. Barrett hits his big boot to send Axel out to the floor and another big boot hits for two back inside. Axel avoids a middle rope elbow and hits a Hennig necksnap followed by the McGillicutter to retain at 4:40.
Post match Miz gets in the ring to stare down Axel but Heyman gets the champion out of the way.
Video on Mark Henry's from Raw.
AJ Lee vs. Natalya
Non-title. Natalya immediately takes AJ down but can't hook the Sharpshooter. Instead she puts on a strange looking leglock where Natalya's knees are between AJ's knees and stretching them apart with both girls on their backs. AJ makes the rope and puts on a quick sleeper.....as we take a break? In this match? Back with Natalya getting two off a snap suplex and a clothesline. Natalya shouts that AJ has no respect but AJ counters a slam into the Black Widow for the pin at 2:20 shown of 4:50.
Layla and Kaitlyn are watching in the back when Aksana comes up and calls Katilyn trash. Kaitlyn snaps and beats Aksana up before pouring trash on her.
Chris Jericho vs. Alberto Del Rio
Non-title again. Jericho takes him into the corner to start and chokes Del Rio on the middle rope before getting two off a knee to the back. Del Rio gets a boot up in the corner to drop Jericho but misses a running kick and falls out to the floor. Jericho hits the springboard dropkick to drop Alberto again. A Ricardo distraction lets the champion get in a cheap shot to take over as we take a break.
Back with Del Rio sending Chris back to the floor and whipping him into the barricade. They head back inside and Alberto misses a charge into the post to shift momentum again. The top rope ax handle looks to set up the Walls but Alberto spins out and kicks Jericho in the head for two. The corner enziguri misses though and Jericho hits the running bulldog and Lionsault. Jericho loads up the Walls but Del Rio counters into the cross armbreaker which is countered into the Walls but Chris has to go after Ricardo. Jericho puts Rodriguez in the Liontamer but Ziggler runs in for the DQ at 5:34 shown of 8:04.
Del Rio runs off and Jericho gives Ziggler a Codebreaker post match. Jericho leaves and the champion comes back to pick the bones with a hard kick to Ziggler's head.
Drew McIntyre vs. Christian
Christian sends him to the floor and hits a baseball slide to take Drew down. Back in and Christian tags him with an uppercut but dives into a spinning sitout Rock Bottom from McIntyre for two. Not that it matters much as Christian takes out the other Band members and hits the Killswitch for the pin at 1:50.
Post match Christian says it feels great to be back here for one more match. Cue Shield to lay Christian out with the TripleBomb.
Video on Brock Lesnar.
We recap the events of Raw with Punk splitting with Heyman and fighting Del Rio in the main event. Alberto walked out on the match and was jumped by Ziggler, only to have Lesnar come out and attack Punk.
Heyman doesn't want to talk about the Punk issues so he turns the interview around on Renee Young, asking her a lot of personal questions about topics like her father and her ex-fiance. Heyman suggests that next time, she should talk about Curtis Axel.
Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
Bryan charges right at Orton and they slug it out in the corner. Orton throws him to the mat and stomps away but Bryan gets up and fires right hands. It's rare for Bryan to throw punches and they're better than I expected. Randy knocks him right back down but misses a knee drop to the face. Bryan kicks away and hooks a leg lock, only to have Orton counter into a headlock. Orton blocks the NO Lock and hits a backbreaker to finally give them a breather.
Orton drapes Bryan ribs first onto the top rope and suplexes him over the top and out to the floor as we take a break. Back with Bryan fighting out of a superplex and dropping Orton with a missile dropkick. Daniel fires off the kicks in the corner and hits a running dropkick for two. Bryan moonsaults over Orton out of the corner but walks into the snap powerslam for two. Orton gets caught in a backslide for two and Bryan fires off the kicks to the chest and head for a two count.
Bryan goes up again but gets crotched and superplexed down for a very close two. The Elevated DDT connects but Bryan rolls to the floor to avoid the RKO. Orton drops Bryan back first onto the barricade but Bryan shoves him into the barricade. The flying knee off the apron sets up the FLYING GOAT and Bryan beats the count back in at 10:36 shown of 13:06.
Bryan wants the match restarted but Orton stares at him.
Results
Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes – Cloverleaf
Curtis Axel b. Wade Barrett – McGillicutter
AJ Lee b. Natalya – Black Widow
Alberto Del Rio b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Dolph Ziggler interefered
Christian b. Drew McIntyre – Killswitch
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via countout
Saturday
Nothing.
Sunday
Same.
Quick Results
Monday Night Raw
Christian b. Wade Barrett – Killswitch
Rhodes Scholars b. Sheamus – Rollup
Randy Orton b. Daniel Bryan via referee stoppage
Kane b. Dean Ambrose via DQ when Shield interfered
Antonio Cesaro b. William Regal – Neutralizer
Chris Jericho b. 3MB – Codebreaker
Curtis Axel b. Sin Cara – Spinning DDT
CM Punk b. Alberto Del Rio via countout
NXT
Adrian Neville b. Bray Wyatt via DQ when the Wyatt Family interfered
Sami Zayn b. Angelo Dawkins – Tornado DDT
Summer Rae b. Sasha Banks – Standing legdrop
Xavier Woods b. Jake Carter – Lost in the Woods
Wyatt Family b. Corey Graves/Kassius Ohno/Adrian Neville
Impact Wrestling
Mr. Anderson b. Joseph Park – Mic Check
Austin Aries b. Jay Bradley – Brainbuster
Christopher Daniels b. Hernandez – BME
Magnus b. Kazarian – Texas Cloverleaf
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe went to a time limit draw
Jeff Hardy b. Bobby Roode – Twist of Fate
Smackdown
Sheamus b. Cody Rhodes – Cloverleaf
Curtis Axel b. Wade Barrett – McGillicutter
AJ Lee b. Natalya – Black Widow
Alberto Del Rio b. Chris Jericho via DQ when Dolph Ziggler interefered
Christian b. Drew McIntyre – Killswitch
Daniel Bryan b. Randy Orton via countout