Hi and welcome back to the blog for another recap of the
weeks events on WWE TV. Let's start with Monday Night RAW. There was an actual
crowd, when I say crowd, I mean, they were development talent currently
training at the PC.
The show started off with the "KO Show" Kevin
Owens guest was The RAW Women's Champion. Asuka. They were interrupted by NXT
Women's Champion. Charlotte .
Followed by Natalya and Nia Jax leading to a fight. This was done to build up
to the number one contenders triple threat match later on.
Apollo Crews defeated Andrade to become the NEW United
States Champion. Congratulations to him on winning his first title in WWE.
There have been rumors of Crews turning heel. I believe that will happen, I
just do not know when.
Seth Rollins was backstage talking about Rey Mysterio.
Standard heel promo. Nothing special to be honest. It's probably leading to a
match between the two.
The IIconics were in the ring to talk about last weeks
events & were interrupted by Women's Tag Team Champions. Alexa Bliss and
Nikki Cross. The Australian duo beat up the champions.
MVP hosted the V.I.P Lounge. Drew McIntyre was his guest.
Drew gave MVP a Claymore Kick to end the segment.
Angel Garza defeated Kevin Owens.
The Street Profits took on Viking Raiders in a game of Golf.
Austin Theory & Murphy defeated Humberto Carrillo &
Aleister Black.
Nia Jax defeated Charlotte & Natalya in the triple
threat number one contenders match for the RAW Women's Championship. She will
face Asuka at Backlash.
Ric Flair made an appearance on the show to predict the
outcome of the upcoming Edge vs. Orton match at Backlash.
Liv Morgan cut a backstage promo.
RAW Tag Team Champions. Street Profits defeated MVP &
Bobby Lashley by DQ. Lashley put a submission hold on Montez Ford until Drew
McIntyre walked out and then he and Lashley fought each other. They were
eventually separated.
Let's talk about NXT.
Drake Maverick defeated Jake Atlas & Kushida to qualify
for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Final where he will take on
El Hijo Del Fantasma next week.
Johnny Gargano defeated Adrian Alanis. After the match, Mia
Yim & Keith Lee mocked the the recent "Dinner with the Gargano's"
segments.
Raquel Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart with help by
Dakota Kai after the official was distracted by Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae's
confrontation outside of the ring.
Charlotte and a mystery tag team partner, who was revealed
to be Chelsea Green, defeated Io Shirai & Rhea Ripley.
There was a negotiations segment between General Manager, William
Regal & NXT Champion Adam Cole. Regal announced it will be Cole vs. Dream
for NXT Championship at TakeOver in an unknown location. And if Dream loses he
will not get another title opportunity against the current champion.
Tommaso Ciampa defeated Leon Ruff. Scarlett was ringside for
this match. Karrion Kross talked about their upcoming match at TakeOver.
TICK-TOCK!
Kurt Angle was the referee for the "FIGHT PIT"
Cage Match where Timothy Thatcher
defeated Matt Riddle. Check out this match if you haven't seen it.
SmackDown began at the scene of a car accident. Elias was
hurt and on a stretcher, there was a rental car involved in the incident, which
was believed to be Jeff Hardy's who was found injured nearby. He was taken to a
police station. Braun was a witness and spoke about what he saw. This clearly
was a set up, by who? It's got to be Sheamus. That was my immediate thought
after watching this.
Because Jeff was taken to the station and Elias was taken to
hospital, there was a 10 Man Over the Top Rope Battle Royal with the winner
facing Daniel Bryan in the final of the Intercontinental Championship
Tournament later on. Drew Gulak was involved in this match after reportedly
re-signing with the company. Sheamus won to go through to the final by lastly
eliminating Jey Uso.
Lacey Evans vs. Sonya Deville ended in a double countout.
Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss hosted "A moment of
Bliss" their guests were Big E & Kofi. They were interrupted by Bayley
& Sasha which led to Sasha defeating Alexa in an impromptu match. Shorty G
defeated Cesaro. Kurt Angle revealed that Matt Riddle was on his way SmackDown.
It'll be interesting to see who the "Original Bro" will face in his
first storyline on the Main Roster.
Daniel Bryan defeated Sheamus in the main event after the
Irishman was distracted by a returning Jeff Hardy. Bryan will face Styles in two weeks for the
Intercontinental Championship.
This episode of SmackDown was the best one I've seen after a
long time, probably since the build up to Survivor Series where the NXT roster
took over the show. After much consideration there will not be a recap released
next Saturday (6th June) The recap will be return a week later as NXT TakeOver:
In Your House is next Sunday so there will be a predictions blog released prior
to that event. Thanks for reading.