NXT TakeOver 36 | Review-ish

TakeOver 36 was LIVE from the Capitol Wrestling Center, this event closed out a newsworthy weekend of wrestling, below are the results if you did not watch, followed by the Review-ish.

Pre Show Match Result 
Ridge Holland defeated Trey Baxter.

Main Show Results
Cameron Grimes defeated LA Knight to become the NEW Million Dollar Championship.

Raquel Gonzalez successfully defended the NXT Women's Championship against Dakota Kai.

Ilja Dragunov defeated WALTER to become the NEW NXT UK Champion.

Kyle O'Reilly defeated Adam Cole in a Two out of Three Falls Match.

Samoa Joe defeated Karrion Kross to become the NEW NXT Champion.

NXT TakeOver Review-ish
Congratulations to one of the best talents in NXT right now, Cameron Grimes, on winning the Million Dollar Championship from LA Knight, the segments between these two have been very entertaining, well worth watching if you have the time, in terms of the long term plan for the championship, it will not be around for much longer as this story has run its course. 

Raquel and Dakota put on a great match, no surprises because they know each others game so well, the feud looks to be over already because while Raquel was celebrating her title defence victory, NXT UK's Kay Lee Ray made an appearance and suggest to us she may be the next opponent for the champion.

We saw history being made at TakeOver, as Ilja Dragunov overcame the odds and WALTER's chops to his chest, to become the new NXT UK champion, not sure whether it was better than their first match from BT Sport Studios in the past, as the match has not been seen as you will know. 

Whilst predicting the outcome for the Two out of Three Falls, it was difficult to think about who was going to win which stipulation, the picks turned out to be completely correct, loved this match, however, Cole tapping out right away from O'Reilly's heel hook submission was very surprising.

Tick Tock ladies and gentlemen! Karrion Kross's reign is over, he couldn't overcome the obstacle of Samoa Joe, who is now the NEW NXT Champion for the record third time, after he hit the Muscle Buster on Kross from the top rope, in terms of the next challengers? Pete Dunne is one name, due to past confrontations, the other name is WALTER, should he the the one to answer Joe's call and win? a title run, similar to his U.K version would be one to watch for sure.

NXT TakeOver 36 | Predictions

NXT TakeOver 36 will be LIVE from the Capitol Wrestling Center, which is a stylish way of saying the Perfomance Center. It has been a crazy weekend of wrestling as you will know, here are the match predictions. 

NXT UK Championship Match
WALTER (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov
WALTER puts his title on the line against longtime rival, Ilja Dragunov, a reign which has gone over 850 plus days, admittedly, I haven't watched the previous match between these two, the reaction seems to be it was a classic, this one at TakeOver 36 will be a great one, resulting in a new champion. Predicted Winner. and NEW NXT UK Champion. Ilja Dragunov.  
 
Million Dollar Championship Match
If Grimes Loses, DiBiase must become Knight's Butler
LA Knight (c) vs. Cameron Grimes
The comedic skits have been some of the best moments in recent NXT television. LA Knight will try some underhanded tactics in order to win, but he will not be successful, as far as I'm concerned, when all is said and done here, another new champion will be crowned and title celebrations will go to.....the....moon. Predicted Winner: and Million Dollar Champion. Cameron Grimes.

NXT Women's Championship Match 
Raquel Gonzalez (c) vs. Dakota Kai
Ever since Raquel became champion, Dakota seemed to be waiting her time to go after the title until there was no real challenger left, she knows the champions' weaknesses and will try to expose them at TakeOver, however, true strength will prevail.  Predicted Winner: and still NXT Women's Champion. Raquel Gonzalez. 

NXT Championship Match
Karrion Kross (c) vs. Samoa Joe
Joe returned to NXT as an enforcer for William Regal, the stipulation being he could not hurt anyone, unless provoked, have you heard this type of story before? anyway, Kross tried his best to provoke Joe but with no luck until he did after his title defence, when Joe was the special referee. Joe called out Kross the following week, who revealed he attacked William Regal, on an episode later, Joe requested to be removed from enforcer role and challenge for the title. Karrion Kross likes to say Tick Tock, as far as I'm concerned, Tick Tock is leading towards a new champion, the third and final one of the night. Predicted Winner: and NEW NXT Champion. Samoa Joe.

Two Out Of Three Falls Match
Fall One: Traditional Wrestling Match. Fall Two: Street Fight. Fall Three: Steel Cage Match.
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly 
Two former members, of perhaps the greatest faction in NXT history, The Undisputed Era, will collide for the third and final time in a two out of three falls match, with added stipulations, long story short, in terms of who wins which match? the prediction is for O'Reilly to win the Traditional Wrestling Match, Cole to win the Street Fight and O'Reilly to win the Steel Cage Match. Predicted Winner: Kyle O'Reilly.

TakeOver 36 caps off what has been a crazy weekend of wrestling, enjoy the show, if you're watching. 

WWE SummerSlam 2021 | Review-ish |

SummerSlam 2021 from Las Vegas gave us some memorable moments that we will remember for a long time, the night gave us, the fans, nostalgia, entertainment, and left us confused about some of the match outcomes, without any further ado, let's talk. Here We Go.  

Kick Off Show Match Result
Big E defeated Baron Corbin.

Main Card Match Results
Riddle & Randy Orton defeated AJ Styles & Omos to become the NEW RAW Tag Team Champions. 

Alexa Bliss defeated Eva Marie. 

Damian Priest defeated Sheamus to become the NEW United States Champion.

The Usos defeated The Mysterios to remain SmackDown Tag Team Champions.

Becky Lynch defeated Bianca Belair to become the NEW SmackDown Women's Champion. 

Drew McIntyre defeated Jinder Mahal. 

Charlotte Flair defeated Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion. 

Edge defeated Seth Rollins. 

Bobby Lashley successfully defended the WWE Championship against Goldberg.

Roman Reigns defeated John Cena to remain Universal Champion. 

SummerSlam Review-ish 
Big E managed to get back his Money In The Bank briefcase after his match against Corbin, there was thought that he would be involved in the show later on, spoiler alert, he was not. Riddle and Orton continued their great momentum by capturing the tag titles from AJ and Omos, in all fairness, it was a standard match. 

Alexa vs. Eva was a waste of time, fingers crossed this is the end of this feud between the two, in terms of character, it is time for Alexa to go back to her old self, the playground gimmick is not working without the Fiend, which is not her fault, it is simply another creative booking error that we have seen. 

Congratulations to The Archer of Infamy, Damian Priest on winning his first championship on the main roster, get ready for the rematch against Sheamus next month at Extreme Rules. The Uso's are still our SmackDown Tag Team Champions after a another damn good match against the Mysterios, who seem like they will be in a story of their own, sign me up for a Usos vs. Street Profits match or three, we want to see it, well some of us do anyway.

Prior to the event, there were rumblings of the scheduled SmackDown Women's Championship match being regarded as, subject to change, which proved to be true. While it was great to see Becky return, taking the title from Bianca this way was horrible, at least build it for a pay per view or an important SmackDown show, if you want to do the change then fine, this was reminiscent of Brock vs. Kofi for sure.

With all due respect to Drew and Jinder, not much attention was paid here, due to the way the match before this one played out. Charlotte added to her collection of titles in Vegas by winning the triple threat,  another match between these three participants at Extreme Rules is a possibility. Edge walked out to the Brood music prior to his match with Seth, great to see some nostalgia on the show, bringing back memories of the Attitude Era. He and Seth left everything in the ring, the thousands in attendance appreciated what they saw.

Lashley vs. Goldberg ended abruptly, is this feud over? probably not, there may be developments on Monday Night RAW. Roman is still the Universal Champion, acknowledge that, after he defeated John Cena in a highly competitive main event, there were close near falls here, where it seemed as though Cena was about to win, thankfully the correct the right decision was made in order to keep Reign's run going. 

Brock Lesnar's music hit and he walked out to a fantastic reception, the commentary team really sold how important this was, very much looking to seeing Roman vs. Brock, the intriguing factor here will be Paul Heyman, who was The Beast's client in the past. now part of Roman's stable of course. 

WWE SummerSlam | Predictions

WWE SummerSlam will take place from The Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It is the first Pay-Per-View to be held on a Saturday Night in recent memory. Let's begin the predictions.  

Match Card 
Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal

Two former members of 3MB will face each in the best event of the summer, the disappointing aspect here is their past history has not been spoken about on tv that much, Veer and Shanky will attempt to distract Drew here to help Jinder, however, it will not be enough. Predicted Winner: Drew McIntyre.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match
The Usos (c) vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio
Expecting Jimmy and Jey to remain champions here, it's time for them to move on to other opposition, perhaps a team that wants the smoke. Predicted Winners: and still SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Usos.

RAW Women's Championship Match
Nikki Cross (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
While it was great to see Nikki win her first Women's Championship a few weeks ago, there is a sense that her reign may be coming to an end here, particularly with Charlotte name dropping Becky's name in the past weeks, which may lead to The Man returning to WWE TV and on RAW this Monday Night to set up their title match for the next pay per view, remember Becky never lost her title before going on leave. Predicted Winner: And NEW RAW Women's Champion. Charlotte Flair.

RAW Tag Team Championship Match
AJ Styles & Omos (c) vs. Riddle & Randy Orton
Perhaps the best story on RAW is RK-Bro, which will lead to a tag title win for Riddle and Orton, in terms of AJ and Omos, they may have a one on one feud, after that Omos would be a good challenger for the United States Championship. Predicted Winners: and NEW RAW Tag Team Champions. Riddle and Randy Orton. 

Edge vs. Seth Rollins
A storyline going on from 2014 when Seth was in the Authority, and he was close to stomping Edge that year on RAW, this will no doubt be a fantastic match, leading to The Rated-R Superstar getting revenge from that time and the win. Predicted Winner: Edge. 

United States Championship Match 

Sheamus (c) vs. Damien Priest
The Celtic Warrior to pick up the win against Preist, with help from his face mask and after the match he will remove it and reveal he is not injured after all, in standard heel fashion. Predicted Winner: and still United States Champion. Sheamus. 

Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie 
Predicting a win for Bliss here after Piper Niven costs Eva the match. leading to their split and own one on one feud. Predicted Winner: Alexa Bliss.  

SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Sasha Banks
Bianca won the Women's Championship at WrestleMania Night One and ever since then, her title defences have been nothing of note unfortunately due to bad creative booking, which is why a win for the EST against The Boss will raise her game again. Predicted Winner: and still SmackDown Women's Champion. Bianca Belair.

WWE Championship Match
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg
If we have learned anything from watching Goldberg matches on pay per view in the past, it's that they do not last long in terms of match duration, the storyline has been based around Goldberg's son, Gage, who may get involved here, at the closing stages of the match, but it will be not enough to help his dad win the title. Predicted Winner: and still WWE Champion. Bobby Lashley.

The fight may continue after the match, leading to Goldberg spearing Lashley and Big E cashing in the Money in the Bank successfully to become the new WWE Champion, should he get his briefcase back from Baron Corbin before this match.

Universal Championship Match 
Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena
The last time these two met was at No Mercy 2017, a match won by Reigns, expecting the same outcome here, in terms of match quality, this one will either be evenly contested to the end or a dominant win for The Head of The Table, shades of Brock v Cena at SummerSlam 2014. Predicted Winner: and still Universal Champion. Roman Reigns.

The predictions are now complete, sure to check back here for the review-ish tomorrow. 

 

Friday Night SmackDown | Review-ish | Storyline Developments Aplenty

This episode of Friday Night SmackDown took place from Cleveland, Ohio and the Rolling Loud Festival from Miami, Florida, it was sure to be an entertaining two hours of television.  

Match Results
Finn Balor defeated Sami Zayn. 

Angelo Dawkins defeated Chad Gable. 

Bianca Belair successfully defended her SmackDown Women's Championship against Carmella.

Toni Storm defeated Zelina Vega.

Jimmy Uso defeated Dominik Mysterio.

SmackDown! Review-ish
John Cena opened the show to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. Paul Heyman said the champion will answer later on in the show and imitated Cena's theme song while walking to backstage, a truly funny moment there. Finn Balor and Sami Zayn followed up their confrontation from last week with a match against each other, won by "The Prince" 

Big E talked about his victory at Money In The Bank, what a moment it was for him, and very well deserved also, E was interrupted by Apollo, followed by Dolph Ziggler, Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro, this led to a brawl. We may see a six man tag next Friday Night.

SmackDown shifted from Cleveland to Miami for the Rolling Loud Festival. Wale was the MC. The venue had a WrestleMania look to it. Angelo Dawkins got some revenge for Montez Ford by winning the match against Chad Gable, both Ford and Otis were ringside for this one. It appears we have finally seen the end of the rivalry, for now anyway, between Bianca and Carmella. The EST vs. The Boss is almost inevitable for Summerslam. Subject to change of course.

Edge and Seth Rollins continued their storyline build up for August 21st. Toni Storm made her main roster debut and marked it with a win against Zelina Vega. It has been a disappointing run for Vega so far, since she returned to the company, hopefully she will recover from this and build up momentum.

The end to the Jimmy Uso vs. Dominik Mysterio match was the exact same to the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Money In The Bank, you will understand the reference if you saw the contest last Sunday.

Here we are, we have arrived at the main event. It was time to see if the Universal Champion. Roman Reigns was going to accept the challenge from John Cena. The answer was no, he went on to explain why. Finn Balor walked out to a nice reaction from the crowd and asked "The Head Of The Table" if he wasn't interested in Cena's challenge, would he be interested in the one from "The Prince"? Reigns smirked at first, and eventually accepted as the SmackDown went off the air.

Will Reigns vs. Balor just be a non-title match that takes place on an upcoming episode of SmackDown? or will John Cena be added to the mix at SummerSlam for the Universal Championship, we are just under a month from the best event of the Summer, lets see how this story develops next week.

WWE Monday Night RAW Review-ish | John Cena Returns To RAW | NEW Champion Crowned

The post Money In The Bank episode of Monday Night RAW was broadcast LIVE from Dallas, Texas. A day or so has passed since it aired on television, below are the match results followed by the review-ish of the key events that took place on the night..

Match Results
The Viking Raiders & Riddle defeated RAW Tag Team Champions. AJ Styles & Omos & John Morrison. 

Jaxson Ryket defeated Elias in a Symphony of Destruction Match.

Women;s Tag Team Champions. Natalya & Tamina defeated Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax.

United Champion. Sheamus defeated Humberto Carrillo in a Non-Title Championship Contenders Match.

WWE Champion. Bobby Lashley defeated Keith Lee in a Open Challenge.

Jeff Hardy defeated NXT Champion. Karrion Kross. 

Rhea Ripley defeated RAW Women's Champion Charlotte Flair via Disqualification.

Nikki Cross cashed in her Money In The Bank Contract on Charlotte to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion. 

RAW Review-ish
John Cena kicked off Monday Night RAW, admittedly the crowd reaction wan not as loud as Money In The Bank from the the previous night. Cena mentioned he will be on SmackDown this Friday to supposedly confront Roman Reigns, the build up for their match at SummerSlam begins there.

Riddle's music hit for a comedy promo with Cena, ahead of the six man tag, which he and the Viking Raiders won. Jaxson Ryker and Elias continued their feud in a Symphony Of Destruction Match as you can see by the results above.

There was storyline devlopment on Monday Night. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler turned their back on Reginald, who then won the 24/7 title, so he had a decent night overall. Sheamus defeated Humberto Carrillo, can we please move these guys on to different opponents? thank you.

Keith Lee returned to WWE TV after a long unexplained absence, he was a former NXT Champion by the way in case people have forgotten, more on NXT in a moment or two in this review-ish. Lee lost to Bobby Lashley, yes they want to keep Bobby strong for the Summer, but to hand Keith a loss is very strange booking, they probably should have put in s 24/7 title chaser in with "The Almighty" instead, speaking of him, the rumor of Goldberg facing Lashley is true, in terms of what we saw on Monday. 

NXT is one hell of a show on Tuesday nights, Karrion Kross is the champion and great to watch, it's a shame the writers on the main roster etc, do not see it that way, we know he has been on Main Event (the show) in recent weeks. he lost to Jeff Hardy, the social media reaction to it was crazy. The future for Kross doesn't look bright for him if things continue to go this way for him on RAW, likewise for Keith Lee also.

There may very well be content released soon, about why NXT stars struggle on the main roster, be sure to look out for that.

The main event of the evening ended in a disqualification win for Rhea Ripley against RAW Women's Champion. Charlotte Flair. Rhea got some sort of revenge by hitting Flair with "Riptide" outside the ring before she sent her opponent back in to the ring, Nikki Cross then ran down to cash in the Money In The Bank briefcase successfully and celebrated with the crowd in attendance. Congratulations to Nikki for winning her first title, hopefully it is the first of many in her career, she is underrated by many fans that watch week in, week out, all of her hardwork and determination to succeeed has finally been recognised. 

 

WWE Money In The Bank 2021 | Match Results and Review-ish

Money In The Bank was LIVE from Fort Worth Texas, what an event it was. here is a run down of the match results followed by the review-ish. Here We Go!

Kick Off Show Match Result
The Usos defeated Rey & Dominik Mysterio to become the NEW SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

Main Card
Nikki Cross won the Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match.

AJ Styles & Omos defeated The Viking Raiders to remain RAW Tag Team Champions.

Bobby Lashley defeated Kofi Kingston to remain WWE Champion.

Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion.

Big E won the Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match. 

Roman Reigns defeated Edge to remain Universal Champion.

Money In The Bank Review-ish
We have new SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Usos, their fifth title for that brand overall, an excellent match, if you haven't seen it, go check it out on the Youtube Channel kick off show. Jimmy & Jey are showing why they are the best tag team in wrestling today. 

The event started with the Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match, won by Nikki Cross, she may not be everyone's cup of tea, but she deserves this moment and hopefully she cashes in successfully, she gets criticised for portraying a superhero by some fans on social media, those fans need to know that Nikki's gimmick is aimed at the younger viewers of the show, following in the footsteps of The Hurricane.  

We move on to the RAW Tag Team Championship Match, where AJ & Omos successfully defended their titles against great challengers in the Viking Raiders, Omos showed his power to earn his team the win, what's next for them? tune in to RAW tonight to find out.

The WWE Championship Match had SummerSlam 2014 vibes to it where Brock Lesnar destoyed John Cena, Bobby's win over Kofi was identical to that night. Charlotte defeated Rhea Ripley to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion, what an excellent match that was, the crowd were really invested in this one.

Congratulations to Big E on winning the Men's Money In The Bank, it was a great moment for him, you could see it really meant a lot to him, he is rumored to be moving to RAW during the draft in a few months time, perhaps he will make an appearance before then, during this match we saw storyline continuation between Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal, in terms of an early prediction? A victory for The Modern Day Maharaja will put him back in the title picture after SummerSlam.

(prediction subject to change of course)

The Head of The Table Roman Reigns defended the Universal Championship against Edge, Jimmy and Jey were about to get involved towards the end of the match but their plans were put to a stop by Rey and Dominik. Edge was close to winning the title until Seth Rollins interfered and hit "The Rated-R Superstar" with the super kick, Roman hit the challenger with a Spear for the win. After the match, Rollins confronted Roman until Edge went after Rollins to continue thier own fight. Roman asked the crowd to "Acknowledge Him" and then John Cena's music hit to a great reaction, they had a stare down in the ring before the show went off the air.

John Cena is advertised to appear on RAW tonight. Goldberg also, will there be any more surprises in store?

Thanks for reading.