WWE DRAFT NIGHT 1 of 2

The first night of draft picks took place on Friday Night SmackDown. 

Here are the rules: 

• Over 70 superstars have been placed in this years WWE Draft. 
• 30 superstars are eligible to be drafted tonight. 40 superstars on Monday Night
  For every 2 picks SmackDown has, Raw will get 3.
• Tag teams will count as 1 pick, unless Fox and USA network specifically wants to pick 1 superstar from the team. 
• Any undrafted superstars will immediately be declared free agents and able to sign with the brand of their choosing. 

Stephanie McMahon revealed every pick in each round throughout the show. Here are the results below:

RAW Draft picks

First Round

Becky Lynch

The OC

Drew McIntyre 

Second Round 

Randy Orton

Ricochet 

Bobby Lashley 

Third Round 

Alexa Bliss

Kevin Owens 

Natalya 

Fourth Round

Viking Riders

Nikki Cross

Street Profits 

SMACKDOWN Draft picks

First Round

Roman Reigns

Bray Wyatt

Second Round

Sasha Banks 

Braun Strowman 

Third Round

Lacey Evans

The Revival

Fourth Round

Lucha House party 

Heavy Machinery 

The first night of the draft is now in the archives. Looking forward to night 2 of the draft on Monday Night Raw.

Other News 

Prior to the draft, it was announced on social media that Tyson Fury will face Braun Strowman at WWE Crown Jewel, on October 31 in Saudi Arabia. I'm very interested to see how this story is played out on tv, leading up to the match. Tyson is a great talker, will his wrestling skills match up to that level? We will see. Nevertheless I have a prediction that Tyson will be winning this match. Like Paul Heyman says. That's not a prediction. That's a spoiler! Speaking of Heyman, it was also announced that Brock will defend the WWE title at Crown Jewel vs. Cain Velasquez. 

Thanks for reading. 

Hell in a Cell 2019 | Thoughts

Welcome back to the blog, Hell in a Cell is now in the archives. Here are my thoughts about the matches I predicted previously. 

Hell in a Cell - Raw Women's Championship Match.

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks. 

This was a fantastic show opener, both competitors bought the fight to each other using weapons and attempting their submission holds, but in the end, it was "The Man" that prevailed. Winner: AND STILL Raw Women's Champion. Becky Lynch.

Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. 

This was an unexpected fun match, what made it even better was the Tornado Tag rule. Winners: Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns. I thought for sure that Bryan was going to turn heel and align with Rowan and Harper here. It might happen on Friday on SmackDown if Bryan doesn't get drafted to Raw. We will found out.

SmackDown Women's Championship Match. Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair. 

I didn't expect a title change here as I thought Bayley was going to win. Towards the end of the match, Bayley attempted to cheat by putting her feet on the ropes during the pinfall attempt but the referee saw it just in time. Charlotte made Bayley tap out via the figure 8. Winner: AND NEW SmackDown Women's Champion! Charlotte Flair. 

Hell in a Cell - WWE Universal Championship Match. 

Seth Rollins (c) vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. 

I loved the dark red lighting during the match, it had Attitude Era Kane vibes about it when he debuted at Badd Blood all those years ago. Seth was trying his best to take down Wyatt with weapons but it didn't phase "The Fiend" now this is where things got annoying because of the amount of times the champion hit his opponent with stomps. Wyatt was down, he was covered with weapons, just as Seth was about to hit Wyatt with the sledgehammer, the referee attempted to put a stop to this, which he failed to do so as Rollins hit his opponent with the hammer resulting in a DQ/No Contest. The crowd sh*t on this. They wanted "The Fiend" to win. I did a preliminary prediction for this match which was a DQ finish. I then thought, why would they book a finish like that? They're in a cell! The cell itself can be used a weapon also. What a load of trash. Poor booking. 

There were AEW, Bullsh*t and restart the match chants. The boos were loud. This was reminiscent of the times where Ryback and Braun Strowman were over with the crowd. Until the momentum ended, coincidentally, in Hell in a Cell. Can you believe we've had two years in a row of Hell in a Cell main events where it ended in a DQ/No Contest? That's ridiculous right there. I'm going to go on record right now and say that the Hell in a Cell pay per view needs to be scrapped from the schedule permanently. Like I said, the crowd booed the finish loudly, it'll be interesting to see and hear the reaction from the crowd on Raw. 

Three shows, Raw, SmackDown and Hell in a Cell all started off great and ended terrible. What a bad week of programming in WWE. Thanks for reading. 

Hell in a Cell | Predictions

It's now time for the Hell in a Cell predictions. Here we go! 

SmackDown Women's Championship Match. Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair. 

Prediction: Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion. Bayley.

Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. 

Prediction: Daniel Bryan to turn on Roman to lose the match and reveal he was the mastermind behind Roman getting attacked, and align with Rowan and Harper. Winners: Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. 

Raw Women's Championship Match. Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks. 

Prediction: It's time for Sasha to win here. Becky would make a great challenger. Winner: AND NEW Raw Women's Champion. Sasha Banks. 

WWE Universal Championship Match. Seth Rollins (c) vs. Bray Wyatt. Prediction: This was a tough one to call, If Seth won, it would have to be due to an interruption by Braun attacking Bray as payback for a couple of weeks ago. Here is my final prediction. Winner: AND NEW Universal Champion. Bray Wyatt.

There you have it, my predictions are complete. Disclamier: At the time of writing this, these were the only matches announced for the show. I'm sure more will announced prior to the show. After the show is done, the matches predicted above will be the only ones I talk about. Thanks for reading. See you for the review.

Friday Night SmackDown | Thoughts

Hi and welcome to the Friday Night SmackDown review. A lot to talk about so let's not waste anymore time. Here we go!

A new stage was unveiled for the show and it reminded me of the 2000-2001 Attitude Era. 

We started off with a in ring segment with King Baron Corbin, "The Man" Becky Lynch and The Rock. Resulting in the Rock and Becky beating up Corbin to end the segment, leading to the first match of the night. 

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks

Winners: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.

There was a backstage interview with ya boys: THE NEW DAY! to hype up the WWE title match later in the show. 

Seth Rollins was seen heading to the ring to face Shinsuke Nakamura, this was not advertised prior to the show, Seth was in the ring when we got another episode of the Firefly Funhouse. More mind games from Bray leading up to Hell in a Cell. 

Rollins vs. Nakamura never ended with a winner as The Fiend attacked Rollins yet again, this time on the entrance way and throwing him off the stage. 

Disclaimer: There were a lot of montages throughout the show. Apologies if it seems like I've skipped through some important segments etc. 

Ladder Match: Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon the stipulation of the match was the loser of this match will be “terminated from WWE” meaning they will be fired.

Winner: Kevin Owens. 

Shane is fired. (Until he comes back before Survivor Series or something) this storyline is finally over, Note that The Miz never got his win back from Shane. Perhaps they'll incorporate that reason for if or when Miz and KO have a match or three later down the line. 

It was Paul Heyman's turn to hype up the main event. This was something we've seen and heard before so let's move on. 

Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler were defeated by Braun Strowman, The Miz, Otis and Tucker. 

During this match we saw a interaction between Strowman and boxer Tyson Fury. There's one match potentially booked for Wrestlemania next year. 

American DJ Marshmello won the 24/7 championship on the show, Carmella later won it back. 

It was Lumberjack match time. Erick Rowan vs. Roman Reigns

Winner: Roman Reigns. 

Here we go! Main Event time! 

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston vs. Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) 

Winner: AND NEW WWE Champion! Brock Lesnar. 

Kofi didn't get any offence and Brock picked him up for an F5 for the win. I can't believe WWE booked Kofi like that. The fans reaction to this has been incredible and rightfully so. Five seconds that match lasted. Disgraceful. Kofi had an amazing run as champion. It's a damn shame it ended like that. I thought Kofi was going to somehow win this match with help from Rey and New Day in some fashion. It wasn't to be. As Randy Orton would say. This was stupid, stupid, stupid. 

After the match, Brock was interrupted by Rey and former UFC heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez. Cain took down and punched Brock until the new champion retreated to end the show. I'm lost for words. I'm going to end the review here. Thanks for reading. 

The Season Premiere of Monday Night Raw | Thoughts

It was the season premiere of MONDAY NIGHT RAW. New theme, new set and PYRO was back! There was also a new commentary team alongside Jerry Lawlor.

It started off with Rey walking out to hype his match with Rollins for the bubblegum title later before he was interrupted by Brock and Paul Heyman. Who then proceeded to beat up Rey and went after his son, Dominic. The Beast took him out also to send a message to Kofi before their match on Friday Night SmackDown. 

The first of the match was Sasha v Alexa. The Boss picked up the win by randomly distracting Alexa. After this, Becky got on the mic to hype up her and Sasha's match at Hell in a Cell. The second match was a tag team match (playa) Heavy Machinery vs. Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode. Winners: Dolph and Roode. 

We had a Miz TV segment. Special Guests: Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. I was hoping the Fiend would take out Hogan and Flair. That would've been AWESOME! (no pun intended) there was a confrontation of sorts between the two Hall of Famers. I got scared when the crowd chanted one more match. Ain't nobody got time for that! For a second there I thought Miz was about to announce that. He instead announced that there will be a Team Hogan vs Team Flair 5 vs 5 match at the Saudi Arabia show on October 31. As it stands, it looks like its Orton and Corbin in Team Flair and Rollins and Rusev in Team Hogan. 

Backstage. Rusev challenged Rollins for the title since Rey was unable to compete. 

It was tag team match time again playas. resulting in Viking Raiders defeating The OC. Moving swiftly on here. Ricochet defeated Cesaro in a quick fast paced match via the West Coast Pop. Following this was the Firefly Funhouse. It appears that Ramblin Rabbit is no more, they'll probably bring him back next week like Kenny from South Park. This episode of the Funhouse was nothing special, it was obvious Bray was teasing an appearance for later.

Back to the in-ring action. AJ defeated Cedric Alexander. It looks like Cedric's push is now over after taking another L.Before the main event. Lacey defeated Natalya. Hopefully this was the last match between these two and they get drafted to separate brands. 

A White limo entered the parking lot before Raw went to commercial.

Main Event. Seth Rollins put his title on the line vs. Rusev. Rusev was in control of this match before Bobby Lashley's music hit and Rusev just stood there. What is it about people in the ring just freezing whenever someone's music hits. It's been going on for many years and it's still stupid. Anyway. It looked like Lashley was sending for someone and that someone turned out to be Rusev's wife Lana. Lana and Lashley kissed and Rusev just stood there as a dumb babyface. If WWE went for shock value? They FAILED! This was so ridiculous. It also seems to me that they are trying to revive the failed Lana/Dolph storyline. The Fiend then took out Rollins to end the show.

If this was the season premiere of Raw. I can't wait for the season finale. What started off great then dramatically fizzled out. What a dumb ending to the main event. I need to stop watching Raw LIVE on a weekly basis. I'm looking forward to SmackDown on Friday Night (Saturday morning here in the UK) I hope we get a Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in ring segment. OH HELL YEAH! Considering what happened earlier, the WWE title match between Brock and Kofi throws up some interesting scenarios. Will Rey cost Brock the title to get revenge for his son Dominic? Could Rey get drafted to SmackDown and challenge Brock for the title (if Brock wins) we will all find out in a few days time.

I haven't written in a while so it's good to be back. Thanks for reading. 

WWE SummerSlam 2019 | Thoughts

SummerSlam was LIVE from the ScotiaBank Arena. It's time to go through the matches with my thoughts, so here we go!

Kick off Show 

Cruiserweight Championship Match: Drew Gulak (c) vs. Oney Lorcan

Winner: AND STILL WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Drew Gulak.

Apollo vs. Buddy Murphy 
Winner: Buddy Murphy by DQ. Rowan attacked Murphy during the match after Murphy blamed Rowan for being the one that was attempting to take out Roman Reigns in recent weeks. 

Elias was interrupted by Toronto's own....Edge! What a fantastic ovation for Edge in front of his hometown crowd. The Rated-R superstar speared Elias to end this particular segment. 

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: 

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (c) vs. The IIconics

Alexa and Nikki just recently became the women's tag champions, so there was no way they were losing here, and that proved to be the case.

Winners: AND STILL WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.

Main Card matches 

Raw Women's Championship Match 

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Natalya (Submission Match)

This was a decent show opening match, it was nice to see the two using their opponents submission moves on each other. Becky made Natalya tap out for the win. Winner: AND STILL RAW Women's Champion. Becky Lynch.

As far as to who Becky's next challenger should be, It should be Asuka, but shes in a tag team with Kairi Sane these days. For how long? I don't know. I reckon WWE themselves don't even know. I mentioned Asuka in regards to who should face Becky because don't forget when she was SmackDown Women's Champion, she beat Becky clean via the Asuka lock at the Royal Rumble. That right there is a ready made storyline for whenever they want to visit it and I would put the title on Asuka when all is said and done. 

Goldberg vs. Dolph Ziggler

Despite Dolph trying to surprise Goldberg with two superkicks to try and get the early win. This match didn't last long as predicted. Spear, Jackhammer. 1..2...3! Winner: Goldberg. 

After the match, Dolph insulted Goldberg and he was speared again by the legend. You'd think Dolph would learn his lesson right? He called out Goldberg again! And was hit with another Spear. I liked this especially because it's always great to hear Goldberg's theme music, the chants etc. 

United States Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Ricochet 
Anderson and Gallows accompanied AJ to the ring. I thought the two would play a vital part in helping AJ, which proved to be the case. After distraction from the Raw Tag team champions. He caught Ricochet in mid-air to hit the Styles clash for the win. Winner: AND STILL United States Champion. AJ Styles. 

SmackDown Women's Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Ember Moon 
No new champion crowned here as Bayley hit Ember with the Bayley to Belly from the top rope for the win. Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Bayley.

Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon: If Owens loses, he will quit WWE 
Before the match, Shane appointed Elias, as the special enforcer. Owens hit Shane with the Swanton and the Frog splash. When the referee was down, K.O took out Elias with the chair. He picked up the win after kicking Shane with a low blow, while the referee's back was turned and hit Shane with the Stunner for the win. Winner Kevin Owens. 

Can we please remove Shane from WWE TV now? Thanks. 

Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus

Charlotte played the heel role so well. Trish was really good after a long absence from the ring, and her using the figure 8 on Flair was an excellent visual. Flair later applied the figure 8 to make Trish tap out. "The Queen" prevails in Toronto. Woooooooo! Winner: Charlotte Flair. 

This was a great match, I echo the WWE fans thoughts in the arena in Toronto by saying: Thank you Trish. 

WWE Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton 

In the closing stages of this match, Orton stared down at Kofi's family outside of the ring and this match ended in a double count-out. The crowd chanted bullish*t! which it was. Kofi repeatedly hit Orton with the Kendo Stick. This felt like something you'd get from a SmackDown episode. Kofi remains champion after all of this. I guess you could say the booking of this match was stupid, stupid, stupid. That was a bad joke, I'm sorry.

"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor 
Yowie! Wowie! Bray Wyatt's entrance as "The Fiend" was great! I'm not even exaggerating to you. Wyatt tried to take Balor's head off during the match. Balor tried to mount an offence but he never stood a chance as the "The Fiend" picked up the win via the Mandible Claw. Winner: "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.

After the match, we saw a close up of "The Fiend" with the lights flashing. 

Amazing scenes at SummerSlam. I'm gong to watch the entrance and match again. I suggest you do the same. If you want to.

Main Event

Universal Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins

Both guys traded finishing moves in this match, Seth tried to overcome rib injuries to put The Beast down for the three count, Lesnar gained control of the match. Towards the end, Rollins moved out of the way as Brock hit the ring post, on the outside, Brock caught Seth mid air after a couple of suicide dives from Rollins previously, and hit the challenger into the ring post. Rollins recovered to hit a frog splash to Lesnar onto the ring announce table. Back in the ring, Rollins got a near fall with the Stomp after Brock kicked out. Rollins managed to get out of the F5 and followed that up with a superkick, followed by the Stomp for the win. Winner: AND NEW UNIVERSAL CHAMPION! Seth Rollins!

It'll be interesting to see who the next challenger to Seth's title will be. Looking forward to RAW tomorrow night. "The Fiend" was 100% the star of the show. Could 'it' be Seth's next challenger? Let's see. SummerSlam has always been my favourite event on the WWE calendar. This year event was kind of disappointing until the Charlotte vs. Trish match and then it was really good from there. SummerSlam 2019 is now in the archives. I hope you enjoyed the read. Thank you.

WWE SummerSlam 2019 | Predictions

WWE SummerSlam is LIVE this Sunday from Toronto, Canada. Very much looking forward to the event as its one of my favourites. Time to run through the match card with predictions. Here we go!

{UPDATE! Two more matches have been added to the card. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross will be putting their WWE Women's Tag Team Titles on the line vs. The IIconics. and Apollo will be facing Buddy Murphy. Below are my predictions for both matches.}

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: 
Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (c) vs. The IIconics
Winners: AND STILL WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.

Apollo vs. Buddy Murphy Winner: Buddy Murphy.

Cruiserweight Championship Match: Drew Gulak (c) vs. Oney Lorcan

Winner: AND STILL WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Drew Gulak.

Goldberg vs. Dolph Ziggler

This match is redemption for Goldberg because of the terrible match he and Undertaker had in Saudi Arabia. This match won't last long. Spear, Jackhammer. 1,2,3.

Winner: Goldberg. 

SmackDown Women's Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Ember Moon

I would love to see Ember win the title, Unfortunately, I don't see it happening here. 

Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Bayley.

United States Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Ricochet

AJ and Gallows and Anderson have just reunited as The Club. AJ won the title just a few weeks ago. I feel that the title is about to change hands here. It will be a great moment in Toronto on a big stage at SummerSlam for Ricochet.

Winner: AND NEW United States Champion: Ricochet.

"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor

Balor is rumoured to be taking a break from WWE after this so he is losing here.

Winner: Bray Wyatt.

Raw Women's Championship Match 

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Natalya (Submission Match)

Everyone is expecting Becky to win this match. I was the same, however, I've changed my mind because, I would have Ronda Rousey make a surprise return and cost Becky her title and help Natalya win the title in her home country of Canada. Ronda's return and music hitting would blow the roof off the place, it would be a show stealer! Winner: AND NEW RAW Women's Champion: Natalya. 

Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon: If Owens loses, he will quit WWE

There is no way Owens is losing here. Time to remove Shane from WWE TV. There goes the money! Winner: Kevin Owens. 

Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus

While it will be nice to see Trish win in front of her hometown crowd, I don't think it will be that way so I've picked "The Queen" Winner: Charlotte Flair. 

WWE Championship Match: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton

I was in two minds as to who was winning this match. After much deliberation etc, I'm picking Kofi to remain champion. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston. I've based that decision on Kofi's next possible opponent, for me, that would be "The Fiend" he would attack Kofi while he is celebrating in the ring and the new story would begin from there. So there you have it.

Universal Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins

Brock will be overconfident, he will then make a mistake and Seth will roll Brock up for the "shock" win. Winner: AND NEW Universal Champion: Seth Rollins.

As I write this, there is no match involving Roman Reigns, perhaps we might get an in-ring segment at SummerSlam with him and Daniel Bryan and Rowan. Notice how there is no tag team match on the card? I wouldn't be surprised to see one added. Speaking of matches yet to be announced for Sunday. I hope the Intercontinental title match between Ali and Shinsuke Nakamura gets added. 

Thanks for reading and enjoy SummerSlam if you're watching.