WWE Smackville | Thoughts

Smackville was LIVE for a one hour special from Nashville Tennessee.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Ali

Originally. It was meant to be Finn Balor vs. Shinsuke but the challenger was injured and replaced by Ali. It was nice to see him wrestling again even though it was in a losing effort. I see a rematch between these two taking place in two weeks in Toronto at SummerSlam.

Winner: AND STILL Intercontinental Champion. Shinsuke Nakamura. 

Kevin Owens vs. Elias

This was an impromptu match after KO interrupted Elias's concert. KO won via the Stunner. Winner: Kevin Owens.

WWE Championship Match. 

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Samoa Joe

This was always going to be a entertaining main event considering who were involved and it didn't disappoint in that regard. Kofi pinned Joe via Trouble in Paradise for the win. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion. Kofi Kingston.

Yes, this was a house show but most importantly, it was a fun house show. I'm looking forward to possibly watching more of these type of events and writing about them as time goes on. Thanks for reading. 

WWE Extreme Rules 2019 | Thoughts

Extreme Rules 2019 is now in the books. Below are the match results followed by my thoughts on said matches. So let's begin. 

On the kick off show, two matches took place. The intercontinental championship match between Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura. Resulting in Nakamura winning the championship. It feels like a nothing win to me, seeing as there has been little to no build at all. 

The other match on the kick off show was Drew Gulak successfully defending the Cruiserweight title against Tony Nese. 

As promised, here are the results of the main card. 

Roman Reigns & The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre (No Holds Barred Match) Winners: Roman Reigns and The Undertaker.

The best thing about this match was the visual of McIntyre creeping up on Undertaker in the closing moments of the match as some sort of a tease for SummerSlam. 

When Shane returned and his music hit a while ago, it was a great moment but now I just want this guy off WWE TV. 

Raw Tag Team Championship 

The Revival (c) vs. The Usos

Winners: AND STILL RAW Tag Team Champions. The Revival. 

These two teams work so well together. Fun match. Nothing else to say really. 

Aleister Black vs. Cesaro

Winner: Aleister Black

During my predictions post, I said this is the best match on the card and it delivered 100% If this was a one off match? Then that would the best correct thing for this. On to the next one as they say.

SmackDown Women's Championship Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross (2-on-1 Handicap Match) Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion. Bayley.

This match was boring. I was waiting for Sasha Banks to return and then turn heel. That didn't happen. Ah well. The champ remaining the champ was the right call. That is all.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley (Last Man Standing Match) Winner: Braun Strowman. 
I really hope this feud is done. Fun match though. 

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. The New Day vs. Heavy Machinery Winners: AND NEW SmackDown Tag Team Champions! The New Day!

The New Day are all champions now. Did they need the tag titles? No. Not really. Interesting to see what happens next in the SmackDown tag division.

United States Championship 

Ricochet (c) vs. AJ Styles

Winner: AND NEW United States Champion. AJ Styles! 

Decent match. Sign me up for the next one at SummerSlam. I hope they make it a ladder match.

Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler 

Winner: Kevin Owens.

This match was announced on social media like everything is these days. KO won quickly via the Stunner. Owens as a face character? I like that because he says what we are all thinking. He's really good on the mic too. The downside to his character is he's becoming Stone Cold lite. Other than that? It's all good. 

WWE Championship Match

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Samoa Joe

Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion. Kofi Kingston.

Kofi remains the champion. Joe to me is Bray Wyatt 2.0 now. What I mean by that is that he talks a good fight but he always loses. Speaking of Bray. Can he debut already? Someone should let him in.

Winners Take All Match 

Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans (Extreme Rules Match) Winners: AND STILL Universal Champion. Seth Rollins and STILL Raw Women's Champion. Becky Lynch.

This was a decent match, the best thing about this was Corbin giving Becky the End of Days which p*ssed off Seth. He stomped Corbin for the win. 

BROCK LESNAR CASHES IN MONEY IN THE BANK!!!

Universal Championship Match 

Seth Rollins (c) vs. Brock Lesnar

Winner: AND NEW Universal Champion. Brock Lesnar! 

Brock wins! That's him off from TV till August then. Who will be his next challenger? Strowman? Been there done that. Aleister Black? Bray? My guess is that they'll give Rollins a rematch because I can't think of many people on RAW that are faces. Unless someone comes over from SmackDown using the WildCard rule, from outta nowhere.....

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WWE Extreme Rules 2019 | Predictions

Alright! So....here are my predictions for the matches at Extreme Rules on Sunday. 

Cruiserweight Championship Drew Gulak (c) vs. Tony Nese: 

Winner: AND STILL Cruiserweight Champion. Drew Gulak.

Aleister Black vs. Cesaro

Match of the night for me. Looking forward to watching this. Winner: Aleister Black.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. The New Day vs. Heavy Machinery This one will trail the above match for match of the night candidate. After thinking about it, I don't see new champions being crowned. I could be wrong but that's what predictions are for. Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team champions. Daniel Bryan & Rowan.

Raw Tag Team Championship 

The Revival (c) vs. The Usos

For me, The Usos are the best Tag Team in the company. Which is why they are my pick for this one. Winners: AND NEW Raw Tag Team Champions! The Usos.

SmackDown Women's Championship Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross (2-on-1 Handicap Match) My prediction is that Nikki Cross and Alexa are losing here. Along with a Sasha Banks return with a heel turn on Bayley after Bayley wins. There you go! 

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

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley (Last Man Standing Match) 

Braun Strowman seems like the obvious winner, but to me Bobby Lashley needs the win more so he's my pick. Winner: Bobby Lashley.

United States Championship 

Ricochet (c) vs. AJ Styles

I like Ricochet. He's quality. Heel AJ is the best AJ. This is difficult to predict. Here goes...Winner: AND STILL United States Champion. Ricochet.

Roman Reigns & The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre (No Holds Barred Match) This match is going to potentially set up two matches for SummerSlam. Roman vs. Shane and McIntyre vs. Undertaker. I'm picking the heels here mainly because Drew needs the win. Winners: Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre.

WWE Championship Match

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Samoa Joe

It's good to see Joe challenge for the WWE title. Is he winning here? No. I would like to see him win it, but I don't see it happening. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion. Kofi Kingston. 

Winners Take All Match 

Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans (Extreme Rules Match)

There will NOT be new champions crowned. That is all. Winners: AND STILL Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch. 

I don't care about this event. Unless I've missed something, it feels like there's no hype going into it. Predictions are done. Thanks for reading. 

Stomping Grounds | Thoughts

Hi and welcome back to this here blog. Here are the results of the matches, including my thoughts about Stomping Grounds. 

Kick off show match 

Cruiserweight Championship: Tony Nese (c) vs. Drew Gulak vs. Akira Tozawa

This was a really good match.

Winner: AND NEW Cruiserweight Champion: Drew Gulak.

Main Card

Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans

The crowd did not like Evans. Chants of: "Lacey sucks" and "You can't wrestle" were heard here. They were fully behind the champion. Lynch won after Evans tapped out. Winner: AND STILL Raw women's champion: Becky Lynch.

The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn This was a decent tag match. There weren't any boring moments which was nice to see. Good to see the heels win here. Winners: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

United States Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Ricochet For my predictions, I said this was the best match on the card and it did not disappoint, I wouldn't mind seeing more matches between these two. The one and only hit the 630 splash for the win. Winner: AND NEW United States Champion! Ricochet! 

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. Heavy Machinery This was a fun match. Ending with Bryan rolling up Tucker for the win. Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions. Daniel Bryan and Rowan. 

SmackDown Women's Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss The Champion retained the title after Nikki Cross cost Alexa the match (as predicted) Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion. Bayley. 

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre 

During the match, Shane hit the Coast to Coast on Roman. McIntyre failed to pick up the win as he covered Roman for the near fall. Towards the end of this match, Shane tried to intervene again but failed, as The Big Dog picked the win. Winner: Roman Reigns.

So..Shane can win a match vs Roman but Drew can't? Anyway. Let's move on to the next match shall we?

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Steel Cage Match) Kofi won after jumping over Dolph on to the floor. He then celebrated with Big E and Xavier Woods after the match. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion. Kofi Kingston. 

During a backstage interview. Shane announced he and Drew will face Roman in a 2 on 1 handicap match on RAW. You thought we were all done watching this storyline? Haha! Think again! Sorry...

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin Prior to the match, Corbin announced Lacey Evans as the special referee. The crowd sh*t all over this match, they chanted, "this is stupid" and other things. 

Midway through, Evans changed the rules of the match to suit the challenger. She then slapped Rollins and hit a low blow. Becky ran out and went after the referee. 

Back in the ring, there was a new referee and Rollins won via the Stomp. Winner: AND STILL Universal Champion. Seth Rollins. Becky and Seth celebrated in the ring and walked out together as Stomping Grounds went off the air. 

This show was unnecessary, however, the first half was really good, the second? not so much. It declined towards the end. Extreme Rules is next month. Until then, thanks for reading.

Stomping Grounds | Predictions

Stomping Grounds is this Sunday night. (Monday here in the U.K.) here are my predictions for the matches. 

Cruiserweight Championship: Tony Nese (c) vs. Drew Gulak vs. Akira Tozawa

It seems to be a reoccurring theme of me saying I don't watch 205 Live. I'll say no more for this match. Winner: AND STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Tony Nese.

The New Day vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Woods and Big E don't need to win this match, whereas Owens and Zayn do. I'm picking the heels to win here. Winners: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. Heavy Machinery Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions: Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

United States Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Ricochet This match for me is the best one on the card. I'm a fan of both wrestlers. It's too early for Joe to lose the title here. Ricochet is a place holder until Rey returns from injury. Winner: AND STILL United States Champion: Samoa Joe. 

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre McIntyre needs this win more than Reigns, which is why he's my pick to win here. Could Shane or Revival play a part in this? It's possible. Winner: Drew McIntyre. 

SmackDown Women's Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss Bayley will win after Nikki Cross accidentally costs Alexa the match. Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Bayley. 

Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans It seems obvious that Becky is winning here. However, I'm picking Lacey to win after Charlotte somehow gets involved in this match and costs Lynch. Winner: AND NEW Raw Women's Champion: Lacey Evans. 

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Steel Cage Match) Do I see Dolph  winning the title here? Yes. Do I think WWE will put the title on him? No. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston. 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin I've got two predictions here. Brock will be the special referee for this match and Rollins will somehow win and avoid the cash in from Lesnar from happening. Winner: AND STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. 

Predictions are done. (try to) enjoy the event if you're watching. Until the next one. Thanks for reading.

WWE Super Showdown 2019 | Thoughts

Here are my thoughts on Super Showdown. Let's begin. 

Kick off show match 

The Usos vs. The Revival 

Winners: The Usos.

Main Card 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin

We started the main card with Seth Rollins defending his Universal Championship against Baron Corbin.

Rollins was injured prior to this match. He rolled up Corbin for the win. Winner: and STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. After the match, Corbin hit Rollins with the End of Days. 

Then, Brock's music hit for the cash in attempt. Rollins hit Lesnar with a low blow and hit the Beast with multiple chair shots and the Stomp. Note: the bell never rang so Brock still holds the briefcase. 

Intercontinental Championship: Finn Balor (c) vs. Andrade

These guys put on a very good match. Andrade nearly had the title won via the Hammerlock DDT. But the champ kicked out and went on to win the match. 

Winner: and STILL Intercontinental Champion: Finn Balor.

I want to see these two have more matches ending at Summerslam. 

Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon Drew McIntyre was in Shane's corner and it proved to be important, as he hit Reigns with the Claymore while the referee was blindsided. Shane picked up the win. Winner: Shane McMahon.

Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party This was not a good match at all. It was dull and boring. Winner: Lars Sullivan.

Triple H vs. Randy Orton

Old rivalries were renewed here, with The Viper picking up the win via the RKO. Winner: Randy Orton.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley "The monster among men" won with the running powerslam. Winner: Braun Strowman.

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Kofi won with Trouble in Paradise. Winner: and STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston. 

50-man Battle Royal

Winner: Mansoor. 

The hometown hero as it were, won this match. This was a nice moment for him and the fans in attendance. 

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg

The entrances were the best thing about this match as I said in the predictions. Not surprising though. Goldberg had a little bit of blood on his head en route to the ring. 

The bleeding got worse during the match. This match had so many botches. It was victory for the Phenom. Winner: The Undertaker. After the match, Taker looked p*ssed off (am I allowed to swear on here? Oh well it's my own blog so it's all good)  It was sad to see two legends put on a terrible match. I guess the money was too good for them to turn down at their age. I'll tell you something, Taker and Goldberg are two of my favourites of all time, but I will be happy if neither one of them ever wrestled again. Again, this match was sad to see. 

This was a glorified house show and it felt like it at times. It is now in the history books and one to easily forget about as well to be honest with you. Thanks for reading. 

WWE Super Showdown 2019 | Predictions

Welcome back to the blog. Super Showdown is LIVE tomorrow and here are my predictions for the scheduled matches.

The Usos vs. The Revival (Kickoff Show) Not sure if I'll be watching this match. I'll catch it on WWE's YouTube channel. I pick Jimmy and Jey in this one. Winners: The Usos.

Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party Winner: Lars Sullivan.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley Much like the match above, I have no interest in this one either. Winner: Braun Strowman. 

50-man Battle Royal

I have no idea who is in this match. I'm going to pick two people here. Miz or AJ to win this match. 

Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon Shane has been booked strongly as of late and building a team around him but I don't think he's winning here. Winner: Roman Reigns. 

Triple H vs. Randy Orton

Winner: Triple H.

Intercontinental Championship: Finn Balor (c) vs. Andrade

Winner: Finn Balor.

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Very much looking to this one. I expect Kofi to win here in what should be an entertaining match. Winner: Kofi Kingston.

A lot of people are expecting Brock to cash in on Seth but I see WWE throwing a swerve by having him cashing in on Kofi and winning the WWE championship. 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin

To be honest with you Baron Corbin has been impressive in his matches lately. The champion wins here though. Winner: Seth Rollins. 

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg

The entrances will be the best part of the match. I wouldn't be surprised if this is turned into a tag team match if the Revival or McIntyre and Elias get involved. 

If it continues as a one on one match I pick the Phenom to win. Winner: The Undertaker. 

That's it for the predictions. Thanks for reading.