Hi and welcome back to the blog. It's time to recap the RAW & SmackDown go home shows prior to Backlash including the post TakeOver episode of NXT. Let's begin with what happened on Monday Night.
Asuka vs. Charlotte was supposed to take place on RAW. It was changed to a triple threat tag match instead, with the team of Asuka & Charlotte taking on Women's Tag Team Champions Sasha & Bayley & IIconics. Asuka & Charlotte went on to win this match. They will meet later on, one on one.
Asuka vs. Charlotte was supposed to take place on RAW. It was changed to a triple threat tag match instead, with the team of Asuka & Charlotte taking on Women's Tag Team Champions Sasha & Bayley & IIconics. Asuka & Charlotte went on to win this match. They will meet later on, one on one.
Rey and Seth continued the build up to a possible match and while this was happening Aleister Black attacked Seth from out of nowwhere as RAW went to a commercial break.
Aleister Black & Humberto Carrillo defeated Murphy & Austin Theory.After the match, Seth got some payback by beating up Aleister.
Christian hosted "The Peep Show" his guest was Edge. Christian had doubts about his friends chances on Sunday. He then gave him a pep talk, Orton appeared on screen with some words of his own. This was an excellent segment, one of the benefits of not having a live crowd.
Viking Raiders took on Street Profits in a Decathlon.
Andrade defeated Angel Garza & Kevin Owens in a triple threat match to earn an opportunity to face Apollo Crews for the United States Championship at Backlash.
MVP hosted the "VIP Lounge" Drew McIntyre interrupted proceedings to promote his title defence against Bobby Lashley.
MVP & Bobby Lashley defeated Viking Raiders.
Sasha & Bayley joined the commentary team for the main event. Asuka vs. Charlotte. The tag champions were attacked by IIconics. Back to the match itself, Charlotte defeated Asuka after Nia Jax interfered.
Let's switch gears now to NXT.
The Unidisputed Era opened the show. Adam Cole talked about his title match against Velveteen Dream from Sunday at TakeOver. They switched their attention to Dexter Lumis, who was in the "crowd" playing mind games with Roderick Strong during this segment.
Cole vs. Lumis is set for the main event.
Candice LeRae & Johnny Gargano defeated Mia Yim & Keith Lee. Towards the end of this match Gargano hit Lee with the slingshot DDT which resulted in his opponent landing on LeRae. When Lee realised what had happened, Gargano took advantage and rolled up Lee for the win.
Indus Sher defeated Mikey Delbrey & Mike Reed. The winners of this match are future NXT Tag Team Champions, you read it here first.
Cameron Grimes tried to get out of having a match against Finn Balor by pretending he had hurt his jaw after being hit by Damian Priest earlier.
There was a Breezango promo, they will face Imperium for the Tag Team Championships on the next episode of NXT.
Finn Balor defeated Cameron Grimes. "The Prince" exacted some revenge from the previous match between the two. He then challenged Keith Lee for the North American Championship. Sign me up for that.
Dakota Kai defeated Kacy Catanzaro.
The NEW NXT Cruiserweight Champion, El Hijo Del Fantasma was about to speak but was interrupted by the runner-up Drake Maverick, who congratulated the champion on his tournament victory last week. During this segment, two masked men ran out and Fantasma turned against Maverick and attacked him, the two masked men were revealed to be Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde. Fantasma took off his mask and said his real name was Santos Escobar.
Shotzi Blackheart & Tegan Nox will face the winners of the WWE Tag Team Championship match from Backlash on the next episode of NXT.
In the main event, Adam Cole defeated Dexter Lumis, after help from Bobby Fish & Roderick Strong. After the match, Cole remained in the ring and taunted Lumis, who put Cole in a submission hold. Fish and Strong helped Cole escape and then Velveteen got involved, resulting in a brawl.
Adam Cole was the only one left in the ring until Scarlett appeared with an hourglass which signalled a challenge from Karrion Kross for a future NXT Championship match.
SmackDown began with a contract signing between Sheamus & Jeff Hardy ahead of their match at Backlash. The "Celtic Warrior" wanted his opponent to take a urine test (yes you read that correctly, I can't believe I'm even writing this) Jeff had enough of the jokes and threw the, you know, at Sheamus and walked away.
Its 2020 and that was a segment on a wrestling show ladies and gentlemen. It's embarrassing to watch to be honest with you. In case you were wondering what the test result was (and why would you?) it was negative.
The first match of the show was a tag team match (playa) where Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated New Day.
AJ Styles defeated Daniel Bryan to win the Intercontinental Championship. This was a hell of a match. There have been classic matches for this prestigious championship in the past and you can add this one to the list.
Bayley & Sasha Banks celebrated winning the Women's Tag Team Championships until they were interrupted by Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, there was a video message from the IIconics.
Matt Riddle will debut on the next episode of SmackDown.
In the main event of this show, Braun Strowman & Heavy Machinery defeated Miz & Morrison & Dolph Ziggler.
Another week of WWE TV is in the books, which brings the weekly recaps to an end, there will be more editions in the future. The predictions for Backlash is available late today. Until then, thanks for reading.
Another week of WWE TV is in the books, which brings the weekly recaps to an end, there will be more editions in the future. The predictions for Backlash is available late today. Until then, thanks for reading.