‘WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2021’ Recap + Thoughts – Two Rumbles, Last Man Standing, McIntyre vs. Goldberg

DATE: January 31, 2021 VENUE: The THUNDERDOME (Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL) RAW COMMENTATORS: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, & Samoa Joe SMACKDOWN COMMENTATORS: Michael Cole & Corey Graves The road to WrestleMania begins with the Royal Rumble, held inside the THUNDERDOME at Tropicana Field. In addition to the two Rumble matches we’ve also got both major singles championships on the line … Read more

[TV Rundown] ‘WWE MAIN EVENT’ 01.13.2021 – Tozawa vs. Garza, Carrillo vs. Slapjack

COMMENTATORS: Tom Phillips & Samoa Joe

One week after having a surprise banger (in relation to the usual level of this show) Main Event goes back to normal as Akira Tozawa faces off against Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo steps into the ring with Retribution’s Slapjack. Also there are some recaps of the main shows but I skipped them, sorry.

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  • Akira Tozawa vs. Angel Garza (*3/4)
  • Humberto Carrillo vs. Slapjack (**)

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[TV Rundown] ‘WWE MAIN EVENT’ 01.06.2021 – Ricochet vs. Gulak, Tozawa vs. Slapjack

COMMENTATORS: Tom Phillips & Samoa Joe

Main Event this week features Akira Tozawa taking on Slapjack of Retribution, and Retribution’s nemesis Ricochet taking on a somewhat new-look Drew Gulak.

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  • Akira Tozawa vs. Slapjack (**)
  • Ricochet vs. Drew Gulak (***1/4)

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[Event Recap] ‘DGUSA OPEN THE UNTOUCHABLE GATE 2009’ – Bucks vs. Real Hazard, Richards vs. Shingo, Danielson vs. Doi

DATE: September 7, 2009 (PPV Airdate: November 6, 2009)
VENUE: Congress Theater (Chicago, IL)
COMMENTATORS: Lenny Leonard & Phil Colvin

DGUSA Open the Untouchable Gate/Untouchable features a big Open the Historic Gate rematch as Dragon Kid takes on Masato Yoshino, plus Bryan Danielson and Davey Richards making their DGUSA debuts and The Young Bucks taking on Real Hazard’s Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi in the main event. 

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  • Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino (***3/4)
  • Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs. YAMATO & Gran Akuma (***)
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Naruki Doi (****)
  • CIMA vs. Brian Kendrick (***1/4)
  • Davey Richards vs. Shingo (****3/4)
  • The Young Bucks vs. Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi (***1/4)

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[TV Recap] ‘WWE MAIN EVENT’ 11.25.2020 – Hardy vs. Ricochet, Miz TV w/ Retribution

COMMENTATORS: Tom Phillips & Samoa Joe

WWE Main Event this week features a match that should probably be on one of the actual main roster shows people watch as Jeff Hardy takes on Ricochet. Also The Miz and John Morrison welcome Retribution to MizTV.

Are we SURE this is an episode of Main Event?

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  • Jeff Hardy vs. Ricochet (**1/2)

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[TV Recap] ‘WWE SmackDown Live! 9.3.19’ – KOTR Quarterfinals, ‘RAW’ Fallout

Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, & Byron Saxton

The King of the Ring Quarterfinals conclude this week on SmackDown Live as Chad Gable takes on Andrade and Ali goes one-on-one with Elias. Also on the show we’ll find out if Roman Reigns will apologize to Daniel Bryan for the Spear that ended last week’s show and Women’s Champ Bayley may or may not have something to say following her shocking chair attack on Becky Lynch at the end of last night’s RAW. Join me for LIVE coverage, why don’t you?

CHAMPIONS

  • WWE CHAMPION: Kofi Kingston
  • WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION: Shinsuke Nakamura
  • SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPION: Bayley
  • SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods)
  • WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross

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  • KING OF THE RING QUARTERFINALS: Ali vs. Elias (***1/2)
  • Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Fire & Desire (**)
  • KING OF THE RING QUARTERFINALS: Chad Gable vs. Andrade (***1/2)
  • Aleister Black vs. Shelton Benjamin (NR)
  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jobber (NR)

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[TV Recap] ‘WWE SmackDown Live! – 8.6.2019’ – New Day vs. Bryan/Rowan, Who Hit Roman?, SummerSlam 2019 Build

Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, & Byron Saxton

This week on SmackDown WWE tries to make the final sell for Sunday’s SummerSlam as Roman Reigns tries to find out who keeps trying to murder him. My vote is Repo Man. I’m probably wrong.

CHAMPIONS

  • WWE CHAMPION: Kofi Kingston
  • WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION: Shinsuke Nakamura
  • SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPION: Bayley
  • SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods)

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  • Ali vs. Dolph Ziggler (*1/2)
  • Ember Moon vs. Natalya (NR)
  • Aleister Black vs. Sami Zayn (**)
  • The New Day vs. Daniel Bryan & Rowan (***1/4)

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[PPV Recap] ‘WWE Fastlane 2019’ – The Shield’s Final (LOL) Stand, Becky vs. Charlotte

Date: March 10, 2019
Venue: Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH)
Commentators: Various

WWE moves into the Fastlane en route to next month’s WrestleMania tonight. It’s looking pretty good on paper, as Becky Lynch faces Charlotte Flair for the right to be in the RAW Women’s Championship match next month, Daniel Bryan defends the WWE Championship against Kevin OwensThe Shield reunites for possibly the final time (for now), and much more. Let’s goooo.

CHAMPIONS

  • WWE CHAMPION: ‘The New’ Daniel Bryan
  • WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION: Brock Lesnar
  • WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION: Finn Balor
  • WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION: Samoa Joe
  • WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION: Buddy Murphy
  • WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Boss ‘n’ Hug Connection (Bayley & ‘The Boss’ Sasha Banks)
  • RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPION: ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey
  • RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)
  • SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPION: Asuka
  • SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)

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  • The Usos [c] vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon for the SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (***)
  • Asuka [c] vs. Mandy Rose for the SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (*1/2)
  • HANDICAP MATCH: Kofi Kingston vs. The Bar (NR)
  • TRIPLE THREAT MATCH: The Revival [c] vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black for the RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (****)
  • FATAL FOUR WAY: Samoa Joe [c] vs. R-Truth vs. Andrade vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP (****1/4)
  • The Boss ‘n’ Hug Connection [c] vs. Nia Jax & Tamina Snuka for the WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (*3/4)
  • TRIPLE THREAT MATCH: Daniel Bryan [c] vs. Kevin Owens vs. Mustafa Ali for the WWE CHAMPIONSHIP (****1/4)
  • Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (*1/2)
  • The Shield vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, & Bobby Lashley (***3/4)

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