WWE NXT TakeOver 36 Results (8/22/2021)

PRE-SHOW
Ridge Holland defeated Trey Baxter

MILLION DOLLAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Cameron Grimes defeated LA Knight (c) to win the Million Dollar Championship

NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Raquel Gonzalez (c) defeated Dakota Kai

– After the match, out comes Kay Lee Ray from NXT UK to a loud mixed reaction. KLR stares Gonzalez down from the stage as fans chant her name.

NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP
Ilja Dragunov defeated WALTER (c) to win the NXT UK Championship

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH
Kyle O’Reilly defeated Adam Cole (2-1)
First Fall (Pinfall or Submission), Second Fall (Street Fight), Third Fall (Steel Cage)

NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Samoa Joe defeated Karrion Kross (c) to win the NXT Championship

Sasha Banks Reportedly Was Not Cleared To Wrestle At SummerSlam

Bianca Belair was originally supposed to face Sasha Banks at last night’s WWE SummerSlam.

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported this morning that Banks wasn’t cleared for action at the PPV, “but they’re hopeful she will be back soon.”

Filling in for Banks was Becky Lynch, making her big return to WWE and winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship in very quick fashion.

Source: Wrestling Inc,

WWE SummerSlam Results 8/21/2021, Becky Lynch And Brock Lesnar Returns

KICKOFF
Big E defeated Baron Corbin

Big E gets the Money In the Bank briefcase back

WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Randy Orton and Riddle defeated AJ Styles and Omos (c) to win the RAW Tag Team Championship

Alexa Bliss defeated Eva Marie

– After the match, Bliss stands tall as her music hits. Eva is down at ringside, begging Doudrop to help her up. Bliss makes her exit with Lilly, laughing at Eva. Doudrop walks away from Eva and doesn’t help her up. Doudrop takes the mic and announces Eva as the loser of the match. Fans cheer Doudrop on. Eva is shocked at Doudrop’s behavior. Doudrop puts Eva’s jacket on and continues taunting her as Eva seethes, mouth open in shock. Doudrop walks away with Eva’s robe on as Eva yells about how she made Doudrop.

WWE US CHAMPIONSHIP
Damian Priest defeated Sheamus (c) to win the WWE US Championship

WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Usos (c) defeated Rey and Dominik Mysterio

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Sasha Banks

Carmella makes her way to the ring and SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair looks annoyed. The crowd seems deflated at the match change. Belair seethes as Carmella does her entrance, laughing at her. Belair takes the mic and says it may not be tonight but sooner than later it will be she and Sasha Banks in the ring, but until then… she’s just going to take her frustrations out on Carmella and beat her dusty little self, right now, Belair says. They argue as the bell hits but the music interrupts and out comes Becky Lynch to a big pop. Lynch is fired up as is the crowd. Belair is also hyped up as Lynch heads to the ring.

Becky’s shirt says “The Man’s Back In Vegas.” Becky looks at both competitors, then kicks Carmella and throws her out of the ring. Becky tells Belair she’ll be right back. Becky goes to ringside and sends Carmella into the steel steps. Fans chant Becky’s name now. Becky comes back in and faces off with Belair as fans cheer them on. The staredown goes on for a minute as the crowd gets louder. Becky asks for a mic and proposes she and Belair blow the roof off the stadium, for the title. Belair tares Becky down and gestures for the match to happen. The bell rings and the match is on.

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Becky Lynch defeated Bianca Belair (c) to win the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship

Lynch offers her hand for a shake but instead she decks Belair in the jaw, and drops her with the pumphandle slam to win the title in seconds.

Drew McIntyre defeated Jinder Mahal
Veer and Shanky banned from ringside.

WWE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Charlotte defeated Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley to win the RAW Women’s Championship

Edge defeated Seth Rollins

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Bobby Lashley (c) defeated Goldberg by Referee Stoppage

– Lashley looks shocked as the referee calls the match. Lashley brings a steel chair int he ring and takes Goldberg’s leg out as he gets back up. Lashley goes to unload with chair shots now to keep Goldberg down until the referee stops him. Lashley screams at Goldberg while delivering chair shots. Lashley continues to focus on the leg while keeping Goldberg down. Goldberg’s son Gage runs in and jumps on Lashley’s back but Lashley puts him down with The Hurt Lock. MVP stands with Lashley now. MVP takes the mic and says there was no way Lashley could’ve know that was Goldberg’s son attacking him from behind, it could’ve been anyone. Lashley raises the WWE Title at ringside as MVP announces him as the champion. The music hits as MVP and Lashley head to the back. Goldberg checks on his son and yells out at Lashley, saying he’s going to kill the champ. 

WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Roman Reigns (c) defeated John Cena

– After the match, Reigns stands tall as Heyman rings the title to him. The music hits and Reigns celebrates. The music stops and Brock Lesnar’s familiar music interrupts, sending Allegiant Stadium into a frenzy. Reigns is riled up and Heyman looks very worried. Lesnar is jacked up as he marches to the ring. Lesnar stands on the ring steps and smiles while staring Reigns down. Lesnar enters the ring and stares Reigns down. Lesnar gets closer, nodding at Reigns and Heyman. Lesnar has a few words for Reigns but we can’t hear them. Reigns backs away as fans boo. Reigns exits the ring, still staring Lesnar down. Heyman backs away with Reigns, mouth still hanging open. Reigns raises the Universal Title in the air and says not tonight. Lesnar’s music starts back up as he raises his arms in the air, playing to each side of the crowd as they cheer him on. Reigns and Heyman head to the back. WWE SummerSlam goes off the air with Lesnar standing tall in the ring.

ROH Glory By Honor – Night 2 Results (8/21/21)

ROH Glory By Honor (Night 2) took place last night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can check out night 1 results here.

In the main event, Vincent defeated Matt Taven in a Steel Cage Match after hitting a diving cutter off the cage wall for the pinfall victory. As per the stipulations, Vincent has taken Taven’s ROH World Title shot.

Below are the full results:

* Dalton Castle defeated Danhausen

* LSG defeated World Famous CB

* Rok-C and Miranda Alize defeated Chelsea Green and Willow

* Shane Taylor Productions (c) defeated Delirious, Hallowicked, and Frightmare (ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship)

* Mark Briscoe and Brian Johnson defeated Flip Gordon and Demonic Flamita

* The Foundation defeated Violence Unlimited

* Dragon Lee and RUSH defeated Bandido and Rey Horus

* Vincent defeated Matt Taven (Steel Cage Match — Vincent earns Taven’s ROH World Title shot)

Next up for ROH is Death Before Dishonor on September 12 at the 2300 Arena in Philly.

Impact Wrestling Emergence Results 8/20/21

* Matt Cardona w/Chelsea Green defeated Rohit Raju

* The Decay (Crazzy Steve, Black Taurus, Rosemary, Havok) defeated Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans, Fallah Bah and No Way

* Steve Maclin defeated Petey Williams

* Madison Rayne w/Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb defeated Taylor Wilde

* Ace Austin became the new #1 contender to the Impact World Title by defeating Moose, Chris Sabin and Sami Callihan in a Fatal 4 Way

* Impact X Division Champion Josh Alexander retained over Jake Something

* Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo and “Drama King” Matthew Rehwoldt defeated Melina and Trey Miguel

* Impact World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers retained over Violent By Design and Rich Swann and Willie Mack in a Triple Threat

* Impact World Champion Christian Cage retained over Brian Myers

ROH Glory By Honor – Night 1 Results (8/20/21)

ROH Glory By Honor (Night 1) took place last night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the main event, Bandido retained the ROH World Championship against Flip Gordon.

Below are the full results:

* Rok-C and Miranda Alize defeated Sumie Sakai and Chelsea Green (Dark Match)
* Silas Young defeated Rey Horus
* Demonic Flamita defeated Mike Bennett, PJ Black, Danhausen, Dak Draper, and Eli Isom
* Vita VonStarr and Max The Impaler defeated Mandy Leon and Angelina Lova
* EC3 defeated Brian Johnson
* Mark Briscoe defeated Bateman
* Jonathan Gresham (c) defeated Rhett Titus (ROH Pure Championship)
* Violent Unlimited (Brody King, Tony Deppen, Chris Dickinson, and Homicide) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (RUSH, Dragon Lee, Kenny King, and Bestia del Ring) (Philly Street Fight)
* Bandido (c) defeated Flip Gordon (ROH World Championship)

Glory By Honor (Night 2) continues tonight with the following matches:

* World Famous CB vs. LSG
* Miranda Alize and Rok-C vs. Chelsea Green and Willow
* Shane Taylor Productions (c) vs. Incoherence (ROH World Six-Man Championship)
* Danhausen vs. Dalton Castle
* Violence Unlimited vs. The Foundation
* Flip Gordon and Demonic Flamita vs. The Briscoes
* ROH World Champion Bandido and Rey Horus vs. Dragon Lee and RUSH
* Matt Taven vs. Vincent (Steel Cage Match — If Taven losses, he also loses his ROH World Title shot)

CM Punk Debuts For AEW To Open Rampage, Will Wrestle At All Out – AEW Media Scrum With Punk and Tony Khan

CM Punk returned to wrestling after seven years and announced that he’s back, signed to AEW and will wrestle at All Out on September 5th.

AEW Rampage opened up with the biggest surprise that wasn’t really a surprise. CM Punk began the hour-long program by coming out to the ring and announcing he was back in professional wrestling and sticking around as part of the AEW roster.

Punk said, “I didn’t plan what I was going to say because I didn’t know how I was going to feel.” He added, “But I feel you Chicago. I hear you Chicago.” The fans started chanting his name, just like they did when the show began. Punk said he’s heard the fans for seven years.

Punk said, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that there wasn’t time to say everything he wanted do. The good news, he’s got the time, he’s not going anywhere and he’s with AEW so he’ll show up on Wednesdays, Fridays and pay-per-views. “If at all, through my journey, any of my personal decisions made you feel disappointed or let down, let me just say, I understand.” He asked fans to understand they understand he was never going to get healthy if he stayed in the same place that got him sick in the first place. Essentially, he needed the break he took.

“Can I tell you a story?,” he asked. He sat down, as he did with his pipe bomb that made him a star, and said he felt he had to leave. He mentioned he knew he had made a place in Ring of Honor where wrestlers could learn to love professional wrestling. He knew by going to WWE he was signing up for hard times. In August 2005, he left professional wrestling. August 20, 2021, (he) “I’m back.”

“I’m back for you.” He added that there’s a lot of young talent that he wants to be around. I’m back because I want to work with the young talent and because there’s some scores to settle in the locker room. He dropped the names of Darby Allin that he’s excited to work with — Allin was up in the rafters watching with Sting.

Punk said the most dangerous thing Allin could do is to wrestle CM Punk in Chicago. Punk said that will see Allin, Sting and the fans on September 5th at All Out live on pay-per-view.

A huge announcement was capped off when Punk said he appreciated everyone waiting. He said, “Grab a free ice cream bar on me.”

Source: TheSportster

Below is the AEW Media Scrum with CM PUNK and TONY KHAN after Rampage:

WWE NXT TakeOver 36 (8/22/2021)

DATE: August 22, 2021 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
AVAILABLE ON:Peacock, WWE Network (outside of the U.S.)

CARD

NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Karrion Kross (c) vs. Samoa Joe

2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
First Fall (Pinfall or Submission), Second Fall (Street Fight), Third Fall, if necessary (Steel Cage)

NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Raquel Gonzalez (c) vs. Dakota Kai

NXT UK CHAMPIONSHIP
WALTER (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov

MILLION DOLLAR CHAMPIONSHIP
LA Knight (c) vs. Cameron Grimes
If Grimes loses, WWE Hall of Famer “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase will be forced to work as Knight’s butler.

WWE SummerSlam 8/21/2021

DATE: August 21, 2021 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas. Nevada
AVAILABLE ON:Peacock, WWE Network (outside of the U.S.)

CARD

WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Sasha Banks

WWE RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Nikki A.S.H. (c) vs. Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley

WWE US CHAMPIONSHIP
Sheamus (c) vs. Damian Priest

WWE RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
AJ Styles and Omos (c) vs. Randy Orton and Riddle

WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Usos (c) vs. Rey and Dominik Mysterio

Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal
Veer and Shanky banned from ringside.

Edge vs. Seth Rollins

Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie

ROH Glory By Honor – Night 1 and Night 2 (8/20/21 and 8/21/21), Face Mask Policy And More COVID-19 Practices

Ring of Honor has announced that all fans attending the Glory By Honor XVIII shows this weekend at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia will be required to wear face masks. This is accordance with the indoor mask mandate in the City of Brotherly Love.

ROH also announced that contact-less payment via credit or debit card will be encouraged. They are also asking fans to maintain proper COVID-19 social distancing by using markers that will be placed on the floor throughout the 2300 Arena.

Tickets for Glory By Honor XVIII Night One and Night Two can be found at this link.

ROH Glory By Honor XVIII Night 1 and Night 2 will air on Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21 from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The events will air live on HonorClub. Below are the updated cards:

NIGHT ONE

ROH World Title Match
Flip Gordon vs. Bandido (c)

ROH Pure Title Match
Rhett Titus with Tracy Williams vs. Jonathan Gresham with Jay Lethal (c)

Six-Man Mayhem
PJ Black vs. Danhausen vs. Mike Bennett vs. Demonic Flamita vs. Dak Draper vs. Eli Isom
Winner earns a spot in the ROH World Title rankings.

Violence Unlimited (Brody King, Tony Deppen, ROH World Tag Team Champions Homicide and Chris Dickinson) vs. La Facción Ingobernable (Rush, ROH World Television Champion Dragon Lee, Bestia del Ring, Kenny King)

EC3 vs. Brian Johnson

Rey Horus vs. Silas Young

The Briscoe Brothers vs. The Righteous (Bateman, Dutch)

The Allure (Angelina Love, Mandy Leon) vs. Vita VonStarr and a partner to be randomly drawn by Leon

Chelsea Green will make her ROH in-ring debut

NIGHT TWO

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles Match
Incoherence (Delirious, Hallowicked, Frightmare) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses, Kaun) (c)

Steel Cage Match
Matt Taven vs. Vincent
Taven’s future ROH World Title shot will be on the line.

Pure Rules Match
World Famous CB vs. LSG

MexiSquad (ROH World Champion Bandido and Rey Horus) vs. La Facción Ingobernable (ROH World Television Champion Dragon Lee and Rush)

The Briscoe Brothers vs. Flip Gordon and Demonic Flamita

Violence Unlimited (Brody King, Tony Deppen, ROH World Tag Team Champions Homicide and Chris Dickinson) vs. The Foundation (ROH Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham, Jay Lethal, Rhett Titus, and Tracy Williams)

Danhausen vs. Dalton Castle

Chelsea Green and Willow vs. Rok-C and Miranda Alize

Trish Adora vs. TBA