Sasha Banks & Charlotte def. Emma & Dana Brooke – Submission: After the match, Charlotte asked Banks for a title shot for next week. Banks said it’s on.
NXT Title Match from Beast In The East: Finn Balor def. (C) Kevin Owens. Balor is the new NXT Champion.
Solomon Crowe def. Marcus Louis – Submission
Tag Team #1 Contender’s Match: The Vaudevillians def. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady w/Carmella
According to the North American Wrestling Rankings blog. which has been keeping TV stats since November 2006, Sheamus was the first wrestler to win 200 TV singles matches with his victory over Roman Reigns on the July 6, 2015 episode of RAW.
Sheamus was the 4th wrestler to win 100 singles matches back on August 3, 2012. As of July 8, 2015 – Randy Orton has 197 wins and John Cena has 188.
Sheamus tweeted about the milestone:
According to The Wrestling Observer, sources at the USA Network indicate that officials there believe pro wrestling’s popularity is cycling downward, which is indicated by the decline in ratings.
In regards to disappointing numbers for WWE Tough Enough, it was noted by The Observer that USA feels the format of Tough Enough, with how it’s taped and live, isn’t working because it doesn’t give the Tough Enough judges enough time to make fair decisions, and the fans are only given a few minutes instead of a whole day or week to vote. They feel this turns off the audience and leads to a poor word of mouth buzz.
USA officials also reportedly feel like Steve Austin was a dynamic presence with charisma that carried the previous Tough Enough season and current host Chris Jericho is seen more like a game show host. There is no blame or heat on Jericho but they are blaming the show’s format because it feels more like a game show instead of a reality TV competition. USA is also reportedly concern with how the last two Tough Enough winners, Daniel Puder and Andy Leavine, were released before never amounting to anything in WWE. The original idea behind Tough Enough was that the winner gets a WWE contract and is expected to become a star but there’s a feeling now that winning the show means nothing so fans don’t care.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
WWE Hall of Famer noted on his latest “Woo Nation” podcast that WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper has been dropped from his WWE Legends contract.
Flair said Piper was dropped as a result of his recent issues with Steve Austin over Podcast One.
Solomon Crowe VS Marcus Louis
Emma & Dana Brooke VS Sasha Banks & ?
Samoa Joe VS Axel Tischer
#1 Contender’s Match: Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady w/Carmella VS The Vaudevillians
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these and I gotta say it feels good to being doing it again.
Yesterday the much anticipated season 4 of Total Divas premiered on the E network and boy was it a good one. The first episode had two main stories. One of which was the tension between Eva Marie and the rest of the divas locker room. The 2nd story was Natalya channeling her “inner Dominatrix”
Ok so first things first, here are my thoughts on the Eva Marie situation. Now fair warning this may come off as a bit bias since I’m a part of the Red nation but in no way do I intend to sound like a bias journalist because we all know that’s a no no.
Anyway the situation involved Eva Marie is getting private training in Los Angeles with Brian Kendrick as oppose to training in Florida at the WWE Preformance center and the rest of the divas seem to have a problem with that.
Why you may ask? Well because all of them trained in a small warehouse in Florida back when NXT was purely developmental and was known as FCW. They trained with no AC and hard wooden mats. Back when they were in developmental the Preformance center was non existent so as far as they’re concerened Eva should be thrilled to have the opportunity to train there
While I do understand the rest of the girls fustration why does it really matter? Now I know people will say “because of politics” but to me politics should in no way be involved in wrestling but i guess that’s just the way it is so I digress.
One of the girls main arguments for being upset at Eva is that all of them had to leave home so why shouldn’t she? Come on now you mean to tell me that if Paige, Alicia, the Bella’s and Nattie had the opportunity to train close to home they would turn it down? Hell no they wouldn’t so why are they giving Eva crap for it. Another main point that the girls made but doesn’t make sense is when Nikki said Eva isn’t passionate about the business and she’s just there for the fame. Now tell me how does Nikki know that?? I mean it isn’t Eva’s fault the company decided to throw Eva straight into the main roster with zero experience and further more it’s not her fault she has a marketable look.
Notice how I didn’t mention Naomi early when I was calling them out? While that’s because she never said anything negative. In fact at one point she even told Alicia “why are you talking crap, why don’t you say it to her face” she continued to say that if she’s still training then why does it matter where she is. One thing I love that she pointed out was that at the End of the day what matters is how you preform when you’re given a chance at the big time.
Another hypocritical aspect that the girls had was them being upset over Eva venting to Lilian Garcia about the situation and yet they where do the exact same thing amongst one another.
The confrontation between Eva and the girls that ended the episode was also upsetting because they all pretty much gained up on Eva and didn’t even give her a chance to say her peace. If you ask me all this drama is not needed and the rest of the divas are over reacting.
I won’t spend to much time on nattie and her dominatrix situation but I will say it served as good comedy relief oh and that Tyson’s outburst was completely unnecessary. However I will say the domenstrix jacket did serve as sick ring attire. All and all this episode was a great season premiere and I look forward to the weeks ahead. I hope you guys enjoyed my review. You can expect them as the weeks go on, so until next time catch you on the flip side.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
On last night’s RAW, Brock Lesnar destroyed J&J Security’s Cadillac CTS. Lesnar ripped of one of the rear doors and tossed it. A piece of it went into the crowd, apparently striking a fan.
WWE security and EMT’s tended to the fan before bringing the man backstage. He later returned to his seat and appeared to be fine.
The fan was in good shape when he left the arena and received a bunch of free merchandise from WWE.
Tonight, July 7, 2015 on the E! Network is the Season 4 premiere of Total Divas.
On tonight’s episode: The Bella’s face the consequences of quitting the WWE; at the same time, news of Eva’s new role causes chaos in the Divas division; and Nattie explores her dominatrix side.
It was revealed that “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will be on the cover for the WWE 2K16 video game.
Defying Authority.
Turn the Paige. Can Paige rally her fellow Divas to her cause against The Bella’s?
Fall of Roman. Will Roman Reigns finally be able to strike a blow against Bray Wyatt?
The Awesome opportunist.
A prizefighter without a prize. Now that Kevin Owens was defeated by Finn Balor for his NXT Title, will Owens up the ante as WWE Battleground approaches in an attempt to weaken John Cena and regain championship status.
Source: WWE.com
