WWE Elimination Chamber Results: 5/31/15

(Kickoff) Stardust def. Zack Ryder

(Kickoff) MIZ TV – With Daniel Bryan: Bryan said he thinks Miz TV is boring and brought out Macho Mandow and AxelMania. The Meta Powers beat Miz down then Bryan celebrated with them.

 

WWE Tag Team Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: (C) The New Day (all 3 was allowed to compete) def. Prime Time Player, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd, The Ascension, Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores w/ El Torito

Divas Championship – Triple Threat: (C) Nikki Bella def. Naomi and Paige

Kevin Owens def. John Cena: This was the match of the night, with Owens getting a clean win.

Neville def. Bo Dallas

Intercontinental Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: Ryback def. Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, R-Truth and King Barrett: Ryback is the new IC Champ: Daniel Bryan presented the title to Ryback

John Cena VS Kevin Owens rematch was announced for Money In The Bank pay-per-view

Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Neville and Kofi Kingston was announced as competitors for the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at MITB pay-per-view

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose def. (C) Seth Rollins w/J & J Security & Kane: Rollins pulled the ref in the way and Ambrose hit the ref knocking the ref out. Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds and covers Rollins, another ref came down and made the 3 count. Ambrose celebrated his win. The original ref conversed the the other ref and says Ambrose wins by DQ. The Authority attacks Ambrose and takes back the title belt. Roman Reigns came down for the save taking out The Authority. Ambrose & Reigns left with the title belt.

 

Elimination Chamber Card – 5/31/15

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Seth Rollins w/J & J Security VS Dean Ambrose

WWE Intercontinental Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: Sheamus VS Ryback VS King Barrett VS *Rusev VS R-Truth VS Dolph Ziggler: * Rusev may be pulled from the match due to injury.

John Cena VS Kevin Owens

WWE Tag Team Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: (C) The New Day VS Cesaro & Tyson Kidd VS Lucha Dragons VS The Ascension VS Prime Time Players VS Los Matadores

Divas Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Nikki Bella w/Brie Bella VS Paige VS Naomi w/Tamina

Neville VS Bo Dallas

(Kickoff) Miz TV with guest Daniel Bryan

In the U.S., the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view is only available on the WWE Network.

Brock Lesnar To Work First House Show In 11 Years

It appears that Brock Lesnar will work his first house show in 11 years. He is scheduled for the July 4th WWE live event at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Lesnar is scheduled to wrestle Kofi Kingston at the show.

WWE Japan sent out the following tweets to hype Lesnar’s appearance:

WWE Interested In AJ Styles?

Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE officials have reportedly changed their thoughts on signing former TNA World Champion AJ Styles.

Styles is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion and considers New Japan Pro Wrestling home where he is under contract, but WWE is interested in signing him. Styles also competes on an occasion for Ring of Honor. WWE is looking to have three touring brands in 2016 and want to load up on as much quality talent as they can.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

WWE Confirms Rusev’s Injury

WWE confirmed that Rusev suffered an injury at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping. WWE says he is being evaluated for a lower leg injury.

Rusev has been pulled from this weekend’s WWE live events in North Carolina. There is talk about Bray Wyatt replacing Rusev this Sunday in the Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber Match if Rusev is unable to compete.

Rusev Possibly Injured

A correspondent for WrestlingINC.com at last night’s WWE SmackDown tapings noted that Rusev may have injured his foot or ankle in his match against Ryback.

Rusev was helped to the back by trainers after the match abruptly ended. A fan posted a picture on Twitter of Rusev in a wheelchair at the airport:

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Kevin Nash Wants A WWE Retirement Match

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash tweeted about wanting a WWE retirement match. Nash said he’d like to do a buildup for the match on the WWE Network like the 24/7 programs HBO does for boxing. He also asked for WWE to put him out of his misery.

https://twitter.com/RealKevinNash/status/603072209310097408

News On Samoa Joe’s WWE Contract

Samoa Joe’s WWE contract has been described as the first of it’s kind to allow unprecedented freedom for him as a performer. It appears that Joe’s contract will keep him off TV for other promotions outside of NXT, but will allow him to continue to work for ROH and others.

Joe’s contract is somewhat like the one Rhyno has with WWE but for a lot more money and Joe has also has a merchandise deal.

Joe talked about his deal on Twitter:

TNA Announcer Blasts WWE Hypocrisy After Samoa Joe NXT Debut

TNA announcer Josh Mathews, who used to work for WWE, blasted WWE for their “hypocrisy” after Samoa Joe made his NXT debut Wednesday at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable. Mathews tweeted:

https://twitter.com/realjoshmathews/status/601629711563755521

Wrestling News Blog’s Vanessa & Trevor Leading Movement For Busted Open Radio To Discuss Women’s Title Match From NXT TakeOver

Wrestling News Blog’s Vanessa and Trevor are leading a movement to make sure that Busted Open Radio discuss the NXT Women’s Championship match from Wednesday’s NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable between (C) Sasha Banks & Becky Lynch. Busted Open Radio airs on SiriusXM Radio today at 2-4 pm ET.

Vanessa stated on Facebook that she fears that the show will focus mainly on the WWE debut of Samoa Joe and leave a match like Banks VS Lynch for little discussion or possibly none at all.

Wrestling News Blog ask that fans tweet @BustedOpenRadio and ask them to discuss Banks VS Lynch with the passion it deserves.

Vanessa tweeted this yesterday:

Busted Open Radio tweeted today: