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[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - WELLS FARGO CENTER: PHILADELPHIA, PA

1# Goldust bt. Adam Rose
2# Fandango bt. Heath Slater

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW - THE 2015 SLAMMY AWARDS
DATE - MONDAY 21ST DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - TARGET CENTER: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

WWE Week on USA kick off with what was described as the "most prestigious awards show on television", Stephanie McMahon opened the show and welcomed everyone to the show and spoke how tonight we will find out the winners of all the categories that have been voted on this week. She said that tonight nothing will get her down as it is a night of celebration despite what happened last week, the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion makes his way to the ring and gives Stephanie a message for her husband that he is not a hard man to find. Stephanie demanded that Reigns gets out of her ring, Reigns continued to disrespect her and made her more furious before he left the ring and through the crowd. Stephanie told him tonight he will feel what i's like to be in her shoes and watch his family be destroyed as he will have to see The Usos face The New Day in a 3-on-2 Handicap match and also Dean Ambrose face Sheamus in a steel cage match, Reigns continues to laugh at Steph before she said that there will be hell to pay.

Dolph Ziggler will present the nominees for the breakout superstar of the year, the nominees are - Kevin Owens, Neville, Charlotte, Tyler Breeze and Braun Strowman. After the commercial, Ziggler reveals that Neville has won the breakout superstar of the year, after Neville thanks the WWE Universe, Kevin Owens interrupts and spoke on how he should have won as he is the breakout star as he beat John Cena on his first night. Owens caught Ziggler laughing in the background so he told him the only way he would win a slammy is if there was a "Has-been of the year" award, this angered Ziggler which led to a brawn between Owens and Ziggler.

1# Demon Kane bt. Bray Wyatt Via DQ
(Erick Rowan gets on the apron and Kane punches him off, he then goes to attack the rest of the Wyatt Family but they overtake him as the referee called for the DQ. Post-match, The Wyatt Family team up against Kane until Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer come to the ring and clear the ring of the Wyatt Family before challenging them to a fight.)

2# The Wyatt Family bt. Dudley Boyz, Tommy Dreamer & Demon Kane in an 8-Man tag team match

Santino Marella is introduced to present the LOL moment of the year, the nominees are - The New Day having a trombone and Kazoo battle with Edge & Christian, The Bushwhackers Hall of Fame induction speech, The Miz doing an erectile dysfunction commercial, The New Day dancing with the authority and R-Truth talking about the Money in the Bank ladder match despite not being in it. After the commercial, Santino announces that R-Truth won the slammy, Marella then claimed R-Truth isn't here so he will accept the award because he has never had a slammy award, R-Truth comes out angrily as Santino makes him look the other way as he runs off with it.

Mick Foley appears dressed as Santa Claus to wish the WWE Universe a Merry Christmas.

Paul Heyman is introduced to present the OMG Shocking moment of the year, Heyman claims that every single slammy tonight other than a select few should be awarded to Lesnar. The nominees for the award are - Seth Rollins cashing in the Money in the Bank briefcase at Wrestlemania 31, Brock Lesnar destroying the commentators the night after Wrestlemania, Kalisto giving Jey Uso the "Salida del Sol" through the ladder at TLC, The Wyatt Family attacking The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell and Sheamus cashing in the Money In The Bank briefcase at the Survivor Series. After the commercial, Heyman announced that Kalisto had won the OMG shocking moment of the year.

3# Kevin Owens bt. Dolph Ziggler

Stephanie McMahon is out to present the Superstar of the year award, she firstly apologies for losing her temper earlier but says that now she has regained her composure. She explained that for the first time ever, every single WWE superstar on the roster was eligible, after the commercial she revealed that Seth Rollins had won the 2015 Superstar of the year. Rollins comes to the stage and goes through his accomplishments for the year before speaking of his injury before saying in 2016 he will redesign Seth Rollins, rebuild himself and regain the title he never lost.

Next week on Monday Night Raw, John Cena will return and he will be facing the United States Champion, Alberto Del Rio.

4# Alberto Del Rio bt. Jack Swagger in a non-title match
(Post-match, Sheamus hit the brogue kick on Swagger.)

Mark Henry is out to present the Hero in us all award, presented by Coca Cola. The nominees are - Natalya, Roman Reigns, Big Show, Titus O'Neil and John Cena. After the commercial, Henry announced that John Cena won the award but unfortunately he isn't here tonight and accepts the award on behalf of Cena.

We go back to the Raw pre-show where the following Slammy Awards were given out - Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker won rivalry of the year, The Stone Cold Podcast was the best WWE Network original show, Damien Mizdow won the Double cross of the year, The Usos becoming tag team of the year and Roman Reigns destroying Triple H was the Extreme moment of the year.

Santa Claus presents the Surprise return of the year, Santa Claus turns out to be Bo Dallas and the nominees are - Dudley Boyz, Chris Jericho, Alberto Del Rio, Demon Kane and Sting. After the commercial, Dallas announces that Sting won the award but once again, Sting is not here tonight. The New Day then came to the ring and bemoaned that Sting won an award but he didn't think enough of the crowd to show up, then bemoaned the Usos winning the tag team of the year, Big E says he will spoil Star Wars as the WWE Universe spoiled slammy night but Kingston cut him off and then they all celebrated being the tag team champions.

5# The Usos bt. The New Day in a 3-on-2 Handicap match

R-Truth is out to present the Divas of the year, the nominees are - Nikki Bella, Naomi, Paige, Sasha Banks and Charlotte. R-Truth revealed after the commercial, that Paige has won the award. As Paige was accepting, Truth whispered in her ear he made a mistake and she was runner up, he then announced Nikki Bella was the diva of the year. Nikki wanted Paige to stay and thanked the WWE Universe and hugged Paige before they walked off.

6# Rusev bt. Neville Via Submission
(Featuring The Miz on commentary for the match. Post-match, Sheamus hits the brogue kick on Neville.)

The Miz will present the award for the "This is Awesome" moment of the year, the nominees are - Brock Lesnar destroying the Cadillac, Randy Orton countering a curb stomp in to an RKO, The Divas Revolution, The Shield mini-reunion at WWE Payback and the Rock & Ronda Rousey at Wrestlemania 31. After the commercial, he announced that the Rock & Ronda Rousey won the award but neither were there to accept the award.

7# Becky Lynch bt. Brie Bella Via Submission

Ric Flair is out to present the Match of the Year award, the nominees are - John Cena vs. Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Royal Rumble, Sting vs. Triple H at Wrestlemania 31, John Cena vs. Kevin Owens at the Elimination Chamber, Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kevin Owens vs. Alberto Del Rio in a #1 contenders match on Raw, and Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match. After the commercial, Flair announced that Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker in Hell in a Cell won the award as Paul Heyman accepted the award, he then says the crowd want Brock Lesnar but no one is man enough to want Lesnar and spoke how only one phenom stood up this year to pick a fight.

BACKSTAGE - We see the League of Nations assaults The Usos.

8# Dean Ambrose bt. Sheamus in a steel cage match
(The League of Nations attempt to interfere so Reigns evened the odds, post-match, Reigns hit the Spear on Sheamus. Backstage, Tom Phillips attempts to get the reaction from Stephanie but all she does is unloads with some vicious slaps.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
TAPED - TUESDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - WELLS FARGO ARENA: DES MOINES, IA

1# Tyler Breeze bt. Goldust
(Summer Rae distracted Goldust which led to Breeze getting the win.)

2# Bo Dallas bt. Fandango
3# Jack Swagger bt. The Miz Via Submission

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPER SMACKDOWN LIVE
DATE - TUESDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - WELLS FARGO ARENA: DES MOINES, IA
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, MICHAEL COLE & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The New Day kick off the show, and before they defended the WWE Tag Team Championships, they spoke of not letting them not winning a slammy award ruin their holiday, they spoke of giving the WWE Universe the greatest gift of all and that was the gift of wrapping up these little "lucha booties", and sending them home with coal in their stocking. Kingston then spoke of their upcoming Christmas album before the Lucha Dragons make their way to the ring.

1# The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E w/ Xavier Woods) bt. Lucha Dragons to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
(Sin Cara avoided a shot from Woods with the trombone but when he went for the springboard moonsault, Big E caught him and hit the Big Ending to get the win.)

BACKSTAGE - We see a room with Christmas decorations and Santino Marella singing, he puts his cobra and then a red star on top of the tree but when he leaves, we see Stardust removing the red star.

2# The Wyatt Family bt. Dudley Boyz, Demon Kane & Ryback in an 8-man tag team match

BACKSTAGE - We see the Christmas party as Santino sees his decorations ruined. Tyler Breeze and Summer Rae decide to leave the party early. Stardust and The Ascension walk up crushing more decorations. Neville walks up saying you do not mess with decorations at Christmas. The Ascension and Stardust ask who will stop them when Titus O'Neil walks up laughing and mocking them. Stardust offers up a match later tonight.

3# Alberto Del Rio & Rusev bt. The Usos
(Post-match, the league of nations have Jimmy Uso set-up for a brogue kick until Roman Reigns pulled Sheamus out of the ring and begins to attack him before also taking out Del Rio and Rusev who attempt to assault the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Reigns regroups with The Usos inside the ring as The league of nations bails up the ramp.)

4# Neville & Titus O'Neil (w/ Santino Marella) bt. The Ascension (w/ Stardust)
5# Charlotte bt. Brie Bella Via Submission in a non-title match
(Team B.A.D came to ringside and poured egg nog over Becky Lynch who was doing commentary for the match, Lynch then tackles Naomi.)

6# Dean Ambrose bt. Dolph Ziggler & Kevin Owens in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2015
TAPED - WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - THE SSE ARENA WEMBLEY: LONDON, ENGLAND
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Jason Jordan & Chad Gable bt. Blake & Murphy, The Hype Bros and The Vaudevillains in a Fatal-4-Way tag team match
2# Elias Samson bt. Bull Dempsey
3# Sami Zayn bt. Tye Dillinger
(Post-match, Zayn thanked the UK fans and went on to declare that 2016 will be his year.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS 2015
DATE - WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - JACKSONVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA: JACKSONVILLE, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD & MICHAEL COLE

JoJo opened the show with a rendition of the national anthem before Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and The Usos made their way to the ring with Reigns delivering a heartfelt message of thanks to the troops. Moments later he was interrupted by The League of Nations who insulted the USA but things quickly broke down to an altercation between both until The Wyatt Family came to the ring, before the Wyatts entered the ring, the Dudley Boyz and Ryback made their presence known before bringing out Demon Kane. An all-out brawl broke out with Reigns, Ambrose, The Usos, Dudley Boyz and Kane driving The League of Nations and The Wyatt Family from the ring.

1# Jack Swagger bt. Rusev Via Submission in a Boot Camp Match
2# Mark Henry bt. Bo Dallas

Grammy Award-Winning rock band Train performed for the troops.

3# Ryback bt. Kevin Owens Via count-out
4# Team B.A.D & Paige bt. Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Brie Bella & Alicia Fox in an 8-Diva tag team match

Comedian and TV host Howie Mandel brought the laughs to Jacksonville and performed in front of the troops.

5# Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, The Usos, The Dudley Boyz & Demon Kane bt. The Wyatt Family & The League of Nations in a 16-Man tag team match

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The Chairman of the WWE, Vince McMahon, opened the final Raw of 2015 and began by calling out Reigns. Vince spoke how one day his son-in-law will get revenge on him but speaks about him disrespecting Stephanie last week and how no one disrespects his family. Reigns gets the crowd on his side before he said that he is not scared what Vince might do before Vince insulted Reigns' Samoan family and then Reigns pushes Vince, Vince falls back and claims he had hurt his neck. Stephanie came to the ring and claimed that Reigns had put his hands on a 70 year old man and demanded that police officers arrest Reigns, one of the officers refuses to arrest him. Both Stephanie and Vince got irate at the police officers with Vince putting his hands on one of them which led to the officer putting the handcuffs on Vince and escorting him out of the ring and putting him in the back of a police car during the commercial.

1# Neville bt. Kevin Owens
(Post-match, Owens assaults Neville around ringside. After the commercial, Owens continues the assault and got Neville ready for the pop-up powerbomb when Ambrose came out, with he and Owens brawling before Owens headed to the back through the crowd.)

We see footage of an Instagram post from The Rock who announced that he will be at Wrestlemania next year in Dallas.

2# Sasha Banks bt. Becky Lynch

Michael Cole informs us that Vince McMahon has been booked and we see the mugshot. Renee Young is at the police department outside "on the scene" for us tonight.

3# Kalisto bt. Kofi Kingston
(Post-match, Xavier Woods had words for Sin Cara for cheating after he took out himself and Big E at ringside during the match, he then said that Big E will take on Sin Cara next.)

4# Big E bt. Sin Cara

We have a special edition of MIZ TV with it being a "year in review" spectacular, he was quickly cut off though by Ryback as he says 2016 will be the year of the big guy. Goldust is next to interrupt and ends up creeping out Miz before Zack Ryder came to the ring as he claimed 2016 will finally be his year, R-Truth comes out next and spoke of the 2015 Superstar of the year slammy, despite it being last week. Heath Slater is out next before the world's largest athlete comes to the ring and moments later, knocks out Slater before clearing everyone out of the ring apart from Ryback. The world's largest athlete and the Big Guy are left in the ring with Show sending Ryback out of it before announcing he will be the #1 entrant in to the 2016 Royal Rumble match before going to Wrestlemania and becoming the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and shove it up everyone's....Show then drops the mic before leaving and says they aren't getting him in trouble.

5# Ryback bt. Big Show Via count-out
6# The League of Nations (Sheamus, Rusev & King Barrett) bt. The Usos & Dean Ambrose in a 6-Man Tag Team Match
(Post-match, Owens attacks Ambrose and throws him in to the ring steps and barricade before powerbombing him through the announce table.)

Renee Young is on the scene outside the police department in Brooklyn as we see Vince exiting with Stephanie McMahon, they get in the car and take off without saying a word.

John Cena returns to the WWE for the first time since October and spoke of Del Rio being the WWE United States Champion and how is yet to defend the title on Raw. When Del Rio made his way out, he described not defending the title as intelligent and that Brooklyn doesn't deserve a United States Championship match, words go back and forth but eventually Cena goads Del Rio in to putting the title on the line.

7# John Cena bt. Alberto Del Rio Via DQ in a WWE United States Championship match
(Sheamus & Rusev interfered to cause the DQ, post-match, the assault on Cena continues until The Usos brawl with Sheamus and Rusev but they clear the Usos out quickly. Sheamus grabs a chair before Roman Reigns comes down and hits Rusev with a spear, Reigns gets in the ring and superman punches Sheamus before smashing the chair on the back of him as he falls to the outside. Vince McMahon returned and announces that next week on Raw, Roman Reigns will defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Sheamus, and the guest referee will be...Vincent Kennedy McMahon before repeating "Happy New Year".)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
TAPED - TUESDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - VERIZON CENTER: WASHINGTON, D.C.
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & BYRON SAXTON

1# R-Truth bt. Heath Slater
2# Titus O'Neil bt. Adam Rose
3# Jack Swagger bt. Stardust Via Submission

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 31ST DECEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - VERIZON CENTER: WASHINGTON, D.C
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The New Day open the final Smackdown on Syfy, they speak of the new year being their favourite time of year and their very first resolution of 2016 is nothing, as they are perfect and the WWE Tag Team Champions, infact they said it was the WWE Universe that needs to change. The New Day go through a list of things the WWE Universe needs to change until they were interrupted by the Lucha Dragons, they soon challenged New Day to a match which was greeted with mockery from the tag team champions as they pointed out Sin Cara's injury, Kalisto said they have friends of their own before Bubba Ray and D-Von made their way to the ring with a table with "Happy new year" on it.

1# Kalisto & Dudley Boyz bt. The New Day in a 6-man tag team match
(Post-match, the Dudley Boyz powerbomb Xavier Woods through a table.)

2# Tyler Breeze bt. Goldust
(Post-match, Summer Rae comes to the ring with a big announcement, she and Tyler decided to celebrate the new year, they would go their separate ways but not before talking one last gorgeous selfie.)

BACKSTAGE - Bo Dallas is walking around wearing a party hat when he bumped in to Curtis Axel to tell him he has had a terrible year, Axel spoke of never being eliminated from the 2015 Royal Rumble and neither will be in the 2016 Royal Rumble. Dallas walks further down the hall and eventually bumps in to Ziggler who tells him to be ready for a match with him tonight, but not before he faked giving him a superkick.

3# Braun Strowman & Luke Harper bt. The Usos Via Submission
4# Brie Bella & Alicia Fox bt. Naomi & Tamina
5# Dolph Ziggler bt. Bo Dallas
6# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Sheamus & Kevin Owens Via DQ
(Owens dragged Reigns in to the steel post to cause the DQ, post-match, Sheamus & Owens continues the attack as Sheamus throws Reigns in to the steps and over the announce table before Ambrose runs to the rescue, this was at least until Owens dropped him with a superkick. Both Owens and Sheamus attempted to powerbomb Owens through a table when Ambrose threw Sheamus in to the steel powst and Reins hit him with a spear.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 1ST JANUARY 2016
TAPED - MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY

1# Darren Young bt. Adam Rose
2# Mark Henry & Jack Swagger bt. The Ascension

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 4TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AT&T CENTER: SAN ANTONIO, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

A jubilant Stephanie McMahon opens the 1st Raw of 2016, however Roman Reigns instantly interrupts and told her it's not about her, before calling out Vince McMahon. She tells him he isn't here yet, Reigns spoke how no one will take away his life and family tonight. tephanie says she’s the boss and Reigns is the help. She won’t fire him, though. After he loses the WWE Championship tonight, she’s going to simply use him. She’ll make him fight every single night until his body breaks down and he simply can’t go anymore. After that, the people who he thinks care so much will forget about him and cheer the next arrogant superstar that thinks he can stand in her ring. She’ll do to Reigns exactly what her father did to Sika. Reigns says she shouldn’t worry about his father. She should worry about hers. If her father screws him tonight, she won’t be picking him up from jail. She’ll be picking him up from the hospital.

It was announced that next week on Raw, Brock Lesnar will return.

1# Kevin Owens bt. Neville
(Post-match, Owens continued his attack before Ambrose, who was on commentary for the match, hit a suicide dive and threw him in the ring but Owens rolls to the other side. Owens then kicked him in the ribs, and went to put him through the announce table but sends Owens in to the steps, Ambrose then lays him on the table and stands on barricade before elbow dropping him through a table.)

BACKSTAGE - A limousine is shown driving into the parking garage. The door opens, and Vince McMahon steps out looking very confident. JoJo stops him and asks for a comment on his arrest. McMahon says it’s a brand new year. He was arrested, but all charges were dropped. That’s what happens when you have a really good attorney. The irony is he broke the law last week and this week, he is the law

2# Titus O'Neil bt. Stardust
3# Becky Lynch bt. Charlotte in a non-title match
(Flair grabbed Lynch's leg which resulted in Charlotte rolling her up, but it was Lynch who rolled through and grabbed the tights to get the 3. Post-match, Flair angrily got on the apron which led to Charlotte attacking Lynch and connecting with spear before dropping a knee on her.)

4# Ryback vs. Big Show ended in a no contest
(The Wyatt Family get involved and surround Ryback, they assault him before Strowman put him to sleep with a head and arm choke. The Wyatt Family then surround the world's largest athlete, Show attacks and then comes face-to-face with Strowman before they attack Show from behind.)

5# Alberto Del Rio & Rusev bt. The Usos
6# Heath Slater (w/ Curtis Axel, Adam Rose & Bo Dallas) bt. Dolph Ziggler
(Dallas distracted Ziggler which led to Slater rolling him up to get the win. Post-match, Slater spoke of founding some friends before he refers to him, Axel, Rose and Dallas as the Social Outcasts.)

This Thursday night on Smackdown on USA, Dean Ambrose will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Kevin Owens and also Charlotte will defend the WWE Divas Championship against Becky Lynch.

The New Day come to the ring and say that 2016 will be the most magical year of their lives, they said it will start tonight when they break Kalisto and the dirty Dudley Boyz. They then recreate Mike Tyson falling off the hoverboard before saying they have a new years gift a start a countdown, this then turns in to Chris Jericho's countdown as he returns and claims he has returned to save the WWE. Woods questioned whether Jericho watched the WWE at all in 2015 as they already saved it, Jericho soon apologises for the crowd having to sit through the new day and their, “rooty, tooty booty gyrations.” Jericho announced he will be in the Royal Rumble match on January 24th and will then go on to Wrestlemania.

7# The New Day bt. Dudley Boyz & Kalisto in a 6-Man tag team match
8# Roman Reigns bt. Sheamus to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
(Reigns had the match won but Vince McMahon, who was the referee in the match, refused to make the count so Reigns hit him with a superman punch. Reigns had the match won but there was no referee, Stephanie McMahon soon storms to the ring but Reigns sent Vince in to the ropes which sent Steph in to the ring. Reigns was going to hit Vince with the spear but instead Sheamus hit 2 brogue kicks, Vince doesn't count the pin but instead, Scott Armstrong runs for a fast count to no avail, he tries to stand Reigns up but Reigns super punches Sheamus and Armstrong, Reigns spears Sheamus and John Cone makes the 3. Post-match, Vince knocks out John Cone before announcing the next time Reigns will be defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be at the Royal Rumble PPV....against 29 other men in the Royal Rumble match.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
TAPED - TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - LAREDO ENERGY ARENA: LAREDO, TX
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The show opens with the Social Outcasts who spoke of how they came together, they were interrupted by The Usos. After a few words, Axel attacks Jimmy before they have some words before a challenge is made for tonight.

1# Titus O'Neil bt. Stardust
2# Tyler Breeze bt. Zack Ryder
3# The Usos bt. Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas (w/ Heath Slater & Adam Rose)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - LAREDO ENERGY ARENA: LAREDO, TX
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, MAURO RANALLO & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The first Smackdown of 2016 and on it's new home on the USA Network was welcomed by John Cena who hyped tonight's show and said because it was New Years, he would invite Alberto Del Rio out to the ring. Del Rio turned to Cena and said that he doesn't deserve another United States Championship opportunity, he did say he would fight anyone right here and now, except for John Cena. Cena then said he knew a guy who spent 2015 shocking the world, before bringing out Kalisto who said he can beat Del Rio.

1# Kalisto (w/ John Cena) bt. Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match

The Miz welcomed everyone to MIZ TV and spoke of the announcement made by Vince McMahon on Raw that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be defended in the royal rumble match, The New Day soon interrupted and trashed Jericho a bit before they were interrupted by Ziggler followed by Goldust. Neville was next to interrupt before R-Truth came down to accept the United States open challenge, once he was told it was about the Rumble match and to buy a clue, things broke down with Woods being dumped to ringside.

2# Dolph Ziggler, Goldust, Neville & R-Truth bt. The Miz & The New Day in an 8-man tag team match
(Post-match, Ziggler superkicked Truth and threw Goldust to the outside.)

3# Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) bt. Becky Lynch to retain the WWE Divas Championship
(Lynch applied the dis-arm-her but Flair put Charlotte's legs on the ropes, as Lynch argued with the referee, Charlotte used the ropes to get the 3.)

4# Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens ended in a double count-out in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match
(Both men brawled on the outside and threw the crowd which resulted in a count-out, post-match, Owens got tossed in to the big WWE symbol on the stage before Ambrose dived on top of him as he tried to make a feline for it. Both men continued to brawl in to the technical area with both men ended up crashing through some tables adjacent to the road cases.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 8TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - MONDAY 4TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AT&T CENTER: SAN ANTONIO, TX

1# Tyler Breeze bt. Jack Swagger
2# R-Truth & Goldust bt. The Ascension

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 11TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - SMOOTHIE KING CENTER: NEW ORLEANS, LA
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The show opens with the entire WWE roster on the top of the stage before Mr.McMahon makes his way to the ring with his daughter Stephanie, and tonight marks the 23rd anniversary of WWE Monday Night Raw. Vince points at the superstars on stage as one will be the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion before Stephanie speaks of the title on the line in the Royal Rumble match making history, and the superstars who could win it. The Wyatt Family shortly appear with Wyatt saying "anyone but you, Roman", Reigns shortly made his way to the ring and asks the McMahons a question , what happens if he wins. This was greeted with a mocking laugh and Vince spoke of the astronomical odds but he will get an opportunity to do that tonight, in a "one versus all" match and he will be taking on about 2/3rds of everyone on stage but soon rules out Dean Ambrose being involved as he is facing Sheamus in the first match, as the celtic warrior attacks Ambrose from behind on his way to the ring.

1# Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus in a non-title match ended in a double count-out
(Both men take turns at giving each other shots in to the ring post and the steel steps which caused both men to be counted out, post-match, Kevin Owens attacks Ambrose from behind and continued the assault until the referees convince him to leave. After the commercial, Renee Young tries to get a word on Ambrose's condition, but he burst out of the door and says he still has a pulse, which means he is alive and this is bad for Owens.)

BACKSTAGE - Vince and Stephanie are walking backstage and bump in to Paul Heyman, Stephanie spoke of how genius it is to have Lesnar in the Royal Rumble match but Heyman says Lesnar is a prizefighter and wants to fight for the biggest prize of them all at the grandest stage of them all, Wrestlemania. Vince doesn't want to change his plans, and Heyman insists he isn't, he is trying to give him Box office. Stephanie then suggested they continue the conversation behind closed doors.

2# Titus O'Neil bt. Stardust
(Post-match, Stardust clips O'Neil in the knee and throws him in the barricade twice as he was celebrating with his fans.)

Chris Jericho comes to the ring with the return of his highlight reel, with the 9-time Intercontinental Champion speaking of social media who have spoken of his return. The New Day make their way to the ring and say they have decided to save the show from Jericho and go on to profess how they are the real slammy award winning tag team of the year, and once Jericho one again mentioned, "rooty tooty booty", The New Day flips out and claims they have had enough of Jericho's return. The Usos make their way to the ring and claim that if the New Day are the real tag team of the year, why don't they prove it. Jericho suggested they fight and he will be in the corner of the Usos next.

3# The Usos (w/ Chris Jericho) bt. The New Day (w/ Xavier Woods) in a non-title match
(Jericho scares Woods with the trombone before breaking it in two, whilst Woods is screaming in horror, Jey Uso rolls up Kingston to get the win.)

BACKSTAGE - Paul Heyman and Stephanie McMahon are talking, Heyman is still fighting for Lesnar to get the winner of the Rumble match at Wrestlemania as Lesnar refuses to get in to the Rumble match, Stephanie told him to tell his client that Vince McMahon who owns his contract, says he will compete in the Royal Rumble match.

John "Bradshaw" Layfield is in the ring and announced the first inductee in to the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame will be Sting before a video package aired.

This Thursday night on Smackdown and for the first time in 4 years, there will be a tables match with the Dudley Boyz facing the Wyatt Family.

4# The Wyatt Family vs. The Social Outcasts in an 8-man tag team match ended in a no contest
(Ryback runs to the ring and the Wyatt Family attack him, however the social outcasts assist Ryback in clearing the ring of the Wyatt Family.)

5# Kalisto bt. Alberto Del Rio to become the New WWE United States Champion

It was set to be Brie Bella vs. Charlotte, however Becky Lynch attacked Charlotte after what happened last week. Once she was separated from the Divas Champion, she went up the ramp and said she will take the title off her. Ric Flair gets in the ring and says that Charlotte is in no condition to compete thanks to Becky Lynch.

The Wyatt Family will face The Dudley Boyz in a Tables Match on Smackdown. Also on that show, we’ll see Dean Ambrose team with Neville to face Kevin Owens and Sheamus. Alberto Del Rio will also have a rematch for the WWE United States Championship against Kalisto.

Vince and Stephanie McMahon make their way to the stage and present Reigns’ opponents. Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, The Wyatt Family, The New Day, Tyler Breeze, Stardust and The Ascension come out to the stage. The McMahons then lead them down the ramp.

6# Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, The Wyatt Family, The New Day, Tyler Breeze, Stardust and the Ascension in a "one versus all" match ended in a no contest
(All superstars begin to attack Reigns until Brock Lesnar came to the ring, however Lesnar takes everyone down before hitting an F5 on Reigns.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
TAPED - TUESDAY 12TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - THE CAJUNDOME: LAFAYETTE, LA

The show opened with Mark Henry speaking of the Royal Rumble before he was interrupted by the Ascension who came down for a beat down, Jack Swagger came to the ring which ultimately setup tonight's main event.

1# Stardust bt. Fandango
2# Alicia Fox bt. Tamina
(Post-match, Tamina attacked Alicia Fox.)

3# Mark Henry & Jack Swagger bt. The Ascension

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 13TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & COREY GRAVES

The show opens with NXT General Manager William Regal who announces that tonight, we will see a #1 contenders NXT Women's Championship battle royal, then Regal introduces Sami Zayn.

Sami Zayn is in the ring and stakes his claim to the NXT Championship before Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin both also stake their claim to being the next #1 contender for the NXT Championship.

We see a video package which highlighted who won the NXT Year-end awards for 2015: Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady won tag team of the year, Bayley won female competitor of the year, Finn Balor won male competitor of the year, NXT Takeover Brooklyn won Takeover of the year, Bayley vs. Sasha Banks at NXT Takeover Brooklyn won match of the year and Finn Balor won overall competitor of the year.

1# Tommaso Ciampa bt. Danny Burch Via Submission

BACKSTAGE - William Regal announces that in 2 weeks we will see Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin in a triple threat match where the winner will be #1 contender for the NXT Championship.

2# Dash & Dawson bt. The Ascension in a non-title match

BACKSTAGE - A doctor tells Nia Jax that she can't compete tonight after being choke out by Bayley at NXT Takeover, Eva Marie feigns showing support for Nia but shows she is happy about the decision behind her back.

3# Elias Samson bt. Corey Hollis
4# Carmella won a battle royal to become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship
(Participants included - Carmella, Billie Kay, Deonna Purrazzo, Emma, Peyton Royce, Alexa Bliss, Cameron, Aliyah, Liv Morgan, Eva Marie and Asuka)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 14TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - TUESDAY 12TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - THE CAJUNDOME: LAFAYETTE, LA
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, MAURO RANALLO & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The show opens with Renee Young trying to get a word with Dean Ambrose but he said he was on his way to the ring and suggested that Kevin Owens joined him. Once Ambrose was in the ring, he made an announcement that he will challenge Kevin Owens to a last man standing match at the Royal Rumble, instead of Owens though, Ambrose got Sheamus who berated Ambrose and Ambrose responded back with jokes before Sheamus stated he wasn't in the mood because Reigns stole the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and he has to compete in the royal rumble match to get it back. Sheamus was ready for a fight and then Owens came out, he told Ambrose he wasn't walking out of the royal rumble with the Intercontinental title, nor will he walk out before accepting the match. Sheamus and Owens get in to the ring and beat on Ambrose before Neville even the odds, Sheamus leaves the ring and stops Owens from getting back in to it.

1# Dudley Boyz bt. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan in a tag team tables match
(Post-match, Strowman knocked both Dudleyz down before Strowman send D-Von through a table, then Harper and Rowan double chokeslammed Bubba from the announce table through 2 tables at ringside.)

2# The Social Outcasts bt. Zack Ryder, Damien Sandow, Jack Swagger & Goldust in an 8-man tag team match
3# Alberto Del Rio bt. Kalisto Via Submission to become the New WWE United States Champion
4# Becky Lynch bt. Brie Bella Via Submission
5# Dean Ambrose & Neville bt. Kevin Owens & Sheamus Via DQ
(Sheamus drove Ambrose in to the steep steps twice as Owens grabbed the top of the announce table and throwing it on to Ambrose to cause the DQ. Post-match, Sheamus and Owens continue to go to work on Ambrose as Owens destroys the announce table. Neville then launches himself over the top rope to make the save as Ambrose hit the dirty deeds on Owens as Neville hit the red arrow.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 15TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - MONDAY 11TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - SMOOTHIE KING CENTER: NEW ORLEANS, LA

1# Dudley Boyz bt. The Ascension
2# Jack Swagger bt. Tyler Breeze Via Submission

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 18TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - NATIONWIDE ARENA: COLUMBUS, OH
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Roman Reigns opens the final Raw before the Royal Rumble and spoke of this Sunday before saying that tonight, he only cares about one man and is ready to finish what he started last week, Brock Lesnar. Instead of the beast, Chris Jericho made his way out, he tells Reigns that Lesnar will be in the ring later tonight when he is on the highlight reel but he wants the top 3 contenders on the highlight reel tonight with himself, Lesnar and Reigns, Reigns likes the idea and will be there. The League of Nations come to the ring with them speaking of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship coming home to one of them, before questioning why they aren't on the Highlight Reel if the odds on favourites are apart of it. Jericho says Sheamus isn't entertaining, Del Rio took exception and reminded us he won the biggest Royal Rumble match in history back in 2011, Jericho told him and also Rusev that he doesn't want them on his show. Rusev is quickly reminded it was Reigns who eliminated him to win the Rumble last year, Reigns told Rusev to shut up and says he is seeing Lesnar tonight so he can shut Rusev up right now. Jericho gets the crowd in to the match, Jericho said that he will even the odds by being the special guest referee in the match.

1# Roman Reigns bt. Rusev in a non-title match
(After the match, Stephanie McMahon stops him backstage and told him he had no authority to make that match and he continued to berate her by saying that she was more fun in 1999 when she was a filthy, dirty, disgusting, brutal, bottom feeding, trashbag....before Stephanie cut him off by saying its original. She said she is mad that he changed the advertised highlight reel but glad he did it but threatens him if he changes anything on her show again.)

2# Natalya (w/ Paige) bt. Brie Bella (w/ Alicia Fox) Via Submission
3# The Wyatt Family (w/ Braun Strowman) bt. Dudley Boyz & Ryback in a Six man tag team match
(Post-match, Bray Wyatt screams about how the apocalypse is coming at the Royal Rumble.)

4# Big Show bt. Heath Slater (w/ The Social Outcasts)
(Post-match, Adam Rose runs in but Show hit him with a KO Punch with Curtis Axel receiving the same fate, Bo Dallas nearly got caught so he ran out of the ring to celebrate before Show knocked him out at ringside.)

Vince McMahon comes to the stage with Stephanie with the tumbler on stage, they speculate on who could win the Royal Rumble match and the odds it would take for someone to do so, Vince spoke of what he did when he won the Rumble back in 1999. They then spin the tumbler and picked who would be the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match, with Vince pulling out Roman Reigns on three different occasions with a closing statement that after this Sunday, Roman Reigns will not be number 1.

5# Becky Lynch bt. Tamina Via Submission
(Post-match, Becky Lynch wants a Divas Championship match at the Royal Rumble, Charlotte who was at ringside for the match with her father Ric, told her she wasn't going to give a free title match because she got the fans to chant for it. The Divas Champion told her she had her opportunity and lost, now its time for her to get back of the line, Lynch tried to goad her by claiming Ric Flair never backed down from a challenge but claimed he was getting soft in his old age. Flair grabbed the mic and told her that Charlotte will beat her this Sunday, to a despondent Charlotte.)

This Thursday night on Smackdown, both Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens will be the guests on MIZ TV. Also, Roman Reigns will face the entire League of Nations in a 4-on-1 Handicap match.

6# Sheamus & Alberto Del Rio (w/ King Barrett) bt. Kalisto & Dean Ambrose

We see footage from earlier today where the New Day held a funeral for "Francesca the trombone", and Big E was giving the eulogy. Despite Kingston offering Woods a new trombone, he said he didn't want one and asked what Francesca would of wanted, to which Woods replied, "he would want them to eat a lot of Chipotle and defile Jericho’s bathroom". Woods said that Big E will beat Jey Uso for Francesca.

7# Big E (w/ Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) bt. Jey Uso (w/ Jimmy Uso)
8# Neville, R-Truth, Titus O'Neil & Mark Henry bt. Tyler Breeze, Stardust & The Ascension in an 8-man tag team match

Chris Jericho welcomed the crowd to the biggest edition of the Highlight Reel in WWE history with the top three odds on favourites being in the ring at the same time for the first time ever with himself, Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar. Paul Heyman soon interrupted Jericho, Heyman reminded Jericho of what happened last time Lesnar was on the Highlight Reel and said that his client is focused on Roman Reigns, then goes on to speak of how Reigns will fight all men this sunday and go to Wrestlemania as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion but not before turning the Royal Rumble in to Suplex City. Lesnar soon comes to the ring before Reigns cuts him off, Reigns immediately spears Lesnar and starts punching him before the League of Nations attack Reigns and then Lesnar before the beast gets the better of them before Reigns gives Lesnar another spear. The Wyatt Family are next to appear surrounding the ring as they take down Reigns and then Lesnar.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
TAPED - TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY'S NUTTER CENTER: DAYTON, OH
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

1# Jack Swagger & Mark Henry bt. The Ascension
2# Neville bt. Tyler Breeze
3# Curtis Axel & Heath Slater (w/ Bo Dallas & Adam Rose) bt. Dudley Boyz

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WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & COREY GRAVES

1# Sami Zayn bt. Adam Rose Via Submission
2# Apollo Crews bt. Tye Dillinger
(Post-match, Crews admitted that he felt there was unfinished business between himself and the NXT Champion, Finn Balor, after their match was interrupted by Baron Corbin and Samoa Joe. Crews said he hadn't earnt a title opportunity, however he issued a challenge for a one-on-one, non-title match with the NXT Champion accepting the match.)

3# Baron Corbin bt. Rich Swann
4# Carmella & Bayley bt. Alexa Bliss & Emma Via Submission
5# Samoa Joe bt. Johnny Gargano Via Submission

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 21ST JANUARY 2016
TAPED - TUESDAY 19TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY'S NUTTER CENTER: DAYTON, OH
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, MAURO RANALLO & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Chris Jericho makes his return to Smackdown for the first time in 14 months and speaks of the Royal Rumble this Sunday, he then speaks of big things happening when he returns and the biggest highlight reel in history this past Monday on Raw. Jericho spoke of how he is the saviour of the WWE and promised he will win the royal rumble match this sunday, Big E interrupts Jericho as the New Day heads out and refer to Jericho as a "brass murderer", then they hold a moment of silence for the trombone. Jericho insults them before the new day get in the ring, Jericho told them he would love to fight them but they are in a six man tag team match next, before The Usos and Dolph Ziggler make their way out.

1# The Usos & Dolph Ziggler bt. The New Day in a six man tag team match
2# Becky Lynch bt. Alicia Fox Via Submission
(Post-match, Becky Lynch points at Charlotte who is on commentary for the match with her father Ric, ahead of her Divas title match this sunday.)

We have another edition of Miz TV with Miz hyping Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens this Sunday in a last man standing match, Ambrose soon interrupts and even takes over Miz TV due to Miz's disregard at getting continually disrespected. Ambrose spoke of the last man standing match and referred to it as an amusement park and goes through various kinds of "rides" this sunday before saying how he will snap Owens' back off the ring. Kevin Owens walks out on the stage and says he will stop at nothing to get his Intercontinental title back this Sunday, Ambrose is ready to fight right now, however Miz attacked him from behind until Owens came to the ring, and hit the pop-up powerbomb on Miz before attempting the same to Ambrose but Ambrose exploded off the ropes and attacked owens but Owens bailed out of the ring when Ambrose attempted the dirty deeds. Ambrose then grabbed Miz and hit him with the dirty deeds before pointing to Owens and counting to 10 ahead of this Sunday.

3# Bray Wyatt (w/ The Wyatt Family) bt. Ryback
(Featuring interference from the Wyatt Family.)

4# Titus O'Neil bt. Stardust

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interviews Kalisto ahead of rematch with Alberto Del Rio this Sunday for the United States Championship, Kalisto spoke of Del Rio's accomplishments in Mexico but said this sunday he will beat Del Rio. Del Rio walked up and referred to Kalisto's win as nothing but a fluke before the rest of the League of Nations walk up and attack Kalisto with Sheamus hitting him with the brogue kick.

Before the next match, Roman Reigns spoke about Vince McMahon giving him the #1 spot this Sunday and how he has stacked the odds against him, Reigns vowed that he will walk in and out as champion this sunday despite it being 1 vs. 29, Reigns spoke how it will be 1 vs. 4 tonight and he liked his chances in them both.

5# Roman Reigns bt. The League of Nations Via DQ in a non-title 4-on-1 Handicap match
(The League of Nations all attacked Reigns to cause the DQ, post-match, the beatdown continued until The Usos attempted the save but to no avail. Shortly after, The Wyatt Family surrounded the ring with Reigns attempting to attack them but the numbers advantage was too much with Wyatt finishing him off with the sister Abigail.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY 2016
TAPED - MONDAY 18TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - NATIONWIDE ARENA: COLUMBUS, OH

1# Jack Swagger bt. Fandango
2# Dolph Ziggler bt. The Miz

 

[Scott Barton]

THE 29TH ANNUAL WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2016
DATE - SUNDAY 24TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AMWAY CENTER: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

ROYAL RUMBLE KICK-OFF: Mark Henry & Jack Swagger bt. Darren Young & Damien Sandow, The Dudley Boyz and The Ascension in a Fatal-4-Way tag team match to Qualify for the Royal Rumble match.

1# Dean Ambrose bt. Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
2# The New Day (w/ Xavier Woods) bt. The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship

The Wyatt Family come on-screen and speak of tonight with Wyatt saying they will fall one by one and after tonight, he will truly have the whole world in his hands.

3# Kalisto bt. Alberto Del Rio to become the New WWE United States Champion

We hear from Renee Young, Booker T, Jerry "The King" Lawler and Corey Graves on tonight's Royal Rumble panel, who discuss the Rumble before highlighting the match earlier tonight in the Royal Rumble kick-off show.

4# Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) bt. Becky Lynch to retain the WWE Divas Championship
(Charlotte hits her father Ric with a baseball slide by accident, this allows Becky to apply the arm bar on Charlotte. Ric then threw his jacket over the face of Charlotte which distracted the referee and Becky as Charlotte hit the spear and got the 3. Post-match, Charlotte attacked Lynch before Sasha Banks made her way out and attacked Lynch before yelling it was her spotlight. The Divas Champion went to leave the ring, but Banks dropped her knees to her back and applied the Bank Statement before holding up the Divas title.)

5# Triple H won the 2016 Royal Rumble match to become the New WWE World Heavyweight Champion

ORDER OF ENTRY:
1. Roman Reigns 2. Rusev 3. AJ Styles 4. Tyler Breeze 5. Curtis Axel 6. Chris Jericho 7. Kane 8. Goldust 9. Ryback 10. Kofi Kingston 11. Titus O'Neil 12. R-Truth 13. Luke Harper 14. Stardust 15. Big Show 16. Neville 17. Braun Strowman 18. Kevin Owens 19. Dean Ambrose 20. Sami Zayn 21. Erick Rowan 22. Mark Henry 23. Brock Lesnar 24. Jack Swagger 25. The Miz 26. Alberto Del Rio 27. Bray Wyatt 28. Dolph Ziggler 29. Sheamus 30. Triple H

ORDER OF ELIMINATION:
1. Rusev by Roman Reigns
2. Tyler Breeze by Roman Reigns & AJ Styles
3. Curtis Axel by AJ Styles
4. Goldust by Titus O'Neil
5. R-Truth by Kane

Once Luke Harper gets entered in the match, we see Vince McMahon at ringside with the League of Nations and they all attack Roman Reigns with Rusev putting the stamp on it by putting him through an announce table before Reigns is taken away by EMTs.

6. Kofi Kingston by Chris Jericho
7. Titus O'Neil by Big Show
8. Ryback by Big Show
9. Kane by Braun Strowman
10. Big Show by Braun Strowman
11. AJ Styles by Kevin Owens
12. Kevin Owens by Sami Zayn
13. Neville by Luke Harper
14. Stardust by Luke Harper
15. Mark Henry by Luke Harper, Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman
16. Sami Zayn by Luke Harper, Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman
17. Erick Rowan by Brock Lesnar
18. Jack Swagger by Brock Lesnar
19. Luke Harper by Brock Lesnar
20. Braun Strowman by Brock Lesnar

The entire Wyatt Family all go after Lesnar once Bray Wyatt enters, Wyatt hits Lesnar with the Sister Abigail before the family eliminated the beast.

21. Brock Lesnar by Outside interference (Braun Strowman, Luke Harper & Erick Rowan)

When Sheamus enters the match, Roman Reigns returns to the ring and attacks Sheamus before he entered the ring.

22. The Miz by Roman Reigns
23. Alberto Del Rio by Roman Reigns
24. Dolph Ziggler by Triple H
25. Bray Wyatt by Triple H & Sheamus
26. Chris Jericho by Dean Ambrose
27. Sheamus by Roman Reigns
28. Roman Reigns by Triple H
29. Dean Ambrose by Triple H

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 25TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA: MIAMI, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Vince McMahon and his daughter Stephanie opened Raw with Vince feeling "damn good", despite not caring how the fans feel. McMahon spoke about how they broke him in half and made him look like everyone else but says he is not here tonight to gloat, then continues to speak of Triple H and the Royal Rumble match last night before introducing him to the ring. The WWE World Heavyweight Champion went on to talk about Roman Reigns and how he disrespected his "religion", before Stephanie raised the question of who Triple H will teach a lesson to at Wrestlemania, and that tonight they will evaluate every WWE Superstar and by the end of the night, they'll announce the main event of Fast Lane and the winner of that will go on to Wrestlemania to face Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

1# Kevin Owens bt. Dolph Ziggler

The Social Outcasts are in the ring before quickly spotting Flo Rida at ringside, they insult him before challenging him to a rap battle. Bo Dallas and Flo Rida engage in a rap battle before Flo Rida ends his rap with a "welcome to dudleyville", as the Dudley Boyz make their way out for a match next.

2# Dudley Boyz bt. Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas (w/ Heath Slater & Adam Rose)
3# AJ Styles bt. Chris Jericho
(Post-match, a disappointed Chris Jericho shakes hands before pulling him in and staring at him before he leaves the ring.)

4# Sasha Banks bt. Becky Lynch Via DQ
(Charlotte breaks up the "bank statement" to cause the DQ, post-match, Charlotte punches away at Becky and taunts her with the Divas Championship. Soon Sasha Banks returned to he ring and took her down before Charlotte leaves the ring.)

BACKSTAGE - Goldust is looking for R-Truth but ends up putting on his headphones and dances, when R-Truth questions what he was doing, Goldust provocatively suggests that they become partners. R-Truth tells Goldust he is married and doesn't swing that way before Goldust suggesting a tag team partnership as Truth was leaving.

This Thursday Night on Smackdown, Chris Jericho will host a highlight reel with Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose as the guests.

5# Bray Wyatt bt. Kane
(Featuring the distraction from The Wyatt Family at ringside, post-match, The Wyatt Family surrounds Kane before Strowman grabs Kane before Harper & Rowan give him a double-team slam.)

Rich Brennan is in the parking lot after a limousine pulled in to the arena a few minutes ago, when it was revealed who was inside, it turned out to be The Miz who has arrived at Raw. Moments later, The Rock pulled up in his pick up truck before saying Miz looked like a blind nun and told him to park his truck. As the people's champion walked around ringside, he bumped in to Rick Ross and then in to the Big Show before reminding him about the 2000 Royal Rumble when both men were the last two, then mentioned the director of the Scorpion King said whomever won that match would star in the movie, and pointed out how different Show's life could have been as the world's largest athlete looked like he was about to cry and broke the laptop.

The Rock continued to walk before walking up to Lana, and spoke about the last time they were together was in Brooklyn and how she came to his hotel room and didnt want to be with Rusev, Rusev walked up and Rock finds out that are engaged to be married, Rock congratulates them as says Lana is one hell of a woman because she is flexible as hell. He continues to walking, wishes Pat Patterson a happy birthday before speaking of clanging and banging at 3.45am this morning to be on the set of Ballers for 10 hours but he wanted to go to the American Airlines Arena, before the rock announces he is back home and makes his way to the ring.

Once the rock makes his way to the ring after a huge ovation from the hometown crowd, he gets the fans ready for Wrestlemania before he goes off script and entertains some fans at ringside who are dressed as Savage, Undertaker and Hogan. Once Rock returns to the ring, he speaks about tonight, before he was interrupted by the New Day, who speak of their self-worth before questioning where Rock's gold is but the most electrifying man in sports entertainment insults the tag team champions before bringing out the Usos to brawl with the New Day as Rock hits a Rock Bottom on Big E, Usos take down Kingston and Woods as Rock hit's the people's elbow before saying he'll see them at Wrestlemania.

6# Paige & Natalya bt. Brie Bella & Alicia Fox
7# Kalisto bt. The Miz in a non-title match
8# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Sheamus & Rusev (w/ Alberto Del Rio & King Barrett)
(Post-match, Reigns and Ambrose give Rusev a double-powerbomb through the announce table. Stephanie McMahon then comes to the stage and announces that the main event of fast lane will be Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar in a triple threat match where the winner faces Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AMALIE ARENA: TAMPA, FL
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

1# Kevin Owens bt. Jack Swagger
2# Dudley Boyz bt. The Ascension
3# Rusev bt. Ryback

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WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: WINTER PARK, FL
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & COREY GRAVES

1# The American Alpha bt. Blake & Murphy (w/ Alexa Bliss)

BACKSTAGE - Alex Reyes interviews Emma and Dana Brooke ahead of Emma facing Carmella next week on NXT, he also speaks of the tag team match last week where Bayley and Carmella defeated Emma and Alexa Bliss. They mock Carmella before saying she has been lucky and her luck will run out next week.

2# Nia Jax (w/ Eva Marie) bt. Liv Morgan

BACKSTAGE - Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and Carmella send a message to Dash & Dawson after they ran their mouths after winning at NXT Takeover - London.

3# Alex Riley bt. Bull Dempsey
(After the commercial, we hear from Riley who spoke of not having any response back from WWE HQ despite emailing them and texting them over the last 4 months, and bemoans no one mentioning him and his return despite knowing when Zayn will be back and also what Apollo Crews what had for breakfast.)

4# "The Drifter" Elias Samson bt. John Skyler

BACKSTAGE - The Hype Bros speak of the vignettes from the Vaudevillains ahead of facing them next week. Also next week, we will see Finn Balor vs. Apollo Crews.

5# Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin in a Triple Threat match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship ended in a No Decision.
(Sami Zayn and Samoa Joe made Corbin tap out at the same time, William Regal told both men he will have to review the tape and get back to them with a decision.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 28TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - TUESDAY 26TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AMALIE ARENA: TAMPA, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, MAURO RANALLO & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The New Day open Thursday Night Smackdown to speak of what happened this past Monday on Raw when a war of words between themselves and The Rock ensued, before The Usos got in the mix. The New Day spoke of how Rock should be ashamed of himself and said they were trying to enlighten him, moments later, Miz came to the ring to agree with the tag team champions' grievances as he claimed he was also insulted by Rock. The Usos came to the stage and interrupted Miz, after a few words it was pointed out they were at a 2 on 4 disadvantage, before Titus O'Neil and Dolph Ziggler made their way out as an 8-man brawl ensues.

1# Titus O'Neil, Dolph Ziggler & The Usos bt. The Miz & The New Day in an 8-Man tag team match
2# Kalisto bt. Neville to retain the WWE United States Championship

Chris Jericho made his way to the ring for another edition of the Highlight Reel and spoke of the last week in the WWE with Triple H winning the Royal Rumble and becoming the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, to the debut of AJ Styles, to the main event of Fast Lane being a triple threat match with the winner facing Triple H at Wrestlemania. Jericho's guests were both Reigns and Ambrose who bought gifts to jazz up the highlight reel, Jericho then brings up the potential animosity between them heading in to a match to potentially headline Wrestlemania. Reigns and Ambrose speak about what they will do, before Jericho brings up Brock Lesnar but Ambrose states all he has to do is beat Reigns and vice versa is said by Reigns. Both men stare each other down before The Wyatt Family appear on stage and spoke of slaying the beast at the Royal Rumble, then spoke about something which Reigns said no one understand. Reigns and Ambrose challenge them to come to the ring, ray tells Roman to have patience, that patience is a virtue, and if you are ever to succeed on your quest you'll need to engulf the heart of a good man. Tonight I aim to put that heart to the test, as well as the heart of Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose. Me and two of my brothers are going to put all three of you down forever. Beware, the Apocalypse is upon you…run!

Before the next match, the Social Outcasts are in the ring and spoke of Axel's year long run in the Royal Rumble coming to an end before calling out AJ Styles for their match.

3# AJ Styles bt. Curtis Axel (w/ Social Outcasts)
4# Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) bt. Natalya Via Submission in a non-title match
(Post-match, Charlotte puts the Figure-8 on to Natalya until Becky Lynch made the save.)

Earlier today, R-Truth is joined by Goldust for what appears to be a run. Goldust says he's sweating his golden globes off! Why don't we run around this thing like six times? Truth says he has to stretch, and Goldust offers to stretch with him. Did you think about what I said on Monday night? Truth says he doesn't swing that way, but Goldust is talking about forming a tag team. Golden Truth, it's written in the stars! Goldust is stuck, and needs help but Truth just walks off

5# Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & Chris Jericho bt. The Wyatt Family (w/ Braun Strowman) Via DQ in a Six man tag team match
(Strowman attacks Reigns to cause the DQ, post-match, Wyatt Family continue the beat down on all 3 men until Big Show comes to the ring to make the save, but it wasn't long until the world's largest athlete was the target of the wyatt family. Soon Reigns comes in but is stopped by Strowman who is taken out by Big Show, Wyatt goes for sister Abigail on Reigns but Reigns hits the superman punch as Ambrose & Jericho clear the ring of Rowan before Reigns hits a speak on Harper.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 29TH JANUARY 2016
TAPED - MONDAY 25TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA: MIAMI, FL

1# Stardust bt. Darren Young
2# Titus O'Neil bt. Tyler Breeze

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2016
VENUE - BIRMINGHAM-JEFFERSON CONVENTION COMPLEX: BIRMINGHAM, AL
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman open Monday Night Raw, with the advocate of "Suplex City", speaking of Bray Wyatt and his disciples removing his client from the WWE World Heavyweight Championship picture at the Royal Rumble, but Heyman spoke of how they failed as when he wants to, Lesnar will invoke the 11th commandment: Thou shalt not intentionally provoke Brock Lesnar. He turned his attention to Fast Lane and the triple threat match where the winner will face Triple H at Wrestlemania, he spoke of what his client will do to Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, before the lunatic fringe makes his way out after Heyman referred to him as a "nut job". Ambrose spoke of how he isn't afraid of Lesnar but he respects which is why he is out here to say to his face that he wants the title, after Ambrose spoke what will happen between now and Wrestlemania, Lesnar laughed in his face and left the ring.

1# Kalisto bt. Rusev (w/ Lana) Via count-out in a non-title match
(Alberto Del Rio is on commentary for the match but it was announced that at Fast Lane, Kalisto will defend the WWE United States Championship against Del Rio.)

BACKSTAGE - Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns were in the authority's office, and Stephanie McMahon attempted to drive a wedge between both men by referencing past teams who broke up such as Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty, Randy Orton being kicked out of Evolution, but Reigns and Ambrose stood defiant to Stephanie. She then announced that tonight we will see how united they were as they will team up together to face The New Day in tonight's main event.

2# The Usos bt. Adam Rose & Curtis Axel (w/ Heath Slater)

The Miz presents another edition of MIZ TV, AJ Styles was the guest and Miz spoke of Styles coming to the WWE and using analogies such as him being told he doesnt have the "IT Factor" and the football team told him he was too small. Miz didn't allow Styles to get a word in, and even goes as far as saying Styles can't make it in the WWE without his guidance, just like Miz's former protege, Daniel Bryan. Styles shortly took Miz down with a right hand, then continues to punch away at him before throwing him in to a chair but Miz soon made a feline for it.

The WWE honours Aretha Franklin for Black History Month.

3# Brie Bella (w/ Alicia Fox) bt. Charlotte (w/ Ric Flair) in a non-title match
4# Big Show bt. Erick Rowan (w/ Luke Harper & Braun Strowman)
(Post-match, Show and Strowman go face-to-face before the world's largest athlete was at the receiving end of a 3-on-1 beatdown which ended with them slamming Show on to the steps.)

5# Titus O'Neil bt. Tyler Breeze

BACKSTAGE - Paul Heyman is talking with Brock Lesnar backstage when Triple H walks in. Triple H says he wants a second with Lesnar and asks Heyman to leave. Triple H asks if he saw little Dean Ambrose walk up to him, get in his face, and live to tell the story. Triple H asks if things are getting soft in Suplex City. Lesnar says they’ll find out at WrestleMania. Triple H says he’s looking forward to it. Lesnar says he is as well and says, “I’ll see you there.”

This Thursday night on Smackdown, AJ Styles will face The Miz.

6# Dolph Ziggler bt. Kevin Owens

WWE continues to celebrate Black History Month by highlighting the career of Mark Henry. The video mentions that he will one day be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Sasha Banks made her way to the ring and says that she is back but on her own terms, she says she is no longer sitting in the back and watching other divas take her opportunities and now nothing will stop her from becoming the WWE Divas Champion. Naomi and Tamina shortly made their way to the stage, Banks told them her appreciation for Team B.A.D but wants to be the best. Naomi and Tamina accept that partnerships don't last forever and congratulate "The Boss", Banks asks if they will support her in her match next, Naomi asks if she doesn’t think she can do it on her own. Banks says she can. She says they’re still her girls. They fist pump.

7# Sasha Banks (w/ Tamina & Naomi) bt. Becky Lynch Via DQ
(Naomi and Tamina went to double-team Becky, but Sasha stopped them and told them both she doesn't need their help. This resulted in Naomi and Tamina double teaming Banks to cause the DQ, post-match, Becky tried to help Sasha but Naomi & Tamina overtake them before it was Becky and Sasha who punch them out of the ring.)

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young is backstage with Chris Jericho. She says everyone has been talking about his match with AJ Styles last week. Styles defeated Jericho in that match. Jericho commends Styles and says he’s very interested to see how he does in his match against The Miz on Thursday. Jericho reiterates that he is very interested.

R-Truth is in the men’s room and opens a stall to see Goldust standing on a toilet. Goldust gets down from the toilet and puts his foot directly in it. Goldust says he wants to be R-Truth’s tag team partner. R-Truth once again turns him down because he’s weird. Goldust says R-Truth’s last tag partner was strange and imaginary. It was Little Jimmy. This upsets R-Truth, and he walks off. Goldust is upset with himself.

This Thursday on Smackdown, as well as AJ Styles vs. The Miz, we will also see Roman Reigns face Rusev.

8# Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns bt. The New Day (w/ Xavier Woods) in a non-title match
(Post-match, Brock Lesnar's music hits before The New Day attacked both Ambrose and Reigns from behind, Ambrose shortly caught Woods with a rebound clothesline as Reigns punches Kingston out of the ring. Lesnar got in to the ring and hit Ambrose with an F5 before leaving the ring.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - TUESDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2016
VENUE - FEDEX FORUM: MEMPHIS, TN
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

1# Primetime Players & The Usos bt. The Ascension, Stardust & Tyler Breeze in an 8-man tag team match
2# Jack Swagger bt. Fandango Via Submission
3# Team B.A.D bt. Natalya & Paige

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WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2016
TAPED - THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 2016
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & COREY GRAVES

1# The Vaudevillains bt. The Hype Bros
2# Carmella bt. Emma (w/ Dana Brooke)

BACKSTAGE - Alex Reyes is with the NXT Tag Team Champions, Dash & Dawson. They spoke of the harsh words they had for Carmella, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, they spoke how they lost in London and can talk the talk but will never beat them. Dawson says they’re on their way to becoming the greatest nXt Tag Team Champions of all time. If Enzo & Big Cass want another opportunity, we’d love that, but the same thing will happen. They’ll lose.

3# Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady bt. local competitors

BACKSTAGE - William Regal is in his office and says he has come to a decision, before he says it, Baron Corbin barges in wanting to know what is going on. Regal told him the only thing he is 100% sure about is he lost. Baron called it a joke before leaving, Regal announces that Samoa Joe will face Sami Zayn again where the winner will face Finn Balor for the NXT Championship.

4# Asuka bt. Santana Garrett Via Submission
5# Finn Balor bt. Apollo Crews in a non-title match