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[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT TAKEOVER - BROOKLYN KICK-OFF SHOW
DATE - SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
PANEL - RENEE YOUNG, COREY GRAVES, LITA AND BYRON SAXTON

BACKSTAGE - Rich Brennan interviews Samoa Joe about facing Baron Corbin tonight.

Greg Hamilton and Sasha Fuentes are outside the Barclays Center with some raucous fans ahead of tonight's show where they get the fans opinions on some matches.

We see a car arriving to the arena and outsteps the NXT Champion, Finn Balor and also Neville.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT TAKEOVER - BROOKLYN
DATE - SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

The show go started off with the lights off and Triple H standing in the ring. From there, he would deliver one of the most deserved, impassioned speeches about his little baby that is NXT in front of the Brooklyn crowd - The future is now, This is NXT.

1# Jushin "Thunder" Liger bt. Tyler Breeze - **3/4

We see a video hyping the debut of Nia Jax.

2# The Vaudevillains bt. Blake & Murphy to become the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions - ***
(The Vaudevillains brought Blue Pants to the ring to even the odds to stop Alexa Bliss from interfering.)

3# Apollo Crews bt. Tye Dillinger - **

William Regal comes on-screen and announced that starting September 2nd, it will be the 1st ever Dusty Rhodes tag team classic with the finals culminating on October 17th at NXT Takeover.

4# Samoa Joe bt. Baron Corbin Via Submission - **3/4

Stephanie McMahon came to the ring and spoke of the recent divas revolution but said it started In NXT, she then spoke of how the divas aren't just in the main event on NXT but they are the main event, she then introduces us to the first main event of the evening which will be for the NXT Women's Championship.

5# Bayley bt. Sasha Banks to become the NEW NXT Women's Champion - ****1/4
(Post-match, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley all hug it out in the ring.)

6# Finn Balor bt. Kevin Owens in a "Ladder" match to retain the NXT Championship - ***

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUMMERSLAM KICK-OFF SHOW
DATE - SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
KICK-OFF PANEL - RENEE YOUNG, BOOKER T, COREY GRAVES & BYRON SAXTON

BACKSTAGE - Jon Stewart gets an autograph from John Cena for his kid, however when Cena walks away, Stewart took the autograph from him.

The panel were discussing the Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro match for tonight, Owens came to the panel as Owens disagreed with comments made by Booker. Owens then aired his grievances and spoke how he will defeat Cesaro tonight.

BACKSTAGE - JOJO interview Stephanie McMahon about the divas revolution and spoke of the dominance of females today, she then stated that the victor in tonight's match, gets the spoils.

Tom Phillips is in the social media pod with Neville and Stephen Amell and answer questions about tonight's match with Stardust and King Barrett.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUMMERSLAM 2015
DATE - SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Tonight's host Jon Stewart opened the 28th annual Summerslam and spoke of wanting to interview Brock Lesnar before saying he needs someone by his side, he then brought down the hardcore legend, Mick Foley. Foley told Stewart that he thought he said Rock and not Brock as it has been 17 years since he got thrown off Hell In A Cell and despite never been to 'Suplex City', he doesn't fancy starting now so he is on his own. Instead of the interview, Stewart decides to follow Foley back to the locker room.

1# Sheamus bt. Randy Orton - ***
2# Kofi Kingston & Big E bt. Los Matadores, Primetime Players and Lucha Dragons in a "Fatal-4-Way" to become the NEW WWE Tag Team Champions - **3/4
3# Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev ended in a double count-out - **1/4
(Lana and Summer Rae traded shots before Ziggler and Rusev fought out of the ring with both being unable to answer the 10-count.)

4# Neville & Stephen Amell bt. King Barrett & Stardust - **1/2
5# Ryback bt. The Miz & Big Show in a "Triple Threat" match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship - **3/4

BACKSTAGE - Jon Stewart tries to get a word with Lesnar but when he knocks on his dressing room door, Paul Heyman answered and both men exchanged words with Stewart airing his grievances in regards to Lesnar ending the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak.

6# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper - **3/4
7# Seth Rollins bt. John Cena in a "title for title" match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and become the NEW WWE United States Champion - ***1/2
(Jon Stewart hit Cena with a steel chair and Rollins followed up with a pedigree to get the 3.)

Tonight's kick-off panel discuss what has happened so far tonight.

8# Team P.C.B bt. Team Bella & Team B.A.D in a Triple Threat Elimination tag team match - **1/2
(Order of elimination - Tamina by Brie Bella, Brie Bella by Becky Lynch)

9# Kevin Owens bt. Cesaro - ***3/4

WWE Night of Champions comes to the WWE Network on Sunday 20th September from the Toyota Center in Houston, Tx.

10# The Undertaker bt. Brock Lesnar Via Submission - ****1/4
(Despite the Undertaker winning the match, their was controversy when Lesnar had the deadman in the ‘Kimura lock’ and the bell rang despite the referee not calling for it. Lesnar thought he had the match won so he broke the hold, then behind the referee’s back, Undertaker low blowed Lesnar and applied the “Hells Gate”, this forced Lesnar to pass out but not without defiance as Lesnar gave Taker the middle finger. During the replays, it showed that the timekeeper rang the bell because he saw that Taker has tapped out to Lesnar’s Kimura lock, this enraged Heyman as he vented his frustrations by proclaiming Lesnar as the winner.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 24TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The show opens with Triple H and Seth Rollins at WWE HQ earlier today with Triple H telling Rollins that he will be unveiling his statue tonight.

A pissed off Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar come to the ring and spoke of the controversy surrounding the Undertaker winning last night at Summerslam, Heyman then issued a challenge to the deadman for a rematch tonight, instead of the deadman, Bo Dallas came to the ring with words for Lesnar but was taken down with multiple german suplexes and then hit with an F5.

1# Big E & Kofi Kingston bt. Lucha Dragons in a non-title match - *1/4
(The New Day came to the ring and sang a parody of "New York, New York", the Primetime Players were also on commentary for the match. Post-match, the Dudley Boyz returned and took out the new Tag Team Champions before hitting Xavier Woods with a 3D then putting him through a table.)

2# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper Via DQ - **3/4
(The lights went out and when they came back on a mysterious man is in the ring and took down both Reigns and Ambrose.)

We have another edition of MIZ TV with Team PCB who spoke of winning the elimination tag team match last night and their cohesiveness as a team. They said that they were here to prove that this is the era of the female athlete, Team Bella interrupted to dismiss PCB's dominance and claim it is them who empower women around the world, they then exchanged words in regards to their longevity in the WWE. Nikki spoke of becoming the longest Divas Champion in history in 3 weeks and 1 day, The Miz decided to insult PCB before they threatened him, Team Bella then threw them out of the ring.

3# Team Bella bt. Team PCB in a six divas tag team match - **

Stardust was set for a tag team match, but instead he attacked King Barrett and hit him with the "Queens Strongbow". Moments later, Neville came to the ring and both men began fighting until Stardust got out of dodge when Neville went for the "red arrow".

This Thursday Night on Smackdown, the Dudley Boyz return.

Jon Stewart came to the ring to explain that he cost John Cena the WWE World Heavyweight Championship last night because he couldn’t let Cena tie Ric Flair’s 16 World Heavyweight Championship reigns, the “Nature Boy” himself walked the aisle to show appreciation to Stewart but revealed he was rooting for Cena last night by saying it was going to be beaten eventually and wanted it to be by someone that he respected. Cena came to the ring to tell Stewart that he has messed up everything as he also cost him the United States title which has been a title where anyone can have a chance, Stewart apologized as he thought it was what he had to do, Cena then apologized for what he had to do as he hit Stewart with the AA.

4# Randy Orton, Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler & Ryback bt. Sheamus, Kevin Owens, Rusev & Big Show in an 8-man tag team match - **3/4
(The Big Show KO punched Sheamus by accident which cost his team the match, post-match, Owens & Rusev beatdown the world’s largest athlete before Ziggler hit Show with the “Superkick”, then Orton hit the RKO with help from Ryback and Cesaro.)

Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper come on-screen and said that tonight Reign’s witnessed her greatest gift, speaking of Sister Abigail, he then introduced us to Braun Strowman.

BACKSTAGE – The authority informed John Cena that he will be escorted out of the arena tonight before the presentation of the statue.

The authority come to the ring to unveil the statue, before they do so they and the WWE Universe sang happy birthday to the chairman of the WWE who has turned 70 years old. The authority spoke of Rollins and how he deserves to be immortalized in bronze for becoming the first man ever to hold both the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE United States Championship, Rollins came to the ring and spoke of being the man and the statue. Rollins went to unveil the statue, but instead of the statue, Sting was stood in it’s place before the vigilante sent Rollins flying out of the ring, Sting then raised the WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt above his head to show us his intent.

After the show was over on the WWE Network, Triple H revealed in an exclusive interview that it will be Seth Rollins defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions against Sting.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - DUNKIN' DONUTS CENTER: PROVIDENCE, RI
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO & TOM PHILLIPS

1# Primetime Players bt. Los Matadores - **

Stardust came on-screen to speak of the "failed king" before speaking of his opponent tonight by saying Fandango will feel the wrath of "dark matter".

2# Jack Swagger bt. Adam Rose Via Submission - *
3# Stardust bt. Fandango - **1/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2015
TAPED - SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY
ANNOUNCERS - COREY GRAVES & RICH BRENNAN

1# Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady & Hype Bros bt. Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder, Jason Jordan & Chad Gable in an 8-man tag team match - **3/4

After the match, William Regal reminds us of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament which will begin next week. Neville interrupts him politely and asks if there is a spot available for him to compete. He shares a kind word about Dusty paving the way for him, and Regal agrees and gives him a spot in the tournament.

We go back to last Saturday after the NXT Championship Ladder Match between Finn Balor and Kevin Owens and an interview with Balor post-match. Balor says he proved that he deserves to be NXT champion. He also showed a new side of himself and NXT in that match.

2# Eva Marie bt. Carmella - *1/4

After the match, Tyler Breeze is seen backstage talking about his match with Jushin Liger. Breeze says they aren’t done yet, but, for now, he has another big idea to share with GM William Regal that will really put him on the map.

Devin Taylor then finds NXT GM William Regal for some exciting news about the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Baron Corbin suddenly appears to the right of Taylor to say he doesn’t play nice with others, but he also expects to be in this tournament and to win it. Regal knows someone else who doesn’t play well with others, so why doesn’t he pair up Corbin and Rhyno together as a team. They will wrestle in the opening match against the most dominant tag team in NXT history, The Ascension.

We go back to last Saturday, and Kevin Owens says he’s gonna break Cesaro at Summer Slam after his ladder match with Finn Balor. He’s asked about his future in NXT and Owens opens the door and walks out into another room.

3# Bull Dempsey bt. "The Drifter" Elias Sampson - *3/4

We go back to last Saturday, and Samoa Joe talks about the raucous NXT crowd and his win over Baron Corbin. He means absolute business by coming to NXT. We then go to Apollo Crews, and talks about his NXT debut in front of the Brooklyn crowd, on his 28th birthday. The Apollo Nation was born. Finally, we go to Blake, Murphy and Alexa Bliss talk about losing the Tag Team Titles to the Vaudevillains to interviewer Devin Taylor. Bliss takes over the interview to whine about Blue Pants’ involvement in the title win. She is not welcome in NXT so Bliss is going to send her back to the clearance rack where she belongs.

4# Emma bt. Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Brooke in a "Fatal-4-Way" - **3/4
(Post-match, Charlotte speared Emma before hitting the 'Natural Selection', Brooke then took down Charlotte before Lynch hit a suplex and applied the 'Dis-Arm-Her' as Charlotte applied the 'Figure-8' on Emma.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 27TH AUGUST 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - DUNKIN' DONUTS CENTER: PROVIDENCE, RI
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The Wyatt Family open Smackdown and spoke of 'family' and how Abigail provided him with a saviour in Braun Strowman. Reigns and Ambrose then came face-to-face with the Wyatt Family but the Wyatt Family decided to leave the ring.

1# The Dudley Boyz bt. The Ascension - **1/4
(Post-match, The New Day came out holding 'anti-table' signs which were aimed at the Dudley Boyz, however they remained defiant and put Viktor through a table.)

2# Kevin Owens bt. Neville - **
3# Charlotte & Becky Lynch bt. The Bella Twins - *3/4
(Featuring Team B.A.D on commentary.)

The WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins, came to the ring and bemoaned what happened on Raw as Sting ruined the unveiling of his statue. Rollins continued to speak of his accomplishments before accusing Sting of being jealous of him and spoke of how he should be afraid of him, Rollins then guaranteed that he will beat Sting and finish the job that Triple H started at Wrestlemania by crushing his old bones to dust.

4# Dolph Ziggler & Ryback bt. Rusev & Big Show - **1/4
(The World's largest athlete hit the Bulgarian brute with a KO punch before leaving as Ziggler pinned him to get the 3.)

5# Sheamus bt. Dean Ambrose - **1/2
(Ambrose was distracted with the Wyatt Family who appeared at ringside, this led to Sheamus hitting the 'brogue kick', and getting the 3. Post-match, The Wyatt family were about to inflict more damage on Ambrose until Roman Reigns came to the ring and once again went face-to-face with Strowman, however as what happened on Raw, Strowman once again took out Reigns.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 24TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - BARCLAYS CENTER: BROOKLYN, NY

1# Zack Ryder bt. Heath Slater
2# Los Matadores bt. The Ascension

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 31ST AUGUST 2015
VENUE - AMALIE ARENA: TAMPA, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Sting opened Raw and spoke of Seth Rollins then dismissed him of any claim of being a legend, Sting even referred to him as "half the man" that Triple H is. Sting continued to speak of him as a "little boy" and is a legend in his own head, Sting then vowed at Night of Champions to win the only title that has eluded him in his career In the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

1# Dolph Ziggler bt. Rusev Via DQ - **3/4
(Summer Rae interfered in the match to cause the DQ then Lana took her down post-match. Back in the locker room, Renee Young interviewed Ziggler who went back to his dressing room, as Young was telling us what was happening tonight, we saw Summer Rae go in to Ziggler's locker room.)

Team Bella came to the ring ahead of tonight's "beat the clock challenge", Nikki officially revealed the "Bella Tron", which is counting down until she is officially the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion in WWE history.

2# Becky Lynch bt. Alicia Fox in a "Beat the Clock" Challenge match - *1/4
(Becky Lynch set the time to beat at 3 minutes and 21 seconds.)

BACKSTAGE - Rich Brennan interviews Ryback about defending the Intercontinental title tonight against the world's largest athlete. Suddenly we see Summer Rae screaming and leaving Ziggler's dressing room as Dolph was stood in a towel.

3# Ryback bt. Big Show to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship - **
(The Miz who was on commentary for the match distracted the world's largest athlete which led to Ryback picking up the win.)

4# Charlotte bt. Brie Bella in a “Beat The Clock” challenge match – 1/2*
(Charlotte set a new time of 1 minute and 40 seconds.)

5# Kevin Owens bt. Cesaro - ***1/4

BACKSTAGE – Dolph Ziggler explained what happened with Summer Rae to his girlfriend Lana who walked away.

The Wyatt Family come to the ring for the upcoming match, Bray Wyatt thanked Abigail for her black sheep and tells Braun Strowman that tonight is his night and will show to the entire universe why he exists and the face of their destruction. Strowman referred to this not being the beginning but the end…the apocalypse.

6# Braun Strowman bt. Dean Ambrose Via DQ - *1/4
(Strowman provoked Roman Reigns who was at ringside by pushing him, Reigns retaliated by attacking Strowman to cause the Disqualification. Post-match, Strowman took down Reigns and Ambrose, Luke Harper then hit Reigns with a “Super Kick”, Strowman knocked him out and Wyatt hit the “Sister Abigail” on Reigns.)

7# Paige vs. Sasha Banks ended in a No Contest in a “Beat The Clock” Challenge match - *1/2
(Paige failed to beat the clock, therefore, Charlotte will challenge Nikki Bella at Night of Champions for the WWE Divas Championship. Post-match, Team Bella came to the stage as Nikki raised the title with the “Bella Tron” countdown behind her.)

During the commercial, we see Summer Rae telling Renee Young that Ziggler wanted her to join him in the shower and seduced her. Lana walked away once more visibly upset.

The New Day come to the ring for the match and spoke of saving the tables before bringing out “the last table here”.

8# The Dudley Boyz bt. Kofi Kingston & Big E in a non-title match - **1/2
(The Primetime Players were on commentary for the match, post-match, Dudley Boyz went to 3D Big E through a table but was saved by his fellow New Day team mates.)

This Thursday Night on Smackdown, we will see MIZ TV and his guests will be Dolph Ziggler and Lana.

The WWE World Heavyweight Champion comes to the ring and calls out Sting to take back what he said about being “half the man Triple H is”, earlier tonight, Rollins also wanted his Statue back. Instead of the Icon, Stephanie McMahon came to the ring to advise Rollins to stop talking about her husband, Rollins replied by saying that Triple H’s time had passed and it is his time now. Rollins proceeded to call out the Vigilante once again, this time it was John Cena who came to the ring and called Rollins and ‘egomaniac’, then called him an idiot for believing that the authority are actually friends with him. Cena reiterated that the authority said every title in the WWE was on the line at Night of Champions, and therefore cashed in his rematch clause for an opportunity at the WWE United States Championship which was granted by Stephanie. Sting then came to the stage and stared down at Rollins along with Cena for Night of Champions.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA: MIAMI, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Kevin Owens bt. Jack Swagger - **1/2
2# Fandango bt. Adam Rose - *1/2
3# Sasha Banks & Naomi bt. Paige & Becky Lynch - **

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 13TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Rhyno & Baron Corbin bt. The Ascension In a 1st Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament - **
2# Alexa Bliss bt. Blue Pants - *1/4

BACKSTAGE - NXT General Manager William Regal, was speaking with new NXT talent in Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, Tyler Breeze interrupted and told Regal to find him a tag team partner which will help him win the tag team classic. Regal agreed and said that next week, Breeze will team with Bull Dempsey to face Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa.

3# Apollo Crews bt. Martin Stone - *
4# Eva Marie bt. Billy Kay - 3/4*

NEXT WEEK - Finn Balor & Samoa Joe vs. Lucha Dragons In a 1st Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament.

5# Chad Gable & Jason Jordan bt. Solomon Crowe & Neville In a 1st Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament - **1/2

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA: MIAMI, FL
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The New Day open the show and spoke of "tables" and how we wouldn't be here today without them, then continued to speak of a movement that is saving the nation - Save the tables. The Dudley Boyz interrupted to tell them that they will beat them again and become the 10-time tag team champions, The Primetime Players were next to come out to tell the Dudley Boyz to get to the back of the line, Bubba Ray and D'Von remain defiant so the former tag team champions got in to the ring and said that they have two tickets to dudleyville.

1# The Dudley Boyz bt. Primetime Players - **
(Featuring The New Day on Commentary.)

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young tries to get a reaction from the New Day before she announced to them that they will be facing Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose tonight.

It was set to be Neville vs. Stardust but the Ascension assaulted Neville as he was making his way to the ring, Stardust then introduced Neville to his "crafty co-horts" as they hit Neville with the "fall of man", as Stardust welcomed us to the cosmic wasteland.

2# Sheamus bt. Cesaro - **1/2

The Miz presented another edition of MIZ TV, before he brought out his guests, he brought down Summer Rae who claimed that she lied as in actual fact, Ziggler brought her in and kissed her so she ran away. Dolph Ziggler and Lana came to the ring and Summer explained to Lana about the past between herself and Ziggler, we then saw a video of them kissing from last June. Lana reacted by taking Summer Rae down once again.

3# Bo Dallas bt. R-Truth - 3/4*
(Post-match, Dallas continued the assault on R-Truth.)

BACKSTAGE - In an interview with Team P.C.B, Charlotte spoke of being the #1 contender before Team Bella came along, Charlotte told Nikki that she has arranged for the WWE Divas Championship match to be before Nikki officially breaks the record of the longest reigning Divas Champion in WWE History.

4# Charlotte bt. Tamina - 3/4*
(Post-match, Team Bella came to the stage with nikki raising Divas title with the countdown of 11 days on the screen.)

BACKSTAGE – Renee Young interviewed Kevin Owens about what is next and he said it is to take on people who make fun of the way he looks, Owens referenced Rybacks, “Feed me more” before he left the interview.

5# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Kofi Kingston & Big E Via DQ - **1/4
(Xavier Woods interfered in the match to cause the DQ, post-match, The New Day attempted to take down both Reigns and Ambrose but it was Reigns and Ambrose who took down the New Day. Ambrose then claimed he wanted another crack at Braun Strowman as Reigns called out The Wyatt Family, they appear on-screen and Wyatt said it was his game. The new face of fear claimed Ambrose and Reigns were outnumbered and vulnerable, Wyatt then said, “let’s do this at Night of Champions”, before saying that the apocalypse walks among you.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 31ST AUGUST 2015
VENUE - AMALIE ARENA: TAMPA, FL

1# R-Truth bt. Adam Rose
2# Neville & Lucha Dragons bt. Stardust & The Ascension in a Six man tag team match

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - ROYAL FARMS ARENA: BALTIMORE, MD
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Seth Rollins opens Monday Night Raw and spoke of how he is a once in a lifetime "special", speaking about his accomplishments this year, Rollins then said that Sting has a chance to validate his career at Night of Champions but on the flip slide, Rollins said he will crush Sting's legacy. The WWE World Heavyweight and United States Champion turns his attention to defending the United States title against John Cena at Night of Champions, Rollins said that it is his year and will own both men and get his statue back. Sting comes on-screen stood with Rollins' statue and challenged Rollins to come and get it. The Celtic Warrior came to the ring next to remind Rollins of the money in the bank briefcase and how he may have a 3rd match at Night of Champions.

BACKSTAGE - Rollins goes in to the authorities office about a plan, Triple H told him not to worry about Sheamus as he will be facing Randy Orton tonight. The COO then told Rollins to prepare him for Night of Champions he will have two matches tonight, first he will face the Intercontinental Champion, Ryback and then he will team with The New Day to face the Primetime Players and John Cena in tonight's main event.

1# Sasha Banks bt. Paige - **
(Featuring distraction from Naomi and Tamina.)

2# Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns bt. The Ascension - *3/4
(Post-match, The Wyatt Family come on-screen and tells them that whomever teams with Ambrose and Reigns at Night of Champions, the apocalypse is coming for them.)

3# Ryback bt. Seth Rollins in a "Champion vs. Champion" non-title match - **
(Sting distracted Rollins which led to Ryback winning the match, post-match, Sting came back on-screen and puts a Sting mask on Rollins' statue.)

BACKSTAGE – The New Day bump in to Seth Rollins before Edge and Christian come along, Edge confronts Rollins after Rollins threatened to paralyze him to bring the authority back last December. Rollins walks away but Edge and Christian are joined by the Dudley Boyz, they tell the New Day that they will face the Primetime Players next week for the WWE Tag Team Championship and whomever wins that will face them for the Tag titles at Night of Champions.

Summer Rae is in the ring and brings out Rusev to apologise to him for what’s been going on with Ziggler after Rusev has done so much for her, Rusev comes down and accepts her apology by saying it wasn’t her fault as she is a victim, but says Lana is also a victim because of Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler comes to the ring to give Rusev a message from Lana in the form of a “Super kick”.

4# Randy Orton bt. Sheamus - **1/4
(Post-match, Orton was taken down by the Wyatt Family after Orton was caught backstage earlier talking to Ambrose and Reigns.)

5# The Dudley Boyz bt. Los Matadores – 1/4*
(Post-match, one of the Matadores took down El Torito before the Dudleyz put him through a table.)

6# The Miz vs. Cesaro ended in a double count-out - *1/2
(Big Show came after the Miz but it was to no avail. Post-match, Big Show hit Cesaro with a KO punch.)

Team Bella come to the ring to rejoice in Nikki Bella being a week away from being the longest WWE Divas Champion in WWE history, Team PCB interrupt with Charlotte saying she will break the record and become the Divas Champion next week. Team PCB take down Team Bella with Charlotte hitting the spear on Nikki Bella then applying the “Figure-8”.

7# John Cena & Primetime Players bt. Kofi Kingston, Big E & Seth Rollins in a Six Man Tag Team match - **1/2
(Post-match, Sting comes on-screen with the statue before he pushes it in to a garbage truck which crushes it, he then tells Rollins he will see him at Night of Champions.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 13TH AUGUST 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Carmella bt. Peyton Royce Via Submission - *3/4

We see highlights from this past weekend in the 1st Round of the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic tournament where Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady advanced in to round 2 by defeating Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton, we also saw Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson advance in to round two by defeating Tucker Knight and Elias Samson.

2# Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano bt. Bull Dempsey & Tyler Breeze In a 1st Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament - *3/4
(Post-match, Tyler Breeze took his frustrations out on Dempsey then hit him with the "Super Kick".)

BACKSTAGE - During an interview, Dana Brooke bemoaned watching Bayley win the NXT Women's Championship at Takeover and said that she is ready to rule before sending out a warning to the NXT Divas division.

3# Dana Brooke bt. Billy Kay - *

Match taped 25/08/15 in Providence, RI

4# Finn Balor & Samoa Joe bt. Lucha Dragons In a 1st Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament - **3/4
(Jimmy Uso and Tom Phillips were on commentary for this match.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - MOHEGAN SUN ARENA: WILKES-BARRE, PA
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Bo Dallas bt. Fandango - *3/4

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interviews Dolph Ziggler about facing Rusev at Night of Champions and Lana's injury, Kevin Owens interrupted and told Ziggler that he needs to be more worried about tonight as those who are distracted, get hurt.

2# Primetime Players bt. Los Matadores - *1/2
3# Kevin Owens bt. Dolph Ziggler - **3/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - MOHEGAN SUN ARENA: WILKES-BARRE, PA
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The Wyatt Family opened the show to speak of Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns before warning anyone who decides to be their partner at Night of Champions, they also warn Jimmy Uso who is teaming with them tonight not to make the wrong decision, Wyatt then reiterates, "anyone but you Roman", as Strowman tells him to "run".

1# Cesaro bt. The Miz Via Submission - **
2# Paige vs. Sasha Banks ended in a No Contest - **1/4
(Both divas were brawling then Team B.A.D and PCB started colliding as an "all-out" brawl broke out.)

BACKSTAGE - Byron Saxton interviewed Seth Rollins about Raw and his intentions regarding John Cena and Sting for Night of Champions, they discussed Rollins facing Ryback tonight before Sheamus came along to tease a possible 3rd match for Night of Champions.

3# Jimmy Uso, Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns vs. The New Day in a six man tag team match ended in a No Contest - ***
(The lights went out and when they came on, The Wyatt Family were on the stage with Strowman choking out Jimmy Uso. Ambrose and Reigns went to assist Jimmy but the lights went out again and the Wyatts disappeared, Wyatt's voice echoed into the arena saying "we all fall down".)

4# The Ascension bt. Lucha Dragons - *1/4
(Lucha Dragons were on top before a distraction from Stardust led to the Ascension getting the win. Post-match, a 3 on 2 assault on Lucha Dragons until Neville made the save and cleared the ring.)

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interviewed Nikki Bella about what Charlotte said on Raw and her defending the WWE Divas title this Monday night, Charlotte interrupted and said that Nikki is about to become the woman who almost became the longest Divas Champion in WWE History.)

5# Seth Rollins bt. Ryback in a "Champion vs. Champion" non-title Lumberjack match - **1/2
(The Lumberjacks - Big Show, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Lucha Dragons, The Ascension, The Dudley Boyz, Adam Rose, Heath Slater, Zack Ryder, Primetime Players, Curtis Axel, Dolph Ziggler, Neville, R-Truth, Fandango, Kevin Owens, Stardust and Bo Dallas. The match featured the lumberjacks attacking Ryback before they broke out in to a brawl with Neville taking them out with a moonsault from the top rope to the outside. Ryback was about to hit Rollins with “Shell Shocked”, however Owens tripped him and Rollins hit the pedigree to get the 3.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - ROYAL FARMS ARENA: BALTIMORE, MD

1# Neville bt. Bo Dallas
2# Stardust bt. Jack Swagger

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW - SEASON PREMIERE
DATE - MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FEDEX FORUM: MEMPHIS, TN
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The Authority open Raw and spoke of the success of last year and then looked ahead to Seth Rollins’ matches this Sunday at Night of Champions. They spoke also of history tonight with Nikki defending the WWE Divas Championship against Charlotte, and for the 1st time ever on Raw, Sting will be competing against Big Show.

1# Kofi Kingston & Big E bt. Primetime Players to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship - **
(Post-match, the Dudley Boyz come to the stage as they will be challenging for the WWE Tag Team championship this Sunday.)

BACKSTAGE – Seth Rollins goes in to the authorities office where they inform Rollins that tonight it will be John Cena vs. Sheamus, we then switch to an interview with Charlotte and Ric Flar ahead of tonight’s WWE Divas Championship match.

2# Sasha Banks bt. Paige Via Submission - *3/4
(Post-match, Team B.A.D take down Becky Lynch and Paige.)

We see a video of when Connor was inducted in to the 2015 WWE Hall Of Fame as he was the first recipient of the “Warrior award”, this then goes in to information about Connors cure as the WWE are raising money for it.

Another edition of MIZ TV takes place with The Wyatt Family as tonight’s guests, Bray Wyatt said that he wants people to pay for their sins and it doesn’t matter who teams with Ambrose and Reigns at Night of Champions as they “all fall down”. Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose come to the ring and throw Miz out of it, Reigns then announces that he has found a partner for Night of Champions and they will kick their ass.

As Sting is competing on Raw for the first time, we see a number of videos highlighting great moments from the Icon, this time we go back to the Great American Bash from 1990 where Sting defeated Ric Flair to capture his 1st World Heavyweight Championship.

3# John Cena bt. Sheamus - **3/4

Ryback is in the ring and spoke about Owens’ claims of having the big guy all shook up, Ryback claimed that Owens has no respect before Owens interrupted and spoke about a book which Ryback spoke about a couple of months ago. Owens claimed it was a travesty that someone like Ryback could be the Intercontinental Champion, Ryback spoke of his WWE career before Owens said he will take the Intercontinental title if he got given a shot and prove that the “big guy”, is just a weak little boy. Ryback said that they will be fighting for the Intercontinental title at Night of Champions.

We go back to December 28th at Starrcade when Sting beat Hollywood Hogan to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

It was set to be Stardust vs. Neville but it escalated in to a brawl with Neville and the Lucha Dragons taking down Stardust and the Ascension.

4# Charlotte bt. Nikki Bella Via DQ in a WWE Divas Championship match - **
(Charlotte got the 3 count but she pinned Brie instead, Stephanie McMahon came out and said that Charlotte had only won the match by disqualification. Stephanie then announced at Night of Champions, Charlotte had earned another shot at the WWE Divas title but this time Nikki Bella can lose the Divas title by DQ or count-out.)

We go back to the Survivor Series last November when Sting hit Triple H with the “Scorpion Death Drop”, this cost Team Authority their power as they were defeated by Team Cena.

5# Cesaro bt. Rusev - *3/4
(Rusev was distracted by Dolph Ziggler who handed Summer Rae a gift, this led to Cesaro getting the 3. Post-match, Ziggler hit Rusev with the “Super kick”, before Summer Rae taking the gift which was given to her by Ziggler.)

We learn that this Sunday on the WWE Night of Champions kick-off show it will be the Lucha Dragons and Neville vs. The Acension and Stardust in a six man tag team match. Also we learn there will be a “Bellabration”, this Thursday night on Smackdown as Nikki Bella celebrates being the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion in history.

6# Sting bt. Big Show Via DQ – No Rating
(Seth Rollins interfered in the match to cause the DQ, post-match, it was a 2 on 1 beatdown on Sting by Rollins and Show until Cena made the save. Triple H then made the match a tag team match.)

7# Sting & John Cena bt. Seth Rollins & Big Show Via Submission - *3/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

Tyler Breeze opens the show and comes down for a match against Adam Rose, Bull Dempsey came out and spoke of Breeze attacking him last week being no accident and warns Breeze he is going to beat him bad right now. Breeze blamed Dempsey for costing him the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic, Dempsey asked Rose to give him the ring but Rose said he will poop on Breeze's party for what he did a few months ago, and then Dempsey's before slapping Dempsey. Dempsey took it to Rose until Breeze went for Dempsey but Breeze ended up scurrying away.

1# Tye Dillinger bt. Davey Birch - *1/4

We have a video played previewing Asuka who will debut next week.

2# Apollo Crews bt. Solomon Crowe - **1/4

Kyle Edwards is at WWE HQ and updates us on the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic, firstly we went back to last week where we saw Finn Balor and Samoa Joe defeat the Lucha Dragons in a 1st round match. Next we go to some recent live events where the tournament continued - The Hype Bros defeated Noah KeKoa & Alexander Wolfe and the Vaudevillains defeated the former tag team champions in Blake & Murphy. This weekend it will be The Vaudevillains vs. Dash & Dawson in round 2 on the NXT tour of Texas.

3# Baron Corbin & Rhyno bt. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa in a 2nd Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic - **3/4

BACKSTAGE - After an interview with the Vaudevillains, Blake & Murphy come along with Alexa Bliss who announce that they will be evoking their rematch clause next week for the NXT Tag Team Championship.

4# Bayley bt. Sarah Dobson in a non-title match - 1/2*
(Post-match, Sasha Banks came to the ring and spoke of stealing the show with Bayley at NXT Takeover – Brooklyn, Banks said that she came here to be the best. Bayley told Banks that if she wanted a rematch then she can have it when she wants, Banks spoke of wanting to beat Bayley again and again and again. William Regal then came out and announced on October 7th at NXT Takeover, it will be Bayley vs. Sasha Banks for the NXT Women’s Championship in the main event of the show, in a 30-minute Ironman match.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - VERISON ARENA: LITTLE ROCK, AR
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Rusev bt. Jack Swagger Via Submission - **1/4
2# Bo Dallas bt. Zack Ryder - *1/4
3# Lucha Dragons (w/ Neville) bt. The Ascension (w/ Stardust) - **1/2

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - VERIZON CENTER: LITTLE ROCK, AR
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Seth Rollins opens the show and talks of making history this Sunday before turning his attention to teaming with Mr. MITB tonight to face Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. Sheamus came to the ring and traded words with Rollins before warning him that he doesn't want to make an enemy out of him, Sheamus then told Rollins he will see him later tonight.

1# Naomi & Sasha Banks bt. Paige & Becky Lynch - **

Stardust and The Ascension come on-screen to talk about Neville and the Lucha Dragons ahead of this Sunday.

2# Kofi Kingston bt. D-Von - No Rating
(Featuring distraction from Xavier Woods.)

3# Big Show bt. Cesaro - *3/4

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interview Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns about who their partner will be this Sunday, they refuse to reveal who the 3rd man will be.

4# Kevin Owens bt. Dolph Ziggler Via DQ - **1/2
(Owens was about to powerbomb Ziggler on the apron until Ryback came down and took It to Owens before Owens made a feline for it.)

BACKSTAGE - Nikki Bella was about to have her "bellabration", however no one turned up to celebrate Nikki Bella being the longest Divas Champion in WWE history. PCB came along and mocked Nikki before Charlotte spoke of their match this Sunday, even the party pooper himself, Adam Rose told her the party sucked. Everything came to a head when Nikki accidentally threw cake on her Sister Brie and Alicia Fox.

5# Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns bt. Sheamus & Seth Rollins - **3/4
(Post-match, a video came on-screen of the Wyatts recently taking down Ambrose and Rollins, Wyatt then comes on-screen and says that it doesn't matter who their partner is as in the end, they all fall down.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FEDEX FORUM: MEMPHIS, TN

1# Zack Ryder bt. Adam Rose
2# Bo Dallas bt. Jack Swagger

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS 2015
DATE - SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - TOYOTA CENTER: HOUSTON, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS KICK-OFF MATCH: Stardust & The Ascension bt. Neville & Lucha Dragons

1# Kevin Owens bt. Ryback to become the NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion - **1/2

We see a video preview of Brock Lesnar's "road to hell tour" this October, firstly we will see Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show live at Madison Square Garden on October 3rd, then Lesnar will be on the Stone Cold Podcast on October 19th, finally Lesnar will step inside Hell in a Cell on October 25th for one final battle with The Undertaker.

2# Dolph Ziggler bt. Rusev - **3/4
(Summer Rae threw her shoe but it hit Rusev accidentally and led to the "Zig Zag", then the 3.)

3# The Dudley Boyz bt. Kofi Kingston & Big E Via DQ in a WWE Tag Team Championship match - **1/2
(Xavier Woods interfered in the match to cause the DQ, post-match, The New Day get a table but the Dudleyz fight back and 3D Woods through the table.)

4# Charlotte bt. Nikki Bella Via Submission to become the NEW WWE Divas Champion - **1/4
(Post-match, Charlotte celebrates with Paige, Becky Lynch and her father, Ric Flair.)

Renee Young, Booker T, Byron Saxton and Corey Graves on the kick-off panel discuss what's happened so far tonight before turning their attention to the upcoming six man tag team match. We then went back to the kick-off match and saw highlights of Stardust and the Ascension defeating Neville and the Lucha Dragons.

5# The Wyatt Family bt. Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose & Roman Reigns Via submission in a Six man tag team match - ***
6# John Cena bt. Seth Rollins to become the NEW WWE United States Champion - ***3/4
(Post-match, Rollins tried to leave but Cena hit the AA and threw him back in to the ring.)

7# Seth Rollins bt. Sting to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship - **3/4
(Post-match, Sheamus came to the ring and hit the “brogue kick”, Sheamus attempted to cash in the money in the bank contract before the demon Kane returned and chokeslammed Seth Rollins, before Sheamus received the same fate. The big red machine finished by hitting Rollins with a tombstone.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - LAREDO ENERGY ARENA: LAREDO, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The Wyatt Family open Raw and speak of what happened last night at Night of Champions when they defeated Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns in a six man tag team match, Wyatt was interrupted by Reigns who came to the ring alone, he tells Wyatt its between himself and Wyatt and wants to finish it tonight. Wyatt sent Strowman and Harper out of the ring and both men fight, this was until Harper and Strowman took down Reigns. Ambrose then came to the ring and took it to Harper and Strowman as the brawl continued but Ambrose and Reigns were at a 3 on 2 disadvantage, Randy Orton then returned and the fight continued as the Wyatt Family were sent packing.

BACKSTAGE – Seth Rollins goes in to the authorities office and bumps in to Corporate Kane who seemed happy he had returned to work after his injury, a bemused Rollins mentioned what happened last night but Kane had no recollection of these events, Kane then made John Cena vs. Seth Rollins tonight for the WWE United States Championship.

1# Lucha Dragons & Neville bt. The Ascension & Stardust in a six man tag team match - **

BACKSTAGE – The authority arrive to the arena and are also bemused when Rollins informs them that Kane has returned as the director of operations.

2# Ryback bt. Bo Dallas - *1/4
(Post-match, Kevin Owens who was on commentary for the match, attacks Ryback but it ends up with Owens retreating after Ryback attempted the “shell shocked”.)

The Nature Boy comes to the ring and spoke of his proudest moment being his daughter winning the Divas Championship last night at Night of Champions, he then brought her to the ring and she comes down with her fellow PCB team mates. Charlotte had heartfelt words for her father and then for her PCB team mates, Paige and Becky Lynch. Paige then told Charlotte that she won the title because of her, she then referred to Charlotte as a placeholder as Nikki will win the Divas title back and then then divas division will go back to how it was, she also referred to Becky Lynch as the least relevant diva in the division before insulting the rest of the division, finally Paige told Charlotte she wouldn’t of been here if it wasn’t for her old man. Team Bella then came to the stage and told Charlotte that she will lose to Brie tonight and then lose the Divas title when they have their rematch.

3# Charlotte bt. Brie Bella Via Submission in a non-title match – 1/2*
4# Sheamus bt. Mark Henry – 1/4*
(Post-match, Sheamus said that it is only a matter of time before he is the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.)

BACKSTAGE – The authority speak to Kane about returning last night, Kane seemed bemused to what they were saying, Steph then asks him to give her his mask back but he claimed he hadn’t seen it since he gave it to Steph a few months ago. She said that they have a big problem.

5# Rusev, Kofi Kingston & Big E bt. Dolph Ziggler & The Dudley Boyz in a six man tag team match - **1/4
(It was announced before the match that on October 3rd Live in Madison Square Garden it will be The New Day vs. Dudley Boyz for the WWE Tag Team Championship; In the match, Xavier Woods cause the distraction so Ziggler hit the “super kick”, before Ziggler was hit by the “Super kick” from Rusev and he got the 3.)

6# Naomi bt. Natalya - *1/2
(Featuring distraction from Tamina and Sasha Banks.)

BACKSTAGE – The authority tell Seth Rollins that they believe Kane got his frustrations out of his system last night and is ready to continue with his corporate duties, to the bemusement of Rollins.

7# Big Show bt. Cesaro - *3/4
(Post-match, Big Show said that this was a message to Brock Lesnar for October 3rd in Madison Square Garden.)

This Thursday night on Smackdown, it will be Ryback and Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev and Kevin Owens.

The Wyatt Family come on-screen and speak of Randy Orton who apparently hasn’t learnt his lesson and he will fall down.

8# John Cena bt. Seth Rollins to retain the WWE United States Championship - ***1/4
(Post-match, Corporate Kane comes on-screen to tell Rollins that people are coming for the title that he wouldn’t even imagine. The demon Kane then came up from under the ring and dragged Rollins under the ring with him.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN BANK CENTER: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Team B.A.D bt. Team Bella in a Six Diva tag team match - **
2# Stardust bt. R-Truth - *1/2
(The Ascension distracted Truth which led to Stardust picking up the win.)

3# Sheamus bt. Jack Swagger - **1/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Eva Marie bt. Carmella Via count-out - *
2# Tyler Breeze bt. Bull Dempsey - *1/2

We see highlights from this past weekend when NXT toured Texas.

BACKSTAGE - Tyler Breeze was asked about his thoughts in regards to facing Apollo Crews at Takeover, Breeze was unimpressed before he bumped in to Crews who was excited for the match.

William Regal brings Asuka to the ring to sign her NXT contract, she said it was a dream come true and she wants to be NXT Women's Champion. Dana Brooke and Emma interrupt proceedings by telling Asuka to leave the ring, Asuka did leave but not before giving both divas an ominous smile.

Kyle Edwards updates us on the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic by firstly showing highlights from Corbin and Rhyno defeating Gargano and Ciampa last week, we see highlights from this past weekend in Texas when Wilder and Dawson knocked out the NXT Tag Team Champions. This weekend during live events in Florida, it will be The Hype Bros vs. Jason Jordan and Chad Gable, both teams give their thoughts. Next week on NXT, it will be round 2 action as Finn Balor and Samoa Joe face Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady.

3# The Vaudevillains bt. Blake & Murphy to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship - **1/2
(Alexa Bliss was trying to intervene in the match until Blue pants took out Bliss.)

NXT closes with words from both Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady and Finn Balor & Samoa Joe ahead of their match next week.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN BANK CENTER: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Kane opened Smackdown and spoke of returning as director of operations before announcing that tonight we will see Kevin Owens and Rusev vs. Dolph Ziggler and Ryback, Kane also made Luke Harper vs. Roman Reigns with no outside interference. Seth Rollins then interrupted the director of operations to tell him that no one is buying that he isn't the demon under the suit, Kane continued to deny any actions by demon Kane to which Rollins told him he needed help. Kane then announced that in tonight's main event it will be Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose.

1# Roman Reigns bt. Luke Harper - **1/4
(Due to pre-match stipulations, there was no outside interference allowed in the match.)

Before their match, The New Day spoke of disposing of the Dudley Boyz on October 3rd in Madison Square Garden and said they will then be able to make the WWE great again by "saving the tables".

2# The New Day bt. Lucha Dragons & Neville in a six man tag team match - *3/4
3# Cesaro bt. Bo Dallas - *1/2

Charlotte and Becky Lynch come to the ring to thank the WWE Universe before Paige interrupted and said that she is worried that Charlotte isn't 'woman' enough to be the WWE Divas Champion and claims she deserves recognition for the divas revolution. Natalya came to the ring to say that the situation is stupid and paige is better than that, Paige then told Natalya she is better than her and that Natalya is trying to hang on to be relevant, Paige slaps Natalya before she leaves the ring.

4# Ryback & Dolph Ziggler bt. Rusev & Kevin Owens - **3/4
(Feat. Owens walking away from the match.)

5# Dean Ambrose bt. Seth Rollins in a non-title match - **1/2
(Rollins was distracted with the pyro from demon Kane which led to Ambrose getting the win, post-match, Rollins warns Kane that he will suffer the same fate as Sting if he keeps messing with him.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - LAREDO ENERGY ARENA: LAREDO, TX

1# R-Truth bt. Heath Slater
2# Jack Swagger bt. Adam Rose