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[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FIRST NIAGARA CENTER: BUFFALO, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

John Cena opened Monday Night Raw with an United States Championship open challenge and it was The New Day who made their way to the ring with Xavier Woods answering the challenge.

1# John Cena bt. Xavier Woods Via DQ to retain the WWE United States Championship - **
(Big E & Kofi Kingston interfered in the match to cause the DQ. Post-match, Dudley Boyz came to the ring to save Cena from further onslaught from the New Day.)

2# The New Day bt. Dudley Boyz & John Cena in a Six man tag team match - **

BACKSTAGE - The Authority tell Corporate Kane that Ashley from HR will be evaluating Kane tonight after an anonymous complaint of an unsafe working environment.

3# Big Show bt. Mark Henry - 3/4*

Charlotte and Becky Lynch are the special guest’s on MIZ TV and they speak of the recent actions by Paige, Charlotte calls Paige to the ring but instead gets Team Bella, Nikki claimed it was her who started the divas revolution but Charlotte said it was because of the fans who believed in them. Paige came out and claims it is about her and she is the reason why both Charlotte and Becky Lynch are on TV as she was the 1st ever NXT Women’s Champion. Paige and Nikki trade words until it escalates in to a brawl.

4# Team Bella bt. PCB in a six diva tag team match
(Natalya came to the ring in an attempt to keep the match even, Paige attacked Natalya which distracted Charlotte which led to Nikki picking up the win.)

We see a preview video which highlighted the history between Brock Lesnar and Big Show ahead of their match this upcoming Saturday in Madison Square Garden.

Kane is in the ring with Ashley from HR and she gave Kane an all-clear evaluation saying he is fit to be the director of operations, Seth Rollins then came out in an attempt to convince her that he is not who he seems, Kane then brings up the fact it is Rollins who has a temper and even showed a video to prove it. This angered the WWE World Heavyweight Champion as he came to the ring, attacked Kane by hitting the ‘pedigree’, then he attacked Kane with a steel chair before wrapping the chair on the ankle of Kane and stamping on it. Kane got put in to an ambulance and started to go before the demon Kane emerged from it and took down Rollins before hitting the chokeslam, however Rollins escaped an attempt of the tombstone.

Bray Wyatt came on-screen and spoke of facing Roman Reigns alone tonight.

5# Braun Strowman & Luke Harper bt. Primetime Players - *1/4
6# Neville bt. Stardust Via DQ - *1/2
(King Barrett returned and hit Neville with the ‘Bullhammer’ before Stardust suffered the same fate.)

7# Randy Orton bt. Bo Dallas – 3/4*
8# Kevin Owens vs. Rusev in a non-title match ended in a no contest – No Rating
(Ryback was on commentary for the match but he was attacked by both men, post-match, Dolph Ziggler hits the ‘superkick’ on Rusev as Owens fleas the ring.)

Paul Heyman came to the ring and spoke of his client facing Big Show this Saturday night in MSG, a motivated world’s largest athlete then came to the ring and explained what he will do this Saturday – eat, sleep, defeat Lesnar, repeat.

9# Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt ended in a double count-out - **1/2
(Both men brawled on the outside and continued around the arena and both got counted-out, post-match, Wyatt sent Reigns through the security wall before Reigns speared Wyatt through the announce table.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - TIMES UNION CENTER: ALBANY, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Before our first match, Rusev has something to say. He says that he is sick and tired of that puny American hairless Dolph Ziggler. He comes out and kicks him and then he tries to steal his Hot Summer with cheap presents. Hot Summer does not sell herself that cheap.Summer apologizes to "RuRu" and she says she should have thrown away the earrings, she starts to talk about what happened at Night of Champions, but he says that Summer is a woman so she does not know any better.

1# Rusev bt. Zack Ryder Via Submission
2# Braun Strowman bt. Curtis Axel Via Submission
3# Cesaro bt. Bo Dallas

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WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

NXT opens with Kyle Edwards updating us on the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic, we see highlights from this past weekend in Florida, Jason Jordan & Chad Gable defeated the Hype Bros to get a spot in the Semi-Finals, as a result it will be Jason Jordan & Chad Gable vs. Rhyno and Baron Corbin at Takeover. As a result of last weekend where Dawson and Wilder got through to the semi-finals, they will face the winners of the next match, also in the semi-finals at Takeover.

1# Finn Balor & Samoa Joe bt. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady in a 2nd Round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic - **3/4

We hear from Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa about their experience so far in NXT and they say it's only the beginning. Gargano speaks of facing his friend Apollo Crews tonight, Tyler Breeze comes along and says whoever is a friend of Crews is a foe of his, he then challenged Ciampa for a match tonight.

2# Apollo Crews bt. Johnny Gargano - **1/4

BACKSTAGE - Dana Brooke & Emma are in William Regal's office where he announces that at Takeover it will be Dana Brooke vs. Asuka, Brooke remained confident until Regal showed her a video of what she is capable of.

3# Dana Brooke & Emma bt. Peyton Royce & Billie Kay - *1/4

BACKSTAGE - Jason Jordan & Chad Gable are interviewed about their match next week on Takeover, Dawson & Wilder interrupted to tell them that they are done at Takeover.

4# Tyler Breeze bt. Tommaso Ciampa - **3/4

We hear words from Rhyno & Baron Corbin ahead of their semi-final match next week at Takeover.

We see a video package to end the show which hypes next weeks match between Bayley and Sasha Banks for the NXT Women's Championship in a 30-minute Ironman match.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - TIMES UNION CENTER: ALBANY, NY
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

An enraged Seth Rollins opens the show and calls out Kane, corporate Kane comes to the stage on crutches after what Rollins did to him on Raw, and continues to speak of Rollins' 'demon'. Rollins continues to want Kane to admit he is the demon, instead Corporate Kane makes Seth Rollins team with the New Day tonight to face the Dudley Boyz and Seth Rollins' demon himself. Rollins agreed to the match on the premise that Kane would be at ringside which he agreed.

1# Team B.A.D bt. Team Bella in a Six diva tag team match - **1/4

BACKSTAGE - Charlotte and Becky Lynch are interviewed by Jojo about Paige, Paige comes along and received an ultimatum by Charlotte and Lynch - you're either with us or against us. Natalya then comes along and warns Paige that if she disrespects her again like she did on Raw, then she will wish she never met her.

2# Ryback bt. Kevin Owens Via count-out in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match - **
(Post-match, Owens attempted to powerbomb Ryback on the ring apron but it was Ryback who took down the Intercontinental Champion and hit Owens with the "shell shocked".)

3# Lucha Dragons & Neville bt. The Ascension & Stardust in a Six man tag team match - **1/4

The Wyatt Family come to the ring and Bray Wyatt addresses Roman Reigns after their match on Raw, Reigns comes to the ring alone and after a long confrontation with Wyatt uttered the words, "Hell In A Cell".

4# The Dudley Boyz & Demon Kane bt. The New Day in a six man tag team match - **
(Corporate Kane was at ringside until he was taken out by Rollins by accident so he was escorted to the locker room. Demon Kane came to the ring as Rollins made a feline for it, once the Dudley Boyz got the win, Kane chokeslammed them and the New Day before hitting Woods with a tombstone, then demon Kane raised the WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015
VENUE - FIRST NIAGARA CENTER: BUFFALO, NY
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & BYRON SAXTON

1# Cesaro bt. Heath Slater Via Submission
2# Lucha Dragons bt. The Ascension

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE LIVE FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
DATE - SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: NEW YORK CITY, NY
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, RICH BRENNAN & BYRON SAXTON

1# Randy Orton & Dolph Ziggler bt. Sheamus & Rusev - **1/2
(Post-match, Rusev verbally tirades Sheamus before Sheamus hit him with the "brogue kick", then he told the Bulgarian Brute to kiss his arse.)

2# Neville bt. Stardust - **
3# Team Bella bt. PCB in a six diva tag team match - *1/2
(Charlotte and Becky Lynch refused to tag in to the match after Paige tagged herself in earlier. Post-match, Paige bemoaned what her team mates did and claimed she would never do that.)

4# Kevin Owens bt. Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship - ***
5# 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 continued the beatdown on the Dudleyz until they fought back and hit Woods with a 3D through a table.)

6# Brock Lesnar bt. Big Show - *1/2
(Post-match, Lesnar returned to the ring and hit a "belly to back Suplex" on the world's largest athlete before hitting a second F5.)

7# John Cena bt. Seth Rollins in a "Steel Cage match" to retain the WWE United States Championship - ***1/2
(Demon Kane came to ringside which stopped Rollins from climbing over, Rollins then attempted a splash from the top of the cage but missed as Cena hit the AA to get the 3. Post-match, Kane got in to the cage and hit Rollins with a chokeslam and finished with a tombstone.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - TD GARDEN: BOSTON, MA
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Monday Night Raw opens with Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar, Heyman spoke of Lesnar conquering "the Giant" this past Saturday in Madison Square Garden then spoke about Lesnar vs. The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell. Heyman revisits what happened at Wrestlemania 30 and then how the Undertaker wasn't deadman enough to get revenge at Summerslam, however Heyman said on October 25th at Hell in a Cell it will be the last time Brock Lesnar will ever face the Undertaker, and one man will not be walking out of the cell at all. Big Show then interrupted proceeding to extend his hand to Lesnar but Lesnar laughed in his face and walked away, Show told Lesnar he hoped he loses again at Hell In A Cell, this angered Lesnar as he hit the world's largest athlete with a "belly to belly" suplex before hitting the F5.

1# Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & Randy Orton bt. The Wyatt Family in a Six man tag team match - ***1/4
(Post-match, Reigns told Wyatt that he will be the one who ends it at Hell in A Cell.)

2# Sheamus bt. Neville
(King Barrett was on commentary for the match, he distracted Neville which led to Sheamus hitting the 'brogue kick', then getting the 3.)

Corporate Kane comes to the ring and suggests that that despite being in a walking boot, Rollins needs a partner tonight after Lesnar took out the Big Show and wants Rollins to suggest his partner should be him. Rollins comes out and says that he isn't playing in to Kane's mind games before insulting Tom Brady, Kane spoke of a poster he has in his office on having to face your "demons", Stephanie McMahon then came to the ring and made Seth Rollins vs. Demon Kane for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Hell in a Cell. Stephanie then agreed to have Kane team with Rollins to face the Dudley Boyz tonight, she did make one final stipulation for Hell in a Cell, if Demon Kane doesn't win then Corporate Kane will be relieved of his duties.

3# Natalya bt. Paige Via Submission - **1/2
4# Kevin Owens bt. Sin Cara in a non-title match
(Post-match, Owens attacked Kalisto and was going to powerbomb him on the apron, however Ryback made the save as Owens made an escape through the crowd.)

BACKSTAGE – Stephanie McMahon was on her phone when the New Day walked up to her chanting her name despite her saying she is busy, she commented to them that she saw what happened this past Saturday and as a result it will be the New Day vs. Dudley Boyz for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Hell in a Cell.

The entire WWE roster is on the stage with John Cena and Roman Reigns in the ring with 9 breast cancer survivors, Cena spoke of the WWE teaming with Susan G.Komen to fight breast cancer and save lives as October is Breast cancer awareness month and WWE has gone pink to show support to the women fighting the disease. They speak of the women having true fighting spirit and how the WWE Universe can go to WWEShop.com to get the gear, and join the fight.

5# Dudley Boyz bt. Seth Rollins & Corporate Kane Via DQ - **1/4
(The Dudleyz grabbed a table from underneath the ring but Rollins dropkicked it in to them to cause the DQ, previous to this, Rollins handcuffed corporate Kane to the ring but when it broke and Kane got knocked off the ring apron, Kane got helped to the back but not before giving Rollins a demonic smile. After the match was over, Demon Kane attacked Seth Rollins but it was the Dudley Boyz who hit Kane with the 3D to exact some revenge after what happened this past Thursday on Smackdown. Dudley Boyz left the ring, but Rollins brought a table in to the ring with intention of putting Kane through it, however Rollins was then chokeslammed through it.)

Team B.A.D and Team Bella both trade words before the match with Sasha Banks reveling in being in her hometown, then Nikki spoke of how neither Banks or the Red Sox will win any titles in October before speaking of the Yankees, when Naomi referred to Nikki being used to going all the way after Nikki spoke of going all the way at Hell in a Cell when she gets her rematch for the WWE Divas Championship. Banks told her that it doesn’t matter who the champion is at Hell in a Cell because they’re keeping the title warm for her, both teams were ready to get “real” before the match begins.

6# Team B.A.D bt. Team Bella in a Six diva tag team match - **

Summer Rae is in the ring and she introduces Rusev, she wanted to dedicate the Raw segment to him and honour him before we see a sappy video package of her and Rusev’s relationship. Summer then got a box out of her bra and asked him to marry her, Rusev said that he will marry her but not yet, he wants gold around his waist then she can have gold around his finger.

This Thursday night on Smackdown, it will be Roman Reigns & Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman.

John Cena makes his way to the ring to issue a WWE United States Championship open challenge, Ziggler’s music hits but he didn’t show, the New Day then come out and bring a fallen Ziggler with them. Woods spoke of Cena talking about getting serious, then questions Cena if this was serious enough for him. They speculate who will answer the challenge before revealing it will be Big E.

7# John Cena bt. Big E to retain the WWE United States Championship - **
(Post-match, The New Day attacked Cena in a 3 on 1 attack until Ziggler ran down to make the save, Ziggler tried to clean house but ended up superkicking Cena by accident, The New Day quickly assault Ziggler before the Dudley Boyz run down to the ring before the New Day leave Cena, Zigger and the Dudley Boyz lying in the ring.)

 

[Scott Barton]

NXT TAKEOVER - RESPECT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Finn Balor & Samoa Joe bt. Dawson & Wilder in a "Semi-Final" match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic - ***
2# Baron Corbin & Rhyno bt. Chad Gable & Jason Jordan in a "Semi-Final" match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic - ***1/4
3# Asuka bt. Dana Brooke Via Submission - **
4# Apollo Crews bt. Tyler Breeze - ***1/2
5# Finn Balor & Samoa Joe bt. Rhyno & Baron Corbin in the "Finals" of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic - ***
(Post-match, The Rhodes Family present Balor & Joe with the trophy, with Cody Rhodes stating that, "tonight, we're all Rhodes".)

6# Bayley bt. Sasha Banks In a 30-Minute "Ironman" match to retain the NXT Women's Championship - ****1/4
(Bayley beat Sasha Banks by three falls to two; post-match, the NXT roster came to the stage to pay respect to both women, with Triple H & Stephanie McMahon presenting them with a bouquet of flowers as the crowd at Full Sail were chanting, "you deserve it".)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - WELLS FARGO CENTER: PHILADELPHIA, PA
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

Kevin Owens opened Main Event and spoke about the speculation of who will be the WWE superstar of the year, Owens then claimed that the only acceptable answer was himself. Owens then took exception to the commentators speaking of Chris Jericho's 25th anniversary last weekend in MSG instead of speaking of Owens being the Intercontinental Champion at MSG for the first time. Owens referred to Saxton as disrespectful and a bully, Owens then goads Jimmy Uso to get in the ring, Jimmy Uso says that he is done talking before Owens leaves the ring. After the commercial, we learn that tonight it will be Kevin Owens vs. Jimmy Uso.

1# Naomi bt. Paige - *3/4
2# Kevin Owens bt. Jimmy Uso in a non-title match - **1/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE – THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED – TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – WELLS FARGO CENTER: PHILADELPHIA, PA
ANNOUNCERS – BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER

The New Day open the show and spoke of neither John Cena, Dolph Ziggler or the Dudley Boyz being able to stop the power of positivity this past Monday on Raw. They insulted the hometown football team before speaking of the Dudley Boyz “conning” their way in to another wwe Tag Team Championship match, however The New Day spoke of ridding the WWE of them. Dolph Ziggler came out and said that tonight, the authority has given him a shot at retribution after his WWE United States Championship shot was stolen from him on Raw, and the retribution was a match against Big E.

1# Big E bt. Dolph Ziggler - **1/4
(Kofi Kingston cheapshotted Ziggler as Xavier Woods distracted the referee, Kingston held Ziggler’s foot down so he was unable to kick out of the 3 count.)

2# Charlotte, Becky Lynch & Natalya bt. Team Bella Via Submission in a six diva tag team match - *3/4
(Post-match, Renee Young interviewed Paige backstage and Paige took exception to them being called ‘NCP’ as Paige claimed it was still PCB and she doesn’t like Natalya.)

3# Ryback bt. Rusev - **
(Kevin Owens was on commentary for the match.)

Bray Wyatt comes on-screen and talks about facing Roman Reigns inside Hell In A Cell, Wyatt also said he will put Reigns down. Wyatt turned his attention to tonight and said Reigns and Orton will face his judgement in the black sheep before Strowman comes on-screen and refers to them as hunting rabbits.

4# King Barrett bt. Neville - **

Stardust comes on-screen and picks out a card which he has chosen from a pack.

5# Roman Reigns & Randy Orton bt. Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman Via DQ - *3/4
(Bray Wyatt used a chair which cause the DQ, post-match, Wyatt layed out Roman Reigns again with the steel chair. Randy Orton got back in to the ring and along with Reigns took down both men with Orton hitting Wyatt with an RKO before Reigns hit him with a spear.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - TD GARDEN: BOSTON, MA
ANNOUNCERS - RICH BRENNAN & XAVIER WOODS

1# Cesaro bt. Adam Rose - *3/4
2# Primetime Players bt. The Ascension - *3/4

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE – MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – ALLSTATE ARENA: CHICAGO, IL
ANNOUNCERS – JOHN “BRADSHAW” LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The show opens with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon on the phone with Corporate Kane, they tell him that they are running really late and they have not left yet. In light of this, Corporate Kane announced that tonight, he will face the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins in a Lumberjack match.

Dean Ambrose comes to the ring and welcomes us to Monday Night Raw, Ambrose says that he is here for a fight. Randy Orton comes to the ring and said that he and Ambrose will be teaming to face Luke Harper and Braun Strowman at Hell in a Cell, both Ambrose and Orton speak of not being able to trust each other and who leads the team, The New Day interrupt and tell both men they should be talking about the New Day after they took down Dolph Ziggler, John Cena and the Dudley Boyz last week on Raw; they even commented how The Shield, the Authority, Evolution or even Legacy could do that. Corporate Kane came on-screen and said that the inmates aren’t running the asylum tonight, he is, therefore he makes The New Day vs. Dean Ambrose & Randy Orton right now.

1# Kofi Kingston & Big E bt. Randy Orton & Dean Ambrose in a non-title match - **3/4

We see a preview video for Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker in 13 days in Hell in a Cell.

2# Nikki Bella bt. Naomi - *
(During the match, Brie Bella got on the announce table and chanted, “we want Sasha”. Sasha Banks took down Brie but this distracted Naomi as Nikki hit her with the forearm and hit the “Rack Attack”, and got the 3.)

John Cena came to the ring and issued another WWE United States Championship open challenge, and it was answered by the man who got beaten down last week before the challenge, Dolph Ziggler.

3# John Cena bt. Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE United States Championship - ***
4# The Dudley Boyz bt. The Ascension - *
5# Sheamus & King Barrett bt. Neville & Cesaro - *3/4

Roman Reigns comes to the ring and speaks of the fact that himself vs. Bray Wyatt is all about the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, he spoke of their battles which started at Money in the Bank when Bray Wyatt cost him the Money in the Bank ladder match, the battles continued and as they did, the Wyatt Family got bigger. Reigns focused on the fact that Wyatt had stopped him doing things for this loved ones and details what he will do to Wyatt at Hell in a Cell. The Wyatt Family comes out with Wyatt claiming that it is Roman Reigns who is trying to convince himself.

6# Roman Reigns bt. Braun Strowman Via count-out - *1/2

BACKSTAGE – Corporate Kane is once again speaking to the authority with the line repeatedly cutting out when he is asked what the main event is tonight.

7# Ryback bt. Rusev – 3/4*
(Post-match, Summer Rae shows the article from TMZ which shows that Lana and Rusev are engaged, Rae called Rusev a “whipped little boy”, she then went in to a tirade calling him amongst other things an egotistical, self-centred bastard, she then slapped him before leaving the ring.)

8# Kevin Owens bt. Kalisto in a non-title match - **1/4
9# Brie Bella & Alicia Fox bt. Charlotte & Becky Lynch – 1/2*
(When Natalya was coming to the ring to the aid of Becky Lynch and Charlotte, Paige who was on commentary for the match, pushed her before Natalya got taken down.)

BACKSTAGE – Corporate Kane finally told the Authority the main event for tonight and was warned that under no circumstance should he face Seth Rollins tonight. Moments later, Corporate Kane bumped in to Seth Rollins to inform him that he won’t be facing him tonight, but he will find a suitable replacement.

Live next week on Raw from Dallas, we will see appearances from Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Ric Flair and Brock Lesnar.

10# Demon Kane bt. Seth Rollins in a non-title “Lumberjack” match - *3/4
(Lumberjacks were – Dudley Boyz, Adam Rose, Sheamus, King Barrett, Rusev, Kevin Owens, Jack Swagger, Stardust, Neville, Primetime Players, The New Day, The Ascension, Big Show, Mark Henry, Cesaro and the Lucha Dragons. During the match, a mass brawl broke out between the lumberjacks.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE – WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED – TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – US BANK ARENA: CINCINNATI, OH
ANNOUNCERS – JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Stardust bt. Fandango - **
2# Ryback bt. Adam Rose - *
3# The Bella Twins bt. Tamina & Naomi - **

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE – WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED – THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS – BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

The NXT Women’s Champion, Bayley, opens the show and revels in the respect given to her at Full Sail after last week and spoke of the Divas revolution being taken to a whole new level. Alexa Bliss then came to the ring along with Blake & Murphy, she congratulated Bayley, however this turned out to be a façade as she took the Women’s title from Bayley and told her that she wants the Women’s Championship.

We see highlights from WWE.COM last week where Samoa Joe and Finn Balor were congratulated on winning the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic, Samoa Joe spoke to Finn Balor about now wanting an NXT Championship match. NXT General Manager, William Regal, told both men it wasn’t as easy as that and as the focus recently has been on the tag team classic and not the NXT Championship, the focus on the number 1 contender has been lost so tonight there will be a battle royal to determine a new number 1 contender for the NXT Championship.

1# The Vaudevillains bt. Angelo Dawkins & Sawyer Fulton in a non-title match - *3/4

BACKSTAGE – Devin interviews Dawson & Wilder who claim to be the number 1 contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship before sending a message to Enzo Amore & “Big Cass”.

2# Nia Jax bt. Evie – 1/2*

Eva Marie sent a video message from Paris and said that she misses everyone but she needed some “me” time.

3# Apollo Crews won a Battle Royal to become the #1 contender for the NXT Championship - ***
(Order of elimination – Steve Cutler, Danny Birch, Elias Samson, Johnny Gargano, Riddick Moss, Colin Cassady, Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder, Enzo Amore, Tye Dillinger, Bull Dempsey, Mojo Rawley, Zack Ryder, Rhyno, Tommasso Ciampa, Blake & Murphy, Tyler Breeze, Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE – THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED – TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – US BANK ARENA: CINCINNATI, OH
ANNOUNCERS – BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER

Tonight on Smackdown we will see Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev with Summer Rae as the special guest referee, and tonight it will be a Six man tag team main event when Dean Ambrose teams with the Dudley Boyz to face The New Day.

1# Roman Reigns bt. Bo Dallas - *1/4
(Post-match, Reigns refers to Wyatt as the devil and says that he is bringing the fight at Hell in a Cell and the only way to stop the devil is to ride straight to hell. Bray Wyatt comes on-screen to tell Reigns that this Monday on Raw, he will deliver a prophecy to him.)

2# Sheamus & King Barrett bt. Cesaro & Neville - **3/4
(Featuring Stardust and the Ascension in the crowd with Stardust holding a “Stardust section” sign.)

3# Kevin Owens bt. Zack Ryder in a non-title match - *
(Post-match, Ryback went after Owens but Owens quickly made himself scarce.)

BACKSTAGE – Paige apologized to Natalya for what she has done recently.

4# Dolph Ziggler bt. Rusev - **
(Summer Rae was the guest referee for this match, Rae slapped Rusev which led to the Zig Zag and the 3. Post-match, Rae tried to hint at Ziggler as they are both single but Ziggler told Rae he didn’t want to be used.)

5# Braun Strowman & Luke Harper bt. The Primetime Players Via Submission - *1/2
6# Charlotte bt. Alicia Fox Via Submission in a non-title match - *1/2
(Post-match, Team Bella take it to Becky Lynch and Charlotte until Paige came down and made the save.)

BACKSTAGE – Paige spoke with Charlotte and Becky Lynch about PCB back together, we then see that Natalya has been laid out in her locker room as currently she is unconscious.

7# Dudley Boyz & Dean Ambrose bt. The New Day Via DQ in a Six man tag team match - **
(Xavier Woods interfered in the match and hit the Dudleyz with the trombone to cause the DQ, post-match, The New Day continued to take down the Dudley Boyz.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE – FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED – MONDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE – ALLSTATE ARENA: CHICAGO, IL

1# Jack Swagger bt. Adam Rose
2# Stardust bt. Fandango

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER: DALLAS, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

Monday Night Raw opens with the "Texas Rattlesnake" Stone Cold Steve Austin, and this is his first appearance live on Raw in 4 years. Austin hypes tonight's "Stone Cold Podcast" with Brock Lesnar, he then introduces The Undertaker to the ring. The Undertaker comes to the ring, and he sends a message to Brock Lesnar stating that the depth of hell with look like the gates of heaven compared to where he will take him this sunday at Hell in a Cell. Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came to the stage, they spoke of avenging the tainted victory from Summerslam and spoke of how Undertaker lusts to avenge Brock Lesnar ending his Wrestlemania undefeated streak. Heyman spoke of Lesnar's dominance over the deadman before Undertaker challenged Lesnar for a fight right now, Lesnar resisted and headed back up the ramp.

1# The New Day bt. The Dudley Boyz & John Cena in a six man tag team match - **1/4
(Post-match, Dudley Boyz and Cena took down the New Day with Cena hitting Xavier Woods with the AA before the Dudley Boyz put him through a table.)

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interviewed Dean Ambrose regarding the whereabouts of Randy Orton, Ambrose said it was the Wyatts who got to Orton and he has a fight to pick with Harper and Strowman tonight.

2# Nikki Bella & Alicia Fox bt. Naomi & Sasha Banks - **

We learn after what Kane did last week and defying the orders of the Authority, he will be suspended from Monday Night Raw tonight.

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels comes to the ring and spoke of The Undertaker stepping inside Hell in a Cell this Sunday and how it is 18 years since the first Hell in a Cell match. Michaels spoke of Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt inside Hell in a Cell before Seth Rollins interrupted, Rollins bemoaned how Michaels didn't introduce him and he should be speaking about Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell, Rollins then claimed he was a much better version 2 of Michaels. The showstopper told Rollins how he never thought of being a version 2 of anybody, they spoke of the Demon Kane before Rollins claimed he will defeat him this Sunday. When Rollins was done he asked to play his music, this was before Michaels informed he will be facing Ryback in a match next.

3# Seth Rollins bt. Ryback in a non-title match - **
4# King Barrett, Rusev & Sheamus bt. Dolph Ziggler, Cesaro & Neville in a Six man tag team match - **1/2

This Thursday night on Smackdown there will be a MIZ TV with guests Summer Rae and Dolph Ziggler.

2-Time Hall of Fame and the 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, Ric Flair, came to the ring and spoke of the history of wrestling in Texas and also how Wrestlemania will be taking over Dallas. The Nature Boy announced that tonight, Dean Ambrose will team with Roman Reigns before Reigns came to the ring. The Wyatt Family came down before Reigns set two chairs in the ring for himself and Bray Wyatt, Reigns claimed that Wyatt is scared alone and spoke how they will end “this” on Sunday. Wyatt made the first move towards Reigns but Reigns took down the Wyatt Family, and also the returning Erick Rowan, with a steel chair.

BACKSTAGE – The Authority and Shawn Michaels coaxed Seth Rollins to be the partner of Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose tonight.

5# Charlotte bt. Brie Bella Via Submission in a non-title match - *1/2

BACKSTAGE – Renee Young interviewed Paige about her being the prime suspect in who attacked Natalya last week on Smackdown.

6# Kevin Owens bt. Mark Henry in a non-title match - *
(Post-match, Ryback powerbombed Owens after Mark Henry threw him back in to the ring.)

We learn that this Sunday at Hell in a Cell, John Cena will put the WWE United States Championship on the line in another United States Championship open challenge.

7# The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan) bt. Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins Via DQ in a six man tag team match - **
(After Rollins had left the match, Strowman applied the head and arm choke to Reigns before Ambrose hit Strowman with a kendo stick to cause the DQ, post-match, both the Wyatts and Ambrose/Reigns went back and forth but it was Ambrose and Reigns who stood tall in the ring.)

BACKSTAGE – We saw Stone Cold Steve Austin shake hands with Brock Lesnar ahead of their much anticipated “Stone Cold Podcast” and it is next on the WWE Network.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FRANK ERWIN CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, TX
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Sasha Banks bt. Brie Bella Via Submission - **
2# Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan bt. Primetime Players Via Submission - *1/2
3# Kevin Owens bt. Neville in a non-title match - **1/2

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Asuka bt. Billie Kay Via Submission - *3/4
2# Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady bt. Dawson & Wilder - *1/2
(Post-match, Dawson and Wilder took down Amore & Big Cass.)

Eva Marie sends a video message from Paris and says she is missing everyone and hopes people don't forget about her.

3# James Storm bt. Danny Burch - *

We see a video of Apollo Crews and about his life and career ahead of his NXT Championship match with Finn Balor in 2 weeks.

4# Alexa Bliss bt. Peyton Royce - *1/4
(Post-match, Bliss spoke of Bayley being a role model and how that will stop, then goes on to say that herself is who everyone strives to be and says she will be the NXT Women's Champion.)

NEXT WEEK - Samoa Joe vs. Tyler Breeze

5# Baron Corbin bt. Rhyno - **1/2

BACKSTAGE - Samoa Joe has comments for Tyler Breeze ahead of their match next week, he calls Breeze a desperate man after he pulled Joe off the apron in the battle royal last week and also calling him out.

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FRANK ERWIN CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: AUSTIN, TX
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The show opens with Seth Rollins running in to Corporate Kane backstage, Rollins referred to this as being Kane's last ever smackdown as the director of operations, Kane responded by saying it may be Rollins' last Smackdown as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, therefore he will be opening the show tonight. Corporate Kane then bumped in to Kofi Kingston and Big E, they bemoan what the Dudley Boyz did to Xavier Woods on Raw, Kane them made them both face Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns tonight.

1# Seth Rollins bt. Cesaro in a non-title match - **3/4
(Featuring Stardust and The Ascension watching in the crowd.)

Paige is in the ring and says that despite denying the allegations that she attacked Natalya last week, there is only 2 people that she cares about, that being Charlotte and Becky Lynch who she called to the ring. Both Charlotte and Lynch struggle to believe Paige didn't attack Natalya after everything that has happened, Team Bella then come to the stage with Nikki claiming that she was champion for so long because she didn't let anything get in her way and Charlotte will learn the lesson this Sunday. Charlotte stepped up to Nikki by saying she didn't want to wait until Hell in a Cell, Paige then stood up for Charlotte and challenged nikki for a match right now.

2# Nikki Bella bt. Paige - **

We have another edition of MIZ TV with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae, Ziggler tells Summer that he isn't that in to her and she responds by saying she has moved on and found a new man - Tyler Breeze. Breeze comes to the ring and introduces himself before saying that he and Summer Rae together will give the WWE a much needed facelift and that "prince pretty" has arrived, Breeze followed by attacking Ziggler and then rammed a "selfie stick" in to Ziggler's throat and continued the onslaught.

3# Sheamus & King Barrett (w/ Rusev) bt. Lucha Dragons - **1/4

Bo Dallas is in the ring and says he accepts John Cena's open challenge for the WWE United States Championship this Sunday before doing a rendition of the national anthem.

4# Ryback bt. Bo Dallas - 3/4*
(Post-match, Renee Young interviews Kevin Owens backstage who remained confident ahead of this Sunday.)

5# Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose bt. Kofi Kingston & Big E in a non-title match - **3/4
(Kingston and Big E tried to leave during the match but the Dudley boyz marched them back to the ring, post-match, Bray Wyatt comes on-screen and tells Reigns that “no matter how much you run, you can’t outrun your fear”, then he told him he will see him in hell.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER: DALLAS, TX

1# Fandango bt. Heath Slater
2# Stardust (w/ The Ascension) bt. Zack Ryder

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE HELL IN A CELL 2015
DATE - SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - STAPLES CENTER: LOS ANGELES, CA
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

HELL IN A CELL KICK-OFF MATCH: Neville, Cesaro & Dolph Ziggler bt. King Barrett, Rusev & Sheamus in a Six man tag team match - **3/4

John Cena opened the show and issued a United States Championship open challenge, Zeb Colter then made his way out and spoke of "uniting a divide" that Cena had created and told him it was time that Cena lost the United States title. Colter then introduced Cena's opponent - Alberto Del Rio.

1# Alberto Del Rio (w/ Zeb Colter) bt. John Cena to become the NEW WWE United States Champion - **1/2
2# Roman Reigns bt. Bray Wyatt in a "Hell In A Cell" match - ***1/4

We celebrate 25 years of the Undertaker on Sunday November 22nd at WWE Survivor Series from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA

3# Kofi Kingston & Big E bt. Dudley Boyz to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship - **
(Big E hit Bubba Ray with the trombone behind the referee's back which led to Kingston hitting the "Trouble In Paradise" and getting the 3.)

4# Charlotte bt. Nikki Bella Via Submission to retain the WWE Divas Championship - **
(Due to pre-match stipulations; there was no outside interference allowed in this match.)

5# Seth Rollins bt. Demon Kane to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship - **1/4
(Due to pre-match stipulations, Corporate Kane is no longer the Director of Operations.)

Renee Young, Booker T, Byron Saxton and Corey Graves are on the kick-off panel and discuss what has happened so far and also the Kick-off match.

6# Kevin Owens bt. Ryback to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship - **
7# Brock Lesnar bt. The Undertaker in a "Hell In A Cell" match - ***1/2
(Post-match, all 4 members of the Wyatt Family attacked the deadman before carrying him away.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - VALLEY VIEW CASINO CENTER: SAN DIEGO, CA
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The Authority open Raw and spoke of Hell In A Cell and the emergence of a new generation when Seth Rollins bested the Demon Kane, they then brought the WWE World Heavyweight Champion to the ring. The Authority spoke of how Rollins has beaten everyone in his path, therefore as Rollins has "cleared out the competition", the winners from last night at Hell In A Cell will compete, the winners of those matches will go on to a fatal-4-way in tonight's main event to earn the right to get "beaten by Seth Rollins". Roman Reigns interrupted proceeding and told Rollins that after tonight, he is looking at the number 1 contender and the man who will take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

1# Roman Reigns bt. Kofi Kingston to advance to tonight's #1 contenders Fatal-4-Way - **1/4

We learn that also tonight - Alberto Del Rio will face Neville, Dolph Ziggler will face Big E and up next, it will be Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro, all to earn the right to advance to tonight's fatal-4-way main event to determine the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

2# Kevin Owens bt. Cesaro in a non-title match to advance to tonight's #1 contenders Fatal-4-Way - **

BACKSTAGE - After Paige spoke with Charlotte and Becky Lynch, they agreed to let Paige come to the ring with them tonight.

3# Team Bella bt. PCB in a six diva tag team match - **
(Post-match, Paige assaulted both Charlotte and Becky Lynch.)

4# Alberto Del Rio bt. Neville in a non-title match to advance to tonight's #1 contenders Fatal-4-Way - **1/4
5# King Barrett, Sheamus & Rusev bt. Dudley Boyz & Ryback in a six man tag team match - **1/2

Bray Wyatt is in the ring and spoke of last night, he said that he and Reigns will dance again but when Wyatt is revitalized. Wyatt went on to spoke of what happened with the Undertaker, he said that The Undertaker's demise will be his resurrection. Kane then came to the ring but was soon assaulted by the wyatt Family before being carried away like The undertaker was last night.

6# Dolph Ziggler bt. Big E to advance to tonight's #1 contenders Fatal-4-Way - **1/2
(Featuring Tyler Breeze and Summer rae in the VIP section at ringside.)

Titus O'Neil is in the ring with the WWE roster and breast cancer survivors, he thanks the WWE Universe for helping those with the disease and Susan G.Komen "rise above cancer".

BACKSTAGE - The miz is playing on the new WWE video game, he starts imitating Stone Cold Steve Austin. The texas rattlesnake comes along and asks miz when the game is available, and that is tomorrow.

7# Roman Reigns bt. Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio in a "Fatal-4-Way" to become the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship - ***1/4
(post-match, Reigns went face-to-face with the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth rollins, who was on commentary for the match.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA: PHOENIX, AZ
ANNOUNCERS - JIMMY USO, TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Brie Bella bt. Becky Lynch - **
(Featuring distraction from Nikki Bella.)

2# Stardust (w/ The Ascension) bt. Zack Ryder - *3/4
(Featuring distraction from the Ascension.)

3# Neville bt. Rusev via a referee stoppage - *1/2
(The WWE doctor stopped the match due an injury to Rusev's bicep.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Emma bt. Shazza Via Submission - **

We see an exclusive from WWE.COM where Tom Phillips interviewed James Storm after he debuted last week.

We see an in-depth look at the life and career of Finn Balor ahead of his NXT Championship defence next week against Apollo Crews.

2# Chad Gable & Jason Jordan bt. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa - ***1/4

Eva Marie sends another video message from Paris and says once again, how much she is missing everyone and she will be back extremely soon.

3# Nia Jax bt. Kay Lee Ray - 1/2

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady were coming to the ring when they were assaulted by Dawson and Wilder.

BACKSTAGE - Tom Phillips was interviewing Alexa Bliss, who had Blake & Murphy with her, she revealed that Regal has allowed her to challenge Bayley to a 6-person tag team match but questions Bayley being able to find anyone to team with her.

4# Samoa Joe bt. Tyler Breeze Via Submission - **3/4

BACKSTAGE - Devin interviews Finn Balor ahead of the NXT Championship match next week and Balor remains confident

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA: PHOENIX, AZ
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

The show opens with Bray Wyatt speaking of owning the soul of the Undertaker and Kane before issuing a challenge for 3 men who are brave enough to come face to face with his monsters.

Roman Reigns makes his way to the ring on a special Halloween edition of Smackdown to talk about his goal of winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and how he is the number 1 contender, Reigns said that only Rollins is now in his way and there is no one who wants him to fail more than him. Kevin Owens interrupted and mocked Reigns by saying his win on Raw was a fluke as he was a split second away from being powerbombed. Reigns is ready for a fight and tells Owens he isn't going anywhere until he gets one.

1# Roman Reigns bt. Kevin Owens in a non-title match Via count-out - **3/4

BACKSTAGE - Renee Young interviewed Dean Ambrose who said he will accept Wyatt's challenge tonight. Moments later, Bo Dallas who was dressed as ghost, failed to scare Young and said that he will scare someone tonight.

2# Lucha Dragons bt. The Ascension, Sheamus & King Barrett and Dudley Boyz in a 4-team "Tag Team Terror" match - **1/2
(Kofi Kingston & Big E were on commentary.)

BACKSTAGE - Dean Ambrose bumps in to Cesaro who said that he will be Ambrose's partner tonight.

3# Dolph Ziggler bt. The Miz in a "Trick or Treat" Street Fight - **1/2
(Post-match, Tyler Breeze assaulted Ziggler.)

4# Paige bt. Natalya - 1/4*
(Team B.A.D came down and mocked Natalya, Paige took the advantage by hitting Natalya with the "Ram-Paige" and getting the 3. Post-match, Team B.A.D assaulted Natalya in a 3 on 1 assault which ended with banks hitting her with the "bank statement".)

BACKSTAGE – Ryback spoke to Dean Ambrose about having a history with the Wyatt Family and said he will be Ryback’s partner tonight.

Zeb Colter and Alberto Del Rio came to the stage before the match and spoke of them uniting and being known as “Mexamericans”, they then announced that the United States Championship will now be known as the “Mexamerican title”.

5# Alberto Del Rio bt. R-Truth in a non-title match – 1/4*

BACKSTAGE – “Boo Dallas” jumped out of a box dressed as a ghost at Mark Henry, in retalisation, the world’s strongest man clocked Dallas.

6# The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper, Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman) w/ Bray Wyatt bt. Cesaro, Ryback & Dean Ambrose in a “Face your fear” six man tag team match - **3/4
(When the referee was distracted with Strowman after he pushed over the announce table, Wyatt clocked Cesaro which led to Harper hitting the “Discus clothesline” and getting the 3.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE SUPERSTARS
DATE - FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2015
TAPED - MONDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - VALLEY VIEW CASINO CENTER: SAN DIEGO, CA

1# Kalisto bt. Viktor
2# Bo Dallas bt. Fandango

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
DATE - MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2015
VENUE - PEPSI CENTER: DENVER, CO
ANNOUNCERS - JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD, MICHAEL COLE & BYRON SAXTON

The new number 1 contender - Roman Reigns, opened up Monday Night Raw from Denver to speak about Seth Rollins and being the next WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Seth Rollins came out to dismiss Reigns' claim that he will do what no one else has and take the title from him, Rollins also tells Reigns that despite him being good, he will always be remembered as the guy who carried his bags. Reigns and Rollins were both ready for a fight, however it was thwarted when the Authority came out and teased the fans in attendance a battle between both men, but in the end announced that they will fight at the Survivor Series. Triple H announced that tonight, we will have a traditional Survivor Series 5 on 5 tag team elimination match where Team Rollins will face Team Reigns.

1# Kevin Owens bt. Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match - **1/2
(Tyler Breeze distracted Ziggler which led to Owens hitting the "Pop-up Powerbomb" and getting the 3. Post-match, Breeze was trying to do a selfie with a fallen Ziggler until Ziggler kicked him in the head, Breeze soon knocked Ziggler back down though with the "Beauty Shot".)

In light of tonight's tag team elimination match, we go back to November 26th 1987 at the Richfield Coliseum for the inaugural Survivor Series and the first ever tag team elimination match which saw Randy Savage, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat survive against a team put together by the Honky Tonk Man.

BACKSTAGE - Seth Rollins approaches Kevin Owens and suggests a possible champion vs. champion match at Wrestlemania in order to coax him in to being on his team tonight, Owens accepts.

2# Cesaro bt. The Miz Via Submission - **
(Featuring Stardust and the Ascension continuing to stalk Cesaro at ringside.)

The Wyatt Family come to the ring and Bray Wyatt spoke about carrying away The Undertaker and the demon Kane, he mentioned that it wasn’t their bodies that he wanted, it was their souls. Wyatt spoke about giving everyone something special as he has harvested the souls of both men, he said he is now the one who summons the thunder and lightning as he is the “eater of the worlds”, he says he has it in his power to take over the world and burn it down. A video then plays of the brothers of destruction.

3# Lucha Dragons bt. King Barrett & Sheamus - **1/4

BACKSTAGE – JacK Swagger questions Zeb Colter about his new alliance with Alberto Del Rio, Colter continued to speak of the uniting the divide between America and Mexico and spoke of Mexamerica, Del Rio came along and told Swagger to stay out of their business.

4# Alberto Del Rio bt. R-Truth in a non-title match – 3/4*

We go back to November 27th 2005 in the Joe Louis Arena where Randy Orton was the sole survivor in the match that saw Team Smackdown defeat Team Raw.

BACKSTAGE – The New Day approach Seth Rollins about being on his team tonight, Rollins questioned that he needs another man, however Xavier Woods returned and brought along the trombone with him.

5# Paige bt. Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks & Brie Bella in a “Fatal-4-Way” to become the #1 contender for the Divas Championship - **1/4
(Post-match, Byron Saxton interviewed Paige who called who she just faced losers, then referred to those who support them as losers and also those who support Charlotte as also being losers.)

We go back to November 23rd last year when Dolph Ziggler was the sole survivor in a match that resulted in the Authority being fired.

6# Team Reigns (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Ryback & The Usos) bt. Team Rollins (Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens & The New Day) in a Traditional Survivor Series 10-man tag team elimination match - ***

ORDER OF ELIMINATION:

1. Xavier Woods by Jey Uso
   
2. Kofi Kingston by Jimmy Uso
   
3. Jey Uso by Big E
   
4. Jimmy Uso by Kevin Owens
   
5. Big E by Ryback
   
6. Ryback by Seth Rollins
   
7. Kevin Owens by Dean Ambrose
   
8. Seth Rollins Via DQ

(Rollins used a steel chair on Ambrose and Reigns to cause the DQ, post-match, Rollins continued to use a steel chair but Reigns fought back and hit the “Superman punch” which drove Rollins out of the ring.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE NXT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2015
TAPED - THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2015
VENUE - FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY: ORLANDO, FL
ANNOUNCERS - BYRON SAXTON, RICH BRENNAN & COREY GRAVES

1# Asuka bt. Cameron Via Submission - *

BACKSTAGE - Tom Phillips interviewed Carmella when Dawson and Wilder came to talk about what they did to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady last week. Dawson and Wilder then spoke about getting their NXT Tag Team Championship match next week and then brought a wheelchair which had the Vaudevillains name on it.

BACKSTAGE - Chad Gable and Jason Jordan spoke of ascending towards the NXT Tag Team Championship before sending a challenge to the most dominant team in NXT history, The Ascension.

2# Bull Dempsey bt. Angelo Dawkins - *1/2
(Post-match, Sawyer Fulton walked away from his tag team partner.)

BACKSTAGE - Tom Phillips interviewed the Vaudevillains about what Dawson and Wilder said earlier, The Vaudevillains spoke of beating Dawson and Wilder next week.

BACKSTAGE - Bayley revealed that she has found her tag team partners to face Blake, Murphy and Alexa Bliss next week and it will be the Hype Bros.

3# Eva Marie bt. Marley - 3/4*
4# Apollo Crews bt. Finn Balor Via DQ in an NXT Championship match - **3/4
(Baron Corbin assaulted Crews to cause the DQ before assaulting Balor, post-match, Samoa Joe cleared Corbin from the ring before Joe attacked his former tag team partner by hitting the "Muscle buster", then put the NXT title belt on Balor.)

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE MAIN EVENT
DATE - WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2015
VENUE - WORLD ARENA: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
ANNOUNCERS - TOM PHILLIPS & BYRON SAXTON

1# Adam Rose bt. Fandango - *3/4
(Featuring Fandango distracted by a mysterious looking bunny at ringside.)

Stardust comes on-screen to give a message to Jack Swagger ahead of their match tonight.

2# Zack Ryder bt. Heath Slater - *3/4
3# Jack Swagger bt. Stardust Via Submission - **1/2

 

[Scott Barton]

WWE THURSDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
DATE - THURSDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2015
TAPED - TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2015
VENUE - WORLD ARENA: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
ANNOUNCERS - BOOKER T, RICH BRENNAN & JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER

Smackdown opened with Alberto Del Rio and Zeb Colter speaking of "MexAmerica" and how they hope to eradicate hate, then spoke of how the fans in attendance were haters.

1# Alberto Del Rio bt. Neville in a non-title match - **1/2
(Post-match, Del Rio side-kicked Neville before applying the "Cross Arm-Breaker", Jack Swagger came to the ring and confronted Del Rio before he left the ring.)

2# The Usos bt. The Ascension - **1/4
3# The Wyatt Family bt. Primetime Players & Lucha Dragons in a Traditional Survivor Series 4on4 tag team elimination match - **3/4

ORDER OF ELIMINATION
1. Darren Young Via count-out
2. Sin Cara by Luke Harper
3. Kalisto by Erick Rowan
4. Titus O'Neil by Bray Wyatt

SURVIVORS - THE WYATT FAMILY

4# Ryback bt. King Barrett - *1/4
5# Natalya bt. Tamina - *

We have breaking news on Smackdown, last night at a WWE Live event in Dublin, Seth Rollins suffered a right ACL/MCL/Medial Meniscus tears and will be out of action for 6-9 months. Therefore, at Survivor Series there will be a tournament to determine a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, more information will be revealed this Monday on Raw.

6# Kevin Owens bt. Dean Ambrose Via DQ in a non-title match - **3/4
(Owens fabricated a low blow by Dean Ambrose, this goaded the referee in to disqualifying ambrose.)