It’s a glorious time to be a wrestling fan these days. There’s so much stuff happening, both in the WWE Universe and outside. It’s so much stuff for a casual wrestling fan to take in to, so we here at What’s A Geek will just have to fill you up with a weekly dose of results and news from the Squared Circle!
For this week, we will start with some of the big guns: WWE, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling and TNA. It’s Wrestling Recap time, brother!
SUNDAY
Satoshi Kojima, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Tomoaki Honma, Mascara Dorada & David Finlay
Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall) def. Michael Elgin & Jay White
CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata & Captain New Japan
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga) def. CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Gedo)
Kota Ibushi def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Katsuyori Shibata def. Bad Luck Fale
AJ Styles def. Doc Gallows
Togi Makabe def. Tetsuya Naito
Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Toru Yano
MONDAY
Seth Rollins open challenge: Seth Rollins def. Neville
Fatal 4 way tag team match: The New Day def. Lucha Dragons, The Ascension, and Los Matadores
King Barrett def. Zack Ryder
Charlotte and Becky Lynch def. The Bella Twins
Paige def. Naomi
Randy Orton, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose def. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper & Sheamus
TUESDAY
WWE TOUGH ENOUGH
NJPW: G1 Climax Day 10
Ryusuke Taguchi def. David Finlay
CHAOS (Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Katsuyori Shibata & Yohei Komatsu
Tetsuya Naito & KUSHIDA def. Kota Ibushi & Mascara Dorada
Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga) def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan
Michael Elgin def. Yujiro Takahashi
Satoshi Kojima def. Tomoaki Honma
Tomohiro Ishii def. Yuji Nagata
Kazuchika Okada def. Karl Anderson
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Hirooki Goto
WEDNESDAY
Johnny Mundo def. Alberto El Patron via pinfall
Pentagon Jr. def. Vampiro via pinfall following multiple light bulb shots and putting him through a flaming table
Blue Demon Jr def. Texano via pinfall with an assist from Chavo Guerrero & The Crew
Lucha Underground Title Match: Mil Muertes def. Prince Puma (c) via pinfall (NEW CHAMPION)
Bayley def. Charlotte
Baron Corbin def. Steve Cutler
Tyler Breeze def. Aaron Solow
Hype Bros. (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) defeat Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder
Samoa Joe def. Rhyno
The Young Bucks def. War Machine
Cedric Alexander vs The Romantic Touch never went on
Kyle O’Reilly def. Adam Cole by DQ
Future Shock (Kyle O’Reilly and Adam Cole) def. The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian)
Mr. Anderson def. Bram
James Storm def. Mahablia Shera by DQ
3-on-1 Handicapped Match: Gail Kim def. the Doll House
Eli Drake def. Drew Galloway
Rockstar Spud def. Austin Aries
TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Full Metal Mayhem match: Ethan Carter III (c) def. Matt Hardy
Hirooki Goto, Michael Elgin & Mascara Dorada def. Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Yohei Komatsu
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Cody Hall) def. Tomoaki Honma & Jay White
CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii) def. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga)
CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo) def. Captain New Japan, KUSHIDA & Ryusuke Taguchi
Bad Luck Fale def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Toru Yano def. Katsuyori Shibata
Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Doc Gallows
AJ Styles def. Togi Makabe
Tetsuya Naito def. Kota Ibushi
THURSDAY
Mark Henry & Prime Time Players def. The New Day
B.A.D. def. Submission Sorority
Stardust def. Zack Ryder
Roman Reigns def. Rusev
FRIDAY
Yohei Komatsu def. Jay White
CHAOS (Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) def. Tetsuya Naito & David Finlay
Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga) def. Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Captain New Japan
Katsuyori Shibata, Ryusuke Taguchi & Jushin Thunder Liger def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA & Mascara Dorada
Michael Elgin def. Yuji Nagata
Karl Anderson def. Tomoaki Honma
Hirooki Goto def. Satoshi Kojima
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Yujiro Takahashi
Kazuchika Okada def. Tomohiro Ishii
OTHER NEWS AND NOTES
WWE celebrated the life of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper with tributes on both Raw and Smackdown
Apollo Crews (aka Uhaa Nation) is set to debut on the August 22 NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event
Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor for the NXT Title at the next Takeover is now a Ladder Match, making it an interesting weekend for KO
This week’s Lucha Underground is their Season 1 season ender, with a post-credits scene of El Hefe Dario Cueto with a very SINISTER grin
NJPW G1 Climax 25 Current Standings
Block A Standings
Block B Standings
TOP PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK:
TOP TALK SEGMENT OF THE WEEK:
MUST-SEE MATCH OF THE WEEK:
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That’s how this week went in the wrestling multiverse. Did you agree with my top performers list? Sound off below if you think otherwise and let’s compare notes!
PS: PWR event next week at the Makati Cinema Square! Get hyped! (but do not get gassed like Mojo)
