The WrassleWAG Weekly Recap continues with the finals of one pro wrestling’s most prestigious tournaments and a Takeover of epic proportions. Let’s proceed with this week’s recap!
SUNDAY
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NJPW: G1 Climax FINALS Results!
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Máscara Dorada & David Finlay def. Jushin Thunder Liger, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
- TenCozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima) & Captain New Japan def. Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Jay White
- Michael Elgin def. YOSHI-HASHI
- CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) def. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga)
- Kota Ibushi & Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) def. Tetsuya Naito & Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
- IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) def. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: KUSHIDA (c) def. Ricochet
- Bullet Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) def. Kazuchika Okada & The Kingdom (Michael Bennett & Matt Taven) w/ Maria Kanellis
- Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Shinsuke Nakamura
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MONDAY
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- Randy Orton & Cesaro def. Sheamus & Kevin Owens
- Roman Reigns def. Luke Harper (w/Bray Wyatt)
- Becky Lynch (w/ Paige and Charlotte) def. Tamina (w/Naomi and Sasha Banks)
- Rusev (w/ Summer Rae) def. Mark Henry
- Ryback def. The Miz
- Prime Time Players & Lucha Dragons def. Los Matadores & New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E)
- Sasha Banks (w/Naomi and Tamina) def. Nikki Bella (w/ Brie Bella & Alicia Fox)
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TUESDAY
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WWE TOUGH ENOUGH
- The top four has been revealed: ZZ & Josh on the male side, Amanda & Sara on the female side.
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WEDNESDAY
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- Tyler Breeze def. local competitor
- Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady & The Hype Bros def. local competitors
- Blake & Murphy def. Angelo Dawkins & Sawyer Fulton
- Samoa Joe def. Steve Cutler
- Dalton Castle def. Silas Young
- Moose (w/ Stokely Hathaway) def. Will Ferrara
- The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) def. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Barretta)
- Mr. Anderson def. Bram in the Open Mic Challenge
- Gail Kim def. Jade and Marti Bell via pinall in Six Sides of Steel
- Drew Galloway def. Eli Drake in a No DQ match by pinfall
- Matt Hardy def. Tyrus via pinfall
- TNA Championship Match: Ethan Carter III (c) def. PJ Black
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THURSDAY
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- Ryback vs. Big Show ended in a Double Count-Out
- The New Day def. Los Matadores & El Torito
- Neville def. Bo Dallas
- Brie Bella def. Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch – Triple Threat Match
- Randy Orton, Cesaro, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose def. Sheamus, Kevin Owens, Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper
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FRIDAY
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| Nothing major happened, aside from an announcement from ROH. See below. |
SATURDAY
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- Check out our NXT Takeover Brooklyn review here!
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OTHER NEWS AND NOTES
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- Ring of Honor held a house show on Friday where they announced next year’s ROH/NJPW joint shows, with the pledge more NJPW guys coming in aside from the top stars.
- This also comes after an announcement by ROH booker Delirious that Ring of Honor will be touring Japan in Feb 2016 during last Sunday’s G1 Climax final.
- NJPW’s Chairman Sugibayashi, referee Tiger Hattori and booker Gedo were all backstage during NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, hanging around with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman.
- Top joshi (Japanese women’s wrestling) star Kana was shown live on camera during Takeover. Rumors are currently running around that she has signed with the WWE. Kana will apparently address this soon according to a Twitter post by Japanese insider Enuhito.
- The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament has been announced, and will feature tag teams “from past, present and future of NXT”.
- The next Takeover will be in October.
- NXT will be touring the UK in December. Rumor has it that top UK pro wrestling fed PROGRESS will be working alongside NXT on some dates. There’s also speculation on the possible appearance of PROGRESS wrestlers in said tour.
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TOP PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK:
With all the solid performances this week, it’s really hard to give it to a single individual. Major honors this week goes to Sasha Banks, Bayley and Hiroshi Tanahashi, who all put their best performances to date IMHO.
TOP TALK SEGMENT OF THE WEEK:
Seriously, can anything top that segment with Paul Heyman singing his graces to Brock Lesnar?
MUST-SEE MATCH OF THE WEEK:
Sasha Banks vs Bayley from NXT Takeover Brooklyn, hands-down. Probably the best WWE women’s wrestling match ever.
That’s how this week went in the wrestling multiverse. Let’s compare notes via the comment section and see if we agree on things!