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Bayley Has High Praise for WWE 205 Live Roster, Top 10 Moments from
Smackdown

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 07:30 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/bayley-has-high-praise-for-wwe-205-live-roster-top-10-moments-from-smackdown/

Top 10 Moments from Smackdown Live

Featured above is this weeks Top 10 moments from the Smackdown Live go-home show heading into WWE Extreme Rules. The list started with a wild brawl
outside between Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens, and ended with the fired up Canadian dropping Shane McMahon with a stunner, allowing Roman Reigns to
win the shows main event. Check out the video above.
Bayley Has Love for WWE 205 Live Brand

Smackdown Womens Champion Bayley had high praise for the Superstars of the
WWE 205 Live roster following this weeks show. The Horsewoman posted the following on social media:

Now that Im on Smackdown Live every week, I get to watch WWE 205 Live in
person each night. Those guys make me want to be better. such hard workers.

This Tuesday nights edition of 205 Live featured Oney Lorcan taking on
Airya Daivari in a wild Anything Goes match that saw the use of numerous
steel chairs, ladders, tables, kendo sticks, and more.

Now that I’m on #SDLive every week, I get to watch @WWE205Live in person
each night. Those guys make me want to be better. Such hard workers

- Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) July 10, 2019



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Alex Shelley Returning to the Ring After Year-Long Injury at ROH Mass
Hysteria

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 07:00 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/alex-shelley-returning-to-the-ring-after-year-long-injury-at-roh-mass-hysteria/


Alex Shelley is back, baby!

The high-flying innovator suffered a major injury last summer that would
take him out of action for more than a year, and at one point it was
uncertain if the former Motor City Machine Gun would ever wrestle again.

However, with Shelleys recent return to Ring of Honor he has set his eyes immediately on the top prize, calling out the winner of the 7/20 Manhattan Mayhem television taping main event, where Jay Lethal will challenge Matt
Taven for the ROH World Championship.

It has been officially announced that the highly decorated superstar will return to the ring on July 21st at the ROH Mass Hysteria event in Lowell,
MA. Shelley will team with Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham to take on all
three members of The Kingdom ROH World Champion Matt Taven, Vinny
Marsaglia and TK ORyan.

THE KINGDOM FACES LETHAL, SHELLEY AND GRESHAM IN SIX-MAN TAG ACTION AT MASS HYSTERIA JULY 21ST!

Read More: https://t.co/iAmkovD8cn

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- ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 10, 2019



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GoD to Defend Tag Team Titles in NYC Street Fight at ROH Manhattan Mayhem

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 06:30 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/god-to-defend-tag-team-titles-in-nyc-street-fight-at-roh-manhattan-mayhem/


The highly anticipated rematch between two of the greatest tag teams on the planet is less than two weeks away, and this time things are going to get extreme.

Ring of Honor has confirmed that the Guerrillas of Destiny, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa, will defend the ROH World Tag Team Championships against the Briscoes on July 20th at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The two world class
teams will collide at the promotions annual Manhattan Mayhem television
taping event, and the belts will be defended in a New York City Street
Fight!

The rivalry between these two teams dates back years, and was supposed to culminate in a Champions vs. Champions match at Madison Square Garden in
April. However, the G1 Supercard bout was turned into a Fatal 4-Way after Villain Enterprises surprisingly won the ROH titles, which GoD then took
from them in The Garden.

Tama Tonga recently informed NJPW management that he did not want to
compete in the annual G1 Climax tournament, instead focussing all of his efforts as double champion (they also hold the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships) on building up the promotions tag team wrestling division.

The BRISCOES & G.O.D. go to WAR at #ManhattanMayhem July 20th!

Who will leave NYC the ROH World Tag Team Champions?! Join us LIVE to find
out!

Get your tickets today!
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- ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 8, 2019



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FREE MATCH: Kurt Angle Faces Current AEW Star at 2010 Slammiversary PPV

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 06:10 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/free-match-kurt-angle-faces-current-aew-star-at-2010-slammiversary-ppv/


Impact Wrestling has uploaded a free match from the 2010 TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view featuring the Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle taking on
Frankie Kazarian in singles competition.

This 14-minute contest, which you can watch in its entirety below, opened
the show at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida nearly a decade ago. While
Kaz couldnt pick up a colossal victory against one of the greatest of all
time, the current All Elite Wrestling star looks to be doing pretty damn
well for himself, all these years and numerous championship victories later.

Kazarian will be in action this Saturday at AEW Fyre Fest, when SoCal Uncensored takes on the Lucha Brothers in tag team action, live and free on
B/R Live in the U.S., and on FITE TV internationally.



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Raw Tag Team Title Match Added to WWE Extreme Rules, 10 Matches Confirmed

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 05:40 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/9-matches-confirmed-for-wwe-extreme-rules-no-holds-barred-last-man-standing-blacks-open-challenge-more/


Ten matches have been confirmed for this weekends WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view, following the go-home episodes of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live. 

Added last night is Aleister Black vs. Cesaro, as the Swiss Cyborg has
answered the former NXT Champions open challenge for a singles match at the PPV. You can also add The Usos vs. The Revival for the Raw Tag Team Championships.

Heres the updated match card:

WWE EXTREME RULES

PHILADELPHIA, PA

JULY 14, 2019

1. SETH ROLLINS (c) & BECKY LYNCH (c) vs. BARON CORBIN & LACEY EVANS in a
Last Chance, Winners Take All, Mixed Tag Team Extreme Rules Match for the Universal Championship and the Raw Womens Championship

2. ROMAN REIGNS & THE UNDERTAKER vs. DREW MCINTYRE & SHANE MCMAHON in a No Holds Barred Tag Team Match

3. KOFI KINGSTON (c) vs. SAMOA JOE for the WWE Championship

4. BAYLEY (c) vs. ALEXA BLISS and NIKKI CROSS in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match
for the Smackdown Womens Championship

5. DANIEL BRYAN & ROWAN (c) vs. THE NEW DAY vs. HEAVY MACHINERY in a Triple Threat Match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships

6. DREW GULAK (c) vs. TONY NESE for the Cruiserweight Championship

7. BRAUN STROWMAN vs. BOBBY LASHLEY in a Last Man Standing Match

8. RICOCHET (c) vs. AJ STYLES for the WWE U.S. Championship

9. ALEISTER BLACK vs. CESARO

10. THE REVIVAL (c) vs. THE USOS for the Raw Tag Team Championships

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Roman Reigns Calls Undertaker the "Original Big Dog", Coming Full-Circle
Since WrestleMania Main Event

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 05:10 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/roman-reigns-calls-undertaker-the-original-big-dog-coming-full-circle-since-wrestlemania-main-event/


Roman Reigns scored another big victory this Tuesday night on Smackdown Live, defeating Dolph ZIggler in the shows main event following
interference from everyone under the son including a pissed off Kevin
Owens, who dropped Zigglers boss Shane McMahon with a stunner in the middle
of the ring.

WWE cameras caught up with the Big Dog after his match about the crazy week
he has ahead of him, and what its going to be like teaming with the
original Big Dog this Sunday night at Extreme Rules, where he and The Undertaker will square off against McMahon and Drew McIntyre.

The fact that Im teaming up with the original Big Dog, the Deadman himself.
Im so proud. We went to bat on that main event years ago, and I have so
much respect it was hard for me. It was so emotional I was even ready for something that deep at that point. To be able to come back full-circle and
team up with him, the legend himself, the locker room leader for decades?
Its really cool.

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Retro Review: WWE Extreme Rules 2013 - Rise of The Shield

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 04:40 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/retro-review-wwe-extreme-rules-2013-rise-of-the-shield/


WWE Extreme Rules 2013 Review

St. Louis, Missouri

May 19, 2013
CHRIS JERICHO vs. FANDANGO

Jericho takes over early with two rolling elbows and a low dropkick, then
flies off the top rope with a plancha to the floor. He spends a minute
hanging out with fans and Fandango gets the boots up in the corner and
follows with a knee strike. The dancer slaps on a side headlock but is shot into the ropes; Jericho tries to roll him up on the rebound but somehow its completely whiffed and he falls on his ass. They trade a bit of a simple offense before Y2J hits a diving crossbody from the top. Fandango rolls
through and delivers a superkick for two. He heads up top for the diving legdrop, Jericho dodges, hits the Lionsault, but its not enough. Fandango
with one final flurry and he tries for a sunset flip, but Jericho counters
into the Walls. They tease the submission hard, but eventually Fandango
gets to the ropes to break the hold. He heads up for the leg drop again,
but Jericho has it scouted and counters with a Codebreaker out of midair to win.

A good match I thought could have been much better, but for whatever reason their timing and chemistry just felt off for the first few minutes. About halfway through things clicked and they managed to turn it into a fun back-and-forth. Jericho got his win back, so they say, but overall their WrestleMania match was probably a hair better. 
Rating: 5.5/10

DEAN AMBROSE vs. KOFI KINGSTON (c) FOR THE WWE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP

The Shield come out through the crowd as a unit, but Ambrose sends the
other two back so he can handle business on his own. Hes got the hair all slicked back, and clearly isnt messing around tonight.

Ambrose takes the champion to the mat right away and keeps him there for a moment, showing off some impressive grappling. Kofi fires back with wild
rights and lefts as the crowd roars, but runs into a pair of boots and a
nasty lariat. Ambrose hits another lariat and begins stalking his prey,
dodging a few strikes and applying a crossface chickenwing! The champ
breaks the hold by ramming them both into the corner and follows with some short-arm clotheslines and a shotgun dropkick. He hits the Boom Drop and
lines up for Trouble in Paradise, Ambrose rolls out of range, but still
gets caught with the SOS for a nearfall.

Kofi to the top but Dean levels him with a flurry of punches, then sends
him flying with an avalanche double underhook suplex from the top rope. The challenger has a wicked grin on his face now, but runs right into an
enzuigiri. Kingston hits a springboard crossbody and nearly wins the match
with a roll-up, but Ambrose kicks out. Trouble in Paradise connects, but Ambrose rolled to the floor in order to save himself. Kofi rolls him back
in but Ambrose kicks out, dodges another Trouble in Paradise and connects
with the Dirty Deeds! 123. New champion.

This is about as good a U.S. title match that youre ever going to see in
less than 7 minutes. Both guys worked hard and the action never stopped
from start to finish. By the end it felt like Kofi was fighting for his
life. JBL called him out on commentary for not taking the count-out victory
and retaining his title, and it immediately came back to bite him. The desperation Trouble in Paradise flailing into the ropes, and Deans delivery
of the Dirty Deeds was tremendous. It was the right time to put the belt on
him and take the Shield, who were already blowing up, to the next level.
This could have been an instant classic if given longer.  
Rating: 6.5/10

SHEAMUS vs. MARK HENRY IN A STRAP MATCH

Henry stands on the strap trying to look intimidating, so Sheamus pulls it
out from under him and dumps the big man on his ass. He goes right after
the knee and shoulder with heavy stomps, hits two corners, but Henry drops
him with a shoulder tackle. He hogties the Irishman and drops him around
the ring hitting three corners, but Sheamus drops him over the top rope to reset the match.

Henry wraps his opponent in the strap and body slams him. Im not sure what
that does, but there it is. He hits him with the strap a few times and goes
for the corners, but didnt realize Sheamus was also tagging the same
corners as he went along, and had to stop and deal with him. Now its
Sheamus turn to unload with shots from the strap. He gets to three corners,
but is caught with a powerslam.

They fight outside and Sheamus ties the Worlds Strongest Man to the ring
post, then slams his shoulder into it several times. He begins his slow
crawl around the ring and gets to three corners. Henry tries for the Worlds Strongest Slam, but Sheamus slipped out and delivered a Brogue Kick, then
fell into the fourth corner to win.

Not bad, but largely boring. Im a fan of Strap Matches and thought this had potential, but never got out of first gear. I liked the finish, Ill give
them that.
Rating: 4/10


AJ Lee talks to her boyfriend on the phone backstage before running into Kaitlyn. They take passive aggressive jabs at each other and end up
brawling on the floor until officials celebrate them.

Zeb Colter comes out and does a long, rambling promo about the U.S. government using the IRS to profile people like him and take advantage of
Real Americans like himself. He trashes St. Louis because their baseball
team has too many Latinos. I was bored within the first 15 seconds but it
just kept going on, and on, and on
ALBERTO DEL RIO vs. JACK SWAGGER IN AN I QUIT MATCH

Swagger attacks with a kendo stick right away and thows Del Rio into an
exposed piece of the barricade. They brawl into the steps, into the ropes,
and Swagger continues to use the kendo stick, and the referee constantly
askes if they want to quit. Literally every 15 seconds, sometimes more, he
asks it into the microphone in the same monotonous way.

Swagger hangs him up in the ropes and blasts him with the kendo at least
two dozen times, but del Rio refuses to quit. Ricardo helped get him free
and he surprised Jack with a cross armbreaker over the top rope, but again
he used the stick to get free. Welcome to Jack Swaggers America!, he
screams. Okay bud. Whatever you say.

He turns his attention to get a steel chair and del Rio hits an enzugiri,
and a series of clothelines. ADR with a nasty superkick. Now its his turn
to use the kendo stick, hitting his opponent with it several times before delivering a backbreaker. Swagger counters the armbreaker into a massive uranage slam. He hits a running splash in the corner and a gutwrench
powerbomb, but its not enough.

Swagger is getting frustrated, but goes back to the well hitting a second gutwrench powerbomb. Del Rio still refuses to quit, even when he gets put
in the Patriot Lock and is flailing around the ring in pain. Swagger
grapevines the hold making it even worse. Zeb Colter throws a white towel
into the ring and claims Ricardo threw it. He calls the match a forfeit in favor of Swagger, but another referee runs down and explains to him what happened.

Instead of just resetting it, the referee asks for a monitor and asks to
see a replay. After watching it back he THEN decides to restart the match
Del Rio barely pulls himself to his feet using the ropes, and Swagger goes right after him with stiff kicks to the knee and the ankle. Del Rio hit a superkick to the elbow then floated into the cross armbreaker, wrenching
away on the hold. Swagger tries to power him up, but Del Rio just reapplies
the hold even tighter, and Jack is forced to quit.

Eh This is one of those times where objectively, I thought both wrestlers
did a great job and worked really hard to put together a good match. I just wasnt invested in it at all. The pre-match promo from Colter took the air
out of the building. The referee constantly asking for both guys to quit
went beyond annoying, and actually made me turn the volume off after
awhile. All of that made 11 minutes feel like 30 minutes. It was really
awkward having Colter do anti-immigration promos while showing a bunch of
clips of white people in the crowd looking bored as hell. I really dont
think the two wrestlers involved actually had anything to do with it being
a mediocre end result. Neither guy jumps off the page to me generally speaking, but this was a rare time where I actually thought Del Rio was
doing a great job as the babyface, and sold his ass off. Oh well. 
Rating: 5.5/10
DANIEL BRYAN & KANE (c) vs. THE SHIELD (ROMAN REIGNS & SETH ROLLINS) FOR
THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Were told this one is to be fought under Tornado rules, so I expect this to
be wild. Bryan and Rollins go right after each other with wild rights and
lefts while the two bruisers size each other up, and end up brawling around
at ringside. The Shield get the first upper hand putting the boots to the
Big Red Machine and getting him up for a double superplex.

Bryan counters a top rope powerbomb with a Frankensteiner, then does a
suicide dive taking out both Shield members on the floor. The champs run
wild with Yes Kicks in opposite corners, which brings the crowd to life.
They hit Reigns with a sideslam/lariat combo and Kane flies off the top
rope with a diving lariat to Rollins. Bryan follows with the Flying
Headbutt, but Reigns saves the match.

Bryan applies the Yes Lock and nearly has him put away, but Rollins springboards all the way across the ring to break it up. Chokeslam from
Kane. Spear from Reigns. Everybody is down. The Big Dog stomps a hole in
Bryan before throwing Kane hard into his own partner. Rollins with a flying knee strike from the top rope. Kane hits a second spear on the big man, but this time its Bryan to save the match at the last second.

Bryan fires up with Yes Kicks to Reigns, and the crowd goes insane. He
counters a roll-up with the Yes Lock, but Reigns gets free and throws him
into another knee strike from Rollins on the apron. He goes to the top and Reigns puts Bryan on his shoulder, holding him there for a nasty diving
knee to the back of the head. 123.

Im gonna say exactly the same thing that I said about the Ambrose/Kingston match. This was exactly as awesome as it possibly could have been, given
that they only had 7 minutes to put together a championship match. The
Shield all proved on this show that they could deliver awesome performances
in very little time. Another good match that could have been a great, great match if given proper time. But at the same time, it didnt feel like they really got cheated. Had this been on TV, it probably would have gone over
over like gang-busters. 
Rating: 6.5/10

Dean Ambrose rushes the ring and the new champions all pose together with their three titles held high into the air. Jerry Lawler poses the question
who can stop the Hounds of Justice?

RANDY ORTON vs. BIG SHOW IN AN EXTREME RULES MATCH

Orton goes for the kendo stick right away and tries to chip away at the
giant, but Show takes him down in one punch and easily breaks the stick
across his massive knee. Orton gets a second kendo stick and this time goes after Shows knees, but again the big man murders him with an overhead chop,
and snaps it over his knee. He lays in another big chop, but Orton wriggles free and sends him flying into the ring post.

We have a ladder. The Viper cannot get any momentum going as Show easily
puts him back down every time he gets close to rallying. This goes on for several minutes as Show slows things down, bludgeoning his opponent with
knee strikes, splashes in the corner, nerve holds, etc. Total dominance.
Orton eventually catches him with a low dropkick to the knee, fires up and
gets caught by a chokeslam from the second rope.

Show sets up two chairs in the corner and puts the ladder in between them.
The Viper is crushed with a sidewalk slam and placed on the ladder and I
think you can see where were going with this but Show crashes and burns
with a top rope splash and turns the ladder into scrap metal. Orton drags
his frame up into the ropes and delivers a Hangmans DDT and starts to fire
up the crowd. He looks for the RKO and gets it hell of a sell from Big
Show, who somehow kicks out at two-and-a-half.

Orton is absolutely livid and cant believe his opponent kicked out of the
RKO. He grabs a chair and leaves a few bruises on the giants back, stalking
him around the ring. Show takes a chair shot to the ribs and doubles over,
but saves himself with a monster spear. Both are slow to get up. Orton
kicks his opponent in the face hard and delivers a second RKO on top of the chair. Hes starting to hear voices and backs into the corner, as the crowd
goes crazy. PUNT KICK DELIVERED! 123!

This was so, sooooo much better than I expected it to be. Orton sold his
ass off early on and made Big Show look like a genuine monster. I thought
Show also did a great job keeping the pace up, and keeping things
interesting, while admittedly I thought they might have a problem keeping things from grinding to a halt. I was actually surprised by Show kicking
out of the first RKO, and I thought everything from that point on was tremendous. The crowd reflected that as well. 
Rating: 7/10

JOHN CENA (c) vs. RYBACK IN A LAST MAN STANDING MATCH FOR THE WWE
CHAMPIONSHIP

Cena spends the first few minutes trying and failing to overpower his
opponent, as Ryback easily takes him down with shoulder tackles. John eventually takes him down with a shoulder tackle of his own, but the big
man immediately popped back up and leveled him with a lariat to the back of
the neck. Military press slam. Deadlift powerbomb. Total dominance from the challenger.

Ryback eventually gets thrown to the floor and Cena hits a backpack
stunner, before goes crazy with right hands. He went for another shoulder tackle but Ryback threw him overhead through a table! Cena gets up by 9 and hits a sit-out powerbomb, then delivers the Five Knuckle Shuffle. He tries
for the AA but Ryback shook him off and hit a spear.

Cena wont stay down and jumps on him like a monkey. The announcers play it
off like its a sleeper hold, but hes literally just hanging on to him,
waiting to be slammed into the mat. Which he is. The champ looks in the STF
and holds on to it until Ryback actually passes out. Eventually he breaks
it and sets up a table, but turns around into a facebuster. The big man
goes for Shellshock, Cena struggles free and hits the AA through the table!

Ryback barely gets up by 9 and pretty much right away delivers Shellshock. Alright then. Cena uses the ropes to break the count at 9. They fight
outside and Cena kicks a chair into his opponents face, then spears him
through the barricade. Both guys are down. Theyre up at 9 and start
fighting out into the arena. Ryback somehow removes a section of the
barricade and smacks the champ with it.

Cena rallies back and locks in a sleeper, properly this time. Its still not enough so he puts the big man through a table with a diving elbow drop off
the scaffolding. Thats not enough either. Cena stalks him with a fire extinguisher and probably gives him some cold burns. He goes for the AA off
the stage, but Ryback picks him up and spears him through the entrance set.
If youre reading this in July 2019 or shortly thereafter, its almost
exactly the same spot from Raw where Strowman put Lashley through the
lighting grid, but with way less pyro. Cameras finally get backstage and
theyre both knocked out, buried under rafters and electric equipment, with glass everywhere. EMTs arrive and put both guys on stretchers. This one is
a No Contest.

The crowd didnt like the finish as soon as they realized they werent
getting a real winner and loser. I dont really blame them. WWE at this
point kept doing all these things to keep Ryback safe, so he never had to
lose clean, or in this case lose at all, but they did it so many times he
never actually won the big one, and eventually people just stopped caring.
This match was okay, and at times Id even call it pretty good, but also
lagged in places and the crowd lost interest for quite a bit of it. On the
plus side, Ryback really did look unstoppable, especially in the first half
of the match. The problem, again, was the finish. If they had trimmed about
5 minutes off the run time, and pulled the trigger on Ryback winning, it
would have been much better. They had already fed CM Punks title reign to
The Rock at this point, and completed the transaction with Cena beating
Rock at WrestleMania, so there really was no reason not to do it. 
Rating: 6.5/10

BROCK LESNAR vs. TRIPLE H IN A STEEL CAGE MATCH

Triple H attacks the Beast while hes making his entrance, slamming him into
the cage. The brawl spills inside the ring and the match begins, with
Lesnar throwing his opponent overhead into the cage, crumpling to the
ground. He continues to bash his head against the metal over and over again until the Game is lying on the ground, picks him up and hurls him back into
the cage. Effortless carnage.

Slam into the cage. Slam into the cage. This goes on for some time, in
between Lesnar doing laps in the ring, or mocking the fans, not taking
things seriously at all. Hunter responds with a few stiff right hands, but
is immediately suplexed. Slam into the cage. Slam into the cage. Hunter
comes back again with a low dropkick to the knee, then ducked a splash
sending the Beast into the cage. Brock is right back in control with a
running powerslam, but his knee is know completely shot as he screams out, telling Paul he heard something pop.

Triple H hears it and goes right after the knee with stomp after stomp, for
the first time having a real opening. He tries for the Pedigree but gets
caught in the Kimura instead. Lesnar is actually worried now and tries to escape the cage out the door the first chance he gets, but the Game chop blocked his knee. He almost escaped himself, but Heyman slammed the cage
door into his face, knocking him back into an F5 from the Beast Incarnate.

Lesnar demands a chair and is given one. Heyman locks the door and now has
the key, as his client unloads on the Game with shot after shot from the
chair. Hes cocky again and continues to stalk him with the chair, taking several minutes to slowly stalk him around the ring. Eventually Triple H catches him with a knee lift, and delivers a Spinebuster on the chair. He
goes nuts with chairs hots of his own to the knee, but is clearly in pain
and may have busted ribs and a screwed up shoulder.

Heyman screams for Hunter to please top as he dropped elbows and knees on
the injured knee of the Beast, who can barely limp around the ring at this point. Lesnar still manages to lock in the Kimura, but is slammed into the corner to break the hold, and Hunter goes right back to the knee with a dropkick. The Figure Four is locked in and Hunter punches away at the
injury at the same time, until Lesnar is eventually able to turn the hold
over.

Brock climbs the cage with one leg but Triple H throws the chair into his
knee, then suplexes him down to the mat. He has a smile on his face and
reveals that there is a spray-painted silver sledgehammer hiding in the
cage. Lesnar kicks him low while hes waisting time smiling, grabs the
hammer, but Hunter ducks the shot and locks in a Sharpshooter! He hangs on
to the hold forever and Lesnar has basically passed out.

Heyman opens the cage and tries to help, but is immediately dropped with
the Pedigree. Lesnar is up, and takes a Pedigree himself. 12NO! Hes got his sledgehammer again, but Heyman recovers and punches the Game in the balls.
The Beast has the hammer and drills his opponent in the jaw with it,
knocking him out cold. Lesnar slowly lifts him up, hits the F5, and this
one is over. Lesnar wins.

A good, old-fashioned steel cage beatdown. This was slow-paced and physical
as all hell. Lesnar dominated 80% of the action, if not more, and used the
cage well as a gimmick. It really felt like they were trapped in there together, and were big enough to make throwing each other into the steel
mesh over and over again look believably painful. I didnt mind Lesnar
needing help to win, especially after, if you want to be technical, Triple
H also cheated and hid a sledgehammer on top of the cage. While the crowd
wasnt always popping off at every spot, there was still a general buzz. It wasnt like the Ryback/Cena match where it felt like they just didnt care at certain points this was more like, they knew they had to pace themselves,
and knew it was going to be a long, slow haul to the finish line. 
Rating: 8/10

FINAL THOUGHTS

The best thing Extreme Rules 13 has going for it is that nothing is all
that bad. There were several good matches that could have been much better
with more time, and some that would have been much better with less time.
Big Show & Orton worked their asses off in a solid plunder match, The
Shield all won titles, and a great, old school main event saved the PPV
from being totally forgettable.

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Tonights WWE NXT Preview: Tag Team Titles on the Line, Will Io Explain Her Actions?

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 04:20 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/tonights-wwe-nxt-preview-tag-team-titles-on-the-line-will-io-explain-her-actions/


The black-and-gold brand returns for another big episode of NXT television tonight, kicking off live on the WWE Network as usual at 8/7c.

In what should be a tremendous, hard-hitting title matchup, the Street
Profits will defend their NXT Tag Team Championships against Danny Burch
and Oney Lorcan, after the later recently saved the champions from a
beatdown at the hands of the Forgotten Sons.

Also scheduled for tonights show is the continuation of the NXT Breakout Tournament as Jordan Myles (fka ACH) prepares to face Boa in another set of highly anticipated WWE debuts. Well also see the fallout from Io Shirai
turning on Candice LeRae, while the former Punishment Martinez, now Damien Priest, returns to action.

The post Tonights WWE NXT Preview: Tag Team Titles on the Line, Will Io
Explain Her Actions? appeared first on ProWrestling.com.


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Retro Review: WWE Extreme Rules 2012 - John Cena Slays the Beast!

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 04:00 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/retro-review-wwe-extreme-rules-2012-john-cena-slays-the-beast/


WWE EXTREME RULES 2012 REVIEW

ROSEMONT, IL

APRIL 29, 2012

I attended this show live in 2012 during the midst of CM Punks WWE Championship reign, but never went back to watch it on tape. There was a palpable buzz in the air for Brock Lesnars return. What I really remember

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