Wrestling Widows Peak

The show opens with the roster on the stage for a moment of silent reflection for the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas, their families, and loved ones, and thence into a recap of Miz vs. Roman Reigns from last week in anticipation of tonight's Intercontinental Championship match. Braun Strowman vs. Seth Rollins They square off and Rollins psyches himself up a bit before throwing a kick into punches only for Strowman to throw him off. Seth gets him in the corner for another flurry of blows but Braun just runs him over in the middle of the ring and attempts to take charge. The Architect slips out of a powerslam attempt, big right hand, outside, the monster follows, back in, enzugiri from the apron, going for the diving lariat, caught into a goozle but he gets away again. Strowman finally catches him with a military press drop and stalks after. Whip across, Rollins takes the turnbuckles with his face and crumples to the mat! Braun choking him with a step, wrenching his arm ove...

A celebratory intercontinental champion The Miz kicked off the show, braggadocios as ever about his victory over Jason Jordan at No Mercy Sunday night.He introduced Roman Reigns, who arrived to his typically raucous ovation.Miz asked Reigns about John Cena referring to their No Mercy match as a "passing of the torch moment." Reigns admitted to respecting Cena now and called it the biggest win of his careerMiz scoffed at the idea of Reigns being "the guy," then referred to himself with that title after his win over Jordan.Reigns told Miz he wins because he has helped, then asked Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel to go fetch him a beer.Miz told Reigns he rode the coattails of two other Superstars and if The Miztourage was around five years ago, no one would remember or care about The Shield. Reigns announced his intentions to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. The Miz TV host recalled the moments that Reigns has choked often of late, bringing up losses ...

Elias def. Apollo Crews via pin fall (Kickoff Show):  After Elias serenaded the Los Angeles crowd with insulting lyrics, he traded physical strikes throughout with Crews in their fairly pedestrian opener. The match was booked fairly even throughout until a mistake from Crews found no one home off the top rope. Elias quickly capitalized to hit his Drift Away finisher for the 1-2-3. Elias added a few boots the face after the match, causing Titus O'Neil to give chase.  Intercontinental Championship  -- The Miz (c) def. Jason Jordan via pin fall to retain the title:  Despite the unexplained absence of Maryse, Jordan was still facing a serious deficit in the numbers game thanks to The Miztourage. After Jordan put on a  force of various suplexes and near falls while dominating the majority of the match, his roll-up pin attempt on Miz was never seen by the referee due to Bo Dallas climbing onto the top rope. Curtis Axel used the distraction to land a cheap shot, and...

In memory of Bobby “The Brain” Heenan graphic is displayed prior to the opening, then Mauro Ranallo welcomes “fans and humanoids” to the show and mentions our tag main event and the Aleister Black segment. The online interview with Riddick Moss and Tino Sabatelli from after Moss’ loss to Gargano last week is shown to set-up our first match. Johnny Gargano  def. Tino Sabatelli via submission with Gargano Escape; Johnny reacted to being disrespected early by firing back with a flurry of offense, but Sabatelli weathers the storm and takes control. Tino looks to be in good position after countering the slingshot spear into a power slam, but he trash talks and calls Gargano “the weak link of #DIY”, which fires Johnny up again. A superkick sets up the finish. William Regal is telling the cameraman a story about a Quiet Riot concert when Roderick Strong knocks on the door. He says he beat Bobby Roode like he said he would, so he wants a shot at Drew McIntyre for the NXT title. The Gen...

The show opens with a recap of last week's excellence with Kevin Owens and Vince McMahon. Live in the arena, Shane McMahon makes his entrance, but no shuffling this week, he's all business. He says we all just witness what he considers a cowardly act carried out by Kevin Owens, beating his father down in the middle of the ring. One thing's for sure, he has to give his old man credit for being one tough, salty SOB. They haven't always seen eye-to-eye, but at the end of the day he's still his father and he loves him. Shane asks Kevin Owens to imagine if he'd been sitting at home watching someone he love get beat down by a coward, how would that feel? His kids had to see their grandfather take that beat down, and when you cross one McMahon, the entire family strikes out with massive vengeance. He doesn't think KO realizes what he's done, or maybe he has, since he hasn't shown up yet. Owens didn't just beat the chairman down, he beat the patriarch o...