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WWA RAW 18: MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Pre-Show: Andrade & Aleister Black, Strong Style Samurai, Dolph Ziggler & guest worker Ryan Nemeth, New Day and Daniel Cormier defeated local workers The show opens with the Kabuki Warriors getting out of their car in the parking lot – Io Shirai appears and blows some sort of Red Mist into Asuka's face (paybacks a beyootch) Cut to the ring - The Shooting Party are out talking about Conor’s title defence at Fastlane this weekend. Paul says the other members are keen for a workout tonight. The Lucha House Party answer the challenge. 1: Shooting Party (Brock, Shelton & Haas) defeated Lucha House Party – The Luchadores tried their best here but it was a lost cause from the off. The bigger man manhandled the Mexicans tossing them around the ring like rag-dolls. Brock put Lince Dorado away with a F-5. The 4 Horsewomen are cutting a backstage promo when they are jumped by the MMA Horsewomen – a brawl ensues. The WWE has really played the long game with this feud with teases of a 4 v 4 match going right back to when Baszler joining NXT a few years back and the heat for this feud is off the charts at this point. 2: Secret Society defeated Los Luchas Espectaculares (Zokre & Phoenix Star) – The Secret Society warmed up for their title shot by taking on the veteran West Coast enhancement worker team. The Luchadores have great chemistry with each other and whilst they were never a legit threat they put on a nice bout with Murphy & Ali who are looking smooth and better and better with each outing. A Murphy’s Law on Zokre for the win. 3: Boss & Hug Connection defeated 2 Local workers – Having recovered from their brawl earlier Sasha & Bayley made short work of a couple of local west coast girls. The crowd enjoyed it. The MizShow and the Brothers of Destruction challenge the O.C. to matches tonight. The Vegas crowd lapped up the work from the vets like Taker, Kane and The Big Show knowing they may not see them again. 4: Brothers of Destruction defeated O.C. (Anderson & Gallows) – What this lacked in technical skill and athleticism it more than made up for in atmosphere. Kane and the Taker know how to work a crowd and Anderson & Gallows are very good as the smug scumbag heels that people want to see take a chokeslam. The BoD have such great chemistry and even though they are ancient that and their undoubted nostalgia factor made this a super fun bout to watch. Double Choke-slams for the win. 5: Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair defeated 2 local workers – The Horsewomen have largely been utilised in squashes against jobbers on RAW lately. I understand the booking logic – it’s all about giving them momentum leading into the big Mania bout and not making other Main Roster women into pure fodder but it’s not exactly exciting write-up wise. The most fun for me was post match when Becky applied a Dis-Arm-Her and Charlotte a Figure 8 on their hapless beaten opponents. 6: The O.C. (AJ Styles & Finn Balor) defeated ShowMiz (Big Show & The Miz) – This was another fun match featuring an ageing veteran. Miz did most of the heavy lifting for his team in this match with Show used for effect. Eventually Miz took a beatdown but made a tag to Show who came in and threw his opponents around a bit before a double team set of kicks to the lower legs took him down. AJ hit The Miz knocking off the ring apron and preventing The Miz making the save when Balor eventually nailed the Coup de Grace (top rope double foot-stomp) to finish off the big man. Regal & Stephanie announce that Strong Style Samurai will face the New Day at Fastlane for the newly minted WWE Six man titles – both teams react. 7: Kairi Sane def Katarina Waters – The former Katie Lea Burchill is still a pretty good worker and that allowed Kairi to show her skills here. An Insane Elbow saw Kairi get the win 8: Io Shirai defeated Awesome Kong – AEW recently cut Kong and to be honest it’s kind of clear why – she looked slow and sluggish here and is probably a fair few years past her best. It was still a 3 star bout thanks to Io’s skilful offence. Io nailed a Moonsault for the win 9: Asuka retained the RAW Womens over Melina Perez – Whilst Waters looked pretty good and Kong looked pretty bad Melina Perez looked like she hadn’t lsot a step here. She took it right up to Asuka in a fun match before eventually succumbing to an Asuka Lock. It was nice to see 3 genuine wrestling matches from the women in a row even if the Kong performance was a disappointment. Regal & Steph do some hype for this weekends FASTLANE and for the upcoming Wresltemania 36. They announce the Hall of Fame induction of …. LAYCOOL! The WWE doesn’t have a ton of high profile Women to induct as it’s only in the last 10 years they have really taken it seriously but this one makes sense. The Takers missus is going to beat him into the Hall of Fame. We get some hype for FASTLANEs RAW Tag contest between Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn and the Secret Society Cena & Rey talk about their mutual respect and their match at Fastlane 10: Rey Mysterio def R-Truth – Lets be honest Truth is pretty much done. That said he put up an entertaining showing here in a showcase for Rey before eating a 619. 11: John Cena retained the WWE title over Ultimo Dragon – This was a legitimately great bout and well and truly a 4+ Star bout. Dragon is still a great technician and he was a believable warm-up for Cena before the title bout at Fastlane. Rumour has it that The Dragon will be hanging up his boots after Mania and if this is his last title shot he made it a good one. Cena hit an Attitude Adjustment for the win.

Great Card Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Finn Balor Seth Rollins vs. KUSHIDA Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. CIMA & Dragon Kid Gallus - Mark & Joe Coffey vs. The Kings of Wrestling - Cesaro & Kassius Ohno Curtis Axel vs. Kaz Hayashi Asuka vs. Sasha Banks BONUS Who will answer the challenge of WALTER? A) Akira Tozawa B) Go Shiozaki C) Tajiri D) Cody Hall Who Wins? WALTER vs. Mystery Opponent

I have a phrase I use in Stephanie to explain somewhat odd decisions, But.... Wrestling. In the case of that last match it's that sort of decision. It may not make conventional logical sense and in the modern day world of high TV saturation and smarky crowds Aurora is probably right that it would of lost the crowd but in the era of this diary it totally would have worked. Hogan built a career on over the top in ring reactions that defied conventional logic and that's the era this diary is set in. I can visualise Randy's wonderfully expressive face going through the emotions in that and selling the heck out of it.

97 that's ludicrous but that's the game for you

Bull's looking a lot paler and blonder than I remember (don't worry I do it all the time)

Really enjoyable show

Terrific tourney

Prelims Prelim Match 1 - AJ Anderson Vs Alan Lee Travis Vs Big T Justice Vs Danny Hudson Vs Dowie Jones Vs Dragon Emperor Prelim Match 2 - Chuck Mambo Vs Danny Jones Vs Drew Parker Vs Jack Jester Vs Jack Turner Vs Johnny Idol Prelim Match 3 - 4 Vs 4 Match - Sid Sicila, Shay Purser, Sam Gradwell & Ray Johnson Vs Zak Zodiac, William Eavor, Saxon Huxley & Sam Doyle Main Show Matches Dream Team Invitational Qualifier Match - Tyler Bate & WALTER Vs Trent Seven & Timothy Thatcher Match 2 - Bryan Danielson Vs Zack Sabre Jnr Match 3 - Jushin Thunder Liger Vs Chris Brookes Match 4 - FCP Tag Team Title Match - Aussie Open Vs London Riots Main Event - Will Ospreay Vs Teddy Hart

1) Dulce Kanela, Mascarita Dorada, Mr. Iguana, Nino Hamburguesa, Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Australian Suicide, Demus, Estrella Divina, Mamba, Vanilla 2) Big Mami, Faby Apache, Lady Shani, Star Fire vs. Ayako Hamada, Chik Tormenta, Keyra, Lady Maravilla 3) Laredo Kid © vs. Villano III Jr. [AAA CRUISER] 4) Cinta de Oro, Murder Clown, Pagano vs. Poder del Norte (Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana) vs. Los OGTs (Averno, Chessman, Super Fly) vs. Los Mercenarios (La Hiedra, Rey Escorpion, Texano Jr.) [TLC] 5) Los Jinetes del Aire (Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz Jr., Octagon Jr.) © vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) [AAA TRIOS] 6) Aerostar, Aramis, Blue Demon Jr., Daga, Drago, Dr. Wagner Jr., Karis La Momia Jr., La Bestia del Ring, Monsther Clown, Puma King, Psycho Clown, Rey Horus, Ryu Lee, Sammy Guevara, Taurus [REY DE REYES] 7) Lucha Brothers (Fenix & Pentagon Jr.) © vs. Los Ingobernables (LA Park & Rush Toro Blanco) [AAA TAG] [CAGE] I agree with a lot of Auroras points - a pic a show would probably liven it up visually and help people visualise these people. I'm a mark for Exoticos so my fave is Estrella Divina. It's fantastic you are doing a Mexican diary and it feels true to the style.

That happens sometimes. I thought it was a good show. Wasn' happy with Hogan winning because I hate Hogan. Is it possible for Sid's behaviour to get worse? Is he bringing a big bag of coke to the ring with him rather than only to the dressing room now?

No need to rush - these things are never on a timetable. Hope you enjoy doing it.

:p;) True … too true

Sorry for delays on posting the shows - illness has intervened. Will post in the next couple of days.

Great stuff - it's a bit like a Japanese Oddworld

Joey Hayes vs. ??? for the GBW Heavyweight Championship Session Moth Martina vs. Sebastian The Bhangra Knights vs Eddie Vega & ??? - For The GBW Tag Team Titles David Finlay Jr vs. ??? - David Finlay Jr Open Challenge Nathan Cruz vs Prince Ameen 'Party Boy' Liam Slater vs 'Super' Sam Bailey

Best Of The Super Juniors - Night 14 Card: 1. Dragon Kid vs Taiji Ishimori (Block A). 2. Eita Kobayashi vs YOH (Block B). 3. BUSHI vs Zack Sabre Jr. (Block B). 4. Matt Sydal vs SHO (Block A). 5. Naruki Doi vs Will Ospreay (Block A). 6. Shotaro Ashino vs Ryu Lee (Block A). 7. Dragon Kid vs Masato Yoshino (Block A). 8. BUSHI vs Yujiro Takahashi w/Tokyo Latina (Block B). 9. BxB Hulk vs YOH (Block B). 10. Will Ospreay vs Shotaro Ashino (Block A). 11. Ryusuke Taguchi vs SHO (Block A). 12. Naruki Doi vs Masato Yoshino (Block A). 13. Zack Sabre Jr. vs YOH (Block B). 14. BUSHI vs BxB Hulk (Block B). 15. Ryu Lee vs Will Ospreay (Block A). Questions - I like having two different presentations it adds unique flavouring. Question 2: Hijos del Diablos?

A Tag Team Battle Royal to determine the new #1 Contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Championship - Gotta be the Bucks Big Swole vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Kris Statlander vs. Madison Eagles vs. Nicole Matthews vs. Riho in a 6-woman elimination match to determine the #1 contender for the AEW Women's World Championship Cody vs. Prince Devitt Battle Royal Winners vs. The Awakening for the AEW World Tag Team Championship PAC vs. Darby Allin (c) for the AEW North American Championship Kana vs. Awesome Kong © for the AEW Women's World Championship SCU vs. The Inner Circle Jon Moxley vs. The Natural Hangmen Kenny Omega vs. Matt Hardy © for the AEW World Championship

Shows aren't showing up for me - but it might be my connection.

I love Koloff - he is by all accounts one of the real good guys in wrestling and his success is a bonus. Jake vs Koloff has some appeal to be honest. The Barber wins the workers title - AI - you are an idiot.

We Are STARD✪M!! Card High Speed Championship Grand Prix QF 1. Martina vs Leyla Hirsch. High Speed Championship Grand Prix QF 2. Jamie Hayter vs Zoey Skye. High Speed Championship Grand Prix QF 3. AZM vs Bobbi Tyler. High Speed Championship Grand Prix QF 4. Andras Miyagi vs Death Yama-san. 5. Hana Kimura, Rina & Ruaka of Tokyo Cyber Squad vs Hina, Leo Onozaki & Momo Watanabe of Queen's Quest. 6. Arisa Hoshiki & Tam Nakano of STARS vs Arisa Nakajima & Maya Yukihi of Ozaki-gun. 7. Giulia, Meiko Satomura & Syuri of Donna del Mondo vs Bea Priestley, Kagetsu & Saki Kashima of Oedo Tai.

Aleister Black & Tommaso Ciampa [vs] The OC (Gallows & Anderson) w/ AJ Styles 'The Man' Becky Lynch [vs] 'The Empress Of Tomorrow' Asuka w/ Kairi Sane 'The Long Island Iced Z' Zack Ryder [vs] 'Bayley's Buddy' Buddy Murphy w/ Bayley The Viking Raiders w/ Logan [vs] Joaquin Wilde & Ariya Daivari Humberto Carrillo [vs] 'Tranquillo' Andrade w/ Zelina Vega Ali [vs] 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt

Cool

Now the best quality winners would be Del-Rey, Sarita & Cheerleader Melissa because that's a potential 3 way dance for the ages.

Interested to see how this plays out.

Interested to see another take of the WWE in 2020, good luck with this.