Let's Talk About | Night Of Champions: Riyadh | Avengers Endgame: WrestleMania 40 Night Two Deja Vu?

We are back with more wrestling conversations, this time in regards to Night Of Champions which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Let's Talk About It (shoutout to Trick Williams) 

King Of The Ring Tournament Final
Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes

It has been quite a while since we last saw Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes, otherwise known as the "Legacy" match, Randy did a great job in regards to selling being hurt, Cody has won this years King Of The Ring tournament and has now earned the right to challenge for the WWE Championship at Summerslam, whereas Randy has now lost two tournaments in a row in Saudi.      

Street Fight
Rhea Ripley vs Raquel Rodriguez

Rhea & Raquel have had a storied rivalry themselves, from friends to foes, you know the usual cliche's, Raquel lost the Street Fight, despite help from Roxanne, Liv Morgan is currently out with a legitimate injury and will be keeping a close eye on this situation until she returns.  

Sami Zayn vs Karrion Kross 

It is genuinely awesome to see and hear Karrion Kross & Scarlett finally get their deserved flowers from the WWE Fanbase lately, they are such an underrated duo in the world of professional wrestling, I'm looking forward to seeing what they do next on WWE TV, Tick- Tock.

Congratulations to Sami Zayn for his win, the Royal Rumble is in Riyadh next year as well, he is my early pick to win the Men's Royal Rumble Match. 

United States Championship Match
Jacob Fatu (c) vs Solo Sikoa

The Jacob versus Solo story has been brewing ever since The American Werewolf found his voice and finally said he hated Solo at Money In The Bank, the United States Championship added more to fuel to this fire, fans have been asking about the whereabouts of Hikuleo for a while, this question has now been answered as he and the returning Tonga Loa helped Solo win the United States Championship. 

Is this the start of yet another chapter of the Bloodline Story? it looks that way at the moment, Solo and his group currently have four members, Jacob is on his own and could call The Usos and someone else for help. Yadadamean?  

Queen Of The Ring Tournament Final
Asuka vs Jade Cargill

Congratulations to Jade for winning the Queen Of The Ring, she will challenge for the Women's Championship at SummerSlam, She will need to Proceed With Caution, hopefully we will see Iyo vs Asuka for the Women's World Championship at the same event as well.

WWE Championship Match

John Cena (c) vs CM Punk
We have reached the main event of the evening, we already knew about the history of John Cena & CM Punk, the build up was brilliant, we revisited some nostalgic promos and pipe bombs, the match itself started off at a snails pace, but business picked up when the referee was knocked down which led to Avengers Endgame 2.0, the latest version since WrestleMania 40 Night Two, including Mr Money In The Bank, Seth Rollins, a lot of people were chanting for Roman Reigns, the OTC did not answer the call, his return is imminent. 

After all the chaos and shenanigans, John is still the WWE Champion, as expected, his next defence will be at SummerSlam against Cody Rhodes. We shall see (no pun intended) who wins because a new champion being crowned is not a foregone conclusion. 

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Let's Talk About | AEW Summer Blockbuster | Ospreay vs Swerve 2

 

For the second consecutive week, All Elite Wrestling broadcast four hours of television, last week's theme was Fyter Fest, this weeks theme was Summer Blockbuster as you can see above.

Will Ospreay vs Swerve Strickland 2 was on the card. We have talked about their first encounter at Forbidden Door last year, it was only right that we talked about the sequel here. 

This started the show. Will and Swerve (with Prince Nana) made their entrances to the ring, there were immediate holy sh*t chants from the crowd, Will and Swerve shook each other's hand as a mark of respect for each other and then got to fighting. 

The opening move sequences were excellent, both competitors have similar styles. Swerve looked to get control early on, however Will battled back almost immediately. 

Will was bleeding after the early exchange, this was mentioned by the commentary team. 

This was a great battle, which ended in a draw after the thirty minute time limit expired, the crowd booed the decision and rightfully so, Swerve called for Sudden Death and then we heard the Death Riders music which bought this contest to an end.

Whilst it was disappointing that we never saw a winner here, it's understandable as to why, it was a TV match and they wanted to further the storyline/rivalry between Death Riders, Young Bucks against the best of AEW as the build to All In on July 12th continues. 

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Let's Talk About | WWE RAW | Jey Uso vs Gunther | World Heavyweight Championship Match | Four Letters One Word....Lost.

This episode of Monday Night RAW on NETFLIX was one of the best in recent memory and that's the truth. 

In addition to this, there was so much hype and anticipation surrounding the main event, Jey Uso versus Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship.

It was great to watch a Championship fight without chaos and shenanigans, a lot of fans watching, myself included, expected to see Seth attempt to cash in his Money In The Bank and to see Roman, Punk or Sami stop him. They're probably saving that scenario for another time. 

Jey's reign as Champion is over, hopefully this won't be his last. 

Congratulations to The Ring General for winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time, let's see who's next for him. 

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Let's Talk About | Money In The Bank | Ron Killings Has Returned To WWE And That's The TRUTH!

This is the Money In The Bank conversation, however, before we begin, we must acknowledge that World's Collide was an excellent show, there were names that I wasn't familiar with, I am now, hopefully this event is a yearly occasion.

Let's Talk About Money In The Bank. 

The line up for the Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match had so much star power, there was a lot opinion amongst the WWE fanbase in regards to who should win, the general consensus was Naomi should win, the opinion came true.

Congratulations to Naomi, this is her time, she has earned it, Naomi is now in possession of the Money In The Bank briefcase, the current Champions should now be wary and Proceed With Caution. 

In terms of storylines, Jade might be looking to thwart Naomi's title hopes, we could see Bianca re-aligning with Naomi in the future. 

Dominik vs Octagon Jr was an impromptu match for the Intercontinental Championship which was set up at World's Collide. I was unfamiliar with Octagon Jr's work prior to this weekend.

Dominik remains Champion. 

The stipulation for Lyra Valkyria vs Becky Lynch for the Women's Intercontinental Championship was: if Lynch loses, she can no longer challenge for the title for as long as Valkyria is champion.

However, if Valkyria loses, she will be forced to raise Lynch's hand and acknowledge Lynch as the better woman.The Battle of The Irish was awesome, Becky rolled up Lyra by grabbing the tights for leverage to win the Women's Intercontinental Championship. 

Lyra had no choice but to raise Becky hand in victory as per the stipulation. Lyra put title around Becky's waist and then attacked Becky. It was cool to see Lyra show emotion and frustration because of her loss. 

The Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match was fantastic, which shouldn't be a surprise because of the participants involved, we got the expected shenanigans with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed attempting to help Seth, their plans were stopped by JC Mateo and Jacob Fatu. 

The Samoan Werewolf stopped Solo from climbing the ladder and said the much anticipated words: "I hate you Solo!" 

This was storyline continuation from the recent episode of SmackDown, where Solo criticised Jacob, who was listening nearby, the current Bloodline looks set to be over as Jacob sent Solo crashing through the Ladder at ringside and walked away. 

After all the chaos and shenanigans, Seth Rollins is now the two time Money In The Bank winner, as expected. YEAH! (too soon? sorry, my bad)

WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas was made official. Hopefully the night two main event next year is better than the one we saw earlier this year. 

The Jey Uso & Cody Rhodes vs Logan Paul & John Cena tag team match was the main event and truth be told, there was a feeling that we were probably going to see something newsworthy happen that we were going to be talking about on social media. 

The feeling was right because there was a mystery person wearing a hoodie, who hit Cena with a spear. 

It was R-TRUTH! R-TRUTH returned! We wanted Truth! We got Truth! Shoutout to Pat McAfee and Michael Cole for that one. 

Cody hit Cena with the Cross Rhodes and pinned the WWE Champion to win the match for him and Jey, Cena vs Cody 2 for the WWE Championship is on the horizon.

Shoutout to Logan Paul by the way for another impressive performance, especially when he was filming himself during the match, the moonsault on to the announce table where Jey was situated was insane. 

Jey is scheduled to defend the World Heavyweight Championship on the next episode of WWE RAW against Gunther.

Will Seth cash in successfully at the right time? Or will CM Punk or Roman Reigns or Sami get involved to stop The Visionary. It's going to be an interesting main event on Monday. 

Before we close out let's talk about R-Truth, who is now going by his real name Ron Killings, his return to WWE TV at Money In The Bank was unexpected, after the show finished there was discussion/a narrative going around online (shock horror) that the release from his contract was a work, Ron took to twitter and quickly dismissed the rumor and to be honest with you, whether it was a work or not, I don't care because my thought is as a wrestling fan that's been watching for many years, it was so great to be genuinely surprised and happy to see Ron return because in this social media era, we sometimes tend to hear about things happening before they play out on TV. Ron is beloved and respected by us, the fans and every wrestler he has worked with throughout his career. 

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