WWE: Taking the Future by the Horns

[Melbourne Made]

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RECAPPING THE ROAD TO FASTLANE ​

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FIVE WAY FRAY FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP ​

On an episode of Smackdown GM Daniel Bryan announced that the current WWE Champion AJ Styles would defend the championship in a five way match at Fastlane and followed that up by saying the four challengers would have to qualify for the match.
That same night Randy Orton defeated “Glorious” Bobby Roode to qualify, Dolph Ziggler beat WWE US Champion Chad Gable (Non-title), John Cena beat Baron Corbin, and Kofi Kingston beat Jinder Mahal all to qualify for the match.
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GLORIOUSLY STRONG ​

At the 2018 edition of the WWE Royal Rumble pay per view event, Shinsuke Nakamura won the men’s 30-man over the top battle royal to earn a world championship match at WrestleMania 34. After failing to qualify for the Fastlane main event Bobby Roode challenged Nakamura for a shot at his WrestleMania Opportunity and Nakamura accepted.
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FABULOUS RIOT ​

The overconfident current WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Carmella announced on an episode of Friday Night Smackdown that she didn’t care who her opponent would be for Fastlane. Which brought out Ruby Riot and the Riot Squad who cornered Carmella in the ring and Riot accepted the challenge.

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RISING SUN PRIZE FIGHT​

On an episode of Smackdown the repackaged duo of Akira Tozawa & Hideo Itami known as Sons of the Rising Sun, beat Breezango, Rusev Day and Epico & Primo to earn a shot at the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships at Fastlane.

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READY WILLING AND GABLE LONE WOLF ​

An irate Baron Corbin furious over failing to qualify for the Fastlane main event would turn his attention to the current WWE United States Champion Chad Gable. Launching repeated attacks on the latter which resulted in Gable issuing a challenge to the “Lone Wolf” for a match at Fastlane for the title.

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IRISH FLAIR VERSUS THE CANADIAN SAMOAN CONNECTION ​

The last match announced for the WWE Fastlane pay per view event was a tag team match pitting the duo of Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair against the team of Natalya Neidhart and Tamina Snuka. This match came about after Lynch was feuding with Neidhart while Flair was doing the same with Snuka​

 

[Melbourne Made]

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WWE FASTLANE ​

WWE Championship
AJ Styles V John Cena V Dolph Ziggler V Kofi Kingston V Randy Orton

WWE Women’s Championship
Carmella(c) V Ruby Riot

WWE US Championship
Chad Gable(c) V Baron Corbin

WWE SD Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn V Sons of the Rising Sun

Nakamura’s WrestleMania Opportunity
Shinsuke Nakamura V Bobby Roode

Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair V Natalya Neidhart & Tamina Snuka




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[Melbourne Made]

WWE FASTLANE ​

THEN
NOW
FOREVER
WWE

Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips welcomed the WWE Universe to WWE Fastlane the last pay per view on the road to WrestleMania but not only that this would also be the last brand specific ppv event.

Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair V Canadian Samoan Connection
The show opened with a tag team match between the duo of Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair taking on the Candaian Samoan Connection aka Natalya Neidhart & Tamina Snuka. In the end Lynch trapped Snuka in the Dis-Arm-Her and got the submission victory while Flair held Neidhart off.
Winners: Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair


Nakamura’s WrestleMania Opportunity
Shinsuke Nakamura(c) V “Glorious” Bobby Roode
Next “Glorious” Bobby Roode attempted to defeat the winner of the 2018 men’s Royal Rumble the “King of Strong Styles” Shinsuke Nakamura to gain the latter’s WrestleMania Championship Opportunity. He would ultimately fail in his attempt as Nakamura would hit a Kinshasa to the back of his opponent’s head and then followed it up with one to Roode’s face and got the pin.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura


WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) V Sons of the Rising Sun
After that the duo of Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) defended the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships against the team of Akira Tozawa & Hideo Itami known as the Sons of the Rising Sun. After a back and forth match the defending champions got the win when Zayn hit a Blue Thunder Bomb on Tozawa for the pin.
Winners & Still WWE SD Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
Post-Match
Zayn and Owens offered their hands to help Tozawa up and offered them to both he and Itami and they shook hands.


WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Carmella(c) V Ruby Riot w the Riot Squad
In the fourth match of the night the “Princess of Staten Island” defended the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship against Ruby Riot in singles action. The challenger dodged an attempted Superkick from the defending champion and hit the Riot Kick for the pin and win.
Winner & New WWE SD Women’s Champion: Ruby Riot


WWE United States Championship
Chad Gable(c) V Baron Corbin
The penultimate match saw the WWE United States Championship up for grabs when Chad Gable(c) defended against the “Lone Wolf” Baron Corbin. Gable retained the title after negating an attempted Deep Six from the challenger and landed on his feet behind Corbin and then hit a Chop Block which leveled him. From here Gable locked in the Gable Lock for the submission victory.
Winner & Still WWE US Champion: Chad Gable
Post-Match
Corbin recovered and attacked Gable and laid him out with the End of Days and continued to beat on him until General Manager of Smackdown Daniel Bryan came down to the ring.Where he got rid of Corbin and got rather physical in doing so. Bryan helped Gable up and they shook hands, and then announced that he was medically cleared to return to the ring.


WWE Championship
AJ Styles(c) V Dolph Ziggler V John Cena V Kofi Kingston V Randy Orton
Finally AJ Styles(c) defended the WWE Championship in a five way match in the main event of the evening. The other participants of the match were the quartet of Dolph Ziggler, John Cena, Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton who all earned their spot in the match by winning qualifying matches.

Everyone had their respective time to shine in duration of the match but the end of the match came about in a series of finishing moves. Kingston laid Ziggler out with the Trouble in Paradise, Orton laid Kingston out with an RKO and then Cena hit an AA on Orton. Suddenly WWE IC Champion and RAW superstar Samoa Joe came through the crowd and dragged Cena out of the ring and put him through the announce table.

Back in the ring Styles waited until Orton got back to his feet and hit the Phenomenal Forearm for the pin.
Winner & Still WWE Champion: AJ Styles


WWE Quick Results

WWE Championship
AJ Styles beat John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton

WWE Women’s Championship
Ruby Riot beat Carmella(c)

WWE US Championship
Chad Gable(c) beat Baron Corbin

WWE SD Tag Team Championship
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn(c) beat Sons of the Rising Sun

Nakamura’s WrestleMania Opportunity
Shinsuke Nakamura beat Bobby Roode

Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair beat Natalya Neidhart & Tamina Snuka

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[Melbourne Made]

RECAPPING THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA 34​

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ONCE BROTHERS NOW OPPONENTS - WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP ​

At the 2018 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view event Roman Reigns got a shot at and won the WWE Universal Championship by defeating the then champion Brock Lesnar.
After the event was done and dusted the now former champion aka Lesnar would take a sabbatical from WWE leaving the door open for a rematch for the title intact on his return.

However this left the newly crowned champion without a challenger and so we headed into the RAW branded Elimination Chamber pay per view to crown one for a shot at the title at WrestleMania 34. Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose,
Finn Balor, Seth Rollins and the Miz went to war inside satan’s structure but in the end it would end in a draw between Ambrose and Rollins and as a result a triple threat for the title was announced for WM 34.

SAMOAN SAVAGE V C-NATION​

In early 2018 the self proclaimed “Samoan Savage” Samoa Joe defeated Roman Reigns to capture the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time in his WWE career. After successfully seeing Reigns off in a rematch Joe would retain the title at the WWE Elimination Chamber ppv against NXT’s Johnny Gargano in an open challenge. From here Joe surprisingly showed up at the Smackdown branded Fastlane pay per view and seemingly set his eyes on the blue brand’s John Cena by interfering in the main event and costing Cena his shot at becoming WWE Champion. On the post-Fastlane episode of Smackdown, Cena challenged Joe to a match for the WWE IC Championship at Mania and Joe accepted.

BLISSFUL EMPRESS ​

Alexa Bliss would enter 2018 as the reigning and defending WWE RAW Women’s Champion and would continue to do so going into WrestleMania 34. Meanwhile the “Empress” Asuka would enter the inaugural 30-woman Royal Rumble match as the seventeenth entrant and went onto win the match and earn herself a women’s championship match at WrestleMania 34 in the process. While Bliss successfully retained her title in the inaugural women’s elimination chamber match at the EC ppv, Asuka would also retain her WrestleMania Opportunity against NXT’s Kairi Sane at the same event. From here it was confirmed that Asuka would indeed be challenging Bliss for the title at WrestleMania 34.

REVIVAL OF THE EXTREME CHAPTER 2 ​

At the 2018 WWE Royal Rumble pay per view event the Hardy’s would defeat Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose to win the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships. After seeing the former champions off in a rematch on an episode of Monday Night RAW, their next challengers the Revival would earn their shot in a number one contenders match. At the Elimination Chamber ppv Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder aka the Revival would defeat the Hardy’s to claim the titles, in the weeks following the newly crowned champions laid out the challenge of a rematch to the Hardy’s. The champions would even let the Hardy’s pick the stipulation for the rematch at Mania and the Hardy's picked Tables, Ladders and Chairs match.

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PHENOMENAL STRENGTH ​

The “Phenomenal” AJ Styles entered 2018 as the WWE Champion and would successfully retain his championship against both John Cena and Randy Orton at the Royal Rumble ppv first in a triple threat match. Then he followed this up by successfully retaining against the quartet of challengers of Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, John Cena and Randy Orton in a five way match at the Fastlane PPV.
Meanwhile the King of Strong Style Shinsuke Nakamura won the 2018 men’s Royal Rumble match and in doing so earned a world championship match at WrestleMania 34, he would later pick the WWE Championship.

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READY WILLING AND GABLE? YES YES YES! ​

At the 2018 WWE Royal Rumble ppv event Chad Gable challenged and defeated the then WWE United States Champion Dolph Ziggler to win the title for the first time in his career. After seeing off Ziggler in a rematch for the title on an episode of Smackdown he would go on to successfully retain the title against Baron Corbin at the Fastlane ppv. After the conclusion of the Fastlane title defense he would be attacked by Corbin which brought out the current general manager of Smackdown Daniel Bryan who cleared the Lone Wolf from the ring. Bryan then shockingly announced he had been cleared to return to the ring and would do so at a later date. Gable would ask Bryan to meet him in the ring on a following episode of Smackdown and said that the US Championship was the first title that Bryan won and would be honored to put the title on the line and be his return opponent at WM 34 and Bryan accepted.
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FABULOUS RIOT ​

Carmella was the WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion going into Fastlane 2018 pay per view, however she wouldn’t walk out of the event the same way. As she would be defeated by her opponent aka the leader of the Riot Squad aka Ruby Riot marking Riot’s first run with the title. It was announced that the Princess of Staten Island aka Carmella would cash in her rematch clause at WM 34.
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AN INZAYN PRIZEFIGHT PROPOSITION ​

The duo of Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn later known as the Inzayn Prizefighters captured the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships from the Uso’s in early January 2018 for the first time. From there they would successfully retain the titles against the Uso’s at the Royal Rumble pay per view and then the Sons of the Rising Sun at Elimination Chamber. Going into WrestleMania 34 the champions went to SD GM Daniel Bryan and asked him to ok a tag team invitational for the titles at WrestleMania 34 and Bryan made it official.​

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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE AKA WWE VS MMA ​

While it was known that Shayna Baszler had signed with the NXT brand after competing in the inaugural Mae Young Classic in late 2017, and it was speculated that Ronda Rousey might be on her way to the company the WWE Universe were shocked at the events that unfolded at the 2018 Royal Rumble ppv. As the quartet of Baszler, Rousey, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir entered the match but not as official participants and they set their sights on the so called four horsewomen of WWE. While they didn’t eliminate any of them as they weren’t a part of the match but they did play a part in the eliminations of Bayley and Becky Lynch. After the WWE Chairman Paul Levesque held a meeting with Lynch, Flair, Banks and Bayley and against his better judgment he signed Rousey, Duke and Shafir to WWE main roster contracts and upgraded Shayna Baszler from an NXT contract to a WWE main roster and announced the match for WM 34.

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EIGHTH & NINTH WONDERS OF THE WORLD ​

The last two matches announced for the WWE WrestleMania 34 pay per view event were the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which had become a staple of the event since its introduction at WrestleMania 30, as well as the inaugural Ninth Wonder Battle Royal. However it was announced that for the first time ever in regards to both battle royals which would have 34 superstars involved in each that the respective winners would get a title shot of their choosing at a time of their choosing.
For the men that meant a shot at either the WWE IC, WWE US, WWE RAW Tag Team or WWE SD Tag Team Championships meanwhile for the women it meant either the WWE RAW or WWE SD women’s Championships. ​

 

[Melbourne Made]

WRESTLEMANIA 34 NIGHT ONE ​

Ninth Wonder Battle Royal

WWE RAW Tag Team Championship - TLC
The Revival(c) V The Hardy’s

WWE United States Championship
Chad Gable(c) V Daniel Bryan

WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss(c) V Asuka

WWE 4 Horsewomen V MMA 4 Horsewomen

WWE Championship
AJ Styles(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura

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WRESTLEMANIA 34 NIGHT TWO ​

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship Invatational
Inzayn Prize Fighters(c) V

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Samoa Joe(c) V John Cena

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Ruby Riott(c) V Carmella

WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns(c) V Seth Rollins V Dean Ambrose


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[Melbourne Made]

WRESTLEMANIA 34 NIGHT ONE ​

THEN
NOW
FOREVER
WWE

Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips from Friday Night Smackdown welcomed the WWE Universe to WrestleMania 34 Night One and said that Michael Cole & Corey Graves from Monday Night RAW would handle commentary duties on night two.


Inaugural Ninth Wonder Battle Royal - Winner earns a future Women’s Championship match
Alicia Fox V Aliyah V Billie Kay v Bianca Belair V Candice LeRae V Dakota Kay V Dana Brooke V Ember Moon V Jacqueline V Kairi Sane V Lacey Evans V Liv Morgan V Lita V Lana V
Maria Kanellis V Mandy Rose V Molly Holly V Mickie James V Michelle McCool V
Nia Jax V Naomi V Natalya Neidhart V Nikki Bella V Nikki Cross V Peyton Royce V Paige V
Rhea Ripley V Sonya Deville V Sarah Logan V Taynara Conti V Tamina Snuka V Trish Stratus V
Torrie Wilson V Vanessa Borne
WWE WrestleMania 34 Night One opened with the inaugural Ninth Wonder over the top rope battle royal where the winner would earn a shot at either the WWE RAW or WWE SD Women’s Championship at a time of their choosing. It featured 34 women from RAW, SD and NXT and some WWE Hall of Famers.
In the closing moments of the match the final four of Paige, Mickie James, Rhea Ripley and Kairi Sane, James got rid of Sane, Paige did the same to Ripley and finally Paige threw James out.
Winner: Paige

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WWE RAW Tag Team Championship - TLC ​

The Revival(c) V The Hardy’s ​

Next the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships were on the line in a tables, ladders and chairs tag team match between the Revival(c) and the Hardy’s. It was a brutal match that saw all four men beat the hell out of each other and each of them go through tables and ladders and smashed with steel chairs. The conclusion saw Jeff Hardy and Dash Wilder on one ladder and Matt Hardy and Scott Dawson on the other.

In the end the ladder that had Matt and Dawson fell over sending both men flying out of the ring and crashing through several tables at ringside which left Jeff and Wilder brawling on their ladder. Jeff would knock Wilder down a few rungs and then reach for the titles, only for Wilder to reach between the rungs and hit a low blow on Hardy who fell to the mat below. This allowed Wilder the time to recover and climb up and retrieve the title belts.​

Winners & Still WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Revival ​

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When Worlds Collide ​

Becky Lynch, Bayley, Charlotte Flair & Sasha Banks ​

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Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler ​

After that the Four Horsewomen of WWE aka Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks teamed up to take on the Four Horsewomen of the MMA world aka Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler in an eight woman tag team match.

The final moments of the match saw Bayley who was the legal member for her team become distracted after Duke & Shafir took Banks out at ringside with a high low combo which allowed Baszler to come from behind and lock in the Kirifuda Clutch and Bayley tapped out.​

Winners: Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey, Shanya Baszler ​

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WWE RAW Women’s Championship ​

Alexa Bliss(c) V Asuka ​

Following that Alexa Bliss defended the WWE RAW Women’s Championship against the Empress Asuka in a one on one match. Bliss would gain the advantage by laying the challenger out with a Snap DDT and then dragged Asuka over to one of the corners and climbed up to the top rope.

Bliss launched herself off of the top rope and attempted her Twisted Bliss finisher but Asuka moved out of the way and as a result Bliss crashed to the mat. Asuka waited until Bliss got onto her knees and then damn near took her head off with an Empress Kick for the pin.​

Winner & New WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Asuka ​

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WWE United States Championship ​

Chad Gable(c) V Daniel Bryan ​

In the penultimate match of Night One of WrestleMania 34, Chad Gable(c) defended the WWE United States Championship against the GM of Friday Night Smackdown Daniel Bryan in the latter’s return to the ring. The two men unsurprisingly tore the house down going back and forth, trading near falls for around twenty minutes.

The ending saw Bryan fight out of the Gable Lock and then hit a Running Knee Strike to his opponent’s skull as Gable attempted to get back to feet. ​

Winner & New WWE US Champion: Daniel Bryan ​

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WWE Championship​

AJ Styles(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura​

The main event of the night saw AJ Styles(c) defend the WWE Championship against the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura in singles action. Styles got a near fall after hitting the Styles Clash only for Nakamura to kick out and hit a Kinshasa for a near fall of his own. The two superstars took things to the next level when AJ Styles hit his own Kinshasa on Nakamura and then Nakamura returned the favor by hitting a Styles Clash on Styles. The conclusion came about when Styles exited the ring onto the apron while Nakamura was face down on the mat, from here Styles taunted his opponent to get up and when he did the defending champion springboarded into the ring and attempted his Phenomenal Forearm only to be hit with a Kinshasa for the pin.​

Winner & New WWE Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura​

Post-Match​

The lights went out in the arena and unfamiliar music played and when they came back on there were five men standing on the stage, those being Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Adam Page.
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THE ELITE ARE IN WWE ​

 

[Melbourne Made]

WRESTLEMANIA 34 NIGHT TWO​

THEN
NOW
FOREVER
WWE

Corey Graves & Michael Cole welcomed the WWE Universe to night two of WrestleMana 34.
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Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal - Winner gets a Midcard or Tag Championship match at a time of their Choosing ​

Apollo Crews, Ariya Daivari, Baron Corbin, Big Cass, Big Show, Bobby Roode, Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Buddy Murphy, Cedric Alexander, Cesaro, Curtis Axel, Dolph Ziggler,
Drake Maverick, Elias, Finn Balor, Goldust, Gran Metalik , Heath Slater Jinder Mahal, Kalisto, Luke Harper, Lince Dorado, Mustafa Ali,Mojo Rawley, Neville, R-Truth, Rhyno, Sheamus,
Sin Cara, The Miz, Tony Nese, Xavier Woods, Zack Ryder
WrestleMania 34 Night Two kicked off with the fifth annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but this time the winner wouldn’t just get the trophy they would also earn either a shot at a midcard or tag team title at a time of their choosing over the next twelve months.
In the end it came down to Bray Wyatt, Finn Balor, The Miz and while Balor and Miz were brawling near the ropes Wyatt would clothesline both men out of the ring to win the match.
Winner: Bray Wyatt

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WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship Invitational ​

Inzayn Prizefighters(c) V Breezango V The New Day V The Uso’s V​

Sons of the Rising Sun V Rusev Day ​

Next was a six team tag team turmoil match for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship. The defending champions entered the match third and outlasted the other teams involved to retain their titles. ​

Winners & Still WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions: Inzayn Prizefighters ​

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WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship​

Ruby Riot(c) Carmella ​

After that Ruby Riot defended the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship against Carmella in singles action. Despite the challenger trying her best to bend the rules to breaking point in her attempt to regain the title. She would fall victim to the Riot Kick for the pin.​

Winner & Still WWE SD Women’s Champion: Ruby Riot ​

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WWE Intercontinental Championship​

Samoa Joe(c) V John Cena​

Samoa Joe defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against John Cena in his biggest challenge to date. This was a historic match as it was the first time the two men had crossed paths since they trained together back in the 90’s.

The self proclaimed Samoan Savage would take control early on and took the fight to his opponent making it known that he didn’t think much of the “Leader of the C-Nation”.

The end of the match saw Joe attempt to lock in his Coquina Clutch only for Cena to fight out of it and then not wanting to give Joe a chance he scooped him onto his shoulders. Then he successfully hit the AA and held on and rolled through to hit a second one for the pin.​

Winner & New WWE IC Champion: John Cena ​

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WWE Universal Championship ​

Roman Reigns(c) V Seth Rollins V Dean Ambrose​

The main event saw Roman Reigns defend the WWE Universal Championship against both Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match. The defending champion would dominate early on by hitting multiple Superman Punches and Spears on both of his opponents and even hit a double Drive By on both of them at the same time.

Rollins would control most of the middle part of the matches duration by hitting a combination of superkicks, suicide dives, buckle bombs and curb stomps.

Finally Ambrose would get his time to shine towards the end of the match. By laying waste to both Reigns and Rollins with a variety of clotheslines and finishing things off by choking out Rollins with a Bulldog Choke that commentary called the “In the Lunatic’s Grip”. ​

Winner & New WWE Universal Champion: Dean Ambrose ​

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Quick Results ​

Bray Wyatt won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

WWE SD Tag Team Championship
Inzayn Prizefighters(c) won the tag team invitational

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Ruby Riot(c) beat Carmella

WWE Intercontinental Championship
John Cena beat Samoa Joe(c)

WWE Universal Championship
Dean Ambrose beat Roman Reigns(c) & Seth Rollins ​

 

[Melbourne Made]

NXT SHUTTING DOWN & POST-MANIA RELEASES​

After the WWE landscape was changed forever with the first ever two night WrestleMania it was not ready for the news coming out of WWE HQ the day after as the NXT developmental brand will be shut down. As if that wasn’t enough it was soon confirmed that a series of post-mania releases.

WWE RELEASES
Ariya Daivari - Underperformance
Cezar Bononi - Underperformance
David Otunga - Not needed anymore
Epico - Granted his release
Jack Gallagher - Underperformance and misconduct
Konnor - Granted his release
Lars Sullivan - Misconduct
No Way Jose - Underperformance
Percy Watson - No longer needed
Primo - Granted his release
The Brian Kendrick - Misconduct
The Velveteen Dream - Misconduct
Tony Nese - Granted his release
Viktor - Granted his release
Wolfgang - Misconduct


Nia Jax - Underperformance
Vanessa Borne - Underperformance ​

 

[Melbourne Made]

HALL OF CHAMPIONS​

WWE Universal Championship
Dean Ambrose WM34 - Current

WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Asuka WM34 - Current

WWE Intercontinental Championship
John Cena WM 34 - Current

WWE RAW Tag Team Championship
The Revival EC - Current


WWE Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura WM34 - Current

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Ruby Riot Fastlane - Current

WWE United States Championship
Daniel Bryan WM 34 - Current

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
Inzayn Prizefighters January 2018 - Current
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[Melbourne Made]

FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE GOING ELITE ​

WWE Chairman Paul Levesque announced that the group known as the Elite on the independent circuit have all signed deals with the company and will be a part of the Smackdown roster going forward.

If the rumors are to be believed Kenny Omega will be in the main event scene, Adam Page the midcard scene and the Young Bucks in the tag team scene. ​