205 Live Recap & Review – Episode 27
This felt like a pre-show for Extreme Rules (which it kind of is), but it still managed to have a couple of decent matches.
This felt like a pre-show for Extreme Rules (which it kind of is), but it still managed to have a couple of decent matches.
Money in the Bank continues to get shaped as Shane McMahon makes a historic announcement, New Day makes their SmackDown Live debut, and the competitors in the WWE Title Contract Money in the Bank match clash once again.
This was an okay show with a few good matches, but a handful of not so great matches and segments.
This was one of the standout nights featuring a standout match between KUSHIDA and Ryusuke Taguchi.
Cody faces Kazarian in a good main event of a decent episode of ROH TV.
Block A evens out the top of the bracket with some good matches highlighted by Liger vs Dragon Lee and Hiromu Takahashi vs Marty Scurll.
The race to the top of Block B gets tighter as the tournament creeps towards the finish. Was KUSHIDA able to stay in the running, or did Kanemaru effectively knock him out of this year’s tournament?
Dragon Lee and Will Ospreay battle to see who will take the lead in Block A during another fine night of tournament matches.
Block B reaches the halfway point of the tournament with some wrestlers looking to increase their lead and others looking to just stay competitive.
This week’s show was basically a recap of Takeover: Chicago, but it did contain the debut of the Velveteen Dream and a decent match between McIntyre and Blake.
Ian Riccaboni gives an update on WOH and Kelly Klein makes a statement at the expense of Jynx.
The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa meet in a memorable street fight to try to settle their differences.
Even though half the matches on this show were nearly exactly the same, I enjoyed this show. The competitors for the 2017 Money in the Bank match are named (and fight) and Breezango works their way into a tag title rematch!
A Block reaches the halfway point of the tournament with another round of solid matches.
It was quantity mostly over quality on this episode of RAW packed with ten matches. There were some highlights of the night though, including Matt Hardy versus Sheamus and a tag main event with four of the five competitors in the upcoming number one contender match.
The third round of Block B matches contained a nice variety of entertaining matchups, including a great main event featuring two men looking to score their first victory in the tournament, KUSHIDA and BUSHI!
This year’s Backlash wasn’t great, but it did have some entertaining matches and a few mild surprises.
The Backlash 2017 Kickoff show was an average opener, featuring Aiden English versus Tye DIllinger.
This week’s episode of ROH TV is a series of clips from some of the matches that took place at Honor Rising in Japan this past February.
After a couple of so-so early matches, the remainder of this show became increasingly entertaining, culminating in an impromptu Artist of Stardom title match!