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Arcademan:
WWE RAW Results: 1-24-11

Results courtesy of PWTorch.com (direct link to Caldwell's complete report). Condensed here to in-ring results only.

1 -- EDGE vs. JACK SWAGGER vs. DREW MCINTYRE vs. TYSON KIDD -- Over-the-top rope match

Jack Swagger stormed the ring, followed by Drew McIntyre, then Tyson Kidd. Edge fought them all off, then tossed Kidd over the top rope. McIntyre then blasted Edge with a boot to the head. Mac proceeded to drape Edge over the top rope, but Swagger jumped Mac from behind. Edge then tossed Swagger over the top rope. It was Mac and Edge left in the ring. Mac tried the Future Shock, but Edge dumped him over the top rope. So, none of the three gets the #40 slot.

WINNER: Edge at 1:07.

2 -- JOHN MORRISON & MARK HENRY vs. KING SHEAMUS & ALBERTO DEL RIO

Cole made light of Jerry Lawler's Royal Rumble history and excitedly said WrestleMania Season begins at the Rumble. It should have begun weeks ago. Sheamus and Del Rio isolated Morrison early on. Morrison then flipped the tables and the heels retreated on the outside as they cut to break.

Back from break, the heels were working over Morrison as Cole talked up Del Rio's recent mean streak. Suddenly, they cut to a shot of Michael Tarver watching the match on a backstage monitor. Cole and Lawler said he was lurking around all day before the show. Ol' Tarver was at the scene of Teddy Long's attack on Smackdown. Maybe something, maybe nothing. Back in the ring, Morrison tried to fight back against Sheamus, who cut him off and continued to wear down Morrison. In the big "turning point" spot of the match, Sheamus missed with a Brogue Kick and Morrison slingshot him across the top rope.

Morrison tagged in Henry, who quickly went to work on Del Rio. Henry fired up the crowd, then made a cover, but Sheamus broke it up. Henry slowly stood up to ask Sheamus if he really just did that. Henry then pounded on Sheamus, clotheslined Del Rio, and turned around to take the Brogue Kick square in the face. Morrison dropped Sheamus to the outside, though, then nailed a corkscrew splash ringside. Morrison instantly sold his left knee. Back in the ring, Del Rio suddenly dropped Henry to the mat with the cross armbreaker and Henry furiously tapped out to sell the submission move. Del Rio celebrated and was proclaimed the winner to a strong heel reaction. They went to a replay of Morrison selling his knee injury before the finish.

WINNERS: Del Rio & Sheamus via submission at 10:05. Good tag match designed to each of the four men's chances of winning the Rumble match on Sunday. The slow first eight minutes paid off in the end after they built to a nice two-minute finish that the crowd was hot for. (**)

3 -- Divas champion NATALYA vs. MELINA -- Divas Title match

The match quickly moved to the outside where Melina gained control. In the ring, Melina applied a unique submission trying to stretch Natalya. Melina then tried to a kick to the mid-section, but Natalya grabbed Melina's foot and fluidly transitioned into the Sharpshooter. Natalya even leaned back on the Sharpshooter to where her shoulders were nearly on the mat, and Melina tapped out.

WINNER: Natalya via submission at 2:47. Good match. It could have meant more if given more time, but they put together a nice match for only three minutes. (*)

4 -- World Hvt. champion EDGE vs. WWE champion THE MIZ (w/Alex Riley) -- non-title match

Everyone was so concerned about Teddy Long's condition that no one brought it up. It's like the Paul Bearer murder angle where WWE struggles to maintain a consistent tone when they run an angle beyond the scope of a wrestling show. After burying the lead, Cole finally mentioned they will have an update on Long later in the show. In the ring, Edge and Miz started off with a feeling-out process as Ziggler and Vickie shared sweet words with each other. They sounded like NPR radio hosts ripe for an SNL parody. For the first move of the match, Edge knocked Miz to the outside and they cut to break three minutes in.

Back from break, Miz and Edge traded control as Lawler went through more insults aimed at Vickie. Ziggler seems too nice to be a top heel. Cole called it confidence from Ziggler. Lawler continued to run through his jokes as they cut away from the ring to a shot of the announcers. Edge set up for the Spear at 7:00, but Miz ducked to the outside. Edge sold his ribs, but whipped Miz hard into the guardrail.

Back in the ring, Miz cut off Edge up top. He wanted a superplex, but Edge head butted him down to the mat. Edge then came off the top with a cross-body block for a nearfall. Edge then clutched his ribs and Ziggler noted that might have taken more out of Edge than Miz and criticized him for a poor decision. Ziggler said he wants to beat the champion at 100 percent. Edge then missed with a corner splash and Miz dropped Edge across the top rope to continue focusing on the ribs. Miz slowly looked around the arena, which signaled another break was coming. It's a rare three-segment match, but they were only 9:40 in when they headed to the next break.

Back from break at 12:50, Miz was pounding away on Edge as Ziggler talked about his match strategy against Edge at the Rumble. Ziggler continued to get over the idea that he will fairly approach Edge in their sporting event contest at the pay-per-view event on Sunday. Cole randomly referenced Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino, and Shawn Michaels, then explained he was endorsing Miz in that category. Ziggler and Vickie agreed with Lawler that they don't see it with Miz. Ziggler said it's time for a change with him as champ and Edge out of the way.

Miz measured Edge for a corner clothesline, but Edge moved and rolled up Miz for a close two count. Riley then tried to grab Edge's foot from the outside, which drew Edge to the outside. Edge stared down Riley, then returned to the ring, where Miz tried a small package roll-up for a nearfall. Edge then bumped Riley off the ring apron, kicked Miz in the gut, and landed a DDT center ring. The crowd started chanting, "Spear, Spear," as Edge backed up to a neutral corner. He wanted the Spear, but "fair play" Ziggler grabbed Edge from behind for a DQ.

WINNER: Edge via DQ at 16:40. A lot to review from this sequence. The commentary was a bit of a distraction at times and shifted the focus away from the match. It seemed like the audience only saw three minutes of action in the near-17-minute. Before the post-match, Orton almost seemed like a lost player in WWE land until his big spot on the show dropping heels with signature moves. The crowd being red-hot for Orton helped sell Orton vs. Miz more than anything WWE has really done thus far. (**)

5 -- U.S. champion DANIEL BRYAN & BELLAS (NIKKI & BRIE) vs. TED DIBIASE & MARYSE & ALICIA FOX

Bryan and DiBiase started things off with some basic offense. Maryse had enough of DiBiase's inability to defeat Bryan...after 20 seconds, so she tagged herself in, much to DiBiase's chagrin. That also meant one of the Bellas had to enter the ring. While Maryse and Brie battled, Nikki tried to work on DiBiase on the ring apron. Brie took exception to Nikki's tactics, then Maryse rolled her up from behind. Post-match: More drama with the Bellas arguing amongst themselves and Bryan trying to calm them down. On the other side, Maryse high-fived Michael Cole, then tried to show off in front of an upset DiBiase.

WINNERS: Maryse & Fox & DiBiase at 0:59. Oh, the humanity. (n/a)

6 -- WWE tag champion SANTINO (w/Tamina) vs. NEW NEXUS (HUSKY HARRIS w/ Michael McGillicutty, Mason Ryan, and David Otunga) -- non-title match

Lawler absolutely cut a promo on Cole, calling him a liar about the Tag Title false announcement and having his head so far up Miz's back side that he's lost sight of the show. They seem to be building to that inevitable Cole vs. Lawler match. Santino was sporting some new blue basketball shoes, which seemed somewhat silly.

Harris took apart Santino with power offense, building to Santino making a comeback without a hot tag. He teased the Cobra, but Mike threw off Santino, allowing Harris to drop Santino with a clothesline. He followed with an inverted facebuster for the pin and the win.

WINNER: Harris at 3:50. Random match that was clearly presented as filler. Cole's Tag Title announcement threw off the entire exchange for the TV audience. (3/4*)

7 -- WADE BARRETT (w/The Corre) vs. C.M. PUNK (w/New Nexus) -- John Cena special referee -- Loser's team out of the Rumble

Cena finally called for the bell and opened the match by punking both men, trying to draw a DQ from one or the other. Cena then dumped Punk over the top rope, which would have been good for a Rumble elimination. Cole noted that as well. Punk ran back in the ring with a clenched fist, but did not strike Cena. Punk had a pin on Barrett, but Cena suddenly left the ring and started signing autographs for fans on the front row. Cena "realized" there was something going on in the ring and returned to the ring to "apologize" to Barrett, who was now in control.

After a double knockdown, Cena suddenly called for the bell. He DQ'ed both wrestlers for "excessive use of profanity," claiming it's a PG show. (Instead of doing the PG excuse, an easier one would have been they failed to answer a ten count he made up in his head, which would have avoided the inevitable and unproductive PG reminder.) He then told Roberts that both Corre and Nexus are out of the Rumble. Roberts made the official announcement, the crowd popped, and viewers were given a brief and scary pause trying to think of how WWE would fill nine fewer slots than the current 26 slots (25 heading into Raw + Mason Ryan) for the 40-man Rumble.

WINNER: Double DQ at 2:01.

Arcademan:
WWE NXT Results: 1-25-11

Results courtesy of PWTorch.com (direct link to Caldwell's complete report).

The following are news and notes from the Tuesday, January 25 episode of WWE NXT Season 4.

-- Brodus Clay has switched Pros to Alberto Del Rio, leaving Ted DiBiase without a Rookie on the current season.

The main event saw Clay defeat Johnny Curtis, Byron Saxton, and Derrick Bateman in a four-way elimination match. The winner received the option to switch Pros, which led to Clay dropping DiBiase in exchange for Del Rio. Del Rio's Rookie, Conor O'Brian, was cut from NXT on last week's episode.

-- The other match on the show was Ted DiBiase defeating U.S. champion Daniel Bryan in a non-title match. The match was given nearly 13 minutes and featured several believable nearfalls before DiBiase won with Dream Street.

-- The "Immunity Standings" were reset after last week's elimination, but no Rookies picked up points this week. The lone Rookie Challenge on the show was "Out-think the Fink" - a trivia contest.

Howard Finkel made a cameo appearance to set the bar for the contest. Fink answered two trivia questions, and none of the Rookies answered more than one question correctly. Therefore, all four lost the contest.

-- WWE did not announce when the next elimination will occur. Also not revealed yet on Season 4 is the length of the season.

Arcademan:
ROH on HDNet Results: 1-24-11

Results courtesy of ProWrestling.net (link to Shore's complete report). Condensed here to in-ring results only.

1. The Bravado Brothers defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly at 8:53. Cole and Lance started. Cole hit an arm drag and tagged in O'Reilly. Cole tagged back in quickly and ate a dropkick when Harlem tagged in. Cole came right back and he and O'Reilly continued to work in and out quickly on Harlem.

Cole went to the second rope and Harlem pulled him down to take control. The Bravados worked in and out quickly. Cole reversed a whip to the corner into a heel kick and made the hot tag to O'Reilly. He hit a missile dropkick on both Bravados and then two butterfly suplexes into a DDT for a near fall.

The Bravados snuck back in and hit a kick into a german suplex for a two. Cole and O'Reilly hit a superkick into a discuss clothesline for two. Cole and O'Reilly setup for their finisher, but the Bravados broke it up and scored a surprise rollup for the win…The announce team hyped the main event and Homicide confronting Jim Cornette next…[C]

Shore's Slant: We saw this match in Charlotte and it was my buddy's favorite. I think you saw why here. Both of these teams will certainly be on the Dot Net awards voting for next year. I love both groups, but I think the Bravados might be the better team right now.

2. Homicide defeated Ryan Bishop at 3:30. Homicide attacked quickly and spent most of the match in control. He even bit Bishop's ear at one point. Homicide won with the Ace Crusher…

3. The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated The All Night Express in 13:00. Kenny King and Shelton Benjamin started. They mat wrestled and King got the best at first. They ran the ropes and King did a leap frog and posed. Benjamin stopped and slapped King and tagged in Haas.

Haas slammed King's arm into the turnbuckle to work it, but King drove him back to the corner and tagged Titus. Titus hit a kick, but Haas grabbed the next one and scored a leg whip. Benjamin tagged back in and continued to work the leg, but King hit a cheap shot and the ANX took control.

King jumped over the top rope and hooked Benjamin's arm on the rope. He and Titus worked in and out on Benjamin's arm. Benjamin hit a kick out of nowhere and tagged Haas/ King didn't tag and Haas attacked. He ended taking out both men and sending Titus to the floor.

All four men ended up in the ring and Benjamin and King took each other out to the floor. The Kings of Wrestling ran out and slammed King into a camera man before fleeing to the back. In the ring, Haas hit a flapjack onto the ropes on Titus and then held him for Benjamin to do the splash across the back on the ropes. Haas hit a bridging German suplex for the win…

Shore's Slant: I apparently had too much good over the weekend because I was unable to see most of the last four minutes of tha match due to technical difficulty. Nevertheless, what I saw was as good as I expected. I would much rather see this on PPV or a house show where they would get great time, but 13 minutes ain't bad.

Arcademan:
WWE Superstars Results: 1-27-11

Results courtesy of PWTorch.com (direct link to Errickson's complete report). Condensed here to in-ring results only.

1 -- TYLER REKS vs. TRENT BARRETA

Barreta went on offense first by throwing Reks in the corner. Reks then landed several big bodyblocks and Trent fought back with several slaps to the face. Reks with a huge knee after an Irish Whip, followed by a reverse powerslam. Reks then went to work on Barreta's chest with several huge knees for a two count. Reks then attempted another knee to Barreta's face, but he missed badly. Barreta tried to fight back with several kicks of his own. Barreta then landed a sweeping clothesline for a two count. Another knee by Barreta for another two count. Barreta went to the top rope, but Reks knocked him off. Reks picked up Barreta and hit the Burning Hammer for the win.

WINNER: Reks in 6:00. This was your basic squash match with Reks dominating most of the match with the exception of one offensive flurry by Barreta. Typical Superstars match. Also, it looks that will put a temporary end to Barreta's mini-push.

2 -- PRIMO & ZACK RYDER vs. YOSHI TATSU & DAVID HART SMITH

Smith and Ryder start. Smith on offense first with an armdrag. He then applied a side headlock, but Ryder fought out. Another armdrag by Smith. Smith then went to work on Ryder's arm. Tag to Tatsu and Ryder kneed Tatsu in the gut before tagging in Primo. Tatsu then landed several Japanese arm drags. Tag to Smith. Double kick to Primo's gut. Huge belly-to-belly suplex by Smith, which was good for a two count. Tag to Yoshi, who went to work on Primo's arm. Tag to Smith, who executed a vertical suplex for a two count. Primo then left the ring, and upon his attempted return, Smith kicked him as they cut to commercial.

Back from commercial at 6:55, Primo had Smith in a headlock. Primo and Ryder worked over Smith, who countered a roll-up for a two count. Ryder then applied a headlock that Smith fought out of with several punches to the gut. Tag to Primo, who landed a flying headbutt. Tag to Ryder, who started kicking Smith in the head. Smith then made a comeback with a back suplex. Double tags. Yoshi landed several chops to Primo's chest followed by a dropkick. Huge knee to the face by Yoshi for a two count. Yoshi went to the top rope and landed a big spinning heel kick for a two count. After some interference by Smith and Ryder, Primo then landed the backstabber out of nowhere on Tatsu for the 1-2-3.

WINNERS: Ryder & Primo in 11:30. I feel like I have seen some variation of this tag match for the last four weeks. Please, WWE, give me something different to cover next week. The crowd is crazy for Tatsu, but they still never really got into the match.

3 -- R-TRUTH vs. TYSON KIDD

R-Truth started the match with some dancing while Kidd looked on. Big "Truth" chant. Kidd on offense first with an armdrag. He then slapped on a headlock. Truth fought out with an Irish Whip followed by a Kidd bodyblock. Irish Whip by Kidd followed by a Truth body block. Kick to the gut by Kidd followed by an elbow to Truth's neck. Kidd then threw Truth in the corner, but his offense was reversed by Truth. Big hip toss by Truth. The wrestlers then clotheslined each other out of the ring as they cut to commercial.

Back from commercial at 8:06, Kidd had Truth in a headlock. Truth eventually fought out after quite some time. Elbow to the groin area by Kidd, which was good for a one count. Huge kick to Truth's face. Elbow to Truth's head followed by another kick. Kidd then slapped on another headlock. Truth fought out with punches to Kidd's gut followed by a belly-to-belly suplex by Truth. Both men got back up, clotheslines by Truth followed by one of Truth's signature maneuvers for a two count. Kidd with a spinning heel kick, followed by a dropkick for a two count. Kidd tried to apply the Sharpshooter, but he failed. Kidd with a failed roll-up, then Truth hit the What's Up reverse STO for the victory.

WINNER: R-Truth in 12:30. Finally, someone new on Supetstars. Is it really that difficult to present one new Superstar each week, or at least every other week? I remember a few months ago when there would be matches involving Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Chris Jericho, or Goldust. Now, it seems like the same wrestlers in the same tag matches every week on Superstars. That's one aspect of the show that's frustrating.

Arcademan:
TNA Impact! Results: 1-27-11

Results courtesy of PWTorch.com (direct link to Caldwell's complete report). Condensed here to mostly in-ring results.

1 -- SARITA & TARA & Knockouts champion MADISON RAYNE vs. MICKIE JAMES & ANGELINA LOVE & VELVET SKY -- six-Knockouts elimination tag match

Referee Jackson James has this assignment. The first portion of the match built toward a hot tag for Mickie to get her hands on Rayne, but Rayne scampered to the heel corner to escape Mickie's grasp. A graphic came on the screen advertising TNA champ Mr. Anderson vs. Jeff Hardy next week. The action completely broke down, then Sarita rolled up Velvet for the first elimination. Mickie then pinned Madison after another brawl. Suddenly, Sarita rolled up Mickie for the next elimination. Angelina was the last babyface left. They cut to break with Angelina against Sarita.

Back from break, Angelina tried to fight against the two-on-one odds. Eventually, she avoided a double-team attempt and scored a desperation pin on Tara. It was down to Angelina vs. Sarita, who attempted a quick roll-up, but Angelina rolled through into a roll-up for the win.

WINNER: Angelina in 10:00.

2 -- CHRIS SABIN vs. AMAZING RED vs. MAX BUCK (w/Jeremy Buck)

The match started with a bunch of rapid-fire moves and attempted pin attempts by each participant in the match. Sabin found himself on the outside as the other two men battled in the ring. Red wanted a top-rope move, but Jeremy crotched him from the outside. Max then hit a DDT on Red to score the win.

WINNER: Max Buck in 5:00. One-half of the X Title match is set with Kazarian vs. Max Buck vs. ??? vs. ???. Too many rapid-fire moves that meant nothing at the end continuing to reinforce the idea that the X Division is an opening-match act. (*)

3 -- TNA World Hvt. champion MR. ANDERSON vs. MATT HARDY -- non-title match

Hardy targeted Anderson's left arm early in the match while the announcers talked about Carter having the legal ruling next week. Ref Hebner then interjected himself into the match as Hardy continued to work over Anderson, who was making Hardy look good here selling Hardy's offense. Anderson then made a comeback using his one good arm.

Anderson attempted a move from the fireman's carry position, but Hardy countered with a fireman's carry toss. He then started doing his little dance for the Twist of Fate, but Anderson countered into a forward roll for a nearfall. Anderson wanted the mic check, but Hardy blocked and hit the side effect for a nearfall that Anderson turned into a crucifix pin for the win.

WINNER: Anderson at 4:06. It will be difficult for Hardy to turn back the clock to 1999, so he just needs to embrace his inner Kevin Steen and become a brawler-type wrestler. It would make him a more effective heel. (*)

Post-match: Jeff Hardy ran down the ramp and attacked Anderson from behind. Jeff rolled Anderson into the ring and the Hardys put a beat down on Anderson. Suddenly, a man in jean shorts and a t-shirt came running into the ring. It was Rob Van Dam. The Hardys quickly bailed, including Jeff doing sort of a somersault dive over the guardrail onto the floor. Matt left the ring clutching his braids.

4-- IMMORTAL (JEFF JARRETT & BEER MONEY & KAZARIAN & ROB TERRY & GUNNER & MURPHY w/Ric Flair, A.J. Styles, and Karen Angle) vs. KURT ANGLE & CRIMSON -- handicap match

The bell sounded and Roode stomped and kicked away on Crimson. Crimson gained control, then tagged in Angle, who put the boots to Roode. Kazarian tagged in and Angle worked him over before James Storm tagged in and Angle worked him over. Suddenly, Storm dropped Angle with a backstabber to cut off Angle. The ref was bumped when Storm missed with a superkick, then the action completely broke down. The crowd was quiet as the heels stomped away on Angle. Suddenly, Jeff Jarrett's music hit. Jarrett, with Karen, slowly made his way to the ring. Karen sold being nervous about these proceedings. Jarrett measured Angle for a cheap shot, but Angle ducked a landed a German suplex. Immortal then jumped Angle again and pounded on him.

Jarrett nailed The Stroke on Angle. Jarrett then called for a new referee to enter the ring. Jackson James was Johnny on the spot as the replacement referee and he counted a quick three count for Jarrett on Angle. Tenay called it "bulls---." Taz said perhaps Angle's back-up got stuck in traffic.

WINNERS: Team Immortal at 4:24.

Post-match: Immortal continued to pound on Angle after the match. Suddenly, Matt Morgan's music hit and Morgan stormed the ring in street clothes. Morgan landed some punches before the numbers game caught up to Morgan. They couldn't get Morgan off his feet for a few moments before finally getting him down on the mat.

Suddenly, the lights went off and the familiar siren played in the Impact Zone. Scott Steiner was in the ring sporting the classic Main Event Mafia garb. "Holy s---, it's Scott Steiner," Taz said. Steiner pointed his weapon toward Immortal before making threats to kick all of their asses. Angle and Morgan recovered in the ring while Steiner told all of them they're dead. The show signed off with Angle smiling toward Steiner, who pointed his pipe toward Angle out of respect

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